Connect Savannah December 24, 2014

DEC 24- 30, 2014 NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

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The Year in Local News

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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.

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FILM: FORCE MAJEURE

Celebrate Christmas Eve with Chef Roberto Leoci and his seven-course meal that celebrates the sea. Seating is limited and advance reservations are required.

7 p.m Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar, 601 E Bay St. $85-$125 912-233-3002. paccisavannah.com

A critical favorite and word-of-mouth sensation at this year's Cannes Festival, this wickedly funny and precisely observed psychodrama tells the story of a model Swedish family on a skiing holiday in the French Alps. 118 minutes. Presented by Cinema Savannah.

5 p.m Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $8

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

FORSYTH FARMERS MARKET

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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

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

HOLIDAY EVENING TOURS BY CANDLELIGHT

Visit the Davenport House by candlelight and enjoy early 19th century music, dance demonstrations and refreshments of shortbread and cider.

Dec. 26-30, 6-8:30 p.m Davenport House, 324 East State St. $6-$12 912-236-8097. info@davenporthousemuseum.org

SKATEFEST

Indoor ice skating in a festive, familyfriendly, alcohol-free setting. Each session lasts 1.5 hours. Visit savannahcivic.com for full schedule.

Dec. 12-Jan. 3 Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $7 savannahcivic.com/events/skatefest-2014/

SOLSTICE SEAFARERS AT SHIPS OF THE SEA MUSEUM A seafaring Winter Break activity for kids and their grown ups. Free admission for two children when accompanied by one paying adult. Closed Mondays.

Dec. 20-Jan. 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

912-232-1511. shipsofthesea.org

THURSDAY / 25 CHRISTMAS JAM CONCERT

The Coastal Jazz Association present its 39th annual Christmas Jam Concert, a holiday jam session and fundraiser for jazz scholarships.

5-8 p.m Savannah Station, 601 Cohen St. $20 advance, $25 at door coastaljazz.org

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Indoor ice skating in a festive, familyfriendly, alcohol-free setting. Each session lasts 1.5 hours. Visit savannahcivic.com for full schedule.

Dec. 12-Jan. 3 Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $7 savannahcivic.com/events/skatefest-2014/

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CHRISTMAS JAM CONCERT FRIDAY / 26 HOLIDAY EVENING TOURS BY CANDLELIGHT

Visit the Davenport House by candlelight and enjoy early 19th century music, dance demonstrations and refreshments of shortbread and cider.

Dec. 26-30, 6-8:30 p.m Davenport House, 324 East State St. $6-$12 912-236-8097. info@davenporthousemuseum.org

SKATEFEST

Indoor ice skating in a festive, familyfriendly, alcohol-free setting. Each session lasts 1.5 hours. Visit savannahcivic.com for full schedule.

Dec. 12-Jan. 3 Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $7 savannahcivic.com/events/skatefest-2014/

SATURDAY / 27 BEACHES AND BORDERS TOUR OF TYBEE ISLAND

Wilderness Southeast hosts a 2-hour exploration of the salt marshes and beach on Tybee Island. Tour size 4-15 people; reservations required. Fee includes use of binoculars and spotting scope.

9:30-11:30 a.m Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

$25, $15 for kids 912-236-8115

BETHESDA FARM STAND

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

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.

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

912-596-2525. savannahharborfoundation.com

Indoor ice skating in a festive, familyfriendly, alcohol-free setting. Each session lasts 1.5 hours. Visit savannahcivic.com for full schedule.

Dec. 12-Jan. 3 Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $7 savannahcivic.com/events/skatefest-2014/

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

SUNDAY / 28 FILM: THE DARJEELING LIMITED

The Movies and Meatballs series at the Florence features a different Wes Anderson movie each Sunday.

6 p.m The Florence, 1 West Victory.

HOLIDAY EVENING TOURS BY CANDLELIGHT

Visit the Davenport House by candlelight and enjoy early 19th century music, dance demonstrations and refreshments of shortbread and cider.

Dec. 26-30, 6-8:30 p.m Davenport House, 324 East State St.

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ODD LOT IMPROV SKATEFEST

Indoor ice skating in a festive, familyfriendly, alcohol-free setting. Each session lasts 1.5 hours. Visit savannahcivic.com for full schedule.

Dec. 12-Jan. 3 Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $7 savannahcivic.com/events/skatefest-2014/

MONDAY / 29 HOLIDAY EVENING TOURS BY CANDLELIGHT

Visit the Davenport House by candlelight and enjoy early 19th century music, dance demonstrations and refreshments of shortbread and cider.

Dec. 26-30, 6-8:30 p.m Davenport House, 324 East State St. $6-$12 912-236-8097. info@davenporthousemuseum.org

ODD LOT IMPROV

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. Appropriate comedy for a PG crowd.

8 p.m.

Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd.

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Indoor ice skating in a festive, familyfriendly, alcohol-free setting. Each session lasts 1.5 hours. Visit savannahcivic.coma> for full schedule.

Dec. 12-Jan. 3 Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $7 savannahcivic.com/events/skatefest-2014/

TUESDAY / 30 BETHESDA FARM STAND

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

3-5:30 p.m.

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

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

HOLIDAY EVENING TOURS BY CANDLELIGHT

Visit the Davenport House by candlelight and enjoy early 19th century music, dance demonstrations and refreshments of shortbread and cider.

Dec. 26-30, 6-8:30 p.m Davenport House, 324 East State St. $6-$12 912-236-8097. info@davenporthousemuseum.org

FILM: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

7 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. 5.00-8.00 emuller@lucastheatre.com. lucastheatre.com/ schedule

Enjoy great food with good friends.

Comfortably suited for a casual lunch or dinner, Liberty Street Grill serves up creative locallyinspired food in a relaxed atmosphere. Sip a wine or craft beer on our outdoor patio or relax with a group in our 42 person dining area as you enjoy house made small bites and seasonal entrees made using the freshest local ingredients. Owners John and Amber Roelle. Conveniently located at 529 Liberty Street with private off-street parking.

SKATEFEST

Indoor ice skating in a festive, familyfriendly, alcohol-free setting. Each session lasts 1.5 hours. Visit savannahcivic.com for full schedule.

Dec. 12-Jan. 3 Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $7 savannahcivic.com/events/skatefest-2014/

WEDNESDAY / 31 THE CELEBRATION

New Year's Eve celebration featuring open bar, desserts, music and party favors in the Westin Savannah Grand Ballroom.

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HOURS Mon-Sat 11-10 HAPPY HOUR Weekdays 4-7 529 E. Liberty Street - (912) 235-2907 libertystreetgrill.com

DEC 24-30, 2014

$6-$12 912-236-8097. info@davenporthousemuseum.org

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FILM: THE DARJEELING LIMITED NEW YEAR'S EVE FIREWORKS CELEBRATION Enjoy fireworks to ring in 2015. midnight Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

RIVER STREET: NEW YEAR'S EVE UP-THECUP AND FIREWORKS

Ring in the New Year on Historic River Street with the 2nd Annual Up the Cup Countdown sponsored by Wet Willies Savannah, a non-traditional ball drop of a giant to-go cup. Fireworks at midnight ring in 2015.

8 p.m.-1 a.m Rousakis Plaza, River St. Free and open to the public. riverstreetsavannah.com

ROCKIN' NEW YEAR'S EVE

The Historic Savannah Theatre presents this special night of entertainment, including the two-hour musical variety show Savannah Live! as well as a champagne toast and dancing on stage with the cast and live band till 12:30 a.m.

9 p.m The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $55

SKATEFEST

Indoor ice skating in a festive, familyfriendly, alcohol-free setting. Each session lasts 1.5 hours. Visit savannahcivic.com for full schedule.

Dec. 12-Jan. 3 Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $7 savannahcivic.com/events/skatefest-2014/

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Spend New Year’s Eve on Ossabaw Island, on an overnight trip featuring an afternoon island and beach tour. Minors must be accompanied by supervising adult. Register

by Dec. 26 at 5pm.

1 p.m Delegal Creek Marina, Skidaway Island. $125-$250 912-233-5104. ossabawisland.net

THURSDAY / 1 KEVIN HART

Comedian Kevin Hart brings his "What Now" tour to the Johnny Mercer Theatre for two shows New Year's Day. 7 & 10 p.m Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $59.50 savannahcivic.com

NEW YEAR'S BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL

Celebrate the new year with bluegrass music for three days straight on Jekyll Island.

Order tickets at adamsbluegrass.com.

Jekyll Island Convention Center, 75 Beach View Drive North. $20-$95

SKATEFEST

Indoor ice skating in a festive, familyfriendly, alcohol-free setting.

Dec. 12-Jan. 3 Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $7 savannahcivic.com/events/skatefest-2014/

TYBEE POLAR PLUNGE

Join more than 1,000 hearty souls as they plunge into the Atlantic as the clock strikes noon. Join the crazy Gang of Goofs contest at 11 a.m. as dozens of fun-loving gangs don wacky costumes. Register online or at the event and get the Official 2015 Tybee Polar Plunge long-sleeve T-shirt.

10 a.m.-1 p.m Tybee Pier Pavilion, $25 for adults, $15 for kids under 12 tybeepolarplunge.com

EDITOR’S NOTE

Taking 2014’s lessons into the new year While the good things are tantalizingly jim@connectsavannah.com taking shape, the bad things that have always been bad are still there—poverty, poor eduI’VE BEEN doing this a cation, poor workforce development, outlong time. And Savannah’s of-touch leadership, an unsustainable tax had its ups and downs. structure, crime, crime, and more crime.

Honestly, a lot more As I’ve written before, critical mass has ups than downs, though been achieved at both ends of the spectrum: from a journalThe really good stuff is starting to get really ist’s perspective good, and the really bad stuff is starting to the downs are a lot more fun to write about get unmanageably awful. than the ups.

Savannah’s excellent recovery from the That said, as the fog of the recession recession is a double-edged sword: Surely lifts and the money and attention pour in, no one wants to go back to the way it was, Savannah has never been so enticingly close but the increased development frenzy also to finally realizing some of the things we’ve means we must be that much more vigilant collectively yearned for over the years: in protecting the good things which make • A vibrant, self-sustaining arts & culture us unique—while taking advantage of the scene not mostly dependent on Landings opportunity to do away with the bad things money or on SCAD; also unique to us.

• World attention for our unique history The difference of course, is a question of and visitor amenities and a sustainable plan leadership, or the lack thereof. for accommodating those visitors; 2015 is a year of municipal elections.

• Upper-end services like Whole Foods; While I’m certainly not one to think that • The ability to recruit public service electing the “right” politician is the be-all and professionals from the best and brightest end-all, it’s a great place to start. around the country; If you think the current leadership of • A local economy with the critical mass Savannah is doing an awesome job, you’re in to sustain new small business entrepreneurs; luck, because you’ll get to vote for most of ... and that’s just off the top of my head. the same folks again.

BY JIM MOREKIS

If you’re ready for a change—and I suspect that’s the vast bulk of Connect Savannah readers—well, you’ll get a chance to vote for that as well.

Those elections will be a major part of our coverage moving forward.

But this issue is our last chance of the year to revisit the huge news stories which made 2014 so pivotal.

Moving forward, 2015 will see a chance for resolution on some of these stories, for example: crime, the police merger, a comprehensive and enforceable set of guidelines for construction downtown.

This week, however, our second and final Year in Review issue focuses on the Top 14 of 2014 news stories.

Our pontifications this year were written by yours truly (signified by initials JM after the blurb) and Connect Community Editor Jessica Leigh Lebos (denoted by JLL).

And of course we haven’t forgotten about New Year’s Eve! Arts and Entertainment Editor Anna Chandler and Events Editor Rachael Flora have worked closely together to cook up a comprehensive guide to the festivities ringing in 2015—what will certainly be a year to remember. CS

FEEDBACK | LETTERS@CONNECTSAVANNAH.COM Guns and Peace

Editor, Dear Savannah, I get that you are going through some shit. And truthfully, it’s the shit that I think about when I write about the history of the South.

It’s hard, difficult shit and I hope, in my more immodest moments, that my teaching and research will help to explain that shit and maybe even ease that shit.

But, here’s the thing: I am tired, so very tired, of my daughter hearing gunshots when she goes to bed.

What can we do, as a community, to make things less complicated?

Can’t we all just get along?

Michelle Haberland

Torture comic off the mark

Editor, A recent Slowpoke comic/ editorial tries to say that there is no justification by anyone to force someone to give information that they want to protect.

The comic implies that there was no difference in what we did as compared to our enemies.

This is incorrect. We, and our allies used force to gain information to save lives. Organizations such as Al Qaeda and ISIS use it to it to terrorize people into submission.

They do not discriminate who they target, as the recent murder of 140 children in Pakistan demonstrates.

Also,some people are too young to remember the torture our men endured at the hands

of the North Vietnamese, or the crew of the USS Pueblo, by the North Koreans.

In these cases there was no information to gain, the purpose was for propaganda only.

It was to force our men to read statements to the media condemning America and its allies.

The people of America are compassionate and forgiving.

We would never condone terror for terror’s sake.

But, our enemies do not believe in negotiations, truces, peace accords, or treaties. They recognize no authority but their own, which they believe is given from and justified by God. To them, who we are and what we believe must be eradicated from the face of the earth.

Knowing this, it is possible that, in spite of all our intelligence gathering, there can come a time when the only way to save the lives of our fellow citizens, friends, or loved ones is to use physical and mental force against an individual, what would be your answer?

If you believe that torture and terror cannot be justified by anyone under any circumstances then fine.

But never say that what we had to do is no different than what these insane zealots use as their primary weapon.

Will O’Donnell

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Mind blown on Broughton Street hard-earned dollars close to home. Locals only! was my battle cry this season as I sought out gifts made and/or sold by folks OH, THE WEATHER who live in my zip code. outside’s delightful, and After perusing many beautiful things in the Drayton Design District and along I’m skipping down the Liberty Street that I would have liked to street with my bags full, buy for myself (Santa, baby, listen, I know ta dum dee dum dum I’m not on the list, but maybe there’s an dum…for a Jewish lady, I extra Satchel clutch in that sack?), I hit sure do love my ChristBroughton Street, where I immediately mas shopping.

Well, under specific circumstances. I don’t found a parking space (it’s the season of do midnight sales or barnburner specials on miracles, after all!) and plenty of under-$20 flatscreen TVs. I hide the credit cards from items for everyone on my list.

For a friend, a six-pack of Southern pecan myself so I don’t wake up in January with a hangover and a bill from buying the dog her bath fizzies from Nourish. From The Salt Table, smoked paprika seasoning and lavown set of Le Creuset cookware.

I also swore off malls during the holidays ender sugar for the children’s teachers (the mean ones got an unlabeled pinch of habaafter I had to go all Mortal Kombat on a ñero salt, teehee.) ferocious pack of tweenage girls while tryBefore I could head down to buy bottles ing to procure a pair of Hello Kitty! earrings from Claire’s (what can I say, they were on of honey mead from Savannah Bee Co. someone’s Chanukah list.) for my favorite neighbors, I spotted artisan Like many of you, I do my best to Dicky Stone turning one of his exquisite boost our local economy by keeping my wooden bowls on a lathe outside of Kobo

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We chatted for a hot second with Goosefeathers proprietor Michael Meeks about this year’s real estate sweep by Ben Carter, regarded by many as the Grinch Who Stole Broughton Street.

Most pressing is the concern that as Carter refurbishes his buildings and jacks rents, big box brands will run out the locals and Savannah’s storied commercial corridor will morph into a steroidal stepchild of Rodeo Drive and the Mall of America.

With new hi-profile tenants moving in, there seems to be something to this fear of encroaching homogeny.

“I just don’t want it to be a pine forest, full of the same kinds of tree,” said the sagacious Dicky, nodding his head towards the intersection where three haberdasheries owned by the same megalodon corporation now occupy three out of four corners.

I wished I had more time to talk and for a Goosefeathers whoopee pie, but I had more prezzie procuring to do. continues on p. 10

DEC 24-30, 2014

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I was still mulling over some otherwise not be able to support a incomplete idea of buying the forest store wholly on their own.” for the trees when I sailed past a pheWELL. This does muddy up the nomenally decorated window featurparty line that Ben Carter Entering a headdressed mannequin fighting prises is The Worst Thing That off a polar bear.

Ever Happened to Savannah.

“Hey, I know that feather mohawk,” For real, we need to be protecI chirped, recognizing the work of tive of our signature charms, and we Savannah Arts Academy ingénue never have taken kindly to outsidand style savant Troy Allen. ers. Carter’s got a reputation as a I pushed my way inside the shop difficult fellow, and his disastrous to find a local fashion wonderland: interview in October with GPB’s Allen’s cropped oxford tops hanging Emily Jones certainly didn’t do him next Brooke Atwood’s sexy lambskin any PR favors. t-shirts. The black-and-white elegance I’ve not met the man in person, of April Johnston’s Mangled Courteand I have no pugs in this fight. san sheaths shimmering across from a But a short list of his contriburack of Mamie Ruth’s Coachella-chic tions to Broughton in 2014 seems harem pants. Gold-coated arrowheads to belie intentions to turn it into

by M.Liz Designs laying next to LesBlah Street: $300K to help the City lie Miller’s intricately-beaded bowstring lights across the avenue for ties, the cheery playwear of Lovelane the first time in 50 Christmases.

Designs on the same shelf as WellBringing in famous Macy’s decoraLoved’s leather handbags. tor Charles Taylor to dress the What is this paradise? I wondered Open through Dec. 31, the pop-up shop may find permanent digs in 2015. Photo by Jon Waits/@jwaitswindows of empty storefronts then as I encountered more wares from inviting local charities like SavanSavannah’s cadre of working designers Ten. Hastings built the displays herself out is turning Savannah into a bland suburban nah Center for the Blind and Low and jewelers, including an ingenious bicycle of recycled palettes, and Ridley Stalling’s hellhole!

Vision to personalize them. Pumping up wrap skirt from Forest and Fin (extra butpatriotic wood sculptures lend a festive note It says a lot about the depth of Abbie’s the coffers of Savannah’s Fashion Night tons at the hem to prevent wardrobe malall on their own. class that she didn’t flinch when she gently and Fashion Week. functions on windy days, brilliant!)

Over 22 local entrepreneurs share the revealed that Broughton Exchange’s landHe spent his own cash to develop a I had stumbled upon Broughton floor, including candlemaker Wild Wix lord and main backer is none other than… streetscape plan, parts of which may be Exchange, popped-up for the holidays in and whimsical floral artist Plantasia. A Ben Carter. incorporated into the initiative the City is the former Gaucho locale. Inspired by Man- few already have their own storefronts but Wait, what? The same guy who wants to taking public comment for in 2015. hattan’s Dover Street Market, the shop blurs wanted a presence on Broughton for the pour milk over Broughton and toast it all Maybe the guy smashes people’s mailthe lines between art and commerce and holidays: Future on Forsyth is showcasthe same color? The Devil-in-A-Linen Suit boxes in his spare time, but you can’t say he braids them into a dazzling hybrid. ing its choice vintage frocks, and Starland’s Himself? isn’t putting his money where his mouth is.

“The whole store is entirely local designers NOLA Jane has a satellite rack of kitten“I have been blown away by the talented Yeah, the rent’s gonna jump as it always has, and artists,” explained manager Abbie May soft sweaters. locals I have met and consider them an inte- but I’ve heard of one Broughton slumlord in Hastings as she handed me a cup of compliThe experiment has been a success, and gral component of the future of Broughton particular who’s been charging triple-net for mentary PERC coffee. while Broughton Exchange is slated to close Street,” Carter explained via his publicist, decades and won’t even fix a toilet.

“The concept is to display their collections at the end of December, plans are in the Karen Guinn of Collective Marketing.

Someone may egg the Absurdivan for and their stories in a well-curated space.” works to make its pop-up status permanent.

“Part of what attracted me to Savannah suggesting this, but Ben Carter Might Not The gallery ambience comes via Robby How fantastic! I gushed to Abbie. What is the diverse culture and lifestyle that exists Actually Be the Anti-Christ.

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One of the most divisive stories of 2014 involved the shooting of Charles Smith by a police officer on Augusta Avenue.

This is a video capture of Smith, aka “Mistah Dee,” from an eerily prescient rap video in which Smith nearly predicts the circumstances of his death.

The Year in Local News

PR image of Ben Carter on Broughton

Full Metal Jacket

Gun violence has been a part of Savannah life and lore for decades. But never before has there been such a high volume of shootings over such a sustained period of time as in 2014.

According to official reports, through Dec. 13 there were 189 aggravated assaults with a gun this year in Savannah/Chatham Metro’s jurisdiction, resulting in 29 deaths.

(The numbers are already higher; there were three more shootings and two more homicides just this past weekend.)

But for most of us, the shock came less from the number of attacks than from their sheer brazenness.

For some stretches over summer and fall, there was at least one shooting per day, often several. In some cases one shooter claimed several victims.

There were broad-daylight home invasions. At least three small children were hit by bullets. There was even a running gun battle on a whole block of Gordonston.

Only two precincts account for roughly three quarters of the bloodshed. By far the

most deadly was Central Precinct, with 74 gun assaults and 14 murders.

Central was followed by the misleadingly named Islands Precinct—which includes the blood-soaked Eastside—with 44 gun assaults and 6 homicides.

After years of denying the existence of street gangs in Savannah, police finally acknowledged gang activity was responsible for some of the violence, mostly in struggles over drug turf.

Given the oddly underreported allegations of police protection of drug dealers during the tenure of former Chief Willie Lovett (who has his own entry in the Year in Review, same with Charles Smith pictured above), it seems prudent to ask how police corruption may have directly contributed to that drug trade—and therefore to the gun violence.

We wonder how many candidates challenging incumbents in the 2015 City elections will bring this up.

Other factors are less quantifiable. Savannah police have long maintained that inner city communities in general and shooting

In years to come, we may talk about Savannah “Before Ben Carter” and “After Ben Carter.”

Savannah has no shortage of Scroogelike upper crust rich folks, most of whom are notoriously miserly. But probably not since the age of the carpetbaggers after the Civil War has Savannah seen one person so wealthy spending cash so freely in making big changes in so short a time.

In Ben Carter’s case though, we have not a Yankee interloper but born-and-bred Southern money, a high-profile Atlanta developer and high-stakes player not victims in particular often simply refuse afraid to take a risk—or to call attention to to cooperate with police, making it much himself. harder to prosecute.

Now with acquisitions in the dozens Savannah’s dire poverty rate, especially in of properties on and around Broughton the African-American community—stubStreet—most of them bought and closed bornly unchanged with the ascension of on in blocks of transactions—Carter has near-total black political power in City gov- within the space of a single year essentially ernment—is another contributing factor, paid his way into becoming a co-equal one made all the more stark given the relaplayer with City government downtown, tively quick recovery from the recession in with the expected blowback and resentment the city at large. from those of us still forced to play by littleThe new addition of “Shot Spotter” tech- guy rules.

Aside from the public’s very valid connology, which passed all initial tests, offers cerns about locally-owned businesses being a glimmer of hope that police will be able forced off of Broughton due to increasing to respond more quickly to shootings after rents—already at exorbitant levels before his they happen.

But until we can short-circuit the process, arrival—Carter seemed to go out of his way to push people’s buttons here. and stop the triggers from being pulled in From erecting unapproved public art on the first place, the problem is likely to plague undeveloped lots and unapproved planters our streets for some time to come.

To that end, the City will pay crimefight- on Broughton curbsides… to strong-arming ing consultant David Kennedy a quarter City review boards to bend the rules in his million dollars to coordinate advanced polic- favor… to docking his enormous yacht right ing strategies designed to do just that. —JM on the riverfront… to being frontman for a controversial Tax Allocation District to continues on p. 12

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benefit his properties… to bullying reporters… to rapidly becoming a fixture in downtown nightlife… many of Carter’s actions seemed cartoonishly arrogant and narcissistic, and came as a shock to a Southern town otherwise steeped in self-effacing manners.

But in fairness it also must be said that Carter has put his money where his mouth is, sponsoring and supporting enough popular, well-received events to send the message that he’s willing to part with his own money for the public good in ways that other Savannah One Percenters are not.

And perhaps that will be his lasting, and positive, legacy. —JM

The scene at the Doctortown Trestle in Wayne County, where Sarah Jones (inset during happier times) was killed during an accident while filming Midnight Rider.

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From now on, the word “Midnight” referring to unfortunate Georgia-filmed movies won’t always refer to the notoriously lame Clint Eastwood film based on John Berendt’s book.

On Feb. 20, 27-year-old film crewmember Sarah Jones was killed, and seven others injured, when a freight train approached a train trestle in Wayne County, Ga., where they were filming a “dream scene” for the scheduled Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider.

What followed in the tragedy’s aftermath was a revealing insight not only into Hollywood arrogance, chiefly in the form of director/producer Randall Miller, accused of sending the crew unprepared out onto that live trestle, but of the local good ol’ boy system as well.

Miller and his wife, producer Jody Savin, already had a history in Savannah with their production of CBGB, which filmed downtown in 2012.

According to observers in the know, including aggressively ousted former Savannah Film Services Director Jay Self, starstruck local muckety-mucks enabled Miller’s megalomania and self-labeled “guerrilla filmmaking”—a lethal combination which may have contributed to tragedy on the Midnight Rider set a year later.

A Connect Savannah investigative report revealed that the Savannah Economic Development Authority had a cozy relationship with Miller’s unfortunately named production company, Unclaimed Freight, that bordered on conflict of interest, and that Miller’s initial claims that the fateful shoot on the Doctortown Trestle was just a “camera test” didn’t exactly pass the smell test.

In the wake of Jones’s death, an industrywide effort was made both to enhance on-set safety measures and to ensure crew members could report safety problems without threat of reprisal.

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manager Jay Sedrish and first assistant director Hillary Schwartz have been indicted for involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespass.

Trials begin in March 2015 in Jesup.

The Jones family reached an undisclosed civil settlement with Miller and other defendants.

As for the movie itself, Gregg Allman officially divested all ties with Unclaimed Freight and the Midnight Rider script.

Strangely, Miller and Savin—who as recently as August insisted they would keep making the film—are now working on a different movie under a different name, but with an oddly similar plot.—JM

and in some ways equally implausible.

Fast forward four years from his appointment, and Lovett was found guilty this past November of several felonies involving Fall of the House of Lovett skimming proceeds of illegal gambling operWhen he was appointed Savannah/Cha- ations run by a man with the colorful name tham Police Chief in 2010, Willie C. Lovett of “Red” Roach and protected by Lovett’s seemed the answer to everyone’s prayers: A officers. no-nonsense longtime local police veteran, But the verdict was oddly anticlimactic. an African American top cop in a city with a Most observers assumed Lovett was more high volume of black-on-black crime. likely to get karmic comeuppance not from Lovett seemed to fit the bill both politithe petty carnie scam, but from the highcally and in police work, as City Council and profile sexual harassment claim of another then-City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney officer, Trina Mayes, which caused him to were able to tell constituents they’d not only abruptly resign in 2012. installed Savannah’s first black police chief, Or maybe from being fingered by a spebut one singularly well-equipped for the job. cially-commissioned outside report as corWhat ended up happening was the stuff rupting Internal Affairs in order to protect of a crime thriller by Scorsese or Coppola, drug shipments to Savannah streets.

In any case, the ripple effect of Lovett’s reign of corruption involved several other high-profile cases involving former officers—some his handpicked cronies, some his nemeses.

His previously mentioned alleged adulterous paramour, Trina Mayes, was fired after another of her love affairs was revealed, this one with a convicted drug dealer.

Malik Khaalis, one of the allegedly corrupt officers apparently put on the Counter Narcotics Team by Lovett to serve as a mole, was ousted from the force in February and faces charges of lying about his role on CNT. Longtime Lovett loyalist Capt. Cedric Phillips—accused of literally pimping female companionship for the chief continues on p. 14

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The late James Gandolfini with Bobby Zarem, when Zarem was still affiliated with the Film Fest. Photo by Geoff L. Johnson information to press any charges.

“SCAD investigated,” Foy Devine, the school’s legal representative, told Page Six. “However, Mr. Zarem declined to give the names of anyone who could corroborate his statement.”

Zarem told Connect last week that he didn’t want to reveal names to the adminZarem vs. SCAD in Film Fest flap istration in order to protect the victims The 2014 Savannah Film Festival prebut will cooperate if there is a federal sented its usual line-up of formidable firstinvestigation. run films and Hollywood names in October, While details of any further legal action including current box office smash The Imi- remain unclear, Zarem has retained Tab tation Game and visits by Mike Myers and Turner, the lawyer best known for winNorman Reedus. ning a multi-million dollar lawsuit against But there was a noticeable absence from Ford over the 187 deaths caused by defecthe red carpet this year: P.R. legend and tive Explorers. He reports that he has been longtime SCAD ally Bobby Zarem. approached by several national media outZarem—affectionately known as lets but can’t discuss any details: “B.Z.”—is the Savannah native and New “Basically what I’m telling everyone is that York publicist behind many a blockbuster they need to talk to my attorney.” —JLL career. His big-name connections are credited with bringing the likes of Oscar winHarbor Dredge on Edge of Reality ners Michael Douglas and Jeremy Irons to Shovels are at the ready: After more than town for 15 years of the SCAD-sponsored 15 years of engineering studies, environfilmfest, and SCAD honored Zarem with a mental lawsuits and ballooning budgets, the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

Savannah Harbor Expansion Project finally Rumors about a contentious split swirled received its blessing from the feds in 2014. during the festival and caught the ear of Congress passed The national media. On Nov. 4, The New York Water Resources Reform Post ran an item on Page Six that Zarem Development Act in May, had “been dumped” by SCAD. which raised SHEP’s Ten days later, columnist Richard Johnspending cap and authoson followed up in the same space with a rized the dredging along different story: Zarem had been fired for with 33 other aquatic whistleblowing about a series of sexual infrastructure projects assaults committed by a SCAD employee. throughout the country, Jolene Byrne Zarem claims the college then mounted including port expansions a cover-up that included transferring the in Boston, Charleston and Jacksonville. alleged perp to its Hong Kong campus; President Obama signed the WRRDA SCAD claims it checked thoroughly into in June, though the bill didn’t actually 14 the incidents but didn’t have the necessary allocate any funding for the $706 million DEC 24-30, 2014

—was allowed to resign “under a pending investigation.”

As for Trina Mayes’s hapless husband, LaPrentice Mayes, he was fired for “unrelated misconduct,” though he was allegedly involved in the fairground scam that Lovett apparently profited from. —JM

The Savannah River channel got the final go-ahead for harbor deepening.

Photo by Jon Waits project that entails dredging the Savannah River from 42 to 47 feet and more than $300 million in environmental mitigation.

Gov. Nathan Deal had already squirreled away some $266 million of state taxes to jumpstart the Big Dig. That cache of cash became usable in October, when the GPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finalized the official Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) that allowed the Corps to start taking bids on two contracts: One to dig the river’s outer channel and the other to begin construction on the Speece Cones that make up the dissolved oxygen injection system. As of December, neither contract has been awarded.

Under the terms of the lawsuit settled against the Corps in 2013 by the Southern Environmental Law Center and the Savannah Riverkeeper, the Speece cones must be proven that they are able to provide enough oxygen to prevent the death of living organisms before dredging can move forward.

The push to deepen multiple ports along the East Coast has been spurred by the employment of massive post-Panamax (PPMX) vessels by the shipping industry.

The Georgia Ports Authority has already installed several Super PPMX cranes in anticipation, and the feds have promised to make up the project’s $440 million difference.

But last week Congress sent the White House a $1.1 trillion spending bill that included a paltry $1.52 million in construction kickdowns— less than one percent of the $250 million the Corps plans to spend in the first year. —JLL

Jolene In, Jack Out

The long-shot candidacy of Jolene Byrne for School Board President turned out not only to defy all conventional political wisdom, being the case of a white single mom with zero political experience successfully bidding for what might be the most politically thorny elective office in all of coastal Georgia.

It was also a history-making, groundbreaking template for the kind of progressive, positive, and forward-looking candidacy that Savannah is going to desperately need more of in the 21st century.

Certainly, Byrne profited from facing an opponent who was a perfect foil: Dave Simons, longtime GOP political operative known for his Karl Rove-style swagger, who seemed to go out of his way to point out that he had no personal stake in the public school system and just wanted to run it “like a business.”

But hey, luck is a part of any competition, whether sports or cards or politics.

What counted was that Byrne capitalized on her good luck, and in the process gradually and gracefully grew into her role as front-runner, until not even the possibility of an African American electorate solidified behind runoff competitor Rev. Chester Ellis proved insurmountable.

Byrne will be sworn into office in a few weeks, and then her real challenge begins.

As for longtime local congressman Jack Kingston, he pulled off something even more miraculous: Parlaying over two decades as a consummate Congressional insider into public perception as a maverick outsider to the very end.

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Along the way Kingston became known for his accessible demeanor, his strong support of local military facilities, his very unRepublican embrace of pop culture, and a few cringeworthy moments—such as going on the Bill Maher show questioning the patriotism of Democrats who don’t wear a U.S. flag pin while himself not wearing one, or suggesting that low-income children work as school janitors to pay for their school lunch.

Kingston’s career ended in an uncharacteristic gamble for a politician who owed his long career in no small part to gerrymandered white suburban districts: He left a seat he could have kept for the rest of his life to seek the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Saxby Chambliss.

But local liberals won’t have Kingston to kick around anymore. The ultimate insider fell victim in the GOP runoff to an even more “made guy”: Dollar General CEO and notorious job outsourcer David Perdue, cousin of former Ga. Gov. Sonny Perdue.—JM

Shabazz Says Snitches Get Stitches

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The shooting of African American felon Charles “Mista Dee” Smith by a white police officer on Augusta Ave. during an arrest was controversial enough, especially on the heels of a similar racially-tinged officer-involved shooting in Ferguson, MO. Mayor Edna Jackson was magnificently graceful under pressure in her largely successful bid to defuse the tension on the

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But adding fuel to the fire in an almost literal sense was Chatham County Commissioner Yusuf Shabazz, a former (current?) member of the New Black Panther Party who returned to his inflammatory roots by urging a boycott of the convenience store where Smith was apprehended, a store not even in Shabazz’s district.

His reasoning, if that word even applies here? That the store owner had “cooperated with police” by alerting them to Smith’s presence.

In Shabazz’s world, cooperating with police is a bad thing, meaning he thought

the store owner was a racist who was complicit in police brutality against people of color.

The ironies: The store owner is himself a person of color, and the people most negatively impacted by the “snitches get stitches” mentality are almost always…people of color.

While off-the-record other elected officials, white and black, including Mayor Jackson, were furious with Shabazz, very few dared to openly criticize his behavior— possibly because his wife, Estella Shabazz, serves on City Council? —JM

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Foodie Scene Gets Fabulous

Savannah’s discerning palettes had plenty of reason to rejoice this year: Celebrity chefs staked claim and reputation on long-awaited high-end restaurants while familiar faces branched out with delicious new flavors: In June, James Beard Award-winning chef and Food Network personality Hugh Acheson sent foodies into a tizzy with the opening of The Florence in the former ice factory on Victory Drive. An instant sensation for its regionally-sourced, Italianinfluenced New South cuisine, the elegant bar has also fast become the place to see and be seen by Savannah’s movers and shakers. While daily operations are overseen by Acheson protégé Kyle Jacovino, it took a celebrity chef to finally satiate the hunger for fine dining in midtown. The menu changes often; right now we’re all about the rabbit ravioli with foraged mushrooms.

Savannah’s busiest chef and perennial Best of Connect winner Roberto Leoci has apparently achieved the art of teletransportation with the May opening of Pacci, inside the sleek Brice Hotel now anchoring the east end of Bay Street. Playing on the flavors that made Leoci’s Trattoria a success, Pacci amps up coastal Italian classics with a certain culinary daredeviltry (hi there, Tuscan Bean hummus and Blueberry Duck.) Don’t miss the special event menus and Wednesday evenings at the community table.

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breakfast fare to the hopping corner of Oglethorpe and Bull (though if you want an egg on anything, you’d better order before 11am.) CQ’s endless popularity with both locals and tourists means you might need to wait for a table, but the coffee bar serves gourmet hot drinks right from the window. A dinner menu is expected in 2015, but until then, try the smashed avocado toast with a lavender mocha.

The fabulous façade of The Grey was finally unveiled on MLK Blvd earlier this month after more than a year of anticipation. Owner John Morisano dropped major capital on the former Greyhound New Chief Joseph Bus station that’s been empty Lumpkin will since beloved restaurant Metrolikely preside over pole closed in 2002 and spared no the dissolution of expense in transforming—and prethe police merger. serving—the historic space into an Art Deco dream. Most importantly, the venture capitalist has invested in his kitchen staff: Executive chef Mashama Bailey (formerly of Prune in NYC) joins forces with local hero and sous chef Theo Smith (formerly of debuting a fascinating installation of artist Café Florie) for an eclectic menu of locally- Mike Williams’ artfully-arranged odds and sourced victuals; be sure to save room for ends in February. dessert by The Chocolate Lab’s Kelly Spivey.

Public art also punched past Victory Also in 2014: Savannah’s First Family Drive for the first time this year: SeeS.A.W. of Asian Cuisine, Ele and Sean Tran, put associate artist and onetime Savannahian another jewel in their crowns with Flying Kellie Walker returned from L.A. in July Monk Noodle Bar on Broughton…We to help Hebermehl make more mural magic mourned the closing of Brasserie 529 in at 66th and Paulsen, the site of Kayak Kafé’s May until we learned that owners April midtown location. The geometric motif in and Joe Roelle merely went into a culinary a multitude of shades also served as the setcocoon to reemerge as the casually delectating for the cover of Connect the week of ble Liberty Street Grill…Aiming to fill the Sept. 24. vacuum of traditional French fare in SavanThis summer Hebermehl and Ray also nah is 39 Rue de Jean, a Charleston insticollaborated with Loop It Up Savannah cretution that’s coming (eventually?!) to West ative director Molly Lieberman for another Oglethorpe. —JLL mural at the West Broad YMCA, where Lieberman oversees the arts program and Public Art Ups & Downs community garden.

It was a prolific year for the paintbrushes The artists held a series of workshops at of See Savannah Art Walls, the organizathe Y, and more than 30 children contribtion that seeks to raise the city’s profile in uted ideas and drawings that resulted in the the global art dialogue by transforming shiny, happy scenes now overlooking the blank buildings into objets d’art. beds of kale and lettuce.

Several SeeS.A.W.-sponsored murals and “We gave them the prompt to draw what projects sprang up in 2014, most recently at the YMCA meant to them, what the neigh40Space, the collection of creative commer- borhood meant to them, what their favorite cial spots for rent at the corner of 40th and activities were,” Hebermehl told Connect.

Drayton, where artistic dream team Matt “We took the drawings, put them on the Hebermehl and Jose Ray rolled out a splen- wall and the kids arranged the composition.” did Savannah scene on the cinderblocks.

To help promote the A-Town Get Down Right around the corner at Green Truck Festival in February, the Y kids helped the Pub, the old drive-thru sign that served as Savannah Yarnbomb Squad dress up a trio the site of Savannah’s first crowdsourced of chicken-wire sculptures supplied by pub18 yarnbomb has become a SeeS.A.W. polestar, lic art godfather Jerome Meadows for a tour

of the city on the back of a flatbed truck.

In a turn of artistic irony that can only be described as “super meta,” the child-like figures turned out to be prototypes from Meadow’s 1992 Yamacraw Village sculpture installation, circling the attention back to the challenge of public art in underserved neighborhoods.

“Who is the ‘public’ that public art is designed to serve?” Meadows asked rhetorically at a lecture about public art sponsored by ARC Savannah at the Jepson in July.

Mural morale suffered a setback in October, when bulldozers demolished the colorful wall at Habersham and 34st streets to make way for a new apartment complex. Dubbed the “Muralcle on 34th Street,” its wondrous layers were laid down in phases by artists Katherine Sandoz, Troy Wandzel and Adolfo “Inope” Alvarado at the behest of See S.A.W. in 2012.

The kaleidoscopic wall was the first legal public art mural in the history of the City of Savannah thanks to SeeS.A.W.’s founders. Their activism and authorship convinced City Hall to adopt a mural policy under the MPC’s Site and Monument Commission, and the process of applying for a public art permit is open to all—an opportunity we hope more Savannah’s artists will remember in 2015! —JLL

When Hotels Attack

You can definitely say Savannah came out of the recession in fine form. Too fine a form, perhaps, if the volume of new hotel projects springing up like resurrection fern on a live oak is any indication.

But it’s not just the number of new hotels—it’s their suddenly ginormous, sunand-street blotting size, by local standards anyway.

We all know that in the real world those with more money get more leeway. But in one of the most egregious cases of big money running roughshod over local rules, a new hotel proposal for West River Street by well-regarded local developer Richard Kessler ended up being literally double the allowed number of floors—six compared to three.

Simply put, the big money folks have learned to bypass the local review boards and go directly to City Council. There, all they have to do is promise a few more minimum-wage jobs to get the key to the City handed to them and just about any pesky historic district guideline waived.

The situation became nearly comical when local architect and former County Commissioner Patrick Shay, no stranger to backroom politicking and in the midst of some rule-massaging of his own on a hotel project on the other end of River Street, spoke out against the Kessler variance in a SMH moment.

But in the long run the hotel arms race isn’t just a contest to see which local egos can swing the biggest T-square. It’s a threat to the very thing that draws all those visitors to Savannah in the first place: A respectfully well-preserved historic district completely unique in the world.

Or once completely unique, anyway.—JM

Chief Lumpkin and the Doomed Police Merger

In the wake of Chief Lovett’s resignation and later conviction, City Manager Stephanie Cutter embarked on a nationwide search for a new Metro Police Chief.

No one questions the qualifications of the winner of that search, new chief Joseph “Jack” Lumpkin, longtime Athens/Clarke County top cop. But Lumpkin comes in at a particularly sensitive and challenging time—and not only because of all the gun violence.

Indeed, Lumpkin’s hiring—or more specifically, the City’s insistence that they could hire a new chief with little or no County input—is part of what is leading to the breakup of the decade-old police merger.

Simply put, just as Savannah faces unprecedented violent crime, the County Commission voted to exercise its option to leave the police merger. Unless last-minute negotiations work out—which is increasingly unlikely—by 2016 there will once again be two police departments in Savannah: One in the crime-plagued city limits, and another writing speeding tickets in unincorporated Chatham.

Want to make any bets as to whether the City will raise taxes when that happens?

Even within City leadership, many observers blame the City of Savannah for the gross failure of leadership. (In an epic rant on his Facebook page, Alderman Tony Thomas laid the blame squarely at his colleagues’ feet.)

Though the City blames the County’s unwillingness to honor a funding formula, there was a way forward to negotiate on that. But what the City was apparently unwilling to negotiate was having final say in choice of a chief—and perhaps most ominously, control over the Counter Narcotics Team, focal point of corruption during Lovett’s tenure. —JM

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Jamie Casino, left, on the set of his Super Bowl ad.

After almost a century of debate and debacles, Phase V of the Harry S. Truman Parkway opened in its fully paved glory this March, connecting downtown with the far reaches of the Abercorn Extension.

Once known as the Casey Canal Parkway Project, the idea of an “automobile” route along the southside drainage path was first proposed in 1925 by Walter Stillwell (grandfather of current City Attorney Brooks Stillwell) and was taken up by city leaders in the 1950s. Engineering firm Thomas & Hutton recommended it run from Henry Street to Derenne, which was practically the edge of civilization in 1954.

The city acquired the necessary land in 1955, but the two-lane highway project soon taxed the public’s patience.

“When do you think this project (Casey Canal Parkway) will materialize?” asked Alderman Jack Rauers at a city council meeting in February 1958.

“When we’re in Bonaventure Cemetery,” replied Alderman, and later mayor, Malcolm Maclean. (A prescient remark; he died in 2001.)

Over the decades, proposed costs ballooned as the parkway was rerouted and renamed. In the late ‘60s, Savannah Mayor J.C. Lewis proposed that the parkway be named for segregationist Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox. Thankfully, that honor went instead to President Truman, a champion of transportation infrastructure. A 20-cent toll was rejected by voters in 1980s, and a pair of bald eagles stalled progress for two years when the proposed parkway crossed their habitat inside the Forest City Gun Club.

The project finally broke ground in 1990s, but the Truman Parkway remained unfinished for nearly two decades.

Former state senator, city alderman,

Chatham County Commissioner and Georgia DOT commissioner Tom Coleman is roundly credited for his tireless advocacy for finishing the Truman. After almost 40 years of dedication to civic life and this project in particular, Coleman passed away this June, just a few months after the ribbon was cut.

The final price tag came in at $186 million, and island and downtown residents now have a mostly stoplight-free route to Southside as well as a direct link to I-95. We just hope the Truman Park Bike Trail that’s supposed to run parallel to the parkway doesn’t take anywhere near as long. —JLL

Jamie’s Silver Hammer

Conversation stopped and jaws dropped all over Savannah during halftime of the Super Bowl this year when one of the most unusual TV ads ever aired came on.

Local attorney Jamie Casino, starred in, directed and wrote a two-minute advertisement that seemed more like a trailer for some kind of awesome Avengers-meets-Lord of the Rings masterpiece.

The bizarrely compelling plot, unfolding in twisted quasi-religious dream visions with a heavy metal soundtrack, involved Casino renouncing his old ways defending criminals, avenging his brother’s death, and something-something smashing the crap out of a gravestone with a big-ass hammer.

The inscrutable spot garnered national attention and was possibly the only thing which could have taken people’s attention off the execrable performance of Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in the actual game—which became a total afterthought the first nanosecond after Casino’s ad finished.

Best of all? We hear Jamie’s working on a follow-up to possibly air during this February’s Super Bowl. We have no idea how he can possibly top himself, but we can’t wait!—JM CS

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The association lay dormant for several years. Its outgoing president, Herbert Kemp, RETIRED school teacher was suffering from ill health and, he admits, Norman Luten Jr. is lookwas slow in asking for help as new threats ing for work. arose.

Unfortunately, the job One of those threats came very close that found him doesn’t to Luten’s little house on Skidaway Road. pay, requires a politician’s A proposed pharmacy next door would face and is bound to have elevated the area’s commercial blood make people upset. pressure.

“We have to be activists,” Luten says. “We That was stopped. But another threat have to form coalitions.” became reality when developers cleared a Luten is taking over as president of the tree buffer on Montgomery Cross Road.

Sandfly Community Betterment AssociaNow we all have a clear view of a Waltion. That’s an “uphill both ways” position if Mart parking lot. And a McDonald’s is there ever there was one. coming.

His task? Protect a historic residential “Sandfly is in the process of change,” neighborhood, already hollowed out by large Kemp says. “We are for change if it’s comcommercial developments, from further los- patible with the community. But some ing its homey, woodsy identity. of these investments that are trying to be “We have to reach out to other comforced into the community are not in our munities adjacent to us to help us voice our best interests.” opinions against losing residential as well as Luten took me on a tour of Historic

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Sandfly. And it was quite a different view than what you get whizzing down the hamlet’s main roads.

Luten seemed to know every face at every house on every oddly-angled street.

“It’s a community where people know each other,” Luten says. “At one time, we used to have a whole lot of social interaction.”

That was when Sandfly was the promised land for freed slaves from Wormsloe Plantation. That was when a streetcar ran down Central Avenue. That was when there was a quiet, rural atmosphere.

“We can’t live in the past anymore,” Luten says. “We have to be able to blend the past, the present and also look out to the future to see where we’re going to be in the next half century.”

Association members believe they can do that by getting Chatham County to designate Sandfly a Historic District. If they’re successful, they’ll have a bit more protection against insulting architecture.

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Members of the Sandfly community inspect a map of the proposed Sandfly Historic District at a community meeting at Speedwell UMC. “In order to get things done in any community, you have to be active.”

The process of getting a Historic District could take the better part of a year. And county planners only held the first public meeting a few weeks ago.

Luten says he was there at his new, unpaid job because of the “front porch education” that he got from his grandparents, parents and large, extended family in Sandfly.

Kemp, Luten’s former scout master, was in the front row.

“I’m just giving back to a community that has given me so much,” Luten says. “I’m just trying to do what my forefathers, parents,

This is what became of the former tree buffer between the Walmart parking lot and Montgomery Cross Road.

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“If we’re not, then we are going to slowly dissipate and we might not be the community that we are right now,” Luten says.

Of course, a Historic District isn’t ironclad. Zoning is a separate ward of the zoo.

(And zoning is a far bigger threat than architectural styles.)

Developers have ways of getting out of their cages. (See West River Street.) And the whole thing has to go before the County Commission.

But, Luten says, county officials seem to be listening.

“They listened when we started organizing and getting our neighborhood association back to where it once was,” Luten says.

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Perhaps more important, though: plugging reports of black bear sightings in the Pacific Northwest into the same modeling software indicated that the bears should share exactly the same habitat. Since they also exhibit a similar size, poundage, and full-body coiffure, the well-honed deductive mind might therefore conclude that people are commonly mistaking black bears for celebrity sightings of Bigfoot.

None of this has stopped Bigfoot believers, who every so often have actually managed to get Sasquatch-preservation ordinances on the books in parts of Washington State. But let’s keep the obvious in mind here: In all recorded history there has never been found a single confirmed Bigfoot fossil, bone, hair, or flesh sample. DNA testing on alleged remains of Sasquatches and yetis has proven them to have come from cows, porcupines, or occasionally the extremely odd-looking serow, but nothing previously undiscovered. As for the bearcarcass argument: yes, bear carcasses are rare finds, but plenty of well-documented examples have turned up, as well as enough fossils to support a theory of their evolution and reconstruct their migratory patterns.

Could there be one lonely Sasquatch wandering around, the last of its species, just living out the days until its uncelebrated demise? Possibly. But if the final Bigfoot falls in a forest and no one is there to see it, will all those bitter cryptozoologists be vindicated? It’s doubtful. CS

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Sadly, however, the existence of an enormous and extremely sneaky biped is unlikely—mostly because its caloric needs would require it to frequent too large an area for it to go unspotted forever. We’ll do a quick rundown: The cryptozoological consensus has it that Bigfoot is a primate, possibly some distant cousin to early man. Judging from the habits of other large primates (including humans), we’d expect Bigfoots to live I usually don’t dare step into the abyss that is on a mostly vegetarian diet of fruits, tubers, cryptozoology forums, but I recently discovbark, and leaves. They’d require 20 to 40 ered that one common counterargument to the calories (and 100 milliliters of fresh water) skeptic’s claim of a lack of evidence for Bigfoot per kilogram of body weight per day. Given is that we’ve never found bear bones in the wild an estimated body weight of 180 kg (around either. Supposedly the forest climate, flora, and 400 pounds), we can guess Bigfoots must consume at least 3,600 calories a day. Keep fauna breaks down carcasses to such a degree that the odds of finding one of a relatively rare in mind that’s conservative: orangutans, who only weigh around 100 pounds, eat between apex predator would be near nil. So: Is it pos2,500 calories, in lean times, and almost sible that a population of apes in some very 8,000, when food is plenty. isolated area of the western U.S. or Canada Assuming food supplies permit, primate wouldn’t have been detected at this point? How groups may keep to a small range of maybe large would the population have to be to be a few hundred acres. But the bigger the speself-sustaining, what kind of range would they need, and is there a pocket of the North Ameri- cies, generally speaking, the more foraging room they need per head—a western lowcan wild where they could hide out? —Joe land gorilla can account for 350-plus acres Christianson of its own, and walk more than a kilometer a day in search of food. So unless the Bigfoots I FEEL YOU, Joe. Cryptozoology can be a happened on some unusually well-stocked cruel discipline, full of bitter old scientists with ruined reputations and plenty of Inter- turf, they’d often be out and about hunting calories. net anger. Sixty-five-plus years of keeping The number of Sasquatches necessary for hope alive—Bigfoot prints first hit the news in 1958—can take quite a toll on the psyche. a viable population depends on what your goals are. From a short-term genetic-diverThis is not to say that the whole idea sity standpoint there’d need to be something of an as-yet-undiscovered large mammal somewhere in North America is completely like 50 breeding Bigfoots—but even then you’d still have a lot of first-cousin reprofoolish. The Vu Quang ox of Vietnam and duction going on. To maintain any decent Laos wasn’t identified until 1992; the first chance of genetic viability long term would live specimen wasn’t caught until ’94. The probably take at least ten times that many. blue-testicled lesula monkey (whose deliWhere might this large theoretical comcate visage evokes a Renaissance-era Jesus) munity of Bigfeet reside? A 2009 study remained unknown to science until 2007. (designed to demonstrate some limits of GQ ran an article this fall about an elusive hermit who had been living without human software-based analysis) used a large collection of Bigfoot data—646 records of alleged contact in a Maine forest for 27 years,

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Second rape suspect charged

Follow-up investigations into the rape of an unconscious woman in a parking lot on Nov. 30 have led to charges against a second suspect.

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police have charged Eric Reyes Castro, 26, with being a party to the crime of rape after the off-duty Metro Special Victims Unit detective who interrupted the attack continued his investigation.

Andy Fabricio Carcamo, 22, of Pooler was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 30, after the two off-duty officers found him in the back seat of a locked car in a downtown parking lot with the unconscious victim about 1 a.m. They had been directed toward the car by a visiting member of the military who reported seeing two men taking an unconscious woman to a car.

The officers had been approached by a California man who saw two males carrying the woman towards the parking lot and became concerned. The officers approached the car and interrupted the attack on the woman who was drifting in and out of consciousness.

At the time, Police Chief Joseph H. Lumpkin Sr. lauded the efforts of the bystander who became involved when he realized a stranger could be in jeopardy of being harmed.

“Police can’t be everywhere at all times and this was a case where a young woman was in serious danger,” Lumpkin said.

“Because of the efforts of this gentleman and these officers, a dangerous suspect is off our streets. And we may never know what additional harm to this victim was prevented.”

• Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police have charged a Savannah man with aggravated assault and criminal attempt at murder after he shot another man during a domestic dispute this morning.

Jeremy Dennis Scott, 27, turned himself in at Metro headquarters this morning after SCMPD SWAT team officers served multiple search warrants through the morning searching for him. Detectives had identified him as the shooter soon after the event.

He is charged with shooting Romondo Ashley, 22, on the 1300 block of East Duffy Street. Downtown Precinct Patrol officers found the victim on the porch of a house after responding to a shooting call at 1:14 a.m. He was transported to Memorial

University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

• Detectives are investigating the shooting death of a 24-year-old man in • Savannah-Chatham downtown’s YamacMetropolitan Police detecraw Village Sunday tives are investigating the afternoon.

Sunday night shooting of a Jamal Elliott of teenager.

1422 Chester Street Jarquez Odom, 14,of the was declared dead 800 block of Crosby Street, on the scene after he tro Cas es Rey Eric was transported to Memorial was shot on the front University Medical Center porch of a unit of the with a non-life threatening Savannah Housing injury after shots were fired at his resiAuthority complex about 2:39 p.m. dence just before 9 p.m.

Investigators are seeking informa• Detectives are investigating the tion on the shooting and activities in the shooting of a Savannah man in what has neighborhood. been reported as a domestic dispute this Anyone with information is asked to morning. call Crimestoppers at (912) 234-2020 Lanard Mikell, 22, was transported or text CRIMES (274637) using the from a house on the 5000 block of Temple keyword CSTOP2020. Tipsters remain Street after the 3:17 a.m. shooting to anonymous and may qualify for a cash Memorial University Medical Center. His reward. injuries were not considered life-threatenA Tip Line also is open directly to ing. CS investigators at (912) 525-3124 and most area clergy have agreed to serve as liaisons for anyone who would like to share inforGIVE ANONYMOUS CRIME TIPS TO mation with police anonymously.

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People advertising for love interests via online dating sites have apparently become picky about how they describe their sexuality. To the usuals (male, female, gay, heterosexual) have been added recently (as reported by NPR in December after surveying OkCupid.com) “asexual,” “androgynous,” “genderqueer” (evidently not the same as “gay”), “queer” (not quite “gay,” either), “questioning,” “trans man,” “transsexual,” “transmasculine,” “heteroflexible” and “sapiosexual” (turned on by “intelligence”). Still, some users of the site found the choices inadequate. One young woman described her sexual orientation as “squiggly,” and the reporter cited others who thought highly of that term.

Bright Ideas

• Britain’s Home Office revealed in November (by releasing archived documents from 1982) that among the contingency suggestions for worst-case nuclear attack on the country was commissioning “psychopaths” to help keep order. They are “very good in crises,” an advocate wrote, because “they have no feelings for others, nor moral code, and tend to be very intelligent and logical,” and thus could do quite well at containing the vigilante survivalist enclaves that might develop in the event parts of the kingdom became lawless. (After an apparently thoughtful debate, the suggestion was not agreed to.)

• Great Art! At a recent art show at Paris’ Palais de Tokyo, Italian artist Sven Sachsalber, for his provocative piece, brought in a large haystack on Nov. 13, dropped a needle into it, and gave himself two days to find it.

Late the next day, he picked it up. (Palais de Tokyo calls itself an “anti-museum par excellence.”)

Ironies

• (1) Three homes on the Pacific Ocean near Grayland, Washington, were washed away by violent rainstorms in early December, but the residents had seen it coming. The longtime local name for the area is “Washaway Beach.” Said one, “I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, but I had hoped it wasn’t this soon.” (2) In November, an airline’s advertising staff created the catchy slogan (to attract impulse travelers), “Want to go somewhere, but don’t know where?” and convinced management to send it, via Twitter, to

Puppy (which works with four finance comthe airline’s thousands of followers. (Spoiler: panies), told the San Diego Union- Tribune The airline was Malaysia Airlines, whose that the arrangement is fairly standard now Flight 370 still has not been found.) for expensive pets.

• Hide the Show Program Inside the Porn: A theatrical producer in Madrid First-World Problems found a way around Spain’s recent steep (1) NBC’s “Today” show reported in sales tax increase on certain entertainment December the “heartbreak” parents are feelvenues (sports, movies, live theater): It sold ing when they learn that back issues of vintage porthe supposedly unique nographic magazines for the name (“wonderful, distincequivalent of $20 — with a tive, rarely heard”) they “free” ticket to its latest stage had given their infant in production by noted director the last year or two (e.g., Pedro Calderon de la Barca.

“Mason,” “Liam,” “Lily”) (A show ticket would carry a MERRY FESTIVUS! actually appeared on Baby21 percent tax, but a pornoCenter’s annual list of most graphic magazine is still taxed popular names of 2014 at 4 percent.)

(6th, 3rd and 8th, respectively). (2) After hearing Compelling Explanations tenants’ complaints, the • Creative: Eric Opitz, New York City Council is 45, who was indicted on 13 now considering a regulacounts of fraud in Philation requiring landlords to delphia in October, had post notices if a common explained that the reason he area or amenity is unusable needed human growth horfor 24 hours or more — mone (that he would resell) which applies of course to despite being 6-foot-3, 450 elevators and laundry rooms, but would also pounds, was that he was really a dwarf and extend to any air hockey or foosball facilities feared he would recede if he stopped the in the building. medication.

• Bungling Cinematograhers: Zak Hardy, Perspective 18, and Terrill Stoltz, 41, were arrested Although elephants, rhesus monkeys, recently in separate incidents and charged cobras, cows and water buffalos are regarded with photographing women in bathrooms without their permission. Hardy, caught in a as sacred by many of India’s Hindus, the public restroom in June in Exeter, England, animals most certainly do not live idyllic pointing his phone from one stall to another, lives, according to a November BBC News dispatch. As “growing populations are swalexplained that he was just trying to see lowing up habitat,” the divine symbols are whether his phone was waterproof. Stoltz forced to the cities, where they must dodge professed his innocence, as well, claiming traffic, forage garbage for food, and endanger the camera he set up in his ex-girlfriend’s themselves encountering people less certain bathroom in Billings, Montana, was solely to have a photographic record of him when of their holiness (such as in the November report of the cobra harassing customers at he cleaned his chickens in the bathtub. an ATM in Delhi). As representatives of Lord Ganesha, elephants live well only durThe New Normal An Oceanside, California, couple was sur- ing religious festivals, but otherwise must prised in November to discover that buying navigate asphalt and potholes that tear up a purebred bichon frise on credit meant they their hooves. In another November incident, some Hindu leaders protested a drive were only leasing the dog for 27 months to kill rats that had infested the Maharaja and would have to make a 28th payment Yeshwantrao hospital in Indore — because to actually “own” Tresor. Furthermore, the Ganesha was depicted riding a mouse. lease, under a “repo” threat, required “daily exercise,” “regular bathing and grooming” and “immediate” disposal of Tresor’s “waste.”

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Police Report

• In a 2012 incident in Cleveland (where a white police officer recently shot to death a black teenager holding a toy gun), 13 officers chased two unarmed black homeless drug users at high speeds and fired 137 shots at the pair, killing them. (A car had supposedly backfired, suggesting a gunshot at the cops.)

As a result of “communication” failure, the 13 were placed on limited “desk duty” for 16 months and subjected to continuing investigation. Recently, nine of the 13 officers sued the city, charging that non-black officers are historically and illegally disciplined more harshly for mistakes when victims are black.

• Big Crime: (1) Four officers responded in Tayport, Scotland, in July to arrest Irene Clark, 65, who spent 48 hours in jail — after committing the crime of swatting her husband with a magazine while arguing over TV programs (causing a paper cut). (2) Christopher Saunders, 38, pleaded guilty in North Devon, England, in November to possession of 0.09 grams of marijuana (value: 14 cents). (3) Keith Shannon, 44, was sentenced (two years’ probation) in Letterkenny, Ireland, in November for twice being caught swiping “tester” packets of aftershave at a Boots store (value: 2 cents each).

A News of the Weird Classic (February 2011)

The ear has a “G-spot,” explained Santa Clara, California, ear, nose and throat surgeon Todd Dray, and thus the moans of ecstasy that Vietnamese “ear pickers” reportedly elicit from their clients might well be justified. A San Jose Mercury News reporter, dispatched to Ho Chi Minh City in January (2011) to check it out, learned that barber shop technicians could sometimes coax “eargasms” (as they removed wax) by tickling a certain spot next to the ear drum served by multiple nerve endings and tissue paper-thin skin. Said one female client, “Everybody is afraid the first time, but after, it’s, ‘Oh my God!’” Said one Vietnamese man, returning home after a trip abroad, and who went immediately from the airport to a “hot toc” parlor for a picking, “(This) brings a lot of happiness.” CS

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New Year’s Eve Menu

BY ANNA CHANDLER | anna@connectsavannah.com

SAV TRULY HAS something for everyone on December 31. Whether you prefer a black tie affair or Black & Tan in your hand, there’s no excuse for sitting at home watching the ball drop—start 2015 in style, alongside friends in our beautiful Historic District! You don’t even have to get historically partied out; take in a show, or make it a unique date night with a sumptuous dinner. The following is just a small sampling of the festive happenings— check out Soundboard for even more ways to celebrate.

$55.00 Per Person

presents

Each four course meal includes a choice of a Starter, a choice of an Entrée and a choice of a Dessert. All meals are accompanied by a petite mixed green salad.

Starters Lobster Bisque • Shrimp & Corn Chowder • Coconut Thai Shrimp Maryland Style Lump Crab Cake

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Entrées Thai Peanut Crusted Chicken Coca-Cola Glazed Rack of New Zealand Lamb 14 Oz. Rib Eye with Crab Garlic Cream Sauce Roasted Duck A L’Orange Blackened Salmon Lobster Ravioli Desserts Key Lime Pie Honey Vanilla Crème Brûlée Sea Salt Caramel Cheesecake Key Lime Pie

drink & shot specials all night jello shooters & injectors Home of the Cherry Bomb

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Dance music between band breaks

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Zach Deputy @Barrelhouse South

Zach Deputy is a man of fusion. Growing up in South Carolina, he was influenced by the sounds of his Puerto Rican, Cruzan and Irish heritage; now, he’s a hard-touring oneman band, crafting tunes live with the help of loop pedals, and delivering a unique hybrid sound that defies genre (he coined it “island-infused, drum ‘n’ bass, gospel-ninja-soul”—do with that what you will).

You’ll note Calypso beats, summery, up-tempo riffs with the undeniable influence of classic soul driving the whole thing. Deputy has a freakish vocal range, capable of seamlessly navigating between a laid-back, Jack Johnson-like chatty-casual croon, Michael Jackson scoops and falsettos, and rich Al Green-influenced belting. With his range of styles, his super-fun live show truly offers something for everyone.

It sure helps that Deputy, a Bluffton, SC native, has this infectious charisma about him, crowned by a huge smile that beckons even the most stubborn wallflowers to get out on the floor.

Keep in mind that Barrelhouse South is mixing it up for this show—it’s limited to 150 people (certainly preferable to being caught in an unenjoyable crush)—so snag tickets online beforehand.

Count on Deputy to show off his jam band influences at the New Year’s show; he’s the only act on the bill for the evening, performing for—wait for it—five hours.

9 P.M. New Year’s Eve, $25 advance via staffordpromotions.wufoo.com, $40 at the door, if still available. $75 VIP ticket includes open bar and re-entry.

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Up the Cup @River Street

Just in its second year, the Savannah Waterfront Association’s annual “Up the Cup” New Year’s Eve countdown is quickly establishing itself as a holiday tradition.

You can keep your Times Square; Up the Cup brings a whole new meaning “raising a glass,” replacing a luminous ball with a 6-foot to-go cup that’s lofted to the top of River Street Inn as the crowd counts down to midnight.

T.C. Michaels from Bob 106.9 returns to emcee. Leading up to the giant toast, there will be on-stage giveaways, a dance party with DJ MXM, and a digital photo booth. Of course, it wouldn’t be a party in Savannah without fireworks, so stick around after the cup’s upped to get a great riverside view of the spectacle.

8 P.M. New Year’s Eve, free

Dine, Drink & Dance @Westin Savannah

Take the party to the island—Hutchinson Island—and get a great view of the festivities on River Street. The Westin offers several swanky options to ring in the New Year in style. Guests are invited to sip, shimmy and savor at Aqua Star Seafood Kitchen starting at 7 P.M. Make sure to get a reservation through westinsavannah.com. There’s also the Celebration in the Grand Ballroom, which includes a full open bar, a dessert bar, party favors, a live DJ, fireworks on the lawn and champagne toast at midnight.

The Night at Aqua Star Seafood Kitchen at 7 P.M. New Year’s Eve, $97 adults, $30 children. The Celebration in the Grand Ballroom at 8 P.M., $75 a person.

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Oysters, Waits & Co., The Train Wrecks @Tybee Island Social Club

No one knows how to party like Tybee. How about a celebration accompanied by live music and fresh oysters?

Start the evening at 5 P.M. with those steamy and succulent bivalves and live music

by Waits & Co. up until 8 P.M. After you’ve had your fill, walk if off with a stroll on the beach (maybe dip your toe in the surf, get a feel of what to expect at the next day’s Polar Bear Plunge?), then head back over to get wild with The Train Wrecks. They just got back from tour with a set that’s as tight as ever—give them a warm welcome by dancing in the new year from 10 P.M. to 2 A.M. Oyster roast and Waits and Co. starting at 5 P.M., $25. New Year’s party with The Train Wrecks and Waits & Co. and champagne toast, $15.

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PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR ON NEW YEAR’S EVE Live DJ spinning all night!

Shot & Drink Specials All Night Dance Party with Savannah’s Sexiest!!!

Great food & cute waitresses in red cowboy boots!

Downtown’s only sports bar RT S BAR SP0

Music, including Jeff Beasley and Silicone Sister @City Market and Wild Wing Café

11 W BAY ST • (912) 944-4343

River Street’s best view w/ 20 beers on tap DJ TAP spins all New Year’s Eve!

303 W RIVER ST • 912.944.6302

City Market promises an “outdoor street party,” with live music kicking off at 9 P.M. At Wild Wing Café, you can catch Jeff Beasley and wind back the clock to the hair metal’s heyday with Silicone Sister. For just five bucks, you get live music, a balloon drop, free party favors, a champagne toast, and a 1 A.M. complimentary goodie buffet.

Music in City Market New Year’s Eve starting at 9 P.M., $5 cover at Wild Wing Café

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Rockin’ New Year’s Eve @The Savannah Theatre

Mix it up this year with a different kind of live entertainment. The Historic Savannah Theatre is throwing an eclectic bash with Rockin’ New Year’s Eve. The cast will perform their hit show Savannah Live! —expect all kinds of tunes, from oldies to Top 40 to Broadway. Even if you’ve seen the show before (it’s a staple of theirs), the NYE edition has a special twist—after the show, there’s dancing onstage with the cast and the live band until 12:30 A.M., and a champagne toast.

9 P.M., $55.

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12 Piece Wings & Dom. Pitcher

Big Door Burgers & Dogs Wings

LIVEMUSIC THURS. 12/25, 8-12

Jon Lee’s Apparitions FRI. 12/26, 8-12

Epic Cycle SAT. 12/27, 8-12

OPEN ON CHRISTMAS

Georgia Maple SUN. 12/28, 7:30-11:30

Thomas Claxton

18 e. river st. 234-6003

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New Year’s Bluegrass Festival @New Convention Center (75 N. Beachview Dr., Jekyll Island)

Massive $5 Christmastime Extravaganza! with Protester, Public Suicide, Some Nerve, and The Toxic Shock @Graveface Records

admission - $40 adult, $20 child. Children under 7 free with parent.

Saturday, 7 P.M., $5.

For Savannah, it’s truly been a Blue Christmas. There’s been ample opportunity to catch a bluegrass/Americana show with some holiday flair this month, and there’s one more chance to get your fix after the ball drops: the annual New Year’s Bluegrass Festival at Jekyll Island.

The 39th annual fest, held at the New Convention Center on Jekyll Island, is a Lowcountry tradition, and a great way to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and make that holiday vacay last just a little longer.

From Nova Scotia to Nashville, legends and up-and-comers of the roots music tradition will congregate with three days’ worth of entertainment. The pickin’ starts early—noon on Thursday and 11 A.M. on Friday and Saturday—and runs until 10 P.M. Thursday’s lineup features The Clinton Gregory Bluegrass Band, The James King Band, The Spinney Brothers, Springfield Exit, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage and 2010 Country Music Legend Gene Watson and The Farewell Party Band.

On Friday, catch The Tennessee Gentlemen, The Spinney Brothers, The Gary Waldrep Band, Goldwing Express, The Gibson Brothers (crowned IBMA Entertainer of the Year for two years running!), and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver are certainly a treat: the group’s been named the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Vocal Group of the Year seven times for their stunningly perfected harmonies that will make your hair stand on end. If you’re into mandolin, make sure to see the incredible Lawson show off his incredible command of the instrument: he’s The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America’s reigning Mandolin Player of the Year.

Stick around Saturday for Bluebilly Grit, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Nothin’ Fancy, The Little Roy & Lizzy Show, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Dailey and Vincent and Jimmy Fortune. Fortune is a former member of The Statler Brothers, who got their start singing backup for Johnny Cash and went on to become country legends in their own right. While the Statler Brothers disbanded in 2002, Fortune keeps the tradition alive, with 50 years of professional experience under his belt.

The $5 punk show has quickly become a Graveface staple. It’s a beautifully simple model: typically, it’s a bill with 3+ bands—almost a mini-fest—so you’re really getting your bang for your buck.

Ryan Graveface and crew open up the (limited) floor to make way for legions of kids cramming in the little store to sweat it out.

This time, Washington, D.C.’s Protester and Public Suicide are coming through, along with Massachusetts’ Some Nerve, on their way to FYA Fest in Fern Park, Florida.

Protester and Public Suicide are evidence that D.C.’s historic hardcore scene is alive and well.

Due to years of efforts largely helmed by Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi), our nation’s capital fosters young bands in a multitude of all-ages spaces. (Speaking of MacKaye, did y’all know he was keynote speaker for the Association of Moving Image Archivists conference, which took place at the Savannah Hyatt, in October?! That sure flew under the radar.)

Protester churn out timeless D.C. hardcore with early Boston muscle (the city, not “More Than a Feeling”). Their self-titled seven-inch, released this July, boasts seven tracks—raw, throaty vocals, quick and thick guitar changes, pummeling drums and all—each clocking in under two minutes each.

Straight-edge band Public Suicide’s seven-inch kicks off with the spastic fury of “No Pity.” Warmed up with a little anticipatory swing, they throw the listener in head-first after the first 16 or so seconds; while aggressively dark, the progressions beneath the vocals are downright catchy and innately fun.

Some Nerve just dropped their demo in September; “Make Me Numb” features this cool, trilling guitar riff layer that caught my ear and had me playing it again and again. The breathless tumult of each song is carried by a great sense of melody, cut into with beefy guitar and a full-charging kick drum.

Reppin’ for the home team is The Toxic Shock, who just released a demo, Cyclist, via bandcamp. Greta Odrezin leads the charge into frenzied bursts of nasty little punk songs, Thursday, January 1-Saturday, January 3. 3-Day Reserved Tickets - $95 adult, $50 child (age 7-15). 3 Day General as her boys, er, ladies, (that’s Daniel Lynch and Josh Sterno of Crazy Bag Lady, sporting Admission Tickets - $90 adult, $45 child. Daily Reserved Tickets - $45 adult, $25 child. Daily Tickets General bags on their heads) back her up.

GREAT FOOD • GREAT MUSIC • GREAT CRAIC.

Join us for New Year’s Eve festivities!

DEC 24-30, 2014

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VIP seating limited for an additional $10 per seat, 4 seat minimum.

Doors open at 7pm. Pianos start at 8pm.

MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE IN SAVANNAH OR ANYWHERE!

FULL BAR · LATE NIGHT FOOD

SavannahSmilesDuelingPianos.com 314 Williamson St Savannah 912.527.6453 7pm-3am Wed.-Sat.

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Coastal Jazz Christmas Day Concert & Jam Session @Savannah Station

After a long day of gift exchanges and ham carving, it’s easy to pass out, basking in the glow of whatever marathon’s taken over the TV this year.

But come on— the couch is gonna be there long after the Christmas tree’s dropped all its needles. How about grabbing the family and catching a once-a-year jazz jam session?

2014 marks the 39th anniversary of the Coastal Jazz Association’s Christmas Day Concert & Jam Session.

Savannah Jazz Hall of Famer Teddy Adams calls the holiday tradition “camaraderie and friendly competition at the same time.”

Talented players and vocalists from both Savannah and surrounding areas will showcase their gifts. With the tight-knit nature of Savannah’s historic jazz community, and the great efforts of Coastal Jazz Association to continue an honored tradition, it’s as much a concert as a community event. It’s a time for hometown jazz heroes to gather, catch up (everyone’s back for the holidays, after all), and remind Savannah why they make us so proud. Plus, funds will be raised for jazz scholarships, keeping in tune with the season of giving.

Thursday, 5 P.M., $20 advance via coastaljazz.org, $25 at door

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KARAOKE @ 8PM

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Bay Street Blues Hitman (blues) Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Mike Sweat, piano/vocal Boomy’s Eric Culberson Band coffee deli Acoustic Jam Rachael’s 1190 Jeremy Riddle Barrelhouse South Xuluprophet, Domino Effect Rocks on the Roof Trae & Ethan The Wormhole Open Mic Wild Wing Cafe Jeff Beasley

DJ

Club 51 Degrees DJ Lil G Disco Party Fogon - Fogon Katracho DJ

BAR & CLUB EVENTS Club One Drag Show

SUNDAY / 28

TRIVIA & GAMES

Huc-A-Poo’s Name That Tune The Jinx Rock n Roll Bingo Rachael’s 1190 Trivia Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia World of Beer Trivia

KARAOKE

Ampersand Karaoke Club One Karaoke Hercules Bar & Grill Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke Tondee’s Tavern Karaoke

Basik Lee DJs into 2015 at Congress Street Social Club.

COMEDY

Vive Tapas Lounge Open Mic

DJ

Congress Street Social Club DJ Blackout The Jinx Live DJ

DJ

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Club One Karaoke

Club One Drag Show Mediterranean Tavern Lip Sync Battle

OTHER

FRIDAY / 26

DJ

The Wormhole Open Mic

THURSDAY / 25 The 5 Spot Jackson Evans & Friends (jazz) Ampersand Jazz Night Bay Street Blues Hitman (blues) Bayou Cafe Eric Culberson Band Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Mike Sweat, piano/vocal Barrelhouse South Daryl Hance Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic The Warehouse Jon Lee’s Apparitions Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry

TRIVIA & GAMES

The Britannia British Pub Trivia Coach’s Corner Bingo Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Trivia Pour Larry’s Explicit Trivia Sunny’s Lounge Trivia Tybee Island Social Club Bingo & Blues

KARAOKE

Applebee’s Karaoke Flashback Karaoke Hang Fire PBR Street Gang Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke Mediterranean Tavern Karaoke Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke Rusty Rudders Tap House Karaoke The Wormhole Karaoke

Sunny’s Lounge Karaoke Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ

Club 309 West DJ Zay Hang Fire DJ Sole Control

Club One Drag Show

SATURDAY / 27

Coach’s Corner Movies & Music Trivia

17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond bar.food The Massey Boys Barrelhouse South Seven Handle Circus Basil’s Pizza and Deli Christy Alan Band Bayou Cafe Fig Neutrons Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Mike Sweat & Nancy Witt, piano/vocal Casimir’s Lounge Jackson Evans Trio (jazz) Congress Street Social Club The Train Wrecks Graveface Records & Curiosities Protester, Public Suicide, Some Nerve, Toxic Shock Huc-A-Poo’s Jubal Kane Jazz’d Tapas Bar Andrew Gill Band Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Ben Keiser Band Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Hitman The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Kim Polote Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio Rocks on the Roof City Hotel The Warehouse Georgia Maple Wild Wing Cafe Crashbox World of Beer Main Street Band World of Beer (Pooler) The Main Street Band

KARAOKE

KARAOKE

The 5 Spot Jackson & Maggie Evans Barrelhouse South Steppin’ Stones Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, Hitman Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Mike Sweat & Nancy Witt, piano/vocal Congress Street Social Club Listen 2 Three Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Positions The Jinx Damon and the Shitkickers Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) David Flannery Mansion on Forsyth Park Tradewinds Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub City Hotel Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio Rocks on the Roof Jeff Beasley Band Ruth’s Chris Steak House David Duckworth & Kim Polote The Wormhole Late Night Open Mic The Warehouse Epic Cycle World of Beer Savannah Ave

TRIVIA & GAMES

Bay Street Blues Karaoke Lucky’s Tavern Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke

Applebee’s Karaoke Bay Street Blues Karaoke The Jinx Scaryoke w/ DJ Lucky Bastard

17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond Ampersand Blues & Brews Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) Sunday Jazz Brunch Barrelhouse South Eric Culberson Bayou Cafe Don Coyer Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup Jazz’d Tapas Bar Jeff Beasley The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson Rocks on the Roof R&R The Warehouse Thomas Claxton Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry Zunzi’s II Open Mic

TRIVIA & GAMES

Lulu’s Chocolate Bar Sunday Afternoon Trivia Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ Tondee’s Tavern Karaoke

MONDAY / 29 Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mike with Craig Tanner and Mr. Williams Bay Street Blues Open Mic Bayou Cafe David Harbuck The Wormhole Late Night Open Mic Wild Wing Cafe Eric Britt

TRIVIA & GAMES

Hang Fire Team Trivia Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Bingo Mediterranean Tavern Butt Naked Trivia with Kowboi Tybee Island Social Club Trivia

KARAOKE

Boomy’s Karaoke Night Club One Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke

DJ

The Jinx DJ Lucky Bastard

OTHER

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic The Wormhole Open Mic

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TUESDAY / 30 Bay Street Blues Jubal Kane (blues) Bayou Cafe Jam Night with Eric Culberson Foxy Loxy Cafe Clouds and Satellites Jazz’d Tapas Bar Danielle Hicks Duo Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Open Mic The Warehouse The Hitman Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay

TRIVIA & GAMES

Coach’s Corner Trivia CoCo’s Sunset Grille Trivia Congress Street Social Club Trivia Mediterranean Tavern Battle of The Sexes Game Mellow Mushroom Trivia The Wormhole Trivia

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s New Year’s Eve Event Boomy’s New Year’s Eve Party w/ Liquid Ginger Club 51 Degrees New Years Party x3 Club One New Years Eve: The Devil Went Down to Georgia The Crypt Pub Glitz & Glamour New Years Bash Foxy Loxy Cafe Foxy New Year’s Eve Granite Bar & Restaurant New Year Celebration Guild Hall Dirty Dolls Revue Hang Fire Year of the Goat Party

OTHER

Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) The Night at Aqua Star Seafood Kitchen The Wormhole Open Mic Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa The Celebration

Sound by BLUE RIDGE SOUND NO VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING

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New Year’s

“2010 Country Legend of the Year”

BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL

Club One Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke The Rail Pub Karaoke

In the CONVENTION CENTER

COMEDY

Chuck’s Bar Open Mic

75 N. Beachview Drive, Jekyll Island, GA -31527

DJ

GEORGIA’S JEWEL

JANUARY 1, 2 & 3, 2015

DAILEY & VINCENT

“2008-2010 IBMA Entertainer of the Year”

OTHER

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) New Year’s Eve Decade Party w/ Nickel Bag of Funk

Adams Bluegrass, LLC Present:

SHERRY BOYD, MC

A FAMILY FESTIVAL

KARAOKE

Hang Fire Vinyl DJ Night The Jinx Hip Hop Night

Jazz’d Tapas Bar New Year’s Eve Disco Party J.J. Bonerz Wings & Ribs Bar New Year’s Eve Party Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub New Year’s Eve Mediterranean Tavern Battle of the Sexes, DJ LA Rachael’s 1190 New Year’s Eve Savannah Smiles New Year’s Eve Party Sunny’s Lounge New Year’s Eve Treehouse New Year’s Eve Party Uncle Harry’s/Scores New Year’s Eve Bash Vic’s on The River New Years Eve Dinner Wild Wing Cafe New Year’s Eve Party w/ Silicone Sister

(Saturday, 3rd)

GENE WATSON

& The Farewell Party Band

(Thursday, 1st)

“Queen of Bluegrass”

Molly MacPherson’s (Pooler) Open Mic Savannah Coffee Roasters Open Mic Tybee Island Social Club Open Mic

WEDNESDAY / 31 DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER

THE GARY WALDREP BAND

“7 Time IBMA Vocal Group & Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year”

JIMMY FORTUNE

WITH DAILEY & VINCENT (Saturday, 3rd)

(Friday, 2nd)

(Friday, 2nd)

THE GIBSON BROTHERS “2013 - IBMA-Entertainer of the Year”

(Friday, 2nd)

KARAOKE

Ampersand Karaoke Club One Karaoke Hercules Bar & Grill Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke Tondee’s Tavern Karaoke

DJ

Club One Karaoke Pour Larry’s Live DJ Rocks on the Roof DJ WerdLife SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar

(Saturday, 3th)

RHONDA VINCENT & THE RAGE (Thursday, 1st)

SPRINGFIELD EXIT

THE SPINNEY BROTHERS

DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE

NOTHIN’ FANCY

(Thursday, 1st)

(Thursday & Friday, 1st & 2nd)

(Saturday, 3rd)

(Saturday, 3rd)

GOLDWING EXPRESS (Friday, 2nd)

TRIVIA & GAMES

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CULTURE | FOOD & DRINK

Collins Quarter: Coffeecentric casual elegance Gastropub

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EACH TIME I go to The Collins Quarter I feel suffused with its serene, laidback vibes, able to take a breath, relax.

Something about the clear light washing over the textured old bricks, the soft red of the couches, the pleasant smiles of the servers, sets you at ease.

Anthony Debreceny came to our corner of the world from Melbourne, Australia in 2011. Like many heart-sore travelers, he sought out a familiar kind of place similar to the coffee bars he loved in his hometown: a friendly hang-out with fresh, locally grown food, an array of artisan coffees, and a sense of community, whether you’re a coffee connoisseur or a beer and ale aficionado or just stopping off for a quick meal. I think he’s achieved that at The Collins Quarter.

Named for a famous street in Melbourne bustling with cafés and trendy lunch counters, he pairs specialty coffees with innovative cuisine to bring you a distinctive experience.

The food here is beautifully presented, exquisitely prepared and yes, superbly flavorful.

“Everything here is made fresh and seasonal, locally grown, never frozen or pre-packaged. We pride ourselves on our selection of coffee, tea, fine wines and specialty beer—we’re too near the church around the corner to offer cocktails—I like to think of this as a coffee shop that serves food, rather than a restaurant that serves coffee!” Anthony tells me with a twinkle in his blue eyes.

“I may get in trouble here, but when I came to Savannah I just couldn’t find a decent cuppa coffee. I also missed that sense of community and friendliness you find in the café district on Collins Street. The baristas there are artists—there’s a separate

server who actually takes the order, which frees up the barista to concentrate on giving you the perfect cup with an artistic flair to the foam.”

Currently you can find breakfast and lunch served, along with brunch on the weekends; Anthony says he is working with Chef Ben Woods, a native of Portland’s gourmet cuisine scene, to create an enticing dinner service around the first of the new year.

If you’re a guacamole fan, try the wonderful Smashed Avocado breakfast made with Beaufort Artisan Bakery Toast, delightfully chewy and full of fresh flavors—as one happy customer puts it: “Each bite is an adventure for the taste buds!”

Veggie lovers will be amazed by the colorful tower of beautifully roasted fresh brussel sprouts, beets and caramelized onions resting on a turnip puree, topped with delicate shallot crisps and glazed in a lemon and olive oil. Cooked to a perfect edge of continues on p. 36

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tenderness and bursting with flavor, it’s a dish you’ll ask for again and again.

Chef Ben has a special way with veggies: even a traditional American “bacon n’ eggs with toast” is made more exciting by a lace of artisan greens, radish slices and red pepper bites.

It’s not often I am floored by the taste of a burger. It’s such an ordinary, quotidian comfort food that it takes something really special to get a reaction from me—but I gotta say, I found hamburger heaven at Collins Quarter.

A half-pound beauty made from in-house ground beef brisket, loaded with incredible flavor, and—even when served well-done— a soul-satisfying juiciness. The brioche bun, caramelized onion aioli, generous slathering of aged cheddar and the massive, perfectly golden, hand-cut steak fries makes this one special treat you won’t forget. If you catch me looking off into the distance with a sigh, now you’ll know why.

An old-fashioned wooden case sits at the end of the white marble bar—look through the shining glass to find some truly lovely baked goodies made in-house. If you don’t have time to run in, order and pay at the side window facing Bull Street.

When you can take your time, though,

your breakfast or lunch entrée!

The Collins Quarter is also the home of a foodie phenomenon called The Flat White, Australia’s answer to cappuccino. Downunder, cappies tended towards a rather fluffy, tasteless foam, not particularly helped along by the sprinkling of dry cocoa, all of which drowned out the flavor of your favorite cuppa.

Some enterprising barista there decided to give it a dense, velvety topping with an artistic swirl and a current trend was born.

Your Flat White here is made with a rich, hearty blend of Toby’s Estate coffee from Brooklyn—also available for sale in bags by the bakery case. If you consider yourself a coffee gourmand this beautiful cuppa is not to be missed. Combined with a buttery croissant or the scrumptious Crispy Rolled Pork Belly sandwich with its pickled mustard seed and herb aioli, the blend of flavors is heady, memorable and already creating fans from all over the county. CS

The Collins Quarter’s signature latte come in and try the excellent chai latte with its exquisite orange-spice flavor, and a warm apricot-ginger scone made with Southern Swiss Dairy buttermilk.

Anthony points out, “The largest ginger crop in the U.S. is grown in Savannah at the

Old Plantation farms—we use that fresh ginger in our scones—and you should try the Ogeechee Gold Ginger Ale from Verdant Kitchens—really wonderful!”

I have to agree with him there—nothing quite like the taste of fresh ginger to spice up

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OPENINGS & RECEPTIONS Courtney Fredette — Courtney Fredette

presents mixed media work that explores meaning and interpretation. Dec. 31-Feb. 2. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

Friday, Dec. 26th

VOODOO SOUP

CONTINUING EXHIBITS Alaine Daniel and Angela Erdy — December’s

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

Through Jan. 1. Gallery 209, 209 E River St.

KARAOKE Thurs

LADIES NIGHT Tues

Arthur Bennett Kouwenhoven — Savannah

resident shows his sculpture and works on paper. Local 11 Ten, 1110 Bull St.

GREAT FOOD Kitchen open late

Barbara Davis — Barbara Davis displays

her oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings through the month of December. Through Dec. 31. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Between Realism and Abstractionism — Three

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.

Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. 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.

Doctuh Buzzard’s Hoodoo Awakening — This

exhibit celebrates Gullah Geechee spiritual heritage and looks closely at hoodoo artifacts. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. Holiday Open House — Check out the Forsyth

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

Forsyth Park Inn, 102 W. Hall St. One man’s trash is a fiber student’s treasure —

Fiber students at SCAD were challenged to utilize recycled materials by experimenting with pattern & structure in order to suggest possible applications for these discarded objects. The goal was to transform the material and propose continued use as a textile for sculpture, fine-craft, interiors, home goods, and fashion. Gallery F.A.R., 1321 Eisenhower Drive.

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 7on the first and third Saturday each month

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Last chance to see the work of Krystal Sokolis at Gallery Espresso from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 12-5 p.m.Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker St.

CLASSES

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

towards middle and high school students meeting portfolio drawing requirements.

Students will learn and improve drawing skills and develop portfolio pieces. Taught

by Karen Glenn Bradley. Sat., Dec. 27, 1-4 p.m. 912-507-7138. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Studio School, 1319 Bull St.

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.

Artists have captured the vibrancy of life on this working river, from important historical events to daily life in Georgia’s port city.

General museum admission Through Jan. 4, 2015. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Spellbound by Krystal Sokolis — Through Dec.

29. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

Student, Instructor and Staff Art Exhibition Sale — The exhibit will feature over 100 works

created by over two dozen students and instructors. The exhibition and sale includes ceramic platters, bowls, vases, boats, jewelry, encaustic and oil paintings, handcut paper constructions, fiber table runners and much more. Through Dec. 31. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St.

Youth Drawing/Portfolio Preparation Holiday Clinics — Open to ages 10-17, especially geared

Art Classes and Lessons — Drawing and paint-

ing classes and private lessons offered by artist Karen Bradley. Call or email for details. 912-507-7138. kbillustration@ mac.com.

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Art Classes on Tybee — Tybee Arts Association

offers a variety of art classes every week: acrylics, oils, watercolors, stained glass, mosaics, jewelry-making and more. See website or Tybee Arts Facebook page for up to date schedule of classes. ongoing. tybeearts.org. Tybee Arts Center, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Drawing and Painting Classes — Ongoing

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.

multi-level drawing and painting classes for youth and adults taught by local artist, Melinda Borysevicz. $35/class (4 week minimum) Portrait class: ten weeks, $425.

Includes weekly model fee. $35/class. Four week minimum. ongoing. 912-484-6415. melindaborysevicz@gmail.com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Studio School, 1319 Bull St.

Works by W. Gerome Temple — Using both

Open Pottery Studio at Savannah’s Clay Spot — For

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

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Steve Carell (l) and Channing Tatum

FOXCATCHER WITH A TIP of the hat in the direction of Langston Hughes, let it be noted that Foxcatcher isn’t so much a study of a dream deferred but of the American Dream deferred. Director Bennett Miller and writer Dan Futterman, who previously worked together on Capote, reteam (with co-scripter E. Max Frye along for good measure) on another true-life horror tale, this one related with the same sense of clinical detachment as their previous triumph.

At heart a film about the awkward dance between the haves and have-nots – and, more specifically, a brutal condemnation of the barely masked disdain the one-percenters have for the other 99 – this finds Steve Carell cast waaay against type as John du Pont, scion of one of the most prominent and wealthiest families in the nation. A meek and strange character charged with a patriotic zeal, John pushes aside one passion – ornithology – and begins using his vast fortune to build a team of world-class wrestlers.

To anchor the group, he picks 1984 Olympic gold medalist Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum), an opportunity that seems like a godsend to the struggling athlete. But John’s paranoid-schizophrenic nature soon gets the better of him, and he humiliates Mark by inviting his saintly older brother Dave (Mark Ruffalo), also a 1984 Olympic gold medalist, to take over as head

OOOP of the team. From there, the tensions only mount, leading to a shocking crime that’s completely unexpected but perhaps also unavoidable.

As John du Pont, a rich nerd longing to be not just an inspirational figure but also one of the boys (and maybe be with the boys), Carell is scary-good, subjugating all traces of the familiar comic spark very much in evidence in his previous films. Ruffalo is effortlessly reassuring as the big brother who would be a benefit to any family, while Tatum reaches a new plateau as the troubled kid simply wanting life to give him a break.

Like Carell, Tatum is required to suppress his natural charm – it’s a knockout performance, fully in line with a movie that feels like a body slam to the mat.

WILD

OOOP Ever since its August debut at the Telluride Film Festival – and through its tireless relay race over the course of two dozen more fests – Wild has been positioned first and foremost as a showcase for star Reese Witherspoon, creating the impression that the rest of the movie is no more worthy of awards recognition than a bottom-feeding Adam Sandler comedy.

Yet Wild is far more than just Oscar bait for an A-list star – based on Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild: From Lost to Found

on the Pacific Crest Trail (with no less than Nick Hornby handling the adaptation), it’s a galvanizing human-interest story of the highest order, centering on a woman who immediately emerges as one of the cinematic year’s most complex individuals. Witherspoon is superb as Cheryl, who undergoes a strenuous 1,100-mile hike in an attempt to find herself after suffering through a series of personal crises.

An adulteress and heroin addict, Cheryl’s grown-up existence has been most informed by the cancer-related death of her mother Bobbi (Laura Dern), a single mom who had been attempting to improve her own lot in life when the disease hit hard. Absolutely devastated by her loss, Cheryl flounders until she stumbles upon the idea of embarking on this hike, an arduous odyssey that poses many risks but also allows time for plenty of soul-searching.

Director Jean-Marc Vallee, coming off last year’s excellent Dallas Buyers Club, has fashioned an invigorating picture which, through its uncanny use of both flashbacks and songs, successfully provides a streamof-consciousness flow that beautifully suits the piece’s themes of reflection and introspection.

As for Witherspoon, she’s having a banner year, producing Gone Girl, lending her marquee value to the sleeper pick The Good Lie (out on DVD Dec. 23) and appearing as part of the impressive ensemble in Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming Inherent Vice.

Wild, however, represents the crown jewel of her 2014 accomplishments – it’s a dizzying high-wire act, and she’s performing without a net.

ANNIE

OOO Here’s the thing about Annie, the little orphan girl created for the comics by Harold Gray and later brought to stage, screen and television: She’s never been defined by her race but her class. A child of the Great Depression, she found herself enjoying the good life once she crossed paths with the filthy rich Daddy Warbucks. It’s her social standing that’s always driven the story, not the color of her skin, which is why it’s been downright depressing to find so many people outraged that a black moppet has been cast in the part in the new Annie.

Of course, the United States of Racism came to full fruition in 2014, so it’s hardly surprising that such vitriol has been directed at a family film starring a talented 11-yearold (Beasts of the Southern Wild Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis) who — gasp!

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— doesn’t sport red hair. Hey, past Annies of the Caucasian persuasion didn’t sport blank zombie eyes like in the comic, but the racist crackers were strangely silent about that. At any rate, Annie is the sort of movie that opens itself up to criticism, and even during the screening, I became aware of how savagely reviewed it would be (though I’m disappointed by the scribes who are criticizing what they perceive as the “hip-hop” sensibilities of the piece, as if they were holding their collective noses while typing the word).

The film is frequently awkward, suffers from some pedestrian choreography and wears its heart perhaps a bit too openly on its sleeve. But it’s also charming, well-acted (with the occasional exception of poor Cameron Diaz, trapped in the difficult role of Miss Hannigan) and, most surprisingly, quite funny. As Will Stacks, the modernday Warbucks (he’s a cell phone magnate running for NYC mayor), Jamie Foxx is a delight, and the script by director Will Gluck and Aline Brosh McKenna works overtime in presenting clever topical twists on the stage show’s clichés.

If nothing else, this Annie is infinitely better than John Huston’s 1982 turkey, a grotesque version starring Albert Finney and Carol Burnett. Of course, while it was critically hammered back in the day, many of those lambasting the new take are now describing that older adaptation as a national treasure. Because white people.

TOP FIVE

OOP Top five thoughts that crossed my mind as I watched Top Five, the new film written by, directed by and starring Chris Rock.

1) The careers of Rock and Richard Pryor are similar in that both were brilliant standup comedians never quite able to translate that success into Hollywood pictures, many of which were nose-pinching atrocities like Pryor’s The Toy and Rock’s Grown Ups twofer with pal Adam Sandler.

And like Pryor with the underrated Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, Rock now lays it all on the line with Top Five, drawing upon personal experience to fashion the tale of Andre Allen, a popular comedian who’s tired of headlining fluff like the Hammy blockbusters (wherein he plays a bear-cop whose catchphrase is “It’s Hammy time!”) and has aspirations to make more serious pictures (like his new piece Uprize, about a Haitian slave revolt that left 50,000 whites dead).

2) When Top Five is funny, it’s very funny.

There are choice bits in this picture that alone are worth the price of admission.

A lengthy hotel-room sequence featuring

– Noah) yet also attract more secular moviegoers, they end up with a shallow, surfaceskimming film that will satisfy neither faction. To serve as a distraction, a gazillion dollars worth of CGI is tossed onto the screen, but the results surprisingly run hot-and-cold.

At least the set design is convincing.

Much of the film takes place in Memphis, Egypt, and given the ineptitude on display in other facets of the production, I halfexpected a scene in which Moses parted the gates of Graceland.

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

OOO As a fellow film fan recently confided, going to see The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies feels more like fulfilling a manJamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis star in Annie datory commitment than attending a mustsee movie event. It’s an understandable Rock, Cedric the Entertainer and a pair basically left hanging out in an often embar- sentiment that’s been echoed by many, seeof party girls deserves to be the waterrassing spectacle that proves to be as insining as how Peter Jackson’s second Middlecooler talk of the season. There’s also a cere as a televangelist and as confused as his earth trilogy frequently came across as little riotous sequence later in the film that will groupies. more than that proverbial ugly red-headed leave viewers simultaneously laughing and First, let’s get the controversy out of the stepchild to the filmmaker’s Oscar-adorned squirming (hint: It involves a liberal dousing way. Much has been made of director RidThe Lord of the Rings saga. of Tabasco sauce). ley Scott’s decision to hire an all-white cast Viewers are in for a pleasant surprise. The 3) The plot turns far too conventional for for the central roles, stating in an interview Battle of the Five Armies is, by a dwarf hair, its own good. This surprised me, since Rock that “I can’t mount a film of this budget … the best of the trio, wrapping up the story in was doing a fine job of keeping it raw and and say that my lead actor is Muhammad satisfactory fashion while investing the proreal. so-and-so from such-and-such.” I concede ceedings with some genuine pathos along 4) The celebrity cameos add nothing to that he’s probably right about casting a “lead the way. the picture. Sandler, Whoopi Goldberg and actor,” and a star of Christian Bale’s caliber Yes, it’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Jerry Seinfeld appear as themselves, and probably was needed to sell this picture. But with Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitthey yield about as many laughs as a six-car did every key role need to be cast in such a age) subbing for Fred C. Dobbs, but there’s pileup. manner, even smaller parts filled by the likes real empathy to be felt in watching Bilbo 5) Speaking of which, I hope Tracy of Sigourney Weaver and Breaking Bad’s (Martin Freeman) attempt to bring his Morgan wins his suit against the heinous Aaron Paul? friend Thorin back from the dark side.

Walmart overlords trying to insidiously I suppose the criticism would dissipate There’s also a lot of heart in the budding shirk their responsibilities in the accident more rapidly if the performances were romance between dwarf Kili (Aidan Turner) involving a company truck, which killed accomplished enough to draw us completely and elf Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly), as well comedian James “Jimmy Mack” McNair and into the story – after all, this past spring’s as rooting interest in Bard (Luke Evans) seriously injured Morgan and others. This Noah was scarcely more sensitive in its becoming the reluctant leader of the human came to mind during the screening because color-coordinated casting. Yet unlike that contingent. And if there’s a feeling of deja vu Morgan has a supporting role in Top Five.

Darren Aronofsky effort, wherein the actors whenever the action shifts to Gandalf (Ian He’s hysterical in his brief appearance as gave believable, committed performances, McKellen) once again puttering across the Fred, glumly sitting on a couch and resignthis one is hampered by wretched casting landscape or yakking with other wizards, edly taking potshots from the other charac- in virtually every role. Bale labors mightily, it’s offset by the segments featuring the Orc ters in the scene. but he never captures Moses in the feverish Azog (Manu Bennett), one of the most manner that Russell Crowe essayed Noah or imposing of all recent movie villains.

EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS Heston portrayed Moses in the ’56 model – So after a span of 14 years and six movies, OP he’s less Moses the servant of God and more Jackson’s finally done with J.R.R. Tolkien.

The mirth of Exodus: Gods and Kings Moses the first action hero. Joel Edgerton is Unless, of course, he suddenly decides to begins with the appearance of the pharaoh likewise ineffectual as Ramses – he cuts far bring The Silmarillion to the screen, in which Seti, who turns out to be played by that too contemporary a figure to ever blend into case an intervention might be required. CS most Brooklynese of thespians, John Turthe period. turro. Turturro’s generally an exemplary Because Scott and his scriptwriting disactor, but his turn here is only slightly less ciples know they have to somehow make a embarrassing than when he exposed his bare movie that won’t turn off hardline Chrisbuttocks in one of those abysmal Transform- tians (as did Aronofsky’s far more outraers sequels. Then again, everyone’s ass is geous – and far more thought-provoking 39

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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. Call for Entries for Savannah GIF Festival

Art Rise is looking for GIF images to be submitted for the first annual Savannah GIF Festival, which is part of the Telfair Museum's PULSE festival. Selected GIFs will be exhibited during Art Rise Savannah's ARTificial Intelligence Symposium at the Bull Street Public Library on January 20. There is no limit and no charge to submissions. Submit at savgiffest.tumblr.com.

Through Jan. 10, 2015. artrisesavannah. org/artintel. artrisesavannah.org. Art Rise Savannah, 2427 Desoto Ave. Call for Entries for Savannah Stopover's Band Poster Juried Exhibition

Art Rise Savannah welcomes the city’s graphic and visual artists to create posters inspired by the individual bands from the 2015 lineup. These include local bands as well as touring bands from around the country. Artists are invited to choose a band from the Festival lineup listing at savannahstopover.com and create a poster inspired by that band using the specifications listed here. Additional acts, including local bands, will be announced January 16th, 2015. Semi-Finalists will be included in an exhibition of posters in the Jepson Center Atrium from March 2 - 9, 2015.

Through Feb. 16, 2015. artrisesavannah. org. Art Rise Savannah, 2427 Desoto Ave.

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.

com/. Gallery 209, 209 E River St. Gallery Seeks Local Artists

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.

Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street ,.

Chatham County Animal Control Seeks Donations of Items

Call for Local Artist

City of Savannah TV Show Seeks Entries

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.

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@ 40 aol.com. Sundays.. gallery209savannah.

tion: 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 Homeschool Music Classes trained volunteers will be authorized to Music classes for homeschool students serve immediately after orientation. Potenages 8-18 and their parents. Offered in tial volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis Guyton and Savannah. See website for prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are details. ongoing. CoastalEmpireMusic.com. welcome. Volunteers must be at least Oatland Island Seeks Memories and Recollec17-years-old. ongoing. (912) 525-2151. tions for 40th Anniversary jlewis01@savannahga.gov.

Oatland Island Education Center is looking for memories of Oatland Island in honor CLASSES, CAMPS & WORKSHOPS of their 40th anniversary. People who were Argentine Tango Beyond Basics Group Class part of the Youth Conservation Corp that A class for advanced beginners in Argenhelped to build Oatland Island Education tine Tango. Prerequisite: knowledge of Center in the 1970’s. Great memories from Basic elements of Argentine Tango. No field trips. Special family memories of Oat- partner required. This is a 4 week course land Island. Send your photos and stories that will progress each week. $35 Wednesto memories@oatland40th.org. Deadline days, 7-8 p.m.. 912.312.3549. salondebaile. is August 31. undefined. 912-395-1500. dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestuoatlandisland.org. dio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Ukulele Group Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Contact Warren Walker for lessons or inArt Classes at The Studio School formation on participation at 912-398-1640. Ongoing weekly drawing and painting Through Jan. 4, 2015. Downtown Savannah, classes for youth and adults. See website, downtown. send email or call for details. 912-4846415. melindaborysevicz@gmail.com.

BENEFITS thestudioschoolsavannah.com.

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.

Gallery 11 seeks an artist to join its cooperative gallery. Must live in the Savannah area and submit representative samples of your artwork, resume/bio, website, etc. for jury process. Inquire weekdays 11am-5pm at 912-598-8217 or 912-925-5465. Through March 1, 2015. Gallery 11, 309 W. Julian Street.

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$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 loca-

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.

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

Classical Guitar Instruction

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

Clay Classes

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

Boating Classes

Classes on boat handling, boating safety and navigation offered by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. See website or call to register.

912-897-7656. savannahaux.com.

Coffee Cupping

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

Conscious Kids Yoga

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

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

Create Your Shining 2015

Do you want to get your personal life and home in order? Plan a new business, make a hobby into a money making endeavor, or just make sure that you don’t let the joy of 2015 slip by? Do you need a retreat with yoga and meditation? Are you ready to kiss 2014 goodbye? This Retreat is for you! Each participant will get a workbook and have the time to create a plan for 2015 with yoga and meditation sprinkled in. We will break for lunch and it’s BYOL. $99 Before December 10th ~ $125 After December 10th Sun., Dec. 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga.com. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 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

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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.

Fashion Design/Sewing Lessions

$25 Mondays-Saturdays.. 305-401-2729. labissiereinc@gmail.com. provokestyle. com/classes. Labissiere Studio, 145 Bull St. 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.

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.

niques 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.

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. Novel Writing

Write a novel, finish the one you've started, revise it or pursue publication. Award-winning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes, mentoring, manuscript critique, ebook formatting. Email for pricing and scheduling info. ongoing. pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com.

Photography Classes

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.

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 tech-

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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.

Beginner photography to post production.

Instruction for all levels. $20 for two-hour class. See website for complete class list.

410-251-4421. chris@chrismorrisphotography.com. chrismorrisphotography.com.

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Music Instruction

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

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

Knitting & Crochet Classes

“SMOOTH MOVE” --ABOUT TO BE PULLED ON YOU.

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.

Polish Language Classes

The lessons are for beginners and open to anyone interested in learning the Polish language. Taught by Andrew Boguszewski.

Reservations required. $25 Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m.. 912-401-5861. St James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. Reading/Writing Tutoring

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1 Nicholas II of Russia, say 5 Close male friend 8 Curse word that’s “dropped,” for short 13 Yellowstone grazer 14 50 Cent piece?

15 Parts partner 16 Christmas present often regifted 18 Love to pieces 19 Drywall mineral 20 Google employee, often 22 Get your ducks in ___ 24 Island, in French 25 James Joyce novel with its own unique vocabulary 31 Hard-to-find book character 33 Performing ___ 34 Social-climbing type 35 Ex-”Saturday Night Live” player Gasteyer 36 Sports maneuver (and alternate title for this puzzle) 39 “All ___ day’s work” 40 “So what if ___?”

42 “I ___ little silhouetto of a man...”

43 Vox piece 45 It’s gripping 48 Assist 49 Hatcher who played Lois Lane 50 Epitome of deadness 55 Comprehend

59 “I Can’t Make You Love Me” singer Bonnie 60 Way to stop a bike 62 “Sesame Street” star 63 Title for a monk 64 Spitting nails 65 “No questions ___” 66 Despite everything 67 Dueling weapon

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1 Conservative in the House of Lords 2 Progresso product 3 “To reiterate...”

4 First two words in some movie sequel titles 5 Sports ___ 6 It leaves no leaves 7 Sign on a store 8 Thrashes about 9 “You didn’t get the job,” for example 10 Clarinet’s relative 11 “Encore!”

12 “Song of the South” title for Rabbit or Fox 13 Industrial activity, for short 17 “Let’s go!”

21 Infomercial knife brand 23 Undermine 25 Distinctive style 26 Avarice 27 “To the newlyweds!” opener 28 Ouzo ingredient 29 Hawaiian coffee region

30 StubHub’s parent company 31 Dickensian child, often 32 One on the “nay” side 37 Carne ___ 38 Like coupons and notebook paper 41 Wise guy 44 Vacation where you buy lift passes 46 Dropped clues 47 Weight 50 De Matteo of “Sons of Anarchy” 51 Rowboat accessories 52 “Old MacDonald” noise 53 Doubtful 54 Accumulated traditions 56 Eat, as a meal 57 “Grapes of Wrath” migrant 58 Pre-___ student 61 Grain in granola

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Ms. Dawn’s Tutoring in reading, writing, and composition. Remedial reading skills, help with borderline dyslexia, to grammar, term paper writing, and English as a Second Language. Fun methods for children to help them learn quickly. 912-660-7399. cordraywriter@gmail.com.

dor-spanish.com.

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

Vocal Lessons

Russian Language Classes

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

DEC 24-30, 2014

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.. conquista-

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Stress Reduction: Arising Stillness in Zen

Stress-reducing practices for body, speech and mind. Five Thursday night classes from 6- 7:00pm. $15 drop-in; $70 for series. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, Sensei.

Savannah Zen Center 111 E. 34th St. 31401 revfugon@gmail.com ongoing.

A group of voice instructors who believe in the power of a nurturing community to help voice students blossom into vibrant artists. Each instructor holds a Masters of Music in Voice Performance. Group classes held once a month, plus an annual recital.

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

Voice Lessons - Technique and Coaching

Experienced and successful voice instructor is accepting students. Nurturing, accepting, and collaborative studio. Services offered include strengthening the voice, range extension, relaxation techniques, and coaching through various styles of music. Audition and competition preparation. Varies Mondays-Saturdays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 912-484-0628. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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 non-player 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.

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

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.

A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, and other fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island 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 every Friday evening for an informal social gathering of like minded people who enjoy the water. Watch the sun go

An international, leaderless network of individuals seeking more freedom in an unfree world. Meetings twice monthly,

Business Networking on the Islands

Chatham Sailing Club

Freedom Network

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Thursdays, 8:30pm. Topics and meeting locations vary. No politics, no religious affiliation, no dues, no fees. Every other Thursday.. onebornfree@yahoo.com.

ongoing. 912-313-2230.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

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.

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

Historic Savannah Chapter: ABWA

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.

Hostess City Toastmasters New Year's Resolution Membership Offer

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.

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.

The Hostess City Toastmasters club of historic downtown Savannah is offering new members a chance to get a leg up on their New Year’s resolution to improve public speaking skills. For anyone signing up during December and January, the Club will waive the first three months of local dues. Weekly meetings are on Tuesdays from 6-7 pm at ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard Street, Third Floor, just off Ellis Square. Guests are welcome. Through Jan. 31, 2015. 912-209-4521. hostesscitytm@ gmail.com. thincsavannah.com. Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. 3rd Floor.

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.

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

Rotary Club of Savannah Sunrise

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

Thursdays.. savannahsunriserotary.org.

Ort Hall, 112 W. Congress St. Safe Kids Savannah

A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month, 11:30am-1:00pm. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-353-3148. safekidssavannah.org.

Savannah Brewers' League

Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call

Knittin’ Night

Knit and crochet gathering held each 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.

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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.

302 West Victory Drive sav.smokecartel.com

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.

Savannah Kennel Club

Monthly meetings open to the public the 4th Monday each month, Sept. through June. ongoing, 7 p.m. savannahkennelclub. continues on p. 44

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Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY ROB BREZSNY | beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

ARIES

“Hell is the suffering of being unable to love,” wrote novelist J. D. Salinger. Using that definition, I’m happy to announce that you have a good chance of avoiding hell altogether in 2015. If there has been any deficiency in your power to express and bestow love, I think you will correct it. If you have been so intent on getting love that you have been neglectful in giving love, you will switch your focus. I invite you to keep a copy of this horoscope in your wallet for the next 12 months. Regard it as your “Get Out of Hell Free” card.

“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” That quote is attributed to both Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky and Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Regardless of who said it, I urge you to keep it in mind throughout 2015. Like all of us, you are trapped in an invisible prison: a set of beliefs or conditioned responses or bad habits that limit your freedom to act. That’s the bad news. The good news is that in the coming months, you are poised to discover the exact nature of your invisible prison, and then escape it.

TAURUS

VIRGO

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Beetles are abundant and ubiquitous. Scientists have identified more than 350,000 species, and they are always discovering new ones. In 2011, for example, they conferred official recognition on 3,485 additional types of beetles. I’m seeing a parallel development in your life, Taurus. A common phenomenon that you take for granted harbors mysteries that are worth exploring.

Something you regard as quite familiar actually contains interesting features you don’t know about. In 2015, I hope you will open your mind to the novelties and exotica that are hidden in plain sight.

“It is always important to know when something has reached its end,” writes Paulo Coelho in his book *The Zahir.* Use this advice heroically in 2015, Virgo. Wield it to clear away anything that no longer serves you, that weighs you down or holds you back. Prepare the way for the new story that will begin for you around your next birthday. “Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters,” Coelho says, “it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.”

(April 20-May 20)

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20) Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) was an influential French chef who defined and standardized the five “mother sauces.”

But he wasn’t content to be a star in his own country. At the age of 44, he began his “conquest of London,” bringing his spectacular dining experience to British restaurants. He thought it might be hard to sell his new clientele on frogs’ legs, a traditional French dish, so he resorted to trickery. On the menu, he listed it as “Nymphs of the Dawn.” According to my reading of the omens, this is an example of the hocus-pocus that will be your specialty in 2015. And I suspect you will get away with it every time as long as your intention is not selfish or manipulative, but rather generous and constructive.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

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Cotter Martin is a young boy living in New York in the 1950s. The following description is about him. “In school they tell him sometimes to stop looking out the window.

This teacher or that teacher. The answer is not out there, they tell him. And he always wants to say that’s exactly where the answer is.” I propose we regard this passage as one of your themes in 2015, Leo. In other words, be skeptical of any authority who tells you where you should or should not be searching for the answers. Follow your own natural inclination, even if at first it seems to be nothing more than looking out the window.

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The entomologist Charles P. Alexander (1889-1981) devoted much of his professional life to analyzing the insect known as the crane fly. He identified over 11,000 different species, drew 15,000 illustrations of the creatures, and referred to his lab as “Crane Fly Haven.” That’s the kind of single-minded intention I’d love to see you adopt during the first six months of 2015, Cancerian. What I’m imagining is that you will choose a specific, well-defined area within which you will gleefully explore and experiment and improvise. Is there a subject or task or project you would have fun pursuing with that kind of intensity?

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

In Don DeLillo’s novel *Underworld,*

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

“On some nights I still believe,” said rascal journalist Hunter S. Thompson, “that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.” In 2015, I invite you to adopt some of that push-itto-the-edge attitude for your personal use, Libra. Maybe not full-time; maybe not with the same manic intensity that Thompson did. Rather, simply tap into it as needed -- whenever you’ve got to up your game or raise your intensity level or rouse the extra energy you need TO ACHIEVE TOTAL, WONDROUS, RESOUNDING VICTORY!!!

The coming months will be your time to go all the way, hold nothing back, and quest for the best and the most and the highest.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Twenty miles long, the Onyx River is the longest body of moving water on the continent of Antarctica. Most of the year it’s ice, though. It actually flows for just two or three months during the summer.

Let’s hope that continues to be the case for the foreseeable future. It would be a shame if global warming got so extreme that the Onyx melted permanently. But now let’s talk about your own metaphorical equivalent of the Onyx: a potentially flowing part of your life that is often frozen.

I’d love to see it heat up and thaw. I’d love it to be streaming and surging most of the time. And in 2015, I think that’s a distinct possibility. Consider making the following declaration your battle cry: *I am the Flow Master!*

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

CAPRICORN

When he was 37 years old, actor Jack Nicholson found out that Ethel May, the woman he had always called his mother, was in fact his grandma. Furthermore, his “older sister” June was actually his mom, who had given birth to him when she was 17. His relatives had hidden the truth from him. I suspect that in 2015 you will uncover secrets and missing information that will rival Nicholson’s experience. Although these revelations may initially be confusing or disruptive, in the long run they will heal and liberate you. Welcome them!

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

“Meupareunia” is an English word that refers to a sexual adventure in which only one of the participants has a good time. I’ll be bold and predict that you will not experience a single instance of meupareunia in 2015. That’s because I expect you’ll be steadily upgrading your levels of empathy and your capacity for receptivity. You will be getting better and better at listening to your intimate allies and reading their emotional signals. I predict that synergy and symbiosis will be your specialties.

Both your desire to please and your skill at giving pleasure will increase, as will your understanding of how many benefits you can reap by being a responsive partner.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

“Be good and you will be lonesome,” said Mark Twain. Do you agree? I don’t -- at least as it applies to your life in 2015.

According to my understanding of the longterm astrological omens, you will attract an abundance of love and luck by being good -- by expressing generosity, deepening your compassion, cultivating integrity, and working for justice and truth and beauty. That doesn’t mean you should be a pushover or doormat. Your resolve to be good must be leavened by a determination to deepen your self-respect. Your eagerness to do the right thing has to include a commitment to raising your levels of self-care.

org. barnesrestaurant.com. Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Avenue.

Savannah Newcomers Club

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

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

Savannah No Kidding!

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

Savannah Parrot Head Club

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

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. 912655-0994. 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

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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.

DANCE

5Rhythms Wave Class

A moving meditation. A dance. A spiritual practice. A path to higher vibration. Each person does his/her own dance to a wave of music through the rhythms of: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness.

Exploring the "energy" of these rhythms.

There is no right or wrong way and no steps to follow. No experience is needed.

Simply show up. Led by Dana Danielson. $15 per class, or purchase class packs fourth Sunday of every month, 12-1:30 p.m. savannahyogabarre.com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive.

Adult Ballet Class

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

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

Collier for info. ongoing. 912-748-0731.

Dance Lessons (Salsa, Bachata)

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.

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. 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.

Dance Party

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

Disco Hustle Dance Class

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

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

Irish Dance Classes

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" profesLake Mayer is offering free dance and fitsional, Louis Van Amstel, LaBlast uniquely ness classes for all ages every Thursday, in combines a wide variety of ballroom dance the Community Center. 9:30 am and 10:30 styles and music genres. Do the Cha Cha am is the "Little Movers" class for toddlers. Cha, Disco, Jive, Merengue, Salsa and 12:00 pm Lunch Break Fitness. 1:30 pm Samba set to everything from pop and Super Seniors. 5:30 pm youth hip hop. 6:30 rock to hip-hop and country – and burn fat pm Adult African Fitness. FREE ongoing, and blast calories! No experience and no 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. 912-652-6780. sdavis@ partner necessary. $15.00 drop in or 10 chathamcounty.org. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. classes for $80.00 Mondays, 6-7 p.m. and Montgomery Crossroads.

Fridays, 10-11 a.m. 912.312.3549. reserveFUNdamentals Dance Lesson todance@gmail.com. salondebailedancesGroup dance lessons every Tuesday and tudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, Wednesday at 8pm. Tuesday: fundamental 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. steps, styling, and techniques. WednesLine Dancing day: advanced elements. $15/person $25/ Take down Tuesdays. Jazzy Sliders Adult couple Tuesdays, 8 p.m. and Wednesdays, Line Dancing, every Tuesday, 7:30pm8 p.m.. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@ 10:00pm. Free admission, cash bar. Come gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing. early and learn a new dance from 7:30pmcom. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 8:30pm. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/.

Travis Street.

Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Free Dance Thursdays at Lake Mayer

Home Cookin' Cloggers

Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm, Nassau Woods Recreation Building, Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes at this time. Call Claudia

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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.

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

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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.

FOOD EVENTS

Feast of the 7 Fishes

Celebrate Christmas Eve with Chef Roberto Leoci and his seven-course meal that celebrates the sea. Seating is limited and advance reservations are required. $85-$125 Dec. 24, 7 p.m. 912-233-3002. paccisavannah.com. paccisavannah.com.

Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar, 601 E Bay St. Bethesda Farm Stand

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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. 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

12114 US-301 South • Statesboro, Georgia

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. Create Your Shining 2015- Yoga and Meditation Workshop

Create your shining… as you kiss 2014 goodbye! This day long retreat is right here in your backyard! No travel required. The retreat with Ann Carroll will be based on Leonie Dawson’s Create Your Amazing Year Workbook and all participants will receive their own copy of the workbook. We will do meditations, gentle hatha yoga, and guided relaxations as we journey through our hopes and dreams for the coming year!

Costs cover the retreat, your workbook and all the supplies! $99 Advanced / $125 after Dec. 10th. Sun., Dec. 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 912-232-2994. marketing@savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/events/ create-your-shining/. savannahyoga.com/.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 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. 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.

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DECEMBER ONLY * $350 DEPOSIT SPECIALS* SAVE YOUR $$$$$ *Credit Issues, Prior Evictions, Bankruptcies may still apply *Weekly & Bi-Weekly Payment Options Available for Apts. $245 & $450 Videos of properties B Net Management Inc. on Facebook 32 Liberty Heights: 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, CH/A, carpet & vinyl, fenced backyard, fireplace, bonus room. $975.

5509 Emory Drive: 3BR/2BA house. LR, DR, hardwood floors, carpet, CH/A, laundry room, kitchen, fenced yard. $865/month.

426 E. 38th St. (Habersham & Price) 2BR/1BA Apt. Appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookup, carpet $675.

807-809 Paulsen St. 2BR/1BA Apt. Appliances, central heat/ air, carpet & hardwood floors $625.

160 Laurelwood Drive: 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, CH/A, carpet & vinyl, fenced backyard $925.

Off Westlake Ave. 2 & 3BR, 1 Bath Apts.

Newly Renovated, hardwood floors,carpet, ceiling fans, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $575$695/month, utilities may be added to rent if requested.

912-228-4630 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm www. bnetmanagement.com *For Qualified Applicants* WE ACCEPT SECTION 8

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

•2BR/1.5BA Townhouse Apt, *1512 GEORGIA: 5BR/3BA, very total electric, w/washer & dryer $675. 912-927-3278 or large $1150. *2421 E. 40TH: 3BR/2BA, new 912-356-5656 kitchen $1050. *2001 E. 51ST: 3 or 4BR/1.5BA, new kitchen $895. 912-257-6181 SOUTHSIDE: Lewis Drive. 2BR, 1.5BA Townhouse.

Stove, refrigerator, washer/dryer connections, dishwasher, central heat/air, total electric, no pets. $625/month $625/deposit. 912657-4583.

2250 Utah Street: 3BR, 1BA, LR, Kitchen w/Gas Stove & Refrig.

CH&A, Off street parking. $725/ Rent, $675/Deposit. Call 912-8984135

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*318 Fourth Ave: 3BR/2BA $800.

Call 912-507-7934, 912-927-2853, or 912-631-7644

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624 MONTGOMERY STREET. ROOMS FOR RENT Downtown.

Furnished, all $75 Move-In Special Today!! utilities. Clean, quiet, nice room Clean, furnished, large. Busline, on busline. $120 & Up per week. central heat/air, utilities. $100912-944-0950 $130 weekly. Rooms w/bathroom DUPLEX: 1223 East 53rd St. $145. Call 912-289-0410.

2BR/1BA $550/month plus $550/ AVAILABLE ROOMS: deposit. One block off Waters CLEAN, comfortable rooms.

Avenue, close to Daffin Park.

Washer/dryer, air, cable, ceiling Call 912-335-3211 or email: fans. $125-$145 weekly. No adamrealstate@gmail.com. Days/ deposit. Call Ike @ 844-7065 Nights/Weekends.

FURNISHED APTS. $170/WK. Private bath and kitchen, cable, REDUCED RENT & utilities, washer furnished. AC & DEPOSIT! heat, bus stop on property. No deposit required. Completely SPECIAL! SPECIAL! 11515 White Bluff Road: safe, manager on property. $595/month for 1BR/1BA Contact Denise, (352)459-9707, Linda, (912)690-9097, Jack, Apt. with $500/deposit.

(912)342-3840 or Cody, (912)695Great Apt. Townhouse, 1812 7889 N. Avalon St. 2BR/1.5BA for only $695/month.

FURNISHED, includes utilities, central heat/air, Nice location, 127 Comcast cable, washer/ Edgewater Rd. 2BR/2BA, all electric, $795/month. dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen. Shared Kitchen & DAVIS RENTALS Shared bath. Call 912-210310 EAST MONTGOMERY 0181, leave message X-ROADS, 912-354-4011 OR 656-5372 RENT OR RENT-TO-OWN: Remodeled mobile homes, 3BR/2BA, in Garden City mobile home park. Low down affordable payments. Credit check approval.

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SAVANNAH'S HOUSE OF GRACE

SENIOR LIVING AT IT'S BEST FOR AGES 50 & BETTER Shared community living for full functioning seniors ages 50 & above. Nice comfortable living at affordable rates.

Shared kitchen & bathroom.

All bedrooms have central heating/air and cable.

Bedrooms are fully furnished and private. Make this community one you will want to call home.

SAVANNAH'S HOUSE OF GRACE also has community housing with its own private bath. Different rates apply.

Income must be verifiable.

We accept gov. vouchers.

Prices starting at $550.

Call 912-844-5995

SPACIOUS ROOMS FOR RENT Newly renovated on busline.

2 blocks from Downtown Kroger,3 blocks from Historic Forsyth Park. $150/ week with No deposit. 8445995

Roommate Wanted Roommate to share large home with pool, utilities furnished.

Convenient location. Must be responsible, non-smoker. Call 912-398-5105

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