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Vs. Augusta. Fireworks after the game.

Facebook Flashback Friday.

7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8

Film: Something Is Creeping in the Dark In honor of Farley Granger's 90th birthday, the PFS screens this creepy and well-made Euro horror flick, clearly based on Agatha Christie's mystery novel "And Then There Were None."

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

Tybee Independence Day Fireworks

Watch the fireworks from the Tybee Island pier and pavilion.

9:15 p.m Tybee Pier Pavilion, Off HWY 80 at the end of Tybrisa St.

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Vs. Augusta. Pack the Park for charity.

7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8

Saturday / 4 First Saturday Cars & Coffee

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her teenage son, John, from a more advanced cyborg, made out of liquid metal. Followed by a post show discussion of the film.

8 p.m Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St.

An informal exhibition of antique or collector cars, plus gourmet coffee at the old-fashioned price of 25 cents a cup (with a $1 or higher donation to the Richmond Hill History Museum). Car collectors encouraged to bring their vehicles, and lookers-only are welcome, too. first Saturday of every month, 9-11 a.m.

Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. Free and open to the public.

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Thursday / 2 Film: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Vs. Augusta. Thirsty Thursday.

7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8

This moderately-paced, 3-mile hike will include a talk about the different ecosystems of the park. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water and insect repellant. Parking pass is $5. first Saturday of every month, 9 a.m Fort McAllister Historic Park, 3894 Fort McAllister Rd. $2 912-727-2339

Friday / 3 Film: Goldfinger

The third film in the James Bond series and the third to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film stars Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Frobe as the title character Auric Goldfinger, along withShirley Eaton as the iconic Bond girl Jill Masterson. The film’s plot has Bond investigating gold smuggling by gold magnate Auric Goldfinger and eventually uncovering Goldfinger’s plans to attack the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox.

8 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $8

First Friday Art March

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Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment.

July performers: Kathy Waters and the Massey Boys first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. $5 donation 912-898-1876. savannahfolk.org

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Featuring Arnez J., Fasion Love and Don "DC" Curry.

7:30 p.m Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $45-$60

Richmond Hill Independence Day Celebration

This Independence Day celebration includes farmer’s market items, arts and crafts vendors, and kid friendly activities including water rides and pony rides. A wide variety of food choices will be available. The evening will begin with free concert by The Fundamentals and end with the city’s traditional fireworks display to begin at approximately 9 p.m.

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

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Fourth of July at Fort Pulaski

Enjoy programs about the flags of Fort Pulaski and the origins of baseball at the fort, cannon firing demonstrations, tours, and a fort orientation.

10 a.m.-3 p.m Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island.

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Lady Chablis was featured as one of Savannah’s colorful characters in John Berendt’s book Midnight in The Garden of Good and Evil and appeared as herself in the film.

6:30 p.m Club One, 1 Jefferson St.

Sunday / 5 Theatre: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Savannah Stage Company presents a free preview of Carrie Smith Lewis' adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream. This creative adaptation uses six actors to play nineteen parts.

6 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St.

Tuesday / 7 Tongue: Open Mouth & Music Show hosted by Calvin Thomas

Music, poetry and spoken word on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. first Tuesday of every month, 7-10 p.m Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

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Most. Interesting. Week. Ever.

by Jim Morekis jim@connectsavannah.com

Our nation was founded on a bedrock principle that we are all created equal. The project of each generation is to bridge the meaning of those founding words with the realities of changing times...

Progress on this journey often comes in small increments. Sometimes two steps forward, one step back, compelled by the persistent effort of dedicated citizens. And then sometimes there are days like this, when that slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt. — President Barack Obama I’VE worked in journalism a quarter century, been alive twice that long. Traveled all over, raised children, married, divorced.

Whole nine yards.

Covered a lot of interesting stories in between, interviewed a lot of interesting people. Seen some crazy stuff.

Never have I seen a week like last week.

Just as an earthquake suddenly releases eons-old tension beneath the surface within the space of a few seconds, several long-roiling American issues came to a head within days—sometimes hours—of each other.

The beginning of the week saw the nation dealing with the aftermath of the murder of the Emanuel Nine in Charleston.

Though far from the first such mass shooting—and nowhere near the one with the highest body count—something about the particularly evil motive of the killer struck a deep and profound chord of unrest.

Coming after a year of headlines involving tension and inequity between AfricanAmericans and the justice system, the murders of nine worshippers at a historically black church seemed an all-too vividly horrifying climax, one demanding instant action from a nation which had become otherwise obliviously apathetic about mass shootings.

And then…. the President said the word “nigger” in a radio interview.

In an ordinary week, that might be the biggest news story in the world. Do you even remember it now?

He said it to bring attention to racism, but it was also a display of the genius-level trolling Obama has become so adept at, sending the media into a predictable frenzy:

Do you bleep the President of the United States? Do you violate protocol against writing or broadcasting the “n-word,” since the president himself said it over public airwaves? Another gut-check moment of truth.

Then, before the first funeral in Charleston was even held, these very serious issues were almost completely consumed by a vortex of debate over… the Confederate flag.

As formerly staunch Neo-Confederate Tea Partiers climbed all over themselves issuing statements decrying the rebel flag they revered as recently as the week before, you could literally watch the debate shift form in real time on social media.

The issue morphed from a perfectly reasonable and long-overdue discussion of why that divisively racist symbol needs to be immediately removed from the public sphere and ostracized by decent society—certainly true—into what I can only describe as a form of mass hysteria, in which literally the only thing anyone talked about was That. Stupid. Flag.

Ordinarily reflective and sober-minded people one-upped each other with more and more fanciful calls to blow up, dismantle or rename flags, symbols, history books, statues, Army bases, and monuments from one end of the country to the other, ISIS-style.

The Confederacy hasn’t gotten this much attention since the premiere of Gone With The Wind. But just as the flag debate began to jump the shark, seemingly hours after it started—rename the Washington Monument? Really? —something else popped up.

Oh yeah, the big Obamacare decision.

In the last major court challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the health care subsidies which underpin the legislation.

And just like that… American politics, for nearly a decade revolving around the intensely charged and often-cartoonish debate over Obamacare, changed course in a single heartbeat.

As Obama himself said in his brilliant remarks following the verdict—please go to whitehouse.gov and watch the video if you haven’t seen it already—“This is health care in America.”

Period. No more “death panel” foolishness. No more dog-and-pony-show nonbinding votes to repeal it in Congress.

Much more importantly, 13 million Americans won’t have to suddenly find themselves without health care coverage and

no other options. Tens of thousands of lives will be saved directly by that one court decision. Talk about a reason to celebrate.

And then….

And then….

The Supreme Court approved gay marriage in all 50 states.

Cue the Biggest Party Ever.

After many lifetimes of petty, bigoted, and clearly un-Constitutional deprivation of the rights of LGBT citizens, a majority of justices said what even a majority of Republicans agreed on long ago: Same-sex couples should enjoy the same marriage rights under federal law as anyone else.

After years of hard-won, frustrating incremental gains—anyone remember Massachusetts was the first state to recognize gay marriage, in 2004?—the debate was settled for good one Friday morning in June.

I’ve never seen such a widespread, spontaneous and genuine outpouring of joy, relief, and celebration from so many people as I saw that day, and the weekend to follow.

Frankly, it might be the most deeply felt expression of national unity seen since 9/11.

(Obama’s election was a unifying event in that even the opposition recognized the significance of electing the first black president; we saw how long the fuzzy feelings lasted.)

Indeed, because of the remarkable, virtually unanimous level of LGBT support among Millennials—most too young to really remember Sept. 11, 2001—last Friday could be the watershed American moment of their entire lives.

But amid the party, let’s not be naïve.

As I write this, Ted Cruz says he’ll make opposition to gay marriage the centerpiece of his presidential campaign.

Since the Charleston murders, several black churches have fallen victim to arson.

Totally lost in last week’s hubbub was Obama’s signing of the odious Trans-Pacific Partnership, laying the groundwork for multinational corporations to overturn U.S. law.

Wealth disparity in this country has never been higher. Greece and the European Union are locked in a mutual death spiral.

The world’s still on fire. California’s still out of water.

Last week changed everything. And it changed nothing.

But one thing I’ve learned is, take it one story at a time. And always, always celebrate while you can, because you never know what the next week will bring. cs

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I sing a song of the South, but I ain’t whistlin’ Dixie

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When I was 10 or 11, summer in Arizona was horrendously boring and hot as hell.

To keep me from burning holes in the pool furniture with a magnifying glass and O.D.ing on Days of Our Lives, my mother handed me the biggest book she could find: The paperback edition of Gone with the Wind looked like a brick and weighed about as much, and I dubiously hefted it onto my lap.

It took me all of a week to devour all 1,087 pages, love-hating spoiled Scarlett as I pined for Rhett and sobbed for Melanie.

The burning of Atlanta seared my heart, and for years I fantasized about making a dress out of the Venetian blinds.

Between GWTW and repeated viewings of the adorable Myrtle Beach chick flick Shag at the local dollar theater, I formed some rath-uh romantic notions about the South in my youth.

By the time I met the surfer from Savannah who would become my husband, however, I had also acquired also a comprehensive liberal arts education that put me eye-to-eye with the true bloody history of the Civil War and the hard-earned legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, fermenting a passion for social equality and filling in

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the gaps of my imaginary petticoats. I married into the South with my eyes wide open, ready to embrace its complicated charms and difficult paradoxes.

As any wise person will tell you, marriage ain’t all about the romance, dahlin’.

As an outsider, I knew I’d never be considered a real Southerner no matter how deliciously I fry my okra (it’s all about the coconut oil, y’all). Such tacit acceptance has always been fine by me: As a Jewish hippie chick, I figured I was absolved from the past’s persistent evils, as though I could line dance and swill bourbon with the South’s fun-loving side and tiptoe away when it gets all blackout drunk and waves its guns around. I could be up to my earlobes in it, but not of it, so to speak.

I think that changed forever last week.

We were at a wedding in upstate New York when the horrific shooting at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church hit the news, ripping off the gauze on a wound that still seems to fester as deeply as it did 150 years ago. It can be argued that the South’s racial issues aren’t any more or less intense than the rest of the country’s—the most violent cases of racial unrest in modern history have taken place in the Midwest and Southern California—but

slavery’s painful legacy remains embedded in its soil, in its history, in the heritage some of its citizens champion so fiercely.

I felt the backlash as we introduced ourselves to the other wedding guests and told them where we were from. There was an exception when one person asked excitedly, “Georgia? Did you see the zebras running through the streets?” I had to explain gently that last month’s flooding incident involving the escaped zoo animals actually took place in the country of Georgia, “like, near Russia.”

She seemed very disappointed.

Mostly though, I watched eyes frost over warily, as if I was going to break out a Confederate flag bikini and an AK-47 and start spitting tobacco juice all over the furniture.

It was real strange to be judged as Southern. I mean, I did not put a boiled peanut in my mouth until I was well into my 30s. I birthed my babies in California with a doula and a bottle of Rescue Remedy. I was born in freaking New Jersey, for criminy’s sake.

Wait, y’all have got me all wrong! I wanted to shout. I am not responsible for this hot mess!

Instead, a surprise entered my heart: I found myself defending the South. Maybe I was just rebelling against the Yankee snarkiness that assumes everyone below the Mason-Dixon line has a double-digit IQ

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and a fried Twinkie in the glovebox. But I could not let my chosen home be reduced to the actions and attitudes of a few violent, inbred cockroaches.

Hackles raised, I spoke passionately about the joyful diversity of my kids’ public schools. I described the miles of forest and marsh, the kindness of strangers, the humble goodness of a paper plate of boiled shrimp caught in one’s own castnet.

Granted, I live in a lovely city with a racially-balanced city government, an organic farmers market and a thriving arts scene, a little bastion of progressive thinkers and educated transplants. It also helps that we’ve got The New York Times fawning all over Savannah like we’re the most covetable girl at the cotillion. (Three articles in two weeks? Any more of this courtin’, honey, and you’re gonna have to put a ring on it.)

Absolutely, Savannah is a precocious exception to the South that regularly sells out its natural resources to the highest bidder and still refuses to expand Medicaid benefits to millions under the Affordable Care Act no matter what SCOTUS says about subsidies.

This is the only South I know: One where for every Confederate flag on an F-350, there’s an Obama sticker on a Prius.

Where there are more people authentically concerned and engaged with economic equality and social justice than any place I’ve ever lived.

The South I laud is the birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a seat of the national food justice movement. It is where, in the wake of horror and death, we stand up, link arms and march together, black, white, brown, young, old, straight, gay, trans, and everyone in between.

To this adopted daughter, being Southern is to own the good, the bad and the ugly and work for better. It’s a bittersweet row to hoe, which is probably why we put so much goddamn sugar in the tea.

The Confederacy’s been dead and gone a long time, and even the most delusional debutante must know deep in her bones that South ain’t rising again, no matter how much starch it put in its white hoodie.

But as God as my witness, how I do believe that this South, our South, can and will rise above the ignorance and the corruption, heal the wounds and show the rest of America what forgiveness, perserverance and gentility really mean.

And what will we do with all those retired flags?

Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. cs

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ONE OF my great loves as a walking tour guide is being able to interact with my tour group at the end of the evening in the form of a Q & A session. It is a chance for me to veer off-script, at least figuratively speaking, and talk about topics I don’t normally cover in my allotted two hour timeframe.

I love those moments. I’ve been a tour guide for 14 years and love to read about Savannah’s history, so I’ve got tons of material just sort of floating around in my head that I would never otherwise get to use.

In a previous column I covered a few of the sillier queries I’ve received, but I thought that I had better follow that up with: what are some of the best questions I’ve ever gotten at the end of a tour?

rum punch he was promised, though, the new Magistrate Jenkins exercised his new authority: he called Henry a ‘drunken swab’ and grabbed him by the scruff of the neck.

He then chastised him for debasing the office of Magistrate, and threw Henry to the floor!

The bartender-for-a-night never did get his bowl of punch, because rum was strictly forbidden in Savannah. Henry Parker had been a linen draper back in London, so perhaps it could be said that he made a career out of being three sheets to the wind.

What’s the deal with all the dead bodies buried in odd places in Savannah?

You might have heard the saying that Savannah is a city built upon its dead, and wondered if it is true. Well, it is, and the truth is much stranger than many Savannahians realize.

Most of us already know that the original burial ground near Wright Square got What’s the craziest story about absorbed and developed, and the Jewish Savannah that you know? burial ground survives in part in the median There are too many to choose from: the of Oglethorpe Avenue. Many of those bodtale of the Butcher Murderer, Jesse McKies are still there. But how many are aware ethan, who terrorized Savannah in the mid- that there were not one but two cemeteries 1940s is a pretty gruesome story. On the which have been paved over and lost near night I was asked this question, though: I Calhoun Square? picked a tale involving Henry Parker, one of One was a burial spot for African Ameriour earliest politicians, who had an exceedcans, and the other was used as a Potter’s ingly embarrassing evening in 1739.

Field. In 2004, a utility company was digIn the early days of Savannah, we were ging in front of the Massie Heritage Center. overseen by the Trustee-appointed MagisThe crew found a human skull and other trates, a title roughly equal to being mayor. assorted bones.

One of our earliest Magistrates was Henry Colonial Park Cemetery and the surParker, who had quite a love for rum. rounding areas are also a treasure trove for This was unfortunate for Henry, because morbid stories regarding strange burials. In rum was forbidden in Savannah. On the 1967, workers doing some construction on night in question, Henry staggered into Jen- Abercorn Street next to the cemetery began kins’ Tavern, already having knocked back a discovering human bodies. As a matter of considerable amount of the forbidden liquor. fact, if you look down the brick sidewalk of Henry was drunk and out of money, so the cemetery along Abercorn Street, you will in order to quench his thirst that night he notice a regular pattern of subtle depressions offered the owner of the tavern, Edward Jen- and humps within the walkway, reminiscent kins, a special deal: in exchange for a whole of gentle ocean swells. bowl of rum punch, they would trade places Many people attribute this strange feature and jobs for the night. Under this arrangeto the wooden coffins which are undoubtment, barkeep would become Magistrate, edly under the sidewalk, which have slowly and vice versa. collapsed under the weight of the bricks and The barkeeper Jenkins considered this earth over them. In 1968, the city manager for a moment, and then accepted the offer. at the time told a prominent local historian The two even traded clothes to make the that graves stretched perhaps as far as Draydeal even more official. The new Magiston Street, one full block to the west. trate stepped out from behind the bar, and A story which may confirm this comes the new tavern keeper stepped behind and from a friend of mine who once worked began to serve drinks. at a law firm next door to that fire station.

When Henry asked for the bowl of The law firm was located in a converted

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residential home. One day a man came to visit the house, and told them that he used to live there as a child. He remembered digging in the backyard in the late 1940s while doing landscaping with his father, and that they had hit multiple coffins while doing it.

They called the city, who sent a truck to pick up the coffins and remains. No one seems to remember where the coffins were moved.

Then there’s Savannah’s odd habit of losing the bodies of our patriots and war heroes. We have misplaced or otherwise forgotten the exact location of the final resting spot of Revolutionary War Generals Samuel Elbert, Nathanael Greene, Casimir Pulaski, and Georgia President Button Gwinnett.

Amusing stories surround all four: Elbert’s remains were stolen by children but returned. Gwinnett’s remains were exhumed, and kept by a local schoolteacher in his closet for years. Pulaski’s bones have never been 100 percent verified.

General Greene’s journey back from

anonymity was anything but ceremonious.

When his forgotten whereabouts were discovered in 1901, his body was exhumed and placed in a wooden soap crate.

Moved to the nearby police barracks, the box containing the war hero’s bones was reportedly kicked by a newspaper reporter enquiring what was within. “Great heavens, man,” the police sergeant told him, “that’s General Greene’s body you are kicking.”

These are just two of the many wonderful questions I’ve been asked over nearly a decade and a half of leading tours here.

What I love is that people are curious enough to ask them in the first place.

This city is full of those truly strange, exotically great historical tidbits which make her unique. Revealing just a few means that I get to contribute in some small way to the authenticity of the Historic District. cs James Caskey is owner and operator of Cobblestone Tours and a travel author.

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By Jessica Leigh Lebos jll@connectsavannah.com

JULY 1-7, 2015

It ALL begins with a simple drawing of one of the planet’s most docile creatures.

Back in 2012, Savannah-based entrepreneurs Emily Quintero, Jared Jackson and Vann-Ellison Seales were searching for designs for their new T-shirt company, 13 Bricks.

Recent SCAD grad Quintero offered up a few from her sketchbook, including a panda bear.

But unlike cute depictions of its plushy counterparts, this panda took a fighting stance, red gloves at the ready. The limited edition design was part of 13 Bricks’ seminal launch and quickly became one of its best sellers.

All was well with the burgeoning brand until a few months ago, when its principles began receiving texts and tweets from around the country about an almost identical garment for sale at Urban Outfitters and on T-shirt megasite Threadless.com.

Accusations of creative appropriation and corporate greed zoomed through social media after Quintero posted the two designs side-by-side on her Tumblr page last week.

The similarities are obvious: Same grungy lines, same red gloves, same two-layered print job. The difference is far more important: One comes from a socially-conscious small business, the other mass-produced for one of the biggest clothing resellers in the world.

“We cannot forget the reach these large companies possess,” writes Quintero. “Artists like myself can barely touch them.”

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into rage, and the irony becomes even more poignant in the face of a corporate Goliath.

“People already liked it because it’s a symbol of fighting back,” says 13 Bricks art director Alfredo Martinez. “This takes it to a whole other level.”

The 13 Bricks business partners have been blindsided by what they feel is creative piracy. (Quintero relocated to Portland, OR last year but remains part of the team.)

“We’re already up against the big corporations. Now we have to compete with our own original concept,” laments marketing director Jackson. “It’s like originality itself is endangered.”

Vending original designs silkscreened onto organic cotton, 13 Bricks heralds the sustainable arts economy gaining traction in Savannah, evidenced by regular craft fairs and a rash of new affordable studio space.

It’s been slow going but the company has made progress in the last two years: It moved into a swank new storefront on East Broad Street in May and recently added graphic design and printing services to its business plan.

“Our whole mission is to support artists, and the work of one ours gets jacked,” says Seales, shaking his head. “No one thinks this is going to happen to them.”

Nobody knows how the panda tee ended up next to the shapeless shifts and rayon rompers at Urban Outfitters, but Seales has his suspicions. He and 13 Bricks were invited to be part of an “independent marketplace” at UO’s Broughton Street location last October, where he says that during setup an official-looking shopper bought one item from every local vendor, including 13 Bricks’ signature bear in the boxing gloves.

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While the other panda was already for sale on Threadless.com, 13 Bricks’ owners feel that Quintero’s design may have alerted UO buyers to the trend-worthy value of the image. Seales reports that he began receiving the notices of the panda’s ubiquity a few months after the event.

“Let’s just say we’re skeptical,” he says.

In her Tumblr plea, Quintero documents that she first posted her pugilistic panda in October 2011 and points out that the other bear did not appear online until January 2013.

The timing is damning enough, and Urban Outfitters’ controversial history doesn’t help. Along with distasteful PR disasters like the Navajo flask flap of 2012, the company has long been lambasted for co-opting original artwork for its cheap duds without permission, including miniskirts bearing designer James Soares’ graphic prints and T-shirts emblazoned with street artist Cali Killa’s shadowy “Beware of Hipsters” motif.

The resulting bad publicity has kept its PR department spinning, but the UO’s fake-Guatemalan fringed pockets are deep. To take recourse legally, the onus is on the artists and small business owners, few of whom have the resources to entangle themselves with a corporate legal team Kate Strain, an intellectual property and franchising attorney with local law firm Belzer PC, says some lawyers might take up an underdog’s case on contingency.

A judge or jury could order a company to pay out anywhere from $750 to $150,000 per infringing article if the articles in question have been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.

“If you have filed an application for the work at the U.S. Copyright Office before the infringing activity has occurred or within three months after publishing the work, you may be entitled to statutory damages,” explains Strain.

“For example, if you put up a T-shirt for sale on your website on January 1 with your original image on it and file the copyright application before April 1, you can still get statutory damages if someone sold your image before April 1 because you filed the application within three months of publication.”

It can cost $35-$55 per image to file a copyright application at www.copyright.gov, and up to $800 to fast-track the process.

as an example morphic resonance, the theory by biologist Rupert Sheldrake that posits how similar ideas can arise independently from unrelated members of a species.

Connect tracked down Hungarian illustrator Balàzs Solti, the artist who created the image for Threadless’ panda shirt, and asked him to comment on the similarities between the designs.

He responded immediately with the claim that his design, titled “The Winner,” came directly from his own mind.

“I’m sorry if this company feels that [mine] is a copy of that work [sic], but I’ve never seen before this design,” writes Solti via email. “It didn’t viral on the Internet [sic].”

Solti’s other work reflects the same grungy style, and he has several panda illustrations on his website going back to 2011.

His boxing bear has a different facial expression than Quintero’s and also originally had blue gloves, which were changed to red by Threadless before the T-shirts were manufactured.

Solti says he came up with the idea sometime “at the end of 2011 or in early 2012” and first posted it on January 1, 2013. He submitted his panda to a contest on Threadless.com later Artistic coincidence or creative appropriation? that year and it was chosen for a mass print run in early 2014.

“You must own a copyright registration “It would be up to a judge or jury to In his email, Solti seems to accept that for your work before going to court,” stresses decide whether an image is substantially these kinds of creative overlaps happen Strain. similar to another image or if it constitutes sometimes, an occupational hazard of being Quintero’s panda has not been protected transformative use,” says Strain. a commercial artist. by a copyright application, but copyright In these fast-moving times when publi“It [has] also happened with me that I law recognizes her ownership by virtue of cally accessible information and imagery is having created the image, as long as she can tangled up in bytes and bandwidth, creative found [a] design which looks similar to my design, but I rarely think that the artist steal show that it is a “work of original authorship license is a fluid concept. Artists must be fixed in a tangible medium of expression.” vigilant to protect their work, and entrepre- my idea,” he offers.

E-mails to UO and Threadless’ PR “If you do not have a registration, you neurs have their research cut out for them. departments have not been acknowledged still own the copyright,” continues Strain.

(On a related note, trademarks are also “It’s just harder to prove in court. You’re not a tricky business: 13 Bricks itself had to as of this writing. Perhaps they have bigger problems to handle at the moment: Urban entitled to statutory damages, but you may change the name of its design to “Fighting Outfitters has reported steadily declining be entitled to profits from the sale of the Panda” after a company in Australia sent sales for years and was namechecked as infringing works.” a cease-and-desist letter informing that it hopelessly basic in the new season of Orange The test of copyright infringement is owned a trademark for “Boxing Panda.”)

Is the New Black. whether the allegedly infringing image is Strain’s best advice to artists is to file Solti’s Threadless shirt has already found substantially similar to the original image. copyrights for their designs as they go.

Another company can’t slightly alter an “It’s a good habit to get into,” she counsels. its way to the markdown racks at TJMaxx.

On the other glove, 13 Bricks has a grand image and call it theirs; however, another “Every three months, sit down and see what new space to manage and an updated line of artist or company may be able to take an images are selling, determine what has the original image and add a new expression, most economic viability and file a copyright T-shirt designs coming out later this summer—including a reprinted run of Quinmeaning or message to it. application for them.” tero’s indefatigable panda.

The legal term that allows this is “transQuintero, Seales and the rest of the 13 The company has shored up its licensing formative use,” and its most famous example Bricks crew have no intentions of pursuagreements and will also require registered is Shepard Fairey’s iconic 2008 poster of ing legal action, though they’re hoping the Barack Obama. resulting publicity will help raise awareness copyrights on all new designs.

“We’re just taking this all as a valuable lesFairey manipulated an Associated Press of their brand and the need for artists to son,” says Seales. “Our main goal has always photo taken by Mannie Garcia with layers safeguard their intellectual property. been to protect our artists, and we’re going of color and blocky graphics, leading to a There’s also the possibility that the case to be better prepared from here on out.” cs lawsuit and countersuit that were settled out of the hostile pandas can be chalked up to of court in 2011. coincidence. Science wonks might even cite 15

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news & Opinion | The straight dope even during pre-primary season. The legislation that introduced matching funds also tried to limit total campaign spending, but the Supreme Court struck that part down, and since then the cost of campaigning has skyrocketed: 2012’s presidential race cost $2.6 billion.

So winning the nomination is still quite rare if you aren’t making it rain: since 1976 there have only been two cases where the candidate with the most money on the eve of the primaries didn’t win the party nomination, and both times the candidate who did—Obama and Jimmy Carter—was still in the top five fundswise. In other words, you have to start at a certain base level of popularity to hold your own financially, even at the beginning of the race.

If you do manage to make it out of the convention, you’re at least in position to hope the economy and the incumbent’s approval rating conspire to put you in the White House. But even if you don’t wind up as the nominee, going through the candidacy process can clearly be an excellent career move.

Howard Dean flunked out of the 2004 primaries, but he got elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Newt Gingrich parlayed his 2012 run into a highprofile (if short-lived) gig with CNN. Joe Biden, of course, became vice president— hey, whatever floats your boat.

With at least 15 recognizable names already in the Republican pack, obviously most aren’t going to reach the top level of fundraising success that equates with viability, so a lot of these people are playing for soapbox time now and speaking fees later.

Is that enough payout to warrant, say, eight months of grueling travel, degrading debate formats, and New Hampshire cuisine, not to mention the possible revelation of any extramarital affairs you’re having?

I’m comfortable with “slightly insane” if you are. cs By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com

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Those who believe they stand a chance of winning at least the nomination aren’t totally nuts: the primaries are perhaps the only part of the presidential election cycle where the campaign really matters.

The post-convention phase of the process, according to many political scientists, is determined by some combination of the state of the economy and the perceived performance of the incumbent party. (It’s thought this basic principle may be true of elections worldwide.) So on this theory, all the oratory, charisma, and excruciating interviews with Katie Couric didn’t really Does running for president make any matter—Obama was going to beat McCain in 2008 anyway because Bush was unpopusense? lar and the economy was exploding like a cat Republican candidates appear to be coming out in a microwave.

The primaries, though, remain relatively of the woodwork every day. Do these people open and competitive, for two major reaactually all think they can win? Does running sons. First, starting with the 1976 election, for the presidency as a low-profile candidate the government has matched the funds of make any logical sense, or are all these people any candidates who manage to raise at least slightly insane? —Warren McLean $5,000 in 20 separate states, with a maximum amount per individual donor of $250.

IT’S TRUE that the 2016 list of presidenThis funding lasts only as long as the canditial candidates is growing more unwieldy by the hour. Through last week, the tally of date can maintain at least 10 percent of the vote in the two most recent primaries, but people who’ve filed a Form 2 statement of often candidates go all-in on the early concandidacy with the Federal Election Comtests anyway because of the second reason: mission is 424. studies have shown that a crucial factor in These include a Federalist Party candidate, an Absolute Dictator Party candidate, voters’ decision-making processes (as significant as intrinsic candidate preference) is and an independent (likely in more ways than one) named Sydneys Voluptuous But- whether a candidate is seen as electable.

Which means those who show well in the tocks. But perhaps these aren’t the kind of candidates you’re talking about. Mr. or Ms. early going, even if they trailed in polls and/ or fundraising (though see below) before the Buttocks probably understands that he primaries started, tend to become even more or she’s not going to win, but Republican George Pataki may well not. And as a result appealing to voters going forward, and also he’ll probably spend serious time and money attract more money.

This was certainly true in 2008: Clinton’s trying in vain to convince the rest of us. polling lead of 20 percentage points shrank So what makes the Patakis run? OK, immediately after Obama’s surprising persome of the borderline candidates are just formance on Super Tuesday. What’s more, megalomaniacs with a seeming ability to the margins of return on this tendency metabolize derision (we’re looking at you, Donald). But the rest of the ever-expanding are exponentially greater the less is known field is likely thinking: maybe I can actually about a candidate beforehand.

The big caveat to all this is that there’s a win this thing, and if not the boost in cred limit to how dark-horsey one can safely be, alone is probably worth it.

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18 (6 solved)

Homicide on Eastside; possible connection to earlier shootout

Homicide detectives from the SavannahChatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old male last Thursday night and a possible connection to a shootout on Laroche Avenue the same evening.

Jamon Epps was found in a black 2015 GMC Yukon “with multiple bullet strikes about 9:41 p.m. while officers were investigating shots fired calls a half-mile away moments earlier,” police say.

Epps was found deceased in the Yukon on the driveway to Ponderosa Apartments.

Patrol officers were investigating an incident “in which two parties began shooting at each other near a strip center at Laroche and Skidaway Road just before 9 p.m.,” police say.

“Bullets from the shootout had shattered the glass door at the Top China restaurant on the 4400 block of Skidaway.”

A few minutes later, a 50-year-old woman reported a male “had approached her as she tried to enter her car at a laundromat nearby, demanded her car, pulled her out of it and drove away in her white 2010 Chevrolet Malibu. Detectives found the Malibu parked on Maryland Street in the Avondale neighborhood about 1 a.m. Friday.”

Double shooting on Eastside leaves one dead

A man has been arrested after SavannahChatham Metropolitan Police responded to a double shooting in the East Savannah neighborhood last Friday morning.

Edwin Lawrence Chapman, 55, of the 2200 block of Mosley Street, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime. Additional charges are pending.

Rosalyn Maria Chapman, 62, was declared deceased of a gunshot wound in the house and Odetta Hampton, 54, was treated for a gunshot wound.

Patrol officers were called to the residence for a shooting report at 2:44 a.m. Chapman met them at the door and was detained immediately after police found the two women with wounds. He was subsequently charged after the investigation progressed.

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Sheriff’s Office warns of ongoing jury duty scam calls

Three former employees of The Chatham County Sherthe Chatham County Sheriff ’s Office (CCSO) wants to iff ’s Dept. have been indicted alert the public “about an ongoin the death of 21-year-old ing scam involving the CCSO Matthew Ajibade in the and court system,” a spokesperChatham County Detention son says.

Center under unusual cirThe CCSO has received over cumstances Jan. 1.

20 calls in the past 72 hours The two former sherEdwin L. Chapman from potential victims, accordiff ’s deputies and a contract ing to the spokesperson. “Their health-care worker at the stories all mirror that of previChatham County jail were ous victims. The caller orders indicted Wednesday on felony involuntary them to pay a fine because of a missed jury manslaughter and related charges. No summons and subsequent contempt of murder charges are pending. court fine. The suspect has identified himA total of nine employees were termiself at Sgt. Jackson and orders unsuspectnated in the wake of the incident. ing victims to go to Kroger to buy a Kroger Ajibade was ruled to have died from card to pay their fine.” excessive force from use of a Taser while It is possible to receive a call about a jury he was restrained after a scuffle with depsummons, says the CCSO, “But we will uties at the jail. never demand payment or ask for personal The health care worker was indicted for financial information.” cs not monitoring him while in restraints.

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Gregory Reddick, 54, and his employer, SJQ Sightseeing Tours, filed a lawsuit in June against New York City for “harass(ing)” them and hampering their ability to rip off tourists, specifically, interfering with their “right” to sell tickets for $200 or more for trips on the Staten Island Ferry — which is actually free to ride.

Reddick was wearing an (unauthorized) “Authorized Ticket Agent” jacket when arrested, and according to a New York Post account, believes he operates legally because he misunderstands a technicality in a 2013 court case. Prosecutors, who described the waterfront tourist-exploitation scene as “the wild west,” found Reddick with seven dates of birth, five aliases and six Social Security numbers.

Can’t Possibly Be True

• Doctors at a hospital in Dongyang, China, removed 420 kidney stones from a single patient in June (a “Mr. He”). One of the surgeons told reporters that a soyheavy diet of tofu was probably to blame.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the most stones removed from one kidney during surgery (in India in 2009 in a three-hour operation) is (this is not a misprint) 172,155.

• In May, the Museum of Modern Arts in Krakow, Poland, began showing a video of naked men and women entering a room and playing a game of tag — then revealing that that particular room was actually a building in a Holocaust gas-chamber facility in Auschwitz. The idea, apparently, was to bring three affected nations (Poland, Germany and Israel) together, and among the sponsors of the exhibit was the Israeli embassy in Warsaw, despite criticism that the work was somewhat “repulsive and offensive.” (A similar project opened in Tartu, Estonia, in February, but was closed almost immediately after objections from Jewish-advocacy organizations.)

• U.S. students may be clever, but they apparently badly trail Chinese students in the genius of cheating on exams (and especially on the use of cheat-enabling technology). The government’s newest anti-fraud weapon, employed recently in the city of Luoyang during the crucial universitydetermining tests, is a six-propeller drone that can hover above a cavernous exam hall,

trying to pinpoint the locations inside in halted about a week after the lawsuit was which designated ace test-takers are radiofiled and announced lessons would in the transmitting correct answers to their clients, future be conducted on simulators. whose tiny earbuds are worn deep in ear canals. Cheating Compelling Explanations students also use beveragebottle cameras, ordinary• Luis Cruz, 46, sought appearing eyeglasses that can pre-trial release in Springscan and transmit images, field, Massachusetts, in and fingerprint film (to fool June — even though he Hey, let’s get married! fingerprint scanners that othhad been charged with erwise would root out testheroin distribution and taking “ringers”). even though his rap sheet, • France’s daily La Provence counting his record in reported in May that at least Florida, was 52 pages long. one enterprising drug dealer His court-appointed lawin Marseilles had begun disyer, Anna Levine, was not tributing “loyalty cards” to deterred, arguing that bail its best customers, offering a was not necessary to assure 10-euro discount on future that her client would sales after that customer’s appear for trial because card was full (all 10 squares none of the 52 pages, she stamped from previous sales). said, contained an arrest Said one buyer, “I thought I was hallucinat- for failure to appear. Said Levine, earnestly, ing. I thought I was at a pizzeria or some“It’s a 52-page record for showing up.” thing.” The card also expressed thanks for • “( J)ust one of those spur-of-thethe patronage and reminded the customer moment crazy things,” explained John Paul of operating hours (11 a.m. to midnight).

Jones Jr., in May after he had intentionally • Rehab Will Be Difficult: Laquanda driven his pickup truck through his living Newby, 25, was charged with three counts room in Senoia, Georgia. He told a reporter of child abuse on June 7 at the county court- that he had been on the phone with his house in Richmond, Virginia, after police wife and gotten angry, and “one thing led spotted her car with two children locked to another.” Fortunately, Jones is a contracinside on a day in which the temperature tor, and has been out of work for a while reached the 90s. Newby had parked at the and thus figures he can keep busy fixing his courthouse that day in order to attend her mess. The house “needed some work,” he hearing on charges that on May 26, she had said, “needed air conditioning.” Jones said the locked her kids in a hot car while she was truck fared well, with just a few scratches. out on errands.

Wait, What?

Two students at Florida’s Valencia College filed a federal lawsuit in May against the school and three instructors for forcing them to undergo “transvaginal probes” as part of their sonography (ultrasound) curriculum. According to the lawsuit, the school insisted that students learn the probing on each other because, as an instructor said, “Experience is the best teacher.” The plaintiffs also charged that some instructors and a student leader (dubbed the “TransVag Queen”) made inappropriate, sexualized comments about bodies during the demonstrations. Though the school defended the practice initially, it ordered the live probes

Fetishes on Parade

Cirilo Castillo Jr., 45, was arrested in February in Edinburg, Texas, but a charge was not filed until June, apparently because prosecutors were awaiting Castillo’s recovery from a broken leg. He had been found in a barn after trying to have sex with a horse — three years after having been convicted of a similar crime (and warned, at that time, to stay away from the Edinburg farm). The broken leg happened, prosecutors said, because in the February incident, the horse kicked him.

Least Competent Criminals

Not Ready for Prime Time: (1) Nashville, Tennessee, police arrested Mashara Mefford in June and charged her with breaking into one of their marked cruisers. She was discovered by an officer after she had locked herself inside and could not figure out how the locks worked. (2) Dene Temple and Stephen Fidler pleaded guilty and were sentenced in June for burglarizing the Sichuan Garden Chinese restaurant in Brighton, England. Police, called to the restaurant, caught the men attempting to hide inside the walk-in freezer. There was “no doubt,” said a supervising officer, that the men would have frozen to death if not for being spotted by police.

A News of the Weird Classic (July 2011)

Blow Against the Empire: Bank of America (BA) had the tables turned in June (2011) after the company wrongfully harassed an alleged mortgage scofflaw in Naples, Florida. BA had attempted to foreclose on homeowners Warren and Questionable Judgments Maureen Nyerges even though the couple Teachers Just Wanna Have Fun: Some had bought their house with cash — paid parents of Encinal High School students, directly to BA. It took BA a year and a half in Alameda, California, demanded an to understand its mistake — that is, until investigation in June after learning from a the Nyergeses sued and won a judgment for counselor at an after-school program that expenses of $2,534, which BA contemptustudents had been “assigned” the extra-credit ously ignored. The Nyerges obtained a seiproject of rummaging through their parents’ zure order, and two sheriff ’s deputies, with a bedrooms looking for sex toys (and bringmoving truck, arrived at the local BA branch ing in a “selfie” holding one). Administrators on June 3 (2011) to load $2,534 worth of told parents that the “assignment” was not furniture and computers from the bank’s a requirement of the course but could not offices and lobby. After an hour on the ascertain how many students actually prephone with higher-ups, the local BA mansented show-and-tells to the class. ager wrote a check for $2,534. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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Lone wolf

American Aquarium’s BJ Barham takes a solo jaunt across the South

bare-boned songwriting.”

Barham prefers to write at home, piled on the couch with his two cats and dog, BJ Barham just can’t keep away computer and TV turned off. Now that from the road. band finances have opened up and the whole The American Aquarium frontman troupe isn’t cramming into one hotel room, and his band of Carolina boys have, he gets some writing done on the road, too. over their nine years together, grown Right now, though, American Aquarium into a shining example of what smart is taking it easy, enjoying the fruits of their DIY ethics and constant face-to-face most recent labor with murmurings of what time with fans can achieve. to put out next.

And they’ve earned their wide“We forget this sometimes: Wolves has spread praise: the Raleigh group has only been out for four and a half months,” gone from the band you happen upon Barham notes. “It’s still super-young.” in your favorite dive bar to the darIn those few months, things changed lings of alt-country tastemakers. quickly—glowing press, including being After the unexpected success of numero uno on Rolling Stone’s “10 New the Jason Isbell-produced Burn.

Country Artists You Need to Know” list, Flicker. Die.—a 2012 release the band aforementioned private hotel rooms. After thought would be their last—Ameriall these years, American Aquarium may can Aquarium decided to keep going, have hit the “big break” they’ve been chasing. releasing its highly anticipated followIt’s worth noting that Wolves is the band’s up, Wolves, this year to critical acclaim. Barham’s solo set, heavy with rarities, is largely comprised of fan requests. first release since Barham confronted his They’ve been hitting Savannah on Photo by Alysse Gafkjen Photography struggles with addiction. tours for years—and though time off He’s long been very open about his relais valued, Barham has spent the last halfthis super stripped-down version. I get to forward to showing his wife parts of the tionship with alcohol; there’s a new kind of decade embarking on solo excursions during play songs the way I wrote them, which his country she’s never seen before. peace on Wolves that speaks of a man conAmerican Aquarium downtime. always exciting.”

“Really and truly, it’s one part vacation, fronting that struggle head-on and not letHe brings his one-man show to The Jinx Solo tours have become a summer tradione part work,” he says. ting it define him as a human or artist. on Wednesday, July 8. tion for Barham; while his bandmates put “And,” he adds, “the work is really fun!”

“I spent the first eight years writing about For Barham, solo gigs are a chance to dig their feet up at home, the restless frontman In the studio, the band has a tendency to one-night stands in different towns—drinkinto material he doesn’t typically get to play packs up his guitar, his pup, and his wife, gut songs and build them back up in laying, drugs, the Saturday night party atmowith American Aquarium’s full lineup. and treks around America. ers; alone, Barham can take it all back to the sphere,” Barham says.

“I’ll be playing a lot of older stuff,” he says.

“For the boys to have three weeks off, you beginning and capture the initial spark of “This was a more introspective look; I “Mostly just like, B-side stuff, deep cuts that can’t put a price on that,” Barham says. the songwriting process. took a stance and wrote about family, homewe don’t get to play as a band. It’s a lot more This time, his little family will head south, “There’s no embellishment,” he says. “It’s town, my wife. I wrote a love song for the singer-songwriter stuff that the band can’t cutting through Florida, then west to Loui- how I wrote them in my living room: verse, first time in my entire life!” play in a live setting, when we’re in a bar or siana, Texas, and Tennessee. Barham looks chorus, verse, no fancy guitar solos, just the While the band is savoring the moment, something like that.” they’re still looking toward the It’s a welcome change-up future: Barham says they’ll confor American Aquarium’s tinue to push themselves and step rabid fan base and, while SAVANNAH ALMOST KILLED ME out of their comfort zone with the crowd can certainly Did you know that BJ wrote a song inspired by our fair city? new material. get riled up at a full-band “Savannah Almost Killed Me,” off Burn. Flicker. Die., is a boot“This has been the most sucshow, there’s a kind of hush stompin’ house rocker about a gorgeous girl “with diamonds on her cessful thing we’ve ever done,” that falls over the room knuckles” who knows every word to “Born to Run.” Barham says of Wolves. “But putwhen Barham plays by “That was one of the first songs I wrote about my wife!” Barting that out hasn’t changed the himself. ham told Connect. “She lived in Jacksonville, and I lived in Raleigh. trajectory of this band.”

“When we do acoustic When we first started dating, Savannah and Charleston were a “I’m so excited to get back to tours, it’s literally just me halfway point.”

Savannah,” he adds with an audiand an acoustic guitar,” “So ‘Savannah Almost Killed Me’ is about a random Wednesday, ble grin. “The Jinx is one of my Barham explains.

Thursday night. We met up in Savannah, came to The Jinx, and favorite bars in the country.” CS “Folks that come out The Jinx boys took way too good of care of us,” he chuckles. “We to these shows, they want stumbled across the square, back to the hotel—the song is a roman- BJ Barham, Everymen to hear the stories behind ticized version about that time together.”

When: Wednesday, July 8, 10 p.m. the songs—they want to Where: The Jinx 20 hear their favorite songs in Cost: $8 by anna chandler

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They’re named after everyone’s favorite nature preserve, and can sonically instill the same sparkling kind of inner peace as their namesake. That’s right: progressive folk troupe Little Tybee is back, and we are glad to have them!

Lucky for Savannah, our Atlantan neighbors come through once or twice a year; if you haven’t seen them before, get ready for a riveting performance—vocalist/pianist/ guitarist Brock Scott, bassist Ryan Donald, drummer Pat Brooks, eight-string electric guitarist Josh Martin, violinist Nirvana Kelly, and keyboardist Chris Case are all musicians of incredible technical finesse.

When they write together, those abilities meld into an ethereal sound that merge folk, jazz, world, and psychedelic influences. Their latest, For Distant Viewing, was released in 2013; the band is currently working on their fourth LP. Little Tybee plays our neck of the woods twice this week: first at Tybee Island Social Club, then downtown at Hang Fire. If you haven’t had the chance to catch the band before, bone up before the show: tune into our top picks off of their full-length releases.

Little Tybee head back to SAV for two shows.

on Spotify, it may be best heard with its accompanying music video. Shot during a three-day sailing trip from Savannah to Charleston, the gentle hammerings of piano are made all the more serene by visuals of “Passion lapping waves and the sun slipping into the Seekers” “Hearing Blue” growing dark.

(Humorous to (For Distant It’s fun to listen to the incredibly lush Bees) Viewing) and textural For Distant Viewing and trace The thing about There’s a certain the steps back to the relative bareness of Little Tybee is, it kind of timeless “I Wonder What House the Fish Will almost shouldn’t summer nostalgia Live In”—piano and vocals drive the thing, work. Each perabout “Passion with strings and ambient instrumentation former embodies Seekers” that makes it one to return to over creeping in like the tide in the song’s final their own world, carrying their own leads and over again. Some of its vibes evoke vin- moments, creating the most subtle and that are as captivating as they are technitage Hawaiian tunes (you know, the gems at understated of climaxes. cal—yet somehow, it all comes together into the bottom of the thrift store bin) with playTurn it on when you’re stressed out at a cohesive and remarkably tranquil manner. ful piano stutterings and vocal play, chimes work and slip away. CS “Hearing Blue” is an excellent example of the tiptoeing beneath Eisley-esque harmonies. band’s abilities to blend, hold back, and play Lyrically, it’s a dreamy ode to being seaLittle Tybee off of one another. side, bathed in sunlight and moonlight. Roll When: Monday, July 6, 8:30 p.m.

Syncopated handclaps open this cut off of down the windows and soak it all in.

Where: Tybee Island Social Flub 2013’s For Distant Viewing. As drums speak Cost: Free up and watery guitar trickles in, the hand“I Wonder What House claps grow, and bright-spirited strings send Little Tybee, Triathalon, Curbdogs the Fish the song soaring.

When: Tuesday, July 7, 10 p.m.

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Celebrate one of the most American sounds of all with a good dose of rockabilly music! Crazy Man Crazy breaks out stellar originals and good-timin’ classics guaranteed to get you and yours on the dance floor.

Saturday, July 4, 10 p.m., donations The Get Right Band

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Independence Day calls for celebration!

Between chowing down on hot dogs and fighting over the last bomb pop, head downtown or toward Tybee to scope out the local and touring talent.

Fireworks on the river?

Yes, please! Enjoy the view with a cold beverage in hand, then stroll Savannah’s historic streets for some live entertainment.

Sarah Poole

The Get Right Band @Congress Street Social Club

Fusing funk, reggae, soul, and good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll, the party starts the minute The Get Right Band hits the stage. If you’re looking to get out and dance on the eve of Independence Day, head to Social.

Friday, July 3, 10 p.m., free Donna Hopkins

Donna Hopkins @The Shrimp Factory

The Rail “side yard” has become one of the best places to hear music outdoors in the downtown area—and what’s a 4th of July weekend spent indoors? Savannah songstress Sarah Poole pairs acoustic guitar and brightly warm vocals to make her own blend of folk-pop.

As a kid, Alabamian Donna Hopkins would sneak out to the MGM Grand in Muscle Shoals to jam with members Aretha Franklin’s band. Her musical upbringing shows—the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer plays a nasty kind of mudslingin’ electric guitar, bluesy with a healthy heap of twang thrown on it. Paired with a soulful voice unflinchingly belting out songs of American struggle, Hopkins is not one to miss.

Friday, July 3, 6 p.m

Saturday, July 4, 6 p.m., free

Sarah Poole @The Rail

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Savannah Songwriters Series @Johnny Harris Restaurant

Jan Spillane, Dakota Woods, and Pete Love, and Ben Wells are the trifecta of talent on this month’s Savannah Songwriters Series (SSS) bill.

Savannah native Spillane has been performing since the age of 16, favoring jazz, folk, country, and blues influences.

Sunday marks Woods’ first-ever Savannah Songwriters Series performance. The 21-year-old self-taught guitarist previously played lead guitar in Savannah band Exit 76; look forward to hearing his gospel and country roots in this intimate performance.

An in-demand guitarist capable of playing a variety of genres, Love performs his own songs around town with bassist Dobby Simmons; true to SSS tradition, he’ll play solo for the evening.

A math teacher by day, Wells has performed alongside many musicians and bands (including Love and Spillane); he’s been writing his own material for two years.

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Sunday, July 5, 6 p.m., free

United We Strip @Ampersand

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Stand up and salute Ampersand’s firstever burlesque variety show!

Repping the Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue, the show features Erin GO Brahless, Sadie DeSade, and Jack N ThaCox. Guest performers include Dax ExclamationPoint, with Ford Fatale acting as Mistress of Ceremonies.

Of course it’s fun to watch, but the performers are ready to make the audience a part of the spectacle, too, with interactive games and prizes. Head to the second floor of the corner bar and get ready to celebrate freedom from the confines of apparel.

Anni Piper @The Wormhole

Keep the party going into the week down at The Wormhole with Anni Piper. “Australia’s First Lady of Blues” recently moved to Cocoa Beach, Florida; back home, she picked up bass at the age of 14, going on to study the craft at Southern Cross University and take home a “Best New Talent” award at the 2005 Australian Blues Music Awards for 2004’s Jailbait.

Since then, she’s consistently released house rocker records that highlight her bass talents as well as those of her tight band—organ strains and salty guitar licks pull the flavor out of her bass and let Piper stand front and center.

Piper brings her full band along for a rollicking time; her incredible skill paired with her robust vocals will make for an unforgettable Tuesday.

Saturday, July 4, doors at 10 p.m., show at 11 p.m., $5

Tybee Time!

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Tuesday, July 7, 10 p.m., $5

Not ready to leave the Tybee Time zone after a day in the sand? Don’t blame you. Turn a beach day into an evening with a myriad of musical offerings dotting the road back to the mainland.

After Hours Band @Nickies 1971 Bar and Grill

If you’re looking for rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, and soul, you’re headed to the right place: the After Hours Band kicks out three decades of hits spanning the ‘50s to the ‘70s.

Saturday, July 4, 9 p.m.

American Hologram @Doc’s Bar

Slip into the cozy Tybrisa Street dive (the Pinkie’s of Tybee, if you will) for a salute to songwriting tradition. In addition to originals from their LP Same Blue Sky, the Americana trio offers unique takes on Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, and other great American songwriters.

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Nurture//Nature: Like a blowtorch to an apple

Sulfur Studios group show highlights environmental and natural themes, from GMOs to wasps

By Lauren Flotte artrisesavannah.org

JULY 1-7, 2015

“THAT feeling you get when you’re in nature and you’re very relaxed and you just feel very comfortable being out in the woods or on the beach,” muses Emily Earl, describing a piece of artwork from the upcoming exhibition at Sulfur Studios, “Nurture//Nature.”

Earl and her fellow Sulfur Studios proprietors, Jennifer Moss and Alexis Javier Perez, have curated an exhibition of 45 local and national works of art exploring nature and its connection to humanity.

“We were really looking for things that talked to the relationship of the individual or society or the built environment, in some way the relationship of the natural world and the human environment,” says Moss.

The diverse works—paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, collage, mixed media, prints, jewelry and video—were amassed through a call for entries, answered by 47 artists in 17 states. The final selection includes 28 artists, about half local and half from outside the Savannah area.

The prospectus was inspired by Moss noticing the prevalence of artist statements citing nature as either subject or impetus for creation.

“People are really inspired by nature, but when they say that, it means very different things to lots of different people,” Moss says.

Moss says, with “Nurture//Nature” “we can see what this cross section is.”

“We almost are putting together two exhibitions with the work that came in.

There is a group of work that is all kind of bright and colorful. It’s a little bit more straightforward of a comment from several people and with an environmental theme on some of them,” Moss says.

These works will be displayed in the front lobby space at Sulfur Studios and accounts for about a quarter to a third of the works.

“A lot of the other work we got is a little more contemplative, a little more abstract.

Seems a little bit more about the individual’s response to the natural world rather than them trying to make a statement that fits everyone,” says Moss.

Within these two bodies, the exhibition 28 dissects reactions to nature. Artist Corey

Rebecca Boyce, “Rise” An entrancing 5-minute video of an apple being disintegrated by a blowtorch created George Bedell, “Swan Nkisi.”

by Rachel Yurgovich focuses on human consumption and consumerism using historical allegories, but also questions the nature and work we had a sense of texture,” says Perez. purpose of objects.

This texture showcases the structured Nurture refers to the human element chaos in nature and highlights the conpresent in the show but also outlines the trast and convergence of the natural and exhibition’s larger intent, revealed in the title man-made. by flipping of the usual order, nature and Pittsburgh jewelry artist, Anya Weitzman nurture, to “Nurture//Nature.” plays with this contrast, designing her jew“By exploring all these things with nature elry in geometric shapes using post-induswe’re really nurturing the idea of what we trial materials like concrete alongside natural can do to bring nature forward or pay attencrystals. tion to what we mean by nature,” says Moss.

There is tension throughout the pieces The exhibition also nurtures Savannah’s emanating from the play of the natural art community, bringing in works from and artificial, which, as Moss articulates, is across the country that would have never innate in works of this subject matter. reached audiences here otherwise. This gives Houlihan makes a statement concerning “Anytime you start to make art about life to the vision of Sulfur Studios, a space GMOs with bold imagery of an earthen car- nature, you’re making it artificial by taking it offering artist studios, as well as community rot turning into a syringe. through your own creative process and disand gallery space.

There are more ephemeral, reflective playing in whatever way you chose, whether “Part of the goal and mission overall at works like “The Taxonomy of Air,” where its personal to you or you are trying to make Sulfur is trying to become this hub of creartist Susan D’Amato pins tiny rice paper a statement,” she says. ative activity for Savannah. We really want drawings in large 5 foot by 5 foot grid.

The openness of both the terms nurto be here for Savannah’s artists but we also The pieces flutter in the breeze of human ture and nature allow works to diverge and want to try to bring the outside in,” says motion. collide.

Moss. cs Local artist Veronica Cabrera offers a “There’s nature you can think of as conceptual meditation on the built enviMother Nature and the environment, but Nurture//Nature ronment’s encroachment on the natural there’s also the idea of my nature or the Where: Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street world, presenting a wasp’s nest merging into nature of an object, the word nature also When: July 2-7, opening reception Friday July 3 6-9pm concrete. meaning what is essential about something,” as part of the First Friday Art March “From the prints to the three dimensional says Moss Info: sulfurstudios@gmail.com

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a self-taught photographer from Denver, Colorado. He’s inspired by his involvement in the underground hardcore punk rock scene, and his love for fashion. Reception July 17, 6-8 pm. July 1-Aug. 3. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

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Britain’s most beloved photographers takes us on a color-saturated journey through a place loved by all, the seaside. Martin Parr has been photographing this subject for many decades, creating images that range from close-ups of sunbathers to rambunctious Savannah Memories: Paintings by Tori swimmers caught mid-plunge. InAnderson — Using soft, impressiontrigued by the general absurdities istic brushwork, Tori Anderson’s and local quirks of beach-going, paintings reflect the dramatic play Parr has photographed beaches of light within Savannah’s natural Work by Tori Anderson is at the Grand Bohemian Gallery across the world. This exhibition surroundings. free and open to the inside Mansion on Forsyth; reception this Friday presents photos of beachgoers on public Opening reception July 3, far-flung shores, including Argen5:30-9pm. The Grand Bohemian tina, Brazil, China, Spain, Italy, Latvia, JaGallery, 700 Drayton St. Come As You Are: Art of the 1990s — This pan, the United States, Mexico, Thailand, unique exhibition, titled after the 1992 and, of course, the artist’s native England.

Nurture//Nature — Emily Earl and her Nirvana song, showcases 65 works from General museum admission. Jepson Center fellow Sulfur Studios proprietors, Jennifer Moss and Alexis Javier Perez, have curated paintings, drawings, sculptures, and instal- for the Arts, 207 West York St. an exhibition of 45 local and national works lations to photographs, prints, videos, and digital art. Covering a range of social issues Michael Banks — Folk artist Michael Banks of art exploring nature and its connection and geopolitical milestones, the show is a young artist from Alabama whose art to humanity. July 2-7, opening reception centers around three principal themes: has been collected by George Clooney, Friday July 3 6-9pm as part of the First multiculturalism and the “identity politics” Martha Stewart and Tim Burton. He uses Friday Art March, Sulfur Studios, 2301 debates, the digital revolution, and globalsalvaged boards for his work and uses Bull Street ization. Jepson Center, 207 West York St. acrylic, enamel, turpentine and tar. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Continuing Exhibits dream boy — An accumulation of multimedia work including photography, video, The Paintings of Anne Taylor Nash — Anne Taylor 56 — “56” by Kimberly Reed is an exhibiinstallation and sound, this solo exhibition Nash (1884–1968) did not begin painttion of 56 small oil paintings for $56 endeavors to materialize and interpret the ing until she was forty years old, when she each. Through Aug. 1. The Butcher Tattoo fantasy of the internet, media, and digital became inspired by the example of her Studio, 19 East Bay St. communication. ‘dream boy’ embodies close friend Elizabeth O’Neill Verner, an post-human theories of self-actualization artist and a key figure in the Charleston Anna Fox Ryan: Stealth Light — New oil paintthrough the digital mirror, specifically Renaissance. General museum admission. ings on view by Anna Fox Ryan, a Philathrough communication with boys and Through July 12. Telfair Academy of Arts delphia based artist who also practices the search for self-acceptance and love. and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. Shamanic Healing. This series is inspired Through July 7. Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522

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Serge Alain Nitegeka created specifically Exaggeration and simplicity converge to for the museum’s Pamela Elaine Poetter Art and Poetry — Clara Agüero Ortiz’s coldescribe the folk artist as he deals with Gallery during deFINE Art 2015. Conceived laborative exhibition features illustrations family, God and the human condition. as a performance sculpture, the work conthat showcase royalty, nobility, family, and Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. fronts the viewer with a tall, labyrinthine poetry. City of Savannah Department of assemblage of black-lacquered wooden Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. Harriet Speer and John Forbes — Harriet’s work beams and invites them to choreograph includes dreamy watercolors of Savannah their own passage. SCAD Museum of Art, The Art of Diplomacy: Winston Churchill and the scenes and florals all with a French influ601 Turner Blvd.

Pursuit of Painting — The landmark exhibition, ence by happenstance. John Forbes a.k.a. organized by Millennium Gate Museum, Jean de Charent has painted delightful ThincART: Thomas Mitz — This exhibition is the first of its kind in the United States vignettes also with a French twist and wit. will display a range of works by Thomas since 1965 and features paintings by Sir Through Aug. 31. St. Paul’s Episcopal Mitz, from large oil paintings, to personal Winston Churchill, as well as photographs, Church, 34th & Abercorn Sts. portraits and charcoal studies, showcasletters, and personal belongings on loan ing Mitz’s vast artistic skill set and artistic from members of his family. The paintings The Highwaymen — The exhibit features process. Much of the work explores cultural depict landscapes, family vacation spots, several well known black artists known as figures and objects found in New York friends’ estates, gardens, seascapes, and The Highwaymen. A total of 26 artists, one City, where Mitz lived for several decades. still life interiors. The Art of Diplomacy exwoman and twenty-five men, traveled the Through July 23. thincsavannah.com. plores the relationship between Churchill’s highways of Florida from the early 1960s to ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard St. Suite 300. strategic decision-making and his evolving the early 1990s selling oil paintings from practice as an artist. Jepson Center for the the trunks of cars. Beach Institute, 502 E. 9Arts, 207 West York St. Harris St.

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KEEPING an eye out for new eateries is a pleasurable part of my job, and when the Chinese buffet in Chatham Plaza (across from the Oglethorpe Mall) closed its doors, I had a feeling it wouldn’t be long before such a prime spot was filled.

Taking a late night walk I saw a thin plastic banner bouncing in the early spring breeze, and sure enough, that was the first sign that The Boiling Seafood was gearing up to open.

OK, so the name sounded a tad awkward, but at least you knew for sure what they would be serving! The concept is simple.

An array of fresh seafood, boiled quick in tongue-tingling spices, served up fast. Tin buckets at the table to catch your shells and tails, paper on the tables.

Johnny Zhang, a native of Fujian province in China, worked his way through many restaurants in his early years here, learning the trade from the ground up. Fujian sits on the southern coast of China, nestled by warm Pacific waters that give up a host of goodeatin’ year round. Any Fujian kid can tell you that good seafood is just part of a good life!

Eventually, Johnny dreamed of owning his own place, here in the Golden Mountain land, and he and his wife Ivy decided to leave the Chinese buffets and take-outs behind and concentrate on what they knew best: the glorious goodness that comes from the sea.

“I lived in California and saw how popular these places are. I like the look of them, but wanted to expand on it a little further, give it my own touch.” Johnny says.

When I ask about the web of graffiti covering the yellow pine walls, he laughs, “They do this at the California places and I like it, so I kept that. People love it when you hand them a marker and tell them to sign their names and comments!”

Just ask the servers, who have multiple colors in their pockets—which I did, of course! Who can resist writing on a wall— and with the boss-man’s go-ahead no less?

Not me!

I even penned my comment in Chinese and signed my Chinese name 赵雪柔 (Zhao XueRou)—had to climb a little to

Johnny and Ivy Zhang, owners find a blank space, but what the heck!

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All boiled seafood comes served in a heavy, clear plastic bag with a Styrofoam plate. Prices are a bit changeable as they are set at current market price.

Word of warning for the squeamish—the boiled shrimp come with the heads on. This seems to be a slippery point for some folks, so I mention it up front.

Open the bag, pop off the heads easily and toss’em in the bucket on the table—and this comes from a girl who covers her ears when she has to step on a bug—ewwww, that crunch!—if I can handle it, so can you!

Any New Orleans chef or Chinese cook can tell you that the reason the heads are left on is that they contain a red fat that is highly favorable and makes the shrimp taste better.

Fried seafood is also offered, on Their signature Lemon Pepper Wings! the flip side of the menu, and I was thoroughly impressed by the delicate, on the half shell by dozen or half-dozen golden crispiness of each item.

—you can’t get much better than that with The fried wings with lemon pepper seayour cold beer! No desserts yet, but you may soning blew me away—I have never tasted not have room for ‘em anyway! any as good.

Seafood comes in one-pound increments Steamed bags include two red potatoes and fried food arrives in simple baskets and one corn (especially good when saturated in that Ragin’ Cajun spice!) and Low- with one side. There are no combos except country Boil aficionados can get sausage on the small or large Steamed Seafood Platter which contains snow crab legs, shrimp, oysthe side as well. Extra corn or potatoes are ters, mussels, clams and crawfish, along with cheap, so go for it if you want.

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TED 2

OOO As a huge fan of 2012’s Ted, the box office smash that found writer-director Seth MacFarlane lending his voice to a talking teddy bear, let me just say that the prospect of a sequel excited me more before the release of MacFarlane’s 2014 bomb A Million Ways to Die in the West, a comedy so relentlessly unfunny that it seemed possible the antagonistic auteur would be exposed as a cinematic one-hit wonder.

Happily, MacFarlane largely bounces back with Ted 2, which may not match its predecessor but does contain enough of a comic kick to make it a worthwhile diversion. In this outing, Ted and fellow grocery store cashier Tami-Lynn ( Jessica Barth) get married even as Ted’s best bud John (Mark Wahlberg) is still smarting over his divorce from Lori (in other words, Ted co-star Mila Kunis is MIA). But John stirs himself to action when it turns out that the US

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Together, the pair seek legal aid, finally acquiring the services of Samantha (Amanda Seyfried), a pot-smoking junior attorney whose intelligence regarding the law is matched only by her ignorance of film and television references (she’s never heard of Clubber Lang or Gollum and confuses Star Wars with Star Trek).

The charm of Ted is that it never took itself too seriously; the problem with Ted 2 is that it does. As Ted fights for his rights, MacFarlane turns up the drama, seeking by any means necessary—even acquiring the services of Morgan Freeman to play a civil-rights lawyer—to compare Ted’s plight with that of other persecuted groups in this country, such as blacks and gays. But it’s hard to take such grandstanding seriously in a movie that also finds time to have John get accidentally covered from head to toe in

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Ted 2 also suffers from a touch of sequelitis, as MacFarlane lazily brings back the first picture’s nutty Donny (Giovanni Ribisi) to provide some late-inning menace.

Still, what counts most in a comedy is the laugh ratio, and Ted 2 comes out blazing and rarely runs out of ammo. Ted and John are as likably lunk-headed as ever, Seyfried’s Samantha matches up nicely with the guys, and at least two of the cameo appearances really deliver. Plus, any movie that stages its climactic set-piece at Comic Con clearly has its furry finger on the pop-culture zeitgeist.

INSIDE OUT

OOOO In the immortal words of the great Mark Twain, reports of Pixar’s death have been greatly exaggerated.

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Certainly, Monsters University, Brave and even the critically hammered Cars 2 all have their fans (with Brave even winning the Best Animated Feature Oscar), but none enjoyed the hosannas that greeted the majority of past Pixar pics, most notably during the incredible four-year stretch that produced in rapid succession the powerhouse quartet of Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up and Toy Story 3.

Inside Out is a glorious return to form for the outfit, as it demonstrates that few filmmakers in Hollywood today can match the Pixar brain trust when it comes to creating motion pictures that offer an irresistible mix of imagination, intelligence and emotion.

Inside Out relates the story of an 11-yearold girl named Riley (voiced by Kaitlyn Dias). More accurately, it relates the story of what’s inside Riley—specifically, core emotions that have been with her since birth.

First and foremost, there’s Joy (Amy Poehler), the “control room” leader and the one responsible for trying to make Riley enjoy every moment of her life. That’s a tall order, considering the other emotions are all vying for prime-time programming.

There’s Anger (Lewis Black), there’s Fear (Bill Hader) and there’s Disgust (Mindy Kaling). And then there’s Sadness (Phyllis Smith), the emotion that Joy is perpetually attempting to most keep at bay.

Yet once Riley moves from her cherished childhood home in Minnesota to a ramshackle abode in San Francisco—a move dictated by her dad’s efforts to get his startup business off the ground—it’s hard for Joy to keep Sadness from not only affecting Riley’s current mood but also infecting the shimmery orbs that house her most precious memories.

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An accident results in Joy and Sadness being ejected from the control center, and it’s at this point that the movie really takes off, both visually and philosophically. Riley’s at a crucial, critical age for any young person, waving goodbye to childhood innocence and about to undergo changes that will make her feel like a stranger both in her own body and in a world that suddenly seems a lot more complicated.

Certainly, a kid needs all available emotions to navigate such murky waters, and the beauty of Inside Out is how it allows Sadness to basically be the equivalent of both the outcast nobody wants to be around as well as the friend everybody wants by their side in a pinch.

All of this is conveyed in a series of adventures that find Joy and Sadness—sometimes accompanied by Riley’s long-forgotten imaginary friend Bing Bong (Richard Kind)— traversing a landscape that includes abstract thoughts, horrific nightmares and a garbage dump of discarded memories.

These excursions, which easily top those taken through Tomorrowland and Jurassic World, result in some of the most potent set-pieces in the Pixar canon, with select bits even invoking the spirit of the gems Hayao Miyazaki made for Studio Ghibli.

As expected with an A-list Pixar piece, there’s plenty of humor to go along with the heart, particularly in the peeks inside the control rooms of Riley’s mom (Diane Lane), dad (Kyle MacLachlan) and the hysterical twofer seen at film’s end. There are also the expected gags engineered to please the parents even more so than the children, with a few threatening to raise the bar for future animated endeavors.

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OO “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” This 19th century adage, often credited to Ralph Waldo Emerson, has been modified by Steven Spielberg and co. to read, “Build a better Jurassic Park, and the world will beat a path to the box office.”

Certainly, Jurassic World will emerge as one of the summer season’s top grossers, but is it really better than the 1993 blockbuster helmed by Spielberg in the same calendar year that also saw him tackling Schindler’s List? Of course not, though it’s easily an improvement over the two sorry sequels that followed in 1997 (The Lost World: Jurassic Park) and 2001 (Jurassic Park III).

Spielberg, who directed the first two installments, turned the reins over to Joe 34 Johnston for the third chapter, content to

serve only as an executive producer. He does the same on Jurassic World, taking a back seat while allowing indie filmmaker Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) the opportunity to lord over a billion-dollar franchise.

Trevorrow doesn’t flub the assignment— the film is generally well-paced and contains a handful of satisfying set-pieces—but neither does he imprint it with anything resembling a personal touch. The original Jurassic Park looked, felt and moved like a Steven Spielberg joint; conversely, Jurassic World seems like it could have been made by any Tom, Dick or Colin.

Chris Pratt is Owen, who works at Jurassic World as a combo dinosaur wrangler and velociraptor whisperer. Like his filmic forefathers Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum, he’s not sure man should be messing around with nature—in this case, creating a new and improved dinosaur meant to be bigger and bolder than anything that’s ever walked the earth.

Having learned nothing from the lessons imparted via the aborted Jurassic Park— namely, that out-of-control dinosaurs love to snack on humans—the scientists, capitalists and paleontologist powers-that-be overseeing Jurassic World ignore all modes of common sense and soon find their baby, the so-called Indominus Rex (Darth Indominus to its friends), wreaking havoc all over the themed island.

Other dinosaurs also manage to break free, and soon there are fatalities galore.

Pratt’s role is thinly written, but the actor invests the character with enough personality to make him an affable hero. Other nicely modulated performances turn up in the supporting ranks, including Irrfan Khan as the JW CEO, Jake Johnson as a talkative techie and The Intouchables’ Omar Sy as Pratt’s best friend and colleague.

Other actors, though, are defeated by the shrillness of their roles. Bryce Dallas Howard, as park operations manager Claire, has to remain in ninny mode for far too long a period, only coming into her own toward the end.

As young brothers Zach and Gray, visiting their Aunt Claire and becoming subject to the most dino-destruction, Nick Robinson and Ty Simpkins are required to play perpetually irksome kids, the sort of brats you wish will eventually be used by some immoral adult as a bite-size distraction for the rampaging beasts.

And the fine actor Vincent D’Onofrio, who first made his mark as a military grunt in Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 Full Metal Jacket, here engages in Full Metal Raptor, playing a

gung-ho security head who wants to train dinosaurs to serve as soldiers in overseas combat situations. Yes, it’s as ridiculous as it sounds, and D’Onofrio’s part requires him mainly to act pompous and spout nonsensical dialogue.

But let’s face it: Audiences are coming to see dinosaurs, not people, and in that respect, the film delivers the goods a decent amount of the time. The lovingly crafted critters seen in the ’93 model have naturally given way to CGI counterparts, but for the most part, the effects work proves to be potent, with enough bravura sequences (the aquatic mosasaurus maneuvers, the pterodactyl attack) to satiate the faithful.

SPY

OOO Here’s the extraordinary thing about Spy, the latest comedy from director and hitmaker Paul Feig: it somehow manages to feel like both a star vehicle and an ensemble piece.

At its center is Melissa McCarthy, who’s been memorable when part of a large cast (Bridesmaids, St. Vincent) or even in a costarring role (The Heat) but whose chances at a headlining career took a hit with last summer’s dismal Tammy. But Feig, who guided the actress to an Oscar nomination for Bridesmaids and also helmed The Heat, clearly knows how to best employ her talents, and with Spy, a picture he not only directed but also wrote, he offers her what’s basically a cinematic love letter.

McCarthy plays Susan Cooper, a CIA agent who’s content confined to desk duty, serving as the miked-up voice in the ear of agent extraordinaire Bradley Fine ( Jude Law). But when Fine is put out of commission by a femme fatale named Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne, another Bridesmaids alumna), Susan volunteers to go out into the field.

Her boss (Allison Janney) informs her that she’s only to observe and report, but Susan instead finds herself immersed in deep-cover espionage, mixing it up with Rayna while also contending with Rick Ford ( Jason Statham), a rogue CIA agent who firmly believes that Susan will hopelessly screw up the mission.

The plot is fairly standard spy-spoof material, but Feig has taken great care to provide his star with an arsenal of comedic opportunities. McCarthy never once lets him down: Her Susan Cooper is wholly sympathetic, but that vulnerability (rarely seen in the actress’ roles before) never interferes with her ability to deliver precisiontimed laughs.

Many of these gags are at her expense, but they’re never mean-spirited, and, perhaps most pleasingly, they don’t revolve around her weight (the fat jokes are mercifully MIA) but rather the impressions that others make about her. It’s here where the rest of the cast comes in and makes Spy far more than a one-woman show.

Without fail, all of the performers beautifully play off McCarthy and her often hapless, often heroic character, particularly Byrne, who’s wonderful as a cool crime queen both amused and annoyed by Susan’s shenanigans, and Statham, absolutely hysterical as a macho agent more skilled in braggadocio than in anything else.

Yet the depth chart extends beyond just the marquee names, with Miranda Hart endearing as Susan’s equally awkward friend and co-worker Nancy and Peter Serafinowicz ceaselessly amusing as the randy Italian agent Aldo.

Whether Spy holds up to repeat viewings (as does Feig’s Bridesmaids) is unknown, although the incessant audience laughter at the advance screening drowned out so many quips that a second viewing will at least feel like it’s offering some new material. But even if this is a one-and-done deal, that virginal viewing provides a great time at the movies.

SAN ANDREAS

OO San Andreas, which basically pits The Rock against tons of rocks, offers the common theme of personal problems set against a massive backdrop. And while Bogart’s Rick Blaine in Casablanca opined that “it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world,” in the disaster genre, the problems of the little people are paramount.

In the case of San Andreas, the three would be Ray (Dwayne Johnson), an LAbased search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, his wife Emma (Carla Gugino), whose inability to crack her husband’s defenses following a past tragedy has left her no choice but to file for divorce, and their daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario), whose inner decency matches her outward beauty. cs Hanging around another part of the plot is Lawrence Hayes (Paul Giamatti, lending necessary gravitas), a Caltech seismologist whose own research has revealed that a gargantuan earthquake is set to hit California, with most of the damage occurring in San Francisco. Sure enough, disaster wallops the West Coast, and it’s up to Ray to rescue first his wife and then his daughter, the latter off spending the day with her mom’s new boyfriend Daniel Riddick (Ioan Gruffudd).

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Activism & Politics

Drinking Liberally

Every first and third Thursdays, 7:00 p.m.

A gathering of Liberals for an informal discussion of politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, and the world around us. Free to attend. Food and beverages available for purchase. Free first Thursday of every month, 7 p.m. (912) 341-7427. livingliberally.org/drinking/chapters/GA/ savannah. Tondee's Tavern, 7 E. Bay Street.

Savannah Area Young Republicans

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

Savannah Libertarians

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

Savannah Tea Party

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

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

Tubby's Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Young Democrats

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

Cal for Entries! Fiber and Ceramic Works

Functional Creations is an exhibition seeking submissions from fiber and ceramic artists. Works should fit the theme of being "functional" works of art. What's deemed functional? Let your creativity flow and tell me how your work of art is a functional creation! Submissions must be fiber or ceramic works that fit the theme of the exhibition. Please send high-resolution photographs to Hillary Eustis at functionalcreations@gmail.com by Sunday July 10th at 11:59pm EST, along with title and dimensions of the work, and explanation of how your piece fits the theme, and a short artist statement. (Unlimited submissions per artist are welcome.) Through July 10. 831-673-0439. functionalcreations@gmail.com. https://facebook.com/ events/1634642123440103/. sulfurstudios. org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street.

Call for Applications to Citizens Academy

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Registration is now open for the next semester of the City of Savannah Citizens Academy, an eight-session program intended to immerse residents into the workings of their city government. The Academy gives residents a detailed overview of City services and policies and in36 cludes on-site visits, presentations by key

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.

City officials, and other hands-on activities.

It's designed to increase awareness on how Savannah's government works. The application deadline is July 17. Interested citizens must be willing to commit to attend twice-a-week classes, which generally run 6-8pm, beginning July 28 through August 20. A maximum of 25 students will be accepted for the 2015 Academy, which will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. $5 entrance fee Through July 17. savannahga. gov/citizensacademy.

tive arts, cultural, or heritage projects or presentations that have a measurable, quantifiable benefit to Savannah’s diverse populations. The Weave-A-Dream committee seeks proposals that actively involve youth, seniors, and those who have limited access to arts based programs in Savannah. Programs engaging participates ranging from 6 -11 graders with disciplines of production, animation, photography desktop publishing, CAD, metalworking and carpentry are of particular interest to Call for Art Instructors for Fall 2015 and Winter Weave-A-Dream. While other programs 2016 such as performing, visual, media, theater, The Department of Cultural Affairs is seek- folk, design (architecture), or literary arts ing applications from artist/instructors are also encouraged to apply. To be eligible to teach classes during the fall 2015 and for consideration, an organization must be winter 2016 sessions. Beginning, advanced, a non-profit, 501c3, head-quartered in Saadult and youth classes and workshops in vannah’s corporate limits. Proposed prothe mediums of jewelry, ceramics, printgrams must also be produced within the making, drawing, painting, metals, fused City’s corporate limits. No individual artist glass, stained glass, glass beading and applications will be accepted. Through fibers will be considered. Day and evening Aug. 2. 912-651-5988 ext. 8969. rbrown02@ class proposals can range from one-day savannahga.gov. savannahga.gov/arts. workshops to six week courses. Interested City of Savannah Department of Cultural individuals should submit an applicaAffairs, 9 West Henry St. Call for Speakers for Geekend 2015 tion and a proposal to include: a resume; The theme of Creative Coast's Geekend description of proposed class; and up to 2015 is Growth. All entrepreneurs, develfive portfolio images (in digital format).

Previous experience in art instruction is re- opers, marketers, social media mavericks, technology enthusiasts, designers and quired. Applications are available at www. other creatives are encouraged to apply to savannahga.gov/arts. The deadline for applications is July 17 at 5 p.m. Visual Arts speak now. Geekend is looking for compelapplications should be submitted to Debra ling cutting-edge content that is actionable and touches upon any one or several of Zumstein, Arts Programs Coordinator, at dzumstein@savannahga.gov. Through July the following topics: Design, Development, 17. 912-651-6783. City of Savannah Depart- Mobile, Social Media, Marketing, Growth Hacking, Access to Capital, Sales, Management of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. Call for Artists for 2016 Exhibitions ment. The festival will take place October The City of Savannah's Department of 15-17. Through Oct. 15. 912-447-8457.

Cultural Affairs is now accepting exhibition geek-end.com/speakers/apply. thecreproposals at the Cultural Arts Gallery for ativecoast.org. Creative Coast, 415 W. the 2016 calendar year. The 1,700 square Boundary St. City of Savannah TV Show Seeks Entries foot community gallery serves the SavanThe City of Savannah's TV station, SGTV, nah area with exhibitions and educational seeks profiles, documentaries, animations, programming that strengthen awareness and stimulate dialogue through artistic ex- original music videos, histories or other original works by or about the citizens of pression. In conjunction with each exhibition, artists are encouraged to develop and Savannah to run on "Engage," a television present a learning opportunity to the public show produced by the city. No compensation. SGTV offers an opportunity to expose such as a workshop, lecture or demonlocal works to over 55,000 households in stration. All mediums will be considered Chatham County. Submit proposals via for a non-degree seeking solo or group exhibitions, including video and installation website. Saturdays.. savannahga.gov/engagesgtv. pieces. Proposals should be professionDowntown Delilahs Auditions ally presented and should include a cover Looking for dancers for the August show. letter; a resume; an artist statement; a Rehearsals begin July 5. Experience apprevious exhibition record; 10-12 digital preciated but not required. Please call 912images of the work to be considered; and 272-7601 to set up your audition. Through a self-addressed stamped envelope if the July 5. Downtown Savannah, downtown. proposal needs to be returned. Through Gallery Seeks Local Artists Sep. 11. 912-651-6783. savannahga.gov/ Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street, seeks 2-D arts. City of Savannah Department of Culand 3-D artists to join its cooperative galtural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. Call for Proposals for 2015 Weave-a-Dream lery. Must be a full-time resident of SavanThe City of Savannah's Weave-a-Dream nah or nearby area. Work to be considered Panel has issued a call for proposals for its includes painting, photography, mixed me2015 cultural and arts projects initiative. dia, sculpture, glass, ceramics and wood.

Applications will be accepted through the Submit 5-10 images of work, resume/CV calendar year, while funds are available. and bio to info@kobogallery.com. Mondays.

Programs are to be completed prior to Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street ,.

Homeschool Music Classes October 1, 2015. Project funding is availMusic classes for homeschool students able up to $2,000 for specific and innova-

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

Oatland Island Seeks Memories and Recollections for 40th Anniversary

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

Benefits

Chatham County Animal Control Seeks Donations of Items

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

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

Sponsorships begin at $350. Help keep food fresh and local. Tuesdays.. kristen@ forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket. com/. Forsyth Farmers' Market, 501 Whitaker St., South End of Forysth Park. $5 Bikram Yoga Class to Benefit Local Charities

Bikram Yoga Savannah offers a weekly Karma class to raise money for local charities. Thursdays during the 6:30pm class. Pay $5 for class and proceeds are donated to a different charity each month.

This is a regular Bikram Yoga class. ongoing. 912.356.8280. bikramyogasavannah. com.

SCMPD Animal Control seeks Volunteers

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

Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walkins are welcome. Volunteers must be at least 17-years-old. ongoing. (912) 5252151. jlewis01@savannahga.gov.

Shoes to Trees Program

Help with West Broad Street YMCA with the Shoes to Trees program. Help the MORE Foundation send millions of tree seeds to offset carbon and help Y’s overseas support themselves. Funding for this life-changing program comes from used athletic shoes donated by members, volunteers, donors, community partners, and more. Every donated pair sends 10 tree seeds to a Y overseas. Every pair removes one ton of carbon from the atmosphere.

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soccer shoes sizes 7-11. Through Aug. 31.

912-233-1951. westbroadstreetymca.org.

YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. Classes, Camps & Workshops

Art Classes at The Studio School

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

Art Exploration Sessions

Projects will include color exploration, mixing experiments, creation with found objects and beyond! Artistic discoveries are always going on at the Lab. Saturdays beginning June 13th. Ages 6-11. $20 per class Saturdays, 12-1 p.m.. 912-388-1939. artlabsavannah@gmail.com. artlabsavannah.com/#!classes-for-kids/cbhe. ArtLab, 2417 Waters Ave.

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.

Chinese Language Classes

The Confucius Institute at Savannah State University offers free Chinese language classes starting January 17. To register, please call 912-358-3160. ongoing. 912358-3160. confuciusinstitute@savannahstate.edu. savannahstate.edu. savstate. edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Clay Classes

Art, Music, Piano, Voice Coaching

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

Beading 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.

Coaching for all ages, beginners through advanced. Classic, modern, jazz improvization and theory. Serious inquiries only. 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056.

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, 101 N. Fahm St. 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. Belly Dance at the Beach

Magic Carpet Dance Studio, Savannah's Exclusive belly dance studio is now offering special belly dance classes on the Beach on Tybee Island! We will meet at the 10th street beach access and carve our little dance oasis in the beautiful sand with the clashing waves in front of us, and the magical ocean breeze! $15ea drop in, or $10ea with punch cards Sundays, 5:306:30 p.m.. 912-663-5114. beckywaller99@ gmail.com. magiccarpetdancers.com.

Magic Carpet Dance Studio, 6409 Abercorn Street, Suite E. Board Game Nights

Bring your favorite board game or learn to play one of ours! Join our community of gamers and make some new friends while having an awesome time. Guild Hall members get in free, and non-members must simply purchase a $2 Day Pass. Saturdays, 7 p.m. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

Champions Training Center

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

Chatham County Sheriff's Office Explorers Post 876

Chatham County Sheriff's Office Explorers Post 876, is taking applications from young

Boating Classes

Creative Writing 2

This course is designed for students with some experience in fiction and nonfiction storytelling. Students will have assigned readings and writing homework, which will be reviewed and critiqued workshop style by the instructor and classmates. Student writing and outside readings will explore narrative structure and scenic writing, dialogue, character, place, word choice, rhythm, pacing and revision. Publication and ready pieces are the goal, along with knowledge of strong narrative structures, beautiful and varying sentences, a refined writer’s voice. Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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: MonFri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha. com/NRC.html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St.

Private and Group classes. Tuesdays.. 912596-0889. kleossewingstudio.com. Kleo's Sewing Studio, 36 W. Broughton St. #201.

Interested in getting started in woodturning? Woodturning is a form of woodworking that is used to create wooden objects on a lathe. Woodturning differs from most other forms of woodworking in that the wood is moving while a stationary tool is used to cut and shape it. Many intricate shapes and designs can be made by turning wood. We'll show you how to get started. Please note we can only accommodate 5 students per class due to space limitations. You MUST preregister. $20 for Guild Hall members , $25 for non-members Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.. 844-MY-GUILD. events@theguildhall.com. theguildhall. com/events/2015-07-09/IntrotoWoodturning. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

Music Instruction

Intro to Woodturning

Knitting & Crochet Classes

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

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

Learn to Sew

Sewing lessons for all ages and skill levels.

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.

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

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

Portman’s Music Academy offers private or group classes for ages 2 to 92, beginner to advanced level. All instruments. Also, voice lessons, music production technology and DJ lessons. Teaching staff of over 20 instructors with professional, well equipped studios. Fridays.. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. portmansmusic. com. Portman's Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments

Savannah Musicians' Institute offers private instruction for all ages and experience levels in Guitar (electric, acoustic,classical), Piano, Bass, Voice,

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DUI Prevention Group

Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers. Meets monthly. $40/session 912443-0410.

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.

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.

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Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Music Theory/Composition/ Songwriting. 609 69th Street, Savannah GA. ongoing. 912-398-8828. smisavannah@ gmail.com. savmusiciansinstitute.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. New Mama's Club

A weekly Friday gathering of new moms and their babies. Practice baby & mom yoga, do a planned activity. Dream boards, affirmation writing, personalized aromatherapy and other projects. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon. 912-704-7650. ann@douladeliveries.com. douladeliveries.com. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

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

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.

Piano Lessons

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

Pole Fitness Classes

Pole dancing is a beautiful artform, and a combination of dance, flexibility and gymnastics. Pole dancing has quickly become one of the most popular forms of fun and exercise for women. It can help you lose weight, gain beautiful muscle tone, make you stronger than ever and build confidence like no other form of exercise can.

Join us on Tuesday nights and get fitter and stronger than you've ever been, with this amazing full body workout. Schedule TBA $20 Every other Tuesday, 7-9 p.m.

912-988-1052. Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way.

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Quilting Classes

Quilting classes for beginners and advanced stitchers. See the website, call, or come by the shop. varies first Saturday of every month.. 912 925 0055. email@colonialquilts.us. colonialquilts.us. Colonial Quilts and Savannah Sewing Center, 11710 Largo Drive.

A. Roper Studio - Voice Technique and Coaching

Experienced and successful voice instructor is accepting students. Nurturing and collaborative studio. Services offered 38 include strengthening the voice, range

extension, relaxation techniques, and coaching through various styles of music.

Audition and competition preparation.

Located 15 minutes from downtown. Varies Mondays-Saturdays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 912484-0628. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Russian Language Classes

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.

Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call for Buccaneer Region SCCA Local chapter of the Sports Car Club of info. ongoing. 912-713-2718.

Sewing Classes America, hosting monthly solo/autocross For beginners or advanced sewers. Indus- driving events in the Savannah area. Anytry standard sewing courses designed to one with a safe car, insurance and a valid meet standards in the garment industry. driver's license is eligible to participate.

Open schedule. Savannah Sewing AcadSee website. ongoing. buccaneerregion. emy. 1917 Bull St. Sundays.. 912-290-0072. org.

Business Networking on the Islands savsew.com.

Singing Classes Small Business Professionals Islands Bel Canto is a singing style which helps the Networking Group meets first Thursday voice become flexible and expressive, imeach month, 9:30am-10:30am. Tradewinds proves vocal range and breathing capacity. Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Call A foundation for opera, rock, pop, gospel for info. ongoing. 912-308-6768. and musical theatre. $25 Mondays, 6 p.m.. Chatham Sailing Club Friday evening social event at the club786-247-9923. anitraoperadiva@yahoo. house. Meet Members and their families com. Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 West who all enjoy water based activities but State Street, 3rd and 4th flrs.,.

Social Dancing for Weddings and Events whose prime interest is sailing. This BYOB A specialty class to learn how to dance event is free and all are welcome, but to a Band or DJ at any event or wedding.

Membership is encouraged after several Singles and couples welcome. The class visits once interest is gauged!! We look will be Wednesdays at 7pm starting on the forward to meeting you. Fridays, 7-10 p.m. first Wednesday of each month and runs pranschkec3@gmail.com. Young's Marina, for 4 weeks. 1st session starts Wednesday, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. Exchange Club of Savannah - Weekly Lunch July 1st. Must call to sign up and reserve Meets every Monday (except on the fifth space. 4 weeks for $40 per person Wed., July 1, 7-8 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile. Monday of the month), 12pm-1pm. Weekly dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestu- speaker, and honor a student of the month dio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 and year, police officer and fireman of the year. Charities: Jenkins Boys & Girls Club; Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Spanish Classes Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse.

Spanish courses for professionals ofGuest are welcome Mondays, 12-1 p.m.. fered by Conquistador Spanish Language 912-441-6559. Savannahexchange.org.

Institute, LLC. Beginner Spanish for Exchange Club of Savannah, 4801 Meding Professionals--Intro price $155 + textbook Street.

Fiber Guild of the Savannahs ($12.95). Instructor: Bertha E. Hernandez, A club focusing on weaving, spinning, M.Ed. and native speaker. Meets in the basket making, knitting, crocheting, quiltKeller Williams Realty meeting room, 329 ing, beading, rug hooking, doll making, and Commercial Drive. Tuesdays.. conquistaother fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island dor-spanish.com.

Vocal Lessons Wildlife Center, first Saturday of the month A group of voice instructors who believe (Sept.-June) 10:15am. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. in the power of a nurturing community to fiberguildsavannah.homestead.com/. Fiber help voice students blossom into vibrant Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown artists. Each instructor holds a Masters of Road GA. Music in Voice Performance. Group classes Georgia Nature Photographers AssociationCoastal Chapter held once a month, plus an annual recital.

Coastal Chapter of the GNPA. The GNPA Varies Wednesdays.. 912-656-0760. TheVoiceCoOp.org. The Voice Co-op, Downtown. is 100% focused on nature photography and offers Field Trips, Monthly Speakers, Competitions, Seminars and Workshops Clubs & Organizations 13th Colony Sound Barbershop Chorus and the Annual EXPO with prominent naSing in the harmonious barbershop style ture photographers and keynote speakers. with the Savannah Chorus of the BarberPhotographers of all levels are welcome! shop Harmony Society. No charge Mon$35 per year first Tuesday of every month, days, 6:30 p.m.. 912-344-9768. rfksav@ 6 p.m. 912-234-2571. alfie.wace@gmail. gmail.com. savannahbarbershoppers.org. com. gnpa.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Historic Flight Savannah Ave. Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes A non-profit organization dedicated to Classses for multiple ages in performance sending area Korean War and WWII vetdance and adult fitness dance. African, erans to Washington, DC, to visit the WWII modern, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor gospel. Held at Abeni Cultural Arts studio, Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks con8400-B Abercorn St. Call Muriel, 912-631- tributions, and any veterans interested in 3452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. ongoing. a trip to Washington. Call for info. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com.

912-596-1962. honorflightsavannah.org.

Historic Savannah Chapter: ABWA

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

Ink Slingers Writing Group

A free creative writing group for writers of poetry, prose, or undefinable creative ventures. Meets every other Wednesday.

Discussion of exercises, ideas, or already in progress pieces. See Facebook page savinkslingers. Every other Wednesday.. foxyloxycafe.com/. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. Island MOMSnext

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

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

Islands MOPS

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

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

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

Want to learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-3086768.

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. ongoing. 912-313-2230.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

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

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

Mondays. athenapluto@yahoo.com.

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

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

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

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or see website for info. ongoing. 912-4470943. hdb.org. moonriverbrewing.com/.

Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St.

Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

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

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

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

Savannah Fencing Club

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

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

Savannah Go Green

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

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

Savannah Jaycees

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

Savannah Kennel Club

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

Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Avenue.

Savannah Newcomers Club

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 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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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. 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.

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.

Awaken with Chakradance™

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

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

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

Ballroom Series Group Class

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

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1 Arachnid abodes 5 ___ San Lucas 9 Exam for jrs.

13 “It’s a dry ___” 14 Become best buds?

15 “It’s ___ Quiet” (Bjork remake) 16 Air France airport 17 Bubbly Nestle bars across the pond 18 Taken-back auto 19 Daniel Defoe’s “___ Flanders” 20 Chess closer 21 Completely crush a final exam 22 NFL’s Patriots?

25 Gator tail?

27 “Chandelier” singer 28 “Antony and Cleopatra” killer 29 Jenny with a diet program 31 “Oh, for Pete’s ___” 34 “Bleh!”

37 Garbage bags for an action star?

41 Inflationary figure, for short 42 DVR button 43 Extremely cold 44 Get, as the bad guy 46 Note a fifth higher than do 48 Mid-seasons occurrence?

49 Digit for a bizarre MTV host?

55 It’s just an expression

56 Rug-making need 57 TV talking horse, for short 60 Classic TV kid, with “The” 61 “___ bet?”

62 “Fame” actress and singer Irene 63 Bachelor finale?

64 “Card Players Quarreling” artist Jan 65 “The ___-Bitsy Spider” 66 Leonine outburst 67 “West Side Story” faction 68 Say no to

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1 “For ___ the Bell Tolls” 2 Dulles Airport terminal designer Saarinen 3 Members of the major leagues 4 French pen, or LG smartphone 5 Oxy competitor 6 Heart hookup 7 Showed disapproval 8 Yoga class chants 9 Prickly critter 10 Actor Charlie or Martin 11 Jellied garnish 12 Canine, e.g.

14 Disney classic of 1942 21 Crunch targets 23 Catholic title, for short 24 “New Soul” singer ___ Naim

25 “America’s Got Talent” feature 26 Release, like a rap album 30 Turning into a hockey rink, e.g.

32 Busy-bee link 33 Arch holders 35 Observe 36 Caitlyn’s ex 38 Stand ___ Counted (U.K. news site for millennials) 39 Inuit word for “house” 40 ‘60s activist gp.

45 Common tat locale 47 “Yeesh ...”

49 River near the Vatican 50 “___ Billie Joe” 51 Mazda roadster 52 Bring delight to 53 Trio of trios 54 89 years from now, in the credits 58 Beginning for “while” 59 “The Banana Boat Song” opener 61 Banker’s newspaper, for short

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Ballroom/Latin Group Class

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

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

Beginner's Belly Dance Classes

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

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

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

Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle

For those with little-to-no dance background. Instructor is formally trained, has performed for over ten years. $15/person.

Tues. 7pm-8pm. Private classes and walk ins available. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. ongoing. 912-414-1091. info@ cybelle3.com. cybelle3.com.

Happenstance Bellydance

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

Drop-ins welcome. $15/lesson Mondays, 5:30 p.m.. (912) 704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. C.C. Express Dance Team

Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary. Call Claudia Collier for info. ongoing. 912-7480731. Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Windsor Forest.

Dance for Peace

A weekly gathering to benefit locals in need. Music, dancing, fun for all ages.

Donations of nonperishable food and gently used or new clothing are welcomed.

Free and open to the public. Sundays, 3 p.m. 912-547-6449. xavris21@yahoo.com.

Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St.

RELATIONSHIPS

Dance Lessons (Salsa, Bachata)

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

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.

landga@gmail.com.

Hodgson Memorial Drive.

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.

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.

Kids/Youth Dance Class

LaBlast- Dance Fitness designed by Louis Van Amstel from DWTS

Created by world renowned dancer and ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" profesDisco Hustle Dance Class sional, Louis Van Amstel, LaBlast uniquely Do the hustle! A New York style Disco Hus- combines a wide variety of ballroom dance tle group class taught by Jos'eh Marion, styles and music genres. Do the Cha Cha a professional ballroom dance instructor.

Cha, Disco, Jive, Merengue, Salsa and Sundays at 5pm. Call for pricing. Sundays, Samba set to everything from pop and rock 5 p.m.. 843-290-6174. Trudancer@gmail. to hip-hop and country – and burn fat and com. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Haber- blast calories! No experience and no partsham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. ner necessary. $15.00 drop in or 10 classes Free Dance Thursdays at Lake Mayer for $80.00 Mondays, 6-7 p.m. and Fridays, Lake Mayer is offering free dance and fit10-11 a.m. 912.312.3549. reservetodance@ ness classes for all ages every Thursday, in gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. the Community Center. 9:30 am and 10:30 Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgam is the "Little Movers" class for toddlers. son Memorial Drive.

Line Dancing 12:00 pm Lunch Break Fitness. 1:30 pm Super Seniors. 5:30 pm youth hip hop. 6:30 Take down Tuesdays. Jazzy Sliders Adult Line Dancing, every Tuesday, 7:30pmpm Adult African Fitness. FREE ongoing, 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. 912-652-6780. sdavis@ 10:00pm. Free admission, cash bar. Come early and learn a new dance from 7:30pmchathamcounty.org. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. 8:30pm. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/.

Montgomery Crossroads.

FUNdamentals Dance Lesson Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Group dance lessons every Tuesday and Mahogany Shades of Beauty Wednesday at 8pm. Tuesday: fundamental Dance classes - hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step. Modsteps, styling, and techniques. Wedneseling and acting classes. All ages/levels day: advanced elements. $15/person $25/ welcome. Call Mahogany for info. ongoing. couple Tuesdays, 8 p.m. and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@ 912-272-8329.

Modern Dance Class gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing. com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Beginner and intermediate classes. Fridays 10am-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, Travis Street.

Home Cookin' Cloggers 7360 Skidaway Rd. Call Elizabeth for info.

Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm, Nassau Woods ongoing. 912-354-5586.

Recreation Building, Dean Forest Road. No Salsa Lessons by Salsa Savannah beginner classes at this time. Call Claudia Tues. 8pm-9pm and 9pm-10pm. Thur.

8pm-9pm and 9pm-10pm. Sun. 5pmCollier for info. ongoing. 912-748-0731.

Irish Dance Classes 6pm and 6pm-7pm. Salon de Maile, 704B Glor na Dare offers beginner to champion Hodgson Memorial Dr., Savannah, 31406.

Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up.

Tuesdays.. salsasavannah.com.

Salsa Night Adult Step & Ceili, Strength and FlexCome and shake it to the best latin grooves ibility, non-competitive and competitive and bachata the night away in Pooler programs, workshops, camps. Certified. where it's cooler. Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Wednesdays.. 912-704-2052. prideofire912-988-1052. medi.tavern314@gmail. com. Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way.

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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. JULY 1-7, 2015

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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

West Coast Swing Class

Events

4th of July Dinner & Fireworks Cruise

Celebrate our nation’s independence with Savannah Riverboat Cruises! Join us on board for a one of a kind 3-hour celebration. Enjoy a delicious, 4th of July inspired dinner buffet, live entertainment, drink specials and a spectacular fireworks show presented by the Waterfront Association.

Adults: $119.95*, Children(ages 5-12) $69.95*, Children 4 & under are free Sat., July 4, 6-10 p.m. 912.232.6404. info@savannahriverboat.com. savannahriverboat. com/riverboat/cruises/2014-fourth-ofjuly-fireworks-cruise. savannahriverboat. com. Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street.

Awaken with Chakradance™ - Thursdays

Join us for a free-flowing, meditative dance and experience the healing power of Chakradance™. With eclectic music selected to resonate with each specific chakra, along with guided imagery, Chakradance™ will take you on a spiritual journey, free the energy in your body and open you to a deeper experience of life.

No dance experience or prior knowledge of the chakras is necessary. Limited to 12 participants – email to reserve a spot today! $20 Thursdays, 6:45-8:15 p.m.

912-663-1306. Chakradancer@comcast. net. anahatahealingarts.com/healingaha/. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. Baba Mwalimu Baruti: Returning the Warrior Scholar Asafo

Black Messiahs presents Baba Mwalimu Baruti, returning the warrior scholar Asafo to save our communities from self-destruction and genocide. Libations, spoken word, music, education, and free refreshments. $15 ADVANCE TICKETS $20 AT THE DOOR Sat., July 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m. 252-621-3529. BLACKMESSIAHSOFSAVANNAH@GMAIL.COM. https:// eventbrite.com/e/baba-mwalimu-barutireturning-the-warrior-scholar-asafo-tickets-17242763570. Bynes & Royals Funeral Home, 204 West Hall St. First Friday Fireworks

Celebrate the end of the week and the beginning of a new month with First Friday Fireworks, presented by Wet Willie's.

Free first Friday of every month, 9:30 p.m. info@riverstreetsavannah.com. riverstreetsavannah.com/event/first-fridayfireworks. Rousakis Plaza, River St. First Friday Oyster Roast

Enjoy oysters, cocktails and live music and take a tour of the new Whitman Yacht. first Friday of every month, 6:30-9:30 p.m. westinsavannah.com/. Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive.

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An informal exhibition of antique or collector cars, plus gourmet coffee at the oldfashioned price of 25 cents a cup (with a $1 or higher donation to the Richmond Hill History Museum). Car collectors encouraged to bring their vehicles, and lookersonly are welcome, too. Free and open to the public. first Saturday of every month, 9-11 a.m.. 912-756-3697. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. First Tuesday Tour of City Hall

Discover City Hall’s history, architecture and art, while learning about their City government and viewing special rotating exhibits. Please pre-register. Free and open to the public. first Tuesday of every month, 12-12:45 p.m.. 912-651-6411.

Lspracher@savannahga.gov. savannahga. gov. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

Fourth of July at Fort Pulaski

Enjoy programs about the flags of Fort Pulaski and the origins of baseball at the fort, cannon firing demonstrations, tours, and a fort orientation. Sat., July 4, 10 a.m.3 p.m. nps.gov/fopu/. Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island.

Free Monthly Expectant & New Parent Support Group

This FREE monthly support group is held on the first Tuesday of each month. No pre-registration is required. Please join us for conversation, support and refreshments. Children are welcome! FREE first Tuesday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

God & Country July 4th Celebration

Celebrate God and Country on the grounds of Higher Ground Baptist Church on July 4th. We’ll have picnic food, inflatables, rides, patriotic music, face painting, fun games and our always popular train ride and cake walk. Open to the entire community, lots of free family fun! Call 355-1505 or just come on by. Free Sat., July 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 912-355-1505. sarah_higherground@bellsouth.net. highergroundsav. org/god---country.html. Higher Ground Baptist Church, 9120 Whitefield Ave. Guided Tours of the Lucas Theatre for the Arts

Learn the history of the historic Lucas Theatre on a 20-30 minute tour. Restoration, architecture, history of the theatre and of early cinema. $4. Group rates for ten or more. School trips available. No reservations needed for 10:30am, 1:30pm and 2pm. Other times by appointment. Call for info. ongoing. 912-525-5023. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Independence Day Celebration

Celebrate Independence Day like it’s 1864.

Join us for old-fashioned fun. Games, food and fun for all. Living history demonstrations, cannon firings and musket demonstrations. $8 per adult and $5 per children ages 6-17. Sat., July 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. gastateparks.org/FortMcAllister/.

Fort McAllister Historic Park, 3894 Fort McAllister Rd. July 4th Elite Captain's Suite Cruise

The Fireworks won’t be the only thing sparkling on this 4th of July. Let us roll out the Red, White & Blues for you as you join our Captain and award winning crew for the most Elite Fireworks Cruise around.

Limited seating; call for details. $325.00 per person Sat., July 4, 5:45-10 p.m.

912-232-6404. info@savannahriverboat. com. savannahriverboat.com/riverboat/ cruises/2014-fourth-of-july-fireworkscruise. savannahriverboat.com. Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street.

art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm. Reservations encouraged by calling 912-349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby's Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Shire of Forth Castle Fighter Practice

Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Lady Chablis was featured as one of Savan- Park (south end) for fighter practice and nah’s colorful characters in John Berendt’s general hanging out. For those interested book “Midnight in The Garden of Good and in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Evil” and appeared as herself in the film ongoing. savannahsca.org.

Southbound Brewery Saturday Tours and alongside Kevin Spacey and John Cusack.

Sat., July 4, 6:30 p.m. Club One, 1 Jefferson Tastes Savannah's first microbrewery is open St. Live Butterfly Exhibit for public tours and tastings Wednesday The exhibit features over 200 live butterFridays from 5:30-7:30 and Saturdays from flies from a variety of species tucked away 2-4. Hang out, have a few cold ones, and inside a beautiful conservatory, decorated learn a little more about Savannah's first and complete with plants conducive to craft brewery. Free Saturdays, 2-4 p.m. butterfly flight. The program also features 912-335-7716. info@southboundbrewingco. educational displays, butterfly crafts and com. southboundbrewingco.com. Southlife-cycle kiosks. Admission is $3 per perbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop son and children 2 and under will be free Ave. Tybee Independence Day Fireworks with the purchase of an adult ticket. July Watch the fireworks from the Tybee 3-Aug. 2. savannahmall.com/. Savannah Island pier and pavilion. Fri., July 3, 9:15 Mall, 14045 Abercorn Street.

The original Midnight Tour p.m. parks.chathamcounty.org/Parks/ One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn BoatRampsandFishingPiers/TybeeIslandabout the untold stories of some of the FishingPierandPavilion.aspx. Tybee Pier most haunted locations here in SavanPavilion, Off HWY 80 at the end of Tybrisa nah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few St. Under The Rainbow goose bumps and an unexplained need On Thursday nights come out to the coolest for a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866spot in Pooler for Under The Rainbow. Ev666-3323. 6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense ery week we will host a different event that Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street.

PBJ Pantry will cater to those that play over, around A free food pantry held every Thursday, and under the rainbow. Thursdays, 8-11 10-11am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica Sut- p.m. 912-988-1052. Mediterranean Tavern, ton for questions. 912-897-1192 ongoing.

125 Foxfield Way. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Festivals Lady Chablis

Richmond Hill Farmer's Market

Vendors include Hardwicke Farms, Sage Wishes, FraLi Gourmet, Savannah River Farms, Woodland Swamp Farm, Sikes Honey, Foods of the Farm, and Farm Fresh Produce. There will also be free balloons, reusable shopping bags, corn hole, and a bouncy house. Tuesdays, 2-7 p.m. J. F. Gregory Park, Richmond Hill.

Richmond Hill Independence Day Celebration

This Independence Day celebration includes farmer’s market items, arts and crafts vendors, and kid friendly activities including water rides and pony rides. A wide variety of food choices will be available. The evening will begin with free concert by The Fundamentals and end with the city’s traditional fireworks display to begin at approximately 9 p.m. Fri., July 3, 5-9:30 p.m. 912-756-3345. J. F. Gregory Park, Richmond Hill.

Savannah Art Walk

An inclusive and inspiring Art Walk of our Historic Downtown. Our Savannah Art Walk includes twenty exceptional Galleries, as well as collaborative endeavors with Andaz and Bohemian Riverfront Hotel to offer wine pours a gratis for our guests. Free first Saturday of every month, 4-8 p.m.

912-507-7860. savartwalk@gmail.com.

SavannahArtWalk.com. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Savannah Storytellers

Tall tales and fun times with the classic

River Street Fourth of July Celebration

Come celebrate American patriotism at the River Street Fourth of July Celebration.

Live music will be featured on the Arbor Stage throughout the night. Grab your chair and get there early to watch the sky light up for the 2015 Fireworks Extravaganza. Sat., July 4. riverstreetsavannah. com/. River Street, River St. Fitness

$8 Community Yoga Classes

Savannah Power Yoga offers a community yoga class nearly every day of the week for just $8. All proceeds support local organizations. See schedule online for details. Most classes are heated to 90 degrees. Bring a yoga mat, towel and some water. $8 Mondays-Fridays, Sundays. (912) 349-2756. info@savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com/. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd. 5Rhythms

A moving meditation. A path to higher vibration. A spiritual practice for some. A workout for others. With limited guidance and an eclectic mix of music, each person moves through the 5 rhythms of: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness. In this practice the "energy" of these rhythms is explored through each persons authentic way of moving. There is no right or wrong way and no steps to follow. No experience

is needed. Led by Dana Danielson. Last Friday of every month. Sign up at savannahyogabarre.com or simply show up. ongoing, 7 p.m. facebook.com/wavessavannah. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive. $8 Community Meditation Classes

Join us for breath work, guided meditation, and yoga nidra, a deep relaxation technique to relieve stress, quiet the mind, and find the calm within. All proceeds support local organizations. $8 Sundays, 6-7 p.m.

912-349-2756. savannahpoweryoga.com/.

Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd. AHA Yoga Classes

Jivamkuti Inspired w/ Brittany Roberts Mondays 6:30pm – 7:45pm Soul Progression w/ Lynn Geddes Tuesdays/Thursdays 12:30pm – 1:45pm & 6:30pm – 7:45pm TGiF! Power Hour with Lynne McSweeny Fridays 5:45pm – 6:45pm All Levels Yoga w/ Christine Harness Glover Saturdays 9:30am – 10:45am n/a first Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday of every month.

912-308-3410. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. Al-Anon Family Groups

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

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

Bariatric Surgery Support Group

Located in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery.

Call or see website for info. first Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Barre Classes

Looking for a fun way to tone and burn calories? Savannah Yoga Barre offers daily barre classes to help you reach your fitness goals. Diverse classes ensure there's something for everyone. All levels are encouraged to attend. Start where you are and go from there. Classes start as early as 6 a.m. and as late as 6:45 p.m. $15 drop-in or use class pass ongoing. 912200-4809. info@savannahyogabarre.com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 East Victory Drive.

Beach Body Workouts with Laura

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

Beastmode Fitness Group Training

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

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

Mixes ballet, jazz, hip hop into a unique high energy dance style. Drills and choreographies for all levels.Small classes

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in downtown Savannah, and on request. $10 per person. Email for info. ongoing. bohemianbeats.com.

Blue Water Yoga

Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm. Fri., 9:30am10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol. com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. CommUNITY Classes

The Community Class (with a user-friendly $5 cash price) has a rotating roster of SYC teacher training graduates & SYC regular teachers. It is affordable, fun and a great chance to take class from fresh and enthusiastic new teachers. These teachers volunteer their time/talents to teach these classes and funds from these classes are donated to a local charity. $5 Wednesdays, Fridays, 2:30-3:30 p.m.. 912-232-2994. http://savannahyoga.com/. savannahyoga. com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. CommUNITY Yoga Classes

The Community Class (with a user-friendly $5 cash price) has a rotating roster of SYC teacher training graduates & SYC regular teachers. It is affordable, fun and a great chance to take class from fresh and enthusiastic new teachers. These teachers volunteer their time/talents to teach these classes and funds from these classes are donated to a local charity. $5 Tuesdays, 2:30-3:30 p.m.. 912-988-1320. savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center Pooler, 111 Canal Street.

Core Pilates

This fun and challenging Pilates class will tone your entire body while focusing on building core strength. Betsy HunterHughes is at your service every Mon-WedFri 9:45 at Savannah Yoga Barre. $15 dropin or class pass Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 9:45-10:45 a.m. 912-200-4809. info@savannahyogabarre.com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 East Victory Drive.

Krav Maga / Tactical Self Defense:

Dynamic Defensive Tactics combines the Israeli self defense techniques of Krav Maga with tactical fighting concepts. This is NOT a martial art but a no nonsense approach to self defense. With over 37 years of experience, Roger D'Onofrio will teach you solutions, which are aggressive, simple and effective, to the violent situations of today. Note: these are private sessions for adults only. ongoing. 912-308-7109. ddt_910@yahoo.com.

Fitness Classes at the JEA

Sin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba.

Prices vary. Call for schedule. ongoing.

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

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Free Caregiver Support Group

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

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

Free Dance and Fitness Classes at Lake Mayer

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

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

salsa. No partner necessary. Workout clothes required. $10 drop in or $80 for 10 classes Mondays, 6 p.m.. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Living Smart Fitness Club

St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Center for WellBeoffer the Living Smart Fitness Club, which ing offers Free Yoga for Cancer Patients is an exercise program to encourage every Monday from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. in healthy lifestyle changes. On Mondays Candler’s Heart & Lung Building, Suite and Wednesdays the classes are held at 100. The very gentle movements and the John S. Delaware Center. On Tuesbreath work in this class will give you much days, the classes are held at the center, needed energy, it will make your body feel at 1910 Abercorn Street. Classes include better, and it will give you a mental release. Zumba (Tuesdays) and Hip-Hop low impact This class is free to cancer patients. Monaerobics with cardio and strengthening exdays, 1:30-2:30 p.m. 912-819-8800. sjchs. ercises (Mondays/Wednesdays). Mondays, org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, Dude's Day at Savannah Climbing Coop 5:30-7 p.m. 912-447-6605. Delaware RecThursdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. ing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Mommy and Baby Yoga Thursday men climb for half price, $5. See Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. ongoing. 912-232-2994. savannawebsite for info. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m.

912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com. hyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W Victory Dr. Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Free Yoga for Cancer Patients

Happy Hour Boot Camp Classes

Amanda Jessop, certified strength and conditioning specialist, teaches classes for those who enjoy challenging and fun workouts and have goals to lose weight, tone up, or get in shape for the new year.

Different packages available: Classes start out at $8 Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6-7 p.m..

832-470-2257. amanda@channelyourinnerathlete.com. channelyourinnerathlete.com/ work-with-me/sports-conditioning-bootcamp/. Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West.

Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park

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

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

Insanity Workout Group Class

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

Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

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

Latin Cardio

Nonstop Fitness Spin Class

Join us every Thursday at 5:30pm for Spin.

Space is limited, please call 912-349-4902 to reserve your spot and to inquire about our other classes. 10 classes for $50 Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. 912-349-4902. kristi@nonstopfitnesssav.com. nonstopfitnesssav.com. NonStop Fitness, 8511 Ferguson Ave. Pilates Classes

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

Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. Pregnancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 6-week classes. Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912704-7650. ann@aikyayoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Qigong Classes

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

Free fitness workout, every Saturday, 9:00 am at Lake Mayer Park. For women only.

Offered by The Fit Lab. Information: 912376-0219 ongoing. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

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

A cardio-based workout class designed to get students fit while having fun. Latin style Rock'n Body Fitness Bootcamp Ultimate outdoor power workout! Group dances like cha cha, samba, jive, rumba,

physical training program conducted by former military personnel. Build strength and fitness through a variety of intense group intervals lasting approx. 45 minutes. First Class FREE Mondays-Fridays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 912-675-0952. rocknbodyfitnessbootcamp@gmail.com. rocknbodyfitnessbootcamp.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Ladies Day at Savannah Climbing Coop

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

912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop. com.

Savannah Disc Golf

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

Savannah Striders Running and Walking Club

With a one-year, $35 membership,free training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes.

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

SIZZLE- Dance Cardio

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

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

Somatic Movement Improvisation

This class is for everyone who moves!

Improve your dynamic alignment, breath, grounding, and the ability to access fluid movement. You will improve in all your movement activities, while awakening more fully within your own life as an embodied experience. Led by international teacher Janet Kaylo. Wear light, loose fitting clothes suitable for dance or yoga.

No experience necessary. $15 drop-in or use class pass Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. 912200-4809. info@savannahyogabarre.com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 East Victory Drive.

Turbo Kick Cardio Workout

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

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

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

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

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p.m. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Zumba Fitness (R) with April

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

Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongoing. 912-349-4902.

Health

All Level Free Fitness Class

Ready to get your free workout on? Come workout in a supportive, encouraging fun environment. All Fitness Levels welcomed.

Every Monday at 9:30am. FREE Mondays, 9:30-10:30 a.m.. 912-544-6387. info@ erigosavannah.com. erigosavannah.com.

Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

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. 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 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.

reverse osmosis, filtered, alkaline and spring.) Are you paying thousands of money for water that is making you sick?

Find out what water is best for your body.

FREE Tuesdays, 7-8:15 p.m. 703-989-6995. oggisavannah@gmail.com. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. La Leche League of Savannah

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

Living Smart Fitness Club

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

New Mama's Club

Fun new class with Ann Carroll. Time will be spent on a variety of engaging activities for mom and baby including some light yoga. $20 per mom or bring a friend and pay only $30 for you both. If you'd prefer to pay for multiple classes at once you can purchase 6-sessions for $95 to be used within 2 months of purchase. $20 Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon. 912-544-6387. info@erigosavannah.com. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Planned Parenthood Hotline

stress managing techniques, videos, an offsite tour, and you will learn to eat real foods. You’ll be able to shop for food in any grocery store. You’ll also learn to create a lifestyle to support health. You will learn how to order in restaurants to get what you really want quickly and easily. We include cooking demonstrations, samples of many meals with recipes, so you see how easy it all can be. $450 Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Thursdays, 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 1 p.m..

912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga. org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. LGBT

First City Network

Georgia's oldest LGBT organization (founded in 1985), is a local non-profit community service organization whose mission is to share resources of health care, counseling, education, advocacy and mutual support in the Coastal Empire. Members and guests enjoy many special events throughout the year, including First Saturday Socials held the first Saturday of each month at 7pm.

Mondays. 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork. org.

Gay AA Meeting

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

New location effective 11/2012. ongoing.

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

Open 7pm-11pm nightly. ongoing. 800-264- Local chapter of Georgia's largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-547-6263.

7154.

Prepared Childbirth Class ongoing.

This course gives an overview of reproduc- GVNT HAVS GVNT HAVS is a free monthly drag show tive anatomy and physiology and explains the process of labor and delivery in simple, that houses the unique antics of the House easy-to-understand terms. The four-week of Gunt, a Savannah based free-form drag course includes a tour of the labor and de- collective whose mission is to connect the trashy with the flashy, the kitschy with the livery unit. This class is popular, so please register early $75 per couple Wednesdays, classy, and the people of Savannah with a breath of fresh, queer air. Free first Thurs6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-350-2676. memorialday of every month, 10 p.m. houseofgunt@ health.com/. Memorial Health University gmail.com. Chuck's Bar, 305 West River Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

Street.

Savannah Pride, Inc.

Organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival and helps promote the well-being of the LGBT community in the South.

Mission: unity through diversity and social awareness. Second Tuesday/month.

Call for location. ongoing. 912-288-7863. heather@savpride.com. savpride.com.

Stand Out Youth

A gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7pm. Call, email or see website for info. Fridays, 7-9 p.m. 912-6571966. info@standoutyouth.org. standoutyouth.org. Vineyard Church Office, 1020 Abercorn Street.

What Makes a Family

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

Religious & Spiritual

Band of Sisters Prayer Group

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

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

Buddhist Meditation

Visit savannahzencenter.com for location, schedule & events. Teacher: Un Shin Beach, Sensei. Newcomers and all lineages welcome. Children of all ages welcome. Suggested donation $10. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Catholic Singles

A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service. Send email or check website to receive announcements of activities and to suggest activities for the group. ongoing. familylife@diosav.org. diosav.org/familylifesingles.

The Savannah 7-Day Diabetes Repair

We will show you how to 'repair' your diabetes, in just seven weeks. We will meet once a week for seven weeks, (a total of 7 meeting days). You’ll receive educational and informative workshop materials including strategies for change,

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Free will astrology ARIES

March 21-April 19

To determine whether you are aligned with the cosmic flow, please answer the following questions. 1. Would you say that your current situation is more akin to treading water in a mosquito-ridden swamp, or conducting a ritual of purification in a clear mountain stream? 2. Have you been wrestling with boring ghosts and arguing with traditions that have lost most of their meaning? Or have you been transforming your past and developing a riper relationship with your roots? 3. Are you stuck in a gooey muck? Or are you building a flexible new foundation?

TAURUS

April 20-May 20

Taurus singer Sam Smith won four Grammys this year, largely on the strength of his hit single “Stay with Me.” The song has a lush gospel choir backing up his lead vocals, or so it seems. But in fact, every voice in that choir is his own. He recorded twenty separate harmony tracks that were woven together to create the big sound. What would be the equivalent in your world, Taurus? How could you produce a wealth of support for yourself? What might you do to surround yourself with a web of help and nourishment? How can you amplify and intensify your efforts so they have more clout? Now would be an excellent time to explore possibilities like these.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20

Born under the sign of Gemini, Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who upset traditionalists. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he wasn’t interested in creating idealistic art based on historical and religious themes. He focused on earthy subjects about which he had direct experience, like the day-to-day lives of peasants and laborers. So even though he became a highly praised celebrity by his mid-thirties, the arbiters of the art world tried to exclude him. For example, they denied him a place in *Exposition Universelle,* a major international exhibition in Paris. In response, Courbet built a temporary gallery next door to the main hall, where he displayed his own work. As you strive to get your voice heard, Gemini, I urge you to be equally cheeky and innovative. Buy yourself a megaphone or erect your own clubhouse or launch a new enterprise. Do whatever it takes to show who you really are.

CANCER

JULY 1-7, 2015

June 21-July 22

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“I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I am doing,” said composer John Cage in describing his creative process. That’s excellent counsel for you to meditate on, Cancerian. The less expertise and certainty you have about the rough magic you’re experimenting with, the more likely it is that this magic will lead you to useful breakthroughs. To bolster Cage’s advice and help you get the most from your period of self-reinvention, I offer you this quote

from Picasso: “I imitate everyone except myself.”

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22

and hilarious adventures.

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

Your words of wisdom come from Leo artist Andy Warhol: “Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years, when they could just say, ‘so what.’

That’s one of my favorite things to say. ‘So what.’” Can I interest you in that approach, Leo? It has similarities to the Buddhist strategy of cultivating non-attachment -- of dropping your fixations about matters that can’t be controlled or changed. But I suspect you would draw special benefits from the breezy, devil-may-care spirit of Warhol’s version. So start there.

There are lots of inquiries and invitations coming your way -- perhaps too many. I don’t think you should pursue all of them.

In fact, I suspect that only one would ultimately make you a better human being and a braver explorer and a wiser lover. And that one, at first glance, may have not as much initial appeal as some of the others. So your first task is to dig deep to identify the propositions that are attractive on the surface but not very substantial. Then you’re more likely to recognize the offer that will have lasting value even if it doesn’t make a spectacular first impression.

VIRGO

CAPRICORN

In her late twenties, J. K. Rowling was a single mother living on welfare. That’s when she began work on her Harry Potter books.

Craig Newmark had turned 42 by the time he founded Craigslist. One of the world’s most oft-visited websites is HuffingtonPost. com, which Arianna Huffington established when she was 54. As for Harland Sanders, creator of KFC: He didn’t begin building the global empire of fried-chicken restaurants until the age of 65. I hope the preceding serves as a pep talk, Virgo, reminding you that it’s never to late to instigate the project of a lifetime. The time between now and your birthday in 2016 will be an especially favorable phase to do so. Start ruminating on what it might be.

“I find a lot of people physically attractive, but finding people mentally and spiritually attractive is different and much harder for me.” So says 40ozshawty on her Tumblr page. If you share that frustration, I have good news. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due to encounter a higher-than-usual percentage of mentally and spiritually attractive people in the next six weeks. But I wonder how you’ll deal with this abundance. Will you run away from it, feeling overwhelmed by the prospect that your life could get more interesting and complicated? Or will you embrace it, daringly welcoming the interesting complications?

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

It’s the power-building phase of your astrological cycle. To take maximum advantage, convey the following message to your subconscious mind: “I know you will provide me with an abundance of insight, inspiration, and energy for whatever intention I choose to focus on. And during the next four weeks, my intention will be to cultivate, expand, and refine my personal power. I will especially focus on what author Stephen R. Covey called ‘the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.’”

SCORPIO

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

I’m a big fan of science and logic and objective thinking. Most of us need more of that good stuff. The world would be a saner, safer place if we all got regular lessons on how to be more reasonable and rational.

But in the immediate future, Scorpio, I’ll steer you in a different direction. I believe you will benefit from injecting your imagination with primal raw crazy wild mojo. For example, you might read utopian science fiction and fairy tales about talking animals and poetry that scrambles your intellectual constructs. You could remember your dreams and ruminate about them as if they were revelations from the Great Beyond.

You may also find it healthy to fantasize profusely about forbidden and impossible

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

I think you will generate good fortune for yourself by choosing between two equally invigorating but challenging tasks: losing your illusion or using your illusion. Both are quite worthy of your attention and intelligence. To succeed at either would fuel your emotional growth for months to come. You probably can’t do them both, however. So which will it be: Will you purge the illusion, or put it to work for you?

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20

Do you sometimes imagine yourself to be an underachieving underdog? If so, I suggest you start weaning yourself from that fantasy. Do you on occasion allow people to take advantage of you? It’s time to outgrow that role. Do you ever flirt with being a self-pitying martyr? Say bye-bye to that temptation. Cosmic forces are conspiring to relieve you of tendencies to act in any or all of those ways. I’m not saying you will instantly transform into a swashbuckling hero who knocks people over with your radiant self-assurance. But you will, at the very least, be ready to learn much, much more about how to wield your vulnerability as a superpower.

Columba House

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

Gratitude Circle in the Squares

Join Joanne Morton and others on Wednesdays for a weekly gathering of positive energy. All are welcome. Free hugs.

View calendar for the square of the week.

Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m. 917-676-4280. magicpassionlove.com/savannah-gratitude/. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Guided Silent Prayer

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

Maritime Bethel

"Sundays on Thursdays" worship at the Fellowship Assembly. Plenty of parking for large trucks. Free Thursdays. 912-2202976. The Fellowship Assembly of God Church, 5224 Augusta Road.

Maritime Bethel Thursday Worship

Join us for worship, fellowship and dinner on the first Thursday of every month. We are offering the opportunity for people who work or are unable to attend church on a Sunday this monthly service. Followed by dinner. first Thursday of every month, 6-7 p.m. The Maritime Bethel at Savannah, 193 Main St. A New Church in the City, For the City

Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page "Savannah Church Plant." ongoing. Bryson Hall, 5 E. Perry St. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Courses are now being offered at the new Savannah Extension of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Full course loads for both Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees will be offered. Apply now at www.nobts.edu to start classes this winter. ongoing. 912-232-1033. revwasson@gmail. com. Savannah Baptist Center, 704 Wheaton Street.

Open Meditation

Open meditation session at Studio ZhaZhee LLC. By donation (suggested $5). Arrive 5-10 minutes early. Come as you are. Mondays-Fridays, 12:30-1 p.m..

845-453-5172. studiozhazhee@gmail.com. studiozhazhee.com. Studio ZhaZhee LLC, 125 W Duffy st.

Read the Bible in One Year

A Bible book club for those wanting to read the Bible in one year. Open to all.

Book club format, not a traditional Bible study. All welcome, regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, religion. Thurs.

6:00pm-7:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-233-5354. Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 622 E. 37th Street.

Savannah Friends Meeting (Quakers)

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days, third floor of Trinity United Methodist Church. Call or email for info. All are welcome. ongoing. 912-308-8286. savbranart@gmail.com. trinitychurch1848.org/.

Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. Savannah Reiki Share

During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via Reiki and other healing modalities.

Present at the shares are usually no less than 2 Reiki Masters. Come share with us on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Sweet Water Spa in downtown Savannah. Sign up at Savannah Reiki Share or Reiki by Appointment on Facebook. Free ongoing, 7 p.m. 440-371-5209.

Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street.

Service of Compline

Enter the stillness of another age. Gregorian Chant sung by candlelight at 9:00-9:30 p.m. every Sunday night by the Complne Choir of Christ Church Anglican. Come, say good nigh to God. All are welcome. ongoing. Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull.

South Valley Baptist Church

Weekly Sunday services. Sunday school, 10:00am. Worship, 11:30am. Tuesday Bible Study/Prayer Service, 6:30pm. Pastor Rev. Dr. Barry B. Jackson, 480 Pine Barren Road, Pooler, GA "Saving a nation one soul at a time." ongoing.

Sundays on Thursdays Worship Service

Thursdays. 912-826-0206. maritimebethelatsavannah.org. The Fellowship Assembly of God Church, 5224 Augusta Road.

Tapestry Church

A church for all people! We don't care what you are wearing, just that you are here.

From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Come experience an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah.com. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. Theology on Tap

Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where people with different beliefs gather as one faith.

Sundays, 11am. Email, call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-234-0980. admin@ uusavannah.org. uusavannah.org. uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. Unity Church of Savannah

Everyone is welcome. Unity of Savannah is not concerned with where people come from, what they look like, or whom they love – Unity is just glad that each person is here. Sunday 9:15am meditative service and 11:00am celebratory service show what the New Thought Movement is all about. Children’s church 11am service.

Unity loves all people, just as they are.

Sundays. 912-355-4704. unityofsavannah.

org. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Special Screenings

Film: Goldfinger

Goldfinger is the third film in the James Bond series and the third to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title character Auric Goldfinger, along withShirley Eaton as the iconic Bond girl Jill Masterson. The film’s plot has Bond investigating gold smuggling by gold magnate Auric Goldfinger and eventually uncovering Goldfinger’s plans to attack the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. $8 Fri., July 3, 8 p.m. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Film: Something Is Creeping in the Dark

In honor of Farley Granger's 90th birthday, the PFS screens this creepy and wellmade Euro horror flick, clearly based on Agatha Christie's mystery novel "And Then There Were None." $6 Wed., July 1, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. PICKFilm: Terminator 2: Judgment Day A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her teenage son, John, from a more advanced cyborg, made out of liquid metal. Followed by a post show discussion of the film. Thu., July 2, 8 p.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/ trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Sports & Games

Adult Coed Flag Football League

8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-220-3474. savadultrec.com.

Couch Co-Op Night

Join in the fun and meet some new people on Couch Co-Op Night. This event happens weekly from 7 until close. With a long list of fun games designed to be easy to pick up and play, there is no reason not to come. Free for Guild Hall members,

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Curious Case of The Little Red Hen You also didn’t see me pry the bike from the car, only to discover that it has a removable front tire.

(See also: ME-HAW!) You missed the teary message I left on Dear Erin, my ex-boyfriend’s voicemail, apologizing for Hey Erin, being such a pain in the ass and the subseI think I might have seen quent confession that I’ve felt the need to you at the Salvation Army on do everything for myself (thank you very Montgomery Street, trying to much) since I was a little girl because the fit a bike in the back seat of you car and then giving up and driving off with grown-ups in my life who were supposed to take care of me weren’t always emotionally the door half open and your hazard lights on. available.

Why didn’t you just let the guys who work You didn’t feel the sucker punch realizathere put it in the back seat for you? tion that this was the honest answer to the Roy oft-asked question, “How come you’ve never PS. I’m no psychic – the car magnet on the been married?” side of the door advertising your Ghost Dog You weren’t there to see my shoulders Diaries column gave you away J finally buckle under the weight of 41 years of self-imposed exile… or the relief when Hey there Roy, I surrendered to the fact that I can’t go it Ah, the joy of small town living. When alone another day. you have a bad day, everyone knows it …

The notion of making peace has been the whether or not you have a business magnet subject of many a Ghost Dog Diary lately, on the side of your car. whether making peace with things that are The good folks at the Salvation Army beyond our control; with the people around indeed offered to help, but I just couldn’t us; with our increasingly violent world; or let them. In my logical mind, I was buying a bike to ride around the railroad tracks out with ourselves for simply being where we’re at. on Tybee. Therefore I was obligated to figThe next time I witness something that ure out how to pack it into the car myself. doesn’t make sense, before I react I will do The more I struggled, the more they my best to remember that there’s more to offered their assistance but I was too comthe situation than I’ll ever realize and then mitted to my stubborn notion of independence to accept. Eventually I asked them to send my best, most positive, loving energy to all involved. please step away from the vehicle, as it was Thanks for your concern, Roy. I appreciembarrassing having an audience watch my ate having the opportunity to reflect on your failed attempts. question. Much love, light and peace to you.

I was too embarrassed to be seen strugYour pal, gling, but not too embarrassed to make a low-speed getaway with my car door hangThe Ghost Dog Diaries is a weekly advice column, ing ajar; one with a great big sign introducinspired by the late PJ Cuddlesworth. Three hours ing the world to Psychic Your Pal, Erin, no after PJ’s passing, Erin held an Irish Wake in her honor. less.

That’s when her name appeared in her beer. (MisMe-haw.

What you saw was a single woman —one spelled, of course. Ghost Dogs aren’t equipped with Autocorrect.) Erin and PJ have been giving psychic who lives alone and is used to doing everyreadings and helping people connect with their loved thing herself— having a Little Red Hen ones who have passed ever since. moment.

What you didn’t see was me bawling my eyes out on that 15 mph drive home because Got a question about life after death and other phenomena? Give us a shout at psychicyourpalerin@ I’m too exhausted to keep on playing the Little Red Hen. You didn’t hear my rational- gmail.com. Although we don’t give psychic readings in this column, you can learn more about private ization spoken aloud, to no one in particuconsultations at www.yourpalerin.com lar, that “I am a single woman living alone and despite their best intentions, none of those guys is gonna be there the next time I need them, so I have to do it myself.”

By Your Pal Erin

psychicyourpalerin@gmail.com www.yourpalerin.com

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$2 for non-members Mondays, 7 p.m..

844-MY-GUILD. events@theguildhall.com. theguildhall.com/events. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

Derby Devils Roller Derby Classes

Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual bootcamp programs. See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com.

Grief 101 Support Group

Seven-week morning or evening adult support group offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge. Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

Late Model Racing

Late model stocks compete weekly.

Fridays.. 912-964-8200. ospracing@yahoo. com. ospracing.net. Oglethorpe Speedway, 200 Jesup Rd. Saturday Group Run or Walk

Join us in our quest for fitness. Beginners are welcome. We can help you exceed your fitness goals. Free Saturdays, 7-8:15 a.m.

912-398-4130. runthecity@live.com. savystrider.com. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Sav. Strider Weekly Group Run or Walk Downtown

Join us for a run or walk downtown or over the bridge if you're feeling froggy. The best part is afterwards when we get coffee or whatever else your heart desires from Savannah Coffee Roasters. Free Sundays, 7-8 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live.com. savystrider.com. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

Savannah Bike Polo

Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. See facebook for info. ongoing. facebook.com/savannahbikepolo.

Savannah Sand Gnats

Vs. Augusta. Pack the Park for charity. $8 Wed., July 1, 7:05 p.m. sandgnats.com. Vs. Augusta. Thirsty Thursday. $8 Thu., July 2, 7:05 p.m. sandgnats.com. Vs. Augusta.

Fireworks after the game. Facebook Flashback Friday. $8 Fri., July 3, 7:05 p.m. sandgnats.com. Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Sports Coach

Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Etc. for novices or professionals. Fine tune your mental game with guided imagery and visualization. 25 years experience. For more info call 912247-4903. ongoing. Online only, none.

JULY 1-7, 2015

Super Smash Bros Melee Tournament

Some classics, like Super Smash Bros Melee, just don't get old. Test your might in this fun tournament open to all ages.

This tournament is just for glory which means no prizes. However, the top players get a guaranteed spot in the big August 8th tournament! For more details check our website. Free for Guild Hall members, $2 for non-members Sun., July 5, 1 p.m.

844-MY-GUILD. events@theguildhall.com. theguildhall.com/events/2015-07-18/ LiveBurlesque%3ATheDirtyDolls. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

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Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). ongoing. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/pick-up/.

Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. USMNT (Soccer) American Outlaws Chapter

USMNT is a national soccer team that represents the U.S. in international soccer competitions. American Outlaws Savannah chapter of USMNT meets regularly. Call for details. ongoing. 912-398-4014. savannahflipflop.com. Flip Flop Tiki Bar & Grill, 117 Whitaker St. Support Groups

Alcoholics Anonymous

For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join.

Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing. 912-356-3688. savannahaa.com.

Alzheimer's Caregiver and Family Support Group

For individuals caring for Alzheimer's and dementia family members. Second Monday, Wilm. Isl. United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. Second Thursday, Ruth Byck Adult Care Center, 64 Jasper St. Sponsored by Senior Citizens, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-236-0363 x143.

Amputee Support Group

Open to all who have had limbs amputated and their families or caregivers. Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-7778.

Back Pain Support Group

Second Monday of every month,7:00pm.

Denny’s Restaurant at Hwy. 204. Everyone is welcome. For more info, contact Debbie at 912-727-2959 ongoing.

Brain Injury Support Group

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Third Thursdays, 5pm. In the gym of the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. ongoing. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Breast Cancer Survivors Group

Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian Church. For survivors and caregivers. Call for info. ongoing. 912-844-4524. fpc.presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Cancer Support Group

For anyone living with, through or beyond a cancer diagnosis. First Wednesdays, at Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave.

developmental disabilities. Meets monthly.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-7633.

Citizens With Retarded Citizens, 1211 Eisenhower Drive.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Assoc.

Meets regularly to discuss issues affecting the lives of polio survivors. Call or see website for info. Polio survivors and guests are invited. Free and open to the public. ongoing. 912-927-8332. coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org.

Connect for Kids

This group is for children who have a loved one with a life-limiting illness. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Debtors Anonymous

For people with debting problems. Meets Sundays, 6:30pm at Unity of Savannah. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-5726108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Eating Disorders Anonymous

Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm-8:30pm.

Email for info. ongoing. edasavannah@yahoo.com. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Essential Tremor Support Group

For those with the disease, care partners, family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:30pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-2224. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Fibromyalgia Support Group

Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-8196743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave.

Free Monthly Support Group for New & Expectant Parents

Come and meet fellow parents and kids.

Discuss and learn different ways to enjoy parenthood. Cate Glyn-Jones, registered nurse, midwife, and lactation consultant, will be on hand to answer all of your questions. This is a free event with refreshments served and takes place the first Tuesday of every month. Free first Tuesday of every month, 10 a.m. 912-544-6387. support@erigosavannah.com. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Gambling Problem 12 Step Program

Twelve step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. ongoing. 912-748-4730.

Georgia Scleroderma Support Group

A group for people with scleroderma for the greater Savannah area and surroundSeven week structured educational support ing counties. Meets regularly. Call for day group for children 6-17. Support, coping and time. Lovezzola's Pizza, 320 Hwy 80 tools, utilizing play and activity to learn to West, Pooler. Info: 912-412-6675 or 912live with loss. Free of charge. A service of 414-3827. ongoing.

Grief Support Groups Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for dates. onHospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full going. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and array of grief support groups and individual Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

Citizens With Retarded Citizens counseling for children, teens and adults For families with children or adults with is available at no charge. Counseling is autism, mental retardation, and other offered at 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H in SavanChildren's Grief Support Group

nah, and appointments are also available in the United Way offices in Rincon and in Richmond Hill. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. HospiceSavannah. org/GriefSupport.

Head and Neck Cancer Support Group Meeting

This group is open to patients with cancers of the head or neck and their caregivers.

Call or visit website for more information. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. 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.

Free and open to the public. Tuesdays.

912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga. org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St.

Klinefelter Syndrome/47-XXY Support Group

For parents of children with this diagnosis, and for men with this diagnosis. Started by the mother of a boy with 47-XXY. Email to meet for mutual support. ongoing. amkw21@gmail.com.

Legacy Group: For individuals with advanced and recurrent cancer.

Group addresses the concerns of advanced and recurrent cancer survivors from the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of healing. To register for a specific session and to learn about the group, please call Jennifer Currin-McCulloch at 912-350-7845. ongoing. 912-350-7845.

Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (at Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call or see website for info. Located in the Summit Cancer Care office at the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Narcotics Anonymous

Call for the Savannah Lowcountry Area NA meeting schedule. ongoing. 912-238-5925.

Overeaters Anonymous

Is food a problem for you? Overeaters Anonymous can help. Savannah meetings Mon 6:30pm, Wed 5:30pm, Fri 6:30 p.m.

See website for locations and info, or call 912-358-7150. ongoing. oa.org/meetings.

Parents of Children with IEP's (Individualized Education Plans)

For parents of children attending Chatham-Savannah Public School System who have IEP plans, to offer mutual support through the challenges of the IEP process.

Email for info. ongoing. amkw210@gmail. com.

Parents of Ill Children

Backus Children's Hospital sponsors this group for parents with a seriously ill child receiving inpatient or outpatient treatment.

Case manager facilitates the meetings.

Meets weekly. Call for info. 912-350-5616. memorialhealth.com/backus. Backus Children's Hospital, 4700 Waters Ave.

General Merchandise STOP GNAT & MOSQUITO BITES! Buy Swamp Gnat or Swamp Gator Natural Insect Repellant. Family & Pet Sale.

Available: ACE Hardware, Walgreen's, The Home Depot, homedepot.com.

Jobs

WANTED: Experienced DUMP TRUCK DRIVERS. Must have valid CDL Class A or B. Must have clean MVR, pass drug/background check. Call 912-690-0491 MONFRI 8AM-4PM or email resume to: teresa@adrsservices.com

Homes For Sale

Help Wanted AUTO TECH NEEDED with own tools, at Auto Pro Sales & Service. 153 S. ROBINHOOD DRIVE: Three Apply in person: 5107 Ogeechee bedroom, two bath home in the Road. Ask for John.

Glen Of Robinhood. Living room CHILDCARE CENTER SEEKING with fireplace, equipped kitchen, PRE-K TEACHER. Must have A/C unit only a year old. Owner Bachelor’s degree in Early anxious! Only $104,900. Call Alvin Childhood Education or related at 912-604-5898 or Realty degree. Call 912-233-5868 Executives Coastal Empire 912355-5557.

EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL Savannah Airport (Exit 104 off I-95) is hiring for: Experienced Housekeepers, Overnight Laundry Person, 6939 KEY ST. Three bedroom, all Maintenance Engineers. brick home on corner lot.

Full Time Benefits include: Equipped kitchen, A/C unit only Medical, Dental, Vision one year old. Ideal for first timers.

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MECHANIC NEEDED for a Ready-Mix Concrete Company in Pooler, GA. Compensation package includes: competitive pay, group health benefits, company-paid life insurance, paid holidays, vacation, and 401k.

Duties include: maintenance and repair of our mixer trucks. Must be able to pass pre-employment drug screening, and random drug testing.

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B Net Management Inc. For pictures & videos of properties *Credit Issues, Prior Evictions, Bankruptcies may still apply *Weekly & Bi-Weekly Payment Options Available for Apts. $245 & $450 2031 New Mexico St. Off Pennsylvania. 3BR/1BA, LR, DR, carpet and hardwood floors, laundry room, kitchen w/appliances, fenced yard $865/month.

5509 Emory Drive: 3BR/2BA house. LR, DR, hardwood floors, carpet, CH/A, laundry room, kitchen, fenced yard. $885/month.

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

FOR RENT 3 Bedroom/1 bath, front porch, hardwood floors, CH/A, washer/ dryer connections, ceramic tile, appliances, decorative fireplaces.

Student friendly. Barnard Street. $1075/mo. 770-846-9248

Fully Furnished 1 BR/1BA located in the heart of Wilmington Island. End unit, very quiet, patio, fireplace, washer, dryer. Pool, tennis courts, clubhouse, and more. Walk to local restaurants, churches, banks, grocery, shopping. 6 mos. or 1 yr. lease.

912-657-0485 FURNISHED APARTMENTS, No Deposit. 1 Bedroom, Utilities Included. $160, $175, $190 per week. Corner of 38th and Drayton. 912-234-9779 FURNISHED APTS. $170/WK. Private bath and kitchen, cable, utilities, washer furnished. AC & heat, bus stop on property. No deposit required. Completely safe, manager on property.

Contact Linda, (912)690-9097 or Jack, (912)342-3840.

624 MONTGOMERY STREET. Downtown.

Furnished, all utilities. Clean, quiet, nice room on busline. $120 & Up per week.

912-944-0950 DUPLEX: 1221 E. 53rd Street.

2BR/1BA $550/month plus $550/ deposit. One block off Waters Avenue, close to Daffin Park.

Call 912-335-3211 or email adamrealstate@gmail.com. Days/ Nights/Weekends.

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11515 White Bluff Road: $650/month for 1BR/1BA Apt. with $500/deposit.

1303 E. 66th Street.

2BR/2BA $795/month, $500/ deposit.

Nice location, 207 Edgewater Rd. 2BR/2BA, all electric, $795/month.

1812 N. Avalon: 2BR, 1.5BA $720/month.

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SOUTHSIDE FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT, Utilities Included, $110 per week. •1BR Apts, washer/dryer Corner of 38th and Drayton. Call included. $25 for water, trash included, $625/month.

912-234-9779 •2BR/1.5BA Townhouse Apt, GEORGETOWN Furnished Efficiency Apt. includes total electric $700/month. utilities, electricity, gas, garbage Call 912-927-3278 or 912and water. 1yr. lease & security 356-5656 deposit. $650/month. Close to Savannah Mall & Armstrong State VERY NICE HOME FOR RENT: University. 912-429-2073 1421 E.56th St. 4BR/1BA, Central JASMINE AVENUE heat/air, furnished kitchen, LR, 2BR Duplex. Recently remodeled. DR, washer/dryer connection, Carpet, fenced yard. No pets. fenced yard. $885/month. Call $575/mo. plus dep. No Section 8. 912-507-7934, 912-927-2853 or 912-234-0548 912-631-7644

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MIDDLEGROUND SPECIAL! Rooms for rent: Southside location. Rooms remodeled.

Central heat/air. $115 - $125/ week. $50/deposit. Call 912-2725396

ROOMS FOR RENT - ADULT LIVING: $150 weekly. No deposit. Furnished rooms. All utilities included. Call 912844-5995 ROOMS FOR RENT: Adult Living.

Furnished, all utilities included.

Washer/dryer on premises, cable TV, WiFi/Internet. $150/weekly.

No deposit. Call 912-414-4126

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

SHARED LIVING: Fully Furnished Apts. $170 weekly.

No deposit. All utilities included. Call 912-844-5995

Commercial Property for Rent

SINGLE, Mature Individual for Roommate: Safe Environment.

Central heat/air, cable, washer/ dryer. Bi-weekly $280, $280/ security deposit, No lease.

Immediate occupancy.

Call Mr.Brown: 912-663-2574 or 912234-9177.

GREAT COMMERCIAL SPACE AVAILABLE!

Automotive

4501 Montgomery Street between W.61st & W.62nd.

Extreme high traffic area. Great for Retail, Barber Shop, Nail Salon, Beauty Supply Store and Much More!! Parking available in front and rear of building. $1300 per month. Call (912) 695-3520

Cars/Trucks/Vans FENDER BENDER ??

Paint & Body Work.

Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

Room for Rent ROOMS FOR RENT $75 MOVE-IN SPECIAL TODAY!!

Clean, furnished, large. Busline, central heat/air, utilities. $100$130/weekly. Rooms with bath $145. Call 912-289-0410.

Quiet, Country Setting. Offering 1BR Apts. Ages 62 & Older. FURNISHED, includes Income-based Rent. Community utilities, central heat/air, Room; Activities. Contact 912Comcast cable, washer/ 653-3113 dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen & bath. Shared Kitchen & www.connectsavannah.com bath. Call 912-210-0144, leave message

THE Website Let Us Help You To Visit For What MoneY! You’re Looking For! CallMake 912-721-4350 To Place Your Classified Ad!

Service Directory Business Services FOR ALL TYPES OF MASONRY REPAIR

Brick, Block, Concrete, Stucco, Brick Paving, Grading, Clearing, etc., New & Repair Work. Call Michael Mobley, 912-631-0306

Buy. Sell.

For Free! www.connectsavannah.com

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 Celebrate Our Nation’s Independence with Savannah Riverboat Cruises! 

JULY 4TH Elite Captain’s Suite Cruise

The Fireworks won’t be the only thing sparkling on this 4th of July! Let us roll out the Red, White & Blue for you as you join our Captain and award winning crew for the most Elite Fireworks Cruise around! This is one all-inclusive 4th of July Fireworks celebration you don’t want to miss! 

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Hand Passed Hors D’ Oeuvres

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Exclusive Access Pass & Early Boarding Meet the Captain & Tour the Pilot House  Private Captain’s Reception

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4 Course Gourmet Dinner & Exquisite Table Service

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NEW!

4 hour Premium Hosted Bar Live Entertainment  Spectacular Fireworks Display

LIMITED SEATS $325.00* per person (gratuity included)  Boarding | 5:45 pm  Sailing | 7–10 pm NEW!

4TH OF JULY

Dinner & Fireworks Cruise

Join us on board for a one-of-a-kind 3 hour celebration!

Enjoy a delicious, 4th of July inspired dinner buffet, live entertainment, drink specials and a spectacular Waterfront fireworks show! With 2 climate controlled lower decks and an outdoor, open-air third deck, we make celebrating July 4th a breeze!

Adults $119.95* | Children (5-12) $69.95* Boarding | 6 pm  Sailing | 7–10 pm

4TH OF JULY Fireworks Cruise Join us on board for drink specials, live entertainment & an unforgettable night! During this 1½ hour cruise dance to the music of our Riverboat Entertainers while celebrating our Nation’s Independence! The evening will also feature the spectacular Waterfront Fireworks Show!

Cash Bar & Snack Shop available on board.

Adults $32.95* | Children (5-12) $25.95* Boarding | 8 pm  Sailing | 9–10:30 pm

4TH OF JULY WEEKEND

Cruise Schedule

FRIDAY, JULY 3RD 2 pm Sightseeing Cruise 4 pm Sightseeing Cruise 7 pm Dinner Cruise 9:30–11 pm Moonlight Cruise SATURDAY, JULY 4TH 12 pm Lunch Cruise 12 pm Sightseeing Cruise 2 pm Sightseeing Cruise 4 pm Sightseeing Cruise 7 pm Dinner & Fireworks Cruise 7 pm Elite Capt.’s Suite Cruise 9 pm Fireworks Cruise SUNDAY, JULY 5TH 12 pm Brunch Cruise 12 pm Sightseeing Cruise 2 pm Sightseeing Cruise 4 pm Sightseeing Cruise 7 pm Dinner Cruise MONDAY, JULY 6TH 2 pm Sightseeing Cruise 4 pm Sightseeing Cruise 7 pm Dinner Cruise 7 pm Gospel Dinner Cruise

Call for more details and special menus! Restrictions Apply. No Discounts Allowed. Departing from River Street behind City Hall. *plus tax and port fee

FOR RESERVATIONS & TICKETS, CONTACT US AT 912.232.6404 OR 800.786.6404 | WWW.SAVANNAHRIVERBOAT.COM