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Wednesday / 4 Film: The Challenge

Darren McGavin as a Vietnam veteran who is sent to a deserted island to represent his country in a one-one-on duel with a soldier from an unnamed Asian country.

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

Poverty Simulation

Seafood Fest

Jazz at the Beach

Throw on your flip flops and your Jimmy Buffett best, grab the entire family and get ready for a weekend of great live music and the area’s freshest seafood from the restaurants that locals love. Enjoy live music throughout the weekend.

River Street, River St. Free and open to the public

Enjoy jazz with Laiken Williams and the Fellowship of Love. Proceeds benefit the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus.

2-5 p.m North Beach Grill, 33 Meddin Dr. $40

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SCAD Sand Arts Festival FRI / 6

Spend the day on Tybee Island’s picturesque North Beach and watch in awe as elaborate creations rise from the sand. Enjoy the picture-perfect setting and cheer on your favorite SCAD artists. Just make sure to get there before the tide comes in.

North Beach, Tybee Island.

Step Up hosts about four simulations a year, which are open to the public. Step Up also occasionally coordinates simulations by special request.

1-4:30 p.m South University, 709 Mall Blvd.

Free 912-232-6747. stepupsavannah.org/

State of Small Business Conference

Ten area experts that will have three minutes each to present their information on measurable benchmarks relating to Savannah’s small business community.

11 a.m.-1 p.m Trade Center, 1 International Dr. Free

Thursday / 5 Savannah Preservation Festival

Programming includes HSF Preservation Awards luncheon, a free opening lecture and reception, a wine tasting and home tour and block party on Broughton Street. Tix and info visit myHSF.org.

May 5-7 Downtown Savannah.

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Attendees of the Scottish Games will be able to fully immerse themselves in deeply rooted Scottish culture through arts, entertainment, and traditional Scottish ale and food. This year’s event will feature entertainment by Stewart & Winfield and The Accomplices.

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. $10, free for children 10 and under savannahscottishgames.com

Art Rise Savannah is excited to announce the MEGA ART MARCH, a new spin on the 51st First Friday Art March event. The MEGA Art March will span the entire downtown area from River Street to Victory Drive and starts an hour earlier, at 5pm, to make sure that you can see as much local artwork as possible. This month features of 34 locations, far more than we’ve had before, as well as two trolleys from Old Savannah Tours to help connect the Starland District to Broughton Street.

5 a.m.-9 p.m. rain or shine Free and open to the public artmarchsavannah.com

Re-Ribbon Cutting of National Historic Landmark District

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the designation of Savannah’s National Historic Landmark District.

4 p.m Columbia Square, Habersham and East President Streets.

Yom HaShoah Holocaust Observance Day

Hear Holocaust survivor Manuela Mendels Bornstein discuss her experience.

7-9 p.m JEA, 5111 Abercorn St.

Film: Tommy

This 1975 British film is based on the Who’s 1969 rock opera “Tommy.”

7:30 p.m Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street. $5 suggested donation

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Friday / 6 Concert: The Honeycutters

A voice that leads the new music movement erupting out of Asheville.

8 p.m Mars Theatre, 109 S. Laurel Street. $25

hFilm: Psycho .Tribute to the undisputed maestro of the cinema suspense thriller, Alfred Hitchcock.

8 p.m Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $7

Film: Touch of Evil

pCelebrate Orson Welles’ 101st birthday in strue noir style. Featuring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, and a late appearance by Marlene Dietrich, Touch of Evil is a stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. Followed by a post show Q&A. 8 p.m Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. savannahboxoffice.com n

First Friday Art March

Galleries, restaurants, boutiques and more. Free Trolley transportation, Indie Arts Market, and Kids Art Activities.

6-9 p.m Art Rise Savannah, 2427 Desoto Ave. Free

First Friday Fireworks

Celebrate with First Friday Fireworks, presented by Wet Willie’s.

Rousakis Plaza, River St.

First Friday for Folk Music

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

Daniel Nickels and Chris Desa 7:30 p.m First Presbyterian, 520 Washington Ave. $5 donation

Illustration Expo

The Graduate Illustration Club at SCAD hosts this expo, an annual illustration exhibit and sale by students and alumni.

10 a.m.-4 p.m Poetter Hall (SCAD), 342 Bull Street.

SCAD Sand Arts Festival

Spend the day on Tybee’s North Beach and watch as elaborate creations rise from the sand. Just make sure to get there before the tide comes in.

10 a.m.-4 p.m North Beach, Tybee Island.

Seafood Fest

Throw on your flip flops and your Jimmy Buffett best, grab the entire family and get ready for a weekend of great live music and the area;s freshest seafood from the restaurants that locals love.

May 6-7 River Street, River St. Free and open to the public

Theatre: Calendar Girls

The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble presents this poignant comedy about Annie and Chris’ venture to create a fundraising calendar and the strain that their fame puts on their friendship.

8 p.m.

Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $20-$15

Theatre: Stepping Out

The Tybee Arts Association presents this comedy by Richard Harris.

7:30 p.m.

Black Box Theater, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Tybee tybeearts.org

Tybee Lighthouse Sunset Tour

Unique opportunity to experience the lighthouse after hours on a small private tour that includes a climb to the top. Children 12 and under not allowed. 90 minutes.

Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. $25 912-786-5801

Saturday / 7 Derby in the Garden

Watch the greatest two minutes in sports at second annual Kentucky Derby party at The Brice. Derby fare cooked by Pacci’s Chef Dusty Grove and music from Georgia Kyle. Benefits First Tee of Savannah and American Diabetes Association.

3-7 p.m The Brice, 601 East Bay Street.

Grandstand $50, Jockey Club $65

Concert: Sideline

All front and center, main stage bluegrass.

8 p.m Randy Wood Guitars, 1304 East Hwy. 80. $20

Film: Forrest Gump

Filmed in Savannah, and one of the highest-grossing films of all time.

8 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $9 continues on p. 6

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Film: The Birds

Tribute to the undisputed maestro of the cinema suspense thriller, Alfred Hitchcock 4 & 8 p.m Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $7

Forsyth Farmers Market

Local and regional produce,.

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

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Low-cost pet vaccinations, heartworm testing, low-cost micro-chip. Benefits Islands High Veterinary Science program.

11 a.m.-3 p.m Publix (Whitemarsh), 4717 Hwy. 80 East

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9 a.m.-4:30 p.m Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. $10, free 10 and under savannahscottishgames.com

Theatre: Calendar Girls

Comedy about Annie and Chris’ venture to create a fundraising calendar.

8 p.m.

Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $20-$15

Enjoy local contemporary art, and meet some of the artists and art groups making Theatre: Stepping Out and promoting art in the community.

The Tybee Arts Association presents this 1-4 p.m comedy by Richard Harris.

Jepson Center, 207 West York St. 7:30 p.m.

Gardening Session Black Box Theater, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Tybee Kerry Shay, an organic farmer and owner tybeearts.org of landscaping company Victory Gardens, Sunday / 8 provides free instruction. First and third Saturday of every month.

Film: North By Northwest 8:30-9:30 a.m Tribute to the undisputed maestro of the Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. cinema suspense thriller, Alfred Hitchcock.

Free and open to the public 4 & 7 p.m Jazz at the Beach Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn.

Laiken Williams and the Fellowship $7 of Love. Proceeds benefit Savannah Savannah Children’s Choir Spring Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus.

Concert 2-5 p.m The children, with help from some North Beach Grill, 33 Meddin Dr. hometown name musicians, will fill your $40 Mother’s Day with songs that take you Kentucky Derby Party home.

Pegasus Riding Academy hosts this 3 p.m fundraiser with light southern fare and Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. libations. $10-$25 4-7:30 p.m Theatre: Calendar Girls bar.food, 4523 Habersham St. Comedy about Annie and Chris’ venture to $15 create a fundraising calendar.

Make a Splash Day 3 p.m.

Kayaking, snorkeling, pool games, a Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. water slide and a lifeguard demo. Pre$20-$15 registration is required. Call the Aquatic Theatre: Stepping Out Center at 912-652-6793 to register. Bring The Tybee Arts Association presents this towels, swim suit, goggles, and shoes. comedy by Richard Harris.

9 a.m.-noon 3 p.m.

Aquatic Center, 7240 Sallie Mood Dr. Black Box Theater, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Tybee Free tybeearts.org

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This comic book convention will have all things Geektastic.

11 a.m.-7 p.m Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. $10 retromegacomiccon.com

Monday / 9 Rising Tides: The Invisible and Inevitable Impact On Our Coast

Join Emergent Savannah for this Monday Means Community event. Featured guests will include Dr. Clark Alexander, Resident Faculty of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Mayor Jason Buelterman of Tybee Island.

7 p.m The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Free and open to the public

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A Landmark looks at 50

by Jim Morekis

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FIFTY YEARS AGO, Savannah’s historic downtown was declared a National Landmark District by the National Park Service.

It was by no means the first effort to preserve our historic district. That began in 1955, with the effort to save the Davenport House from demolition and the subsequent establishment of Historic Savannah Foundation.

But the Landmark District designation codified that preservation effort in the most real possible way.

Most importantly, it laid the foundation for Savannah’s status today as a global destination city, attracting visitors and new residents from all over the world.

Gen. James Oglethorpe’s plan began with six wards, each with a public square, flanked on east and west by trust lots for public buildings, and residential lots on the north and south sides.

Some will mention that the squares were for defense and military drills, and that contains some truth. But mostly they were intended to provide a sense of community, egalitarianism, and mutual reliance in what was at the time a frontier.

The plan was replicated in the southward expansion of Savannah in the 1800s, ultimately creating 24 squares from the Savannah River to Gaston Street.

This concept is still considered one of the great ideas in urban planning. And all you have to do to enjoy it and see its genius is…. to walk around.

The 1966 Landmark designation will be remembered and celebrated this Thursday afternoon with a “Re-Ribbon Cutting,” featuring elected officials and representatives

from the National Park Service, City of Savannah, Chatham County, MPC, Visit Savannah, SCAD, Savannah Technical College and Historic Savannah Foundation.

Fittingly, the 4 p.m. event happens in Columbia Square, overlooked by the Davenport House itself.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with industry, manufacturing, and seaports, all of which also helped lay the foundation for our economic success.

But if you want to see what happens when a historic city almost exactly like Savannah turns itself over completely to industrial and shipping interests, drive about an hour south to Brunswick, Ga. There are a lot of nice people in Brunswick, which was also founded by Oglethorpe, with a similar town plan centering on squares, with similar access to shipping lanes.

But it’ll be a short trip, because there’s not much to see or do, and not very many jobs if you decide to stay.

Brunswick was never as big or as powerful as Savannah, so it’s not an apples to apples comparison. But if they had preserved their historic downtown in similar fashion to us, more people would stop there instead of driving on past its boarded-up streets and shuttered strip malls to points beyond, north or south.

Ironically, today the biggest threat to Savannah’s Landmark Historic District isn’t what we thought it would be.

The goose that laid the golden egg is in danger of being crushed by its own egg.

Today, one of Savannah’s main issues is the struggle to find a balance between accommodating the numbers of tourists we attract, and the quality of life and slow pace that make Savannah so attractive to visitors and residents in the first place.

I’ve been writing about this struggle for years, and it usually plays out the same way: Any criticism of a new development of some type is called “nay-saying,” and the critic—whether myself or someone else—is called a “hater,” or “insular,” or “old-fashioned,” or whatever.

Speaking from my perspective as editor of this publication, you already have numerous media outlets to choose from if mindless boosterism and cheerleading is what you want. You can gorge yourself on a steady diet of that elsewhere.

Our role here as the community’s independent alt-weekly is to be a watchdog at the grassroots level, and at the grassroots level one of the main concerns is that Savannah often sells its character short in order to do what some people think makes it more attractive to outsiders.

Some of this is just part and parcel of economic development.

Some of this is because there is inadequate oversight.

Part of our job here is to be able to tell the difference between the two.

Speaking from my perspective as a parttime writer of tourist guidebooks, killing tourism is the last thing I want.

But maintaining a unique community character and quality of life is also good business. It gives the tourist industry something distinctive and worthwhile to sell into the future.

For the vast majority of us who sometimes cast a skeptical eye toward new highdollar development, the goal isn’t to shut down all new development.

It’s simply to maintain the balance which has always been Savannah’s strong point.

As the National Park Service, Historic Savannah Foundation, and others recognized half a century ago.

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Ride on for MS

By Jessica Leigh Lebos

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What would you do if a doctor told you that you’d be in a wheelchair in ten years?

That is, after you knocked over the brochure display and those jars of giant Q-tips and yelled until your throat stung?

What if you were given a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, a disease that erodes the This Sunday, Tamara Feldman leaves Savannah for a 2500 mile sojourn atop her horse, Bow (her dog, Chumley, will ride behind in the Jeep) to protective covers around your nerves until raise awareness for multuple sclerosis. All proceeds from And So I Ride benefit MS research. Photo by Stan Mcgriff your legs and eyes and brain stop workwhen she played her electric guitar. and he manning the video camera, driving ing, a deteriorative neurological condition doctor pointed at an MRI showing more “It was like I’d stuck my finger in a the Jeep-hauled trailer and handling logisfor which there is no cure, one that can lay than a dozen lesions on your brain and socket,” she describes. tics. At night, the two shoot music videos in dormant for years then flare at any time or spine, you’d tell MS to go screw itself and “I use lot of pedals, so I thought I was the light of the Jeep’s headlamps. the horse it rode in on. Moreover, you’d just slowly steal your strength day by day just shocking myself. But then it started “We’re just entertaining ourselves as we throw a saddle on that horse and ride it until you can’t remember what if felt like happening when I was just sitting down.” go. I just want us to make art,” says Tamara.

2500 miles to show it who’s boss. to run around a lake or pull weeds from The neurologist’s damning diagnosis She chose Savannah as her launch pad This Sunday, the 35 year-old actress the garden? You might head to bed, pull terrified her, especially since Tamara had for its fairy tale beauty and because it’s the and musician will saddle up her handthe covers up and eat ice cream until you been watching her sister struggle with MS terminus of historic Highway 80, which some quarter horse, Bow, and begin a exploded, and no one would blame you. for 15 years, losing her vision and ambuhappens to stretch all the way back to CaliOr, you might realize that dairy bingeing coast-to-coast sojourn from downtown latory capacity. But her sister’s hardcore fornia. The tiny posse plans to pick up part isn’t all that helpful. So you’d join the fight, Savannah to downtown Los Angeles. She of Route 66 as well, though in some places linking up with others seeking support and calls this personal response to MS And So cigarette and drug habits have surely contributed to her decline, and the already Bow’s safety will necessitate taking roads I Ride, and conceived the project to raise a cure. You’d find fortitude and counsel less traveled. research funds as well as dash some of the health-conscious Tamara went the oppoon how live well as part of the National site route, going all in with juice fasts, yoga After they leave the stables at Savannah myths about the often-but-not-always Multiple Sclerosis Society, and if you’re Historic Carriage Tours on Sunday, Stan feeling up to it, you’d show up to the annual debilitating disease that affects 2.3 million and meditation.

“I’ve been very L.A. about it,” she laughs. will cruise ahead to scout the night’s camp worldwide.

Georgia Chapter MS Walk around Dafas Tamara and Bow head out on Old LouThere’s must be something to such “Part of this is to counter the judgments fin Park, taking place this Saturday, May isville Road into the sunset. Depending Californication, because today Tamara is people have about MS,” explained the 7. If you’re feeling crappy, maybe you’d ambitious equestrian last week as she and clear-eyed and strong, hauling hay for Bow on her health and the weather, the odysdrag yourself there anyway, knowing that on her slight shoulders and editing her blog sey could take almost a year. But in spite left-hand man Stan McGriff prepared the empathy and positivity will buoy you from the shade of the camper she’s sharing of the looming specter of limited mobility, Bow for the open road at a rural campsite like nothing else could.

Tamara feels like she has plenty of time with Stan and her pup, Chumley. near Statesboro.

If you were told your muscles would stop before MS catches up with her.

She still has bad days, though. MS “When people hear you have it, they working sooner than later, you might elimi“It’s a slow-moving train,” she shrugs. thrives on exhaustion and stress, and treat you differently. But there are a lot of nate all the inessential bullshit from your “I see it coming, but I’m not going to let it life and start doing whatever it was you said people out there with MS who are running though riding Bow is her favorite activity marathons, having successful careers, and in the world, she’ll board him every couple deter me.” you really wanted to do with your time.

Tamara, Kim and others show us that navigating around their disease to achieve of weeks to fly back to L.A. and check in Maybe you’d sell everything and hitchhike it’s possible to live courageously and outrawith her doctor. Yet the same cheerful across America like local author Kim Evans their dreams.” geously with MS. They’re also reminders combination of creativity and tenacity Tamara is accustomed to dealing with did when she was diagnosed with MS 15 that has afforded her success in Hollywood of the wide-eyed truth that there’s a slowyears ago. Maybe like Kim, when you started judgment—along with answering the call moving train coming for you, me, for all has already carved the path for this epic needing a cane to get around, you’d sit at the of her dreams. At 20, she left her native endeavor. The cross-country trip is already of us, whether it’s disease or old age or an Kansas for the dangling carrot of HolSentient Bean every day and write a wonactual train.

100 percent funded and the equipment derful novel, The Bell Unrung, and when you lywood, where the petite brunette has So what would—what will—we do with either borrowed or paid for, so all donaworked steadily in the brutal entertainrealized you still had juice left, you’d start the precious juice we’ve got left? cs tions to And So I Ride go directly to Race ment industry, appearing in countless working on another book about your itinerto Erase MS, a research supergroup comcommercials, films and lots of TV, includant adventures. prised of the world’s top medical scientists. Learn more about Tamara’s journey at ing episodes of CSI, Gossip Girl and Dirty Maybe MS would light the fire under AndSoIRide.com.

While her relationship with Stan is Sexy Money. your tush to do stand-up comedy, paraRegister for the 10am May 7 Walk MS at Daffin purely platonic (he’s a production colShe also writes songs and performs chute out of a plane or spend every afterPark at facebook.com/MSSavannahGA music, and a year ago started to experience league of Tamara’s serious BF), they make noon at the beach, even in the rain.

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National Bike Month events abound locally celebrated on May 14 from 2-5 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Company with the fourth annual Matt’s Moon River Cruise.

Kohler was killed by a driver while riding his bike in Bloomingdale on July 26, 2012.

The event— which features a press conference, bike ride, and party in the Moon River beer garden featuring The Accomplices — is designed to raise awareness of roadway safety strategies and raise money for educational programs sponsored by Georgia Bikes! and SBC. Tickets are $20 and include a limited edition Matt’s Moon River Cruise T-shirt when purchased in advance online.

May 20 is National Bike to Work Day and SBC will offer free coffee from the Foundery Coffee Pub, and healthy treats from Enmarket and Beatnix Superfood and Juice Bar to bicycle commuters at the corner of Lincoln and Henry streets, starting at 7:30 a.m.

The fifth annual Pedal Medal Award Celebration, presented by SouthCoast Health, begins at 6:30 p.m. on May 26 at the Historic Savannah Foundation’s Kennedy Pharmacy. The event recognizes individuals who have made Savannah safer and friendlier for people who ride bikes.

This year’s Pedal Medal award recipient is Kristin Russell, owner of the Sentient Bean. Gordon Parks will be honored as SBC’s volunteer of the year. The event includes drinks, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction. Tickets are $50 and available on the SBC website.

Starting this month through the end of September, the National Bike Challenge

will encourage people to ride more often through friendly competition and the chance to win prizes. Participants track miles ridden through the challenge website and can form or join teams of coworkers, friends or classmates.

In addition to the National Bike Challenge, Brown has issued one of her own.

“I challenge everyone to try and replace two less-than-two-mile trips per week with a bicycle instead of a car,” she says.

“You’ll be surprised at how much more connected you feel to your community.” cs More information on Bike Month events in Savannah is available at bicyclecampaign.org/ events/category/national-bike-month-2016/ John is executive director of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign.

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“I want more people to try something new and to put their feet in someone

by John Bennett else’s shoes (or on someone else’s pedals),” john@bicyclecampaign.org Brown says. “For some people bicycling is a fun, elective way to get around — but MAY is Bike Month. But so is October, Feb- for many, it is their only mode of reliable ruary and July for Caila Brown. transportation. The first few miles can be She’s one of many Savannahians who an eye opening experience.” depend on bicycles as their primary means Brown is organizing the Savannah of transportation year round.

Bicycle Campaign’s largest celebration of Brown, the community manager at Bike Month to date, with events throughThincSavannah and chair of the Savannah out May. Bicycle Campaign board, became a fullFinding a dependable bike at a reasontime bike commuter four years ago after able price is the first step for many people the demise of her 1993 Nissan Pathfinder. who want to take advantage of cycling’s “The battery had been having issues for many benefits. On May 7, from 10 a.m. – 2, about 6 months and then it was broken p.m., SBC is holding a used bike sale at 1301 into,” she explains. “Rather than spend Lincoln St. Proceeds from the sale benmore than $2,000 to fix everything, I real- efit New Standard Cycles, a program that ized that I hadn’t needed a car in the past 6 reconditions donated bikes and gives them months. I didn’t really miss it.” to people who need affordable transportaShe sold the Pathfinder and never looked tion. Bike accessories and parts will also be back. available for purchase.

National Bike Month, sponsored by the “Let me tell you what I think of bicyLeague of American Bicyclists, is intended cling,” wrote Susan B. Anthony. “I think it to encourage people to voluntarily place has done more to emancipate women than themselves in the same situation the non- anything else in the world. It gives women functioning Nissan put Brown in 2012. a feeling of freedom and self-reliance.”

Organizations across the country plan In this spirit, SBC will host the fourth events and programs that make it easy to local observance of Cyclofemme, a worldtry cycling and, it’s hoped, choose to make wide event that celebrates the past, present bicycling a healthy part of their daily lives. and future of women in cycling. SavanExperimenting with commuting and nah’s Cyclofemme Ride will depart from transportational cycling helps people real- 1301 Lincoln St. at 2 p.m. on May 8. The ize getting around by bike is enjoyable, casual ride is suitable for people of all practical and economical. But Brown said ages and abilities. Helmets are strongly it also helps people see the need to improve encouraged. cycling infrastructure.

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The ability to dream

Movie star and motivational speaker David DeSanctis comes to Savannah

By Jessica Leigh Lebos

On the side, I do the Louisville Adaptive Rowing Club. And I work out every other day with my mom.

In 1951, a few kind-hearted Savannahians founded a local chapter of AMBUCS, the national service organization dedicated to supporting increased mobility and independence for those with disabilities.

Seventy five years later, the Savannah chapter of AMBUCS has helped thousands of local citizens through scholarships for physical and occupational therapy, the ingenious adaptive cycles called AMTRYKEs and a lively bowling league that brings more than 80 folks of different abilities out to the lanes every week.

The non-profit celebrates this distinguished anniversary on Wednesday, May 11 with a screening of When Hope Grows, an award-winning feature film about a down-and-out baseball player whose life is changed by a special friendship.

“I was just really moved by how the character became a better person through his relationships with one young man with different abilities,” says Savannah AMBUCS president Kevin Sheehan, who has seen the film twice.

The film stars David DeSanctis, one of the first actors with Down syndrome to play a leading role in an English-speaking film. Since When Hope Grows hit theaters last year, the 23 year-old DeSanctis has traveled the country championing the cause of inclusivity and sharing his infectious charm. He’ll be on stage to answer questions after the 7pm screening held at the Savannah Arts Academy auditorium (doors open at 6pm.)

DeSantis will also speak at the Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society (LDSS) annual Night of Champions on Thursday, May 12 at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa. A native of Louisville, KY, DeSanctis had us in stitches during a Facetime interview last week when he discussed his acting career, his aspirations and his romantic life.

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When did you first get bit by the acting bug?

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It started as a dream, when I was 11 years old. Back then, I wanted to become a voice actor, like in Beauty and the Beast and the Lion King. But when I was 15, I started watching more real people movies, like Spiderman and Batman, and I decided I wanted to become a real person actor instead of 10 being just a voice.

Well, directors look at everything, at your physique, the acting experiences and your personality. That’s the reason that doing sports and working out is extremely important. They want to put a nice, healthy person in the movies.

Well, I guess you ought to get used to nosy personal questions from reporters: Do you have a girlfriend?

David DeSanctis stars as Produce, a young man who inspires a former ball player to turn his life around in the film Where Hope Grows. He’ll host a Q&A at a screening Wednesday, May 11 to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of AMBUCS and appear at the Lowcountry Down Society’s Night Champions Thurs. May 12.

Even though your character, Produce, doesn’t have superhero powers like Spiderman, is he still kind of hero?

Yes! You don’t have to be a superhero to be a hero. You can just be yourself and use your mad skills.

What are your real life mad skills?

I’m working on being an inspiration to my nephews and nieces and other people.

When I speak at places, I do a speech that’s called “Be Inspired, Be Helpful, Be Grateful.”

What were the biggest challenges of being the film?

In the very beginning, it was hard to remember all the lines. I had to remember 130 lines! But after a week, I was nailing it.

Being there on the set all day was challenging, too. 12 to 14 hours a day, every day except Sunday. The thing I learned most was patience.

Do you want to do another movie?

Yes! I just recently had another audition for a film camp. My dad sent the audition tape to my agent who lives in Los Angeles, and she’s sending it to the people.

Acting is one of multiple aspirations and dreams that I have but there are other things out there that I want to do. One

of them make a reality TV show like [the Down syndrome docu-series] Born this Way on the A&E channel. I have a lot of ideas. I made a playlist about it: Born to Ride, Born to Drive…

I also want to do a cooking show called “Cooking with Dave.” I’d actually like to come up with my own cooking channel, but I don’t know how I can compete with the Food Network.

Another idea I have for a reality TV show about respecting the Golden Rule, to treat everyone as equal. I want to show how people with ADD, autism and Downs can be treated as a typical person. I want to call it “Disable the Label.”

What do you do when you’re not traveling?

I’ve had several jobs in the past. I worked at a locally-owned pizza place here in Louisville as a busser for about six years. I went to school at U of L, where I worked a newspaper job, at the Louisville Cardinal, two days a week picking up and delivering newspapers.

I also do five sports for the Special Olympics: Basketball, golf, bowling, flag football and softball.

For golf, I’m on the second level, and I partner with my dad. We went to the nationals with another team to represent the state of Kentucky. We came in third place for the delegation and eleventh place in the whole nation.

No. [leans in, whispers] But I do have a secret crush. McKaley Miller, who plays the daughter in When Hope Grows. She is so nice.

You know it’s not going to be secret anymore if you tell me.

I know [grins].

What’s the message you hope people get from you?

That everybody out there should be buddies. Brothers. Sisters. Friends. Meaning everyone should be doing fist bumps, or chest bumps, or high fives or side fives.

And other things that friends and buddies do when they see each other in their communities.

Also, go for you dreams. The sky is the endless limit, and we can do anything underneath. cs

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When: 7pm, Wed., May 11 Where: Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. Cost: $11 general, $20 reserved; discounts for whole row Tickets: savannahambucs.com

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Day of fun events at Bethesda features music, history, brews, and athletics by jim morekis jim@connectsavannah.com

WHILE SAVANNAH is better known to the outside world for its Irish heritage, Savannah’s Scottish heritage is much older and goes back to day one. Gen. James Oglethorpe had to adequately defend the new colony of Georgia against the Spanish to the south, and to do so he had many tough Highland Scottish veterans in his command.

“The Scots were instrumental in protecting the early colony of Georgia. There was the Battle of Bloody Marsh, which was won by Highland Scots. McIntosh County is named after a famous Scotsman,” says Scottish Games President Jackson Sherrill.

“Scots were integral to early Georgia history. Without them we wouldn’t be here today.”

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THE Savannah Scottish Games are the fourth oldest Scottish Games in the southeast. Over 20 Scottish clans from throughout the country will be represented at this Saturday’s 40th anniversary edition. The festivities kick off with a parade of clans entering the festival grounds at 9:30 a.m.

Entertainment includes music from The Accomplices, Stewart & Winfield, a Highland dance competition, Celtic ale from Asheville, N.C.’s Highland Brewery, and beer from Moon River Brewing in Savannah.

The popular Border Collie demonstrations will be held throughout the day in addition to a tent dedicated to Scottish folk storytelling.

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary, Savannah Scottish Games Founder Gordon Varnedoe and the Scottish Clan MacRae will be honored for their roles in the history of the games.

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THIS YEAR the games will feature Highland bagpipe demonstrations and Armored & Rapier combat.

Traditional heavy athletic events such as the Caber Toss and Hammer Throw will include athletes who are recognized for their participation in Scottish Games throughout the region.

“We have more and better athletes this year than any time in my memory, and I’ve been involved with the Scottish Games for 15 years,” says Jackson Sherrill, president of the Games.

“We just expanded the venue at Bethesda and it’s even nicer than years before.

There will be more clans represented, more vendors, more of everything.”

40th Annual Scottish Games

Sat. May 7, Bethesda Academy Gates will open at 9:00 a.m. and closing ceremonies will take place at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 with student or military ID, and free for children 10 and under. For a full schedule and more information on the 40th Annual Savannah Scottish Games, visit www.savannahscottishgames.com.

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What’s so bad about polygamy?

In this brave new (Western) world of marriage equality, why is polygamy still illegal? I’ve read the usual arguments, which assume only heterosexual males would want multiple partners; successful men will monopolize all marriageable women, leaving gangs of undesirable bachelors roaming the countryside; etc. They all seem like complete bullshit in the 21st-century U.S. What’s the real reason? —Jason MAN, the polygamy bandwagon is really picking up steam—no less than Chief Justice John Roberts pitched the idea last year in his dissent in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court decision affirming samesex marriage. Roberts argued, essentially, why stop here?

“From the standpoint of history and tradition,” he wrote, “a leap from opposite-sex marriage to same-sex marriage is much greater than one from a two-person union to plural unions, which have deep roots in some cultures around the world.”

He was being rhetorical, sure—that scamp—but still, a family-law specialist told U.S. News & World Report, the chief might’ve offered polygamy proponents a “legal foothold” for some future test case.

From John Roberts’s lips to God’s ears, eh?

Slate called polygamy “the constitutional, feminist, and sex-positive choice.”

Politico made your basic due-process argument: How can access to an important social institution be denied to a whole class of people just because they happen to be plural-curious?

As you imply, traditional arguments against polygamous marriage in the U.S. have tended to be shallow and alarmist, as much about ostracizing Mormons (who ban the practice institutionally, though it continues unofficially) as anything else.

Still, they’re rooted in some fact—there are a few documented problems with polygamy as we know it: • A 2012 study found that, in polygynous cultures, where men take more than one wife, the ensuing sexual competition leads to greater crime and violence. Researchers had been wondering why patriarchal cultures ever transition from polygamy to monogamy at all—it’s not like it’s in the

interests of the guys in charge. Their findings led them to surmise that cultures evolve toward monogamy because it provides “greater net benefits for society at large,” even if, in the short term, it means less nooky for male heads of household.

• If multiple spouses attach themselves to high-status individuals, where does that leave the little guy? In 2007 the New York Times reported that hundreds of teenage boys had recently been forced out of a polygamous Mormon community in Utah, apparently to correct a “huge imbalance in the marriage market”—all the brides were being claimed by guys higher up the food chain. You dismiss this dynamic, Jason, but I don’t think it’s a leap to imagine spouses flocking to rich hotties even in the most 21st-century of circumstances.

• Monogamous marriage tends to increase the marryin’ age of young women, who aren’t being competed for so fiercely.

In societies that have made the transition to monogamy, it’s generally preceded women’s greater inclusion in the civic sphere.

And there are logistical quibbles. Take marital stability, for instance. Even if people in, say, three-person marriages were no more or less likely to seek divorce than in the two-person kind, divorce rates would still rise by a third. Just imagine the custody battles that might follow if kids are involved. And say I’m an employer offering a great benefits package—do I really need to provide it to all six of your spouses?

Leaving the logistics aside, the overarching claim is that reverting to our premonogamy past will bolster the patriarchy where we’ve already made significant strides to weaken it. Of course, the sexistsociety argument cuts both ways: arguing against plural marriage on the grounds that it’s traditionally patriarchal ignores the fact that traditional marriage is traditionally patriarchal. Perhaps practitioners of plural marriages can offer creative alternatives to the male-female patriarchal marriage, in the way gay spouses do by definition—maybe via polyandry, the practice of women taking multiple husbands. Historically this is rare and has been poorly studied, but going forward I wouldn’t mind seeing more sisters doing it for themselves.

At the very least, advocates argue, legalizing polygamy may make it easier for victims of spousal abuse in preexisting polygamous marriage to find relief.

So I’m with you in spirit, I suppose, but let’s stipulate: the best chance for successful plural marriage is a total upending of the patriarchy and the rewriting of the very well-settled capitalist and legal frameworks on which American society is structured. Call me back in another century and we’ll see how things are going.

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Homicide Total

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Police investigate homicide of mother of five

Detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred at about 1:30 a.m., April 28, near a residence in the 1300 block of New Castle Street in West Savannah. “Following the incident, family members inside the residence heard a vehicle fleeing the scene at a high rate of speed,” police say.

Officers responded to the report of a shooting and found Hanna Cornell Brown, 36, with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle.

The victim, who leaves behind five children, later passed away from her injuries.

Late-night shooting on E. 54th

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Detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred on the 300 block of East 54th Street just before 11 p.m. on April 26.

Investigators responded to Memorial University Medical Center after Gregory

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Jones, 32, arrived seeking treatment of a non-life threatening gunshot wound.

“Investigators do not believe this to be a random act,” say police.

Man shot in early morning armed robbery at Waters and 51st

Detectives are investigating a shooting near East 51st and Waters Avenue, that left Bernie Edwards, 30, with non-life threatening injuries just before 5:30 a.m. on April 26.

“Metro responded to the 1100 block of East 51st Street, where Edwards called for Dustin Hughes help after being shot,” police say.

“Reportedly, two male suspects unknown to Edwards approached him any links between the shooting and the asking for cigarettes, before robbing and alleged prowling incidents.” shooting him. The suspects fled in an 22-year-old shot on Fell Street unknown direction,” police say.

Police investigate a shooting that Kandlewood Drive shooting occurred at approximately 9 p.m., April Detectives are investigating a shoot26, at a residence in the 200 block of Fell ing outside a residence on Kandlewood Street. Deavalon Samules, 22, received Drive near Cindy Avenue that injured an serious injuries from a gunshot wound.

“During a canvas of the area, officers unidentified male April 28. Metro officers questioned several people but were unable responded finding the victim after 5 a.m. to obtain a suspect description,” police say.

“Near the time of the shooting, Metro officers were in the area investigating 19-year-old shot on Burroughs St. reports of a prowler entering yards in the Detectives are investigating a shooting surrounding neighborhood,” police say. on West 38th and Burroughs streets that “Investigators are working to determine

injured Nigeria Hutcherson, 19, on May 1.

At about 1:40 a.m. Metro responded to the scene finding Hutcherson with a nonlife threatening gunshot wound.

Hutcherson was reportedly outside speaking to a relative when at least two female subjects approached, opening fire after a verbal dispute. The suspects may have headed south on Burroughs Street.

Man shot in Benton Blvd. apartment Detectives are investigating a shooting Saturday night, in an apartment on the 1500 block of Benton Boulevard. Detectives believe the shooting occurred at about 7 p.m. The incident was reported to Metro about an hour later. Metro and Pooler Police responded finding Eric Thompson, 22, with a gunshot wound.

Police arrest sexual battery suspect

Police arrested and charged Dustin Hughes, 33, with two counts of sexual battery minutes after a Sunday evening incident reported at an apartment complex pool on the 100 block of St. George Boulevard.

“The incident reportedly occurred at about 7:30 p.m. and involved an 17-year-old female victim. Bystanders helped officers locate Hughes, who was found inside of his apartment,” police said.

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Clock Funeral Home at In February the Minshull White Lake (Whiteside, Street Crown Court senRecurring Themes Michigan) was charged tenced the pair to 40 months (Recent examples of traditional weird with a bit more in April. each in prison. (Bonus: In news themes repeated over “News of the Not only did Clock allegcourt, Shelton helpfully corWeird’s” 28 years, along with updates on a edly fail to bury the ashes rected the legal record by few of our favorite characters.) of the late Helen Anthony reminding officials that the • Restaurants in Tokyo continue their in December (interring pair’s crime was actually vigilance for unique, attention-demanding “burglary” and not, as writan empty box instead), animal themes to attract diners. Eateries but when the family asked ten, “robbery.”) showcasing tableside cats, rabbits, owls, for a specific burial date, • The most recent suspect hawks and even snakes have tried their Clock allegedly told them that no workers to have the bright idea to try biting off his hands, with the latest being Harry, offerfingertips (to avoid identification) was Kirk were available and that the family would ing food and drink — and 20 to 30 teacuphave to dig the cemetery plot themselves — Kelly, wanted in Tampa for violating prosize hedgehogs for diners to fondle while bation and picked up by police in February for which Clock helpfully advised using a awaiting meal service. The equivalent of $9 in Akron, Ohio. While being detained in “post hole digger.” (And they did.) brings an hour of cuddling rights.

Akron, he had begun to chew the skin off Updates • Fine Points of the Law: In some states, his fingers. Even if he had succeeded, he • Two News of the Weird All-Time as News of the Weird has reported, visitors was easily identified as Kirk Kelly because Favorites: (1) Obsessive litigant Jonawith the barest “right” to occupy property of his body tattoos (“Port Tampa” and than Lee Riches asked a federal court in (e.g., invited in for one night but never left) “813” — Tampa’s area code).

Billings, Montana, in April to somehow cannot be evicted except by court order, • More DIY Masters: (1) Randy Velthuiissue a well-meaning “restraining” order which might take weeks to obtain. In April, zen had lived in the house in Everson, against Donald Trump — to force Trump owners in Flint, Michigan, and Nampa, Washington, for 20 years, but in April he out of the presidential race on the ground Idaho, were outraged that nothing could accidentally set it afire while attempting that he fears assassination. Riches wrote be done quickly to remove squatters from to kill weeds with a blowtorch. It was an their vacated houses. (The Nampa squatter uninsured total loss. Mused Velthuizen, “It that he loves and adores Trump but sugproduced a “lease” that, though fraudulent, just made downsizing a hell of a lot easier.” gested as a candidate John McCain (who is “less fiery”). (2) Mr. “Beezow Doo-doo was enough to send the sheriff away.)

(2) In January, four units in an apartment • The two most recent instances of Zopittybop-bop- bop,” 34, was arrested in house in midtown Detroit were accidensuspects who claimed that the drugs or January for assaulting an Evergreen State tally burned out by a tenant attempting paraphernalia found in their genitals durCollege (Olympia, Washington) police to kill a bedbug that had bitten him. He ing police searches were not theirs (but officer. Mr. Zoppitybop-bop-bop (origihad tried to light it up, but by the time the were only being stored there for other nally, Jeffrey Wilschke) had made News of flames were extinguished, he was badly people) were Tiffany Flores, 23, arrested in burned, his and three adjacent units were the Weird several years back with arrests One notably hypersuccessful YouTube channel (700,000 subscribers) features Mr. Lauri Vuohensilta of Finland pulverizing various objects (such as a bowling ball) in a 100-ton hydraulic press. (Said Vuohensilta, “I think it’s built into every person — the need to destroy something.”) That channel is free of charge, but other entrepreneurs have created 24-hour pay-permonth websites and apps offering similarly specialized programming, e.g., “Zombie Go Boom” (actors taking chain saws to things; $5 a month), “Hungry Monk Yoga” (posing in orange robes while teaching martial arts; $15 a month), and “Lather Fantasies” (clothed people “excessively shampooing each other’s hair”; $20 a month). (An April Wall Street Journal report noted that the “lather” channel “sounds kinkier than it actually is.”)

under his new name in Wisconsin and Iowa.

• In April, the Sacramento Bee revealed (from freedom of information requests) that University of California, Davis, officials had spent at least $175,000 in scarce state higher-education funds merely to attempt to scrub the Internet of references to the notorious 2011 incident in which a campus police officer deliberately peppersprayed the faces of restrained, helpless protesters. The public relations venture was part of a campaign by the school’s chancellor, Linda Katehi, to rehabilitate her image after cutbacks to academic programs. (Other critics ridicule as futile almost any attempt — ever — to scrub news from the Internet.)

• What is believed to be the longest-running armed standoff in U.S. history came to a quiet conclusion on Jan. 6 in Trinidad, Texas, when John Joe Gray outlasted the district attorney — never having left his 47-acre ranch in the past 15 years. In 1999, Gray, carrying a pistol but without a permit, resisted arrest and bit a state trooper, retreating to his property, refusing to leave for court. The sheriff, explaining why his deputies declined to go after him, once said, “Joe Gray has been in prison out there himself (for 14 years).” (Actually, the charges were dismissed in December 2014, but when the DA left office, he failed to notify Gray or the deputies.)

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Newspapers in Sweden reported in January (2012) that two of the country’s most heinous murderers fell in love with each other at their psychiatric institution and, following a 26-day Internet-chat “courtship,” had decided to marry. Mr. Isakin Jonsson (“the Skara Cannibal”) was convicted of killing, decapitating and eating his girlfriend, and Michelle Gustafsson (“the Vampire Woman”) was convicted of killing a father of four and drinking his blood. Said the love-struck Jonsson to the newspaper Expressen, “I have never met anyone like (Michelle).” The pair will almost certainly remain locked up forever, but Gustafsson wrote that she hopes they will be released, to live together.

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SAVANNAH may pride itself on being the swamp metal capital of the South—after all, Black Tusk, Baroness, and Kylesa (who recently announced an indefinite hiatus) have emerged from the 912 area code— but fresh talent is rising out of the murky waters to the west.

Mobile, Alabama’s Black Titan hits town this weekend to share their own blend of Southern-inspired heaviness.

Members Thomas Allin Kilpatrick, Clayton Bates, Ian Taylor, and Jimmy Lee have been “running in the same circles” in Mobile for years.

Before the dawn of Black Titan, Taylor and Bates were playing in shoegaze/noise pop/psych rock band The Sunshine Factory. Kilpatrick was based in Austin, Texas, touring the world in Ancient VVisdom, a band that created strange, dark sounds through acoustic guitars, bowed upright bass, and synths.

Upon experiencing The Sunshine Factory’s Sonic Youth and Pixies influences and visually-driven, multisensory show, Kilpatrick quickly booked the band. Watching his friends’ musical growth from his spot in the audience, Kilpatrick knew he wanted to team up with the pair for a new project.

“I was living over in Austin, came home, and Sunshine Factory kind of fell apart,” he recounts. “They wanted to do something heavier. When Sunshine Factory fell through, Clay told me he wanted me to sing for them—well, he made me sing for them, ‘cause I was terrified! We got Jimmy in for an audition, and he smoked it, it was amazing.”

Growing up in the Mobile scene, there wasn’t much in the way of heavy music for inspiration. Things have changed, but Black Titan remains an odd fusion all its own.

“Now, in Mobile, you’re either superheavy—like death metal, Pantera still exists and it’s ‘94—or you’re Nickelback,” 18 says Kilpatrick. “We want to be heavy but

Black Titan’s members have played everything from punk to shoegaze to blues in their time as musicians.

palatable. We’re all big Sabbath fans—most of the guys are punk guys. I come from a prog and metal background, Jimmy does a lot of old blues; Ian, black metal, new wave. We try to create something that was a common bond, yet something that people would enjoy.”

That variety of influences rings loud and clear through Black Titan’s debut LP, The Bag Is In The River. Released on April 10, the Sabbath influence is clear in the grimy, wide gait of opener “Delirium Tremens.”

It’s an immense, sludgy, and stony album, tight on control and balance.

“Weed Dungeon” comes in swinging, as heavy as it gets, only to distill into a restrained, fuzzy-heavy bass walk and soft, paced vocals from Kilpatrick. Just when the listener gets comfortable in the sway, the whole thing rips wide open, Kilpatrick’s vocals splitting into a primal rage, guitars enveloping in him and drums

crashing in with tumultuous fury.

Recording The Bag Is In The River was “The most stressful thing I’ve ever experienced,” Kilpatrick says.

“We wrote the first EP on the spot,” Lee recalls. “We became a band, and had the record done within two months of performing.”

“We’d been playing this material for the last year,” says Kilpatrick. “The writing process [for The Bag Is In The River] happened kind of fast. We were sitting on the material for a while and recording was pretty intense.”

The band tracked parts individually on a 16-channel console straight out of the ‘70s; according to Kilpatrick, it was originally used by ABBA. Taylor and Lee handled all the production.

“They’d put me in a room with a red light and a baseball bat and tell me to just sing, pleading insanity, get me as mad as I could

possibly be and set me loose,” Kilpatrick cackles.

Black Titan has been touring in support of The Bag Is In The River for about ten days. Charlotte’s own stoner-metal laureates, Green Fiend join the Alabama boys at their Jinx show.

After opening for Black Tusk and befriending the band, Black Titan has been eager to get to see what the Hostess City has to offer.

“We are a very audience-participationbased band,” Kilpatrick notes. “I like to step off, get in the crowd. Show up and be ready to go!” CS

Black Titan, Green Fiend When: Saturday, May 7@ 10 p.m.

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Get ready foR an evening of moving, masquerading, and Mouseketeering.

Savannah drag troupe House of Gunt and the Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue have teamed up to present a whole new world of entertainment with Disney Whirled, an ode to one of the universe’s most beloved franchises.

With so many opportunities to playwith gender, challenge a sacred corporate entity, prod neatly-packaged values, and explore double entendre—not to mention all those subliminal messages hidden within many animated features (the, uh, excited priest in Little Mermaid, anyone?)—crossInfluenza Mueller, Sadie de Sade, Rachel Fauxrelle, Toyota Mitsubishi, LaZanya Ontre. generational Disney is a performance art goldmine.

Max Arnzen (House of Gunt’s Influenza Mueller) and Anita Narcisse (Savannah Sweet Tease’s Rita D’LaVayne, née Erin GO Brahless) say that a collaboration between the two groups was a long time coming. Gunties have guested at Sweet Tease shows and vice versa, but finally, they’ll take the stage together in a true co-production.

The troupes vocally share sweet admiration for one another. Both boast a penchant for blurring lines and skewing tradition— the Teases take on hilariously irreverent material and the Gunties go above and beyond the pale, reveling in lowbrow art and celebrating bearded drag long before glitter beards inundated the Internet.

“I realized I was watching the wrong burlesque, which is why I love the Sweet Rita D’LaVane as The Enchanted Tiki Room.

Lady Von Luft as Daisy Duck.

Tease,” says Arnzen. “We started around the same time, and we’re on different spectrums of two genres, the alternatives of the genres. [Sweet Tease] is not just burlesque, it’s alternative. We’re not just drag, it’s alternative. On that level, we connect.”

A lot of love, care, and practice has gone into making Disney Whirled an ultimate, all-engrossing experience. Expect to see staples like Mary Poppins, portrayed by The Tease’s Regina Lee Snatch, Rachel Fauxrelle as Pocahontas, and Magnolia Minxxx as Cinderella, but get ready for some surprises and unusual twists, too.

“Everyone has a [drag or burlesque] persona, then they have the [Disney] character or attraction,” explains Arnzen. “The smartest thing you can try to do—and, I think, in my case, being Influenza Mueller— is ask, ‘What’s Influenza’s take on that?’ I think everyone is giving all these characters not a back story, but Buster Cherry as Baloo.

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Rebel Belle as Elsa.

Magnolia Minxxx as Cinderella.

an alternate reality to what that Disney character would have done. This is their real life.”

Influenza will take on the character of Madame Mim, the hysterically abrasive witch from The Sword and the Stone. It’s a deep cut, but it’s a perfect fit for Influenza.

“I do take after some of the frumpier characters in Disney,” says Arnzen with a smile.

“I would say Disney’s always influenced me as a person in ways of reacting against it,” he suggests. “It hasn’t really come through in my drag aesthetic; however, the matchmaker from Mulan is a really good reference point for Influenza.”

“I fell off at Little Mermaid when I was like, nine,” says Narcisse of her own Disney connection. “I was like, ‘She left her family for this dude? What?!’

“Disney has evolved and changed, and it’s not necessarily stuff I’m drawn to, but now that I’ve translated it into a performance piece, I love a challenge. I like to push myself, like every concept for every show.”

Instead of going for a character, Narcisse’s Rita D’LaVane will embody iconic Disney theme park attraction The Enchanted Tiki Room.

“This is Rita’s Enchanted Tiki Room,” she says of her two-song routine. “And apparently, she’s really bougie!”

Teaming up has been a learning experience for both troupes.

“We rehearse as a collective,” says Narcisse of the Tease’s show preparation. “You gotta come to three of the six rehearsals.”

House of Gunt doesn’t hold full-troupe rehearsals—it adds to the heat-of-themoment spontaneity and freshness of their acts—so run-throughs were new to them.

“We were stepping into that world,” says Arnzen. “For better or worse, you can see it, and it’s why we’re so different and why this is such a great collaboration.”

With no DJ and no band added to the lineup, Disney Whirled is set to be one of the biggest drag/burlesque productions Savannah has seen, chock-full of solo acts.

“We try to curate it to build the energy,” Narcisse says of the evening’s flow. “The order came up by light and dark, Gunt and Tease, sort of staggering throughout, so it’s not a crop of villains in the middle of the show or the first five routines are all [Sweet Tease].”

There are two chances to catch the show: Friday night at The Jinx, and Saturday night at Ampersand. The troupes look forward to reaching new and different audiences at both venues.

“I feel like it’s hitting our demographic all the way around,” says Narcisse. “Some people can’t make Friday or Saturday… some people who usually come to Jinx come to the Ampersand show. They’re experiencing a different venue, and it opens them up to come see us there in the future.”

There’s a chance we might see more Disney-themed fun from the Sweet Teases in the future. In the meantime, it will be a treat to see some of our top local talents working alongside one another.

“We’re always wanting to go further outside the box every time,” says Narcisse.

“It’s really good to feed off of different people’s energy.”

“Wholesome values is what Influenza is here to destroy,” says Arnzen devilishly.

“I think it’s definitely a good thing to react against throughout life.” CS

Disney Whirled: A Savannah Sweet Tease & House of Gunt Production

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Calling all Parrot Heads: the Savannah Parrot Head Club has teamed up with Bar Crawl Savannah to host a Jimmy Buffettthemed scavenger hunt! Participants can enter as individual or as a two-to-tenplayer team.

The hunt itself takes place from 12-4 p.m. with an awards ceremony and afterparty to follow at Savannah Smiles.

Bar Crawl Savannah and your local Parrot Heads have scattered novelty salt shakers throughout bars and restaurants in downtown Savannah. Your job as a participant is to track down those shakers, write a descripton of the shaker you’ve discovered, and snap a pic of yourself doing “specific fun things” (more details when you check in). Make sure your phone’s charged, because you must have a record of your hunt in order to get any prizes.

Speaking of prizes, you can land in first, second, and third place, and there’s also a raffle with ten tantalizing packages available. Drawing for the raffle kicks off at 4 p.m. at Savannah Smiles; throw in $20 for 25 tickets. The buyer gets to choose the distrubtion of tickets among the prize package choices.

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With soothing guitar picking and easy harmonies, Highbeams is the perfect pick-me-up for early in your work week. The Woodstock, Georgia-based band weaves delicate songs of love and retrospect, folk in composition with a little bit of a rock backbeat to make your toes tap.

Their latest, Everything Aside, is an autumn album through and through, but the sweeping tides of opener “Tybee” will certainly get us Savannahians pumped for summertime. Refreshingly bare production lets Highbeams’ lyrics and vocals act as the album’s centerpiece and will be a treat to hear out on the Foxy patio.

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What began as a side project (hence the moniker) has bloomed into a primary gig for Steve Dilling (banjo), Skip Cherryholmes (guitar), Jason Moore (bass), Brian Aldridge (mandolin), and Nathan Aldridge (fiddle). With their shared roots, both regionally and stylistically, Sideline boasts a hard-to-find sonic chemistry that’s riveting to witness live and in person.

Dilling, who picked up the banjo at just 10 years old, got his start gigging in The Bass Mountain Boys, moving along to The Lonesome River Band. Performing alongside bluegrass juggernauts Russell Moore and Illrd Tyme Out put Dilling in the spotlight.

Cherryholmes got his start playing mandolin with his kin in IBMA-winning, Grammy-nominated Cherryholmes family band. He’s earned many a bluegrass honor, including performing with bluegrass legend Lou Reid in Lou Reid and Carolina.

Moore got his start performing with James King, going on to play with Michael Cleveland and Mountain Heart. The talented bassist is credited on three Grammynominated projects, has been up four times for the coveted Bass Player of the Year award at the International Bluegrass Music Awards, and earned the Recorded Event of the Year prize twice and Gospel Event of the Year award. The in-demand session player has performed in nearly 100 (!!!) projects.

Brian Aldridge has been strumming the mandolin since he was just three years old and began playing banjo at 13. His father, like Dilling, performed in The Bass Mountain Boys; that early exposure to bluegrass was a sure influence on now-35-year-old Aldridge’s career.

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Make it a cheeky Mother’s Day weekend with Calendar Girls by anna Chandler

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The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble is ready for its close-up.

The local troupe is sending out a diverse and fabulous season of drama, music, and side-splitting comedy with Calendar Girls.

Many will recognize the show from the 2003 film starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. A stage adaptation was unveiled as a part of the Chichester Theatre Festival in 2008; Collective Face director David I.L. Poole, a devoted fan of the film, was eager to get his hands on the script.

“I knew they were doing it in England, and I was like, ‘Oh, I want this!’” says Poole.

He was quick to contact Samuel French, who holds the rights to Calendar Girls, and get the scoop on a U.S. release. As soon as it became available, Poole snapped the script up.

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“It hasn’t been done very often, and that’s one of the reasons we wanted to do it,” Poole explains.

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“It’s just a fun, really touching romp through the lives of these actual women,” says Poole. “It’s just a wonderful piece. I’ve grown to love the piece even more as we go along.”

The script is quite similar to the film, with just a couple of story lines omitted.

“It’s a little more sitcom-y, more tonguein-cheek, but it’s basically the same as the film, same characters, etc.,” says Poole.

Poole decided to create a highly-stylized set that pays homage to Yorkshire’s beautiful hillsides while capturing the church hall where our heroines have their Women’s Institute meetings.

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“It’s so hard to find shows that are really women-focused,” Poole observes. “Especially with a lot of women, and women in our age range.”

He reminds audiences that there is nudity in the show, calling it “very burlesque nudity.”

“Everything is covered by strategicallyplaced pastries and oranges and jam jars!” he hoots.

“My favorite line is when one woman is posing with pastries covering her breasts, and another woman says, ‘We need considerably bigger buns!’”

It’s just that kind of playfully irreverent, cheeky English humor that makes the

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Carrie Mae Weems: Considered — Exhibition by deFINE ART 2016 honoree and keynote speaker Carrie Mae Weems that brings together a range of her work that is both provocatively disparate and deeply connected. Part of deFINE ART. Through June 12. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

The Doll Party and FineFolk Gallery Opening — View and applaud a large selection of adult and child black art dolls from two premier doll makers, Genya from Charleston, SC, and DMcB from Pittsburgh, PA. Also view Samantha Claar’s Wee People, clothespin dolls with exquisite hand-painted faces and an eclectic array of repurposed and unique outfits. Fri., May 6. FineFolk Gallery, 309 W. St. Julian.

FRESH: New Work — Fresh includes work from a wide range of media, from the intimate floral metal works of Christi Reiterman to large-scale hauntingly beautiful mixed media wax works made by Tobia Makover.

Other featured artists include printmaker and painter Susanne Carmack, master of light and charcoal Mary Hartman, and metalsmith Heather Lindsay Stewart. Fri., May 6. Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard St Future(s) Anterior — The work presented by jewelry MFA candidate Jennifer Lee Hallsey at Non-Fiction Gallery will explore the role of the viewer and artist by creating formas-dialogue. Opening reception Friday May 6 6-9pm. Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St. Illustration Expo — The Graduate Illustration Club at SCAD hosts this expo, an annual illustration exhibit and sale by students and alumni. Fri., May 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Poetter Hall (SCAD), 342 Bull Street.

Mavens and Mystics — Opening Reception for Michael Ezzell, an illustrator and printmaker. For his first solo exhibition, Michael explores the yearning for divine perfection, through beauty, immortality and insight. Also, First Friday is Sulfur Studios’ monthly Open Studio Night. Free and open to the public Fri., May 6, 5-9 p.m. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street.

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Memento — Olivia La Selva’s final installment of MFA thesis works. Fri., May 6.

Oglethorpe Gallery, 406 E. Oglethorpe Ave.

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Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer — Taken during the year Elvis Presley turned 21, Alfred Wertheimer’s photographs are a remarkable visual record of rock ‘n’ roll’s most enduring figure. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

Handmade shadow boxes from found/upcycled material by Caitlin Bevill are at Escape Savannah, with a reception this Friday as part of Art March.

Moving Metals — Harmony, balance and unity are the key elements of jewelry designer Kristen Baird’s work. Fri., May 6, 5-9 p.m. The Grand Bohemian Gallery, 700 Drayton St. On The Way — MacKenzie Mercurio and Ira Talanchuk present a photographic journey of two artists viewing the world similarly and separately through their camera phones. May 6-27. The Florence, 1 B West Victory Drive.

Pots & Plants Sale — Featuring locally made vases and planters paired with locally grown flowers and free card making for kids to make handmade cards for Mom. Fri., May 6, 6-9 p.m. and Sat., May 7, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Parlour Studio and Gallery, 10 W. Liberty St. Savannah Point of View — The exhibition includes thirty-one original works presented in photography, acrylics, oil pastel, mixed medium, wood and stoneware. May 6-27. Cultural Arts Gallery, 9 W. Henry St. Static Shadows — Art March reception featuring shadow boxes inspired by a morbid interpretation of religious symbols and organic materials. All boxes composed of found objects and up-cycled household

clutter and handmade by artist Caitlin Bevill.

Fri., May 6, 3 p.m. Escape Savannah, 2101 Bull Street.

Where the Monkey Dropped the Ball — A solo exhibition by Debora Oden.

Fri., May 6, 7 p.m. The Lee O’Neil Gallery, 2217 Bull Street.

Continuing Exhibits Art Life — Photography by Labeeb Abdullah. Through June 12. The Butcher Tattoo Studio, 19 East Bay St. Boxed In/Break Out — Tricia Cookson has been selected to install a site-specific work for Boxed In/Break Out. This project encouraged artists to propose a creative installation that activates six windows at the Jepson Center (facing Barnard Street) with original artwork. Cookson’s installation features colored cotton cord stretched in various patterns that progress from chaos to cohesion in the windows. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

The Future Was Then — Monumental installation by Daniel Arsham created specifically for the museum’s Pamela Elaine Poetter Gallery for deFINE ART 2016. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

I’m Your Biggest Fan — The exhibit will showcase over 60 small works of celebrity portraiture by Juliana Peloso. Through May 7.

Location Gallery, 417 Whitaker St. Kim Miller and Brian Attaway — Kim Miller draws inspiration from the landscapes of coastal Georgia to create mixed media and acrylic paintings with rich color and texture. Ceramics artist Brian Attaway takes a humorous approach to his craft, inspired by the human condition. Gallery 209, 209 E River St. Landmark: A Decade of Collecting at the Jepson Center — This exhibition highlights 10 of the most significant acquisitions made from 2006 to the present. The selections include silver from the 437-object donation made in 2012 by Dr. Frank A. Rizza; a 19th-century painting of Dutch peasants

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Collectibles, cosplay and free comics at RetroMega Comic Con

by Jessica Leigh Lebos

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Are you a Judicious Jedi? Manga maniac? Zealous zombie?

It’s an equal opportunity universe when the RetroMega Comic Con takes over the Coastal Georgia Center Saturday, May 7.

Now in its third year, this glorious galaxy of geek casts a wide net: Collectors of all ages and eras can find treasures at over 50 vendors, from the Golden Age of Superman to the latest Fullmetal Alchemist. Gamers can bounce between jousting at the vintage video game museum and tabletop dice rolls, and cosplay enthusiasts Superheroes and super fans come together for cosplay and collecting at RetroMega Comic show off their diehard devotion to their Con, this Saturday at the Coastal Georgia Center. Photos by adam Messer favorite characters.

Those with a penchant for undead idols will dig the appearances from Walking geeky thing,” he says.

Dead cast members Justin Kucsulain and “But the big Comic Cons around the Jeremy Palko (they’ll probably leave their country, like San Diego where you have a costumes on set, however.) hundred thousand people show up, have The day coincides with the national Free made it so much more acceptable.”

Comic Book Day, a real score for comic Another trend Privette has seen change book fans who can browse distributors’ is the diversity of the enthusiasts: Women offerings. and people of color made up a significant Plus, one very lucky person will go home part of the attendance at last year’s Con, with a six-foot replica of the Millennium and he hopes that comic culture continues Falcon as a door prize. to reflect inclusivity and progress. He attriIt’s all in the name of bringing as many butes the latest wave of expansive thinking aspects of pop/sci-fi/steampunk/game/ in part to the characters of the new Star geek culture together.

Wars film The Force Awakens, especially “We call this ‘mega’ for a reason,” Rey, the young, tough (possible) Jedi. assures RetroMega Comic Con organizer “I think she’s brought a lot of girls to the Tony Privette, who’s expecting up to 1500 culture, where the only feminine thing people for the all-day convention. used to be My Little Pony,” he remarks.

“We’re trying to offer a place where “So many female characters are overlyeveryone can find what they’re looking for, (by Kenner!), on sale for $2500.

Their retro world originates with sexualized, and Rey represents a real hero. and we just didn’t have anything like it in Privette’s passion for collecting, which I expect to see a lot of Rey costumes at the Savannah.” began as a teenager sorting through the Con.” When they’re not wrangling Wookiees tables at Keller’s flea market and digging During the day, RetroMega Comic Con and Thundercats, Privette and fiancée is one hundred percent family friendly, Robyn Smith run The Land of Misfit Toys, through people’s garages. His findings grew to take over his living room, thus and the fun continues for the adults with a comic book and toy shop tucked back in necessitating the business of selling and two afterparties: DJ Sam Diamond will a shopping center off King George Blvd. in trading to make room for more. keep the retro vibe spinning into the night Georgetown. Since 2009, they’ve built a “There’s a real fine line between collect- at Doubles Night Club on the southside. solid business—both at the their brick-anding and hoarding, a real fine line,” he says, Further north at the Wormhole, rave beats mortar and on Ebay—around selling vinstroking his handlebar mustache with a rule with partymeister Chris Cook. tage video games and sci-fi memorabilia, grin.

Whether you’re convening for the a booming trade that can fetch thousands He cites nostalgia as the driving force cosplay or looking to complete your collecfor a single figurine. behind today’s lucrative toy market, tion, the unified field theory of the event Among the Nintendo cartridges and though the Savannah native remembers offers a niche for everyone.

Transformer comics, the store boasts when all this sci-fi stuff wasn’t for the cool Who knows? You might just find the true retro treasures: A life-size Yoda, the kids. Finding those with fellow interests droid you’re looking for. cs wrinkles around his eyes so real it seems was nearly impossible before the Internet, he might spout wisdom at any moment. A RetroMega Comic Con and though virtual chat rooms abound G.I. Joe aircraft carrier the size of a dinWhen: 10am-6pm, May 7 ing table. A rare replica of He-Man’s little- now, the excitement of communing with Where: Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. like minds in person is the inspiration for known Castle Eternia.

Tickets: $10, $5 kids 6-12 RetroMeg Comic Con. And yes, there is a highly-coveted Boba Fett action figure in the original packaging “It used to be that this was a deeply Info: retromegacomiccon.com

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Bess Chappas: ‘Everything you write is something you know’

SAVANNAH WRITER Bess Chappas likes her old things. She’s filled her house, a small condo with patio garden on Mall Blvd., with collectables from her many excursions.

“I used to do a lot of traveling,” she says, pointing out vases, paintings and chairs from all around the world. “I used to say, ‘Give me three minutes to pack and I’ll go anywhere.’”

Why chuck the stuff, she reasons, when they hold fond memories? When a visitor called her home “quaint,” she didn’t know if she should take it as an insult or a compliment.

“I just like the things that make me comfortable,” she says. “My husband used to say that he liked that I was fond of old things because, that way, I’d never get rid of him.”

Bess Chappas follows up two children’s books with a self-published romance.

Chappas says. “It was like flowing down a river. It just came. That’s the way I write anything. But it was a big jump from children’s books.”

Her two previous publications, the illustrated-for-kids Kiki and the Red Shoes and Kiki and the Statue of Liberty, tell the story of how she came to the U.S. from Greece at age six.

And in many ways, The Wrath of Aphrodite continues her lifelong role as a woman on a mission to tell a Greek émigré’s story.

Take the setting. It takes place in 1976 Savannah.

“I had to pick a time when Pinkie was still alive,” she says, referring to the Greek bar founder, Pinkie Masterpoulos, a.k.a Pinkie Masters. “He died a few years later.”

The only “real” character in the book, Masterpoulos serves as the protagonist’s godfather, a guardian angel who gets the book’s main character to Savannah and later saves his butt.

“It wasn’t difficult because I knew him,” Chappas says. “I could talk about things he did, the way he looked, the way

he continuously smoked that cigarette and never took it out.”

Fictionalizing an actual dead man with living relatives takes guts. But her friendly tribute honors his life. She also had no idea his bar would close shortly after her book came out.

“It’s just another beautiful thing about Savannah that’s gone,” she says. “Those of us who have been here for so long, you hate to see the old and wonderful things disappear.”

Other Greek subjects pervade the book.

A ghostly statue of Aphrodite, goddess of love, comes to Savannah, by way of pirates, from the New Smyrna settlement, a historical fact. And Chappas based several characters on what she describes as typical Greek-American stereotypes. That includes a set of old-fashioned parents.

The author’s parents? Herself?

“Everything you write is something you know,” she says, as mysteriously as she writes about supernatural powers. “It all goes in your head and you pull it out when you write.” cs

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The retired elementary school media specialist and former newspaper columnist’s furnishings are a good introduction to her newest book, an old-fashioned romance.

The self-published Wrath of Aphrodite doesn’t pretend to be anything it isn’t. There’s a love story, some paranormal activity and an optimistic, emotionally-satisfying ending.

“I wanted to write something about Savannah,” she says. “I read mysteries, romance, historical novels, everything.

I just wondered if I could write one just to see if I could.”

The book started as a short story centered around a bad guy. But then she got to liking the character. So she softened him with a woman and gussied up the script with other souls.

Her writing group at Senior Citizens, Inc. helped her tweak the text. But she wouldn’t go as far as using the “formula” suggested by one of the venerable organization’s speakers.

“I want to write spontaneously,”

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Farm Picnic helps build food culture Outdoor event at old dairy farm highlights community

By Jared A. Jackson

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THIS PAST Sunday afternoon, the Forsyth’s Farmer’s Market and Farm Truck 912 hosted the 2nd Annual Farm Picnic, put together on a small portion of the beautiful former Roberds Dairy Farm at the end of Tennessee Avenue.

Clear skies and moderate heat set the stage for a beautiful community event, where locals were able to support each other through music, conversation, beer, and some mouthwatering local food. The City of Savannah needs to continue standing up and supporting the efforts of local community based organizations like this, whose goal is to design a more sustainable future for years to come.

This year, all of the proceeds of this fundraiser went directly towards the Farm Truck 912 Mobile Food Initiative. If you aren’t familiar with the Farm Truck 912, it is a “farm truck” created by the Forsyth Farmers Market, along with some major sponsors, who mission is to bring local fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods in Savannah who have the least access to healthy food.

With the Farmers Market held every Saturday, this farm truck can be found in at least seven different locations throughout the week, including the Department of Family and Child Services and Memorial Health.

Created in 2015, this Farm Truck was built to develop solutions towards providing those who are at a disadvantage access to needed resources, in order to make the best decisions about what they are putting in their bodies. They accomplish this by offering low cost alternatives for those grocery shopping on a budget, as well as providing nutritional education in order to help decision making become easier.

So on this beautiful Sunday afternoon, our community collected and shared space in order to help support a common goal. There was live music from COEDS, Tokalos, and the Kristen King Trio, which assisted in scoring the event while creating a warm atmosphere for us to cultivate fellowship.

What would a farm family event be without a petting zoo and a few games for the children to enjoy while their parents enjoyed some adult beverages from Service Brewing and Savannah Distributing Company?

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Food was sponsored by Savannah River Farms, Cha Bella, The Florence, and 22 Square. Photos by melissa delynn

scattered around, everyone young and old, used this event as a chance to give back to not only an organization doing good in our community, but to also give back to themselves. We as humans sometimes are so wrapped up in our own personal day to day, that we forget how important it is to sit down and connect with others through delicious intentional food.

Speaking of food, I want to give a round of applause for all the local restaurants who participated in this weekend’s fundraiser. For us to be able to create a deeply rooted food culture to build on, we have to be willing to step outside of ourselves and give selflessly.

The food for this fundraiser was put together and sponsored by Savannah River Farms, Cha Bella, The Florence, and 22 Square. Incredible picnic style plates created by some local heavyweights, was the perfect combination to tie together the event. And for all those weary about animal farming, this pig was a happy hog who enjoyed her last moments eating her favorites a few days prior. Thoughtfully and intentionally raised farm animals are something our society has drifted far away from, simply because of the design of our consumer-based society.

I love the moments when we return to the basics of food, when things were simple and less complicated. The underground BBQ master “Mac” smoked that pig to for hours until it was the definition of tender,

and with minimal effort, broke it down and fed the party. It was a thing of beauty.

Big props to the Dairy Farm for allowing this to happen. Their land is magical and full of so much opportunity, I can’t wait to see what it becomes over the next few years.

Talking to Kerry of Victory Gardens and my buddy Andy from Grow, Eat, Repeat, it seems as if the wheels are turning, and we might start to see things come together before we know it.

Whenever things happen, I’m always excited to see progress happening. I notice so much potential in our city, and we have the local foundation to create some really incredible things.

Food is culture, and our diversity can be shared with people through our plates and conversations. It’s important for us to get behind the concept of “building it, so they come” instead of running towards a big pond, only to be a small fish.

Let’s get behind our community and build the future we see for generations to come. We do that by giving our time and resources to those who need it the most, and create a support system for ourselves, thus allowing our collective to have a common voice.

Visit farmtruck912.org for their weekly schedule, and follow their social media to find out ways to help. Let’s keep stirring that pot, people. cs

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What’s a true Southern Mint Julep?

Get the famed Kentucky Derby cocktail right

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For many in the South or indeed the rest of America, the first Saturday in May is the only day of the year they think to indulge in a mint julep.

As the horses are led from their stalls at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby, thousands upon thousands of mint juleps in commemorative glasses will be sipped on as folks gather to watch “the most exciting two minutes of sports.”

After the Run for the Roses is over, so seems to go the custom of this once iconic cocktail for another year.

But not for everyone.

Many first time visitors to the South order a mint julep at the first bar they see, thinking it the thing to do. Some will order it out of curiosity.

After all, you are in a special place.

You have crossed that magical line where boiled peanuts, grits, okra, and sweet tea seem to appear around every corner.

Go ahead, order that quintessential Southern libation. The indifferent bartender will only wince momentarily as he reaches for a room temperature glass. He’ll then drop a few wilted mint leaves along with a packet of sugar and half-heartily stir for a moment. A scoop of melting ice goes in, then a pour of Ye Old Kentucky Armpit bourbon. With a final flourish, he tops the whole thing off with a float of Sprite from the soda gun. That’s what the mint julep has morphed into, a drink only ordered by tourist or drunk on Derby Day. But not always. My father told me of his time tending bar back in the late 1950s when Southerners still drank mint juleps.

He said you needed to be at work 30 minutes early to do your side work before your shift: Muddling mint with sugar and water, making simple syrup, and crushing ice.

You would then prime highball glasses with some of the mint syrup, pack the glass with crushed ice, insert a tall straw, and line them up in the bar freezer. When a patron ordered a julep, all you had to do was pull one out and pour on the bourbon.

One sip from the straw was all that was needed to mix the frosty bourbon together with that fresh sweet mint. This was the great Southern “before and after drink”: It sparked the appetite, soothed the stomach, and kindled an alertness in the imbiber.

Historically speaking, the julep predates the invention of bourbon and its kissing cousin, Tennessee sour mash whiskey.

Ostensibly, the julep was a muddled mint

Mint Julep. Photo by FlickrJazzguy

cocktail with crushed ice and any alcohol at all, i.e. gin, rum, whiskey, rye, brandy or cognac.

It fits into a small family of cocktails called a smash, including the Old Fashioned, mojito, and the caipirinha.

Traditionally in the Old South, a julep was prepared and served in a heavy silver cup. Early custom had it that a true Southern Gentleman traveled with his own custom julep cup.

Further mystique says that a servant would only handle the cups wearing linen gloves so as not to disturb the frost on the chilled silver with fingerprints.

Here’s how to prepare a true Southern mint julep from those gentler times: Place 10 to 12 leaves of fresh spearmint at the bottom of a heavy pewter or silver cup. Add a sugar cube (the early measure for the proper amount) or one teaspoon of sugar.

Use a wooden muddler to crush the sugar into granules and pulverize the mint, or lacking that tool, the end of a spoon. Add a scant measure of fresh water to complete the syrup.

Pack a metal cup with crushed ice along with a silver straw and place in the freezer.

Ideally, wait for at least half an hour for the metal of the cup to chill through. Remove properly chilled cup from the freezer (linen gloves optional), pour on your bourbon of choice and garnish with a fresh sprig of mint.

Sip through the straw and enjoy centuries of tradition, history, culture, and a lost sense of good taste. cs Food historian and sometimes pirate Andrew Trice owns Angel’s BBQ.

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Homebrew Day

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EVERYONE knows that running and beer go hand in hand, but what makes Brew/ Drink/Run a truly unique group is the first part of our name.

Homebrewing is a hobby that in many cases has started many a commercial brewery career. Jim Koch founder of Boston Beer Company, Ken Grossman of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Steve Hindy of Brooklyn Brewery and Sam Calagione owner of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery all started their track to professional brewers with a first batch of homebrew.

Saturday, May 7 is National Homebrew Day, the day of the year we celebrate homebrewers big and small. Homebrewing may seem like an intimidating hobby to get involved with, but have no fear; the process involves some work but is really very straightforward. And in the end you have a bunch of beer to drink.

The investment in the equipment to start homebrewing can be pretty small.

Most retailers sell a basic kit of gear, brew bucket, bottling bucket, tubing and bottle capper as well as a few other necessary gadgets to get you started for around $75, though even that number can be cut if you’re willing and able to take on a DIY attitude, an attitude many homebrewers already have as it tends to allow plenty of room for experimentation in both the brewing process and your equipment.

Most homebrewers start out brewing with extract kits. Extracts are the viscous, concentrated remnants of “mashed” grain.

Extract brewing skips the mashing process allowing you to jump right into boiling up wort, the sweet liquid that is missing only yeast to make it officially beer. Most extract kits make five gallons of beer, or about 40-45 bottles, though if you want to move slowly into homebrewing there are one gallon kits available.

Extract brewing yields beer just as good as any other method but many brewers eventually move onto all grain brewing to open up some new brewing avenues.

All grain brewing starts with pure grains.

Mashing, slowly heating the grains in water, releases the starches in the grain

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and converts them to sugars that the yeast will eventually eat as they ferment the beer.

All-grain brewing is more work but being able to control each step of the brewing process gives the brewer more opportunities to experiment with beer recipes.

If you are still intimidated by the prospect of fermenting your own beer, there are two local options for support. Savannah’s sole homebrew store, the Savannah Homebrew Shoppe, is housed in an unassuming sheet metal building on Skidaway Road at 37th Street.

Jerald Jameson, owner of the Savannah Homebrew Shoppe stocks a wide variety of ingredients and supplies and will readily search out and order anything you need that he may not have on hand. Mr. Jameson is a fountain of homebrew knowledge, and can recite many beer recipes from memory. He is happy to put together ingredients to brew your own versions.

Since 1993, the Savannah Brewers League has been fostering and supporting the homebrewing community. They meet at 7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month downstairs at Moon River Brewing

Company on Bay Street. They welcome all levels of interest in the hobby and regularly share their homebrewing stories as well as their brews.

This is a special year for the homebrewing community as it’s the 500th anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot, the so called German Purity Law that defined what ingredients can be used to make a beer. In celebration the American Homebrewers Association created several simple beer recipes to brew on May 7.

The American Homebrewers Association, homebrewersassociation.org, is an excellent online resource for the beginning, intermediate or advanced brewer.

Their forum lists thousands of recipes with feedback and advice from other brewers.

If you’ve ever wanted to take up homebrewing use, National Homebrew Day as an excuse to get started. There are plenty of resources, local and online to help you get going, and in a few weeks you’ll be enjoying the fruits of your labors.

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multiplexes CARMIKE 10 www.carmike.com 511 Stephenson Ave. 353-8683

spotlight EISENHOWER savannah.spotlighttheatres.com/ 1100 Eisenhower Dr. 352-3533

1132 Shawnee St. 927-7700

VICTORY SQUARE 9 www.franktheatres.com 1901 E. Victory 355-5000

Carmike WYNNSONG 11 www.carmike.com 1150 Shawnee St. 920-3994

POOLER Stadium 12 www.gtcmovies.com 425 POOLER PKWY. 330-0777

ROYAL Cinemas POOLER www.royalcinemaspooler. com 5 TOWN CENTER CT. 988-4025

Indie venues Call or Visit the venue ‘s website for specific movies and times

Muse Arts Warehouse www.musesavannah.org 703 Louisville Rd (912) 713-1137

Sentient bean www.sentientbean.com 13 E Park Ave (912) 232-4447

Key and Peele return, with a cat, in Keanu

KEANU

/// Yes, there are references to both Keanu Reeves and The Matrix in Keanu—heck, there’s even a gag related to the actor’s dopey action flick Point Break. First and foremost, though, the film is a cinematic coming-out party for Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, the popular comedians who hope to translate their television success into a motion picture career.

They’re off to a good start with Keanu, which may be ragged but delivers a hefty number of sizable laughs. The title refers to an adorable kitten who’s such a heartmelting cutie that everyone who meets him wants to adopt him.

Initially the pet of a drug kingpin who gets killed, he ends up in the care of Rel (Peele), a pothead who finds comfort in the kitty following a nasty breakup. Rel’s best friend Clarence (Key), an upstanding guy with a fondness for George Michael tunes, is told by his wife (Nia Long) that he needs to cut loose and have more adventures in life—that’s exactly what happens when Keanu is kidnapped by yet another drug dealer, the intimidating Cheddar (Method Man), and Clarence accompanies Rel as the pair pose as hardcore gangsters (“Shark Tank” and “Tectonic”) in order to locate and rescue Keanu.

Yes, it’s the old “fish out of water” and ”mistaken identity” templates, but director Peter Atencio (helmer of the Key and Peele TV series) and scripters Alex Rubens (the show’s co-writer and co-producer) and Peele manage to come up with enough good lines (love Clarence being told that “you talk like Richard Pryor doing an imitation of a white guy”) and clever setpieces (the movie-homage calendar is uproarious and should be sold in stores) to show that this particular well hasn’t dried up quite yet.

Certainly, there are some bits that

are only so-so—Anna Faris turns up as Anna Faris, but her appearance lacks the punch of, say, Bill Murray as Bill Murray in Zombieland, and can we please call a moratorium on drug-induced dream sequences?—but between the breezy plotting, the high hit-to-miss ratio, and the appealing turns by the two leads, Keanu is frequently the cat’s meow.

GREEN ROOM

/// Red-meat catharsis for Blue State moviegoers, Green Room demonstrates what happens when a group of alternative punk rockers are forced to mix it up with rightwing skinheads whose taste in décor leans toward swastikas and Confederate flags.

Short on depth but long on visceral thrills, it’s Old Testament moviemaking, with the adage about an eye for an eye expanding to also include arms, legs, torsos and, once killer dogs are introduced, even jugulars.

Desperately low on cash, the members of the East Coast band The Ain’t Rights— Pat (Anton Yelchin), Sam (Alia Shawcat), Reece (Joe Cole) and Tiger (Callum Turner)—find themselves stranded on the other side of the continent and accept a last-minute booking at a dilapidated backwoods club in the hopes of raising some gas money. The clientele, comprised of bigoted bruisers who would just as soon eat a kitten as pet one, aren’t exactly the target audience for The Ain’t Rights, but, hey, a gig’s a gig.

But as the band is leaving the venue following the performance, one member spots a murder in progress—one being committed by club employees—and suddenly, no one is allowed off the premises.

Darcy Banker (Patrick Stewart), the dapper yet despicable club owner, is summoned to issue the obvious directive: Kill every last band member, and also add Amber (Imogen Poots), the victim’s best

friend, to the body count.

What follows is unsettling and exciting, a violent thriller that finds writer-director Jeremy Saulnier (whose previous picture, Blue Ruin, earned critical hosannas two years ago) milking the claustrophobic setting for maximum impact.

The film is grisly but not gratuitous, and any laughs are generated not by a jokey attitude toward the life-and-death struggle (as is the norm in many action films) but in the befuddled reactions of the young protagonists attempting to cope with a completely foreign situation. (There’s also a running gag of the “If you were stranded on a desert island” variety that leads to a couple of amusing payoffs.)

The performers picked to play both the heroes and the heavies sell the material, and while Patrick Stewart is just about the last actor we would expect to find barking orders at skinheads in a backwater hellhole, he proves to be an inspired casting choice. (And Trekkies will be amused to see Yelchin, Chekov in the new Star Trek flicks, matching wits with Jean-Luc Picard himself.)

There are a couple of late lapses in logic, and the final confrontation could use a bit more oomph. But overall, Green Room is a sterling example of locating and mining a rich vein in a well-worn premise.

THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR

/1 If a studio is going to loosen the purse strings enough to hire the formidable trio of Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain, then why not do so for a worthy Oscar-bait title? Maybe something by Shakespeare. Or Chekhov. Or a remake of The Women (oh, wait, Hollywood already remade — and botched — that one).

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inconsequential as The Huntsman: Winter’s War is only slightly less bothersome than if someone signed up Daniel DayLewis, George Clooney and Michael Fassbender to appear in yet another dimwitted Transformers sequel.

The Huntsman: Winter’s War is, of course, the follow-up to the 2012 sort-ofkind-of-maybe-a-hit Snow White and the Huntsman. While superior to that same year’s other Snow White saga, the torturous Mirror Mirror, SW&TH was itself only so-so, a Tolkien wannabe that succeeded partially on its interesting interpretation of Snow White (effectively, if occasionally awkwardly, played by Kristen Stewart) and primarily on a terrific performance by Theron as the evil Queen Ravenna.

With Stewart punished and booted out of the franchise for having an affair with the married director (showing we really haven’t come that far since the blacklisting of Ingrid Bergman in the late 1940s), the focus has shifted solely to the Huntsman, aka Eric (Chris Hemsworth), who, let’s face it, was arguably the dullest character in that first film.

Here, we follow the hunk through what’s initially a prequel to SW&TH before settling into being a sequel. Eric is paired with Sara (Chastain), a fierce huntswoman and his one true love, as they battle Ravenna’s little sister Freya (Emily Blunt as a wicked version of Frozen’s Elsa) and, eventually, a Ravenna who’s been resurrected from the dead.

As before, Theron dominates the proceedings; unfortunately, she has about as much screen time as the Jawas in Star Wars. Blunt’s frigid queen is the only character who goes through anything resembling a character arc, but she’s also sidelined for much of the film.

The bulk of the picture instead focuses on the woodland adventures of Eric and Sara, and it makes for an exceedingly snoozy experience.

Narrative inertia sets in as these two bicker, battle a fakey CGI critter, bicker some more, team up with some spunky dwarfs, and finally make out a little bit.

Were I Rex Reed back in that brief period when he helmed that awful moviereview program opposite Bill Harris and then Dixie Whatley, I would have relished the opportunity to bellow, “Winter’s War?!? More like Winter’s Bore!!”

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!

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/// Everybody who wants some MTV, some Family Ties, some Purple Rain (to paraphrase Horatio to Hamlet, goodnight, sweet Prince, and flights of doves sing thee to thy rest), and some Maverick declaring his need for speed won’t find anything of the sort in Everybody Wants Some!!

Promoted as an ‘80s version of writer38 director Richard Linklater’s charmer

Patrick Stewart plays a dapper yet despicable club owner in The Green Room.

about the 1970s, 1993’s Dazed and Confused, it’s actually more of a companion piece—since it’s set in 1980, it therefore captures the look and feel of the last gasps of the previous decade.

(After all, the 1980s we all know and love didn’t really ripen for another couple of years; check out 2010’s Hot Tub Time Machine for that representation).

Yet while Linklater’s new film might disappoint those about to break out their parachute pants and Members Only jackets to celebrate its opening, it will prove to be irresistible to those who don’t need nothin’ but a good time.

Taking place on the final days before classes begin in the fall, the movie follows affable freshman Jake (Blake Jenner) as he meets his fellow college baseball players (all shacked up in the same house) and falls for theater major Beverly (Zoey Deutch, playing basically the same role she essayed in that recent dirty diaper of a movie, Dirty Grandpa).

There isn’t much narrative momentum—no established third-act structure— to the picture, which is perfectly fine.

Rather than drumming up some moviemanufactured nonsense like a championship game to win as underdogs or a mystery for these meddling kids to solve with the aid of some doobie snacks, Linklater just has these students hanging out, with their greatest challenge turning out to be whether to attend a party or not.

It may be slight, but it’s also very funny, occasionally insightful, and a welcome throwback to those hallowed school daze.

THE JUNGLE BOOK

/// Forget “The Bare Necessities”; the bare fact of the matter is that Disney’s 1967 animated hit The Jungle Book, the most famous film version of Rudyard Kipling’s stories, is the least effective of the various celluloid adaptations. Made during the

studio’s mostly barren stretch between its two golden ages, the movie plays better in nostalgia-tinged memories than in the here-and-now, hampered by rudimentary animation, annoying interpretations of beloved characters and, save for the aforementioned “The Bare Necessities,” forgettable tunes.

Far better are the 1942 British production starring 18-year-old Sabu as Mowgli, the underrated 1994 take with 28-year-old Jason Scott Lee in the primary role, and, now, a new edition featuring 12-year-old newcomer Neel Sethi as the young boy raised by wolves.

This incarnation initially spends more time than the other versions on the wolf pack, as Raksha (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o) and Akela (Giancarlo Esposito) raise Mowgli alongside their cubs. But when the ferocious, man-hating tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) makes it clear that nothing will stop him from killing the boy, it’s decided that Mowgli will be taken to live with his own kind, escorted in his journey by his friend and protector, the noble panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley).

But the trip doesn’t go as planned, with Mowgli finding himself alone and in the clutches of the snake Kaa (Scarlett Johansson) before he’s rescued by the garrulous bear Baloo (Bill Murray). Yet his troubles are just getting warmed up, as he still has to contend with a seemingly crazed ape named King Louie (Christopher Walken) as well as the ever-present threat of Shere Khan.

In much the same manner as Kenneth Branagh’s enchanting Cinderella last year, director Jon Favreau and scripter Justin Marks have crafted a film that manages to pay tribute both to the original tale as well as its animated adaptation. (You would think there wouldn’t be any room in this nonmusical version for “The Bare Necessities” and “I Wanna Be Like You.” You would be wrong.)

More importantly, their movie employs CGI to dazzling, seamless effect, resulting in an immersive viewing experience rather than the distancing sensation often created by motion pictures that live and die by the computer.

With the exception of Mowgli, everything else is artificial, from the lush jungle surroundings to the anthropomorphic animals surrounding the “man-cub” protagonist. It’s an immaculate presentation, further buoyed by John Debney’s catchy score. (Save your money, though, by nixing the 3-D option; it adds very little.)

The voice actors are appropriately cast, even if none really stand out in the manner of, say, Ratatouille’s Patton Oswalt or Aladdin’s Robin Williams. Idris is menacing as Shere Khan, Johansson is an interesting choice for Kaa, and Walken (he who possesses one of the most distinctive voices in Hollywood) gives us a Louie who almost belongs in a live-action gangster or horror flick. As for Murray, he’s an expected scene-stealer as Baloo, and I’m all for more Jungle Book pictures if it prevents him from lending his vocals to any more infernal Garfield atrocities.

THE BOSS

/1 Melissa McCarthy has exploded as a screen comedienne thanks to her projects with filmmaker Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat and Spy). But in the two films she’s made in tandem with husband Ben Falcone, Tammy and now The Boss, she’s been provided with material far beneath her abilities—a surprise, since she herself co-wrote both films with her hubby.

The Boss is marginally better than Tammy, but that’s only because it doesn’t grow hopelessly maudlin, electing instead to remain a comedy right to the end. Of course, like practically all comedies centering on a boorish and unlikable individual, this wraps up with a few insincere moments of character maturity and empathy, but here such bits are no harder to take than the desperate gags flailing and falling flat at a rapid clip.

As Michelle Darnell, a millionaire and self-help guru who loses everything after she’s arrested for insider trading, McCarthy has a few funny lines that she delivers with her usual aplomb. Mostly, though, the film puts her in situations which are humiliating rather than hysterical, and, worse, everyone around her (with the exception of the typically dull Kristen Bell) has been ordered to go over the top with their grotesque characterizations. CS

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Activism & Politics

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

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

One of the Guys Guys, have you found yourself in a social rut, or just have a need for the art of conversation? Make a change in 2016.

The past decade a diverse group of guys have been getting together about every two weeks to share dinner and opinions on just about any topic. No membership requirements or dues. Just an open mind and willingness to expand your friendship base. For more information visit us on Facebook at Savannah Men’s Club, or if you prefer, email details/questions to savannahmensclub@gmail.com. ongoing.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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.

Victorian Neighborhood Association Meetings Open to all residents, property owners and businesses located between Anderson and Gwinnett, M.L.King,Jr. Blvd to East Broad Street. Free second Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m. 912-233-0352. 1308 West, Henry St. and Montgomery St. Young Democrats Mondays at 7pm on the second level of Foxy Loxy, Bull Street. Call or visit the Young Democrats Facebook page for more information. Free ongoing. 423-619-7712. foxyloxycafe.com/. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

Auditions and Calls for Entries

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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. 40 Call for Applications for Weave a

Come Play Ultimate!

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). ongoing. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Dream Initiative The City of Savannah’s Weave-A-Dream (WAD) Panel has issued a call for proposals for the 2016 Weave-A-Dream Cultural & Arts Projects initiative. Applications will be accepted through the calendar year, while funds are available. Programs are to be completed prior to December 31, 2016. The application must be submitted at least eight weeks prior to the start date of the project; the last date an application can be submitted is October 21, 2016.

Project funding is available up to $2,000 for specific and innovative arts, cultural, or heritage projects or presentations that have a measurable, quantifiable benefit to Savannah’s diverse populations. The Weave-A-Dream Panel seeks proposals that actively involve youth, seniors, and those who have limited access to arts based programs in Savannah. A priority of the WAD funding program is that organizations reach neighborhood communities, encompassing all city districts. To be eligible for consideration, an organization must be a non-profit, 501c3, head-quartered in Savannah’s corporate limits. Proposed programs must also be produced within the City’s corporate limits. No individual artist applications will be accepted. Agencies funded by the City of Savannah for 2016 are not eligible to apply. Applications are available at www.savannahga.gov/ arts. Applying organizations may request application materials and technical assistance by contacting Rebecca Brown at 912-651-6760 or rbrown02@savannahga. gov Through Oct. 21. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry

St. Call for Collegiate Chapters for Yeshua Next Generation Young adults between the ages of 21-25 with technical and people skills are needed to attend Savannah Chamber of Commerce events and to act as Overseers for collegiate chapters. Please contact Reverend Brenda Lee at (912) 236-3154, email:revbrendalee@ yahoo.com ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Call for Entries: MONO - A One of a Kind Printmaking Exhibition Sulfur Studios is now accepting entries for MONO, an exhibition featuring monoprints and monotypes. Any printmaking technique that results in a one of a kind work is eligible, including work that is experimental, sculptural or installation based. Entry fee is $20, $15 for artist members.

Entries due May 15 by Midnight. Artist notification May 19. Accepted entries must be delivered by June 4. Exhibition runs June 8-19. Opening reception June 10.

Contact us at exhibitions@sulfurstudios. org with any questions. $20 / $15 for Artist Members Through May 14. 912. 231. 7105. exhibitions@sulfurstudios.org. https:// facebook.com/events/541000192748917/. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street.

Call for Participants in Medical Study Armstrong State University’s Biodynamics and Human Performance Center is currently seeking adults over the age of 60 to participate in a study sponsored by Biodex Medical Systems. The goal of the study is to identify a screening test that can be used

to screen individuals at risk for falls. The study, seeking both males and females, will utilize and evaluate a machine, which notes the movement of individuals attempting to balance on a non-moving platform. The study requires participants to have neither a history of lower-body musculoskeletal or neurological problems, nor undergone a serious surgery within the past year. Prior to participating, other health stipulations, such as uncontrolled heart disease, will be screened. Participants should be available for a single test lasting no longer than 30 minutes and will be compensated with a Kroger gift card. If you qualify and would like to participate in either of these studies, please contact Kelsey Piersol at ASUbiomechanics@gmail.com or (912) 2472982. Through July 31. about.armstrong. edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 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. 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 Proposals for 2017 Contracts for Cultural Arts and Services The City of Savannah’s Cultural Affairs Commission has issued a “Call for Proposals” for the 2017 Contracts for Cultural & Arts Services Program. In 2017, two investment program categories are available: Project Investment and Partner Investment. To be eligible for consideration, an organization must have a non-profit 501(c) 3 status and be headquartered within the City of Savannah. Proposed programs must take place during the 2017 calendar year. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the Cultural Affairs Commission, whose recommendations will be sent to the City Manager, the Mayor, and the City Council for review and final funding approval. Applications, guidelines, and program information will be available on the Department of Cultural Affairs website (www.savannahga.gov/arts) or by contacting Rebecca Brown at RBrown02@ savannahga.gov or 912-651-6760. Through June 24. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. Call for Submissions for Dank Memes Non-Fiction Gallery invites you to dig deep and decode the cultural viruses that live in you. Show us your dank memes. Through June 22. nonfictiongallery.com. Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull 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.

Tell Us Your Ghost Story?

Organization seeks to document your first hand experiences with psychical phenomenon for analysis and potential investigation. Our investigators have reputable credentials and long time investigation training and connections with the top minds and researchers in parapsychology field research and other areas. We are especially interested in Chatham and neighboring counties with special emphasis on Savannah itself and the Historic District. Interviewees should be comfortable with video documentation of themselves and events w/privacy level negotiated beforehand. ongoing. amchclub@yahoo.com. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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$5 Bikram Yoga Class to Benefit Local Charities Bikram Yoga Savannah offers a weekly Karma class to raise money for local charities. Thursdays during the 6:30pm class. Pay $5 for class and proceeds are donated to a different charity each month. This is a regular Bikram Yoga class. ongoing. 912.356.8280. bikramyogasavannah.com.

Kentucky Derby Party Pegasus Riding Academy hosts this Kentucky Derby fundraiser with light southern fare and libations, a hat contest, the Dapper Dan Award, a silent auction, and friendly wagers on the horses. $15 Sat., May 7, 4-7:30 p.m. 912-547-6486. barfoodsavannah.com. bar.food, 4523 Habersham St. SCMPD Animal Control seeks Volunteers Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve various tasks as needed by the shelter. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly 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.

conscious eating, and self-inquiry based on Baron Baptiste’s 40 Days to a Personal Revolution. The program fee includes 40 days of unlimited yoga classes, a 40 Day Workbook, weekly podcasts to support your yoga and meditation practices, and 6 weekly meetings. $175| Meetings + 30 Days of Unlimited Yoga, $75 for Meetings only Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.. 912-3492756. info@savannahpoweryoga.com. https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ classic/ws?studioid=13343&stype=8&sTG=25&sVT=18&sView=day. savannahpoweryoga.com. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Road Unit J-3.

Art Class at the Foundery Students will learn observational drawing and use charcoal, watercolor, and other art mediums. They will also learn about artists from the past. Classes are taught by SCAD graduate, Seth Fite (sethfite.com). 6-11 year olds are Fridays 4:30-6 and 12-15 year olds are Wednesdays 4-6. Younger class - $130 Older class - $150 Fridays, 4:30-6 p.m..

513-295-7378. sethfite@gmail.com. The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. 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.

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

912-677-3983. epiphany.indiemade.com.

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.

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.

Community Radio Volunteer Orientation Interested in hosting a radio show or becoming involved in community media?

WRUU-LP, Savannah’s new community radio station, is holding an information session and volunteer orientation on May

Finally, a spay/neuter clinic that every pet owner can afford…

ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE TWO HUNDRED CLUB FOR THE FAMILIES OF FALLEN FIRST RESPONDERS

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10 at 6:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 311 E. Harris St. Come get an overview of the station’s operating principles, receive an update on where the project currently stands, and learn about the steps you’ll need to take to become a program host or other volunteer. For more information, visit www.wruu.org or contact program@savsoundings.org. Free Tue., May 10, 6-7 p.m. 912-234-0980. program@ savsoundings.org. wruu.org. uusavannah. org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 311 Harris St. Creativity Coaching Do you have a creative idea but don’t know where to start? Is it time to move forward with your project? Work with your very own 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, ---.

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.

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

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

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. How to Improve Your Credit Score This class teaches simple techniques for improving your credit. Whether you’re recovering from bad decisions or rebuilding after a financial setback, this series will show you how to raise your score, which will lower your interest rates on purchases and allow you to save money. Topics include understanding the scores, monitoring your credit, debt management, how to dispute claims, and an exploration of which factors impact your score the most. $90 for both classes Thu., May 5, 6-7:30 p.m.

912-651-2005. adaniels@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ 42 ce/programs/how-to-improve-your-credit-

score/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm 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.

Latin Night with Free Lesson Join us every 1st Friday for a free group lesson followed by a Party for dancers.

Come and practice all of your patterns that you have learned in class while meeting some fun people along the way. All ages and levels welcome. You don’t need a partner or have experience to come and enjoy dance with us. $10 per person or $15 per couple first Friday of every month, 7:30-10 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Mobile Strategies for Business Workshop The three-hour workshop will help professionals from small to mid-size businesses build a mobile strategy to suit their business needs. $50 Thu., May 5, 8-11 a.m. 912-966-7913. emily.doherty@ pe.gatech.edu. Georgia Tech Savannah, 210 Technology Circle.

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

Pole Fitness Classes Pole dancing is a beautiful artform, and a combination of dance, flexibility and gymnastics. Pole dancing has quickly become one of the most popular forms of

fun and exercise for women. It can help you lose weight, gain beautiful muscle tone, make you stronger than ever and build confidence like no other form of exercise can. Join us on Tuesday nights and get fitter and stronger than you’ve ever been, with this amazing full body workout. Schedule TBA $20 Every other Tuesday, 7-9 p.m. 912-9881052. Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way. Portrait Study Open Studio Improve your life drawing skills with our open studio portrait model sessions every Thursday evening 6pm to 9pm from April 28 to May 26. Non-instructional.

Walk ins and beginners welcome. $15, model fees inclusive. Practice makes the artist better. There is no other way.

Come join our group and have some too. $15 Thursdays, 6-9 p.m.. 912-484-6415. info@thestudioschoolsavannah.com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com/weeklyfigure-drawing.html. Studio School, 1319 Bull St. Project Management Basics This course provides an overview of the ten knowledge-based principles for managing successful projects: Scope, integration, communication, time, cost, procurement, risk management, quality control, human resources, and project stakeholder management. The training includes practical exercises and an in-class group project.

Participants receive a manual, electronic forms, and other resource materials. $675 or $700 for onsite registration Fri., May 6, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 912-651-2005. goo.gl/ xY5nf4. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

A. Roper Studio - Voice Technique and Coaching Experienced and successful voice instructor is accepting students. Nurturing and collaborative studio. Services offered include strengthening the voice, range extension, relaxation techniques, and coaching through various styles of music.

Audition and competition preparation.

Located 15 minutes from downtown. Varies Mondays-Saturdays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 912-4840628. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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

Clubs & Organizations

1 Million Cups 1 Million Cups is a free, weekly national program designed to educate, engage, and connect entrepreneurs. Developed by the Kauffman Foundation, 1MC is based on the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and network over a million cups of coffee.

Free Wed., May 4, 9 a.m. 1millioncups. com/savannah. Creators’ Foundry, 415 W Boundary St. 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.

Fiber Guild of the Savannahs A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, and other fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center, first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. fiberguildsavannah.homestead.com/. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. Geechee Sailing Club Founded in 1971, GSC promotes sailing and boating safety, education, and fellowship.Member of the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association. second Monday of every month, 6 p.m. 912-356-3265. geecheesailingclub.org. liveoakstore.com/ tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. 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.

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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. Savannah Tree Foundation, 3025 Bull Street.

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 Club This is a new club for the board game “go” (igo, weiqi, baduk). For places and times, please call John at 734-355-2005. ongoing.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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.

Carey Hilliard’s (Southside), 11111 Abercorn St. 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 help you learn about Savannah and make new friends. Ongoing sign-up.

savannahnewcomers.com. ongoing.

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.

Toastmasters Toastmasters International is an organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, seminars, and contests.

Regardless of your level of comfort with public speaking, you will find a club that is interested in helping you improve your speaking abilities. Free Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m.. hostesscity.toastmastersclubs.org. thincsavannah.com. Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. 3rd Floor.

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.

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.

Concerts

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

Mondays, 7pm. ongoing. 912-344-9768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave. Concert: Sideline When these guys get together, it’s all front and center, main stage bluegrass. Sideline plays songs you love. Some are bluegrass classics, some are destined to be classics, and all of them are performed in a way that makes audiences understand why these pickers and singers are A-tier bluegrassers, loved and adored by fans all over the world. $20 Sat., May 7, 8 p.m. randywoodguitars. com. Randy Wood Guitars (Bloomingdale), 1304 East Hwy. 80.

Concert: The Honeycutters The Honeycutters have a voice you can’t ignore; a voice of persistence, of struggle and of hope, a voice that leads the new music movement erupting out of Asheville. $25 Fri., May 6, 8 p.m. marstheatre.com.

Mars Theatre, 109 S. Laurel Street.

First Friday for Folk Music Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. $5 donation May performers: Daniel Nickels and Chris Desa. first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m. 912-898-1876. savannahfolk.org. fpc. presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Jazz at the Beach Enjoy jazz with Laiken Williams and the Fellowship of Love. Proceeds benefit the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. $40 Sat., May 7, 2-5 p.m. northbeachbarandgrill.net/. North Beach Grill, 33 Meddin Dr. PICKSavannah Children’s Choir Spring Concert The children, with help from some hometown name musicians, will fill your Mother’s Day with songs that take you home. The highlight of the performance is the premiere of Savannah Suite, a musical journey from Gullah, Sacred Harp and Sea Shanty to the class jazz tune by Savannah’s jazz treasure Ben Tucker, “I’m Comin’ Home.” $10-$25 Sun., May 8, 3 p.m. lucastheatre. com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St.

Conferences

State of Small Business Conference During this conference, presented by SCORE and Wells Fargo, ten area experts that will have three minutes each to present their information on measurable benchmarks relating to Savannah’s small business community. Free Wed., May 4, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. savtcc.com. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr.

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 1:303;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. 912-9257416. savh_tango@yahoo.com.

Art March Blues Dance Join us for a night of free blues dancing during the May Art March. We will have a great playlist of blues and fusion music to dance to and many great dancers to try the style out with. Social dance only. Free Fri., May 6, 6-9 p.m. 912-604-5763. vonmulan@ gmail.com. Studio School, 1319 Bull St. 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. Ballet FIT! Love ballet? We are ready to get that body in ballet shape. This total body workout is great for low impact and high impact movements. With a series of bar, floor, and mat exercises, you will leave refreshed and stretched. Toning, stretching, and strengthening are our goals for you. See calendar for details. $15.00, $10.00, $8.00, $5.00 Thursdays, 5-6 p.m.

412.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Ballroom Group Dance Class Weekly ballroom dance classes focus on two types of dance each month. Open to partners/couples or to solos. The $35 for 4 weeks or $10 drop in Mondays, 7 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

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. 7pm8pm. 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 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 Night Salsa Savannah sponsors this dance night.

Be advised that locations often change. Visit salsasavannah.com or call 912-704-8726 for updated locations. Fridays, 10 p.m. Latin Chicks (Waters Ave.), 5205 Waters Avenue.

Salsa Savannah sponsors this dance night.

Be advised that locations often change. Visit salsasavannah.com or call 912-704-8726 for updated locations. Thursdays, 10 p.m.

Gatsby’s, 408 West Broughton Street.

Dance Party Dance on Thursdays at 8pm--fun, friendship, and dancing. Free for Savannah Ballroom students. $10 for visitors ($15 for couples). free - $15 Thursdays, 8 p.m. 912-3353335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

DJ Greer DJ Greer spinning some old and new R&B. Happy hour all night long. Fridays, 8 44 p.m.-2:30 a.m. 828 216 9005. jgoodfellas@

yahoo.com. doublesnightclub.com/.

Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Free Dance Thursdays at Lake Mayer Lake Mayer is offering free dance and fitness classes for all ages every Thursday, in the Community Center. 9:30 am and 10:30 am is the “Little Movers” class for toddlers.

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

Free Trial Shimmy Chic: Belly Dance Fitness Shimmy and Shake with a BRAND NEW dance fitness program that we will start offering in January after the holiday break. Shimmy Chic is a low impact, high cardio workout that is designed to teach beginners and challenge the seasoned dancer. You will learn the true skill of belly dance while getting a great workout.

Our instructor, Kit Dobry, is the only one certified in the Savannah area to teach this great workout! *Yoga mat is required Join us for a FREE trial Thursday, December 17th. FREE Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.. 612-470683. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

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.

Kids Ballroom Group Class Get the next generation involved with all the styles of partnership dances. We teach etiquette, the history, and how to actually dance them! Get them involved today to get ready for our Monthly Ballroom Dance. $40 for 4 weeks Tuesdays, 6-6:45 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Kids Hip Hop and Jazz Mondays, 6 p.m. salondebailedancestudio. com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Kids Tap Teaching two skills in one class: music and dance. Join our newest tap class for kids to enjoy learning different rhythms and foot patters for fun music. Tap shoes are required and can be purchased at our studio! Sign up today and start tomorrow. $40 for 4 weeks Thursdays, 6-6:45 p.m.

612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. 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 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.

Latin Nite Salsa DJ Vaina Enventos brings Latin Night to Doubles. Happy hour all night long. NONE Thursdays, 8 p.m.-2:30 a.m. 828 216 9005. jgoodfellas@yahoo.com. doublesnightclub. com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. 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. 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.

Mom and ME DANCE Classes Does your baby love to dance? Sign up for our MOM and Me Dance class and explore movement to fun music and learn the basic skills of dance to develop better motor skills for your child. 18 months to 2 years old. $40.00 for 4 weeks Saturdays, 9-9:30 a.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Salsa Lessons Learn to dance salsa and bachata, and try it free before you buy it. Call 912-704-8726 to reserve your space and visit salsasavannah. com for more information. ongoing. Salsa Savannah Latin Dance Studio, 408 Bull Street.

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. Salsa! Salsa! Salsa!

0 Thursdays, 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m. 828 216 9005. jgoodfellas@yahoo.com. doublesnightclub. com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. 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. Shimmy Chic Dance Fitness Shimmy and Shake with a brand new dance fitness program that will have you burning calories while learning the true skill of belly dance. Shimmy Chic is a low impact, high cardio workout that is designed to teach beginners and challenge the seasoned dancer. Yoga mats will be required. See calendars for details. $15.00, $10.00, $8.00, $5.00 Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.

612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. 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.

West Coast Swing Group Class Love to swing dance? This class is for you.

Join us for 4 weeks of triple steps, rock steps, and whips! Need to practice? We got that covered too. Get ready and join this class to come to our Monthly Swing/Blues Night! $40.00 for 4 weeks Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr.

Events

1st Thursdays Professionals Networking Mixer The 100 Black Men of Savannah present a mixer for all Professionals in the Greater Savannah area. This is a great event for networking as well as a chance for newcomers to the coastal empire to meet new fun and interesting people.

No admission cost. Food and drinks for purchase on your own. Dress attire is business casual. Door prizes, live music. free to attend..food & drink own your own first Thursday of every month, 6-9 p.m. oglesbyh@gmail.com. Cocktail Co., 10 Whitaker Street.

Awaken with Chakradance™ Thursdays Join us for a free-flowing, meditative dance and experience the healing power of Chakradance™. With eclectic music selected to resonate with each specific chakra, along with guided imagery, Chakradance™ will take you on a spiritual journey, free the energy in your body and open you to a deeper experience of life. No dance experience or prior knowledge of the chakras is necessary.

Limited to 12 participants – email to reserve a spot today! $20 Thursdays, 6:45-8:15 p.m.

912-663-1306. Chakradancer@comcast. net. anahatahealingarts.com/healing-aha/.

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Savannah’s only after-hours cemetery story event! See this great Victorian with Shannon Scott and all of the intrigues from bootleggers to murderers and those loved, lived and are now part of these immortal story grounds. $35.00 Saturdays, 5-8 p.m..

912-319-5600. shannon@shannonscott. com. zerve.com/shannonscott/BonCemAH. savannahga.gov/cityweb/cemeteriesweb. nsf/cemeteries/bonaventure.html.

Bonaventure Cemetery, 330 Bonaventure Rd. Cars and Coffee View unique, rare and antique cars while enjoying coffee. Car owners can bring in a car and interact with other automobile enthusiasts. Free admission, 25 cents for coffee with a $1 donation to the museum first Saturday of every month, 9-11 a.m.. richmondhillmuseum.com. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. PICKCommon Grounds Common Grounds is a collaboration of the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Wesley Fellowship. We meet on Wednesday nights for open theological discussion on hot button issues. All are welcome regardless of faith background or where you are on your spiritual journey. We are open and affirming of the LGBT community. Order for Compline by candlelight is offered on Sunday nights at 8PM. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. facebook.com/commongroundssavannah.

The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. Consumer College This event, presented by Chatham County SALT (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together) features entertainment, guest speakers, a resource fair, and vendor booths.

Thu., May 5, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Savannah Hellenic Center, 14 West Anderson Street.

Couponing Workshop Save money on groceries, entertainment, clothing, pet care and more. Come to the couponing seminar May 7 and leave with the tools to start day 1. Must pre-register by contacting 912-4414760 or patriciastreasures@yahoo. com. Through May 8, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

912-441-4760. patricias-treasures.com. patriciastreasures@yahoo.com. Holiday Inn Express (Richmond Hill), 4601 US Hwy 17.

Dancing Stars of Coastal Georgia Dancing Stars of Coastal Georgia is an exciting benefit for the Alzheimer’s Association, Georgia Chapter. Reinventing the popular show, “Dancing with the Stars”, this fundraising event is comprised of local celebrity dancers paired with professional dancers, all raising funds by gaining votes!

Then the dancers come together to compete in a one night gala dance competition, it’s an event you do not want to miss! Fri., May 6, 6 p.m.-midnight. 912-660-1012. cwaters@alz.org. act.alz.org/site/TR?fr_ id=8755&pg=entry. savtcc.com. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. Derby in the Garden Watch the greatest two minutes in sports at our second annual Kentucky Derby party at The Brice. Enjoy classic Derby fare cooked up by Pacci’s Chef Dusty Grove and Live Music from Georgia Kyle. Ladies, throw on those hats. Gentlemen, straighten up those bowties. We’re giving out prizes for

Film: The Challenge

Never released on any home video format anywhere in the world, this gripping, futuristic political thriller essentially vanished after startling TV audiences 45 years ago.

It stars Darren McGavin as a Vietnam veteran who is sent by the USA to a deserted tropical island to represent his country in a one-one-on duel to the death with a fellow champion soldier from an unnamed Asian country. $7 May 4, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E Park Ave. best dressed. Raffle tickets and a portion of proceeds from ticket sales will benefit First Tee of Savannah and The American Diabetes Association. Grandstand Tickets ($50) include food & two drink tickets. The Jockey Club Tickets ($65) include food & open bar. Sat., May 7, 3-7 p.m. 912-2381200. https://eventbrite.com/e/derby-in-thegarden-tickets-24296838498. The Brice, 601 East Bay Street.

Drinks After Work This group is for people that enjoy getting out mid-week, being social after work, and want to discover new places in the downtown Savannah area. Come have a cocktail, make new friends, and get over the hump. The group will meet on Wednesdays at various establishments throughout Downtown Savannah and nearby area. http://www.meetup.com/Drinksafter-work/ https://www.facebook.com/ groups/960991837322187/ Wednesdays, 7 p.m. drinksafterworksavannah@gmail. com. meetup.com/Drinks-after-work/ events/227656080/. distillerysavannah. com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. Edible Landscape and Native Plantings I you are interested in turning part of your yard into a garden this event is for you.

Purchase edible plants, fruiting shrubs and native pollinators and talk with experts who will share design suggestions along with planting and care for plants appropriate for our coastal region. Thompson’s Gardens and Southern Native Plantings will have plants for purchase. Members of SUGA will be on site to answer questions about gardening, seed saving, backyard chicken coops and how to charm worms into producing some of the best nutrients for your organic gardens. Free Sat., May 7, 10

a.m.-2 p.m. 478-254-1629 SUGA Central. admin@sugacentral.org. Whitemarsh Community Garden, 104 Penrose Dr. First Friday Fireworks Celebrate the end of the week and the beginning of a new month with First Friday Fireworks, presented by Wet Willie’s. Free first Friday of every month, 9:30 p.m. info@riverstreetsavannah.com. riverstreetsavannah.com/event/first-fridayfireworks. Rousakis Plaza, River St. First Friday Oyster Roast Enjoy oysters, cocktails and live music and take a tour of the new Whitman Yacht. first Friday of every month, 6:30-9:30 p.m. westinsavannah.com/. Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive.

PICKFree Family Day: State of the Art Savannah Community Celebration Savannah is bursting with artistic talent, and Telfair Museums was to celebrate it. Enjoy an array of local contemporary art, and meet some of the artists and art groups making and promoting art in the community. Take part by making some art of your own. Sat., May 7, 1-4 p.m. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Guided Tours of the Lucas Theatre for the Arts Learn the history of the historic Lucas Theatre on a 20-30 minute tour. Restoration, architecture, history of the theatre and of early cinema. $4. Group rates for ten or more. School trips available. Tours are Monday-Friday 10am-5pm and must be scheduled. To schedule a tour, contact Megan Chandler at 912-525-5029 or mchandle@lucastheatre.com. ongoing. 912525-5023. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Kingdom Business Networking

Alliance 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 Wednesday of every month, 7:30-9 a.m. 912-257-6248. info@kbnalliance.com. kbnalliance.com/. Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Savannah Airport - Pooler, 103 San Drive.

Mother Son Ball K & J Event Designers’ hosts “Every Moment Counts” mother-son ball for Mother’s Day at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum Annex. The night will be filled with excitement and entertainment. $20 Mon., May 9, 6-9 p.m. 912 441 2787. kjeventdesigner@gmail.com. Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, 460 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

The original Midnight Tour One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866-666-3323.

6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street.

PBJ Pantry A free food pantry held every Thursday, 10-11am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica Sutton for questions. 912-897-1192 ongoing. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Poverty Simulation Poverty simulations are an experiential learning tool that helps to educate community members about the barriers faced by families living in poverty. Step Up hosts about four simulations a year, which are open to the public. Step Up also occasionally coordinates simulations by special request. Free Wed., May 4, 1-4:30 p.m. 912-232-6747. jjohnson@ stepupsavannah.org. stepupsavannah. org/get-involved/poverty-simulations/. southuniversity.edu/. South University, 709 Mall Blvd.

Re-Ribbon Cutting of Savannah’s National Historic Landmark District Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the designation of Savannah’s National Historic Landmark District. Thu., May 5, 4 p.m.

Columbia Square, Habersham and East President Streets.

Retro Mega Comic Con This comic book convention will have all things Geektastic. Vintage and modern toys, comic books from all years, video gaming collectibles from all over the U.S., table top gaming, celebrity guests and much more. $10 Sat., May 7, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 912-999-6376. retromegacon@gmail. com. retromegacomiccon.com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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Buffet best, grab the entire family and get ready for a weekend of great live music and the area’s freshest seafood from the restaurants that locals love!

Grass skirts and Hawaiian shirts are optional but encouraged! Free and Open to the Public Fri., May 6, 4-10 p.m. and Sat., May 7, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. 912-2340295. info@riverstreetsavannah.com. riverstreetsavannah.com/event/river-streetseafood-fest/?instance_id=1306. Rousakis Plaza, River St. Savannah Experience Looking for something different to do in Savannah? We are looking for the brave and bold to try out a new free Savannah experience. This is a fast-paced nontraditional tour of Savannah that mixes in games and stories to get you excited. We are looking to show you the quirky side of Savannah and have fun doing it. The experience is completely free. If you are ready to charge ahead with us, get your tickets. Have more questions? Check out our website. FREE Wed., May 4, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Thu., May 5, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Fri., May 6, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sat., May 7, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-421-0485. info@takeoversav.com. takeoversav.com/charge-ahead. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Savannah Storytellers Tall tales and fun times with the classic art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm.

Reservations encouraged by calling 912349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore. com/tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. SCAD Sand Arts Festival Spend the day on Tybee Island’s picturesque North Beach and watch in awe as elaborate creations rise from the sand. Enjoy the picture-perfect setting and cheer on your favorite SCAD artists. Just make sure to get there before the tide comes in. Fri., May 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. North Beach, Tybee Island.

Shire of Forth Castle Fighter Practice Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org.

Southbound Brewery Saturday Tours and Tastes Savannah’s first microbrewery is open for public tours and tastings Wednesday - Fridays from 5:30-7:30 and Saturdays from 2-4. Hang out, have a few cold ones, and learn a little more about Savannah’s first craft brewery. Free Saturdays, 2-4 p.m.

912-335-7716. info@southboundbrewingco. com. southboundbrewingco.com.

Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. PICKTongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by Melanie Goldey A poetry and music open mic with an emphasis on sharing new, original, thoughtful work. second Tuesday of every month, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Tybee Lighthouse Sunset Tour Take advantage of this unique opportunity to experience the lighthouse after hours on 46 a small private tour that includes a climb to

the top. Children 12 and under not allowed.

Tour lasts about 90 minutes. $25 Fri., May 6.

912-786-5801. tybeelighthouse.org/. Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. Under The Rainbow On Thursday nights come out to the coolest spot in Pooler for Under The Rainbow. Every week we will host a different event that will cater to those that play over, around and under the rainbow. Thursdays, 8-11 p.m.

912-988-1052. Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way. Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market The Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market would love to have you come visit on a Saturday morning. There’s tons to buy and see. free Sat., May 7, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. wifarmersmarket@aol.com. wifarmersmarket.org/spring-2016-session. html. Islands High School, 170 Whitemarsh Island Road.

Yom HaShoah Holocaust Observance Day Hear Holocaust survivor Manuela Mendels Bornstein discuss her experience. Thu., May 5, 7-9 p.m. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

Festivals

Fairy and Gnome Fun Put your wings and pointed hats on and come to Oatland Island Wildlife Center for a day of enchantment at our Fairy and Gnome Festival on May 7, 2016 from 10 a.m.-2:00 p.m. This fantastical day is all about the “wee folk”, and getting up close with the natural world and encouraging active, outdoor play. Children can forage in our enchanted forest for fairies; help construct a fairy village using all natural materials; show off your costume in our fairy and gnome fashion show, and have fun dancing around the May pole. $5 per adult; $3 per child (4-17), seniors, military Sat., May 7, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 912-395-1517. michelle. kelly@sccpss.com. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Savannah Preservation Festival The Historic Savannah Foundation’s educational festival will highlight what makes Savannah unique. Event programming includes the 2016 HSF Preservation Awards luncheon, a free opening lecture and reception, a wine tasting and home tour and a free block party on Broughton Street. For tickets and more information, visit myHSF.org. May 5-7.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Seafood Fest Throw on your flip flops and your Jimmy Buffett best, grab the entire family and get ready for a weekend of great live music and the area’s freshest seafood from the restaurants that locals love. Enjoy live music throughout the weekend. Free and open to the public May 6-7. riverstreetsavannah. com/. River Street, River St.

Fitness

$8 Community Yoga Classes Savannah Power Yoga offers a community yoga class nearly every day of the week for just $8. All proceeds support local organizations. See schedule online for

details. Most classes are heated to 90 degrees. Bring a yoga mat, towel and some water. $8 Mondays-Fridays, Sundays. (912) 349-2756. info@savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com. $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. 912349-2756.

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.

Ballet Body Toning Ballet Body Toning is a ballet inspired workout designed to improve balance, flexibility, and use body resistance to strengthen core, legs & booty. This workout is low impact and scorches major calories and teaches you basic ballet! Call to make a reservation before class. This is a semiprivate class so space is limited! $10.00 Wednesdays, Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. Bariatric Surgery Support Group Located in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery.

Call or see website for info. first Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Barre Classes Looking for a fun way to tone and burn calories? Savannah Yoga Barre offers daily barre classes to help you reach your fitness goals. Diverse classes ensure there’s something for everyone. All levels are encouraged to attend. Start where you are and go from there. Classes start as early as 6 a.m. and as late as 6:45 p.m. $15 drop-in or use class pass ongoing. 912200-4809. info@savannahyogabarre.com. savannahyogabarre.com.

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. 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. Breema Join us October 3 and every first Saturday 10-12. Discover a practical and transformative approach to life and health.

Receiving Breema bodywork releases deeply held tension in the body, mind and feelings.

Breema is a way to practice being present.

Taught by Laura Ike. Open to community.

Donation jar. Call 912 658-5592 with questions. first Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. 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.

Dance DynaMix Dance DynaMix is a choreographed dance fitness class inspired by funky hip hop and sleek jazz moves! No dance experience required. Call 732.232.3349 to reserve your spot ahead of time, as class space is limited. Stay after class for a 30 minute stretch to wind down for the weekend with! $10.00 Wednesdays, Fridays, 10-11 a.m.

732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. 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.

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workout class. All levels welcome. A smooth mix of cardio and strengthening exercises.

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. 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. 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. Pints and Poses with Melissa DeLynn Melissa of Dancing Dogs Yoga conducts light-hearted class twice a month, every other Saturday. Session includes 6 beer samples and a souvenir glass for the

public Tours & Tastes that immediately follow the yoga session. $25 Every other Saturday, 12-1:30 p.m.. 912.667.0033. natalie@southboundbrewingco. com. https://facebook.com/PintsPoses-1203581879668449/. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop 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.

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

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

45 minutes. First Class FREE MondaysFridays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 912-675-0952. rocknbodyfitnessbootcamp@gmail.com. rocknbodyfitnessbootcamp.com. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Ladies Day at Savannah Climbing Coop Wednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah

Every Wednesday women climb for half price, $5. See website for info. ongoing. 912495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

Savannah Disc Golf Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am.

Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm.

Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am.

All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. See website or email for info. ongoing. savannahdiscgolf@gmail.com. savannahdiscgolf.com.

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

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

SIZZLE- Dance Cardio The hottest cardio class to keep or get you in shape for summer. Sizzle is designed to give you cardio, strengthening, and stretch training that you need for that bikini body. Enroll now and get the first class free. $10.00 or $80 for 10 classes Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Somatic Movement Improvisation This class is for everyone who moves!

Improve your dynamic alignment, breath, grounding, and the ability to access fluid movement. You will improve in all your movement activities, while awakening more fully within your own life as an embodied experience. Led by international teacher Janet Kaylo. Wear light, loose fitting clothes suitable for dance or yoga. No experience necessary. $15 drop-in Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-2004809. info@savannahyogabarre.com. savannahyogabarre.com.

Turbo Kick Cardio Workout Lose calories while dancing and kick-boxing.

No experience or equipment needed. Tues. and Thurs. 6pm, Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton Wed. 6pm Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 ongoing. 586-822-1021. facebook.com/turbokicksavannah.

Walk MS Help change lives and end MS forever with this fundraising walk. Sat., May 7, 10 a.m.

678-534-3651. main.nationalmssociety.org/ site/TR/Walk/GAAWalkEvents?pg=entry&fr_ id=27497. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center.

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

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Yoga Teacher Training Program

Interested in teaching yoga or simply deepening your practice? Join us for our annual 200-hour yoga teacher training program. The journey begins on October 9 and takes place over the course of 9 weekends in an 8-month period. You’ll work in a timeframe that allows you to fully digest and incorporate new knowledge and skills into your yoga practice as well as your everyday life. While our 8-month program prepares you for teaching yoga to others, it’s not necessary to want to teach yoga to benefit from this training. Whether you choose to teach yoga or not, our 200Hour training will help you develop your unique style and cultivate your inner voice.

Through May 15. ytt@savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Zumba Fitness Isn’t lifting weights and running on the treadmill boring? Come join Sheena’s Zumba Fitness class and have fun while burning calories! The class regularly has 75+ participants that know that Sheena is the best Zumba instructor in Savannah!

So show up early and see you soon!

Free with YMCA membership Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. 912-354-6223. https:// facebook.com/ZumbaFitnesswithSheena/. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. Zumba Fitness (R) with April Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

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

Food Events

Mother’s Day Brunch Cruise No cooking, no cleaning, just plenty of time for family fun. Picture your mom dining on a delicious buffet and kicking her heels up on the dance floor, while cruising the Savannah River. Make this year a Mother’s Day she will cherish for years to come. Includes 1.5 hour cruise, brunch buffet, entertainment...all for mom. Unlimited mimosa package available!

Tickets: Adults $49.95* | Child(ages 5-12) $33.45* | Children 4 & under free May 8, 12-2:30 p.m. 912-232-6404. info@ savannahriverboat.com. savannahriverboat. com. Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street.

Mother’s Day Dinner Entertainment Cruise Sit back, relax, and let us do all of the work.

This Mother’s Day, let Savannah Riverboat Cruises help you make this a Mother’s Day she will never forget. This 2 hour cruise includes a buffet dinner, live entertainment, and an unforgettable evening. Tickets: Adults $59.95* | Child(ages 5-12) $35.95* | Children 4 & under are free May 8, 6-9 p.m.

912-232-6404. info@savannahriverboat. com. savannahriverboat.com. Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street.

Richmond Hill Farmers’ Market The City of Richmond Hill will reopen its Farmer’s Market on March 15th. There will be free balloons for children, shopping bags for market customers, and activities such as corn hole, a bouncy house and the fire department will bring their water cannon. Handicap parking will be available.

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Each Tuesday from mid-March until November, the market will offer the best in local produce and crafts. The City has extended shopping hours from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. 2-7 p.m.. 912-756-3345. jlee@ richmondhill-ga.gov. https://facebook.com/ RichmondHillFarmersMarket. J. F. Gregory Park, Richmond Hill.

Bethesda Farm and Gardens Stand Each week, this popular organic farm stand, managed by Bethesda students and staff, sells fresh produce, seasonal vegetables, herbs, free range eggs, a variety of plants, goat milk soap, firewood and more. In addition, 100 percent grass fed ground beef in various quantities are available at the farm stand, which is raised and distributed

by Bethesda Academy’s Cattle & Beef Operation. Specialty cuts are also available. merrin.slocombe@bethesdaacademy.org. bethesdaacademy.org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Fire & Wine Half priced bottles of wine, campfires in the courtyard, marshmallows and s’mores kits. 912-401-0543. info@foxyloxycafe.com. foxyloxycafe.com/. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. Forsyth Farmers Market Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights.

Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items for sale.

912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com.

Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Honey Tasting and Body Care Samples + Store Tour Daily honey tastings and body care demonstrations. Come see honeybees in the observation hive or call 912.629.0908 to schedule a tour of the Bee Garden. Garden tour available March through October. $3 per person. Must call ahead. Free MondaysFridays, 10 a.m. 912-234-0688. jessie@ savannahbee.com. Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Prepare Sunday Suppers at Union Mission Local organizations are invited to sign up to prepare Sunday Supper for people who are homeless and live at Union Mission’s shelters for homeless people. Groups must sign up in advance and bring/prepare a meal, beginning at 2pm on Sundays. Call for information. ongoing. 912-236-7423.

Richmond Hill Farmers’ Market The City of Richmond Hill will reopen its Farmer’s Market on March 15th. There will be free balloons for children, shopping bags for market customers, and activities such as corn hole, a bouncy house and the fire department will bring their water cannon. Handicap parking will be available.

Each Tuesday from mid-March until November, the market will offer the best in local produce and crafts. The City has extended shopping hours from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. 2-7 p.m.. 912-756-3345. jlee@ richmondhill-ga.gov. https://facebook.com/ RichmondHillFarmersMarket. J. F. Gregory Park, Richmond Hill.

Tybee Island Farmers Market Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, granola, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. The market is non-smoking and 48 pet friendly. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com.

Stephen Johnson, 206 Miller Ave.

Health

Armstrong Prescription Drug Drop-Off Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. hosts a permanent drop box for disposing of unused prescription drugs and over the counter medication. In the lobby of the University Police building on campus.

Open to the public 24 hours/day, year round. Confidential. All items collected are destroyed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. ongoing. 912-344-3333. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/ index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Blood Pressure Screenings St. Joseph’s/Candler’s SmartSenior offers blood pressure screenings on every Monday from 10 AM to Noon in the SmartSenior office, #8 Medical Arts on 836 E. 65th Street. No appointment is necessary; the screenings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call (912) 352-4405. ongoing. St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Arts Building, 836 E. 65th St. Breastfeeding Class St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Telfair BirthPlace offers a Breastfeeding Class for expectant parents at 1:30 PM in the Prepared Childbirth Education classroom, Suite 508A, Candler Professional Building, 5354 Reynolds Street. The class is taught by a certified lactation consultant. Material covered will be about the advantages of breastfeeding, breastfeeding techniques, how to cope with the first few weeks after the baby’s birth and basic lactation issues.

The cost is $25. For more information and to register, call CareCall at 819-3360 or 800-501-4054 or use our website, www. sjchs.org. Sat., May 7. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Free Hearing and Speech Screening Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am.

Speech: First Thursdays. Call or see website for times. ongoing. 912-3554601. savannahspeechandhearing.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. Free Hearing Screenings The Savannah Speech and Hearing Center offers free hearing screenings every Thursday from 9-11 a.m. Children ages three years old to adults of all ages are screened on a first-come, first-serve basis by a trained audiology assistant. If necessary, a full audiological evaluation will be recommended. Free and open to the public Thursdays, 9-11 a.m. 912355-4601. speechandhearingsav.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. Free HIV Testing at Chatham County Health Dept.

Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.-Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. ongoing. 912-644-5217. Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. Health Care for Uninsured People Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.-

Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. ongoing. 912-443-9409. St. Joseph’s/Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. Hypnosis, Guided Imagery and Relaxation Therapy Helps everyday ordinary people with everyday ordinary problems: smoking, weight loss, phobias, fears, ptsd, life coaching. Caring, qualified professional help. See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com.

Know Your Water What everyone ought to know about our drinking water (bottled, tap, distilled, reverse osmosis, filtered, alkaline and spring.) Are you paying thousands of money for water that is making you sick? Find out what water is best for your body. FREE Tuesdays, 7-8:15 p.m. 703-989-6995. oggisavannah@gmail. com. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. La Leche League of Savannah A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912-8979544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html.

Labor and Delivery Tour Want to take a look around before the big day? Register for a tour of our labor and delivery areas. The tour is held once a month and fills up quickly, so please register early. Call 912-350-BORN (2676). second Sunday of every month. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Living Smart Fitness Club An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 6pm-7:15pm Hip Hop low impact aerobics at Delaware Center. Tues. 5:30-7:00 Zumba at St. Joseph’s Candler African American Resource Center. (Program sponsors.) ongoing. 912-447-6605.

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

Open 7pm-11pm nightly. ongoing. 800-2647154.

Prepared Childbirth Class This course gives an overview of reproductive anatomy and physiology and explains the process of labor and delivery in simple, easy-to-understand terms. The four-week course includes a tour of the labor and delivery unit. This class is popular, so please register early $75 per couple Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-350-2676. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. The Savannah 7-Day Diabetes Repair If you are ready to take control of your life and health, call today, enroll in this fun but intensive seven week program to heal your body of diabetes. You will learn how changing can heal. You can reverse diabetes by following a new protocol, even if you have been diabetic for years.

Includes over a year of follow-up support. $450 Thursdays, Saturdays. 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St.

Kid’s Happenings

Healthy Kids Club The Healthy Kids Club’s mission is to educate and inspire children to take part in their local farmers market while enjoying nutritious foods and empowering their families to make healthy choices at home. Saturdays, 9:15-9:45 a.m. wifarmersmarket@aol.com. Wilmington Island Farmers Market, 111 Walthour Rd. Make a Splash Day Children will experience kayaking, snorkeling, pool games, a water slide and a lifeguard demo. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Call the Aquatic Center at 912-652-6793 to register. Children will need to bring towels, swim suit, goggles, and shoes. Free Sat., May 7, 9 a.m.-noon. aquatic.chathamcounty.org. Chatham County Aquatic Center, 7240 Sallie Mood Dr. Savannah Children’s Museum School Year Hours SCM hours beginning 8/31/13 will be Sunday 11am-4pm; Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm. Open on holiday Mondays that SCC Public Schools are not in session including Labor Day. For more details go to savannahchildrensmuseum.org ongoing.

Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road.

Toddler Time Bring your 2-4 year old to enjoy stories, games and learning designed just for them.

Each week there will be a different naturebased theme. $5 parking Thursdays, 10 a.m. gastateparks.org/skidawayisland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Toddler Tuesdays at Oatland Island Wildlife Center Toddlers 6 months to 4 years, and their adults. Themed programs--story books, singing songs, finger puppet plays, crafts, guided walks, up close encounters with Oatland animals. Preregister by 4pm Monday. $5 children. Gen. Admission for adults ($5 or $3 for military & seniors) Tuesdays. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd.

LGBT

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

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

Gay AA Meeting True Colors Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Thursdays and Sundays, 7:30pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E. Harris, 2nd floor. New location effective 11/2012. ongoing.

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

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GVNT HAVS GVNT HAVS is a free monthly drag show that houses the unique antics of the House of Gunt, a Savannah based free-form drag collective whose mission is to connect the trashy with the flashy, the kitschy with the classy, and the people of Savannah with a breath of fresh, queer air. Free first Thursday of every month, 10 p.m. houseofgunt@ gmail.com. Chuck’s Bar, 305 West River Street.

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

Mission: unity through diversity and social awareness. Second Tuesday/month. PO Box 6044, Savannah, GA 31414. 501c nonprofit. ongoing. info@savannahpride.com. savannahpride.com.

Stand Out Youth A gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7pm. Call, email or see website for info. Fridays, 7-9 p.m. 912-288-1034. info@standoutyouth.org. standoutyouth. org. Vineyard Church Office, 1020 Abercorn Street.

What Makes a Family A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Ages 10 to 18. Meets twice a month. Call for info. ongoing. 912-352-2611.

Literary Events

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

Meets last Sunday of the month, 4pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-4476605. sjchs.org/body.cfm?id=399.

African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. An Evening with Jack Siler Author Jack Siler will discuss the places he’s gone and the people he’s met at this lecture, with an intimate reception following. $15 general admission, $12 for Tybee Arts Association members Tue., May 10, 7 p.m. Tybee Arts Center, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Tea Time at Ola’s (Book Club) A book discussion group that meets the 4th Tuesday, 1pm. Bring a book you’ve read this month and tell all about it. Treats to share are always welcomed. Tea is provided. Call for info. ongoing. 912-232-5488. liveoakpl. org/. Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 East Bay St.

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Nature and Environment

Arbor Day and Art in the Park Celebrate Arbor Day with a tree planting session, a lecture on gardening for pollinators, and an arts and crafts bazaar. Sat., May 7, 9 a.m.noon. Thomson Park, 3232 Russel Drive.

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park ranger. Fridays, 8:30 a.m. gastateparks. org/info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

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

Age/grade appropriate programs and handouts. See website for info. ongoing. thedolphinproject.org.

The Dolphin Project Love dolphins? Interested in learning about the local dolphins and/or helping in dolphin research? Come learn about these wonderful animals from ‘The Dolphin Project’ at the Richmond Hill Library in Richmond Hill, GA. You’ll be amazed at what you don’t know about the local Bottlenose dolphins. Help protect wild estuarine Bottlenose dolphins by volunteering with The Dolphin Project for research surveys.

We need skippers with boats, photographers and team leaders. Minimum age for research surveys is 16. Serious research & serious fun since 1989. Join us on Saturday,May 7th from 10:30am to 1:00pm. www.thedolphinproject.org/ No reservations necessary. thedolphinproject@gmail.com 0 Sat., May 7, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-6573927. thedolphinproject@gmail.com. thedolphinproject.org. Richmond Hill Public Library, 9607 Ford Ave. First Saturday Hike This moderately-paced, 3-mile hike will include a talk about the different ecosystems of the park. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water and insect repellant. Parking pass is $5. $2 first Saturday of every month, 9 a.m. 912-727-2339. gastateparks.org/ FortMcAllister/. Fort McAllister Historic Park, 3894 Fort McAllister Rd. Gardening Session Learn how to garden and harvest vegetables and herbs to bring home. Kerry Shay, an organic farmer and owner of landscaping company Victory Gardens, provides free instruction. First and third Saturday of every month. Free and open to the public first Saturday of every month, 8:30-9:30 a.m. charleshmorriscenter.com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. GreenDrinks Savannah A happy hour networking gathering for folks who want to save the Earth. Second Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm. Location varies monthly. Check the “GreenDrinks Savannah” facebook page. Free to attend.

Cash bar. second Tuesday of every month, 5:30 p.m. Cocktail Co., 10 Whitaker Street.

Recycling Fundraiser for Economic Opportunity Authority Support EOA through the FundingFactory Recycling Program. Recycle empty cartridges, cell phones, small electronics, laptops, to EOA for recycling. They will receive technology products and cash.

Businesses may also recycle items on behalf of EOA for credit. Drop off at EOA, 681 W. Anderson St. See website, email or call for info. ongoing. 912-238-2960 x126. dwproperty@aol.com. fundingfactory.com.

Walk on the Wild Side A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds 50 through maritime forest, freshwater wetland,

salt marsh habitats, featuring live native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10am-4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years.

Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland. org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Wilderness Southeast A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists. Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-236-8115. wildernesssoutheast.org.

Pets & Animals

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

Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. ongoing. tailsspin.com. tailsspin. com. TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Habersham St., Habersham Village.

Operation New Hope Operation New Hope allows inmates to train unadoptable dogs from the Humane Society for Greater Savannah. The goals of the program are to decrease the recidivism rate among Chatham County inmates, help inmates learn a new skill, and help previously unadoptable dogs find loving homes. The graduated dogs are available for adoption can be viewed at www.humansocietvsav.org, and www. chathamsheriff.org. Operation New Hope is funded by the Humane Society and community donations. ongoing. chathamsheriff.org. humanesocietysav.org/.

Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. Pet Care and Adoption Fair Services available at this fair include lowcost pet vaccinations, heartworm testing, low-cost micro-chipping, pet nail clipping, and dog washes. 100% of the proceeds benefit the Islands High School Veterinary Science program and the participating local pet rescue agencies. Sat., May 7, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. publix.com. Publix (Whitemarsh Island), 4717 Hwy. 80 East, Island Towne Centre.

St. Almo’s Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays, 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at Canine Palace. Call for info. ongoing. 912-234-3336. caninepalacesavannah.com. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St.

Religious & Spiritual

Band of Sisters Prayer Group All women are invited. Second Tuesdays, 7:30am-8:30am. Fellowship Assembly, 5224 Augusta Rd. Email or call Jeanne Seaver or see website for info. “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hands of the Lord.” (Prov. 21:1) ongoing. 912-663-8728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom.org/ georgia.

Buddhist Meditation All ages, lineages, and newcomers welcome. Our schedule is: Tuesdays 6-7:30

PM- for 30 minutes mediation followed by study group, $10. Wednesdays 6-7:30 PM- one hour of gentle yoga followed by 30 minutes of guided meditation, $15. Sundays 9-10:30 AM- Mediation, dharma talk and tea, $10. Reiki healing is offered by appointment.

Text Rev. Cindy Beach at (912) 429-7265 for more info or visit savannahzencenter.com or find us on Facebook. Located atLocated at 640 E 40th St and Reynolds. $10-$15 ongoing. The Savannah Zen Center, 640 E. 40th St. Catholic Singles A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service.

Send email or check website to receive announcements of activities and to suggest activities for the group. ongoing. familylife@ diosav.org. diosav.org/familylife-singles.

Gratitude Circle in the Squares Join Joanne Morton and others on Wednesdays for a weekly gathering of positive energy. All are welcome. Free hugs. View calendar for the square of the week. Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m. 917-6764280. magicpassionlove.com/savannahgratitude/. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Guided Silent Prayer Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org.

Maritime Bethel “Sundays on Thursdays” worship at the Fellowship Assembly. Plenty of parking for large trucks. Free Thursdays. 912-220-2976.

The Fellowship Assembly of God Church, 5224 Augusta Road.

A New Church in the City, For the City Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page “Savannah Church Plant.” ongoing. Bryson Hall, 5 E. Perry St. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Courses are now being offered at the new Savannah Extension of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Full course loads for both Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees will be offered. Apply now at www.nobts. edu to start classes this winter. ongoing.

912-232-1033. revwasson@gmail.com.

Savannah Baptist Center, 704 Wheaton Street.

Read the Bible in One Year A Bible book club for those wanting to read the Bible in one year. Open to all. Book club format, not a traditional Bible study. All welcome, regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, religion. Thurs. 6:00pm-7:00pm.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-233-5354. Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 622 E. 37th Street.

Savannah Friends Meeting (Quakers) Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, third floor of Trinity United Methodist Church. Call or email for info.

All are welcome. ongoing. 636-2331772. savannahquakers@gmail.com. trinitychurch1848.org/. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. Savannah Reiki Share During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via

Reiki and other healing modalities. Present at the shares are usually no less than 2 Reiki Masters. Come share with us on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Sweet Water Spa in downtown Savannah.

Sign up at Savannah Reiki Share or Reiki by Appointment on Facebook. Free ongoing, 7 p.m. 440-371-5209. Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street.

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

Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull.

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

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

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

From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Come experience an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah.com. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. Theology on Tap Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm-10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah Liberal religious community where people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Sundays, 11am. Email, call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-234-0980. admin@uusavannah.org. uusavannah. org. uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 311 Harris St. Unity Church of Savannah Everyone is welcome. Unity of Savannah is not concerned with where people come from, what they look like, or whom they love – Unity is just glad that each person is here. Sunday 9:15am meditative service and 11:00am celebratory service show what the New Thought Movement is all about. Children’s church 11am service.

Unity loves all people, just as they are.

Sundays. 912-355-4704. unityofsavannah. org. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Special Screenings

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of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother, he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star, fighting in Vietnam or captaining a shrimp boat, Forrest inspires people with his childlike optimism.

But one person Forrest cares about most may be the most difficult to save — his childhood love, the sweet but troubled Jenny. $9 Sat., May 7, 8 p.m. lucastheatre. com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Film: North By Northwest With this installment of Post Movie Classics, we pay tribute to the undisputed maestro of the cinema suspense thriller, Alfred Hitchcock. $7 Sun., May 8, 4 & 7 p.m. tybeeposttheater.org. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn.

PICKFilm: Psycho With this installment of Post Movie Classics, we pay tribute to the undisputed maestro of the cinema suspense thriller, Alfred Hitchcock. $7 Fri., May 6, 8 p.m. tybeeposttheater.org. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn.

Film: The Birds With this installment of Post Movie Classics, we pay tribute to the undisputed maestro of the cinema suspense thriller, Alfred Hitchcock $7 Sat., May 7, 4 & 8 p.m. tybeeposttheater.org. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn.

Film: The Challenge Never released on any home video format anywhere in the world, this gripping, futuristic political thriller essentially vanished after startling TV audiences 45 years ago. It stars Darren McGavin as a Vietnam veteran who is sent by the USA to a deserted tropical island to represent his country in a one-one-on duel to the death with a fellow champion soldier from an unnamed Asian country. $7 Wed., May 4, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. PICKFilm: Tommy This 1975 British musical fantasy film is based on the Who’s 1969 rock opera “Tommy.” $5 suggested donation Thu., May 5, 7:30 p.m. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street.

Film: Touch of Evil Celebrate Orson Welles’ 101st birthday in true noir style. One of his greatest films, Touch of Evil, written, directed and co-starring Welles, is one of the last true noir films of the genre’s classic era. Featuring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, and a late appearance by Marlene Dietrich, Touch of Evil is a stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. Followed by a post show Q&A that will most definitely discuss the three minute long opening tracking shot widely considered one of the greatest long takes in cinema history. Fri., May 6, 8 p.m. savannahboxoffice.com. www2.scad.edu/ venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Rising Tides: The Invisible and Inevitable Impact On Our Coast Tidal flooding, driven by sea level rise, will dramatically increase in U.S. East and Gulf Coast communities over the next 30 years. How is Savannah prepared? Join

Emergent Savannah for this Monday Means Community event. Featured guests will include Dr. Clark Alexander, Resident Faculty of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Mayor Jason Buelterman of Tybee Island. Facilitation by Ben Maher. The conversation will be a look at the impending rising tides, our local strategy and the conversation that often gets in the way. Free and open to the public Mon., May 9, 7 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave.

Sports & Games

Adult and Junior Tennis Clinics On Thursdays. Intended for a class size of 4-8 students. Buy four classes, get the fifth class free. $15 per class ongoing.

912-201-2000. westinsavannah.com. theclubatsavannahharbor.com/index.php.

The Club at Savannah Harbor, #2 Resort Dr. Adult Coed Flag Football League 8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-220-3474. savadultrec.com.

Bears Elite Football Learn the fundamentals of football. Ages 4-12. Sign up now. Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-272-6684. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. Derby Devils Roller Derby Classes Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual bootcamp programs. See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com.

EVP Beach Volleyball Tournament Come watch for free or sign your team up to play in the tournament by the beach. Sat., May 7. evptour.com. Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

Grief 101 Support Group Seven-week morning or evening adult support group offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge.

Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

Registration for USTA League Teams

It’s time to grab a racquet, your sneakers and some tennis balls and head to your local court to be part of a fun, social and healthy activity. Registration for USTA tennis leagues are now taking place across the country – the perfect way to play for those looking to enjoy the thrill of competition while making friends in the process. The USTA offers a wide variety of competitive tennis programs available for members of all ages. Registration is open through April 22 for the men’s 40 and over league and May 15 for the 18 and over league. Through May 15. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Saturday Group Run or Walk Join us in our quest for fitness. Beginners are welcome. We can help you exceed your fitness goals. Free Saturdays, 7-8:15 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live.com. savystrider.com. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

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

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

Savannah Scottish Games Attendees of the Scottish Games will be able to fully immerse themselves in deeply rooted Scottish culture through arts, entertainment, and traditional Scottish ale and food. This year’s event will feature entertainment by Stewart & Winfield and The Accomplices. $10, free for children 10 and under Sat., May 7, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. savannahscottishgames.com. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Sports Coach Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Etc. for novices or professionals. Fine tune your mental game with guided imagery and visualization. 25 years experience. For more info call 912247-4903. ongoing. Online only, none.

Ultimate Frisbee Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). ongoing. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/ pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. USMNT (Soccer) American Outlaws Chapter USMNT is a national soccer team that represents the U.S. in international soccer competitions. American Outlaws Savannah chapter of USMNT meets regularly. Call for details. ongoing. 912-398-4014.

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Support Groups

1 More 2 Save Mental Health Support This is a group for consumers of all Mental Illnesses. It’s a place to come learn, relax and speak on a weekly basis about symptoms, emotions and overall health.

Every Tuesday at 7pm. Venues subject to change. Free Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912 344 8019. lidnsaywittaa@gmail.com. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Al-Anon Family Group meeting -

Isle of Hope For Today Find comfort and understanding for families and friends of alcoholics. AFG is an anonymous fellowship seeking to find serenity for those impacted by the effects of alcoholism. Free Mondays, 7-8 p.m. savannahalanon.com. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 St. Thomas Ave. Alcoholics Anonymous For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing.

912-356-3688. savannahaa.com.

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

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

Back Pain Support Group Second Monday of every month,7:00pm.

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

“Silence is not silence, but a limit of hearing,” writes Jane Hirshfield in her poem “Everything Has Two Endings.”

This observation is apropos for you right now. There are potentially important messages you’re not registering and catalytic influences you can’t detect. But their apparent absence is due to a blank spot in your awareness, or maybe a willful ignorance left over from the old days. Now here’s the good news: You are primed to expand your listening field. You have an enhanced ability to open certain doors of perception that have been closed. If you capitalize on this opportunity, silence will give way to revelation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Your ability to accomplish magic is at a peak, and will continue to soar for at least two more weeks. And when I use that word “magic,” I’m not referring to the hocus-pocus performed by illusionists like Criss Angel or Harry Houdini. I’m talking about real feats of transformation that will generate practical benefits in your day-to-day life.

Now study the following definitions by writer Somerset Maugham, and have faith in your ability to embody them: “Magic is no more than the art of employing consciously invisible means to produce visible effects. Will, love, and imagination are magic powers that everyone possesses; and whoever knows how to develop them to their fullest extent is a magician.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

According to author Vladimir Nabokov, the Russian word *toska* means “a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness.”

Linguist Anna Wierzbicka says it conveys an emotion that blends melancholy, boredom, and yearning. Journalist Nick Ashdown suggests that for someone experiencing *toska,* the thing that’s yearned for may be “intangible and impossible to actually obtain.” How are doing with your own *toska,* Gemini? Is it conceivable that you could escape it -- maybe even heal it? I think you can. I think you will. Before you do, though, I hope you’ll take time to explore it further. *Toska* has more to teach you about the previously hidden meaning of your life.

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“Gandhi’s autobiography is on my pillow,” writes Cancerian poet Buddy Wakefield. “I put it there every morning after making my bed so I’ll remember to read it before falling asleep. I’ve been reading it for 6 years. I’m on Chapter 2.” What’s the equivalent phenomenon in your world, my fellow Crab? What good deed or righteous activity have you been pursuing with glacial diligence? Is there a healthy change you’ve been thinking about forever, but not making much progress on? The mood and the sway of the coming days will bring you a good chance to expe-

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

Brain Injury Support Group For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Third Thursdays, 5pm. In the gym of the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. ongoing. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Breast Cancer Survivors Group Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian Church. For survivors and caregivers.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-844-4524. fpc. presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave.

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dite the process. In Wakefield’s case, he could get up to Chapter 17.

with experiences that inspire, teach, and transform you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

“Anybody can become angry,” said Greek philosopher Aristotle. “That is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.” I’m pleased to inform you, Sagittarius, that now is a time when you have an exceptional capacity for meeting Aristotle’s high standards.

In fact, I encourage you to honor and learn all you can from your finely-honed and well-expressed anger. Make it work wonders for you. Use it so constructively that no one can complain.

In the 16th century, European explorers searched South America in quest of a mythical city of gold known as El Dorado. Tibetan Buddhist tradition speaks of Shambhala, a magical holy kingdom where only enlightened beings live. In the legends of ancient Greece, Hyperborea was a sunny paradise where the average human life span was a thousand years and happiness was normal. Now is an excellent time for you to fantasize about your own version of utopia, Leo. Why? First, your imagination is primed to expand. Second, dreaming big will be good for your mental and physical health. There’s another reason, too: By envisioning the most beautiful world possible, you will mobilize your idealism and boost your ability to create the best life for yourself in the coming months.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

“Anytime you’re going to grow, you’re going to lose something,” said psychologist James Hillman. “You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.”

I nominate these thoughts to serve as your words of wisdom in the coming weeks, Virgo. From an astrological perspective, you are in a phase when luxuriant growth is possible. To harvest the fullness of the lush opportunities, you should be willing to shed outworn stuff that might interfere.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

On Cracked.com, Auntie Meme tells us that many commonly-held ideas about history are wrong. There were no such things as chastity belts in the Middle Ages, for example. Napoleon’s soldiers didn’t shoot off the nose of the Sphinx when they were stationed in Egypt. In regards to starving peasants, Marie Antoinette never derisively said, “Let them eat cake.” And no Christians ever became meals for lions in ancient Rome’s Colosseum. (More: tinyurl.com/historicaljive.) In the spirit of Auntie Meme’s exposé, and in alignment with the astrological omens, I invite you to uncover and correct at least three fabrications, fables, and lies about your own past.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Poet Charles Wright marvels at the hummingbird, “who has to eat sixty times his own weight a day just to stay alive. Now that’s a life on the edge.” In the coming weeks, Scorpio, your modus operandi may have resemblances to the hummingbird’s approach. I don’t mean to suggest that you will be in a manic survival mode. Rather, I expect you’ll feel called to nourish your soul with more intensity than usual. You’ll need to continuously fill yourself up

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

To celebrate your arrival at the height of your sex appeal, I’m resurrecting the old-fashioned word “vavoom.”

Feel free to use it as your nickname. Pepper it into your conversations in place of terms like “awesome,” “wow,” or “yikes.” Use a felt-tip marker to make a temporary VAVOOM tattoo on your beautiful body. Here are other enchanted words you should take charge of and make an intimate part of your daily presentation: verve, vim, vivid, vitality, vigor, voracious, vivacious, visceral, valor, victory, and VIVA!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

When he was a boy, Mayan poet Humberto Ak’ab’al asked his mother, “What are those things that shine in the sky?”

“Bees,” she answered mischievously. “Every night since then,” Humberto writes, “my eyes eat honey.” In response to this lyrical play, the logical part of our brains might rise up and say, “What a load of nonsense!” But I will ask you to set aside the logical part of your brain for now, Aquarius. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, the coming days will be a time when you need a big dose of sweet fantasies, dreamy stories, and maybe even beautiful nonsense. What are your equivalents of seeing bees making honey in the night sky’s pinpoints of light?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

“Sometimes, a seemingly insignificant detail reveals a whole world,” says artist Pierre Cordier. “Like the messages hidden by spies in the dot of an i.” These are precisely the minutiae that you should be extra alert for in the coming days, Pisces. Major revelations may emerge from what at first seems trivial. Generous insights could ignite in response to small acts of beauty and subtle shifts of tone. Do you want glimpses of the big picture and the long-range future? Then be reverent toward the fine points and modest specifics.

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Cancer Support Group For anyone living with, through or beyond a cancer diagnosis. First Wednesdays, at Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for info. ongoing.

912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Caregiver’s Coffee Caregiver’s Coffee, an informal support group for caregivers of cancer patients, meets on the second and third Wednesday of every month in the lobby of the Nancy N. and J. C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion (LCRP), located on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. For more information, call 912-819-5704. second Tuesday of every month. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Children’s Grief Support Group Seven week structured educational support group for children 6-17. Support, coping tools, utilizing play and activity to learn to live with loss. Free of charge. A service of Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for dates. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Assoc.

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

Connect for Kids This group is for children who have a loved one with a life-limiting illness. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Debtors Anonymous For people with debting problems. Meets Sundays, 6:30pm at Unity of Savannah.

See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-572-6108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Eating Disorders Anonymous Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. Email for info. ongoing. edasavannah@yahoo. com. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Essential Tremor Support Group For those with the disease, care partners, family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:30pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-2224. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Fibromyalgia Support Group Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-8196743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave. Gambling Problem 12 Step Program Twelve step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. ongoing. 912-748-4730.

Georgia Scleroderma Support

Group A group for people with scleroderma for the greater Savannah area and surrounding counties. Meets regularly. Call for day and time. Lovezzola’s Pizza, 320 Hwy 80 West, Pooler. Info: 912-412-6675 or 912-414-3827. ongoing.

Greater Savannah Breast Cancer Support Group Breast cancer patients and their caregivers in the greater Savannah, Hilton Head, and coastal Georgia area are invited to join this group. The meetings often feature presentations from the local medical community, are informal, and are conducted in a discussion format to encourage participation. For more information, call 912897-3933. second Sunday of every month, 4-6 p.m. Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (at Memorial Health Univ.

Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. Grief Support Groups Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full array of grief support groups and individual counseling for children, teens and adults is available at no charge. Counseling is offered at 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H in Savannah, and appointments are also available in the United Way offices in Rincon and in Richmond Hill. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. HospiceSavannah. org/GriefSupport.

Head and Neck Cancer Support Group Meeting This group is open to patients with cancers of the head or neck and their caregivers.

Call or visit website for more information.

Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Heartbeats for Life Free support and education group for those who have suffered from or want to prevent or reverse heart disease and/or diabetes.

One Tuesday/month, 6pm. Free and open to the public. Tuesdays, 6 p.m. 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Klinefelter Syndrome/47-XXY Support Group For parents of children with this diagnosis, and for men with this diagnosis. Started by the mother of a boy with 47-XXY. Email to meet for mutual support. ongoing. amkw21@gmail.com.

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SO…that happened.

Last week’s column started out as a dedication to Prince, but wound up exploring a pretty dark corner of my psyche. Definitely not what I intended, but grief makes us do funny things. Plus, writing about the Minneapolis shit show turned out to be a lot less painful than writing about The Little Man’s passing.

It’s not like we thought this day would never come. The minute that Michael Jackson left the planet, we were reminded of Prince’s inevitable mortality. But imagining a world without him and actually living in it are two very different things. I doubt any of us could have imagined the epic magnitude of love, tears and celebration that have ensued.

At the same, time someone dear to me has spent their entire life preparing for that very day; not because they were his ultimate fan, but because they were a member of his inner circle.

Can you imagine a life spent preserving your anonymity in preparation of the moment when the media hunts you down and exposes whatever measly details they can find about your life, while you’re in the midst of your most intimate grief?

Neither can I. The idea of it makes me fiercely protective— not just of my friend with the story that an insatiable media would love to steal away, but of those private, cherished moments belonging to everyone I love. It turns out that life’s not just an electric word— it’s a limited engagement; I want to honor my tribe as much as possible while they’re still here.

Prince’s passing has made me a more avid fan of music; not just his, but every song that’s ever been a part of my life’s soundtrack. Because of him, I am no longer a passive listener but a loud, proud singer of every song, every moment that I hear it. Who knows when it will play again?

Anyone who heard me singing “Centerfold” at the top of my lungs last Sunday afternoon as I biked past the band that was playing it outside of Wild Wings can attest to my newfound passion—especially when I shamelessly screeched those off-key high notes, just because I could.

Those of you who saw “Purple Rain” at the Lucas and were embarrassed for my awkward, MST3000-style silhouette screaming from the front row, “I love you, Minneapolis!!!” and “You GO, Kid. You TAKE THAT ENCORE!!!” are fully aware of how Prince’s passing has disintegrated my inner filter. You also know how hard I sang and danced my ass off during the final scenes of the film.

What you don’t know is that I wasn’t just paying my last respects; I was expressing everything I want to tell the world about everyone I’ve ever loved, but will hold selfishly close to my heart instead.

Recently, I’ve received a ton of questions from those who are curious about His Purpleness. What’s he up to? Have I have channeled any messages from him?

I can neither confirm nor deny this information, but I promise you… …if you go to a screening of “Purple Rain”… … and see him on the big screen one last time for yourself… …you will witness firsthand… …the one time that he was ever taller than the rest of us.

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Group addresses the concerns of advanced and recurrent cancer survivors from the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of healing. To register for a specific session and to learn about the group, please call Jennifer Currin-McCulloch at 912-3507845. ongoing. 912-350-7845. Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (at Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call or see website for info.

Located in the Summit Cancer Care office at the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m. 912-3507845. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Narcotics Anonymous Call for the Savannah Lowcountry Area NA meeting schedule. ongoing. 912-238-5925.

National Alliance of Mental Illness NAMI Savannah is offering their monthly Mental Health Education meetings on the second Tuesday of every month from 6-8 PM at The Reed Clubhouse on 1141 Cornell Drive, Savannah. Connections Group which is for anyone with a Mental Health diagnosis is offered weekly on Tuesday nights from 6-8 PM at The Trinity Lutheran Church at 12391 Mercy Blvd, Savannah. Family Support Group is offered on the last Monday of the month at The Reed Clubhouse on 1144 Cornell Drive, Savannah from 6-8 PM. Please call for any further information.

NAMI Savannah phone number is 912-3537143 second Tuesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd.

Overeaters Anonymous Is food a problem for you? Overeaters Anonymous can help. Savannah meetings Mon 6:30pm, Wed 5:30pm, Fri 6:30 p.m. See website for locations and info, or call 912358-7150. ongoing. oa.org/meetings.

Parents of Children with IEP’s (Individualized Education Plans) For parents of children attending ChathamSavannah Public School System who have IEP plans, to offer mutual support through the challenges of the IEP process. Email for info. ongoing. amkw210@gmail.com.

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

Case manager facilitates the meetings.

Meets weekly. Call for info ongoing. 912350-5616. memorialhealth.com/backus. memorialhealth.com/backus. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Ave. Parkinson’s Support Group The Parkinson’s Disease Support Group will meet on the first Thursday of the month from 5:00 to 6:30 PM in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds Street. Featuring medical and therapeutic guest speakers, join us for discussion, support, and new community activities. For more information, call Fran 54 McCarey at 912-819-2224. ongoing. 912-

355-6347. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Prostate Cancer Support Group: Man to Man This group is for prostate cancer patients and their caregivers. Meets in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute.

Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Pryme Multiple Sclerosis Support Group The Pryme Multiple Sclerosis Support Group will meet on the second Tuesday of the month in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital at 6 p.m. This group provides an opportunity for people with MS and their family and friends to get together to share information, develop coping strategies, receive support and become involved in community activities. For more information, please call Fran McCarey at 819-2224. second Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Rape Crisis Center Assists survivors of rape and sexual assault.

Free, confidential counseling for victims and families. 24-hour Rape Crisis Line operates seven days a week. 912-233-7273. ongoing.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group Second Tuesdays at 7pm in Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For anyone with this disorder, plus family members/ caregivers interested in learning more. Call for info. ongoing. 912-858-2335. sjchs.org/.

Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. SBC Toastmasters Toastmasters is an organization dedicated to the art of public speaking. In a friendly, supportive atmosphere, members learn to speak more precisely and confidently via prepared speeches, impromptu speaking, and constructive evaluations. It’s fun, informative, and a great way to network with area professionals. Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m. 912663-7851. St. Leo University, 7426 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Suite A. Sex Addicts Anonymous If you believe you have a problem with sex addiction (or are wondering if you might) and you want to change your behavior, we recommend that you attend a meeting of Sex Addicts Anonymous. The only requirement is a desire to stop your addictive sexual behavior. Meets Mondays at 7 pm. Call for venue information. ongoing.

731-412-0183. saa-recovery.org. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Spinal Injury Support Group Third Thursdays, 5:30pm, at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-3508900. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

Center Drive.

Survivors of Suicide Support Group Suicide often leaves survivors with guilt, anger, hurt and unanswered questions.

Hospice Savannah/United Way of Coastal Empire/Coastal Suicide Prevention Alliance offer an ongoing support group.

Third Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Safe and confidential. Free to attend. Barbara Moss at Full Circle of Hospice Savannah, 912-6291089. ongoing. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

Teens Nurturing Teens (Cancer Support) Support group for teens with a family member or loved one impacted by cancer.

Meets at the Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for information. ongoing. 912-819-5704.

Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Teens With No One to Turn To Help for people ages 11-18, or concerned parents of teens. Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-234-4048. parkplaceyes.org.

Young Survival Coalition Young breast cancer patients and their caregivers in the greater Savannah, Hilton Head, and Coastal Georgia area are invited to join this group. Meetings include presentations from local medical community and discussions. Meetings conducted in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Saturdays, 4-6 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

Spouse/Life Partner Support Group Open support group for adults whose spouses or life partners have died. Meets Thursday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Thursdays, 11 a.m.-noon. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business

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Savannah Dan Onstage Sit back and relax while Savannah Dan takes you through Savannah’s deep history with his personal style that will have you hanging on his every word, laughing out loud and captivated by stories told uniquely

by Savannah Dan in the comfortable airconditioned Historic Savannah Theater.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 2 p.m. savannahdan.com. savannahtheatre.com.

The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. Theatre: Calendar Girls The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble presents this poignant comedy about Annie and Chris’ venture to create a fundraising calendar and the strain that their fame puts on their friendship. $20 general admission, $15 seniors/students/active military Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. and Sundays, 3 p.m.. musesavannah.org/. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Theatre: Stepping Out The Tybee Arts Association presents this comedy by Richard Harris. Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, 3 p.m..

912-786-5920. tybeearts.org. Jim Ingham Black Box Theater, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Tybee Island, GA 31328.

Bethesda Seeks Volunteer Docents for New History Museum/ Visitors Center Bethesda seeks volunteer docents for their new visitors center/museum. Volunteer docents needed during regular museum

hours, Thurs.-Sat. 10am-4pm. Docents will share Bethesda’s rich history and inspiring legacy with visitors from across the country and around the world. ongoing. 912-3512061. Elizabeth.brown@bethesdaacademy. org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Call for Volunteer Swim Instructors Chatham County’s Aquatic Center is looking for volunteer swim instructors for Horizons Savannah. Training will be Tuesday, May 31 from 10am to 2pm and Wednesday, June 1 from 10am to 2pm. Training is free.

Participants need to be at least 15 years old, be a strong swimmer, enjoy working with children, and love being in the water.

Instructors must be available to teach swim lessons to Horizons Savannah on June 6 through July 12 from 11am-12pm.

Through July 12. 912-652-6793. aquatic. chathamcounty.org. Chatham County Aquatic Center, 7240 Sallie Mood Dr. Call for Volunteers for Hospice Savannah Share your love, friendship and empathy with caregivers and hospice patients in their homes or nursing homes. Hospice Savannah is seeking caring volunteers to provide companionship and caregiver respite throughout Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty and Long counties. There are also opportunities to volunteer in our Hospice House on Eisenhower Drive, in our administrative offices or at Full Circle Grief and Loss Center off Chatham Parkway.

Please complete an application on-line at www.HospiceSavannah.org/volunteer or call the volunteer department at 912.355.2289 for more information. No prior experience is needed - just a loving heart. Volunteer training will be offered Monday, May 10 in the community education room at the rear of Hospice House from 8:30 am to 5 pm. Pre-registration is required. ongoing. hospicesavannah.org/. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. Call for Volunteers for Savannah Community Collaborative Art Project Cynthia Male seeks volunteers to give direction to over 80 drawings she has collected from various areas of the city.

The Savannah Community Collaborative art project promotes collaborative creative efforts and offers insight into collective consciousness of a community. Contact Cynthia at clmale@yahoo.com to set up a time to work on the project. The finished work will be displayed at Blick on May 6. Through May 6. cindymalenanonow. com/artclasses/. dickblick.com/ primaryartsupply/. Blick Art Materials, 318 East Broughton St. Docents and Volunteers Needed at Flannery O’Connor House Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home seeks additional volunteers and volunteer docents to help on Fridays and Saturdays, 1p-4pm, and for possible extended hours. Duties: greet visitors, handle admissions, conduct merchandise sales and help with tours.

Docent training and written narratives for reference during tours are provided. ongoing. 912-233-6014. haborrello@aol. com. flanneryoconnorhome.org. Flannery

Estate Sale ESTATE SALE IN HISTORIC DISTRICT ***May 7th-8th, 2016** 8am-1pm. 602 Lincoln Street. Everything must go!

Antique collectibles/furniture, appliances, etc. Call for details, (858) 740-6757

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Send resumes to: Terracon Consultants, Inc. Attn: Karen Butts, 18001 W. 106th Street, Suite 300, Olathe, KS 66061.

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