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Wednesday 1.25 Jewish Film Fest: The Gruninger File: One Step to Freedom
The story of the Swiss police captain who risked everything to save those fleeing Nazis. 7 p.m. JEA, 5111 Abercorn St.
Junk 2 Funk Fri/SAT
The Savannah Arts Academy’s annual show of re-purposed fashion. Jan. 27-28, 7 p.m. Fri., 2 & 7 p.m. Sat. Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. SOLD OUT
Film: Time Barbarians
The Original Savannah Lip Sync Battle THURS 1/26
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society wraps its Light the Night season with this evening. Experience a night of full-on Lip Sync performances from some of Savannah’s most engaging personalities. Vote for your favorites as competitors battle to win the The Lip Sync Trophy without singing one single note. 7 p.m. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $5 donation lauren.mathews@lls.org
17th Annual Low Country Home & Garden Show
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The Annual Low Country Home & Garden Show celebrates its 17th year, bringing an endless display of gardens, landscapes, water features, home products, and more to the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center. With entertainment for adults and kids alike, this event is perfect for the entire family. Guests will even have the chance to meet Alison Victoria, star of DIY Network’s Kitchen Crashers. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. savannahhomeandgardenshow.com
The unintentionally funny, low-budget 1990 sword and sorcery flick Time Barbarians, stars TV’s former American Gladiator “Malibu” as a time traveling, Conan-esque loinclothed he-man. 8 p.m. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $6
Opera: Romeo and Juliette: Encore
A famous opera by Charles Gounod, with Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo. 6:30 p.m. Regal Sav’h Stadium 10, 1132 Shawnee St. $24
Thursday 1.26 Jewish Film Fest: Bad Faith
Clara, who is a Jew, and Ismael, an Arab, are a seemingly happy couple. 7 p.m. JEA, 5111 Abercorn St.
Film: Don’t Look Now
Starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, a thriller adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier. 8 p.m. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Free for SCAD card holders, $8 for public
Jewish Film Fest: Indignation
A working-class Jewish college student struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection amid the Korean War. Based on a novel by Philip Roth. 1:30 p.m. JEA, 5111 Abercorn St.
Film: The Philadelphia Story
Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart and Katherine Hepburn star. 7 p.m. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $10
Lecture: Iran, the US, and the Future of the Nuclear Deal Savannah Council on World Affairs presents this lecture by J. Matthew McInnis. 8 p.m. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. $10 for non-members
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Lecture: Women in Conflict
Hapsatou Wane, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, and Allison Scardino Belzer, Associate Professor of History, explore how women writers respond to political and military conflict. 6:30 p.m. Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn Street. o Free and open to the public
Savannah Perceptions: Part II
This is a follow-up to the Savannah Perceptions panel held last August, where residents of different races from high-crime neighborhoods discussed the deeper issues affecting our city. 5:30-7 p.m. W.W. Law Gym, 909 E. Bolton St. Free
Friday 1.27 The Caregiver Crisis and How Religious Communities can Help
Will include Rev. Thurmond Tillman of First African Baptist Church, retired Army and hospice chaplain Jeff Hartman, Rabbi Robert Haas, Buckingham South’s Executive Director Rita Slatus, and Sister Donna Marie Coward. noon Mercer Auditorium, Mercer University School of Medicine, 1250 E 66th Street. hospicesavannah.org/annual-lecture-series
Geekend
The brightest geeks, designers, coders, innovators, artists, technology mavericks, and forward-thinking entrepreneurs flock to Savannah. Jan. 27-28 Creators’ Foundry, 415 W Boundary St. $39-$550 geek-end.com
(it)’s B.I.G. The Improv Musical
Join Savannah Stage Company’s (it) improv troupe as they journey down the road of a fully improvised musical. 8 & 10 p.m. . Space Station at Starlandia, 2436 Bull St. $15 or pay what you can savannahstagecompany.com
Savannah Comedy Festival
Two-day comedy festival features Michelle Buteau of Key and Peele and includes performances by Front Porch Improv, Squirm and Germ, Nameless Numberhead, more. Jan. 27-28 McDonough’s, 21 E. McDonough St. $10 per show, $15 per festival pass
Theatre: The Secret Garden
Musical based on the classic kid’s book. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E Victory $15-$20
Will Downing with Avery*Sunshine
One of the most distinctive, loved and instantly recognizable voices in R&B. 8 p.m. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $40-$90
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This free event is an effort to share information with all Savannah and surrounding neighborhoods. Breakfast, lunch and the movie “Climate Change: A Global Reality” are included. 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. Free
Concert: The Best of Rodgers and Hammerstein
The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, along with special guests from the Savannah Theater, present hits from Broadway classics. 7:30 p.m. Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 W Oglethorpe $16-$75
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An Evening with Travis Tritt
The multi-platinum artist in an intimate solo-acoustic setting. 8 p.m. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. 912-525-5050
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Film: Alien Heaven
A Polish immigrant couple in Sweden is forced to take on the immense bureaucracy of the country’s social services to get their daughter back. 5:30 & 8 p.m. S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, 9 West Henry. $8
Jewish Film Fest: Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem Portraits of two beloved icons, Sholom Aleichem and Theodore Bikel are woven together in this new documentary. 7:30 p.m. JEA, 5111 Abercorn St.
Forsyth Farmers Market
Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Forsyth Park
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Join Savannah Stage Company’s (it) improv troupe as they journey down the road of a fully improvised musical. 8 & 10 p.m. Space Station at Starlandia, 2436 Bull St. $15 or pay what you can savannahstagecompany.com
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Ogeechee Riverkeeper Oyster Roast THURS 1/26
Oyster roast with both gulf and local oysters, beer by Southern Eagle Distributing, and live music by Chuck Courtenay. 6 p.m. Fish Tales at Ft. McAllister Marina, 3203 Ft. McAllister Rd. $30 advance, $35 day of James Brown Dance Party
With DJs Love 44, Maggie Hayes, and Jose Ray. Music, food, one drink ticket, prizes for best dancers, and a cash bar. Proceeds benefit Emergent Savannah. 8 p.m. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $10
Open Fire Cooking Time
Participants should come with an appetite because they will prepare and consume scrumptious food along with learning such things as care of cast iron cookware, firewood selection, cooking techniques. 9 a.m. Oatland Island Wildlife Ctr, 711 Sandtown Rd. $45/$25
The Queen of Cool: A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee New Jazz Legends series with the Southern Holiday Jazz Band and acclaimed vocalist Jane Ogle sharing the Peggy Lee story. 8 p.m. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $20
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Learn about human trafficking and how to end it. 9 a.m. Savannah State University, 3219 College St.
Continuing the Legacy of W.W. Law
Part of Savannah Black Heritage Festival. 11 a.m. Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, 460 MLK
Sunday 1.29 Film: The Holy Mountain
Psychotronic Film Society celebrates final screening at Muse with this surrealistic gem. 5 & 8 p.m. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $10, includes snacks or candy
Jewish Film Fest: There Are Jews Here
Untold stories of four once thriving Jewish communities now barely holding on. 7 p.m. JEA, 5111 Abercorn St.
Philharmonic in the Streetz
Performances by Savannah Philharmonic musicians take place on a specially-built stage. The community, especially children, are welcome to join this celebration. 1 p.m. Tricks Barbecue, 2601 Bull St.
Stories From the Women’s March on Washington
An evening of story-telling from marchers and participants in the historic event. 6 p.m. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St.
Tedeschi Trucks Band
An evening with Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and company. This show will feature two full sets with intermission. Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 W Oglethorpe $35-79.50
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Savannah: Small businesses beware by Jim Morekis
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ONE OF the more common sights at City Hall through the years, spanning multiple mayors, is the cringeworthy spectacle of a small/independent business owner standing before City Council, being verbally abused in public for daring to want to invest their money in Savannah. By now it’s a cliché, but it gets no easier to watch: Individuals, not affiliated with a corporate chain, decide to invest their savings or credit line — or both — in a business venture in one of America’s most lovely cities and vibrant tourist destinations. They get all the right permits, make sure their zoning’s in order, and genuflect before all the relevant bureaucracies. And then — often with regards to an alcohol license — some members of City Council put the brakes on the project, insult them for not doing due diligence, imply their goal is to destroy the fiber of the community, and grandstand with a new series of ad hoc, last-minute demands. All because the small businessperson had the gall to want to put some money back into a community with a 26 percent average poverty rate. Of course, projects with corporate affiliation continue to sail through often completely unchecked, a long-standing issue which has only just within the past few months received Council attention. In the meantime Savannah is one of the most famously lax cities in America with regards to alcohol. For example, the City seems to have no problem with Bud Light tents selling $3 quarts of beer on St. Patrick’s Day so young people can walk around puking in the bushes all afternoon. I don’t recall anyone getting called on the carpet in front of Council for that. The Stage On Bay is a new venture seeking to meet the demand for a mid-size performance venue bigger than a large club but smaller than the current Johnny Mercer Theatre or the upcoming Westside Arena, which will be about a mile from Stage On Bay’s location in a similarly depressed neighborhood. Like any such venue it will almost certainly need a liquor license to be commercially viable. Therein lies the rub. I bring this case up only because I have seen this scenario play out so many times before. It’s like deja vu at this point. In last week’s liquor license hearing for Stage On Bay, Alderman Van Johnson, in whose district the venue would be, said he has “major issues” with it.
He told CEO Charlie Schmitt, “Good concept, wrong place,” suggesting that Schmitt move it to the other end of the Viaduct in downtown proper. (This is the same Van Johnson who just weeks before said to applause in Council chambers that the Historic District was becoming “like Disneyland” from unchecked development.) I’m gobsmacked that Savannah continues to tolerate its elected officials — who often have literally zero business experience — lecturing businesspeople at the granular level about which business model to use, what products to sell, what customer base to target, and what district they can and can’t locate in. The nearby Hudson Hill neighborhood agrees with Johnson, with residents speaking forcefully against the all-ages venue, its serving of alcohol in a neighborhood with several bars and liquor stores
But I’m not here to agree or disagree with either Hudson Hill residents or Stage On Bay. I’m here to say it didn’t have to go down this way. And there’s a way to make sure it doesn’t happen this way in the future. I agree with what Alderman Tony Thomas said at the contentious hearing: Savannah needs to have a coherent policy which balances the very real need of residents to have input, and the very real property rights of small business investors. The core problem is this: The City continues to approve or disapprove many projects often on a case-by-case, ad hoc basis, with little standard protocol that small/independent businesspeople can consistently depend on. As it stands, a vocal minority of residents can often have de facto veto power over small business startups in Savannah.
We need a coherent policy which balances the very real need of residents to have input, and the very real property rights of small businesses. already, and the disruption and type of music and clientele it would bring. The neighborhood also insists their input wasn’t solicited. Schmitt disagrees, saying “I can’t force people to answer emails and phone calls.” Meanwhile, Schmitt — wisely or not — has already scheduled a concert by the Marshall Tucker Band as the opening event at Stage On Bay, set for Feb. 3. Mayor Eddie DeLoach, himself a small business owner, challenged Schmitt, saying, “I think you jumped the gun on hiring Marshall Tucker before you got the liquor license you need.” A visibly angry DeLoach told Schmitt he wouldn’t vote for the license if Schmitt didn’t meet with the neighborhood again to assuage community concerns. “That’s on you,” the Mayor said, ending with an open threat: “And if you don’t make that happen I won’t vote for it and we’ll have to see you in court.” To which Schmitt responded, “With all due respect, I see your point and that’s probably what will have to happen” — i.e., taking the City to court. I’m not a lawyer, but if history is any guide it’s a case Schmitt is likely to win, with court costs borne by us, the taxpayers.
However, rarely does even a vocal majority of residents have any real sway over a larger corporate development. And now for the issue of the Westside Arena itself. A vastly larger project in scale than Stage On Bay, with full liquor license capability, the Westside Arena when built will have the potential of neighborhood disruption many orders of magnitude greater than Stage On Bay. Yet the Arena project was specifically sold to County voters — who are paying for the project at this moment with the SPLOST one percent tax — precisely because it’s an entertainment venue selling alcoholic beverages, bringing investment money into a blighted community! The double standard is blatant, the lesson equally so: If you have a corporate or government partner, you get the benefit of the doubt and your investment is framed in the best possible light. If you’re a small businessperson, you don’t get the benefit of the doubt and your investment is viewed as tainted and problematic, and certainly disposable. The fact that there’s any small business at all in Savannah continues to amaze and impress me. All independent businesspeople here deserve a medal. Seriously. This is me, raising a glass to you. cs
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March on and on and on By Jessica Leigh Lebos
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JAN 25-31, 2017
We did it, y’all. We made history—or herstory, as it were. Collectively, Saturday’s marches have added up to the largest demonstration for the rights of women and the people who love them the world has ever seen. An estimated 4 million humans in more than 600 cities across the world stood up for reproductive freedom, for racial and LBGTQ equality, for intersectional representation, for the inclusion of immigrants and dignity for the disabled, for affordable healthcare, actual science and honest education. Together we said “NO” to a registry for our Muslim neighbors, to rape culture, to our precious national parks sold to the highest bidder, to the circus of imbecile billionaires staging their coup over civility and rational thought. But don’t call it a protest. This global show of solidarity transcended any single issue, an affirmation for our common humanity. No arrests were made, no bodies harmed. Honeys, this was a lovefest. I had the privilege of traveling to the heart of the matter in Washington, DC, where so many of us jammed the streets— some unofficial tallies now say more than 1.5 million—that there was no place left to march. Our group of 12 had risen at dawn to pack the train at the end of the Orange Line with our DC host and former Telfair Museums curator Holly McCullough, and it was already shoulder-to-shoulder at the National Mall when we arrived. My neurosis tends to trigger in large crowds, and after the anarchic chaos at the inauguration the day before, I admit I was scared, though prepared. I wore the steel-toed combat boots leftover from my mosh pit days and carried swim goggles in my tiny purse. I Sharpied the number of the ACLU Lawyer’s Guild on 8 my arm with the full expectation of being
The handpainted signs of Panhandle Slim (above left) garnered much attention at the Women’s March on Washington. Photos by clinton edminster and Jessica Leigh Lebos
teargassed, billy clubbed and/or thrown in jail. But there was nary a riot gear helmet or an alt-right baseball bat to be found, just a sea of knitted pink pussyhats flooding Independence and Constitution Avenues. (Thank you to Patty Knight for mine and to all the other yarn warriors who stitched up and gave away over a million of these accessories!) Our dynamic dozen squeezed its way through the sardine situation, blowing kisses to those who held out hands to help
and put out protective arms for the elders. There were plenty of men representing, including a dozen teenage boys from Syracuse, NY on a field trip with their AP Government class (do they not deserve ALL of the extra credit?) The creative banners and signs reflected the breadth of reasons all of us were there. My top favorites included “Ovary-Reacting? I Don’t Think So,” “We’re the Granddaughters of the Witches You Didn’t Burn,” “You’re So Vain, You Probably Think This March Is About You” and “You Nice White Ladies Are Gonna Show Up at the Next #BlackLivesMatter March, Right?” There’s no question that Savannah made a yuuuuge statement with our gorgeous paintings by Scott Stanton, aka Panhandle Slim, who supplied more than 300 to the local contingency. The colorful icons caused a stir everywhere we went, photographed like celebs on a red carpet. Someone marveled at our “mobile art show,” and a curator from the Smithsonian has expressed interest in acquiring some of them for the museums. We finally made it to the fountain outside the Museum of the American Indian, where we had hoped to meet up with the 300 other Savannahians who came by planes, trains, automobiles and two buses. We didn’t get to link arms with Linda
Wilder Bryan, Dandy Barrett and other hardcores who rode the highway all night and then back again, but we did find some of our ilk, including Clinton Edminster in a tree and the indefatigable Coco Papy, who served as a state organizer for the march. (There aren’t enough words to extol this woman’s unflagging dedication and work ethic; all I can say is she deserves a three-hour massage followed by a lot of chocolate.) Our location wasn’t optimal for seeing or hearing the celebs and speeches, and I gave up straining to catch a glimpse of Gloria Steinem, Alicia Keys, Madonna, Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards and other notables on the Jumbotron at the end of the packed block. “Mostly I just see a lamppost with hair,” shrugged Savannah photographer Molly Hayden, whose portraits of local DC marchers will be exhibited this Sunday’s storytelling event at Trinity Methodist Church along with Panhandle Slim’s nowfamous signs. No matter, we rallied anyway, pumping our fists along with the call-and-response chant “Show me what democracy looks like! THIS is what democracy looks like!” led by an exuberant eight year-old boy. And true to the call, everywhere I looked I saw women, men and children of every
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Help end human exploitation at Savannah Traffick Jam on Jan. 28 Free workshops and trainings aim to increase reporting and change culture by jessica leigh lebos
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Last November, a whopping 83 percent of Georgia voters approved the Safe Harbor Act, which established a dedicated fund to help the youngest victims of sex trafficking. The overwhelming passage of the constitutional amendment marked progress in the fight against human trafficking locally and statewide, though much work remains to eradicate the factors that make the $32 billion-a-year modern slavery industry possible. An estimated 20 to 30 million people are currently trapped in labor and sexual servitude against their will around the world. A million men, women and children are thought to be trafficked throughout the United States at any given time. Georgia has been identified as a human trafficking hotspot by the FBI, and after Operation Dark Knight broke up a prostitution ring in 2014 that put 23 people in jail, Savannah and the nearby I-95 corridor have been under scrutiny as one of the busiest human trafficking hubs in the state behind Atlanta. Activists, service providers, social workers, business owners, law enforcement officials, caregivers and concerned citizens are invited to explore what roles they can play to reduce human trafficking in the community at the Savannah Traffick Jam, a free, all-day event at Savannah State University Student Union Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 28. Organized by Savannah Working Against Human Trafficking (SWAHT) and the Savannah Interagency Diversity Council (SIDC), the Traffick Jam aims to provide education on the warning signs and dispel false notions about trafficking in order to increase reporting of such crimes. “We know there are a lot of misconceptions around sex trafficking, especially with law enforcement,” says Deirdre Harrison, director of SWAHT. “Most people don’t realize that over a third of underage victims are boys, and the average age that a teen is brought into prostitution is 13 to 15.” Sessions include an overview and discussion with Atlanta-based advocacy
Learn how to recognize victims of human trafficking. Photo courtesy of SWAHT
group Tapestri, youth peer mentoring with the teen survivors of Park Place Outreach and a workshop geared towards business owners on posting signs for the National Human Trafficking Hotline. The Rape Crisis Center, Greenbriar and other local organizations will provide resources and information on how to get involved. Also present will be representatives from iCare, a non-profit that provides medical and mental health services to those traumatized by trafficking and is currently working to build a residential respite for victims in Augusta. “For people who want to work on building a safe house locally, here is a group that is doing it and can share what it takes, how much it costs and how to establish
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relationships for capital development,” says Harrison, who is also working to ensure that part of the funding collected by the Safe Harbor Act finds its way to a safe house for coastal Georgia victims both male and female. Georgia State University College of Law professor Dr. Jonathan Todres will deliver the keynote address in the morning, reiterating his message that ending human trafficking isn’t simply a legal issue. “Law enforcement is essential, but we are not going to prosecute our way to the end of human trafficking,” says Dr. Todres, who has testified before Congress as an expert on child trafficking and exploitation. “We need to develop a multi-sector response. We need law enforcement and social services, but we also need health care professionals, educators, businesses, the media, and others to play a role. Every sector has a needed skill set and is positioned to contribute to anti-trafficking efforts.” He counsels that private citizens and employees have a vital role to play in identifying victims and reporting suspicious situations to the national hotline, while business owners can make sure that trafficking isn’t taking place in their organizations or along their supply chains.
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“Companies can also contribute innovative ideas,” he adds, describing how in the United Arab Emirates, the government partnered with a Swiss company that developed a robot so young boys would not have to be trafficked to serve as camel jockeys.
“The critical step for any business is to work with anti-trafficking organizations to figure out how your core capabilities can be applied to combat human trafficking.” Ultimately, he says, prevention must be the goal. The risk factors that allow a person to be coerced or forced into labor or commercial sex activities include poverty, drug abuse and poor education, and addressing those pernicious societal ills will help potential victims avoid the trap. Shifting the focus to those who buy and sell the services of humans—the johns and pimps—is key. Harder legislation and increased penalties in Georgia have put perpetrators in prison and provided resources (the Safe Harbor Act is funded in part by fees paid by those convicted of sex crimes) though advocates also advise directing efforts towards education and empathy. “The big thing we’ve got to think about is demand,” says Harrison with an emphatic nod. “We have to have a cultural shift that says ‘this is not ok.’” All Savannah Traffick Jam workshops and lectures are free to the public, with continuing education credits offered for social workers and legal professionals for a $50 fee. Other than those in required trainings, participants can come and go as
they please, and child-friendly activities will be provided. “We would never want someone not be able to come because they couldn’t find a sitter,” assures Harrison. “This may be a dark subject matter, but we’ll have ageappropriate things for everybody.” Even those that can’t attend Saturday’s event can do their part to fight human trafficking by learning how to recognize the signs and keeping their eyes open. Terrible working conditions, not being allowed to speak for her/himself, and poor health are just a few red flags listed on the National Human Trafficking Hotline website. The hotline accepted 507 calls last year, and Harrison says the majority came from concerned citizens who saw something suspicious and didn’t let it go. “Just call the hotline,” she admonishes. “That simple tool is all you need to know to help.” cs The National Human Trafficking Hotline is 1-888-373-7888.
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Town Hall on Armstrong/Southern consolidation gets rowdy
Fate of ASU athletics, Greek organizations still in limbo By Imani Alston THIS WE KNOW: The 18-month consolidation process will come to its end and the Armstrong Pirate will set sail, making room for what will then be Georgia Southern University, Savannah campus. The consolidation of the two universities is scheduled to begin September 1, 2017. A vote regarding what the new university will look like will be taken the following December. Another vote will be taken “approving the creation and appointment of the new president of the university,” said Shelley Nickle, Executive Vice Chancellor for Strategy and Fiscal Affairs, at last Thurs-
“I love my school; there are so many great people here. We are number seven of the top ten schools in Georgia, and frankly, that’s a better look for individuals planning to attend law school, medical school, etc. I can’t tell you what to do, and I know you love your school, but things change and it’s best to adapt,” he said. There was an automatic roaring cheer in the auditorium at the mention of Armstrong athletics. They had questions on whether or not their scholarships would be honored, or what would happen with those individuals already on a sports team? Will they have to go to the main campus to practice and play? “One of the things our student athletes already know: If there is a scholarship that is currently signed to you that you have
Fuchko added that there will be a Savannah State representative on the consolidation committee from SSU President Dozier’s office. Gabrielle Boyle, accounting major at Savannah State University, says she is in a state of worry that the same thing happening to Armstrong will happen to her “beloved institution.” “A guest speaker came to my class earlier this week telling us not to think our institution was safe, because the same thing can happen to us,” she says. Clubs and organizations were a scare for the Armstrong community as well. The life of civil rights clubs, academic clubs, Greek letter organizations and more are, in the minds of Armstrong students, at stake.
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“If there is a scholarship that is currently signed to you that you have earned… the scholarships will be honored”
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day’s Town Hall Meeting on the Armstrong campus. The panel taking questions — some submitted by text — comprised Shelley Nickle, John Fuchko, Vice Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, Dr. Linda M. Bleicken, outgoing president of Armstrong, and Dr. Jaimie Hebert, president of Georgia Southern State University. Nickle made the claim that the basis for the consolidation is all about student success/retention, and providing more economic development for the regions of the state. Until recently, the idea of bringing together Georgia Southern and Armstrong was referred to as a merger, but now it is being explicitly referred to as a consolidation, a word that John Fuchko said is a deliberate one. “There’s so many positive things that are at this institution and at Georgia Southern, and when we go through this process as we’ve done in the past, we should really say ‘what is the best of both, and how will we bring that together in a way that correctly requires change,” he said. Brandon Scott is a junior at Georgia Southern majoring in Biology, and like Dr. Hebert, Scott only sees positive things that could come from the consolidation, especially in regards to those interest in attending graduate school.
earned… the scholarships will be honored,” said Bleicken, quickly turning the microphone over to Hebert to expound upon the future of athletics teams. But what came out of his mouth only upset the athletes even more. “I am not sure, honestly, what the athletic plan is going to look like… But I will tell you this, what I envision in our new institution will certainly include a presence of athletics here on this campus of student athletics…” Though Hebert’s response was followed with applause from some, some athletes jeered, “why y’all clappin’, he ain’t say nothing.” But one very important question went unanswered. “What about the coaches?” was yelled from the crowd to Dr. Hebert, and he had no answer. With Armstrong having close ties with Savannah State University, it is a worry of many that when the name is officially changed those ties will be broken. Bleicken addressed this thought. “One of the very fine institutions in this city, many of you know, is Savannah State University. So as we are having conversations about what the new Georgia Southern will look like, those voices from Savannah State will also be contributing into this process. Because something that we don’t want to do is to solve one access issue and create another issue for our sister institution,” she said.
When asked exactly what will happen to the clubs and organizations, like most questions asked that night, the plea went unanswered. “Those questions are not answered at this point, and that should really bring comfort to you. That empowers you to be a critical part of crafting this university that we are at,” was one response. “I think the concern of Greek life and campus organizations is will we still exist with the merger? As we all know, GSU has its own organizations and different chapters of Greek life. Well, so does Armstrong. Armstrong has developed so much as far as Greek life and organizations go,” says Erin Lofton, a public and community health major as well as member of the Sigma Tau chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Whether Armstrong will get to keep their current chapter is unknown, but Erin hopes that both can stay. By the end of the meeting, after Dr. Hebert attempted to convince the audience what Georgia Southern could provide for Armstrong’s campus, many questions went unanswered, and many people left still upset. cs
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Safer streets, one gun at a time?
Buyback program accepts and destroys weapons, no questions asked by jessica leigh lebos
jll@connectsavannah.com
“No questions, no judgment,” promises Trotter. “Just bring us a gun, and we’ll give you the cash.” Not all gun buybacks around the country offer cash for weapons. Operating on Both police-supervised and private gun the idea that many people will simply use buyback programs have generated concash to buy newer, better guns, many buytroversy over whether such measures are backs instead give out gift cards that can effective. Studies show that the majority be redeemed at retail outlets like Target or of the guns collected are non-functioning Visa gift cards that can be used like debit or not the type used in violent crimes, and cards. while gun buyback programs are widely Trotter, who founded the non-profit supported, they have not proved to reduce Savannah Youth City in 2013, says the inicrime in violent communities. tiative provides a specific point of disrupIn a 2004 critical review on firearms and tion in the deadly cycle experienced by kids violence published by the National Acade- raised in generations of poverty and acculmies Press, the country’s top academicians turated violence. concluded that “the theory underlying gun “When we remove the gun from the buy-back programs is badly flawed and the equation, it allows room to be creative empirical evidence demonstrates the inef- instead of reactive,” explains the commufectiveness of these programs.” nity activist. Another concern is that gun buybacks “They’re not all criminals. It’s just the are a cloaked attack against the right to thing to do in these neighborhoods, to have bear arms. a gun. We need to give these young people Johnson assures Savannah’s program better options, positive options.” is completely voluntary and not a tactic to SYC spends time in areas where crime limit gun rights. and violence are high, recruiting young “We are totally supportive of the Secpeople and their families into vocational ond Amendment. This has nothing to do development, personal growth and civic with legal ownership,” says the District 1 engagement programs. alderman. “We spend time with each individual, “But in our urban communities, we have learning their strengths and working with young people hunting each other.” that to find them jobs. We’ll create them a Launched in mid-November, the buyjob if we have to,” says Trotter, adding that back initiative pays between $50 and SYC fills the gaps of traditional social ser$200 for a weapon and disassembles them vice agencies. immediately. One woman brought in a “It’s important to recognize that not sawed-off shotgun she coaxed away from every child is going to go to college or is a a teen after she saw it peeking out of his natural employee. We are working to crejacket while he was walking down her ate a hub where there’s a place for every street. young person to be successful. But first we A handgun came from a man who found have to let them know that they are seen.” it in his grandson’s bedroom. Other guns The group first began working with have come from young people who are Alderman Johnson during his last re-elecready to give them up as status symbols tion campaign, and about a dozen teens sat and are looking for alternatives. front and center in shirts and ties paid for Alderman Van Johnson (above) and Savannah Youth City director Beverlee Trotter (not pictured) launched a gun buyback program not affiliated with the police department.
by the alderman when he was sworn in for the new term. “Every one of those kids showed up and worked hard, they wanted to be a part of something,” he recalls. “We have a whole generation of young people who feel they’re invisible, and they’re making themselves heard with guns.” Local businesses and private citizens have already raised several thousand dollars to keep the buyback flush. Artist Panhandle Slim donated proceeds from a recent art show to the effort, and a Go Fund Me page continues to accept contributions. While they admit that they can’t reach everyone, Johnson and Trotter say that incentivizing the surrender of weapons means preventing certain tragedy. A few weeks ago, a 13 year-old handed them a .22 —loaded with ten rounds. As promised, he received his cash, though Trotter hopes to bring him and others into the Savannah Youth City fold. “Our mission is ongoing,” she says. “Buying back these guns is just one part of a positive cycle.” Johnson says that he and other council members are pursuing legislation that would allow municipalities to decide whether its police departments can legally collect and destroy guns in the future. In the meantime, he is keenly aware that crime continues to be a concern for all citizens and hopes the community will continue to support the program. “You want to do something to make Savannah safer?” he asks. “Help us buy a gun back.” cs To turn in a gun or donate to the buyback initiative, contact (912) 844-7812 or info@savannahyouthcityinc.com.
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ACCORDING to the most recent report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, more than 10 million guns were manufactured in the United States in 2013. That statistic dropped to around eight million in 2014, and numbers suggest less than four million pistols, rifles and shotguns were produced last year. That’s good news for those working to reduce gun violence. However, since many weapons don’t expire or become less effective with age (there are WWI-era revolvers still in active use), the accumulated 387 million manufactured in the last century means there are currently more firearms in America than people. Most of them are owned legally and won’t ever be used in an act of violence or crime. But with over 30,000 gun deaths last year in the U.S. and more than 50 gun-related homicides in Savannah alone, there are guns that pose a threat to the safety of a community. There are at least 22 less of them on local streets in the last few months, due to a recent initiative that buys guns and destroys them. “That may not seem like a lot, but it’s 22 murders and suicides that might have been prevented,” says City of Savannah Alderman Van Johnson, who has helped spearhead the program along with Savannah Youth City director Beverlee Trotter. Johnson says the original plan was to collect weapons and turn them into the police. But given that it’s illegal for anyone under 18 years old or with a felony record to own or possess a gun, such up-closeand-personal interaction with officers might have deterred some otherwise willing participants who would rather avoid it. Also, police gun buybacks don’t decrease the number of guns circulating in a community. A 2012 Georgia state law prevents law enforcement officials from destroying guns, requiring those acquired and/or seized to be sold at auction if their rightful registered owners can’t be located. No such legislation stops private citizens from collecting and disassembling weapons. SCMPD chief Joseph Lumpkin and the City of Savannah appeared with Johnson and Trotter at a November press conference about the gun buyback program, though a press release the following day clarified that the department is not affiliated with the privately-funded program.
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Why doesn’t the IRS just send us a tax bill?
Why do we have to fill out a 1040 form? The IRS knows what most people owe. Why don’t they just send us a bill or a refund? — Scott Henderson SOME big-time politicians have had that same idea. “There’s no reason the IRS can’t send Americans pre-filled tax forms to verify,” one presidential hopeful insisted in 2007. Well, apparently there was some reason, because that same guy spent the last eight years in the Oval Office and you’ll still be fumbling with a 1040 sometime between now and April 15. Circumstances
partially excuse Barack Obama’s failure to deliver on his promise that “millions of Americans will be able to do their taxes in less than five minutes,” what with the economy collapsing shortly before he took office and all. But there’s a simpler explanation for why this commonsensical idea hasn’t prevailed in D.C.: Enough money has been spent to stop it from happening. If you’re paid strictly in wages and, like nearly 70 percent of Americans, you claim the standard deduction rather than itemizing, you’re familiar with the drill: You get a W-2 from your employer listing what you were paid and how much tax was withheld. Next (unless you shell out for pro prep) you fill in some blanks, do some math, squint at a tax table, sign your name, drop the form in the mail, and worry that you screwed it up. And you very well may have—the IRS finds more than two million mistakes every year. These are spotted easily enough, because the IRS got the very same W-2 figures, did the same math, and filled out the same form. All this redundancy can’t really be necessary, right? Sure enough, an alternative system, known as return-free filing, already exists in such forward-thinking locales as Denmark, Sweden, and Spain, where the government basically does just what you propose: they send out a bill for
taxes due—or a refund of overpayment— for the recipient to approve. Even here in the U.S., you don’t have to compute your property taxes yourself, so why can’t you just kick back and wait for the IRS to figure out your income tax? The closest we’ve come to an official answer to that question was in 2009, the year Obama took office. The Taxpayer Advocate Service of the IRS told Congress that Obama’s proposal was “not feasible at this time.” The government receives the necessary information too late in tax season, they claimed, so a return-free system would delay refunds and anger impatient taxpayers. Which sure sounds like a dodge —is the IRS, the one federal agency even less beloved than the TSA, really afraid people will be mad at it? You’d figure typical deficit-hawk conservatives would be happy to save the money the IRS wastes every year confronting the American taxpayer’s inability to subtract correctly. And in fact Ronald Reagan himself endorsed return-free filing in 1985. But small-government zealot Grover Norquist and his group Americans for Tax Reform oppose efforts to streamline the filing system, preferring reforms that “enhance voluntary compliance.” A weaselly phrase, that—no arms would be twisted by offering a return-free option, and completing a 1040 hardly means you’re “volunteering” to pay taxes. The more likely reason for the resistance is that the proposed set-up would make the tax “simplification” Norquist favors— lopping off upper tax brackets, mainly—a
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much harder sell. If you’re trying to paint U.S. taxation as hopelessly burdensome, the last thing you want to see is the IRS transformed into an agency that just mails Americans a refund check every year. Meanwhile, special-interest groups are in the trenches trying to shoot down return-free pilot plans. In 2005, California adopted a program called ReadyReturn, which allows qualified residents to opt for a pre-completed tax return rather than fill out their own. The state estimates that the new process has saved millions a year in prep fees and about a half a mil in government administrative costs, and taxpayers who’ve used the service are overwhelmingly pleased. Thing is, not many Californians take advantage of it—in 2012, only 90,000 out of the approximately one million eligible— and officials complain they’ve had a hard time getting the word out. That’s because software manufacturer Intuit, the maker of the prep app TurboTax, wants it that way: according to a 2013 investigation by the nonprofit journalism outfit ProPublica, the company spent more than $3 million in lobbying and campaign contributions between 2005 and 2009 fighting ReadyReturn. Intuit didn’t manage to kill the program outright, but the state’s budget for marketing it was cut to a dinky $10,000. Perhaps wary of incurring the deeppocketed wrath of Big Tax-Prep and its small-government allies, other states have seemingly been in no big hurry to follow California’s example. But the dream remains alive in D.C.—last April, Elizabeth Warren became the latest senator to propose (doomed) legislation introducing return-free filing. Somehow, I don’t see a lot of progress on this front any time soon. Being evidently opposed to paying taxes at all, our new president seems unlikely to expend much effort on making it simpler to do. cs By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com
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news & Opinion blotter 2016 Sav/Chatham County Crime Stats through Sunday January 22:
Homicide Total
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Non-fatal Shootings
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Metro seek man for questioning in death investigation
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police investigators ask the public’s help in locating William Joseph Lee, 27, wanted for questioning in the suspicious death of Barrett Donnelly, 31, on Friday, Jan. 20. “At about 11:45 p.m. Metro responded to Candler Hospital’s Emergency Room following reports that a male subject believed to be Lee drove to the hospital, left Donnelly, then drove away. Hospital staff confirmed that Donnelly was deceased upon arrival,” police report. SCMPD investigators seek to question Lee concerning this case. Lee is described as a white male standing 5-8 and weighing 150 pounds. He has short brown hair and wears a thin beard and mustache. Lee is known to frequent the Eagles Nest Drive area of Tybee Island and areas of East
Man injured in W. Gwinnett shooting
Savannah along Skidaway Road. Circumstances surrounding Donnelly’s death remain under investigation. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Man charged with concealing death of father in law
Police investigators arrested Brian Lewis, 44, on Friday, Jan. 20, charging him with concealing a death of another, in connection with the investigation of human remains found on the property he shared with his wife and father in law, Ronald Redding, 67, on Ft. Argyle Road and Leopard Lane. “Metro responded to the residence at noon to check Redding’s welfare when the remains were located and recovered with assistance from Savannah Fire Department and Southside Fire and EMS,” police report. Investigators believe the human remains to be those of Redding, who was reported missing to SCMPD on Jan. 20. Circumstances surrounding Redding’s disappearance remain under investigation. The remains will be turned over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for identification and to determine the cause of death.
William Joseph Lee
Body found near Diamond Causeway pier
Police are investigating after a deceased male was found Friday, Jan. 20 inside of a car at the Frank O. Downing Pier just off Diamond Causeway. “At about 8:45 a.m. Metro officers responded to the scene finding gunshot victim, Patrick Miller, 26, deceased inside of a 2001 Buick LaSabre. Miller’s remains were found Friday morning by a sanitation crew working in the area,” police say. Detectives believe the nature of Miller’s death to be suspicious and ask the public for aid in determining the circumstances.
Police are investigating a shooting at a house on the 1600 block of West Gwinnett Street that injured Lance Kelly, 24, on Monday, Jan. 16. At about 11:45 p.m. officers responded to the scene, finding Kelly with a non-life threatening gunshot wound. “Reportedly, Kelly was shot at the residence by a male suspect who fled in a vehicle. Investigators believe Kelly and the suspect are acquainted,” say police. Police say the victim is not cooperating.
Metro investigates E. 31st St. shooting
Police are investigating a shooting of a 15-year-old male on Tuesday, Jan. 17 on East 31st Street near Dieter Street. At about 10:15 p.m. Metro officers responded to the 1500 block of East 33rd Street, finding the teen with a non-life threatening gunshot wound. The victim was transported to Memorial University Medical Center for care. Reportedly, the teen was injured when shots were fired from a vehicle as he walked on along Dieter Street. “Detectives believe risky behavior involving the teen and suspected shooters to be a factor. Investigators also believe victim and suspect are acquainted,” police say.
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news & Opinion News of the weird Post-Truth Society
In January, the U.S. Court of Appeals finally pulled the plug on Orange County, California, social workers who had been arguing in court for 16 years that they were not guilty of lying under oath because, after all, they did not understand that lying under oath in court is wrong. The social workers had been sued for improperly removing children from homes and defended their actions by inventing “witnesses” to submit made-up testimony. Their lawyers had been arguing that the social workers’ “due process” rights were violated in the lawsuit because in no previous case on record did a judge ever have occasion to explicitly spell out that creating fictional witness statements is not permitted.
Unclear on the Concept
“I’m (as) tired of hearing the word ‘creep’ as any black person or gay person is of hearing certain words,” wrote Lucas Werner, 37, on his Facebook page in December after he was banned from a Starbucks in Spokane, Washington, for writing a polite dating request to a teenaged barista. Managers thought Werner was harassing the female, who is at least the age of consent, but Werner charged illegal “age discrimination” and made a “science” claim that “age gap love” makes healthier babies.
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Pour one out for ASU
• Taylor Trupiano grudgingly paid his $128 “traffic” fine in December, issued by a The Way the World Works Roseville, Michigan, officer who caught his Former elementary school teacher Maria car warming up unattended — in his own Caya, who was allowed to resign quietly in driveway. Police routinely issue such tick2013 from her Janesville, Wisconsin, school ets (five to 10 each winter, based on a town after arriving drunk on a student field trip, ordinance) to send drivers like Trupiano actually made money on the incident. In a message that unattended cars are ripe November 2016, the city agreed to pay a for theft, which burdens Roseville’s police $75,000 settlement — because the police department. (A police spokesman said the had revealed her blood-alcohol level to the driverless warmups are illegal even for press in 2013 (allegedly, “private” medical locked cars.) information). The lawsuit against the police • Awwwwwww! (1) Jasper Fiorenza, 24, made no mention of Caya’s having been was arrested in St. Petersburg, Florida, drunk or passed out, but only that she had in November and charged with break“become ill.” ing into a home in the middle of the night. The female resident said she awoke to see The Redneck Chronicles Fiorenza and screamed, but that the man (1) John Bubar, 50, was arrested in nonetheless delayed his getaway in order Parsonsfield, Maine, in November after to pet the woman’s cat lounging on her repeatedly lifting his son’s mobile home bed. (2) In December, Durham, Ontario, with his front-end loader and dropping it. police officer Beth Richardson was set for The father and son had been quarreling a disciplinary hearing (“discreditable conover rent payments and debris in the yard, duct”) because, earlier in 2016, after being and the father only eased up after realizing called to intervene at a drug user’s home, that his grandson was still inside the home. she had noticed the resident’s cat “cower(2) Update: The Florida Fish and Wildlife ing” in a corner and had taken her to a vetConservation Commission reversed itself erinarian, but without asking the owner’s in December and allowed Mary Thorn of permission. Lakeland to keep her 6-foot-long pet alliQuestionable Judgments gator (“Rambo”) at home with her despite David Martinez, 25, was shot in the a regulation requiring that a gator that stomach during a brawl in New York City size needs a more spacious roaming area. in December. He had inadvertently initiThorn and Rambo have been together for ated the chaos when, trying to park in over a decade. Manhattan’s East Village just after Saturday midnight, he moved an orange traffic cone that had obviously been placed to
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The Entrepreneurial Spirit
An unnamed pregnant woman convinced a reporter from Jacksonville, Florida, station WFOX-TV in December that the “positive” urine tests she was advertising on Craigslist were accurate and that she was putting herself through school by supplying them (making about $200 a day). The seller claimed that “many” pregnant women market their urine for tests — even though the main use of the test seems to be “negotiation” with boyfriends or husbands.
Perspective
“You Have the Right to (Any Ol’) Attorney”: While poor, often uneducated murder defendants in some states receive marginal, part-time legal representation by lawyers at the bottom of their profession (usually unable to keep their murder clients off of death row), Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted of three murders in the 2013 attack and facing a possible death sentence, once again will be represented for free by a team at the top of the profession — headed by the chief of the New York federal public defender’s office. Tsarnaev was previously represented by a team topped by the chief of the Boston federal public defender’s office.
Least Competent Criminals
(1) Matthew Bergstedt, 27, was charged with breaking into a house in Raleigh, North Carolina, in December, though he failed to anticipate that the resident was inside, stacking firewood (which he used to bloody Bergstedt’s face for his mugshot). (2) On Dec. 5 in New York City, a so-far-unidentified man made five separate attempts to rob banks in midtown Manhattan over a three-hour span, but all tellers refused his demands, and he slinked away each time. (Police said a man matching his description had successfully robbed a bank four days earlier.)
The Return of Anger Relief: (1) What was billed as the United Kingdom’s first “Rage Cage” opened in Nottingham, England, in December, allowing patrons to vent with crowbars, baseball bats and hammers to smash crockery, electronics and glassware — at prices ranging from about $15 to about $40. (2) In October, a bookstore in Cairo, Egypt, set aside a small, soundproof room where patrons could go scream at the top of their lungs for 10 minutes about whatever stresses them. The store owner pointed to an academic study demonstrating screaming’s “positive effect” on the brain. (The prototype store is still Donna Alexander’s Anger Room in downtown Dallas, thriving since 2011, offering a variety of bludgeoning weapons, and especially active this election season, with target mannequins gussied up to be “Trump” and “Clinton.”)
The Passing Parade
(1) Two weeks after a Pakistani International Airlines crash killed all 47 on board, some employees of the company figured they needed to dispel the bad karma (for their own safety) and thus sacrificed a black goat on the tarmac at Islamabad airport next to an ATR-42 aircraft (the same model that crashed). (2) Badminton player Mads Pieler Kolding, in a January match in India’s Premier Badminton League, returned a volley at a world’s record for a shuttlecock — 265 mph.
Classic (March 2013)
Suspicions Confirmed: In January (2013), the National Hockey League labor dispute ended, and players returned to work, but as if on cue, some owners resumed their suspect claims that high player salaries were killing them financially. However, the Phoenix Business Journal reported in December 2012 that the NHL Phoenix Coyotes’ bookkeeping methodology allowed them to turn a profit for the season only if the lockout had continued and wiped out all the games. In other words, based on the team’s bookkeeping, the only way for the Coyotes to make money was to never play. By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE
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‘Til the wheels fall off’ Tedeschi Trucks Band is going strong
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After six relentless years of recording, touring, Grammy nominations, and wins, Tedeschi Trucks Band just struck their best year yet. The Jacksonville band, founded by guitar hero Derek Trucks and blues/soul queen Susan Tedeschi, bid farewell to a 2016 that included a headlining slot at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, a six-night stint at New York’s Beacon Theatre, and the release of their third studio album, Let Me Get By. Heralded as one of the year’s best records, the 12-piece band’s latest LP showcases a vibrant mix of soul, electrifying blues rock, and Louisiana jazz eloquence. The band’s back on the road in the new year and heading to their second home of Savannah. We caught up with Derek Trucks in advance of the performance.
2016 was quite the year for you! It was a busy one. It was great, it was an intense year all around but I think musically—and I think personally for the band—it was a great year. Everybody grew a lot closer together, and it was the best music we played to date. That’s all you can ask for. Are there any highlights that are the most memorable? There were quite a few. Some of the trips overseas were pretty amazing, but the West Coast run we recorded for a film and live record had some pretty great moments. I’m glad we were able to capture that and have some really great moments at the Beacon Theatre. When’s the live album due? In spring. We just finished mastering it in
the last few days before we left home. We got vinyl in mail to approve and are getting down to artwork. How did you decide which show was the one to record? You keep notes as you go—there are certain songs that were really good—and originally, we were going to do a compilation of the West Coast run, but one of the nights in Oakland ended up being such a good night, top to bottom. We happened to film that night, too, and liked the idea of it being from one show, one night in Oakland. There’s a continuity and sound that carries through and makes more sense. Then it gets down to spending time mixing it and getting it the way you want it. We don’t edit it or do any overdubs like that but you do spend a lot of time. Did the audience’s presence impact your decision to use that particular
take? How does that chemistry affect a live record? Sometimes that connection with audience definitely propels the band, but it really is it’s such an odd, random thing what makes a great night. With twelve people onstage, it’s a lot of energy you have to get lined up, and you never can put your finger on what makes a great show. Everyone knows it when it happens—it’s one of those mysterious things. I wish we had a better handle on how to make them all that way! That’s part of the fun. If every night was just as great, it would maybe get boring. You gotta be able to grind away. It makes the really magical ones that more special. Y’all did a lot of two and three-night residencies last year. Does that take off some of the pressures of doing a one-off show?
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It takes pressure off of traveling and being on the move, but musically it may add pressure to the band in a good way. It forces you to dig deep, work out tunes you haven’t played before, break out tunes you haven’t played in long time. I enjoy that. We got to the Beacon Theatre and had to do six nights, each unique. It really puts the band in a good spot. You pepper in a lot of classic covers. What’s the selection process like? It’s tunes that either Susan or somebody in the band brings to the table and really loves the message of the song or something about it you think the band can add to or do it justice. It’s a fun process; with the horn section and choir, you can do about anything you want! You released Let Me Get By last year. How do you feel about it since that time has passed? I really loved making that record more than any we’ve made to date. We play those tunes quite a bit and they’ve kind of taken a life of their own. I think that’s a good sign. That was a great band record, and it’s definitely the template going forward, but I think it was a great way to kick off the year.
“It’s always nice to check back in where it started—Savannah is like a hometown gig, being in Jacksonville, and we’ve got family up there. It’s a good place to go back to and recheck in.” I feel that’s what set the band in motion— everybody had a part in the writing and creation of that record. How do you write together? We do it in stages. Mike Mattison will come down he and Susan and I will hash out ideas. The rhythm section will show up and start messing with some of the tunes we’ve been writing and we’ll just play. A lot of ideas just come from setting up and throwing out ideas. It’s a very creative band, there’s never moment anyone’s at a loss. How do you think this album is distinguished from previous Tedeschi Trucks records?
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I think, if anything, we wanted to capture what the band does live and what it feels like to live on the road with this band. We’re starting to capture the personality of the group and individuals more and more. You have to learn to reveal those things in some way. Including every individual in a 12-person band in the writing of a record must be challenging. Without it being forced, that’s the part that takes time. Certain things reveal themselves over time and you let it do its thing. The band’s in a really good place that way now. When it’s time for someone to step up, they’ll do it.
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I think everybody was really excited to kick it off. We’d been writing and rehearsing a lot. There were a lot of possibilities and a lot of freshness to it then. I really think it’s grown leaps and bounds since then. The original idea was there but it took a while for us to really find the strength of what it could be and allow it to do that. It’s always nice to check back in where it started—Savannah is like a hometown gig, being in Jacksonville, and we’ve got family up there. It’s a good place to go back to and recheck in. CS
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Well, I’ve never produced all the stuff. The average album that I’ve done, there are usually about 12-13 tracks…this started out with 18 tracks—it was going to be massive— then it got cut to 15, then cut to 12. Lyrically, how did you approach this one?
Dope KNife’s fresh cuts A tour, a record, and a fresh start with Strange Famous Records by anna chandler
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In March 2016, Dope KNife (Kedrick Mack) found himself onstage in Atlanta opening up for one of his heroes: rapper Sage Francis. A few months later, he got an email that launched a new beginning. Mack, a rapper, producer, director, and original Dope Sandwich member, has released several full-length LPs, EPs, and singles of his own, recorded up-and-comers, crafted beats, and shot videos, honing his own recognizable flow and shadowy boom-bap style over the years. When Francis asked Mack to release an album on Strange Famous Records, 33-year-old Mack had an opportunity to present Dope KNife to a whole new audience. The album is called NineteenEightyFour, a title perfectly fit for the union of personal storytelling, literary digs, and searing sociopolitical commentary. Instead of using samples as a base, Mack called on a stellar crew of musicians, including Matt Duplessie a.k.a. Clandestiny, Broken Glow’s Garrett Deming, Omingnome’s Tony Bavaro, Aaron Fisher, Ceschi Ramos, Jeff DeRosa, Bradley Wilkerson, Tristan Brennis, and Hotplate’s Patrick Hussey to create entirely original compositions. Longtime Dope KNife followers will find a fresh, raw spirit and unapologetic
consistency in NineteenEightyFour; newcomers will see the portrait of an artist who honed his craft in Savannah and is ready to take it all to the next level. Mack talked to Connect about his production techniques, bringing back classic hip-hop, and how Dope KNife will greet the world on Strange Famous Records. You’ve been working on this album for a while. Yeah, May 2015 is when I started doing the beats and stuff. In January, all the beats were made and it was time to start writing. And around that time we were still putting out the [collaborative project with Miggs Son Daddy] Happy Thoughts album. When I started making it, there was a bunch of stuff that came out in between. I did the Cult Cyph project, I was working on that KNife “Smash” EP… How did you balance and prioritize all that? I just put it off because everything else that came out before it was when it was supposed to come out. It was like “I’ll get to it when I can.” By the time I started working on it, I didn’t have anything but that to focus on. How did you want to distinguish this release from your other work?
I started really, really writing it around February 2016 and wrote all of it together in a one-month span. I knew it was going to be somewhat of an introduction. Normally, when I’m writing music, I’m writing it literally with y’all in mind: ‘Okay, I know who follows my Facebook page, I’m going to put it on Soundcloud, I know who follows me.’ This one, I was writing and approaching with a nameless, faceless audience. I wanted to make it feel introductory, but at the same time, I’m 33, I’m not a new artist. It can come out sounding kind of corny if you’re not a new artist but are trying to pretend you are. So I was trying to find the balance: the majority of people who hear this one out of everything I’ve done don’t know who the hell I am, and it’s going to be their first time hearing what Dope KNife is. Deciding on NineteenEightyFour being the title, I was born in 1984 and obviously there’s the book. Everybody knows I’m on some, I guess, far leftist political views. I assumed everyone thought if was going to think if I put out an album called NineteenEightyFour, that’s what it’s going to be about. But it’s about making aspects of Orwell more metaphorical. NineteenEightyFour is much more a reference of my age. The subject matter is stuff I felt would represent that. My approach is, I have a bunch of terms and phrases from the book that I like. “Memory hole” means one thing in the context of the book—what does it mean to me? It means a literal definition of the two words. Let me make a song taking those memories and putting them in a hole so they don’t stop you from moving forward. It’s much more metaphorical than it is conceptual. I’ve done concepts before…this is more a character portrait. I like to take that movie director approach…this is definitely my Taxi Driver. There’s a plot to Taxi Driver…but it’s a character portrait, and that’s what is what NineteenEightyFour is about. Well, that makes a good introduction. Were you consciously playing up certain elements of your style and character for a new audience? One of the things Sage Francis told me when he wanted me to get down with the label was that I have a…not necessarily traditional hip-hop style, but there’s a classic emcee element to it. The flow and the rhymes are very much the forefront of
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what I’m doing. I have a song on there with Ceschi Ramos, the head of Fake Four, Inc….I remember having a conversation with him almost seven or eight months after I started NineteenEightyFour. I was like, “What do you think I should do next?” He’s like, “I think the next thing you make, do it less boom-bap and more experimental.” I thought Iconoclast was
super-experimental and drastically different from what I do! As he said that, I was having conversations with Steve [Baumgardner] and Miggs: “I think the next thing I do is going to be some unapologetically boom-bap hip-hop shit.” When I was younger, I used to be a lot more eclectic, or pretended to be. If you asked me what I listened to, it’d be like “I don’t even listen to rap, I listen to everything.” That was cool back then, but
hip-hop is as legit a form of music as anything else. It can be just as experimental or just as edge-bending as anything else and it can be primarily based in rap…that’s why I’m really into Run The Jewels. I wanted to make something reminiscent of the sort of stuff I grew up listening to in the sense that it was all rap music. Biggie Smalls wasn’t like, “I’m going to make a Parliament Funkadelic song.” It was like, “My mom listened to that, and
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I’m going to use those influences to make a really slammin’ rap song.” After first 10 songs, were recorded, I thought this could be one of the illest throwbacks. Every song is based in the principles of break beats samples, basslines, and rap. Do you like it being called “throwback?” Not really, to be honest. The sentiment has been cheapened. I don’t want anyone to think I’m trying to imitate a sound that long since has had its time. It’s just drawing inspiration from what you grew up listening to as opposed to what’s contemporary. At the end of the day, everything’s been done… it’s just a matter of putting your own twist on stuff, that’s how you end up creating something that is new or sounds new. If you go into it like, ‘I’m about to revolutionize the game with my greatness,’ that’s how you spend a lot of time staring at a blank piece of paper. At the end of the day, I just try to make something fun to listen to. You brought in local musicians to build your samples. I had never done anything on a label, so one thing I was worried about is that I’m a sample-based producer. When you’re putting out a mixtape on Bandcamp for people that come see you at the bars, it’s different. I just didn’t want any problems down the line, so since I’m pretty formidable with sampling, instead of sampling from old records, I know all these musicians, I’ll sample from them. What was it like building those tracks? It’s a lot easier for me…I was building up songs by the instruments individually. If I want to sample bass lines, I’m only listening to bass. You’re layering it up to where I’m very confident I could get a guitar player, bassist, drummer and could play the whole album out. I wanted it to sound like it was organic and it didn’t sound like it was just a drum machine making all that stuff, but at the same time make you wonder. That’s why I really like The Roots…you listen, it sounds like someone’s there with an MPC. It doesn’t have that band quality to it, but live people are playing. I wanted to have that sort of sound without having a band so it could be reverse engineered, in a way. CS
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The Prince of Sophisticated Soul himself is coming to Savannah! Will Downing, one of the most dinstictive voices in R&B, brings his famous baritone to The Lucas stage this weekend. Downing has released 19 albums in his 28-year career; 2016’s Black Pearls was his first fulllength album in six years, featuring Downing’s take on hits from Chaka Khan, Deniece Williams, Randy Crawford, Cherrelle, Jean Carne, Phyllis Hyman, and more. Mercurial singer and composer Avery*Sunshine weaves soul, gospel, jazz, and R&B into her own signature sound. From Broadway to the Democratic National Convention, Sunshine is an in-demand performer known for her dynamic vocal range and transfixing live performance. Friday, January 27, 8 p.m., $40-90 via savannahboxoffice.com, all-ages
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The Queen of Cool: A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee @tybee post theater
Tybee Post kicks off its Jazz Legends series with a tribute to Miss Peggy Lee. Southern Holiday Jazz Band, with acclaimed vocalist Jane Ogle, will share the Peggy Lee story, playing 20 legendary songs and sharing stories on the Queen: how she hit it big with Jenny Goodman in the ‘40s, her career with Walt Disney, Grammy Awards, and much more. saturday, january 28, 8 p.m., $20, all-ages Totally Awesome Bar DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Tubby’s Oyster Jam: The Marshall Brothers, 6 p.m. Vic’s on The River 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. The Wormhole Open Mic, 6 p.m.
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Jazz’d Tapas Bar Lyn Avenue, 9 p.m. The Jinx Second Annual Chili Cook-Off w/ COEDS, 10 p.m. Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Rachael Shaner, 7 p.m. Lucas Theatre for the Arts Will Downing with Avery*Sunshine, 8 p.m. Mansion on Forsyth Park Tradewinds, 9 p.m. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio, 6:30 p.m. Ruth’s Chris Steak House David Duckworth, 8 p.m. Saddle Bags Runaway June, 8 p.m. Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Demarco The Sentient Bean Malcolm Holcombe, 8 p.m. Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Fundraising Benefit for HUGS: The Charlie Fog Band, 6 p.m. Tybee Island Social Club Aaron Paul Zimmer, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Diana Rogers The Warehouse Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Eric Britt, Bill Hodgson, Ear Candy, 5 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) The Hypnotics, 9:30 p.m. The Wormhole Ancient Cities, Young Mister, Isaac Smith, 9 p.m.
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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.
DJ
Club 309 West DJ Zay Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge DJ D-Frost 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
Bar & Club Events
Abe’s on Lincoln DJ Doc Ock, 9 p.m. Club One Drag Show
Saturday 1.28 Live Music
17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond, 6:30 p.m. Barrelhouse South The Voodoo Fix w/ Cha Wa, 10 p.m. Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, Brett Barnard and the Hitman Band, 9 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. Club Elan Dim Mak Takeover w/ ETC!ETC!
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and Autoerotique, 9 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Jess Goggans Band, 10 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge A.M. Rodriguez and His Damn Fine Band, Dead Oak, 10 p.m. Huc-A-Poo’s Eric Culberson Jazz’d Tapas Bar @Sundown, 9 p.m. The Jinx CHEW, Star Period Star, KYLE, 9 p.m. Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Matt Eckstine, 7 p.m. Lucas Theatre for the Arts An Evening with Travis Tritt, 8 p.m. The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth Pour Larry’s NAKD, 10 p.m. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio, 6:30 p.m. Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Slick Nickel The Sentient Bean James Brown Dance Party, 8 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Just Groove: Rob Corbett, 6 p.m. Tybee Post Theater The Queen of Cool: A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Diana Rogers The Warehouse Ray Tomasino, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Duo, Chuck Courtenay, Bill Hodgson, Crashbox, 1 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Daniel Marshall, 9:30 p.m.
Karaoke
Applebee’s Karaoke, 10 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m. Doodles Karaoke Thursday & Saturdays, 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
Sunday 1.29 Live Music
17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond, 6:30 p.m. Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup, 10:30 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Cosmo Duo, 7 p.m. Johnny Mercer Theatre Tedeschi Trucks Band, 7 p.m. Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Rachael Shaner, 7 p.m. The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson Tricks Barbecue Philharmonic in the Streetz, 1 p.m. Tybee Island Social Club Sunday Bluegrass Brunch, 12:30 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jon Hill, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, Souls Harbor, 1 p.m.
Trivia & Games
Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.
Karaoke
Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, ongoing, 9 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy
Tybee Post Theater Collin’s Barefoot Comedy Club, 7 p.m.
DJ
Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.
Monday 1.30 Live Music
Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic with Craig Tanner and Mr. Williams, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge Open Fields, Street Clothes, Rude Dudes, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m.
Trivia & Games
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
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
Bar & Club Events
Karaoke
Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m. CoCo’s Sunset Grille Margaritaville Party, 5 p.m.
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.
Comedy
Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Molly Mondays, 10:30 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 1.31 Live Music
Bay Street Blues Ben Keiser Band, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Jam Night with Eric Culberson, 9 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 Savannah Leigh Bassett, 7 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Open Mic, 9 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Open Mic Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay, 5 p.m.
Trivia & Games
Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 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 p.m. Mediterranean Tavern Battle of The Sexes Game, 9 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.
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Abe’s on Lincoln 17 Lincoln St. Savannah-Downtown 912-349-0525 abesonlincoln.com
Applebee’s 1492 E. Oglethorpe Hwy. Hinesville
Basil’s Pizza and Deli 216 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Wilmington Island
Barrelhouse South 125 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown
Bay Street Blues 17 E. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown
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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
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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
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The Chromatic Dragon 514 MLK Jr. Blvd. Savannah-Downtown 912-289-0350 chromaticdragon.com
Chuck’s Bar 305 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown
continued from previous page 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
Hercules Bar & Grill 2500 Dean Forest Rd. Savannah-Westside 912-966-5790
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Club 309 West 309 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown
The Islander 301 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Wilmington Island
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Club Elan 301 Williamson St. Savannah-Downtown Club One 1 Jefferson St. Savannah-Downtown 912-232-0200 clubone-online.com
CO/Savannah Cocktail Company 10 Whitaker Street Savannah-Downtown 912.234.5375 www.eatatco.com/
Coach’s Corner 3016 E. Victory Dr. Savannah-Eastside 912-352-2933 coachs.net
CoCo’s Sunset Grille 1 Old U.S. Hwy. 80 Tybee Island 912-786-7810 cocostybee.com
coffee deli 4517 Habersham St. Savannah-Midtown
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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
912-897-6137
Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St. Savannah-Downtown
912-236-7777 www.jazzdsavannah.com
The Jinx 127 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown 912-236-2281
Johnny Mercer Theatre 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. Savannah-Downtown 912-651-6556 www.savannahcivic.com
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
Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn St. Savannah-Downtown 912-525-5040 www.lucastheatre.com
Mansion on Forsyth Park 700 Drayton St. Savannah-Downtown
912-238-5158 mansiononforsythpark.com
McDonough’s 21 E. McDonough St. Savannah-Downtown
912-352-7100
912-233-6136 mcdonoughssavannah.com
Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown
Mediterranean Tavern 125 Foxfield Way Pooler
(912) 200-3652 dubspubriverstreet.com
El-Rocko Lounge 117 Whitaker St. Savannah-Downtown 912-495-5808
912-988-1052
Mellow Mushroom 11 W. Liberty St. Savannah-Downtown 912-495-0705 mellowmushroom.com
Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina 2518 Hwy 17 Richmond Hill 912-459-6357 melscoastalcafe.com
Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub 311 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown 912-239-9600 macphersonspub.com
Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) 110 Towne Center Dr. Pooler 912-348-3200 macphersonspub.com
The Olde Pink House 23 Abercorn St. Savannah-Downtown
912-232-4286 www.plantersinnsavannah.com
Pour Larry’s 206 W. St. Julian St. Savannah-Downtown 912-232-5778
Rachael’s 1190 1190 King George Blvd. Savannah-Southside 912-920-7772 rachaels1190.com
The Rail Pub 405 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown 912-238-1311 therailpub.com/
Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant 402 MLK Jr. Blvd. Savannah-Downtown 912-292-1656 ranchoalegrecuban.com
Rusty Rudders Tap House 303 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown 912-944-6302
Ruth’s Chris Steak House 111 W. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown 912-721-4800 ruthschris.com
Saddle Bags 317 West River St. Savannah-Downtown
912-349-5275 saddlebagssavannah.com/
The Sandbar 1512 Butler Ave. Tybee Island 912-786-8304
Savannah Taphouse 125 E. Broughton St. Savannah-Downtown 912-201-8277 savannahtaphouse.com
Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill 65 Fairmont Ave. Savannah-Southside SEED Eco Lounge 39 Montgomery St. Savannah-Downtown 912-349-5100
The Sentient Bean 13 E. Park Ave. Savannah-Downtown 912-232-4447 sentientbean.com
Sunny’s Lounge 5630 Ogeechee Rd. Savannah-Southside 912-234-6628
Now Serving Breakfast 'Til Noon Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill 11215 Abercorn St. Savannah-Southside
Lunch & Dinner anytime
912-921-2269
Tijuana Flats 1800 E. Victory Dr. Savannah-Midtown 912-344-9111 tijuanaflats.com
Totally Awesome Bar 107 B Whitaker St. Savannah-Downtown 912-495-5945
Tree House 309 W. St. Julian St. Savannah-Downtown
912-239-0095 treehousesavannah.com
Tricks Barbecue 2601 Bull St. Savannah-Downtown Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) 2909 River Dr. Thunderbolt
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Vic’s on The River 26 E. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown 912-721-1000 vicsontheriver.com
The Warehouse 18 E. River St. Savannah-Downtown
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Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) 417 Pooler Pkwy. Pooler 912-208-3700 wildwingcafe.com
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culture Art•Beat of Savannah Soundsuit, 2015 mixed media including vintage toys and globes, wire, fabric, rug, metal and mannequin Soundsuit: 117 (H) x 50” (W) Rug: 85” diameter ©Nick Cave. Photo by JamesPrinz Photography. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
By Rachael Flora
JAN 25-31, 2017
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ART HAS always held the power for artists to comment on our world. From Diego Rivera’s murals to Banksy’s street art, artists keep their fingers on the pulse of current events. As Trump’s new administration begins and more people feel disenfranchised and helpless, art is becoming even more necessary to both express and protect ourselves. Chicago artist Nick Cave’s soundsuits were created to protect its wearer from the outside world and make a statement with the sound it makes. Cave’s eponymous exhibition opens on January 27 and is, to date, the largest presentation of his work in Georgia. Cave’s soundsuits are, quite literally, large suits intended to make sound when worn. There won’t be any performances with the suits on, but there are two videos displaying how the suits are used, particularly in dance. “The first soundsuit was made in 1992, and it came out of this social response,” explains Rachel Reese, associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the Jepson. When Cave, an African American man living in Chicago, learned about the Rodney King beating and riots, he felt particularly vulnerable and made his first soundsuit out of twigs in response.
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“When he put the suit on and danced, the suit made a sound, and a light went off in his head,” Reese says. “The suit could protect the wearer from outside culture, shield someone’s race, gender, or class. You can be anyone while you’re wearing this suit.” Cave, a skilled dancer with Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theater, uses the power of sound to create soundsuits for all different purposes and situations. “They give some insight into his headspace,” Reese says. “There’s a suit made out of yarn that’s very soft and quiet, versus one made out of brocade fabric, highly sequined and shiny and fantastic and baroque.” Cave creates his soundsuits from one central element and works outward. One of the suits on display at the Jepson is a response to the Trayvon Martin killing—the suit is an ornamental crochet that covers the wearer in a hood. “In a way it’s sad that it’s 25 years later and we’re in the same cycles, but I think that’s what art is for and why it’s always relevant,” Reese muses. One soundsuit Reese singles out is a seven-part suit entitled “Speak Louder,” made in 2011 and featuring mother-of-pearl buttons and sequins. The suit connects seven wearers together and has amplifiers at each wearer’s head. “It really invokes the kind of collective agency that people have when we gather together,” she notes. “Sometimes we think
about the soundsuits as singular, and these are definitely a community. It shows what happens when people get together, what we can harness through collectivity.” There won’t be any performances with the soundsuits on, but Reese says there will be two videos running on rotation that show how the soundsuits are activated by movement. “You can enjoy the suits as fashion, costuming, a more cultural tradition, Carnivale or masquerade or African ceremony, or performance art or identity politics,” Reese explains. “It’s so multilayered; I really respond to artists who are like onions. You can peel back and find those layers. It speaks about how we construct identity, how artists have an important role in activism today. It’s really important and necessary.” cs “Nick Cave” opens at the Jepson Center for the Arts on Jan. 27. The exhibition will remain up until April 23.
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The first laugh: Savannah Comedy Fest
Inaugural celebration welcomes superstar comedian Michelle Buteau, sketch, improv, and more
by anna chandler
anna@connectsavannah.com
JAN 25-31, 2017
This weekend, comedians from across the United States descend upon McDonough’s to take over the cozy pub’s stage and leave Savannahians in stitches. We’ve seen festivals that emphasize comedy ‘round these parts in the past, but The Hostess City’s never hosted something quite like the inaugural Savannah Comedy Festival. “The full purpose of the Comedy Fest is to bring in what we think are awesome, cutting-edge comedy shows,” says cofounder John Brennan. “I’m such a comedy geek, and I think Savannah has a really fun comedy scene of great local comedians,” fellow founder Brianne Halverson says. “But I wanted to bring more people in from outside Savannah. I’m such a fan of Stopover and Savannah Music Festival, and we wanted to do something like that for comedy.” To kick off their first fest, the organizers have called in a multitalented crop of funny friends and cohorts from all across the comedy world. Savannah Comedy Fest is about more than stand-up: there’s sketch comedy, improv, musical comedy, and much more. Brennan and Halverson are very excited to welcome headliner Michelle Buteau. In addition to a hysterical Comedy Central special, Buteau’s been cracking folks up on popular shows like Key & Peele, The Eric Andre Show, The Late Late Show, or as cohost of VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live with Nick Lachey. She’s is no stranger at VH1, 28 having appeared on the I Love The… series
and Best Week Ever numerous times. Musical comedians Squirm & Germ bring high energy and lots of fun. Their videos have been featured on CollegeHumor.com and the NYC duo has shared the stage with Reggie Watts, Kristen Schaal, Colin Quinn, and Arden Myrin. Charleston’s Nameless Numberhead returns to Savannah with their brand of absurdist dark comedy. Vernon Moses, a sketch duo featuring Jon Antoine and Deshawn Mason, blends pop culture references, life experiences, and eccentricity to their set. Savannah Comedy Fest is also home to several long-form improv teams, including Big Dicktionary, Selfie Schtick, and Storck & Carey. Look for locals Front Porch Improv and Mobb Line, SCAD’s mainstage improv company, reppin’ the home team. Selecting performers who represent a variety of comedy styles was a very conscious decision for Savannah Comedy Fest’s organizers. “Our vision is having interesting people who are doing all kinds of comedy—edgy, interesting, absurdist, weird, fun, cool comedy—that’s the goal,” Halverson says. “Right now, I think the improv is all short-form in Savannah, and we’re trying to do long-form like you see in New York, L.A., and Chicago. And we’re definitely going after sketch, because there’s no sketch scene in Savannah.” “To [the audience], comedy is just comedy,” Brennan explains. “They don’t care if they’re doing standup, improv, or sketch, as long as they’re funny. I’m excited to see the responses to the different variations of what improv, sketch, and standup is.”
Duos Squirm & Germ, left, and Nameless Numberhead, above. Far left, Michelle Buteau. photos Savannah comedy fest
cutting-edge, funny comedy? We have really good comedians here, and it’s time for a bigger scene, for the people who go to Charleston and Atlanta to come through Savannah. We want everyone to connect, celebrate, and be inspired.” CS Both Brennan and Halverson hope that the festival is the beginning of something great for Savannah. “This is something we’d like to grow and get bigger, but even if it doesn’t, we want an opportunity for the out-of-town stuff to come here,” says Brennan. “And the response has been great.” Halverson hopes that the event helps Savannah continue to grow as a creative hub. “I love that Savannah is an artistic community, but a lot of it is very visual,” she notes. “The music scene has come so far in the last five years, and I think it’s time now for comedy. Why can’t we have
Savannah Comedy Fest
McDonough’s Restaurant & Lounge
Friday, January 27
Mobb Line Improv, Storck & Carey, Selfie Schtick, doors at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m., $10 Michelle Buteau, Squirm & Germ, 9 p.m., $10
Saturday, January 28
Big Dicktionary, Front Porch Improv, doors at 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., $10 Nameless Numberhead, Vernon Moses, 9 p.m., $10 $15 day passes available for both Friday and Saturday Tickets via savannahcomedyfest.com
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Michelle Buteau
On how she got into comedy:
I was editing for the news and I had coworkers who were like, ‘You’re so funny, you should do comedy!’ I was like ‘Comedians? They sound terrible, they always complain about how broke and high they are. I’m happy! I don’t understand.’ And then I did it and was like, ‘Oh shit! This is wonderful, this is super-fun! Who needs therapy when people are just laughing through your pain?’
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On honing her style and finding her audience:
I feel like I’m still doing it! I guess it’s sort of like spaghetti: you throw subjects out there and see how people kind of behave, then obviously people will as you to do their shows, and you’re like, ‘Okay, I guess you guys are my demographic.’ You just never know, though. I get flown all over the country to just perform for really rich people in Wyoming— it’s like, ‘Oh, you gotta fly in the diversity because you don’t have it here.’ Then I’ll do like, a gay room in Idaho, but I’m not gay, you just need some love. I get it. It’s weird—I guess I’m still learning, and at the end of it, people are just people. They want to laugh and forget their problems. It’s the same as paying so much money for cable: please just entertain me and let me forget about my problems.
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On adapting to different roles and styles of comedy: It’s so funny, any time I get a job that’s not straight-up standup, I ask, ‘What do y’all need? What do you want me to
do?’ and 90 percent of the time, they say, ‘Just be you!’ That’s the only thing I know how to do right now. I mean, I think it’s always important to be thoughtful about what you say and the work you’re going to do, even if it’s for another character. I think, really, you have to be responsible with your words, and I also think about not overthinking it. I think a lot of people try to get things right all the time, and it’s about doing it and having fun.
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On her Eric Andre Show appearance:
There’s no words to describe when your friend Eric Andre is like, ‘Come do this bit with me,’ because I’ve known him for a while, and his sketches are his own thing, over-the-top, crazy, weird, wild. And the first time I showed up to do his show, I thought we’d have some rehearsal...they just rented a restaurant and were like, ‘Girl, please!’ And we just went in willy-nilly, one-take sally—‘Do your thing, we’ll get all these reactions,’ and it’s like, ‘This is insane!’ I don’t know how that boy goes out and does all that stuff. I’d need a nap, a hug, and a Gatorade!
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What she’s looking forward to in 2017:
I’m looking forward to helping the country not be as divided. I’m looking forward to figuring out a way to deal with internet trolls, and I’m working on a new album, but I’m still sharing my album Shut Up on Comedy Central Records. I got LPs made, so it’s nice to have a hard copy. I feel like my next album, I’ll just start selling CHS tapes and go full vintage! CS
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Savannah Stage Company’s improv troupe presents its first musical by anna chandler
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If you know Savannah Stage Company (SSC), you know that imagination and bravery are paramount to the team of local storytellers. This weekend, SSC’s improv troupe, (it), pushes further than ever before with one of the most creative formats available for the stage. “For our fifth season, we had to figure out how to challenge ourselves even more,” explains SCC Artistic Director Jayme Tinti. “[We asked], ‘What can we do to highlight our values?’ An improv musical obviously takes a lot of bravery.” Enter It’s B.I.G.: The Improv Musical, an original production that the audience coscripts. With four performances over the weekend, no two will be exactly the same— and that’s the magic of it. Though anything could happen, It’s B.I.G. has a loose framework to move the show along. “There are other improv musical formats out in the world that we spent some time looking at,” says Tinti. “But what we needed to happen was to create our own format. It’s a 10-12 song musical, and every song is in a different style of music. The first song might be a hip-hop song, the other may be a bluegrass song, the third an opera song. Audiences get to choose those styles of music beforehand, then the audience will choose a protagonist from the troupe and get to name them.” After selecting a team member as the musical’s lead, audiences will suggest a dream, or motive, for the character— maybe the character aspires to be an astronaut, or always wanted to travel to the Great Wall of China. “Then we have an internal structure,” Tinti continues. “We study a story spine 30 and basic elements of how to tell a story
“We didn’t set out saying, ‘Hey, what can we do really well? An improv musical!’ No. It’s, ‘What’s the hardest thing we can think of? An improv musical.’” and build a story, so that’s what we’ve been working on, plus all the music and skills of improv. There’s a lot of structure, and then we get out there and we say, ‘Let’s do this!’” (it) already utilizes music often, from their recent five-song mini-musical to everyday rehearsals. “We’re taking something that we already sort of do and then taking that to ten,” Tinti laughs. Since the audience could suggest any style from trap to bossa nova, the musical performers must improvise, too. Keyboardist Cyd Prather and guitarist Ellen Sherrod have to act quickly and work together to create a comprehensive soundtrack for the actors to sing over. According to Tinti, the production has pushed (it) members in extraordinary ways. “You’ll see someone grow moment to moment,” she admires. “That’s sort of what this is all about. We didn’t set out saying, ‘Hey, what can we do really well? An
improv musical!’ No. It’s, ‘What’s the hardest thing we can think of? An improv musical.’ Growth is a huge part of the company and is one of our values.” In addition to plenty of rehearsing and practice, (it) received a workshop from fellow Savannah troupe Front Porch Improv. “It’s an awesome resource to have other professional improvisers who we can turn to and say, ‘Hey, this is something that you guys do really well—can you come help us?’” Tinti says. It’s B.I.G.: The Improv Musical will be performed right in the heart of the Starland District at Starlandia Supply’s new performance space, The Space Station. The multipurpose venue is SCC’s new mainstage and rehearsal space, and the troupe already feels right at home. “The Space Station has been a gamechanger for us,” Tinti attests. “We’ve had a lot of location issues…and there are a lot more of us than there were three years ago. To be able to rehearse and perform in
Witness bravery, absurdity, and teamwork in (it)’s musical productiom. Photo by Art At Work Commercial Photography
the same location is a luxury we’ve never had, and it’s proving to be really helpful in thinking about where our bodies are in space much earlier in the process. It’s been really nice to find a home.” And remember, audience—you’re in this, too! The energy and participation of attendees is crucial to a great improv performance, and (it) encourages everyone to get involved (and to get there early to get good seats and a couple free beers before the show begins). “Try to be inspired by our bravery,” Tinti urges. “Maybe if you go to an improv show and never say anything and have suggestions running in your head, come be brave. We are failing and succeeding right here with you—we are not experts on this! We are all seeking bravery.” CS
It’s B.I.G.: The Improv Musical
Where: The Space Station at Starlandia (2438 Bull St.) When: Friday, January 27 and Saturday, January 28, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets: $15 or pay-what-you-can (includes free beer) via savannahstagecompany.com 18+ to attend, 21+ to drink
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Chromatic Abstractions — The work of Christina Edwards, Ruth Sykes and Jeromy Ross. Three different approaches to color and form can be seen in this group exhibition. free and open to the public Jan. 26-Feb. 5. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. New Year, New Art, New Faces — The Grand Bohemian Gallery is excited to introduce four new artists to the catalog: Hayley Gaberlavage, Cynthia Knott, Heather MacRae and Guy Woodward. Free Fri., Jan. 27, 4:30-8 p.m. The Grand Bohemian Gallery, 700 Drayton St. Nick Cave — This exhibition of Nick Cave’s work is the largest ever presented in Georgia, including work shown in the Southeast for the first time. Jan. 27-April 23. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.
Continuing Exhibits Abstract Meets Real — Come experience the diametrically opposed styles battling to achieve the message. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. Abstractions — Calvin Thomas of Cal Wood Art presents his abstract paintings. Closing Reception: Friday Jan. 27, 6-8 pm. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Alt-AI — Telfair features selections from Alt-AI, an exhibition that explores artificial intelligence and machine learning through art. Presented works at Telfair include Gene Kogan’s “Cubist Mirror,” which transforms the viewer’s image into the style of a cubist painting, as well as Melanie Hoff and Druv Mehrotra’s “Dopplecam,” an app that matches your photograph with an image pulled from the Internet. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. ArtCade — Featured works include Londonbased Robin Baumgarten’s ingenious, internationally-exhibited “Line Wobbler,” an abstract dungeon crawler game played with a spring controller and a 15-foot-long LED strip. Also on display is art collective Kokoromi’s “Superhypercube,” a beautiful virtual reality puzzler recently released for the PSVR system, as well as Mason Lindroth’s strange and surreal game “Hylics.” “Don’t Touch Red” is an immersive cooperative game designed in SCAD’s Physical Computing class. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Call for Entries for The Personal is Political — Art Rise Savannah is now seeking submissions for The Personal is Political, opening March 9. Open to artists of all gender identities, racial and economic backgrounds living across the globe. Consideration given to all mediums and dimensions.
$5 of each submission fee will go to benefit Planned Parenthood Southeast. Through Feb. 24. artrisesavannah.org/ juried-exhibitions. Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St. Eastern Edge — Preston Orr’s current work feature mixed media pieces that have a variety of tactile mediums. Profits from this show will be donated to the Ossabaw Island Foundation. Location Gallery, 417 Whitaker St. Face to Face: Last chance to catch work by Calvin Thomas at Gallery Espresso; American Porclosing reception Friday. traits from the Permanent Collection — Spanning the period Objectified: Still Lifes from the from the American Revolution to World War Permanent Collection — Objectified II, the paintings in this exhibition demonstrate considers the traditional genre of still life as the broad range of American portraiture represented in the works of Telfair Musefound in Telfair’s permanent collection. ums’ permanent collection. Presenting still Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 lifes from the late 19th century through the Barnard St. present day, this exhibition invites viewers to consider the genre as a form ripe for artistic Grand Divertissement à Verexploration. Telfair Academy of Arts and Scisailles: Vintage Photographs by ences, 121 Barnard St. Bill Cunningham — This exhibition features exclusive images from the 1973 fashRe-embodied: From Information to ion show known as the Battle of Versailles. Sculpture — Featuring Heather DeweySCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. Hagborg’s unnerving portrait sculptures based on DNA information extracted from Jerome Meadows Studio Open materials that people leave behind, like chewHouse — International artist Jerome B. ing gum or hair. Courtney Brown and Sharif Meadows will offer a studio open house and Razzaque’s “RAWR! A Study in Sonic Skulls” exhibition. Through Feb. 5. Indigo Sky Combuilds upon scans of a hadrosaur to create a munity Gallery, 915 Waters Ave. sculpture that allows participants to recreate the sounds of an extinct creature. Jepson Low Country Callings: Goin’ with Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. the Flow — Large-format acrylics by Carol Lasell Miller comprise a narrative of SavanThere’s Enough Time in Distance — nah’s maritime community in portraiture, with Jordan Fitch Mooney works primarily in printvital and vivid almost-life-size portrayals of making and explores popular iconography, those who live and work here on our waterreligious symbols, and mythology. Through ways. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Feb. 21. Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St. Luther King Jr Blvd. Watershed: Contemporary LandNancy Lebey Solana — Nancy Lebey scape Photography — Watershed Solana’s watercolors are in honor of her faexamines landscape photographs produced ther, Clifford, who spent the last six weeks of after 1970, in particular works that illustrate his life in Hospice House. Through March 31. mankind’s undeniable and often negative hospicesavannah.org/. Hospice Savannah, impact on the land. Through Jan. 29. Jepson 1352 Eisenhower Dr. Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.
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culture literary arts
A sense of place By Orlando Montoya
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JAN 25-31, 2017
I’M GOING to write something terrible about Georgia’s wonderful barrier islands. It might get me some mean looks here and there. It’s not even true. How about truthy? Our dear islands, at least the more natural and remote ones, aren’t very colorful. Tybee, yes. But Wassaw, Ossabaw, Blackbeard, etc.? Woodsy, sandy, green, blue or brown. It takes a true artist to pull color out of our landscape. And photographer Jill Stuckey is a true artist indeed because she does it without paint, brushes or canvass. The instruments of her rainbow are a camera and computer. “I mess with them,” she says of her photos, recently published in a book, “Ossabaw Island: A Sense of Place.” “I’m trying to get them to look like
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An example of Jill Stuckey’s photography.
paintings.” So she takes several photos of a place, in this case, a state heritage preserve saved from development, in different light. And she smashes these images together using software to render a masterful mix of art and reality that the eye doesn’t really see. It’s called high dynamic range photography. “A friend of mine from Australia turned me onto it,” she says of the technique, rich in history and complex in execution. “I love deep rich, colors.” Stuckey turns an ordinary sea shell into a flame of red and blue. She turns plain grass into a living creature. She beams the marsh into an alternate universe. It’s like when the farmhouse crashes in the Land of Oz and you see things like you’ve never seen them before. Only Ossabaw doesn’t have lions and tigers and bears. “It’s hard to get the donkeys and the dogs and the other animals to remain still,” she says. “For high dynamic range, you need about 20 seconds of stillness.”
Book explores the landscape of Georgia’s barrier islands
“Ossabaw Island: A Sense of Place” beautifully captures the island’s wildness and calm, things that make it so special. But I can’t write about island color without Roger Parker. The book’s other subject, Stuckey’s boyfriend, Parker is known as Georgia’s “saltwater cowboy,” a man who has worked on the island for 65 years. You know he has stories! “I always felt like the island belonged to me,” he says. “I looked after everything.” An island caretaker, he killed deer, trapped hogs, built fences, herded cattle and fixed roads. He lived in a small cabin, birthed donkeys, cleaned up after horses, repaired cars and waited for a weekly boat to come with groceries from the mainland. As hard as island caretaking sounds, Parker doesn’t have anything bad to say about remote island living, except for occasionally running out of dairy products. “I didn’t like milking no cow, uh uh,” he says, noting the taste of raw milk and the
Jill Russell at work.
bovine temperament. “By the time you get it half full, she’ll put her foot up and step in it.” Parker started working for the Torrey family in 1951 when the island was private. When Sandy Torrey West sold it to the state for conservation in 1978, he worked for the state. He retired when he couldn’t do it anymore, physically. But he still gets back any time he can. “Anybody that worked on Ossabaw Island couldn’t say that they didn’t enjoy it.” Jill met Roger when she came to the island as part of her career in rural development. She helped to get electricity to the island, obviating the need for gas-bybarge for generators. The couple’s book, co-written by Evan Kutzler and featuring a forward by Jimmy Carter, a close friend of Jill’s, paints the island in brilliant colors, artistically and culturally. It’s available at The Book Lady and E Shaver booksellers. cs
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Food & Drink A Slice of Thyme
Big Boy Cookies hit the road By Jared A. Jackson
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JAN 25-31, 2017
FOOD TRUCKS are something we’ve been waiting for in Savannah for quite sometime. As of late last year, the city took a huge leap forward in providing a platform for food trucks to really show what they can bring as an industry. It has required a lot of dedication, patience, and flexibility from all parties involved to figure out a way to create this window of opportunity. I’ve always understood how influenced by tourism Savannah is, but I’ve also been under the impression that that scope of tourism was destined to change at some point. Art is a very large industry here in Savannah, mostly driven by SCAD, but there isn’t a strong enough network to catch all of the talented graduates and allow their talents to really impact Savan34 nah in a real way.
Jonny went through the process of mastering baking, and through those recipes developed flavor-packed cookies. Photo by Melissa delynn
There is a strong force of independent strong-willed entrepreneurs who are dedicated to helping turn the tide in favor of the future. Food trucks are one of those industries that’s a catalyst for other things around it. Movie sets, events in the park, holidays, private events, food trucks will be an element that we all can relate to and consistently get behind. There is a ton of upward mobility in our city, and food trucks, once in full effect, will be the missing link in the transition of the C-Port. Fortunately I exist in a unique space where I get the opportunity to see some
of the up and coming food trucks before they’re exposed to the public. What I like most about this subset of our food industry is the creativity behind each truck. Because each one is so personal, it allows everyone to have their own niche, which is why I think there has been such a camaraderie around the food trucks. Every truck is invested in each other’s success because an industry, allows everyone a bigger piece of the pie. If you could have a Latin food, a wood-fire pizza, and/or a fresh baked cookie truck provide food for your holiday party or your senior art show, wouldn’t you?
A lot of people have already answered that question with a resounding yes. As the new year is upon us, and everyone is a few weeks into their new dietary lifestyles (I’m right there with you people, trust me), I figured I would present you with a story that could potentially derail all of work you have done. This story comes from another one of our neighboring cities, Statesboro, but this time, you can actually catch them in Savannah from time to time when the city has a public event. I got a chance to meet the owners and operators of Big Boy Cookie, Jonny
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Womack and his wife Hannah Womack, who decided to trust their gut and chase their dreams of serving some of the best cookies you mind could ever dream of. Their story is interesting, because before chasing this dream neither of them had much of any commercial kitchen experience and came from nursing backgrounds. “I was always in the kitchen as a kid, and loved to help my grandma,” Jonny said. “I loved nursing, but after a couple of rough scenarios, life brought me towards sales, which is something I grew up around most of my life.” After bouncing around in the marketing/sales arena for a while, Jonny formed the idea “to create my personal sales signature which started with mason jars full of candy, and evolved into freshly baked cookies.” I’m sure you can draw the line of the narrative from this marketing sales signature into a full fledged business on which they have plans to continue to expand and feed cookies to as many people as they can. Jonny went through the process of mastering baking cookies, and through those master recipes has developed some out of this world, flavor-packed cookies. From seasonal cookies like banana pudding, red
“I was always in the kitchen as a kid, and loved to help my grandma,” Jonny says. Photo by melissa delynn
velvet cake, and even pumpkin; to the most delicious chocolate chip cookie I have ever tasted. Cookies are such a treat, and to have a truck take the time to master the art of baking a cookie, is what hopefully will have
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people choose the local business over the corporate one. The stories of these families and organizations that come with honest intentions, and have plans to help our city to continue trend upwards, are what breathe life into our local economy.
Jonny decided to chase what meant a lot to him, and fortunately for him he had a family who wanted to support him and back his dream. Having a dream is one, having the backing is another. But actually executing and creating a successful business is an entirely different thing. As a food truck, Big Boy Cookie continues to impress the masses with their talent for baking, while more and more people line up to try these delicious treats. The future looks bright for anyone who takes the time to finesse their skills in order to have the capability to knock everyone’s socks off; but especially Big Boy Cookie. Next time you want are racking your brain for a small gift, or need cookies for your office meeting, think Big Boy. They ship to any city in the U.S, and these cookies would definitely put a smile on anyone’s face who got some. I know they put a smile on mine. You can also catch them at the Children’s Book Festival, and the next Savannah Food Truck Festival. I’m proud of our city, it’s slowly catching up. In order for it to get there, we’ve got to support the local effort. Visit their website www.bigboycookies.com/ to purchase the cookies that will change your life forever. Or at least for a couple minutes. Let’s keep stirring that pot, people. cs
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ration for its beers, many of which have names derived from one musical source or another. Rollin’ & Tumblin’ shares a moniker with a song first recorded here in Georgia by Hambone Willie Newbern in 1929. In its 90-year history the song has been covered in one form or another by a wide range of musicians including Charley Patton, John Lee Hooker, Sunnyland Slim, Cindi Lauper, and R.L. Burnside just to name a few. Carly Wiggins, co-founder of Southbound Brewing, puts it this way: “We are thrilled to continue our partnership with the Savannah Music Festival and to host the line up release event here at the brewery. Music, community, and craft beer go hand in hand and we are always inspired by the talented artists that visit our city during this event.” A beer named after one of the classic blues songs has to have a great blues musician to send it off. This years event will feature a performance by Lurrie Bell, a Grammy-nominated blues guitarist. Steeped in the rich Chicago blues tradition Bell is quickly becoming one of
double IPA take called Rollin’ & Stumblin.’ You’ll be able to find this DIPA in bottles after the party but this will be the first time you’ll be able to taste it. The party doesn’t end on February 4th though. The Savannah Music Festival runs from March 23-April 4 and Rollin’ and Tumblin’ is around for a during the Festival and at many of the shows. The Savannah Music Festival may already be a world renown event but Wiggins says they are happy to help spread the word. “We are especially excited to carry on with the tradition of brewing Rollin’ and Tumblin’ for the Savannah Music Festival and to have it released farther into our new territories to help promote this amazing event.” The Rollin’ and Tumblin’ Release party will be at Southbound Brewing Company (107 E. Lathrop) Feb. 4 from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Tickets $30 in advance, $35 day of. First 50 attendees also receive a 22 oz. bottle of limited release Rollin’ & Stumblin’ DIPA. Standing room only 21+ event so leave the kids at home.
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From Sholom Aleichem to Spock
It’s a meshuggeneh cast of characters at the Savannah Jewish Film Festival by jessica leigh lebos
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JAN 25-31, 2017
Look, there’s always going to be a Holocaust movie. The undeniable horror of Hitler’s genocide left an indelible scar on Jewish history, and its seemingly infinite tales of tragedy and survival will undoubtedly be a source of inspiration for filmmakers for generations. The 17th Savannah Jewish Film Festival opens on Wednesday, January 25 with a dramatic homage to a littleknown hero of that terrible time. “One Step to Freedom: The Grüninger File” is based on the brave actions of Swiss police captain Paul Grüninger, who “One Step to Freedom: The Grüninger File” and “For the Love of Spock” are just two of the fascinating films showing at this year’s festival. helped smuggle thousands of Jews to safety under the noses of the Nazis and is honored in Israel as one of the Righteous meshuggeneh spectacle as attendees are Holocaust doesn’t define the Jewish expeAmong Nations. at 91, Bikel’s theater career spanned more This true story becomes a suspenseful than six decades on the stage, much of it as invited to show their Trekkie colors for the rience, there’s no single way to describe the thriller through the skilled lens of director characters created by the Yiddish writer showing of “For the Love of Spock,” the moviegoers. Alain Gsponer, and award-winning Swiss Leonard Nimoy biopic told through the “We have 25 year-olds sitting with 75 known as Sholom Aleichem, who lived a actor Stefan Kurt brings depth and dignity century before. Bikel’s big voiced-interpre- lens of his son, Adam. Those who come in year-olds, Jewish people, non-Jewish to the titular role. costume receive a dollar off admission, and people, white, black, everybody,” says tation of Tevye in Aleichem’s “Fiddler on As vital as it is to never forget the hidword on the street is that one local rabbi Solender. the Roof” made it one of the longest-runeous intolerance that allowed it to hap“The ability of people to appreciate other ning shows on Broadway, and the film finds may show up in full Enterprise regalia. pen, the Jewish narrative can hardly be Also showing on Jan. 31 is “Censored people’s narratives and stories is what the parallels in both men’s sharp wit and defined—or confined—by the Holocaust. Voices,” a revelation of soldier recordings helps build the fabric of a community.” cs generous spirits. Film has been a medium for telling Jewish after Israel’s Six Day War, and a showing Sunday evening brings quieter contemThe 2017 Savannah Jewish Film stories since it was invented, and the rest of shorts on Feb. 2 includes “The Chop,” plation with “There Are Jews Here,” an of the 10-day festival presents a line-up about a kosher butcher who pretends to be Festival exploration of four once-thriving, small that is global, thoughtful, contemporary, Muslim to get a job. The festival closes with When: January 26-February 4 town American Jewish communities that Where: JEA, 5111 Abercorn St. funny and as multifarious as the tribe are struggling to maintain their existence. more laughs on Feb. 4 with “Time to Say itself. Good-bye,” a gigglefest of modern dysfunc- Cost: $10 single film/$100 full pass; discount It’s a poignant topic for Jewish people “One of the missions of the film fesfor JEA members tional family fun. who grew up outside of New York, Los tival is to reflect the variety of Jewish Info: (912) 355-8111 or savj.org Tickets are $10 for a single film and Angeles and other major urban centers and experience around the world,” says Adam don’t want to see their community fall the $100 for a festival pass, and JEA members 2017 Joan and Murray Gefen Solender, Executive Director of the Jewish way of Dothan, Alabama, which in 2008 receive a 20 percent discount. Memorial Savannah Jewish Film Educational Alliance. Named after beloved local philanthrofamously offered to pay Jewish families to “We try to do that every year, and every pists who died in a car accident in 2001, the Festival Schedule relocate to the Southern enclave. year I think we get better at it.” Wed.1/25: “The Grüninger File: One Step to Joan and Murray Gefen Memorial Savan“This film is particularly resonant Thursday’s features begin at lunchtime nah Jewish Film Festival is as well-known Freedom” 7pm, cocktail reception 6pm because it reflects what Savannah could with the American drama “Indignation,” Thurs. 1/26: “Indignation” 1:30pm; lunch for its breadth of subject matter as it is have been but isn’t,” says Solender, notbased on Philip Roth’s autobiographical 12:30pm breaking bread. ing that the Savannah Jewish community novel and written and directed by James Thurs.1/26: “Bad Faith” 7:00pm, dinner 6pm Most of the films are preceded by a delihas actually grown over the last decade as Schamus, the Academy-award winning Sat. 1/28: “Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of cious kosher meal prepared by Chef Brian young families, professional singles and producer of “Brokeback Mountain.” Sholom Aleichem” 8:15pm, dessert reception Graves, though reservations are recomretirees have moved here to take advan(Spoiler: Sexual repression and cultural 7:30pm mended as tables fill fast. Lunch plus the tage of economic opportunities and culdisenfranchisement are big themes.) Sun. 1/29: “There are Jews Here” 7pm, dinner film is $13, dinner plus the film is $24; the tural offerings. The evening screening follows with “Bad 6pm The Cohen family has been in Savannah same member discounts apply. Faith,” a French-subtitled rom-com about for generations, and three-time Olympian “You get great food and a show for a good Tues. 1/31: “Censored Voices” 2pm a Jewish-Arab couple dealing with their deal,” says JEA programming director Jac- Tues. 1/31: “The Best of Men” 7pm, dinner 6pm and weightlifting Michael Cohen has repfamilies’ opinions about their relationship. resented Savannah and its Jewish comThurs. 2/2: “Mixed Shorts” 1:30pm, lunch qui Drazen. The festival picks up again Saturday 12:30pm “And there’s comedies, shorts, thrillmunity all over the world. He’ll lend his night for a weekend of diverse documenvoice along with trainer Mary Vacala in an ers, love stories, something to appeal to all Thurs. 2/ 2: “For the Love of Spock” 7:30pm, taries (the JEA is closed Friday evening to evening Q&A on Tuesday, Jan. 31 after the ages.” dinner 6:15pm Saturday evening for Shabbat) including Sat., 2/4: “Time to Say Goodbye,” 8pm; dessert The diversity of the festival’s audiBritish drama “The Best of Men,” about “Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom reception 7:30pm ence is as important to its organizers the founder of the Paralympic Games. Thursday, Feb. 2 is bound to be a as the variation of the films. Just as the 37 Aleichem.” Before he passed away in 2015
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The Holy Mountain
Psychotronic offers rare screening of Jodorowsky’s surrealist classic by anna chandler
anna@connectsavannah.com
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Before Muse Arts Warehouse is gone for good, things are gonna get a little surreal. Psychotronic Film Society of Savannah has utilized Muse as a venue for years now, and founder Jim Reed is eager to bid farewell to the multipurpose arts space with a classic: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1973 masterpiece The Holy Mountain. “The Holy Mountain is one of the very, very few truly infamous cult movies of all time,” Reed shares. “It shocked and bewildered audiences when first unveiled at the 1973 Cannes Film Fest, and later played for an amazing 16 months straight at New York City’s iconic Waverly Theatre.” The Holy Mountain follows the mindaltering journey of an alchemist leading a Christ-like figure and seven materialistic figures, each representing a planet in the solar system, to The Holy Mountain, where all aspire to achieve enlightenment and attain immortality. The preparation for filming The Holy Mountain is as infamous as the film itself. Before the principal photography began, Jodorowsky and his wife spent a week with no sleep, guided by a Japanese Zen master. Jodorowsky had his primary cast members spend three months doing Zen, Sufi, and yoga exercises under the instruction of Oscar Ichazo of the Arica Institute; after the training, the group lived together in Jodorowsky’s home for a month. Ichazo also recommended the director take LSD for spiritual exploration, and Jodorowsky administered psilocybin mushrooms to his actors during the shooting of a particularly iconic scene. “It is an unqualified masterpiece of extremely personal filmmaking from one of the most visionary and challenging artists and spiritual figures of our time,” Reed praises. “Acolytes of Jodorowsky’s work in film, comics and the metaphysical realm find illumination and joy in his unique blend of the avant-garde and what Joseph 38 Campbell termed ‘The Power of Myth.’ He
Take a long, strange trip with a rare screening of The Holy Mountain.
is a true one-of-a-kind genius, and his individuality and ceaseless promotion of the notion of radical self-examination merged with an abiding fixation on the absurd and the extreme are a gift to the world.” In years past, it’s been difficult for film buffs to get their paws on a copy. After its famed run at the Waverly Theatre, The Holy Mountain was locked in a vault and removed from circulation due to a bitter feud between Jodorowsky and the film’s distributor. Naturally, the film’s reputation and notoriety grew over those 30 years in hiding. “All most anyone who heard of the film could find of it were a handful of still images, a brief plot synopsis and a few handfuls of reviews by critics lucky enough to have seen it,” Reed recounts. “This was in the pre-internet days, which made it nigh on impossible to even track down such things. It took money and time and diligence to do so, which meant only hardcore, adventurous film enthusiasts and collectors such as myself would even attempt such a task.” And attempt Reed did. About 20 years ago, he nabbed a used Laserdisc copy of the film—the only official home video release it received anywhere in the world at the time. Unfortunately, most of the nudity was censored, as was Japanese custom at the time, and the whole film boasted giant, non-removable Japanese subtitles. “Despite those impediments, it was everything I had hoped it would be and more,” Reed shares. “It was mesmerizing, phantasmagoric, hilarious, confounding,
self-indulgent, violent, grotesque, provocative, beautiful, transformative and, ultimately, unforgettable.” Fans of the film are eager to catch the beautifully restored Holy Mountain on the big screen. If you’ve never seen it, the first viewing is unforgettable. “I first saw it quite by accident,” Muse’s JinHi Soucy Rand recalls. “I was recovering from surgery around thirteen years ago, and was instantly mesmerized. It was unlike anything I had seen before, and there was no telling which way it would go. I kept thinking, ‘This can’t be happening,’ and ‘How did they do this? How did they get away with this?’ Which, I suppose, are all unusual things to say about a film that is ultimately kind of funny and sweet. It may have been my fevered state, but I immediately became obsessed with Jodorowsky, I watched his first three films in this order: The Holy Mountain, Fando et Lis, and then El Topo. All backwards and out of order of production, really. But by doing that I felt that I could see more clearly one artists take on the maturing and vulnerabilities of a man at different ages in his life. I would recommend seeing them and his films since in order.” She thinks the film is a perfect cinematic farewell to Muse. “I think Jim Reed knew this would be a film that I would be thrilled to have shared on our big screen,” she says. “There really are some impossibly beautiful shots. Jim and I have become great friends over the years, and I am a strong supporter and happy member of The Psychotronic Film
Society of Savannah led by Jim. One of the first things I said to him when we started hanging out is, ‘Are you familiar with Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain?’ It may have been one of the initial and lasting things that click with us.” When Rand acquired the Muse space, she knew she wanted to screen unusual, hard-to-come-by films. She immediately called Reed in to create a screening space and show indie films and rare picks. “I would not have been able to bring so many wonderful and important motion pictures to town for special, exclusive engagements were it not for that support, encouragement and co-sponsorship,” Reed says. “Knowing this would be the final film shown in that space, I wanted to not only present something I thought folks would really appreciate having the chance to experience, but something that would also hold personal resonance with myself and Muse’s indefatigable leader JinHi. I wanted to ‘go out with a bang,’ so to speak—and what better way to do that than with one of the greatest examples of both psychedelic and psychotronic cinema ever made?” CS
Psychotronic Film Society of Savannah Presents: The Holy Mountain
Where: Muse Arts Warehouse When: Sunday, January 29, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. (two screenings) Tickets: $10 (includes choice of snack or candy from the concession stand) via brownpapertickets.com
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Michael Keaton delivers a performance that’s among the year’s finest in The Founder
THE FOUNDER
/// Harvey Weinstein, the controversial studio head who’s so skilled at manipulating Oscar voters that he could probably score a Best Actor nomination for that untalented imbecile Rob Schneider if he ever put his mind to it, seems to have taken a rare misstep with The Founder. Releasing films for year-end, one-week runs in Los Angeles to qualify for copious movie prizes is a tried and true tradition, but between reportedly holding those early Founder screenings for a select few insiders and doing nothing to generate any buzz, Weinstein appears to have allowed this one to die on the vine. It’s been a complete no-show during awards season – in fact, according to IMDb, its only mention has been from something called the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, not exactly an outfit that gets plastered across posters and ads. Harvey probably isn’t shedding any tears – The Weinstein Company has a strong Oscar contender in Lion – but it’s a shame The Founder has slipped through the cracks, since star Michael Keaton delivers a performance that’s among the year’s finest. With a script by Robert Siegel, who himself was cheated out of an Oscar nom a few years ago for penning The Wrestler, The Founder doesn’t traffic in hagiographic nonsense as it looks at Ray Kroc, the man famous for making McDonald’s as representative of America as the Statue of Liberty or the U.S. Constitution. Instead, it reveals him to be a thoroughly unpleasant individual, with initial viewer
enthusiasm over his unflagging energy and eye for opportunities eventually swamped by utter disdain for his willingness to stab good people in the back. Ray Kroc has always been championed as the founder of McDonald’s, but those of us who knew little (and cared even less) about fast-food history will perhaps be stunned to learn that he had nothing to do with its conception and initial success. The first restaurant was created by siblings Dick and Mac McDonald (terrific turns by Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch), and they were the ones who came up with the streamlined service, the golden arches, the disposable packaging and (obviously) the name. Kroc’s contribution? Franchising. He’s the one who tirelessly worked to blanket the country with McDonald’s eateries, but to do so, he had to repeatedly go against the brothers’ wishes, including replacing quality milkshakes with powdered products (since the use of real milk and cream was eating too much into the profits). Kroc’s antics land Mac in the hospital, but he isn’t done yet, as he works with a financial wizard (B.J. Novak) with the purpose of breaking his original contract with the brothers, receiving all the profits himself, and working it so the McDonalds can no longer use their own name on their original restaurant. On the homefront, his life is equally blessed, as he ditches the plain-Jane wife (Laura Dern) who supported him over the years for a glamorous woman (Linda Cardellini) he swipes from a trusting business partner (Patrick Wilson). Clearly, for those with any semblance
of a soul, The Founder isn’t the feel-good movie of this (or any) year, but it’s cleareyed and concise – to say nothing of important and informative. Had it gained any traction, it could have been the Wall Street for a new generation.
XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE
// Hardcore porn for action junkies, xXx: Return of Xander Cage should also get a rise out of more casual viewers burned out on Oscar bait and looking for a mindless time at the movies. It’s as ridiculous and over-the-top as the 2002 original that built on star Vin Diesel’s blip of shortlived superstardom, but it improves ever so slightly on its predecessor thanks to a more interesting roster of supporting characters. (I never saw the second film in the series, 2005’s roundly panned, Dieselless xXx: State of the Union.) Samuel L. Jackson is back as the federal agent who first introduced extreme-sports enthusiast Xander Cage (Diesel) to the world of international espionage, although this time, it’s another hard-nosed government operative (Toni Collette) who’s giving Cage his marching orders. The plot involves the attempts to retrieve a deadly object known as Pandora’s Box – a device that turns satellites into bombs – but never mind all that. xXx3 is basically an excuse to show cool people doing cool stunts, and on that level, it largely works. It’s also an excuse to show that the laws of science and logic don’t really matter, particularly in the sequence set inside a damaged airplane (given the absence of
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gravity inside the vessel, did the plane somehow end up in outer space?) or the bit in which a couple of characters surf the waves atop ski-equipped motorcycles. Donnie Yen provides the martial arts mastery, Ruby Rose contributes the smirks, and The Vampire Diaries’ Nina Dobrev donates some nerdy humor. As for Vin Diesel, he’s mainly there to support his own flailing career, which, the Fast & Furious flicks aside, has largely been on life support. Acting like it’s still 2002, Diesel’s Xander Cage allows countless hotties to hang all over his body and partakes in outlandish stunts that would give even James Bond pause. Speaking of 007, there’s even a scene that apes Casino Royale, with a shirtless Xander Cage sauntering out of the ocean. But as my wife muttered as she observed his flabby flesh, “Meh. He’s no Daniel Craig, that’s for sure.”
SILENCE
JAN 25-31, 2017
/// Beginning with his first picture, 1967’s Who’s That Knocking at My Door, Martin Scorsese has often employed cinema as a reflection on his own experiences and beliefs regarding religion. Considering he had planned on becoming a priest before opting to become a filmmaker, this makes perfect sense, and additional musings on the matter can be found in projects as diverse as Mean Streets, Kundun, Bringing Out the Dead and, most magnificently, The Last Temptation of Christ. With Silence, Scorsese again fully turns his attention to the spiritual side, and the result is a movie that’s both disturbing and deeply committed. To be clear, this isn’t a motion picture for those who superficially wear their Christianity like a shiny pinback button, falling for the long con of money-grubbing charlatans like Joel Osteen and believing their devotion to the Lord ends with slapping an ichthys sticker on a car bumper. Instead, Silence is an uncomfortable and unsettling watch, better at generating questions than supplying answers – which, come to think of it, is perhaps the proper outcome for a film of this nature. Set in the 17th century, Silence follows two Portuguese priests, Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Garupe (Adam Driver) as they head to Japan to search for their mentor, Father Ferreira (Liam Neeson). Having had some initial success with converting the locals to Christianity, the Church is rattled by the fact that Japanese authorities are now forcing all of the Jesuit priests and their followers to denounce their faith or face torture and execution. The word is that Ferreira has apostatized, a rumor that Rodrigues and Garupe refuse to believe. Seeking to discover what really has happened to Ferreira, the two holy 40 men are encouraged by the pockets of
Japanese peasants who continue to serve God in silence yet aghast at the widespread atrocities being committed by the Buddhists intent on turning back the Western influence. Adapting Shusako Endo’s 1966 novel, Scorsese and scripter Jay Cocks (the former film critic who also co-wrote the director’s Gangs of New York and The Age of Innocence) have crafted a film packed to the breaking point with thorny issues. Of course, there’s the basic debate over the whole matter of proselytizing in foreign territories, but the picture also looks more specifically at whether innocent laypeople are actually dying to appease God or to appease the priests. Scorsese and Cocks prefer to keep the queries percolating, only succumbing to obviousness – and, thanks to an ill-advised Heavenly voiceover, unfairness – during the final stretch of this 160-minute undertaking. Garfield, all wrong as the amazing Spider-Hipster in his pair of so-so superhero ventures, follows up his strong work in Hacksaw Ridge with an equally intense performance in this picture. Those expecting a co-starring role for Driver, however, will be disappointed with his comparatively brief screen time. Among the Japanese actors, Issei Ogata is particularly memorable as Inoue, the cunning and cruel Inquisitor who engages in frequent debates with Father Rodrigues about the impracticality of bringing Christianity to his homeland. Indeed, these conversations are among the highlights of a flawed but fascinating endeavor likely to leave viewers as divided as those Red Sea waters of yore.
LIVE BY NIGHT
// “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” That classic line is uttered by Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in 1990’s The Godfather: Part III, but truthfully, it can easily be muttered by any audience member who happens to catch Live by Night, Ben Affleck’s warmed-over plate of gangland goulash. Live by Night marks Affleck’s first project in the director’s chair since his 2012 Best Picture Oscar winner Argo, and he also tackles the roles of writer, producer and star. The movie is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, and that largely explains its appeal to Affleck, whose first (and, by my reckoning, best) film as director was 2007’s excellent adaptation of Lehane’s Gone Baby Gone. But Affleck’s literary loyalty comes at a price, since Live by Night emerges as the weakest of his four directorial at-bats to date. Technically, the picture can’t be faulted: It’s a gorgeous production, meticulously put together by a team of seasoned Hollywood vets. This assemblage includes cinematographer Robert Richardson, who
frames the saga in expansive and immaculate ways that seek to enhance the mythmaking (Richardson won a trio of Oscars for similar approaches on Hugo, The Aviator and JFK). Only in this case, the text can’t keep pace with the illustrations. There’s nothing inherently wrong with the story, which centers on Joe Coughlin (Affleck), a Boston mobster who’s sent to Tampa to oversee operations and finds himself tangling with rival gangsters as well as the local Ku Klux Klan. But there’s also little that’s fresh, with Affleck dutifully following a dog-eared playbook that’s been in rotation since the days when James Cagney would periodically gun down Humphrey Bogart. Select vignettes add some flavor — a sit-down with a Klan flunky leads to an extremely satisfying denouement — but nothing can overcome the implausibility of its leading character, a guy who seems entirely too sweet to be involved in such a nasty business. Affleck brings his usual stoicism (the less charitable would say rigidity) to the role, but that only adds to the dilemma. It’s hard to accept this brooding anti-hero as one of the GoodFellas when there’s an unshakable feeling that he’s apt to whip out his Batman threads at any given moment.
HIDDEN FIGURES
/// While the white men at NASA were busy figuring out the challenges of managing outer space, the black women assisting them also had to worry about the challenges of managing office space. That’s the crux of Hidden Figures, a breezy and inspiring film about three intelligent ladies having to contend with both sexism and racism as they became personally involved in the Space Race that found the U.S. competing with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s nonfiction book, Hidden Figures places Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) at the forefront, relating how she was tapped for her skills as a mathematician to help NASA’s Space Task Group (headed by Kevin Costner’s tough but fair director) crunch the numbers needed to successfully send astronaut John Glenn (winningly played by Glen Powell) into space and have him safely return to Earth. As Katherine copes with prejudice on various fronts, her best friends and colleagues Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) are having equal difficulty in finding ways to advance in a society that frowns disapprovingly upon their skin color. Clearly, these women are going to overcome all manner of adversity and emerge triumphant, so – as is often the case – the pleasure is not in the destination but in the journey.
A MONSTER CALLS
// Superior to The BFG but inferior to Pete’s Dragon, A Monster Calls is the latest release to detail the relationship between a young child and a fantastical creature. Unfortunately, it often skews closer to the calculated artifice of the Spielberg dud rather than the emotional honesty of the Disney remake, spinning a tale about a lonely British lad named Conor (Lewis MacDougall) whose mother (Felicity Jones) is dying of cancer. Coping with bullies at school and a crotchety grandmother (Sigourney Weaver) at home, Conor eventually receives a nocturnal visit from the talking tree that lives up on the hill. No, it’s not Treebeard from the Tolkien franchise but rather an ancient yew that sounds just like Liam Neeson when he delivers that great “particular set of skills” speech from Taken. The tree informs Conor that he will tell him three stories in exchange for Conor speaking his “truth” – a “truth” that becomes painfully obvious long before the fade-out. Individual scenes crackle with flavor, but nearly as many segments turn out heavy-handed, with director J.A. Bayona (yet to top his debut feature, the Spanish horror yarn The Orphanage) more interested in carefully arranged sets and thundering effects than in anything more empathic. It’s hard to become completely invested in a movie about holding onto life when its creators are so focused on artdirecting it to death.
FENCES
/// Stage-to-screen adaptations often fail to expand in ways that take advantage of cinema’s limitless potential, meaning viewers are often left with what’s little more than a filmed play. For the most part, Fences, based on August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, falls into that camp, with director Denzel Washington doing very little to fill the parameters of the big screen. Yet sometimes the material is simply too strong to be crippled by a lack of celluloid dazzle. Reprising their roles from the 2010 Broadway revival, Washington and Viola Davis are nothing short of remarkable as Troy and Rose Maxson, living in 1950s Pittsburgh and dealing with issues involving family, infidelity and dashed dreams. Washington remains so faithful to Wilson (who passed away in 2005, at the age of 60) and his text that he even credits the screenplay solely to the playwright. Between the power of the prose and the potency of the performances, Fences easily earns its screen cred. CS
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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. Lecture: Iran, the US, and the Future of the Nuclear Deal The Savannah Council on World Affairs presents this lecture by J. Matthew McInnis. $10 for non-members Thu., Jan. 26, 8 p.m. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. One of the Guys Guys, have you found yourself in a social rut, or just have a need for the art of conversation? Make a change in 2016. The past decade a diverse group of guys have been getting together about every two weeks to share dinner and opinions on just about any topic. No membership requirements or dues. Just an open mind and willingness to expand your friendship base. For more information visit us on Facebook at Savannah Men’s Club, or if you prefer, email details/questions to savannahmensclub@gmail.com. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown. Saturdays with Alderwoman
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22 New Mexico’s official neckwear 23 American Revolutionary patriot Silas 24 Shine 25 Places to buy Indian string instruments? 27 “I ___ robot, beep boop beep” (unusually common impersonation of a robot) 30 Tucker who sang “Delta Dawn” 32 Company with a duck mascot 34 Vague 36 At ___ (puzzled) 37 Like a clogged dryer vent Down 41 “Go forward! Move ahead!” 1 “Unbelievable” band of 1991 song 2 Wrestler-turned-B-movie-actor 44 Couturier Cassini Johnson 46 Cleopatra’s undoer 3 Yes, in Yokohama 47 Removes, as an opponent’s 4 How files were often stored, spine in “Mortal Kombat” before the cloud 49 ___ dragon (world’s largest 5 Bangalore wrap lizard) 6 Part of the NRA 51 Business bigwig 7 Crossword puzzler’s dir. 52 Mad as hell 8 Places where one may tip for 54 Others, in Spanish getting tips 57 Author unknown, for short 9 It’s visible on cold days 59 Comes to a close 10 “O.K.” from Tom Sawyer 62 Got into a stew? 11 Special appearance by a 63 “___ Action: It’s FANtastic” Chevrolet muscle car? (old slogan) 12 Emulate The Dude 64 Musical ability 13 State with the most counties 65 “___ the season ...” 18 Gives confirmation kitchen setup) 53 “King ___” (Jackson moniker) 55 “Ring Around the Rosie” flower 56 Paper crane art 58 Makes a knot 60 B-movie piece 61 Team of nine that doesn’t draw, dance, or play an instrument? 66 Beehive State college athlete 67 “___ Joy” 68 Home of the Burj Khalifa 69 “WKRP” character Nessman 70 Tissue masses 71 Rating system basis, often
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Are you a student living fabulously in a studio apartment or a creative with an efficient yet stylish workspace? Maybe you’re renewing your space after Hurricane Matthew, decorating your home for the holidays for the first time, or just want to share the character & charm of your historical home? Whatever your space, Vignette Savannah would love to feature you. Vignette Savannah is a web presence that features the most creative and eclectic living, leisure, and work spaces in Savannah. Tell us about yours at vignettesavannah@ gmail.com, and check us out in the weeks to come at vignettesavannah.com. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown. Call for Jesus-Yeshua Production Club and Video Crew Contact Brenda Lee at 912-236-3156 or at revbrendalee@yahoo.com for more information. ongoing. Online only, none. 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
$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-old. ongoing. (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@savannahga. gov.
Classes, Camps & Workshops
AcroYoga Jam AcroYoga is a fun and exciting practice that combines yoga and partner acrobatics. All levels welcome. Jams are playtime where people are encouraged to play with everyone present. Jams are not classes. Attendees will be helpful, friendly, and even instruct you. $5 Sat., Jan. 28, 5-7 p.m. 912.536.3117. https://facebook. com/events/371928553168852/. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. Aerial Silk Classes Try something different this year by improving your strength and flexibility all while suspended from aerial silk fabric. All levels, all ages, and all beginners welcome. Class will go over basics and provide challenges for those more advanced. Classes every Friday. Fri., Jan. 27, 5:30-7 p.m. 954.682.5694. Elyse. theSTUDIO@yahoo.com. thestudiosav. net/schedule.html. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. Alternative Pathway to Teaching Do you have a Bachelor’s degree and a desire to teach? If so, the “Alternative Pathways to Teaching” session will explain the GA certification rules so you will understand what is required to teach in Georgia. Ernie Lee, the 2016 Georgia Teacher of the Year and the 2016 SCCPSS Teacher of the Year, will share why he decided to become a second career teacher after a successful career as an attorney. There will be four sessions at 8am, noon, 4pm, and 6pm. Free Fri., Jan. 27, 8-10 a.m. 912-395-1142. heather. bilton@sccpss.com. teachsavannah.com. Whitney Administrative Complex (School Board), 2 Laura Avenue. 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 912-6671056. 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. continues on p. 44
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happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com. The Caregiver Crisis and How Religious Communities can Help The panel will be facilitated by Dr. Leisa Easom, Executive Director of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, and will include Rev. Thurmond Tillman of First African Baptist Church, retired U.S. Army and hospice chaplain Jeff Hartman, Congregation Mickve Israel’s Rabbi Robert Haas, Buckingham South’s Executive Director Ms. Rita Slatus, and Sister Donna Marie Coward, pastoral care chaplain for St. Joseph’s/Candler. Fri., Jan. 27, noon. 912-629-1080. hospicesavannah.org/
annual-lecture-series. Mercer Auditorium, Hoskins Building, Mercer University School of Medicine, 1250 East 66th Street. Champions Training Center Offering a variety of classes and training in mixed martial arts, jui-jitsu, judo and other disciplines for children and adults. All skill levels. 525 Windsor Rd. 912-349-4582. ctcsavannah.com. Chinese Language Classes The Confucius Institute at Savannah State University offers free Chinese language classes starting January 17. To register, please call 912-358-3160. ongoing. 912-3583160. confuciusinstitute@savannahstate. edu. savannahstate.edu. savstate.edu/.
Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Clay Classes Savannah Clay Studio at Beaulieu offers handbuilding, sculpture, and handmade tiles, basic glazing and firing. 912-351-4578. sav.. claystudio@gmail.com. Boating Classes Classes on boat handling, boating safety and navigation offered by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. See website or call to register. 912897-7656. savannahaux.com. 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
Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Westward Ho! is the name of a village in southwestern England. Its name is impressive because of the exclamation point. But it’s not as dramatic as that of the only town on earth with two exclamation points: Saint-Louis-duHa! Ha!, which is in Quebec. I invite you Aries folks to be equally daring. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you have a cosmic mandate and poetic license to cram extra !!!!s into all your writing and speaking, and even add them to the spelling of your name! Why? Because this should be one of the most exciting and ebullient phases of your astrological cycle -- a time to risk showing just how enthusiastic and energetic you are!!!!!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
The New York Film Critics Circle named Casey Affleck the Best Actor of the year for his role in the film *Manchester by the Sea.* In his acceptance speech at the award ceremony, Affleck gave a dramatic reading of quotes by David Edelstein, a prominent critic who has criticized his work. “Mumbly and mulish,” was one of Edelstein’s jabs about Affleck. “Doesn’t have a lot of variety,” was another. A third: “Whenever I see Affleck’s name in a movie’s credits, you can expect a standard, genre B picture -- slowed down and tarted up.” I suspect that in the coming weeks, Taurus, you may get a vindication comparable to Affleck’s. I suggest you have wicked fun with it, as he did.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
The roulette wheels at casinos in Monaco have 37 pockets. Eighteen are black, 18 are red, and one is green. On any particular spin, the ball has just less than half a chance of landing in a red or black pocket. But there was one night back in August of 1913, at the Casino de Monte-Carlo, when probability seemed inoperative. The little white ball kept landing on the black over and over again. Gamblers responded by increasingly placing heavy bets on red numbers. They assumed the weird luck would soon change. But it didn’t until the 27th spin. (The odds of that happening were 136,823,184 to 1.) What does this have to do with you? I suspect you’re in a comparable situation -- the equivalent of about 20 spins into an improbable streak. My advice: Don’t bet on the red yet.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22)
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Born to a religious mother on July 8, 1839, John D. Rockefeller amassed a fortune in the oil industry. Even in comparison to modern billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, he’s the richest American who ever lived. “God gave me the money,” he said on numerous occasions. Now I’m going to borrow the spirit of Rockefeller’s motto for your use, Cancerian. Why? Because it’s likely you will be the recipient of blessings that prompt you to wonder if
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, ---. Divas & Pumps: Adult Heels Dance Class Divas & Pumps is a dance class teaching walks, struts, freestyles, and choreography to hits by our favorite Divas. Come get your life every Wednesday at 7:30. $15 Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. 323-5391760. DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL. COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/. Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068
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the Divine Wow is involved. One of these may indeed be financial in nature. (P.S.: Such boons are even more likely to transpire if you’re anchored in your sweet, dark wisdom and your holy, playful creativity.)
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
What influence do you need most in your life right now? Are you suffering because you lack a particular kind of help or teaching? Would you benefit from having a certain connection that you have not yet figured out how to make? Is there a person or event that could heal you if you had a better understanding about how you need to be healed? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get useful answers to these questions -- and then take action based on what you discover.
I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will be afforded opportunities to bend the rules in ways that could make life simpler, more pleasurable, and more successful -- or all of the above. To help you deal with the issue of whether these deviations would have integrity, I offer you these questions: Would bending the rules serve a higher good, not just your selfish desires? Is there an approach to bending the rules that may ultimately produce more compassionate results than not bending the rules? Could you actually get away with bending the rules, both in the sense of escaping punishment and also in the sense of being loyal to your own conscience?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
The next two weeks will be a favorable time to kiss the feet of helpful allies, but not to kiss the butts of clever manipulators. I also advise you to perform acts of generosity for those who will use your gifts intelligently, but not for those who will waste your blessings or treat you like a doormat. Here’s my third point: Consider returning to an old fork in the road where you made a wrong turn, and then making the correct turn this time. But if you do, be motivated by bright hope for a different future rather than by sludgy remorse for your error. In the beginning was the wild cabbage. Our ancestors found that it had great potential as food, and proceeded to domesticate it. Over the centuries, they used selective breeding to develop many further variations on the original. Kale and kohlrabi were the first to appear. By the 15th century, cauliflower had been created. Broccoli came along a hundred years later, followed by Brussels sprouts. Today there are at least 20 cultivars whose lineage can be traced back to the wild cabbage. In my astrological opinion, you Libras are in a wild cabbage phase of your longterm cycle. In the coming months you can and should do seminal work that will ultimately generate an abundance of useful derivatives.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
In 1733, workers finished building the New Cathedral in Salamanca, Spain. But if you go there today, you will see two seemingly modern elements on one facade: carvings of a helmeted astronaut and of a gargoyle licking an ice cream cone. These two characters were added by craftsmen who did renovations on the cathedral in 1992. I offer this vignette as metaphor for your life, Scorpio. It’s a favorable time to upgrade and refine an old structure in your life. And if you do take advantage of this opening, I
I don’t necessarily guarantee that you will acquire paranormal powers in the coming weeks. I’m not saying that you will be able to foretell the future or eavesdrop on conversations from a half-mile away or transform water into whiskey-flavored coffee. But I do suspect that you will at least tap further into a unique personal ability that has been mostly just potential up until now. Or you may finally start using a resource that has been available for a long time. For best results, open your imagination to the possibility that you possess dormant magic. A London-based think tank does an annual study to determine which of the world’s countries offers the most freedom. The Legatum Institute measures indicators like civil liberties, social tolerance, and the power to choose one’s destiny. The current champion is Luxembourg. Canada is in second place. France is 22nd, the U.S. is 26th, and Italy 27th. Since I’m hoping you will markedly enhance your own personal freedom in the coming months, you might want to consider moving to Luxembourg. If that’s not an option, what else could you do? The time is ripe to hatch your liberation plans.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
I love to see dumpsters that have been decorated by graffiti artists. Right now there’s one by the side of a busy road that I often drive down. Its drab gray exterior has been transformed into a splash of cartoon images and scripts. Amidst signatures that look like “Riot Goof” and “Breakfast Toys” and “Sky Blooms,” I can discern a ninja rhinoceros and a gold-crowned jaguar and an army of flying monkeys using squirt guns to douse a forest fire. I suspect it’s a perfect time to for you to be inspired by this spectacle, Pisces. What dumpster-like situation could you beautify?
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Hodgson Memorial Dr. 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. 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. Open Fire Cooking Time Participants should come with an appetite because they will be preparing and consuming scrumptious food throughout the day, along with learning such things as choosing and care of cast iron cookware, firewood selection and storage, cooking techniques, recipes and other topics. $45/$25 Sat., Jan. 28, 9 a.m. 912-395-1500. annie.quinting@sccpss.com. oatlandisland. org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. 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 at the John Delaware Center. Both classes starts at 6:30. Lamont Hunter, the founder of the Savannah Show Stoppers, is the continues on p. 46
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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. Samba Savannah Drumming Workshop Learn Afro-Brazilian rhythms with drumming instructor Andrew Hartzell. All ages. $10 Sundays, 2:30 p.m. starlandiasupply.com. Starlandia Creative Supply, 2438 Bull Street. Sass & Swag Adult Hip Hop Sass & Swag is a high energy, adult hip hop dance class. Learn hip hop grooves you can take to any party or club, and learn a choreographed routine to today’s hottest hits. Mondays at 7:30 pm. $15 Mondays, 7:30 p.m. 323-5391760. DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL. COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/. Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Savannah Traffick Jam Learn about human trafficking and how to end it. Sat., Jan. 28, 9 a.m. savstate.edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Self-Defense Classes This training features practical, safe, enjoyable training activities such as role playing and situation exercises that will help you develop situational awareness, learn to de-escalate confrontations, and reduce your chance of injury if attacked. Classes are based on the Practical Defensive Arts training system. Appropriate for all ages. No prior experience needed. Wear loose clothing and tennis shoes. $10/class, $20 for all four classes Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. 912-704-8726. salsasavannah.com. salsasavannah.com. Salsa Savannah Studio, 428 Bull Street. Youth Aerial Silk Classes Come fly with us and take your practice to new heights. Improve strength and flexibility to flow through poses, all while suspended from silk fabric. Classes every Friday. Limited space, please pre-register online Fri., Jan. 27, 4:30-5:30 p.m. 954.682.5694. elyse.theSTUDIO@yahoo.com. thestudiosav. net/schedule.html. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. Youth and Teen Aerial Silk 46 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. Youth Conservation Summit The summit, one of several taking place across the country, empowers middle and high school students with the knowledge and skills necessary to implement ocean conservation projects in their communities. Sat., Jan. 28. ewoodward@uga.edu. UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, 30 Ocean Science Circle. Youth Leadership Session: Continuing the Legacy of W.W. Law Part of the Savannah Black Heritage Festival. Sat., Jan. 28, 11 a.m. Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, 460 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
Food & Drink Events
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 en Six Preparations for $8, $8 1/2 dozen raw oysters, and more. Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 5-7 p.m.. 912-721-0595. holycityhospitality.com/39-rue-de-jeansavannah/promotions/. holycityhospitality. com/39-rue-de-jean-savannah/. 39 Rue de Jean, 605 W Oglethorpe Ave. Honey Tasting and Body Care Samples + Store Tour Daily honey tastings and body care demonstrations. Come see honeybees in the observation hive or call 912.629.0908 to schedule a tour of the Bee Garden. Garden
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tour available March through October. $3 per person. Must call ahead. Free MondaysFridays, 10 a.m.. 912-234-0688. jessie@ savannahbee.com. Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Industry Night at Southbound Brewing Co. Bring in proof of service industry employment (pay stub or biz card), military ID or Gulfstream badge and receive 10% off your tours & tastings admission. Admission includes six 6 ounce samples, a guided tour and a souvenir 6 pack of one of our year round beers OR Southbound koozie. $15 | 10% off with industry ID 912-6670033. natalie@southboundbrewingco.com. southboundbrewingco.com/southbound/ service-industry-night. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. Ogeechee Riverkeeper Oyster Roast Ogeechee Riverkeeper hosts an oyster roast with both gulf and local oysters, beer by Southern Eagle Distributing, and live music by Chuck Courtenay. $30 advance, $35 day of Fish Tales at Ft. McAllister Marina, 3203 Ft. McAllister Rd. Prepare Sunday Suppers at Union Mission Local organizations are invited to sign up to prepare Sunday Supper for people who are homeless and live at Union Mission’s shelters for homeless people. Groups must sign up in advance and bring/prepare a meal, beginning at 2pm on Sundays. Call for information. ongoing. 912-236-7423. Savannah Skatepark Pint Night Green Truck will be featuring drafts from one of their favorite craft breweries: Brooklyn Brewery and donating $1 for every draft. Green Truck will also match personal donations made to the Savannah Skatepark. greentruckpub.com. Green Truck Pub, 2430 Habersham St. Tybee Island Farmers Market Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, granola, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. The market is non-smoking and pet friendly. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com. Stephen Johnson, 206 Miller Ave. Wine Sampling Sample the variety of wines Lucky’s Market has to offer. luckysmarket.com/ savannah-ga/. Lucky’s Market, 5501 Abercorn St.
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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
Abolition in the South: The Virginia Debate and Its Consequences Presented by Dr. Christopher Curtis of Armstrong State University. Part of Senior Citizens, Inc.’s winter lecture series. $6 Wed., Jan. 25, 1:30 p.m. seniorcitizens-inc.org. Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St. Lecture: Women in Conflict: Constructing Identity in the Twentieth Century during Dictatorship and War Drawing from distinct historical moments and settings, Hapsatou Wane, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, and Allison Scardino Belzer, Associate Professor of History, will explore how women writers respond to political and military conflict. Free and open to the public Thu., Jan. 26, 6:30 p.m. Armstrong Center, Armstrong State University, 13040 Abercorn Street.
Pets & Animals
Low Cost Pet Clinic TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm. Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. ongoing. tailsspin.com. tailsspin. com. TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Habersham St., Habersham Village. Operation New Hope Operation New Hope allows inmates to train unadoptable dogs from the Humane Society for Greater Savannah. The goals of the program are to decrease the recidivism rate among Chatham County inmates, help inmates learn a new skill, and help previously unadoptable dogs find loving homes. The graduated dogs are available for adoption can be viewed at www.humansocietvsav.org, and www. chathamsheriff.org. Operation New Hope is funded by the Humane Society and community donations. ongoing. chathamsheriff.org. humanesocietysav.org/. Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr.
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EXPERIENCED SEAMSTRESS NEEDED at Kim’s Custom Tailoring. Call 912-355-4030 or 912-308-8285 FULL-TIME SALESPERSON FOR NURSERY: Looking for energetic, dependable and creative individual to join our staff. Plant knowledge necessary and good customer skills. Apply in person: Savannah’s Secret Gardens, 5657 Ogeechee Road.
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Hiring for Daily Construction Position. Incentives for Coworker Transport. Competitive Wages. PAID DAILY! Call 912-965-9120
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We are currently hiring experienced warehouse workers to unload containers in the Savannah, GA area. This is an incentive based position with a guaranteed base, but we have many employees earning upwards of $12-$18/hour based upon productivity. We can work with your schedule. Please contact Yvonne James at: 5 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd, Suite 140 Savannah, GA 31406 Phone: 912-433-6555 Email: yjames@3plworx.com www.my3pljob.com
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815 W. 47th Street: 2BR/1BA Apt. Appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookup, hardwood floors, dimmer lighting, carpet $675/month. 912-228-4630 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm www. bnetmanagement.com WE ACCEPT SECTION 8 *For Qualified Applicants with 1+ years on Job.* 1BR UNFURNISHED APT. FOR RENT. No appliances. Located in Hudson Hill area, West Savannah. $350/month, $350/deposit. Call 912-398-8320 2207 BULLOCH ST. 2BR, 1 Bath Apt. LR, kitchen. $375/month. Call 912-354-0869
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DJB Real Estate LLC 421 WILSHIRE: 4BR/2 bath, living room, kit/dining combo, w/d conn, A/C, total electric. $1,250/ monthly, $1,250/deposit. 920 EAST 32ND: 2BR/1 bath, living room, kitchen/dining combo, AC/ heat, W/D conn. $850/monthly, $850/deposit. Also new furniture for sale. Call 912-596-4954
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DUPLEX: 1219 East 53rd Street. 2BR/1BA $590/month plus $590/deposit. Two blocks off Waters Avenue, close to Daffin Park. Call 912-335-3211 or email adamrealstate@gmail.com. Days/ Nights/Weekends.
SPECIAL! 11515 White Bluff Rd. 1BR/1BA, all electric, equipped kitchen, W/D connection. Convenient to Armstrong College. $695/ per month, $300/deposit.
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DUPLEX: 1219 East 55th Street. 2BR/1BA $590/month plus $590/deposit. Two blocks off Waters Avenue, close to Daffin Park. Call 912-335-3211 or email VERY NICE HOUSES FOR RENT adamrealstate@gmail.com. Days/ *210 Croatan St: 3BR//1BA, CH/A, furnished kitchen $950/month. Nights/Weekends. *5621 Betty Drive: 2BR/1BA $740/ Great Rental! 3612 Duane Court. month. 2 Bedroom/1 Bath, 2nd Floor, *Nassau Woods, C37: 2BR/2BA new paint, new flooring, CH/A, $740/month. Call 912-631-7644, all-electric. $695/Month, $695 912-507-7934 or 912-927-2853 Deposit. Call 912-655-4303 (No calls after 9pm) House for Rent: 803 Jamestowne Road, Savannah, GA 31419. 3BR/1.5 Baths. $1000/month plus deposit. Available Jan. 9th. 912596-1149, 912-713-4990 or 912484-3852
LOVELY 1BR APT. $500/ Month + Deposit
216 West 39th Street. Call 912657-0458 or 912-921-1774
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2 & 3BR, 1 Bath Apts. Newly Renovated, hardwood floors, carpet, ceiling fans, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $625-$795/month for 2bdrs and $735-$895/month for 3bdrs.
912-228-4630 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm www. bnetmanagement.com WE ACCEPT SECTION 8 *For Qualified Applicants with 1+ years on Job.* SECTION 8 WELCOME *55 S. Parkwood: 3BR/2BA $1,075 *2220 Mason: 4BR/1.5BA $1,100. *1518 Grove St. 3BR/1BA $800. *34-1/2 Altman Cir. 1BR/1BA $600.
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WINDSOR FOREST HOME Available Now! 3BR/1.5BA, family room has been used as 4th BR, CH&A, New range, New ceramic floor in kitchen, Ceiling fans throughtout. Wood laminate floors. Nice interior paint, energy efficient windows and sliding doors. Conveniently located. $899/month, $939/security deposit. Military or Police Discount. NO SECTION 8, NO SMOKING PLEASE. Call 912-920-1936
Commercial Property for Rent FOR LEASE - MIDWAY, GA 7500 sf building. $1500.00 per month. Ideal for hardware, thrift, or medical facility. Call 706-914-5051
Room for Rent ROOMS FOR RENT $75 MOVE-IN SPECIAL ON 2ND WEEK Clean, large, furnished. Busline, cable, utilities, central heat/air. $100-$130/weekly. Rooms with bath $145. Call 912-289-0410. *Paycheck stub or Proof of income and ID required.
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Westside / Eastside Savannah: 37th, 38th, & 42nd Streets. Adult Living. Furnished, all utilities incl. Washer/Dryer on premises, cable TV, WiFi/ Internet. $130-$200/weekly. Requirements: Pay stubs/ID. Call 912-677-0271
ROOMS FOR RENT - Ages 40 & better. $150 weekly. No deposit. Furnished rooms. All utilities included. On Busline. Call 912-844-5995 SAVANNAH’S HOUSE OF GRACE
SENIOR LIVING AT IT’S BEST FOR AGES 50 & BETTER Shared community living for full functioning seniors ages 50 & above. Nice comfortable living at affordable rates. Shared kitchen & bathroom. All bedrooms have central heating/air and cable. Bedrooms are fully furnished and private. Make this community one you will want to call home. SAVANNAH’S HOUSE OF GRACE also has community housing with its own private bath. Different rates apply. Income must be verifiable. We accept gov. vouchers. Prices starting at $550.
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SHARED LIVING for age 40 & older. Furnished room, CH/A, cable. Shared bath, kitchen and common area. $160 & Up (utilities included). Safe environment. ID/ Proof of income required. 912308-5455
SHARED LIVING: Fully Furnished Apts. Ages 40 & better. $170 weekly. No deposit. All utilities included. Call 912-844-5995 SINGLE, Family Home w/ Room for Rent: Furnished, includes utilities, central heat/air, Comcast cable, washer/dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen & bath. Shared Kitchen & bath. Call 912963-7956, leave message
Roommate Wanted ROOMMATE: $125 & Up. Private bath, Spa, Cable TV, Internet, CH/A, Washer/Dryer, Kitchen, Clean & Safe. 24-Hour surveillance, Busline, Near grocery store. 912401-1961
Automotive Cars/Trucks/Vans FENDER BENDER ?? Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.
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2 ROOMS FOR RENT in house, Brick, Block, Concrete, Stucco, Pooler, GA. Each Room $150/per Brick Paving, Grading, Clearing, week. Call 912-414-9354 etc., New & Repair Work. Call Michael Mobley, 912-631-0306
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DUPLEX: 1115 East 53rd Street. 2BR/1BA $590/month plus $590/deposit. Two blocks off Waters Avenue, close to Daffin Park. Call 912-335-3211 or email adamrealstate@gmail.com. Days/ Nights/Weekends.
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