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The Weekend Lineup!

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Wednesday / 25 Concert: Life is a Carnival

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

7:30 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $20

Thursday / 26 United Way Turkey Trot

Over 1,500 experienced runners and amateur weekend athletes will take in Daffin Park and enjoy a fun, fast 4 Mile Run/Walk, Kids K (0.62 mile; ages 10 & under) and Diaper Dash (ages 3 & under).

8 a.m Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. $30-$40

Life is a Carnival 4 Wednesday / 25

Life is a Carnival is an all-ages tribute to The Band featuring all local artists. $20 7:30 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn St. 912-525-5040 www.lucastheatre.com

AKC Dog Show

4 Friday / 27- Monday / 30

The Savannah and Beaufort Kennel Clubs host this dog breed show, obedience and rally trials, and a puppy class show. Awards are presented at the end of each day to best in group and best in show. Dogs not participating in the show are not allowed. $3 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Savannah International Trade & Convention Center 1 International Dr. 912-447-4000 www.savtcc.com

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Film: White Christmas 4 Saturday / 28

Singers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis join sister act Betty and Judy Haynes to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly, the boys’ commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing. So what’s the foursome to do but plan a yuletide miracle: a fun-filled musical extravaganza that’s sure to put Waverly and his business in the black.

This free screening benefits America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia and the Humane Society of Greater Georgia.

8 p.m.

Free Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn St. 912-525-5040 www.lucastheatre.com

Dance: Nutcracker

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Dancing toys, mischievous mice, and waltzing flowers dance to Tchaikovsky’s magical score when the South Carolina Ballet brings Nutcracker to the Savannah Civic Center.

5:30pm Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. 912-651-6556, savannahcivic.com $25-52

AKC Dog Show

The Savannah and Beaufort Kennel Clubs host this dog breed show, obedience and rally trials, and a puppy class show. Dogs not participating in the show are not allowed.

Nov. 27-30, 8 a.m.-4 p.m Trade & Convention Center, 1 Internat’l Dr. $3

Black Friday Record Store Day

Sales, Record Store Day titles, an exclusive Graveface release & much more happening that day.

9 a.m Graveface Records & Curiosities, 5 W. 40th Street.

Concert: Spinney Brothers

The cornerstone of the Spinney Brothers musical identity is the sound of traditional bluegrass music, showcasing a tight brother duet vocal style.

7:30 p.m Randy Wood Guitars (Bloomingdale), 1304 East Hwy. 80. $20 plus tax randywoodmusic.com

Film: Elf

Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves.

Adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father.

Free screening benefits America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Ga and the Humane Society of Greater Georgia.

8 p.m Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Free

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Really Really Free Market

Come to Forsyth Park bringing some stuff to give away, some friends, or even just yourself! Everything will be free- no tips, trades, or bartering. Set-up starts at 8:30.

9 a.m.-1 p.m Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. FREE

Saturday / 28 Dance: Nutcracker

Dancing toys, mischievous mice, and waltzing flowers dance to Tchaikovsky’s magical score when the South Carolina Ballet brings Nutcracker to the Savannah Civic Center. One night only.

5:30 p.m Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $25-52

Film: White Christmas

Singers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis join sister act Betty and Judy Haynes to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. Feee screening benefits America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Ga and the Humane Society of Greater Ga. s8 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Free

Forsyth Farmers Market

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

9 a.m.-1 p.m Forsyth Park

Land of the Sweets Tea

Begin your child’s magical journey into the Land of the Sweets at the Nutcracker Tea. 4-5 p.m Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $25 southcarolinaballet.com

Michael Freeman Book Signing

Michael Freeman signs copies of his book, “Savannah’s Monuments, The Untold Stories.” Learn the histories of 69 monuments in Savannah.

12-2 p.m E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St.

Odd Lot Improv

In the proud tradition of groups like the Groundlings and Second City.

8 p.m Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $10, $9 theater members

Pickle Run 2015

5k beach & road run to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal

Empire. Starts & ends at Huc-a-poos.

7-11 a.m Huc-A-Poo’s, 1213 US Hwy. 80 East. $25/$30 day-of

Shop Small Holiday Market

An opportunity to support local creatives. Artists include Betsy Bull, Kelly Tucker, Anna Keck, Shannon Fidler, Danielle Hughes Rose, Tara Garrigan, Sean Keeth Woodworking, Rogueries Jewelry, Maureen Patrick, Cecilia White, Duende Leather, Stacie Jean Albano, Emily Earl, and Cleonique Hilsaca. Loop It Up Savannah hosts a gift wrapping fundraiser.

12-6 p.m Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street. free and open to the public

Shop Small Saturday

Small and large works, functional art, sculpture, and a pop-up shop. Savannah Bazaar starts a3 pm with vendors, studio tours, live music, caroling, hot chocolate.

11 a.m.-8 p.m Jelinek Creative Spaces, 101 N. Fahm St.

Small Business Saturday

Celebrate locally owned and operated businesses. For list, vist tybeefortheholidays.com.

Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

Thanksgiving Field Day

Too much turkey? Savannah’s National Park has the cure. Celebrate Thanksgiving like it’s 1862.

10:30 a.m.-3 p.m Fort Pulaski, US Highway 80 E. $7

Monday / 30 Lecture: Rae Lewis-Thornton

Free lecture by HIV/AIDS activist Rae Lewis-Thornton as part of the #SayHerName Visiting Scholars Program.

7 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn Free and open to the public.

Wednesday / 2 Film: Furious

No use describing the plot, so let’s just say it’s about a martial arts heroes vs. aliens for control of the universe.

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

Lecture: Unlocking Powers of Hemp

Brighter Day Natural Foods Market sponsors this lecture by Stuart Tomc.

Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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The #PeachBreach and you NO GOOD DEED goes unpunished.

No truer words have ever been uttered.

As diligent, passionate Savannah voters were recovering from their post-election hangover—and rallying for one more go at it with this Tuesday’s runoff—came some very disconcerting news.

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office has revealed confidential personal data, including Social Security numbers, of every single voter in the state.

That’s 6.1 million voters, including every person who did their civic duty and took part in the City of Savannah elections, as well as the 65 percent of them who are registered to vote but didn’t bother.

While most issues like this involve hacking or obvious malicious intent by identity thieves, apparently Kemp’s error involved an IT staffer—since thrown under the bus and fired—distributing at least 12 CDs of the, um, enhanced voter info to the media and political parties.

Releasing some of that data in that fashion is allowed. Indeed, generally speaking, new voter registration info is released as public information once a month.

But some of the more private information on the discs was mistakenly included this time around, including SSNs and drivers license numbers, unencrypted and not password-protected.

There is, of course, absolutely no way to tell if any of those CDs was burned to an

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revealed another, smaller data breach in 2012, previously undisclosed.

Also at the heart of the issue is something a bit more insidious but less widely known: The company which administers your voting data is apparently the same one that runs Kemp’s own website, and the website of the Georgia Republican Party.

While actual foul play seems unlikely given the ham-handed nature of the data breach, the controversy points out that issues of crony capitalism—i.e., the abuse of taxpayer funds by private sector companies with government contracts—isn’t just a local City of Savannah issue.

Not by a long shot.

The most absurd irony of all, however, came when Kemp was asked to mediate a Savannah election issue.

Supporters of Mayor Edna Jackson were alleged to have illegally and systematically handed out campaign literature outside polling places on Nov. 3 within the 150foot legal barrier.

So Jackson seems to have boundary issues of her own. When asked about it, she pointedly said those people would quit the practice “if they were told to.”

Kemp, suddenly embroiled in the #PeachBreach controversy, canceled a scheduled visit to Savannah to investigate and supposedly lay down the law.

As if we didn’t have enough problems down here!

This is Kemp’s second and presumably final term. If he ever decides to run for higher office, hopefully the wrath of the voters he has abused will be merciless, and complete. cs

Editor, The recent attack on the Mayor and the other Black City Council members is a prime example that racism and white supremacy is the factor for the rude insults and character assassination.

Most white people who are a part of this vicious race war would like for Black people to think that this isn’t about race.

They want you to think it’s about an incompetent Mayor and her incompetent Black City Council members who’ve failed

the people in Savannah.

They’re also blaming them for the high rise of crime in Savannah. The high crime rate was prevalent when John Rousakis was Mayor. There were street gangs killing each other just about every day; however there was no outcry from the white residents until a white man and his dog was killed. The white community went to the polls in droves to vote Rousakis out and put a Northern Republican named Susan Weiner in.

The Mayor before Rousakis, J.C. Lewis, was also a disgrace.

The crime problem was outrageously high, poverty was just as high and Black people still

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had to march for equal rights and higher paying jobs to feed their families.

The real problem white folks have with Mayor Jackson is she is a Black woman. It’s not an incompetence problem, it’s a race problem. Many white people hate to discuss racism or be called a racist because they know that a racist is a tyrant that has destroyed millions of Native Americans and the Black race.

The racists have a system called white supremacy, which means they have indoctrinated themselves as superior to every race on this planet. They control the education system, they

write racist policies to keep Blacks in an inferior role, they control the press, the media, the means of production, and the way we worship and the color of our Savior, which is a blue-eyed white Jesus. Once we attempt to exercise our rights as an American citizen, he quickly reminds us with his dirty politics that we are still his trained Negro.

If we think Eddie DeLoach or Brian Foster is going to support the Black community, you are thinking like Uncle Tom, who really thought his master was going to free him from slavery!

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unauthorized computer. But what do you think the odds are that none were copied, in this day and age?

(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which broke the story, returned its copy of the disc to Kemp’s office. Reportedly the other 11 have also been returned.)

Of even more concern is the fact that information on those discs enters an automatic updating system.

So even if Joe Blow didn’t burn a copy onto his laptop, the info has coursed through multiple databases for at least a month now.

Make no mistake: This is a big, big deal.

Kemp, however, prefers to call his office’s disaster—since hashtagged #PeachBreach—a “clerical error.”

Now, this is the same Brian Kemp who a few years ago threatened to shut down public access to the state-run Georgia Archives in Morrow, Ga., because of budget cuts! Had he succeeded Georgia would have been the only state in the union with a shuttered state archive.

(Thankfully, the Legislature took the Archives out of the Secretary of State’s hands and they’re now administered by the University System of Georgia.)

Let’s just say Secretary Kemp seems to have some serious boundary issues.

The irony of all this in a time of new “reforms” when you practically have to hand over your first-born child just to renew your drivers license is especially incensing.

The Democratic Party of Georgia has begun a class action lawsuit against Kemp, who the day after the lawsuit was filed

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News & Opinion The (Civil) Society Column

Bernie brings the fire, but are we ready to fuel the revolution?

By Jessica Leigh Lebos

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NOV 25-DEC 1, 2015

The way people started lining up three hours early, you’d have thought some sexy rock star was about to show up and start handing out free candy.

In a way, that’s kinda true: Bernie Sanders has fast become the hottest superstar of the thinking class, even though he’s way more Woody Guthrie than Adam Levine.

He’s also promising to give America a whole lot more than a fun-size Snickers bar.

Still, who knew a 70-something Jewish grandpa could pack a house in southeast Georgia on three days’ notice?

The arrival of the Democratic presidential candidate set Facebook on fire last Thursday, and the RSVP’s mounted until it was obvious the original locale of Savannah Station wasn’t going to hold the blaze.

By the time the doors opened to the Johnny Mercer Theater opened Sunday evening, over 2,600 Savannahians had formed a queue that snaked around the entire perimeter of the Civic Center, and the last couple hundred didn’t even get inside. Guess we’re interested in politics around here after all?!

It was heartening as hell to see so many familiar faces and the usual social justice suspects but even better to not recognize practically everyone else. The diversity of our city was well-represented; black, white, Latino, children with their parents, college kids and retirees.

There were man buns and moustaches, cowboy boots and Birkenstocks, every stripe of society contributing to the friendly buzz.

The turnout was especially promising for the core group of about ten local supporters that have been maintaining a Facebook page and waving Bernie’s banner at the Forsyth Farmers Market on Saturday mornings for months.

“We’re really hoping this event will galvanize people to volunteer,” Savannah for Bernie organizer Alys Spillman told me as we waited to be ushered inside.

“More of us means we can take the next step and start canvassing door-to-door.”

The tenacity of this small-but-mighty platoon may well be what inspired Bernie’s campaign to finish his latest South Carolina sojourn in Savannah.

“We were in the front row in Charleston a few months ago and we begged him to come here,” shrugged Alys with a smile.

Last week Bernie was stumping again 8 for February’s early primary in South

Carolina, where he’s still trailing more than 2-to-1 behind Hillary Clinton in the polls.

That Hillary has probably already locked down the Democratic nomination in Georgia seems beside the point.

Folks are already filling Atlanta’s Fox Theatre for Sanders’s appearance as this goes to print, and there’s little doubt that the South is Feeling The Bern.

After brief remarks from Mayor Edna Jackson (who received tepid applause and a few boos—so rude! Exercise your vote on Tuesday, not your mouth, m‘k?), Bernie’s dynamic spokeswoman Symone Sanders came out to rally for the only presidential candidate without a super PAC. “Y’all know the average contribution is $30, right?” said Symone of Bernie’s crowdfunded campaign, which surpassed a million individual donations in September.

Then Bernie himself strode to the podium, rosy-cheeked and taller than expected, as the sound system blasted “Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World” (used with the blessing of Canadian Neil Young, who castigated Donald Trump when the Republican billionaire tried to use the same song for his campaign.)

With his unfashionable glasses and untidy fringe of white hair, Bernie’s hardly the Presidential type—unless your type is an experienced, wise man who’s real sick of the sinister bullshit dumped on the American people over the last two decades and is ready to speak truth as power.

“What we have is a rigged economy,” he railed over the cheers. “Enough is enough!”

For the next solid hour and half, the energy in room only increased as Bernie led us through his talking points:

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The obscene imbalance of wealth in the richest country in the history of the world, America’s grotesque distinction of being the only first world country that doesn’t guarantee health care to its citizens, the need for reform in a criminal justice system that incarcerates more of its citizens than anywhere else (“disproportionately African American men”) and the hypocrisy of those who tout family values but won’t support paid leave for parents and caretakers (“It’s an embarrassment!”)

Also given gravitas were a woman’s right to control her own body, climate change (“Science should be the foundation of public policy!”), Islamic terrorism (“Its defeat must be led by the Muslim nations”) and university tuition funded by the same folks who were bailed out by our tax dollars.

“When Wall Street needed help it came to the middle class,” he admonished. “Now it’s Wall Street’s turn to pay.”

“It all seems so reasonable,” remarked Brighter Day owner Peter Brodhead about Bernie’s plan to leverage America’s capitalistic success back into investments in its education and infrastructure.

While Bernie’s opponents deride his Democratic socialism like it might grow a little Hitler nose caterpillar, many famously apathetic Millennials overwhelmingly approve of the platform’s populist sensibility. Bernie has pointed out to young Americans that single-payer health care, livable wages and higher education are basic rights in other countries, and they’re listening.

“He’s talking about things that actually matter,” said 16 year-old Savannah Arts sophomore Karsten Summerall. “I can’t even vote yet, but people my age are worried about paying for college without bankrupting our families.”

Now, I’ve heard plenty of folks comment that they like Bernie what has to say, but have decided he’s “unelectable” because his ideas are “too radical” and “crazy.”

Them naysayers ought to remember just how far the senator from Vermont has already come, how many years he toiled away in political obscurity, how he was dismissed as an outlier every time he voted against another war, ignored as he thundered against Alan Greenspan and the banks, scoffed at when he announced he was running for President and yet, yet, he continues to gain ground.

Besides, when compared to Ben Carson’s wacky Egyptian pyramid theory and Donald Trump’s bombastic xenophobia on the Republican side, Bernie’s proposals seem like the least insane ideas out there.

(Oh yeah, he’s also an advocate of mental health reform, including a shift to considering addiction as a social problem instead of a criminal one.)

But even if Bernie doesn’t push past Hillary this spring, and if we’re to believe the polls he probably won’t, he’s still sent a powerful message to those disenfranchised with the democratic process.

“They win when people don’t vote. They win when people give up,” he warned, arms outstretched.

To me, the biggest quagmire of a Bernie Sanders presidency wouldn’t be how we’d pay for its promises or get Wall Street to comply. It’s finding the empathy for our fellow citizens and accepting the responsibility of our freedom—and to remember always that what makes America great isn’t its leaders or its celebrities or its riches—it’s us. It says so, right in the Constitution.

“One person gets one vote. That’s what democracy is about,” Bernie reminded before he left the stage.

“It’s beautiful stuff.”

So, let’s keep America beautiful, folks— vote this Monday, vote in the primary, just vote, vote, vote. cs

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News & Opinion Politics THE DEC. 1 City of Savannah runoff election—for which early voting has been going on all last week and some of Thanksgiving week—is nearly upon us.

After seemingly endless candidate forums, interviews, flyers, direct mailings, TV ads, and social media controversies, the enormous field of candidates—28 in all— has winnowed to just six: Mayor: Edna Jackson (incumbent) vs.

Eddie DeLoach Alderman at Large, Post Two: Alicia Blakely vs. Brian Foster District 2 Alderman: Mary Osborne (incumbent) vs. Bill Durrence

The Runoff: How We Got Here by jim morekis

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Jackson vs. DeLoach

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Incumbent mayors often cruise to reelection. Former Savannah Mayor Otis Johnson, though not without controversy of his own, was reelected with 70 percent of the vote, for example.

But a year of public outcry over rampant street crime—including many incidents in the tourism district, a relatively new development—and concerns over corruption and cronyism put Jackson, a 16-year City Council veteran, clearly on the defensive.

A challenge was inevitable, but few expected the first challenger would be Murray Silver, who announced his candidacy almost a year ago. The author and outspoken gadfly made waves, mostly on social media, with his frank analyses of how corruption and bureaucracy in City Hall waste taxpayer money and thwart police effectiveness.

But his campaign raised and spent virtually no money at all. Silver lost time and political capital early on when he got in a Facebook foodfight with South Carolinabased car dealer O.C. Welch, who publicly flirted with the idea of running for mayor despite apparently not having residency in Savannah.

Welch never did declare his candidacy, but he stood visibly right beside former Chatham County Commissioner Eddie DeLoach when DeLoach announced his own bid for mayor in August. (Welch soon boasted on Facebook, “Murray is done.”

Silver was soon openly claiming that Welch and/or local businessman Reed Dulany paid DeLoach to run in order to split the vote and guarantee Jackson’s reelection.

But O.C. Welch’s support didn’t really become something of a liability for DeLoach until Welch took his animosity for Murray Silver to a new level: In a Facebook post he implied Silver would wear a KKK robe as a Halloween costume.

Another social media controversy came for DeLoach when a group of Savannah Arts Academy students, ostensibly doing community service hours for his campaign, posted an odd video in which an Edna Jackson campaign sign was burned 10 with the phrase “RIP.”

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Blakely vs. Foster

The remarkably crowded field for the open Alderman at Large Post Two seat contributed to the unexpected result.

The candidacy of Brian Foster became controversial early on, as some local activists focused on Foster’s clear ties to the Chamber of Commerce.

Opposition grew when Foster was endorsed, along with all incumbents, by a notorious influence-peddling member of the local ministerial community.

Most offensive to some was Foster’s campaign helping fund a so-called “Sample Ballot” handed out at polls. It wasn’t a sample ballot at all, but a list of incumbents plus Foster’s name and face.

Adding to the controversy was the apparent fact that at many polling places the dubious flyers were handed out illegally within the 150 foot limit.

Foster’s circus act of positioning himself as an outsider while also boasting of being on a slate full of incumbents didn’t hurt him at the ballot box, however.

A potential runoff rival, SSU counsel Joe Steffen, failed to garner enough expected African American votes to make the runoff. Steffen’s progressive campaign was also impacted by the candidacy of newcomer Travis Coles, whose built-in appeal to Millennial and LGBT voters seemed to siphon off exactly enough votes to shut Steffen out of the runoff.

Alicia Blakely, a longtime vocal activist in the local African American community, had enough of a built-in following to stake a claim to the runoff. Her strident methods and affiliation with Al Sharpton’s National Action Network make her about as clear a contrast to the methodical, business-andnumbers oriented Foster as you’ll find.

Steffen for his part endorsed Blakely, who will have very solid black support. But the big question is will enough local white progressives show up to vote for her?

Osborne vs. Durrence

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While Mayor Jackson, and in particular Alderman at Large candidate Joe Steffen, tried to rally black voters by comparing the students to the KKK, the video had little effect: DeLoach finished with only two percent fewer votes than Jackson, and Steffen failed to make the runoff.

As for Silver, he only garnered 12 percent of the votes but managed to keep a spotlight on himself after the election with a public “dialogue” on whether he’d endorse Jackson or DeLoach.

In the end Silver proclaimed “Savannah is too broken,” and declined to endorse

Durrence

either, encouraging supporters to write in his name in protest despite the fact that write-in votes aren’t recognized in runoff elections in Georgia.

Another frequent local pundit, Louis Wilson, entered the mayoral race almost solely on a platform of bringing high-speed rail to Savannah and City improvements to land near his own Westside home.

His impact was minimal, with only two percent of total votes cast in the general election.

Wilson quickly and eagerly endorsed DeLoach.

Easily one of the biggest disappointments for many observers was Mary Osborne leading her district’s field on election day, with Bill Durrence making it into a runoff with her.

A very promising challenge from Detric Leggett seemed to be turned back in part by attacks on him from Osborne supporters alleging Leggett isn’t “black enough” to represent the district—which ironically is becoming more white with gentrification.

Durrence built on strong word of mouth following, and was both helped and hurt

by Leggett’s quick endorsement—which appaently carried with it an agreement to help Leggett pay a small campaign debt.

Durrence’s political future now depends mostly on whether the Jackson/Osborne coattails are long enough to defeat him. cs The runoff election is Dec. 1.

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The truth about AIDS

HIV+ activist Rae Lewis-Thornton talks stigma, safe sex and Charlie Sheen by jessica leigh lebos

jll@connectsavannah.com

Back in 1986, rising political campaign consultant Rae Lewis-Thornton organized a blood drive for the Red Cross. She donated a pint herself, only to be informed that she tested positive for HIV. She was 23 years old.

Six years later, the virus had infected her with full-blown AIDS. Instead of accepting what back then was a certain death sentence, Lewis-Thornton began sharing her story at time when no one wanted to believe it: That an educated African-American woman who was drug-free and had had few sexual partners had contracted AIDS, and that anyone could.

Through her two and half decades of treatment—which has included the evolution of AIDS drugs—Lewis-Thornton has worked to dispel the myths and stigma surrounding the disease. She became a household name after she appeared on the cover of ESSENCE magazine in 1994 and has traveled worldwide on the lecture circuit, but acknowledges that interest in AIDS advocacy seems to have waned in the U.S. in the last few years—even though more than 1.2 million Americans are infected with HIV, and African Americans account for 44 percent of new diagnoses.

Though she didn’t expect to see her 40th birthday, the indefatigable writer and activist, now 53, continues to chronicle her fight for dignity and advocacy on Twitter and on her blog, Diva Living with AIDS. She is the author of two books, Amazing Grace: Letters Along My Journey and The Politics of Respectability.

Ms. Lewis-Thornton will be in Savannah Rae Lewis-Thornton, now 53, continues to advocate for HIV+ and AIDS awareness. on Monday, Nov. 30 to give a free lecture

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She spoke to Connect from her home in Chicago the same day Charlie Sheen announced his HIV+ positive status.

First of all, how are you today?

I’m good, I’m good today, thank you! I’ve got a million things to do, blog posts to write—a TV station is interviewing me at 6 o’clock.

Do you still struggle with symptoms on a daily basis?

Well, once you have an AIDS diagnosis, you always have an AIDS diagnosis. So I have that, but the HIV medicine has worked very well for me.

When the meds began to shift, when protease inhibitors came along, that really changed the landscape for everyone with HIV. I was fortunate enough to hang on to be able benefit from those meds. But at one point, I really was dying.

Today, the best way to describe it is that my symptoms are under control in terms of that my viral loads are undetectable, my T-cell count is great, and it’s very unlikely that I would have an opportunistic infection. But the only thing the meds do is keep HIV at bay, and I have little nagging things because my immune cannot repair itself.

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than the average person who would be diagnosed with HIV today and getting into treatment and care.

It’s probably too early to tell, but how will Charlie Sheen’s admission change the conversation about HIV? I think that Charlie Sheen coming out is a good thing, because we’re talking about HIV on a day that isn’t World AIDS Day, right?

So it’s reminding people that this disease is still here and it creates a new avenue for people like myself. AIDS activists like me have to seize this moment—I’m all over Twitter and Instagram right now!

On the other hand, I’m engaging people on what is true and not true. People are having a real hard time accepting what this disease is today in 2015. There’s only so much you can explain in a soundbite.

Where do people need the most education?

People see HIV as in invitation to judge.

There’s a lot of talk about “good AIDS” and “bad AIDS,” as if how you get it determines what kind of person you are and whether you deserve compassion.

Whatever we think about Charlie Sheen, that he’s misogynistic, etc., the climate around HIV is still awful. In 2015, for people to be saying the things that they’re saying, it looks like 1992.

Charlie Sheen spent four years hiding the secret of his diagnosis and paying millions of dollars to blackmailers—that’s wrong. He kept it a secret because he didn’t want people to judge him.

How do you direct the conversation away from the rude sensationalism to reduce the stigma of HIV? Unfortunately, what people think they know about HIV has not advanced with the medical breakthroughs. We’re lagging in our understanding of HIV and people living with AIDS. In fact, the medical advancements have been so great that people tend to think this disease doesn’t exist anymore, which causes greater stigma.

In the South, the stigma is really huge and helps facilitate the cycle around HIV/ AIDS: People won’t go get tested because they don’t want to know their HIV status, because who wants to deal with that in this climate?

About 38 percent people infected are infected by people who don’t know they’re infected. That drives cases up, and people don’t get treatment and care until later, when they’ve already made a transition to full-blown AIDS or are experiencing AIDS-related infections.

So a lot could change with this disease if we could just see it as an illness, not a plague. No one wants to be infected. There has to be some compassion around that.

We have to stop shaming around HIV. There’s so much shaming around this disease.

What will you cover in your talk?

I’ll talk about how you become infected— which hasn’t changed—HIV still is sexually transmitted and passed through sharing needles.

And you can’t look at a person and know their HIV status, bottom line. Half of people between the ages of 13-24 do not know their HIV status.

Every time you lay down with a person, you make a choice about your life and your body. You have to decide to think beyond today. I try to convey that they have control over their bodies and they can make the best choice by wrapping it up.

The only thing that will keep you safe is no sex. But a condom used correctly 100 percent of the time will prevent the spread of HIV. I’d like to say don’t have sex, but that’s not realistic!

What, you mean abstinence-only sex education doesn’t work? [feigns shock] Abstinence-only sex ed is horrible. It’s a disservice to our young people.

Over 54 percent of our youth have had at least one sexual partner by the time they’re 15. Young people are smart, so let’s give them all the information so they can make the best decisions for the bodies and lives. We do it with drugs, why can’t we do it with sex?

So what’s it like to be a post-50 diva?

Oh, I’m doing wonderful. I’m baaad. I’m a badass! Shonda Rhimes said so in her book The Year of Yes! I’ve stood against the odds, I’ve stood against the shame and stigma around this disease, and I’ve done it with grace and dignity.

Regardless of what people think of me, I’ve done my life with my head up and given an example of how you can live strong with this disease. cs

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“The forms are divided into two categostances remain under investigation. ries: easy target and harder target. PracIslands Precinct debuts safety tices causing citizen’s property to be easily initiative targeted by thieves are identified on the Citizens within the Savannah-Chatham forms, along with tips for reducing the Metropolitan Police Department’s Islands odds of victimization.”

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the Geiger counter. Having justified her presence, Una broadened the investigation.

Idaho potatoes? Eleven microrems. Kitty litter? A whopping 19.

Not to unduly freak your boyfriend out, but Brazil nuts, lima beans, and red meat can all produce Geiger readings as high as or higher than bananas do.

Exposurewise, then, there’s not much of a threat here. Dietwise, I asked Una to crunch the numbers. The key here is that (assuming normal kidney function) potassium doesn’t accumulate in the body; the K-40 you’re dealing with is whatever you’ve recently ingested.

Thus, according to Una, in order to get radiation poisoning—not even die—from consuming bananas, you’d have to put away 82,552,779, a meal after which, obviously, radiation is going to be the least of your bodily concerns.

So that’s the micro to the macro. What about the other way around? Here we find some wit at Forbes trying to downplay the effects of the 2011 nuclear meltdown at Fukushima by comparing the radiation emitted there each hour to 76 million bananas—only 76 million!

Humorless, sure, but these folks aren’t totally off-base. For instance, a 2014 op-ed column in South Africa’s Business Day endeavored to make the case that, in the wake of Fukushima, the proposed building of new nuclear power plants was really no big deal because, come on, bananas are radioactive too.

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fertilizer, etc. (If you’re a gardener, you know potassium as one of three primary elements your plants need to grow, the other two being nitrogen and phosphorus.)

Bananas are a good source of potassium nutritionally, but the amount they contain is small: only about four grams per kilogram. Now, about 0.01 percent of all potassium occurs in the form of the unstable though extremely long-lived isotope potassium-40, or K-40.

Roughly one in eleven times K-40 Are bananas radioactive? decays, it converts to argon-40. Ar-40 is My boyfriend says that bananas are so radio- stable, but conversion from K-40 leaves active that they’re listed as a dangerous food. it briefly in what’s called an excited state, Is he right? —Sarah overcharged with energy. In transitioning to its normal energy level, or ground state, LET’S split the question in two, Sarah. Are it kicks out a harmful gamma ray. bananas radioactive? Sure. In fact, a few Within the earth’s interior, potassiumdecades ago, a government physicist with a to-argon conversion is occurring conknack for public relations created what he tinually on a beyond-massive scale. The called the banana equivalent dose, or BED, radioactive output of a single banana, which proposes one banana’s worth as the though, is genuinely teeny—fractions of measure of a minuscule amount of radiafractions of fractions. tion. He was trying to convey the notion that But what about, like, a whole bunch of minuscule amounts of radiation are some- bananas? I mean, truckloads of the fruit thing we encounter everywhere, including, have been known to trigger radiation senyes, the produce section. sors at international borders. There are Are bananas, by virtue of their radioacsome countries in Africa where bananas tivity, dangerous? If that logic attracts you, constitute up to a quarter of the caloric you’ll want to spend tonight on the sofa. Over intake. What’s the deal there?

First of all, kudos for your command of a year, sleeping next to your boyfriend (who does seem a little credulous, if we’re being international nutrition stats. Second, outhonest) is liable to expose you to one milli- side of a shielded laboratory environment, rem of harmful radiation—about a hundred taking an exact measurement of bananatimes more than you’ll get from eating the genic radiation is tricky. Doesn’t mean we can’t try, though. average banana, and thus 100 BEDs. I sent my assistant Una to the nearest Physicists call this background radiation, grocery to gauge conditions in the field. She which we absorb constantly from sources started by measuring the ambient radiaboth natural (like radon gas, the result of tion in the air at the store: eight microrems. uranium breaking down in the soil) and Then Una measured the radiation in the manmade (like nuclear power plants).

In this case, both boyfriend and banana banana bin: 15 microrems. Progress at this contain the element potassium, which winds point was interrupted by a store manager’s up in the body via food and in food via soil, inquiry regarding the customer wielding

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Professional patients now help train would-be doctors, especially in the most delicate and dreaded of exams (gynecological and prostate), where a becalming technique improves outcomes. One “teaching associate” of Eastern Virginia Medical School told The Washington Post in September that the helpers act as “enthusiastic surgical dummies” to 65 medical colleges, guiding rookie fingers through the trainer’s own private parts. The prostate associate might helpfully caution, “No need for speed here,” especially since he will be bending over for as many as nine probings a day. A gynecological teaching associate, mentoring the nervous speculum-wielder, might wittily congratulate pupils on having a front-row sight line the “GTA” will never witness: an up-close view of her own cervix.

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However, at nightfall, Frozi headed back to deceased man’s stepson to complain later that “Some people (the licensed shooter) prison to resume his 15-year sentence for don’t actually know how to use guns. They defrauding Kabul Bank of nearly $1 billion go to firing ranges, but it’s not the same ... in depositors’ money. Because he remains as a bullet going into flesh. ... Someone’s got one of Afghanistan’s elite, arrangements to answer for that.” were made for him to work days but spend his nights in prison (in comThe Continuing Crisis fortable quarters). Said one • U.S. and European Western official, laconically, entrepreneurs offer “(I)f you have stolen enough extreme “games” in money, you can get away with which liability-waiving it.”

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Cultural Diversity hours of kidnapping, pain Before the terrorist murand death threats, but ders gripped Paris, Presithe cult-like, under-thedent Francois Hollande and radar “McKamey Manor” Iran’s President Hassan in Southern California Rouhani had been trying (said to have a waiting to arrange a formal dinner list of 27,000) is notable during Rouhani’s planned for the starkness of its visit to the city to celebrate threats of brutality -- and the two countries’ role in the absence of any “safe the recent accord limiting word” with which a sudIran’s nuclear development. denly reluctant player can France’s RTL radio news beg off. (Only Russ McKareported that “dinner” is mey himself decides if a apparently more vexing than “nuclear player has had enough.) The “product” is weaponry” -- as Rouhani demanded an “100 percent fear,” he said. “We’re good at alcohol-free meal, which was nixed by Hol- it,” he told London’s The Guardian in an lande, who insisted that the French never October dispatch from San Diego (whose dine without wine. reporter overheard one of McKamey’s thugs promise, “I’m going to tear that girl Compelling Explanations (player) apart” and “No one is leaving with • Skeptics feared it was just a matter eyebrows today”). of time, anyway, until the “political cor• In October, the student newspaper of rectness” movement turned its attention Toronto’s Ryerson University reported to dignity for thieves. San Francisco’s a mighty scandal that upset the student SFGate.com reported in November on a body: The school’s executive offices’ restdiscussion in an upscale neighborhood rooms routinely supply two-ply toilet about whether someone committing petty, paper while most other campus buildings nonviolent theft should be referred to by offer only one-ply. Following up on the the “offensive” term “criminal” (rather hard-hitting Ryerson Eyeopener’s expose, than as, for example, “the person who stole The Canadian Press noted that the unimy bicycle,” since “criminal” implies a versities of Guelph, Ottawa and Toronto harsher level of evil and fails to acknowlcomfort all toilet-users’ bottoms the same. edge factors that might have caused Ryerson officials defensively noted that momentary desperation by a person in older plumbing in many of their buildings severe need). cannot handle two-ply paper.

• Reginald Gildersleeve, 55 and free Least Competent Criminals on bond with an extensive rap sheet, was Nicholas Allegretto, 23, was convicted waving a gun as he threatened a clerk and of shoplifting in Cambridge, England, in tried to rob a store in Chicago on HallowOctober (in absentia, because he is still at een night -- until a customer (licensed to

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large). The prosecutor knows Allegretto is his man because, shortly after the February theft, police released a surveillance photo of Allegretto leaving the store with the unpaid-for item, and Allegretto had come to a police station to complain that the suddenly public picture made him look guilty. In fact, he claimed, he intended to pay for the item but had gotten distracted (and besides, he added, his body language often looks somewhat “dodgy,” anyway).

Recurring Themes

• Lowering the Bar in Zero Tolerance: The 6-year-old son of Martha Miele was given an automatic three-day out-ofschool suspension at Our Lady of Lourdes in Cincinnati in October after, emulating actions of his favorite Power Rangers characters, he pretended to shoot a bow and arrow at another student. Principal Joe Crachiolo was adamant, insisting that he has “no tolerance for any real, pretend or imitated violence.” An exasperated Martha Miele confessed she was at a loss about how a 6-year-old boy is supposed to block out the concept of a super-hero fighter (and instead imagine, say, a super-hero counselor?).

• Cavalcade of Fetishes: (1) Among the approximately 100 arrests Seattle police made in an October drug sting were of a man, 63, and woman, 58, accused only of retail theft of $150,000 worth of goods -including about 400 pairs of jeans. Police said the couple “ordered” items from shoplifters and seemed to have an “insatiable appetite for denim.” (2) In November, police in Bethel, Connecticut, arrested Nelson Montalvo, 50 -- accused of taking about 30 items of underwear from one particular home. Montalvo’s motive is being investigated, but police said his modus operandi was to remove items, cut holes in them and return them to the home.

A News of the Weird Classic (January 2011)

Name in the News: Sought as a suspect in a convenience store killing in Largo, Florida, in December (2010) (and an example of the highly revealing “Three First Names” theory of criminal liability), Mr. Larry Joe Jerry -- who actually has four first names: Larry Joe Jerry Jr. (He was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to 42 years in prison.)

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Whether you’re shopping for yourself or loved ones, the official Black Friday Record Store Day 2015 list is packed a myriad of genres, innovative colorpours, and collectible LPs for every music lover on your list.

Hit Graveface Records and Curiosities to scoop up the goods; the shop will be open at 9 a.m., so get there early for first pick!

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past (Flaming Lips, Stardeath and White Dwarfs, Henry Rollins, and Peaches doing Dark Side of the Moon? Yes, just yes). Their synth-driven acidic pop is a really smart complement to The Casket Girls’ wistful vocals and the grimy textures Ryan Graveface layers under them.

Comprised of four exclusive songs, the 12” features a B-side etching; Graveface Records & Curiosities will have an exclusive colorway only available in-shop.

Jesus Christ – Big Star

Stuff this blue vinyl 10” in your favorite music nerd’s Christmas stocking this year.

What Keeps You Up At Night With four rendi– Stardeath and White ith tions of “Jesus ht Set wGirls DwarfsN+igCasket Christ,” the lanLocal or localguid, jangly cut ish releases tend off 1978’s Third, Stankonia – Outkast to get snapped up (there’s a demo It’s essentially pretty quickly at version, acoustic your civic duty as instrumental, and electric instrumental Record Store Days a Georgian to snap in addition to the studio recording), you in Savannah, so up this double LP also get an unheard demo of “Big Black put this one at the of Outkast’s 2000 Car,” the official release of “Another Time top of your list. masterpiece.Treat Another Place & You,” And the TV mix of While The Flamyourself with a ing Lips may be releasing albums with “Thank You Friends.” little “B.O.B.” on polarizing popstress Miley Cyrus, Lips That “Big Black Car” demo is a teaser limited orange/ side project Stardeath and White Dwarfs from the forthcoming Complete Third box have teamed up with Savannah’s own Cas- yellow/purple/black splatter vinyl; this set coming in 2016; get this little taste first run’s limited to 3,000 numbered copies ket Girls for a RSD split. and see what you think.

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Halo I-IV – Nine Inch Nails One of the biggest announcements from this year’s crop of collectibles arrived in the form of a Nine Inch Nails box set centered around Trent Reznor and co.’s seminal debut, Pretty Hate Machine. In the collection, you get four 12-inch vinyl records: three of them are the album’s singles, including “Head Like a Hole,” “Down In It,” and “Sin,” with each disc featuring different mixes and alternate takes. The fourth is Pretty Hate Machine in the configuration that it was originally released in October 1989.

Each single comes on 120-gram black vinyl, with Pretty Hate Machine on 180gram black vinyl. Any NIN fan receiving this under the tree certainly won’t bite the hand that feeds.

Fever 121614 – Deerhoof One of the most innovative and unforgettable live bands of the past 20 years releases their very first live album, recorded during their December 16 show at Fever in Tokyo, on Record Store Day. Fever 121614 comes to you on clear, red vinyl in a gatefold jacket; with a limited run of 3,000, it’s a must-have for fans.

Christmas Cheer – Les Paul, Mary Ford Alright, it’s Black Friday— though some radio stations may have decided to start pumping the Christmas music in October (!!!), it’s traditionally understood that the holiday spirit starts after Thanksgiving. Nothing like the warmth of vinyl and the warmth of a fire while trimming the tree, huh?

Mix it up this year with Capitol Records’ special 10” exclusive of Les Paul and Mary Ford’s festive renditions of timeless favorites. Christmas Cheer features six vocal and instrumental Christmas hits—“Jingle Bells,” “White Christmas,” “Rudolph the Red-Noised Reindeer,” all the staples. Limited to 2,000 copies, you’ll either get festive red vinyl or green vinyl.

Lady Liberty – Dressy Bessy

High Fidelity Soundtrack – Various Artists

Indie-pop heroes Dressy Bessy are back! A 7” single marks their grand return since 2008’s Holler. The college radio royalty will hit it hard in February when a full LP, KINGSIZED, comes out on Yep Rock Records, but for now, savor this fresh single: it’s as jangly, joyous, and melodic as longtime fans could want.

Hella limited with a pressing of 500!

The most fitting purchase for vinyl freaks on the holiest of holidays?

The soundtrack to the definitive record collector film, duh! Coproduced by John Cusack, patron saint of dryly clever nerds trying to get the girl, it’s a mixtape for the discerning fan with a relatively broad palate, packed with staples like Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, and more. It’s a double LP, released on exclusive orange vinyl in celebration of the film’s 15th anniversary. Scope out the track list for yourself:

The BBC Sessions – The Zombies This RSD First Release is the first complete collection of the Zombies on the BBC Radio. Compiled after extensive research by Zombies expert Andrew Sandoval (some gig, huh?), the two-LP set features previously unissued interviews and songs that ‘60s garage enthusiasts will wanna eat right up.

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Pussycats, Puppets, and Beautiful Machines Enter the wild world of Quintron & Miss Pussycat by anna chandler

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A Savannah appearance by Quintron & Miss Pussycat has become something of a Savannah holiday tradition. For the past three years, the New Orleans-based duo have hit the Hostess City sometime in November or December, bringing their scintillating quirks, technicolor acid-trip fashion sense, and traveling bizarro universe with them; this go-round at Dollhouse promises to be no different.

For fifteen years, the pair have been pushing the boundaries of dance and noise music. Though they’re often labeled “swamp rock,” Quintron & Miss Pussycat’s results differ greatly from Lowcountry bands like Black Tusk that often use that identifier as well: Quintron & Miss P’s is a lo-fi, grimy kind of Louisiana-as-a-spacestation sound that tunnels into your ear and won’t leave until you’ve collapsed from dancing.

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collection of synthesizers and homemade instruments. From his 1999 creation The Drum Buddy, a rotating five-oscillator, light-activated drum machine (which he’s reproduced for DJ Mr. Dibs of Atmosphere, Portlandia’s Fred Armisen, and Laurie Anderson) to the Weather Warlock, a recent project in which a drone synthetize is controlled by sensors that respond to changes in weather, Quintron’s wizardry and high-energy performance make him an unstoppable force.

Quintron and Miss Pussycat first met at her puppet theater/nightclub, Pussycat Caverns, in New Orleans. Miss Pussycat first studied puppetry with Christian Youth Ministry and honed her skills over the years, leading up to a lasting collaboration with Quintron. Typically, a Quintron & Miss Pussycat show will begin with a puppet show; then, it’s onto the concert, with Miss Pussycat dancing, singing, and shaking maracas alongside Q’s setup.

Beyond their annual show, the Savannah ties go even deeper: Miss Pussycat just released a puppet show soundtrack,

Anthropomorphizer, on Savannah-based Terror Vision Records in July. A label dreamt up by Ryan Graveface of Graveface Records, Terror Vision specializes in releasing obscure movie soundtracks on vinyl and films on VHS. The first pressing of Terror Vision Original Productions, Anthropomorphizer is a new view into the world of Miss Pussycat’s puppets. Without the aid of visuals, the record focuses on Miss Pussycat’s absurd and clever storytelling abilities; the voice acting, paired with a buzzy synth soundtrack, makes it a warped and all-encompassing listening experience (try it on a road trip!).

With Graveface’s taste for one-of-a-kind, limited vinyl releases, Anthropomorphizer was released with 100 copies on 180-gram black vinyl, 300 copies on Birthday Cake Pink and Puppet Purple, 100 on Spirit World Yellow & Anthropomorphizer Red; packaged in a gatefold jacket, the inner sleeve featured full-color liner notes from both Miss Pussycat and Graveface.

The collaboration doesn’t stop there: Miss Pussycat will be working with Terror

Vision once again to release three of her puppet films on VHS. The first, The Mystery in the Old Bathbath, is already available, and features beloved puppets Trixie and the Tree Trunks. Limited to 100 copies, snag your own copy of the purple VHS tape in classic clamshell packaging.

For their last two Savannah shows, Miss Pussycat has performed a puppet show in which a doe-eyed Christmas Bear enters a baking contest. Demented, psychedelic, and side-splittingly hilarious, it’s an old favorite, but this time, Miss Pussycat has a new performance in store. “The Happy Castle of Goblinburg” promises a Bear Witch, complex housing issues, blonde eyebrows, and a new inflatable puppet theater that talks. After a long holiday weekend, could your weekday get any better? CS

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Spinney Brothers @Randy’s Pickin’ Parlor

While you’re in the family spirit of Thanksgiving, head over to Bloomingdale to see two brothers showcase their talent. Hailing from the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada, Allan and Rick Spinney broke out onto the bluegrass scene in 1992. With vivacious, tight sibling vocals, their act quickly began earning them attention.

The duo grew up in a household of musicians with a penchant for country and bluegrass music.

Influenced by The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe & Flatt & Scruggs, and Smiley Bates, Allan took to guitar, while Rick picked up banjo. The two founded their first band, The Bluegrass Student Union, in 1989; they gigged at school events and benefits.

Driven by traditional Southern bluegrass stylings, the brothers combine personal stories and modern stylings with old-time picking, gigging alongside bandmates Gary Dalrymple (mandolin) and Terry Poirier (upright bass).

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Spend the day at Blowin’ Smoke sampling beers and brunch items, enjoying live music, and supporting local Jake Trout in his fight against stage 4 lymph node cancer.

Basik Lee, Joe Nelson, Kerry Walsh, Jeremy John Riddle, and Dope Sandwich Records artists will entertain with a variety of hip-hop, soul, and singer-songwriter stylings.

Additionally, get ready to enjoy a Service Brewing Company Tap Takeover. Try the new Lincoln’s Gift Oyster Stout (seriously, you gotta try it; with May River oysters added during the boil, the stout’s got this really pleasing briny edge to it), Battlewagon DIPA, Rally Point Pilsner, Scout’s Out Honey Saison, and cans of the classic Compass Rose IPA and Ground Pounder Pale Ale. If you’re looking to sip something a little different, there will be $2 domestic tallboys, $4 mimosas, $5 margaritas, and $6 Habersham Bloody Marys, as well.

That Oyster Stout would certainly complement some realdeal oysters, huh? You’re in luck! The Smoke is hosting an oyster roast as a part of the benefit, so you can shuck away the day.

Nosh on shrimp and grits, fried chicken and waffles, or a veggie western omelet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.. Or down all of ‘em. We aren’t judging.

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YOU TIP your waiter, you tip your hairdresser, you tip the valet who brings you back your car in one piece. But would you tip an artist?

Atlanta-based performance and installation artist Allison Rentz thinks maybe you should. During the December 4th First Friday Art March in the Starland neighborhood, Rentz will be leading an interactive installation at Escape Savannah (2101 Bull St.) titled “Tip Your Artist”.

The walls will be papered with envelopes bearing Rentz’s “Tip Your Artist” credo. Visitors are encouraged to take envelopes, put a few dollars in them, and tip the artists hosting opening receptions at galleries along the Art March.

Rentz sees the installation as a work of social activism. She points out that for most working artists, it can be a struggle to make a living selling artwork. Rentz believes that if you’re going to gallery shows and enjoying but not buying the work, you may have a social responsibility to help subsidize the artist’s wages.

“In Atlanta people tend to go to art openings to party and they don’t usually buy any art,” she explains.

“Since it’s a party environment and the art is kind of a backdrop, it’d be nice for people – if they like the art but aren’t going to buy it – to give the artist a dollar or something to thank them for the beautiful moment they created for the viewer to experience.”

Rentz takes her project out gallery-hopping with her in Atlanta – she always keeps “Tip Your Artist” envelopes on hand to share with other gallery patrons or to pass along to artists herself. Unfortunately, the project doesn’t always go over well with the artists Rentz is trying to help.

“Some people will get insulted about [the money],” she said. “Not that they’ve received a tip but they’ll kind of go off on me about how it’s such an insult – one or two dollars.”

On the Facebook page for the project, Rentz makes reference to an incident in which an artist she admired called a tip “an insult,” adding, “I asked her if she ever accepts money for her art and [she]

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on the number of people showing up to exhibitions,” he says.

“The effect would be people feeling ashamed to view art unless they could afford to do so. Social shaming is a powerful force.”

Of course, Rentz isn’t suggesting that tipping be mandatory or even expected.

“People can tip if they want but they don’t have to,” she tells me. “It’s really about if you love [the work]. It’s not supposed to be something that everybody has to be doing all the time.”

Regardless of the clearly mixed attitudes surrounding the topic, it’s a little strange that there seems to be a stigma attached to tipping fine artists. We tip live musicians all the time and the experience of enjoying their work can be just as ephemeral.

We tip bartenders, house painters, and pizza delivery drivers too, and we tip everybody for the same reason: as a reward for their time, their skill, their willingness to provide a good experience, and (too often, unfortunately) to bridge a gap in their wages.

Do exhibiting artists really fall far outside that definition?

If the service an artist renders is to create beauty and engage people spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually, isn’t that worthy of a tip? cs

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said that she will sell it for $5,000 and that a dollar is an insult. I don’t think she understood the project, but it was a bit of a heated discussion…”

Some patrons have been reticent to participate as well: people often tell Rentz they’re too shy to approach the artist or feel uncomfortable handing them money.

(This is a problem Rentz says she’d like to solve by offering paper airplanes, slingshots or Frisbees as alternative delivery systems. I, for one, would love to live in a world where people throw paper airplanes of cash at exhibiting artists.)

But do artists actually want to receive tips? I decided to ask a few local artists how they felt about the idea.

A popular Starland photographer tells me: “To be perfectly honest, I think I would feel a little weird about it, but it’s not like I would turn it away. Sometimes you gotta take what you can get. Supplies, time, the money it costs to rent a gallery space, framing, PR, refreshments for the opening, not to mention the notion that your ideas are worth something – that stuff adds up quick.”

Other artists say they find the whole thing awkward, that receiving a tip would make them feel uncomfortable, and a few suggest it might even be unprofessional to accept one.

One painter says he felt accepting tips would devalue his work, perhaps encouraging people to see tipping as an equal alternative to actually buying his art.

Another local painter expresses his fear that tipping might be bad news for the local art scene: “If such a thing were to become the norm, it might have a negative impact

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CJ Mellor — “Soon everything will be different in Cuba. Call it the world’s last great mistake,” says photographer C.J. Mellor, who shows a photographic journal of Cuba. Through Dec. 2. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

Jonathan Gregory Keller — Jonathan began painting during a time of struggle in his life and discovered that painting gives him peace and serenity. His artwork was first displayed in an art gallery in Savannah’s City Market. Since then Jonathan has climbed the Savannah art ladder and now owns his own art gallery in City Market. Reception Dec. 3.

Dec. 1-31. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

Cuckoo Clocks — Scribble Art Studio presents beautiful cuckoo clocks created by kids of all ages.

Free Through Nov. 29. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

Sharon Saseen and Marisa Alvarez — December featured artists are Sharon Saseen whose Savannah scene paintings are described as delicate and whimsical and Marisa Alvarez who creates one of a kind jewelry pieces many from reclaimed items and stones. Dec. 1-31. Gallery 209, 209 E River St. Small Works — For the months of December and January, the Lee O’Neil Gallery will be exhibiting small works from various artists. This will be a special exhibition for the holiday season. The Lee O’Neil Gallery, 2217 Bull Street.

The Storyteller — Exercise your creativity with a collection of narrative works

by Elmer Ramos. These Monotypes and Serigraphs invite the viewer to experience their own version of the story. Nov. 29-Jan. 31. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

Continuing Exhibits Old School: The Alchemy of Ruins — Savannah photographer Kathleen Thomas presents a documentary photography exhibition featuring an abandoned schoolhouse in Bulloch County Georgia built in 1935 and its transformation over a period of two years.

Over time, the old Denmark Community School was slowly dismantled brick by brick.

Walls, ceiling beams, flooring and the tin roof were all transported to the new home site.

Last chance this week to see Kathleen Thomas’s ‘Old School: The Alchemy of Ruins’ at Southern Pine.

These images reveal both human alteration and the relentless encroachment of the forces of nature on a structure in the rural Southern landscape throughout the changing seasons. All the images included in this body of work were created using a traditional 35mm camera and film. Through Nov. 30.

Southern Pine Co., 616 E. 35th St. 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.

Through Dec. 31. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

Eclectic Encounters — Telfair Museums houses more than 6,500 objects in its permanent collection.

Eclectic Encounters gives an inside look to works that have not been seen by the public in over 10 years. 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.

Ed Jones and Daniel Smith — Ed Jones displays his sculpture and Daniel Smith shows his paintings. Through Dec. 31. Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Drive.

Emergent Geographies — Jennifer Moss’ exhibit features mixed media fibers work inspired by the natural world. Jennifer is drawn to the way similar patterns reappear across a range of scales in nature and creates three-dimensional fiber-based collages that are at once abstract and familiar.

Through Nov. 30. Blick Art Materials, 318 East Broughton St.

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Folk Art: Simply Profound — Exaggeration and simplicity converge to describe the innermost soul of the folk artist as he deals with God, family and the human condition.Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris 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. Through Dec. 31. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

Grace Rohland and Randee Powell — The featured artists for November are Grace Rohland, who creates one of a kind mixed media paintings and collages, and Randee Powell, a nature inspired macrame hand woven jewelry artist. Through Nov. 30.

Gallery 209, 209 E River St. 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. Mickalene Thomas at Giverny — The dazzling mixed-media works of Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971) combine rhinestones with acrylic and oil paints to create compositions that often reference iconic works of art from nineteenth-century Europe. In her reimagined renderings, the artist replaces the European subjects of these images with powerful and glamorous African American women, inviting questions about conventional beauty, racial identity, and the traditional art historical narrative. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Monet and American Impressionism — The Jepson brings four paintings of French master Claude Monet to Savannah for the first time in the city’s history. Monet galvanized the work of countless artists as a founder of the French art movement Impressionism. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. New Propaganda — Senior showcase of works by nine up and coming artists, to the community of Savannah. There will be a variety of different mediums which include photography, graphic design, painting, fabric design, functional and sculptural ceramics, and jewelry. Through Nov. 30. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Other Voices, Other Cities — “Other Voices, Other Cities” is an exhibition of works from an ongoing series by artist Sue Williamson that explores the definition of place to cities and citizens. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

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If your favorite part of the holiday has more to do with football than anything else, McDonough’s has a cornucopia of screens to watch while you chow down.

The gang is hosting an all-you-can-eat turkey ‘n’ fixins buffet plus collard greens, sweet potato souffle, butter beans, corn on the cob and an assortment of pies, from pumpkin to pecan.

After you’ve had your fill of food and the day’s scores are all in, some of y’all might trade in the fork for the microphone.

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The Sisters are offering a spectacular buffet of the basics plus their famous chicken (baked or fried), smoked ham, hamburger steaks, sweet potatoes, yellow rice and red velvet cake. Unlimited refills of sweet tea are encouraged, as are seconds and thirds if you have room.

“It’s only time of year we do that, so y’all come on!” laughs Kenneth Brown, a part-owner who describes himself as “the baby sister’s husband.”

Brown says the Sisters always see a healthy Thanksgiving lunch crowd, but they hold off on their own feast until dinner.

“We’ll be here all afternoon, then we’ll all get together at Mama’s house later on.”

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Kevin Barry’s 117 River St., $26.95, 11am-7pm

If you like your stuffing with a view, take it down to Kevin Barry’s sumptuous spread set up on River Street. Ovenroasted bird, cornbread dressing and cranberry sauce are accompanied with sides galore: Garlic green beans, mashed spuds, mac ‘n’ cheese, collards, roasted root veggies, cream of corn and candied yams. Save room for gingersnap-crusted pumpkin cheesecake!

While you’re there, be sure to stroll through the Hall of Heroes, KB’s tribute to our service men and women, and stay on for Irish folk tunes at 8pm.

“We look forward to having your family join ours as we give thanks,” says Tara Reese, KB’s public relations.

Molly MacPherson’s 311 W. Congress St, 6pm-10pm, $20

The great Scotsfolk of Savannah welcome you with open arms as they serve up plates of classic Americana from their busy downtown bar and grill.

“We know families get separated this time of year, so we want make people comfortable,” says Jon Hendrick, Molly’s general manager.

“You can come here and have an at-home experience. Everything is homemade—we roll up our sleeves in the kitchen and get flour all over ourselves and try to feed everybody.”

Sliced turkey smothered in gravy, stuffing, green bean casserole and dessert are included in the price, but feel free to order Shepherd’s Pie or even a burger from the full menu if you want to buck tradition.

Belford’s 315 W. Julian, $25 to go only, noon-5pm

This is the first year Belford’s is open for Thanksgiving, but the City Market staple has thrown its turkey feather into the ring.

“We usually close on that Thursday, but enough staff volunteered so we decided to give it a try and see how it goes,” says general manager Derek Lemieux.

He promises three generous courses consisting of slow-roasted turkey with giblet gravy, ham, cornbread stuffing haricots verts and cranberry compote.

The dine-in price in the $49, but for half that visitors and locals can have their bounty boxed up with plasticware to be enjoyed in a square, on a park bench or in your p.j.’s on the couch. The bar is open, too, so don’t forget a libation to go along with your meal.

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The menu includes the usual fare plus Johnny Harris’ famous chicken and baked ham. Or order a rack of ribs and eat with your hands—you’re a grown-up, do what you want!

Johnny Harris representative Corbin Parker recommends making reservations if you’re planning to banquet in the main dining room with its tucked-away booths and star-studded ceiling but says the Maple Room Tavern and diner-style Kitchen usually have room for smaller drop-in parties.

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Picking up where Part 1 left off, we find Katniss dealing with a Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson, simply not up to the rigorous demands the role now requires) who has been programmed to kill her, a President Snow (Donald Sutherland, deliciously evil) who’s determined to crush her and the rebellion she leads, and a President Coin (Julianne Moore) whose end game grows more suspicious by the minute.

Meanwhile, her puppy dog of a part-time lover, Gale (Liam Hemsworth), continues to hang around seeking scraps of affection, while the saga’s most interesting supporting players—Woody Harrelson’s Haymitch, Elizabeth Banks’ Effie and Jane Malone’s Johanna among them—are lucky to be given a scene here, a line there.

Aside from some outlandish moments toward the end, such as when the creatures from The Descent unexpectedly show up, the picture benefits from its relentless

bleakness, as decent people die unexpectedly, personal traumas continue to haunt many of the characters, and Katniss learns that when it comes to government, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. The Hunger Games franchise is often dismissed for its Young Adult designation, but as far as the films are concerned (I haven’t read the books), they often showcase a maturity and sobriety that put many Old Adult efforts to shame.

SPOTLIGHT

/// There are two obvious reasons why Spotlight is earning near-unanimous raves from critics across the board. The first is a personal one: Like All the President’s Men, State of Play and Shattered Glass (once we move past Stephen Glass, of course), it’s a celebration of journalistic integrity, presenting its reporters as moral crusaders who will do whatever it takes to uncover the truth.

How can a writer, even the lowly ones who pen movie reviews for a living, not respond with pride to this interpretation, particularly when the movie also nails the actual look and feel of a newspaper office back in those halcyon days before massive layoffs turned heavily populated buildings into half-empty crypts?

The second reason is of more importance to moviegoers: It’s an excellent movie, one of the year’s finest. If it isn’t quite the match of the peerless All the President’s Men, we have to remind ourselves, what is?

Writer-director Tom McCarthy, who’s already made two pictures that graced

my 10 Best lists (2003’s The Station Agent and 2011’s Win Win), and co-scripter Josh Singer keep their eyes on the target every step of the way, foregoing any narrative distractions and remaining firmly focused on the team of Boston Globe reporters who broke the story of the sexual abuse being committed on children by members of the clergy.

(Correction: Kristen Lombardi of the alternative weekly Boston Phoenix actually broke the story, and the Globe subsequently ran with it. McCarthy acknowledges Lombardi’s invaluable contribution in the film, which is more than many of the Globe participants have ever bothered to do.)

The abuse has been going on for years, but it takes an outsider—the paper’s new (and, pointedly mentioned, Jewish) editor, Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber)—to assign the crack Spotlight team, the journalists committed to pursuing long-term stories, to uncover enough evidence to drag the scandal out from the shadows.

And so they go to work, with Spotlight editor Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Keaton) riding herd over reporters Mike Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) and Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James). Unlike Baron, most have been in Boston for years or all of their lives, and all have ties to the Catholicism that seeps through almost every square inch of the city.

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interviews now-grown survivors, Matt hits the archives, and Mike attempts to work in tandem with a lawyer (Stanley Tucci) driven to expose the abuse, they discover that the reach of the tragedy extends even further than any of them could have imagined.

A movie that ends up being about the awful abuse of power as much as about that last-gasp period before journalism shifted from being a conduit of reliable information into a circus act of celebrity reporters riding unicycles of distortion and deceit, Spotlight is especially admirable in its restraint, not only in its approach to unsettling material (there are no visual flashbacks to sordid scenes, just disturbingly descriptive dialogue) but also in the relatively muted acting by all concerned.

There’s no Oscar-clip showboating in this picture, just terrific actors delivering terrific close-to-the-vest performances. In a cast of equals, Keaton probably stands a centimeter taller than the rest, although there’s much to be said for Ruffalo’s searing intensity.

As noted, Spotlight doesn’t quite match All the President’s Men, one reason being that McCarthy’s no-frills directorial style can’t provide the same sort of charged atmosphere or world-shaking gravitas of Alan J. Pakula’s masterpiece.

And for the sort of rage-against-themachine fury that this story demands, it also comes second to Deliver Us From Evil, the soul-staining 2006 documentary about Irish priest Oliver O’Grady, who over the course of three decades sexually molested dozens, maybe hundreds, of children (one as young as nine months old) throughout the state of California. But ultimately, these are mere asides.

Spotlight may celebrate journalism at its best, but in also exposing humankind at its worst, it remains topical and relevant as long as those in power continue to prey upon those powerless to stop them

SECRET IN THEIR EYES

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/// The Argentinian drama The Secret In Their Eyes earns my vote as the best nonEnglish import of at least the past 10 years, deservedly taking the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. An American remake sounded like a suicide mission, the sort of wrong-headed thinking that allowed the superb and uncompromising Dutch thriller The Vanishing to be remade as a dim-witted Yankee property, complete with a tacked-on happy ending. Shockingly —and happily—that’s not the case with the stateside interpretation Secret In Their Eyes (oddly dropping the The), which never matches the intensity of its predecessor but still manages to work quite nicely on its own.

Billy Ray, whose past credits include 38 writing and directing Shattered Glass and

penning Captain Phillips and the first Hunger Games film, has smartly found a way to localize and contemporize the material, changing the original’s backdrop of Argentina’s Dirty War to our nation’s 9/11 tragedy.

There are a couple of other major changes—neither crippling—but the thrust remains the same: Constantly shifting between two time periods (2001 and today), it follows an intrepid investigator (Chiwetel Ejiofor) as he spends years trying to locate the man (Joe Cole) who raped and killed a young woman, assisted in his efforts by his colleagues (Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts) but meeting heavy resistance and even interference from top-level government officials. Unlike the original, Ray’s update doesn’t have the pervading atmosphere of paranoia or persistent stench of evil hanging over every scene, but it does have Ejiofor, whose performance is a thing of beauty.

THE NIGHT BEFORE

// For over a dozen years, best buds Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have spent Christmas Eve in frantic search of the legendary Nutcracka Ball, a wild party whose location is even more guarded than that of the masked orgy in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Finally obtaining (actually, stealing) three tickets to the exclusive bash, the three putz around NYC waiting for the magic hour—during that time, Ethan gets beaten up by a pair of street Santas, Isaac trips hard on shrooms, coke and other drugs, and Chris gets ripped off by a self-professed Grinch (Ilana Glazer).

The Night Before is the sort of BFF (Bro Friends Forever) flick that now invades our multiplexes with clockwork regularity, all cut from a similar template: an amusing premise, appealing actors, a handful of large laughs in the early going (“I haven’t done cocaine in 11 years!” “No one has, I don’t think.”), some tedious soulsearching moments in the late innings, and a couple of cameos from big stars playing themselves (the ones here are wholly underwhelming). What provides the picture with most of its unexpected spark is the deft turn by Michael Shannon, hilarious as a rambling pot dealer who operates out of his car. Even his radical character gets neutered by some dopey plotting toward the end, but until then, he’s the performer who most earns his wings.

THE PEANUTS MOVIE

/// The world needed a CGI version of Charles Schulz’s beloved Peanuts as much as it needed yet another unwatchable Alvin and the Chipmunks movie; however, The Peanuts Movie turns out to be a

pleasant surprise—and a great relief.

The continuing adventures of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang haven’t been rendered in the soulless mode of computer graphic imagery that in the past has perverted such toon creations as Mickey Mouse and Spongebob Squarepants.

Instead, working from a script by Cornelius Uliano and (here’s the key) Schulz’s son and grandson, Craig Schulz and Bryan Schulz respectively, director Steve Martino and his team of animators have created the basic character outlines via slick CGI but have lovingly kept the crude facial features as simple and as expressive as those in Schulz’s comic strips and on the various TV specials.

The crispness of these visuals is matched by the smartness of the script, which includes all the relevant touchstones (the baseball mound, the Red Baron, the adults’ unintelligible gibberish, “It was a dark and stormy night”) while adding some delightful shout-outs to the franchise’s storied history.

SPECTRE

// While it might feel like the specter of SPECTRE has been with us throughout all five decades-plus of James Bond’s cinematic exploits, the actuality is that pesky copyright issues prevented this league of extraordinarily evil gentlemen, an international organization headed by one Ernst Stavro Blofeld, from appearing in any of the James Bond films since that initial 10-year stretch when Sean Connery essayed the role (though there is that clever opening from the 1981 Roger Moore entry For Your Eyes Only, where a nameless bald villain in a wheelchair gets unceremoniously dumped down a chimney).

But agreements have been reached, papers have been signed, money has switched hands, and now the outfit (whose acronym stands for Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) finds itself back for active duty in SPECTRE, the 24th film in the established 007 canon—and, alas, the first Daniel Craig outing to qualify as a disappointment.

The pre-credits sequence, set in Mexico City during the Day of the Dead celebrations, gets the movie off to an exciting start. Bond’s brief time south of the border finds him foiling a stadium explosion, wrestling with a villain for control of a spiraling helicopter, and locating the clues necessary to continue his globetrotting—and, it should be noted, completely unsanctioned—mission that remains a secret from M (Ralph Fiennes) and all other special branch operatives with the eventual exceptions of Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw).

Bond’s sleuthing ultimately uncovers a

criminal network whose leader, Franz Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz), sports some interesting ties to his own past.

Craig’s previous Bond pictures—the superb Casino Royale, the criminally underrated Quantum of Solace and the supremely satisfying Skyfall—were all of a piece, with plot elements carrying over into each subsequent film and the movies working beautifully as a self-contained trilogy. The decision to shoehorn SPECTRE into that narrative proves to be a disastrous one, as a perfectly engaging 120 or so minutes is then run into the ground for a wince-inducing final half-hour of unfortunate developments.

The link between Oberhauser and Bond’s past is moronic in the extreme— the overreach and the absurdity of the relationship brings to mind MAD’s spoof of the Star Wars saga, where it was revealed that not only was Darth Vader Luke’s father and Leia his twin sister, but C-3PO was his twin brother, Chewbacca his dog and R2-D2 the family’s Hoover vacuum cleaner. Yes, the big reveal is that ludicrous.

SPECTRE still has time to right itself, but the subsequent set-pieces are alternately jumbled, silly and tiresome, with the final bang coming off as a pale whimper to that excellent opening. It’s too bad, because what SPECTRE provides during its initial two hours is sound—and potent enough to still earn this a modest recommendation. The subtle references to past franchise entries are pleasant, and the strain of sly humor frequently found in the series is present here.

The great cinematographer Roger Deakins doesn’t return following his Oscar-nominated stint on Skyfall, but the picture’s nevertheless in excellent hands, with ace DP Hoyte Van Hoytema (Her, Interstellar) nailing every visual beat (there’s a wide tracking shot during the opening scene that’s staggering to behold).

And while Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dave Bautista (as the brutish henchman Hinx) is the only cast newcomer to make an impression—Waltz is shockingly bland as the Bond master villain, nowhere near as menacing as Inglourious Basterds’ grinning Nazi, while Lea Seydoux is the dullest Bond woman in a long time—repeat performers like Harris, Whishaw and Jesper Christensen (as the elusive Mr. White) continue to register strongly.

As for Craig, he’s still the best Bond since Connery, though it’s uncertain how much longer he’ll remain with the franchise. He certainly needs to hang around for at least one more picture, as it would be unfortunate if his swan song turned out to be an entry that, while overall enjoyable, doesn’t quite capture the spirit of the series’ all-time highs. CS

Happenings Community Rally Help protect our coast from oil and gas exploitation by LNG export expansion, the Palmetto Pipeline, and offshore drilling.

Learn about the risks and support a fossil fuel free Savannah. Sat., Nov. 28, 11:30 a.m.

Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Community Rally to Protect Our Coast The fossil fuel industry has set its sights on coastal Georgia with the triple threat of offshore drilling, the Palmetto Pipeline and LNG exports. Endangering our local environment and quality of life, this also flies in the face of the climate crisis. Join this global day of action the weekend before the Paris climate talks to learn about the risks and support a fossil fuel free Savannah. free Sat., Nov. 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 912-5962052. karengrainey@bellsouth.net. https:// facebook.com/events/144141932611601/.

Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. 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.

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

Auditions for Armstrong Youth Orchestra Open to students enrolled in primary grades through high school and including Armstrong students (available for course credit). Auditions, by appointment, are in Armstrong Fine Arts Hall. To schedule an audition, e-mail: savaayo@yahoo.com. Info is also available at www.savaayo.org. AYO is sponsored in part by the Savannah Friends of Music, www.savannahfriendsofmusic.

com ongoing. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/ index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Call for Entries for Elementary Student Artwork The City of Savannah is seeking submissions of original elementary student artwork celebrating the 50th anniversary of Savannah’s National Historic Landmark District (designated in 1966) to display in an exhibit in City Hall’s first floor rotunda.

Submissions will be judged by a panel of artists, preservationists, and City leaders.

The winning entries will be framed and displayed by the City of Savannah in City Hall for the period July-December 2016 for all our citizens and visitors to enjoy. These winning works will become the property of the City of Savannah and will not be returned to the artists. Work not selected for display will be returned to the artists after judging.

Up to 6 winners will be chosen, including a “Best in Show.”All winners will receive an award certificate, prize of art supplies, and reproduction of their winning work for their portfolio. Winners will be announced to the public during an exhibit opening at City Hall.

For more information, visit savannahga. gov/artcontest or contact Luciana Spracher at lspracher@savannahga.gov or 912-6516411. Through March 11, 2016. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

Call for Entries for “IN:LINE” The Gallery at Sulfur Studios is now accepting entries for a group exhibition to be held in January and February of 2016.

Artists are encouraged to submit work that explores the theme of Line. Lines connect, separate and demarcate. Lines can be used to define or to obscure, they can point the way or bar the path. The lines featured in submitted work may be actual or metaphorical and work in all media will be considered. Entries are due December 30, and the show runs January 27-February 13.

Entry fee is $20 for up to 3 works. To submit your work, please visit sulfurstudios.org/callfor-entries Through Dec. 30. sulfurstudios. org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street.

Call for Jewelry and Sculpture Artists The gallery is now seeking innovative emerging and mid career artists specializing in jewelry-making and sculpture. 2 tracks are available: Full Time Artist & Visiting Artist. Submit 5 images of your recent work, CV, Artist Statement and link to website to info@kobogallery.com. Deadline for submission is December 15th, 2015.

Through Dec. 15. Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street ,.

Call for Participants in PTSD Study Are you a recent combat veteran experiencing psychological or emotional stress related to your combat? You may be eligible to receive first-line medication and talk therapy interventions with proven effectiveness. PROGrESS is a study looking to learn more about how to effectively treat recent combat veterans with PTSD.

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The therapies are not experimental. You will be randomly assigned to receive either psychotherapy, medication, or both. For more information about the PROGrESS study, please call 912-920-0214 ext. 2169. ongoing. Online only, none.

Call for Performers, Vendors and Volunteers for Savannah Asian Cultural Festival The Savannah Asian Cultural Festival, which will take place April 15-16, 2016 at Armstrong State University, is currently seeking live performers, Cultural Marketplace vendors and event volunteers. There is no cost for performers to participate. All vendors must be consistent with the theme of the festival.

The cost for vendors is $85 per booth. The festival’s Cultural Marketplace will offer the opportunity to learn more about each country and discover the traditional arts, crafts, fashions and treasures unique to each nation. From Ming-shared jewelry to calligraphy sets, original paintings, handbeaded clothing, Asian accessories and henna body painting, an entire continent’s worth of treasures can be found at the festival. If you would like to participate as a performer, vendor or volunteer at the 2016 Savannah Asian Cultural Festival, please contact James Anderson at james. anderson@armstrong.edu or (912) 3443224. Through April 15, 2016. about. armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 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.

wrapping materials and holiday decor would be very greatly appreciated. Items may be shipped to or dropped off at the West Broad Street YMCA (1110 May Street Savannah GA, 31415) or to Loop It Up Savannah (103 North Fahm Street Savannah GA,31401). If you plan to donate a large quantity of items and would like to schedule a pick up, please contact the West Broad Street YMCA at 912-233-1951. Financial donations and gift cards will also happily be accepted. We are also seeking a team of elves (volunteers!) to help set up and staff the event. If you’re interested in volunteering, please sign up at http://www.westbroadstreetymca.org/ volunteer/ and Chelsey Williams will be in touch. Through Dec. 11. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. $5 Bikram Yoga Class to Benefit Local Charities Bikram Yoga Savannah offers a weekly Karma class to raise money for local charities. Thursdays during the 6:30pm class. Pay $5 for class and proceeds are donated to a different charity each month. This is a regular Bikram Yoga class. ongoing. 912.356.8280. bikramyogasavannah.com.

SCMPD Animal Control seeks Volunteers Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve various tasks as needed by the shelter. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly trained volunteers will be authorized to serve immediately after orientation. Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are welcome.

Volunteers must be at least 17-yearsold. ongoing. (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@ savannahga.gov.

Thanksgiving Drive Life Bridge Outreach Ministries is trying to create Thanksgiving food baskets to give to the families in need that they service.

Pastor Jonathan Brown is collecting nonperishable items, canned goods, toiletries, turkeys, hams, blankets, and more to help in this cause. For more information on the outreach or how to donate, contact Nicky Cotton at 912-272-2122 or at nickicotton@ yahoo.com. Through Nov. 28. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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Call for Volunteers and Donations for Miracle on May Street Every year, the West Broad Street YMCA hosts Miracle on May Street as an opportunity for the families of Urban Savannah to stock up on gifts, clothing and holiday cheer. Miracle on May Street is made possible through generous donations from our friends and partners. Please join us in celebrating the families that we serve with respect and integrity, by working together and making this holiday season the brightest we have ever known. Your donations of either new or gently used toy, books, games, clothing or house wears, gift

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.

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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.

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; entry for non-members is $15. Saturdays, 7 p.m. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

Cake Baking & Cake Decorating We educate children on the tools & techniques to properly bake and decorate cakes, such as birthday cakes, and wedding cakes. The children have fun learning, make new friends, and leave feeling a sense of accomplishment. Great for Mommy & Daughter dates, Birthday Parties, and Educational Workshops. $20 Saturdays, 12-3 p.m.. 912-826-3976. rinconsweets@ gmail.com. thecakemixacademy.com/kid-sclasses.html. The Cake Mix Academy, 5936 Georgia 21.

Cake Decorating Classes for Children Educate children on the tools & techniques to properly bake and decorate cakes, such as birthday cakes, and wedding cakes.

The children have fun learning, make

new friends, and leave feeling a sense of accomplishment. Great for Mommy & Daughter dates, Birthday Parties, and Educational Workshops. $20 Wednesdays, 5-7:30 p.m.. 912-826-3976. rinconsweets@ gmail.com. thecakemixacademy.com/kid-sclasses.html. The Cake Mix Academy, 5936 Georgia 21.

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.

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.

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creativity coach and learn how to blast through blocks, plan your time, and enjoy the richness of a creative life. See website for more info at www.laurenl.com/creativity_ coaching/ or contact Creativity@LaurenL. com ongoing. Online, 2222 Sedwick Drive.

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. 912-

921-4646.

Figure Drawing Classes Tuesdays 6-9pm and Wednesdays 9:3012:30am. $60/4-session package or $20 drop-in fee. At the Studio School. ongoing.

912-484-6415. melindaborysevicz@gmail. com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Studio School, 1319 Bull St. Guitar, Mandolin, or Bass Guitar Lessons Emphasis on theory, reading music, and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. ongoing. 912-232-5987.

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. Intro to 3D Printing Ever wanted to make your own crazy creations without having to learn pottery or metalworking? Familiar with 3D printing, but not sure how to get started? Be part of the new revolution in manufacturing and art and learn to make your own products with 3D printing. This class takes place in our Miskatonic Labs at 4 PM, register early to save your spot. 20 Tue., Dec. 1, 4-5

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p.m. 844-MY-GUILD. events@theguildhall. com. theguildhall.com/events/2015-1201/3DPrintingandModelling. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

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.

Maximizing Innovation and Improvement Positions leaders to be effective change agents through continuous improvement.

It teaches them how to align continuousimprovement projects and innovation efforts with their companies’ business strategies.

The session also explains the rationale for continuous improvement, the tools and techniques that support such efforts, and how to assess improvement projects’ return on investment. Additionally, it describes the difference between incremental improvement and innovation, and the need for both. Cost: $895. Register here: https:// pe.gatech.edu/courses/leading-wellmaximizing-innovation-and-improvement Tue., Dec. 1, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. https://pe.gatech. edu/courses/leading-well-maximizinginnovation-and-improvement. Georgia Tech Savannah, 210 Technology Circle.

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--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. Piano Voice-Coaching Pianist with M/degree,classical modern jazz improvisation, no age limit. Call 912-9617021 or 912-667-1056. Serious inquiries only. ongoing.

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.

SHRM Learning System This course is offered in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) : the SHRM Learning System includes six modules to prepare students for the SHRM-Certified Professional and SHRM Senior Certified Professional exams.

Modules reflect the new HR practice and legislation in the SHRM Body of Knowledge and Experience. Following the 2-hour mandatory orientation, this 36-hour review course provides broad overview of HR management issues and core body of knowledge. $1040.00 / $1140.00 after 8/17/15; Member Feel: $965.00 / $1065.00 after 8/17/15 Mondays, 6-9 p.m.. 912478-5551. conted@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ ce/programs/professionaldevelopment/ shrmcert/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/.

Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Soul Progression Yoga In this practice of yoga, we use the asanas(postures) as an artistic expression of ourselves as we open our hearts, physically and energetically to set the foundation with an intention for having a more open heart in our daily life. This class offers a deeply rooted spiritual foundation integrating alignment techniques and enlightening messages woven throughout the practice. Open to all Levels Class Prices: Ongoing classes: $15 drop in. 5 Class card: $70 (3 month expiration) 10 Class card: $130 (4 month expiration) Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912-308-3410. yogamelynn@ gmail.com. branchesyoga.com/schedule/. branchesyoga.com. Branches Yoga Center, 242St.4 Drayton.

Thanksgiving Donation Class Joe Basler will be teaching this ALL LEVELS yoga class on Thanksgiving!

We’d be so grateful for you to join us, as all proceeds will go to LowCountry Down Syndrome Society. $10 recommmended donation (cash only) Thu., Nov. 26, 9-10 a.m. 912-232-2994. info@savannahyoga. com. savannahyoga.com/savannah-classschedule. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. continues on p. 42

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1 Comedian dubbed “The Entertainer” 7 Label in a folder 15 Singer Grande 16 Better than usual 17 Meter reader of sorts 18 Makeover, perhaps 19 Houdini, notably 21 Hall & Oates, e.g.

22 Dodeca-, quartered 23 “In ___ of flowers ...”

27 “Ugly Betty” actor Michael 29 They go through a slicer 34 Bike turners 37 Lucy Lawless TV role 38 Apprehend, as a criminal 39 Jupiter and Mars, among others 42 Great respect 45 “___ Your Enthusiasm” 46 Required 50 Show sadness 53 Work with a meter 54 “Twin Peaks” actor MacLachlan 55 Easter candy shape 58 Body scan, for short 59 Pie feature, or feature of this puzzle’s other four longest answers 65 Estate 68 More conceited

69 Tableware 70 Make public 71 Artists’ boards 72 Riata loops

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1 Confined 2 “A Little Respect” band 3 Round and flat in shape 4 “Rendezvous With ___” (Arthur C. Clarke book) 5 Hardly fitting 6 Certain chairmaker 7 “M*A*S*H” actor Jamie 8 “Like that’ll ever happen” 9 California city in a Creedence song 10 Two important ones are a week apart in December 11 Big name in chocolate 12 Bee-related prefix 13 Off-the-rack purchase, for short?

14 Suffix for north or south 20 Give help to 24 McKellen of the “Hobbit” films 25 Frat house H 26 Connector for a smart device 28 It may be pulled in charades 30 Adjective for Lamar Odom in recent headlines

31 Travel division 32 Privy to 33 Created 35 “Livin’ La Vida ___” (1999 hit) 36 Adult material 40 “We ___ Queen Victoria” 41 Aug. follower 42 Beseech 43 Word often seen near 42-Down 44 “Slippery” fish 47 Pizza Hut competitor 48 Mountain dog breed 49 Asylum seekers 51 Practice lexicography 52 Boxing arbiter 56 Like first names 57 ___SmithKline 60 Lie down for a while 61 “SVU” part 62 Running in neutral 63 Cold War news agency 64 Cosmetic surgery, briefly 65 Drill sergeant’s “one” 66 ___ moment’s notice 67 “Dumbo” frame

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

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

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

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

Chatham Sailing Club 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. Coastal Bead Society Coastal Bead Society monthly meetings, 12 noon on the third Friday of the Month at the Coastal Georgia Center, 303 Fahm Street, near SCAD. All beaders are welcome. ongoing. wyrnut18@gmail.com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Faith Based Business Networking Event - Savannah Our mission is to Grow, Encourage, Inspire, Ignite & Equip Christian Business owners on how to do business with a Kingdom mindset. We promote and celebrate excellence in the business arena while developing the future generations of leaders through Christian values, disciplines, honor, integrity and expression of skills. Register early before the event closes out and please share this event by inviting a guest.

Free first Tuesday of every month, 7:30-9 a.m. 912-257-6248. info@kbnalliance. com. https://eventbrite.com/e/christianbusiness-networking-event-savannahtickets-17883772846. Calvary Baptist Temple, 4625 Waters Ave. 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 42 Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road

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

Photographers of all levels are welcome! $35 per year first Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. 912-234-2571. alfie.wace@gmail.com. gnpa.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Historic Flight Savannah A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC, to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington. Call for info. ongoing. 912-5961962. 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.

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-308-6768.

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. 912344-5127. 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. 912-7487020. savannahnavyleague.us.

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, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. 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.

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

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 Meets second Monday of each month, 7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. ongoing. 912-429-0940. rws521@msn. com. vvasav.com.

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

Comedy

Comedy Night Join us for an evening of ice cream and laughter...the perfect combo for your Friday night! All ages welcome. Free Fridays, 8-10 p.m. craftbeercustard.com. Exit Strategy Icecreamists, 310 E Bay St. Odd Lot Improv An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” $5 Mondays, 8 p.m. musesavannah.org/. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Odd Lot Improv: On The Spot Mysteries Dinner Theatre Odd Lot is teaming up with the brilliant Chefs of Savannah Coffee Roasters to bring you a whole new dining experience.

The always surprising talent of Odd Lot will perform a fully interactive Friday night Murder Mystery while you dine on a delicious three course meal. Seating is at 6:30pm Friday nights. Reservations are strongly recommended. Four actors and three courses all for $40. It’s certain to be a night to remember. Great for groups, parties, or anyone who loves a good show. $40 Fridays, 6:30 p.m. justin@oddlot.org. oddlot. org. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

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 Ballet Toning Always wanted the body of a ballerina?

Well.. YOU CAN! Our class is designed to stretch, tone, and enhance your body to become healthier than ever. Join us and check out the calendar for dates to enroll. (this is apart of our fitness package of 10 classes for $80) $10.00 Mondays, 5 p.m.

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

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

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

Argentine Tango Wednesdays, 7 p.m. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Lessons Sundays 1:30-3;30pm. Open to the public. $3 per person. Wear closed toe leather shoes if possible. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 8511-h ferguson Ave. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-925-7416. savh_ tango@yahoo.com.

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

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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/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.

Basic Shag Lessons Every Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. 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. 7pm-8pm. Private classes and walk ins available. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. ongoing. 912-414-1091. info@ cybelle3.com. cybelle3.com.

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

VOTED BEST ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

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, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. 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.

Dance: Nutcracker Dancing toys, mischievous mice, and waltzing flowers dance to Tchaikovsky’s magical score when the South Carolina Ballet brings Nutcracker to the Savannah Civic Center. Treat your family to Savannah’s favorite holiday tradition for one night only on November 28. Sat., Nov. 28, 5:30 p.m. savannahcivic.com.

The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. Dance Party Dance on Thursdays at 8pm--fun, friendship, and dancing. Free for Savannah Ballroom students. $10 for visitors ($15 for couples). free - $15 Thursdays, 8 p.m. 912335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

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. continues on p. 44

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

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

Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

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

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

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

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

Kids Hip Hop and Jazz Mondays, 6 p.m. salondebailedancestudio. com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Kids/Youth Dance Class Kids Group class on various Ballroom and Latin dances. Multiple teachers. Ages 4-17 currently enrolled in the program. Prepares youth for social and/or competitive dancing. $15/person Saturdays, 10 a.m. 912-3353335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

LaBlast Dance Fitness Created by world renowned dancer and ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” professional, Louis Van Amstel, LaBlast uniquely combines a wide variety of ballroom dance styles and music genres. Do the Cha Cha Cha, Disco, Jive, Merengue, Salsa and

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

new trends a permanent part of your routine.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

The Pekingese is a breed of dog that has been around for over 2,000 years. In ancient China, it was beloved by Buddhist monks and emperors’ families. Here’s the legend of its origin: A tiny marmoset and huge lion fell in love with each other, but the contrast in their sizes made union impossible. Then the gods intervened, using magic to make them the same size. Out of the creatures’ consummated passion, the first Pekingese was born. I think this myth can serve as inspiration for you, Taurus. Amazingly, you may soon find a way to blend and even synergize two elements that are ostensibly quite different. Who knows?

You may even get some divine help.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

Are you willing to dedicate yourself fully to a game whose rules are constantly mutating? Are you resourceful enough to keep playing at a high level even if some of the other players don’t have as much integrity and commitment as you? Do you have confidence in your ability to detect and adjust to ever-shifting alliances? Will the game still engage your interest if you discover that the rewards are different from what you thought they were? If you can answer yes to these questions, by all means jump all the way into the complicated fun!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Author Virginia Woolf wrote this message to a dear ally: “I sincerely hope I’ll never fathom you. You’re mystical, serene, intriguing; you enclose such charm within you.

The luster of your presence bewitches me . . . the whole thing is splendid and voluptuous and absurd.” I hope you will have good reason to whisper sweet things like that in the coming weeks, Gemini. You’re in the Season of Togetherness, which is a favorable time to seek and cultivate interesting kinds of intimacy. If there is no one to whom you can sincerely deliver a memo like Woolf’s, search for such a person.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

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constriction that you have outgrown? If so, get help.

“We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange,” wrote novelist Carson McCullers. “As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.” I’m guessing that these days you’re feeling that kind of homesickness, Aries. The people and places that usually comfort you don’t have their customary power. The experiences you typically seek out to strengthen your stability just aren’t having that effect. The proper response, in my opinion, is to go in quest of exotic and experimental stimuli. In ways you may not yet be able to imagine, they can provide the grounding you need. They will steady your nerves and bolster your courage.

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Samba set to everything from pop and rock to hip-hop and country – and burn fat and blast calories! No experience and no partner necessary. $15.00 drop in or 10 classes for $80.00 Mondays, 6-7 p.m. and Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m. 912.312.3549. reservetodance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Line Dancing Take down Tuesdays. Jazzy Sliders Adult Line Dancing, every Tuesday, 7:30pm-10:00pm. Free admission, cash bar.

Come early and learn a new dance from 7:30pm-8:30pm. ongoing. doublesnightclub. com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St.

Some people are so attached to wearing a favorite ring on one of their fingers that they never take it off. They love the beauty and endearment it evokes. In rare cases, years go by and their ring finger grows thicker. Blood flow is constricted. Discomfort sets in. And they can’t remove their precious jewelry with the lubrication provided by a little olive oil or soap and water. They need the assistance of a jeweler who uses a small saw and a protective sheath to cut away the ring. I suspect this may be an apt metaphor for a certain situation in your life, Cancerian. Is it? Do you wonder if you should free yourself from a pretty or sentimental

“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted,” wrote Leo author Aldous Huxley. That’s the bad news. The good news is that in the coming weeks you are less likely to take things for granted than you have been in a long time. Happily, it’s not because your familiar pleasures and sources of stability are in jeopardy. Rather, it’s because you have become more deeply connected to the core of your life energy.

You have a vivid appreciation of what sustains you. Your assignment: Be alert for the eternal as it wells up out of the mundane.

In their quest to collect nectar, honeybees are attuned to the importance of proper timing. Even if flowering plants are abundant, the quality and quantity of the nectar that’s available vary with the weather, season, and hour of the day. For example, dandelions may offer their peak blessings at 9 a.m., cornflowers in late morning, and clover in mid-afternoon. I urge you to be equally sensitive to the sources where you can obtain nourishment, Virgo.

Arrange your schedule so you consistently seek to gather what you need at the right time and place.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

I suspect your body has been unusually healthy and vigorous lately. Is that true? If so, figure out why. Have you been taking better care of yourself? Have there been lucky accidents or serendipitous innovations on which you’ve been capitalizing? Make these new trends a permanent part of your routine. Now I’ll make a similar observation about your psychological well-being. It also seems to have been extra strong recently. Why? Has your attitude improved in such a way as to generate more positive emotions?

Have there been fluky breakthroughs that unleashed unexpected surges of hope and good cheer? Make these

From the dawn of civilization until 1995, humans cataloged about 900 comets in our solar system. But since then, we have expanded that tally by over 3,000. Most of the recent discoveries have been made not by professional astronomers, but by laypersons, including two 13-yearolds. They have used the Internet to access images from the SOHO satellite placed in orbit by NASA and the European Space Agency. After analyzing the astrological omens, I expect you Sagittarians to enjoy a similar run of amateur success. So trust your rookie instincts. Feed your innocent curiosity. Ride your raw enthusiasm.

Whether or not you are literally a student enrolled in school, I suspect you will soon be given a final exam. It may not happen in a classroom or require you to write responses to questions. The exam will more likely be administered by life in the course of your daily challenges.

The material you’ll be tested on will mostly include the lessons you have been studying since your last birthday.

But there will also be at least one section that deals with a subject you’ve been wrestling with since early in your life -- and maybe even a riddle from before you were born.

Since you have free will, Capricorn, you can refuse to take the exam. But I hope you won’t. The more enthusiastic you are about accepting its challenge, the more likely it is that you’ll do well.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

For $70,000 per night, you can rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for your big party. The price includes the right to rename the streets while you’re there. You can also create a temporary currency with a likeness of you on the bills, have a giant rendition of your favorite image carved into the snow on a mountainside, and preside over a festive medieval-style parade. Given your current astrological omens, I suggest you consider the possibility. If that’s too extravagant, I hope you will at least gather your legion of best friends for the Blowout Bash of the Decade.

It’s time, in my opinion, to explore the mysteries of vivid and vigorous conviviality.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Are you available to benefit from a thunderbolt healing?

Would you consider wading into a maelstrom if you knew it was a breakthrough in disguise? Do you have enough faith to harvest an epiphany that begins as an uproar?

Weirdly lucky phenomena like these are on tap if you have the courage to ask for overdue transformations. Your blind spots and sore places are being targeted by life’s fierce tenderness. All you have to do is say, “Yes, I’m ready.”

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Dance classes - hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step. Modeling and acting classes. All ages/levels welcome.

Call Mahogany for info. ongoing. 912-2728329.

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

Salsa Lessons by Salsa Savannah Tues. 8pm-9pm and 9pm-10pm. Thur.

8pm-9pm and 9pm-10pm. Sun. 5pm-6pm and 6pm-7pm. Salon de Maile, 704B Hodgson Memorial Dr., Savannah, 31406.

Tuesdays.. salsasavannah.com.

Salsa Night Come and shake it to the best latin grooves and bachata the night away in Pooler where it’s cooler. Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m. 912988-1052. medi.tavern314@gmail.com.

Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way. Savannah Shag Club Wednesdays, 7pm,at Doubles Lounge.

Fridays, 7pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Savannah Swing Cats--Swing Dancing ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Sizzle: Dance and Cardio A class designed to maintain that summer body by dancing and having fun.

Incorporates dance and cardio to fun, spicy songs. $10 drop in or 10 classes for $80 Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. 912312-3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

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$8 Community Yoga Classes Savannah Power Yoga offers a community yoga class nearly every day of the week for just $8. All proceeds support local organizations. See schedule online for details. Most classes are heated to 90 degrees. Bring a yoga mat, towel and some water. $8 Mondays-Fridays, Sundays. (912) 349-2756. info@savannahpoweryoga. com. savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com/. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd. 5Rhythms A moving meditation. A path to higher vibration. A spiritual practice for some. A workout for others. With limited guidance and an eclectic mix of music, each person moves through the 5 rhythms of: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness. In this practice the “energy” of these rhythms is explored through each persons authentic way of moving. There is no right or wrong way and no steps to follow. No experience is needed. Led by Dana Danielson.

First Thursday of every month. Sign up at savannahyogabarre.com or simply show up. ongoing. danadanielson.com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive. $8 Community Meditation Classes Join us for breath work, guided meditation,

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

912-349-2756. savannahpoweryoga.com/.

Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd. Al-Anon Family Groups An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. The message of Al-Anon is one of strength and hope for friends/family of problem drinkers. Al-Anon is for adults. Alateen is for people age 13-19.

Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. check website or call for info. ongoing.

912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com.

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

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

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

Personal training options available. See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. ongoing. beastmodefitnessga.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. Beginning Pole Fitness Pole fitness is a fun and flirty way to get in shape! Taught by Pole Dance America National Professional Champion Sabrina Madsen, you’ll learn the basics of pole dance in a safe and welcoming environment. Gain strength, balance and confidence. Beginner Classes are open to all shapes and sizes and are for ladies only (men welcome at our Intermediate Class). $25 for drop-in or $100 for a package of 5 classes Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. 801.673.6737. info@firstcityfitness.com. firstcityfitness. com/pole-fitnessparties.html. First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr.

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Today’s Faery Fortune Cookie: Relax and Carry On find common ground and focus on our common goals. psychicyourpalerin@gmail.com 6. The time has come to release old ideas www.yourpalerin.com based in hatred and fear that no longer serve us.

THE WEEKS following 9/11 were a hard 7. Balance is essential to our wellbeing time to be a comedian. The clubs were and well within our control. When feeling nearly empty and the crowds were at the mercy of outside influences, we are tough. We weren’t in a laughing mood. called to balance the situation by focusing Nobody dared criticize President on our inner calm.

Bush or his policies, other than Marc 8. This card reminds us to check in with Maron (who did so vociferously and ourselves when we are feeling angry or was not appreciated). Even so, we were upset. Expressing these emotions honunited in our grief over the loved ones estly and respectfully will also help us to we lost in the buildings that fell. regain our balance.

The days following the Paris attack 9. When we feel ourselves getting sick, have been an even harder time to be an it is our bodies’ way of reminding us to optimist. The Internet is overflowing with strife. Everyone is pointing fingers be more gentle and loving with ourselves and picking sides. Who knew an act that and others. Physical illness is a direct result of the blocked love and nurturclaimed a fraction of the lives that were ing that was previously mentioned in the lost at the World Trade Center could be third card. exponentially divisive?

10. Blocked creativity is another side Seeing the forest for the trees, I want effect of all this warring energy. This nothing more than to pick up where we makes sense, as war is the opposite of left off last week and write about the importance of loving our enemies in the creation. When we are feeling angry and face of their hatred. But no one seems to overwhelmed, we can help ourselves feel better by creating more art and beauty. be in the mood.

So this week I’ll let the Faeries’ Oracle Taking time out to play is another way to heal illness in our bodies.

Cards do the talking. Here is a 15-card 11. When it comes to being patient with reading to inspire those of us who are ourselves others, remember that everyfeeling at the mercy of these troubling one is doing the best we can at any given times: moment. Be sure to ask ourselves gently, honestly how we can do better.

1. The first card in our reading tells of 12. When feeling afraid, remember that mental irritation and petty quarrels for love is the opposite of fear. Make peace argument’s sake. with our fears by asking ourselves what 2. This card represents the light at the we are really afraid of and being lovingly end of the tunnel. We’re not quite there honest when we answer. yet, but don’t lose hope. The light is not lost and no storm, no matter how tumul- 13. Jackpot! Joy and success are ours after a period of struggle. The struggle is worth tuous, can last forever. it. Peace and calm are growing.

3. Our innate instincts of love, nurturing and generosity are blocked. This card 14. Currently, there is an imbalance of energy, tending towards aggression and asks us to ask ourselves what we can do violence towards others. We are being to free these blocked energies. called to give careful and prayerful con4. We are currently operating from a faulty viewpoint based in defensiveness, sideration as to how this energy can be rechanneled into its naturally creative denial and difficulty. It is time for us to and protective mode. back off from our current emotional 15. Holy auspicious beginnings, Batman! entanglements and look at things anew.

5. The Unity Card is calling on us to You couldn’t ask for a better omen. Trust remember that we are all one. It encour- the process and tend to the details. Bless ages us to focus on resolving our inner the growth as it happens. conflicts rather than trying to change the opinions of others. It reminds us to Curious to see the cards? Stop on by www. yourpalerin.com and look for them in the Ghost Dog Diaries section.

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Blue Water Yoga Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm.

Fri., 9:30am-10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol.com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. Core Pilates This fun and challenging Pilates class will tone your entire body while focusing on building core strength. Betsy HunterHughes is at your service every MonWed-Fri 9:45 at Savannah Yoga Barre. $15 drop-in or class pass Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 9:45-10:45 a.m. 912200-4809. info@savannahyogabarre.com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 East Victory Drive.

Fitness Classes at the JEA Sin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for schedule. ongoing. 912-3558811. savj.org. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

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

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

Free Yoga for Cancer Patients St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Center for WellBeing offers Free Yoga for Cancer Patients every Monday from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. in Candler’s Heart & Lung Building, Suite 100. The very gentle movements and breath work in this class will give you much needed energy, it will make your body feel better, and it will give you a mental release. This class is free to cancer patients. Mondays, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

912-819-8800. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Functional Training Class Celebrate fall with a Saturday morning workout class. All levels welcome. A smooth mix of cardio and strengthening exercises.

We’re Hiring!

The Effingham Herald is expanding our outside sales department! So, we’re looking for the right person with the right attitude to work with customers throughout Effingham County on their sales and marketing needs.

The person we are looking for must be a self-starter who enjoys meeting new people, who likes to help customers grow their own customer base, who is cheerful and engaging, who can handle the occasional rejection and quickly move on to the next success story. And yes, you must have your own reliable transportation but we’ll pay you a mileage allowance to help pay for your gas, upkeep and wear and tear on your car. And we’ll provide you a cell phone allowance, too. Many fringe benefits – too many to list here!

And by the way, we’ll pay you well, too. We’ll pay you a salary plus a commission because you deserve to be financially rewarded for your hard work – even over and above the personal satisfaction you will find in the appreciation of your loyal customers.

The Effingham Herald has served Effingham County for more than 100 years and we’re the official newspaper for Effingham County. Week in and week out, we deliver far more local news than any other media outlet. And you’ll represent Effingham Living Magazine, the glossy quarterly magazine that presents warm and entertaining stories about Effingham County and its people.

Come join our team! Not only can you provide our customers the best in print advertising, but we are the digital experts for both digital advertising and digital services in this area.

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All applications are welcome, but we would prefer to hire locally. You are welcome to send me an email with your resume and cover letter telling me why you would be the best choice for this job. Mail is fine, too – but no phone calls please.

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Joe McGlamery Regional Vice President Morris Multimedia, Inc. joe@morrisnews.com 586 South Columbia Avenue, Suite 13 Rincon, GA 31326

Call Kara 912-667-0487 if interested. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Dude’s Day at Savannah Climbing Coop Thursdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Thursday men climb for half price, $5. See website for info. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m.

912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W Victory Dr. Happy Hour Boot Camp Classes Amanda Jessop, certified strength and conditioning specialist, teaches classes for those who enjoy challenging and fun workouts and have goals to lose weight, tone up, or get in shape for the new year. Different packages available: Classes start out at $8 Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.. 832-470-2257. amanda@channelyourinnerathlete.com. channelyourinnerathlete.com/work-with-me/ sports-conditioning-boot-camp/. Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West.

Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and street strider rentals. Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am10pm. Call or see website. ongoing.

912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/ SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/ skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

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

Living Smart Fitness Club St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center offer the Living Smart Fitness Club, which is an exercise program to encourage healthy lifestyle changes. On Mondays and Wednesdays the classes are held at the John S. Delaware Center. On Tuesdays, the classes are held at the center, at 1910 Abercorn Street. Classes include Zumba (Tuesdays) and Hip-Hop low impact aerobics with cardio and strengthening exercises (Mondays/Wednesdays).

Mondays, Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m. 912-447-6605.

Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. Mommy and Baby Yoga Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. ongoing. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Nonstop Fitness Spin Class Join us every Thursday at 5:30pm for Spin.

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

Pickle Run 2015 5k beach & road run to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire. Starts & ends at Huc-a-poos.

Registration begins at 7 am, run begins at 8 am. $25/$30 day-of Sat., Nov. 28, 7-11 a.m.

912-308-8820. larahall@live.com. https:// facebook.com/ThePickleRun. hucapoos. com/. Huc-A-Poo’s, 1213 US Hwy. 80 East.

Pilates Classes Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates. com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. Pregnancy Yoga Ongoing series of 6-week classes.

Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga. com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Pregnancy Yoga Classes Pregnancy is a transitional time when many physical and emotional changes take place. Pregnancy Yoga is about honoring these changes in ourselves, our body and our baby. Yoga strengthens the rapidly changing body and increases the ability to relax, and helps to prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and motherhood.

Pregnancy Yoga classes are offered as a 6 week session on Thursday evenings from 6pm – 7:15 pm. The class is suitable for all stages of pregnancy and no prior yoga experience is necessary. $120 - six week session Thursdays. 912-704-7650. ann@ douladeliveries.com. douladeliveries.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Qigong Simple meditation in motion. Done standing.

Tuesday evening @ St. Thomas Episcopal, Isle of Hope. 5.45pm. Balance, Breath, Calm.

Taught by Tricia Richardson. 658-5592.

Tuesdays. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 St. Thomas Ave. Qigong Classes Qigong exercises contribute to a healthier and longer life. Classes offer a time to learn the exercises and perform them in a group setting. Class length averages 60 min. Any level of practice is welcome. $15 ongoing. qigongtim.com/.

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

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

Rock’n Body Fitness Bootcamp Ultimate outdoor power workout! Group physical training program conducted by former military personnel. Build strength and fitness through a variety of intense group intervals lasting approx.

45 minutes. First Class FREE MondaysFridays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 912-675-0952. rocknbodyfitnessbootcamp@gmail.com. rocknbodyfitnessbootcamp.com. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave.

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3BR/1BA, just renovated. Kitchen furnished, carport. Yard great for garden & BBQ’s. $785/month plus deposit. No Section 8. Call 912234-0548 743 E. Henry - Unit A Downstairs 3BR/2BA, LR, Kitchen with appliances, Central H&A, W/D hookups, off-street parking. $975/Rent, $925/Deposit.

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1218 E. 69TH STREET: 5BR/3BA. Large house, Central heat/air.

Great for 2 families, roommates or daycare. No pets. $1,000/month.

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*111 Ventura Blvd. $975 2 BEDROOM *1227 E. Anderson $775 (Completely remodeled) APT/CONDO 3 BEDROOM 139 Cypress Point Dr. $1185 10914 A Queen Ann Ct $850 2 BEDROOMS 103 Windsor Crossing $725 10910 D Queen Ann Ct $650 631-1/2 35th $650 1130 E. 53rd St. $595 ONE BEDROOM 312-A Lawton Ave. $675 (incl. water) FOR DETAILS & PICTURES VISIT OUR WEB PAGE WWW.PAMTPROPERTY.COM Pam T Property 692-0038

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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.

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.

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SHARED LIVING: Fully Furnished Apts. $170 weekly. No deposit. All utilities included.

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Roommate Wanted 624 MONTGOMERY STREET. Downtown. Furnished, all utilities. Clean, quiet, nice room on bus line. $140 & Up per week. email: sscott1224.ss@gmail.com LARGE, Furnished Room for Rent. Utilities included, washer/ dryer usage, shared kitchen & bath. No drugs. No pets. Must be employed; Mature. 912-441-6105 for info.

ROOMMATE WANTED: Single, Mature Individual.

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Central heat/ air, cable, washer/dryer. $585/ Monthly; $280/security deposit, No lease. Immediate occupancy.

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

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ROOMS FOR RENT FOR ALL TYPES OF ADULT LIVING: $150 weekly.

MASONRY REPAIR No deposit. Furnished rooms. Brick, Block, Concrete, Stucco, All utilities included. Call 912- Brick Paving, Grading, Clearing, etc., New & Repair Work. Call 844-5995 Michael Mobley, 912-631-0306

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