Connect Savannah August 19, 2015

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Savannah Derby Devils All-Stars vs.

Greenville Derby Dames Saturday / 21

Savannah’s roller derby team takes on the girls from Greenville, S.C. 7 p.m.

Savannah Civic Center 301 West Oglethorpe Ave.

Pup Crawl

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Wednesday / 19 Film: Back in Action

The PFS screens this memorial salute to the late professional wrestler and actor “Rowdy” Roddy Piper in this film, which finds him paired onscreen with future Tae-Bo TV pitchman Billy Blanks.

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

Thursday / 20

Savannah Sand Gnats

Vs. Kannapolis. Thirsty Thursday.

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

Thursday Night Opry w/ The Seaboard Stompers, Black Water Choir, Pretend Sweethearts

Thursday Night Opry starts up again with a strong lineup.

Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. $10

Friday / 21

Enjoy the night with or without your dog as you meander through downtown with a souvenir cup in hand. Proceeds go to the Humane Society for Greater Savannah.

6:30-9:30 p.m.

The Rail Pub 405 West Congress St. $15

Film: Enter the Dragon

Bruce Lee plays a martial-arts expert determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for the death of his sister. Lee enters a kung fu competition in an attempt to fight his way to the dealer’s headquarters with the help of some friends.

8-10 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $9 912-525-5050. lucastheatre.com

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Cinema Savannah Presents Phoenix (Germany/Poland, 2015) Saturday / 21

A spellbinding mystery of identity, illusion, and deception unfolds against the turmoil of post-World War II Germany in the stunning new film from acclaimed director Christian Petzold. Nelly (Nina Hoss), a German-Jewish nightclub singer, has survived a concentration camp, but with her face disfigured by a bullet wound.

After undergoing reconstructive surgery, she emerges with a new face, one similar but different enough that her former husband doesn’t recognize her. Winner of international festival awards.

7p.m. and 9:30p.m. (check for exact times) Spotlight Theaters 1100 Eisenhower Drive, corner of Eisenhower and Waters Ave. $7.50 (if you mention CinemaSavannah)

This free community event will feature food and refreshments, kid friendly fun, line dancing, and live entertainment. third Friday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Suites at Station Exchange, 3205 TSX Grand Central.

Savannah Sand Gnats

Vs. Kannapolis. Facebook Flashback Friday.

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

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Concert: Steve Gulley and New Pinnacle

Steve Gulley is a 4-time IBMA winner and a stalwart of the very top echelon of lead and tenor singers in the bluegrass business, as well as being a gifted songwriter and guitarist. Friday, August 21. Randy Wood Guitars (Bloomingdale), 1304 East Hwy. 80. $20 plus tax

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Film: The Game of Death

An actor (Bruce Lee) shot by gangsters fakes his death, has plastic surgery and seeks kung-fu revenge. Lee died during filming, and much of “his” scenes are played by stand-ins intercut with archival Lee footage. Rated R. 103 minutes.

8-10 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $9 912-525-5050. lucastheatre.com

Cool Communities in Hot Savannah

The Savannah Development and Renewal Authority is bringing together neighborhoods in Savannah, strengthening community ties, and celebrating diversity with local products, foods, businesses, artists, musicians, and activities for the whole family.

2-7 p.m Wells Park, Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

Forsyth Farmers Market

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

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

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Hostess City Hellions vs. Lakeland Derby Dames

Savannah’s roller derby B-team takes on the girls from Florida.

5 p.m Sav’h Civic Center, 301 W Oglethorpe Ave. $13

Derby Devils vs. Greenville Derby Dames

Savannah’s roller derby team takes on the girls from Greenville SC. 7 p.m Sav’h Civic Center, 301 W Oglethorpe Ave. $13

Savannah Sand Gnats

Vs. Kannapolis. Fireworks after the game.

6:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8

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Savannah Sand Gnats

Vs. Kannapolis. Kids eat free and run the bases after the game.

2:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8

Tuesday / 25

Richmond Hill Farmer’s Market

Vendors include Hardwicke Farms, Sage Wishes, FraLi Gourmet, Savannah River Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Farms, Woodland Swamp Farm, Sikes Sanders speaks in Charleston. Doors Honey, Foods of the Farm, and Farm Fresh open at 6 pm. Free and open to the public. Produce.

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Tickets not required, but RSVP is strongly J. F. Gregory Park, Richmond Hill. encouraged. Go to berniesanders.com Tongue: Open Mouth and Music 7 p.m Show hosted by Melanie Goldey Burke High School, 244 President Street.

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Your take: What’s wrong & how to fix it WE LACK leaders with vision: Men and women who possess a sense of how to balance past, present, and future, black and white, resident and tourist, dollars and sense. It’s long past time to dismantle the machine. — Hartford Gongaware

IN RESPONSE to my column last week calling for readers to submit their quicktake analysis of what’s wrong in Savannah and what needs to be done, I got the following good-natured jab from someone I respect: “So will you take the ‘fair and balanced’ approach of listing and asking for success stories as well? Seems you can still convey your message by offering both sides.”

My response was: That’s what we do each week in the rest of Connect Savannah.

Probably 90 percent of our total content is an ongoing, loving celebration of local arts, culture, entertainment, and community.

So honestly I don’t feel too bad about spending some time this vital election season focusing on the negative. That too, is what people are talking about.

Response to the column frankly exceeded my expectations. In today’s media climate, where Facebook comments have largely replaced good ol’ fashioned Letters to the Editor, we rarely get this kind of thoughtful feedback anymore.

In my mind that’s an indication of the pent-up concern that’s out there, and the ongoing importance of providing a credible, independent venue in which to voice that frustration and air those concerns.

So here are some words to ponder, straight from some of our readers. You’ll find some real gems in here, and these opinions will help inform our coverage of this election season. cs

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I USED to consider Savannah city government charmingly dysfunctional. You could get things done, but nothing was efficient. It meant you could carry out your business, but also have some fun around the edges. That dysfunction has turned from charming to dangerous to the point that it feels impossible to get anything at all accomplished. It feels like real corruption instead of just incompetence.

— Kevin Lawver THERE’s a systemic disconnect between city government and residents. The city consistently fails to prioritize the immediate needs and long-term success of citizens and the community. We need big-picture economic growth. Poverty is at the root of many of the issues we struggle with locally. I’d love to see the city be more proactive rather than selectively enforcing reactionary ordinances. — Alys MISSING VOLVO is the last straw, and there was not a whit of outrage in this city. We need a committee of area citizens to understand why this city/ region continues to lose prime employers to Charleston and elsewhere. Neither City Council, County Commission nor SEDA should sit on it or select members. The findings and recommended solutions need to be written and made public. Make this a public issue candidates MUST address. — Russ Wigh THE JOB MARKET needs to be improved. It’s sad when a new Walmart gets built and the mayor boasts about the 95 new low-wage jobs that were created. — Scott Woodward

Editor, The quick answer to what is wrong with Savannah City Government is “representative democracy.”

As Edmund Burke famously put it, “Representatives, once they are elected, are free for their entire terms of office to make decisions independent of and even in opposition to their constituencies. Political representatives owe to their constituencies only their independent judgement.”

Why did Burke think this was a good idea: “because the

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I CAN do this in one word: Corruption. Clean up the payoffs, kickbacks and development scams between city /county employees and connected contractors, A/E firms and property owners and the whole house of cards collapses. The list of what’s wrong is mostly eliminated. The city is run by the establishment good ol’ boys and the administrative hacks they put in office to disperse taxpayer money as they see fit. Corruption. — Steve Bowman

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people at large are ill fit to rule as they represent a retrograde order of society?”

Within this system, which the US politics is based on, individuals who run for election (and they must run as individuals) can initially perhaps run under the illusion that they can do something for the community, but quickly find that they are really not a part of the decision-making which is done behind closed doors.

In the end these elected officials continue to run to retain their seats and for reasons of narrow self-interest and self-importance.

There is only one way to rectify this situation: Build a mass movement to reclaim the city.

Run in elections not as isolated individuals but in a block and answerable to the movement and under the following rules: 1. Only for one term to avoid careerism.

2. Recallable at any time if the people wish it.

3. Work to make the council transparent by opening the accounting books and giving frequent, public reports on all decisions taken for discussion.

In this way decisions in the interests of the people of the city could not only be made but enforced.

We could raise the minimum wage to a living wage, control rents and real estate speculation and offer affordable housing, improve and integrate the schools, provide a quality public transport system reducing traffic and making the city pedestrian safe, create a city banking institution. The list goes on. All this is possible if waste and corrupt practices are halted.

Yes there is an alternative to representative democracy.

It’s called “Participatory democracy.”

Let’s try it!

Bertha Husband

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While I was out…

By Jessica Leigh Lebos

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When I wandered away from my desk for a few weeks this summer to contemplate my navel and throw a few words at my novel (in that order), I figured the most significant change upon my return would be that my pet orchid died.

Instead, that plucky phalaenopsis grew a waxy new leaf and America has turned completely upside down.

In less than a month, the empty pageantry and mouth-breathing apathy I left up on my browser seems to have refreshed itself into something that kind of looks like … momentum.

First off, I could not have predicted that when I rose from my chillaxed coma that topping the presidential polls would be an eccentric billionaire and a bonafide Socialist (even though Bernie Sanders’ campaign takes great pains to define the “Democratic” qualifier on the label, many find it more dramatic to leave it out. It makes for more exciting punditry, and some people enjoy watching their grandparents get all apoplectic.)

Bernie may be the rumpled dark prince of economic populism, but his platform got a fierce flogging when Black Lives Matter activists disrupted his political rally in Seattle to call him out on his tepid attention to issues of racial injustice. He and his supporters seemed surprised that BLM would choose to question the respected senator who’s literally carried the banner for bleeding heart liberals all by himself for decades.

Frankly, I think the bigger shock is that Marissa Johnson and Mara Willaford were allowed to speak at the mic at all instead of being dragged offstage, pepper-sprayed, tased, shot and/or carted off to jail where they might have been mysteriously made dead. (Yeah, going there. #JusticeForSandra.)

Sure, there are some who argued that it’s rude to interrupt one’s elders.

I have to agree, especially the elder I get—unless there’s a fire or someone is bleeding. When it comes to the entrenched disenfranchisement and harassment that people of color experi8 ence in this country, the building is a

Sure, there are some who argued that it’s rude to interrupt one’s elders. I have to agree, especially the elder I get—unless there’s a fire or someone is bleeding. When it comes to the entrenched disenfranchisement and harassment that men and women of color experience in this country, the building is a flaming inferno and blood is pouring out the windows.

flaming inferno and blood is pouring out the windows.

Black lives matter, and black votes count. That shouldn’t have to be a damn revelation, but if it takes storming the stage to remind us, so be it. (To his credit, Bernie got the message real quick and within days hired criminal reform activist Symone Sanders as his press secretary.)

There were other small drags towards meaningful change this summer: Mass incarceration is finally being examined with a “let’s fix it” lens, as is the problem of post-prison unemployability. Endorsed by Bernie, Hillary Clinton, 25 U.S. senators and countless business and social groups, Ban the Box is a nationwide campaign to end discrimination towards people who have served time by removing the “Have you ever been convicted?” checkbox on job applications.

Here in Chatham County, where 67 percent of the jail population consists of African American men under 30,

that small reform could give a whole lot of people a better chance at getting and keeping a job—which, unless I’m mistaken, is the most important issue at stake regardless of what political party you’re taking to the dance.

As the sandspur of race continues to lodge in our tender feet, any tiptoeing around gayness seems to be over. While I was sleeping, Boy Scouts of America president Robert Gates announced that the BSA has abolished its ban on openly gay scout leaders and paid administrators, two years after it began allowing gay scouts.

It’s not like Gates is some kind of crazy liberal: An Eagle Scout from way back, he’s a former director of the CIA and served as defense secretary under George W. Bush and President Obama.

But he and other BSA leaders recognize that discrimination of any kind is no longer sustainable in this country, and that the best action for the non-profit now is “to seize control of our own future” rather than let the courts do it for them.

Noted Gates in his address to the national organization back in May, “The country is changing.”

Dude, you’re telling me! Ain’t it great?

I mean, I woke up from a dream about flying cats to find the American flag flying over Cuba! I wish my jazz piano-playing, Democratic Socialist (or woulda been, except McCarthy) grandfather could have lived to see it. He would have loved Bernie.

Speaking of flags, there are many Southern folks who will always claim the stars and bars as their cultural icon of choice.

Several people have championed to me that it’s about heritage, and I can respect that. Separating the rebel from the cause and all that, fine.

I also think it’s important to know that in these times, waving the Confederate banner from a public place, or say, on the cover of a magazine, announces a narrow understanding of an America that serves very few.

At best, it reveals a tone deafness to the tremendous work that still needs to be done to ensure liberty and justice for all.

We live in a city, a South and a country in dire need of positive change. We must remind each other that we all have more in common than the labels and parties that divide us. I’m too confused and narcoleptic to ever run for office, but do I hold the strong belief that prioritizing civility, tolerance and inclusion is only the way forward.

Mostly, I’ve emerged from my summer slumber to things on key.

Last Sunday, our 15 year-old son, who declared himself a proud gay man earlier this year, opened the Sand Gnats game with the national anthem. It was a teary moment for this cheerleading outlier and self-proclaimed weirdo to witness his confidence that he is accepted and adored in this community, and it gives me marvelous hope for the future.

While my kid’s rendition resonated like a clear baritone bell, it still made me think of Roseanne Barr, who famously butchered the Star-Spangled Banner in 1990.

The Youtube video is as screechy and crass as it ever was, but it reminds us of the millions of possible permutations of what it means to stand up for this country.

“I represent a certain part of America that probably no one else represents,” defended Barr of her blue collar bawdiness.

“I came out of someplace, and got someplace, and I’ve got a right to sing the song.”

Democracy rarely has perfect pitch, and yes, sometimes it can be hard to listen to. It takes courage to respect the rights of others, especially if you don’t agree with them.

As we clear the crust from our eyes and gear up for a year of elections great and small, the most important thing we’ve got to remember is we’ve all got the right to sing the song.

Even if we march to different beat. cs

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Revitalization at street level

Free event celebrates development, diversity and positive change by jessica leigh lebos

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AUG 19-AUG 25, 2015

If you want to know what Wells Park was like back in the day, just ask Howard Carlton. But don’t bother calling him “Sir.” “Everyone just calls me ‘Sidewalk,’” laughs the elderly gentleman, who has been living in the westside Metropolitan neighborhood since 1959.

Sidewalk spends “most days” on his favorite park bench and has seen a lot go down in this shaded respite that sits between 38th and 39th Streets along MLK Jr. Blvd.

“I remember when they poured that concrete,” he says, pointing towards a smooth slab underneath a large live oak on the corner.

“And that playground equipment is much better than what used to be there.”

But not all of the changes that Sidewalk has seen have been improvements.

Known to locals as “38th Street Park,” the public space has fallen into disrepair over the decades and become a bastion for violent crime and drug deals.

Many of the houses surrounding it are blighted, boarded up and burned out.

Shady’s Convenience Store and a couple of auto repair garages are what remain of a once-thriving, black-owned business district.

Recently, however, Sidewalk and other longtime denizens of the neighborhood have watched the pendulum of change swing back for the better.

The revitalization of the MLK corridor is cited as a top priority of the city’s Savannah Development and Renewal Authority, particularly the historic Metropolitan and Cuyler-Brownsville neighborhoods.

SDRA Executive Director Kevin Klinkenberg is taking his cues from citizens themselves to help restore stability and prosperity to these blocks.

“We’ve talked with the people who live and work here to see what kinds of change they want to see,” says Klinkenberg.

“This park came up a lot.”

A series of open houses determined a laundry list of simple improvements, and Wells Park has already received landscaping upgrades and bench repairs in the last few months. City maintenance crews are visiting more often.

And, as of last week, the chain link fence around its perimeter has been removed.

“As we saw with the transformation of Bryant Park in New York City, pedestrian traffic is really important to creating vis10 ibility and safety,” says Klinkenberg. ”

Howard “Sidewalk” Carlton (l.) discusses the future of Wells Park (aka “38th Street Park”) with SDRA executive director Kevin Klinkenberg.

The fence has come down just in time for a free street fair planned for this weekend.

Hosted by SDRA, “Cool Communities in Hot Savannah” brings together a diverse collection of entertainers, organizations and citizens on Saturday, Aug. 22.

The afternoon promises plenty of food and fun: Free hot dogs and burgers will be served by Whole Foods, and attendees have a chance to try out the pulled pork from Munchie’s BBQ, newly open on the corner of 38th and Montgomery.

Entertainment comes from local hip hop kings Dope Sandwich (see feature on page 16), and kids can make beautiful crafts with Loop It Up or hunt for treasure in the mossy old oaks with the Savannah Tree Foundation. Free health screenings will be provided by Mercer School of Medicine, and everyone gets a sneak peek at the Forsyth Farmers Market’s new Farm Truck 912.

Klinkenberg has brought on Well Fed Events to help stage the afternoon, citing the company’s success in putting on the annual Food Day and Earth Day festivals. Both of those events are continually lauded for their diverse attendance from all corners of Savannah, an important element of any enterprise that seeks to unify Savannah within cultural, racial and socioeconomic arenas.

“If you really want to help get rid of that dividing line, you have to go out and meet your neighbors,” says Well Fed’s Joanne Morton.

“This is an opportunity to get to know each other and see what everyone is all about.”

Morton says part of her goal for Cool Communities in Hot Savannah is to bring people to a side of Savannah they may not have visited before. She’s reached out to dozens of organizations that will fill Wells Park with booths and banners, including the ones mentioned above as well as Art Rise Savannah, Blessings in a Bookbag, Emergent Savannah, Geekend, the Savannah Bicycle Campaign, Healthy Savannah, Maven Makers, Savannah Urban Garden Alliance, Solidarity in Savannah and more.

“What all of these organizations have in common is that they’re interested in community engagement in a meaningful way,” says Morton.

She adds with a grin: “They also know how to have fun.”

Another fundamental aspect of the day is to help folks understand the historical significance of Savannah’s west side. Once known as Wells Square, the park was designated in the 1870s and was the site of one of first municipal playgrounds in the city as part of a development project spearheaded

by Mayor Richard James Devant in 1913.

The nearby Cuyler-Brownsville neighborhood still houses descendants of some of Savannah’s most prominent African American families of the 20th century, a heritage once documented on 36th Street at the now-defunct Kiah House Museum.

The Kiah exhibits will be on display for Saturday’s event, and more can be learned during a trolley tour led by Historic Savannah Foundation executive director Daniel Carey.

“There are remarkable stories about these neighborhoods,” says Klinkenberg.

“It’s important that people know more about the city’s history than just the landmark district.”

Sidewalk remains skeptical that his stomping grounds could ever become as popular—or protected—as Savannah’s tonier neighborhoods, some just a block or two away.

A recent shooting shut down a six-block radius near the park for hours, and accusations of police-aided drug activity persist among Sidewalk and his friends.

“No one cares what happens around here,” he shrugs.

Yet the pendulum appears to keep moving towards the opposite: The new Munchie’s is already thriving, and the old parochial school across the street was purchased by SCAD, which means increased revenue and better vigilance in the area.

It could also lead to increased rents that could price Sidewalk out of his house.

But the danger of such gentrification is a long way off, and won’t happen at all if Klinkenberg and the SDRA keep residents’ input at the heart of the revitalization.

“We have a lot of things planned for these neighborhoods, but some of that will take years,” says Klinkenberg.

“In the meantime, we want to help change people’s perception of this area to something better.” cs

“Cool Communities in Hot Savannah” Street Fair

When: 2-7pm, Saturday, Aug. 22 Where: Wells Park, 38th and Montgomery Streets Cost: Free Info: wellfedsavannah.com/events

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Christopher Middleton’s calling

Assistant Public Defender on the privilege of championing Constitutional rights

By Orlando Montoya

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WHEN I walk into Christopher Middleton’s office, I think for a minute that the lawyer still hasn’t unpacked. Middleton is Chatham County’s assistant public defender.

It’s been two years since his office moved to a new building. And his workplace still has that “newly moved in” look of bare walls.

No degrees, no honors, no football trophies greet you. What gives? Is his personality hiding in a box somewhere?

“When I walk into this office, it’s about the client,” he says of his intentionally impersonal decor. “Every time I come through that door, I come through the door to work.”

I can’t imagine a workplace without personal tchotchkes. But I also can’t imagine the kind of work that Middleton does.

He works in the public defender’s major crimes unit.

To put it bluntly, he defends accused rapists, armed robbers, child molesters and drug traffickers. Anyone who could serve a life term, if proven guilty. He’s on their side.

“I feel that it’s a great honor to represent a citizen and protect those rights embodied in the United States constitution,” he says. “There’s no higher privilege.”

Of course, all accused criminals have the right to a lawyer, regardless of income. The U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged this in the 1963 case of Gideon vs. Wainwright.

Living up to that decision, however, has remained a constant battle. Many see Gideon as a frontline in the struggle for civil rights.

“I love to champion the underdog,” Middleton says. “Just because you’re considered indigent, you shouldn’t receive less than quality, less than stellar legal representation.”

Okay, we get that. But who goes into a career knowing that he or she will work just as hard but be paid less than others in the room? A happy person, judging by Middleton.

Public defense is a calling. And in Middleton’s case, it extends a deep community service ethic. He volunteers for more than a half-dozen groups, including Citizens Advocacy and AWOL. He got this way of being from growing up here in Savannah.

‘As a former athlete, I was thinking maybe sports law or entertainment law,’ Middleton says. ‘But when I interned for the public defender’s office in Berkeley County, S.C., I began to quickly realize that I love being in the fight.’

Savannah State University humanities professor Charles Elmore encouraged his passion for communicating. Mayor Floyd Adams Jr., who hired him as speechwriter, encouraged his passion for the common man. And Tigers football coach Steven Wilks encouraged his doggedness.

“As a former athlete, I was thinking maybe sports law or entertainment law,” he says of his choices after graduating Vermont Law School in 2007.

“But when I interned for the public defender’s office in Berkeley County, S.C., I began to quickly realize that I love being in the fight.”

And there’s another mentor he praises, his outgoing boss. Chatham County chief public defender Michael Edwards is leaving office this month to take a teaching job in England.

Edwards is credited with creating initiatives to prevent crime in the first place.

Robert Persse, Edwards’ counterpart in Statesboro, will take Edwards’ place on August 17th.

The new man surely will notice the only personal item in Middleton’s office. He does have one. I didn’t notice it until I was packing my recording equipment on the way out.

It’s a chess set. He’s a passionate chess player.

“It teaches you strategy,” Middleton says. “It teaches you to set goals, to have a clear goal in mind. It teaches you how to adjust.”

No points for guessing his favorite pieces.

“When placed and utilized properly, the pawn can be a very powerful piece on the board,” he says.

It’s an apt metaphor. Young men, not placed and utilized properly by parents and society from an early age, often end up staring at bare walls for a long time. cs

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Why did paleolithic humans hunt mammoths?

Why did Paleolithic humans kill mammoths? Evidence suggests early people hunted and killed woolly mammoths and butchered them for meat and hides. I realize killing a mammoth must have impressed paleo girls, but before the invention of Tupperware and refrigeration, what did you do with the resulting tons of meat? Either you’d have to have the biggest barbecue ever, or else try to preserve (and carry around) lots and lots of mammoth steaks. Considering the additional problem of drawing every carnivore and scavenger for miles, wouldn’t it make more sense to kill paleo bunnies and other small game? —Curious Vegetarian BUNNIES? This is effete modern thinking. For primitive humans, the main concern wasn’t too much food but too little.

OK, taking down a mammoth to keep the clan fed for a week sounds like overkill.

But if the choice is between sustainable environmental practices and survival, you know what’s going to win. In other words, this seemingly obscure question is a parable for our times.

Before we get all big-picture, let’s acknowledge what we don’t know. For starters, we can’t be certain early humans hunted mammoths on a regular basis.

Human and mammoth fossils often turn up in the same locations, and stone

weapon tips have been found embedded in mammoth bones, so clearly we went after them on occasion. But some experts wonder if we weren’t mainly finishing off mammoths laid low by other causes.

That said, the consensus among scientists nowadays is that some human communities took to mammoth hunting in a big way. In fact—and I told you this question had relevance to our own day—we may have hunted them to extinction.

Why go after mammoths and not bunnies? For the same reason Costco members drive right past the 7-Eleven—acquiring food in bulk is more efficient. A typical adult mammoth is thought to have been good for well over a thousand pounds of meat—more than two million calories.

Add in the bone marrow and fat, and a mammoth could probably have kept 30 people fed for two weeks.

A block of time like that gives you a chance to get organized. Specialization would likely have emerged early in a mammoth-hunting clan. The hunters would prepare their weapons for the next expedition, leaving the food-prep team to focus on what was surely job one for Paleolithic chefs: keeping the leftovers from going bad.

No Stone Age cookbooks are extant, but meat-preservation techniques have been known since ancient times. An obvious one during the last ice age would have been freezing, and in fact Plains Indians used to bury meat in the snow during winter; they’d also dry meat after large kills.

Chinese historians have found that salt was harvested from inland dry lakes more than 8,000 years ago; many primitive cultures used salt to preserve meats, vegetables, and even their dead. Animal bones at one Paleolithic ruin show signs the meat had been smoked.

Archeological evidence points to mammoths being cut into large pieces for transport, with butchery occurring both at the scene of the kill and back at dedicated meat-processing sites. These locations no doubt attracted scavengers, but that may have been less a problem than an

opportunity—nosy predators risked joining the mammoths on the spit.

Bone accumulations at mammoth butchery sites show some but not many signs of carnivore gnawing. Other animals hunted alongside mammoths include horses, reindeer, wild oxen, wolves, foxes, and yes, bunnies.

Mammoths were also valued for skin and bones—spears and knives made from mammoth ivory could be used to kill and butcher more mammoths. Stretch a dried mammoth skin over a frame of its bones and tusks and you’ve got yourself a tent.

So Paleolithic tribes may not have let the mammoths they’d bagged go to waste.

Efficient resource exploitation typically results in more consumption, leading some to speculate that our ancestors drove mammoths to extinction.

That’s by no means proven. Studies of the Clovis peoples of North America have come to mixed conclusions, with some believing it was too dangerous to hunt Pleistocene megafauna unless they were sick or wounded. Other maintain there just weren’t enough of the biggest animals to make them a primary food source. Analyses of teeth and such indicates mammoths may have been under environmental stress anyway—we may have hunted them because they were easy targets.

To which the obvious response is: so?

Easy kill or not, the result would have been the same: fewer mammoths. One study found hunters mainly went after juveniles and females and avoided adult males—a good way to wipe out a species.

Fact is, even if we were reasonably scientific and responsible about it, the natural tendency would have been to hunt mammoths till they were gone. cs By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com

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Fatal shooting at 32nd and MLK

Detectives are seeking information on a fatal shooting occurring early Thursday morning.

“At 4:26 a.m., Metro’s Central Precinct patrol officers were dispatched to 32nd Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, where they found a deceased male, the victim of an apparent shooting,” a police spokesperson says.

“The shooting is believed to have occurred on the 300 block of West Anderson Lane. Moments earlier a ShotSpotter notification was received at that location.”

Arrest made in shooting of teen on bicycle

Police “aided by the US Marshal Service made an arrest in a shooting that left a 13-year-old boy critically wounded at East 38th and Ott streets on Aug. 2,” a police spokesperson says.

Jaquan Roberts, 20, of Savannah was arrested without incident at about 7 a.m.

Thursday during a warrant service on the 900 block of Seiler Avenue. Roberts is charged with aggravated assault and

At about 10:10 p.m. Metro responded to a residence on the 1000 block of East 32nd Street, “where Raheem JackOne shot, one injured son collapsed after being on W. 38th Street shot moments earlier. No Investigators are seekprecise shooting location has ing information on a Sunbeen determined,” police say.

Jaquan Roberts day evening shooting that Jackson was transported injured a man and woman. to Memorial University At 6:32 p.m. Metro was Medical Center with non-life dispatched to the 600 block of West 38th threatening injuries.

Street. Moments earlier, Cynteria WilNo suspect has been identified. liams, 24, and Michael Capers, 20, were sitEntire ATM stolen on Southside ting together outside of a residence when Southside Precinct detectives of shots rang out.

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Williams was shot and sustained nonDepartment “are investigating the theft life threatening injuries. Capers received of an automatic teller machine containminor injuries from flying debris. Both victims arrived at Candler Hospital in pri- ing a significant sum of cash from a South State Bank branch early Sunday morning,” vately owned vehicles for treatment. police say.

A stolen Honda Civic was abandoned Just before 5 a.m. Metro responded to a and left running at the scene. security alarm at the Mall Blvd. branch.

“At least three unknown suspects are “Officers observed that the ATM was believed responsible,” police say. “Invesmissing. A stolen boom lift used for contigators do not believe this to be a random struction was found behind a nearby act.” restaurant on the 400 block of Mall BouMan shot on E. 32nd Street levard. Investigators believe the lift was Detectives are investigating the shootused to remove the machine before it ing of a 23-year-old Savannah man on was placed in a vehicle with an unknown Tuesday night. driver,” police say. possession of a firearm during commission of a crime.

Arrest in hotel shooting

The Southeast Regional Fugitive Taskforce located and arrested Avonte Williams, 26, on Thursday evening, charging him in the shooting and attempting to robbery of a Jacksonville-based woman working as an escort in a hotel room on Savannah’s south side.

Williams was arrested on Drapper Street.

The shooting occurred at the Econolodge on the 7500 block of Abercorn Street after 2 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10.

“The 35-year-old victim, who works as an escort, allowed the suspect into her hotel room,” police say.

“Before exiting, he displayed a gun and demanded cash. The victim produced no money and was shot. Her injuries were non-life threatening.”

Detectives charged Williams with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and armed robbery.

All cases from recent local law enforcement incident reports. Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 912/234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using keyword CSTOP2020.

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into its own head, from which the sperm • At a traffic stop in Rockingham, Versometimes migrates to its reproductive mont, on July 26, both driver and passenfacilities. (Flatworm researchers are aided ger were charged with DUI. Erik Polite, on their projects by the species’ transpar35, was the driver (clocked at 106 mph ent bodies, facilitating the tracking of the on Interstate 91 and, according to police, sperm.) with drugs in the car), and while he was being screened for intoxication, passenger Protest!

• About 200 protesters gathered in Leeshawn Baker, 34, jumped behind the front of Hong Kong police headquarters on wheel and peeled off in reverse across the August 2 to denounce the highway, nearly hitting the 3 1/2-month jail sentence trooper, who arrested him. given to Ms. Ng Lai-ying, • Nathaniel Harrison, 30, who was convicted 38, was arrested in July in a of assault for shoving a Phoenix suburb on several police officer with her charges, including possesIran so far chest. Women (and some sion of a deadly weapon away men) wearing bras as outduring a felony, but he erwear chanted, “Breast escaped an even more seriis not a weapon.” (Ng ous charge when a second Government in Action was originally protest“deadly weapon” failed to • Officially, now, it is “unreasonable” ing the hardly sexy issue engage. Harrison reportedly for a federal agency (the Bureau of Land of import-export abuses intended to retaliate against Management, in this instance) to fail to say a “snitch” and arrived at between Hong Kong and yes or no for 29 years to a drilling permit mainland China cities.) the man’s home carrying a application. (Before July’s federal court • The Joy of Protest: rattlesnake, which he supdecision, BLM had been arguing that 29 An August 1 demonstraposedly pointed at the man, years was not too long.) A company had tion outside Britain’s hoping it would bite him. requested to drill just one exploratory well However, the snake balked, Parliament protesting in Montana for natural gas in 1985, but legislation to curb untiland Harrison’s attempted the bureau had delayed the proceeding six payback failed. now-legal psychoactive times since then. The judge ordered the drugs drew about 100 people — consum• Lame Defenses in Lake County, bureau to set a deadline for deciding. ing their drug of choice, nitrous oxide. As Florida: (1) Daniel Baker, 40, and Robert • Georgia, one of six states that make organizers distributed gas-filled balloons Richardson, 19, were arrested in Altoona, taxpayers shell out huge fees to access its for demonstrators to take hits from, “the Florida, in August after getting caught databases of public records, tries so relent- loading appliances from a vacant house. group erupted in fits of laughter,” accordlessly to control its archive that, recently, ing to The Guardian.

According to the arrest report, both in a federal lawsuit, it said opposition to its men appeared incredulous to learn that Perspective policy was basically “terrorism.” Activists items in a vacant house aren’t just “free.”

• Construction on a $1.7 million thera(Public.Resource.org) have been establish- (2) Six days earlier about 20 miles away peutic equestrian facility in St. Cloud, ing workarounds to free up some databases in Tavares, Florida, Corey Ramsey, 23, Florida, expressly for use by wounded U.S. for citizen use, and Georgia demands that was arrested for burglary when a police service members, was delayed in August they stop. Georgia even claims “copyright” officer caught him sitting on a toilet in a when a bald eagle nest was discovered on protection for one category of important vacant, for-sale house attending to a need. the grounds. Federal law requires at least legal documents that were initially drafted Ramsey’s extensive petty-crime rap sheet 330 feet of clearance for the nest, plus by state bureaucrats, audaciously calling belied his explanation for being there — additional monitoring to assure the birds’ them “original” and “creative” works. that he was contemplating buying the tranquility. Said one neighbor, “The very • Mandatory Inaction: In July, the $299,000 house and wanted to try it out animal that symbolizes freedom is delaymayor of the town of Ador, Spain (pop. first. ing therapy for those who fought for it.”

1,400), officially enacted into law what had Still More “Intelligent Design”? merely been custom — a required afterFunny Old World Zoologists at the University of Basel in noon siesta from 2 to 5 p.m. Businesses The Welsh language is such a severe were ordered to close, and children were to Switzerland, publishing recently in a prestigious British journal, reported the likeli- mutation of the original English spoken in remain indoors (and quiet). the Middle Ages that, to the inexperienced hood that a certain flatworm species has eye, it is barely distinguishable from, say, overcome the frustration of not finding a Klingon. In fact, in July, the Welsh governmating partner in its lifetime. The scienment, responding to queries about a postists believe the flatworm exploits its hermaphroditic qualities and injects its sperm sible UFO sighting near Cardiff airport, “The worshipful treatment of pets may be the thing that unites all Americans,” wrote an Atlantic Magazine blogger in July, describing the luxury terminal for animals under construction at New York’s JFK airport. The ARK will offer shower stalls for traveling horses, “conjugal stations” for ever-horny penguins, and housing for nearly 200 cows (that might produce 5,000 pounds of manure every day) — and passengers traveling with dogs or cats can book the Paradise 4 Paws petpampering resort. The ARK is a for-profit venture; said one industry source, quoted in a July Crain’s New York Business report, “You hear stories about the crazy money that rich people spend on their (animals) ... they’re mostly true.”

playfully issued its galaxy-friendly response in Klingon — “jang vlDa je due luq,” meaning that further information will be provided. (In Welsh, for example, “I cannot understand Welsh” is “nad oes modd i ddeall Cymraeg.”) (Recently, in Swansea, Wales, alleged drug dealer Dwaine Campbell, 25, adamantly refused to leave his cell for a court hearing because he feared being judged in Welsh — until authorities promised to transfer the case to Campbell’s native England.)

Update

Despite repeated assurances by Olympic officials, it appears more certain than ever that 2016 boating and surfing events in Brazil’s Guanabara Bay and Rodrigo de Freitas Lake will be conducted in water so polluted with human sewage that every athlete will almost certainly be struck with fever, vomiting and diarrhea. An August Associated Press report revealed the waters’ virus levels (of fecal coliform and other viruses) are as high as 2 million times the level that would close down a California beach. (Olympic and local officials continue to insist that the water will be safe by next summer, but, as the AP pointed out, their protocols test only for bacteria and not viruses. One U.S. waterquality expert advised all athletes to move to Rio ahead of the games — to try to build up an immunity.)

News of the Weird Classic (May 2010)

In mid-April (2010), senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi warned that recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and elsewhere were caused by women’s loose sex and immodest dress. Immediately, Australian Jennifer McCreight responded on Facebook by urging women worldwide to dress provocatively on April 26 (2010), to create a “boobquake” and test the cleric’s theory, and at least 90,000 women promised they would reveal serious cleavage on that date. On April 26, following a several-day absence of earthquakes, a quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit just south of Taiwan.

(Slight advantage to the ayatollah, since a Purdue University seismologist observed that a 6.5 quake was not uncommon for that region).

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Local hip-hop label Dope Sandwich celebrates a decade of making music by anna chandler

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A lot can happen in a decade.

It’s wild to think that, just ten years ago, Dope Sandwich was a group of eager, young college kids sharing the stage and recording on their laptops, printing stickers with their iconic logo and plastering them all over town.

And while Steve Baumgardner (Basik Lee), Kendrick Mack (Dope KNife), and Max Lipson (Miggs Son Daddy) have spent that time coming into their own as artists, humans, and businessmen, ten years in is just the cusp of a new generation of Dope.

If you follow the Facebook page, you may have noticed a recent name change from “Dope Sandwich” to “Dope Sandwich Records & Tapes”—in this current iteration, Dope Sandwich has eased away from its affiliation as a rap crew to focus on being a thriving indie label for artists of all genres and mediums.

“It’s not a reinvention,” Miggs tells Connect. “It’s just a continuation, a revival.”

“When you think of Dope Sandwich, you’re not thinking of Wu-Tang,” Mack adds. “You’re thinking of a label, a definite brand of music.”

“Yeah, it’s not just hip-hop,” says Miggs.

“It’s just dope music.”

The majority of the original Dope Sandwich crew met in the dorms at SCAD. “To be honest, that’s what’s responsible for us having as much success as we had out the gate,” says Mack. “We were either freshly dropped out, freshly enrolled, taking a break, just graduated: it was one of those four things. Whenever we did shows, it’d be lines out the door.”

The original crew featured Basik Lee, Dope KNife, Lyrix, Righteous, Blue Collar, Zone-D, Full Metal Lyricist, Lyrix Toussaint, know-etic, DJ Valis, DJ Werd Life, and Jynx.

Mack says that, at the time, Savannah’s scene worked like a blank canvas.

“We’re in a bubble enough in Savannah to where we never really had anything to be influenced by, other than what each of us was doing or into,” he explains. “There wasn’t some big, homie-type scene—‘we need to get in with that crowd,’ ‘this style’s

Surrounded by 10 years of CDs, Steve Baumgardner (Basik Lee), Kendrick Mack (Dope KNife), and Max Lipson (Miggs Son Daddy) blow out the candles. photo by Geoff L. Johnson

popular here or locally.’ We were all our own inspiration. We didn’t have any idea of how to structure a label and put it out—it was just a bunch of 21, 25-year-old rappers who have egos! So we all did our shows together onstage, and people were like, ‘Oh, Dope Sandwich is a rap group.’”

Baumgardner first realized a need for a label when the crew opened for Psyche Origami at The Jinx. The Atlanta indie hip-hop trio was blown away by Dope Sandwich’s opening performance; when an impressed member sought Baumgardner out to find out what label Dope Sandwich was on, Baumgardner was speechless.

“Before we were a label, we were just [recording] stuff because Blue Collar had a studio,” he recounts.

Around that time, Mack dropped out of SCAD to move to South Africa and work for the State Department like his father.

Before departing, he invited any and all crew members to come over to his place and record a mixtape using just his computer mic.

“We made the first Pillage mixtape—I think we burned like 50 copies and handed it out on my last night in town,” he remembers. “I went to South Africa for three, four months, and Basik Lee hit me up saying, ‘Hey man, I think you need to come back down here.’”

The mix had taken off, and fans were demanding more.

“This is around the time of the early 2000s,” Mack adds. “So it’s like, you got Rhymester, these indie underground labels, and it was like, ‘there’s no reason we can’t do that. We have a good enough scene in Savannah where we can get something like that poppin’.’”

2005 to 2008 were huge years for the crew, full of touring and opening up for artists they’d grown up listening to.

“Then real life set in,” says Mack. “People started having babies, focusing on careers.”

Baumgardner focused on his DJ career and solo acoustic work; Mack moved to Jacksonville for a year.

At the time, Word of Mouth, the musical ensemble Miggs was in, invited KidSyc and Mack to perform on a remix track. Miggs had been attending The Jinx’s Hip-Hop Night, hosted by Basik Lee, for years, but continues on p. 18

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the remix project was the first time he and Mack truly connected; the collaboration led to Mack inviting Miggs to join Dope Sandwich and tour as a duo.

“We went on a streak in 2012,” says Mack. “I put out Blackmale, The Under Influence. I started getting serious about making videos a regular thing. And that’s just stuff I was doing personally, second chance type shit. It was like, ‘let’s round up this Dope Sandwich shit and make a label.’

It was to a point that I spent my entire 20s helping build that name up—there’s no reason to forget about it.”

It’s decidedly a different world now than the one Dope Sandwich began in. Videos, shot on Mack’s secondhand camera, are now a staple due to the huge influence of social media (“People will watch a YouTube link before they’ll click on any Bandcamp or Soundcloud,” Mack observes).

In their favor, there’s a renewed interest in well-written, thought-provoking verse.

“It’s so weird to phrase it like this, but the art of rapping is kind of becoming important to rap again,” says Miggs. “And it’s been a long time.”

Baumgardner points it all back to the inauguration of President Obama.

“Motherfuckers started caring about rhymes when we got a black president,” he states flatly.

“There was a joke that Donald Glover made—‘I love being a black geek, because it wasn’t legal until about 2007.’ And he’s right! Around that time, everybody was gangsta partying. Having intelligence and rapping…it just became the thing where that wasn’t the cool shit. Now they say”— he slips into his best holier-than-thou falsetto—“‘I think it’s time, especially now, for black people in America, with us having a president...I think what you saying, people need to hear right now.’ And I’m like, ‘Get the fuck out of my face! I’ve been saying this since 2005. Now it’s cool?’”

“Again,” the closing track of 2006 release The Walking Stick, is a perfect example of Dope Sandwich’s lasting relevance.

“It samples Bernie Sanders talking about the Iraq War,” says Miggs. “We’ve been on this tip. It should be re-released, because it’s as relevant now as it was then!”

“I have all of my political beliefs,” adds Mack. “And I express that through hiphop. From that standpoint, our brand of hip-hop is definitely a cultural sort of hiphop brand.”

“We came up in an era where being unique was so valuable,” Miggs says.

“That’s what made you dope.”

The trio attest that, though they’re able to celebrate longevity, getting through to Savannah audiences hasn’t always been easy. Baumgardner notes a sea change after the highly-publicized shooting of young local rapper Camoflauge in 2003.

“Hip-hop went back to being, in the eyes of certain people, this negative thing,” he

“ We were all our own inspiration.

We didn’t have any idea of how to structure a label and put it out—it was just a bunch of 21, 25-yearold rappers who have egos! So we all did our shows together onstage, and people were like, ‘Oh, Dope Sandwich is a rap group.’”

remembers.

The association made it difficult to book shows and expand to new venues; from the initial utterance of “hip-hop,” Baumgardner could sense a wall going up when talking to venue owners.

“I said, ‘Hello, I’m Steven Baumgardner, and I’ve hosted Hip-Hop Night for several years without any violence,’” he says. “I even had to check myself later for that— why do I have to say this? The roots of hiphop are about nonviolence.”

Baumgardner says that, while it can still be a struggle in 2015, he tries to see people’s reservations as a starting point to create healthy dialogue.

“I look at it as, oh, cool. This gives us a reason to have a conversation, because you’re believing in an image. Let’s get past this image and talk. But we’re fighting it constantly. The shit we’re starting as a crew, they’re discussion pieces—they’re opening up conversations. There’s nobody in the crew who’s dropping an album that hasn’t started a conversation.”

Because, at its core, through all changes, unrestricted by genre, Dope Sandwich is a label, a group, of thought-provokers.

They’re involved in their community— they work with youth, teach classes, and keep the conversation going, all while encouraging individuality in each of their artists.

“The first time that I realize any two projects sound alike, I’m going back to the drawing board,” says Mack.

“That’s not what we’re trying to do.

It’s not ‘What kind of artist are you?’ It’s ‘What do you want to say on this project?’”

There’s plenty on the horizon for the label—while they can’t discuss all of it just yet, they disclose a sampling of future releases: an EP from Basik Lee and original crew member Blue Collar, featuring Shawntel Foster as narrator; Lizard Girl, an EP from newly-signed spoken word poet Valore and Obamabo; an EP from Happy Thoughts (Miggs and Dope KNife); Sunset, Miggs’ second solo LP; 1984, Dope KNife’s fourth solo album; a full-length from Cult Cyph, and solo projects from both its members. And those are just the releases they’re able to talk about.

There are plenty of opportunities to continue the birthday celebration throughout the month—check out the lateset releases at dopesandwich.com, and on Sept. 18, hit their day showcase at Blowin’ Smoke and evening blowout at The Jinx.

It’s guaranteed to be a packed day, but Dope Sandwich wouldn’t have it any other way—they want to continue to celebrate and reach their Savannah community in every way possible.

“When we do tours, we don’t go out there and say, ‘Hey, I’m Dope KNife from Virginia, I’m Miggs Son Daddy from New York,” says Mack.

“No. We’re from Savannah.” CS

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Steppin’ Out

by Anna Chandler

AUG 19-AUG 25, 2015

anna@connectsavannah.com

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Savannah is, innately, a town of transition. College students come, study, create, and move along after graduation; soldiers and their families are stationed here for a few years, then go on to the next city.

And while it’s occasionally a point of criticism, Savannah’s lucky to have been graced by those residents who spend their time here making and sharing beautiful things that will permanently impact the way we think about art and our community.

They may leave, but our cultural landscape would never be the same without them.

Rachael Perisho is one such creator.

The SCAD Painting alum and musician in mumbledust and Heavy Boots will move to Portland at the end of the month after eight years as a Savannahian.

In her time here, she’s created gorgeous artworks and displayed them in local galleries, lent her voice and musical abilities to a variety of projects, and created her own unique, decidedly Southern gothic take on folk music.

Right now, it’s time for a change. But before the lifelong Southerner treks west, she’ll play one last local show, celebrating the release of a new Heavy Boots cassette, Sister Lives.

Perisho dabbled in piano growing up, but her full musical development didn’t happen until college. At SCAD, she had a class with Ryan McCardle, musician and graphic designer.

“He mentioned something about wanting to start a band,” Perisho recounts.

“I was like, ‘Oh, that’s cool. I don’t play music!’ But then I just kind of thought about it, and I went on eBay and bought a banjo ukulele.”

It was a gateway drug, the perfect instrument for Perisho to learn songs and write her own.

Not long after, McCardle and Perisho formed folk-noir duo Mumbledust.

In addition to her new musical project, classes, work, and visual art, Perisho sang and played accordion and saw in The Tramp Stamps, an old-time country band with SCAD professor Greg Eltringham, with singer-songwriter Dare Dukes (a performance with him at The Sentient Bean was her first time singing for an audience), and, most recently, with Triathalon.

Heavy Boots’ Rachael Perisho bids farewell to Savannah

During a mumbledust break, Perisho began making lo-fi recordings on her phone and computer. Learning covers allowed her to explore new instruments, like autoharp and Appalachian dulcimer.

“I kind of work within the limitations of what I know how to play on those instruments,” she explains. “On an autoharp, there’s only certain chords available—I just kind of mess around and see what I can do with that. I like having limitations like that.”

Inspired by The Tramp Stamps, her Soundcloud was full of country and folk covers, but she was also writing originals.

“It was never going to be anything,” says Perisho. “Eventually, I realized I had a few songs and it would be fun to make something out of it. I had posted something online, and Jae [Matthews, of Boy Harsher and gallery/DIY venue Safe// Sound] asked me to play a show. I was like, ‘Oh no! I don’t play shows by myself.

There’s no way.’ But I did! And that’s where Heavy Boots started.”

Perisho’s voice is an otherworldly force of its own, laden in contradiction: intimately winsome and spectrally brittle in moments, she sweeps vowels, wavers, and diffuses like smoke. It’s entirely devastating, and an incredible medium for presenting her intimate lyrics, which can feel like a diary, or even a carefully penned handwritten letter. 2014’s In All the Ways That I Am Small blended the quietly spectral coos of the musical saw with banjo ukulele picking and layers of Perisho’s one-of-a-kind vocals.

She favors simple arrangements to highlight her voice and narrative—a stark contrast to her visual art, which exhibits a decadent eye for detail. As a painter, Perisho gravitates toward the figurative.

Through a warm palette, her meticulous brushstrokes convey more than your typical portrait: the eyes of her subjects convey haggard struggle and establish a searing connection with the viewer.

The intense detail she can convey through pen and ink was perfect for illustrating each perfectly maintained follicle that appeared in Prospector Co’s Burroughs Beard Oil Field Guide.

She’s also teamed up with MusicFile

After eight years in Savannah, artist and musician Rachael Perisho takes the next big step. Photo by Audra Osborne

Productions to bring new flavor to the art of the gig poster, creating stunningly intricate and eerie still life arrangements.

“One of the things I always enjoyed about art was spending a lot of time on something and doing these really intricate process-oriented pieces, repetitive things,” says Perisho. “And with music, I approach it in a completely different way. I’ll kind of just record something and be done with it, or experiment and try things. So it’s a good thing to balance back and forth between because I think about it so differently.”

Sister Lives was recorded by Triathalon/ Wet Socks’ Hunter Jayne with members of Triathalon as Perisho’s backing band.

The addition of Adam Intrator on guitar, Chad Chilton on drums, and Adam Laidlaw on bass transformed Heavy Boots from a quiet, solo endeavor to a full-fledged dream-pop orchestration. While the lineup was first created for a live performance, the partnership was so successful that Perisho sent the band the demo that would become Sister Lives. The boys created their own arrangement to join her, transforming the wintry chill of Heavy Boots with their own beachy summer vibes.

“They made everything into what I could have never imagined,” Perisho praises.

Heavy Boots has released two EPs so far; Perisho finds that putting out small collections of songs best suits her style.

“I kind of write in bursts,” she explains.

“I wrote all those [Sister Lives] songs in one week—then I don’t write anything for a year. It feels more accessible to me, these

little bursts of projects. Then I can move onto something else. I go back and forth between painting, drawing, music, and embroidery.”

While her visual art and music processes may be vastly different, Perisho notes a similar artistic feel throughout.

“I feel like my aesthetic artistically is almost like a visual counterpart to music, and especially being able to work on album art and things like that—that really helps me a lot for making connections between themes I used in my work and how they relate.”

While she’s looking forward to exploring the Pacific Northwest’s mountainous terrain, craft culture, and numerous neighborhoods, Perisho says she’ll fondly remember her time in Savannah, particularly the experimental house shows that used to happen at 1417 Jefferson, downtown’s walkability, and the small-town environment that leads to bumping into friends everywhere one goes.

‘I’m just kind of taking a leap of faith,” she smiles. “I feel like if I don’t do it now, I won’t ever do it.”

Sister Lives will be available on cassette on August 28 via Furious Hooves; stop by Graveface for a copy, or better yet, head to the show and buy it from Perisho directly— it’ll be one of the last chances to wish her good luck in her next steps. CS

Heavy Boots Cassette Release/ Farewell with The Sea Life, DenMate When: Monday, August 24, 9 p.m.

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By Anna Chandler anna@connectsavannah.com

Edna Allan Hoe

Cape Fear featuring Edna Allan Hoe, Boy Harsher, DJ Wilson @Hang Fire

Over the past few years, Cape Fear has become this kind of dark portal that transcended the sloppy, bro-grind warpath of Congress Street. With windows blacked out by plastic tarp, the recurring event/ritual/party/experience showcases an unpredictable myriad of electronica artists, DJs, and performance artists—step through into Cape Fear’s dimension, and you barely recognize Hang Fire through the shadows and pulse.

Chris Powers (C Powers) co-established Cape Fear with Boy Harsher’s Gus Muller while Muller was organizing shows as Safe//Sound.

“We met through a friend and sort of connected on a mutual appreciation of house/techno,” says Powers. “Gus expressed interest in doing a dance music event monthly, and I was also very interested. Gus threw the name ‘Cape Fear’ out there—which resonated with me, since I had grown fond of a certain tune with the same name—and thus we began.”

Powers says that, though Cape Fear’s home base of Hang Fire will be leaving Whitaker at the end of the month, it’s not the end.

“I would say that this is not supposed to be the last Cape Fear, as in I do want to revive it elsewhere,” he says. “I want to revive it elsewhere mainly until Hang Fire re-opens. While when we started Cape Fear it was not locationspecific to anywhere, we quickly (and myself more than others) became attached to Hang Fire. I am very horrified by the fact Hang Fire is closing, and see the upcoming months as a time to experiment with new locations and formats.

You may see Cape Fear pop up in a new space or in a form unlike previous events.”

Cape Fear #18 is a return for now-Massachusetts-based Muller, who will perform with Jae Matthews in Boy Harsher, their dark electronic project. Atlanta’s DJ Wilson will get the crowd sweaty, and House of Gunt’s Edna Allan Hoe (pictured) performs, playing with the double-edged sword of sinister trash and fantastical hallucinations.

If you never got to experience Cape Fear’s #1-17, catch this last Hang Fire episode while the moment’s ripe.

“I almost never play a gig in another city that seems as much fun as Cape Fear,” Powers attests. “I did two gigs in New York City last month, and neither approached the level of freeness and positive energy of the Cape Fear events of the last year. Not even close. We do have something special going on, and I know that the atmosphere the Hang Fire fosters has a lot to do with it.” Saturday, August 22, 10 p.m.

Boasting members from some of Savannah’s favorite regional bands, prog-psych band Houston in the Blind is a collaboration between Dead Confederate’s John Watkins (keyboard), Snowden’s Corinne Lee (bass and vocals), producer/musician Kalen Nash and Darren Dodd of Ponderosa, and vocalist Charlie Garrett.

The relatively new endeavor, originating in Athens circa 2014, highlights harmonies, reverb-soaked guitars, synths, and shoegazey haze.

The Houston in the Blind story is a familiar one in hometown Southern music circuits: vocalist Garrett and Nash are childhood pals who both happened to pursue lives in music, which led them to team up to record the band’s first LP at Atlanta’s Southern Tracks studio.

The result, Limbs, is due out on October 9; the band’s teased with a track, “Fire.” The carefree, breezy, easy-build certainly sounds like a product of Athens with a deserted-college-town-in-July vibe accented by warm, countrified keys and slide guitar.

Savannah’s Nightingale News joins the bill.

Sat., Aug. 22, 10 p.m., $7

NE-HI @Hang Fire

Initially formed to score a friend’s film, Chicago four-piece NE-HI cranks out punchy pop that’s perfect for riding out those last waves of summer.

Their latest single, “Drag,” features an addictive guitar hook that snaps like Pop Rocks, hooky melodies that will get stuck in your head for days, and upbeat drums guaranteed to get your shoulders shimmying: the fizzy joy and vintage influences make their name, borrowed from the retro soda brand, a perfect moniker.

In their two years as a group, Alex Otake (guitar, vocals), Jason Balla (guitar, vocals), James Weir (bass), and Mikey Wells (drums) have gone from playing basements to selling out crowds in their hometown. And as history has shown, when MusicFile/Savannah Stopover brings a promising up-and-comer to town, you best check them out in our little Savannah clubs while you still can.

Cryathalon—Triathalon’s R&B-fueled evil twin, featuring Triathalon drummer Chad Chilton and vocalist/guitarist Adam Intrator—also perform.

It’s also the debut of Blonde Mom, a new baroque-style art rock foray of Andrew Olson—he’s the one responsible for making bands sound their best in Hang Fire, formerly played guitar in Atlanta band Red Sea, and filled in on bass with Triathalon for a spell.

Thurs., Aug. 20, 9 p.m., $6

Ne-Hi [ Photo by Xavier Juarez ]

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Zach Joseph & the Society

AUG 19-AUG 25, 2015

A Foxy fave, Nashville’s Zack Joseph and The Society return to the neighborhood café for another great performance. Led by 24-year-old Joseph, the band calls their sound “throwback folk”: a special blend of toe-tapper jauntiness with roots rock ‘n’ roll allows The Society to wield something that grazes up against rockabilly and tips its hat to old-time folk without allowing their sound to be dictated by either genre’s limitations.

It’s always nice to see fresh takes on Americana and its potential cross-pollination. Songs like “Stay Away From Me” gravitate toward ‘50s Buddy Hollystyle vocal rhythms and swingin’ guitar arrangements, and ,while he can kick out the boot-stompers, Joseph can also turn a romantic phrase like an old pro. “All in Time,” a twinkling ballad about taking on the world in a partnership, is destined to become a hip newlywed couple’s pick for their first dance.

With a lineup of guitar, bass, and drums, you can sway or two-step: bring your sweetheart and dance across the moonlight-bathed Foxy courtyard.

Thurs., Aug. 20, 7 p.m., free

Houston in the Blind, Nightingale News @The Jinx

Houston in the blind

Zack Joseph & The Society @Foxy Loxy

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Barrelhouse South Ben Lewis Basil’s Patsy Carroll Bay Street Blues Hitman Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton Billy’s Place Mike Sweat Boomy’s Eric Culberson Band coffee deli Acoustic Jam Hang Fire Brave Baby, Repeat

Repeat, Carpet Coats Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue Rachael’s 1190 Jeremy Riddle Treehouse Wobble Wednesday Wild Wing Cafe Jeff Beasley The Wormhole Open Mic Z2 Live Music

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The Chromatic Dragon Trivia The Jinx Rock n Roll Bingo Tailgate Trivia World of Beer Trivia

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Ampersand Karaoke Club One Karaoke Hercules Bar & Grill Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke Mediterranean Tavern Karaoke hosted by K-Rawk

Wet Willie’s Karaoke

Comedy

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Barrelhouse South Escaping

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Open Mic

11:59:59 The Angel Center

The Love & Soul Experience

32 Degrees Midtown Grille and Ale House Tom Cooler B & D Burgers (Southside) Bill Hodgson Duo

B & D Burgers (Pooler) Bucky

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Barrelhouse South Sowflo, Beaugard Basil’s The Solis Duo Bayou Cafe Greg Williams Band Billy’s Place Mike Sweat & Nancy Witt

Congress Street Social Club Maradeen Hang Fire Candyland

Thursday Night Opry @Trinity UMC

Black Water Choir (pictured), The Seaboard Stompers, and Atlanta’s The Pretend Sweethearts fill Trinity’s sanctuary with folk and Americana. The listening room environment and all-ages accessibility makes this series a must-see.

Thurs., aug 20, 7:30 p.m., $10

Downtown Delilahs

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17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond

32 Degrees Midtown Grille and Ale House Song Bandits B & D Burgers (Southside) Luke Landers Duo

B & D Burgers (Pooler) The

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Barrelhouse South Rachael Shaner, Trea Landon

Basil’s Charlie Fog Band Bayou Cafe Jerry Zambito & The Bayou Blues Band

Jazz’d Jeff Beasley Band The Jinx 20 Penny Circus w/

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s

Molly MacPherson’s (Pooler)

Congress Street Social Club

Savannah Sweet Tease Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Harry O’Donoghue

Mike Sweat & Nancy Witt, piano/vocal Casimir’s Lounge Jackson Evans Trio

Keith & Ross

Versatile

Mansion on Forsyth Park Tradewinds

Mediterranean Tavern Danni

Rancho Alegre Jody Espina

Molly MacPherson’s (Pooler)

Ruth’s Chris Steak House Da-

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Hotel

Wild Wing Cafe Tell Scarlett,

Zaib Kahn Band

Wild Wing (Pooler) The

Hypnotics Z2 Live Music

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Coach’s Corner Movies &

Music Trivia

Karaoke

Bay Street Blues Karaoke The Islander Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke Sunny’s Lounge Karaoke

Little Lucky’s DJ Sweet Treat

Melissa

Mediterranean Tavern DJ Tres Style

SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces Treehouse DJ Phive Star

Bar & Club Events

Carnival Bar Theatre The

Downtown Delilahs

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17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond

Aqua Star Restaurant Sunday

Jazz Brunch Basil’s Greg Williams Bayou Cafe Don Coyer

Congress Street Social Club

Voodoo Soup Jazz’d Danielle Hicks Duo Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson

Tybee Island Social Club

Sunday Bluegrass Brunch

Wild Wing Cafe Bucky &

Lulu’s Afternoon Trivia Tailgate Trivia

O’Donoghue

vid Duckworth & Kim Polote

DJ

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Harry

Mundi

The Sentient Bean Joe Cat Tybee Island Social Club City

The Islander Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina Karaoke

Barry Z2 Live Music

Houston in the Blind

Trio

Saturdays

Hang Fire Cape Fear Jazz’d MS3 The Jinx Nightingale News,

Cassette

Molly MacPherson’s Kota

Bay Street Blues Karaoke Doodles Karaoke Thursday &

Benji Taylor Hotel

The Olde Pink House David

Duckworth & Kim Polote Rachael’s 1190 Honest Lie, The Knowing Within, Dying Breath Rancho Alegre Jody Espina Trio Tybee Island Social Club Jeff Beasley Band Wild Wing Cafe Tokyo Joe Wild Wing (Pooler) Liquid Ginger The Wormhole Ballroom, Sunglow Z2 Live Music

Karaoke

Applebee’s Karaoke

Trivia & Games

Karaoke

Club One Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke Tailgate Karaoke/DJ

Trivia & Games

32 Degrees Midtown Grille and Ale House Trivia The Britannia British Pub Bingo

Hang Fire Team Trivia Molly MacPherson’s (Pooler) Bingo

McDonough’s Trivia

Karaoke

Boomy’s Karaoke Club One Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke Wet Willie’s Karaoke

DJ

The Jinx DJ Lucky Bastard Little Lucky’s DJ Mixx Masta

Matao

SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces

Bar & Club Events

Muse Arts Warehouse Odd Lot Improv

Tuesday / 25

Bay Street Blues Ben Keiser Band

Bayou Cafe Jam Night with Eric Culberson

Foxy Loxy Cafe Clouds and

Satellites Jazz’d Sarah Tollerson The Jinx Hip Hop Night Kevin Barry’s ICarroll Brown Molly MacPherson’s Open Mic

Tybee Island Social Club

Open Mic w/ Pat Carroll The Warehouse Hitman Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay The Wyld Dock Bar Wood & Steel Z2 Live Music

Trivia & Games

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee

Coach’s Corner Trivia CoCo’s Sunset Grille Trivia Congress Street Social Club

Bar & Club Events

Mediterranean Tavern Battle

DJ

Ampersand Blues & Brews

Monday / 24

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mike with Craig Tanner and Mr. Williams Bayou Cafe David Harbuck Kevin Barry’s Carroll Brown Tybee Island Social Club Tiki Night Wild Wing Cafe Eric Britt The Wormhole Open Mic

Trivia

of The Sexes Game

Mellow Mushroom Trivia The Wormhole Trivia

Karaoke

Club One Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke The Rail Pub Karaoke Wet Willie’s Karaoke

Comedy

Chuck’s Bar Comedy Open

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Culture the art•Beat of savannah

Calvin Thomas:

Grappling with identity

Personal, historical, and cultural roots inform art of this ‘late bloomer’

By Lauren Flotte

artrisesavannah.org

AUG 19-AUG 25, 2015

ARTIST CALVIN THOMAS describes himself as a “late bloomer.”

For him the journey began in 1990, when a twenty-something Thomas bid farewell to his small rural hometown in middle Georgia.

“I moved to Savannah and I’m from a small town, so Savannah is a big city,” Thomas smiles.

Here, he found the culture he’d longed for as a kid.

“We didn’t have art in our school system. I wasn’t subjected to art by any other means than perhaps a magazine or the TV,” Thomas says.

Savannah offered new artistic encounters and perhaps most influentially, introduction to SCAD and its students.

“Certainly moving here and being exposed to the Savannah College of Art

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‘Upwards,’ Acrylic on Canvas

and Design, it just ignited a fire within me.

I started to make friends that went to the college, sort of living vicariously through their art lives,” Thomas says.

He landed a job at SCAD in ’99, which offered his dream employee benefit—one free class a quarter.

Taking classes, Thomas says, “I felt like I belonged in that artistic subculture. Finally—I finally felt like I belonged somewhere.”

Several years later, he enrolled fulltime, working towards a degree in fashion. While Thomas never completed his degree, the experience was profound.

“For me it was just heaven because, a poor small town boy going to a private art college that was ungodly expensive, that was an accomplishment just in its self,” he says.

“It felt right. It was just meant to be. It was time for me to discover who I am.”

No longer enrolled and entering his 40’s, Thomas’s personal progression reached culmination in the wake of grief.

“In 2005 when my mom passed away, at that point I said to myself, ‘Okay, Calvin, whatever you feel it is you need to be doing, you need to start doing it while here on this earth now,’” he says.

“I remember buying paint, canvas and brushes. When I finished that first piece of art, my life changed. I had finally done something with my own two hands that no one could take from me. That’s what I needed at the moment—something that would sustain me for the rest of my life, not just a quick fix,” Thomas continues.

In his first piece, he discovered his process—an intuitive method of pouring paint, building dense layers, creating textural and graphic, grid-like designs.

“Typically the grid is a sense of direction, a sense of movement. You’re going.

Life is happening. When you get those grids and those under-layers, that represents history has been made,” he says.

While building layers, Thomas identifies “abstract figures,” often silhouettes. “I form a bond with it, become friends with it

‘Kaleidoscope,’ Acrylic on Canvas

and interact with it,” he says.

Thomas explores race, identity and time emotionally, bypassing superficial definitions.

“When you look at my art I don’t think you would automatically think an African American created it or perhaps a gay African American created it,” says Thomas.

He grapples with identity through personal, cultural and historical roots—his childhood in the South, his mother’s experience as a single parent and field worker, slavery, and the joint history of all Americans.

“Quite often when I use black and white paint. It’s a reference to black and white Americans because the conflict that we shared throughout our history in this country, it’s so tragic. But when you put those two colors together they look beautiful and work well together,” Thomas says.

Color is a powerful force in his work.

“Solution” evokes a sense of “bloodshed” through “vivid and pungent” red.

Tucked within the linear paint strands are suggestions of portraits—faces lost to past horrors.

“During slavery, during the civil war, all the blood that was shed when slaves were murdered, raped, beaten and when northerners and southerners were killed—there was such bloodshed during these periods of our history,” Thomas reflects.

More recent works gravitate away from complex tangles of line. Spherical shapes and more subtle nuances of value grace the canvases, while retaining graphic force.

Currently, Thomas’s work is on view at Zunzi’s 2 and Exit Strategy. Like most of his exhibitions, his art brings life to local businesses. Since 2009, Thomas has exhibited his works at a dozen local spots

‘Solution,’ Acrylic on Canvas

including Lulu’s Chocolate Bar, Sentient Bean and Belford’s.

After years of exploration and trial, Thomas has truly come into his own—as an individual and a creative.

Summing up lessons learned, Thomas— one to quote popular figures—turns to a hip-hop legend.

“LL Cool J says something that has always stuck with me—‘You can’t let your history hold your future hostage.’ For so long I let my background, my history, hold my future hostage,” he says.

“It’s never too late to find your passion and luckily later in life I found my passion as an artist. When I say that I am an artist, it feels right,” he grins. cs

It’s All in Black and White

Where: Exit Strategy, 310 East Bay Street When: Through August 31, M–T 9am-9pm, F-Sat 9am-10pm, Sun 12pm-6pm

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i feel ya: SCAD + Andre 3000 Benjamin — The summer highlight exhibition explores fashion, film, and painting through the work of artist, musician, performer, fashion innovator, and actor André Benjamin (aka André 3000), filmmaker Greg Brunkalla, and painter Jimmy O’Neal. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Art-Full Apprentice Showcase — Enjoy artwork by young local artists Bolivar Matos and Kristen Johnson. Over the past twelve weeks, these students worked under the mentorship of SCAD student Christian McKenzie to further their painting and drawing skills. Thu., Aug. 20, 4-5 p.m. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St.

Karen Macek and Heather MacRae Trulson — Karen Macek is an artist and designer working in oil, acrylic and computer graphics. Heather MacRae Trulson works in acrylic, ink and watercolor. A portion of sales will benefit the Daily Impact Fund, providing extra patient services not covered by Medicare or insurances. Through Sep. 30. Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Drive.

Cat’s Cradle — Exploring the strong, compassionate nature of women in contrast to how society views women and associations with femininity and sexuality. Featuring artists: Jana Marie Cariddi, Dana Fiona, Erica Luedtke and MacKenzie Mercurio free and open to the public Fri., Aug. 21, 6-9 p.m. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street.

Goddesses: Earth, Sea and Sky — Paintings and mixed media works by Carole Wilde Jackson are featured for the month of August. Willie Jackson and Ben Keiser will perform original blues music at the reception.

Reception Aug. 20, 5-7pm. coffee deli, 4517 Habersham St.

Continuing Exhibits The ART: of Cal Wood — A collection of abstract paintings at Zunzi’s 2 on view until the end of October. $1000 for 30” x 40” & 40” x 40 size paintings. zunzis.com. Z2, 9 Drayton Street.

City Transversed — Lisa D. Watson’s wall pieces are made with 90% reclaimed materials. On display will be the I-95 - Savannah River Bridge, CSX - Savannah River Bridge, the Houlihan Bridge, the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, Factors Walk, RRX - Henry Street and Islands Expressway Bascule Bridge. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

Come As You Are: Art of the 1990s — This unique exhibition, titled after the 1992 Nirvana song, showcases 65 works from paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installations to photographs, prints, videos, and digital art. Covering a range of social issues and geopolitical milestones, the show centers around three principal themes: multiculturalism and the “identity politics” debates, the digital revolution, and globalization. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Dale Robinson and Hugh Wayne — Dale is a new landscape photographer whose photographs showcase the beauty of Savannah, the area birds and lowcountry scenes. Hugh creates functional clay trays embellished with crabs, shrimp, turtles and sea horses reflecting the low country area.

Through Aug. 31. Gallery 209, 209 E River St.

Work by Carole Wilde Jackson is at coffee.deli, reception with live music Thursday evening

Eclectic Encounters — Telfair Museums houses more than 6,500 objects in its permanent collection. The exhibit features pieces that cross time periods and art movements to reveal the wide range of the museum’s holdings. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Folk Art: Simply Profound — What is folk art? Exaggeration and simplicity converge to describe the folk artist as he deals with family, God and the human condition.

Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. Fountains of Savannah — The Savannah Art Association presents this group exhibit focusing on local fountains. Through Sep. 2. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

From Bankers to Presidents: The Work of Joseph Gallettini — Gallettini was Savannah’s foremost ship model builder, and his work is displayed at the museum. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

The Highwaymen — The exhibit features several well known black artists known as The Highwaymen. A total of 26 artists, one woman and twenty-five men, traveled the highways of Florida from the early 1960s to the early 1990s selling oil paintings from the trunks of cars. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St.

Landfall: SCAD Summer Sales Exhibition — 2015 SCAD summer sales exhibition featuring artwork by SCAD students, faculty, staff and alumni. For this annual thematic and juried exhibition, entries were culled from varied interpretations of the landscape genre. Through Sep. 5. Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St,.

Life’s a Beach: Photographs by Martin Parr — One of Britain’s most beloved photographers takes us on a colorsaturated journey through a place loved by all, the seaside. General museum admission.

Through Aug. 30. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Modern Elegance — The Grand Bohemian showcases a new fall jewelry line by artist Diana Fakhoury. The Grand Bohemian Gallery, 700 Drayton St.

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Left: Bún Bò Hue w/side dish of fresh herbs, cabbage, peppers and bean sprouts. Center: Glazed Eel & Avocado Roll. Right: Malaysian Chili wings w/purple cabbage slaw and peanuts. Photos by Cheryl Baisden Solis

CO Savannah’s Pan-Asian odyssey

By Cheryl Baisden Solis

AUG 19-AUG 25, 2015

DESCENDING from Greg Bower’s Charleston mothership, riding the cresting wave of pan-Asian cuisine lust that has sent Savannahians scrambling for the nearest Pho or Hot Pot eatery, CO Savannah has definitely arrived.

Sleek and modern, with cool, shadowy corners, it sits conveniently across the big parking garage at the north end of Whitaker. With exposed brick, red booths, minimalist art prints, the only hint you’re getting Asian food is the trio of black and white posters of a Vietnamese movie star from the 1950s.

“Co” is Vietnamese for “feast,” and if you are looking to try an amazing sampling from not only Vietnam, but Korea, China, Thailand and Japan, take out that menu and peruse to your heart’s delight.

I grabbed a foodie buddy, Scott West, a dude who, as a world traveler, can really appreciate Asian cuisine, and we were practically rubbing our palms in delight over the plethora of goodies featured.

Manager Andy Oswald hovered around the bar, greeting regulars and discussing their tempting array of infused sake cocktails, and our server, eager to please and knowledgeable, though a tad forgetful, was happy to point out the local favorites such as Drunken Noodles & Pad Thai.

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beautifully plated, jewel colored and obviously fresh made—even the slaw of purple cabbage, onions and peanuts in a light sauce was a treat; this accompanied a truly amazing dish of Malaysian Chili Wings, in coconut milk marinade, tossed in a pineapple, ginger, lemongrass & chili sauce.

The flavor was exciting, and the perfection of spices, with just the lightest bite of chili, made them supremely memorable.

Ah, the Pork Belly Buns—if you are a fan of the swine, you gotta try these. The buns have been thoroughly buttered and baked slow so the crunch when you bite into them, plus the marvelously flavorful, tender pork, will have you crying out for more than the two you get.

The gyoza and yaki mandu (served here in Pho) will be familiar to anybody who patronizes Japanese restaurants. The Chinese call’em jiaozi—they are all basically the same thing: thin, half-moon shaped dough wrapped around tasty fillings of meat or veggies.

They are well-loved throughout Asia for good reason—get’em here with chicken, beef, pork, or for vegetarians, edamame in a vibrant dashi broth.

The sushi is mind-boggling—and the two choices we ordered were that indeed.

I do not claim to be a sushi expert, and I avoid anything with mayo or cream cheese (which I’ve never found in authentic Japanese eateries in Asia), but the Glazed Eel & Avocado roll, with its creamy, smooth texture… well, melt-in-your-mouth may be an old cliché, but it rings true here.

The Spicy Tuna Crunch roll, with its fresh, delicate tuna, crispy cucumber and a restrained dabs of spicy masago aioli is finished off with a topping of crunchy tempura cracklings that break apart delectably at the first touch of the tongue, was glorious!

Scott’s a Pad Thai lover from way back, and ordered this well-loved dish as an entrée. Manager Andy tells me all the noodles are house-made, and these have a pleasant chewiness that is a centimeter below true al dente.

The shrimp tasted divinely fresh and the sauce flavored, but did not overwhelm, the dish; a bundle of delicate cilantro topped it off and if you’re a true peanut lover, stir them in from the accompanying mound on the side.

By this time I barely had room for the fragrant Bún Bò Hue with tender sliced brisket, piquant lemongrass, braised pork, bun rice noodles, & purple cabbage, but when you see that brimming bowl coming at you with a big side dish of fresh mint, cilantro, snowy bean sprouts, and sliced jalapeño you take a deep breath and dive into it. You’ll be rewarded with a rich, slightly oily chili broth & toothsome meats, very authentic and bound to please.

The cocktail menu stretches itself well with Mangosteen Red Sangria & CO’s own version of the Singapore Sling and bounces between international borders with the

Jalapeño Guava Margarita and Cucumber Mojito. Southern brethren can take heart at the delicious Orange Blossom made with Cathead Honeysuckle Vodka or the Ginger Julep.

The Coolers here, with their light, refreshing taste of fresh fruit and herbs, work well with the menu. Coconut or Lychee juices make everything better, and the only real complaint I have is the lack of Thai Tea, that Oolong delight with coconut milk.

In general the menu can pass for authentic, though items like General Tso’s sauce may give one pause—for most Americans, though, this is a viable substitute for a plane trip to Bangkok. No weekly specials available, but with such a diverse menu, who needs it? Sip your Bex Reisling and call for another appetizer—you’ll be coming back soon for more! cs

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Two words: BEER CAMP

By Raymond Gaddy

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FOUNDED in 1979, Sierra Nevada is considered one of the pioneers of the current craft beer movement, and they have been an important voice in expanding the reach of craft beer and educating the general public on what good beer can be.

To help spread that message, the brewery created Beer Camp in 2008.

Beer Camp is a brewing competition that brings home brewers to the brewery and experience beer making on a large scale. Recently the brewery expanded Beer Camp to include a (non-competitive) camp for beer retailers, bar owners and restaurateurs so that they could learn about the brewing process and educate themselves in different styles of beer.

This year’s retailer Beer Camp included Savannah’s own Josh and Whitney Yates, co-owners of Green Truck Pub. The lone representatives from Georgia, they were hand-picked by the brewery’s Georgia beer rep to be part of the camp.

Just this year Sierra Nevada opened a new, state of the art brewery near Asheville, N.C., and for the first time Beer Camp took place at this new Mills River site instead of the flagship brewery in Chico, California.

The three-day camp included a full brewery tour, educational classes, trips to local farms who are supplying the raw materials for their beers and culminated in the brewing of a team conceived and developed beer.

Day one featured tastings and a look around the on site brewpub and music

Day three of the camp was committed to actually brewing the collaboration beer.

The beer the team developed was based on an idea first proposed by Whitney.

Because the brewers needed to prepurchase brewing ingredients, preparation for the beer began several weeks before the Beer Camp officially started.

Many ideas were passed around between the camp participants via email until she suggested a Belgian stout. This idea developed into a recipe that reached back to beer’s Belgian and German roots. The group settled on a Belgian Strong Dark Ale. The flavor profile was based on stollen, a traditional German fruitcake and another Josh and Whitney Yates of Savannah’s Green Truck Pub were among the guests at the Sierra of Mrs. Yate’s suggestions.

Nevad Beer Camp, held for the first time at a North Carolina location. The Yates were handIt’s a bread that her “great grandmother picked by the brewery’s Georgia beer rep to be part of the camp. always made, and then, of course, my grandma, mother, and I always make it too.” spaces. Music has always been part of the and better themselves.

To recreate this flavor of the Christmas Chico brewery space, and this was continThese collaborations were not the only time cake the beer was brewed with many ued in the Mills River site as a way to proaspects of the Mills River Brewery of inter- of the ingredients you might find in a bread mote local artists. est to the Yates. The new brewery was of this type; spiced fruit, ginger, anise, and Day two was a full tour of the brewery. designed and built to be as sustainable as cardamom.

The Yates said the brewers did help them Both Josh and Whitney mentioned that possible, including an extensive water and the hop room was particularly interestenergy reclamation program. A byproduct add new flavors and suggested a few addiing and their favorite part of the tour. The of the water treatment process is methane. tions such as Belgian candy sugar to help brewery had numerous types of hops from By burning this reclaimed methane and with the sweetness. The brewer also introthe usual such as citra or centennial to new through the use of solar panels the brewery duced the team to an experimental hop experimental hops that Sierra Nevada is produces enough energy to supply about 40 that had characteristics that would add to the flavor profile of the beer. helping to develop. percent of their energy needs annually.

The stollen based beer they created was The group also toured local businesses Because local and sustainable has dubbed Broken Vows. The name referred working with the Mills River brewery always been part of the Green Truck busito Belgian beer’s roots in monasteries and including Riverbend Malt House, which ness plan. Sierra Nevada’s passion and the fact that this Beer Camp was the first at provides locally grown, heritage malts to commitment to sustainability resonated the East Coast brewery site, breaking the North Carolina breweries. with the Yates. “tradition” of the West coast camps. cs Also on the tour were visits to smaller Both were impressed with the extent of local breweries such as Wicked Weed. the sustainability programs and how local Broken Vows will be released in kegs only in Sierra Nevada is using their labs and businesses were incorporated into every November or December at Green Truck as resources to help identify the yeasts and level of the brewing process. well as the other retail locations of the other bacteria in the Funkatorium, Wicked After learning all about the new brewparticipants. Green Truck will also host a Sierra Weed’s experimental barrel aging ery and their sustainability initiatives Nevada tap takeover night on September 30 to program. the team set to work on a developing the benefit local non-profit Sustainativity. Funds Whitney sees this as one of Sierra details of brewing their beer. raised will be used to assist Senior Citizens Inc. Nevada’s strong points, having built a huge There were “classes” given by the head make green upgrades, including converting two new location that could easily drown out brewer and discussions on how exactly to Meals on Wheels trucks to hybrid operation. local businesses. Instead they are actively produce a beer on the brewery’s 40 barrel trying to help the local breweries thrive tap house brewing system.

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‘Up your coffee game’

Bring café culture home at Shop the Fox

by jessica leigh lebos

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soaps from local vendors and at Atlanta’s Indie Craft Experience.

Classic meets current in the stacks of hardback novels by Mark Twain and Mary Shelley and back issues of Uppercase magazine (for the “creative and curious.”)

Cards printed with steeped joe sit near the front window lined with real two-foot tall coffee plants (the perfect housewarming gift for someone who never wants to leave the house again!)

Foxy’s reclaimed-wood aesthetic reigns over old-school Thermoses, and Jenkins’ Tex-Mex roots are evident in copies of Lisa Fain’s Homesick Texan cookbooks (where do you think Foxy’s kolaches come from?)

Luther and Jenkins have plans for a photo booth and “brew like a barista” Shop the Fox owner Jennifer Jenkins (above, l.) and manager Megan Luther offer coffeemak- classes in the back kitchen, and—if the ers, art books and other accoutrements of café culture. Photo by Jon Waits/@jwaitsphoto zoning gods shine favorably—there is the possibility of connecting Shop the Fox with the café’s upstairs rooms.

Markus Kuhlmann are now busy raising left earlier this year, Jenkins considered For now, Shop the Fox has plenty for coftheir one-year-old son, Ison, which has not fee connoisseurs of all brews, and even the what would happen with the property. only helped Jenkins appreciate coffee even hot chocolate set will find fancy in the lip“The longer it stayed empty, the more I asked myself what I wanted next to Foxy,” more but also the value of delegation. shaped pencil sharpeners and backgam“I’ve had to hand off a lot, and it’s been she says. mon game boards. really helpful to have others’ creative input “I thought if we offer people multiple The quirky anomalies alone are worth on the new retail aspect.” destinations right here in the neighborthe trip upstairs: It doesn’t get more whimTo help curate Shop the Fox’s airy space sical than a ceramic saucer shaped like an hood, the whole block starts to make above Wax & Wane Salon, Jenkins enlisted alligator mandible with a gold tooth. sense.” former Foxy barista and retail maven The idea of a “coffee-centric retail “I wanted to bring in some wit,” says Megan Luther, who has added a charmspace” kept nudging at the corners of her Luther with a grin. ing assortment of coffee-related gifts and mind, especially since the tiny section of “Coffee can be so serious.” cards and cups near the cash register Foxy accoutrements of café culture to the mugs, Truer words were never spoken—espet-shirts and other Foxy swag.

Loxy was getting crowded. cially if you haven’t had any yet. CS “Everything ties back to coffee, culture But she knew she couldn’t pull off a third Shop the Fox and the South,” says Luther, who hunted business without help. for independently-produced items like vin- 1917 Bull St. While still involved in the daily opera29 tage-style tea towels and horchata-scented www.shopthefox.us tions of both cafés, she and partner

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Every gourmet caffeine joneser knows the conundrum: You want a freshly-ground, artisanal cup of coffee, yet changing out of your pajamas and heading down to the nearest café is just too daunting…because you haven’t had any coffee.

It’s a tortuous Catch-22 that often ends in a cup of subpar automatic drip, or God forbid, instant.

But now all the tools needed to make a superior morning beverage at home are available from the folks who introduced you to such perfection in the first place: Shop the Fox opened on Bull Street last week with an entire room dedicated to the art and craft of coffee, chock full of Chemex hourglasses, Aeropress espresso makers and locally-roasted PERC beans.

Located next door to mothership café Foxy Loxy, Shop the Fox is the retail incarnation of owner Jennifer Jenkins’ vision that everyone is entitled to a fantastic cup of coffee, anywhere, anytime.

“If you want to up your coffee game at home, we have all the options,” says Jenkins, who consulted with PERC’s Philip Brown on the industry’s most up-to-date offerings. “Just having a good grinder at home will blow your mind.”

Sometimes, however, we want to drink our coffee around other people, though that doesn’t necessarily mean we want them to talk to us.

Recognizing our urge to be alone in public, Shop the Fox also carries classic novels, journals and sketchbooks that provide for a perfect solitary experience over your next heart-foam cappuccino (eavesdropping on the Tinder couple at the next table notwithstanding.)

“It’s all the things you’d want to do when you’re in a café,” explains Jenkins.

She ought to know. The letterpress artist and former SCAD professor opened Foxy Loxy across from the Bull St. Library in 2011, followed by Broughton Street’s Coffee Fox at the end of 2012.

Sensing that the area around Foxy Loxy was primed for a small commercial community, she had bought the pair of sunny Victorians on Bull with her parents, Mike and Mary Margaret Jenkins in 2010. (Her mother’s maiden name, Fox, provided the café’s original inspiration.)

Jenkins’ hunch was on the mark: Foxy Loxy has thrived in the refurbished home with its adjoining courtyard, and its sister house has hosted a variety of small businesses. But when the last upstairs tenant

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OOO With a pair of bland pretty-boy leads, the hyperactive Guy Ritchie in the director’s seat, and a trailer that didn’t exactly inspire hope, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. promised to be the sort of late-summer miss that would leave me crying uncle before the halfway mark. Instead, it turns out to be an unassuming, undemanding surprise.

It’s based, of course, on the hit TV series from the 1960s, the sort of effort that arrived fast and furious in the wake of James Bond’s phenomenal success at the box office. Secret agents were everywhere during that decade, and while U.N.C.L.E. never quite went the route of the spy spoof Get Smart, it offered enough of a winkwink-nudge-nudge attitude to make even the playful 007 flicks look as seriousminded as The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by comparison. The titular man was Napoleon Solo, played by Robert Vaughn with the right mix of suavity and insouciance. As the Russian Illya Kuryakin, Solo’s friend and co-worker at the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, David McCallum became the series’ breakout star – amusingly, his bowl haircut on the show and his heartthrob status among adoring teenyboppers led to him being tagged “the fifth Beatle.”

On the series, Solo and Kuryakin were fellow agents from the start, which makes this new picture operate as an origin story of sorts. The Cold War rages on, and when we first meet Solo (Henry Cavill) and Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) in 1963, they’re rival agents (Solo for the CIA, Kuryakin for the KGB) attempting to kill each other near the renowned Checkpoint

Charlie. Solo is attempting to smuggle an important asset named Gaby Teller (Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina’s Ava) out of East Berlin while Kuryakin is trying to stop him. It’s not long after, however, that the men’s respective organizations order them to team up in an effort to stop the usual coterie of global villains (including an exNazi played with lip-smacking zeal by Sylvester Groth) from getting their hands on nuclear warheads.

Warner Bros. didn’t do itself any favors by releasing this into theaters so soon after Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, since both sport similarities beyond the fact that they’re based on vintage spy shows (for one thing, an U.N.C.L.E. plot twist is startlingly comparable to one in M:I – RN). This new film may not quite match the intensity or excitement of the Tom Cruise vehicle, but it’s nevertheless a worthwhile endeavor, with Ritchie toning down the spastic shooting style that all but destroyed his Sherlock Holmes films with Robert Downey Jr. The technical flourishes displayed in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (including a rare modern use of split screen) actually benefit the storyline rather than just function as masturbatory moviemaking.

There are at least two dozen actors who would have made a better Napoleon Solo than Cavill, but I’ll give him a break since he’s not as soul-crushingly dull as when he played Superman in the dreary fanboy fave Man of Steel. The real delight here is Hammer. So memorable as the Winklevii in The Social Network, he followed that with dryly earnest turns in The Lone Ranger, Mirror Mirror and J. Edgar. It’s nice to see him as an engaging presence again, and his Illya Kuryakin proves to be the film’s most

interesting character as well as its primary wellspring of low-simmer humor.

Incidentally, the theme music for the series was created by the late, great Jerry Goldsmith, who nearly rivaled John Williams in crafting magnificent, majestic scores (countless credits include Chinatown, and The Omen, winning his only Oscar for the last-named). Goldsmith’s original U.N.C.L.E. score is one of his best, and I fully expected the film to pay it tribute. Instead, the employed snippet has been rendered unrecognizable with its idiotic changes in tempo and instrumentation. Fortunately, this aural atrocity marks one of the very few times that this handsome big-screen version is hopelessly out of tune.

SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE

OOO Since the major news emerging from last weekend’s box office race centered around the catastrophic take of Fantastic Four, many may have missed that there was another commercial flop debuting in theaters. Shaun the Sheep Movie, from the studio behind the superb Wallace & Gromit films, earned a dismal $4 million and opened outside the Top 10, at #11 (even the reviled Pixels managed to gross more, and it was in its third week).

Shaun the Sheep Movie lacks the go-forbroke genius of the Wallace and Gromit works, but that’s not so say it isn’t consistently inventive and entertaining, centering on the misadventures that greet Shaun, his fellow sheep and Bitzer the dog as they head to The Big City (as all the signs call it) to locate the farmer who looks after them.

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so it’s up to the animals to locate him, jog his memory, and return him home. But that proves to be quite the challenge, more so since they’re being dogged by a particularly nasty animal-containment employee.

This toon tale takes its time getting started, but once the gang descends upon the city, matters become increasingly frenzied and funny, with a pair of standout setpieces unfolding in a restaurant and inside a kennel. Despite being a silent film in that no one speaks dialogue, its references span the decades, from the silent masterpiece Modern Times (when Shaun’s characters do speak, it’s in unintelligible gibberish clearly inspired by the Chaplin film) to The Silence of the Lambs (with a cat amusingly aping Hannibal Lecter pondering fava beans and a nice Chianti). With Pixar’s marvelous Inside Out winding down in theaters, it’s still not too late for parents to save Shaun from getting clipped by loading the kids into the minivan and taking them this weekend.

FANTASTIC FOUR

O The title “Fantastic Four” doesn’t actually appear on screen until the end of Fantastic Four, which makes me suspect it’s simply wishful thinking on the collective part of the suits at Fox. “The first three films were lame? Don’t worry, number four will be fantastic! We promise!”

Honestly, is there a more cursed franchise in Hollywood than this one? One of the genuinely classic comics from the storied history of Marvel, it’s mind-boggling that no one has been able to make a decent movie out of this material.

It brings to mind Jim Gordon’s line about Batman at the conclusion of The Dark Knight: “He’s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.”

Is the same principle applying here?

Are these the heroes America deserves, as punishment for our slavish devotion to all films Marvel? A grim assessment, indeed.

So while it may be true that this Fantastic Four is an improvement over the 2005 version (and perhaps its 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer), that’s really not saying a damn thing.

Based on an updated take on the squad as opposed to the property first created

by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby back in 1961, this finds our fab four much younger than in previous incarnations—think along the lines of Muppet Babies and you’re halfway there.

There’s brainy Reed Richards (Miles Teller) and cocky Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan), and there’s Sue Storm (Kate Mara) and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell).

Yes, the last-named characters are so devoid of personality or quirks that I’m hard-pressed to think of any adjectives to describe them. At any rate, after nearly an

the characters and the audience members.

These standoffs bring out the best in Streep, and represent many of the most memorable sequences in the film.

But the script too often works overtime to provide uplifting, cathartic moments that feel artificial rather than earned, and all conflicts are eventually ignored instead of being resolved.

Like Demme’s Rachel Getting Married, Ricki and the Flash also ends at a wedding.

Yet unlike that 2008 sleeper about an equally dysfunctional family, any goodwill here feels more like the screenwriter’s forced hand than the characters’ hardearned victories.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION

Shaun The Sheep Movie

hour of sluggish exposition—while these types of films often don’t have enough exposition, this one has too much—the quartet finally are exposed to the mysterious green glop that looks as if it could power a thousand Green Lanterns but instead turns these meddling kids into something more than human.

Reed can stretch any part of his body to incredible lengths (something tells me a porn spoof is just around the corner), Johnny can burst into flame, Sue can turn invisible, and Ben has transformed into a walking, talking rock quarry.

And let’s not forget resident bad boy Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebbell), who got the brunt of the goop and now roams around as the misshapen, godlike Dr. Doom.

Here’s the thing about Doom: He just might be the best villain ever created at Marvel HQ (think of him as a formidable forerunner to Darth Vader). But in the earlier FF films, where he was limply played

by Julian McMahon, he was a pitiable baddie, reduced to the level of a wimpy Wall Street embezzler.

Kebbell brings a dash more menace to the role, but the design of the character is an eyesore: He looks like someone who’s been wrapped in aluminum foil and set to bake at 400 degrees for two hours.

More convincing are the effects used to create the heroes, with Johnny’s Human Torch particularly effective. In fact, the Torch gets the best deal all around, since Jordan’s performance is arguably the best among the younger set.

In fact, none of these skilled actors are bad individually, but thanks to inert writing and direction, they’re never allowed to establish any chemistry among themselves. Especially affected are Reed and Ben, who are supposed to be longtime friends but seem about as comfortable around each other as two strangers mashed together on a crammed NYC subway car.

There’s a climactic battle, of course, but it’s rather anemic, generating about as much suspense as found on any given episode of Fraggle Rock. And then it’s all over, leaving in its wake disappointment, disillusionment, and the threat of a sequel in 2017.

RICKI AND THE FLASH

OOO Meryl Streep sprints past the ABBA songbook to tackle a wide range of infectious tunes in Ricki and the Flash, a middling seriocomedy that works better when its emotions are raw than when its scenarios are rigged.

Streep plays Ricki Rendazzo, who abandoned her prim and proper family long ago to pursue her rock ‘n’ roll dream. Singing a mix of covers at a California watering hole with her band the Flash (members played by real-life rockers Rick Springfield, Bernie Worrell, Joe Vitale and the late Rick Rosas), she’s beckoned back to Indianapolis by her ex-husband Pete (Kevin Kline), who’s worried about their daughter Julie (Mamie Gummer, Streep’s real-life daughter).

Having been abandoned by her husband for another woman, Julie’s a suicidal wreck, and while Mom has never really been around much to provide maternal comfort, she’s hoping it’s not too late. But Julie is wary, as are her brothers Josh (Sebastian Stan) and Adam (Nick Westrate). And adding to the tension is the presence of Pete’s second wife Maureen (Audra McDonald), who’s spent years raising these kids as her own and isn’t sure Ricki’s presence can offer anything but trouble.

Featuring a script by Oscar winner Diablo Cody (Juno) and direction by Oscar winner Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs), Ricki and the Flash mines the various confrontations in a manner that causes a level of discomfort among both

OOO For a franchise that began nearly two decades ago (and was a hit TV show before that), here’s one that somehow manages to retain its freshness.

The Avengers, the Barden Bellas and the Kings of Tampa aren’t the only outfits having trouble keeping it together this summer—in the case of the Impossible Mission Force, it’s being disbanded at the behest of CIA director Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin).

More’s the pity, since IMF agent extraordinaire Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) needs all available resources to help him track down Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), a particularly nasty character who heads a terrorist outfit known as The Syndicate.

But since Hunley views Ethan as a maverick whose methods are too reckless, he not only won’t help him but actively seeks to have him arrested. As for the other IMF agents, Brandt (Jeremy Renner) has been turned into a neutered office lackey, Benji (Simon Pegg) has been locked down behind a computer monitor, and Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) has seemingly gone back into retirement.

Clearly, these troops will need to be rallied in order to confront the global threat looming before them. Ethan can count on Benji and Luther, but Brandt? Even more of a question mark is Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), an international woman of mystery who might be a Syndicate assassin, a British intelligence agent, or something else entirely.

If Christopher McQuarrie isn’t quite as skilled as his predecessors in the director’s chair (Brian De Palma on I, J.J. Abrams on III, Brad Bird on GP) at milking the action sequences for maximum impact—the vehicular chases tend to drag—he still gets enough juice out of the more unusual setups, such as Ethan hanging onto the side of an ascending airplane or holding his breath underwater as he’s battered every which way including loose. But, guys, enough with those face-swapping masks, OK? cs

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Bernie Sanders Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders speaks in Charleston. Sat., Aug. 22, 7 p.m. Burke High School, 244 President Street.

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 third Thursday of every month. (912) 341-7427. livingliberally.org/ drinking/chapters/GA/savannah. Tondee’s Tavern, 7 E. Bay Street.

Saturdays with Alderwoman Shabazz Residents in Savannah’s 5th District are invited to meet with their Alderwoman every 4th Saturday of the month. Residents may come with specific issues and concerns, or just to meet their representative on Savannah City Council. District 5 runs roughly west of Bull Street and north of 36th Street, and also includes newly developing areas of the City in the southwest quadrant of Chatham County. Free and open to the public. fourth Saturday of every month, 2-4 p.m. 912-651-6410. Shabazz Seafood Restaurant, 502 W. Victory Dr. 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

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Call for Applicants for Harvest of Hope Retreat Cancer survivors of all ages and their families are invited to the 13h annual Harvest of Hope Retreat on September 26.

To apply for this free event, please contact Morphia Scarlett at 912-350- 0514 or scarlmo1@memorialhealth.com. Through 32 Sep. 26. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Call for Artists for 2016 Exhibitions The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is now accepting exhibition proposals at the Cultural Arts Gallery for the 2016 calendar year. The 1,700 square foot community gallery serves the Savannah area with exhibitions and educational programming that strengthen awareness and stimulate dialogue through artistic expression. In conjunction with each exhibition, artists are encouraged to develop and present a learning opportunity to the public such as a workshop, lecture or demonstration. All mediums will be considered for a non-degree seeking solo or group exhibitions, including video and installation pieces. Proposals should be professionally presented and should include a cover letter; a resume; an artist statement; a previous exhibition record; 10-12 digital images of the work to be considered; and a self-addressed stamped envelope if the proposal needs to be returned. Through Sep. 11. 912-651-6783. savannahga. gov/arts. City of Savannah

compiled by Rachael Flora happenings@connectsavannah.com Happenings is Connect Savannah’s listing of community events, classes and groups. Visit our website at connectsavannah.com to submit a listing.

We reserve the right to edit or cut listings due to space limitations.

topics: Design, Development, Mobile, Social Media, Marketing, Growth Hacking, Access to Capital, Sales, Management. The festival will take place October 15-17. Through Oct. 15. 912-447-8457. geek-end.com/speakers/ apply. thecreativecoast.org. Creative Coast, 415 W. Boundary St. Call for Volunteers for Breaking the Cycle Coastal Georgia Breaking the Cycle will host a symposium on substance abuse and freedom from addiction as part of National Recovery Day on September 19, 11:00 a.m.

– 2:00 p.m., at Lake Mayer. Volunteers are needed for this event in the following areas: reception, food, greeters and clean-up. For more information on how you can participate call volunteer coordinator Teneka Gerido at 912.661.7014. Through Sep. 19. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Casting Call for SCAD Student Production Seeking talent for one female and four male leads, ages 12-15, all ethnicities. Submit a candid full length body shot and the position you’re interested in. Selections will move quickly, so submit

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, 5:30-6:30 p.m..

912-663-5114. beckywaller99@gmail.com. magiccarpetdancers. com. Magic Carpet Dance Studio, 6409 Abercorn Street, Suite E. Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. Call for Entries for Group Exhibition The Gallery at Sulfur Studios is now accepting entries for an upcoming group exhibition, “Body and Mind,” in September 2015. Artists are asked to submit work that deals with the intersection of physical and mental experiences. Work that deals with the human form in a metaphorical manner is especially sought out. Entries due by August 28th at midnight. Through Aug. 28. sulfurstudios.org/call-for-entries-2/. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street.

Call for Speakers for Geekend 2015 The theme of Creative Coast’s Geekend 2015 is Growth. All entrepreneurs, developers, marketers, social media mavericks, technology enthusiasts, designers and other creatives are encouraged to apply to speak now. Geekend is looking for compelling cutting-edge content that is actionable and touches upon any one or several of the following

ASAP. Meal will be provided. Rehearsals are August 10 from 2-4pm and August 24 from 2-8pm, both at Hamilton Hall. Email acrisc20@student.scad.edu for more information. Through Aug. 24. Online only, none.

City of Savannah TV Show Seeks Entries The City of Savannah’s TV station, SGTV, seeks profiles, documentaries, animations, original music videos, histories or other original works by or about the citizens of Savannah to run on “Engage,” a television show produced by the city.

No compensation. SGTV offers an opportunity to expose local works to over 55,000 households in Chatham County.

Submit proposals via website. Saturdays.. savannahga.gov/engagesgtv.

Gallery Seeks Local Artists Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street, seeks 2-D and 3-D artists to join its cooperative gallery.

Must be a full-time resident of Savannah or nearby area. Work to be considered includes painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture, glass, ceramics and wood.

Submit 5-10 images of work, resume/CV

and bio to info@kobogallery.com. Mondays.

Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street ,.

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

Oatland Island Seeks Memories and Recollections for 40th Anniversary Oatland Island Education Center is looking for memories of Oatland Island in honor of their 40th anniversary. People who were part of the Youth Conservation Corp that helped to build Oatland Island Education Center in the 1970’s. Great memories from field trips.

Special family memories of Oatland Island.

Send your photos and stories to memories@ oatland40th.org. Deadline is August 31. undefined. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org.

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

ArtLab Summer Classes Art Exploration Sessions on Saturdays from 12-1pm for ages 6-11. Projects will include color exploration, mixing experiments, creation with found objects and beyond.

Tiny Artists Classes on Saturdays from 10:45-11:30am for ages 2-5. Parents and kids work together to create small projects introducing textures, colors and discovering art all around us. Take a creative break on Saturdays. Please call or email to sign up. $15 per class, sibling discounts available Saturdays.. 912-388-1939. artlabsavannah@ gmail.com. artlabsavannah.com. ArtLab, 2417 Waters Ave. Beading Classes Offered every weekend at Perlina Beadshop, 6 West State Street. Check website calendar or call for info. 912-441-2656. perlinabeadshop.com.

Beading Classses at Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced. Call for class times.

912-920-6659. Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio, 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.

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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, 5:30-6:30 p.m.. 912-663-5114. beckywaller99@gmail. com. magiccarpetdancers.com. Magic Carpet Dance Studio, 6409 Abercorn Street, Suite E. Black and White Fine Art Photography Class Students will learn the components of a good black and white photograph, composition reinforcement, and converting color images to black and white. Using the histogram to predict black and white outcomes and how color influences black and white conversion are emphasized. Class includes two guided field trips and critiques.

PREREQUISITES: Creative Photography and Advanced Creative Photography $125.00 per person Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 8-10 a.m.. 912-478-5551. conted@georgiasouthern.edu. academics. georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/ personaldevelopment/digitalphotography/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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 nonmembers 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 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. 912-3583160. confuciusinstitute@savannahstate. edu. savannahstate.edu. savstate.edu/.

Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Clay Classes Savannah Clay Studio at Beaulieu offers handbuilding, sculpture, and handmade tiles, basic glazing and firing. 912-351-4578. sav.. claystudio@gmail.com.

Boating Classes Classes on boat handling, boating safety and navigation offered by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. See website or call to register. 912897-7656. savannahaux.com.

Creation and Expression: Join Jessica Boylston-Fagonde & Kelley J. Boyd for a heartfelt, soul-filled weekend

yoga workshop. This creative process will inspire your classroom voice, clarify your teaching message, and highlight your offering as an expression of your life’s path.

Part of SYC 300-hour Advance YTT and open to all students. $50/class or $175/all classes (If registered by 9/15) Fri., Aug. 21, Sat., Aug. 22 and Sun., Aug. 23. 912-2322994. info@savannahyoga.com. https:// facebook.com/events/478314918998044/. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. DUI Prevention Group Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers.

Meets monthly. $40/session 912-443-0410.

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.

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

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children held at 15 E. Montgomery Crossroad. Register by phone. ongoing. 912921-4646.

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.

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center Housing Authority of Savannah hosts classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. Adult literacy/GED prep: Mon-Thurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri each month, 9am-11am. Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm3pm. Community computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha.com/NRC. html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Knitting & Crochet Classes Offered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. See the calendar of events on website.

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

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Jonesin’ Crossword by matt Jones

©2015 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com) Answers on page 37

“Wrong Side of the Mississippi” –for TV and radio stations alike.

Across

1 “August: ___ County” (Best Picture nominee of 2014) 6 Furry TV alien 9 Secret audience member 14 “So help me” 15 “___ Kommissar’s in town ...”

16 “Voices Carry” singer Mann 17 Struck with amazement 18 Silver metallic cigarette brand?

20 Cut corners 22 4x4, frequently 23 “To be,” to Brutus 24 Art colony location 26 Hummus and tzatziki, broadly 28 Bathrobe closer 31 Daily ___ (political blog) 33 Airborne stimuli 37 Non-military person good at getting smaller?

40 “___ dreaming?”

41 “Win ___ With Tad Hamilton!” (2004 romantic comedy) 42 “Black gold” 43 Visnjic of “ER” 45 “___ Troyens” (Berlioz opera) 46 Head of all the bison?

49 E flat’s equivalent 51 Effort

52 Votes in Congress 53 Broccoli ___ (bitter veggie) 55 Austin Powers’s “power” 57 “Believe” singer 60 Feldspar, e.g.

62 ___ pathways 66 Video game plumber’s reason for salicylic acid?

69 On the ball 70 Greek salad ingredient 71 Bro’s sibling, maybe 72 Beauty brand that happens to anagram to another brand in this puzzle 73 Brown-___ 74 Non-polluter’s prefix 75 Move stealthily

Down

1 Kimono closers 2 Match (up) 3 Petri dish goo 4 “Just ad-lib if you have to” 5 Plant malady 6 Full-screen intrusions, e.g.

7 Cole Porter’s “___ Do It” 8 “The Ego and the Id” author 9 Bud 10 “This way” 11 “Famous” cookie guy 12 Modernists, slangily 13 TV component?

19 Aquafina competitor 21 Snoop (around) 25 “___ a biscuit!”

27 Newman’s Own competitor 28 Burn, as milk 29 Assistants 30 Drug store?

32 “Wildest Dreams” singer Taylor 34 Curie or Antoinette 35 Big name in the kitchen 36 Comes clean 38 Aardvark’s antithesis?

39 Feature with “Dismiss” or “Snooze” 44 “I give up [grumble grumble]” 47 Instruction to a violinist 48 Interpol’s French headquarters 50 Get there 54 Take-out order?

56 Wranglers, e.g.

57 “Don’t be a spoilsport!”

58 Light headwear?

59 Dwarf planet discovered in 2005 61 Guitarist Clapton 63 Dance party in an abandoned warehouse 64 “Length times width” measurement 65 Hose snag?

67 “___ the land of the free ...”

68 General in Chinese restaurants

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

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.

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

All ages welcome. ongoing. 912-358-0054. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St. Music Lessons: Private or Group Portman’s Music Academy offers private or group classes for ages 2 to 92, beginner to advanced level. All instruments. Also, voice lessons, music production technology and DJ lessons. Teaching staff of over 20 instructors with professional, well equipped studios. Fridays.. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. portmansmusic.com.

Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments Savannah Musicians’ Institute offers private instruction for all ages and experience levels in Guitar (electric, acoustic,classical),

Piano, Bass, Voice, Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Music Theory/Composition/Songwriting. 609 69th Street, Savannah GA. ongoing. 912398-8828. 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. Novel Writing Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publication. Awardwinning Savannah author offers one-onone 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.

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A. Roper Studio - Voice Technique and Coaching Experienced and successful voice instructor is accepting students. Nurturing and collaborative studio. Services offered 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. 912-4840628. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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

Clubs & Organizations

13th Colony Sound Barbershop Chorus Sing in the harmonious barbershop style with the Savannah Chorus of the Barbershop Harmony Society. No charge Mondays, 6:30 p.m.. 912-344-9768. rfksav@gmail.com. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes Classses for multiple ages in performance dance and adult fitness dance. African, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary,

gospel. Held at Abeni Cultural Arts studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. Call Muriel, 912-6313452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com.

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

Blindness and Low Vision Workshop Workshops on the 3rd Thursday of each month on vision loss, services, and technology available to participate in the community. For people with blindness or low vision, and for caregivers and friends. Free and open to the public. third Thursday of every month.. savannahcblv.org. Savannah Center for the Blind and Low Vision, 214 Drayton St. Buccaneer Region SCCA Local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. See website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org.

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

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Chatham Sailing Club Friday evening social event at the clubhouse. Meet Members and their families who all enjoy water based activities but whose prime interest is sailing. This BYOB event is free and all are welcome, but Membership is encouraged after several visits once interest is gauged!! We look forward to meeting you. Fridays, 7-10 p.m. pranschkec3@gmail.com. Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. Exchange Club of Savannah Weekly Lunch Meets every Monday (except on the fifth Monday of the month), 12pm-1pm. Weekly speaker, and honor a student of the month and year, police officer and fireman of the year. Charities: Jenkins Boys & Girls Club; Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse.

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

912-441-6559. Savannahexchange.org.

Exchange Club of Savannah, 4801 Meding Street.

Fiber Guild of the Savannahs A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, and other fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center, first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. fiberguildsavannah.homestead.com/. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. Freedom Network An international, leaderless network of individuals seeking more freedom in an unfree world. Meetings twice monthly, Thursdays, 8:30pm. Topics and meeting locations vary. No politics, no religious affiliation, no dues, no fees. Every other Thursday.. onebornfree@yahoo.com.

Historic Flight Savannah A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC, to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington. Call for info. ongoing. 912-5961962. 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.

Islands MOPS A Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets two Wednesdays a month, 9:15am-11:30am. 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. 912-308-6768.

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 or see website for info. ongoing. 912-447-0943. 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 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.

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Savannah Story Games A group that plays games that tell improvised stories. Create an amazing story in just three hours, using group games with special rules that craft characters, settings, and conflicts.

Sundays at 6pm. free Saturdays, 6 p.m.. info@savannahstorygames.com. savannahstorygames.com. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

Savannah Toastmasters Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment.

Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. ongoing. 912-484-6710. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health

University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Savannah Veggies and Vegans Join the Facebook group to find out more about vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, and to hear about upcoming local events.

Mondays.

Savannah Writers Group A gathering of writers of all levels for networking, hearing published guest authors, and critique. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7:00pm, Atlanta Bread Company, Twelve Oaks Shopping Center, 5500 Abercorn.

Free and open to the public. fourth Tuesday of every month.. savannahwritersgroup. blogspot.com.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

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

Waving Girls--Smocking Arts Guild of America The Waving Girls welcomes smockers and all those who create fine heirloom items.

At each meeting there is an opportunity to learn and share our work. The group makes over 100 “wee care” gowns for memorial hospital each year. fourth Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. 912 536 1447. debcreation@hotmail.com. smocking.org.

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Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19

TAURUS (April 20-May 20

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22

The ancient Greek epic poem the *Iliad* is one of the foundation works of Western literature. Written in the eighth century BCE, it tells the story of the ten-year-long Trojan War. The cause of the conflict was the kidnap of Helen of Troy, reputed to be the world’s most beautiful woman. And yet nowhere in the *Iliad* is there a description of Helen’s beauty. We hear no details about why she deserves to be at the center of the legendary saga. Don’t be like the *Iliad* in the coming weeks, Gemini. Know everything you can about the goal at the center of your life. Be very clear and specific and precise about what you’re fighting for and working towards.

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The comedian puppets known as the Muppets have made eight movies. In *The Great Muppet Caper,* the muppets Kermit and Fozzie play brothers, even though one is a green frog and the other a brown bear. At one point in the story, we see a photo of their father, who has the coloring and eyes of Kermit, but a bear-like face. I bring up their unexpected relationship, Cancerian, because I suspect that a similar anomaly might be coming your way: a bond with a seemingly improbable ally. To prepare, stretch your ideas about what influences you might want to connect with.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22

English author Barbara Cartland published her first novel

‘’On or about December 1910, human character changed,’’ wrote English author Virginia Woolf in 1924. What prompted her to draw that conclusion? The rapidly increasing availability of electricity, cars, and indoor plumbing? The rise of the women’s suffrage movement? Labor unrest and the death of the King? The growing prominence of experimental art by Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse, and Picasso? The answer might be all of the above, plus the beginning of a breakdown in the British class system.

Inspired by the current astrological omens, I’ll borrow her brash spirit and make a new prediction: During the last 19 weeks of 2015, the destiny of the Virgo tribe will undergo a fundamental shift. Ten years from now, I bet you will look back at this time and say, “That was when everything got realigned, redeemed, and renewed.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22

“The greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble,” said psychologist Carl Jung.

“They can never be solved, but only outgrown.” I subscribe to that model of dealing with dilemmas, and I hope you will consider it, too -- especially in light of the fact that from now until July 2016 you will have more power than ever before to outgrow two of your biggest problems. I don’t guarantee that you will transcend them completely, but I’m confident you can render them at least 60 percent less pressing, less imposing, and less restricting. And 80 percent is quite possible.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21

13th Colony Sound (Barbershop Singing) “If you can carry a tune, come sing with us!”

Mondays, 7pm. ongoing. 912-344-9768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave. Concert: Steve Gulley and New Pinnacle Steve Gulley is a 4-time IBMA winner and

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at age 21. By the time she died 77 years later, she had written more than 700 other books. Some sources say she sold 750 million copies, while others put the estimate at two billion. In 1983 alone, she churned out 23 novels. I foresee a Barbara Cartland-type period for you in the coming months, Leo. Between now and your birthday in 2016, I expect you to be as fruitful in your own field as you have ever been. And here’s the weird thing: One of the secrets of your productivity will be an enhanced ability to chill out.

“Relaxed intensity” will be your calming battle cry.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20

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You’d probably prefer to stay in the romantic, carefree state of mind. But from what I can tell, you’re ripe for a new phase of your long-term cycle. Your freestyle rambles and jaunty adventures should now make way for careful introspection and thoughtful adjustments. Instead of restless star-gazing, I suggest patient earth-gazing.

Despite how it may initially appear, it’s not a comedown.

In fact, I see it as an unusual reward that will satisfy you in unexpected ways.

In accordance with the current astrological omens, I recommend the following activities: Sing a love song at least once a day. Seek a message from an ancestor in a reverie or dream. Revisit your three favorite childhood memories.

Give a gift or blessing to the wildest part of you. Swim naked in a river, stream, or lake. Change something about your home to make it more sacred and mysterious. Obtain a symbolic object or work of art that stimulates your courage to be true to yourself. Find relaxation and renewal in the deep darkness. Ruminate in unbridled detail about how you will someday fulfill a daring fantasy.

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.

Hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians celebrated an annual holiday called Makahiki. It began in early November and lasted four months. No one worked very much for the duration. There were nonstop feasts and games and religious ceremonies. Community-building was a featured theme, and one taboo was strictly enforced: no war or bloodshed. I encourage you Scorpios to enjoy a similar break from your daily fuss. Now is an especially propitious time to ban conflict, contempt, revenge, and sabotage as you cultivate solidarity in the groups that are important for your future. You may not be able to make your own

personal Makahiki last for four months, but could you at least manage three weeks?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21

Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Museum of Failed Products is a warehouse full of consumer goods that companies created but no one wanted to buy. It includes caffeinated beer, yogurt shampoo, fortune cookies for dogs, and breath mints that resemble vials of crack cocaine.

The most frequent visitors to the museum are executives seeking to educate themselves about what errors to avoid in their own companies’ future product development. I encourage you to be inspired by this place, Sagittarius.

Take an inventory of the wrong turns you’ve made in the past. Use what you learn to create a revised master plan.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” Virtually all of us have been guilty of embodying that well-worn adage. And according to my analysis of the astrological omens, quite a few of you Capricorns are currently embroiled in this behavior pattern. But I am happy to report that the coming weeks will be a favorable time to quit your insanity cold turkey.

In fact, the actions you take to escape this bad habit could empower you to be done with it forever. Are you ready to make a heroic effort? Here’s a good way to begin: Undo your perverse attraction to the stressful provocation that has such a seductive hold on your imagination.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18

“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it,” confessed the late, great author David Foster Wallace.

Does that describe your experience, too? If so, events in the coming months will help you break the pattern. More than at any other time in the last ten years, you will have the power to liberate yourself through surrender. You will understand how to release yourself from overwrought attachment through love and grace rather than through stress and force.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20

“Most people love in order to lose themselves,” wrote Hermann Hesse in his novel *Demian.* But there are a few, he implied, who actually *find* themselves through love.

In the coming months, Pisces, you are more likely to be one of those rare ones. In fact, I don’t think it will even be possible for you to use love as a crutch. You won’t allow it to sap your power or make you forget who you are. That’s good news, right? Here’s the caveat: You must be ready and willing to discover much more about the true nature of your deepest desires -- some of which may be hidden from you right now.

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a stalwart of the very top echelon of lead and tenor singers in the bluegrass business, as well as being a gifted songwriter and guitarist. $20 plus tax Fri., Aug. 21. randywoodguitars.com. Randy Wood Guitars (Bloomingdale), 1304 East Hwy. 80.

The Love and Soul Experience Kimberly Gunn Music Presents The Love and Soul Experience every third Friday of the month beginning May 17th. There will be music, poetry, comedy, creative arts, and networking. Kimberly Gunn Music and friends will provide musical entertainment.

An event for ages 18 and up. $10 Admission $12 VIP third Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m. (912) 224-6084 or (912) 224-4461. kimberlygunn.com. The Eden Room, 1105 Stiles Avenue.

PICKThursday Night Opry w/ The Seaboard Stompers, Black Water Choir, Pretend Sweethearts Thursday Night Opry starts up again with a strong lineup. $10 Thu., Aug. 20. trinitychurch1848.org/. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St.

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.. 912925-0903. 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@

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The long-overdue discretion talk

By Your Pal Erin

psychicyourpalerin@gmail.com www.yourpalerin.com

Dear Erin, What’s happened to Downtown Savannah? I’ve lived here since the 1990s, back when a majority of the Historic District was condemned and Broughton Street was a crack whore haven, but even then it was never violent like this.

In addition to carjackings, rapes, robberies and public square shootings, last week there was a stabbing at Pinkie Master’s!

You’ve mentioned burial grounds, war battles and other “woo-woo” reasons for the city’s problems. Have you ever considered the possibility that Savannah is just plain fucked?

Have a nice day, Ted Dear Ted, When I was growing up, my mother was a force to be reckoned with. Her ability to invoke the fear of God with a single sharp, sucking breath was second only to her legendary “Discretion Talks.”

You’re probably wondering where I’m going with this, but stay with me.

Mom had zero tolerance for gossip.

Having grown up in a small town where the airing of dirty laundry was considered a highbrow form of community theater, she abhorred using the private lives of others as a means of public entertainment.

Over the years Mom gave several Discretion Talks, in which she would disseminate need-to-know information about the private lives others, along with explicit instructions that said information never be repeated, so as not to cause further pain or embarrassment.

Most often, these debriefings were conducted in the back seat of the family station wagon, while in transit to the homes of our Discretion Talk subjects or to public functions where we might encounter gossip.

Mom’s first Discretion Talk dates back to 1968, when she informed my siblings that their friend Joey’s parents were getting divorced. After explaining what

this meant, she made it known that if anyone so much as breathed the word divorce during Joey’s upcoming weekend sleepover there would be hell to pay.

My wise-ass brother challenged mom’s decree, making googly eyes and silently mouthing “DI…VORCE!” behind Joey’s back, prompting her to hiss, “Discretion Michael…” several times during the course of his visit.

Ted, since you have taken it upon yourself to climb into the back seat of my proverbial station wagon, here’s my Discretion Talk to you: “I understand your concern about the all of the scary things that have happened downtown, especially the incident at Pinkie Master’s, but what you don’t know is that the person who got stabbed there is someone I know and love, someone very dear to me. I know you were just trying to lighten the mood by joking that Savannah is fucked, but sending a sarcastic letter to an advice column doesn’t help him and it doesn’t solve the city’s problems. If you can’t contribute something helpful, perhaps it’s better to say nothing at all.”

I don’t mean to be the Debbie Downer here and I realize that humor is a natural human defense to tragic situations.

It makes perfect sense that in the wake of such a shocking event, the staff at Abe’s On Lincoln would show their solidarity with their injured bartender brethren by posting a chalkboard sign that features the image of a fish with a knife in its side and reads, “The Neighborhood Bar Where You Won’t Get Stabbed.”

It’s funny. It cleverly calls out the competition’s most unsavory qualities. And if I didn’t feel like it was my own heart that was up on that chalkboard with a knife stuck in it, I might have laughed it off without a second thought.

Instead it gives me pause to reconsider what I am putting out in the world and to ask my readers to do the same.

Those of you who know me personally can attest to the fact that that I don’t like to talk about negative situations because I believe that what you focus your energy on is what you create more of.

My motivation for creating the Ghost Dog Diaries column was to answer reader’s questions about death and other

“woo-woo” subjects in order to help provide relief from the pain of losing their loved ones and to spread a little light, love and magic.

I am proud of my contributions, both in answering readers’ questions that are in this vein and in responding to the more controversial questions.

Ted, my best, most honest answer to your question is that the violence we’re experiencing isn’t exclusive to downtown or even to Savannah. The world has become a more volatile place since you first moved here.

Some people believe we are in End Times. Others consider it the clearing of fearful, warring energies to make way for a more peaceful, loving planet. I see it as an opportunity to bring light and love to all.

In 1999, I received a psychic reading instructing me to remain the calm at the center of the storm during these violent times. It’s my intention to do so, and the best way I know how is to eschew the “Savannah Shit Show” as a form of public entertainment (thanks Mom!) and to see people for who they are in their hearts instead of for what life has made of them.

One effective tool I use for doing this is to remember that everyone comes into this world as somebody’s baby, even the person who is responsible for the violence at Pinkie Master’s.

This is the last advice that I will offer in this column.

Starting next week, The Ghost Dog Diaries will take on a new format: a weekly serial chronicling my supernatural journey from Hollywood D-Girl to Savannah psychic, starting with the Origin Story of “Your Pal, Erin.”

Thanks again to my Ghost Dog Diaries contributors and readers for your support.

I hope to see y’all next week.

Until then, happy thoughts!

Your pal, Erin The Ghost Dog Diaries is a weekly serial chronicling Your Pal, Erin’s journey from Hollywood D-Girl to Savannah psychic, by way of Minnesota’s political scene during the Ventura era and post 9/11 New York City.

Learn more about psychic readings and workshops at www.yourpalerin.com

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comcast.net. chakradance.com/. synergisticbodies.com. Synergistic Bodies, 7901 Waters Ave. Ballroom Group Dance Class Weekly ballroom dance classes focus on two types of dance each month. Open to partners/couples or to solos. The $35 for 4 weeks or $10 drop in Mondays, 7 p.m.

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

Ballroom Series Group Class A group ballroom dance class for beginners through advanced. Rumba, Swing, Tango, Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha Cha, Samba, and more.

Singles or couples. $10.00 per person or $35 for 4 weeks (per person) Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.. 912.312.3549. reservetodance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

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

Wednesday’s classes are more specific, with advanced elements. $15/person and $25/ couple Wednesdays, 8 p.m. and Tuesdays..

912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail. com. savannahballroomdancing.com.

Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Beginner’s Belly Dance Classes Learn basic moves and choreography with

local Belly Dancer, Nicole Edge. Class is open to all ages and skill levels. Walk-ins welcome. 15.00 Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.

912-596-0889. 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. 7pm8pm. 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, 5:306:30pm. Drop-ins welcome. $15/lesson Mondays, 5:30 p.m.. (912) 704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com.

Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. C.C. Express Dance Team Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary. Call Claudia Collier for info. ongoing. 912-748-0731.

Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Windsor Forest.

Dance for Peace A weekly gathering to benefit locals in need.

Music, dancing, fun for all ages. Donations of nonperishable food and gently used or new clothing are welcomed. Free and open to the public. Sundays, 3 p.m. 912-547-6449. xavris21@yahoo.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Dance Lessons (Salsa, Bachata) Learn to dance Salsa & Bachata. For info, call Austin (912-704-8726) or Omar (Spanish - 787-710-6721). Thursdays. 912-704-8726. 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. 912-3353335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

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

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

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PART TIME DRIVER WANTED: Drive a 12-15 passenger van vehicle for individuals with developmental disabilities on a split shift, from 6:30 am – 9:00 am and from 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm. Be able to pass a background and drug testing. 7 year clean MVR with no suspensions or revocations. Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs. $9.00 per hour plus paid holidays. fwentway@ccds-sav.org Fax: 912-644-7525

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CARPENTER MARINE CONSTRUCTION ORION MARINE IS LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED CARPENTERS TO WORK ON THE PRESIDENT STREET BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. CALL 757-639-8398.

EOE/DFWP CLIFTON’S DRY CLEANERS needs Experienced, Dependable Shirt and Dryclean Pressers and PT Driver (Background check). Apply in person: 8401 Ferguson Avenue.

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

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

FUNdamentals Dance Lesson Group dance lessons every Tuesday and Wednesday at 8pm. Tuesday: fundamental steps, styling, and techniques. Wednesday: advanced elements. $15/person $25/ couple Tuesdays, 8 p.m. and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@ gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com.

Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

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

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

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

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

Are you a night owl that’s looking for work? Would you like to have a lot of fun while supplementing your daytime income with a part time job in the evening? Join our growing national company as a Ghost Tour Driver for Savannah’s premier evening tour. You must currently possess a Commercial Driver’s License with passenger endorsement.

Interviews are beginning now for these part time positions so don’t wait for this opportunity to pass you by! You can find out more or apply online at www.historictours.com!

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HANDYMAN NEEDED a few hours per week for small daycare. Must know how to buffer floors. Call 912-443-4649 LANDINGS CLEANING GROUP INC. is seeking energetic individuals for daytime position. Hours are generally Monday-Friday, Part-time hours vary between 8:00AM-5:00PM. Experience and transportation required.

Background and drug test will be administered. To apply, please contact Dianne, (912)598-7703; At least two references are required to apply.

NOW HIRING CHILDCARE ATTENDANT: Must have dependable transportation and be available to work any shift.

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ROOFERS & HELPERS NEEDED. CALL 912-2721933

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MAINTENANCE MAN NEEDED FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES: HVAC, Plumbing, etc.

Driver’s license & transportation required. $16-$20/per hour.

Must be self-motivated.

Please call 912-356-5656.

153 S. ROBINHOOD DRIVE: Three bedroom, two bath home in the Glen Of Robinhood. Living room with fireplace, equipped kitchen, A/C unit only a year old. Owner anxious! Only $99,900. Call Alvin at 912-604-5898 or Realty MAINTENANCE PERSON NEEDED Executives Coastal Empire 912For Rental Properties. Carpentry, 355-5557.

Plumbing, Pressure Washing, Electrical & Maintain lawns. Have Find Out What’s Going On plenty of work. 912-897-1984

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1910 VASSAR STREET. Investor special! 2BR, 1BA home in Liberty City in need of complete re-hab.

Only $30,000. Alvin Sanders 912604-5898 or Realty Executives Coastal Empire 912-355-5557

6939 KEY ST. Three bedroom, all brick home on corner lot.

Equipped kitchen, A/C unit only one year old. Ideal for first timers.

Only $89,500. Call Alvin 912-6045898 or Realty Executives Coastal Empire 912-355-5557.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS HOME? Call your Realtor Today!

9 ABERDEEN TERRACE - New Listing. Berwick. 4BR/2 w/ Bonus or 5/2. Lagoon views.

IMMACULATE! Outdoor wet bar. $227,000. Tom Whitten, 663-0558.

Realty Executives Coastal Empire 355-5557

HOME FSBO IN NOTTINGHAM: 3BR/1.5BA, brick home. Asking $119,000. Special Sale Price for Pre-Approved Finance. Call 912210-2745

NEW LISTING: 106 W. Welwood Drive. 3 bedroom, brick. 1.5 updated baths. Fenced. New paint. $104,900. Tom Whitten, 912-663-0558. Realty Executives Coastal Empire, 912-355-5557

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B Net Management Inc. For pictures & videos of properties *Credit Issues, Prior Evictions, Bankruptcies may still apply *NO SECURITY DEPOSIT SPECIAL ON ALL APTS. FOR AUGUST 2305 Bulloch Street: 1BR/1 Bath, LVRM, Tile Floors & Kitchen with Appliances $180 per Week, $360 Bi-Weekly or $700 per Month with All Utilities Included.

505 W.42nd Street: 2BR/1BA Apt. off MLK. Carpet, tile floors, laundry hookup, kitchen w/ appliances, ceiling fans, large rooms, secured entrance.

Downstairs unit. $635/month.

1535 East 54th Street: 3BR/1BA, off Waters, central heat/air, LR/DR, laundry room, carpet, kitchen w/appliances, fenced-in yard $865/month ($150 utility allowance) 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 $635/month.

Off ACL Blvd. & Westlake Ave. 2 & 3BR, 1 Bath Apts. Newly Renovated, hardwood floors, carpet, ceiling fans, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $575$715/month for 2bdrs and $695-$850/month for 3bdrs, utilities may be added to rent if requested.

912-228-4630 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm www. bnetmanagement.com *For Qualified Applicants* WE ACCEPT SECTION 8 *$250 Admin Fee

FURNISHED APTS. $180/WK. Private bath and kitchen, cable, utilities, washer furnished. AC & heat, bus stop on property. No deposit required. Completely safe, manager on property.

Contact Darrell, (912)346-5583; *305 TREAT ST. 2BR/1BA. Linda, (912)690-9097 or Jack, Hardwood floors, nice kitchen (912)342-3840. $600/month, $600/deposit. *2160 VERMONT: 3BR/1BA, LR/ FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT, DR, new carpet, washer/dryer Utilities Included, $110 per week. hookup, fresh paint $800.

Corner of 38th and Drayton. Call *1510 GEORGIA: 2BR/1BA, large 912-234-9779 kitchen $700. 912-257-6181

*1316 E. 60th: 3BR/1BA $825 *2 Ranchland: 4BR/1.5BA $975 Several Rental & Rent-To-Own Properties.

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1318 COMER STREET: 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath House. Central heat/air, $500 per month plus deposit. Call 912-224-3915 2118 MISSISSIPPI AVE: 3BR/1BA, washer/dryer connection, central heat/air, very large backyard.

Covered carport. $850/month, $850/deposit. Call 912-844-0752 2603 EPPINGER STREET FOR RENT: 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths. Very spacious, washer/dryer hookup. $975/per month. Call 912-2726919

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*1921A, 1926 & 1930 FENWICK: 3BR/1BA Duplexes $700/month *1921B FENWICK: 2BR Duplex $600 1912 COWAN: 3BR/2BA $825 *1704 E. 35TH: 3BR/1BA House $725 *All above have carpet, A/C/ heat, kitchen appliances, washer/dryer hookup, fenced yard. References, application. One-year lease minimum. Deposit same as rent. None total electric, No smoking, pets negotiable.

4BR/2BA HOUSE FOR RENT: Bonaventure Rd. area. Fencedin yard, central heat/air, garage.

Approx. 10yrs. old. Like new. $1,150/month plus deposit. Call Jack, 912-342-3840 or Linda, 912- OGLETHORPE PLACE #44.

690-9097 3BR/2.5BA Condo. Pool & tennis court usage. Kitchen furnished.

524 and 526 E. Gordon Ln. No pets. $1,000/month plus Both 1 BR, 1 bath, private $1,000/deposit. 912-756-8081. courtyard, off alley parking. \Small pets allowed with Happenings non-refundable pet fee.

Classes,Clubs, Workshops, Available 9/1/2015. Unit 524Volunteer opportunities, eVents $950.00/ month + deposit.

ConneCtSavannah.Com Unit 526- $1000/month + deposit. 526 is furnished.

12 month lease utilities not included. Please contact Jamie at 912-604-2043.

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SPECIAL! SPECIAL! *11515 WHITE BLUFF ROAD: $650/month for 1BR/1BA Apt. with $500/deposit. *1303 EAST 66TH STREET: 2BR/2BA $825/month, $500/ deposit. *207 EDGEWATER ROAD. Nice location.

2BR/2BA, all electric, $825/month. *1812 N. AVALON: 2BR, 1.5BA $725/month. *COMMERCIAL SPACE: 310 & 320 E. Montgomery Crossrds. $900-$1,200.

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310 EAST MONTGOMERY CROSSROADS, 912-354-4011 OR 656-5372 RENT OR RENT-TO-OWN: Remodeled mobile homes, 3BR/2BA, in Garden City mobile home park. Low down affordable payments. Credit check approval.

Call Gwen, Manager, at 912-9647675 SOUTHSIDE •1BR Apts, washer/dryer included. $25 for water, trash included, $625/month.

•2BR/1.5BA Townhouse Apt, total electric $700/month.

Call 912-927-3278 or 912356-5656 TWO 1BR APTS. (One upstairs; One downstairs). All utilities included. $625/per month. Call 912-398-4424

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624 MONTGOMERY STREET. Downtown. Furnished, all utilities. Clean, quiet, nice room on bus line. $140 & Up per week. 912-944-0950

8 WEST 54TH STREET: 2BR/1BA, large kitchen, LR, DR, all electric, central heat/air, washer/dryer connection. $650/per month, $650/deposit. 912-844-0752.

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2 Bedrooms, all electric, kitchen furnished. No pets. $575/month plus deposit. No Section 8. Call 912-234-0548 DUPLEX: 1201 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.

FURNISHED APARTMENTS, No Deposit. 1 Bedroom, Utilities Included. $160, $175, $190 per week. Corner of 38th and Drayton. 912-234-9779

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VERY NICE HOUSES FOR RENT

*1935 Greenwood Drive: 3BR/1BA $815. *410 Delores Ave: 4BR/1BA, CH/A $900/month. Call 912-507-7934, 912-927-2853, or 912-631-7644.

WEEKLY APARTMENT: 641 W.41st St. 1BR Apt for rent. Furnished with utilities included. On bus line. $210/weekly; $100/deposit.

Call 912-441-5468

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

Clean, large, furnished. Busline, cable, utilities, central heat/air. $100-$130/weekly. Rooms with bath $145. Call 912-289-0410. *Paycheck stub or Proof of income and ID required.

ROOM FOR RENT: California Ave. Room/Roommate. Includes washer/dryer, cable, utilities. $150/week or $600/per month.

Call 912-272-1933

ROOMS FOR RENT - ADULT LIVING: $150 weekly. No deposit. Furnished rooms. All utilities included. Call 912844-5995 ROOMS FOR RENT Westside/Downtown Savannah: 38th/42nd Street. Adult Living.

Furnished, all utilities included.

Washer/Dryer on premises, cable TV, WiFi/Internet. $150/weekly. $100/deposit. Requirements: Pay stubs/ID. Call 912-677-0271

ROOMS FOR RENT: $130 to $150/ wk. Washer/dryer, cable, on busline. Almost new house. Pay stubs & ID required. References.

Call Jack, 912-342-3840 or Linda, 912-690-9097

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

Automotive Cars/Trucks/Vans FENDER BENDER ??

Paint & Body Work.

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

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Enter the Dragon August 21st, 8:00pm Game of Death August 22nd, 8:00pm

next week: Ben-Hur August 28th, 8:00 pm Planet of the Apes August 29th, 8:00 pm

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