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Performance
11 AM
Passionate Piano Trios
FRI 3/31
12:30 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church
8 PM
Beethoven & Beyond, Part I Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out/ Flatt Lonesome Arias & Encores
8 PM
The Avett Brothers
Johnny Mercer Theatre
12:30 PM
T'Monde
Charles H. Morris Center
5:30 PM
Cajun Dance Party
Charles H. Morris Center
6 PM
Brahms vs. Tchaikovsky
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
8 PM
The Avett Brothers
Johnny Mercer Theatre
Cajun Dance Party
Charles H. Morris Center
5:30 PM 8 PM
SUN 3/26 MON 3/27 TUE 3/28
Le Vent du Nord/De Temps Antan William Bell
Charles H. Morris Center
2 PM
BalletCollective: What Comes Next
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
4 PM
Arias & Encores ébène Quartet with Daniel Hope & Simon Crawford-Phillips Leyla McCalla
Charles H. Morris Center
6 PM 12:30 PM 6 PM 7 PM
12:30 PM 3 PM
Beethoven & Beyond, Part II Chouk Bwa Libète/Leyla McCalla feat. Dom Flemons Stewart Goodyear, Sonatathon, Act I Dom Flemons, solo Stewart Goodyear, Sonatathon, Act II
8 PM
Jason Isbell
Johnny Mercer Theatre
9 PM
Hiss Golden Messenger/Sounds of kolachi
Charles H. Morris Center
3 PM
Richard Thompson/Sarah Jarosz
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
Hiss Golden Messenger/Sounds of kolachi
Charles H. Morris Center
6 PM
Daniel Hope & Friends feat. Meyer & Dover
Temple Mickve Israel
Sutton, Holt & Coleman/Noam Pikelny
Charles H. Morris Center
Máirtín O'Connor Trio
Charles H. Morris Center
5 PM
Máirtín O'Connor Trio/ Molsky's Mountain Drifters
Charles H. Morris Center
6 PM
All Dvořák
8 PM
Máirtín O'Connor Trio/ Molsky's Mountain Drifters
Charles H. Morris Center
12:30 PM
Molsky's Mountain Drifters
Charles H. Morris Center
12:30 PM
6 PM 7:30 PM 11 AM
Charles H. Morris Center Trinity United Methodist Church
Trinity United Methodist Church
Lawrence Power, viola Masters of Brazilian Music Sebastian Knauer, piano
Trinity United Methodist Church Lucas Theatre for the Arts Trinity United Methodist Church
12:30 PM
Danilo Brito Quintet
5:30 PM
Release the Hounds
Charles H. Morris Center
Che Malambo
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
7 PM 8:30 PM
Nikki Lane/Parker Millsap
Charles H. Morris Center
North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum
11 AM
Into the Romantics
Trinity United Methodist Church
Joe Alterman Trio
Charles H. Morris Center Trinity United Methodist Church
6 PM 6:30 PM
Charles H. Morris Center
Stringband Spectacular: AMS Finale
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
Zydeco Dance Party
Charles H. Morris Center
Charles H. Morris Center
8 PM
Piedmont Blues
Trinity United Methodist Church
9 PM
Zydeco Dance Party
Charles H. Morris Center
Charles H. Morris Center
3 PM
Sanam Marvi
Charles H. Morris Center
Trinity United Methodist Church
Stewart Goodyear, Sonatathon, All Acts Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms
Charles H. Morris Center
5:30 PM
Jazz Organ Summit
Charles H. Morris Center
6 PM
Jan Lisiecki, piano
Trinity United Methodist Church
8:30 PM
Jazz Organ Summit
Charles H. Morris Center
12:30 PM
Ike Stubblefield Trio
Charles H. Morris Center
5:30 PM
Professors & Youngbloods
Professors & Youngbloods
Chicago Blues Meets Gulf Coast Boogie
12:30 PM
ALL DAY
Patrick Watson
8 PM
Lucas Theatre for the Arts North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum
Trinity United Methodist Church
12:30 PM
8:30 PM
Edgar Meyer & Mike Marshall
Charles H. Morris Center
Trinity United Methodist Church
8:30 PM
6 PM
Chicago Blues Meets Gulf Coast Boogie
Trustees Theater North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum
Release the Hounds
Stewart Goodyear, Sonatathon, Act III
Earls of Leicester
4:30 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church
8:30 PM
8 PM
7:30 PM
Piano Showdown
Charles H. Morris Center
Songsters & Stringbands
Mozart & His Legacy
Dover Quartet
3 PM
8 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church
7 PM
6 PM
11 AM
Charles H. Morris Center
David Finckel & Wu Han
North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum Charles H. Morris Center
10 AM
WED 3/29
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
Le Vent du Nord/De Temps Antan
8:30 PM
THU 3/30
DakhaBrakha: Dovzhenko's Earth
Late Night Jazz Jam
Sutton, Holt & Coleman/Noam Pikelny
WED 4/5
3 PM
Charles H. Morris Center
10 PM
5 PM
B. Matthew’s Eatery
Germán López/Joel Savoy & Kelli Jones
Grateful Ball
Lucas Theatre for the Arts North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum
6 PM
THU 4/6
SAT 3/25
12:30 PM
Lafayette Late Night
Charles H. Morris Center
Monk & Dizzy at 100: SCJ Finale
5:30 PM
FRI 4/7
7 PM
North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum
Grateful Ball
Charles H. Morris Center North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum
Sun 4/2
6 PM
Marcus Printup & Youngbloods
MON 4/3
Charles H. Morris Center
TUE 4/4
Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
11 PM
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Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Closing Night Party: The Wood Brothers
Trustees Theater
Trustees Theater Lucas Theatre for the Arts North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum
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Wednesday 11.16 Mystery James Coburn Film
In honor of his 88th birthday, the Psychotronic Film Society will screen a James Coburn film that will remain a mystery until showtime. 8 p.m. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $7
Charles A. Birnbaum
Hear Charles A. Birnbaum, Founder/CEO of the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), speak about landscape preservation and urban design. 10:30 a.m. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Free
Front Porch Improv SAT 11/19
Front Porch Improv is a Theatrical Experience where Savannah audiences laugh until they cry...and then they laugh at people crying. Come loaded with suggestions so that Savannah’s Improv Company Ensemble can take those suggestions and blast out hilarious unscripted scenes. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs 9 West Henry St. $12, cash or credit card frontporchimprov.com
Reservoir Dogs Anniversary Salute
NOV 16-22, 2016
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For the 24th Anniversary of the original theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino’s debut feature “Reservoir Dogs,” Psychotronic Film Series will show an almost completely unknown – and very entertaining - motion picture that devoted film nerds realize Tarantino swiped a large part of “Reservoir Dogs” from, without attribution. 8 p.m. The Sentient Bean 13 E. Park Ave. $10
Savannah Startup Demo Day
Urban Hope’s Pee Wee Rodeo SAT 11/19
Grab your cowboy hat, boots, spurs and chaps for a fun-filled day of cowboy/cowgirl activities. The rodeo events will be for children ages 2-9. There will be other fun activities, such as arts and crafts, pony rides, mechanical bull rides, face painting and a farm animal petting zoo. There will be food and beverages for purchase and live music. All proceeds from the event will benefit Urban Hope, a free afterschool program for Savannah children. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. The Dairy Farm, 2500 Tennessee Ave. 18+ $15; 3-17 $10: under 3 free lisa.berg@comcast.net urbanhopesavannah.org/#!pee-wee-rodeo/clun
Fall Family Food Truck Fun Festival and Park Renewal Celebration Sun 11/20
Complete with music, games, crafts and the first ever Great Pumpkin Park Scavenger Hunt, in which a hundred tiny pumpkins will be hidden in the park for participants to locate. 11 a.m. Skidaway Island State Park 52 Diamond Cswy. $5 parking pass 912-598-2300
Join the Savannah community and investors from around the region for this showcase of Savannah area startups showing their most innovative and problem-solving solutions across a number of sectors. 2 p.m. Creators’ Foundry, 415 W Boundary St.
Seersucker Live: The Gratitude Episode
The literati entertainment will feature Sarah Domet, Jerome Meadows and Melanie Bowden Simon. 7 p.m. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. $10 adults, $5 students
Thursday 11.17 Film: The Way We Were
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. 7 p.m. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $10 with complimentary wine and hankies
Tybee Island Impressions Book Signing
Photographer Joseph Shields will sign copies of his new book. A selection of prints from the book will also be on display at the bakery until January 1. 5 p.m. Mattie Belle’s Bakery, 1000 Eisenhower Dr. 912-631-0616
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Friday 11.18 Film: Under the Shadow
After Shideh’s apartment building in Tehran is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent MiddleEastern spirits. She soon becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself. 6 & 8 p.m. S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, 9 West Henry. $8
Hooray for Hollywood
The American Traditions Competition presents the second annual Johnny Mercer Birthday Bash, featuring Kim Michael Polote, Mikki Sodergren, and Vale Rideout. 6:30 p.m. The Plantation Club (at The Landings), - Skidaway Island. 912-508-1133. maddie@cemamerica.com g
Museum in the Moonlight
Enjoy this free, Hawaiian-themed open house with a food truck, mai tais and live ukulele music by David Lind-Westbrook. 7 p.m. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
Seersucker Shots
Featuring Virgil Suarez, Chad Faries, and SSU’s Estuary students. 7 p.m. The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St.
The Savannah Bicycle Campaign’s bicyclepowered food drive benefits Emmaus House. At registration, participants will receive a shopping list of items needed by Emmaus House. Participants will buy items from the shopping list without going over $15-20 price limit. Registration starts 1 p.m. at Savannah Bicycle Campaign office (Corner Henry and Lincoln). The challenge begins 1:30 p.m. when riders roll out to shop by bike.
Forsyth Farmers Market
Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Forsyth Park forsythfarmersmarket.com Come loaded with suggestions so that Savannah’s Improv Company Ensemble can take those suggestions and blast out hilarious unscripted scenes. Doors open at 7:30, show starts at 8. 8 p.m. Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 W Henry St. $12, cash or credit card frontporchimprov.com
The Gobble Wobble Thanksgiving Bar Crawl
Harvest Festival and Cane Grinding
Concert: Musique de France
With opulent works by Berlioz, Debussy, and Ravel, this Savannah Philharmonic performance will enrapture the mind and ensnare the imagination. 7:30 p.m. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $16-$75
As Christmas time approaches what better way to get ready for the holiday season than buying American-made treasures crafted with creativity. You'll find pottery, jewelry, metal sculpture, sculpture,woodworking, glass, photography, fine art, delicious gourmet delights and so much more!
Kerry Shay, an organic farmer and owner of landscaping company Victory Gardens, provides free instruction. First and third Saturday of every month. 8:30-9:30 a.m. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Free and open to the public
Saturday 11.19
Theatre: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
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Gardening Session
The FEFC Youth Theatre Ensemble perform the C.S. Lewis classic. 7 p.m. Fri/Sat., 3 p.m. Sat. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $12 adults, $7 youth
Savannah Shakes presents its production of Henry V, directed by Sheila Lynne. Nov. 18 & 19 at 8 p.m. Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $15 general, free for Vietnam War veterans
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Front Porch Improv
Burn some calories before that Thanksgiving feast as you wobble your way through the beautiful streets of downtown Savannah. Before entertaining the in-laws and preparing a festive feast for the masses, you deserve to have some fun. Each bar will be offering drink specials available only to the participants. First 250 to complete their scorecard will get an official t-shirt. 4 p.m. Barrelhouse South, 125 W. Congress St. $15 advance, $20 day-of 912-660-9001. Brian@StaffordPromotions. com.
Theatre: Henry V
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Stroll through the 1800’s era Heritage Home Site and watch how sugar cane is turned into cane syrup, see how they made apple butter, and listen to music. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oatland Island Wildlife Ctr, 711 Sandtown Rd. $5 per adult; $3 per child oatlandisland.org continues on p. 6
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Mighty 5K/8K
The race brings out runners of all ages and levels, and with two to pick from, you can Choose Your Mission to fit your level. 8:30 a.m. Mighty Eighth AF Museum, 175 Bourne Ave. mightyeighth.org
Pin Point Heritage Museum 5th Anniversary
Enjoy a low country boil, cocktails, live music from the Sweetfield of Eden choir, and a tour of the history museum. 6 p.m. Pin Point Museum, 9924 Pin Point Avenue.
Sunday 11.20 Concert: Jonny Lang
The Grammy-winning blues guitarist Jonny Lang comes to Savannah. 7:30 p.m. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $35-$75
Fall Family Food Truck Fun Festival and Park Renewal Celebration
Complete with music, games, crafts and the first ever Great Pumpkin Park Scavenger Hunt, in which a hundred tiny pumpkins will be hidden in the park for participants to locate. Urban Hope’s Pee Wee Rodeo 11 a.m. Grab your cowboy hat, boots, spurs and Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond chaps for a fun-filled day of cowboy/ Cswy. cowgirl activities. The rodeo events will be $5 parking pass for children ages 2-9. There will be other 912-598-2300 fun activities, such as arts and crafts, pony rides, mechanical bull rides, face painting Jody Espina Trio Jody Espina will perform with guitarist Bill and a farm animal petting zoo. There will Smith and bassist Mitch Hennes. Open to be food and beverages for purchase and ages 13 and above. live music. All proceeds from the event will benefit Urban Hope, a free after-school 4 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, program for Savannah children. 307A E. Harris St. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $20 The Dairy Farm, 2500 Tennessee Ave. 18+ $15; 3-17 $10: under 3 free urbanhopesavannah.org
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Lecture: Spanning the Mason-Dixon: Who Can Write About the South?
In literature, place orients a reader, puts a story in context, and alerts one to language and dialect. But it also conveys culture and cultural meaning, including the values and psychologies of those who have been formed there. This lecture by Sarah Domet will explore the literature and anxiety of place and the idea of “home” in fiction. What makes a work “Southern” and, more importantly, who can write about the South? 4 p.m. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street.
Reservoir Dogs Anniversary Salute
For the 24th Anniversary of the original theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino’s debut feature “Reservoir Dogs,” Psychotronic Film Series will show an almost completely unknown motion picture that devoted film nerds realize Tarantino swiped a large part of “Reservoir Dogs” from, without attribution. 8 p.m. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $10
Tybee City Limits
With the Kris Youmans Band, Josh Sanders Band, and Anders Thomsen. 7 p.m. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $15
The Wyld Dock Bar Arts and Crafts Fair
Over 20 artists display work. There will be a raffle and live music by Payne Bridges. noon The Wyld Dock Bar, 2740 Livingston Ave.
Tuesday 11.22 Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by Melanie Goldey
A poetry and music open mic with an emphasis on sharing new, original, thoughtful work. fourth Tuesday of every month, 8 p.m. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.
COMING SOON: JONNY
LANG Sunday, November 20th at 7:30pm Grammy Award-winning blues guitarist Jonny Lang is coming to the Lucas Theatre! Lang is touring in support of his latest album Fight For My Soul.
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WALTZ Wednesday, November 23rd at 8:00pm
For Tickets & Info: lucastheatre.com 912.525.5050
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Filmed by Martin Scorsese, this documentary features standout performances by rock legends, tracing The Band’s history and discussing road life.
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Will the media own up, or double down? by Jim Morekis
jim@connectsavannah.com
IN MY 15 years as editor of Connect, we’ve never made a single political candidate endorsement in the newspaper. I don’t believe in newspaper endorsements for two reasons: 1) I believe our readers are capable of coming to their own independent conclusions, and 2) Endorsements are often not only ineffectual, but counterproductive. Turns out people don’t like to be told what to do! Fifteen years later my philosophy is vindicated —albeit it in totally ironic fashion — by one Donald J. Trump. Over 100 major newspapers around the country endorsed Hillary Clinton. Several of them, such as the Dallas Morning News
Those of us who tried to point out this painfully obvious and likely fatal error before the election, for the good of all, were generally sneered at and condescended to and disregarded as naysayers “on the wrong side of history,” etc. Some of the critiques are less about Clinton than about a deeper look at the Democratic Party’s focus on identity politics and demographics rather than on a coherent, effective message to the working class and to the working poor on jobs, trade, and the economy. A few of the critiques are a way-too-late effort to “understand” the typical Trump voter by actually talking to some of them. These think-pieces might have come in handy say, six months ago, but now simply serve to further highlight how embarrassingly out of touch the mainstream media was during the entire campaign.
One is left wondering how many people simply didn’t vote because all they heard from the mainstream media for months was how impossible and unimaginable a Trump presidency would be. With the exception of a couple of widely mocked and derided “outlier” online polls which turned out to call the race almost exactly right, the entire polling industry is in such tatters to the point it may never recover from the loss of credibility. As the Gallup organization concluded a few years ago when it got out of the political polling business, pollsters simply have no way of measuring the opinion of people who for whatever reason refuse to participate in polls. But who was most responsible for telling people they had to believe all those wrong polls? That was actually the media, not the pollsters themselves.
One is left wondering how many people simply didn’t vote because all they heard from the mainstream media for months was how impossible and unimaginable a Trump presidency would be. and Cincinnati Enquirer, endorsed a Democrat for the first time in many decades. The Arizona Republic hadn’t endorsed a Democrat since its founding in 1890. Only a tiny handful of papers — very controversially including Savannah’s local daily paper and its corporate brethren — endorsed Trump. The 100+ who endorsed Clinton may as well have sold themselves as fish wrapper or toilet paper that day for all the good it did. Like her debate victories and the endlessly hyped polls, newspaper endorsements of Clinton were not only a non-factor, but given the all-time low credibility of the media probably helped Trump. It will be interesting to see if in four years news coverage will again be dominated by endorsements, debates, and polls, the trifecta of wrong this election year. As the state of catatonic and/or hyperemotional shock over Trump’s win subsides — as people realize it’s a new week and they have to get back to work, and to life — the internet is filled with critiques of “what went wrong” and “how did this happen.” Many of these too-late critiques deal with the Democratic Party’s insistence on running a scandal-plagued symbol of the status quo in a year when absolutely no one wanted the status quo.
Indeed, if you count yourself as a Trump opponent the one entity you really should be angry at, but which still seems to be getting a pass, is the mainstream media. I am firmly convinced that the main reason people are so shocked at Trump’s election is they were assured for months that there was no way Clinton could lose — an assumption very much in effect up even up until about 11 p.m. Election Night. Very popular polling sites like Sam Wang’s Princeton Election Consortium (which had Clinton at a 99 percent probability of victory) and Nate Silver’s Five Thirty Eight (Silver is almost a cult figure among liberals) all but guaranteed a Clinton win. Their only question was how big a victory it would be. Sociologists have a term for this phenomenon: Confirmation bias, i.e. “the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one’s existing beliefs or theories.” The groupthink got so bad that for a few weeks prior to the election Silver spent most of his time defending himself from increasingly savage attacks that he was “favoring” Trump too much by having him at about a 20-30 percent chance to win. (As for Wang, to his credit he apologized and ate a live bug on TV for losing a bet about the accuracy of his prediction.)
The next time you see another critique, another navel-gazing “How Did This Happen” piece, remember that for the most part this is an attempt by the mainstream media to divert criticism away from themselves and their own miserably poor performance not only in informing the American people, but in actually listening to the American people. The real tell will be: Will the media actually revisit how they report on issues and politics and elections? Or will they — as is much more likely — double down on the insular groupthink and confirmation bias feedback loop which led to so much misinformation in so many places? For those of you still interested in politics, in activism, and even in voting, remember this bitter lesson for next election season. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news yet again. It’s a nasty job but somebody’s got to do it. But if next time you repeat the same mistake of believing everything you’re told uncritically, you really will have no one to blame but yourself. cs
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News & Opinion The (Civil) Society Column: SPECIAL REPORT
Fiber optic broadband for all?
Savannah-Chatham considers municipal network for hi-speed internet, but can it become reality? By Jessica Leigh Lebos
jll@connectsavannah.com
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As a wide-eyed nerd raised on William Gibson’s seminal 1984 sci-fi novel Neuromancer, I was pretty sure we’d be able to download information straight to our brains at the speed of light by now. Instead, I’ve been staring at a spiraling icon for what seems like an eternity while waiting for an ad-heavy news website to load. Good thing no one else is home; otherwise this might take all day. Sometimes, when I’m working and my husband decides to stream the Tottenham game while our daughter logs into Google classroom as our son Snapchats himself into a stupor, one of us—for real—has to go unplug the microwave. If that doesn’t speed things up, we have to reset the router. Inevitably, this exacerbates a tantrum from somebody, and we all have to spend a few minutes arguing about whose wi-fi needs are the highest priority and whether the microwave thing is just a myth and why can’t you just read a damn book? The future is here, and it ain’t nearly as fast as fiction. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld net neutrality laws and classified broadband as an essential utility that should be available to all Americans, like electricity and water. Nearly 90 percent of Americans already use the Internet at home or work, but not all connection points are created equally. Many Internet Service Providers (ISP), including cable, DSL and cellular networks, offer a varied scale of service using a patchwork of towers, telephone poles and buried cable. The Federal Communications Commission’s 2016 Broadband Progress Report shows that ten percent of the country—a whopping 39 percent in rural areas—still doesn’t have access to the 25 Mbps/3 Mbps ratio (25 megabits per second download and 3 megabits per second upload) defined as “hi-speed broadband,” and 41 percent of public schools lack the connectivity to meet the FCC’s benchmark of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students and staff. It doesn’t take a tech genius to understand that broadband is tied to economic growth as companies large and small process an ever-increasing bulk of transactions online, but slow Internet has its social implications, too. Low-income 10 households are five times less likely to have
access to hi-speed broadband than affluent ones, cutting off online job options and adding the “digital divide” to the list of barriers that trap citizens in poverty. Telecommuting, gaming and onlineonly homework have only exponentially increased demand for blazingly fast broadband, and ISPs have been slow to address customer dissatisfaction. Lack of competition—and outright monopolies—in some markets elicits widespread kvetching about price gouging and restricted networks in less affluent communities. Locally, people were so fed up with Comcast’s notoriously spotty service that they demanded a series of public hearings in 2012, and well, you already heard my microwave story. (I’ve stubbornly kept DSL from AT&T because, Comcast.) But it’s not just us regular folk who are having Internet issues. Local hospitals, universities and big’uns like the Georgia Port Authority, SEDA’s Film Office and Georgia Power require huge platforms to send data back and forth and run the risk of hampered operations with the existing infrastructure. Savannah Chatham Metro Police Department has been at least partially limited in accommodating the public demand for downtown security cameras by a lack of bandwidth. Last month, The City of Savannah and Chatham County launched the Broadband Fiber-Optic Feasibility Study to see what we might do about getting ourselves up to speed. Tech-ready infrastructure is essential for the future, and local leaders would really like to tap into the phenomenal economic and civic success that other small Southern cities—namely, Chattanooga, TN—have achieved by developing a grid of publicly-owned fiber optic cables to deliver Internet service so fast it’ll leave skid marks on your mouse hand. The study comes at the behest of the Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition, a think tank and data crunching non-profit that identified the need for hi-speed broadband as a priority of its crowd-sourced Chatham Community Blueprint. The key purpose is to identify current wireless services and whether they are serving
Savannah’s business sector and community institutions like schools and hospitals. But it’s also about residential equality: Do all neighborhoods have access to the same bandwidth? “We’re trying to establish what’s out there so that we can see if there needs to be policy or system changes,” says CGIC director Tara Jennings. “What can we do that is not just sustainable but expandable? We don’t want just a Band-Aid. How are we going to ever to move people out of poverty without connecting them to healthcare,
education and community?” The first part of the study is a survey hosted on the City of Savannah website that invites the input of all Chatham County residents and businesses. The survey takes into account your satisfaction and complaints, but it also collects hard data: You’ll get to take a speed test from whatever Internet source you’re hooked into at the moment, so make sure it’s the right one. “If you’re having trouble at with your internet at home at 7:30 at night, don’t take the survey at work at 2:30 in the afternoon,” warns Jennings. The survey is open through November 30, and recommendations will be delivered in late January. No council or commission around here makes any decisions without an expensive private consultant, and both entities have enlisted Magellan Advisors to help determine how and if a fiber optic network could provide speedy delivery downtown as well as to the far reaches of Wilmington Island and the forgotten areas of District 5. While the survey is a joint effort, a Magellan representative confirmed the city study and the county study are being conducted and paid for separately, at about $65,000 each. (You read that right— the county and the most populous city inside the county are using tax dollars for two different broadband studies. Maybe a merger isn’t such a bad idea after all?) At least they know who to hire: Magellan has led more than 200 cities into a smart-grid reality, including Chattanooga, where every house and business, urban or rural, can tap into affordable broadband at 1 gigabit per second— almost 50 times the FCC’s definition of high-speed. “The Gig,” as it’s affectionately called, has rocketed Chattanooga into the tech boom stratosphere, attracting manufacturing jobs and cultivating a thriving start-up scene. By adding 600 square miles of fiber optic cable along its already-existing power lines in 2009, the city upgraded its public utility system into one of the most efficient—and profitable—in the world. Between 2011 and 2015, the city has seen as much as $1.3 billion in revenue and 5,200 new jobs, according to a report conducted by the University of Tennessee’s Dept. of Finance.
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“We don’t want just a Band-Aid. How are we going to ever to move people out of poverty without connecting them to healthcare, education and community?” Medical researchers are using the Gig to build 3-D models for brain surgeons, and STEM students examine microorganisms under a microscope located at the University of Southern California in real time. Rumor has it you can download all the HD Marvel movies in under two minutes. “It’s amazing what can happen when bandwidth isn’t a constraint,” says Danna Bailey, the Gig’s director of corporate communications. “People are still really excited.” Could we enjoy such a taxpayer-funded, glitch-free, no-buffer zone throughout Savannah? Maybe. The idea has been lobbed around for years, most recently by tech guru and Creative Coast founder Chris Miller, who approached the city with his Savannah Community Open Access Broadband Alliance initiative last year that would have initially served Broughton Street and expanded outward. The city passed it over without a glance, saying that there needed to be more community investment, though the co-op could have gotten off the ground for around the same amount of money the City and County are paying Magellan. The main factor that made Chattanooga’s network so easy to implement is that the city already owned the infrastructure, from the utility poles and the labor to the software and customer accounts. Building that from scratch is formidable—and expensive. When EPB, Chattanooga’s public electric utility, decided to replace old wiring with fiber optic cable to address its longstanding power outage problems, the city floated a $170 million public bond to pay for it, which was buoyed by $111 million in federal stimulus money after it was discovered it could deliver public Internet to already existing EPB customers. “We knew all along we were going to upgrade, and we realized we could use the fiber for other community benefits,” continues Bailey. “It was easy enough to integrate the two structures.” The city’s biggest private broadband provider, Comcast, was none too happy at having a government competitor doling out bandwidth faster and cheaper. The megacommunications monster sued the EPB in 2008 and lost, but it was successful in lobbying to prevent municipal-owned networks in other states.
Earlier this year, the FCC overruled laws that limit broadband access, and Chattanooga is currently working to expand the Gig to neighboring rural communities. While potential 1 GB wonderlands in Savannah and other places are no longer inhibited by legalities, municipalities must still stare down the hurdle of infrastructure and maintenance. Marietta, GA and Provo, UT built their own networks but couldn’t afford to operate them, and Monticello, MN had to default on its own bond. Patrick Gleason of Forbes magazine calls government-owned broadband “a bad deal for taxpayers.” “The City of Savannah doesn’t need to own an electric utility to directly offer high-speed broadband to our residents and businesses, but it makes it so much more feasible,” explains the City of Savannah’s Bret Bell. “As a result, there are essentially no communities in America who are directly offering Chattanooga-style service that don’t own an electric utility.” If a municipally-owned fiber network isn’t in the stars, the other option is to develop a public/private partnership that would bring on a corporate entity to install the grid and supply the connectivity at competitive rates while the local government ensures that it is available to everyone and doesn’t suck. That’s essentially what Google Fiber has aimed to do in places like Huntsville, AL and Provo, where it bought up the existing network for a steal. But supplying fiber optic for all has proven a quixotic endeavor even for an overachiever like Google, and the project has been rolled back for eight of the project’s cities. Building a whole new fiber optic network for Savannah-Chatham might not even be necessary at all. There are 29 ISP options listed for the area, though most businesses and households employ the usual big name suspects, who want to keep their existing customers even if it means stepping up their service. “AT&T has invested nearly $75 million dollars in the past three years alone in the area, enhancing our network and expanding our fiber optic footprint to connect businesses and residents through highspeed wired and wireless connections,” says an AT&T spokesman. “We have also seen success in the public-private partnership approach to
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“ A few for the government, a few for residential and business, a few to sell. If we already have the infrastructure, why not share it?”
Seimitsu’s Sam Cook and Ron Wallace explain the physics of fiber optics and how the Cloud is not actually a cloud. *mind blown*
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The actual fibers themselves encased in these waterproof plastic shafts are no wider than a hair, and each one can be split up to 128 times. “A few for the government, a few for residential and business, a few to sell. If we already have the infrastructure, why not share it?” While other ISPs are experimenting with other technology, he maintains that fiber is by far the fastest, cheapest, most sustainable option for connectivity. While not exactly a series of tubes, the Internet does require
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broadband and we look forward to the recommendations from the ongoing study and are confident that community leaders will continue to pursue policies that encourage private sector investment.” Comcast already completed a 10GB fiber network for its corporate customers earlier this year, and 1GB residential service is on its way, assures VP of public relations Alex Horwitz. “We’re making the investment because we know that businesses and families want to take their speed to the next level and have to have a more advanced platform,” says Horwitz. “We want it to be ubiquitous across greater Savannah.” That makes it sound like fiber optic isn’t already here, which isn’t the case. Fiber optics is essentially a real estate venture, and there’s a local player that has the capacity to give big boys a run for their money. Seimitsu “Sam” Cook has been keeping up with the global Internet game for 32 years from his no-nonsense, self-titled offices on Bull Street and has been an ISP since AOL was still giving out floppy disks. He’s been hosting low-cost access to residents of Frazier and Kayton Homes along the already-existing fiber optic network along MLK Blvd., built by the city in
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physical equipment, and because fiber is rugged, waterproof and can be buried easily, it’s not as susceptible to service disruptions (unlike cable, *cough cough*). “There really is no obsolescence with fiber,” he says. “It has far more bandwidth capacity than the copper wiring of cable and DSL. Everything is traveling basically at the speed of light.” Now that’s what I’m talking about! But that doesn’t mean everyone’s equipment is prepared for universal access. Sam explained that older wireless devices often lose their signals because they share the same 2.4 GHz frequency as certain appliances, which is why we have to unplug the microwave. (Also in this crash course on how my computer actually works, Sam and colleague Ron Wallace revealed to me that the Cloud is not actually a cloud. Call me a semantic loyalist, but I thought my photo stream and emails and unfinished novels were all wrapped up in fluffy, nebulous entity orbiting the satellites, but NO. They’re just bits and bytes stored in a giant, boring room full of stacks and stacks
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“Everything is traveling basically at the speed of light. There really is no obsolescence with fiber. It has far more bandwidth capacity than the copper wiring of cable and DSL.” of computers. The Matrix. Is. Real...) As efficient and magically fast as fiber networks are, they are still expensive to build and maintain. If the goal is to equalize hi-speed Internet access, it might not be the answer for Savannah. “Actually, the industry trend is moving away from fiber,” says Johnny Kampus, who writes about broadband for Watchdog.net. Kampus describes emerging tech that utilizes wireless networks and cell towers and may end up being more accessible— and affordable—to rural and urban areas. Beaming antennas, local loops and
home hotspots are on the rise as companies race to fill the service gaps. Even Google Fiber is getting in on the wireless game, buying up the ISP Webpass to service high-density housing subscribers in San Francisco and Chicago. “The technology is changing so quickly, areas that are unserved or underserved will likely be just fine in a few years,” he told me over the phone. “In the future, data is going to cost a lot less anyway.” He says such a diversified network is vital to accommodate the Internet of Things, the capacity of machines and devices to gather
data and communicate with each other without human interaction. Sounds like science fiction, but it’s already happening in the form of driverless cars, self-adjusting pacemakers and sensors that turn the porch light on when you’re on your way home. (Maybe I can get the stupid microwave to open the garage door?) Hopefully, when Magellan delivers its recommendations for connecting every corner of Savannah and Chatham, officials will act with alacrity and implement whatever the plan is immediately. The future is already here, and if we don’t get up to speed we’re going to miss it, whether we patch together our own grid or let the free market force the competitors to bring better service. But I’m still holding out for a direct feed from the Cloud to my brain. cs Participate in the Broadband Feasibility Study until Nov. 30: www.savannahga.gov/broadbandsurvey
Local ISP and network provider Seitmitsu has already established more than 36 miles of fiber throughout the City of Savannah. Photo courtesy of Seimitsu
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Can’t keep Pin Point down Gullah Geechee museum celebrates five years by jessica leigh lebos
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NOV 16-22, 2016
Hurricane Matthew did a real number on a lot of places around here, but the community of Pin Point was among the worst hit last month. The tiny historic African American village on the marsh suffered tremendous damage, and fallen trees across its single road trapped residents for days. Volunteers from the nearby Landings and other neighborhoods brought food, water and chainsaws to the Sweetfield of Eden Baptist Church, where community leaders hosted a shelter and distributed supplies. Six weeks later, sections of massive oak trunks have been piled neatly to the side, and rebuilding efforts are underway. FEMA reps have set up shop for federal assistance, and the usually-sleepy main drag bustles with bulldozers and pick-up trucks. Lifelong Pin Point resident Robert Lee Martin sits near a small fire pit in his yard, watching crews repair the roof that was torn from his 1920s blue bungalow by the storm. He confesses he’s never seen such terrible weather in his 67 years, but he takes the destruction in stride. “Could’ve been worse,” he muses, eyeing an airborne piece of plywood as two workers guide it carefully in place. “At least I still got a house, praise God.” That kind of steadfastness and faith has characterized the people of Pin Point for over 130 years, and it would take a whole lot more than some big winds to bring it down. After all, it is another treacherous hurricane season that brought many of their ancestors to this spot in the first place. In the early 1890s, a series of monster storms forced hundreds of formerly enslaved Africans and their families from Ossabaw, Green and other Sea Islands to this lush, seafoodfilled spot. Even if Gen. Sherman’s “40 Acres and a Mule” edict never came to pass, here they could own property and freely work the land and water, close enough to trade with white enclaves up the river yet isolated enough to maintain the distinct West African-influenced traditions, language and heritage known as Gullah Geechee. “They washed out and came here to make a new beginning, and we’ve been here ever since,” says Tania Smith-Jones, the site director of the Pin Point Heritage Museum, open Thurs.-Sat. and celebrating its fifth anniversary this Saturday, Nov. 19. “Denim and Bling: A Pin Point Thing” invites the public to don their fancy tops and favorite jeans for an evening of Low16 country Boil, cocktails (careful now, that
Tania Smith-Jones (top center) oversees the expert docents of the Pin Point Heritage Museum and remains an active member of the Sweetfield of Eden Baptist Church.
Pin Point Punch packs a whallop) and soulful sunset entertainment from the Sweetfield of Eden choir. Tickets are $25 and include a tour of the museum, independently founded in 2011 and adopted in 2012 as a top-rated jewel in the Coastal Heritage Society’s six-spired crown of local history attractions, including Old Fort Jackson, Tricentennial Park and the Savannah Children’s Museum. “We’ve been touched by all of the support and positive feedback we’ve received about our site, which truly aims to bring a living history of family ties, perseverance and cultural understanding to each visitor,” says Smith-Jones. “We want to say thank you for helping us build the foundation for a great future.” Housed in the former A.S. Varn & Son Oyster and Crab Factory, the Pin Point Heritage Museum chronicles the early history of the predominately African American coastal community and the simple bounties that sustained it through much of the 20th century. When white entrepreneur Algernon Varn bought the property on the point and opened his small factory after WWII, he wasn’t seen as an interloper but
a welcome partner, employing his neighbors and sharing the profits. “The effects and upheavals of the Great Depression, World War II food rationing and civil rights turmoil were largely unfelt here,” recalls the installation posted inside the old picking and cooling house. “What mattered most was faith, the tides, the weather and one another.” Smith-Jones spent her summers at Pin Point through her teen years, when the robust micro-economy allowed Pin Point’s population to blossom to around 400. It
dropped significantly after the canning factory closed in 1985 and younger generations moved away to pursue successful careers in medicine, education and law. (Pin Point’s most famous son is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.) The burgh tops out at around 125 permanent residents these days, though Smith-Thomas says it is increasing with the return of many with whom she shared afternoons shelling oysters and playing with the fiddler crabs in the spartina grass. “A lot of the baby boomers are retiring and coming back to their family properties,” she says, adding that lineage protects the area’s valuable waterfront lots from outsiders and real estate developers. “Most of the properties are owned by multiple heirs, so they’re not so easy to sell. You’d have to get everyone to agree, and thankfully, most understand the true value of this place.” That value is not only in the fascinating story that upholds Gullah Geechee heritage as part of Savannah’s historical metanarrative and the unspoiled views of the Moon River, but in the unshakeable character of the community itself. The Sweetfield of Eden Church founded by Pin Point’s original families remains the hamlet’s spiritual center, where the elderly come for company every day of the week and children still learn that “manners will take you further than money ever will.” “People should know that a place like this still exists,” says Smith-Jones as she strolls down the main road, giving a wave or a nod to every truck that passes. “The story in the museum is told by people who actually lived it.” As we round the corner towards the old oyster factory, a neighbor shouts, “Come and look at this fish my grandson brought!” A young man in his 20s shyly holds up two fat trout he hooked just around the river’s bend. He generously offers to share, but Smith-Jones demurs with a wink, saying she’ll hold out for shrimp and grits. The roar of Landings traffic across the concrete arch of the Diamond Causeway doesn’t diminish the sense that no matter how stormy it gets, life in Pin Point will continue to revolve around family, faith and the day’s catch. Just ask Mr. Martin, who isn’t too worried whether another hundred-year storm could sweep through again in his lifetime. “Oh, it will be fine because we always help each other out,” he shrugs with a smile. “When something happens to one of us, it happens to all of us.” cs
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Out of the thousands of different ungulate species on this planet, horses are among the very few that have neither horns nor antlers. Obviously the development of such bony headwear conveyed a distinct evolutionary advantage to the other fleet-footed herbivores, so how did horses manage to evolve and survive without them? —Cowboy Ken WHOA there, Ken. Yes, horses are ungulates—literally, hoofed mammals—and so are all those horn- and antler-bearing herbivores you’re picturing. But past that you’re on the wrong trail. Plenty of ungulates besides horses don’t have horns, dozens of species historically classified as ungulates don’t even have hoofs, and horses aren’t as closely related to many of their horned kin as one might think to look at them. When 19th-century taxonomists were sorting out the animal kingdom, they tossed horses into the biological order Ungulata along with the cattle, deer, et al. on the not-crazy assumption that their hoofs (ungulae, in Latin) and overall leg structure were evidence of kinship. But the fossil record soon complicated matters. Paleontologists did discover evidence of a common ancestor for all critters with hoofs or hooflike nails—but that same ancestor, it appeared, had also evolved into a lot of other things including dolphins, meaning the ungulate concept had to
expand beyond hoofs, and even feet. Later, DNA research revealed genetic similarities between seemingly unlike species, scrambling classification systems still further; elephants and manatees, once counted among the ungulates, got bumped into a more distant grouping. The experts are still arguing about what species go where (one genome-based proposal from 2006 put horses in a group with cats, dogs, and bats), but the current understanding says deer and antelopes are more closely related to whales than they are to horses. But save the whales for another day; for now we’ll stick with true ungulates, planteating quadrupeds with hoofs or something like them. These are grouped into two orders, the artiodactyls and the perissodactyls, that have evolved in parallel for more than 50 million years. Artiodactyls have an even number of toes (think cloven hoofs); they include sheep, goats, cows, deer, and antelopes—i.e., basically all the horned creatures you can think of—but also pigs, hippos, camels and llamas, and a few others. Perissodactyls, with an odd number of toes, fall into three subgroups: horses and their cousins, the asses and zebras; tapirs, which don’t have horns either; and rhinoceroses. So the question isn’t why horses don’t have horns, but instead why, unlike their closest relatives, rhinos do. Let’s go way, way back to Cambaytherium thewissi, a mammal whose fossilized remains, disinterred in India in 2014 and dated at 55 million years old, are thought to be the closest we’ve yet seen to the perissodactyls’ common ancestor. This pig-sized beast had five toelike appendages per foot, no hoofs, and no horn. Sometime after that, horses and rhinos parted ways. Early rhinos thrived in a variety of hornless forms, resembling modern tapirs or hippos or pudgy horses. Some grew to immense proportions (15-plus feet tall, 20 tons), the better to browse on tree leaves, until elephants edged them out of their habitat. The rhinos that ultimately made the cut stayed closer to the ground, ate
grass, and along the way developed one or more horns. Unlike the headgear of the even-toed ungulates, rhino horns sprout from just above the nose rather than from the sides of the forehead, and consist solely of keratin, the stuff that makes up fingernails and sheathes the bony core inside the horns of cattle, antelopes, etc. (Antlers are constructed along different lines: they’re all bone, and grow in a single two-sided unit from the front of the head.) Meanwhile, the proto-horse called eohippus was making its way through the wild. This guy was around two feet tall with some complicated stuff going on down at the extremities: four toes on the front feet, three on the hind feet, each toe ending in its own small hoof. Once out on the plains, its descendants eventually became the horse we recognize today, as the need to escape carnivores rewarded more streamlined hoofs and a longer stride. Whatever other obvious benefit they confer—African rhinos are huge and mean enough that they have no natural predators—horns play a notable role when rhinos, largely solitary otherwise, convene for courtship and mating; the males’ horns are used not so much to lure the ladies (as with deer) but to use in sparring with rivals. Horses, by contrast, have evolved to live in herds, with well-defined hierarchies governing mating. Natural selection didn’t always go easy on horses. They died out in North America before being reintroduced in domesticated form by Europeans, and it’s hard to see how horns would have helped them survive the food shortages brought about by climate change in the late Pleistocene era. Back here in the present, humans have become a factor in the ongoing development of rhinos, whose horns continue to attract the poachers that have already wiped out certain subspecies. A hornless rhino, you have to think, might have a better shot at survival. cs By cecil adams
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Suspect in Nov. 8 homicide arrested
Trejan Jones, 19, turned himself in at Savannah-Chatham Metro Police Headquarters on November 11 in connection with the fatal November 8 shooting of Anthony Grant, 18. Police responded to the intersection of Ventura Boulevard and Pasadena Drive on Nov. 8 around 9:25 a.m. after Jones arrived at St. Joseph’s Hospital seeking care for a gunshot wound. Reportedly, the victim was outside of a residence when shots were fired. Grant succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Detectives “with assistance from local, state and federal partners Homicide on Eastside arrested four gang members Savannah-Chatham Metin connection to a September ropolitan Police Departhomicide that claimed the life of ment’s Violent Crimes Dominique Powell, 24,” a police investigators ask the pubspokesperson says. lic’s help in identifying Arthur Newton, 23, Artez suspects in a shooting near Strain, 22, Timothy Coleman, Betty Drive and Rivera 21 and Tyriek Walker, 21 are Timothy Coleman Drive, that claimed the life charged with murder for their of Cequan Borrum, 21, on roles in the Sep. 12 shooting that Thursday, Nov. 10. took Powell’s life. “All four are At about 5:30 p.m. Metro documented members of the responded to the 2400 Bloods gang,” police say. block of Riviera Drive, findInitially, Powell was robbed ing Borrum with a gunshot by Newton and another armed wound. He succumbed to his suspect on the evening of Sep. 7 injuries soon afterwards.. in the Tatemville neighborhood. “Powell acted in self-defense Shootout near when he exchanged fire with the Artez Strain Savannah High suspects, injuring one. Newton Police investigators ask was arrested and charged with the public’s help in identiarmed robbery after the incifying at least two suspects dent,” police say. in an exchange of gunfire On Sep. 12 at about 5 p.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, that Metro responded to the injured a 17-year-old stusame area where the robbery dent caught in the crossfire, occurred, finding Powell with a while waiting for a ride after fatal gunshot wound. Arthur Newton an event on Savannah High “Through extensive investiSchool’s grounds. gative work, detectives learned Just after 9 p.m. Metro that Newton orchestrated orders responded to reports of a to lower-ranking members of the shooting on the 400 block Bloods gang. Strain, Coleman of Pennsylvania Avenue, in and Walker carried out those Savannah High’s parking orders and participated in the lot. Officers made contact death of Powell,” police claim. with Savannah-Chatham Nov. 7, the Southeast Regional County Public School SysFugitive Task Force of the US tem police officers already Marshals Service located Timo- Tyriek Walker present at the scene, where thy Coleman, serving him with the female shooting victim was located. a murder warrant in the 200 block of The victim was transported by ambulance Montgomery Cross Road. Nov. 8, Newton, to Memorial University Medical Center who has been at CCDC since the armed with a non-life threatening injury. robbery, was also served a murder warReportedly, the teen was shot as an rant. Nov. 9, Strain’s warrant was served occupant of a 4-door silver or gray sedan after the SERTF, including an embedded and a white Lincoln SUV exchanged gunSCMPD officer, and fire. One vehicle was driving just off school Metro’s SWAT team executed a search grounds, on Capital Street. The other vehiwarrant at his residence in the 5500 block cle was driving on Savannah High School’s of Skidaway Road. Walker turned himself campus. Both vehicles fled the area. into SCMPD Headquarters on Nov. 10 at Stray bullets also struck an occupied about 9:50 a.m. house nearby, on the 2200 block of Capital Street. No additional injuries reported. cs
news & Opinion News of the weird New York City officially began licensing professional fire eaters earlier this year, and classes have sprung up to teach the art so that the city’s Fire Department Explosives Unit can test for competence (if not “judgment”) and issue the “E29” certificates. In the “bad old (license-less) days,” a veteran fire eater told The New York Times in October, a “bunch of us” performed regularly for $50 a throw, largely oblivious of the dangers (though some admit that almost everyone eventually gets “badly burned”). For authenticity, the Times writer, a fire eater who dubbed herself Lady Aye, completed the licensing process herself (“as sexy as applying for a mortgage”), but declined to say whether she is awaiting bookings.
Bright Ideas
— A major streetlight in the town of Pebmarsh Close, England, went out of service when a truck hit it a year ago, and despite pleas to fix it from townspeople — and Essex county councillor Dave Harris — no action has been taken. In October, Harris staged a “birthday party” on the site, formally inviting numerous guests, and furnishing a birthday cake — to “celebrate” the “age” of the broken streetlight. (The shamed county highway office quickly promised action.) • Prominent British radio host Dame Jenni Murray suggested in October that the U.K. scrap traditional “sex education” courses in school and instead show pornographic videos for classes to “analyze it in exactly the same way as (they analyze Jane Austen)” in order to encourage discussion of the role of sex. Younger students might explore why a boy should not look up a girl’s skirt, but older students would view hard-core material to confront, for example, whether normal women should “shave” or make the typical screeching moans that porno “actresses” make. Dame Jenni said simply condemning pornography is naive because too much money is at stake. • At a World Cup qualifier match in October in Quito, Ecuador, police arrived during the game to question star player
Enner Valencia about an unpaid alimony complaint, and he saw them waiting on the sideline. Local media reported that Valencia then faked an on-field injury near the end of the match to “necessitate” being taken away by ambulance, thus outmaneuvering the police. (He settled the complaint in time for the next match.)
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of whom (perhaps rebelling against the “nerd” label) for the last two years have held unauthorized, consensual fistfights (a “fight club”) in a field near the school, according to an October New York Daily News report. Students at the school (which has produced eight Nobel Prize winners and eight National Medal of Science honorees) then bombarded the Daily News reporter by telephone and Facebook with acrimonious, vulgar messages for placing the school in a bad light.
• The security firm Trend Micro disclosed in October its “surprise” to find, in the course of a routine Too Quickly Promoted investigation, that firms Nathan Lawwill, 32, in several crucial sectors SURPRISE! from Lansing, Michigan, (nuclear power, electric was arrested in Tunisia utilities, defense contracin October after emigrattors, computer chip makers) ing as a recent Muslim send critical alert mesconvert, speaking little sages via old-style wireless Arabic — which did not pagers wholly unsecured restrain him (a oneagainst hacking. In fact, time Christian) from Trend Micro said the enornow being the Islamic mously popular WhatsApp Messiah, the “gift to message-exchange app has Muslims,” “Mahdi to better security than the alert Muslims and Messiah to systems of nuclear power the Jews.” “I am going plants. (Infrastructure engito be the center of the neers defended the outdated world very quickly,” he technology as useful where wrote on Facebook. He and his brother internet access was unavailable.) Patrick were found by police on Oct. 25 • Life Imitates Art: Security experts “unwashed,” and were detained on suspihired by the investment firm Muddy Waters (which is being sued for defamation cion of terrorism. by St. Jude Medical Inc. over claims that Least Competent Criminals St. Jude’s cardiac implant device can be (1) Ms. Cana Greer, 29, was arrested hacked) disclosed in an October court filin Sacramento, California, in October ing that they agree the devices are anonywhen police responded to a call to help mously and maliciously hackable. They her remove handcuffs she had accidenfound that a popular control device (Mertally engaged while fooling around with a lin@Home) could be remotely turned off, friend. Police, routinely checking her ID, or jiggered to carry a dangerous electrical charge from up to 100 feet away. (A similar discovered an outstanding felony burglary warrant. As per procedure, officers took incident was part of a plot in Season 2 of her to a fire station for removal of the cuffs the “Homeland” TV series, as the means by which the ailing U.S. vice president was — to make room on her wrists for their own handcuffs. (2) A woman unnamed assassinated.) (because she has not been charged with a Wait, What? crime) almost produced major havoc at the New York’s prestigious Bronx High Shuttle Car Wash in Titusville, Florida, in School of Science enrolls some of the “best October when, while cleaning her car, she and brightest” students in the city — some attempted to vacuum gas out of her trunk, causing the vacuum to explode.
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Mr. Nigel Hobbs, 71, passed away in Dawlish, England, in April, and an October coroner’s inquest heard that his body was found by a neighbor “swaddled” in bed linen and wearing numerous “homemade” dresses and his face covered by stockings pulled tight (but with eye holes). Underneath the coverings, his face was wrapped in polyethylene, including his mouth but not his nose, and cotton or wool was stuffed into his ears and mouth. The coroner assumed the cause of death was accidental asphyxiation.
Recurring Themes
Joining some classic cases of sentencing overkill that have populated News of the Weird through the years: In October in San Marcos, Texas, jurors apparently had enough of recidivist drunk driver Jose Marin, 64, who had just racked up conviction No. 8 and so sentenced him to spend the next 99 years in prison and (perhaps more horrifyingly) sober. And in Fresno, California, Rene Lopez, 41, convicted of raping his daughter over a four-year period beginning when she was 16, was sentenced by a Fresno Superior Court judge to prison until the year 3519 (1,503 years from now).
The Passing Parade
(1) The world’s first constantly flowing (and free!) “wine fountain” opened in Abruzzo, Italy, in October, to help draw tourists and pilgrims who make the trek south from the Vatican to view the cathedral where remains of the disciple Thomas are kept. Operators said they hope the fountain will not become a home to “drunkards.” (2) In September, the world’s first (legal) beer pipeline opened, pumping 12,000 bottles’ worth an hour from the Halve Maan brewery in Bruges, Belgium, to its bottling plant two miles away (and thus sparing visitors to the historic city the sight of tanker trucks cluttering the cobblestone streets). The pipeline was partly funded by private citizens offered “free beer for life” for their donations. By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE
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A.M. Rodriguez: a recording debut The Savannah country singer-songwriter releases his first EP by anna chandler
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From his weekly Jinx happy hour to Trinity Sanctuary Concerts, A.M. Rodriguez is a constant in Savannah’s country and singer-songwriter scenes. Despite his hard-gigging schedule and outpouring of original work, the Texas-by-way-ofPennsylvania transplant hasn’t committed those original tunes to tape—until now. Rodriguez has released a song here and there and has work included on compilations like Furious Hooves’ Stay Rad SAV all-Savannah mixtape, but “Dead Dogs and Dried-Up Dreams,” a forthcoming EP, is his first dedicated, official release. Red Flag Records, a DIY venture that primarily distributes punk and metal tapes, will release the debut. A country release in a sea of heavy stuff? Sounds strange, but Rodriguez’s history with the label and punk roots make it a sensible addition to their roster. “They started out as a zine and chapbook,” he explains. “They published some of my poems years ago.” “Dead Dogs” is a solid introduction to the seasoned Savannah player. Lean, imperfect, and raw, the tracks were recorded by The Train Wrecks’ Jason Bible in his home studio. Bible and Rodriguez connected while performing at Trinity Sanctuary Concerts’ Thursday Night Opry: Annual SingerSongwriter Edition. It’s Opry tradition to finish off the show with an all-performerson-deck encore; while brainstorming possible tunes (the lineup eventually selected The Traveling Wilburys’ classic ensemble tune “Handle with Care”), Rodriguez uncovered a near-decade old original song. “It’s a somewhat hallucinatory story song I started when I was 18 or 19,” he says. “I think I called it ‘Small Town Family Blues.’” He sat down with the skeleton of the song and added a few more verses—the first new material he’d written in months. “I was having trouble with the chorus and hook, so I showed it to Jason to see if he had any thoughts,” Rodriguez recalls. “He liked it and added to it, and it made the song way stronger.” The results of the collaboration is now the title track, “Dead Dogs and Dried-Up Dreams.” A quietly, darkly beautiful portrait of a fictional family, the song is Rodriguez at his best: the vocals are vulnerable, the dark narrative reads like transfixing fiction through the speakers, and subtle 22 production flourishes spin a melody that
makes one’s hair stand on end. While many tracks are bare, one-take wonders, “Dead Dogs” employs piano and Omnichord, an electronic autoharp straight out of the ‘80s. The Suzuki instrument features a touch plate that is “strummed” to produce delicate, pixielike strains. The bright, twinkly sounds on their own seem like they’d fit best in a vintage video game, but peering through Rodriguez’s rasp, piano swells, and guitar fingerpicking, it adds an elegant magic. “The Omnichord was the first thing we added,” Rodriguez says. “I wanted some weird, spacier stuff, and Jason said, ‘I got this thing, it’s a weird Peter Gabriel thing.’ I said, ‘I’ll try it’—then I wanted to put it on everything!” As “Dead Dogs” fades and track two cues up, the EP gets more personal. “’Melissa’s Song’ is one of those between truth and fiction,” Rodriguez shares. “’Breakdown’ is, straightup, a tale of a massive breakdown I had driving to Atlanta, trying to go see The Devil Makes Three and stay at my old drummer’s house. I ended up in Dublin, sweating out alcohol withdrawals, was pretty sick for a few days. That leads into the last song, ‘Sundays’—and that one’s just a straight-up song about a breakup and problems with alcohol abuse.” Things take a fictional turn once more with “Deliah’s Mother’s Blues,” Rodriguez’s nontraditional take on the traditional country form of a murder ballad. “Instead of the usual perspective, which is a guy shooting a
woman down for perceived or actual infidelity, it’s the story from the mother’s point of view on a tremendous loss,” he explains. “I’d say I could imagine it—I did for a song!—but I could never fathom that. But that’s what songwriting is: trying to wrap your head around stuff like that. When I perform it, I’ll get some of that emotion that’s hard to capture.” Rodriguez looks forward to recording new material on a recently acquired four-track tape player. With the recording device’s limitations, he sees an opportunity to focus on songwriting and structure, finding inspiration in the way his hero Bruce Springsteen album Nebraska. The Boss entered the studio with ten strong but sparse demo
recordings; he planned to track full-band versions with The E Street Band, but ultimately decided the raw, haunted sound of the demos revealed those songs’ true strength. “It speaks for itself,” Rodriguez says of that album. “That made me want to mess around with really limiting things.” Though he’ll strip it down in the future, the singer-songwriter has assembled an all-star cast of local musicians, including Veronica Grey and David Murray of Street Clothes on piano and drums respectively, Coy Campbell of Nightingale News on bass, and Susanna Kennedy on violin, to perform at his album release show. “We’ll start off the set full-band, they’ll take a break, I’ll play a few of the quieter songs,” Rodriguez explains. “This show actually started off with my brother, who plays in Dead Oak, wanting to set up a show with Megan Jean and the KFB. This date worked perfect for the album release, then we got Brandon Nelson McCoy, a songwriter who moved back to Savannah, too—great stuff, he’s a really solid singer-songwriter.” The limited run of cassettes will be available at the show and include illustrated printed lyrics on the back of the cassette’s J-card. “You’ll get something tangible along with the music,” says Rodriguez. The debut’s been a long time coming, and Rodriguez is pleased to finally release a collection of his original work. “I think it’s the perfect release for fall, coming up on winter; there’s a lot about seasons changing. That’s the time of the year I like,” he reflects. CS
A.M. Rodriguez, Megan Jean & The KFB, Dead Oak, Brandon Nelson McCoy
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As a saxophone mouthpiece maker, Jody Espina is an intrepid leader in Savannah’s small business circles. As a jazz player, he’s indispensable to the live music scene. The former Jazz Department Director at the prestigious Hoff Barthelson Music School, Espina arrived in Savannah in 2008 with years of experience, a fresh
passion, and a business called JodyJazz. Since 2000, JodyJazz has created a beautiful line of state-of-the-art saxophone mouthpieces, earning the business and praise of world-class musicians far and wide. Right here in Savannah, Espina is a must-see with his trio, featuring Bill Smith on guitar and Mitch Hennes on bass. Their next performance is a season kickoff for Unitarian Universalist Church’s concert series “Sounds and Spirits.” We chatted with Espina about his transition from New York to Savannah, performing in the downtown sanctuary, and the unique blend that he, Hennes, and Smith create. When did you begin collaborating with Bill and Mitch? About five and a half years ago. I’d been playing with Bill at Rancho [Alegre Cuban Restaurant] and Mitch came into town
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about three and a half years ago from Saint Croix. He worked right in. He’s a composer as well; we just started working on some stuff that’s different than other stuff we’ve played with other people. It kind of got into a thing where it had more life than just a restaurant. What will your program consist of on the 20th? We’ll be doing some jazz standards, we’ll be doing some Brazilian folk music, called choro, and I play clarinet on those—I play saxophone on most of the other things. We’ll be doing some originals. A cool feature of the trio is that Bill, on guitar, is able to sing with his guitar lines. So he can sing in unison the way George Benson is famous for doing, and Bill’s been developing this over five years and has gotten amazing at it. Sometimes, he’ll be another voice in the melody with me, and we’ll do harmonies, but he’ll also do solos where he’s singing
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exactly what helps give our trio an extra voice.
You’ve got an A-team, and that’s it. And Rancho makes it so easy—my gig is close to where I live, it’s been very nice, and we love it there. The owner, Juan, has been great to us, and it’s been steady for five years.
Everyone comes from pretty eclectic backgrounds. How does that meld?
Upcoming releases or performances?
I went through Berklee College of Music… Bill taught music almost all of his life in Valdosta. Mitch was in Chicago playing gigs and writing music for ads and jingles and TV and stuff. Mitch’s background has a lot of rock ‘n’ roll—he’s still in the same rock band he’s been in for 20 or 40 years with his brother! Mitch and I have similar jazz backgrounds.
I’m coming out with a record that Howard Paul and I did. It should be released in a month or two. It’s called Presidents, since Howard Paul is president of Benedetto Guitars and we get to play together a lot. What do you like about performing in Unitarian Universalist Church?
How long have you been in Savannah now? Did you move to relocate the JodyJazz business? Eight and a half years, moved in 2008. I moved the business down—my brother lives here and he wanted us to bring my mom here, she was living in Tampa. We needed to take more care of her. So I had a loft in Tribeca, I had no reason to leave, my business up there was doing great, we had access to all the great players—everyone comes to New York—but the thing was, we couldn’t really mount a factory there. So we came down here and slowly built
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our factory up to where we have three machines, 12 employees, and we make everything right here in Savannah. The move ultimately worked out—it took me out of the cradle of jazz, but it got the manufacturing going.
What’s it been like as a jazz musician to transition from New York to Savannah? The steady Friday and Saturdays at Rancho Alegre have been a great thing. I’ve met the key, best players here. They’re world-class. It’s just not as deep a pool.
It’s a great place to hear music and, for us, it brings out the most sensitivity. I get to play with lower volume, which can bring out much more nuance and beauty in the sound. We don’t use microphones or anything, but you can hear everything. It’s an acoustic performance; it should be very pretty. CS
UU Sounds and Spirits Concert Series: Jody Espina Trio When: Sunday, November 20, 4 p.m. Where: Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E. Harris Tix: $20 at door or online uusavannah.org Ages 13+
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Jonny Lang and the ‘right thing’ Guitar guru seeks balance between blues, pop, and R&B By Alan Sculley
NOV 16-22, 2016
JONNY LANG was going to be the next Stevie Ray Vaughan. At least that’s what many people expected when he blasted onto the national with his major label debut album, Lie To Me, in 1997. Just 16 at the time, the multi-talented guitarist/singer looked like an artist who could well revitalize the blues genre and bring that music to the mainstream rock audience. But as Lang, now 35, has moved forward with his career, it’s become clear he was never going to be simply a blues or bluesrock artist. His current album, Fight For Your Soul, makes this abundantly clear. There aren’t many hints of blues, and the songs aren’t even that centered around Lang’s guitar playing. Instead, its songs span pop, rock, Motown and contemporary R&B. Lang knows he may have disappointed fans of his blues-oriented early music. And he appreciates their feelings. “I certainly know, because I look at it from my point of view, the artists that I love, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor and different folks, when I think of the stuff that I love of theirs, you know, there’s a little bit of a desire to see, this knee-jerk reaction to want to see them reproduce that stuff that I love,” he said. “So I totally get it.” “If I was somebody who liked my first two records and I was like this is why I like this person is because of these records, I might not like me anymore, either, Lang said. “ I totally understand from a listener’s standpoint why you want that. But I just can’t (do that).” The reality is Lang couldn’t have stuck to the blues and been honest—not to mention satisfied—with his music. “I guess who I am musically keeps changing because it’s like if I go into something and go ‘OK, there are people who want more guitar solos, so let’s do more guitar solos and write the songs around 26 that,’ it will just fail,” he said.
As for his music, Lang has continued to broaden his stylistic horizons. His 2006 album, Turn Around, added some gospel to its mix of rock and soul—and won a Grammy for best gospel album in the process. Then with 2013’s Fight For Your Soul, (his first album for Concord Records), he made a strong album that cast his widest stylistic net yet. There’s the funky rocking stomp of “Blew Up (The House),” the melodic and rocking R&B of “We Are The Same,” the percolating soul/R&B of “What You’re Looking For,” the sweet Motown-ish sound of “River” and delicate pop balladry on “All of a Sudden.” It looks like fans won’t have to wait five or seven years for Lang’s next album. He is working on studio album number six and has a good start on the project. “I’ve been writing a lot and recording some, just throwing stuff out to see if anything sticks,” Lang said. “So it’s in the beginning stages. But yeah, we’ve started working on it.” Lang has a sense of where the music may be heading. “It’s starting to take shape,” he said. “I never really have gone into making a record trying to get it to match up to a certain preconception. But with this one I did “I’ve been really fortunate to not have, over the years, too much pressure on me creatively from have in mind that, if anything, labels and other folks.” Photo by piper ferguson I’d maybe like it to be, I don’t know, a little bit more just guitar centered than the last couple of records, and that might not mean “I just can’t do that. And what I mean by Musically, Long Time Coming hinted more guitar solos, but maybe more based fail, I just won’t like it. I won’t be happy. So that there was much more to Lang than the on riffs, more guitar I just never really know what the album is blues. That sound was still present, but sev- riff-oriented. So we’ll see what happens going to turn out like because I don’t know eral songs, including “Second Guessing” with that. But it should be fun.” what I like. I don’t really know what’s going and “I Am,” showed that Lang had a talent For now, there are shows to play. He has to make me happy before I do it, I guess,” for soul, Motown, funk and even pop. put a few new wrinkles into his set for his he says. Perhaps the biggest changes had concerts. “Whatever comes out at that moment is occurred on a personal level for Lang. Dur“We worked up, I think, five or so differthe right thing. And I’ve been really fortu- ing the whirlwind of his first two albums, ent songs from kind of what we were doing nate to not have, over the years, too much he had gotten into drinking and drugs and last season,” Lang said. “It’s still a mix of pressure on me creatively from labels and was leading a life of rock and roll excess. old and new stuff, but just a few different other folks. So I’ve been able to pretty But Lang got control over his indulsongs.” much do that unhindered.” gences and turned his life around during Lang is continuing to tour with most of Early on, there would have been plenty the five-year gap that preceded the release the core group of musicians who played of reason for a record company to push of Long Time Coming. In 2001, he married on Fight For My Soul—keyboardist Dwan Lang to stick to his blues-rock beginnings. actress Haylie Johnson. That period also Hill, rhythm guitarist Akil Thompson and The native of Fargo, North Dakota, first saw him kick drinking and drugs and disdrummer Barry Alexander. made waves when, at age 13, he started cover Christianity. “Our bass player, Jimmie (Anton), he fronting a band, Jonny Lang and the Big Lang’s newfound spirituality was eviwanted to stay home, so we’ve had a couple Bang, in his newly adapted home base of dent in the lyrics of several songs on Long of different bass players out,” Lang said. Minneapolis. Time Coming, particularly “Save Yourself” The group, Lang said, is working well on His independently released 1995 and “To Love Again.” several levels. debut album, Smokin’, led to a deal with Lang has been on a steady forward path “They’re pretty much the best, I don’t A&M Records. And when Lie To Me was ever since. He and Haylie had a baby boy in know about the best – you can’t say who’s released, it took off commercially. It went June, giving them five children. better – but just for everything, just being platinum, and in 1998 Lang returned with “That’s the event of the year for me,” said on the road, the down time, the social thing another blues-rooted effort, Wander this Lang, who, had to reschedule a few shows on the road and the music part of it, it just World, which earned him his first Grammy in the spring when the new baby took 43 works so well with this group of people,” he nomination. weeks to arrive. said. “It’s really a pleasure.” cs But after releasing those albums in Lang expects that five children will be Jonny Lang quick succession, Lang went five years enough for him and for Haylie. before releasing his third album, Long “She’s reached her limit, I think,” he said When: Sun. Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Time Coming, in 2003. By then, he was a light-heartedly. changed man on several levels. Cost: $35-$75
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It’s the week of festival lineup announcements, and Savannah Stopover Music Festival has revealed their first wave of bands. The annual weekend music fest, which celebrates up-and-coming talent with an emphasis on discovery, offers a promising initial lineup for the 2017 festival. Headliner Kishi Bashi returns to Savannah to share his critically-acclaimed orchestral pop. A seasoned touring violinist, the Athens resident released an exquisite new album, Sonderlust, this summer. Original soul hero Lee Fields, who’s toured with the likes of Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip-Huggers, O.V. Wright, Darrell Banks, and Little Royal, has been active since 1969 and keeps stunning audiences with his classic soul sound. His band, Lee Fields & The Expressions, delivers a show that’s sure to fill the venue 28 quickly.
JEFF the Brotherhood were early adopters of the garage-psych revival and have been churning out quality, gutsy rock ‘n’ roll since 2002. The band also founded Infinity Cat Records, home to Stopover faves like Diarrhea Planet, Faux Ferocious, and fellow Stopover ‘17 performers Daddy Issues. Acoustic post-rock trio City of the Sun blends flamenco, gypsy jazz, and rock for a worldly, genre-bending sound. After time spent busking on the streets of New York City, the band caught the public’s eye through a 2013 TED conference performance. Indie hero Ezra Furman evokes Violent Femmes in his folk-pop stylings. With an immense following in England, the Evanston, Illinois native tours with a rotating band of musicians and is sure to charm Savannah. Crocodiles dishes out scuzzy, feedback-laden rock ‘n’ roll laced with keys and catchy melodies. Their latest album, Dreamless, eases up on solid fuzz of their early recordings, welcoming in a
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jangle-pop sensibility with dancefloorready beats. Another classic Stopover angle is showcasing the new or side projects of underground giants, like Thurston Moore’s band Chelsea Light Moving back in 2013. This year, fans of Allison Crutchfield—she of Swearin’, P.S. Eliot, and sister to Katie of Waxahatchee—get a first listen to her new project, Allison Crutchfield and The Fizz. She’ll release a debut solo album with Merge Records in 2017. And then there are the legendary underdogs, like Wreckless Eric, who performed an all-ages set at Congress Street Social Club earlier this year. The “Whole Wide World” singer had a huge influence on New Wave in the ‘80s and continues to perform and tour to this day. Savannah’s welcomed many of the 2017 artists before; some, like Puerto Rico’s AJ Davila y Terror Amor or Atlanta’s Big Jesus, have performed here outside of Stopover, while musicians like Alanna Royale and River Whyless have had prior Stopover gigs. The 2017 festival will take place March 9-11, 2017. Pre-sale tickets are sold out, but advance tickets go on sale Tuesday, November 15. Single day passes are $34, $59 gets you a weekend (Friday and Saturday) pass, three-day passes are $79, and a three-day VIP pass is $149. Purchase your
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passes at savannahstopover.com. The festival has created a special Spotify playlist, so mosey over to connectsavannah.com to discover your new favorite band! Stay tuned for more information on venues and a second wave of bands, coming in January. CS
2017 first wave bands: Kishi Bashi Lee Fields & The Expressions City of the Sun Ezra Furman Jeff The Brotherhood Crocodiles Kelsey Waldon
Ruby Amanfu Tall Heights The Dig Gibbz River Whyless Wreckless Eric Magic City Hippies AJ Davila y Terror Amor Allison Crutchfield & The Fizz Walker Lukens Hoops Alanna Royale Major and the Monbacks The Bones of J.R. Jones Big Jesus Charly Bliss Daddy Issues Vita and The Woolf Valley Queen Ron Gallo Cicada Rythym Blue Healer *repeat repeat Chain of Flowers Yoke Lore Half Waif Vagabon The Paperhead Kane Strang Becca Mancari Nellie Pearl Upright Man Pronoun
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Frankie Ballard @Saddlebags
Singer-songwriter Frankie Ballard takes the stage at Saddlebags this weekend to share his chart-topping hits and much more. Born and raised in Michigan, Ballard got his first guitar when he was 18 and cut his teeth playing in blues bands. Those weekend gigs helped Ballard develop some serious chops, and before he knew it, he was scooped up in Kenny Chesney’s Next Big Star regional competition in 2008. Ballard got the opportunity to open for Chesney during his Michigan tour dates, a path that led to a publishing deal with Sony ATV and recording contract with Reprise Records. His latest album, El Rio, is already being considered one of the year’s best country/ Americana albums by Rolling Stone, The Tennessean, and more thanks to charttopping singles like “It All Started With A Beer” and “Cigarette.” It’s straight-up radioready country music, but that former track, penned by Chris Stapleton, Kip Moore, and Jaren Johnston, helps Ballard stand out from the masses with jangly, vintage guitar fuzz and clever lines like “All I can think about is all that I can think about and I keep thinkin’ ‘bout it.” With influences ranging from John Cougar Mellencamp to R.L. Burnside, Ballard’s hitmaking Heartland sound will be a weekend highlight for country fans. Saturday, November 19, 8 p.m., $23.80 via wantickets.com, 21+
NOV 16-22, 2016
Tybee City Limits with Kris Youmans Band, The Josh Sanders Band, Anders Thomsen @ Tybee Post Theater
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Finish your weekend off with a trip to Tybee to hear some topnotch musicianship. Catch The Kris Youmans Band in the spotlight—they’re currently finalists for the 2016 Georgia Country Music Awards. The Newnan, Georgiabased band revolves around the rootsy songwriting of Savannah native Youmans. The hometown hero blends country tradition and breezy Southern arrangements to spin memorable melodies with Warren “Barefoot Slim” Hall on steel guitar, David Puett on guitar, Jonathan Hill on bass, and Jesse Jordan on drums. Faulkville native Josh Sanders is currently based in Nashville. He brings his trio to Tybee City Limits to show off their Southern Rock, blues, and folk fusion. With influences ranging from Led Zeppelin to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Ray Charles, expect to hear a little country blended into the band’s all-American sound. Anders Thomsen, guitar slinger extraordinaire, will share some solo tunes to open the evening. Sunday, November 20, 7 p.m., $15, all-ages
Baby Baby, Jeff Two-Names and the Born Agains, The Gumps @The Jinx
Savannah’s favorite party starters Baby Baby are back with Semifamous, a new album that continues the Atlanta four-piece’s raucous tradition. Kicking off with an intro skit that allegedly ushers in a revolution, the album throws its listeners into a ramshackle mess of joy with “Serge,” chanting, “This is a statement, not an opinion! No demographics! This is a statement! We are the people!” Formed in 2009, the band created an irreverent and enlivening sound and has been fine-tuning it ever since through their albums Money and Big Boy Baller Club. Their best work production-wise to date, Semifamous blends the nonstop fun and grit of an Andrew W.K. set with a twinge of Beastie Boys-style throwback silliness. The band parades their style as, simply, “fun rock.” And fun rock it is: optimistic, ridiculous, out of control, and a helluva good time. Jeff-Two Names and the Born Agains and The Gumps give a punk Savannah welcome—nobody’s gonna be sittin’ down at this show. Thursday, November 17, 10 p.m., $10 via ticketfly.com, 21+
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Wednesday 11.16
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Karaoke
Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m. Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 7 p.m. The Islander Karaoke, 10 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Sunny’s Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.
Live Music
Barrelhouse South VuDu Shakedown, 10 p.m. Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, 9 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Thea, piano/vocals, 6 p.m. Boomy’s Eric Culberson Band, 10 p.m. Cocktail Co. VuDu Cocktail Acoustic Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. coffee deli Acoustic Jam, 7 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge Happy Hour w/ Anders Thomsen, 6 p.m. Five Oaks Taproom Eric Britt, 8 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Sasha Strunjas, 7:30 p.m. Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Cory Chambers, 7 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Jeremy Riddle, 10 p.m. The Sandbar Open Mic, 9 p.m. SEED Eco Lounge Latin Music Night, 9 p.m. Tree House Wobble Wednesday Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jubal Kane, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Brandon Reeves, 5 p.m. The Wormhole Open Mic, 9 p.m.
Trivia & Games
The Chromatic Dragon Geeky Trivia Night, 8 p.m. Dub’s Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m. The Florence Art Trivia at the Florence The Jinx Rock n Roll Bingo, 10 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Team Trivia, 8:45 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m. World of Beer Trivia, 7 p.m.
Karaoke
Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Hercules Bar & Grill Karaoke, 9 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mediterranean Tavern Karaoke hosted by K-Rawk, 8-11 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.
Comedy
Totally Awesome Bar Weird Wednesdays Open Mic Comedy
DJ
Little Lucky’s DJ Mixx Masta Matao SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m.
Thursday 11.17 Live Music
Barrelhouse South BALLYHOO!, Yamadeo, Cloud9 Vibes, 7 p.m. Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Eric Culberson Band, 9 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m. Fannie’s on the Beach Christy and Butch, 8 p.m. The Jinx Baby Baby, Jeff Two-Names
Comedy
The Wormhole Marvin Lee, 7 p.m.
DJ
Club 309 West DJ Zay Cocktail Co. Cocktails & Beats, 10 p.m. Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m. Hercules Bar & Grill DJ Little Lucky’s DJ Sweet Treat Melissa Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ C-Rok, 10 p.m. Tree House DJ Phive Star
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Glass Mansions @the sentient bean
Columbia electro-pop band Glass Mansions is coming through town on a special acoustic tour. Enjoy stripped-down versions of their layered, danceable tunes in a coffee shop setting. Local singer-songwriters Britt Scott, Erin Armstrong, and Craig Tanner join the bill. thursday, november 17, 7 p.m., donations encouraged, all-ages
and the Born Agains, The Gumps, 10 p.m. Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Matt Eckstine, 7 p.m. Rocks on the Roof Thomas Claxton The Sentient Bean Glass Mansions, Britt Scott and Erin Armstrong, Craig Tanner, 8 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m. Totally Awesome Bar DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m. Vic’s on The River Frank Bright and Claire Frazier, Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jon Lee’s Apparitions, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, 5 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Acoustic Thursday, 6 p.m.
Trivia & Games
The Britannia British Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m. McDonough’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m. Mediterranean Tavern Butt Naked Trivia with Kowboi, 7 p.m. Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina Trivia Pour Larry’s Explicit Trivia, 10 p.m. Totally Awesome Bar 80s and 90s Trivia, 8 p.m. Tybee Island Social Club Trivia, 7:30 p.m.
Karaoke
Applebee’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Blueberry Hill Trivia and Karaoke, 7 p.m. The Chromatic Dragon Karaoke Night, 9 p.m.
Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Doodles Karaoke Thursday & Saturdays, 9 p.m. Flashback Karaoke, 8 p.m. Jukebox Bar & Grill Karaoke, 8 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mediterranean Tavern Karaoke, 8 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Rusty Rudders Tap House Karaoke Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Karaoke, 8 p.m. World of Beer Karaoke, 9 p.m.
DJ
Congress Street Social Club DJ Blackout, 10 p.m. The Jinx Live DJ, 10 p.m. Little Lucky’s DJ Mixx Masta Matao Mediterranean Tavern DJ Kirby Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m.
Bar & Club Events
Bay Street Theatre 1, 2, 3, Tease! Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m. Foxy Loxy Cafe Vinyl Appreciation, 7-10 p.m. SEED Eco Lounge Daas Unterground Thursdays, 10 p.m.
Friday 11.18 Live Music
Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, Ben Keiser Band, 8 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m. Congress Street Social Club
Forrest and the Fire, 10:30 p.m. Fiore Italian Bar and Grill Anne Allman, 6:30 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Bottles & Cans, 9 p.m. The Jinx Same As It Ever Was, 10 p.m. Jukebox Bar & Grill Hitman Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Levi Moore, 7 p.m. Mansion on Forsyth Park Tradewinds, 9 p.m. The Plantation Club (at The Landings) Hooray for Hollywood, 6:30 p.m. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio, 6:30 p.m. Rocks on the Roof The Versatile
Band Ruth’s Chris Steak House David Duckworth, 8 p.m. Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Live Music, Rock-A-Licious, 8 p.m. Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland Vic’s on The River Frank Bright and Claire Frazier The Warehouse Georgia Kyle, High Velocity, 2 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Tell Scarlet, Bill Hodgson, Thomas Claxton and the Myth Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Liquid Ginger
Trivia & Games
Coach’s Corner Trivia, Movies &
Abe’s on Lincoln DJ Doc Ock, 9 p.m. Club One Drag Show
Saturday 11.19 Live Music
17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond, 6:30 p.m. Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, Jerry Zambito and the Bayou Blues Band, 8 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m. Casimir’s Lounge Jackson Evans Trio, 9 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Morning Fatty, 10:30 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge 4th Ward AfroKlezmer Orchestra, 10:30 p.m. Flashback @Sundown, 9 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Laiken and the Fellowship of Love, 9 p.m. Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Justin Morris, 7 p.m. The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth
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Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio, 6:30 p.m. Rocks on the Roof Magic Rocks Saddle Bags Frankie Ballard, 8 p.m. Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Rock-A-Licious, Bounty Hunter, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Frank Bright and Claire Frazier The Warehouse Levi Moore, Eric Culberson, 2 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Duo, Bill Hodgson, Mighty Midi Band Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Chuck Courtenay The Wormhole Danny the Wildchild, 9 p.m.
Karaoke
Applebee’s Karaoke, 10 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m. Doodles Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Islander Karaoke, 10 p.m. Jukebox Bar & Grill Karaoke, 8 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina Karaoke, 8 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.
DJ
Cocktail Co. Cocktails & Beats, 10 p.m. Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m. Little Lucky’s DJ Sweet Treat Melissa Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m. Tree House DJ Phive Star
Bar & Club Events
Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday 11.20 Live Music
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17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond, 6:30 p.m. Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) Equinox Trio Jazz Brunch, 11:30 a.m. Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup, 10:30 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Cory Chambers, 7 p.m. Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Justin Morris, 7 p.m. The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson Tybee Island Social Club Sunday Bluegrass Brunch, 12:30 p.m. Tybee Post Theater Tybee City Limits, 7 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah Jody Espina Trio, 4 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Thomas Claxton, 8 p.m., Thomas Claxton, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, Thomas Claxton and the Myth
Trivia & Games
Lulu’s Chocolate Bar Sunday Afternoon Trivia, 3 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.
Karaoke
Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.
DJ
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Monday 11.21 Live Music
Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic with Craig Tanner and Mr. Williams, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m. Cocktail Co. Monday Night Live, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Sarah Poole, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Brandon Shane Reeves The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m.
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Blowin’ Smoke Southern Cantina Team Trivia, 7:30 p.m. The Britannia British Pub Bingo, 8 p.m. McDonough’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Bingo
Karaoke
Boomy’s Karaoke, 10 p.m. Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.
DJ
The Jinx DJ Lucky Bastard, 10 p.m. Little Lucky’s DJ Mixx Masta Matao SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m.
Tuesday 11.22 Live Music
Bay Street Blues Ben Keiser Band, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Jam Night with Eric Culberson, 9 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Thea, piano/vocals, 6 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ray Lundy, 7 p.m. The Jinx Hip-Hop Night, 11 p.m. Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Greg Williams, 7 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Open Mic, 9 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Open Mic The Sentient Bean Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by Melanie Goldey, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay, 5 p.m. The Wormhole Mitchell & Friends Acoustic Happy Hour, 6 p.m.
Trivia & Games
The Chromatic Dragon Board Game Night, 6 p.m. Coach’s Corner Trivia, 8 p.m. CoCo’s Sunset Grille Trivia, 7 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Trivia, 10 p.m. Fia Rua Irish Pub Trivia, 7:30-10 p.m. Mediterranean Tavern Battle of The Sexes Game, 9-10 p.m. Mellow Mushroom Trivia, 7:30 p.m. Savannah Taphouse Trivia, 7 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Trivia, 9 p.m. The Wormhole Trivia, 10:30 p.m.
Karaoke
Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 7 p.m. Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Rail Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.
Comedy
Chuck’s Bar Comedy Open Mic, 9:30 p.m.
DJ
Little Lucky’s DJ Mixx Masta Matao SEED Eco Lounge DJ C-Rok, 10 p.m.
Wednesday 11.23 Live Music
Barrelhouse South Ben Lewis, 9:30 p.m. Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, 9 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Thea, piano/vocals, 6 p.m. Boomy’s Eric Culberson Band, 10 p.m. Cocktail Co. VuDu Cocktail Acoustic Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. and 7 p.m. coffee deli Acoustic Jam, 7 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge Happy Hour w/ Anders Thomsen, 6 p.m. Five Oaks Taproom Eric Britt, 8 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Sarah Poole, 7:30 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Jeremy Riddle, 10 p.m. The Sandbar Open Mic, 9 p.m. SEED Eco Lounge Latin Music Night, 9 p.m. Tree House Wobble Wednesday Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jubal Kane, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Brandon Reeves, 5 p.m. The Wormhole Open Mic, 9 p.m.
Trivia & Games
The Chromatic Dragon Geeky Trivia Night, 8 p.m. Dub’s Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m. The Jinx Rock n Roll Bingo, 10 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Team Trivia, 8:45 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m. World of Beer Trivia, 7 p.m.
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soundboard dIRECTORY 17 Hundred 90 Restaurant 307 E. President St. Savannah-Downtown 912-236-7122 17hundred90.com
Abe’s on Lincoln 17 Lincoln St. Savannah-Downtown 912-349-0525 abesonlincoln.com
Applebee’s 1492 E. Oglethorpe Hwy. Hinesville 912-369-4909 applebees.com
Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) 1 Resort Dr. Savannah-Downtown 912-201-2085 aquastarrestaurant.com
Barrelhouse South 125 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown 912-662-5576 barrelhousesouth.com
Bay Street Blues 17 E. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown 912-236-6655
Bay Street Theatre 1 Jefferson St. Savannah-Downtown
www.baystreettheatre.org/
Bayou Cafe 14 N. Abercorn St. Savannah-Downtown 912-233-6411 bayousavannah.com
Billy’s Place at McDonough’s 20 E. Perry St. Savannah-Downtown
912-231-9049 billysplacesavannah.com
Blowin’ Smoke Southern Cantina 1611 Habersham St. Savannah-Midtown 912-231-2385 blowinsmokesavannah.com
Blueberry Hill 546 Dean Forest Rd. Savannah-Westside 964-8401
Boomy’s 409 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown 912-436-6660 boomysbar.com
The Britannia British Pub 140 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Wilmington Island 912-898-4257
Casimir’s Lounge 700 Drayton St. Savannah-Midtown
912-721-5002 mansiononforsythpark.com
The Chromatic Dragon 514 MLK Jr. Blvd. Savannah-Downtown 912-289-0350 chromaticdragon.com
Chuck’s Bar 305 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown 912-232-1005
Club 309 West 309 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown
Foxy Loxy Cafe 1919 Bull St. Savannah-Downtown
Club One 1 Jefferson St. Savannah-Downtown
Hercules Bar & Grill 2500 Dean Forest Rd. Savannah-Westside
912-236-1901 club309west.com
912-232-0200 clubone-online.com
Coach’s Corner 3016 E. Victory Dr. Savannah-Eastside 912-352-2933 coachs.net
Cocktail Co. 10 Whitaker St. Savannah-Downtown
912-236-6144 savannahcocktailco.com
CoCo’s Sunset Grille 1 Old U.S. Hwy. 80 Tybee Island 912-786-7810 cocostybee.com
coffee deli 4517 Habersham St. Savannah-Midtown
912-352-7818 savannahcoffeedeli.com
Congress Street Social Club 411 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown 912-238-1985 congressstreetsocialclub.com
Doodles 586 S. Columbia Ave. Rincon 912-295-2536
Doubles Nightclub 7100 Abercorn St. Savannah-Southside 912-352-7100
Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown (912) 200-3652 dubspubriverstreet.com
El-Rocko Lounge 117 Whitaker St. Savannah-Downtown 912-495-5808
Fannie’s on the Beach 1613 Strand Ave. Tybee Island 912-786-6109 fanniesonthebeach.com
Fia Rua Irish Pub 10132 Ford Ave. Richmond Hill 912-459-4160 fiaruairishpub.com
Fiore Italian Bar and Grill 7360 Skidaway Rd. Isle of Hope 912-349-2609 fioreitalianbarandgrill.com
Five Oaks Taproom 201 W. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown 912-236-4440 fiveoakstaproom.com
Flashback 10010-B Ford Ave. Richmond Hill 912-428-1643
The Florence 1 B West Victory Drive Savannah-Midtown
(912) 234-5522. theflorencesavannah.com
912-401-0543 foxyloxycafe.com
912-966-5790
The Islander 301 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Wilmington Island
912-232-5778
Rachael’s 1190 1190 King George Blvd. Savannah-Southside
912-897-6137
912-920-7772 rachaels1190.com
Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St. Savannah-Downtown
The Rail Pub 405 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown
The Jinx 127 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown
Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant 402 MLK Jr. Blvd. Savannah-Downtown
912-236-7777 www.jazzdsavannah.com
912-236-2281
Jukebox Bar & Grill 3741 US Hwy 17 Ste 500 Richmond Hill 912-756-6997
Little Lucky’s 6 Gateway Blvd. E. Savannah-Southside 912-925-1119
Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill 417 East River St. Savannah-Downtown 912-341-8897
Lulu’s Chocolate Bar 42 MLK, Jr. Blvd. Savannah-Downtown 912-480-4564 luluschocolatebar.com
Mansion on Forsyth Park 700 Drayton St. Savannah-Downtown
912-238-5158 mansiononforsythpark.com
McDonough’s 21 E. McDonough St. Savannah-Downtown
912-233-6136 mcdonoughssavannah.com
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Avett Bros., Jason Isbell, ballet and Pakistani rock ‘n’ roll highlight Savannah Music Festival 2017 lineup Tickets on sale now for spring event by anna chandler
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NOV 16-22, 2016
On Thursday night, Savannah Music Festival proudly announced a stunner of a lineup for their 2017 event. Pouring over their programs, regular attendees discovered old favorites and new gems in a schedule that continues the festival’s tradition of colorfully eclectic, world-class entertainment. Leading the pop bookings is the popular Avett Brothers, who kick off the festival with a two-night show. It’s a SMF return for the Avetts, as well as beloved singersongwriter and ex-Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell, who performs at Johnny Mercer Theatre on Saturday, April 1. Another must-see for fans of rootsinspired pop is a double-bill of Nikki Lane and Parker Millsap. With Wanda Jackson swagger and smoky modern cool, Lane’s latest LP, All Or Nothin’, poised the singersongwriter as one to watch. Millsap brings a vintage elegance to the table with Americana soul and Southern Gothic lyricism. The lineup boasts many unusual show bills, such as Pakistani rock band Sounds of Kolachi performing with Hiss Golden Messenger, a folk/rock/blues project headed up by singer-songwriter Michael Taylor. Hiss Golden Messenger has performed in Savannah previously through Savannah Stopover; this will be a Savannah debut for Sounds of Kolachi. Patrick Watson, a Canadian musician/ composer with classical chops and indiepop prowess, makes his festival debut. Known for his film and television scores, Watson will showcase his original orchestral pop songs, which are often compared to the work of Andrew Bird, Rufus Wainwright, and Nick Drake. Having trouble picking a show to attend? Well, “that’s just the way it is.” May we suggest Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers for a yacht-rock journey? The Grammy awardwinning entertainer’s April 8 performance will be followed by a closing night party with The Wood Brothers, marking the blues/jazz/rock/gospel group’s fourth SMF appearance. If you’re feeling folky, SMF has many 34 offerings for you. Opening weekend
welcomes Russell Moore and IIIrdTyme out and Flatt Lonesome (the latter played the lineup announcement party) and southwest Louisiana’s T’Monde, Pine Leaf Boys, Feufollet, Joel Savory and Kelli Jones. Dead Heads unite! Travelin’ McCourys (an offshoot of the Del McCoury Band) team up with Jeff Austin Band (led by mandolinist/vocalist Austin) to offer a one-of-a-kind show, Grateful Ball. Both bands will play separate sets of Grateful Dead songs and will team up for a fabulous collaborative show closing. Savannah’s already fallen in love with classic country-inspired singer-songwriter Caleb Klauder, who performs with Reeb Willms for his SMF debut. If you’re ready for some real-deal bluegrass, check out Jerry Douglas’s renowned band The Earls of Leicester. From Máirtín O’Connor’s Irish accordion to Sufi vocalist SanamMarvi to zydeco parties with Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, there’s something for everyone.
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A particularly noteworthy return is Ukranian “ethno-chaos” band DakhaBrakha, who captivated their prior SMF audience with a blend of Ukrainian, Indian, and Australian traditional music, drone, and vocal harmonies. This time, they’ll perform an original score composed for the 1930 Dovzhenko silent film Earth. Jazz and classical lead up the SMF program, and this year offers a new and unique evening for attendees: ballet. New York City Ballet’s Troy Schumacher has assembled a talented, cross-genre team of dancers in BalletCollective, making its Southern debut at the festival. The program boasts the stylings of indie classical composers like Ellis Ludwig-Leone (of New York pop band San Fermin) and pairs it with the work of architects James Ramsey and Carlos Arnalz. The two dance works explore Ramsey’s development of the Lowline, the world’s first underground park. The musical ensemble Hotel Elefant provides the beautiful musical accompaniment. The dance continues with Argentinian ensemble CheMalambo. Malambo began in the 17th century as a competitive duel challenging skills of agility, strength, and dexterity; in their performances, CheMalambo’s dancers use precise footwork,
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rhythmic stomping, drumming, and singing to celebrate the South American cowboy tradition of the gaucho. French choreographer and Gilles Brinas directs. For its 14th season, SMF’s chamber music series is led by violinist and Associate Artistic Director Daniel Hope. Hope has invited guests like Dover Quartet, Ébène Quartet, Lawrence Power, Edgar Meyer, David Finckel and Wu Han for this year’s series.
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A mile in Lisa Rosenmeier’s shoes
Artist’s footwear-themed show is at The Sentient Bean through November By Orlando Montoya
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I DON’T think I understood why I wear Hawaiian shirts until I met Lisa Rosenmeier. I have a closet full of flowery, aloha button-downs. And as long as it’s nice out, I wear them. Rosenmeier, a painter, doesn’t share my sartorial preference. But she sure loves color. An artist from Southern Utah, land of bright colors, her work explains my kitchy collection. “I would rather give society happiness,” she says. “I like for things to be happier and not as sad and depressing. There’s a lot of things in our lives that can bring a person down.” Color is happiness. I don’t know why. Perhaps science can explain it. But as long as I can dress myself in it, give me a thrift
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shop and turn up the volume. Color is loudness, too. And lately, what Rosenmeier’s been shouting about in her work is individuality. Her latest series, 13 colorful works made over this past year, is based on photos of running shoes. Cast off the feet hurriedly or neatly arranged, outdoors or indoors, with or without socks or other shoes, the way we keep shoes is, well, I bet you know how your spouse does it! “I think it’s real interesting how each and every person has their own individual mark in the way they leave something behind,” she says. Put me in the lined-up, all-facing-the-same-way, no-that-sockgoes-in-the-dirty-clothes and there-are-only-two-acceptable-placesin-this-house-for-shoes-to-go-mister category.I don’t think I could be married to any other category. Rosenmeier got the idea to do the series, “A Mile in My Shoes,” after becoming an
avid runner a few years ago. “When the head gets too cluttered, when you’re out there running, you don’t have the energy for all that extra thought,” she says. “It helps you clarify and break things down.” Her own life has clarified a bit in the past few years. We didn’t go into it much. But she’s divorced and remarried and changed time zones and jobs. With all that, her art changed. “The artwork got tighter, things got more defined,” she says. “Certain background imagery was eliminated completely. It’s a bit more simplified in what I’m trying to say.” I love the heavy line, the clear delineation between colors. And who doesn’t love pets? One of her paintings shows a furry white thing waiting to be loved after an owner’s run. Rosenmeier paints pets as part of her day-to-day work. She takes commissions from loving owners and has become well known as a portraitist of
four-legged Fidos and Fluffies. Her next project, “365,” has her going to the Humane Society every day. She’s taking a picture of all the occupants of a single dog cage and a single cat cage over a year’s time. “After a while, you get used to seeing them, especially if they’ve been there a while,” she says of the project, about 40 days in. “Then one day, you show up and they’re not there.” When the year is up, she’ll have painted each of those animals. And the eventual exhibit will say how and why they entered and left the cage—surrender, adoption or otherwise. It’s a brave thing to do. Most of us just look the other way. Giving those shelter dogs and cats the bright, colorful Hawaiian treatment certainly gives me that painted sunset feeling. And, as long as it’s running season, between the Rock & Roll Marathon and the Bridge Run, go check out “A Mile in My Shoes” at the Sentient Bean through November. Aloha! cs
“When the head gets too cluttered, when you’re out there running, you don’t have the energy for all that extra thought,” she says. “It helps you clarify and break things down.”
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Objectified: Still Lifes from the Permanent Collection — Objectified considers the traditional genre of still life as represented in the works of Telfair Museums’ permanent collection. Presenting still lifes from the late 19th century through the present day, this exhibition invites viewers to consider the genre as a form ripe for artistic exploration. Nov. 19-June 11. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. Small Works — Small Works is an annual juried exhibition of artwork by SCAD students, alumni, faculty and staff. All works are for sale and measure 18 inches or less in all dimensions. Opening reception Nov. 17, 6 p.m.. Nov. 16-Jan. 21. Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St
Continuing Exhibits Bill Rousseau and Deborah Mueller — Bill Rousseau paints vibrant and detailed scenes of Savannah’s classic architecture and flora. Deborah Mueller creates Asian-inspired ceramics which are both beautiful and functional. Through Nov. 30. Gallery 209, 209 E River St. Face to Face: American Portraits from the Permanent Collection — Spanning the period from the American Revolution to World War II, the paintings in this exhibition demonstrate the broad range of American portraiture found in Telfair’s permanent collection. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. Gestalt: An Installation by Chris Nitsche — Through early January, Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum will be presenting a large interactive installation by local artist and SCAD professor Chris Nitsche, and a selection of his preliminary sketches will be on display in the Museum atrium. The installation takes the shape of a ship’s hull - 75 feet long, 8 feet high, built in sections with access gaps to enable visitors to walk through the inside of the hull. Museum admission is $9.00 Adults, discounts available, Children 5 and under Free. Free garden admission to view the installation. Through Jan. 14, 2017 Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Grand Divertissement à Versailles: Vintage Photographs by Bill Cunningham — This exhibition features exclusive images from the 1973 fashion show known as the Battle of Versailles. This showing of Cunningham’s 65 historic images and an original program — on loan from the private collection of Nancy North, a model in the famed fashion show — illustrates the moment that American design houses became the international arbiters of style and
Work by Oksana Gruska Harmouche is at the JEA through this month.
showcases Cunningham’s unique perspective on this epochal event in fashion history. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. Guests, Strangers and Interlopers — Subodh Gupta’s work engages with otherness and ambiguous identities through the evocative use of found materials and objects. It invites the viewer to consider their subjective responses to self and others. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.
the best-known works in the permanent collection, yet Telfair did not acquire a single work from him until he stepped down from his official role in 1916. To commemorate the occasion, Telfair purchased Melchers’s The Unpretentious Garden, a painting that is now one of the most beloved works in their collection. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.
If We Must Die... — The installation showcases two unique sculptural works by the Jamaican-born artist — the “of 72 project” and selections from “Invisible Presence: Bling Memories” — installed together for the first time. Ebony Patterson is acclaimed for her ability to ascribe meaning to adornment. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.
Phytophilous: An Exploration of Land Plants Through Line and Value — This exhibit by Nea Hanna will comprise of a collection of illustrations, paintings and drawings in black and white to highlight the beauty in the organic forms that plants possess when depicted through the use of simple lines and value contrast. Through Nov. 30. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.
Jennifer Levonian: Shake Out Your Cloth — Jennifer Levonian’s work transforms the fabric of the everyday into the fantastical—or at the very least, the hilarious. Through Nov. 20. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.
Robert Moran Isley — Robert Moran Isley is best known for his out-doors (plein-air) pieces, but all his paintings display a similar loose brushstroke and an exquisite understanding of light and composition. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr.
A Mile in My Shoes — Lisa Rosenmeier paints portraits of runners expressed through their shoes. Through Nov. 29. sentientbean. com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.
Scribble Art Studio: Terrariums — Painted, sewn and hand-constructed, this year’s art show celebrates the mini wonders of terrarium art. Each little world is as unique as the child who created it. Through Nov. 27. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.
Oksana Gruszka Harmouche — Harmouche paints in watercolors and oils. Through Nov. 30. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. One Hundred Years of Harmony: Paintings by Gari Melchers — Artist Gary Melchers played an invaluable role in shaping the collection Telfair Museums as fine arts advisor from 1906 to 1916. Melchers facilitated purchase of many of
She Said, She Said — Tiffany O’Brien and Lisa Ocampo, two half-sisters, both artists and wordsmiths, exchange memorably clever titles. Then they both paint the same titles, without seeing what the other created until the opening. Profits from this show benefit Lindsey’s Place Camp. Through Nov. 26. Location Gallery, 417 Whitaker St.
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Cuoco Pazzo: Naples in Savannah La Famiglia Restaurant Group opens spot in former Leoci’s space
Smoked Salmon Salad of fresh spring mix, onions, yellow tomatoes, avocado, and Gorgonzola cheese
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WHEN DINING in the Deep South, one can expect to partake in those comforting classics like fried chicken, collard greens and buttermilk biscuits. However, one does not presume to find authentic Italian food in this region; it seems paradoxical, absurd really. As an Italian-American New Yorker, I know firsthand what Italian food should taste like. My Grandma, Theresa, was born and raised in Sicily, Italy. She may have spoken broken English, but her food spoke declarations of love and passion. I spent my whole life in the kitchen with Grandma, making homemade pasta, sauce, meatballs and more. Given my Italian heritage, I can absolutely differentiate between imitation and genuine Italian cuisine. Last year at this time, my husband and I dined at Little Italy on Wilmington Island. To test authenticity, I ordered a side of sauce and meatballs, doused in Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, of course. One bite and I called over the waiter, who spoke little English, “This tastes just like my Grandma’s,” I shouted unneccearily loud. In just 17 months, the La Famiglia Restaurant Group has introduced Savannah to five authentic Italian restaurants, each one embraced by Savannahians, transplants and visitors alike. Naples Italy native, and owner of each restaurant, Gary Langevin, operates several restaurants along the coastlines of South Carolina and Georgia. Little Italy was Langevin’s first Savannah restaurant, which was followed by Bella Napoli on E. State Street, La Dolce Vita on Tybee, and Terra Mia in Pooler. Now, as of November 4, Langevin’s newest brainchild, Cuoco Pazzo, is open for busi40 ness on Abercorn Street.
Pappardelle alla Norcina in a creamy walnut cognac sauce and tossed with imported salty pancetta and earthy wild mushrooms.
The Tuna Positano special showcases Chef Rosario’s talent. Photos by Maria Whiteway
Wood-fired brick-oven margarita pizza
This new Cucina Italiana—Italian kitchen—is housed in the former Leoci’s Trattoria building. With a complete floor to ceiling renovation, the only thing Cuoco Pazzo has in common with its former tenant is the genre of cuisine. The long anticipated Cuoco Pazzo was projected to open in mid-April, but with a few setbacks, including city approval, they were able to muster up a soft opening just in time for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. “All good things come to those who wait,” Langevin positively recites. Langevin’s innate love for the food he
serves and people he feeds was ingrained at a young age. His mother, Josie, owned a restaurant in Naples, Italy, for 12 years. Langevin and his siblings developed their strong work ethic through the most unglamorous of jobs, washing dishes. Consequently, his mother’s passion and initiative inspired Langevin to be the restaurateur he is today. When Langevin grew up, he ventured to America, spending 24 years in Charleston. While there he opened many Neapolitan restaurants, one of which is still run by his sister. Then after spending an unfruitful
year in Hilton Head, Langevin came to Savannah. “I came here thinking I would go back to Charleston. But a friend of mine, who owns a couple of pizza shops, convinced me to look around.” In Langevin’s quest to find quality Italian food in Savannah, he ironically dined at Leoci’s. It was ultimately determined that there was a “need for Italian food” in Savannah. Thus, Langevin began building his Neapolitan empire in the Hostess City of the South. As a loyal friend and family member, Langevin invited about 20 Neapolitans, from his home city, to join him on these restaurant ventures. His goal was for them to decide if Savannah was the right fit for them. “I wanted them to see my vision and how beautiful Savannah is.” Although each restaurant is owned and operated by the same group, they individually have their “own chef, crew and personality.” Langevin reiterates, “If it’s the same name, you’re going to expect the same thing. But it’s not the same.” This exact notion goes for Cuoco Pazzo, whose originality and uniqueness derive from one man, Chef Rosario Limonio. Langevin pointed to Chef Rosario and boldly declared, “That guy is an artist. He has golden hands and can work magic with food.” Chef Rosario grew up in the same city as Langevin and has been in the states for about 20 years. Spending most of his
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career in Orlando and New York City, the chef came to Savannah only 6 months ago, in order to bring Cuoco Pazzo to life. Chef Rosario was given free reign of the kitchen and menu at Cuoco Pazzo. Langevin told him, “You have white paper. Do what you want and express yourself. Be an artist. Make your creations.” Langevin seems to truly understand what successful leadership looks like. “There will be no passion or flavor in the food if I tell him what to do.” He vows that all of his Neapolitan chefs have the opportunity to showcase their abilities without the threat of micromanagement. It is evident that Chef Rosario is not only passionate about the food he creates, but highly skilled as well. From brick oven pizza to fresh ravioli, everything is made in house. When I arrived, Italian staff members and Chef Rosario warmly greeted me. He ushered me to the kitchen, where a pot of sauce and meatballs sat on the stovetop, evoking emotional memories of Grandma. Plates of artfully composed Italian food came out, one by one. First up was the wood-fired brick-oven margarita pizza. Its crust was thin, golden and blistered from the searing heat of the oven. It was topped with fresh tomato sauce, house made mozzarella, torn basil from the Chef’s garden, and extra virgin olive oil. After this, a bowl of “Pappardelle alla Norcina” was served. These hand made noodles are very broad and flat, like ribbons. They were coated in a creamy walnut cognac sauce and tossed with imported salty pancetta and earthy wild mushrooms. This dish was light and decadent at the same time.
Chef also served his stunning Tuna Positano special, which featured two beautiful medallions of fresh Tuna with perfectly seared grill marks. Homemade asparagus ravioli accompanied the fish, along with seasonal sautéed vegetables and a nest of fried spaghetti. Each component was thoughtful in presentation and robust in flavor. Lastly, I noshed on the Smoked Salmon Salad of fresh spring mix, onions, yellow tomatoes, avocado, and Gorgonzola cheese, all lightly tossed in a lemon dressing. The most satisfying aspect of this dish was that the salad was elegantly wrapped in slices of salted smoked salmon. As for the new space, Cuoco Pazzo’s renovation will be fully completed soon. When it is ready, the front door will be sealed off and guests will walk through a side entrance, which bears a black “Cuoco Pazzo” sign that illuminates at night. A short walkway, bordered by Chef Rosario’s herb garden planters, will escort them to the back patio. Eventually this unfinished outdoor space will be a bustling wrap-around screened-in deck. A pinnacle feature both on the patio and inside the kitchen is the brick oven. Made in the image of Emeril Lagasse’s oven, this statement piece was built, brick by brick, into the wall. While patrons feast, Chef Rosario can be seen sautéing specials through the new open kitchen layout. While Cuoco Pazzo is still in their soft opening phase, to “work out the kinks,” the La Famiglia Group has proven they have a knack for bringing Naples to Savannah. “For us its all about the experience.” Cuoco Pazzo, 606 Abercorn St.
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Your Pie = Your Craft Beer
Pizza spot focuses on quality beer offerings By Raymond Gaddy
NOV 16-22, 2016
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PIZZA AND BEER, what could be better? The two local Your Pie locations, one in Sandfly and one downtown, give you the option of not only making your own pizza but providing several craft beer options. Not only is craft beer is served up at both spots but the guys at Your Pie have created events that have brought some of the harder to find craft brews to town. In fact their devotion to craft beer has been recognized at the national level and has helped to push craft beer into the menus of many Your Pie locations. Paul and Michael Childers are the father and son team behind both Savannah locations of Your Pie. I spoke with them about why they included craft beer in their menu. Paul: “At Your Pie, we’re into craft pizza. The customer gets a pizza and is in charge of creating their own food experience. You have different sauces, different cheeses, meats, and veggies. Just recently, we’ve created a pizza with fried chicken and waffles! So, Michael and I have always believed that our pizza patrons would love that same experience with their beer by utilizing great flavor and plenty of choices. When we opened our first location in downtown Savannah over 6 years ago, people laughed at us for putting Dogfish’s 90 Minute IPA on tap. Comments included, “it’s too bitter and expensive,” and since then it has never been off tap. Every other one of our taps is some type of craft beer. When we opened our second location in Sandfly, comments were “It worked downtown, but not in a local neighborhood,” and they were equally wrong. So we’re all in, and think craft will only continue to grow.” This strategy was so successful locally they collaborated with Your Pie on the corporate level. Michael: “Nationally, we have created a franchise wide craft program. In this program we partner a craft brewer, with a new craft pizza and a unique gelato. During these programs we encourage each franchise to offer several beers on tap and schedule pint nights or tap takeovers. Sometimes we are even able to offer brewery trips for a local patron and members of the local store. Beyond the craft program we also send out a monthly newsletter that contains information on new beers, new breweries, and trends in the industry. We have found that beer education is the best answer to how to sell more beer, so we
Paul and Michael Childers are the father and son team behind both Savannah locations of Your Pie.
saturate our franchisees with as much beer knowledge as we can.” We all know pizza and beer go together but I asked the guys how craft beer has changed their business model. Michael: “Craft beer is business as usual for us. Offering craft beer was never not an option for our business model. With that being said, our passionate support of the craft beer scene has enabled us to offer multiple events and always have something unique on tap thru out the year. Paul: For us, we were all things craft beer from the beginning. Craft beer dovetailed with what we believe about pizza. It’s all about choice and flavor. Besides, we feel like our brothers in the craft beer industry are doing the same thing we are. As they fight “Big Beer,” we’re fighting “Big Pizza!” Finally Paul suggests that the local craft beer scene is vital and deserves attention. “In the beginning, we had zero choices for local craft beer in Savannah, and now,
we have great beer coming from Southbound Brewing, Service Brewing, and Coastal Empire Brewery. These guys and gals are putting out some amazing oneoffs, as well as terrific year-round brews. Support your local and state breweries, because they are really putting out some great brews that are getting recognition, nationally. Of course, a great way to do this would be to visit one of our Your Pie locations!” Your Pie Southside is located at 7360 Skidaway Road Unit A-1 and the Downtown location can be found at 110 W Bryan Street both are open from 11:00 AM to 9:00PM except Fridays and Saturdays when they stay open until 10:00. The next craft beer event at Your Pie Southside is a Dogfish Head tap takeover on December 1 from 6:30-10:00. Expect a few of Dogfish Heads regular and season brews and a few harder to find offerings. cs
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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
\ REGAL SAVANNAH 10 www.regmovies.com 1132 Shawnee St. 927-7700
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
The aliens are here and only Amy Adams can understand them in Arrival.
ARRIVAL
//// A friend once quipped that, given my reluctance to hand out four stars to more than just a couple of movies each year, I only award the highest rating if I “personally see God walking across the auditorium.” Honestly, he’s not far off when it comes to the magnificent new movie Arrival. While there may have been no divine presence in the theater, there was certainly a religious movement taking place on the screen. A motion picture that turns out to be far more focused on humanity than on otherworldly visitors, it’s a transcendent viewing experience that gets under the skin and into the heart. As a bonus, it’s also the right movie at the right time. In an election week which saw millions of gullible Americans embrace transparent evil, ignorance and bigotry, here’s a welcoming film that celebrates the best among us, those who gaze open-eyed at the horizon and invite the unknown rather than recoil from it. In Arrival, the heroes are the visionaries who throw open their arms to embrace the aliens who have entered our borders, not the weaklings who seek to repel them with walls, weaponry or what-have-you. Presented in a fragmented manner that perpetually keeps viewers off balance, the film centers on Louise Banks (Amy Adams), a college professor and linguist who’s approached by the military (repped by Forest Whitaker) to help communicate with the extra-terrestrials whose enormous ships have taken root at 12 spots across the globe. Louise and scientist Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) are transported
to the one vessel that’s stateside, whereupon they seek to decipher the inky blots (basically Rorschach meets Ringu) squirted from the aliens’ appendages. Meanwhile, other colleagues and other countries (particularly China) are growing more nervous by the minute, convinced that the invaders are of the Independence Day variety and are planning to decimate at will. For her part, Louise is filtering everything through scattered memories, most focusing on her young daughter. Arrival is based on Ted Chiang’s short piece “Story of Your Life,” the type of work that sounds unfilmable. Yet scripter Eric Heisserer (who before now was best known for penning the lamentable remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and the lamentable prequel to The Thing) has contributed a screenplay that’s both literate and lyrical, one that moves with grace and provides plenty of catharsis along the way. Director Denis Villeneuve, who’s about to have his third consecutive feature land on my yearend 10 Best list (his last two gems were Sicario and Prisoners), never overplays his hand, and he requests the same from others working on this production. The visual effects are magnificent but never in your face, and while it’s apparent that the score comes from the same guy who crafted the superb one for Sicario, composer Johann Johannsson nevertheless uses the nervejangling refrains more sparingly, mixing it up with calmer if still somber stretches. Adams is excellent in the central role, a part not unlike the one essayed by Sandra Bullock in Gravity. Indeed, Arrival stirs memories of several heady sci-fi outings, among them Gravity, Interstellar, Contact
and, of course, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I’m not going to allow my adoration to render me so flippant as to idiotically state that it makes all those A-games look as insipid as The Adventures of Pluto Nash by comparison, but in many ways, it really is in a class by its beautiful self.
MOONLIGHT
/// Black lives matter in the quiet, contemplative Moonlight, but let’s not stop there. Gay lives matter as well, to say nothing of the lives of those seeking identity, companionship, and direction. Simply put, all lives matter in this impressive indie effort, though not in the dismissive, divisive manner espoused by hashtag-loving racists and rednecks. In bringing Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue to the screen, writer-director Barry Jenkins has employed a three-act structure that examines three periods in the life of Chiron, a boy coming of age in a rough Miami neighborhood. The first chapter centers on Chiron when he’s particularly young and sporting the nickname “Little” (played at this age by Alex Hibbert). Tormented by both schoolyard bullies and his own drugaddled single mom (an almost unrecognizable Naomie Harris, far removed from her work as Moneypenny in the latest Bonds), Little finds comfort from the soft-spoken drug dealer Juan (Mahershala Ali) and his girlfriend Teresa (music star Janelle Monae).
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The second act finds the now teenage Chiron (Ashton Sanders) coping with his burgeoning homosexuality, still being harassed by bullies, and hanging out with his longtime friend Kevin (Jharrel Jerome), a relationship that unfortunately isn’t above the demands of peer pressure. The final stretch catches up with Chiron (Trevante Rhodes) as a grown man now living in Atlanta, calling himself “Black” and making money as a drug dealer. Restless and dissatisfied, Black finds himself deciding whether to make peace with his once-abusive mother, now at a nursing home, and with Kevin (Andre Holland), still living in Miami and working as a cook. Although stylistically different than Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, Moonlight is similar in that it also tracks the life of a young male and shows how he’s shaped not only by his environment and the actions of those around him but by his own strengths, his own weaknesses, and his own understanding (or lack thereof) of what makes him tick as a human being. The first two acts are especially strong in conveying this, bolstered by a unique outlook and several formidable performances (especially Ali, who brings unexpected complexity to the role of a sentient, saintly man who, at the end of the day, is still helping to destroy his own community). The first two-thirds are so strong, in fact, that the film noticeably tapers off during its final chapter, which houses a few potent moments but feels far more structurally conventional and dramatically incomplete. Nevertheless, the movie continues to move forward as it should, with cautious steps toward hope and change.
DOCTOR STRANGE
NOV 16-22, 2016
// It’s the R2-D2 of the MCU. It’s Wilson the volleyball in fabric form. It’s the rampaging refrigerator from Requiem for a Dream, if the fridge had only been cuddly and cute instead of monstrous and menacing. It’s the Cloak of Levitation, and without uttering a single word, growl or beep, it’s a veritable scene-stealer in Doctor Strange, a fairly entertaining but largely unexceptional addition to the cinematic superhero canon. This caped crusader doesn’t appear until a significant portion of the picture has passed. Before that, there’s plenty of expository material to relate, beginning with a look at the arrogance of Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), a neurosurgeon who knows he’s brilliant and wants everyone else to know it as well. An automobile accident (his fault, because he’s arrogant) destroys his hands but only enhances his unbecom44 ing personality, as he cruelly shuts out his
girlfriend, fellow doctor Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams), and takes up residence in the sanctum of self-pity. But upon hearing of a healer in the Far East who might be able to cure him, he soon finds himself taking instruction from The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton), who trains him in the mystical arts. She’s assisted by her prized pupil Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor), the gruff librarian Wong (Benedict Wong) and various other underlings, all required to remain alert against Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen), a former student who opted to move over to the Dark Dimension. With Marvel’s decision to absolutely glut our theaters with all things excelsior, it’s a given that some efforts will be less, uh, marvelous than others — that’s certainly the case with Doctor Strange, which feels more like a conveyor-belt product with the expected rinse-lather-repeat beats. The picture has three credited screenwriters (including director Scott Derrickson), but it truly feels like an endeavor in which a committee oversaw every aspect of its genesis. Even Ant-Man, generally not ranked in the upper echelons of the MCU flicks, offers more freewheeling fun than this by-the-numbers assignment, which fails to breathe much life into the origin story (this one feeling similar to the one from Batman Begins) and relying too heavily on visual effects rather than character dynamics. The decision-making is most infuriating with the character of The Ancient One. It doesn’t bother me that this male figure has been turned into a female one, and others have already been protesting the fact that an Asian wasn’t given the role. What’s heinous is the complete Orwellian removal of Tibet as both the character’s nationality and the film’s setting (swapped out for Nepal), simply because China is the world’s largest market for American films, and Disney-Marvel suits (and apparently their lawyers) didn’t want to even acknowledge the existence of Tibet lest it upset the Chinese overlords who approve the country’s film slate. It’s an awful if predictably capitalist reason, and it makes one wonder if, had Marvel Studios existed at the time and had Germany not disallowed the import of American films, the studio would have excised any Jewish characters from its movies during the late 1930s for fear that the German market would have frowned upon them. Rote storytelling and pesky politics aside, the film does offer its rewards, particularly in Cumberbatch’s fine performance, some twisty visuals (many cribbed from Inception), and the occasional dabs of gentle humor. As for the Cape of Levitation, it makes its presence known during one of Strange’s many skirmishes with Kaecilius and his minions.
Like Harry Potter’s broom, it chooses Strange rather than the other way around, and it remains busy saving his life, dragging him toward useful weapons, and even taking it upon itself to beat up a lackey. These scenes are among the movie’s most enjoyable ones, and they help disguise the more mundane stretches that otherwise would leave the faithful feeling hoodwinked.
INFERNO
/ This is the third Dan Brown book to be turned into a major motion picture directed by Howard and starring Tom Hanks, and it’s the lamest one yet. The three films showcasing Hanks as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon position themselves as brainy action yarns. But as a character, Langdon has even less dimensions than animated sleuth Carmen Sandiego, and it’s sad seeing Hanks wasting his talents in such a gossamery role. The central thrust of Inferno is that Bertrand Zobrist (Ben Foster), a wealthy motivational speaker, decides that the only way this overpopulated planet can be saved is by unleashing his own mix of a virus, one designed to serve as another Black Plague. Since the movie would only run 10 minutes if Zobrist did the logical thing and released it ASAP, he instead plots out an alternate course of action that his groupies are to follow if he dies. But he illogically crafts a needlessly complicated puzzle wherein even his followers have to piece together clues to ascertain the whereabouts of the deadly strain. This protracted plan allows not only Langdon and World Health Organization suits to have a shot at locating and neutralizing the virus but also opens the door for nefarious characters to nab it first and sell it to the highest bidder. When it’s not being dense, Inferno settles for being dull, since the pattern has been largely the same in all three films: See Langdon run! See Langdon solve puzzles! See a hottie (in this case, Felicity Jones) trot along behind Langdon! At least the locales are lovely (lots of shots of Venice), and there’s an interesting performance by reliable Irrfan Khan as the head of a clandestine outfit that traffics in assassinations as well as in sleight-of-hand scenarios more suited to a Now You See Me romp. In all other respects, though, Inferno quickly goes down in flames.
JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK
/ Here’s the thing about 2012’s Jack Reacher, the first picture based on one of Lee Child’s popular novels: While it made “only” $80 million stateside, it was a good fit for Cruise, allowing him to play his strong and silent routine in the service of a twisty and gripping thriller.
But all such viewing niceties have fallen by the wayside for this dreary sequel. Said actress, Colbie Smulders, is the one whose character gets the narrative ball rolling for Reacher, as she’s framed for espionage and wrongly imprisoned. Now on the run, the pair are accompanied by a teenage girl (Danika Yarosh) who may or may not be Reacher’s daughter from a long-ago tryst. JR:NGB manages to be both ludicrous and lethargic, always a deadly one-two punch. The principal villains (a government official and a skilled assassin) are both so nondescript that I honestly wouldn’t be able to pick the actors playing them out of a police lineup. Even Cruise seems bored, going through the sort of mechanical, megalomaniacal moves that thankfully haven’t yet crippled the sturdy Mission: Impossible franchise. If he doesn’t care about this project, why should we?
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
// So is the new comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses unwatchable because it cruelly wastes the efforts of a solid cast, or is it watchable because a solid cast blessedly saves it from itself? That’s the question du jour when it comes to a picture graced with four bright performances but hampered by a plot that felt recycled. Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher play the Gaffneys (Jeff and Karen), the sort of suburban caricatures whose lives are so dull, they decide having sex is too much effort and opt instead to watch TV. Jon Hamm and the Gal Gadot play the Joneses (Tim and Natalie), the sort of suave, gorgeous creatures who move into the neighborhood and immediately stick out like a carrot in a bowl of ice cream. Jeff accepts the newcomers at face value, but Karen has her growing suspicions, particularly when she sees the couple surreptitiously sneaking out of the cul-de-sac at odd hours. Eventually, it’s revealed that the Joneses are spies, but are they on the side of right or wrong? Gadot is appropriately silky and sinewy, Fisher again proves her worth as a firstrate (and underrated) comedian, and this might be Galifianakis’s best role to date. Hamm again reveals the prankster’s soul buried underneath the matinee-idol looks. As the cherry on top, the villain is played by a stand-up comic who really should be getting more film work, and he contributes a few expertly executed zingers. Even with that cast, I can’t quite recommend anyone spending movie-theater prices to keep up with these Joneses. But as a Netflix rental down the line? That’s the ticket. CS
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Happenings
compiled by Rachael Flora happenings@connectsavannah.com Happenings is Connect Savannah’s listing of community events, classes and groups. Visit our website at connectsavannah.com to submit a listing. We reserve the right to edit or cut listings due to space limitations.
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. third Thursday of every month. (912) 341-7427. livingliberally. org/drinking/chapters/GA/savannah. Tondee’s Tavern, 7 E. Bay Street. Green Party of Chatham County People, Planet and Peace over Profit! Meets Saturdays and the first Tuesday of every month. Join the Facebook group, @ ChathamGreens, to find out about upcoming local events. ongoing. No physical address given, none. 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. 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
NOV 16-22, 2016
Auditions for Armstrong Youth Orchestra Open to students enrolled in primary grades through high school and including Armstrong students (available for course credit). Auditions, by appointment, are in Armstrong Fine Arts Hall. To schedule an audition, e-mail: savaayo@yahoo.com. Info is also available at www.savaayo.org. AYO is sponsored in part by the Savannah Friends of Music, www.savannahfriendsofmusic. com ongoing. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/ index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Call for Applicants for 46 TEDxSavannah
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 The theme for the May 19 TEDx is “Bridge,” and applicants will be asked to explain how their TEDx talk will tie into that subject. Each talk must be no longer than 12 minutes, and talks of lesser length are encouraged. TEDxSavannah is looking for speakers who can use the theme to address issues relevant to Savannah and, most importantly, offer solutions or calls to action. Applications will be accepted until Jan. 15. Selected speakers must be available for an orientation and rehearsals on March 6 and March 25, April 29 and May 18. Go to tedxsavannah.com for a link to a speaker application and speaker guidelines. Speakers cannot promote a business or endorse products during their TEDx talk. For questions or to learn about sponsorship opportunities, email tedxsav@gmail.com. Tickets for TEDxSavannah go on sale March 20, and as in past years, will be held at The Jepson Center. Through Jan. 15, 2017. lesley.conn@gmail.com. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Call for Artists for Boxed In/ Break Out Telfair Museums is looking for local artists to activate 6 windows at the Jepson Center. Boxed In/Break Out will highlight the work of an artist, through public display, promotional materials, and an artist talk. In addition to museum-supported promotion, the artist will receive a $1000 honorarium. The application deadline is Monday, January 16, and the installation runs from April 7 to October 15. Through Jan. 16, 2017. telfair. org/boxed2017. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Call for Artists for Gray’s Reef Film Festival Arts Resource Collective of Savannah offers all Greater Savannah Area artists an opportunity to create an image for the official poster and to exhibit their winning
work for sale at the 2017 Gray’s Reef Film Festival in early February 2017. The three top submissions will be selected by a jury. Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary staff will select the top-prize winner who will receive $500 and agrees to have his or her image used for the official Film Festival poster. In addition, the top-ranking artists will have their originals available for sale at the Film Festival. For more information and details on how to enter, email secretary@ arcsavannah.org. Through Nov. 30. secretary@arcsavannah.org. Online only, none. Call for Entry: Modern Celebrity Sulfur Studios invites artists working in all media to submit portraits of celebrities, rock stars, pop culture icons, and literary characters for the upcoming juried exhibition “Modern Celebrity.” Whether through talent or train wreck, fame or infamy, these personalities have wormed their way into our collective conscious. What makes them so engaging and why do we care? Artists are encouraged to take an expansive view of the medium of portraiture. Three dimensional, abstract and experimental work is welcome. Entries due: November 20th, 2016 by midnight. Exhibition Runs: December 8th – 18th. TO SUBMIT: https://sulfurstudios.org/ modern-celebrity $20, $15 for Sulfur Studios Members for up to 3 works Through Nov. 20, 12-12:15 a.m. 912. 231. 7105. info@ sulfurstudios.org. https://sulfurstudios.org/ modern-celebrity. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull 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. Religious Ethnic Artists Needed Religious ethnic (JESUS-YESHUA) artists and musicals needed for upcoming season. A classical accompanist and conductor for sacred music and gospel singers needed. Contact Reverend Brenda Lee (912) 2363154; email: revbrendalee@yahoo.com ongoing. No physical address given, none. 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.
Benefits
BBQ, Brews and Bluegrass Event This annual event features dozens of kids activities including inflatable bounce houses, face painting, arts and crafts, a rock wall and more. Adults will enjoy live bluegrass music, domestic and local craft brews, and tasty bites from popular Savannah eateries. Proceeds will directly benefit the neonatal, pediatric and teen patients who rely on the critical care and services of the Willett Children’s Hospital. $25 adults, $5 kids ages 5-17 Sun., Nov. 20, 2 p.m. memorialhealth.com/bbb. Villa Marie Center, 6 Dolan Dr. $5 Bikram Yoga Class to Benefit Local Charities Bikram Yoga Savannah offers a weekly Karma class to raise money for local charities. Thursdays during the 6:30pm class. Pay $5 for class and proceeds are donated to a different charity each month. This is a regular Bikram Yoga class. ongoing. 912.356.8280. bikramyogasavannah.com. SCMPD Animal Control seeks Volunteers Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve various tasks as needed by the shelter. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly trained volunteers will be authorized to serve immediately after orientation. Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are welcome. Volunteers must be at least 17-years-
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old. ongoing. (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@ savannahga.gov. United Way Victory Celebration This event celebrates the conclusion of United Way’s annual fundraising campaign within our four county area. Community volunteers will announce their individual Unit Division reports, which will reflect money raised in local businesses and agencies within Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty counties. The grand total of this year’s United Way campaign, with a goal of $8,338,000, will be revealed. $25 per person, $250 for a table of ten Fri., Nov. 18, 11:45 a.m. lisac@uwce.org. savannah.hyatt.com/ hyatt/hotels-savannah/index.jsp?null. Hyatt Regency Savannah, 2 West Bay St.
Classes, Camps & Workshops
Adult Tap Classes Every Tuesday 10-11am. All ages, all levels are welcome from beginner to advanced. Learn both Rhythm and Broadway style tap dance. $15 Tue., Nov. 22, 10-11 a.m. 954.682.5694. Elyse.TheSTUDIO@yahoo. com. thestudiosav.net. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. Aerial Silk Classes Aerial Silk classes offered every Friday throughout November. 4:30-5:30 Youth Silks 5:30-7:00 Adult Silks Limited time offer. Limited space. Please preregister online @ www.thestudiosav.net. $20 Fri., Nov. 18, 4:30-7 p.m. 954.682.5694. Elyse. TheSTUDIO@yahoo.com. thestudiosav. net/november-schedule.html. thestudiosav. net/. Aerial Silk classes offered every Friday throughout November. 4:30-5:30 Youth Silks 5:30-7:00 Adult Silks Limited time offer. Limited space. Please preregister online @ www.thestudiosav.net. $20 Fri., Nov. 18, 4:30-7 p.m. 954.682.5694. Elyse. TheSTUDIO@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net/ november-schedule.html. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. 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.
Mystery James Coburn Film
In honor of his 88th birthday, the Psychotronic Film Society will screen a James Coburn film that will remain a mystery until showtime. $7 Nov. 16, 8 p.m.. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. 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. 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. IGNITE Aspiring women vet/milspo entrepreneurs are invited to attend IGNITE on Nov. 18. IGNITE is an exclusive, one-day entrepreneurship training event for women veterans, active duty service women, and women military spouses/life-partners exploring the opportunity of small business ownership as a post-service career path. The event is presented by The Institute for Veterans and Military Families and its Veteran Women Igniting The Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) team. $25 registration includes materials, breakfast and lunch. $25 Fri., Nov. 18, 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. 315-443-1019. kakrula@syr.edu. https:// vwiseignitesavannah.eventbrite.com. savannah.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels-savannah/ index.jsp?null. Hyatt Regency Savannah, 2 West Bay St. Knitting & Crochet Classes Offered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. See the calendar of events on website.
Mondays. 912-233-1240. thefrayedknotsav. com. Life Challenge Coaching In an environment of patience, nonjudgement and compassion, we will explore the source of your challenge, the beliefs that hold your challenge in place, and discover & enact healthy and healing life changes. For appointment, contact Cindy Un Shin Beach at revfugon@gmail.com, or Text (only) to 912-429-7265. ongoing. Online only, none. Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments and Styles Savannah Musicians’ Institute offers private instruction for all ages and experience levels for Guitar (electric, acoustic, bass, classical, jazz), Piano, Flute, Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Clarinet, Saxophone, and Voice as well as Music Theory/ Composition/ Ear Training. We teach public, private and home school students as well as adults at all experience levels. Located at 15 East Montgomery Crossroads in Office #205 near White Bluff Road, Savannah, GA. ongoing. 912388-1806. 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. R&B Soul Adult Line Dancing The R&B Soul line dance group Savannah Show Stoppers are conducting line dance classes every Monday night at the West Broad St. YMCA and every Tuesday nights
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at the John Delaware Center. Both classes starts at 6:30. Lamont Hunter, the founder of the Savannah Show Stoppers, is the Instructor. Donations Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. and Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912-220-7712. hlamont70@yahoo.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. Reiki Treatment Reiki relaxes & rejuvenates; promotes emotional & physical healing; reduces neuromuscular & arthritic pain. E-mail request for appointment/ Fee base at revfugon@gmail.com, or Text (only) 912429-7265 ongoing. Online only, none. 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. Savannah Startup Demo Day Join the Savannah community and investors from around the region for this showcase of Savannah area startups showing their most innovative and problem-solving solutions across a number of diverse sectors. Savannah’s hottest startup companies will present their products to a crowd of community members, investors and a panel of judges in a shark tank style format. Wed., Nov. 16, 2 p.m. Creators’ Foundry, 415 W Boundary St. Youth and Teen Aerial Silk Classes Youth Class ages 8+. Teen Class ages 11+. Learn to dance and work with Aerial Silks and Hoop while suspended in the air. Weekly classes held on Fridays through the month of September only. Very limited space available, reserve your spot and register online today. $20/class $75/September package ongoing. 954.682.5694. elyse. thestudio@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave.
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1 Million Cups 1 Million Cups (1MC), a program of the Kauffman Foundation, is seeking entrepreneurs to share their new business ideas with a weekly audience. Participants receive feedback and exposure with the opportunity to strengthen their idea and gain connections in the Savannah community. 1MC meets every Wednesday at the Creative Coast 9-10a. Apply to present online: www.1millioncups.com/Savannah Free Wednesdays, 9 a.m. 1millioncups. com/savannah. Creators’ Foundry, 415 W Boundary St. 13th Colony Sound (Barbershop Singing) “If you can carry a tune, come sing with us!” Mondays, 7pm. ongoing. 912-344-9768. 48 savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt
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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.
Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave. Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes Classses for multiple ages in performance dance and adult fitness dance. African, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, gospel. Held at Abeni Cultural Arts studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. Call Muriel, 912-6313452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com. Avegost LARP Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. generallly meets the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters. ongoing. godzillaunknown@gmail.com. avegost.com. Buccaneer Region SCCA Local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. See website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org. 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. Historic Flight Savannah A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC, to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington. Call for info. ongoing. 912-5961962. honorflightsavannah.org. Historic Savannah Chapter: ABWA Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6pm-7:30pm. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Drive, Thunderbolt. Attendees pay for their own meals. RSVP by phone. ongoing. 912-660-8257. Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-308-6768. Low Country Turners A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Steve Cook for info at number below. ongoing. 912-313-2230. Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-7864508. American Legion Post 184, 3003 Rowland Ave. Philo Cafe Discussion group that meets every Monday, 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations. Anyone craving good conversation is invited. Free to attend. Email for info, or see Facebook.com/SavannahPhiloCafe. Mondays. athenapluto@yahoo.com. R.U.F.F. - Retirees United for the Future RUFF meets the last Friday of each month at 10am to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and related senior issues. Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors ongoing. 912344-5127. 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 Authors Workshop If you’re a writer, and you’re serious about it, Savannah Authors Workshop is looking for you. We exist to encourage good writing. We meet twice a month in the relaxed atmosphere of a private home (Baldwin Park area). Our third annual Anthology has just been published. We are looking for new members. Come as a guest to our next meeting (Wednesday, September 21) and see how you like us (sorry: no poets). Contact Christopher Scott, President: cscott630@yahoo.com for more details and directions. ongoing. No physical address given, none. The Savannah Chinese Corner The Savannah Chinese Corner welcomes anyone interested in Mandarin language or Chinese culture. Meets every Saturday morning from 10 am to noon. Check the Facebook group to see meeting location. ongoing. https://facebook.com/groups/ SavannahChineseCorner. Downtown Savannah, downtown. 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. 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.
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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.
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Concert: Jonny Lang The Grammy-winning blues guitarist Jonny Lang comes to Savannah. $35-$75 Sun.,
Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Concert: Musique de France With opulent works by Berlioz, Debussy, and Ravel, this Savannah Philharmonic performance will enrapture the mind and ensnare the imagination. $16-$75 Sat., Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. The Love and Soul Experience Kimberly Gunn Music Presents The Love and Soul Experience every third Friday of the month beginning May 17th. There will be music, poetry, comedy, creative arts, and networking. Kimberly Gunn Music and friends will provide musical entertainment. An event for ages 18 and up. $10 Admission $12 VIP third Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m. (912) 224-6084 or (912) 224-4461. kimberlygunn.com. The Eden Room, 1105 Stiles Avenue.
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Bonaventure Cemetery After Hours 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. continues on p. 50
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Common 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. 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/Drinks-afterwork/ 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. The Exchange Club of Savannah In a rut? The Exchange Club of Savannah welcomes men and women like you to support, serve and encourage the best teachers, students, firefighters, crime fighters, leaders and organizations in our community. Check us out at savannahexchange.org or find us on Facebook. Mondays, noon. 912441-6559. ddewitt30@yahoo.com. Savannahexchange.org. Exchange Club of Savannah, 4801 Meding Street. The Gobble Wobble Thanksgiving Bar Crawl Stretch your legs, prepare for the food coma, and get ready to burn some calories before that Thanksgiving feast as you wobble your way through the beautiful streets of downtown Savannah. Before entertaining the in-laws and preparing a festive feast for the masses, you deserve to have some fun. Each bar will be offering drink specials available only to the Gobble Wobble participants. Also, the first 250 participants to complete their scorecard will get an official t-shirt. $15 advance, $20 day-of Sat., Nov. 19, 4 p.m. 912-660-9001. Brian@ StaffordPromotions.com. https://facebook. com/events/1673477079606125/. barrelhousesouth.com. Barrelhouse South, 125 W. Congress 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. 912-525-5023. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. 50 Harvest Festival and Cane Grinding
Travel back in time to enjoy a unique festive fall celebration. The Harvest Festival and Cane Grinding celebrates Georgia’s agricultural history. Stroll through the 1800’s era Heritage Home Site and watch how sugar cane is turned into cane syrup, see how they made apple butter, and listen to beautiful music while the children play. $5 per adult; $3 per child (4-17), military and senior Sat., Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 912-395-1212. annie.quinting@sccpss. com. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland. org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Honoring the Legacy of Richard Tucker The Jewish Educational Alliance will host Dr. David Tucker, son of legendary singer Richard Tucker, as he narrates a tribute to his father along with James Drake, Richard Tucker’s biographer and special guest, baritone Sherrill Milnes. free Sun., Nov. 20, 3-5 p.m. 912-355-8111. programming@savj. org. https://savannahjea.org/. savannahjea. org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Museum in the Moonlight Enjoy this free, Hawaiian-themed open house with a food truck, mai tais and live ukulele music by David Lind-Westbrook. Fri., Nov. 18, 7 p.m. shipsofthesea.org. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 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. Pin Point Heritage Museum 5th Anniversary Enjoy a low country boil, cocktails, live music from the Sweetfield of Eden choir, and a tour of the history museum. Sat., Nov. 19, 6 p.m. Pin Point Heritage Museum, 9924 Pin Point Avenue. Savannah Riverkeeper’s Roast on the River There will be Bluffton oysters, low country boil, craft beer from 4 local breweries and amazing raffle items from local businesses. Tickets include all the oysters and lowcountry boil you want, plus one beer/wine ticket. Extra drink tickets will be available and all proceeds support the mission of protecting the Savannah River. SRK members get $5 off single tickets or $10 off couples. Join at savannahriverkeeper.org. $35 Sat., Nov. 19, 6-9 p.m. 706-826-8991. info@ savannahriverkeeper.org. https://facebook. com/events/1100735933350588/. hogansmarina.com/home.html. Hogan’s Marina, 36 Wilmington Island Rd. Savannah Storytellers Tall tales and fun times with the classic art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm.
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. chrismorrisphotography.com Reservations encouraged by calling 912349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore. com/tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Shire of Forth Castle Fighter Practice Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth 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. St. Pius X High School Alumni Association Meeting All former students of St. Pius X High School are invited to attend this meeting. Meet old friends, make new friends and have a great time. Several social events are hosted throughout the year. Dues are $24 a year. third Saturday of every month, 1 p.m. Savannah Classical Academy, 402 Market Street. St. Practice Day! Starting this month, come out every 17th to practice your shenanigan and drinking skills as we get closer to St. Patty’s Day. Green beer, live music and
lots of Craic fun. free Thu., Nov. 17, 5-11 p.m. 912-459-4160. fiaruairishpub@ gmail.com. https://facebook. com/events/1579625585677138/. fiaruairishpub.com. Fia Rua Irish Pub, 10132 Ford Ave. Step Up Savannah Annual Meeting Join Step Up and local business, neighborhood and community leaders to consider and discuss the Purpose Built model for transforming neighborhoods. Celebrate the winners of the Creating Opportunity Awards. Continental breakfast will be provided. Free to attend but RSVP is required Fri., Nov. 18, 8:30-10 a.m. 912-401-0672. relias@stepupsavannah. org. Savannah Technical College, Eckburg Auditorium, 5717 White Bluff Road. Stewart Income Tax & Business Services Grand Opening Stewart Income Tax & Business Services will open a new Savannah location at 4395 Ogeechee Rd #210. A grand opening ceremony will be held with a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. This event is free and open to the public. free Thu., Nov. 17, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 912-358-0894. info@stewartincometax. com. stewartincometax.com. Stewart Income Tax & Business Services, 4395 Ogeechee Rd #210. 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. Unity in the Community
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Unity in the Community is a nonprofit organization that promotes and hosts free, family-friendly culturally diverse events to give back to the community. The events feature handcrafted ethnic arts and crafts, home-based businesses, and community nonprofits. Entertainment is provided by churches and other local individuals and groups. third Saturday, Sunday of every month. riverstreetsavannah.com/. River Street, River St. The Wyld Dock Bar Arts and Crafts Fair Over 20 artists display their work. There will be a raffle and live music by Payne Bridges. Sun., Nov. 20, noon. thewylddockbar.com. The Wyld Dock Bar, 2740 Livingston Ave.
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Fall Family Food Truck Fun Festival and Park Renewal Celebration Complete with music, games, crafts and the first ever Great Pumpkin Park Scavenger Hunt, in which a hundred tiny pumpkins will be hidden in the park for participants to locate. $5 parking pass Sun., Nov. 20, 11 a.m. 912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/info/ skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. Urban Hope’s Pee Wee Rodeo Grab your cowboy hat, boots, spurs and chaps for a fun-filled day of cowboy/ cowgirl activities. The rodeo events will be for children ages 2-9. There will be other fun activities, such as arts and crafts, pony rides, mechanical bull rides, face painting and a farm animal petting zoo. There will be food and beverages for purchase and live music. All proceeds from the event will benefit Urban Hope, a free after-school program for Savannah children. 18+ $15; 3-17 $10: under 3 free Sat., Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. lisa.berg@comcast.net. urbanhopesavannah.org/#!pee-wee-rodeo/ clun. The Dairy Farm, 2500 Tennessee Ave.
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$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 semi-private 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. third Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. 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. 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
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Free to attend. Open to anyone in need of support for the caregiving they provide. ongoing. savannahcommons.com. Free Yoga for Cancer Patients St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Center for WellBeing offers Free Yoga for Cancer Patients every Monday from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. in Candler’s Heart & Lung Building, Suite 100. The very gentle movements and breath work in this class will give you much needed energy, it will make your body feel better, and it will give you a mental release. This class is free to cancer patients. Mondays, 1:30-2:30 p.m. 912-819-8800. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital,
5353 Reynolds St. Functional Training Class Celebrate fall with a Saturday morning workout class. All levels welcome. A smooth mix of cardio and strengthening exercises. Call Kara 912-667-0487 if interested. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown. Get Excited and Move This program is designed to combat the effects of Parkinson disease for Savannah/ Chatham-area people and their caregiver. The activities are designed to enhance and improve muscular strength, and endurance,
Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19)
There is a 97 percent chance that you will NOT engage in the following activities within the next 30 days: naked skydiving, tight-rope walking between two skyscrapers, getting drunk on a mountaintop, taking ayahuasca with Peruvian shamans in a remote rural hut, or dancing ecstatically in a muddy pit of snakes. However, I suspect that you will be involved in almost equally exotic exploits -- although less risky ones -- that will require you to summon more pluck and improvisational skill than you knew you had.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
*The Onion,* my favorite news source, reported that “It’s perfectly natural for people to fantasize about sandwiches other than the one currently in their hands.” You shouldn’t feel shame, the article said, if you’re enjoying a hoagie but suddenly feel an inexplicable yearning for a BLT or pastrami on rye. While I appreciate this reassuring counsel, I don’t think it applies to you in the coming weeks. In my opinion, you have a sacred duty to be unwaveringly faithful, both in your imagination and your actual behavior -- as much for your own sake as for others’. I advise you to cultivate an up-to-date affection for and commitment to what you actually have, and not indulge in obsessive fantasies about “what ifs.”
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
I hesitate to deliver the contents of this horoscope without a disclaimer. Unless you are an extremely ethical person with a vivid streak of empathy, you might be prone to abuse the information I’m about to present. So please ignore it unless you can responsibly employ the concepts of benevolent mischief and tricky blessings and cathartic shenanigans. Ready? Here’s your oracle: *Now is a favorable time for grayer truths, wilder leaps of the imagination, more useful bullshit, funnier enigmas, and more outlandish stories seasoned with crazy wisdom.*
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Kavachi is an underwater volcano in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It erupts periodically, and in general makes the surrounding water so hot and acidic that human divers must avoid it. And yet some hardy species live there, including crabs, jellyfish, stingrays, and sharks. What adaptations and strategies enable them to thrive in such an extreme environment? Scientists don’t know. I’m going to draw a comparison between you and the resourceful creatures living near Kavachi. In the coming weeks, I bet you’ll flourish in circumstances that normal people might find daunting.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Seventeenth-century British people used the now-obso-
coordination, agility, flexibility, speed work, and voice command. $10 a month Mondays-Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. and Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10:3011:30 a.m. 912-376-9833. psgsav@gmail. com. Anderson-Cohen Weightlifting Center, 7230 Varnedoe Drive. 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.
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lete word “firktytoodle.” It meant “cuddling and snuggling accompanied by leisurely experiments in smooching, fondling, licking, and sweet dirty talk.” The coming weeks will be prime time for you to carry out extensive experiments in this activity. But here’s an interesting question: Will the near future also be a favorable phase for record levels of orgasmic release? The answer: maybe, but IF AND ONLY if you pursue firkytoodle as an end in itself; IF AND ONLY IF you relish the teasing and playing as if they were ultimate rewards, and don’t relegate them to being merely preliminary acts for pleasures that are supposedly bigger and better. P.S. These same principles apply not just to your intimate connections, but to everything else in your life, as well. Enjoying the journey is as important as reaching a destination.
personal ghosts have been discoursing at length. They have offered their interpretation of your life’s central mysteries and have provided twists on old stories you thought you had all figured out. The bad news is that they don’t seem to want to shut up. Also, less than 25% of what they have been asserting is actually true or useful. But here’s the fantastic news: Those ghosts have delivered everything you need to know for now, and will obey if you tell them to take an extended vacation.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Here’s an experiment worth trying: Reach back into the past to find a remedy for what’s bugging you now. In other words, seek out on an old, perhaps even partially forgotten influence to resolve a current dilemma that has resisted your efforts to master it. This is one time when it may make good sense to temporarily resurrect a lost dream. You could energize your future by drawing inspiration from possibilities that might have been but never were.
In the film *Bruce Almighty,* Morgan Freeman plays the role of God, and Capricorn actor Jim Carrey is a frustrated reporter named Bruce Nolan. After Nolan bemoans his rocky fate and blames it on God’s ineptitude, the Supreme Being reaches out by phone. (His number is 716-776-2323.) A series of conversations and negotiations ensues, leading Nolan on roller-coaster adventures that ultimately result in a mostly happy ending. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you Capricorns will have an unusually high chance of making fruitful contact with a Higher Power or Illuminating Source in the coming weeks. I doubt that 716-776-2323 is the right contact information. But if you trust your intuition, I bet you’ll make the connection.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
By the time he died at the age of 87 in 1983, free thinker Buckminster Fuller had licensed his inventions to more than 100 companies. But along the way, he often had to be patient as he waited for the world to be ready for his visionary creations. He was ahead of his time, dreaming up things that would be needed before anyone knew they’d be needed. I encourage you to be like him in the coming weeks, Libra. Try to anticipate the future. Generate possibilities that people are not yet ripe to accept, but will eventually be ready to embrace.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Does the word “revolution” have any useful meaning? Or has it been invoked by so many fanatics with such melodramatic agendas that it has lost its value? In accordance with your astrological omens, I suggest we give it another chance. I think it deserves a cozy spot in your life during the next few months. As for what exactly that entails, let’s call on author Rebecca Solnit for inspiration. She says, “I still think the [real] revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small.”
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
“We all have ghosts inside us, and it’s better when they speak than when they don’t,” wrote author Siri Hustvedt. The good news, Sagittarius, is that in recent weeks your
Some spiders are both construction workers and artists. The webs they spin are not just strong and functional, but also feature decorative elements called “stabilimenta.” These may be as simple as zigzags or as complex as spiral whorls. Biologists say the stabilimenta draw prey to specific locations, help the spider hide, and render the overall stability of the web more robust. As you enter the webbuilding phase of your cycle, Aquarius, I suggest that you include your own version of attractive stabilimenta. Your purpose, of course, is not to catch prey, but to bolster your network and invigorate your support system. Be artful as well as practical. (Thanks to Mother Nature Network’s Jaymi Heimbuch for info on stabilimenta.)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
“Aren’t there parts of ourselves that are just better left unfed?” asked Piscean author David Foster Wallace. I propose that we make that one of your two keynotes during the next four weeks. Here’s a second keynote: As you become more and more skilled at not fueling the parts of yourself that are better left unfed, you will have a growing knack for identifying the parts of yourself that should be well-fed. Feed them with care and artistry!
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Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and street strider rentals. Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am-10pm. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-598-2300. 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. 912-429-5150. 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. Mighty 5K/8K The race brings out runners of all ages and levels, and with two to pick from, you can Choose Your Mission to fit your level. Sat., Nov. 19, 8:30 a.m. 912-988-1848. pfyderek@ mightyeighth.org. mightyeighth.org. mightyeighth.org/. Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Ave. 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. Pilates Classes Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates. com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. Pregnancy Yoga Ongoing series of 6-week classes. Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga. com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Pregnancy Yoga Classes Pregnancy is a transitional time when many physical and emotional changes take place. Pregnancy Yoga is about honoring these changes in ourselves, our body and our baby. Yoga strengthens the rapidly changing body and increases the ability to relax, and helps to prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and motherhood.
Pregnancy Yoga classes are offered as a 6 week session on Thursday evenings from 6pm – 7:15 pm. The class is suitable for all stages of pregnancy and no prior yoga experience is necessary. $120 - six week session Thursdays. 912-704-7650. ann@ douladeliveries.com. douladeliveries.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Qigong Simple meditation in motion. Done standing. Tuesday evening @ St. Thomas Episcopal, Isle of Hope. 5.45pm. Balance, Breath, Calm. Taught by Tricia Richardson. 658-5592. Tuesdays. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 St. Thomas Ave. Qigong Classes Qigong exercises contribute to a healthier and longer life. Classes offer a time to learn the exercises and perform them in a group setting. Class length averages 60 min. Any level of practice is welcome. $15 ongoing. qigongtim.com/. Renagade Workout Free fitness workout, every Saturday, 9:00 am at Lake Mayer Park. For women only. Offered by The Fit Lab. Information: 912376-0219 ongoing. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. 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. 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. Turbo Kick Cardio Workout Lose calories while dancing and kick-boxing. No experience or equipment needed. Tues. and Thurs. 6pm, Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton Wed. 6pm Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 ongoing. 586-822-1021. facebook.com/turbokicksavannah. Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located
at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. 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 & Drink Events
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. 3-5 p.m.. 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. Happy Hour 39 Rue De Jean favorites at happy hour prices! Enjoy $4 house wine, $4 well cocktails, $8 daily cocktail feature, Moules
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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
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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. Free Dental Day The staff and dentists at Howard Family Dental will provide one free service for both children and adults; choose a cleaning, filling or extraction. The event is first come, first serve and is limited to the first 250 people. Fri., Nov. 18, 6:30 a.m. howardfamilydental. com. HowardFamilyDental.com. Howard Family Dental, 91 Brighton Woods Drive. Free Dental Day at Howard Family Dental As a way to give thanks to the community, Howard Family Dental will host its annual Free Dental Day on Friday, November 18, 2016. The first 250 people to arrive will receive one free service of their choice (cleaning, filling or extraction). Numbers will be handed out beginning at 6:30am. America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, Target Distribution, and Help a Child Smile will also be on-site, contributing to this day of giving back to the community. For more information, please visit www.HowardFamilyDental.com. Free Fri., Nov. 18, 6:30 a.m. 912-748-4858. HowardFamilyDental.com. Howard Family Dental, 91 Brighton Woods Drive. 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. 54 912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com.
La Leche League of Savannah A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912-8979544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html. Living Smart Fitness Club An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 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. WomenHeart of St. Joseph’s/ Candler WomenHeart of St. Joseph’s/Candler welcomes women heart patients or women at risk of heart disease to its monthly support network meeting at 5:00-6:30 PM in Building #6 at the Medical Arts Center at 836 East 65th Street. For more information call 912-388-1836 or email womenheartsavannah@gmail. com Free of charge third Thursday of every month, 5-6:30 p.m. 912-388-1836. womenheartsavannah@gmail.com. facebook.com/womenheartsavannah. St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Arts Building, 836 E. 65th St.
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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. 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.
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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. 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
Lecture: Spanning the MasonDixon: Who Can Write About the South? In literature, place orients a reader, puts a story in context, and alerts one to language and dialect. But it also conveys culture and cultural meaning, including the values
and psychologies of those who have been formed there. This lecture by Sarah Domet will explore the literature and anxiety of place and the idea of “home” in fiction. What makes a work “Southern” and, more importantly, who can write about the South? Sun., Nov. 20, 4 p.m. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street. Savannah Authors Workshop The workshop will meet on Wednesday, November 16, 6:30 p.m. at 630 East Victory Drive. Writers of all standards are welcome. Discussion includes market opportunities for selling work ranging from full-length book manuscripts to a prize competition among members for the best six-word short story. Wed., Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m. christopher92883@gmail.com. Downtown Savannah, downtown. Seersucker Live: The Gratitude Episode The literati entertainment will feature Sarah Domet, Jerome Meadows and Melanie Bowden Simón. $10 adults, $5 students Wed., Nov. 16, 7 p.m. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. Seersucker Shots Featuring Virgil Suarez, Chad Faries, and SSU’s Estuary students. Fri., Nov. 18, 7 p.m. thebookladybookstore.com/. The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St. Tybee Island Impressions Book Signing Photographer Joseph Shields will sign copies of his new book. A selection of prints from the book will also be on display at the bakery until January 1. Thu., Nov. 17, 5 p.m. 912-631-0616. Mattie Belle’s Bakery, 1000 Eisenhower Dr.
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 Everyone is welcome. Experience not necessary. Visit our website for location, meditation periods and classes. savannahzencenter.com. Individual instruction upon request. Email Cindy Un Shin Beach at revfugon@gmail.com for more information. ongoing. Online only, none. Catholic Singles A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service. Send email or check website to receive announcements of activities and to suggest activities for the group. ongoing. familylife@diosav.org. diosav.org/familylifesingles. Gratitude Circle in the Squares Gather with others to share gratitude. Everyone welcome. Park next to Bull Street Library. Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m. 917-676-4280. facebook.com/ savannahgratitude. liveoakpl.org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St.
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