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Harvey offers winter whimsy for the whole family

COLLECTIVE FACE GOES DOWN

THE RABBIT HOLE

VIRGIN ISLANDS

FUNDRAISER

City Budget

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Christmas CONCERT

EAST END PROVISIONS

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Caleb Johnson Friday, December 1st Girls Night Out! Saturday, December 9th The Last Resort Saturday, December 16th The Steppin’ Stones with The High Divers Thursday, January 11, 2018 Cole Swindell with Morgan Evans Friday, January 12, 2018 Whose Streets?

Saturday, January 13, 2018 Whose Streets?

Monday, January 15, 2018 P.O.D. - Alien Ant Farm, PowerFlo, Fire From The Gods Friday, January 19, 2018

Blues Traveler with Special Guest Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Saving Abel with Special Guest Thursday, February 22, 2018 Blue Oyster Cult with Special Guest Friday, February 23, 2018 Corey Smith with Special Guest Friday, March 16, 2018

Mike + The Mechanics Starring Mike Rutherford of Genesis Friday, March 23, 2018

The Stage On Bay with The Savannah Jaycees Present

A Holiday Benefit Concert

Caleb Johnson with Special Guest

Friday, December 1st

Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm

Girls Night Out The Show

Saturday, December 9th

Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm

The Last Resort

The Best of the Eagles Saturday, December 16th

Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:30 pm

The Steppin’ Stones with The High Divers Thursday, January 11th

Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm

Down HomeTour 2018

Cole Swindell with Morgan Evans

1200 W. Bay Street, Savannah Tickets On Sale @ www.stageonbay.com or Buy At the Door!

Friday, January 12th

Doors: 6:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm

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A Lighthouse Christmas SAT 12.2

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Travel back through time and experience the sights and customs of Christmas at the Tybee Island Light Station in the days of out last Lighthouse Keeper and his family.

This quaint depiction of holiday cheer in the 1930’s and 40’s illustrates the traditions of a simpler time by a small family whose closest, and sometimes only, neighbors were the military families of Fort Screven.

6:30-7:30, 7:30-8:30 & 8:30-9:30 p.m.

Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. $15 adults, $10 children 5-17 (Children 4 and under free 912-786-5801.

Enmarket Savannah Bridge Run SAT 12.2

Each year, thousands run and walk the 5K, 10K and Double Pump (a combined 5K and 10K) over the Talmadge Memorial Bridge. A portion of proceeds benefit Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion at St Joseph’s/Candler. Registration closes at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 29. There is no registration at the event.

8 a.m.

Hutchinson Island savannahbridgerun.com

11.30-12.2

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Arbor Ardor

Featuring trees by a variety of local artists. Gallery profits will benefit the Savannah Tree Foundation, and the Savannah Philharmonic Choir will be performing holiday favorites.

5 p.m.

Location Gallery at Austin Hill Realty, 417 Whitaker St.

Roots Up Grand Opening

Roots Up’s reopening in the new space includes a raffle for a special piece from the gallery collection.

5 p.m.

Roots Up Gallery, 6 E. Liberty Street.

Theatre: A Christmas Carol

FEFC Youth Ensemble Theater presents Charles Dickens’ timeless ‘A Christmas Carol’ to welcome the holiday season.

Thurs.-Sat., 7:30p.m. $15 adults; $7 children 12 and under 912-472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org. tybeeposttheater.org

FRIDAY 12. 1 Christmas on the River

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year on the river.

Fri.-Sun, all day River Street Free

Creative Innerfacing

Theatre: A Christmas Carol

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THURSDAY 11.30

FEFC Youth Ensemble Theater presents Charles Dickens’ timeless “A Christmas Carol” to welcome the holiday season. Dickens tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. $15 adults; $7 children 12 and under Tybee Post Theatre

This benefit for St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, includes runway modeling from five designers, music from local musicians, and a kundalini yoga class.

4-11 p.m.

B Historic Hotel, 320 Montgomery St. $45

First Friday Fireworks

Celebrate the end of the week and the beginning of a new month with First Friday Fireworks, presented by Wet Willie’s. first Friday of every month, 9:30 p.m.

Rousakis Plaza, River St. Free info@riverstreetsavannah.com

First Friday for Folk Music

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

by Tom Cooler.

December’s performers are Chris Desa and Clark Byron. 7:30 p.m.

First Presbyterian, 520 Washington Ave. $5 donation 912-484-3936. savannahfolk.org

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First Friday in Starland

Ron White

The cigar smoking, Scotch drinking funnyman from the “Blue Collar Comedy” phenomenon makes his return to Savannah with his new stand-up show.

7 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 W. Oglethorpe Lights On for Tybee $46-56 Mayor Jason Buelterman will light Tybee’s savannahcivic.com Christmas tree downtown. After, the Tybee Diane Cantor Book Signing Arts Performing Society will sing.

Diane Cantor signs copies of her new 6:30 p.m.

Tybee Roundabout, Tybrisa Street and Strand book, “When Nighttime Shadows Fall.”

1 p.m.

Little Roy and Lizzy Long E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St. The dynamic duo of Little Roy and Lizzy Eclipse 6 Long take the stage.

Vocal group with explosive sound, driving 8 p.m. rhythms, and lush harmonies.

Randy Wood Guitars, 1304 East Hwy. 80.

8 p.m.

Sulfur Studios Street Fair & Art Mars Theatre, 109 S. Laurel Street.

Market $30 Come hang out in the street during Enmarket Savannah Bridge Run December First Friday on 39th Street.

Enjoy art vendors, live music, live painting, Including a kids run, a 5k and a 10k.

8 a.m. caroling, and food trucks.

Hutchinson Island 6 p.m. savannahbridgerun.com Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. free and open to the public

Theatre: A Charlie Brown Christmas

The Savannah Children’s Theatre presents this Christmas classic.

Fri. 7 p.m., Sat. & Sun. 3 p.m.

Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E Victory $20 adults, $15 children, seniors, military savannahchildrenstheatre.org

Theatre: Harvey

The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble present Harvey. Elwood P. Dowd insists on including his friend Harvey in all of his sister Veta’s social gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary six-and-a-half-foottall rabbit.

Fri. & Sat, 8 p.m. & Sun., 3 p.m.

Kennedy Fine Arts Building, Savannah State University, 3219 College St. $25 collectiveface.org

SATURDAY 12. 2 Art on River Street

Film: United States of Love

CinemaSavannah presents this Polish film. In the year 1990, Poland is experiencing its first year of liberation from the Soviet rule, and the four women feel it’s time to change their lives as well.

5:30 & 8 p.m.

S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, 9 West Henry. $8, cash only

Forsyth Farmers Market

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

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Forsyth Park forsythfarmersmarket.com

Holiday Festival of Lights and Music Enjoy wagon tours, music by the Holiday Harmonies, and more holiday fun.

4:30 p.m.

Dunham Farms, 5836 Islands Hwy.

A Lighthouse Christmas

Local artists display and sell their art on the river. first Saturday, Sunday of every month, 10 a.m.

Rousakis Plaza, River St. Free

Travel back through time and experience the sights and customs of Christmas at the Tybee Island Light Station in the days of the last Lighthouse Keeper.

6:30, 7:30 & 8:30 p.m.

Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. $15 adults, $10 children 5-17

Contra Dance

Oyster Roast For a Reason

d Local callers Bob Beattie and Joyce Murlless will teach and call the dances, and Seldom Sober will play.

7:30 p.m.

Garden City UMC, 62 Varnedoe Ave. $9 savannahfolk.org

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Georgia oysters, live music from American Hologram, and a silent auction featuring adventures on the Georgia coast.

4 p.m.

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A monthly art walk featuring galleries, restaurants, boutiques and more. first Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

Starland District, 40th and Bull.

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Pints + Poses Brewery Yoga

This light hearted 60 minute class taught

by Melissa DeLynn will be every first Saturday of the month. f11 a.m.

Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. $15 for a 60 minute session 912-667-0033

Savannah Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker

The legendary Tchaikovsky score will fuel the performance of this classic holiday ballet, which tells the story of a young girl’s dream in which a Christmas gift comes to life and becomes her beloved prince.

2 & 8 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $25-$45

Savannah Brunch Festival

Some of the area’s best establishments will create brunch-inspired bites, while guests indulge and enjoy beer, mimosas and Bloody Marys from our spirit sponsors.

11 a.m.

Red Gate Farms, 136 Red Gate Farms Trail,. $15 advance, $20 door, 21+ only (including no infants)

Theatre: A Christmas Carol: A Merry One-Man Show

This family friendly, bare bones production of classic literature is performed by George Younts, an award-winning theatre teacher and a classically trained actor.

4:30 p.m.

Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. Free frontporchimprov.com

Wilmington Island Farmer’s Market The Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market will serve as the host site for the Savannah Bicycle Campaign’s Holiday Bike Drive.

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Islands High, 170 Whitemarsh Island Road.

SUNDAY 12. 3 The Goliards

The Goliards, performing as a trio, will present a concert of madrigals and ballatas from fourteenth century Florence.

4 p.m.

St. Paul’s Episcopal, 34th & Abercorn Sts. Free and open to the public

Savannah Philharmonic: Beautiful Brahms

Savannah Philharmonic violinist Adrienne Caravan brings her dynamic and dazzling quartet back for a performance of Brahm’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor.

5 p.m.

Garrison School, 649 W Jones St. $25 savannahphilharmonic.org

MONDAY 12. 4 Odd Lot Improv: Monday Night Madness

Built around a series of improv games, the show relies on audience suggestions to put the players into hilarious characters and scenes to drive the show forward.

7:30 p.m.

Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 W Liberty St $5

Tybee Island Farmers Market

Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, eggs, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. Artisans are also featured each week.

10 a.m.

Tybee Island

Winter Wonderland Concert

Join the Savannah VOICE Festival for songs about holiday cheer.

6:30 p.m.

Westin Savannah, 1 Resort Dr $25

TUESDAY 12. 5 Christmas Wassail

The Owens-Thomas House will be decorated to reflect the observance of the holidays by the people who lived and worked in the households of the Richardson, Owens, and Thomas families. Followed by a candlelight tour of the home.

5:30 p.m.

Owens-Thomas House, 124 Abercorn St.

WEDNESDAY 12. 6 Film: Mill of the Stone Women

Sadly known only to diehard fans of Gothic European horror cinema, this overlooked minor masterpiece is filled with beautiful camerawork, surprisingly strong acting and a relentlessly unsettling atmosphere of creepiness and dread.

8 p.m.

The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $8

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NEWS & OPINION EDITOR’S NOTE

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

THE City Manager’s proposed 2018 City Budget has been the talk of the town since it was unveiled to the public last week.

It attempts to address the City’s nearly $13 million shortfall not only in terms of a budget solution, but also tries to offer an explanation as to how things got so bad.

While city leaders are quick to say it’s only a preliminary budget — upon which future negotiations and decisions will be based — it does indeed establish a baseline for said negotiations.

And therein lies the issue.

To City Manager Rob Hernandez’s credit, the budget pulls no punches in telling the public how dire the situation is, and how dire the possible options are.

How dire? Here are some lowlights: Cutting ALL arts and cultural funding. You know those wonderful free events that help set Savannah apart, events that help establish our core identity as a town that celebrates its culture and makes it accessible? Many, such as the Savannah Jazz Festival, would cease to exist without City funding. The day the music died!

Cutting nearly all social service funding. In a city with at least a 26 percent poverty rate and skyrocketing juvenile crime, social service programs can provide a better return on taxpayer investment than jails and courts. Some would virtually vanish without City funding.

Cutting 36 firefighting positions while at the same time calling for a sweeping and significant new Fire Service Fee. Sorry, can’t explain this one.

Doesn’t make sense to me either.

Everyone tells me, don’t worry Jim, there’s no way they’ll actually cut all this.

Remember the butt-kicking Hernandez got from the public when he tried to cut just 30 percent of the arts budget last year?

That’s true, but the important part is the basis of the negotiation. And Hernandez’s budget makes two things clear: 1) Services must be cut, and/or 2) There must be tax increases, either from a property tax millage increase or an increase in assessments.

Hernandez identifies the Stephens-Day homestead exemption as a major “external factor,” though it’s anything but a problem for those of us who rely on it.

Passed in 2001, Stephens-Day for the most part freezes property taxes at the purchase price, thus rewarding those of us who bought homes when evaluations were lower and invested in Savannah before it became such a hot property (literally).

But it’s not just that. Hernandez also says that property tax assessments are simply too low, a responsibility which lies with the County Board of Assessors.

“To illustrate, the cities of Sandy Springs, Roswell and Alpharetta are considerably smaller than Savannah in geographic area, but comparable in population, yet have similar or higher total assessed values,” Hernandez writes.

“Even with two shopping malls, a vibrant tourism sector, convention center, institutions of higher learning, an international airport, bustling port, military facilities, and a robust manufacturing and logistics presence, Savannah’s valuation is well behind Sandy Springs ($7.7 billion), but just slightly above Alpharetta ($5.3 billion), and Roswell ($4.8 billion), all communities lacking these key economic assets,” he writes.

it can afford — exactly the criticism I and other writers have pointed out for years.

The new Arena he mentions is a case in point. By itself, the Westside Arena doesn’t factor into the current budget debacle, as it’s funded by a sales tax (SPLOST).

However — as I tried to point out a year ago, mostly to crickets — the renovation of the adjacent outbuildings to the new Arena and all associated infrastructure is not funded by SPLOST, and would have to come out of the City’s depleted coffers.

As for the nearly $3 million Fairgrounds purchase, that would itself pay for over double the current City arts budget and social services budget, both of which Hernandez has put on the chopping block.

The City still has no plan for the parcel.

Proposed parking garages to aid private developments — on the east and west ends of River Street respectively — will

Another way of saying this is that the City has more financial commitments than it can afford — exactly the criticism I and other writers have pointed out for years.

(I will leave it up to you if you consider Savannah Mall to be a “key economic asset,” as the budget states, or if you consider comparing Savannah to any metro Atlanta municipality a fair comparison.)

So to recap, two macro revenue-generators Hernandez proposes — increasing assessments and removing Stephens-Day — would have to be done at the County level and aren’t even things his office or City Council can accomplish.

Which leaves the City the option of cutting services. So… maybe they will cut those items they are threatening to cut?

However, what is in City Council’s control is big-ticket spending, to wit: “Coupled with limits on the City’s ability to raise revenue, the General Fund has redirected funds to debt service in order to finance much-needed infrastructure improvements, or safeguard valuable property, such as the Fairgrounds, for future redevelopment. In FY 18, debt service payments will approach $5.7 Million,” Hernandez writes.

“We anticipate additional debt issuance within the next 36 months for completion of the Downtown Streetscapes project, new parking facilities, completion of the Savannah Arena, and development of a consolidated municipal administrative and public safety center,” he writes.

Another way of saying this is that the City has more financial commitments than

be underwritten by taxpayer debt. Meanwhile, a major private development which relies on almost no taxpayer funding, the Morris Complex at Trustees Garden, gets hassled just for requesting a basic beer/ wine license. (See my story page 13.)

The right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing. In my neighborhood, a company has been working off and on for about a year to resurface a couple of blocks of 49th Street, to restore its “historic patina.”

The work never seems to end, no one is pleased with the results, and no one seems to know exactly why this patina on this particular road has become so important.

But a City contract renewal for that same company, at over $1 million, was quickly approved without discussion at last week’s Council meeting.

That contract is significantly more than the amount of either the current City arts budget and social services budget, and as far as I can tell is literally good for nothing.

Meanwhile, the City’s stated top priority for lobbying the state legislature in 2018 is…. renaming the Talmadge Bridge.

That is literally at the top of their wishlist, above enlisting the state’s help in addressing juvenile homicide!

The mind boggles.

In any event, while the budget is in fact in a state of flux, unfortunately the starting point for negotiations doesn’t look good any way you look at it. CS

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NEWS & OPINION THE (CIVIL) SOCIETY COLUMN The Okefenokee Swamp is just a two-hour drive from Savannah, but feels like a million years away.

PHOTOS BY JESSICA LEIGH LEBOS

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BY JESSICA LEIGH LEBOS

jll@connectsavannah.com

AM I the only one wondering where the hell November went?

I mean, I haven’t even finished snarfing my kids’ Halloween candy and now it’s time to pull out the menorahs again? If it weren’t for the cranberry sauce acid reflux I’d swear Thanksgiving never even happened. It’s like the whole month got gobbled up while I was busy counting gropers.

I’m sure it has everything to do with 8 how we parse our time into our Google

calendars so Siri can alarm us of our next therapy appointment and that we forgot to pick up the dry cleaning and our youngest child from volleyball practice.

Still, I don’t see how it’s possible to have lost the entire month since practically every second of it was accounted for inside my phone. Then again, I may have started in on the mulled wine a little early.

We all know that life is more than chasing grains of sand down the hourglass, but it seems more difficult than ever to carve out some perspective in this hustle-and-flow world. The only remedy that ever works for me is to head somewhere out of cell tower range, where most of the residents don’t have opposable thumbs and nothing much happens for a million years at a time.

Designated a National Wildlife Refuge in 1937, the Okefenokee supports hundreds of species of flora and fauna.

Accomplished naturalist, filmmaker and aquanaut Cathy Sakas has been leading forays into the Okefenokee for over 40 years.

It’s not as far away as we might think: A prehistoric wonderland lies only about two hours southwest of here, tucked away near the Georgia-Florida line like a forgotten redneck relative.

I first heard about the Okefenokee Swamp from my husband, who once threatened to leave the children there during a particularly annoying road trip.

Despite his descriptions of angry alligator posses and mosquitos that could carry off a sassymouthed little sister, paddling through the tea-colored waters always sounded like an intriguing adventure.

Due to life’s breakneck schedule of soccer games and yard work, however, we never found the time.

That is, until Gray’s Reef Communications Director Michelle Riley learned I’d never set foot in the swamp. Always eager to get this awkward landlubber on the water, Michelle insisted on organizing a canoe outing for us with naturalist Cathy Sakas, which gave us an excuse to put off an entire Saturday’s worth of raking leaves.

After multiple promises that it’s very rare to get seasick in a canoe, we all met up on a chilly morning to caravan down I-95 to the Suwanee Canal Recreation Area in Folkston. (The kids, though now large enough to carry off their mother, declined the invitation.)

As our tires crunched into the parking lot, I immediately sensed the swamp’s long history in the way the wind wound its way through moss-shrouded cypress trees. And also the pair of reptilian eyes I spotted peeking out above the inky surface of the water.

“Alligators don’t attack canoes, do they?” I asked Cathy as she expertly slid her trusty red vessel from the roof of her Volvo onto to the bank.

“If they do, just stand up,” she counseled casually. “Gators orient horizontally, so when you stand, they think you’re much

bigger than you are.”

I was about to ask how I was supposed to stand up in canoe without tipping us over and becoming swamp stew when Cathy handed me a paddle and added with a grin, “Besides, the bears are much more dangerous.”

I did not hightail it back to the car, figuring she’s been leading trips on the Okefenokee for over 40 years and hasn’t lost anyone yet. A retired scientific educator and oceanic diver with NOAA, Cathy is one of the Okefenokee’s most knowledgeable and generous proponents and has been showing off the swamp’s diverse, ancient beauty for decades, first as a graduate student at Armstrong in the 1970s, then as the founder of Wilderness Southeast and as an accomplished documentary filmmaker.

In spite of her affinity for places that run on the slow clock of geological time, she’s managed to pack a whole lot of of activity into her own evolution: She’s also traveled the world several times over, co-founded the international non-profit Ocean Exchange and has spent practically half her life underwater, including a stint as an Aquanaut at the Aquarius Undersea Laboratory in the Florida Keys.

Above all, however, Cathy is a patient and passionate teacher. Before we pushed off from the banks, she broke out some maps—on actual paper—and gave us the low down on the land: The surrounding 700 square-mile black water swamp is North America’s largest, formed after continents collided hundreds of millions of years ago and ancient oceans dredged back and forth to leave a lip of land known as the Trail Ridge. Rainwater and runoff filled the shallow bowl around 10,000 years ago, trickling off to slowly create the channels of the Suwanee and St. Mary’s rivers.

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The Suwanee Canal was originally dug as part of a failed logging operation that would have drained the swamp.

“It was like a bomb had gone off here,” she recalled, describing a denuded landscape. “It looks completely different now.”

Last summer, another blaze destroyed hundreds of acres of private property adjoining the refuge in a single day, prompting evacuations and concerns for the area’s much-needed tourism dollars.

“The swamp needs to burn in order to make room for new growth,” shrugged Cathy. “But how do you mitigate it when fire moves beyond its borders? That’s the current threat.”

Other threats have included an attempt in the 1990s by DuPont to mine the swamp for titanium, but that was foiled by a showing of so much public opposition that the chemical company relinquished its mineral rights there forever. (Protests work, people!)

More management and resources are desperately needed by the U.S. Wildlife Service to maintain and protect the boundaries of the swamp, but it’s clear that nature is still winning in the Okefenokee.

Surrounded by a carpet of majestic white lilies that have been blooming here for millenia, it’s easy to be reminded of the enduring resiliency of life, even if our own lives and patience may be short. Out on the wet prairie, the chill kept the bears and gators away, and the calls of red-bellied woodpeckers and sand hill cranes filled the air.

Cathy produced portable microscopes so we could examine the tickseed sunflowers and bladderwort at the cellular level, and I wondered how long it had been that I’d looked that closely at something that wasn’t on a phone screen.

But the swamp isn’t here for my existential angst; in fact, it kinda just swallowed it up. Guess that’s what happens when you sit in a canoe for a split second of its long, slow clock. CS

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amphibians, fourteen families of fish, hundreds of species of birds, plus a toothy menagerie of snakes, bobcats, bears, panthers and more gators than anyone can count, it was also inhabited for a few thousand years by the indigenous Oconi people, who dubbed it “land of the trembling earth” for its giant floating mats of peat.

These boggy platforms form when there’s not enough oxygen around for bacteria to decompose the millions of pounds of dead plant matter that sloughs off the surface of the water, and the peat piles up.

So does the pressure from methane, a by-product of the anaerobic process that can cause blowouts of swamp gas, which may also happen on a six-hour canoe trip after a large holiday meal.

While the Okefenokee experienced most of its earthly drama before humans came along, we’ve still managed to assert our irritating influence. Before FDR designated it a protected wildlife refuge in 1937—basically four seconds ago in swamp time—industrialist and logging scion Capt. Henry Jackson ordered the Suwanee Canal dug in the 1890s, with the intent to punch through the Trail Ridge to the St. Mary’s River. The effort failed due to bad engineering and the fact that it was just a terrible idea.

“They literally tried to drain the swamp,” explained Cathy with an almoststraight face as we slid our canoes into the canal with barely a splash.

We paddled along the tree-lined banks to a less-used tributary, but had to turn back to the main channel because the way was choked with new grasses and sedge.

The lush greenery was a welcome sight to Michelle, who had last been here in 2012, after a lightning strike set off a fire that burned for a year, sending smoke and haze from Atlanta to Jacksonville.

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Can Savannah catch up?

More bike and pedestrian-friendly cities attract more and better jobs

BY JOHN BENNETT

john@bicyclecampaign.org

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THE NEWS that Atlanta is purported to be a serious contender for Amazon’s second headquarters sparked an interesting discussion on Facebook last weekend.

Lou Phelps, publisher of the Savannah Business Journal, wondered what would happen to the rest of the state if Amazon 2 lands in the ATL. “Talk about dominating the Georgia landscape,” she wrote.

The concept of “two Georgias” has been used for decades to frame disparities between the economic and cultural dynamism of Atlanta and the rest of the state. The late Tal DuVall was the director of Georgia’s Cooperative Extension Agency when he coined the phrase in a 1986 report.

If Atlanta snares the Amazon facility, would benefits accrue to Savannah and the rest of the state? Or would it broaden the divide between the two Georgias?

Either way, Phelps suggested Savannah and other municipalities outside of Metro Atlanta will need to step up their games. “All other cities will really have to offer a quality of life, to compete to retain workers.”

What’s the first thing she suggests? Biking and walking trails, which not-so-coincidentally, have been proliferating rapidly in Atlanta.

Also in the Facebook discussion, Savannah’s crime rate and public schools were noted as areas that must be addressed if our city aims to attract businesses and

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workers. This is undoubtedly true. Yet there are varied opinions on how to reduce crime and improve public education in Savannah.

As I have written before, there is no such mystery surrounding how to capture the numerous benefits that flow from walking and biking trails. All you have to do is build them. Imagine if similarly simple solutions existed for all the problems we face as a community.

Examples from Atlanta and elsewhere in the state have demonstrated again and again that bike lanes, sidewalks, trails and other projects that provide opportunities for recreation and options for transportation deliver significant return on investment in the form of improvements in public safety, public health and economic development.

There’s ample evidence suggesting when cities become more bikeable and walkable, they’re able to attract and keep businesses and employees. The headline in a New York Times story on Amazon’s city selection criteria seems to suggest this as well.

James B. Stewart’s Oct. 26 article, “Following the (Bike) Trail to Amazon’s Second Headquarters,” notes, “The company has said that 20 percent of its employees in Seattle don’t use motorized transport to get to work. Fifty-five percent walk, ride bikes or use public transportation.”

For many years the National Association of Realtors Community Preference Survey has detected a steadily increasing desire for walkable and bikeable places, which is pretty clear in NAR statements: “When choosing a new home, respondents indicated that they would like choices when it comes to their community’s transportation options. Eighty-five percent of survey

participants said that sidewalks are a positive factor when purchasing a home, and 79 percent place importance on being within easy walking distance of places. Women in particular value walkability in their communities, with 61 percent indicating that having sidewalks with stores and restaurants to walk to is very important.”

In the winter 2017 edition of “On Common Ground,” a semi-annual NAR publication that examines a variety of topics, preference for walkable communities could not have been described more emphatically: “Demand for walkable neighborhoods is increasing and the demand is changing real estate. Walkable neighborhoods are driving economic growth as employers and businesses recognize the value of locating in these places to attract employees and customers.” Walkability is further described as a “major factor” in communities staying economically competitive and “on the front burner wherever economic competitiveness matters.”

Using this metric, one might conclude that economic competitiveness does not matter to Savannah. The construction of safe bicycle infrastructure ceased after Mayor Otis Johnson left office. Some 76

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percent of streets in Savannah lack sidewalks and in many neighborhoods, they are used for car parking. While cities around our state are planning and constructing trail networks, we’ve been left behind.

The good news is sidewalks and neighborhood connectivity are clearly a priority in the city’s new strategic plan. However, some might suggest that implementation will be impossible as long as “the City’s finances are on fire” as the editor of this publication wrote in his Nov. 15 column.

Well, there is some good news here, too, as construction of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure is much less expensive than other transportation projects. Elly Blue, writing for The Guardian, used Portland as an example.

“It’s been famously said (and factchecked) that Portland’s entire bicycle system, the one that makes us the most bike-friendly city in this country, the one that makes us one of the healthiest cities in the country and that has cushioned a few of the blows of the recent recession, has cost about $60 million over the years. That’s the same cost as – wait for it – one single mile of urban freeway.” CS

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Fashion, music and yoga for hurricane relief

BY JESSICA LEIGH LEBOS

jll@connectsavannah.com

ARTIST and yoga instructor Cindy Male is no stranger to the eye of the storm.

Now based in Savannah, Male spent 32 years living on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where hurricanes often hit before heading towards the mainland or dissolving out at sea.

“I went through Hugo, Marilyn, Backwards Lenny…” she says, ticking off some of the most destructive named storms in the history of the Caribbean. “I’m familiar with the damage they can do on these islands.”

The 2017 hurricane season hit the U.S. hard, seen in the tragic footage of Texas,

Florida and Puerto Rico. Less visible has been the damage done by Hurricanes Irma and Maria to homes, schools and other infrastructure decimated on St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas.

After hearing from friends in the paths of those storms, Male knew she needed to help—and that help would be needed long after hurricane season was over.

“It’s been over two months, and most people still don’t have roofs. The hospitals are gone. The schools can’t reopen because of the mold,” she laments. “It’s still really bad over there.”

To raise consciousness of—and funds for—the ongoing state of emergency, the painter and Reiki practitioner has organized Creative Innerfacing, an afternoon and evening of yoga, music and fashion on

Friday, Dec. 1 at B Historic Hotel.

Proceeds from the event directly benefit the St. Croix Community Foundation, which supports education and medical care in the USVI and is helping resettle families impacted by the storm.

Creative Innerfacing kicks off at 4pm with an energizing kundalini yoga session led by Male, followed by a line-up of some of Savannah’s most thoughtful and thought-provoking musical acts: Folky fiddler Chase Anderson warms up the stage for the plucky percussionists of Samba Savannah; later, funk-reggae sage XuluProphet kicks out the jams, followed by enlightened rock ‘n’ roller Will Griffiths.

Composer Matt Duplessie consummates the night with original songs and a didgeridoo sound meditation.

“These are all people who have good energy,” promises Male, who has coordinated similarly eclectic events in Hilton Head Island and Beaufort. “There is going to be a lot of synergy.”

Tickets are $45, and a special menu will be available for purchase separately, courtesy of B Historic Executive Chef Will Herrington. Partygoers can order nourishing and delicious starters, salads, entrees and desserts from the hotel’s K320 kitchen, including vegetarian dumplings and a dazzling confection known as a Leopold’s Golden Spoon Ice Cream Sunday. (Reservations recommended; 921-5300.)

Fashion takes over mid-point in the evening, when several local independent designers will showcase their lines amid

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the stellar background projections of Frank Unger. Multi-talented musician, bellydancer, soapmaker and seamstress Nicole Edge will send her sexy frocks and hand-crafted apparel down the runway along with Lara Neece’s flirty and fabulous bicycle skirts, and custom sneaker designer Xavier Hutchins—aka “Zay the Artist”—will display his funked-up kicks.

Unique knit vestments created by fiber artist Suzy Hokanson are also part of the show. Inspired by global traditions and modern aesthetics, Hokanson weaves and crochets remarkable wearable art garments, seen in Savannah at Gallery 209 on River Street and in the Design District at Roots Up Gallery.

Creative Innerfacing features Hokanson’s Japanese-themed haori and a supersoft cashmere vest crocheted from strips of fabric cut from pashmina shawls bought from the souk marketplaces of Dubai.

“I’ve been designing with color and texture for 45 years, and my work has evolved from traditional patterns and designs to something more artistic and free-flowing,” muses Hokanson, who often spins and dyes her yarn from scratch. “My process now is very improvisational, like painting on a canvas.”

The event organizer herself is contributing several pieces to the fashion walk, including lace waistcoats, silk and linen kimonos, and patterned leggings printed with details of her original art.

For the kimonos, Male has converted indigenous iconography and the colorful,

tropical landscapes she painted in St. Croix into digital files that are then projected and handpainted onto the cloth.

Her ZemiZen line of leggings is inspired by her decades-long yoga career—“I wear leggings more than any other article of clothing,” she says—and utilizes the same type of digital files to create patterns that are then transferred onto the fabric and sewed in the Lowcountry by Vapor Apparel of North Charleston.

Repurposing her paintings into something wearable is part of her mission to promote the inner consciousness cultivated by yoga to the outer world.

“Some people appreciate art, but everyone looks at fashion,” she explains. “It seemed like a better way to get across the message.”

In addition to designing more clothes and leading private and small group yoga sessions in her sunny studio near Forsyth Park, Male hopes to continue the healing of her hurricane-ravaged island home through fundraising and mindfulness.

“This is a long term effort. So many people are having to start over,” she says.

“They’re going to be rebuilding and healing there for a very long time.” CS

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New Trustees Garden facility granted beer/wine license after contentious hearing

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

A view of the restored Kehoe Ironworks building, part of the large multi-use event space at Trustees Garden owned and funded by Charles H. Morris, who also owns Connect Savannah’s parent company. PHOTO BY KEVIN F. ROSE

However he did not clarify what that next level might entail.

Most of the church’s specific complaint has to do with safety issues of alcohol consumption during church activities.

However, several present, including City Council members, pointed out that events at the Morris Complex are unlikely to happen at the same time as services or functions at New Shiloh.

Reginald Franklin, a professor of journalism and mass communications at Savannah State University and a board member of Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Center, addressed council as a “character witness” for Charles Morris.

“Mr. Morris is an exemplary corporate citizen in this town,” Franklin said.

“He has media outlets all across the South. He could headquarter Morris Multimedia anywhere, but he chose to headquarter here in Savannah because he loves this community,” Franklin said.

City staff reported to Council that Morris’s nearby event space, the Charles H. Morris Center adjacent to the Pirate’s House, has a blemish-free record regarding its own alcohol license.

The Morris project at Trustees Garden is being completed almost solely with private funds, unlike other high-profile

taxpayer funded projects such as the overbudget Cultural Arts Center and the as-yet unstarted Westside Arena.

The meetings on the facility’s alcohol license opened an old wound on City Council involving larger disagreements over how alcohol is regulated in Savannah.

A recently revamped City alcohol ordinance never addressed the issue of licenses granted to establishments near houses of worship, a fact Alderman Van Johnson pointed out.

“We chose not to address this issue in our own ordinance, and to rely on state law,” he said.

Early this year, Johnson was opposed to an alcohol license for The Stage On Bay in a dispute with echoes of the controversy about the Trustees Garden project.

Alderwoman Shabazz said she shared Johnson’s concern, going so far as to say she would continue to vote against any alcohol license near a church even if it were permitted by law.

Shabazz directly asked City Attorney Brooks Stillwell if the City could legally revisit the ordinance and adopt a stance differing from overarching state law.

Somewhat incredulously, Stillwell responded, “You’re saying could Council enact an ordinance that would prohibit

alcohol near a church? At present there is no such ordinance, so there is no basis for turning this particular license down.”

Shabazz, while appearing to acknowledge that the New Shiloh situation would likely be unaffected, urged the Mayor to explore the issue further in the future, and DeLoach agreed.

In the end, there was simply no legal basis to deny Morris the beer and wine license, as his own attorney, Harold Yellin, pointed out to Council: “Under Georgia law there is no distance requirement between this facility as I’ve described it to you, and a church. This is not a new law,” said Yellin.

“We would ask that since the petitioner meets all requirements of state and city law that the petition be granted,” he said.

And it was — except with the dissenting voice votes of Shabazz and Johnson.

Before the vote was taken, Alderman Julian Miller seemed to sum up the feelings of the Council majority when he said: “We have an obligation to fulfil our side of this… I’ve gone through that facility and it is an amazing testament to the city of Savannah… I think we have no choice but to move forward.” CS

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A MAJOR renovation project that will add a much-needed multi-use, indoor/outdoor event space to downtown Savannah ran into continued opposition from a nearby church at last week’s City Council meeting.

What’s sometimes called the “Morris Complex” at Trustees Garden — named for local businessman and Connect Savannah owner Charles H. Morris, who spearheaded and funded the project— was granted a beer and wine license after the contentious hearing, the second such for the facility.

The event space centers on the renovation of two historic industrial buildings at Randolph and Broughton Streets at the foot of Trustees Garden, the Kehoe Ironwork building and the Kehoe Smithy.

The space, which includes an extensive outdoor area, is slated to host the marquee event in the 2018 Savannah Music Festival.

While the renovation has been in progress for over four years and has hardly been a secret, the New Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church on East Broughton Street only made its opposition public at the Nov. 9 City Council meeting, during a hearing on a proposed beer and wine license for the facility.

At that meeting, New Shiloh Pastor Tony Reddick and several church members spoke out against granting the facility any kind of alcohol license, and demanded a meeting with Morris to discuss the issue further.

Morris and his attorney had already removed the liquor component from the license request in order to comply with state law prohibiting distilled spirit sales within 100 yards of a church.

But at the Nov. 9 meeting, Mayor Eddie DeLoach nonetheless moved to continue the hearing for two weeks to give the parties a chance to meet.

While such a meeting did take place, when Alderwoman Estella Shabazz asked Pastor Reddick “if anything positive” came from his conversation with Morris, Mayor DeLoach cut in and said, “No ma’am. No ma’am.”

While speaking against the license request, Pastor Reddick said, “I don’t understand how it’s got this far, because no one has respect for the church, no one has respect for God’s house, no one has respect for God’s people.”

Reddick closed by saying, “I guarantee you if nothing’s done about it, then we have to take this to another level.”

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And you can’t just trawl for them, either.

Electric eels (NB: not technically eels— Electrophorus electricus hails from a group of creatures called knifefish) tend to favor muddy river bottoms and swamps, so they’re not particularly easy to net.

There’s also no track record for breeding them in captivity, so even if you were able to haul in enough starter stock for your state-of-the-art electric-eel farm, you might encounter difficulty sustaining a population.

Theoretically what you’re suggesting is possible, I’ll concede, as evidenced by one aquarium in Japan that hooked up its Christmas tree to a couple of aluminum plates installed in the E. electricus tank.

Eels generate electricity as they swim around—they use it like sonar to find their

way, among other applications we’ll get to shortly. So when this one moved, the lights on the tree flickered. A neat demo, but also an illustration of one major drawback to achieving your goal at any kind of scale: the electricity is inconstant, and generated at the eel’s whims.

This isn’t to say that electric eels don’t have anything to tell humans about electricity—but the real money is in figuring out how they function and trying to mimic it. Slice open an electric eel and you’ll find three electricity-producing abdominal organs, which collectively take up maybe 80 percent of its body.

Individually the specialized juice-generating cells, called electrocytes, in these organs pack only a minute amount of electrical potential—not too much more than a human muscle cell or neuron. But, lined up like batteries in a flashlight, the electrocytes are synchronized to go off together on command, adding up all those tiny charges into one big one.

Or a smaller one, as needed. Electric eels regularly emit a weak charge for navigation purposes and to communicate among themselves. They can also produce jolts with more buzz, famously to fend off predators or incapacitate prey, but also to track that prey in the murky water—when nearby fish twitch in response, the eels home in.

Bioelectrogenesis is obviously a pretty cool trick, and one that, unfortunately for us, has evolved only in fish—the conductivity’s just better underwater. Still, humans have been looking for ways to to get in on the game: • Scientists in Shanghai reported last year that they’d used the structure of the eel’s electricity-producing apparatus as inspiration to create “flexible, stretchable, and weavable” fibers that double as

high-voltage capacitors—storage devices for electricity. Couple these with fiberlike solar cells, the idea goes, and weave them into fabric, and pretty soon you’ve got a jacket that’ll charge your phone.

• Back in 2008 chemical engineers from Yale designed an artificial biological cell that does what an electric eel’s electrocytes do, only better: their version could generate 28 percent more electricity, and convert food energy into electricity with 31 percent greater efficiency. In theory, anyway; as of 2014 it was apparently still in the conceptual stages. But the hope is that this might lead to the development of a “bio-battery” to power medical implants and prostheses—one big advantage over more conventional in-body power sources being that if the bio-battery breaks down, it won’t leave a bunch of toxic junk in your system.

As I say, it’s early yet for this kind of research, with seemingly huge untapped potential—the world may well be our electric oyster. Of course, generating electricity within the human body is the kind of notion certain online technophiles can’t help getting carried away over.

I came across one excited blogger recapping that Yale project and imagining even further frontiers in people power: “Most in the Western world are experiencing an obesity epidemic, so we have plenty of chemical energy to spare for producing an electric potential.”

Factory-farming humans for bioelectricity was also the plot of The Matrix, you’ll recall, but heck: we’re racing headlong toward dystopia in any case. Might as well burn off that excess belly fat along the way. CS

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Detectives seek pair wanted for theft

“At about 11:20 p.m., officers responded to a local hospital in reference to a shooting victim. John Olinde, 33, arrived at the hospital by private vehicle with non-lifethreatening injuries. Olinde told detectives the incident took place on I-16, near I-95,” police report.

The circumstances leading up to the shooting are still under investigation. At this time, investigators do not believe this to be a random shooting.

19-year-old shot on

Savannah-Chatham MetKenneth Dunham Drive ropolitan Police DepartViolent Crimes detectives ment’s Southside Precinct are investigating a shooting investigators are asking for that occurred in the 1300 the public’s help locating a block of Kenneth Dunham man and woman who are Drive on November 24. wanted for arrest for theft.

At about 2:55 p.m., officers “In October, several responded to the area and thefts were reported from Rachael Howell-Halstead found Domonique Cutter, an auto repair shop in the 18, and Diamond Johnson, 10400 block of Abercorn 19, suffering from non-lifeStreet. Detectives identified threatening injuries.

Donald Holder and Rachael The circumstances leadHowell-Halstead, both 29, as ing up to this incident are still the suspects in these thefts. under investigation. At this Holder and Howell-Halstead time, the shooting does not may be driving a gold Toyota appear to be random.

Sequoia,” police report.

Anyone with information Fake flyer makes news on the location of Holder or over Thanksgiving Donald Holder SCMPD had to address a Howell-Halstead is asked to fake flyer promising money to contact police. A confidential families on Thanksgiving. tip line is also open directly to investigators at (912) 351-3403.

“The flyer states that refugee families with a valid ID who visit the Savannah Suspect arrested for Church Street Civic Center between 8 a.m. and noon on shooting of juvenile Thanksgiving Day will receive $850 per Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan family. The flyer has been circulated in Police Department’s Violent Crimes detec- several areas of Savannah,” police report. tives arrested a man for the November 7 There was no validity to the flyer, police shooting of a 12-year-old boy. say. Police continue to investigate the “At about 5:30 p.m. on November 7, claims and the flyer’s origin. officers responded to the intersection of Church and DeLyon Streets and found the Fatal Abercorn Street crash Officers responded to a report of a crash juvenile suffering from non-life-threatening injuries. Detectives determined a that killed one man on Abercorn Street male fired shots at a vehicle that pulled up at Rio Road at approximately 5:45 a.m. on near the juvenile. Someone in the vehicle November 22. returned fire. The boy ran away while “Saundra Milton, 61, was traveling eastholding a 3-year-old, and was struck by bound on Abercorn Street when she sudgunfire while running. The child he was denly crossed lanes, striking a Chevrolet carrying was not injured,” police report.

Impala driven by Mark Hummeldorf, 33.

Investigators identified Alfonzo Alexan- Hummeldorf’s vehicle was forced into der, 19, as a suspect involved in this shootthe westbound lane, striking a Volvo S70 ing. Alexander was arrested on November driven by Etinge Felix, 45,” police say.

23 and charged with two counts of aggraHummeldorf succumbed to his injuries vated assault and one count of possession at the hospital. Milton and Etinge received of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was non-life-threatening injuries. CS also served with a probation violation warrant.

Shooting victim arrives at hospital in private vehicle Violent Crimes detectives are investigating a shooting that was reported on November 25.

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Members of the Spann family of Comanche County, Oklahoma, keep running afoul of that state’s incest law, with the latest dust-up over the marriage of 26-year-old Misty Spann and her 43-year-old mother, Patricia, in March 2016. The two had been separated after Patricia lost custody of her young kids, but when they resumed contact a few years ago, Patricia told investigators, “they hit it off.” KFOR reported that Patricia also married one of her sons in 2008, but two years later that marriage was annulled. Another son reported to KSWO-TV that Patricia tried to start an inappropriate relationship with him, but he shut her down. In early November, Misty received a 10-year deferred sentence and will serve two years’ probation. Her mother/ex-wife (their union was annulled in October) will be sentenced in January.

Nerd Alerts

• Since Twitter announced that it would allow 280-character messages rather than its original 140, a whole new world has opened up for the game-addicted among us. Gizmodo reports that tweeters are using the expanded tweetspace to play board games such as chess, Connect Four, Shogi and Go. Games are even being customized; one tweet enthuses about “Marine biology twitter-chess. With a new marine biology fact every time a piece is moved, and a scientifically accurate death scene when a piece is taken.” Uh, ok.

• A sharp-eyed Google Earth user from Leeds, England, searching for Longcross Studios in Surrey, came across a “Star Wars” fan’s dream: the Millennium Falcon, nestled inside a ring of stacked shipping containers and covered with a tarp.

Andi Durrant tweeted about his find on Nov. 8. The spaceship was used in filming “Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi” at Longcross; that movie is set for release Dec. 15.

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Becky Reilly of Omaha, Nebraska, was forced to call in a roofing company after discovering thousands of honeybees had invaded her home’s attic, producing so much honey that it was dripping down the side of the house. “We heard a loud and rhythmic buzzing, and it was somewhat terrifying because we knew what it meant,” Reilly told KETV. Jason Starkey of Takoda Green Roofing said he removed about 40 pounds of honey on Oct. 26 before moving the bees and tackling the damage, which he called “horrible.” Local beekeeper John Gebuhr moved the bees to his garage, but he is pessimistic about their survival through the winter. But Reilly’s friends and neighbors are thrilled: They’re getting honey for Christmas!

Inappropriate

An Indonesian museum, De Mata Trick Eye Museum in Yogyakarta, has been forced to remove an exhibit that encouraged visitors to take a selfie with a waxwork of Adolf Hitler. The figure, which stood in front of a giant image of the entrance to Auschwitz concentration camp, had been on display since 2014, and the museum said it was one of the most popular displays. Metro News reported that the museum originally defended the exhibit as “fun,” but when the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Los Angeles demanded its removal, the museum complied, taking it down on Nov. 10.

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Sean A. Sykes Jr., 24, of Kansas City, Missouri, has discovered one way to avoid the justice system. Sykes was detained in a Sept. 1 traffic stop, but he denied any knowledge of the drugs and handguns found in the car, The Kansas City Star reported. As he was being questioned at the police station, the detective wrote in his report, Sykes was asked his address.

In response, he “leaned to one side of his chair and released a loud fart before answering with the address. Mr. Sykes continued to be flatulent and I ended the interview,” the detective wrote. Charges were not filed at that time, but Sykes was pulled over again on Nov. 5 and was in possession of marijuana, crack cocaine and a stolen pistol. He was in custody awaiting a bond hearing.

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• A loss prevention officer at a Vero Beach, Florida, Walmart happened to catch 25-year-old Cheyenne Amber West and another woman as they carried out some complicated maneuvers in the electronics aisle on Nov. 6. The officer told the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office that West and her friend chose a computer, video game controllers and other items worth a total of almost $2,000, then covered the bar codes with stickers taken from less-expensive clearance items. They then moved to the self-checkout lane, where their loot totaled just $3.70. “I am just trying to get gifts for my son that I cannot afford,” West told officers. “The computer is for my husband. Since he just got me a Coach purse, I figured he deserved something nice as well.” Treasure Coast Newspapers reports that West was charged with felony grand theft and felony shoplifting and was released on $3,000 bail. The other woman was not charged. CS

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Local musicians team up to help single moms during the holiday season

BY ANNA CHANDLER

SINGER-SONGWRITER Isaac Smith and friends are raising their voices in the spirit of the season.

For the second annual Christmas Concert, Savannah musicians gather to perform holiday favorites and raise money for Shelter From the Rain.

Shelter From the Rain is a faith-based organization dedicated to giving hope to single mothers in need. With 56.3% of single Savannah moms living in poverty, the group stocks pantries, provides diapers and other baby supplies, and offers educational opportunities and career guidance to moms.

Smith got the idea for a benefit concert two years ago and hosted a successful first event at the historic Gingerbread House. It was a fitting home for a festive fete, but this year, Smith’s vision has grown.

“Now, we’re doing it at The Savannah Theatre,” he says excitedly.

A talented troupe of players, including Robert Britton Saunders, Ethan Stuart, Rufus Bryant IV, Darius Shepherd, Antwan Smalls, Laiken Love, and Huxsie Scott, will perform a variety of beloved musical selections.

“It’ll be classics, Christmas carols, some classic themes, modern sounds, and, of course, being such a diverse band, we’ll absolutely be doing black gospel as well,” Smith explains. “It won’t be so much a religious experience as it will be a celebration of the Christmas spirit done in a modern, classic, and gospel style.”

Smith became familiar with the work of Shelter From the Rain when friend Jennifer Graham founded the organization.

“As a single mom herself, she reached out to the community to help mothers in need,” he explains. “The environment of Christmas, the spirit of giving, and how

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Savannah’s own legendary vocalist Huxsie Scott takes the stage; Laiken Love brings a new generation of song to the stage.

difficult it may be for mothers to provide not only gifts for the children they have but everyday items, too.”

One hundred percent of ticket sales will go toward Shelter From the Rain. Currently, the organization offers five programs and is accepting volunteers and donations for all of them.

Through the Pantry Pal Program, nonperishable foods, clothing, and household items are collected and distributed to lowincome, single-parent families.

Baby Bundles Program provides supplies like diapers, wipes, and baby powder for little ones and educational information for mothers. In addition to accepting community donations, the program purchases items of out of stock and uses a partnership with a Community Diaper Program in order to purchase premium diapers at discounted rates for families in need.

The quarterly Mommy Meetup Support Group is a way for moms to network, share stories, and commune while their children play at no cost. At each meeting, educational topics and community resource information is available on breastfeeding, GED courses, healthcare, insurance, finance, health and nutrition, career preparation, and much more.

Mothers with Mentors offers mothers one-on-one guidance with a mentor in order to reach positive goals through a structured system of assistance. Through mentorship funding, the organizaiton helps single mothers work toward

economic independence, health, and wellness.

Through the Queen’s Corner Program, moms receive recognition in the form of encouraging notes, gently used clothing and shoes, and small gifts. An extraordinary single mom receives the “Crown a Single Mom” award annually that honors their achievements as parents. The program also assists selected families for holiday assistance.

The Building Blocks program focuses on education, supplying families with school supplies, books, and educational resources to inspire a love of learning in the home.

After learning about all of the work that Shelter From the Storm does for Savannahians in need, Smith felt driven to support the organization.

“I love to help out with something like this that benefits the community,” he says.

In addition to supporting a great cause, Smith and cohorts are looking forward to making music together for an audience.

“I’m really freaking excited about it,” Smith says. “I just love getting to play with people outside of my band. It’s going to be a really great night of musicians who don’t get to play together playing and having a good time. And, it’s great music.” CS

“It’ll be classics, Christmas carols, some classic themes, modern sounds, and, of course, being such a diverse band, we’ll absolutely be doing black gospel as well.”

THE SAVANNAH CHRISTMAS CONCERT The Savannah Theatre Monday, December 4, 7 p.m. $20 via Eventbrite.com

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WHORES, HOTPLATE @THE JINX

The monthly showcase of unique singersongwriter talent returns!

December’s lineup features three talented Southeastern writers, Abe Partridge, Xulu Jones, and John Cranford, playing solo acoustic sets.

Partridge is in town kicking off the Black Tusk show on Friday; Sunday’s show will offer a listening room environment for his blend of folk, blues, Americana, indie, punk, and rock ‘n’ roll. He recently signed to Skate Mountain Records and will release an album, Cotton Fields and Blood for Days, via that label soon.

Xulu Jones can most often be seen gigging hard with his psych/funk/reggae/rock band XuluProphet. The band will release a single, “Land of the Slave,” via Boom One Records this month. The single follows the release of their album Ghost Bass.

Hilton Head’s John Cranford, frontman of beloved Southern Rock/Americana outfit Cranford Hollow, brings a solo set to the show.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 7 P.M., ALL-AGES

One of Savannah’s favorite live bands, Whores, returns to Savannah. The Atlanta-based band dishes out a heavy blend of noise rock and sludge punk that will change everything you think you know about three-piece rock ‘n’ roll.

Named one of “10 New Artists You Need to Know” in 2016 by Rolling Stone and dubbed the “new kings of noise rock” by Noisey, the band’s 2016 album, Gold, was crowned one of the best metal albums of the year by numerous publications.

Savannah’s Hotplate joins Whores for their big Jinx comeback.

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Striving to keep it as honest and organic as possible, the Kenny George Band clocks in about 150-180 shows a year connecting with audiences throughout the United States.

George, who grew up playing bass and guitar, finds inspiration in classic roots rock, outlaw country, and Southern California singer-songwriters like the Eagles and Jackson Browne. After studying classical guitar at University of Montevallo, George began writing songs, eventually meeting drummer Bucky Brown and starting a band together. Upon moving to Aiken, South Carolina, the two linked up with pedal steel player Center Ely, bassist Brooks Andrews, and guitarist Scott Rankin.

The band released an album, Borrowed Trouble, in 2017. With Southern flair, a beating rock ‘n’ roll heart, and a songwriter’s focus, it’s sure to appeal to fans of a myriad of genres.

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Fans of Ramones-style power-pop will want to hit Sulfur Studios this weekend to catch Dark Thoughts. The Philadelphia band, which offers a fast, hooky sound that’ll get you dancing in no time, released a selftitled LP last year via Stupid Bag Records (home to Swearin’, Radiator Hospital, and more).

Savannah’s sludge/powerviolence band Negative Graves (formerly known as Rebel Scum) join the bill. The show also features performances from two new Savannah punk bands: Tourist Trap and The Ramages, featuring former members of Jeff Two-Names and the Born Agains, Pussy Launcher, and more.

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SAVANNAH SONGWRITERS SERIES @THE SENTIENT BEAN

French DJs/producers Charly Barranger, Julien Corrales, and Julien Lignon have been pushing the genre of bass music since their 2008 debut.

After hitting the charts with the single “French Fuck” and remixing tracks by Skrillex, Marilyn Manson, Crystal Method, Linkin Park, and more, the group released a debut album, Irreverence, through Dim Mak Records. With their own backgrounds in the heavy metal scene and the influence of drum and bass, heavy bass house, and dubstep, Dirtyphonics takes pride in defying genre and breaking all the rules of EDM. In 2015, the group released a new EP, ‘Write Your Future,’ featuring Grammy winner Trinidad James and Uz, 12th Planet, Matt Rose, and more. Their inventive sound has landed Dirtyphonics spots on festivals like TomorrowWorld, UMF Miami, EDC Las Vegas, and more.

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Kick off December with a heavy homecoming show. Any chance to catch Savannah’s swamp metal trio Black Tusk right here at home is worth doing, particularly while the band works on big plans for 2018.

Miami sludge outfit Crud returns for the event.

Formed in 2015 by former Savannahian Mariel ZayasBazan (perhaps you remember her drumming in Sauna Heat?) and bassist Julie Mejia, the two-piece expanded into a foursome with the addition of guitarist Kris Garcia and vocalist Carl McNew. The band released a fulllength album, Resin, in 2016.

A.M. Rodriguez, who honed his country/Piedmont blues sound on The Jinx stage, returns to join the bill along with singer-songwriter Abe Partridge.

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American Idol winner Caleb Johnson performs a special concert at The Stage on Bay in association with the Savannah Jaycees.

The Asheville native took home the top prize on the hit show in its thirteenth season. Singing classics like “Dream On” by Aerosmith, “Beast of Burden” by the Rolling Stones, “You Give Love a Bad Name” by Bon Jovi, Johnson solidified his place as a great rock vocalist.

After wrapping up American Idol, Johnson recorded his first record, collaborating with Howard Benson, Aloe Blacc, Brian Howes, Blair Daly, and James Michael. The album was recorded in three weeks and released on August 12, 2014; it was the quickest an American Idol winner has released a debut album. He is currently working on new music. $5 of every ticket will go toward a Savannah Jaycees designated holiday charity. Attendees are encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy donation in exchange for a $10 future show credit from The Stage on Bay. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, DOORS AT 7 P.M., SHOW AT 8 P.M., $20, ALL-AGES

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WEDNESDAY 11.29 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South VuDu Shakedown, 10 p.m.

Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Ray Tomasino, 9 p.m.

Boomy’s Eric Culberson Band, 10 p.m. coffee deli Acoustic Jam, 7 p.m.

Five Oaks Taproom Eric Britt, 8 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Claire Frazier Quartet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ricky Standard, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Matt Eckstine, 7 p.m.

Rachael’s 1190 Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

The Sandbar Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

SEED Eco Lounge Latin Music Night, 9 p.m.

Tree House Wobble Wednesday Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jubal Kane, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Josh Johansson, 6 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Mic, 9 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

The Chromatic Dragon Geeky Trivia Night, 8 p.m.

Dub’s Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

The Jinx Rock n Roll Bingo, 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Trivia Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Bingo, 7 p.m.

World of Beer Trivia, 7 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Hercules Bar & Grill Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Stafford’s Public House Weird Wednesdays Open Mic Comedy, 9 p.m.

DJ

Little Lucky’s Live DJ SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m.

THURSDAY 11.30 LIVE MUSIC

Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Eric Culberson Band, 9 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m.

Cohen’s Retreat Munchies and Music, 5:30 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club DJ Precisa, 10 p.m.

Fannie’s on the Beach Christy and Butch, 8 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Jody Espina Quartet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Laiken Love Duo, 7 p.m.

The Jinx Scaryoke, 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Georgia Kyle, 7 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub

Secret Guest, Faline, Rude Dude & The Creek Freaks @EL-ROCKO LOUNGE

Charleston, South Carolina’s Secret Guest returns to Savannah. The band was just named Charleston City Paper’s Punk Band of the Year, having hooked audiences with one of the most entertaining live rock ‘n’ roll shows out there. Secret Guest is joined by Faline, the moniker of Jenna Faline AveLallemant, and Savannah’s Rude Dude & The Creek Freaks.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 9 P.M., FREE, 21+ (Pooler) Trivia The Perch at Local 11Ten Rachael Shaner.

PS Tavern Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Gypsy Jazz, 7 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

Space Cat Books Sb the Moor, Cunabear, Valore, Bravewun, Katalac, 8 p.m.

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Matt Eckstine Band, 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) CC Witt, 7:30 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Mic, 6 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

The Britannia British Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Trivia, 7 p.m.

Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina Trivia Pour Larry’s Explicit Trivia, 10 p.m.

Tybee Island Social Club Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Blueberry Hill Trivia and Karaoke, 7 p.m.

The Chromatic Dragon Karaoke Night, 9 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Doodles Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Flashback Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Jukebox Bar & Grill Karaoke & Throwback Jams, 8 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Karaoke Totally Awesome Bar 80s and 90s Karaoke, 10 p.m.

World of Beer Karaoke, 9 p.m.

DJ

The Jinx Live DJ, 10 p.m.

Liquid Night Club Live DJ, 9 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Live DJ Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m.

SEED Eco Lounge Daas Unterground Thursdays, 10 p.m.

Stafford’s Public House Open Mic, 9 p.m.

FRIDAY 12. 1 LIVE MUSIC

A-J’s Dockside Joey Manning, 7 p.m.

Barrelhouse South Kenny George Band, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, Brett Barnard and the Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m.

Bow Tie Barbecue Willie Jackson and

the Tybee Blues Band, 6 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Kwame Binea Shakedown, 10 p.m.

Dockside Seafood Bluegrass Happy Hour, 4 p.m.

Dub’s Pub Prime Real Estate, 8 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Richard White Trio featuring vocalist Rochelle Green, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Eric Jones Trio, 8 p.m.

The Jinx Black Tusk, Crud, A.M. Rodriguez, Abe Partridge, 9 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Joe Wilson, 7 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Draucker Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Randy Wood Guitars Little Roy and Lizzy Long, 8 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Live Acoustic Music, 6 p.m.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House David Duckworth, 8 p.m.

Saddle Bags LANCO, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

SEED Eco Lounge Redneck Christmas The Stage on Bay Caleb Johnson, 7 p.m.

Taste of India Don Read, 6:30 p.m.

Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier and Norm Gagne, 7 p.m.

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TRIVIA & GAMES

Coach’s Corner Trivia, Movies & Music Trivia, 8 p.m.

PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.

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, Karaoke, ongoing, 9 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 Liquid Night Club Live DJ, 9 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Live DJ 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 12. 2 LIVE MUSIC

A-J’s Dockside Joey Manning, 7 p.m.

Barrelhouse South N.W. Izzard, NewRock Soul, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, Jerry Zambito and the Bayou Blues Band, 8 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m.

Boomy’s Liquid Ginger Club Elan Dirtyphonics, 9 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Secret Guest, Faline, Rude Dude & The Creek Freaks, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Damon and the Shitkickers, Scaryoke, 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Ben Keiser, 7 p.m. Mars Theatre Eclipse 6, 8 p.m.

The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Live Acoustic Music, 6 p.m.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House Eddie Wilson Saddle Bags Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

Stafford’s Public House DJ Chris Manley Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier and Norm Gagne, 7 p.m.

The Warehouse Eric Culberson, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Duo, Jarrod Wade, Bill Hodgson, DJ Rudy, 1 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Tony

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KARAOKE

Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Doodles Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Islander Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Jukebox Bar & Grill Karaoke & Throwback Jams, 8 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina Karaoke, 8 p.m.

PS Tavern Karaoke

COMEDY

Bull St. Labs Front Porch Improv: The Town, 8 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre Ron White, 7 p.m.

Savannah Coffee Roasters Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans, 8 p.m.

The Space Station at Starlandia Front Porch Improv, 8 p.m.

The Wormhole Comedy Planet, 8 p.m.

DJ

Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m.

Liquid Night Club Live DJ, 9 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Live DJ Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m.

Tree House DJ Phive Star

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY 12. 3 LIVE MUSIC

A-J’s Dockside Joey Manning, first Friday-Sunday of every month, 7 p.m. bar.food DJ OB-1 Benobi, 4 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup, 10:30 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church of Savannah Music With a Mission Concert, 5 p.m.

Flashback Open Jam, 5 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Maggie and Jackson Trio, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Georgia Kyle, 7 p.m.

The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson The Perch at Local 11Ten Josephine Johnson Savannah Theatre Savannah Christmas Concert, 7 p.m.

Sentient Bean Savannah Songwriters Series, 7 p.m.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church The Goliards, 4 p.m.

Sulfur Studios Dark Thoughts, Poison Boys, Negative Graves, The Ramages, 8 p.m.

Tybee Island Social Club Sunday Bluegrass Brunch, noon Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Thomas Claxton, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, Individually Twisted, 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, 9 p.m.

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.

COMEDY

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Tybee Post Theater Collin’s Barefoot Comedy Club, 7 p.m.

DJ

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Exclusives Bar & Grille Open Mic Poetry Night, 7 p.m.

Saddle Bags Bar Olympics

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Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Eric Jones Trio featuring Gina Rene, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, ongoing Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Ray Tomasino, 7 p.m.

Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa Winter Wonderland Concert, 6:30 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Jarrod Wade, 6 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m., Open Mic, 6 p.m.

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TRIVIA & GAMES

Blowin’ Smoke Southern Cantina Team Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

The Britannia British Pub Bingo, 8 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Bingo

KARAOKE

Boomy’s Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, ongoing, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Molly Mondays, 10:30 p.m.

DJ

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Little Lucky’s Live DJ SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m.

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Bay Street Blues Ben Keiser Band, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Jam Night with Eric Culberson, 9 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Velvet Caravan, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Anne Allman, 7 p.m.

The Jinx Whores, Hotplate, 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Rachael Shaner, 7 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Open Mic Nickie’s 1971 Open Mic hosted by Willie Jackson, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Sarah Poole, 6 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 p.m.

Coach’s Corner Trivia, 8 p.m.

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A-J’s Dockside 1315 Chatham Ave.

Congress Street Social Club 411 W. Congress St.

Mellow Mushroom 11 W. Liberty St.

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Bay Street Blues 17 E. Bay St. 912-236-6655

Bayou Cafe 14 N. Abercorn St. 912-233-6411 bayousavannah.com

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Blowin’ Smoke Southern Cantina 1611 Habersham St. 912-231-2385 blowinsmokesavannah.com

Blueberry Hill 546 Dean Forest Rd. 964-8401

Boomy’s 409 W. Congress St. 912-436-6660 boomysbar.com

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The Chromatic Dragon 514 MLK Jr. Blvd.

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Chuck’s Bar 305 W. River St. 912-232-1005

Club 309 West 309 W. River St. 912-236-1901 club309west.com

Club Elan 301 Williamson St. Club One 1 Jefferson St. 912-232-0200 clubone-online.com

Coach’s Corner 3016 E. Victory Dr. 912-352-2933 coachs.net

CoCo’s Sunset Grille 1 Old U.S. Hwy. 80 912-786-7810 cocostybee.com

coffee deli 4517 Habersham St.

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Dockside Seafood 201 West River St. 912-233-3810

Doodles 586 S. Columbia Ave. 912-295-2536

Doubles Nightclub 7100 Abercorn St. 912-352-7100

Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St.

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El-Rocko Lounge 117 Whitaker St. 912-495-5808

Exclusives Bar & Grille 2003 Greenwood Street 912-695-2116

Fannie’s on the Beach 1613 Strand Ave. 912-786-6109 fanniesonthebeach.com

Fia Rua Irish Pub 10132 Ford Ave. 912-459-4160 fiaruairishpub.com

Five Oaks Taproom 201 W. Bay St. 912-236-4440 fiveoakstaproom.com

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Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina 2518 Hwy 17 912-459-6357 melscoastalcafe.com

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub 311 W. Congress St. 912-239-9600 macphersonspub.com

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) 110 Towne Center Dr. 912-348-3200 macphersonspub.com

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) 3742 US-17 Nickie’s 1971 1513 Butler Ave. 912-786-4444

The Olde Pink House 23 Abercorn St.

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Pour Larry’s 206 W. St. Julian St. 912-232-5778

PS Tavern 11 W. Bay St.

Flashback 10010-B Ford Ave.

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Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant 107 W. Broughton St. Hercules Bar & Grill 2500 Dean Forest Rd.

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The Islander 301 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

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Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St.

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The Jinx 127 W. Congress St. 912-236-2281

Johnny Mercer Theatre 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. 912-651-6556 www.savannahcivic.com

Jukebox Bar & Grill 3741 US Hwy 17 Ste 500 912-756-6997

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub 117 West River St. 912-233-9626 www.kevinbarrys.com

Liquid Night Club 307 W. River St. Little Lucky’s 6 Gateway Blvd. E. 912-925-1119

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill 417 East River St. 912-341-8897

Mars Theatre 109 S. Laurel Street

912-754-1118 www.marstheatre.com

Rachael’s 1190 1190 King George Blvd.

The Rail Pub 405 W. Congress St. 912-238-1311 therailpub.com/

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant 402 MLK Jr. Blvd.

912-292-1656 ranchoalegrecuban.com

Randy Wood Guitars 1304 East Hwy. 80

912-748-1930 www.randywoodguitars.com

Rusty Rudders Tap House 303 W. River St. 912-944-6302

Ruth’s Chris Steak House 111 W. Bay St. 912-721-4800 ruthschris.com

Saddle Bags 317 West River St.

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The Sandbar 1512 Butler Ave. 912-786-8304

Savannah Coffee Roasters 215 West Liberty Street (912) 238-2426

Savannah Smiles 314 Williamson St. 912-527-6453

Savannah Taphouse 125 E. Broughton St.

912-201-8277 savannahtaphouse.com

SEED Eco Lounge 39 Montgomery St. 912-349-5100

Space Cat Books 2436 Bull Street (912) 349-3042

The Space Station at Starlandia 2436 Bull St. St. John’s Episcopal Church 1 West Macon Street (912) 232-1251 www.stjohnssav.org/

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 34th & Abercorn Sts. Stafford’s Public House 306 W. Upper Factor’s Walk Sunny’s Lounge 5630 Ogeechee Rd. 912-234-6628

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill 11215 Abercorn St. 912-921-2269

Taste of India 401 Mall Blvd.

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Tijuana Flats 1800 E. Victory Dr. 912-344-9111 tijuanaflats.com

Totally Awesome Bar 107 B Whitaker St. 912-495-5945

Tree House 309 W. St. Julian St.

912-239-0095 treehousesavannah.com

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) 2909 River Dr. 912-354-9040 www.liveoakstore.com/ tubbysthunderbolt

Tybee Island Social Club 1311 Butler Ave. 912-472-4044 tybeeislandsocialclub.com

Tybee Post Theater 10 Van Horne

912-472-4790 www.tybeeposttheater.org

Vic’s on The River 26 E. Bay St. 912-721-1000 vicsontheriver.com

The Warehouse 18 E. River St.

912-234-6003 thewarehousebarandgrille.com

Westin Savannah 1 Resort Drive

912-201-2000 www.westinsavannah.com/

Wet Willie’s 101 E. River St. 912-233-5650 wetwillies.com

Wild Wing Cafe 27 Barnard St. 912-790-9464 wildwingcafe.com

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CULTURE THEATRE

COLLECTIVE FACE GOES DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Harvey offers winter whimsy for the whole family

BY ANNA CHANDLER

anna@connectsavannah.

CONNECT SAVANNAH | NOV 29—DEC 5, 2017

THE Collective Face Theatre Ensemble welcomes Savannahians to its own mad, mad, mad, mad world as Mary Chase’s 1944 delightfully cracked comedy classic Harvey comes to the Kennedy Fine Arts Auditorium stage.

The eccentric Elwood P. Dowd, played

by Eric Salles (voted Best Actor in the 2016 Best of Savannah awards), claims to have an unseen pal named Harvey, a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch tall rabbit. When Elwood is sent away to a sanitarium, hilarity ensues and the audience is swept away on a wild, whimsical ride.

Starring Julie Kessler, Bobbie 24 Renee Lewis, Gary Shelby, Philip John

We’re all mad here! PHOTOS BY MERCEDE BROWN

Trossarello, Maya Caldwell, Jessica Lyn, Newman Smith, Jason Arons, Merry Gallagher, and Andre Wortham, the performance is a showcase of stellar talent placed on a stage designed by David I.L. Poole.

We chatted with designer and director Poole to get the scoop on the highly-anticipated production.

Why Harvey now?

It’s a perfect holiday treat for the family, but also the fact that the show has a glass is half-full versus half-empty mentality. I think we need that right now in the world we live in. This production tries to bring us close together, warms our hearts, and makes us belly-laugh.

Eric seems like the perfect fit for Elwood. You’ve seen him in many roles—what’s it like seeing him in this one?

Amazing! I love how Eric transforms into every character he plays. This Elwood is an Elwood like no other. His unique interpretation of Elwood is smart, charismatic and a great loveable childlike man. His comic timing and physicality harkens on the great vaudevillian actors, and clowns of the golden age of comedy.

He has been studying the greats like Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, and modern clowns like Bill Irwin and Slava Polunin. Eric’s Elwood is inquisitive, precautious and full of wonderment that is infectious. The audience will fall in love with him.

2017 is your “Season of Marginalized Measures.” How does Harvey fit that theme?

I love this play in its message of who is really crazy. Harvey is a “púca”—a mythological creature that is mischievous, a shape shifter. I asked myself, why did [author Mary Chase] choose a rabbit? I did a lot of brainstorming where that was concerned...and then it dawned on me. What is the most famous rabbit that deals with madness? My inspiration came from Alice in Wonderland, “following the rabbit down the rabbit hole.” In the play, Harvey is invisible, but “not seeing is believing.”

And what does it mean to be marginalized? Isn’t marginalization being invisible to others, being in a position where one is rendered unimportant? This theme falls into action with this play in a lot of ways.

Harvey is invisible literally, and Elwood is invisible to his family and the rest of society. Perhaps we are all invisible.

The audience is invisible to the actors on stage, but what we are trying to do is make the invisible seem viable and visible. In this world, the mad are treated as if they don’t exist, or that they should be locked away and taken out of the place where there is a normality. But what is the norm? What if we all are down that rabbit hole?

You always offer a unique reenvisioning of the stage in your productions.

How are you portraying a six-and-ahalf-foot-tall imaginary rabbit?

Thinking upon this notion, the play’s set is primarily two locations: the Dowd family

study and the sanitarium called Chumley’s Rest. I thought because of the transitions from one location to the other and the theme of mad in a mad world, wouldn’t it be interesting if the sanitarium is a shell that envelopes the Dowd study, giving this subtle concept that the whole set is or is in the Sanitarium, and they actually live in a sanitarium, and they are all crazy?

So the house sits inside the sanitarium, and then even further, what if nothing is straight and everything is crooked—crazy angles? Also, there is the nod to “one’s head in the clouds” and Magritte paintings, but you’ll have to see the set to understand this.

We are also telling this story in a very different fashion. This isn’t your ordinary Jimmy Stewart Harvey—this is the Collective Face Theatre Ensemble version! I believe as theatre artists, we are storytellers, and it fascinating to me the different ways in which we tell stories.

If you like the film, we still are telling the same story but in a different style. I decided that from the beginning that I wanted to see what we could do with the classic gem—our version is a whole lot of vaudeville, zany Laugh-In, Three Stooges, farce, Tim Burtonesque.

We have gone in a color palette of neon bold colors—I like to describe it as high fashion couture meets 1940s-1950s cuts, sorta like the town in Edward Scissorhands. Performances from the actors are over-the-top comedic, larger-than-life, but still tell the same story.

We are having a lot of fun with this world that is created. We are breaking the fourth wall, making this production like none other seen. I want to create memories and productions that reveal the magic of the theatre, and what a perfect way to create memories with a beloved classic during the holiday season. A gift of theatre.

Your SSU Players By The Sea collaboration continues. How are students involved in this production?

Students have helped build the set and there are many involved in the workings of the show. I love this partnership with SSU as it fosters an environment of handson training—so important in the world of theatre. The students get the benefit of working with pros and we get the benefit of helping to create a learning environment of assistantships, mentorships. A win-win! CS

COLLECTIVE FACE THEATRE ENSEMBLE PRESENTS: HARVEY

Kennedy Fine Arts Auditorium at Savannah State University December 1-3, 8-10, 15-17, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. $25 general admission; $20 seniors, students, and active military; $5 for SSU students and faculty

CULTURE THE ART•BEAT OF SAVANNAH

TO A BEGINNER, art collecting can be daunting. The task of pairing works can seem complex and is often hit or miss, and the cost of some works is enough to leave people searching for a new hobby.

Let Arthur B. Kouwenhoven show you the way.

Kouwenhoven has been collecting artwork for years, and now part of his collection is available for sale at Everard Auctions and Appraisals.

Kouwenhoven collected art in the East Village from the 1960s to the 1980s and was friends with many of the artists he supported. The collection is both financially accessible and expansive, including works from John Wesley, Philip Pavia and Mario Yrisarry as well as one of Salvador Dali’s early pieces. The works for sale range from $100 to $100,000.

Kouwenhoven worked for design firm Jansen Inc. for many years and designed for such clients as the Kennedy White House. He became involved in the East Village art scene, spending time at the famed Club 57.

“Arthur is very kind and always helps us place objects for sale. Traditionally, we do furniture at our actions and Arthur always helps us,” notes Ava Pandiani of Everard Auctions. “He likes works in the space.

He’s not really about the white cube look, so you’ll see the pieces interspersed with furniture.”

“People buy works of art and sculpture and they put them in their home,” adds Kouwenhoven. “They need to see it.”

Kouwenhoven’s placement of artwork in the space is unique in that it challenges traditional concepts of what art collections look like. He’s not afraid to blend works of different artistic styles and periods, and the risk pays off.

“It shows how you can still have antiques in your house and then really contemporary things and it still works,”

Everard Auctions is located at 2436 Waters Ave. The auction will be hosted on igavelauctions.com through Dec. 6. For more information, visit the website, everard.com, or contact ava@everard.com.

Kouwenhoven’s collection at Everard Auctions shows how blending styles and periods pays off. PHOTOS BY RACHAEL FLORA.

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says Amanda Everard, president of Everard Auctions.

“Nobody in their right mind, except me, maybe, would put these together,” laughs Kouwenhoven, “but it works. The good about every period works, and people don’t realize that.”

The art featured in Kouwenhoven’s collection is experiencing resurgence in popularity with the Museum of Modern Art’s new exhibition “Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978-1983.” Club 57 was an alternative creative space in the basement of a Polish church in Manhattan and was a homebase for the counterculture. Keith Haring frequented and performed at the club, as did Madonna, RuPaul, and Cyndi Lauper. The collection features a folder from Club 57 with original artwork and bills of sale that Kouwenhoven has kept through the years.

Continuing his passion for supporting the arts, Kouwenhoven’s collection for sale also includes local artists, with works

by Matt Hebermehl, Garrett Odenwelder, Noah Towne, and Jason Hackenwerth.

“All of these people need help, and that’s what we’re trying to do—set up something like a Savannah annual,” explains Kouwenhoven. “We’ve gotten the people, but this is the beginning. It shows what I’m trying to do. Everybody doesn’t get promoted—that’s what we’re going to try to do with this thing.”

In addition to the annual, Kouwenhoven’s future plans include opening a gallery, but his ultimate goal remains to inspire people to collect artwork.

“Maybe we’re starting something down here,” ponders Kouwenhoven. “I hope it’s to get people to buy art. People are afraid to make a comment. It’s a commitment. To be involved in music, there’s no commitment.

People shouldn’t be afraid to say, ‘Okay, I like this, and I don’t care if you don’t like it, so keep your mouth shut.’” CS

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OPENINGS & RECEPTIONS BARREL-AGED COCKTAILS, PACHINKO, VINYL JUKEBOX, DRAUGHT COCKTAILS

ARBOR ARDOR — Featuring trees by a variety of local artists. Gallery profits will benefit the Savannah Tree Foundation, and the Savannah Philharmonic Choir will be performing holiday favorites. Thu., Nov. 30, 5 p.m. Location Gallery at Austin Hill Realty, 417 Whitaker St. FROM THE FRONT LINES — This series by Hannah Alsdorf examines the despondency and frustrations women feel toward the world we have inherited while confronting our own conflicting natures of destruction and healing. Dec. 1-Jan. 9. Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St. ROBERT FRIEDMAN — Bob Friedman is a Savannah sculptor and painter. Dec. 1-31.

Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

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TIO ARTURO — Alexandro Santana imbues his work with a calculated complexity fed by a lusciously-hued aesthetic. Dec. 1-15. Location Gallery at Savannah LGBT Center, 1515 Bull St. WHITE ELEPHANT III — The 3rd annual affordable art show on display at Sulfur Studios - all art priced at under $100. free and open to the public Fri., Dec. 1, 6-9 p.m. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St.

CONTINUING EXHIBITS ART IN THE ALLEY — Every Monday until Christmas, Circa1875 will feature an artist/ artists actively creating a piece of art in the alley. Silent bids will be accepted and 75% of the proceeds will benefit a family or individual in need. One piece of art represents one person assisted during this holiday season.

By the Glass wine specials will be featured during this very special “Happy Hour.” No Cover Mondays, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Circa 1875 Gastro Pub, 48 Whitaker St. THE ART OF THE ART-QUILT — Showcases the use of fabric, thread and quilting to create the illusion of three dimensions. Through Nov. 30. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. AVANGUARDIA — Exhibition by Savannahbased artist Lisa D. Watson explores the encroachment of the constructed environment on the natural landscape. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. CLAIR AND ERIC CERAMICS — Ceramics

by Clair and Eric. Through Dec. 29. Cultural Arts Gallery, 9 W. Henry St. COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE — Solo exhibition featuring the work of Agnieszka Kurant, composed of sculpture, works on paper,

Group exhibition ‘Lines of Influence’ at SCAD Museum of Art celebrates the life and work of educator Jacob Lawrence.

lenticular prints and a video. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES — The SCAD Museum of Art presents this eponymous exhibition of works by the late Cuban-American artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

GATES MAYBE — Everett Mayo has been painting and print making since the 60’s and for this show, his work combines abstraction with the historic cast iron imagery frequently found in Savannah gates and fences.

Through Jan. 5, 2018. The Butcher Tattoo Studio, 19 East Bay St. GOD AND MODERN MAN — What is the relationship between God and modern man?

Through Jan. 15, 2018. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. GUO PEI: COUTURE BEYOND — SCAD exhibits the work of Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei, best known for the yellow cape entertainer Rihanna wore to the 2015 Met Gala.

Pei Ling Chan Gallery and Garden for the Arts, 322 Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd.

KAHLIL GIBRAN AND THE FEMININE DIVINE — Renowned for his literary masterpiece “The Prophet,” Lebanese-American artist and writer Kahlil Gibran began experimenting with the visual arts at a young age. Telfair Museums proudly boasts the largest public collection of visual art by Kahlil Gibran in the United States. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

KIRK VARNEDOE: IN THE MIDDLE AT THE MODERN — Through the lens of an art historian’s life, Kirk Varnedoe: In the Middle at The Modern challenges the nature of authenticity and the power of museums to define what is “high” and what is “low.” Through Feb. 11, 2018. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. LARRY LEVOW — Larry teaches group classes in his home studio and has just returned from instructing a weeklong plein air class in Montecatini Alto, Italy. In this current show, he is joined by students Henry and Suzanne Croci, Ron Fagin, Bobbie Kraft, Rhondda Netherton, Margie Sone, Mike Spitler and Gail Quinn. Through Dec. 31. hospicesavannah. org/. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. LINES OF INFLUENCE — The SCAD Museum of Art and the Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation present a group exhibition to commemorate the centennial celebration of the birth of acclaimed painter, storyteller, educator and chronicler of the mid-20th-century African American experience, Jacob Lawrence. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

THE LITTLE FRIENDS OF PRINTMAKING: GREETINGS FROM CALIFORNIA — Husband-and-wife team JW and Melissa Buchanan are The Little Friends of Printmaking, a pair of award-winning illustrators and designers. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

CULTURE SPIRITUALITY

Awakening the spirit Renowned mystic leads two-day event at UU Church

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

FRANCIS BENNETT has accomplished the remarkable feat of being both a Trappist and a Buddhist monk.

A particularly deeply felt religious experience at a monastery in Montreal in 2010 began the next phase of Bennett’s personal odyssey, prompting her to become a spiritual teacher.

From 2016-2017 Bennett transitioned from male to female. She regards her transgender identity as just one part of her own journey, which she describes as more of a quest of the spirit than of earthly politics: “In that journey and process we do not necessarily need to reject spirituality or religion altogether,” she writes. “But we do need to reject the patriarchal, misogyny and sexism that has defined virtually all religious hierarchies and structures,

both in the East and the West from time immemorial.”

Bennett brings her wealth of teachings and experience to Savannah this weekend in a special two-afternoon appearance at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah.

Her 2013 book, ‘I Am That I Am: Discovering the Love, Peace, Joy and Stability of the True Self’ boasts some of the most genuinely glowing and appreciative reviews you will find. It is a chronicle of her expansive vision of the awakening of the spirit, a vision melding the world’s great traditions.

She is currently heavily involved with outreach to the LGBTQI community as well as anyone interested in an inclusive, reflective study of what various mystical forms of Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism have to offer the quests of the soul.

We spoke with Bennett last week.

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Francis Bennett is a spiritual teacher and former Catholic and Buddhist monk. PHOTO BY MICHAEL JENKINS

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On religious epiphanies:

I’d say I’ve had many epiphanies of that nature. Probably at least a dozen over the years. Of course I’ve been at it since I was a kid. I was always thinking spiritually.

The one I’ve written about the most came in the middle of mass in Montreal. I was receiving the Eucharist. I remember I looked down and I saw the Eucharist as filled with light. It spread all through my body, and all through the church.

As a Catholic, you believe that Christ is truly present at all times. I never doubted it. But that experience showed me that His presence actually filled all things.

I not only was in the presence of God, I was the presence of God, as is everything.

One attribute of God is always said to be His omnipresence. Well, if God is omnipresent, how can there be anything that isn’t God?

On comparisons of Eastern religions and Western religions:

Eastern religions can every bit as authoritarian as in the West, sometimes moreso. Even now, the Buddhism of southeast Asia is much more authoritarian than the Buddhism practiced in the West.

The truth is that Christianity has come a long way. There’s a stereotype of Christians as always being Evangelical, intolerant Bible-thumpers, but the majority of Christians aren’t like that. Even the Catholic Church has dialed back a lot of its more extreme stances.

In the West we tend to idealize the religions of the East. We tend not to see them warts and all.

Week at a Glance

On the nature of her activism and the divide between politics and religion:

I wouldn’t necessarily call myself an activist. I have marched a few times. But I see that as part of what I do in standing up against any kind of injustice.

Each person is utterly unique. Each person embodies their spirit in their own personal way. Transgender people are an illustration of this.

You look at Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. You see people who were certainly spiritually motivated in their own attempts to fight injustice. Each of us is called to service in some way. One of our missions is to find out who we were created to be.

What to expect:

I have three prime teachings: Meditation, Surrender, and Service. They’re all equally important.

It’s similar to a fitness regimen. For example, you might watch your diet, you might do anaerobic exercise, and you might also do aerobic, cardio exercise. All three factors are needed for the goal of being truly physically fit.

You have to do it all to get a real balance.

It’s the same thing with the spirit. CS

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BY MARIA WHITEWAY

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THE Gaslight Group welcomed their newest brainchild, East End Provisions Neighborhood Kitchen & Bar, to the Savannah food scene earlier this month.

Owners Brian and Jennifer Huskey opened their fifth restaurant, this one on the east end of Broughton Street in the historic reclaimed building of the former Juarez Mexican Restaurant.

The 5 Spot, B Matthew’s, Blowin’ Smoke and Abe’s on Lincoln all have intentional

branding, according to Adrienne Ritchey, General Manager of East End Provisions.

East End Provisions now has its own place in the restaurant collection, offering a more sophisticated appeal.

“East End is not aiming to be pretentious or unapproachable, but seeking to give a little more thoughtful and elevated cuisine as well as dining experience to our guests,” says Ritchey.

Given its residential location downtown, this is truly a “place for locals to come and feel comfortable. The price points are focused on repeat customers,” assures Ritchey.

The Gaslight Group was even able to procure the former Southern Motors’

parking lot across the street. This way, locals who are not in walking distance can pop in and out without hunting for parking.

The space boasts a full transformation, with neutral textures and tones that contribute to the upscale yet laidback atmosphere. The horseshoe bar in the front entryway hails patrons off the streets, seen from oversized windows scaling the facade.

An intimate dining room with camel leather seating, tufted high-back velvet banquettes and exposed brick walls make for an elegant dining ambience.

Downstairs, Lot 33 is a Prohibitionesque bar that awaits those who seek a brisk cocktail and lounging experience.

Its brick laden floors and walls along with bourbon barrels, wooden high-tops and sleek sectional generate a speakeasy vibe.

While classic cocktails set the tone, East End Provisions provides a farm-to-table experience with their newly established lunch and dinner menus.

Executive Chef Dan Milner and his loyal counterpart, Sous Chef German Ruiz, helm East End’s kitchen.

The focus of East End’s cuisine is fresh, quality and seasonal fare. Milner describes the menu as “eclectic.”

“The food is farm-to-table and as regionally sourced as possible,” Milner says.

Milner and Ruiz are inspired by their heritage and experiences, developing dishes that range from Italian, Peruvian, Asian, and French origins.

Milner, an Ohio native, grew up seeking a passion that “captured him.”

“I have always loved to cook since 3 or 4, so I went to culinary school. It captured me. I realized I made a good choice.”

After graduating from the Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts in Pittsburgh, Milner came to Savannah for an externship at The Westin.

Ruiz, on the other hand, developed a passion for food given his artistic abilities.

He spent a few years in Savannah, helping open Naan Appetit in Pooler and serving as a sous chef at Cohen’s Retreat.

About a year ago, the two met while working at Vic’s on the River and bonded.

“It was our passion for food and respect for food. We have a similar skillset. We knew that someday we would run a place together,” says Milner.

With that, the partners in crime recruited their most devoted former colleagues and formed the East End kitchen family.

Milner beams, “It’s a lot of fun in my kitchen. But when it’s time to work, you gotta work. [The kitchen staff] are inspired, fresh, bright-eyed and want to learn.”

The newfangled menu is allocated into sections for sharing, salads, flatbreads, sides and entrees.

For a communal snack, nosh on East End Chicken Wings, sourced from Springer Mountain Farms. The wings are brined, dry rubbed and charred over a wood-burning fire. Don’t forget to dunk

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Fresh oysters from the east and west coast are served with a pickled watermelon rind.

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them into homemade roasted garlic ranch.

Chef Milner also offers Oysters of the Day, alternating varieties from the east and west coasts. The crisp shucked oysters are served with pickled watermelon rind that lends a subtly sweet yet tart accompaniment to the sumptuous bivalve.

For a light delight, choose the Jicama and Watermelon Salad. As a chef who practices a no-waste policy, Milner utilizes the flesh of the watermelon in this dish.

Mixed greens are lightly dressed in citrusy sherry vinaigrette. Toasted almonds add a nutty flavor while feta cheese from Bootleg Farms adds tangy and savory notes.

Another salad featuring this creamy, decadent cheese is the Grilled Portobello and Artichoke Salad. The meaty mushrooms are roasted with shallots and balsamic vinegar. The mushroom liquid is extracted and reduced with the balsamic, forming mushroom vinaigrette. Peppery arugula, roasted tomato, Bootleg Farms feta, local honey and a grilled baguette assist in balancing the rich acidity.

Flatbreads like Caprese, with fresh mozzarella and DeRosa tomato gravy, Greek, with kalamata olives and tzatziki, and the Banh Mi, with pickled carrots and wasabi aioli, embody the eclecticism of the menu.

For those who do not want to share, an entrée that highlights the season’s bounty Duck breast with pulled confit duck leg and thigh, served alongside foie gras bread pudding and cherry demi-glace. is the Hunter Cattle Pork. Tender medallions with a warm pink center are served gras bread pudding. With a warm custard- the deal. and creamy. with sweet potato hash, crispy roasted like center and golden exterior, the bread With a rich decadent meal, dessert With plans to change the menu every Brussels sprouts, thick studs of Savannah pudding is reminiscent of comforting holi- should be light and refreshing. Chef Milseason, Milner and Ruiz are elated to have River Farms pork belly and fried sage, all day stuffing. ner concocted a Frozen Cranberry Nugget the opportunity to impact the Savannah encircled by a maple syrup demi-glace.

Duck eggs, duck fat and duck liver were for this reason. This scoop of frozen cream food scene at East End Provisions. As the With all that said, the dish that is worth utilized to elevate the savory side, makis filled with candied pistachios, almonds Gaslight Group continues to expand, they ordering time and time again is the Duck ing it a truly crave-worthy star. The dish and honey, topped with macerated cranremain focused and deliberate with each Trio. Duck breast brined in cherry, star berries and cranberry jus. The seasonal of the restaurants they produce. CS anise and cinnamon as well as pulled confit is accompanied by fresh succotash, pork 30 duck leg and thigh are served alongside foie belly and a tart cherry demi-glaze to seal treat hits all elements of sweet, salty, tart

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Drink a toast to Repeal Day

BY RAYMOND GADDY THE RISE of evangelical Protestantism, fueled by misinformation and illogical assumptions, resulted in the adoption of Prohibition in 1919, an ill-conceived Constitutional amendment that led to some dark days in American history.

Fortunately for us clearer heads eventually prevailed, though the damage done has taken almost a hundred years to repair.

What would eventually be called the Temperance Movement had its roots in the 1820s when religious revivalism spread across the country. The movement had some very positive effects, including the movement to end slavery, but also led to some states passing laws intended to curb the consumption of alcohol.

While many of the laws were eventually overturned, some did stick and the precedent for further legislation was set.

Emboldened by these successes, several new temperance organizations formed, chief among them the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), an organization still in existence today.

The WCTU was formed in 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio, with the intention of creating what author Ian Tyrrell terms a “sober and pure world through abstinence, purity, and evangelical Christianity.”

The WCTU’s belief was that alcohol was at the core of all crime, mental illness, poverty, divorce and most other social problems and that only abstinence from alcohol could eliminate these problems.

The WCTU did delve into other means of eliminating social injustice and was integral in the suffrage movement. But bringing an end to alcohol use was the glue that held these issues, and the organization together.

As the swell of social conservatism grew, new political lobbying organizations also developed to pressure politicians to move to prohibit the sale of alcohol. The primary political mover in the pre-prohibition era was the Anti-Saloon League.

Also formed in Ohio, the ASL was an evangelical Protestant organization that believed saloon culture was “corrupt and ungodly.”

The ASL’s sole goal was to end the consumption of alcohol, making it one of the first single-topic lobbying group in the U.S. The ASL believed that alcohol was a

drug being pressed onto the public and that only through abstinence would Americans be freed so that the true state of humankind, temperance, could develop.

The ASL, working with the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and aligned with the Ku Klux Klan and the newly formed Prohibition Party, orchestrated the election of prohibition friendly legislators. Buttressed by political wins and aided by the temporary wartime prohibition of alcohol production to increase the amount of grain available for food production, the ground was laid for federal prohibition legislation.

Additionally, there was World War I induced nativism, a belief that Americans were made great because of their AngloSaxon heritage. The resulting backlash against immigrant communities, particularly the German community, which strongly supported alcohol industry, resulted in the quick passage of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The 18th Amendment was ratified on January 16, 1919 and stated that the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.”

The amendment did not state how prohibition was to be specifically enacted or enforced. But quick work by the House Judiciary Committee and the legislature led to passage of the National Prohibition Act, also known as the Volstead Act, named after Andrew Volstead, a representative from Minnesota who chaired the House Judiciary Committee.

There were a few positive consequences of the 18th Amendment. The Passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, was a direct result of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union support of Prohibition and the Anti-Saloon League’s political ascendance.

Additionally, there was an overall shift in social mores as women were allowed into speakeasies when bars had been off limits to the prior to prohibition.

Secondary information, such as the drop in cirrhosis rates, translates into an initial, overall drop in the rate of alcoholism.

Despite these benefits, there were numerous unforeseen negative results of the 18th Amendment’s passage. Prohibition led to the rise of the Mafia and similar crime organizations specializing in bootlegging operations and speakeasies.

The resulting rise in crime led to increasing prison and police costs and legal fees which had a greater effect on the working class and poor resulting in an economic downward spiral for those classes.

The significant loss of alcohol-related tax revenues — the industry was estimated to be a billion-dollar business then — was a major hit to federal revenue and a contributing factor to the Great Depression.

Ultimately a clearer understanding of the ramifications of Prohibition, complications and limitations associated with the enforcement of overreaching Prohibition laws, a weakening of public support due to the backlash against unsavory organizations like the KKK and a Depression era desire to jumpstart the economy with tax revenue and jobs through legalization opened the door for an easy presidential win for Democratic nominee Franklin Roosevelt, who ran on a platform of Prohibition repeal.

For the craft beer drinker, the greatest damage done by the 18th Amendment was the destruction of a robust local beer industry. It took until the 1990s for the local small, craft beer industry to even start to recover, and it’s only been the last few years that we can say it has recovered.

Rampant social conservatism took away America’s right to have a beer at the end of the day. But more level heads, better education and understanding of the realities of Prohibition led to the ratification of the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933.

December 5 is now known as Repeal Day, the day when it becomes your Constitutional responsibility to celebrate with a drink. Enjoy Repeal Day with a drink because you can!

If you want to learn more about Prohibition and its repeal, visit the Prohibition Museum right here in Savannah. It is the only Prohibition-centric museum in the country.

For details check out their website at www.americanprohibitionmuseum.com CS

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OOO With such titles as Dazed and Confused, Everybody Wants Some!! and the masterful Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight trilogy, writer-director Richard Linklater has spent the majority of his career focusing on the experiences of the young and the restless.

Last Flag Flying leaps so far in the opposite direction that it’s almost startling to see his name appear in the credits. In this picture, the central characters are more likely to carry AARP cards rather than the fake IDs required of past Linklater protagonists.

Last Flag Flying will certainly stir memories of the 1973 Jack Nicholson vehicle The Last Detail, and that’s no accident. Both films are based on novels by Darryl Ponicsan, and the author himself co-scripted this new picture alongside Linklater.

Set in 2003, it focuses on Larry “Doc” Shepherd (Steve Carell), a Vietnam War veteran whose only child has just been killed in the Iraq War. Before traveling to claim the body, he asks two fellow grunts he hasn’t seen in approximately 30 years to accompany him on his road trip. Both Sal Nealon (Bryan Cranston), now a coarse bar owner, and Richard Mueller (Laurence Fishburne), long a respected reverend, say yes.

What follows is a journey that hits most of the expected beats, with Richard loosening his holy collar, Sal exhibiting flashes of restraint and sensitivity, and Doc coming to grips with the death of his son.

All three actors are predictably excellent, with further notable turns by J. Quinton Johnson as Charlie Washington, a young Marine assigned to accompany the three men as they make burial arrangements for Doc’s son, and the great Cicely Tyson (looking fabulous at 92) as Mrs. Hightower, the grandmother of a soldier whose death in Vietnam remains a troubling link between the trio.

Indeed, the characters’ memories of Vietnam commingle easily with the film’s Junior-Bush-league setting. Doc, Sal and Richard all love their country but hate the ever-changing governments that perennially view young Americans as expendable fodder, and the three men can’t help but chuckle as they hear Washington (who served with Doc’s son in Baghdad) repeat the gung-ho speeches they themselves heard 30 years earlier. Last Flag Flying is proudly pro-soldier and anti-war, and real American patriots will grasp it at once.

JUSTICE LEAGUE

OO Look! Up on the screen! It’s a mirage! It’s an apparition! It’s Wonder Woman!

Certainly, after the three-and-out

represented by Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad, the arrival of this past summer’s Wonder Woman was nothing short of a miracle. The solo starring vehicle for the Amazonian warrior princess clicked on all cylinders, and it appeared that DC had finally turned the corner and would begin producing superhero sagas as acclaimed and as beloved as those emanating from the Marvel warehouse.

But if Justice League makes anything clear, it’s that Wonder Woman was an illusion, a cinematic sleight of hand, and the celluloid equivalent of a stopped clock being right twice a day. Justice League defaults to the problems that have plagued the DCEU films pre-WW, and while it offers more pleasures than its detractors would ever admit, it still qualifies as yet another big-screen disappointment from The House That Clark Built.

A constant problem in all the DCEU titles (even Wonder Woman) has been the lack of a truly great villain, and that debit continues with this picture. Steppenwolf (voiced by Ciaran Hinds) is the latest baddie du jour, a towering CGI entity plotting to conquer Earth with the aid of demonic insects. Naturally, such a threat couldn’t be handled by just one hero, so Batman/Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Diana Price/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot)

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assemble a crime-fighting outfit whose members also include Barry Allen/The Flash (Ezra Miller), Arthur Curry/Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and Victor Stone/ Cyborg (Ray Fisher). As expected, Superman (Henry Cavill) returns from the dead, although he’s inexplicably something of a combative tool when initially revived. But after Batman whispers “Martha” to him, he’s just fine. (OK, the scene actually plays out with Superman smacking around the other heroes, but this alternate approach would have made just as much sense and saved the producers several million bucks in the process.)

As with Suicide Squad, the high volume of colorfully costumed characters provides variety but not depth. The broad strokes applied by scripters Chris Terrio and Josh Whedon work in spurts, often dependent on the performance of the actor in question. Of the newbies, Miller comes off best, offering the only humor in the film that doesn’t come off as hopelessly forced.

Momoa’s Aquaman functions better as eye candy than as an interesting personality, while Fisher’s Cyborg makes even less of an impression. Cavill is typically dull as Superman, and while Affleck is again fine 34 as Bruce Wayne, his bulky Batman outfit

is distracting, making him look less like the Dark Knight and more like somebody’s drunk uncle who reluctantly dressed up to amuse the neighborhood kids at Halloween. Thus, Gadot again ends up as a saving grace, and she also figures at the center of one of the few action sequences (a bank robbery) that’s exciting rather than cumbersome.

Indeed, much of the film feels heavy and unwieldy, from the FX set-pieces to the cluttered storyline to the overall aesthetic design of the picture. Gadot, Miller, and some of the character interactions in the early going provide enormous lift, but as it stands, Justice League ultimately registers as an also-ran in the ongoing superhero sweepstakes.

LADY BIRD

OOO Coming-of-age movies can often feel as ubiquitous as superhero films, yet Lady Bird turns out to be one of those special efforts that manages to leapfrog over the competition with a single bound.

Although known primarily as an actress, Greta Gerwig has worked before as a writer and director, and here she devotes all her attention to those duties. This is

the first time she doesn’t star in her own story – instead, the lead is Saoirse Ronan, delivering a performance that compares favorably to her smashing turn in 2015’s Oscar-nominated Brooklyn.

Set in Sacramento in 2002, the film orbits around Christine McPherson (Ronan), a high school student who prefers to go by the nickname “Lady Bird.” Like any normal teenager, Christine wants to be accepted by the popular kids and hopes to find love in the arms of a desirable classmate. These are Herculean challenges for almost any adolescent, but they’re even more difficult for someone as individualistic and uncompromising as Christine. Also adding to her woes is the testy relationship she shares with her mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf), whose tough-love approach is often misinterpreted by Christine as outright disdain and disgust.

There isn’t much in Lady Bird that doesn’t feel recognizable from past films of this nature, but it’s Gerwig’s ability to make her protagonist’s struggles feel raw and real that allows this affecting film to soar.

OO Although Peter Ustinov and David Suchet would repeatedly portray Belgian detective Hercule Poirot on screens both big and small, it was Albert Finney who headlined one of the most popular and enduring of all filmic properties based on an Agatha Christie whodunnit.

Released in 1974, Murder on the Orient Express proved to be a potent box office property, thanks in no small part to an all-star cast that numbered Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall and Anthony Perkins among its ranks.

As for Finney, his chameleonic ability to immerse himself in the role of the fastidious detective earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

Similar raves and riches will likely be withheld from the new version of Murder on the Orient Express. Certainly, Kenneth Branagh deserves credit for bringing this venerable novel to the modern screen, if for no other reason than to provide a viewing option for audiences not interested in Marvel or Madea (as someone quipped at my screening, this might qualify as Star Wars: The Last Jedi for the senior set).

Ever the classicist, Branagh lets others waste their time trying to adapt video games – he prefers to deal with Shakespeare, Shelley and Cinderella (even his one stab at a superhero saga, 2011’s Thor, made sense due to the deep mythology behind the character). Yet Branagh’s interpretation of Murder on the Orient Express unfortunately registers as a disappointment, with the director-star, aided by scripter Michael Green, puncturing the source material as often as someone ends up stabbing Edward Ratchett.

Ratchett (Johnny Depp) is one of the travelers aboard the Orient Express, and he seeks to hire fellow passenger Poirot (Branagh) to be his bodyguard lest someone try to murder him. Realizing that Ratchett is a thoroughly detestable gangster, Poirot refuses, only to awaken the next morning and find Ratchett slain in his own bed.

Thus, the “world’s greatest detective” finds himself with his hands full interrogating the other passengers — the suspects include Ratchett’s secretary (Josh Gad), a meek missionary (Penelope Cruz in a variation of the role that won Bergman an Oscar for the ’74 take), an outspoken governess (Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Daisy Ridley), a helpful doctor (Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton’s Aaron Burr), a persnickety princess (Judi Dench), and a chatty widow (Michelle Pfeiffer).

The changes that Branagh and Green make to the novel and the remarkably faithful 1974 version are baffling, leading to a film that feels as if it’s just skimming the surface of a compelling murder-mystery. With so much emphasis on Poirot (it’s

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clear the director loves his star), expository scenes that should establish the other characters prove to be choppy and unsatisfying — thus, when the case starts to clear up in the final stretch, many of the assembled players come across as little more than extras trying to crowd into the shot.

The backstory to the whole mystery — the Daisy Armstrong affair (Christie’s nod to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping) — also appears in truncated form, thereby reducing its impact on the final revelations.

As director, Branagh makes some lamentable decisions, trying to frame a couple of moments as action set-pieces and elsewhere adopting strange camera angles that call awkward attention upon themselves. This is especially true of the murder sequence, which Branagh grotesquely stages as if he were auditioning to direct a remake of Carnival of Souls.

If nothing else, the production values in Murder on the Orient Express look smashing, and while no single performer stands out, all tackle their roles with aplomb. For the most part, though, Branagh has taken a beloved tale and committed (to borrow the title of another Christie adaptation) murder most foul.

THOR: RAGNAROK

OOO Suddenly, everyone’s a comedian.

Marvel movies have always plopped heaping servings of humor on top of the expected action and mythmaking, but Thor: Ragnarok dials up the laugh track to heretofore untested decibel levels. This is Asgard by way of The Comedy Store, an approach inspired not so much by previous Avengers-related entries but by Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Those saucy superhero outings earned praise for their irreverence and go-forbroke jokes, so it’s not surprising that one of the more traditional franchise threads has opted to similarly amplify the nyuks.

To that end, the studio suits even hired a comedian — What We Do in the Shadows’ Taika Waititi — to serve as director. The result is a rollicking adventure yarn sure to delight the faithful, and the picture emerges as arguably the most satisfying of the Thor trilogy.

At the same time, the perpetual need to go for joke means that there’s not much of a dramatic center to the project. Certainly, there’s nothing comparable to the sober moment in 2012’s The Avengers when a Holocaust survivor stands up to the fascistic Loki (Tom Hiddleston), or the heartbreaking scene in 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) tenderly tends to an elderly Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell).

Even the actors have been instructed to tackle the enterprise as a lark. Only Idris Elba, as Asgardian guardian Heimdall, provides any semblance of gravitas;

everyone else appears to be auditioning for a spot on the next season of Saturday Night Live.

Picking up story strands from previous entries, this finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) still contending with the mischievous antics of his half-brother Loki. Both, however, are confronted with a new threat in the form of the sister they never knew they had: Hela (Cate Blanchett), a fearsome goddess who’s laying waste to Asgard.

Their initial effort to stop her ends in failure, and the pair find themselves stranded on a planet where the so-called Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) holds gladiatorial bouts between powerful beings. Cue the appearance by everyone’s favorite notso-jolly green giant, the incredible Hulk (played by Mark Ruffalo and CGI).

Familiar faces appear throughout the picture — the appearance by Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange ranks as a highlight — but there are several notable newcomers as well. Chief among them is Tessa Thompson, who scores as the fearless Valkyrie, and Goldblum, a hoot as the easily excitable Grandmaster. Blanchett cuts a striking figure in her riot grrrl gear, but Hela ends up being a rather one-note villain.

Hemsworth has already displayed his comic chops in past pictures — he was especially hilarious as the dim-witted Kevin in the engaging Ghostbusters remake — so he has no problem turning the God of Thunder into an occasional god of blunder. Between the actor’s puppydog demeanor and his character’s farcical bewilderment, Hemsworth and Thor are, naturally enough, the primary reasons that Ragnarok rocks.

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

OOO Greek writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2010 import Dogtooth earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film while his 2016 effort The Lobster nabbed an Oscar nod for Best Original Screenplay. The Killing of a Sacred Deer, co-written (like his previous pictures) with Efthymis Filippou, will likely come up short in this year’s Oscar race, but no matter.

Call it a minority report, but I find it to be the most consistently mesmerizing of the trio, and a stronger ending might have vaulted it into “10 Best” consideration.

A creepy combo of The Twilight Zone and Sophie’s Choice, the film stars Lobster’s Colin Farrell as Steven Murphy, a surgeon who has befriended a teenage boy named Martin (Barry Keoghan). The exact nature of their relationship isn’t clear, but Steven seems to be spending almost as much time with the lad as he does with his wife Anna (Nicole Kidman), daughter Kim (Raffey Cassidy), and son Bob (Sunny Suljic). Steven eventually elects to introduce Martin

to his family, and it’s here when matters take a particularly dark turn.

To reveal more would be to deny viewers the opportunity to get blindsided by the directions the film ultimately takes, but suffice to say The Killing of a Sacred Deer is decidedly not for moviegoers who prefer their options on the “feel-good” end of the spectrum.

This is a deeply disturbing film, with its eeriness accentuated by the delivery of the dialogue (everyone speaks in carefully enunciated, drawn-out sentences, as if the characters were all trapped in an etiquette class), the sterility of many of Lanthimos’ shot selections, and the moral monstrousness of many of the main characters. Farrell and Kidman are both excellent, and there’s an unexpected appearance by no less than former Clueless star Alicia Silverstone as Martin’s mom.

(On a side note, it’s impossible not to think of Rabbit Hole while viewing this, with the presence of Kidman as a tortured mom and even the casting of Keoghan, who looks a bit like the previous film’s Miles Teller.)

A final twist could have elevated this to giddy heights — as it stands, the film flatlines at the very end. Nevertheless, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is one of the more unique pictures now playing, and it should serve as the perfect antidote for those annoyed that the seasonal cheer is already being foisted upon us.

SUBURBICON

O The original script for Suburbicon was written by Joel and Ethan Coen back in 1986, shortly after the dynamic duo flashed their calling card in the form of their debut beauty, 1985’s Blood Simple. Shelving the script, the siblings instead moved forward with 1987’s brilliant Raising Arizona, although they later incorporated some of Suburbicon’s elements into their Oscarwinning screenplay for 1996’s Fargo.

Coen pal George Clooney later got hold of the script for Suburbicon and planned to turn it into a movie as far back as 2005.

Instead, one thing led to another, and it’s only now that Suburbicon is hitting theaters, with direction by Clooney and a Coen script that has since been modified

by Clooney and his frequent writing partner Grant Heslov.

Given the ghastly result, perhaps the Coens should sue, since it’s almost inconceivable that their original idea bore much resemblance to a debacle that unexpectedly has emerged as one of the year’s worst films.

Topical yet tone-deaf, Suburbicon initially appears as if it will focus on the tensions that emerge when a black family moves into a white middle-class neighborhood in 1959. But no, this is merely a side dish to the real plotline, which centers on

the plight facing mild-mannered neighbor Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon), his wife Rose (Julianne Moore), their son Nicky (appealing Noah Jupe), and Rose’s twin sister Margaret (also Moore).

A home invasion by two seedy criminals (Glenn Fleshler and Alex Hassell) results in one death—this is turn leads to a coverup, a visit from an insurance investigator (Oscar Isaac), and several more slayings.

The portions of the film focusing on the African-American family—Mr. and Mrs. Mayers (Leith M. Burke and Karimah Westbrook) and their son Andy (Tony Espinosa)—are presented in far more dramatic fashion, wisely stripped of any comedic underpinnings. Yet witnessing the Mayers being harassed on a daily basis and seeing their car firebombed works in direct conflict to the broad comedy unfolding elsewhere in the film, and the only possible reaction is one of embarrassment.

THE FOREIGNER

OO The primary poster for The Foreigner shows Jackie Chan standing alone in a scene of carnage, with the tagline intoning that one should “Never Push A Good Man Too Far.” Such a promotional angle suggests that Chan will employ his considerable martial arts skills to take down various evildoers a la Taken or Death Wish.

This is accurate—to a point. But look at the poster more closely and it becomes clear that this isn’t a solo vehicle for Chan, not with Pierce Brosnan sharing abovethe-title billing.

As for the movie itself, it’s far from a straightforward action romp—instead, it’s a knotty political thriller involving a terrorist outfit with possible IRA ties embarking on a series of bombings.

The scene of mass destruction that opens the picture ends up killing the daughter of Quan (Chan), a restaurateur who already lost his wife and other daughters to violence long ago.

A devastated Quan wants to make sure those responsible are punished, and so he begins harassing Liam Hennessy (Brosnan), a former IRA member who now works with the British government.

Quan is convinced that Hennessy knows the identities of the terrorists—for his part, Hennessy must track down these murderers while also assigning his subordinates to deal with a surprisingly efficient Quan.

It’s interesting to see Chan stripped of the cheeky charisma that has floated most of his career, even if the movie doesn’t give him much to do beyond scowling, grimacing, and occasion ally throwing a punch.

Chan often feels like a visitor in his own film, since the majority concerns itself with the maneuverings and machinations of Brosnan’s character to appease those wanting answers and those seeking power.

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COMPILED BY RACHAEL FLORA happenings@connectsavannah.com HAPPENINGS IS CONNECT SAVANNAH’S LISTING OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, CLASSES AND GROUPS. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT CONNECTSAVANNAH.COM TO SUBMIT A LISTING. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EDIT OR CUT LISTINGS DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS.

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.

ACTIVISM & POLITICS

FIRST TUESDAY TOUR OF CITY HALL The First Tuesday Tour series gives an overview of the history, architecture, and art of historic City Hall. Participants will also hear stories about some of the City’s more fascinating characters and learn about their City government. The tour is free, but space is limited and registration is required, at savannahga.gov/FirstTuesdayTours. first Tuesday of every month, noon. 912651-6411. lspracher@savannahga.gov.

Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

GREEN PARTY OF CHATHAM COUNTY People, Planet and Peace over Profit!

Meets Saturdays and the first Tuesday of every month. Join the Facebook group, @ ChathamGreens, to find out about upcoming local events. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

SAVANNAH AREA YOUNG REPUBLICANS Get involved. Contact is Michael Johnson, via email or telephone, or see website for info. 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr. org. sayr.org. Call or see website for information. Free ongoing. 912-308-3020. savannahyoungrepublicans.com.

SAVANNAH LIBERTARIANS Join the Facebook group to find out about upcoming local events. Mondays. Facebook. com/groups/SAVlibertarians.

YOUNG DEMOCRATS Mondays at 7pm on the second level of Foxy Loxy, Bull Street. Call or visit the Young Democrats Facebook page for more information. Free ongoing. 423-619-7712. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

AUDITIONS AND CALLS FOR ENTRIES

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AUDITIONS FOR ARMSTRONG YOUTH ORCHESTRA Open to students enrolled in primary grades through high school and including Armstrong students (available for course credit). Auditions, by appointment, are in Armstrong Fine Arts Hall. To schedule an audition, e-mail: savaayo@yahoo.com. Info is also available at www.savaayo.org. AYO is sponsored in part by the Savannah Friends of Music, www.savannahfriendsofmusic. com ongoing. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/ index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR TEDXSAVANNAH Speaker applications open Monday, Nov. 20 for the 2018 TEDxSavannah, scheduled for May 11, 2018. For details, go to tedxsavannah.com on Nov. 20 or visit the TEDxSavannah Facebook page. Ticket sales begin March 12. Through May 11, 2018.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

CALL FOR AUDITIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN DELILAHS DANCE CABARET The Downtown Delilahs dance cabaret are holding auditions for several upcoming 36 shows. To set up an audition, contact Jade

First Friday for Folk Music

Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. Hosted by Tom Cooler. $5 DONATION DECEMBER'S PERFORMERS ARE CHRIS DESA AND CLARK BYRON.. FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 7:30 P.M. 912-484-3936.

SAVANNAHFOLK.ORG. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 520 WASHINGTON AVE.

Bills at 912-272-7601. Through Feb. 28, 2018. No physical address given, none.

CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR VIGNETTE SAVANNAH 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 MUSICIANS FOR EFFINGHAM COUNTY ORCHESTRA Effingham Community Orchestra is now accepting additional musicians.

Instruments included are winds, orchestral strings and orchestral percussion. For information contact the Director at www. effinghamcommunityorchestra.org or call 912-826-5300 ext. 110. ongoing. No physical address given, 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.

CALL FOR WORLD WAR I ITEMS FOR CITY EXHIBIT The City of Savannah Research Library & Municipal Archives is currently planning a World War I Centennial exhibit for 2018 to honor Savannahians’ role in the war.

The City would like to include items from local residents and families to further personalize the exhibit. Residents are asked to share World War I related artifacts or documents with the City to help create the exhibit. To lend an item to the exhibit or to learn more about the exhibit, please contact Luciana Spracher, City of Savannah Library & Archives Director, at Lspracher@ savannahga.gov or (912) 651-6411. ongoing. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

RELIGIOUS ETHNIC ARTISTS NEEDED

BENEFITS

CINEMA FOR A CAUSE One hundred percent of proceeds from admission tickets and concession purchases will be donated to local charities.

Sun., Dec. 3. GTC Liberty Cinema 7 (Hinesville), 565 West Oglethorpe Hwy. HALLOWEEN FOOD DRIVE Help families in need by donating to America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia. Non-perishables like peanut butter, jelly, canned meats, soups, canned fruit, and rice are especially needed. Donations are accepted at 3109 E. Victory Drive Monday through Friday from 9:30 am to 5 pm. Online donations are accepted at fooddriveonline. org/HelpEndHunger. Through Jan. 1, 2018. kristin.brown@century21.com.. helpendhunger.org. America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, 2501 E. President St. SCMPD ANIMAL CONTROL SEEKS VOLUNTEERS Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve various tasks as needed by the shelter. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly trained volunteers will be authorized to serve immediately after orientation. Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are welcome.

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

CLASSES, CAMPS & WORKSHOPS

ART, MUSIC, PIANO, VOICE COACHING Coaching for all ages, beginners through advanced. Classic, modern, jazz improvization and theory. Serious inquiries only. 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056.

BASIC SELF DEFENSE Essential self-defense for adults. $30/ month Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6 p.m.

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fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com.

Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

BEADING CLASSSES AT EPIPHANY BEAD & JEWELRY STUDIO Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced. Call for class times.

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

Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio, 101 N. Fahm St. BEGINNING BELLY DANCE CLASSES Taught by Happenstance Bellydance.

All skill levels and styles. Private instruction available. $15 912-704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com.

BETHESDA ACADEMY OPEN HOUSE Bethesda Academy will host an open house on Sunday, Dec. 3, in the Diamond Dining Hall for prospective students to get a glimpse of the education the historic school offers. Applications are being accepted for the 2018-2019 school year. Sun., Dec. 3, 2-5 p.m. 912-351-2066. brandi.hebron@ bethesdaacademy.org. bethesdaacademy. org/admissions/open-house/. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. BRIDGE LESSONS Competitive Bidding (BB2), Saturday, February 4 at 10AM. Defensive Signals (BB5), Monday February 6. They are 4 week classes. Intermediate and advanced workshops continue on Fridays at 10AM. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave, Sandfly. Also, games are held in the afternoon and/or evening almost every day. There is something for players at all levels. Check our website for fees and schedules of games and other classes. ongoing. 912-228-4838. bridgewebs.com/ savannahclubs. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave. 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 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. 323-539-1760.

DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL.COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. 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.

HISTORICAL WRITERS GUILD OF RICHMOND HILL MONTHLY WORKSHOP In addition to the regular meetings offered on the second and fourth Monday of each month as a writing feedback group, the Historical Writers Guild of Richmond Hill will begin offering its members a writing skills workshop on the first Monday of each month. This monthly workshop will address topics such as: show versus tell, conflict, how to build your story, fiction strategy and structure, characterization, and other topics as chosen by the group. The mission of the Historical Writers Guild (HWG) of Richmond Hill is to improve members’ writing skills and to help each writer become published. first Monday of every month. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. 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. INTERMEDIATE JEWELERS STUDIO This session will include instruction on bezel and flush setting faceted stones. You’ve got basic soldering skills down and are ready to try some experimenting. This class is focused on design execution. Learn to successfully combine your skills into pieces that require multiple soldering operations, forethought, and planning. Make beautiful, wearable pieces that you love to put on day after day. Perfect for the student that has some basic experience. Christina provides a project each week to inspire your own piece. $225.00 Thu., Nov. 30, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

912-289-8337. christina@dreamcatstudio. com. dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcat studio, Hover Creek RD. INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL

WOOD CARVING Interested in learning the basics of traditional wood carving techniques?

This class will provide a fundamental understanding of the tools, equipment, knife cutting techniques, gouge and chisel techniques associated with decorative and architectural woodcarving. Instructor: Mary May. $100 (Includes a $25 material fee) Sat., Dec. 2, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 912.443.5864. bcurran@ savannahtech.edu. savannahtech.edu/ HistoricHomeownersAcademy. Savannah Technical College, Historic Homeowners Academy, 5717 White Bluff Road.

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.

NANTUCKET BASKETS Join veteran John C. Campbell Folk School instructor for a class in making your own heirloom basket. All students will be introduced to the basic materials, tools and techniques associated with this type of basketry. Beginning students will make a traditional basket, while advanced students will be able to add a pattern or some color to their basket. All students will complete a basket to keep or give as a holiday gift.

Instructor: Gary Marshall. $100 (Includes $25 material fee) Fri., Dec. 1, 6-9 p.m., Sat., Dec. 2, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 912.443.5864. burran@ savannahtech.edu. savannahtech.edu/ HistoricHomeownersAcademy. Savannah Technical College, Historic Homeowners Academy, 5717 White Bluff Road.

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-on-

one or small group classes, mentoring, manuscript critique, ebook formatting. Email for pricing and scheduling info. ongoing. pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com.

PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES Photography Workshops: Beginner to Advanced level. 4-hour sessions. $250 per student. See website for complete list. 410251-4421. chris@chrismorrisphotography. com. chrismorrisphotography.com/learn.

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.

POWER SELF DEFENSE Get fit and develop powerful selfdefense skills. For active adults. $30/ month Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com.

Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

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 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. 323-539-1760.

DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL.COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. STAINED GLASS HOLIDAY ORNAMENTS Stained Glass Holiday Ornaments - Explore the basic skills involved in torch and kiln fusing glass. Students will learn the

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fundamental tools, techniques, and safety factors associated with fusing glass. All are welcome from beginner to experienced students. Students will make a small torch fused glass piece and a kiln fused piece.

Instructor: Mark McKim. $100 (Includes a $25 material fee) Fri., Dec. 1, 6-9 p.m., Sat., Dec. 2, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 912-443-5864. bcurran@ savannahtech.edu. savannahtech.edu/ HistoricHomeownersAcademy. Savannah Technical College, Historic Homeowners Academy, 5717 White Bluff Road.

TIME FOR SCRAPPING Time for Scrapping is hosting a 3 day crop event January 19-21, 2018 in Pooler GA for scrapbookers, stampers and crafters. Time away to work on unfinished projects or to start new ones. Creative classes will be offered, daily door prizes, on-site vendors and much more. For information join our FB page Time for Scrapping or email: timeforscrapping@gmail.com Through Jan. 21, 2018.

YOUTH AND TEEN AERIAL SILK CLASSES Youth Class ages 8+. Teen Class ages 11+.

Learn to dance and work with Aerial Silks and Hoop while suspended in the air. Weekly classes held on Fridays through the month of September only. Very limited space available, reserve your spot and register online today. $20/class $75/September package ongoing. 954.682.5694. elyse. thestudio@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. ZONA ROSA WRITING WORKSHOP Become the writer you were meant to be: Join Zona Rosa, the internationally acclaimed, monthly Savannah-based writing workshops founded and led by awardwinning author Rosemary Daniell. Over 180 Zona Rosans have become published authors. For information, contact Rosemary at info@myzonarosa.com. Also ask about the week-long, intensive Sixteenth Annual Zona Rosa Writing and Living Retreat,Tybee Island, July 22-29, 2017. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

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13TH COLONY SOUND (BARBERSHOP SINGING) “If you can carry a tune, come sing with us!”

Mondays, 7pm. ongoing. 912-344-9768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave. ABENI CULTURAL ARTS DANCE CLASSES Classses for multiple ages in performance dance and adult fitness dance. African, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, gospel. Held at Abeni Cultural Arts studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. Call Muriel, 912-6313452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com.

ADOPT A DOLPHIN Adopt A Dolphin fundraiser sponsored by The Dolphin Project is being held through December 15. Dolphin adoptions are unique holiday gifts that support public education and the research of wild bottle nose dolphin that live in our estuaries. The application form can be downloaded from or completed 38 on-line at: www.thedolphinproject.org/adopt.

html Please allow a week to 10 days upon payment receipt to receive your adoption certificate. For additional information please e-mail: thedolphinproject@gmail.com Through Dec. 15. No physical address given, none.

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

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

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

CHATHAM SAILING CLUB Friday evening social event at the clubhouse.

Meet Members and their families who all enjoy water based activities but whose prime interest is sailing. This BYOB event is free and all are welcome, but Membership is encouraged after several visits once interest is gauged!! We look forward to meeting you.

Fridays, 7-10 p.m. pranschkec3@gmail.com.

Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. COASTAL BEAD SOCIETY Coastal Bead Society monthly meetings, 12 noon on the third Friday of the Month at the Coastal Georgia Center, 303 Fahm Street, near SCAD. All beaders are welcome. ongoing. wyrnut18@gmail.com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

FAITH BASED BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENT - SAVANNAH Our mission is to Grow, Encourage, Inspire, Ignite & Equip Christian Business owners on how to do business with a Kingdom mindset. We promote and celebrate excellence in the business arena while developing the future generations of leaders through Christian values, disciplines, honor, integrity and expression of skills. Register early before the event closes out and please share this event by inviting a guest. Free first Tuesday of every month, 7:30-9 a.m. 912257-6248. info@kbnalliance.com. eventbrite. com/e/christian-business-networking-eventsavannah-tickets-17883772846. Calvary Baptist Temple, 4625 Waters Ave. FIBER GUILD OF THE SAVANNAHS A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, and other fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center, first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. fiberguildsavannah.homestead.com/. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. GEORGIA NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION-COASTAL CHAPTER Coastal Chapter of the GNPA. The GNPA is 100% focused on nature photography

and offers Field Trips, Monthly Speakers, Competitions, Seminars and Workshops and the Annual EXPO with prominent nature photographers and keynote speakers.

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

HISTORIC SAVANNAH CHAPTER: ABWA Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6pm-7:30pm. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Drive, Thunderbolt. Attendees pay for their own meals. RSVP by phone. ongoing. 912-660-8257.

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

Regardless of your level of comfort with public speaking, you will find a club that is interested in helping you improve your speaking abilities. Free Tuesdays, 6:15-7:15 p.m. hostesscity.toastmastersclubs.org. bullstreetlabs.com. Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. KNITTERS, NEEDLEPOINT AND CROCHET Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-308-6768.

LOW COUNTRY TURNERS A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Steve Cook for info at number below. ongoing. 912-313-2230.

MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART LADIES AUXILIARY Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-7864508. American Legion Post 184, 3003 Rowland Ave. PHILO CAFE Discussion group that meets every Monday, 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations.

Anyone craving good conversation is invited. Free to attend. Email for info, or see Facebook.com/SavannahPhiloCafe.

Mondays. athenapluto@yahoo.com.

R.U.F.F. - RETIREES UNITED FOR THE FUTURE RUFF meets the last Friday of each month at 10am to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and related senior issues. Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors ongoing. 912344-5127. Savannah Tree Foundation, 3025 Bull Street.

SAFE KIDS SAVANNAH A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month, 11:30am-1:00pm. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-353-3148. safekidssavannah.org.

SAVANNAH BREWERS’ LEAGUE Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call or see

website for info. ongoing. 912-447-0943. hdb.org. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. SAVANNAH AUTHORS WORKSHOP If you’re a writer, and you’re serious about it, Savannah Authors Workshop is looking for you and has space for a few new members. We meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at 630 East Victory Drive. We have members of all standards, from multiple-published to never-tried. Have a look at our website www. savannahauthorsworkshop.com and call Christopher Scott, President, 912-272-6309. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

THE SAVANNAH CHINESE CORNER The Savannah Chinese Corner welcomes anyone interested in Mandarin language or Chinese culture. Meets every Saturday morning from 10 am to noon. Check the Facebook group to see meeting location. ongoing. facebook.com/groups/ SavannahChineseCorner. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

SAVANNAH COUNCIL, NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES A dinner meeting every 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm at local restaurants. 3rd Tuesday in November; none in December.

For dinner reservations, please call Sybil Cannon at 912-964-5366. ongoing. 912-7487020. savannahnavyleague.us.

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

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

SAVANNAH GO GREEN Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-308-6768.

SAVANNAH KENNEL CLUB Monthly meetings open to the public the 4th Monday each month, Sept. through June. ongoing, 7 p.m. savannahkennelclub. org. careyhilliards.com. Carey Hilliard’s (Southside), 11111 Abercorn St. SAVANNAH NEWCOMERS CLUB Open to women who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years.

Membership includes monthly luncheon and program. Activities, tours and events help you learn about Savannah and make new friends. Ongoing sign-up. savannahnewcomers.com. ongoing.

SAVANNAH PARROT HEAD CLUB Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check website for events calendar or send an email for Parrot Head gatherings. ongoing. savannahphc@yahoo.com. savannahphc. com.

SAVANNAH TOASTMASTERS Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment.

Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. ongoing. 912-484-6710. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. SAVANNAH VEGGIES AND VEGANS Join the Facebook group to find out more about vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, and to hear about upcoming local events.

Mondays.

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and Hong Kong for prospective students and their families. Tours are available daily, excluding Sundays, in Savannah, Atlanta, and Hong Kong. Tours allow prospective students an opportunity to view classrooms and administrative buildings, galleries, residence halls and dining facilities and see where our students live, learn and prepare for professional careers. Free MondaysSaturdays. scad.edu/admission/visit-scad/ daily-tours. scad.edu/. Savannah College of Art and Design, PO Box 2072.

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA CHAPTER 671 Meets second Monday of each month, 7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. ongoing. 912-656-6818. jsphmtler@ gmail.com. vvasav.com.

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

CONCERTS

CHORUS CONCERT The University Chorale is one of two performing vocal ensembles at Armstrong State University. The Chorale is comprised of 50-70 singers representative of the diverse number of majors at the university and open to any student at Armstrong without audition. $6 Fri., Dec. 1, 7:309:30 p.m. 912-344-2801. amt.boxoffice@ armstrong.edu. ASU Fine Arts Auditorium,

11935 Abercorn St. EFFINGHAM COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA The Effingham County Orchestra presents its holiday concert and homemade cookie sale fundraiser. Cookies are $5 per baker’s dozen, mix and match, buyer’s choice. Sun., Dec. 3, 3 p.m. effinghamcommunityorchestra.org.

Effingham County Recreation and Parks Department Gymnasium, 808 Highway 119 South.

FIRST FRIDAY FOR FOLK MUSIC Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. Hosted by Tom Cooler. $5 donation December’s performers are Chris Desa and Clark Byron.. first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m. 912-484-3936. savannahfolk.org. fpc.presbychurch.net.

First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC: BEAUTIFUL BRAHMS Savannah Philharmonic violinist Adrienne Caravan brings her dynamic and dazzling quartet back for a performance of Brahms’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, a work full of the brooding and moving passion that is the hallmark of Brahms. $25 Sun., Dec. 3, 5 p.m. savannahphilharmonic.org. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts, 649 W Jones St.

JONESIN’ CROSSWORD

BY MATT JONES

©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com) Answers on page 45

“BACK-BILLED” --ALL THE SMALLER EXAMPLES.

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1 Sedate 6 Any of the Bee Gees brothers 10 Chicago-based clown 14 Hashtag inspired by the Harvey Weinstein allegations 15 “The Joy of Cooking” author Rombauer 16 Mess up completely 17 “No further detail is needed” 19 Statesman von Bismarck 20 “Man of a Thousand Faces” Chaney 21 Play backgrounds 22 Forms morning moisture 24 Green Day drummer ___ Cool 25 That dude’s 26 Krypton, e.g.

27 Three, on some clocks 30 “Help!” at sea 31 Sold out, in a way 33 Statement after reporting something pleasant, maybe 35 Genesis brother 37 Ab ___ (from the beginning) 38 Italian carmaker that partnered with Chrysler 39 Water-based tourist attraction in Rome

44 Emulated 45 Do a marathon 46 Go off ___ tangent 47 Banner team?

48 Stashed away 49 Loudly lament 52 Overdue 54 Tom Hiddleston’s role in “Thor” 55 Suit accessory 56 Cereal with a rabbit mascot 58 Implements first used in the Paleolithic age 61 Abundant 62 Word before bay, day, or pay 63 Little night flyer 64 Quits hedging 65 “Benevolent” fraternal order 66 Oboist’s supply

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1 Put through a refinery 2 “Danny Boy” voice, usually 3 Make reparations 4 Letters before a monetary amount 5 Where to see corgis compete 6 Core concepts 7 Bank offerings, for short 8 Songwriter’s publishing gp.

9 Statistician’s numbers

problem, sometimes 10 Furrowed body part 11 Reversed, like some shirts or jackets 12 Acne spot 13 “Be My Yoko ___” (Barenaked Ladies single) 18 Bank robbery 23 Abbr. before a cornerstone date 26 Cameroon’s neighbor 28 Birth state of Elijah Wood 29 Part of MIT, for short 30 Do what you’re doing right now 31 Broadway musical without a storyline 32 In conclusion, in Paris 33 Question for the stranded 34 Coatroom hangers, maybe 35 Prefix for sphere 36 Fiber source in cereals 40 “Can ___ you in on a little secret?”

41 Savoir-faire 42 Kid’s wheels 43 IRS employee 48 Drivers’ warnings 49 Took illegally 50 De-squeaked 51 Conquers 53 Forest hackers

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The Owens-Thomas House will be decorated to reflect the observance of the holidays by the people who lived and worked in the households of the Richardson, Owens, and Thomas families. Followed by a candlelight tour of the home. Tue., Dec. 5, 5:30 p.m. telfair.org/visit/owens-thomashouse/overview/. Owens-Thomas House, 124 Abercorn St. COMMON GROUNDS Common Grounds is a collaboration of the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Wesley Fellowship. We meet on Wednesday nights for open theological discussion on hot button issues. All are welcome regardless of faith background or where you are on your spiritual journey. We are open and affirming of the LGBT community. Order for Compline by candlelight is offered on Sunday nights at 8PM. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. facebook.com/commongroundssavannah.

The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. CREATIVE INNERFACING This benefit for St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, includes runway modeling from five designers, music from five musicians, and a kundalini yoga class. $45 Fri., Dec. 1, 4 p.m.

B Historic Hotel, 320 Montgomery St. CRIMESTOPPERS MINI GOLF TOURNAMENT Help CrimeStoppers “PUTT” away crime by registering for the 2nd Annual CrimeStoppers Mini Golf Tournament.

Door prizes, delicious food, holiday treats, and awards for the top three mini golf teams. The Moonwalk Bounce House will also be available for kids. $10 Sat., Dec. 2, 12:30-2:30 p.m. 912-652-3560. ewhite@ savannahga.gov. bit.ly/CSminigolf. Island Mini Golf and Games, 7890 US Hwy 80 East.

DRINKS AFTER WORK This group is for people that enjoy getting out mid-week, being social after work, and want to discover new places in the downtown Savannah area. Come have a cocktail, make new friends, and get over the hump. The group will meet on Wednesdays at various establishments throughout Downtown Savannah and nearby area. http://www.meetup.com/Drinksafter-work/ https://www.facebook.com/ groups/960991837322187/ Wednesdays, 7 p.m. drinksafterworksavannah@gmail. com. meetup.com/Drinks-after-work/ events/227656080/. distillerysavannah. com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. ELECTRIC LUCIFER NIGHT An evening of electronic music deconstructions with performances by Men Smash Atoms, Infinite Neutral, Vinay Arora, and Skippy Spiral. $5 Sat., Dec. 5, 10-11:45 p.m. 912-570-8330. nicodemus@inbox.com. electriclucifernight.com/. wormholebar.com.

The Wormhole, 2307 Bull St. THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF SAVANNAH In a rut? The Exchange Club of Savannah welcomes men and women like you to support, serve and encourage the best teachers, students, firefighters, crime fighters, leaders and organizations in our community. Check us out at savannahexchange.org or find us on Facebook. Mondays, noon. 912-441-6559. ddewitt30@yahoo.com. Savannahexchange.

40 org. Exchange Club of Savannah, 4801

Meding Street.

FIRST FRIDAY FIREWORKS Celebrate the end of the week and the beginning of a new month with First Friday Fireworks, presented by Wet Willie’s. Free first Friday of every month, 9:30 p.m. info@riverstreetsavannah.com. riverstreetsavannah.com/event/first-fridayfireworks. Rousakis Plaza, River St. FREE MONTHLY EXPECTANT & NEW PARENT SUPPORT GROUP This FREE monthly support group is held on the first Tuesday of each month. No pre-registration is required. Please join us for conversation, support and refreshments.

Children are welcome! FREE first Tuesday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon. 912-544-6387. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

GUIDED TOURS OF THE LUCAS THEATRE FOR THE ARTS Learn the history of the historic Lucas Theatre on a 20-30 minute tour. Restoration, architecture, history of the theatre and of early cinema. $4. Group rates for ten or more. School trips available. Tours are Monday-Friday 10am-5pm and must be scheduled. To schedule a tour, contact Megan Chandler at 912-525-5029 or mchandle@lucastheatre.com. ongoing. 912525-5023. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. HENNY PENNY HOLIDAY POP-UP A variety of local artists present their work.

Fri., Dec. 1, 6 p.m. Henny Penny Art Space & Cafe, 1514 Bull St. HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AND MUSIC Enjoy wagon tours, music by the Holiday Harmonies, and more holiday fun. Sat., Dec. 2, 4:30 p.m. Dunham Farms, 5836 Islands Hwy. A LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTMAS Travel back through time and experience the sights and customs of Christmas at the Tybee Island Light Station in the days of out last Lighthouse Keeper and his family.

This quaint depiction of holiday cheer in the 1930’s and 40’s illustrates the traditions of a simpler time by a small family whose closest, and sometimes only, neighbors were the military families of Fort Screven. $15 adults, $10 children 5-17 (Children 4 and under free Sat., Dec. 2, 6:30-7:30, 7:30-8:30 & 8:30-9:30 p.m. 912-786-5801. desiree@ tybeelighthouse.org. tybeelighthouse.org/.

Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. LIGHTS ON FOR TYBEE Mayor Jason Buelterman will light Tybee’s Christmas tree downtown. After, the Tybee Arts Performing Society will sing. Fri., Dec. 1, 6:30 p.m. Tybee Roundabout, Tybrisa Street and Strand Avenue.

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

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

PBJ PANTRY A free food pantry held every Thursday, 10-11am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica Sutton for questions. 912-897-1192

ongoing. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

ROOTS UP GRAND OPENING Roots Up’s reopening in the new space includes a raffle for a special piece from the gallery collection. Thu., Nov. 30, 5 p.m.

Roots Up Gallery, 6 E. Liberty Street.

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

Reservations encouraged by calling 912349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore. com/tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. SCAD DAILY TOURS SCAD offers tours in Savannah, Atlanta and Hong Kong for prospective students and their families. Tours are available daily, excluding Sundays, and allow prospective students an opportunity to view classrooms and administrative buildings, galleries, residence halls and dining facilities and see where our students live, learn and prepare for professional careers. For more information please visit, https://www. scad.edu/admission/visit-scad/dailytours. ongoing. SCAD Student Center, 120 Montgomery St. SHIRE OF FORTH CASTLE FIGHTER PRACTICE Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org.

SOUTH ISLANDS FARMERS’ AND ARTISANS’ MARKET Family friendly shopping with fresh produce, honey, artisan breads, gluten free artisan breads, baked goodies, jewelry, local art, local crafts, Shea butters, natural shampoos, soaps and other beauty products. Also a kids tent with free crafts to keep them entertained while you shop. Thu., Nov. 30, 3 p.m. Higher Ground Baptist Church, 9120 Whitefield Ave. SOUTHBOUND BREWERY SATURDAY TOURS AND TASTES Savannah’s first microbrewery is open for public tours and tastings Wednesday - Fridays from 5:30-7:30 and Saturdays from 2-4. Hang out, have a few cold ones, and learn a little more about Savannah’s first craft brewery. Free Saturdays, 2-4 p.m.

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

Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. WILMINGTON ISLAND FARMER’S MARKET Food trucks, including Chazito’s Latin Cuisine and Jenni’s Treats on the Streets, will augment the market’s selection of delicious food and artisan-crafted items available for purchase. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Islands High School, 170 Whitemarsh Island Road.

FESTIVALS

CHRISTMAS ON THE RIVER Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year on the river. Free Dec. 1-3. riverstreetsavannah.com/. River Street, River St. FIRST FRIDAY IN STARLAND

A monthly art walk featuring galleries, restaurants, boutiques and more. Free first Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Starland District, 40th and Bull.

SULFUR STUDIOS STREET FAIR & ART MARKET Come hang out in the street during December First Friday on 39th Street.

Enjoy art vendors, live music, live painting, caroling, and food trucks. free and open to the public Fri., Dec. 1, 6-9 p.m. 912. 231.

7105. info@sulfurstudios.org. facebook. com/events/2073514189538025/. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St.

FITNESS

$8 COMMUNITY MEDITATION CLASSES Join us for breath work, guided meditation, and yoga nidra, a deep relaxation technique to relieve stress, quiet the mind, and find the calm within. All proceeds support local organizations. $8 Sundays, 6-7 p.m. 912349-2756.

ADULT DANCE FITNESS Come out to the Lake Mayer Community Center and participate in “Twist & Shout.”

Work out while you dance to the oldies in this fun and varied fitness class. This program is free and open to the public. Bring a yoga mat, bottled water, and a friend. FREE Tuesdays, Thursdays, 1 p.m. 912-652-6863. sedavis@chathamcounty.org. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

AERIAL YOGA CLASSES Increase flexibility and strength using aerial yoga, a relatively new approach to a traditional yoga practice. We use a silk fabric called a ‘hammock’ to support the weight of our bodies, helping us achieve various postures with more depth, ease and excitement. Every Saturday. Class size limited. Required to register online ahead of time. $25 Saturdays, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo. com. thestudiosav.net/schedule.html. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE Let the excitement begin as Mahogany takes you to the best staycation each and every Tuesday night to the Islands through movement and rhythm. This class will focus on the cultural movement of Afro-Caribbean dance. Get ready for hip winding and arms in the air as we explore our bodies’ rhythm through Caribbean and reggae music. $10 Tuesdays, 6:45-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. AIKIDO CLASSES Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba, ‘O Sensei’ or (‘Great Teacher’). On a purely physical level it is an art involving throws and joint locks that are derived from Jujitsu and Kenjutsu (open hand and weapon based techniques).

Beyond the self defense aspects of the art its true goal is to challenge its practitioners to discover their best selves. $50/month for JEA Members, $70/month for NonMembers, or $80/8-class punch card Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-6040958, 912-346-2650. AikiNorm@aol.com, AikidoBilly@hotmail.com. CoastalAikido. com. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational

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Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. BALLET BODY TONING Ballet Body Toning is a ballet inspired workout designed to improve balance, flexibility, and use body resistance to strengthen core, legs & booty. This workout is low impact and scorches major calories and teaches you basic ballet! Call to make a reservation before class. This is a semiprivate class so space is limited! $10.00 Wednesdays, Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. BALLROOM FIT Always wanted to learn how to ballroom dance? Don’t have a partner? Want to get in shape and have fun in the process? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this program is for you! Learn how to ballroom dance and get a great workout in the process. We use all styles of music that are modern or traditional. Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Jive, Samba, Paso Doble, Foxtrot, Waltz, Hustle, and more! Check out our schedule for more details. 4 classes for $40, 10 classes for $80, UNLIMITED for $120 Sundays, 5-6 p.m., Mondays, 6-7 p.m., Tuesdays, 12:30-1 p.m., Wednesdays, 12:30-1 & 6-7 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:30-1 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. BEACH BODY WORKOUTS WITH LAURA MONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer Community Center $5.00 per session Mondays, 6:15 p.m. (912) 652-6784. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

BEASTMODE FITNESS GROUP TRAINING Train with this elite team. A total body program that trims, tones and gets results.

Personal training options available. See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. ongoing. beastmodefitnessga.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. BEGINNING POLE FITNESS Pole fitness is a fun and flirty way to get in shape! Taught by Pole Dance America National Professional Champion Sabrina Madsen, you’ll learn the basics of pole dance in a safe and welcoming environment. Gain strength, balance and confidence. Beginner Classes are open to all shapes and sizes and are for ladies only (men welcome at our Intermediate Class). $25 for drop-in or $100 for a package of 5 classes Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. 801.673.6737. info@firstcityfitness.com. firstcityfitness. com/pole-fitnessparties.html. First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. BLUE WATER YOGA Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm.

Fri., 9:30am-10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol.com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. BREEMA Join us October 3 and every first Saturday 10-12. Discover a practical and transformative approach to life and health.

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

Breema is a way to practice being present.

Taught by Laura Ike. Open to community.

Donation jar. Call 912 658-5592 with questions. first Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. CANDLE(LIT) COMMUNITY FLOW Catherine Mulligan teaches this vinyasa flow yoga class in efforts to raise money for local charities in the Savannah community. The class is heated, candlelit, and set to upbeat music. Charities are rotating and chosen based on feedback from the students who show up. $8 Thursdays. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham St. DANCE DYNAMIX Dance DynaMix is a choreographed dance fitness class inspired by funky hip hop and sleek jazz moves! No dance experience required. Call 732.232.3349 to reserve your spot ahead of time, as class space is limited. Stay after class for a 30 minute stretch to wind down for the weekend with! $10.00 Wednesdays, Fridays, 10-11 a.m.

732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. FIT4MOM SAVANNAH STROLLER STRIDES A group of moms that meet with strollers and workout at Savannah Mall, Daffin Park and on occasion Hull Park. Also offer HIIT Classes to other Moms who have any age children. The HIIT program is a kid free program. 1 hour long stroller based workout with kiddos. Moms- Pre and Post Natal, and kids of stroller age. Savannah Mall (M,W,F). Daffin Park (T,Th), Hull Park (Sat) ongoing. ashleyyoungblood@fit4mom.com. savannah.fit4mom.com. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. FITNESS CLASSES AT THE JEA Sin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for schedule. ongoing. 912-3558811. savj.org. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. FREE CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP For anyone caring for senior citizens with any affliction or illness. Second Saturday of the month, 10am-11am. Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Dr. Refreshments.

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

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

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

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

GET EXCITED AND MOVE This program is designed to combat the effects of Parkinson disease for Savannah/ Chatham-area people and their caregiver.

The activities are designed to enhance and improve muscular strength, and endurance, coordination, agility, flexibility, speed work, and voice command. $10 a month Mondays-Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. and Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10:3011:30 a.m. 912-376-9833. psgsav@gmail. com. Anderson-Cohen Weightlifting Center, 7230 Varnedoe Drive.

DUDE’S DAY AT SAVANNAH CLIMBING COOP Thursdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Thursday men climb for half price, $5. See website for info. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m.

912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W Victory Dr. HIKING & BIKING AT SKIDAWAY ISLAND STATE PARK Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and street strider rentals. Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am10pm. Call or see website. ongoing.

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

KUNG FU SCHOOL: VING TSUN Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Uses angles and leverage to turn an attacker’s strength against him. Call for info on free trial classes. Drop ins welcome. 11202 White Bluff Rd. ongoing. 912-429-5150.

LINE DANCE Line dance class teaches basic instructions, coordination, and dance combinations, to the rhythm of different styles of music. Line Dancing is exercise for the body & mind, and is a fun way to dance socially without a partner. Dancing styles covered in this class include Country Western, Swing, Salsa, Tango, Cha Cha, Waltz & more. $10 Wednesdays, 6-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. LIVING SMART FITNESS CLUB St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center offer the Living Smart Fitness Club, which is an exercise program to encourage healthy lifestyle changes. On Mondays and Wednesdays the classes are held at the John S. Delaware Center. On Tuesdays, the classes are held at the center, at 1910 Abercorn Street. Classes include Zumba (Tuesdays) and Hip-Hop low impact aerobics with cardio and strengthening exercises (Mondays/Wednesdays).

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

Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. MOMMY AND BABY YOGA Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. ongoing. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. PILATES CLASSES Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info.

ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates. com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. PINTS + POSES BREWERY YOGA This light hearted 60 minute class taught by Melissa DeLynn will be every first Saturday of the month. $15 for a 60 minute session first Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-noon and Sat., Dec. 2, 11 a.m.-noon. 912-6670033. natalie@southboundbrewingco.com. facebook.com/SBpintsposes/. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. POWER YOGA This is an hour of stretching your mind and body to become one, and a reset in the middle of the work week. Come experience the endless possibilities as you take yourself to the next level with Mahogany. $10 Wednesdays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. PRANA YOGA Prana Yoga is a practice that integrates breathing techniques and chakra sounds into the yoga. Come experience a deep sense of grounding, learn to be present, and develop your center, passion, strength, compassion, creativity, intuition, and light. $10 Mondays, 6:45-8 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. PREGNANCY YOGA Ongoing series of 6-week classes.

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

Pregnancy Yoga classes are offered as a 6 week session on Thursday evenings from 6pm – 7:15 pm. The class is suitable for all stages of pregnancy and no prior yoga experience is necessary. $120 - six week session Thursdays. 912-704-7650. ann@ douladeliveries.com. douladeliveries.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. QIGONG CLASSES Qigong exercises contribute to a healthier and longer life. Classes offer a time to learn the exercises and perform them in a group setting. Class length averages 60 min. Any level of practice is welcome. $15 ongoing. qigongtim.com/.

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

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

RICHMOND HILL ROADIES RUNNING CLUB A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. Monthly

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training sessions and seminars. Weekly runs. Kathy Ackerman, 912-756-5865, or Billy Tomlinson, 912-596-5965. ongoing.

LADIES DAY AT SAVANNAH CLIMBING COOP Wednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Wednesday women climb for half price, $5. See website for info. ongoing. 912495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

SAVANNAH DISC GOLF Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am.

Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm.

Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am.

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

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training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes.

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

SHIMMY CHIC Shimmy Chic Fitness is an energetic, fun dance workout based on the ancient art of belly dance- with a modern twist.

The class provides calorie-burning and muscle-toning moves, along with increased flexibility, grace, and sense of self. No dance experience necessary. Shimmy Chic provides fun & repetitive routines suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear comfortable workout clothes and sneakers (you do not have to show your stomach).

Open to all ages and fitness levels. $10 Thursdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St.

STUDIO DANCE PARTY Free lesson at 7:30 p.m. Social dancing, light refreshments, and fun. All ballroom dances, Argentine Tango, Hustle, West Coast Swing, and more. $15.00 first Saturday of every month, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 612-4706683. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. VINYASA YOGA In this vinyasa yoga class you will experience dynamic movements while linking breath, building heat, and endurance.

This class is open to all levels. We will explore each pose with special attention to alignment. This class will be the perfect way to start your week and stay energized. $10 Mondays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. WEIGHTED WORKOUT A 45 minute, total body workout that includes a 5 minute warm-up and a 5 minute cool-down/stretch. We will use dumbbells and steps to perform compound functional movements to maximize workout time. $10 Tuesdays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. YOGA FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center.

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

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. ZUMBA Low impact, fun, hip music. All ages $5.

Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. 410-320-9997.

Frank G. Murray Community Center, 160 Whitemarsh Island Rd. Zumba Fitness is a dance fitness class for everybody and every body! With easy to follow moves, Zumba focuses on a wide variety of Latin and International rhythms. This hour long class is guaranteed to make you sweat. It’s not a workout, it’s a party. $10 Tuesdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. ZUMBA FITNESS

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

FOOD & DRINK EVENTS

THE 5 SPOT’S 5TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Food specials, raffles, free chili, ice cream for the kids. Free Dec. 5, 4-7 p.m..

912.777.3021. info@5spotsavannah.com.

5spotsavannah.com. The 5 Spot, 4430 Habersham St. ALL YOU CAN EAT MUSSELS Make your Tuesdays “Ruesdays” at Rue de Jean in Savannah with ALL YOU CAN EAT mussels! Choose from 6 different flavors and enjoy baby greens salad, bottomless pommes frites, and warm bread all for just $24. One order per guest.

Reservations suggested. 39ruedejeansav. com/reservations $24 5-9 p.m.. ruedejeansavannah.com. holycityhospitality. com/39-rue-de-jean-savannah/. 39 Rue de Jean, 605 W Oglethorpe Ave. BETHESDA FARM AND GARDENS STAND Each week, this popular organic farm stand, managed by Bethesda students and staff, sells fresh produce, seasonal vegetables, herbs, free range eggs, a variety of plants, goat milk soap, firewood and more. In addition, 100 percent grass fed ground beef in various quantities are available at the farm stand, which is raised and distributed

by Bethesda Academy’s Cattle & Beef Operation. Specialty cuts are also available. merrin.slocombe@bethesdaacademy.org. bethesdaacademy.org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. FIRE & WINE Half priced bottles of wine, campfires in the courtyard, marshmallows and s’mores kits. 912-401-0543. info@foxyloxycafe.com. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. FORSYTH FARMERS MARKET Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights. Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items for sale. 912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. GHOST COAST DISTILLERY TOURS Tour & Tasting Visit Ghost Coast Distillery, where you will hear about Savannah’s unique history of drinks and revelry, while learning how we create our unique, hand crafted spirits. Hours Tuesday – Wednesday: 12–6 (last tour starts at 6) Thursday – Saturday: 11-8 (last tour starts at 8) Tours begin every hour, on the hour Closed Sunday and Monday

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Tour with tasting: $12.50 Tour with tasting and Souvenir Bottle of Ghost Coast Vodka 261: $32.00 All guests must be 21+ or accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

ID Required $12.50 Saturdays. (912) 2980071. ghostcoastdistillery.com. Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St. 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. HOLIDAY GOSPEL DINNER ENTERTAINMENT CRUISE HOLIDAY GOSPEL DINNER ENTERTAINMENT CRUISE Back by popular demand! Experience local Holiday Gospel entertainment and enjoy the savory flavors of the South! Don’t miss out on this spectacular Holiday Gospel performance and delicious Southern cuisine as you cruise the Savannah River! Sailing only twice in December, this cruise is a must do! December 4th & 11th | Sailing 7 – 9 p.m. | Advanced Reservations Required Adults $49.95 | Children(ages 5-12) $30.35 | (Children 4 & under- FREE) 912-232-6404. info@savannahriverboat. com. savannahriverboat.com. Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street.

HOLIDAY MIXOLOGY The Desoto’s celebrity bartender Siran Watt will be mixing up some memorable cocktails that will ensure you’re the hit of all the holiday parties. $30 desotohilton.com/.

Desoto Hotel, 15 E. Liberty St. HONEY TASTING AND BODY CARE SAMPLES + STORE TOUR Daily honey tastings and body care demonstrations. Come see honeybees in the observation hive or call 912.629.0908 to schedule a tour of the Bee Garden. Garden tour available March through October. $3 per person. Must call ahead. Free MondaysFridays, 10 a.m.. 912-234-0688. jessie@ savannahbee.com. Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

OYSTER ROAST FOR A REASON There will be Georgia oysters, live music from American Hologram, and a silent auction featuring adventures on the Georgia coast. Guests also can sample delicious single oysters that were grown at the UGA Oyster Hatchery. $50 912-598-3345. kayla270@uga.edu. gacoast.uga.edu/ oysterroast/. UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, 30 Ocean Science Circle.

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.

PRESS PLAY BOOMBOX BRUNCH Brunch is served from 11 am – 3 pm. Jason B. James Live vinyl DJ spinning classic soul, R&B, indie, rock, pop, and everything in

between begins at noon. foxyloxycafe.com.

Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. SAVANNAH BRUNCH FESTIVAL Some of the area’s best establishments will create brunch-inspired bites, while guests indulge and enjoy beer, mimosas and Bloody Marys from our spirit sponsors. $15 advance, $20 door, 21+ only (including no infants) Red Gate Farms, 136 Red Gate Farms Trail,.

TYBEE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, eggs, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. Artisans are also featured each week. The market is non-smoking and pet friendly. Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

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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BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS St. Joseph’s/Candler’s SmartSenior offers blood pressure screenings on every Monday from 10 AM to Noon in the SmartSenior office, #8 Medical Arts on 836 E. 65th Street. No appointment is necessary; the screenings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call (912) 352-4405. ongoing. St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Arts Building, 836 E. 65th St. FREE HEARING AND SPEECH SCREENING Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am.

Speech: First Thursdays. Call or see website for times. ongoing. 912-3554601. savannahspeechandhearing.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. FREE HEARING SCREENINGS The Savannah Speech and Hearing Center offers free hearing screenings every Thursday from 9-11 a.m. Children ages three years old to adults of all ages are screened on a first-come, first-serve basis by a trained audiology assistant. If necessary, a full audiological evaluation will be recommended. Free and open to the public Thursdays, 9-11 a.m. 912355-4601. speechandhearingsav.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. FREE HIV TESTING As part of World AIDS Day, the Coastal Health District Prevention Program offers free and confidential HIV testing as part of Savannah State’s “Know to Live” HIV and Substance Abuse Program. Wed., Nov. 29, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. savstate.edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. In observance of World AIDS Day, the Coastal Health District Prevention Program offers free and confidential HIV testing. Fri., Dec. 1, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Chatham County Health Department, 1602 Drayton St. FREE HIV TESTING AT CHATHAM COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.-Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. ongoing. 912-644-5217. Chatham CONTINUES ON P. 44

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County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. HEALTH CARE FOR UNINSURED PEOPLE Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. ongoing. 912-443-9409. St. Joseph’s/Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. HYPNOSIS, GUIDED IMAGERY AND RELAXATION THERAPY Helps everyday ordinary people with everyday ordinary problems: smoking, weight loss, phobias, fears, ptsd, life coaching. Caring, qualified professional

help. See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com.

LA LECHE LEAGUE OF SAVANNAH A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912-8979544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html.

LIVING SMART FITNESS CLUB An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 6pm-7:15pm Hip Hop low impact aerobics at Delaware Center. Tues. 5:30-7:00 Zumba at St. Joseph’s Candler African American

Resource Center. (Program sponsors.) ongoing. 912-447-6605.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD HOTLINE First Line is a statewide hotline for women seeking information on health services.

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

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS This course gives an overview of reproductive anatomy and physiology and explains the process of labor and delivery in simple, easy-to-understand terms. The four-week course includes a tour of the labor and delivery unit. This class is popular,

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

I hope that everything doesn’t come too easily for you in the coming weeks. I’m worried you will meet with no obstructions and face no challenges. And that wouldn’t be good. It might weaken your willpower and cause your puzzle-solving skills to atrophy. Let me add a small caveat, however. It’s also true that right about now you deserve a whoosh of slack.

I’d love for you to be able to relax and enjoy your well-deserved rewards. But on the other hand, I know you will soon receive an opportunity to boost yourself up to an even higher level of excellence and accomplishment. I want to be sure that when it comes, you are at peak strength and alertness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

You were born with the potential to give the world specific gifts -- benefits and blessings that are unique to you. One of those gifts has been slow in developing.

You’ve never been ready to confidently offer it in its fullness. In fact, if you have tried to bestow it in the past, it may have caused problems. But the good news is that in the coming months, this gift will finally be ripe. You’ll know how to deal crisply with the interesting responsibilities it asks you to take on. Here’s your homework: Get clear about what this gift is and what you will have to do to offer it in its fullness.

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Happy Unbirthday, Gemini! You’re halfway between your last birthday and your next. That means you’re free to experiment with being different from who you have imagined yourself to be and who other people expect you to be. Here are inspirational quotes to help you celebrate. 1. “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” - George Bernard Shaw. 2. “Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.” - W. Somerset Maugham. 3.

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. “The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which

are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” - Friedrich Nietzsche.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

I suggest that you take a piece of paper and write down a list of your biggest fears.

Then call on the magical force within you that is bigger and smarter than your fears.

Ask your deep sources of wisdom for the poised courage you need to keep those scary fantasies in their proper place. And what is their proper place? Not as the masters of your destiny, not as controlling agents that prevent you from living lustily, but rather as helpful guides that keep you from taking foolish risks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

In his book *Life: The Odds,* Gregory Baer says that the odds you will marry a millionaire are not good: 215-to-1. They’re 60,000-to-1 that you’ll wed royalty and 88,000-to-1 that you’ll date a model. After analyzing your astrological omens for the coming months, I suspect your chances of achieving these feats will be even lower than usual. That’s because you’re far more likely to cultivate synergetic and symbiotic relationships with people who enrich your soul and stimulate your imagination, but don’t necessarily pump up your ego.

Instead of models and millionaires, you’re likely to connect with practical idealists, energetic creators, and emotionally intelligent people who’ve done work to transmute their own darkness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

What might you do to take better care of yourself in 2018, Virgo? According to my reading of the astrological omens, this will be a fertile meditation for you to keep revisiting. Here’s a good place to start: Consider the possibility that you have a lot to learn about what makes your body operate at peak efficiency and what keeps your soul humming along with the sense that your life is interesting. Here’s another crucial task: Intensify your love for yourself. With that as a driving force, you’ll be led to discover the actions necessary to supercharge your health. P.S. Now is an ideal time to get this project underway.

so please register early $75 per couple Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-350-2676. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. THE SAVANNAH 7-DAY DIABETES REPAIR If you are ready to take control of your life and health, call today, enroll in this fun but intensive seven week program to heal your body of diabetes. You will learn how changing can heal. You can reverse diabetes by following a new protocol, even if you have been diabetic for years.

Includes over a year of follow-up support. $450 Thursdays, Saturdays. 912-598-8457.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Here are themes I suggest you specialize in during the coming weeks. 1. How to gossip in ways that don’t diminish and damage your social network, but rather foster and enhance it. 2. How to be in three places at once without committing the mistake of being nowhere at all. 3.

How to express precisely what you mean without losing your attractive mysteriousness. 4. How to be nosy and brash for fun and profit. 5. How to unite and harmonize the parts of yourself and your life that have been at odds with each other.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

I predict that in the coming months you won’t feel compulsions to set your adversaries’ hair on fire. You won’t fantasize about robbing banks to raise the funds you need, nor will you be tempted to worship the devil. And the news just gets better. I expect that the amount of self-sabotage you commit will be close to zero. The monsters under your bed will go on a long sabbatical. Any lame excuses you have used in the past to justify bad behavior will melt away. And you’ll mostly avoid indulging in bouts of irrational and unwarranted anger. In conclusion, Scorpio, your life should be pretty evil-free for quite some time. What will you do with this prolonged outburst of grace? Use it wisely!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

“What is love?” asks philosopher Richard Smoley. “It’s come to have a greeting-card quality,” he mourns. “Half the time ‘loving’ someone is taken to mean nurturing a warmish feeling in the heart for them, which mysteriously evaporates the moment the person has some concrete need or irritates us.” One of your key assignments in the next ten months will be to purge any aspects of this shrunken and shriveled kind of love that may still be lurking in your beautiful soul. You are primed to cultivate an unprecedented new embodiment of mature, robust love.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

You know that unfinished task you have half-avoided, allowing it to stagnate?

Soon you’ll be able to summon the gritty determination required to complete it. I suspect you’ll also be able to carry out the glorious rebirth you’ve been shy about climaxing. To gather the energy you need, reframe your perspective so that you can feel gratitude for the failure or demise that has made your glorious rebirth necessary and inevitable.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

In an ideal world, your work and your character would speak for themselves.

You’d receive exactly the amount of recognition and appreciation you deserve.

You wouldn’t have to devote as much intelligence to selling yourself as you did to developing your skills in the first place.

But now forget everything I just said.

During the next ten months, I predict that packaging and promoting yourself won’t be so #$@&%*! important. Your work and character WILL speak for themselves with more vigor and clarity than they have before.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

There used to be a booth at a Santa Cruz flea market called “Joseph Campbell’s Love Child.” It was named after the mythological scholar who wrote the book *The Hero with a Thousand Faces.* The booth’s proprietor sold items that spurred one’s “heroic journey,” like talismans made to order and herbs that stimulated courage and mini-books with personalized advice based on one’s horoscope. “Chaos-Tamers” were also for sale. They were magic spells designed to help people manage the messes that crop up in one’s everyday routine while pursuing a heroic quest.

Given the current astrological omens, Pisces, you would benefit from a place that sold items like these. Since none exists, do the next best thing: Aggressively drum up all the help and inspiration you need.

You can and should be well-supported as you follow your dreams on your hero’s journey.

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jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St.

KID’S HAPPENINGS

AFTER SCHOOL DANCE BREAK YOUTH DANCE CLASS Pop in the Lake Mayer Community Center on Tuesdays and join youth dance class “After School Dance Break.” This is a recreational dance class designed to get kids moving.

Dance to the latest hits and get fit at the same time. Bring bottled water and a friend.

FREE Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. 912-652-6863. sedavis@chathamcounty.org. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

KIDS CLUB The Kids Club’s mission is to educate and inspire children to take part in their local farmers market while enjoying nutritious foods and empowering their families to make healthy choices at home. Saturdays, 10 a.m. wifarmersmarket@aol.com. Islands High School, 170 Whitemarsh Island Road.

KIDS NIGHT OUT! Join us for our monthly kids’ dance party.

Hip hop, ballroom, games, crafts, movie & popcorn. $15.00 first Friday of every month, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. SAVANNAH CHILDREN’S MUSEUM SCHOOL YEAR HOURS SCM hours beginning 8/31/13 will be Sunday 11am-4pm; Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm. Open on holiday Mondays that SCC Public Schools are not in session including Labor Day. For more details go to savannahchildrensmuseum.org ongoing.

Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road.

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

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

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

LGBT

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

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

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

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

DIANE CANTOR BOOK SIGNING Diane Cantor signs copies of her new book, “When Nighttime Shadows Fall.” Sat., Dec. 2, 1 p.m. eshaverbooks.com/. E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St.

NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

COFFEE WITH A RANGER Start your morning right by getting coffee and having a discussion with a park ranger.

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

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

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

FIRST SATURDAY HIKE This moderately-paced, 3-mile hike will include a talk about the different ecosystems of the park. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water and insect repellant. Parking pass is $5. $2 first Saturday of every month, 9 a.m. 912-727-2339. gastateparks.org/ FortMcAllister/. Fort McAllister Historic Park, 3894 Fort McAllister Rd. GARDENING SESSION Learn how to garden and harvest vegetables and herbs to bring home. Kerry Shay, an organic farmer and owner of landscaping company Victory Gardens, provides free instruction. First and third Saturday of every month. Free and open to the public first Saturday of every month, 8:30-9:30 a.m. charleshmorriscenter.com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland,

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

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

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL

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

BUDDHIST MEDITATION Everyone is welcome. Experience not necessary. Visit our website for location, meditation periods and classes. savannahzencenter.com. Individual instruction upon request. Email Cindy Un Shin Beach at revfugon@gmail.com for more information. ongoing. Online only, none.

CATHOLIC SINGLES A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service.

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

GRATITUDE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARES Gather with others to share gratitude.

Everyone welcome. Park next to Bull Street Library. Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m. 917-676-4280. facebook.com/ savannahgratitude. liveoakpl.org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. GUIDED SILENT PRAYER Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org.

JESUS YESHUA Holidays and plans for 2017 underway for young adults and college Christians.

Contact Reverend Brenda Lee @yahoo.com or call (912) 236-3156. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

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

The Fellowship Assembly of God Church, 5224 Augusta Road.

MJCCA CAMP BARNEY INFO SESSION Directors of Camp Barney Medintz host a musical media production and will answer questions about the 2018 Summer Camp Season. For more information, contact Savannah Camp Barney Parent Representative Dana Linfoot at 912658-4913 and dlinfoot@att.net or Camp

Barney Atlanta office at 678-812-3844, summer@campbarney.org $0 Sun., Dec. 3, 1-3 p.m. 912-658-4913. dlinfoot@att.net. campbarney.org. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. A NEW CHURCH IN THE CITY, FOR THE CITY Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page “Savannah Church Plant.” ongoing. Bryson Hall, 5 E. Perry St. NEW ORLEANS BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Courses are now being offered at the new Savannah Extension of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Full course loads for both Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees will be offered. Apply now at www.nobts. edu to start classes this winter. ongoing.

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

Savannah Baptist Center, 704 Wheaton Street.

PSYCHIC MEDIUM YOUR PAL, ERIN Ready to reconnect you with your loved ones who’ve passed and your own inner knowing? I’m here to help. Let’s all work together to create the amazing new life you truly desire, releasing old situations that no longer serve you. Readings available in person and by phone. 60 minutes, $65.

Group readings of 5 or more, $30 per person for 20 minutes. Get your personalized, 45 minute prerecorded “Tuesday Tune-Up” emailed to your inbox for just $45. Visit www.yourpalerin.com for more information or contact psychicyourpalerin@gmail.com today. ongoing. Online only, none.

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

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

SAVANNAH FRIENDS MEETING (QUAKERS) Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, third floor of Trinity United Methodist Church. Call or email for info.

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

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

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

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

Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull.

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

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

FILM: THUNDER The great-grandson of a legendary Navajo Chief returns to his hometown in the southwest and discovers a local development company is destroying their sacred Indian burial ground. When diplomacy fails to stop this desecration, he goes on the warpath and tears the town apart out of righteous indignation a one-man war on the establishment. $7 Wed., Nov. 29, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. FILM: UNITED STATES OF LOVE CinemaSavannah presents this Polish film.

In the year 1990, Poland is experiencing its first year of liberation from the Soviet rule, and the four women in Tomasz Wasilewski’s film feel it’s time to change their lives as well. $8, cash only Sat., Dec. 2, 5:30 & 8 p.m.

S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, 9 West Henry.

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ADULT AND JUNIOR TENNIS CLINICS On Thursdays. Intended for a class size of 4-8 students. Buy four classes, get the fifth class free. $15 per class ongoing.

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Savannah Philharmonic violinist Adrienne Caravan brings her dynamic and dazzling quartet back for a performance of Brahms’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, a work full of the brooding and moving passion that is the hallmark of Brahms. $25 SUN., DEC. 3, 5 P.M. GARRISON SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, 649 W JONES ST. meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-220-3474. savadultrec.com.

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

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

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

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

SAV. STRIDER WEEKLY GROUP RUN OR WALK DOWNTOWN Join us for a run or walk downtown or over the bridge if you’re feeling froggy. The best part is afterwards when we get coffee or whatever else your heart desires from Savannah Coffee Roasters. Free Sundays, 7-8 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live.

com. savystrider.com. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

SAVANNAH BIKE POLO Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. See facebook for info. ongoing. facebook.com/ savannahbikepolo.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). osavannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/ pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. USMNT (SOCCER) AMERICAN OUTLAWS CHAPTER USMNT is a national soccer team that represents the U.S. in international soccer competitions. American Outlaws Savannah chapter of USMNT meets regularly. Call for details. ongoing. 912-398-4014. savannahflipflop.com. Flip Flop Tiki Bar & Grill, 117 Whitaker St. YOUTH WINTER BASKETBALL LEAGUE Jenkins Athletic Club announces their Youth Winter Basketball League. Interested players can sign up Monday through Friday from 2:30-6 pm. Registration ends Nov. 30. Practices begin early December.

Season starts Jan. 2. Through Jan. 2, 2018.

912-352-0964. Jenkins Athletic Club, 6408 Waters Ave.

SUPPORT GROUPS

ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS Adult children of Alcoholics is a fellowship and support group for those who grew

up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes.

Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. 24 Hour Club, 1501 Eisenhower Drive.

AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Are you troubled by someone else’s drinking? Please go to alanon.org for daily meeting schedule. ongoing. savannahalanon.com.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing.

912-356-3688. savannahaa.com.

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

AMPUTEE SUPPORT GROUP Open to all who have had limbs amputated and their families or caregivers. Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-7778.

BACK PAIN SUPPORT GROUP Second Monday of every month,7:00pm.

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

BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Third Thursdays, 5pm. In the gym of the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. ongoing. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS GROUP Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian Church. For survivors and caregivers.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-844-4524. fpc. presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. CANCER SUPPORT GROUP For anyone living with, through or beyond a cancer diagnosis. First Wednesdays, at Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for info. ongoing.

912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. CHILDREN’S GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Seven week structured educational support group for children 6-17. Support, coping tools, utilizing play and activity to learn to live with loss. Free of charge. A service of Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for dates. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

CONNECT FOR KIDS This group is for children who have a loved one with a life-limiting illness. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. EATING DISORDERS ANONYMOUS Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. Email for info. ongoing. edasavannah@yahoo. com. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St.

Pets & Animals Pets

Springer Spaniels AKC, 10 weeks. Vet cert. Males & females.

Absolutely gorgeous. $800. Call (386) 935-4313

WOLF TREE is Now Hiring Experienced Tree Climbers and Tree Workers for local utility line clearance work. Experience is a plus.

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We are currently hiring experienced warehouse workers to unload containers in the Savannah, GA area.

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