Connect Savannah 26 November, 2014

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Week At A Glance

compiled by Rachael Flora | 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.

Wednesday / 26

Concert: Life is a Carnival

Life is a Carnival is an all-ages tribute to The Band, featuring all local artists.

Featured artists include: The Train Wrecks and The Accomplices With Special Guests: Eric Culberson, City Hotel, Craig Tanner, Ray Lundy, Ricardo Ochoa, plus many more!

7 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $20 lucastheatre.com

Thursday / 27 United Way Turkey Trot

The Turkey Trot includes a 4 mile run, a kid's run and a diaper dash for kids under 3. The postrace ceremony includes refreshments and family activities. To register, visit active.com.

8 a.m Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. $30-$45 912-651-7706

Friday / 28 Film: Gone With the Wind

Epic historical romance film from 1939, adapted from Margaret Mitchell’s Pulitzerwinning 1936 novel. Happy hour before each movie: from 6-6:30 enjoy half price beer and popcorn specials.

7 p.m. (film runs 238 minutes) Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $5-8 lucastheatre.com

Sailing with Santa

Join Santa onboard a riverboat for an hourlong narrated sightseeing cruise. Children sail free with a donation of a new, unwrapped toy to the Salvation Army.

1:30 p.m Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street. $12.95-$21.95 912-232-6404

Theatre: Spine Tingling Tales

NOV 26-DEC 2, 2014

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

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The Nutcracker Saturday / 29

Bethesda Farm Stand

Bethesda students and staff sell fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. Students lead or assist in planting, cultivating and harvesting all items at Bethesda Academy using sustainable, organic farming techniques.

8:30 a.m.-noon Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.org

Bonaventure After Hours: Stories, Nightfall & More!

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

Festival of Lights

This year's festival includes a drive-through holiday light show, a "Frozen" Princess Parade, and plenty more for kids to do. The Westin will also offer seasonal specials.

Events continue through December 27.

-Dec. 27 Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive.

912-596-2525. savannahharborfoundation.com

Forsyth Farmers Market

The Nutcracker

Grand Thanksgiving Fete and Festival of 1862 Commemoration

Sailing with Santa

Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights. Rain or shine.

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

912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com

This event will recreate the field day offered by the 48th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment to celebrate their first Thanksgiving in Fort Pulaski in 1862. Festivities include music, wheelbarrow races, cannon firing demonstrations, and a burlesque dress parade where the audience is invited to wear the fort's Civil War garb.

10 a.m Fort Pulaski, US Highway 80 E. 912-786-5787. nps.gov/fopu

Concert: A Motown Christmas

A Motown Christmas, starring The Motown Experience, a world-class vocal group assembled from past and present members of The Temptation, The Miracles and The Capitols. This very special evening will include all of your holiday favorites performed in that memorable, soulful, Motown style.

7:30 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. 44.00-54.00 emuller@lucastheatre.com. lucastheatre.com/ schedule/2014-11/

Columbia City Ballet presents the Christmas classic.

5:30 p.m The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $18-$38 803-799-7605 Join Santa onboard a riverboat for an hour-long narrated sightseeing cruise.

Children sail free with a donation of a new, unwrapped toy to the Salvation Army.

1:30 p.m.

Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street. $12.95-$21.95 912-232-6404

Salt Marsh Kayak

Kayak on the tidal creek and salt marshes in groups of 4-10. Reservations required.

10:30 a.m Skidaway Island, Diamond Causeway. $55 912-236-8115

Small Business Saturday

Shop locally on Small Business Saturday. Visit the website for participating locations.

Tybee Island, Tybee Island. tybeefortheholidays.com/shop-local-saturday

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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

Festival of Lights

This year's festival includes a drive-through holiday light show, a "Frozen" Princess Parade, and plenty more for kids to do. The Westin will also offer seasonal specials.

Events continue through December 27.

Nov. 29-Dec. 27 Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive.

912-596-2525. savannahharborfoundation.com

Midnight SpitFire Saturday Open Mic & Showcase

A midnight version of this monthly openmic showcase that incorporates music, poetry, visual art, and many other artistic forms of expression. Sign up begins at 11:30 pm. Brought to you by Spitfire Poetry Group, with support from The Performing Arts Collective of Savannah, Muse Arts Warehouse, DJ Doc Ock. Last Saturday of every month, 11:30 p.m.

Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $5 Spitters. $7 Sitters. musesavannah.org

The Gobble Wobble Charity Bar Crawl

After entertaining the in-laws and preparing a festive feast for the masses, you deserve to have some fun. Drink specials, free entry into every participating bar, giveaways, and a free t-shirt to the first 250 people to complete their scorecard by visiting all participating locations. Benefiting Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia.

2-10 p.m Wild Wing Cafe, 27 Barnard St. $15 adv, $20 day-of

Odd Lot Improv

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Odd Lot Improv 912-660-9001. Brian@StaffordPromotions.com. https://facebook.com/events/660241394091434/

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Wilmington Island Farmers' Market

This year's festival includes a drive-through holiday light show, a "Frozen" Princess Parade, and plenty more for kids to do. The Westin will also offer seasonal specials.

Events continue through December 27.

Nov. 29-Dec. 27 Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive.

912-596-2525. savannahharborfoundation.com

Vendors offering produce, prepared foods, crafts, plus storytime, musical performances, and community information. Every Saturday.

111 Walthour Rd @ Islands Community Church.

Free and open to the public wifarmersmarket.org/

Festival of Lights

In the tradition of The Groundlings, Second City, and Whose Line is it Anyway?, The Odd Lot Comedy Troupe presents live, in the moment, hilarity with a showcase of improvisational comedy. There’s no telling where the evening will take you! Appropriate comedy for a PG crowd.

8 p.m.

Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd.

World AIDS Day Recognition

Receive free HIV testing courtesy of the Chatham County Health Department and view a performance of Beyond Betrayal.

10 a.m.-4 p.m Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Free and open to the public 912-358-3227

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Tuesday / 2 Bethesda Farm Stand

Bethesda students and staff sell fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. Students lead or assist in planting, cultivating and harvesting all items at Bethesda Academy using sustainable, organic farming techniques.

3-5:30 p.m.

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

Fall Literary Luncheon

Jane Fishman presents her book about Ossabaw Island at the luncheon. A portion of the event fee is tax deductible. Reservations required.

11:30 a.m Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. $50, books available for purchase 912-652-3605. divinec@liveoakpl.org

Festival of Lights

This year's festival includes a drive-through holiday light show, a "Frozen" Princess Parade, and plenty more for kids to do. The Westin will also offer seasonal specials.

Events continue through December 27.

Nov. 29-7 Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive.

912-596-2525. savannahharborfoundation.com

First Tuesday Tour of City Hall

Discover City Hall’s history, architecture and art, while learning about their City government and viewing special rotating exhibits. Please pre-register. first Tuesday of every month, 12-12:45 p.m.

Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

Free and open to the public.

912-651-6411. Lspracher@savannahga.gov. savannahga.gov

Heartbeats for Life

Free support and education group for those who have suffered from or want to prevent or reverse heart disease and/or diabetes.

One Tuesday/month, 6pm.

Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public.

912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org

Jepson Jingle

Local artists and art teachers will decorate the tondos to create unique ornaments, which will be for sale for $25. Proceeds benefit the Telfair's children's education and outreach programming. All galleries will be open.

5-7 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Free and open to the public 912-790-8837. telfair.org

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Leadership NOW Lecture

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Mayor Edna Jackson will speak at this event designed to inspire leadership growth, hosted by the Savannah Jaycees.

6-7 p.m Jaycee Building, 101 Atlas St.

Tongue: Open Mouth And Music Show

Music, poetry and spoken word on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. first Tuesday of every month, 7-10 p.m.

Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

Free and open to the public. savannahcoffee.com

Wednesday / 3 Festival of Lights

This year's festival includes a drive-through holiday light show, a "Frozen" Princess Parade, and plenty more for kids to do. The Westin will also offer seasonal specials.

Events continue through December 27.

Nov. 29-Dec. 27 Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive.

912-596-2525. savannahharborfoundation.com

Film: The Sadist

One of the all-time greatest exploitation flicks ever made, this tale of a twisted criminal (Arch Hall, Jr.) and his crazy girlfriend who terrorize a group of hapless victims at a roadside junkyard after their car breaks down is a must-see for fans of edgy, indie cinema.

8 p.m The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. $7

The Journey

A living theatre illustration of the night Christmas began, in an outdoor walkthrough production; the ancient town of Bethlehem comes to life with shops and an inn that’s full to capacity. Shepherds find Mary, Joseph and a baby crying softly in a manger in a star-lit stable.

5-8 p.m Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd. $7 - $10 (Children aged 5 and under are free) 912-925-9657. info@savannahchristian.com.

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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

editor’s note

Giving thanks in a thankless time

by Jim Morekis jim@connectsavannah.com

IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE A very good time to give thanks.

Since my last column, a 2-yearold, a 6-year-old, and a 12-year-old were shot in Savannah, two of them fatally.

This community is clearly at a major decision point, and our actions as a community from this time forward, good or bad, will take on extra gravity.

But these problems are decades in forming, and we won’t solve them in a week.

There will be plenty of time for more critical columns and stories about what’s not going right in Savannah. Believe you me.

Instead, in the spirit of the season I want to write this week not about the latest local controversy, but instead about a few things for which I’m deeply grateful about Savannah—if only as a reminder of some of the things at stake that are worth fighting for: 1. Young Business Owners—Local small businesses aren’t only the heart of Connect Savannah’s support, they are what’s going to save this city in the long run.

Sure, another big-box hotel creating another few dozen $8 an hour jobs catering to tourists is just dreamy. Another million tons of Chinese goods moving through the Port of Savannah is just peachy. If you don’t love that, the terrorists win, etc., etc.

But small business builds community.

Because the profits stay here.

And even more importantly where Savannah’s concerned, a small business built by a young person who just moved here or graduated here—investing not only their money but their life—is a true change agent.

2. To-Go Cups—I’m so Savannah, when I go to another town and suddenly remember I can’t roll out onto the street with a drink in my hand, I get downright indignant.

It’s not as trivial as it seems. To-go cups aren’t a sign of out-of-control hedonism or a colorful Southern quirk, but an indicator of civilization, enlightenment, and honest-togoodness American liberty. Not to mention vitally important to our local identity.

It makes zero sense that 99.9 percent of the rest of the country trusts an adult of age

to drink alcohol inside a bar, but not one foot outside that bar.

It’s a breath of fresh air, in this increasingly hyper-regulated surveillance nation/ nanny state we live in, to be trusted to do something on your own as a fully functioning and responsible adult, even if it’s something as basic as enjoying a beer.

3. Local Brewers—Speaking of beer and local business, the addition of Southbound Brewing Co., Service Brewing, and Coastal Empire Beer Co. to good ol’ Moon River Brewing Co. means Savannah has built a bona fide craft beer community.

The instantaneously popular reaction to Southbound’s tasting tours shows a robust and, um, untapped market, literally. Service Brewing’s name sponsorship of the Savannah Film Festival was also a welcome sight.

While the Prohibition Cocktail trend didn’t quite explode here as elsewhere (Temperance on Broughton, anyone?), it’s a sign of Savannah’s cultural renaissance that we now have a legit craft brew scene, which will no doubt spur further investment.

4. Savannah Philharmonic —It’s by no means a given that any city in America would enjoy a top-level symphony orchestra the quality of the Savannah Philharmonic, much less a market as small as Savannah.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra only recently resolved a tense standoff which nearly resulted in its demise—in a city of five and half million people and galactically more financial resources than Savannah.

The Charleston Symphony Orchestra —in the home of Spoleto!—routinely goes through extreme financial distress which threatens its seasons on a regular basis.

But under the baton of the great Peter Shannon, the executive direction of David Pratt—and also thanks to the tireless efforts of Mary Catherine Mousourakis and the rest of the staff—the Savannah Philharmonic is kicking ass and selling out venues all over town, including last week’s Thursday night performance by Irish tenor Anthony Kearns at the Lucas.

5. Rock ‘n’ Roll—For years one of the biting and continuing criticisms of Savannah is that while it’s had awesome grassroots venues such as The Jinx and Hang Fire, it had no clearly identifiable music scene other than quirkily individualistic anomalies like GAM or City of Lindas and a lot of dudes covering “Margaritaville” for tourists.

That’s all changing not only in an explosion of kickass homegrown bands, but an increase in really smart, sharp bookings of touring acts—the latter mostly courtesy of Kayne Lanahan at Savannah Stopover/ MusicFile Productions and Peter and Blake Mavrogeorgis at Dollhouse Productions.

The beauty of what’s going on—and the linchpin in creating a genuinely holistic music scene on par with Athens—is that Savannah is finally building a mutual support network of musicians, promoters, and club owners who work together to find the right venue for the right bands.

Speaking of Savannah Stopover, that event continues to be one of the bright shining new lights in the local cultural scene— all the more important in that it appeals to a younger demographic than the majority of existing local festivals.

6. Completed Truman Parkway—Hey, I’m as sorry about the screwed-up wetlands as anyone. But there’s no denying that the finished Truman is a huge game-changer and a spur to economic development. From my house I can get downtown in 7 minutes and way Southside in under 15. Maybe one day the Truman Linear Park Trail can also be finished? A man can dream….

7. Our Readers—Media outlets all over America find themselves in a similar predicament: As the issues facing the world grow ever more pressing and complex, news organizations are decreasing the amount of funding, staff, and resources we can bring to bear on covering those issues.

While Connect Savannah is in some ways ahead of the curve—as an alt-weekly we’re long accustomed to doing things on a frugal budget and lean staff—we’re no more immune to this trend than any other news organization in the country.

What makes the uphill struggle worthwhile for me are the times when readers— most of whom I ‘ve never met, but who may know my face from the photo on this page—come up to me in a public space and thank me profusely for the work I do and our staff does for the community.

I’m deeply grateful and humbled to say that not a week goes by that this doesn’t happen. I may not see it in my paycheck, but it’s quite a blessing, and it’s what we live for as journalists—to know that our work has a real, lasting, and personal impact on the communities where we live. cs

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Editor, I wanted to follow up with you on the recent story “Can you afford your kids’ health insurance?” to correct a piece of information.

Ms. Eva Elmer is quoted saying: “Even if a worker is given a family plan option through their job, they can put their children on PeachCare if the out-of-pocket premium is five percent or more of their gross income,” adding that Georgia state employees and public school teachers can now sign up for PeachCare with no waiting period.

This implies there is no waiting period for state employees to go onto PeachCare, which is incorrect.

There is a two-month waiting period for anyone who voluntarily drops insurance and doesn’t meet any of the exceptions.

Exceptions to the waiting period: 1. Change in employment results in a child’s loss of employer-sponsored insurance (including leave of absence without pay or reduction in work hours) 2. When the child’s eligibility and enrollment in Medicaid or another insurance affordability program is terminated.

3. The employer stopped offering coverage of dependents (or any coverage) under an employer-sponsored health insurance plan 4. The loss of health insurance coverage as a result of the death of a parent 5. The cost of coverage for the child or family coverage that includes the child exceeded 5 percent 6. The child has special health care needs 7. The child lost coverage due to the divorce of a parent 8. The child’s parent is determined eligible for advance payment of the premium tax credit for enrollment in a QHP through the Marketplace because the ESI in which the family was enrolled is determined unaffordable in accordance with 26 CFR 1.36B-2( c) (3)(v) 9. Cancellation of COBRA or an individual insurance policy 10. The child was born during the two month waiting period 11. Parent on leave of absence without pay, or reduction of work hours 12. Employer cancellation of entire group plan I appreciate any assistance you can provide in correcting this as we have already begun to receive questions.

Thanks!

Lisa Marie Shekell Director, Comm./Legislative Affairs GA Dept. of Community Health

Fighting ‘Zombie Medicine’

Editor, Zombies are trendy these days. I saw a nature show on TV the other day that described how a particular fungus zombified an ant. Once in the host the fungus took possession of the ant’s brain and made it do things it wouldn’t normally do. Creepy.

But lately I’ve become aware of an even creepier form of control in the field of health care. I call it Zombie Medicine because doctors today (like the zombified ant) are no longer free to practice their vocation in which optimum health is their sole consideration. Now they must also serve the Zombie Masters—the insurance companies and hospital networks and the standards they devise.

Health care has changed. In my experience a trip to the doctor these days is something of a whirlwind tour. The PA (Physicians’s Assistant) does most of the work, the doctor sweeps in for 5 minutes at the end to read the PA’s notes, address any question that can be answered in 60 seconds or less, shake your hand and ask you to stop at the desk for your next appointment date.

When I asked one of my doctors about the pace, he explained he had to see some absurd number of patients a day…and I wondered why he had to, who was making him, and why medicine had acquired a kind of “grab that dough” aura that seemed wholly inappropriate in the health care arena.

I found the answer in a recent piece in the NY Times entitled “How Medical Care Is Being Corrupted” (by Pamela Hartzband and Jerome Groopman, Nov. 19, 2014).

Contracts for care that incorporate “pay for performance” clauses (virtually all of them now) direct physicians to meet strict metrics for testing and treatment. These metrics are generic (one size fits all), and do not take into account the individual characteristics and preferences of the patient.

Physicians who meet their designated targets are financially rewarded and get a better rating on the insurer’s website. Those that deviate from the metrics are relegated to a lower tier on the website.

The physicians conclude: “The power belongs to the insurers and regulators that control payment” with diminished autonomy for both the doctor and the patient.

In today’s world our own species of zombie fungus is infecting many areas of our life.

It rests on a “bottom line psychology” where all is sacrificed to profit. I share the concerns of the OpEd doctors but, from where we are now, how do we get Zombie Medicine back in the bottle?

Eve Herbst

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By Jessica Leigh Lebos jll@connectsavannah.com

AS WE ENTER this season of giving and thanks, I must publically praise an often overlooked but highly essential companion of our cushy modern lives: The toilet.

Yes, there are plenty of other worthy contenders (looking at you, root vegetable peeler), but you may understand my singular devotion as I share the tale of my recent battle with a mighty microscopic enemy, suspected to have breached the walls of my probiotic-bathed intestinal fortress via an undercooked egg.

Though the temptation to resort to the scatological remains nigh, I will simply say that during this time a great war of gastric distress was waged upon my being. Toecurling abdominal cramps and contorted bloating were followed by complete seizure of all main exit gates.

The invasion was devastating, but I survived the six-day siege. Not completely unprepared, I went through an entire 12-pack of double roll Charmin by myself.

Our teal-and-yellow-tiled bathroom shall heretofore be known throughout Westeros as the Land of 2,000 Flushes, and I shall forever reign as its undisputed Khaleesi.

And I owe it to my throne.

My adoration of the commode became all the more significant after last week’s visit to the City of Savannah Water Reclamation Facility. You’ve probably driven by it on Presidents Street Extension plenty of times, but few besides our stalwart soldiers of sanitation have seen beyond its imposing concrete embankments.

It was a harbinger, really, as the forcible gastroweapon had not yet struck. Looking back, I remember feeling a wee bit off when I met Water and Sewer Environmental Administrator Laura Walker, who helped organize the treatment plant’s first open house and promotion of World Toilet Day to help us citizens understand and

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appreciate “the marvel of the porcelain wonder.” (I had no idea then how many times I would repeat that phrase over the next six days. And nights.)

Not only do our indoor potties bring dignity to our most undignified moments, they’re connected to a complex infrastructure that protects us from cholera, dysentery, ebola and worse.

“The United Nations designates World Toilet Day for some very good reasons,” explained Ms. Walker, reminding that over a third of the global population does not have a clean, safe, private place to poop.

“More than half a million children died last year due to lack of sanitary conditions in their communities. Many girls around the world are in peril when they have to leave the safety of their homes just to relieve themselves.”

There are so few things that humanity has gotten right thus far, and good municipal sanitation infrastructure is a paragon.

You can deposit your foulest mess and push a little lever on your own personal Moon Door and whoosh—it is banished.

But of course, we know it doesn’t just disappear into the void like a young Rickon Stark.

I think it’s important to pursue things,

even the smelly ones, to their conclusion, so I followed the department’s interim director Lester Hendrix into the reclamation plant’s, well, bowels.

Mr. Hendrix led me first through the control tower, where sentinels monitor the city’s entire drain/flush/sewage influx 24 hours a day, seven days a week, treating 6,745,000 gallons of our wastewater every year. Pointing to the screens, he showed how our offal is removed in several phases using a combination of gravity and biological processes.

“Nature has a way of treating waste,” he described, explaining that there is no “magic filter” other than the carefully-cultivated tanks of bacteria that anaerobically break down what we flush down.

“Basically, we’re doing what nature would do in a concentrated way.”

From there, we climbed to see the industrial claw that rakes the first level of solids from the incoming flow, kind of a giant Hungry Hungry Hippos situation, except that those aren’t marbles.

A lot of weird and gross things get trapped here, including a lot of kids’ toys, and Mr. Hendrix implores us to keep everything but the necessaries out of our bowls.

(Quit flushing those godforsaken tushy wipes, because they don’t biodegrade, no

matter what the nice packaging says.)

The next two phases use gravity to allow the larger particles to settle and, in a feat of closed-system engineering genius, be turned into Class A fertilizer for the Bacon Park Golf Course and Hutchinson Island. The rest continues through a series of reservoirs bubbling with bacterial breakdown.

As we navigated the bulwarks of the cement castle, surrounded by moats of halfway-clean gray water, I have never clutched my phone so tightly. The smell was a tad sewage-y but not overwhelming, punctuated by faint whiffs of potpourri. At this point I was beginning to sense the imminent attack of my own infinitesimal invaders, but I could not help but appreciate the magnificence and magnitude of what happens here.

We wound up 13 acres closer to the Savannah River, where the reclaimed water gets a quick splash of chlorine (the only chemical used in the entire process) to rid it of any chaos-wreaking bacterial agents before it’s released back into the wild.

A necessity, Mr. Hendrix reminded, since every time you turn on the tap or watch your porcelain throne fill with fresh water, you start the whole cycle over again.

Which brings us to the bi-monthly $1.50 rate hike you’ll soon be seeing on your

water bill. Some have expressed outrage over this unbelievably modest increase, and Mayor Jackson has rightfully excoriated its detractors.

People, Savannah’s water and sewage fees are the third lowest in the entire Southeast.

I know so many of us must watch every nickel, but surely, there must be some other cache from which to squirrel nine dollars a year to ensure that when you flush your toilet, Mount Ve-sewage-us doesn’t erupt out of the bathtub.

The City deserves kudos for being uncharacteristically pro-active by funding needed upgrades to the 20 year-old plant to meet new EPA standards and address deferred maintenance. I can’t think of money better spent—especially if a tiny fleck of that funding could go to snazzing up the facility’s mural seen from President Street, because some public art memorial to the monumental activities happening within this excremental citadel is surely in order.

As my own personal principality slowly recovers back under my own intestinal domain, I encourage all of us to include our humble ceramic companions in our expressions of gratitude this week.

Just maybe not during the dinner table conversation. cs

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infrastructure solely for automobiles has drained the vitality of town centers, fueled sprawl, and made citizens dependent on cars HERE’S A RIDDLE: for every trip. It’s the worst of both worlds.

What has 16 members, Big enough for problems, too small for soluis co-chaired by the tions like transit. leaders of the Georgia I’m thankful to live in a community that House and Senate Transportation Combenefits from public transit and is dense mittees, is charged with “identifying new enough (in some places) that residents can sources and methods of funding for critical get around just fine on foot or by bicycle. transportation infrastructure needs,” and However, I worry about the political will of visited Savannah on Oct. 1? citizens and leaders to make the most of our The Joint Study Committee on Critical transportation options.

Transportation Infrastructure Funding, of Those of us, who have the choice to drive, course! often have trouble putting ourselves in the I sat in the Savannah International Trade shoes of those who don’t have that choice. & Convention Center for several hours We complain about having to get up 30 minlistening to presentations from organizautes earlier on workday mornings to contend tions ranging from the Savannah Chatham with congestion on I-16, while others have Metropolitan Planning Commission to the to leave for work hours early to catch the bus Georgia Motor Trucking Association. or combinations of buses.

I came to this conclusion: The commitWhile we fume about traffic from the tee is mainly focused on the “critical infracomfort of our climate controlled cars, other structure needs” of metal boxes. These boxes people shiver at bus stops in the predawn might have people inside, but not too many. hours. Next time you think you have a case A Peterbilt 579 or BMW 528i, yes. A of the Mondays, picture yourself standing in transit bus or a passenger rail car, no. the rain at the bus stop on Skidaway Road, The human occupants of the boxes near the intersection of 52nd Street. Cars seemed largely unimportant to the discusand trucks are flying by, just a few feet from sion, except when it came to how much where you stand in the mud and weeds. those humans (or the corporations that We like to grouse about CAT buses with employ them) must pay to keep the boxes only a few passengers aboard certain times moving as freely and swiftly as possible. on certain routes, while ignoring the fact That’s the “funding” part of the Joint that most of the cars on our streets (includStudy Committee on Tractor-trailers, ing our own) have only one person inside.

Boxcars, Shipping Containers and Private Not just certain times on some streets.

Automobiles.

The amount of money poured into Only the MPC’s Tom Thomson, who increasing roadway capacity to accommotalked about the Coastal Region Metropoli- date single occupant vehicles dwarfs what tan Planning Organization’s Nonmotorized we spend on transit, pedestrian and bike Transportation Plan, and Chadwick Reese infrastructure. And it has only made matters of Chatham Area Transit, deviated from the worse because, as transportation planner script. Several committee members actually Walter Kulash famously put it, “Widening wandered off the dais during Reese’s presen- roads to solve traffic congestion is like loostation, which addressed among other things, ening your belt to cure obesity.” rising transportation costs and the enorThe Joint Committee will deliver its recmous burden they place on people who are ommendations on Nov. 30, which could working hard, but barely getting by. include an increase in Georgia’s gasoline tax, Investing in public transit can improve one of the lowest in the nation (It’s worth household budgets and reduce traffic conmentioning here that the federal gasoline tax gestion. It’s a shame those officials didn’t hasn’t been raised since 1993). remain in the room to hear that message.

No matter what the committee’s funding That’s not surprising, though, as most prescriptions turn out to be, they should be committee members represent rural and accompanied by a serious discussion of what suburban areas and probably don’t care truly constitutes a “critical need.” That’s the much about transit. They keep their disriddle we must solve. cs trict offices in towns such as Newington, Auburn, Ocilla and Reidsville.

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A year of gratitude Circles in the Squares keep on counting blessings

of gratitude by holding a circle in each square for 22 weeks,” explains the ebullient Morton, who lists each gathering place on a Facebook page and a newly-launched webEvery Wednesday, rain or shine, site powered by Google calendar. they gather.

“Now we’re on our third round.”

Sometimes it’s just two or three people, The small ceremonies commence at other days more than a dozen men and women and maybe a small child or two greet exactly 12:12 to celebrate the auspicious each other with nods and smiles on one of repetition of that hour-to-minute combinathe city’s historic 22 squares. tion and to accommodate the typical lunch A bit after the midday church bells ring, break, should anyone care to stop by on they join hands and form a circle amidst their way for a quick bite. the chaos of ogling tourists and bustling The last of the noontime chimes of the locals, offering up a few words of thanks Cathedral of St. John the Baptist could for…whatever matters most to them in the still be heard last Wednesday on Lafayette moment.

Square as the circle came together. There “Health,” “community,” and “sustenance” was a biting chill in the air, and the group are common offerings, along with a general quickly chose a sunny spot near a SCAD appreciation for life and all its attendant film crew clustered around a very cold-looklessons. ing model.

Non-denominational, open to all and Regulars Denise and Norman Flojo rode lasting about as long as it takes to eat a sand- up on their bicycles, bundled in gloves and wich, these simple lunchtime assemblies are scarves. known as Gratitude Circles in the Squares.

“We’ll even come when it rains,” assured They’ve been rotating around the city since Norman, who has helped lead the group last November, much to the delight of crewhen Morton has been out of town or ator Joanne Morton. unable to attend. “This is part of our “It’s started as an experiment. I wanted to routine.” see if we could raise awareness of the power The circle blossomed quickly with the

By Jessica Leigh Lebos jll@connectsavannah.com

arrival of others, including a young mother with her 4-month-old son swathed comfortably on her chest.

“It’s the highlight of our week,” enthused Pam Lloyd, who recently relocated to Savannah with her husband, Doug Rodenbeck, from an Iowa horse farm.

For Lloyd, the gratitude circles have been more than a way to maintain a positive attitude in the face of so much recent change— it’s also led her to Savannah’s vibrant social and cultural network.

“We’ve connected to so many other wonderful things through the circles, from Asbury Memorial Church to the First Friday Art March,” confirmed Lloyd.

According to Dr. Emma Seppala at Stanford University, a regular habit of expressing gratitude—either by writing down lists or speaking out loud—has tremendous benefits. Research shows it increases feelings of altruism and other scientific indicators of happiness and can alleviate psychological and physical suffering. It even helps tame insomnia.

“Gratitude decreases depression and improves optimism and positive emotions, which in turn increase well-being, boost creativity, benefit relationships, and impact

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longevity,” counseled Dr. Seppala in a recent TED talk.

She acknowledges that many of us have good reason to grumble, and that life’s challenges are real and poignant. But the renowned psychologist notes there is great power when we can pivot from despair to the recognition of all the things that are going right: “If we are alive, chances are a great many things are working in our favor.”

That’s the jubilant sentiment that settled over Lafayette Square as one by one, the participants recognized the importance of every small bit of praise, nourishing meal and opportunity to gather plays in how they experience life.

Morton believes Gratitude Circles in the Squares can maintain its momentum

as it enters another year of quiet, joyous informality.

“This circle extends beyond us, to the hearts of everyone we interact with,” enjoined Morton, who is facing a new phase of her own as she steps down as the director of Anahata Healing Arts this month.

“This is a powerful practice, and it can transform the planet.”

The entire observance takes less than 15 minutes, and all the participants leave with a hug and thanks for their presence.

By 12:30, they’ve dispersed like dandelion spores in the breeze, spreading gladness as they go. cs Learn more at facebook.com/savannahgratitude or magicpassionlove.com/savannah-gratitude.

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History without a license?

Lawsuit seeks to end all tour guide regulations

eateries, T-shirts...”

Other plaintiffs Jean Soderlind of Ghost Talk Ghost Walk and Michelle and Steven Freenor of Savannah Belle Walking Tours ON ANY given day, you can see a tall gentleman in a seersucker suit leading folks agree. They’ve enlisted as their representatives the Institute for Justice, a Virginiaaround the squares, telling them stories based non-profit law firm that challenges about Savannah.

Dan Léger, also known as Savannah Dan, what it presents as unnecessary and unconhas built a thriving walking tour business in stitutional regulations in business licensing.

“It would be unimaginable for the governthe last six years and maintains an almost ment to impose similar burdens on other perfect TripAdvisor ranking.

But before he could lead a tour, Léger had people who talk or write for a living, like journalists, poets or stand-up comedians,” to pass a 100-question test that cost $100, explains IJ attorney Robert Johnson. as well as a criminal background check and “Tour guides are no different from any a physical exam. He also had to pay for a permit, which must be renewed every year. other storyteller and are entitled to the same Without all those ducks in a row, he risks constitutional protection.” significant fines and possible jail time.

The institute has filed similar lawsuits in A former police office and soldier, Léger Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and New resents that the City of Savannah wields so Orleans—all popular historic destinations. much control over his business.

In the case of Philadelphia, the city chose Last week, he and a coalition of other to dissolve its tour guide ordinance in favor local tour guides filed a federal lawsuit of self-regulation, and a D.C. court repealed against the City to repeal those requirethe district’s tour guide laws. ments on the grounds that it violates their A federal court in New Orleans recently First Amendment right to free speech. chose to keep its city tour guide regulations “In this country, you shouldn’t have to intact, leading the institute to send the lawjump through so many hoops to tell a story,” suit to the U.S. Supreme Court. says Léger.

The federal lawsuit in Savannah and a He adds that passing a test proves nothsimilar one filed with the U.S. Supreme ing about a potential tour guide’s proficiency, Court last Tuesday ask the court to strike and that free enterprise should weed out the down the City of Savannah’s Tour Guide incompetent and unprepared. for Service Ordinance, which applies to “Isn’t that what the city does with every motor coaches, trolleys and walking tours. other tourism-related business? Hotels, It includes all regulations imposed on tour

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Savannah Belles Walking Tours owner Michelle Freenor (center) addresses the media with her husband, Steven (r.), ‘Savannah Dan’ Léger and their attorneys.

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guides as well as a $1 preservation tax per adult each tour.

“It’s essentially a ‘speech tax,’” says Freenor.

“You can’t charge people just for talking.”

Freenor also wants to see the physical exam eliminated. “I’m not an employee of the city. My health isn’t any of their business,” she declares.

Fellow tour guide company owner Soderlind agrees with the point that the 100-question test doesn’t regulate the quality or veracity of themed tours that focus on films, food and non-historical information.

“There’s not a single question on the test about ghost stories,” points out Soderlind.

“How does that even apply to my tour at all?”

Bridget Lidy, the City’s Director of Tourism Management and Ambassadorship, counters that the licensing process establishes a framework for tour guides to use when discussing Savannah history. It also prevents too many guides from flooding the squares at one time.

There are approximately 330 licensed tour guides in Savannah, though not all of

solve many of the problems touted by the plaintiffs.

“I really believe the federal government should stay out of it, period, including the Supreme Court, although the local ordinance is way outdated in this regard and needs a re-write,” says Sellers, who specializes in architectural and pre-Civil War historical tours.

“Savannah should be deciding its own rules.”

An avowed entrepreneur (he also owns and operates the Savannah Tour Guide Institute, which helps prospective guides prepare for the test and develop a professional persona), Sellers nevertheless says he does not necessarily trust the free market to solve issues like overcrowded squares and amateur tour guides.

“Consider that the top ranked Savannah sightseeing tour is a company that has not done a tour in nearly a year, and that another high-ranking tour operator has been dead for six months,” he points out.

“It’s also worth noting both TripAdvisor and Yelp are being sued for corruption in

We don’t regulate private business.

But when a guide interacts with the public, they are technically an ambassador. several markets,” Sellers adds.

There is also concern that the agenda of the Institute of Justice isn’t solely about tour guides’ well-being.

According to non-profit watchdog siteSourcewatch, the IJ was founded in 1991 with seed money from the Charles Koch, the eldest of the billionaire Koch Brothers who infamously fund conservative political and anti-environmental campaigns.

IJ attorney Johnson assures that the organization is non-partisan and maintains a mission of restoring the constitutional limits of government for the American people.

“The institute has over 8000 individual donors, and the Koch Brothers donate less than one percent a year to our operations,” says Johnson.

While Sellers understands the frustration of his fellow tour guides, he believes that total deregulation and litigation at the federal level isn’t the way to improve the business climate.

“This is a touchy issue for certain, and I appreciate their perspective. They’re my colleagues, I respect them,” says Sellers.

“I just think we are fully capable of solving these issues ourselves.” cs

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them are active, says Lidy.

“We don’t regulate private business. But when a guide goes and interacts with the public, they are technically an ambassador.”

Lidy is also frank that revisions to the tour guide ordinance are long overdue.

“The ordinance was created in 1977, and the tourism industry has grown exponentially since then,” she says, explaining that her department was created earlier this year for the express purpose of updating the regulations and possibly jettisoning the physical exam.

The Tourism Management and Ambassadorship Department sent out 2,000 surveys to hospitality workers last month, including licensed tour guides. The collected information will be rolled out in a public council work session in the next few weeks.

“We’re going through it point by point, looking for places that need to be modified,” says Lidy.

“We think the bulk of tour guides out there think this is a good tool, and we’re trying to come up with a better system.”

Old City Walks owner Phillip Sellers concurs that an update at the local level can

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Snack healthy before you go. Whether you’re headed for the grocery store, the shopping mall or a holiday gathering, eat a healthy snack before you go. Taking the edge off hunger will help eliminate the desire to buy high fat, high calorie convenience foods, stop for a latte and a cookie, or hit the party foods table as soon as you arrive. When you control your hunger, you can more easily make better and healthier food choices wherever you are.

Celebrate with seasonal fruits and vegetables. Fall and winter produce offer abundant options and colorful choices. Fill your plate with brightly colored fruits and vegetables that are packed with nutrients. Try seasonal citrus like oranges or grapefruit to accent salads or eat as a snack. Apples are especially plentiful this time of year. Winter squashes, such as butternut, acorn, and fun-to-eat spaghetti squash, can perk up an evening menu, and nutrient loaded sweet potatoes naturally satisfy the desire for

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With Thanksgiving and other holiday celebrations fast approaching, it’s not too early to think about staying healthy throughout the rest of the year – and enjoy parties, dinners, and festivities. something sweet when prepared without the maple sugar or marshmallows. Plus, these fresh seasonal items are often be less expensive than produce that is out of season.

Lighten up your recipes. During the holidays, many of us love to return to our traditional foods and family favorite recipes.

Take a moment to look over ingredients and decide if there are opportunities to cut fat and calories – by making simple substitutions. For example, most recipes that call for sour cream will also be successful if you substitute fat-free plain Greek yogurt. This small change can cut the fat and calories in the dish – and add protein.

Watch the Extras. Be aware of how many liquid calories you consume. Many people consume as many calories in what they drink as what they eat. Alcohol, punch, and

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hot chocolate can easily pack on the calories to what would otherwise be a healthy meal.

Sugar and sweets are another area that can get out of hand during the holiday season.

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Use portion control while you savor your favorite holiday treat. Remember, moderation is the key in everything.

Keep a holiday calendar.

The holidays are a time to celebrate with friends and family but not every day needs to be a celebration. Try to limit holiday indulgences to one day per week. By putting the events on a calendar it’s easy to identify which dates are likely to include more calories and adjust accordingly.

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activity on the days you plan to celebrate.

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So this year during the holidays, celebrate smart. Make a plan and stick with it by trying some new healthy holiday treats, and avoiding the pitfalls of overindulgence.

Here’s wishing you and the people you love a very happy and healthy Holiday Season!

Kim Floyd, M.Ed., R.D., L.D., is a Registered Dietician and a member of the Core Team for the Canyon Ranch Institute Life Enhancement Program with Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care, Inc. These recipes were prepared by the Canyon Ranch Culinary Team and are used with permission.

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Three children shot in a week Lumpkin continued: Savannah was horrified by three unrelated “This is an active investigation and our incidents over the past week involving chilfirst priority is to protect that investigadren being shot. tion and bring the perpetrators to justice. I In the first case on Tuesday night, Nov. pray our objective is shared by this commu18, Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan nity. So the information we release will be Police are investigating the shooting death guarded. The child, Miss Smalls, was struck of two-year-old child Kiaja Smalls inside an by two of the bullets fired into the family’s apartment. apartment from close proximity. There is no Central Precinct Patro l officers respond- doubt that this specific apartment was taring to a shots fired call were advised that geted. Other than that and the information the child had been injured at 11:02 p.m. already released by the department, we will at Hampstead Oaks Apartments on the not be able to comment further on the spe200 block of Hampstead Avenue on the cifics of this case,” he said.

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“But, this case needs to become the cataPolice say the apartment appeared to have lyst to a change in attitude towards crime been targeted with shots fired from outside for much of our community. We have talked the unit. about the need for this community — all In a lengthy statement after Smalls murmembers of this community – to work der, new Police Chief Joseph ‘Jack’ Lumpkin together to make us all safer. I have no said, “Regrettably, the fatal shooting of a doubt that there are people in our neighbor2-year-old child last night exemplifies our hoods that know who committed this heiworst fears about the evolving criminal nous crime and why,” he said. activities we have been seeing in our com“We know some people do not come formunity – the very real possibility of innoward because they are involved in criminal cent victims being injured. Her death is activity themselves. Some do not come fortragic and horrific for this community and ward because they are associated by family All cases from recent Savannah/

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“It is the latter two groups The third shooting I want to address first: If you happened Saturday are not working with us to night, Nov. 22. combat this criminal activity, Detectives are you are enabling, empowerBrandon Maurice Stewart seeking information ing and even encouraging on the fatal shooting the criminals through your of Keith Passmore, silence! Experience tells us 12, of the 5600 block of Lafitte Drive, who that a very small segment of a community died at Memorial University Medical Cenis committing these crimes. But that small ter after being shot in the 2200 block of element is holding the rest of us hostage!

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They cannot threaten all of us,” he said.

Another shooting happened Thurs“Investigators believe this shooting hapday morning, Nov. 20. Brandon Maurice pened at a party where approximately 30 Stewart, 20, was sought “after detectives people were in attendance,” a police spokesdetermined the child was shot during a man says. “ domestic dispute between him and the Investigators ask that anyone with inforchild’s mother,” a police spokesman says. mation regarding the shooting contact the Shauneequa Jones, 22, had called police Homicide unit at (912) 651-6728. to Wheaton Street near East Broad Street about 8:44 a.m. Thursday. She reported “she was walking her daughter to school and heard a noise before her daughter Give anonymous crime tips to complained and she discovered the child Crimestoppers at 234-2020

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news & Opinion | The straight dope difficult to come by. Researchers at the University of Sydney reported in 2010 that among drivers aged 25 and younger, the crash risk of Asian-born drivers is actually about half that of Australian-born drivers. Lest readers immediately lampoon the native-born Australians for being too liberal with the Foster’s, these results were replicated in a 2011 Canadian study, where researchers found that recent immigrants (largely from China and India) were 40 to 50 percent less likely than long-term residents to be involved in a crash.

So where does this clearly delusional fear of Asians in cars come from? Perhaps because driving in Asia, regardless of your ethnicity, is legitimately terrifying. It’s believed that more than 150,000 people die annually as a result of road accidents in India alone. (Which honestly may not sound like a lot in a country of 1.24 billion, but think of it this way: according to one estimate, India has 1 percent of the world’s motor vehicles but 15 percent of the traffic fatalities.)

That’s likely a result of the fact that Asian countries are among the fastest-developing in the world, meaning more and more people are owning vehicles—in Southeast Asia the number of registered vehicles has jumped by nearly a third in just four years.

These cars are often crammed with far more people than in long-industrialized countries, resulting in more deaths when they crash. Road infrastructure and traffic safety regulations in most countries have also not kept up with the increased traffic.

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from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has recorded traffic fatalities by race since 1999 (also providing in the process a record of American bureaucracy’s often awkward struggle to label ethnic groups consistently). The evidence shows that first of all, this is a pretty significant issue: driving accidents are the leading cause of death for all races ages 4 to 34 (the four-year-olds were passengers, not drivers, before you start getting smart).

That said, in 2006 (for example) the crash fatality rates for the Hispanic, white, and African American populations were very You’ve already tackled the question of whether similar—12.27, 12.50, and 12.31 deaths per penis size differs by race [ Jan. 11, 1985]. Now 100,000 people, respectively. The real differences show up with Asians—whose fatality I’ve got another question concerning a racial stereotype: I’m sure almost everyone has heard rate was only 4.00 deaths per 100,000—and a stereotype about bad driving—the most com- Native Americans, whose rate was more than twice the national average, at 31.17. mon being that Asians are bad drivers, but Much of this has to do with alcohol use.

I’ve heard the same said about almost every Asians consistently have lower rates of heavy race. I personally think bad driving is univerand binge drinking than any other minority sal. Although car-insurance companies openly population, while those rates among Native discriminate based on age and gender, I don’t think they are allowed to do so based on race— Americans are much higher. (For the record, whites have easily the highest rates of overall but I bet they still have the figures to prove alcohol use.) whether racial stereotypes about bad driving As a consequence, more than half of are true or not. Do certain races stand out as Native American driving fatalities occurred worse drivers than others? —Jim, Baltimore when the driver was inebriated. For Asians, this number was barely above 20 percent.

I’M ALWAYS happy to answer the quesThis doesn’t account for less serious but tions of such a well-read individual. You’re still unsafe driving practices like speeding. right about auto insurance—companies aren’t allowed to openly discriminate based Unlike the clear-cut facts of driving fatalion race. However, they can vary their prices ties, however, data involving police practices allows much more room for subjectivity by zip code, which often ends up having and bias. For instance, Justice Department the same effect: car-insurance customers in statisticians tell us that in 2011 black drivlargely black Detroit, for instance, may pay ers were more likely to get stopped by police twice as much as those in the whiter subthan white, Hispanic, and Asian drivers, and urbs that surround it. blacks were also more often ticketed.

Is this based on some secret set of data, However, among all drivers stopped, they collected by an army of Edward Nortonwere also the most likely to be allowed to in-Fight Club types, showing that minorities are worse drivers? As with the Vatican’s proceed without receiving a ticket—arguably porn collection, we can’t prove it’s not there. suggesting that police more often stop black Looking at public data, however, we’ve drivers without evidence of wrongdoing.

In any case, evidence supporting the idea arrived at different conclusions. that Asians are bad drivers is remarkably The most reliable information comes

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date of birth, etc.) so that he could pray for bailed out of jail on Oct. 22 and immedithem individually, by name, to make his ately returned to the house. In fact, Beatty’s appeals more effective. (In October, Judge two sons had remained “at home” even while Ronald Leighton denied Van Vleet a tempo- Beatty was locked up. The home has been in rary restraining order against the city.)

Merin’s family since 1930. “Mind-boggling,” • The Washington, D.C., restaurant Sec- she said. ond State recently added an accessory to its • The Law Works in Strange Ways: bar menu — “hand-cut rock,” i.e., “artisanal” (1) The Gothamist news site reported in ice, for $1 extra (but free October that bicyclist John in premium drinks). The Roemer, who was rearlocal supplier Favouended by a driver in Brookrite Ice assures that its lyn in May (and whose frozen water contains intensive-care bill was paid no calcium to cloud it by the driver’s insurance Please and, with a heavy-duty company), is now being sued Stop shooting band-saw blade, “handby the driver in small claims people cuts” 200-to-300-pound court for $2,000 damage to blocks into the cubes her car. (2) In November, a that ultimately wind up “Offended!” (Tiptoeing in America) civil court in Lindau, Gerin the glass. A Favourite • Steve Soifer, CEO of an international many, ordered Rory Gray Ice founder said his frosupport group for people with “shy bladto pay Dr. Daniel Ubani for zen water resists drinkders,” excoriated DirecTV in November calling Ubani “an animal” weakening longer than for its series of commercials featuring Rob (for having injected Gray’s Lowe, whose “awkward” character in one ad ordinary cubes do. father with 10 times a drug’s stands at a urinal and says, “Fact: I can’t go safe dose in 2008, which with other people in the room.” Soifer says Ewwww — Gross! led to his death). The court the ad ridicules a serious problem — and Daniela Liverani, 24, found the epithet unwarcompared it to “making fun” of a man missof Edinburgh, Scotland, ranted and ordered Gray ing an arm or leg. and British singer Katie to help pay Ubani’s legal • The Power of One Sensitive Soul: (1) Melua recently survived expenses.

Lt. Col. Sherwood Baker was turned away inadvertent, grotesque ordeals hosting, from Adams High School in Rochester, respectively, a three-inch leech and a spider. Well, Of Course!

Michigan, in September by a guard who The leech had found its way into Liverani’s • The owner of the world’s largest corn said a school official sent word that Baker nose during an Asian backpacking trip maze (63 acres), at Cool Patch Pumpkins was not allowed in to discuss his daughter’s and had poked part-way out several times in Dixon, California, told Sacramento’s class schedule until he changed to civil(though Liverani had assumed it was a nose- KOVR-TV in October that “several” times ian clothes — because “a student” might bleed clot and “sniffed (it) back up”). When this season, visitors have called 911 to come be offended by his military uniform. (The she finally saw a doctor in October, she said, get them out of the maze. Said owner Matt Rochester school superintendent later the leech played peek-a-boo for a half-hour Cooley, “When it’s dark, all you see is corn.” apologized.) (2) The British Embassy in until the doctor grabbed it with tweezers.

(Also, two months earlier, an emergency Washington, D.C., apologized twice in Melua’s tiny spider apparently lived in her crew in Braintree, England, was forced to August, first a tongue-in-cheek “apology” for ear for a week, creating a constant “rustling” use special equipment to rescue an elderly England’s War of 1812 attack on the White noise until her doctor vacuumed it out. She woman who had fallen while inside the House and then for making that “apology” guessed that it came in through old ear10-acre Blake House Craft Centre maze.) in the first place — because of a backlash on bud headphones on an airline flight. (Her • Cliches Come to Life: (1) In a $460,000 Twitter from Americans complaining the spokesperson said the singer had no hard police-brutality settlement with the city of jokey “apology” was “offensive.” feelings and had released the spider into her Birmingham, Alabama, in October, plaingarden.) tiff Anthony Warren will receive $1,000, Bright Ideas with the rest going to his lawyers. (The un• David Van Vleet asked for certain supangelic Anthony is serving 20 years for runChutzpah! posedly public records in Tacoma, Washingning over an officer during a high-speed car • The law finally caught up, partially, to ton, and was forced into federal court when squatter Darrell Beatty in September, as he chase in 2008; he took a beating once offithe city turned him down. Van Vleet wanted was charged with grand larceny for forging cers caught him.) (2) Condemned Califordata from the city licenses of strip club a deed to a home owned by Jennifer Merin, nia inmate Steven Homick, 74, finally took his last breath on Nov. 5 — more than 29 employees (dancers’ stage and real names, 70, in Laurelton, New York. However, he NOV 26-DEC 2, 2014

November is tax-publicizing season in Finland, where, starkly unlike America, the government releases all individuals’ tax records to help build public support for the country’s vast welfare state. Thus, reported Foreign Policy magazine, Finnish society gets a “yearly dose of schadenfreude” ... “opening the door for a media frenzy of gossip, boasting and fingerpointing” about “fair share” and who’s more worthy. A few, however, proudly pay high Finnish taxes as a “badge of patriotism,” rejecting common tax shelters. “We’ve received a lot of help from society,” said one homegrown (and wealthy) entrepreneur, “and now it is our turn to pay back.”

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years after committing the two murders that put him on death row. However, Homick died of natural causes (the 65th condemned California man to go that way in the last 35 years).

Best of the Foreign Press

(1) “Dwarf Stripper Gets Bride Pregnant on Her (Bachelorette) Night” (an October report from the LasCincoDelDia website in Spain after the husband was surprised that “his” wedding-night consummation resulted in a baby born with dwarfism). (2) “Man’s ‘Drugs Test Trick’ Foiled by Pregnancy” (a November report from Egypt’s Al-Yawm alSabi website on a male bus driver who tried to game a drug test by using his wife’s urine, only to inadvertently discover that he would soon become a father).

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Employees of the Marshalls department store in Longmont, Colorado, said they had been hearing noises but were unable to locate the source for several days until finally, on Nov. 10, they summoned firefighters, who tore out an interior wall and freed a weak, injured Paul Felyk, 35, who had been trapped between that wall and an exterior wall after falling through the roof. A scrawled note near him was three days old.

Burglary charges were filed against Felyk, who has a substantial rap sheet.

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The desert sands of the Arabian Peninsula are fine-grained and smooth — unable to be used in manufacturing or, especially, the concrete industry, which is crucial to the massive upscale developments in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and other countries. Nor does desert sand work for beach restoration in the United States and other areas — because it blows away so easily. The resultant “sand crisis,” with various countries bidding against Middle Easterners for the Earth’s sea sand (described in a November New York Times essay), sounds much more severe than the first time News of the Weird mentioned (in 2007) how relatively easy it is, contrary to cliche, to sell sand to Arabs.

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IN THIS season of gratitude, Savannah should give thanks for Ryan Graveface.

The past months have been filled with backlash as out-of-towners stroll into our town, wave money about and turn our famously unique and wonderful downtown into Anywhere, U.S.A. You have businessmen allegedly “saving” us from ourselves, as small businesses fall under their footsteps.

But then you have people like Graveface, who, captivated by the city’s beauty and storied past, moved here, opened up a record shop (we didn’t have one), made Savannah headquarters for his already-successful indie record label, and began hosting allages shows in a town devoid of live music

opportunities for those under 21.

And that’s just the top of a long list of endeavors that have catered to music lovers, artists, and collectors, and attracted new visitors to Savannah.

The thing about catching up with Graveface is, every time you do, he’s guaranteed to have a new idea. They range from vague concepts to fully charted business plans, but they’re always brimming with contagious enthusiasm.

In 2015, Graveface will launch Terror Vision, a VHS rental shop inside Graveface Records that specializes in horror and sci-fi, from catalog staples to homemade films.

“The plan is—and we’ll see how it works—there will be a large curtain with the Terror Vision logo,” Graveface says, waving a hand toward the stage in the back of the shop. “It just looks like a curtain, but you have to know about it.”

The insider VHS shop will even have membership cards.

Terror Vision doubles as an independent releasing company for VHS and vinyl. Right now, Graveface is navigating the ropes to issue the soundtrack to a certain horror classic’s corresponding video game.

He’s also interested in taking on a producer role and facilitating the manufacturing of lo-fi, low-budget films, shot on VHS. It’s some pretty niche—and wildly fun—stuff.

“It’s more to appease my bizarre taste,” says Graveface. “I can’t imagine there’s going to be a ton of people going, ‘ooh! VHS rental!’”

You never know, though. Graveface’s fans are trusting of him as a curator, whether he’s

stocking the shop with handcrafted bitters or screening indie documentaries.

Graveface has also hired a label manager and is launching a distribution company.

Distributors are responsible for getting a label’s catalog on record shop shelves worldwide.

“I’ve been using an external distro for years, who takes half of my money for what I deem to be very little work,” he explains.

“So I’m creating my own company.”

Not only will he distribute titles from his own label, but he plans to get other labels involved, like locals Soft Science and Furious Hooves. It’s an incredible opportunity—just think: you could recommend Sauna Heat to your buddy in Oregon, and they could go pick up the Sharkbait cassette in their neighborhood record shop, in turn supporting their local shop, and a Savannahbased distributor, band, and label.

Graveface artists like Black Moth Super Rainbow and The Appleseed Cast have titles already stocked all across the world; this way, they’d bring new titles with them.

“Maybe their tapes and records will be in stores in Holland,” Graveface offers.

The possibilities—and opportunities— really are endless.

Before all these 2015 endeavors, though, Graveface is prepping for the biggest retail day of the year: Black Friday, which doubles as the second Record Store Day. Record Store Day, for the uninitiated, is a day upon which labels release limitedrun, special edition pressings. Unique color pours, picture discs, and B-sides aplenty are stocked in indie record shops across the U.S. This year, fans are slobbering over titles by

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Hüsker Dü, Waylon Jennings, Ramones (curated by Morrissey), Wu-Tang Clan, and more.

And, while you may think the college kid desperate for that Conor Oberst limited 7” is a subdued and gentle creature, that can all change when he’s cloistered with hundreds of like minds, all outnumbering the shop’s stock.

“People went nuts,” Graveface remembers of April’s Record Store Day Proper.

Not expecting such a huge turnout, Graveface didn’t set rules or restrictions, as some bigger shops do for the occasion.

“We unlocked the door… and it was upsetting,” he says.

The line wrapped around the shop, down Desoto Row, and circled all the way down 41st St. When the doors swung open, it was a stampede—granted, Graveface says, not necessarily the kind you see online where people are trampled at Best Buy—but certainly a mess inside the little shop.

There were even reports of theft, despite seven employees being on duty; the crowd was just that thick.

This year, there will be a “bouncer” to welcome five vinylphiles at a time. Only one copy of a title per person is allowed.

All in all, it’s a fun occasion, and a neat way to approach an otherwise kind of gross day of consumer gluttony.

“People like me, I’ve never done Black Friday,” Graveface says. “But I think that if there was a title I wanted, I’d totally do it.

It’d be a hell of a lot of fun, actually.”

There’s almost a game element to it: check out the titles online, make a list, line up, and lay your hands on that exquisitely etched LP that you and only a few other people in the world will have in their collection.

“That’s the thing,” says Graveface. “I think people enjoy the waiting and anticipation.”

You can technically get the release online thirty minutes after they go on sale, but where’s the fun in that? It’s the thrill of the hunt, going elbow to elbow with your friends and neighbors, then taking the haul home to listen together that’s the reason for the season.

Graveface seen both sides of it, as a label owner and business owner. Graveface purchases all RSD titles, and they’re all nonrefundable. He also makes sure to get bestsellers, like the Radiohead catalog, due to the increased traffic.

Simply put, it’s not a cheap endeavor.

“I think we made like, a dollar or something,” Graveface says of last Record Store Day. “Seriously.”

Additionally, what started as a celebration of small, independent labels has attracted major labels, smelling an opportunity.

“Now majors are like, ‘We can actually get rid of 5,000 copies of a Jimi Hendrix demo that most bootlegs have had for 30 years.’

And that 5,000 copies turns into 10,000 by day of, and then they sell them all and knock out the little guy.”

The idea that 10,000 copies is “limited” in and of itself is absurd; as Graveface notes, this year’s top-selling vinyl, Jack White’s Lazaretto, has sold 60,000 copies—and it’s the bestselling vinyl record in 20 years.

And with majors jumping on the chance to crank out product, some vinyl manufacturers push indie orders back when a big label order comes in. Some independent labels won’t get their Black Friday Record Store Day vinyl until 2015.

(Graveface is still awaiting the highlyanticipated annual Marshmallow Ghosts Halloween release. He ordered in August, didn’t get them in October, and hoped to at least get them out in time for Record Store Day. They still haven’t arrived.)

Despite changes, frustrations, and a slim profit margin, it’s all worth it. The holiday welcomes a slew of new customers, and even brings a new kind of visitor to Savannah.

“I’ve got emails from people in Brunswick, Athens, some towns in South Carolina I haven’t heard of,” says Graveface.

“People who are like, ‘What time are you opening? We’re driving down.’ I wasn’t planning on doing anything until I got those emails.”

It’s part of the reason for implementing rules; Graveface wants out-of-towners to have a positive experience in the shop, and in Savannah.

Keep an eye out for the dollar record rack and markdowns throughout the store; DJs will provide a soundtrack while you shop, starting at noon.

There will also be a raffle with rad prizes, gift certificates and Whirr and Black Moth Super Rainbow test pressings among them (those are some highly valuable Graveface releases, so nab those tickets!). There’s more, but Graveface wants to keep it a surprise; you’ll just have to line up to find out.

Does Graveface himself have his eye on a release? Though he’s first and foremost concerned with customers getting their titles, he admits he’s been ogling a Lee Hazelwood box set.

On how to successfully navigate the shop and ensure a successful Record Store Day for all, Graveface wryly advises: “Be sweet. We’re sweet, you’re sweet, everybody’s happy. Peace and love.” CS Black Friday Record Store Day at Graveface Graveface Records & Curiosities, 5 W. 40th St Begins 10 a.m. Fri. Nov. 28

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DOLLHOUSE PRODUCTIONS is throwing a Holiday “Bizarre,” and who better to lead the charge than Quintron and Miss Pussycat?

The husband-wife duo combine synth wizardry, puppetry, stage antics, and fab clothing (or lack thereof ) to put on one of the best show’s you’ll catch.

Savannah has long been a stop on the New Orleans couple’s tours; this time, the party includes a Graveface Records pop-up shop, a holiday photo booth by Emily Earl, and crafts, gifts, tarot and palm readings by Dame Darcy.

And speaking of Dame Darcy, she’ll be showcasing all her talents, as the banjoist will also be opening the show. Make sure you get there in time for Savannah’s gritty electro dance duo Boy Harsher, too. I know we’re all used to late starts in SAV, but be on time! Music begins promptly at 8 p.m., with Quintron hitting the stage at 11 p.m.

If you’ve never seen the show and need a little persuasion to let your freak flag fly, the following are key reasons why a ticket to see Quintron and Miss Pussycat is a first-rate (early) holiday present to yourself:

A NEW RECORD!

Quintron’s put out over a dozen LPs, and the mere-month-old Spellcaster II: Death In Space is a fantastic addition to the catalog.

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jams like single “Do The Raid,” it hits all our favorite elements of the band: sassed-out grimy fun and buzzy, building numbers suitable for soundtracking ‘50s sci-fi films.

PUPPETS!

Though she was introduced to puppetry in her church’s Christian Puppet Youth Ministry while growing up in Antlers, Oklahoma, Miss Pussycat honed her wackedout, rainbow-clad style in the wonderfully unpredictable and infinitely creative town of New Orleans. Her secret nightclub, the Pussycat Caverns (where Miss Pussycat and Quintron first met), was home to the puppets in the mid-‘90s. Since then, her handcrafted creations have formed bands, performed at The New Orleans Museum of Art, and become a staple of the Quintron and Miss Pussycat show, stealing the spotlight for segments throughout the evening.

Get ready for hilarious, smart writing with goofy, slightly creepy sets, characters, and movements.

COSTUMES!

From Miss Pussycat’s trademark Technicolor pom-pom topper to glimmering vintage dresses to neon handmade costumes (recently: a white one-shoulder dress covered in black, blue and pink keyboard patches to match Quintron’s keyboard sweater), it’s undeniable that the band’s

killer style is just as big a part of the show as the music. Just watch Miss Pussycat shake those maracas on stage and not leave dying to raid her closet. (Oh, and speaking of the maracas, she totally sews casings for them that coordinate with her outfits.)

INVENTIONS!

Half the fun of seeing a Quintron and Miss Pussycat show is getting to see Quintron’s creations in action. The Drum Buddy, a rotating five-oscillator, light-activated drum machine creates sound effects either manually or automatically. After its creation in late 1999, Quintron threw a patent on it; it’s now used by musicians like DJ Mr. Dibs of the hip-hop group Atmosphere, Fred Armisen, and Laurie Anderson.

The “Spit Machine” was his first-ever invention, and an exploration in using human saliva as a tuning conductor for a hand organ.

He’s been at it for years now, but Quintron’s most ambitious project may be his most recent. While forced to take some medical-related time off from touring in 2011, he converted the couple’s home into a singing structure. A drone synthesizer controlled by rooftop sensors that respond to sunrise, sunset, and precipitation, the original Singing House was built to be installed into any building. No two songs that the synth creates are alike, and each, like

weather conditions, are perfectly unique.

It’s tuned to perform in E Major, a pleasing and comforting key, as the Singing House, later called Weather Warlock, was originally intended to simply be a way of bringing an instrument into any home.

Later, the project grew into “weather for the blind.” Many sight-impaired people suffer from a circadian rhythm sleep disorder; Quintron hopes that the weather-controlled synthesizer can alleviate stress for those suffering from a lack of sleep and unite the listener with nature.

Currently, its base station is located in New Orleans. Quintron has formed a heavy drone band, Weather Warlock, to play in accompaniment with the instrument. The ever-changing lineup has included a rotating cast of friends and New Orleans staples, like Aaron Hill of Eyehategod; on Friday in New York, the band includes jazz musician Nels Cline, John Lennon’s son, Sean Lennon, Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth, Paula Henderson, and Luke Stewart. cs Quintron and Miss Pussycat – A Holiday “Bizarre” Dollhouse Productions (980 Industry Drive) Wednesday, December 3 Doors at 7:30, music at 8 $8 advance via Eventbrite.com, $10 at the door

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By Anna Chandler | anna@connectsavannah.com

Burnt Books, Crazy Bag Lady @The Jinx

Burnt Books crafts a searing, incendiary type of hardcore/post-punk built on angular riffs awash in grimy sludge. Hailing from nearby Columbia, SC, the band recorded their 2013 selftitled debut LP with Phillip Cope of Kylesa/Retro Futurist Records at Columbia’s Jam Room Studio. Soon after, they signed with Retro Futurist and hit the studio once again with Cope to cut their follow-up, due March 2015.

Compared to the first go-round, Burnt Books’ Joey Parker attests that the band was “definitely more comfortable with Phil and ourselves on this one.”

“This record feels more organic and raw to me,” he says. “We tracked the record with all of us in the room together. It has more of a live feel. Guitars were overdubbed, but the core sound is us live in the studio.”

Burnt Books has raised the bar for their own intense arrangements, delivery, and songwriting on this release, too. “Lyrically, [vocalist] Zoë and I had a lot to say,” says Parker. “And we did.”

“We were such a young band on the first record,” he continues. “You can tell we’ve matured as a band…musically and emotionally.”

Parker attests that the Retro Futurist collaboration has been a positive and familial experience. “They are looking out for us, and we look out for them,” he explains.

Labelmates Crazy Bag Lady join the Jinx bill.

Saturday, 10 p.m.

A Motown Christmas @The Lucas Theatre for the Arts

We’re lucky to live in a time in which we can still go see the founding fathers of Motown cut the rug and fill a room with their classic melodies. With The Motown Experience, a supergroup comprised of past and present members of legendary acts The Temptations, The Miracles, and The Capitols, the soulmen have arrived right at our doorstep—don’t miss ‘em while you have the chance.

They’ll be breaking out the hits, like “My Girl,” “Get Ready,” “Cool Jerk,” and more, but it’s a festive occasion, as well; the group will inject that classic soul into Christmas favorites. Get ready for flashy costumes, impeccable harmonies, and the sound that defined a generation and inspired all those to follow. Dancing and singing along is encouraged, so bring a partner—and maybe swing by Record Store Day at Graveface and grab some vinyl for practicing.

If you’re anything like me and find yourself flipping back to that 24/7 Christmas radio in hopes that “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” by The Jackson 5 or The Supremes’ “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” is on, A Motown Christmas is sure to put you in the spirit of the season—even if it isn’t technically December yet.

Saturday, 7:30 p.m., $44-54, tickets at savannahboxoffice.com

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Passafire, The Hip Abduction, Niche @The Jinx

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Formed in 2003 by SCAD students, Passafire (pictured) has grown to be a forerunner on the world’s reggae-rock scene. And though those signature hip-sway grooves are a staple of their sound, Passafire knows how to rock, merging progressive layers of keys, drums that drive though big choruses, and the kind dubstep rhythms that don’t beat you over the head with their obviousness.

Tour mates The Hip Abduction are bringing new flavors to reggae as well, fusing afro-pop, indie jams, and roots sounds into their island style; the St. Pete-based band performed at Congress Street Social Club earlier in the month.

The diversity is what makes Niche such apt support. Niche is timeless rock ‘n’ roll through and through with Southern psychedelic flavor. Both Niche and Passafire give each member room to show off their chops, so be ready to be impressed by the technical talents of this varied bill of progressive rock.

Bring a non-perishable food item for donation, and you’ll also get $2 off the cover. Even more incentive to rock out before Turkey Time!

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By Lauren Flotte artrisesavannah.org

NOV 26-DEC 2, 2014

IN THE art community there is one holiday tradition that will forever remain sacred: small work shows and pop up shops.

Art and commerce cozy up every winter and this year is no different.

SCAD’s annual small works show is currently on view at the Gutstein Gallery and Armstrong State University will offer a Christmas Pottery Sale December 3-4.

Local pottery studio, The Clay Spot, will host the Merry Art Mart this Saturday.

Non-Fiction Gallery will throw its annual Holiday Pop Up Shop as part of the First Friday Art March on December 5.

The March will also feature the Indie Arts Market.

The non-profit behind the Art March, Art Rise Savannah, of which I am a board member, is presenting a juried small works 30 show, “ThincSMALL,” during its Holiday

Left, wood sculpture by Dicky Stone; right, ‘Skidaway to Hope II’ by Daniel Smith. Both artists are ARC Savannah members.

Party at co-working space ThincSavannah on December 11.

While this roster promises beautiful and affordable art just in time for the gift-giving season, there is one pop up show that truly stood out as something different.

Art non-profit, ARC Savannah and Chatham Parkway Lexus are presenting “A OneNight Stand” on Dec. 4.

This invitation only event showcases work from ARC’s member base, and encourages the purchase of artworks while also clawing at some loftier goals.

“We want to expand opportunities for our artists and provide a juried experience of art for our advocates. And we want to raise the visibility of the arts in the larger community. Chatham Parkway Lexus has incorporated their other Lexus dealerships by inviting those from surrounding areas,” says Daniel Smith, who serves as Secretary on ARC’s board.

Smith, a professional painter, is a founding member of ARC, along with Kristin Boylston, Christen Clougherty, Susan Laney, and Jerome Meadows. The organization was born about a year ago out of conversations between the five founders about the needs of fellow art community members.

The group determined that while Savannah is home to many artists, the art community hadn’t, “coordinated its opportunities and its gifts to present Savannah as a center for the arts,” Smith says.

With this in mind ARC began gathering members, both artists and advocates, who

wish to see wider support for the arts.

“In Savannah we have folk artists, traditional artists, and contemporary. We have people at the beginning, in the middle, and in the nationally recognized stage of their careers all living here and we want people to see the complexity and diversity of arts here,” Smith said.

A lecture series over the summer connected artists and advocates to new knowledge and networks of support. In June, ARC collaborated with the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) for the “Artists and Artisans Tour,” which aimed to connect local artists to downtown collectors.

In addition to connecting artists and advocates, ARC is interested in having “a stronger liaison with city government and organizations,” Smith continues, in order to promote Savannah as an art hub, building off models of other cities such as Chattanooga, Charleston, and Oil City, Pa. “We have cooperated with the DNA before because they expressed an interest in keeping art part of the lifestyle of Savannah,” Smith says.

Through that cooperation, ARC began working with Gale Steves, who serves on the board of DNA as Holiday Tour of Homes”Chair and created the Artists and Artisans Tour.

“I met Richard Nimphie, General Manager of Lexus Savannah, at a party during the Artists and Artisans Tour, and we spoke about creating an event for his customers that would benefit the art community as

well,” says Steves, who now serves on the board of ARC. She and Smith worked together to organize “A One Night Stand.”

“We are really grateful to the Lexus sponsorship. Chatham Parkway Lexus and its customers wanted to invite this into their lives. The Lexus dealership asked us to provide a cultural experience for Lexus owners since they see part of being a Lexus owner as understanding culture in a broader sense,” Smith says.

This event distinguishes itself from other events this season in several ways. For one, it’s invite-only, but more significantly, it leverages corporate sponsorship to the advantage of artists.

Most interestingly, it promotes art as an important lifestyle product. This way of presenting art has the potential to create new collectors and supporters of local art.

“It’s one thing to just want to have nice art, it’s a different thing to want to live in daily contact with artists,” Smith says.

Furthermore, ARC hopes this event will set a positive example for other public and private groups.

“I believe that it is good business for local companies to support the arts,” Steves says.

Smith expresses similar sentiments: “I think it’s a great thing that corporate as well as civic entities step forward in Savannah to ensure a quality of life for their employees and fellow citizens, and art is certainly an enhancement of all our lives.” cs

Doctuh Buzzard’s Hoodoo Awakening — This

exhibit celebrates Gullah Geechee spiritual heritage and looks closely at hoodoo artifacts. Through Jan. 25, Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St.

Edward Jones — Edward Richard Jones is an artist who works with wood, sterling silver, copper and brass. Through Nov. 30. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Gallery Open House — Featuring artwork by

William Weyman and Jacqueline Carcagno Weyman of Daedalus Gallery. Light refreshments provided. Through Nov. 30, Forsyth Park Inn, 102 W. Hall St.

Ornaments and Keepsakes: Memories in Adornment, 1780-1885 — From now through December,

the Georgia Historical Society is offering an exhibit on 18th and 19th century jewelry.

Features several pieces from the GHS collection including brooches, mourning pendants, and pocket watches dating from 1780-1885. In the Georgia Historical Society Research Center located in Hodgson Hall and is open to the public during regular hours. The Research Center is open on the first and third Saturday each month from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 12-5 p.m. Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker St.

Port City: The Savannah Riverfront through Artist’s Eyes — Drawn from local collections, the

Last week to view work by Stefania Cancemi at Gallery Espresso

Openings & Receptions

Continuing Exhibits

Alaine Daniel and Angela Erdy — December’s

Between Realism and Abstractionism — Three

her oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings through December. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

artists using different styles, reflect their personal message about the human condition – the forlorn silence of the modern world, reality as seen by the mind’s eye and the introspective search for personal meaning. Giuliano Corsi, Michael Banks and Larry Beaver carry on the visual dialogue.

Through Jan. 15, Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St.

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Call for Entries for ThincSMALL — Art Rise

featured artists. Daniel presents her watercolors and Erdy shows her jewelry pieces.

Dec. 1-Jan. 1. Gallery 209, 209 E River St. Barbara Davis — Barbara Davis displays

poses disparate imagery through digital, hand-rendered and photographic creation to reveal stories formed by these incongruent elements. Reception Dec. 5 6-9 p.m..

Nov. 28-Dec. 13. Art Rise Savannah, 2427 Desoto Ave. Holiday Open House — Check out the Forsyth

Park Inn’s decorated parlor and enjoy freshly-baked goodies and hot chocolate.

Dec. 1-Jan. 2. Forsyth Park Inn, 102 W. Hall St.

Winter Wonderland: An art show by Garrison School of Visual & Performing Arts 5th grade students —

An art show by Garrison School of Visual & Performing Arts 5th grade students. This show will hang thru December. Opening reception Tue., Dec. 2, 6-7 p.m. Blick Art Materials, 318 East Broughton St.

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Savannah is currently accepting submissions for their ThincSMALL exhibit, which will be on display December 11-February 15. Framed or unframed work may not exceed 18”x18”, and all 2D mediums and styles are welcome. Art must be priced below $250 including a 30% commission.

Art Rise members may submit up to 10 images for $5. Non-members may submit up to 5 images for $15. Send submissions to submissions@artrisesavannah.org. $5$15 Through Nov. 28. Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. 3rd Floor.

The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisted by Contemporary African Artists — This

exhibit explores the sequences of Dante’s poem through new works by 40 contemporary artists from 19 African countries.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Library of Congress, and Telfair Museums’ collection, Port City tells the story of the Savannah riverfront as depicted by artists in prints, drawings, paintings, and photographs from the 1730s to the present.

Through Jan. 4, Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Stefania Cancemi — Italian SCAD student

Stefania Cancemi presents a collection of photographs. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

Whitfield Lovell: Deep River — Lovell’s art pays tribute to the lives of anonymous African Americans and explores passage, memory, and the search for freedom. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Works by W. Gerome Temple — Using both

illustration and painting as his media, W. Gerome Temple has created a body of work that encompasses the natural and the unexplored. Through Jan. 4, The Butcher Tattoo Studio, 19 East Bay St.

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City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. Beginning/Intermediate Wheel Workshop —

Instructed by Dave Peterson. Ages 17+. $150/$140 city residents. Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St.

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The big food week is here. You—or someone who loves you—will chop, chop, chop. And you’ll be going yum, yum, yum.

But what’s in the kitchen? And what’s in the trash? What about those potato peels, carrot tops, coffee grounds and egg shells?

If you’re sending these gifts of nature to the landfill, you need the wisdom of Savannah composting advocate Andy Schwartz.

“You shouldn’t be wasting,” Schwartz says.

“But if you can reduce it in some way and maximize its uses, that’s even better.”

Schwartz has been “maximizing food waste” for about seven years as a farmer, volunteer, grocery manager and champion for sustainable food.

This year, he started a business, Grow Eat Repeat, that he hopes will grow as Savannah embraces farm-to-table practices. Schwartz is composting for those of us—starting with restaurants—that don’t have the time or space to chuck those useable scraps into a heap and turn, turn, turn.

“You look at Charleston, they have a commercial composting business where they do curbside recycling for restaurants,” Schwartz says. “It’s just another bin they pick up.”

I met Schwartz before the Thanksgiving chill set in at his office, a shady patch of soil off a noisy industrial corridor on downtown’s western fringe. There, he grabbed a pitchfork and turned over three six-foot diameter piles of compost in various stages of—shall we say—“usefulness.”

“The one that’s new is a little bit stinky,” he says. “But it’s a good smell.”

The fragrance comes from microbes, fungi and bacteria working for Schwartz under his free labor plan.

They break down food parts and other organic material. And he gets a dark, rich, crumbly and odor-free soil amendment for his customers and gardens across the city.

“The seeds and the plants or whatever you’re growing in your yard, you want to feed them, too,” Schwartz says. “This is a big organic bomb of life into your garden.”

Andy Schwartz, the man behind Grow Eat Repeat Composting reduces methane emissions, cuts trash hauling fees, extends landfill life and keeps one more bag of synthetic fertilizer from hitting the ground.

Still, if you’ve never done it before, it can be tricky. The most important part is the mix.

“Somebody might hear ‘food waste’ and think it’s only their kitchen scraps,” Schwartz says. “That’s a very important part of it. But you need to have these dry things.”

That would be things like leaves and straw. But don’t think you’re going to rake up your waxy magnolia leaves or dump out bags and bags of live oak leaves and get a good break down.

Some leaves don’t go in the pile. And it should have about twice as much dry stuff as food waste. What about meat? No. What about paper? It depends.

Schwartz is patient with brown thumbs like me with lots of questions.

After all, his mission on the Georgia coast has been sustainable food education since just after he arrived here from Indiana to work in hospitality management in 2007.

He worked at a hotel briefly. But then the soil called him. He began tending gardens for high-end coastal resorts. He volunteered for a year on a South African organic farm.

His day job now is at Whole Foods, where he runs the produce department.

“I’m composing at work,” Schwartz says. “It’s part of my job there. I come home and compost. I don’t sleep in the compost piles. But just about everything short of sleeping in the compost is part of my daily life.”

Grow Eat Repeat is Schwartz planting a seed. He’d like it to grow into a job for himself and others.

But if you hear his message and start composting with holiday kitchen scraps this year, it’ll be a job already done. cs

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Beijing Hot Pot steams up Savannah

By Cheryl Baisden Solis

When the Mongolians first conquered China and established the Yuan dynasty in 1271, they brought along with them their culinary tastes as well, such as living in yurts (the big palaces they built made them feel claustrophobic) and open campfires, where big pots of bubbling soup were used to cook thin sliced lamb, mushrooms and vegetables.

Lucky for the Chinese this style of cooking, call huo guo (火鍋) or Hot Pot, really caught on in a big way. In Beijing it has become as popular as roast Peking Duck.

And now, all the way on the other side of the globe, this delicious trend has made it to our city at last.

Andy Ruan, owner of Asian River on Waters, had a feeling Savannah would be happy to receive this culinary blessing, and with his creative turn of mind, sought to find the perfect way to present it.

Hot Pot had limited success at Asian River, though, possibly because the

restaurant had such a large and detailed menu of other successful items to choose from like sushi and fried rice dishes. The secret had to be in the presentation: make the main attraction the star!

While Fire Wok, his brand new venture at the corner of Bull and Derenne, has a good selection of tempting dumplings and dim sum, as well as Americanized standards like Sesame Chicken, Hot Pot stands apart as the Diva of Dishes here.

No longer a buffet in the ordinary sense, the tables already there (from the now defunct Chen’s) are now used to display a multi-colored array of thin sliced beef, pork, chicken and lamb, various kinds of sausage, tofu, fresh seafood as well as noodles both thin and wide, and greens, okra, corn, 4-5 kinds of mushrooms and cabbage, even taro root. Each dish is $4.

Each time I go I see smiling family groups, hordes of students, and tables piled high with blue and white china dishes. And in the middle, the square gas burner with its silver pot sending up a fragrant plume of steam.

The pots are divided in half so that each diner can have his own space to cook and are usually served with a mild broth on one side,

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a hot, spicy chili oil brew in the other half.

If neither diner is inclined towards tonguenumbing heat, just ask for both sides mild.

That simmering broth is just the basis for your own unique creation. In Beijing, hot pot is served with an incredible dipping sauce. Though not available here, you will be able to mix a reasonable facsimile on your own.

Look to the condiments bar to find fresh garnishes and numerous sauces both innocent and fiery. Two scoops of sesame jam (paste), one scoop of peanut sauce, add fresh minced garlic, green onions and cilantro, a single spoon of garlic chili sauce, then stir in enough soy sauce to make it less dense—voilà!

The thin-sliced meats and seafood cook very quickly, though veggies like the corn cob chunks and okra require a little more patience, so put these in at the start. The okra is divine, coming out of the pot with a silky soft texture, and the tofu chunks take on the flavor of each ingredient in such a way as to melt on the tongue.

Ask the server for a small wire scoop to bring your cooked fare out of the soup, and a small separate dish to eat from—believe me, eating straight from the pot will leave you a burned tongue, fast!

The broth, oh, my. This is the pièce de résistance! I always add fresh garlic, cilantro, green onions and various condiments to mine—each according to his taste, though.

With the combos of red meats, chicken, fresh seafood, tender mushrooms plus whatever condiment your heart desires, the fires of the hotpot produce a distince tive broth whose divinity only you will be responsible for.

The hot pot broth is an art in and of itself, and I’ve found that even those who think they have no particular skill in cooking, can produce an incredible take-home treat. Yes, you’ll want to scoop it out, every bit, so be sure to request a plastic container with lid.

Why? Because it will become the basis of a wonderfully convenient and delicious meal the next day.

Heat it up in a pot, throw in noodles of your choice, a few raw eggs laid gently on the bubbling surface, or tofu chunks or meatballs, and just before serving toss in a handful of green onion and cilantro—a very easy meal that requires no added spices or herbs—the taste and ease of this soup is addictive!

Pan-fried pork buns and Crab Rangoon may be more familiar, and carnivores will love the Short Beef Ribs or Mongolian Beef.

Andy also serves here his famous Fire Wok Bowl of lobster tail, shrimp, and scallops tossed with bamboo shoots, peppers, leek and dressed in a fine basil red curry sauce.

The wine and beer license is due to arrive in January.

If you have room, the soft little custard buns or coconut cakes will finish up the appetite nicely without being too heavy, or my favorite, sesame balls fried golden and filled with sweetened red bean paste. Check the back of the menu for Wok Star dishes, various noodle and rice choices or teriyaki— Andy aims to please all tastes! cs Fire Wok 20 E. Derenne Ave. (912) 239-4266 Mon-Fri 11am-10pm Sat noon-10pm

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NOV 26-DEC 2, 2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 screens on Thursday, November 27 at 7 p.m., Friday, November 28 and Saturday, November 29 at 6 and 9 p.m. (two screenings daily)

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 OOO So do we blame the existence of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 on Han Solo or Harry Potter?

Multi-movie series have been around for decades, of course, but while heroes like James Bond and Tarzan always managed to wrap up their exploits before the final credits and were prepared to tackle new adventures in subsequent sequels, The Empire Strikes Back did no such thing.

Since gargantuan franchise grosses guaranteed a third and final chapter in the original Star Wars saga, George Lucas felt free to end his movie with Han in captivity, the Empire in control, and Luke Skywalker grappling with daddy issues. There wasn’t really an ending, just a promise of more to come.

The Jedi tale was created for the screen; not so the Harry Potter pictures, which were born on the pages of J.K. Rowling’s best-selling books.

And after six successful films, the producers got either ambitious or greedy (take your pick) and opted to split the final novel into two separate flicks —maximizing profits, yes, but also allowing the story to breathe a bit more and not be heavily trimmed to fit into one comfortable run time. The downside, though, was that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, while nevertheless enjoyable, still felt like a case of too much narrative padding, with most of

the highlights reserved for Part 2. That, in a nutshell, is also what happens with Mockingjay — Part 1, an adaptation of the first half of the final book in author Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series. The film is certainly a success, and no fan would dream of missing it.

But there’s an unavoidable sensation of treading water, of biding time until the main attraction, Mockingjay — Part 2, hits theaters this time next year (Nov. 20, 2015, to be exact).

The previous entry, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, also ended in cliffhanger fashion, but because everything preceding it had been so exciting (it’s easily the best of the three films to date), it didn’t feel like a cheat, just a way to get viewers even further out on the seat’s edge.

Conversely, Mockingjay 1 ends so abruptly – and without much dramatic charge (it most resembles the conclusion of the middle Matrix movie, Reloaded) — that the overall feeling isn’t excitement or anticipation; it’s entitlement, a sense that the filmmakers owe it to the audience to wrap up this story in damn fine fashion.

I expect they shall, if this picture is any indication. Because for all its stop-and-start pacing, there’s still plenty worth catching, beginning with the lead performance by Jennifer Lawrence.

She once again excels as Katniss

Everdeen, who, as we saw at the end of Catching Fire, has been plucked by members of the rebellion to lead their uprising against President Snow (Donald Sutherland) and his fascistic government. Not so fast, sez she.

Angered that Peeta Mellark ( Josh Hutcherson) was left in the hands of the ruling class, she’s not really in the mood to accept the mantle of symbol of the revolution, a decision that worries resistance leader Alma Coin ( Julianne Moore) and right-hand man Plutarch Heavensbee (the late Philip Seymour Hoffman).

It’s up to Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), of all people, to help get Katniss back in the saddle, to where she’ll want to visit oppressed citizens, film propaganda pieces for public broadcast (shades of Edge of Tomorrow) and generally make life miserable for Snow. Any film that decreases screen time for Woody Harrelson (as boozy Haymitch Abernathy) and increases it for Liam Hemsworth (as heroic Gale Hawthorne) is tempting fate — and critics — but for the sake of the narrative, these modulations make sense, as Katniss suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and needs her best buddy/semi-boyfriend frequently on hand to calm her down. Still, as t-with the previous pictures, the proceedings receive a charge whenever Harrelson, Banks or Stanley Tucci (as smarmy TV host Caesar Flickerman) pop up – more so, in fact,

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— all while delivering lofty speeches about seeking truth through performance. Keaton’s been receiving all of the awards buzz — and he deserves it (he’s terrific) — but Norton proves to be his match step by step. In fact, there isn’t a weak link in this entire cast, with Watts in especially excellent form and even Galifianakis pulling his own weight.

In one respect, Birdman is a movie about a turf war, specifically the one that exists between Hollywood and Broadway. New Yorkers like Mike and the Times theater BIRDMAN critic Tabitha Dickinson (Lindsay DunOOOO can, playing the most laughably miserable Where to begin in tackling the numerreviewer since Bob Balaban’s film scribe ous excellent qualities that make up the Harry Farber in Lady in the Water) resent moviegoing experience known as Birdman? the fact that a shallow, callow celebrity The logical starting point would be Michael would dare come to their neck of the woods Keaton, whose superstar status really didn’t and pollute the hallowed stage with an amaextend much past the 1980s. teur production; Tabitha even goes so far as His breakthrough turn as motorto tell Riggan that she plans to destroy his mouth Bill Blazejowski in 1982’s Night play in print, regardless of whether or not Shift remains one of the classic comic perit’s good. formances of modern times. But a hefty It’s an insider topic made accessible number of flops toppled his standing, and through the terrific dialogue by writerhe now stands as less a bankable commodity director Alejandro González Iñárritu (21 than a Trivial Pursuit answer.

Grams, Biutiful) and his three co-scripters, In that respect, he has much in common and it’s joined by a cheeky dig at the film with Riggan Thomson, the character he capital’s obsession with superhero flicks, a plays in Birdman. Riggan was once an A-list look at the tempestuous backstage relationmovie star, having starred in three successful ships that often inform a show (in this case, films as the superhero Birdman. But those not only between Riggan and Mike but also days are long gone, and in an effort to not Riggan and Laura, Mike and Lesley, and only revitalize his career but also to make more), and musings on the fine line that Art-with-a-capital-A, Riggan has opted to separates artistic inspiration from out-andwrite, direct and star in a Broadway adapta- out insanity. tion of Raymond Carver’s What We Talk Birdman, which shares some show busiAbout When We Talk About Love. ness DNA with Bob Fosse’s All That His best friend Jake (Zach GalifianaJazz but tops it in nearly every regard, is kis) is producing the show, his ex-addict further elevated by the constantly roamdaughter Sam (Emma Stone) is serving as ing camera of the brilliant cinematographer his assistant, his girlfriend Laura (Andrea Emmanuel Lubezki, who finally won an Riseborough) is part of the four-character Oscar for last year’s Gravity after racking up ensemble, and leading lady Lesley (Naomi noms for Sleepy Hollow, The Tree of Life and Watts) is throwing herself into her work. other eye-popping efforts.

Even his ex-wife Sylvia (Amy Ryan) occaWorking in tandem with Iñárritu and sionally drops by to offer support. editors Douglas Crise and Stephen MirYet mounting this play is hardly smooth rione, Lubezki apes the style of Hitchsailing, not only due to Riggan’s personal cock’s Rope (or, if you will, the openings of demons — his Birdman alter ego is always Welles’ Touch of Evil and Scorsese’s GoodFelcluttering his mind, telling him he’s going las) by shooting the entire picture in one to fail — but also because of the arrival of continuous take, using subtle means when Mike Shiner (Edward Norton), a popular necessary to break stride but always mainMethod actor who appears as a last-minute taining the illusion of an edit-free effort. It’s replacement to tackle the production’s other a nifty trick of the trade perfectly suited for male role. a superb motion picture that’s perpetually Mike Shiner is one of the movie year’s on the prowl in its quest for humor, insight great characters, odious and unforgettable. and Art-with-a-capital-A. A talented and dedicated professional who only feels alive when performing (in fact, he DUMB AND DUMBER TO can only get it up sexually when he’s on the OP stage), he threatens to derail the show with It’s amusing to glance over the early his boorish behavior and childish tantrums reviews stating that Dumb and Dumber since this is the most somber of the three movies and can afford to be broken up by their characters’ humorous interludes.

As for that sudden-death overtime of an ending, it’s sure to leave many patrons grumbling. But look at the bright side: Whereas we had to wait three whole years to witness how Han would get rescued, we’ll only have to wait one to see if this franchise rescues itself from overhyped expectations and wraps up in high-flying fashion.

To is no comedy gem like its 1994 predecessor. Reading over those words, one might get the impression that the original Dumb & Dumber compares favorably to cinematic masterpieces from the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Woody Allen or the Marx Brothers.

Um, no. Instead, it was just one more slapdash flick released in an era in which dum-dum comedies were all the inexplicable rage, appearing the same year as star Jim Carrey’s first Ace Ventura outing, a year before Adam Sandler’s Billy Madison and two years before Tom Arnold’s The Stupids (and believe me, there’s plenty more where these came from).

Dumb and Dumber To begins with a bit involving a stubborn catheter, and it’s one of the film’s few gross-out gags that actually works, thinks to an amusing buildup and some deft physical shtick on Carrey’s part.

There’s also a hilarious – and clean! Imagine that! – joke involving an addressed envelope, annnnnd … well, those two instances pretty much tap out the comic inspiration on view.

The rest is a feeble reworking of the first film’s story, with champion morons Harry (Daniels) and Lloyd (Carrey) again hitting the road to deliver a package, and again running afoul of some nasty people who want them dead.

As Lloyd, Carrey doesn’t seem to have missed a beat in nailing Lloyd’s nuttiness, while Rachel Melvin is a bright presence as Penny, a nitwit who might be Harry’s daughter. Daniels, though, doesn’t seem to be playing the same character he essayed 20 years ago, meaning he’s either forgotten how to tackle the part or he couldn’t be bothered to do much more than draw air in exchange for a paycheck.

And then there’s the tragic case of Kathleen Turner, cast as the boys’ old flame Fraida Felcher. In another lifetime, she was a terrific, alluring actress known for hits like Romancing the Stone and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Here, she turns up only to be subjected to fat jokes and play it straight next to our heroes.

Then again, maybe she’s just come full circle. In her exciting debut in 1981’s Body Heat, she delivered one of cinema’s great lines, murmuring to William Hurt, “You aren’t too smart, are you? I like that in a man.” And now she’s with two men who aren’t too smart – she must be loving that.

INTERSTELLAR

OOO IMAX blunders aside, do see this movie.

It’s deeply flawed but also wholly absorbing, and it marks Nolan as one of our most ambitious, go-for-broke directors, unafraid

to attempt Sistine Chapel ceilings while his fellow filmmakers are working with Crayolas.

Set in a near future when a dusty, ravaged Earth seems unlikely to sustain another full generation of humans, Interstellar finds Matthew McConaughey playing Cooper, a former NASA pilot and present-day farmer who loves his son Tom (Timothee Chalamet) but who clearly enjoys a special bond with his daughter Murphy (Mackenzie Foy, Renesmee to all you Twilight fans).

Therefore it’s Murphy who’s most shattered when Cooper is recruited by NASA’s Professor Brand (Michael Caine) for a potentially planet-saving mission that will keep them separated for years, maybe forever.

But since it might mean salvation for the planet’s inhabitants, Cooper can hardly refuse, thereby blasting off into space alongside Brand’s daughter Amelia (Anne Hathaway), fellow astronauts Doyle (Wes Bentley) and Romilly (David Gyasi) and a pair of unique, monolithic robots named TARS (voiced by Bill Irwin) and CASE ( Josh Stewart). Their mission is to check on three distant planets tagged by previous explorers as suitable for human life and decide which holds the most promise for the survival of our species.

Despite a running time that ends just shy of three hours, Interstellar never drags – a testament to Nolan’s ability to keep us glued to his quietly unfolding tale.

BIG HERO 6

OOOP An adaptation of a lesser-known Marvel Comics title,Big Hero 6 is set in the Eastmeets-West landscape of San Fransokyo and centers on Hiro Hamada (voiced by Ryan Potter), an aimless 14-year-old genius who’s given some much-needed guidance by his older brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney).

Tadashi has developed a vinyl, inflatable robot named Baymax (Scott Adsit). Baymax has been programmed to serve as an efficient health care provider, and he and Hiro end up forming a special bond.

The first hour of Big Hero 6 is superb, complete with an array of interesting characters, an eye-popping visual design and, courtesy of the bulky Baymax, a sizable number of hearty laughs. It’s a shame that the relationship between Hiro and Baymax takes a backseat to various action set-pieces, but even in this latter portion, the film is overflowing with visual invention and genuine sentiments.

Be sure to arrive at the theater on time so as not to miss Feast, the delightful short that precedes the main attraction. CS 37

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Activism & Politics

Savannah Area Young Republicans

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

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. Young Democrats

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

Call for Artists

The Sentient Bean seeks experienced artists for one-month-long exhibitions of his/ her work. Artists must have a website with current images representing a sample of the work to be shown in order to be considered. Apply to sentientbooking@gmail. com, subject line “art show.” See website for info. Fridays.. sentientbean.com/ booking#visualarts. sentientbean.com.

The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. City of Savannah TV Show Seeks Entries

The City of Savannah’s TV station, SGTV, seeks profiles, documentaries, animations, original music videos, histories or other original works by or about the citizens of Savannah to run on “Engage,” a television show produced by the city. No compensation. SGTV offers an opportunity to expose local works to over 55,000 households in Chatham County. Submit proposals via website. Saturdays.. savannahga.gov/engagesgtv.

Gallery 209 Call for Artists

Gallery 209, 209 East River Street, seeks a 3D artist to join its cooperative gallery.

Interested artists call 236-4583 between 10:30am--1:30 pm, or emailbmrousseau@ aol.com. Sundays.. gallery209savannah. com/. Gallery 209, 209 E River St. Gallery Seeks Local Artists

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Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street, seeks 2-D and 3-D artists to join its cooperative gallery. Must be a full-time resident of Savannah or nearby area. Work to be considered includes painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture, glass, ceramics and wood.

Submit 5-10 images of work, resume/CV and bio to info@kobogallery.com. Mondays.

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42 compiled by Rachael Flora | 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.

Homeschool Music Classes

Music classes for homeschool students ages 8-18 and their parents. Offered in Guyton and Savannah. See website for details. ongoing. CoastalEmpireMusic.com.

Oatland Island Seeks Memories and Recollections for 40th Anniversary

Oatland Island Education Center is looking for memories of Oatland Island in honor of their 40th anniversary. People who were part of the Youth Conservation Corp that helped to build Oatland Island Education Center in the 1970’s. Great memories from field trips. Special family memories of Oatland Island. Send your photos and stories to memories@oatland40th.org. Deadline is August 31. undefined. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org.

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. ongoing. (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@savannahga.gov.

Classical Guitar Instruction

Classes, Camps & Workshops

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

Argentine Tango Beyond Basics Group Class

Ukulele Group

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.

Benefits

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.

Contact Warren Walker for lessons or information on participation at 912-398-1640.

Through Jan. 4, 2015. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Chatham County Animal Control Seeks Donations of Items

Chatham County Animal Control seeks items for pets in the facility. Canned and dry dog and cat food, baby formula, newspaper, paper towels, soaps, crates, leashes, collars, wash cloths, towels. Open daily, 1pm-5pm. Mondays.. 912-351-6750. animalcontrol.chathamcounty.org. Chatham County Animal Shelter, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. Forsyth Farmers Market Seeks Sponsors

Market sponsors invest in a healthy community and support the local economy.

Sponsorships begin at $350. Help keep food fresh and local. Tuesdays.. kristen@ forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket.com/.

Forsyth Farmers’ Market, 501 Whitaker St., South End of Forysth Park. $5 Bikram Yoga Class to Benefit Local Charities

Bikram Yoga Savannah offers a weekly Karma class to raise money for local charities. Thursdays during the 6:30pm class.

Pay $5 for class and proceeds are donated to a different charity each month. This is a regular Bikram Yoga class. ongoing.

912.356.8280. bikramyogasavannah.com.

Professional Clothing Drive at Armstrong

Armstrong State University’s Office of Career Services is accepting donations for its Clothing Closet, a professional clothing drive seeking gently used professional attire—oxford shirts, men’s and women’s suits, slacks, blouses, dress shoes. Clothing 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

Art Classes at The Studio School

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. ongoing. 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 Studio, 407 East Montgomery Xrds.

Beginning Belly Dance Classes

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

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

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.

Cooking Basics for Tweens

For ages 9-12. Participants will learn about cooking equipment and kitchen and food safety. Wed., Nov. 26, 10 a.m. coastalgeorgiabg.org/. Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, 2 Canebrake Rd. 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. 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. ongoing. 912-921-4646.

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Figure Drawing Classes

Tuesdays 6-9pm and Wednesdays 9:3012:30am. $60/4-session package or $20 drop-in fee. At the Studio School. ongoing. 912-484-6415. 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. ongoing. 912-232-5987.

Holiday Clay Classes for Adults and Children

Register now for Holiday Clay classes for Adults and Children at Savannah’s Clay Spot. Make unique handmade goodies to give as gifts or to use to entertain this season. register at www.savannahsclayspot. com $60 Mon., Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 912-509-4647. lisa@savannahsclayspot.com. savannahsclayspot.com. Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St.

Holiday Pottery classes for adults and children

Make it a handmade Holiday this year, and join us for making it with clay at Savannah’s Clay Spot’s Holiday Clay Classes begining in December. check out www. savannahsclayspot.com Mon., Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 912-509-4647. lisa@savannahsclayspot.com. savannahsclayspot. com. Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St. Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

Housing Authority of Savannah hosts classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. Adult literacy/GED prep: MonThurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri each month, 9am-11am.

Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm-3pm. Community computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912-2324232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha.com/NRC.html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St.

Music Instruction

Georgia Music Warehouse, near corner of Victory Drive & Abercorn, offering instruction by professional musicians. Band instruments, violin, piano, drums and guitar.

All ages welcome. ongoing. 912-358-0054. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. 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. ongoing. 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. ongoing. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St.

ond Language. Fun methods for children to help them learn quickly. 912-660-7399. cordraywriter@gmail.com.

Russian Language Classes

Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call for info. ongoing. 912-713-2718.

Sewing Classes

For beginners or advanced sewers. Industry standard sewing courses designed to meet standards in the garment industry.

Open schedule. Savannah Sewing Academy. 1917 Bull St. Sundays.. 912-290-0072. savsew.com.

Singing Classes

Bel Canto is a singing style which helps the voice become flexible and expressive, improves vocal range and breathing capacity.

A foundation for opera, rock, pop, gospel and musical theatre. $25 Mondays, 6 p.m..

786-247-9923. anitraoperadiva@yahoo. com. Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 West State Street, 3rd and 4th flrs.,.

Spanish Classes

Spanish courses for professionals offered by Conquistador Spanish Language Institute, LLC. Beginner Spanish for Professionals--Intro price $155 + textbook ($12.95). Instructor: Bertha E. Hernandez, M.Ed. and native speaker. Meets in the Keller Williams Realty meeting room, 329 Commercial Drive. Tuesdays.. conquistador-spanish.com.

Stress Reduction: Arising Stillness in Zen

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

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

Stress-reducing practices for body, speech and mind. Five Thursday night classes Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, from 6- 7:00pm. $15 drop-in; $70 for revise it or pursue publication. Award-win- series. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, Sensei. ning Savannah author offers one-on-one or Savannah Zen Center 111 E. 34th St. 31401 small group classes, mentoring, manurevfugon@gmail.com ongoing.

Vocal Lessons script critique, ebook formatting. Email A group of voice instructors who believe for pricing and scheduling info. ongoing. in the power of a nurturing community to pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com.

Photography Classes help voice students blossom into vibrant Beginner photography to post production. artists. Each instructor holds a Masters of Instruction for all levels. $20 for two-hour Music in Voice Performance. Group classes class. See website for complete class list. held once a month, plus an annual recital.

410-251-4421. chris@chrismorrisphotogVaries Wednesdays.. 912-656-0760. TheVraphy.com. chrismorrisphotography.com. oiceCoOp.org. The Voice Co-op, Downtown.

Sewing lessons for all ages and skill levels. Private and Group classes. Tuesdays..

912-596-0889. kleossewingstudio.com.

Kleo’s Sewing Studio, 36 W. Broughton St. #201.

Piano lessons with a classically trained instructor, with theater and church experience. 912-312-3977. ongoing. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St.

Knitting & Crochet Classes

Learn to Sew

Life Coaching

Group & individual life coaching with a Certified Life Coach. Plan for a career change, new lifestyle, or an opportunity to pursue creative or business projects. Stepby-step guidance to fulfill aspirations. In person or telephone sessions. Thursdays..

912-596-1952. info@roiseandassociates. com. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Mommy & Me Relaxation Class

Teaches techniques to face the physical, mental, and emotional changes of a new mother’s body, mind and heart with poise and grace. a variety of relaxation techniques for mother and child. For expecting and new moms as well as those with small children (4 and under). $15/class or 6 classes for $50 (to be used within 2 months) Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10-11 a.m..

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

Novel Writing

Piano Lessons

Piano Voice-Coaching

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

Prepared Childbirth Wednesday Session

This course gives an overview of reproductive anatomy and physiology and explains the process of labor and delivery in simple, easy-to-understand terms. The four-week course includes a tour of the labor and delivery unit. This class is popular, so please register early. $75 per couple Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.. 912-350-2676. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Reading/Writing Tutoring

Ms. Dawn’s Tutoring in reading, writing, and composition. Remedial reading skills, help with borderline dyslexia, to grammar, term paper writing, and English as a Sec-

Writing Your Memoir

Memoir is a nonfiction, literary art form that–unlike autobiography–relies heavily on storytelling techniques derived from fiction, and is formed around the memory and observation of the author. In Writing Your Memoir, students will survey from the memoir canon, including Mary Karr’s The Liars Club, Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, Beverly Donofrio’s Riding in Cars with Boys, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life and others, to inform their own writing. Students will have reading and writing homework and will participate in workshop-style critiques. $200 Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.. 912-651-2005. PersonalDevelopment@georgiasouthern.edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/ personaldevelopment/writingclasses/. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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.

Clubs & Organizations

13th Colony Sound Barbershop Chorus

Sing in the harmonious barbershop style with the Savannah Chorus of the Barbershop Harmony Society. No charge Mondays, 6:30 p.m.. 912-344-9768. rfksav@ gmail.com. savannahbarbershoppers.org.

Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classses for multiple ages in performance dance and adult fitness dance. African, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, gospel. Held at Abeni Cultural Arts studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. Call Muriel, 912-6313452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com.

Avegost LARP

Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. generallly meets the second weekend of the month.

Free for your first event or if you’re a nonplayer character. $35 fee for returning characters. ongoing. godzillaunknown@ gmail.com. avegost.com.

Buccaneer Region SCCA

Local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate.

See website. ongoing. buccaneerregion. org.

Business Networking on the Islands

Small Business Professionals Islands Networking Group meets first Thursday each month, 9:30am-10:30am. Tradewinds Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Call for info. ongoing. 912-308-6768.

Chatham Sailing Club

Meets every Friday evening for an informal social gathering of like minded people who enjoy the water. Watch the sun go down over Turner Creek. All are welcome, including kids and dogs. Fridays.. chathamsailing.org. Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. Drop N Circle Craft Night

Sponsored by The Frayed Knot and Perlina. Tuesdays, 5pm-8pm. 6 W. State Street. A working gathering of knitters, crocheters, beaders, spinners, felters, needle pointers, etc. All levels of experience welcome. Tuesdays.. 912-233-1240.

Exchange Club of Savannah - Weekly Lunch

Meets every Monday (except on the fifth Monday of the month), 12pm-1pm. Weekly speaker, and honor a student of the month and year, police officer and fireman of the year. Charities: Jenkins Boys & Girls Club; Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse.

Guest are welcome Mondays, 12-1 p.m..

912-441-6559. Savannahexchange.org.

Exchange Club of Savannah, 4801 Meding Street.

Fiber Guild of the Savannahs

A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, and other fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island

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Wildlife Center, first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. fiberguildsavannah.homestead.com/. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA.

Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6pm-7:30pm. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Drive, Thunderbolt. Attendees pay for their own meals. RSVP by phone. ongoing. 912-660-8257.

An international, leaderless network of individuals seeking more freedom in an unfree world. Meetings twice monthly, Thursdays, 8:30pm. Topics and meeting locations vary. No politics, no religious affiliation, no dues, no fees. Every other Thursday.. onebornfree@yahoo.com.

A group for improving public speaking and leadership skills. Professional, friendly, peer-run. Every Tuesday 6-7 PM at 35 Barnard Street 3rd Floor (ThincSavannah.) $10/month Tue., Dec. 2, 6-7 p.m. 912-4840165. hostesscitytm@gmail.com. facebook. com/hostesscitytoastmasters. thincsavannah.com. ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard St. Suite 300.

Freedom Network

Georgia Nature Photographers AssociationCoastal Chapter

Coastal Chapter of the GNPA. The GNPA is 100% focused on nature photography and offers Field Trips, Monthly Speakers, Competitions, Seminars and Workshops and the Annual EXPO with prominent nature photographers and keynote speakers.

Photographers of all levels are welcome! $35 per year first Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. 912-234-2571. alfie.wace@gmail. com. gnpa.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Historic Flight Savannah

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

912-596-1962. honorflightsavannah.org.

Historic Savannah Chapter: ABWA

Hostess City Toastmasters Club

Island MOMSnext

For mothers of school-aged children, grades K-12. Mothering support, personal growth, practical help, and spiritual hope.

First and third Mondays. Childcare on request. A ministry of MOPS International. first Monday of every month.. 912-8984344. kymmccarty@hotmail.com. mops. org.

Islands MOPS

A Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets two Wednesdays a month, 9:15am11:30am. Wednesdays.. sites.google.com/ site/islandsmops. fbcislands.com/. First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. 912-2380514. wildfibresavannah.com/. Wild Fibre, 409 East Liberty St. Low Country Turners

A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Steve Cook for info at number below. ongoing. 912-313-2230.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-7864508. American Legion Post 184, 3003 Rowland Ave. Philo Cafe

Discussion group that meets every Monday, 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations. Anyone craving good conversation is invited. Free to attend. Email for info, or see Facebook.com/SavannahPhiloCafe.

Mondays. athenapluto@yahoo.com.

R.U.F.F. - Retirees United for the Future

RUFF meets the last Friday of each month at 10am to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and related senior issues.

Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors ongoing. 912-344-5127. New Covenant Church, 2201 Bull St. Rotary Club of Savannah Sunrise

Meets every Thursday, 7:30 a.m. for breakfast at Ort Hall (Lady & Sons) 112 West Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet Congress Street. Visitors are welcome.

Meets every Wednesday. Different locations Thursdays.. savannahsunriserotary.org. downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to Ort Hall, 112 W. Congress St. Safe Kids Savannah learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-308-6768.

Knittin’ Night A coalition dedicated to preventing childKnit and crochet gathering held each hood injuries. Meets 2nd Tuesday each

month, 11:30am-1:00pm. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-353-3148. safekidssavannah.org.

Savannah Brewers’ League

Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-4470943. hdb.org. moonriverbrewing.com/.

Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St.

Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group

Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month.

Prose--fiction and non fiction. Discussion, constructive criticism, instruction, exercises and examples. Location: Charles Brown Antiques/Fine Silver, 14 W. Jones St. All are welcome. No charge. first Tuesday of every month.. 912-308-3208. alicevantrease@live.com.

Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

Meets Saturdays, 8:30am to discuss stocks, bonds and better investing. Contact by email for info. ongoing. charlesfund@ gmail.com. panerabread.com/. Panera Bread (Broughton St.), 1 West Broughton St. Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

A dinner meeting every 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm at local restaurants. 3rd Tuesday in November; none in December.

For dinner reservations, please call Sybil Cannon at 912-964-5366. ongoing. 912748-7020. savannahnavyleague.us.

Savannah Fencing Club

Beginner classes Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks. $60. Some equipment provided. After completing the class, join the Savannah Fencing Club; $5/month.

Experienced fencers welcome. Tuesdays, Thursdays.. 912-429-6918. savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Go Green

Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-308-6768.

302 West Victory Drive sav.smokecartel.com

Savannah Jaycees

Meeting/info session held the 1st Tuesday each month at 6pm to discuss upcoming events. Must be age 21-40. Jaycees Building, 101 Atlas St. first Tuesday of every month.. 912-353-7700. savannahjaycees. com.

Savannah Kennel Club

Monthly meetings open to the public the 4th Monday each month, Sept. through June. ongoing, 7 p.m. savannahkennelclub.org. barnesrestaurant.com.

Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Avenue.

Savannah Newcomers Club

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Open to women who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years.

Membership includes monthly luncheon and program. Activities, tours and events to help learn about Savannah and make new friends. ongoing. savannahnewcomersclub.com.

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Savannah’s New Smoke Shop (912) 574 2000

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

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Savannah Parrot Head Club

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

Savannah Sacred Harp Singers

Everyone who loves to sing is invited to join Savannah Sacred Harp Singers. All are welcome to participate or listen to one of America’s most revered musical traditions.

Call or email. ongoing. 912-655-0994. savannahsacredharp.com. Faith Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road.

Society for Creative Anachronism

Meets every Saturday at the south end of Forsyth Park for fighter practice and general hanging out. For people interested in re-creating the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Free Saturdays, 11 a.m.. savannahsca.org. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Savannah Story Games

A group that plays games that tell improvised stories. Create an amazing story in just three hours, using group games with special rules that craft characters, settings, and conflicts. Sundays at 6pm. free Saturdays, 6 p.m.. info@savannahstorygames.com. savannahstorygames.com.

Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

Savannah Toastmasters

Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment. Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. ongoing. 912-484-6710. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Savannah Veggies and Vegans

Join the Facebook group to find out more about vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, and to hear about upcoming local events.

Mondays.

Tertulia en español at Foxy Loxy

Spanish conversation table. Meets second and fourth Thursday of each month.

7:30pm to 9pm at Foxy Loxy, 1919 Bull street. All levels welcome. Free. Purchase beverages and snacks. fourth Thursday of every month.. foxyloxycafe.com/. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla

A volunteer organization that assists the U.S. Coast Guard. Meets 4th Wednesday at 6pm at Barnes, 5320 Waters Ave. All ages welcome. Prior experience/boat ownership not required. fourth Wednesday of every month.. 912-598-7387. savannahaux. com.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

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

Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

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

Concerts

13th Colony Sound (Barbershop Singing)

“If you can carry a tune, come sing with us!” Mondays, 7pm. ongoing. 912-344-

9768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave.

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Rock Our City Food Drive Bash

Bent out of Shape, I Am Sound, and SubZero will perform live in concert to bring awareness about feeding the hungry. $20.00 Sat., Nov. 29, 9 p.m.-3 a.m. info@ asmpromotions.com. asmpromotions. com/home.html. Music Vault, 8082 Speedway Blvd.

Dance

Adult Ballet Class

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

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. ongoing. 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.

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

Ballroom Series Group Class

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.

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1 Food Network celeb ___ de Laurentiis 6 Crow’s nest site 10 Newport or Salem 14 “Jeez!”

15 Choir voice 16 “Interview with the Vampire” author Rice 17 Can that landed on your head before serving?

19 Hamelin invaders 20 Curtis of Joy Division 21 Underwater eggs 22 FarmVille choice 24 Sue of many alphabet mysteries 27 Unwise 30 Like sashimi 31 Cardinal point?

32 Michael of “SNL” 33 Bird that can’t play with his friends for a week?

37 Musk of Tesla Motors 38 Perfume label word 39 “___, poor Yorick!”

40 Spice that’s been messed with?

45 Boat with two goats 46 “Ratatouille” chef 47 Hawaiian vacation souvenir 48 “Good heavens!”

50 Denounce 54 1970 hit by The Kinks 55 Forest fluid 56 2016 Olympics host 57 “But ___, there’s more!”

59 Seafood that got promoted in checkers?

63 Alan of “The Blacklist” 64 Falco of “Nurse Jackie” 65 Rainforest or tundra 66 Projectionist’s spool 67 They get connected 68 “Sk8er Boi” singer Lavigne

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1 Shoot for the moon 2 “___ what you’re saying” 3 Appliance manufacturer 4 “The Da Vinci Code” author Brown 5 Ending after hex, pent or oct 6 Fictional lawyer Perry 7 ___ vera 8 Early bandmate of John, Paul, and George 9 Last part of a paint job 10 “Deck the Halls” is one 11 Having some trouble 12 Boom sticks 13 “Affirmative” 18 Go down at sea 23 Device for streaming Netflix 25 “Down in ___!”

26 T, to Socrates 27 At the end of your rope 28 Gather wool 29 Attention-getting

shouts 31 Like snake eyes 33 Magnificence 34 Climbing danger 35 Considers (to be) 36 Speedy 37 Dutch town known for its cheese 41 Exam without paper 42 Piled up the leaves again after the wind got them 43 Get hitched on the fly 44 Ballpoint, for example 49 Cereal in a blue box 50 Hamster homes 51 “File not found,” e.g.

52 It’s known for its Heat 53 Dynamite inventor Alfred 55 Fit of temper 57 Classic U2 album 58 Draft served near darts 60 Bride’s words 61 Letters before a company name 62 LII x II

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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

Learn basic moves and choreography with local Belly Dancer, Nicole Edge. Class is open to all ages and skill levels. Walk-ins welcome. 15.00 Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. 912596-0889. edgebelly@gmail.com. edgebellydance.com. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. Beginner’s Belly Dance Classes Every Wednesday

Beginner’s belly dance class instructed by local performer Nicole Edge. Learn the basics of American Cabaret belly dance.

15$ Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.. 912-596-0889. edgebellydance@gmail.com. edgebellydance.com. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. Beginners Belly Dance Classes

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

Happenstance Bellydance

All levels and styles of bellydance welcome. Classes every Monday, 5:30-6:30pm.

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. ongoing. 912-7480731. 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.

Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St.

NOV 26-DEC 2, 2014

Dance Lessons (Salsa, Bachata)

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.

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Dance on Thursdays at 8pm--fun, friendship, and dancing. Free for Savannah 42 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. Free Dance Thursdays at Lake Mayer

Lake Mayer is offering free dance and fitness classes for all ages every Thursday, in the Community Center. 9:30 am and 10:30 am is the “Little Movers” class for toddlers.

12:00 pm Lunch Break Fitness. 1:30 pm Super Seniors. 5:30 pm youth hip hop. 6:30 pm Adult African Fitness. FREE ongoing, 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. 912-652-6780. sdavis@ chathamcounty.org. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

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

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm, Nassau Woods Recreation Building, Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes at this time. Call Claudia Collier for info. ongoing. 912-748-0731.

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.

LaBlast- Dance Fitness designed by Louis Van Amstel from DWTS

Created by world renowned dancer and ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” professional, Louis Van Amstel, LaBlast uniquely combines a wide variety of ballroom dance styles and music genres. Do the Cha Cha Cha, Disco, Jive, Merengue, Salsa and Samba set to everything from pop and rock to hip-hop and country – and burn fat and blast calories! No experience and no part-

ner necessary. $15.00 drop in or 10 classes for $80.00 Mondays, 6-7 p.m. and Fridays, 10-11 a.m. 912.312.3549. reservetodance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

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. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/.

Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Mahogany Shades of Beauty

Dance classes - hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step. Modeling and acting classes. All ages/levels welcome. Call Mahogany for info. ongoing.

912-272-8329.

Modern Dance Class

Beginner and intermediate classes. Fridays 10am-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. Call Elizabeth for info. ongoing. 912-354-5586.

The Nutcracker

Columbia City Ballet presents the Christmas classic. $18-$38 Sat., Nov. 29, 5:30 p.m. 803-799-7605. savannahcivic.com.

The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. Orleans Six

Ben Polcer and his “Orleans Six” band will be in Aiken, SC from December 2 through the 5th. Amy Johnson and Chance Bushman will be dancing with them. There will be street parties and dance lessons at no charge on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights (Dec 2, 3, 4). The band will be staying at the Hotel Aiken and rooms are available at a special rate if you mention you are coming to see the “Orleans Six”. Phone 803-648-4265 0.00 Dec. 2-4, 4-11 p.m. 703-675-1344. jetpilot@tidalwave.net. Hotel Aiken, 235 Richland Ave West.

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.

Salsa Night

Come and shake it to the best latin grooves and bachata the night away in Pooler where it’s cooler. Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

912-988-1052. medi.tavern314@gmail. com. Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way. Savannah Shag Club

Wednesdays, 7pm,at Doubles Lounge.

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

ongoing. 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.

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. $6 $5 Mondays-Fridays, Sundays. (912) 349-2756. info@savannahpoweryoga. com. savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com/. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd. AHA Yoga Classes

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

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

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

Beach Body Workouts with Laura

MONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer Community Center $5.00 per session Mondays, 6:15 p.m. (912) 652-6784. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Beastmode Fitness Group Training

Train with this elite team. A total body program that trims, tones and gets results. Personal training options available. See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. ongoing. beastmodefitnessga.com.

YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. Bellydancing Fusion Classes

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

Blue Water Yoga

Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm. Fri., 9:30am-10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol.com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. Fitness Classes at the JEA

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Free will astrology

by Rob brezsny | beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

ARIES

(March 21-April 19)

What exactly do you believe in, Aries?

What’s your philosophy of life? Do you think that most people are basically good and that you can make a meaningful life for yourself if you just work hard and act kind?

Do you believe that evil, shapeshifting, kitten-eating extraterrestrials have taken on human form and are impersonating political leaders who control our society? Are you like the character Crash Davis in the film *Bull Durham,* who believed in “high fiber, good scotch, the sweet spot, and long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days”? Now would be an excellent time for you to get very clear about the fundamental principles that guide your behavior. Recommit yourself to your root beliefs -- and jettison the beliefs that no longer work for you.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20)

I have two encyclopedias of dreams, and they disagree on the symbolic meaning of mud. One book says that when you dream of mud, you may be facing a murky moral dilemma in your waking life, or are perhaps dealing with a messy temptation that threatens to compromise your integrity. The other encyclopedia suggests that when you dream of mud, it means you have received an untidy but fertile opportunity that will incite growth and creativity. I suspect that you have been dreaming of mud lately, Taurus, and that both meanings apply to you.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)

Are there certain influences you would love to bring into your life, but you can’t figure out how? Do you fantasize about getting access to new resources that would make everything better for you, but they seem to be forever out of reach? If you answered “yes,” it’s time to stop moping. I’m happy to report that you have more power than usual to reel in those desirable influences and resources. To fully capitalize on this power, be confident that you can attract what you need.

CANCER

NOV 26-DEC 2, 2014

(June 21-July 22)

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Should you cut back and retrench? Definitely. Should you lop off and bastardize?

Definitely not. Do I recommend that you spend time editing and purifying? Yes, please. Does this mean you should censor and repress? No, thank you. Here’s my third pair of questions: Will you be wise enough to shed some of your defense mechanisms and strip away one of your lame excuses?

I hope so. Should you therefore dispense with all of your psychic protections and leave yourself vulnerable to being abused?

I hope not.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

I know you’re beautiful and you know you’re beautiful. But I think you could be even more beautiful than you already are.

What do you think? Have you reached the

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limits of how beautiful you can be? Or will you consider the possibility that there is even more beauty lying dormant within you, ready to be groomed and expressed?

I encourage you to ruminate on these questions: 1. Are you hiding a complicated part of your beauty because it would be hard work to liberate it? 2. Are you afraid of some aspect of your beauty because revealing it would force you to acknowledge truths about yourself that are at odds with your self-image? 3. Are you worried that expressing your full beauty would intimidate other people?

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Helsinki, Finland is growing downwards.

By cutting out space in the bedrock below the city’s surface, farseeing leaders have made room to build shops, a data center, a hockey rink, a church, and a swimming pool. There are also projects underway to construct 200 other underground structures. I’d like to see you start working along those lines, Virgo -- at least metaphorically.

Now would be an excellent time to renovate your foundations so as to accommodate your future growth.

LIBRA

happenings | continued from previous page yet Galileo also had a weird streak. For example, he gave lectures on the “Shape, Location, and Size of Dante’s Inferno,” analyzing the poet’s depiction of hell. In the course of these meticulous discourses, Galileo concluded that Satan was more than four-fifths of a mile tall. In this spirit, Sagittarius, and in accordance with current astrological omens, you are temporarily authorized to de-emphasize the constraints of reason and logic so that you may gleefully and unapologetically pursue your quirky proclivities.

bics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba.

Prices vary. Call for schedule. ongoing.

912-355-8811. savj.org. savannahjea. org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

CAPRICORN

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).

6:30pm-7:30pm 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.

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

While in his early twenties, actor Robert Downey Jr. appeared in the films *Less Than Zero* and *Weird Science.* That got him semi-typecast as a member of Hollywood’s Brat Pack, a group of popular young actors and actresses who starred in coming-of-age films in the 1980s. Eager to be free of that pigeonhole, Downey performed a ritual in 1991: He dug a hole in his backyard and buried the clothes he had worn in *Less Than Zero.* I recommend that you carry out a comparable ceremony to help you graduate from the parts of your past that are holding you back.

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

AQUARIUS

SCORPIO

In her book *Revolution from Within,* Gloria Steinem offers a challenge: “Think of the times you have said: ‘I can’t write,’ ‘I can’t paint,’ ‘I can’t run,’ ‘I can’t shout,’ ‘I can’t dance,’ ‘I can’t sing.’” That’s your first assignment, Aquarius: Think of those times. Your second assignment is to write down other “I can’t” statements you have made over the years. Assignment three is to objectively evaluate whether any of these “I can’t” statements are literally true. If you find that some of them are *not* literally true, your fourth assignment is to actually do them. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to transform “I can’t” into “I can.”

The Pantone Color Matching System presents a structured approach to identifying colors. It’s used as a standard in the printing industry. According to its system of classification, there are 104 various shades of grey. I suspect you will benefit from being equally discerning in the coming weeks.

It just won’t be possible to differentiate between the good guys and the bad guys.

You’ll misunderstand situations that you try to simplify, and you’ll be brilliant if you assume there’s always more nuance and complexity to uncover. Don’t just grudgingly tolerate ambiguity, Libra. Appreciate it.

Learn from it.

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

I am not necessarily predicting that you will acquire a shiny new asset in time for the solstice. Nor am I glibly optimistic that you will get a raise in pay or an unexpected bonus. And I can offer only a 65-percent certainty that you will snag a new perk or catch a financial break or stumble upon a treasure. In general, though, I am pretty confident that your net worth will rise in the next four weeks. Your luck will be unusually practical. To take maximum advantage of the cosmic tendencies, focus your efforts on the one or two most promising prospects.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician who is sometimes called “the father of modern science.” He expressed his innovative ideas so vigorously that he offended the Catholic Church, which convicted him of heresy. For us today, he symbolizes the magnificence of rational thought. And

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

“Dogs don’t know where they begin and end,” writes Ursula K. Le Guin in her book *The Wave in the Mind.* They “don’t notice when they put their paws in the quiche.” Cats are different, LeGuin continues. They “know exactly where they begin and end. When they walk slowly out the door that you are holding open for them, and pause, leaving their tail just an inch or two inside the door, they know it.

They know you have to keep holding the door open . . . It’s a cat’s way of maintaining relationship.” Whether you are more of a dog person or a cat person, Pisces, it is very important that you be more like a cat than a dog in the coming weeks. You must keep uppermost in your mind exactly where you begin and where you end.

Free Caregiver Support Group

For anyone caring for senior citizens with any affliction or illness. Second Saturday of the month, 10am-11am. Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Dr. Refreshments.

Free to attend. Open to anyone in need of support for the caregiving they provide. ongoing. savannahcommons.com.

Free Dance and Fitness Classes at Lake Mayer

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 website for info. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m.

912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop. com. Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W Victory Dr. Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park

Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and street strider rentals. Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am-10pm.

Call or see website. ongoing. 912-5982300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

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 Sundays, 11 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Israeli Krav Maga Self-Defense Classes

A system of self-defense techniques based on several martial arts. The official fighting system of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Custom Fit offers individual and small group training and intensive workshops. ongoing. 912-441-4891. customfitcenter.com.

Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Uses angles and leverage to turn an attacker’s strength against him. Call for info on free trial classes. Drop ins welcome. 11202 White Bluff Rd. ongoing. 912-429-9241.

Latin Cardio

A cardio-based workout class designed to get students fit while having fun. Latin style dances like cha cha, samba, jive, rumba, salsa. No partner necessary.

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Workout clothes required. $10 drop in or $80 for 10 classes Mondays, 6 p.m..

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

ninacad.com. aikidosavannah.com/. Aikido Center of Savannah, 5500 White Bluff Rd.

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

Ladies Day at Savannah Climbing Coop

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. ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates.com. pilatessavannah.com/.

Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. 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. 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. ongoing. 912704-7650. 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 ongoing. 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: 912376-0219 ongoing. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. Monthly training sessions and seminars. Weekly runs. Kathy Ackerman, 912-756-5865, or Billy Tomlinson, 912-596-5965. ongoing.

Rock’n Body Fitness Bootcamp

Ultimate outdoor power workout! Group physical training program conducted by former military personnel. Build strength and fitness through a variety of intense group intervals lasting approx. 45 minutes. First Class FREE Mondays-Fridays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 912-675-0952. rocknbodyfitnessbootcamp@gmail.com. rocknbodyfitnessbootcamp.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. 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. ro-

Salt Marsh Kayak

Kayak on the tidal creek and salt marshes in groups of 4-10. Reservations required. $55 Sat., Nov. 29, 10:30 a.m. 912-236-8115.

Skidaway Island, Diamond Causeway.

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. ongoing. 912-4958010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

Savannah Disc Golf

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

Savannah Striders Running and Walking Club

With a one-year, $35 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. ongoing. 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. ongoing. 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 ongoing. 586-822-1021. facebook.com/turbokicksavannah.

United Way Turkey Trot

The Turkey Trot includes a 4 mile run, a kid’s run and a diaper dash for kids under 3. The postrace ceremony includes refreshments and family activities. To register, visit active.com. $30-$45 Thu., Nov. 27, 8 a.m. 912-651-7706. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center.

Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Zumba Fitness (R) with April

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

Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Fergu-

son Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongoing. 912-349-4902.

Food Events

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. Call for pricing. Reservations required. 7-9:30 p.m.. 912-233-6002. jackie.blackwelder@paccisavannah.com. paccisavannah.com. Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar, 601 E Bay St.

Thanksgiving Day Dinner Entertainment Cruise

A traditional southern Thanksgiving buffet, with live entertainment, while cruising on the Savannah River. Two-hour cruise.

Reservations required. Adult: $59.95*, Child(ages 4-12) $39.95*, Children 3 & under are Free Nov. 27, 1 & 5 p.m. 912232-6404 800-786-6404. info@savannahriverboat.com. savannahriverboat.com.

Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street.

Thanksgiving Day Dinner on the River

Nov. 27, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. kevinbarrys.com.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub, 117 West River St. Bethesda Farm Stand

Bethesda students and staff sell fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. Students lead or assist in planting, cultivating and harvesting all items at Bethesda Academy using sustainable, organic farming techniques.

8:30 a.m.-noon. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market

Vendors offering produce, prepared foods, crafts, plus storytime, musical performances, and community information.

Every Saturday. Free and open to the public wifarmersmarket@aol.com. wifarmersmarket.org/. Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market, 111 Walthour Rd @ Islands Community Church.

Bethesda Farm Stand

Bethesda students and staff sell fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. Students lead or assist in planting, cultivating and harvesting all items at Bethesda Academy using sustainable, organic farming techniques. 3-5:30 p.m.. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.org.

Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Health

Armstrong Prescription Drug Drop-Off

Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. hosts a permanent drop box for disposing of unused prescription drugs and over the counter medication. In the lobby of the University Police building on campus. Open to the public 24 hours/day, year round. Confidential. All items collected are destroyed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. ongoing. 912-344-3333. armstrong. edu. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index. html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Bariatric Surgery Information Session

Information on bariatric surgery and the program at Memorial Health Bariatrics.

Learn surgical procedures offered, support

and education programs involved, and how bariatric surgery can affect patients’ lives. Call or see website for info. Free to attend. Hoskins Center at Memorial. Free ongoing, 6 p.m. 912-350-3438. 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 for times. ongoing. 912-355-4601. savannahspeechandhearing.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. Free Help Signing Up for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Seven care navigators to answer all your questions and sign you up through the ACA Insurance Marketplace. Able to enroll between November 15 to February 15, 2015. Free Thursdays, 8 a.m.-noon & 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Mondays-Wednesdays, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.. 912-721-6726. srogers@ jclewishealth.org. J. C. Lewis Primary Health Care Center, 125 Fahm Street.

Free HIV Testing at Chatham County Health Dept.

Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. ongoing. 912-6445217. Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. Monthly Parenting Support Group

A new environment where all are welcome to discuss and learn different ways to enjoy parenthood. Cate Glyn-Jones, registered nurse, midwife, and lactation consultant, will also be on hand to answer all of your questions. 1st Tuesday of Every Month from 10:00-11:30 am FREE first Tuesday of

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Health Care for Uninsured People

Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. ongoing. 912-443-9409. 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. ongoing. 912-9273432. savannahypnosis.com.

La Leche League of Savannah

A breast feeding support group for new/expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912-8979544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html.

Living Smart Fitness Club

An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 6pm7:15pm Hip Hop low impact aerobics at Delaware Center. Tues. 5:30-7:00 Zumba at St. Joseph’s Candler African American Resource Center. (Program sponsors.) ongoing. 912-447-6605.

Mommy & Me Relaxation Class (Prenatal & Postpartum)

This class offers you the education needed to face the physical, mental, and emotional changes of your body, mind and heart with poise and grace. Open to expecting and new moms as well as those with small children (4 and under). $15 a session.

15.00 Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10-11 a.m..

912-544-6387. info@erigosavannah.com. erigosavannah.com/. erigosavannah.com.

Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Planned Parenthood Hotline

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

Open 7pm-11pm nightly. ongoing. 800264-7154.

Thanksgiving Vinyasa Yoga- Donation Class

Start your day of gratitude off right with an all levels Vinyasa Flow Yoga class. This class will be donation only with all benefits going to Park Place Outreach Inc. A local emergency shelter for at-risk youth.

Please bring canned & non-perishable food, school supplies, travel size toiletries, gift certificates, gift cards or cash donations. Donation for Park Place Outreach Thu., Nov. 27, 9-10:15 a.m. 912-232-2994. marketing@savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St.

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World AIDS Day Recognition

Receive free HIV testing courtesy of the Chatham County Health Department and view a performance of Beyond Betrayal.

Free and open to the public Mon., Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 912-358-3227. savstate. edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Zumba

A total workout, combining elements of fitness, cardio, muscle conditioning, bal46 ance 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, 4:45-5:45 p.m.. 912-525-2166. zumbabrandistyle@ gmail.com. brandimuhammad.zumba. com/. Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410B Richards 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. 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork. org.

Gay AA Meeting

True Colors Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Thursdays and Sundays, 7:30pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E. Harris, 2nd floor.

New location effective 11/2012. ongoing.

Georgia Equality Savannah

Local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-547-6263. ongoing.

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. ongoing. 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.

A midnight version of this monthly openmic showcase that incorporates music, poetry, visual art, and many other artistic forms of expression. Sign up begins at 11:30 pm. Brought to you by Spitfire Poetry Group, with support from The Performing Arts Collective of Savannah, Muse Arts Warehouse, DJ Doc Ock. $5 Spitters. $7 Sitters. Last Saturday of every month, 11:30 p.m.. musesavannah.org. musesavannah.org/. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Nature and Environment

A Buddhist Meditation Center

Support EOA through the FundingFactory Recycling Program. Recycle empty cartridges, cell phones, small electronics, laptops, to EOA for recycling. They will receive technology products and cash. Businesses may also recycle items on behalf of EOA for credit. Drop off at EOA, 681 W. Anderson St. See website, email or call for info. ongoing. 912-238-2960 x126. dwproperty@ aol.com. fundingfactory.com.

Walk on the Wild Side

A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10am4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. Call or see website for info. ongoing.

912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Wilderness Southeast

Low Cost Pet Clinic

Fall Literary Luncheon

Jane Fishman presents her book about Ossabaw Island at the luncheon. A portion of the event fee is tax deductible. Reservations required. $50, books available for purchase Tue., Dec. 2, 11:30 a.m. 912-6523605. divinec@liveoakpl.org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Midnight SpitFire Saturday Open Mic & Showcase

Religious & Spiritual

Recycling Fundraiser for Economic Opportunity Authority

Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at schools, clubs, organizations. A powerpoint presentation with sound and video about estuarine dolphins and their environment. Age/ grade appropriate programs and handouts.

See website for info. ongoing. thedolphinproject.org.

Literary Events

A selection of maps and prints from the collection of John and Virginia Duncan, tracing the growth and development of Savannah through the 18th and 19th centuries, on exhibit in celebration of the City of Savannah’s 225th anniversary in 2014. Free and open to the public. Through Dec. 31. savannahga.gov. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays, 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at Canine Palace. Call for info. ongoing. 912-2343336. caninepalacesavannah.com. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St. Band of Sisters Prayer Group

What Makes a Family

Exhibit: Savannah Historical Maps and Prints

St. Almo’s

Dolphin Project

A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists. Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-236-8115. wilderness-southeast.org.

A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Ages 10 to 18. Meets twice a month. Call for info. ongoing. 912-3522611.

Operation New Hope is funded by the Humane Society and community donations. ongoing. chathamsheriff.org. humanesocietysav.org/. Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr.

Pets & Animals

TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm.

Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. ongoing. tailsspin.com. tailsspin.com.

TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Habersham St., Habersham Village.

Operation New Hope

Operation New Hope allows inmates to train unadoptable dogs from the Humane Society for Greater Savannah. The goals of the program are to decrease the recidivism rate among Chatham County inmates, help inmates learn a new skill, and help previously unadoptable dogs find loving homes.

The graduated dogs are available for adoption can be viewed at www.humansocietvsav.org, and www.chathamsheriff.org.

All women are invited. Second Tuesdays, 7:30am-8:30am. Fellowship Assembly, 5224 Augusta Rd. Email or call Jeanne Seaver or see website for info. “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hands of the Lord.” (Prov. 21:1) ongoing.

912-663-8728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom.org/georgia.

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. The center is available for individual and group retreats, weddings and funerals. Visit Savannahzencenter.com for schedule and see us on Facebook. Soto Zen lineage, resident Priest Un Shin Cindy Beach Sensei. 912427-7265 ongoing. 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. ongoing. familylife@diosav.org. diosav.org/familylifesingles.

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 presence is in everything in the universe, unifying all of life. Welcoming all on their spiritual pathway. Celebration: Sunday mornings. Location: Bonaventure Chapel, 2520 Bonaventure Road. Meditation at 10:30am Service at 11:00am Childcare available in the “Funday School” Sundays. cslsavannah.org.

Columba House

Columba House is an inclusive, welcoming hospitality space dedicated to building and sustaining a community of faith committed to social justice with the city’s young adults, college students, and creative demographic. Tuesday evenings 6:30-8pm, includes dinner and a program focused on justice. All are welcome. Free and open to the public. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912228-9425. Columba House, 34th Street between Abercorn and Lincoln Streets.

Guided Silent Prayer

Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:458:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org.

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