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Telfair in Bloom FRI/SAT

Telfair Academy Guild presents Telfair in Bloom 2018, a vibrant festival of art and flowers featuring work by local designers. Designers will interpret works of art by creating original floral arrangements that remain on display during the entire threeday festival. Using glorious, fresh flowers to interpret Telfair’s collection of paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts, these designers will open up a whole new way of seeing the museum, proving that not all art is in a frame. Proceeds will help fund improvements to the Jepson Center Sculpture Terrace. Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St.

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Southern Women’s Show FRI/SAT/SUN

Infused with interactive events and activities, the Southern Women’s Show will feature fun fashion shows, live cooking demonstrations, informative body and health screenings, DIY workshops, hair and face makeovers and so much more. Vern Yip from TLC’s “Trading Spaces” will join the show to share his expert design advice and home decor tips. Patti LaBelle will appear on the fashion stage on March 25 at 1 p.m. March 23-25 Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. $10 southernwomensshow.com

WEDNESDAY 3.21 Panel Discussion on National Historic Landmark District

Panelists will include HSF President & CEO Daniel Carey; Rebecca Fenwick, a historic preservation specialist with Lominack Kolman Smith Architects; Ellen Harris, Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission Director of Preservation; and Dr. Robin Williams, SCAD Architectural History Chair. 11 a.m. Trustees Garden, 10 East Broad Street.

Film: In the White City

In this critically acclaimed drama, Bruno Ganz plays a sailor who jumps ship in Lisbon, Portugal and lives alone. 8 p.m. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $8

GreenDrinks Savannah

GreenDrinks Savannah is a social networking group initiated by local non-profits and businesses to engage community members in an informal setting. 5:30 p.m. El Coyote, 1 W. Victory Free to attend. Cash bar.

Lecture: The Slave-Trader’s Letter-Book

Historian Jim Jordan discusses his latest book about the life of Charles Lamar. 6 p.m. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Free and open to the public

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THURSDAY 3.22

Flannery O’Connor Parade and Local Author Day

Lecture: Anne Bailey

This lively annual celebration of acclaimed author and Savannah native Flannery O’Connor’s 93rd birthday will offer family fun, live music and more. 1 p.m. Lafayette Square Free and open to the public

The Odd Time Radio Hour

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The Mark Finlay Memorial Lecture hosts Dr. Anne Bailey, author of “The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History.” 6 p.m. Armstrong Fine Arts Ctr, 11935 Abercorn A throw back to the days when families gathered around the radio to listen to thrilling tales. All recorded for broadcast on WRUU 107.5. 8 p.m. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street. $10

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South Islands Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market A variety of vendors, from vegetables to fine art. 3 p.m. Higher Ground Baptist Church, 9120 Whitefield Ave.

Tea at Mrs. Davenport’s

Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea in the historic atmosphere of the Davenport House Museum. Thurs. & Fri., 5 p.m. Davenport House, 324 East State St. $18 plus tax

FRIDAY 3.23

Southern Women’s Show

Infused with interactive events and activities, the Southern Women’s Show will feature fun fashion shows, live cooking demonstrations, and so much more. Fri.-Sun., 10 a.m. Trade & Convention Ctr, 1 International Dr. $10 southernwomensshow.com

Telfair in Bloom

Telfair Academy Guild presents Telfair in Bloom 2018, a vibrant festival of art and flowers featuring work by local designers. Fri & Sat. Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St.

Theatre: The Great Gatsby

The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble presents F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic about Clays for Kids the decadence of the Jazz Age. The Jenkins Athletic Club hosts this sport- Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m. ,Sun. 3 p.m. ing clays fundraiser. Kennedy Fine Arts Bld, SSU, 3219 College St. 1 p.m. $25 Forest City Gun Club, 9203 Ferguson Avenue.

Mike and the Mechanics

Mike & The Mechanics started off as a side project for Mike Rutherford during a hiatus from Genesis. 8 p.m. The Stage on Bay, 1200 West Bay St. y$34-$57

WE > i Hip Hop and R&B Concert

Clay Hodges is curating a concert to showcase some of the best local hip hop and R&B the city has to offer. 7:30 p.m. Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. $10

SATURDAY 3.24 Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus and Atlanta Women’s Chorus

Easter Bunny and make a foam placemat. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Bass Pro Shop, 14045 Abercorn St.

The Atlanta Women’s and Gay Men’s Choruses are teaming up to take their mission to the road. 7 p.m. Asbury Memorial UMC, 1008 Henry St.

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Clovers & Co. State 4H Show Choir

March For Our Lives

Colonial Days

Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans

Clovers & Co. is composed of talented singers, dancers, musicians and stagehands from the state of Georgia. Cast members range in age from 12 to 18. 7 p.m. Mars Theatre, 109 S. Laurel Street. $10

The event will honor the settlers who inhabited Fort Frederica from 1736-1758. Fort Frederica, 6515 Frederica Rd., St Simons

Forsyth Farmers Market

Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Forsyth Park

Free Easter Event

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Featuring the Cadillac Three. See interview this issue. 7 p.m. Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. March For Our Lives will take to the streets to demand that our lives and safety become a priority, and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today. 1 p.m. Wright Square

An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Followed by long form comedy. 8 p.m. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 W Liberty St $10

Savannah Philharmonic: Tchaikovsky and Brahms

Violinist Sirena Huang, winner of the

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2017 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, joins the Philharmonic. 7:30 p.m. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $15-$80 savannahphilharmonic.org

Sorry Not Sorry Improv: Superheroes

A night of comedy inspired by your favorite superheroes like Superman, Black Panther, Wonder Woman and more. 8 p.m. Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. $10

Tybee Island Mermaid Fest

Take a spin at the Tybrisa Twirl bar crawl, compare fins in the Mermaid costume contest, go under the sea at Mermaid Grotto photo booth, and much more. noon Tybee Island Free and open to the public

St. Baldrick’s

With a goal of raising $40,000 for children’s cancer research, more than 45 local participants will go bald. noon City Market

Film: In Between

Mike and the Mechanics

In director Maysaloun Hamoud’s impressive feature film debut, three Palestinian women attempt to balance faith and tradition with their modern lives while living in the heart of Tel Aviv. Presented by CinemaSavannah. 4 p.m. JEA, 5111 Abercorn St. $10, cash only

FRI 3.23

Mike & The Mechanics started off as a side project for Mike Rutherford during a hiatus from Genesis. 8 p.m. The Stage on Bay, 1200 West Bay St. $34-$57

Theatre: Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine

A bored English housewife, wondering what her life is about and how to navigate around her clueless husband, Shirley would be at her wits’ end--except that she knows how to dream big. Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne $45 for dinner and the show 912-472-4790 tybeeposttheater.showare.com/

Flannery O’Connor Parade and Local Author Day

SUNDAY 3.25 An Evening with Ted Yoder, Hammered Dulcimer

Ted Yoder is best known for his dulcimer rendition of “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” played alongside his raccoon and kids in his orchard. 7:30 p.m. Wilmington Island Presbyterian Church, 450 N. Cromwell Rd. Free, donations appreciated

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This lively annual celebration of acclaimed author and Savannah native Flannery O’Connor’s 93rd birthday will offer family fun, live music and more. 1 p.m. Lafayette Square

The Look Back Film Screening

The next screening in the Look Back 2018 series focuses on a convent of wayward nuns involved in lesbian relationships, addicted to drugs, and even harboring a pet tiger. A campy send up of sentimental nun comedy musicals, Douglas Sirk melodramas, and a splash of Hammer Horror film atmosphere. 6:45 p.m. Savannah LGBT Center, 1515 Bull St.

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ADMINISTRATIVE Chris Griffin, General Manager chris@connectsavannah.com (912) 721-4378 City crews cleaning up Chippewa Square; it was much worse than this before they got there.

Mayor DeLoach got the brunt of these attacks, as if he personally rang the Veep’s office and demanded, “Y’all get Pence down here for St. Paddy’s Day, STAT! I don’t care what it costs.” Folks, I hate to break it to you, but the mayor of Savannah needs four other votes on Council just to fill a pothole! Is it possible — just maybe — that the vice president of the U.S. and his staff actually decide where the VP goes and when? And maybe Pence wasn’t waiting by the hotline for someone from the Parade Committee or SEDA or the Junior League to invite him? Just a thought. • So Savannah: The eleventh-hour overturning of a bogus sign ban in the “Enhanced Security Zone” was not only a triumph for the First Amendment, but a triumph for the small but passionate group of local activists who — with help from the Georgia ACLU and local attorney William Claiborne — pushed for its overturn. According to the City, the “ban” on signs and posters not on sticks or poles was due to a miscommunication between the City and the Secret Service, the latter of which sets virtually all rules for the VP visit. While some elaborate conspiracy theories have been spun, I’m actually inclined to take the City’s word for it. There were many immediate challenges given the daunting logistics for Pence’s visit — such as, oh say, how to pull off the nation’s second-largest such parade with twelve city blocks more locked down than a passenger airline flight and swarming with federal agents, counter-sniper teams, and K9s. Just for starters. While the City is taking its lumps for looking like a bunch of tinhorn dictators, as soon as they were challenged on the sign ban (and rightly so), they immediately backed off and did the right thing. It’s unfortunate that it came down to a threatened lawsuit, but in the end peaceful

protesters were able to express their opinions with no interference from the government, and that is a win for both constitutional rights and for Civics 101. • So Very Savannah: The many local folks miffed that “their” generational family spot on a square might be taken away due to the vice president’s visit was a very Savannah thing. While no one has a “right” to their own portion of a public space, don’t tell that to some Savannah families, whose version of the apocalypse is being forced to live by the same rules as the rest of us. • Not Savannah At All: The sight of City Manager Rob Hernandez gazing down on the parade from City Hall like Zeus on Mt. Olympus was a stark contrast from the days when former City Manager Michael Brown brought up the rear of the parade with City sanitation workers, helping to pick up trash and dressed in a City employee’s humble uniform. A little bit of humility goes a long way. • Not Very Savannah: Speaking of trash, the grotesque piles of litter left behind in some squares — Chippewa Square most notably — was beyond disgusting and beyond forgiveness. One can argue who’s at fault, locals or visitors or college students or whoever. But this is for sure: any ideas that somebody may have had about cracking down only on Orange Crush because of litter at that Tybee event have been swept away by the crushing tide of litter left behind on St. Patrick’s Day. And mark my words: As reprehensible as the square defilers are, their actions will be used an excuse by the City of Savannah to increase their crackdown on and regulation of the entire St. Patrick’s Day Festival in the future (their current euphemism for this is “taking ownership.”) Don’t say you weren’t warned. CS

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY 2018 is in the books, an epic Saturday celebration marked by the most high-profile — and controversial — parade visit in its 194-year history. Though President Jimmy Carter visited Savannah on St. Patrick’s Day 1978, he didn’t walk in the parade, as did Vice President Mike Pence this year. Despite the variety of challenges and controversies surrounding Pence’s visit, this week the earth still spins on its axis, the birds and bees welcome a new spring, and our Republic endures — at least as of this writing, that is. I was going to give this week’s column the ol’ tried and true report card technique, but since it’s about St. Patrick’s Day, that most Savannahian of days, I decided to use a different grading scale. This is on a spectrum from “So Very Savannah” down to “Not Savannah At All”: • Not Very Savannah: The cancerous scourge of national partisan politics finally infected our wonderful holiday, which has been blissfully immune for the most part. Any visiting VIP of this nature would stir unrest just for the sheer disruptive effect. But this particular visitor, from this particular administration, provoked massive outrage, especially from those in and from allies of the LGBT community. Adding to the sense of divide was the fact that it seemed to be only fellow Republican officials like Rep. Buddy Carter and Mayor Eddie DeLoach who marched with Pence in Johnson and Wright Squares, and viewed the parade with him at City Hall. It smacked of a cynical campaign stop rather than a congenial visit in the spirit of the holiday. And that’s something that didn’t have to happen that way. The fact that no other officials were invited to march — or either declined to march — with the holder of the nation’s second-highest office was a stark indicator of the bleak divide we face nationally, and increasingly locally. • So Very Savannah: The most angry, and most uniquely Savannahian, question on local lips was: “Who invited Pence?” The narcissistic notion that someone in Savannah, Georgia (population 147,000) is so important that they could summon a sitting vice president to town is both laughably absurd and also right on point with Savannah’s legendary vanity.

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The lessons of ‘tactical urbanism’ BY JOHN BENNETT

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“EVERY CITY thinks it has a parking problem. Or a traffic problem,” Tony Garcia told attendees in his presentation at the Georgia Walks Summit in Rome last week. His response to civic leaders who make these claims might surprise them: “You don’t. You have a car problem.” Garcia — an architect with Street Plans, an urban planning, design, and research/ advocacy firm with offices in Miami, New York City, and San Francisco — uses a method called “tactical urbanism” for solving car problems, including dangerous streets and insufficient public space for people. This involves a “city, organizational, and/or citizen-led approach to neighborhood building using short-term, low-cost, and scalable interventions.” Creating a pop-up park with picnic tables in the middle of a parking lot or demonstrating a protected bike lane by using traffic cones and temporary paint are examples. Perhaps the most famous tactical urbanism project was the 2009 deployment of 376 lawn chairs in New York’s Time Square, which led to the establishment of a permanent pedestrian zone. Tactical urbanism, according to Garcia, creates wider public engagement, expedites the delivery of a public benefit, and allows people to see what alternatives look like. The approach permits cities to experiment with ideas before committing to infrastructure changes. Garcia said cities must understand that they must make adjustments and follow-ups as the effects of the project are documented. Most importantly, they should expect for things to go wrong. However, when cities “test before they invest,” they can avoid making bad ideas permanent. For instance, a city might temporarily close a lane of traffic on a street to evaluate whether the change will improve pedestrian safety, provide additional parking, and make the street more visually appealing. By experimenting with temporary measures and making changes as they go, city officials could determine if a permanent lane reduction is feasible. If this example sounds familiar, that’s because it describes the Whitaker Street Pilot Project between Bay and Broughton streets. For using this prudent and practical approach, city officials have been called morons, idiots, incompetents and worse on Facebook.

The Whitaker Street Pilot and similar temporary demonstration projects provide an opportunity to “test before we invest” in infrastructure changes.

When the public does not understand this process — which Garcia explains with three words: build, measure, learn — it’s easy for projects to be derailed. That’s why public engagement is critical. Officials must make sure citizens “know about it before they see the flyer,” or in this case, the Facebook posts. And they must go beyond traditional methods of communicating with the public about projects. “Ten people in a cafeteria at 6 p.m. is not public engagement,” Garcia said “It’s checking a box to say you did something.” Savannahians got a taste of a more meaningful form of engagement earlier this month, when the Congress for the New Urbanism sponsored two “Legacy Project” events intended to “empower local leaders, advocates, and residents to implement New Urbanist principles and build places where people and businesses can thrive and prosper.” Citizens were invited not just to final presentations, in which planners unveiled visions for East Savannah and the Southside, but to visit with the teams creating the plans as they were creating them. Architects, urban planners, and other professionals worked at folding tables set up at the W.W. Law Center on East Bolton Street and the Crusader Center off Coffee Bluff Road, so the public could see and participate in the process. Residents will have access to an another immersive experience, March 21-26 as

the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority is leading an effort called Downtown Savannah 2033. (Disclosure: I am chair of the SDRA Board of Directors). In 2011, the City of Savannah adopted portions of a Downtown Master Plan, the first cohesive vision of the downtown’s future since Gen. Oglethorpe laid out the squares in 1733. SDRA is updating that 20-year plan, which expands the boundaries of Savannah’s downtown growth potential and accounts for the effect on its people. Through a series of public design charrettes, citizens may drop in to review what has been done in the past, share potential ideas, review maps, and ask questions. The sessions are being held at the former New Covenant Methodist Church at 2201 Bull St. The open door drop in sessions will be held Thursday, March 22 through Monday, March 26 from 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. This includes 9 a.m. – noon and 2-3 p.m. sessions on Saturday, March 24 and from 1-5:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 25. The goal is to gather input from “every corner of the community” about “what should (or should not) be part of the Savannah of tomorrow. The more citizens that participate, the stronger the outcome.” CS A complete schedule and more information is available at sdra.net.

Rotary Club hosts inaugural Read-In Mar. 22 BY RACHAEL FLORA

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THERE’S NO question that reading is essential to childhood development. The Rotary Club of Savannah is doing its part to guide that development with its inaugural Rotary Read-In on March 22. Community members and Rotarians alike will visit classrooms from kindergarten through third grade at public schools across the county. They’ll read a book to the class for an hour and leave the book with the class after they leave to stock the shelves. Hospice Savannah CEO Debra Larson says the idea comes from her fellow cosponsor, Frank Moore. “Frank was a Rotarian in Stockton, California, for many years,” Larson shares. “Nina [Gompels], as president, sits down with all new incoming members and gets to know them. During that meeting, Frank shared with Nina this reading project that his club in Stockton has been doing for over 25 years. Every year our club likes to have a new project, and Nina really embraced the concept of having a one-day, onehour, one-class, oneschool read-in.” Larson says the project has already outperformed their expectations. “We were hoping for 300 to 450 [volunteers], and so far we have 560,” Larson says. “At first we said, ‘Well, with our first year, let’s start small and get a hundred readers for a hundred classrooms.’ It’s fairly conservative, but a good way to start. When we met with the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, they were very excited about it. They wanted to read to all the classes—500-some—and I went, ‘Oh my goodness gracious.’” Larson recalls being intimidated by the thought of recruiting four hundred people to supplement the participating Rotarians, but she didn’t need to worry. “It started slow, of course—this is Savannah. People don’t RSVP real quickly,” laughs Larson. “Ten days ago our numbers were very low, but the past ten days our numbers exploded.” The community’s response to the Read-In has been more than Larson ever expected.

“I think that, first of all, the community appreciates the opportunity to go into the schools,” she explains. “We don’t always have that opportunity as community individuals or professionals to go into the schools and interact with the kids. Many times that can be restrictive to a group. I think Savannah is open to giving back.” E Shaver Booksellers partnered with Rotary for the event, offering a 25 percent discount to anyone who participated in the Read-In. Rotary as an organization around the world is dedicated to providing humanitarian service, encouraging high ethical standards, and building peace and goodwill. “As Rotarians, we realize the importance of interacting with kids and fostering literacy,” Larson says. “Literacy is so important to being successful in any field you choose. I think this is the age group that you can make a difference with. You can really start young to encourage the importance of reading. They’re very inquisitive. ‘What do you do? Why did you choose this book?’ You never know if you have a child that goes home and says, ‘Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, we had a book read to us today in class by a businessperson. Will you read me a book tonight?’ That would be a really positive outcome.” If the program is successful in its first go, Larson says the club might consider adding pre-K students to the read-in. She’s particularly excited to see if the program can yield lifelong Read-In participants, as it did in Moore’s Stockton club. “Frank told a story about his club where they had a new Rotarian that was apparently part of the Read-In program and he became a successful businessman and joined Rotary and now is reading to classes,” Larson says. “That was very meaningful for Frank that this Rotarian remembered the program. The kids [in Stockton] were upset that when they went into fourth grade, they didn’t get the Rotary Read-In. We look forward to bringing that tradition to Savannah. It has the potential of having that longevity.” CS For more information about the Rotary Club of Savannah, visit savrotary.org.

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DESPITE controversies over a proposed sign ban and concerns about the effect of the “Enhanced Security Zone” for the visit by the vice president — not to mention a brief post-parade rain shower — St. Patrick’s Day 2018 was truly one for the books.

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What is the significance of the gavel in a courtroom? How did it originate? —Adams WE’RE not too sure where the word gavel comes from, much less the path by which the implement became a symbol of the American judiciary. Among the few things we can safely say here is that, like so many of our foundational mysteries, it probably involves the Masons. It’s not just in courtrooms but at various other formal gatherings where the gavel turns up, notably those of the U.S. Senate, where a gavel opens and closes the proceedings. All the more striking, then, that the academic literature on the subject is so thin: in recent memory, it’s two articles. The more important for us is a 2001 piece in Massachusetts Legal History entitled “Of Gavels and Maces in the Modern Courts,” by Stephen C. O’Neill, then the curator at the Social Law Library in Boston. An immediate question one might ask: maces? Sure. Maces are ceremonial staffs that stand as symbols of authority in more solemn official locales, including some American courtrooms. O’Neill plausibly calls maces and gavels “two of the least considered components of the American legal profession.” To those few who care,

though, they’re apparently inseparable, as evidenced by another source, “The Mace and the Gavel: Symbols of Government in America,” published in 1997 by the Smithsonian historian Silvio Bedini. Of the two, it’s only O’Neill who explores where the gavel (maybe) came from. Short answer: he figures it’s the Freemasons. George Washington, Ben Franklin, and many of the country’s other founders were members of this group, a fraternal organization that had taken off in Europe circa 1700, then made the jump across the pond—a way for professional types to pass the time before golf took over. The Masons were big on symbolism and ritual (the tinfoil-hat crowd will be happy to elaborate on this), and, as part of claiming their ancestry in stoneworkers’ guilds of the Middle Ages, they worked various appurtenances of the lowercase-M mason’s trade into their shtick. The gavel began its career, O’Neill tells us, as a setting-maul, a mallet used to knock stones into place; in European Masonic lodges, the working tool became a token of authority of the presiding officer. As O’Neill writes, early Americans’ “familiarity with Masonic ritual and forms provided procedures for pre-Revolutionary committee meetings, and [these] were continued during the early republic in both legislative bodies, public ceremonies, and courtrooms.” The most high-profile of such institutions was, again, the Senate, which adopted a symbolic gavel of its own; the House of Representatives went with a mace. You’ll notice we still haven’t made it to court. Here the best O’Neill can do is that judges’ gavels “probably came into use because of the Senate’s and other early examples.” In other words, our country was set up by guys who generally liked to

dress up their affairs with a little Masonicstyle pomp, and next thing you know, judges have gavels. O’Neill calls this the “most plausible explanation,” but you can see the material’s a bit thin. As we said up top, even the etymology’s foggy. The use of gavel to refer to the hammer can’t be traced beyond the early-19th-century U.S.; in medieval England the word was used for certain kinds of rent or fee, but lexicographers have never managed to conclusively connect the dots. Our other historian, Bedini, remains silent about Masonic influence on the Senate gavel, and on gavelry in general—they must’ve gotten to him. The gavel’s role in the Senate isn’t hugely different than in those old lodge meetings: it’s kept locked in a drawer until the body convenes, when the sergeant-at-arms uncases it and sets it on the rostrum for use. What the Senate calls its gavel is a handleless ivory block, or “knocker”; at auction houses, O’Neill notes, you’ll find both handled and handleless gavels. Auctioneering is an example of a profession that really relies on the gavel to get business done, in contrast to the mostly ceremonial function it performs in the legislature. And even in the courtroom, the gavel mainly just gathers dust—according to a 2011 article in the New York Daily News plenty of judges don’t even bother bringing it out of chambers. The image of the judge banging a gavel and shouting “Order!” is largely a cinematic convention. It’s a dogged one, though: to the periodic annoyance of UK judicial experts, gavels will pop up in British-made movies and TV shows portraying domestic legal proceedings. What’s the gripe? They don’t use the gavel in British courts; they never have. CS BY CECIL ADAMS

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Savannah Police detectives say that “an altercation ensued between parties known to each other” and resulted in the death of Kevin Gilman, 33, the night of March 18. A suspect is in custody. At about 9:30 p.m., officers responded to the 8700 block of Hurst Avenue in reference to a shooting and located a male deceased with apparent gunshot wounds. During the altercation Joshua DeMuro, 26, fatally shot Gilman. Gilman was pronounced deceased on scene, police say. DeMuro has been charged with murder and transported to Chatham County Detention Center. This investigation is still ongoing.

St. Patrick’s police stats unveiled

The City of Savannah has released the numbers from the 2018 St. Patrick’s Day parade and official festival period, which ran from 10 a.m. on Friday, March 16 through midnight on Saturday, March 17. “Hundreds of City employees from several departments worked through the weekend including code enforcement, fire, greenscapes, parking services, police, public communication, revenue, sanitation special events, and others,” says a City spokesperson. “Savannah was on display, our people were on display. We did a great job showing Savannah at its best,” said Mayor Eddie DeLoach. “Our City employees have been working around the clock and I am so proud of the hard work they put in to making this a great festival and keeping everyone safe.” Parking Services issued 249 parking citations on Friday and Saturday to include: • 54 parking in wrong direction • 24 blocking fire hydrant • 23 taking up more than one space • 10 parking in handicapped space • 6 parking on sidewalk Thirty-eight vehicles were towed along the parade route on Saturday. The City encouraged festival goers to

use alternative forms of transportation to access the downtown area. Close to 13,000 passengers used Chatham Area Transit shuttles and fixed routes, they say. Sanitation crews finished removing trash from the parade route and festival area at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. “Chippewa Square was again filled with litter after the parade. The City closed the square to the public at 2 p.m. on Saturday to clean up all the debris,” a spokesperson says. Code Compliance officers issued 500 warnings for offenses such as wristband violations, hawkers selling past festival hours, open containers, and illegal dumping. They also issued six citations for urinating in public. Savannah Police made 29 arrests on Friday and Saturday in the festival and parade area including: •7 disorderly conduct •2 jumping in the Savannah River •1 striking a law enforcement animal (horse) • 4 underage drinking arrests (Chippewa Square) The Savannah Police Department’s Alcohol Beverage Compliance Unit also cited 17 businesses for furnishing alcoholic beverages to a person under 21 and cited one business for over serving.

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A co-ed dormitory at Hunter College in New York City has become the site of a dispute between the college and 32-yearold Lisa S. Palmer, who won’t vacate her dorm room despite having discontinued her classes in 2016. Palmer, who works for an architecture firm, has “racked up a staggering $94,000 in unpaid residence hall charges,” a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court noted. The New York Post reported on Feb. 28 that in June 2016 and fall 2017, she received eviction notices, but she won’t budge. Palmer admitted that dorm life is “really lonely. I feel very isolated.” Palmer was moved into a wing of the dorm that’s occupied only by a middleaged nurse, whom the college is also trying to evict. In fact, Hunter is working on removing nine nurses, who were given rooms in the building when it was owned by Bellevue Hospital.

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Ana Lisa Garza, a Starr County district judge in south Texas, is running for a state House seat in District 31. Garza has received almost $90,000 in contributions to her campaign, but more than $50,000 of that has been in a most unusual currency: deer semen. Deer breeder Fred Gonzalez, treasurer of the Texas Deer Association, said breeders often donate semen “straws” instead of money: “Semen is a very common way for us to donate. One collection on a buck could lead to 60 straws sometimes. If you have a desirable animal, it’s a way to bring value without breaking the bank.” A campaign finance report valued each straw donated at $1,000. Gonzalez told the Dallas Morning News that the semen donated for Garza’s campaign went into a tank sold in one lot, the proceeds of which will go to the campaign.

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• Kenny Bachman, 21, had a rude awakening when he racked up a $1,636 Uber fare on Feb. 23 following a night of partying with high school friends in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Charlotte Observer reported that Bachman and the friend he planned on staying with stopped at a convenience store during the evening. The friend told Bachman to wait outside as he went into the store, but Bachman was gone when the friend emerged. He had summoned an Uber to take him home -- to Gloucester County, New Jersey. Bachman was passed out for most of the nearly 300-mile trip, which was subject to surge pricing, doubling the fare. Bachman challenged the charge but ended up paying the full fare; “I feel like there’s very little I could have done to reverse it,” he said. • Miami resident Luce Rameau didn’t know what hit her on Feb. 28 as she lay in bed, talking on the phone. She thought a bomb had gone off as wood and debris

fell on her bed. “I kept screaming, ‘What happened? What happened?’” Rameau told the Miami Herald. It wasn’t a bomb; an 80-pound inflatable raft had crashed through her roof after becoming untethered from a Royal Canadian Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter that had been conducting an offshore training exercise nearby. David Lavallee, a spokesman for the RCAF, said the accident is being investigated and the air force intends to help “the resident with accommodations and other support.” Rameau suffered only minor injuries.

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• Caught red-handed: Leahman G.R. Potter, 48, neglected to conceal the evidence after he stole a pot of meatballs from a neighbor’s garage in Hazle Township in Pennsylvania. The meatball owner returned home Feb. 26 to find Potter outside his garage, covered in red sauce, and his meatball pot missing, according to United Press International. When Pennsylvania State Police arrived shortly afterward, they found the pot in the street and Potter at his home, where he was charged with burglary, trespass and theft. • KTAR News in Phoenix reported that Peoria Police Department officers were called to a gas station Feb. 23 in response to a shoplifting. When they arrived, suspects Marwan Al Ebadi, 28, and Salma Hourieh, 29, set off on foot before hopping over a fence -- directly into a secured parking lot of the Peoria Police Department. Hourieh tried to hide beneath a bench outside the station, while Al Ebadi jumped back over the fence and was stopped in the street. Both were arrested and charged with shoplifting. “You should never run from the police,” said police spokesman Brandon Sheffert, “and if you do, do not run into a secure parking lot of a police station.”

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Name recognition won’t be a problem for the Libertarian Party challenger for eastern Arkansas’ 1st Congressional District seat: Elvis D. Presley. The Associated Press reported that the King impersonator from Star City, Arkansas, who legally changed his name to match the rock ‘n’ roll icon’s (although the “real” Elvis’ middle initial was A), filed campaign paperwork on Feb. 26. Presley works as an auto refinish technician at Camp’s Custom Paint in Star City, but his political ambitions aren’t new: He’s also run for governor, land commissioner and state legislature.

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Republican State Sen. John Ruckelshaus of Indianapolis is the proud sponsor of a new measure in Indiana that bans eyeball tattooing. According to the proposed law, passed by both the Senate and the House,

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tattooists would be prohibited from coloring the whites of a customer’s eyes, with a fine of up to $10,000 per violation. The Associated Press reported that Sen. Ruckelshaus admitted he’s not aware of any problems with eyeball-tattooing in Indiana. The legislation was on Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk for his signature on March 1.

Unclear on the Concept

Even before it opened last year, Apple’s spaceship building in Cupertino, California, presented a transparency problem: Its glass walls couldn’t be distinguished from its glass doors, and since moving in on Jan. 2, several workers have been injured after walking into them. The San Francisco Chronicle reported three people suffered head injuries severe enough to summon emergency responders. Apple’s vice president of real estate and development, Dan Whisenhunt, told the local Rotary Club in January there hadn’t been any problems with birds flying into the glass. “Now the humans on the inside, that’s a different story,” he said. “That’s a problem we are working on right now.” Architects have added black rectangular stickers to the glass panes, which seem to be helping.

Last Chapter

Houston detectives were finally able to close a case in January that had been vexing them for 30 months. Mary Stewart Cerruti, 61, the last holdout in a neighborhood being bought up for redevelopment, was reported missing in August 2015 by a friend, who described her as shy and frail,

the Houston Chronicle detailed. However, police had no leads, and her home was foreclosed on after payments stopped. Eventually, the home was cleaned out and sold, and new renters moved in. On March 4, 2017, a 911 call reported a human skeleton “between two of the walls” in the home. When police arrived, they found a hole in the attic floorboards and down below were the bones, clothing and shoes that had been discovered’ an investigation found no evidence of foul play. On Jan. 23, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed the remains were those of Cerruti.

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Linda Fein and her husband thought they had found their dream home in Paradise Valley, near Phoenix. They offered $1.8 million for the house and 1.3-acre lot, but then found out the house belonged to Kevin and Sandra Otterson and was the setting for their pornography website, Wifey’s World, founded in 1998. “I just can’t make Thanksgiving dinner on counters where a porn star has been lounging around,” Fein told the Arizona Republic. In late February, the couple rescinded their offer on the four-bedroom home. “I certainly believe there are people out there who wouldn’t care about the house being used for those purposes,” Fein explained. “I’m just not one of them.” CS

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there in its eighth week, and it’s the first country music album in history to do so. The gold-certified single “Heaven” topped Country Digital Song Sales, and “What Ifs,” the smash-hit duet with Lauren Alaina, was No. 1 on Country Airplay, Hot Country Songs, and Country Streaming Songs. It wasn’t that long ago that a young Brown was checking the Guinness Book of World Records out of his school library and pouring over the statistics. The son of a single white mother and African-American and Cherokee father, Brown grew up in northwest Georgia (he’s been known to rock Dawgs colors). Times were hard—he and his mom lived out of a car for some time and stayed with friends intermittently. Ready to get out of his small town, Brown attempted to join the Army, but was denied due to his tattoos. All the while, he was singing. Back in middle school, Brown was a member of the school chorus, where he sang alongside Lauren Alaina. Shy Kane didn’t sing out in class, and Alaina, noting his talents, encouraged him to explore his voice. “That’s where I found that I knew I wanted to sing,” Kane recalls over a phone call with Connect Savannah. “I found my voice while in high school.” Alaina would go on to compete on American Idol, finishing as runner-up. Brown was inspired by his friend’s success and auditioned for American Idol and X-Factor, the latter of which picked him up after a 2013 audition. The show’s producers wanted to fit Brown into a boy band mold; he refused, went home, and started uploading country covers to Facebook, hoping one might get some shares. It blew up. Of the videos of Brown singing songs by Lee Brice, Brantley Gilbert, and Billy Currington alone in his room, his take on George Strait’s classic “Check Yes or No” was viewed more than 10 million times. It was 2015, and he’d never played a gig— but the whole industry was watching him. In 2014, Brown used Kickstarter to fund a six-song EP, tracked in Nashville with Noah Henson, Brantley Gilbert’s guitarist. It did well, debuting on the Top Country Albums charts at 22. Then, in October 2015, the single “Used to Love You Sober” arrived and clocked one million views in less than three hours;

in two weeks, it had over 11 million. The single was an early glimpse into Brown’s ability to use his enrapturing country lilt against gentle piano strains for a pop/ country/R&B crossover sound that’s dominated charts and playlists. That hybrid sound puzzled some hardcore country fans. “I got used to it,” Brown says. “I go by the motto, ‘If you love me, I love you. if you hate me…’ ...well, I can’t say that word in an interview!” The breakout hit was followed by “Last Minute Late Night” and “I Love That I Hate You,” and soon, Brown was on the road with Florida Georgia Line, learning his way around arenas and the legions of fans who’d become enamored with his voice and looks. His highly-anticipated debut record arrived in December 2016. “The first time in the studio with my first album, I didn’t really know what to expect,” Brown says. An old friend stopped by the studio to lend vocals to a song. “What Ifs,” recorded with Alaina, is now a Platinum-certified hit, and both singers are far away from those chorus class days. “It was meant to be,” Brown remarks of his and Alaina’s career paths crossing. “It’s been awesome. I feel like I’m being recognized, and it feels good that we’re at a good place on the charts.” As concert tickets sell out and singles stream, Brown is trying to find time to work on a new album. “This next album, I want to go into the studio and try and lead them a bit where I want to go,” he explains. “I want there to be one song for everybody. I really think my first album was telling you about my life, and this one’s going to be a fun album— something that, at a live show, everyone can come move and dance and have a good time.” Until then, Brown’s glad to be back on Georgia soil and singing for his fans. “Make sure everybody knows the songs,” he advises. “It’s going to be really rockin’ and heavy.” CS

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and highwater swirls ‘round to the knees.” Guitarist Tesche, vocalist Franklin anna@connectsavannah.com James Fisher, bassist Ryan Mahan, and drummer Matt Tong (Bloc Party) are MERE DAYS ago, Lee Tesche and his band always taking in their surroundings, were cutting through Eastern European always absorbing and shaping their sound mountain ranges in pursuit of history. The as a tool bearing witness to their world. native Atlantan recently returned to GeorAlgiers brings that urgent craft home for gia, ready to gear up for a small home state the first time in two years. Along with Don tour, but can’t shake the impact of what Giovanni Records’ Lee Bains III & The he and the group just saw during their six Gloryfires and Cleveland, Ohio’s Mourning weeks abroad. [A] BLKstar, Algiers will take a rare tour “We’re all interested in history,” Tesche of their home state, ending on the coast at says. “We took the time traveling through The Wormhole. the Balkans to study the war on Yugoslavia (In another serendipitous, cross-counand the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. try tale, the show got booked because We spent a lot of time going around to difTesche met an “academic guy with a crustferent monuments…in that area, they had punk past” while living in London. Despite a lot of former Soviet realist and socialist his button-up job, the new acquaintance realist monuments erected in the mid-20th spent a lot of time on the road with varicentury. As an American you don’t really ous bands and, in the process, met Kylesa’s see these giant, really geometric fists in Laura Pleasants, who booked the Wormthe air memorializing a coupe or different hole show.) World War II events, massacres.” The Algiers sound is a perfect fusion of These aren’t roadside attractions, either; their three cities: Southern and soulful like some require a hike deep into the forest, Atlanta, icy like London’s early post-punk, or a climb to the top of a hill. But the mem- and effortlessly cool and adventurous like bers of Algiers aren’t strangers to cutting Television-era CBGB in New York City. It’s through the forest to find some glimmer urgent and brooding with a strong pulse of the past— as they describe themselves, and wide-open eyes. “Algiers is a band of musicians born in Franklin James Fisher, Ryan Mahan, Atlanta Georgia, the rotten hub of the Ol’ and Lee Tesche are Georgia kids raised in American South, where W.E.B. Dubois Gwinnett and Cobb County. They traveled once saw a riot goin’ on, and where the hell to Athens to watch shows and practiced

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and played gigs in Atlanta warehouses. Mahan and Tesche have been playing music together since they were young— their moms were close friends before the Algiers’ members were even born—and though they’re scattered around the world now, perhaps those early bonds allowed the group to work so well over long distances. “It’s a bit of a challenge, but that’s how we’ve always functioned as a group,” Tesche says. “We’ve always operated on going home and working on stuff on our own, then bringing it back to the others. Sometimes it gives you the opportunity that, if someone presents you with something a bit challenging, you have time to digest it.” Matador Records released Algiers’ second record, The Underside of Power, in June 2017. Inspired by bearing witness to current events and politics in both the U.S. and the U.K., T.S. Eliot, film, and beyond, the record is a churning amalgamation of soul, industrial grit, soul and hip-hop influences, brooding Goth/post-punk, and dark, lushly layered indie rock. “We’re together an awful lot from touring, and in those times we’ll challenge each other and put new ideas between songs,” Tesche says of the Underside of Power writing process. “That was one thing that influenced a lot of this record—things that started out on tour as ideas that one of us would bring in, play in the middle of the set

and string them together. Franklin writes 90 percent of the lyrics…I leave him a bit of space for that, he’s a really brilliant writer.” Fisher’s engrossing lyrics and intent are emphasized with samples in some of The Underside of Power’s most riveting moments. The gate cracks open with “Walk Like a Panther,” the record’s opening track that opens with a speech by fallen Black Panther Fred Hampton. Single “Cleveland” names Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, and more while sampling the gospel song “Peace Be Still.” It all seems to converge on this small home state tour. Lee Baines III & The Gloryfires, who dish out raw Southern rock ‘n’ roll that bleeds Alabama and dismantles simplistic ideas of Southern identity and culture, and electro-futurist band Mourning [A] BLKstar offer gripping live shows with unshakeable messages. “Like Lee Baines, we come from this punk background where shows are really communal,” says Tesche. “We really do like one really inclusive, big party-type thing. We need the crowd to be energetic so we’re all in it together.” CS

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ODDS ARE you don’t know the name Alvin Chea. But it’s almost a sure thing you know his voice. He’s appeared in hundreds of movies and TV, done voice overs for dozens of movie trailers and advertising campaigns. Then there’s his universal line -- ‘I want my baby-back, back-back ribs” -- the Chili’s jingle he’s sang for years. “They just replaced me with this new guy,” Chea said of the Chili’s ad. “It’s hilarious. I’ve been around the world, sung for four presidents, got 10 Grammys, done and seen it all and that’s what people know me for.” The Grammys — and presidential singing appearances — came with Take 6, the most awarded, and some would say best vocal group in history. In addition to the 10 Grammys won in three different decades, Take 6 has 10 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, a Soul Train award and two NAACP Images Awards. The group’s most recent record, 2016’s “Believe” hit No. 2 on the jazz chart. The second Take 6 album that isn’t a gospel project, the record incorporates contemporary production — programmed beats, synthesized arrangements and even a little hip-hop and some secular material -mostly love songs. The next Take 6 album will be in the similar, if more classic pop and soul vein, said Chea, who was on his way from a

recording session in Pasadena, Calif to another session near Palm Springs when we talked. “The guys are in the studio, working on a brand new project, it’s going to be called ‘Iconic,’ Chea said. “We’re taking our pass at a couple great tunes from over the years. There are a couple Earth, Wind and Fire tunes, Al Jarreau, Ray Charles.” But those songs aren’t likely to show up in the band’s shows for awhile. “We could (perform them). We’ve been woodshedding them,” he said. “The show is so finely tuned, we probably won’t do it there. But if we get saucy and there is a second or third encore, we might drop it.” The two more contemporary albums, however, don’t meet Take 6 is moving away from gospel — now or ever. “It’s our roots,” Chea said. “It’s where we come. Literally where we come from and that isn’t ever going to change.” The “literally” is Chea’s reference to the group’s formation at Oakmont University, a Seventh Day Adventist college in Huntsville, Ala. There to study English and communication — skills he used in writing his book “Bass Lines” — Chea joined a vocal group called Alliance. That was in 1985, a few years after Claude McKnight put together the first incarnation of what would become Take 6. Performing on campus and in area churches, Alliance’s reputation rapidly spread and in 1987, the renamed group Take 6 was signed to Warner Brothers Records. It’s self-titled debut the next year literally made the group — selling more

than a million copies, winning two Grammys and putting it on the radar of a who’s who of music. Over the years, Take 6 – whose current lineup also includes McKnight, Khristian Dentley, Mark Kibble, Joey Kibble and David Thomas — has collaborated with, among others, Quincy Jones, Don Henley, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah and Stevie Wonder, who they joined at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, singing for the millions watching on the night President Barack Obama received his party’s nomination. That, Chea said, is one of his most cherished memories in three decades of singing with the group. But he said each time he unleashes his rich, expressive bass can be nearly as memorable, even it’s only witnessed by a producer and engineer in the studio. There and on stage, Chea said, he’s not trying to show off the range and skill that makes him an in-demand singer. “It’s always service to the song, man,” he said. “You have to make it fit and fill and carry your part. Usually, I’m the anchor, but it’s all about the song. Not me.” That, he said, even held true for “I got my baby-back, baby-back, baby-back ribs.” CS

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Nashville’s Thelma & The Sleaze return to El-Rocko, and if you were there last time, you know it’s bound to be a good time. With old-school sleaze-rock flair, boundless energy, and killer riffs, the band’s earned a reputation on the touring circuit for their unforgettable live performances. The band released the cassingle “Somebody’s Doin’ Something” last year via Burger Records. They’re joined by Craig Brown Band for their Southern tour. Detroit-based Brown has gigged with King Tuff and Liquor Store and performed in the punk band Terrible Twos; these days, he’s leaning toward honky-tonk, as evidenced on his Third Man Records debut The Lucky Ones Forget. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 9 P.M., 21+

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Experience a show from a musician who made her Grand Ole Opry debut when she was just 12 years old. Named one of CMT’s “Next Women of Country,” Natalie Stovall has performed at The White House, on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and beyond (many will recognize her from The Voice, where she joined Team Blake Shelton). While performing with her band, The Drive, Stovall released a couple of EPs of rootsy country rock. She returned with a cleaner, poppier “Wine or Whiskey” in December 2017. Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town takes backup vocals on the ballad. She’s currently writing and recording for a new album, due this year. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 8 P.M., 21+

Local hip-hop artist Clay Hodges has curated a showcase of local hip-hop and R&B presented by Doenation Records. Look forward to the smoky-cool stylings of R&B/ soul artist Saeed Edwards. Keaira Renay offers an artful take on spoken word, soul, and R&B musician and just released an EP, ‘The Jungle,’ in January. In addition, Josh Desh, Cec, and Hodges himself will take the stage. Comedian Terrence Miller acts as emcee, while DJ Halftyme will spin between sets. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 7:30 P.M. $10

Give Savannah’s own Dope KNife a big welcome home at Fire in the Hole. The local rapper has returned from touring to SXSW and has created an eclectic lineup of hip-hop talent to fire up Friday night. Obeah, an Atlanta-based emcee, brings socially-charged, introspective stylings to the mix. He’s toured with Public Enemy, and was signed to Chuck D’s imprint Spit Slam, contributed to the electronic scene with Daily Bread, performed with WAKE, and has played with experimental group and Savannah favorite The Difference Machine. C. Shreve, a Deep Gap, North Carolina-based emcee, is a co-founder of hip-hop collective Free the Optimus. He splits his time between working the classroom as a lecturer at Appalachian State University and working the stage as an artist with jazz, hip-hop, and soul influences. New Orleans native SymmaTree began as a member of DarkSyde Yakuza Republic hip-hop crew. Now, he performs as a solo artist and is a member of the rap/punk band Dangerous Animal and hip-hop/reggae/funk group Autumn Improv. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 10 P.M., $5, 18+

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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. El-Rocko Lounge Navy Gangs, Anna McClellan, 9 p.m. Five Oaks Taproom Eric Britt, 8 p.m. Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Lavon Stevens Quartet, 7 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Josephine Johnson, 7 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music 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 Jason Courtenay, 6 p.m. The Wormhole Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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The Chromatic Dragon Geeky Trivia Night, 8 p.m. Dub’s Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m. The Jinx Rock n Roll Bingo, 10 p.m. 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.

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KARAOKE

COMEDY

Stafford’s Public House Weird Wednesdays Open Mic Comedy, 9 p.m. Totally Awesome Bar Open Mic Comedy, 8:30 p.m.

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

THURSDAY 3.22 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. El-Rocko Lounge Blood Handsome, Bero Bero, 9 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 Christy and Butch, 7 p.m.

The Eric Jones Trio with Cynthia Utterbach @GOOD TIMES

The Eric Jones Trio welcomes a special guest for their Friday performance. Cynthia Utterbach, who was born in New Jersey, lived in Los Angeles, and has resided in Europe since 1994, initially studied to become a classical singer before following jazz. She has performed throughout Europe as a jazz vocalist at festivals and clubs. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 8 P.M. The Jinx Scaryoke, 10 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Trivia PS Tavern The Mercers, 9 p.m., Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Gypsy Jazz, 7 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m. The Sentient Bean Cabo Boing, Divorce Ring, Skippy Spiral, 8 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jon Lee’s Apparitions, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Liquid Ginger, 6 p.m., Bucky & Barry, 5 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Josh Johansson, 7:30 p.m. The Wormhole Open Mic, 6 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Brewer’s Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 7-9 p.m. 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. Southbound Brewing Company Geeks Who Drink Pub Trivia, 8 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.

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Savannah Coffee Roasters The Odd Time Radio Hour

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.

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FRIDAY 3.23 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Dangermuffin, 10 p.m. Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, The Greg Williams Confirmation, 8 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m. Bull Street Labs WE > i Hip Hop and R&B Concert, 7:30 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Dry Reef, 10 p.m. Dockside Seafood Bluegrass Happy Hour, 4 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge Rare Creatures, 10 p.m. Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Eric Jones Trio ft. Cynthia Utterbach, 8 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Mercers, 9 p.m. The Jinx The Young Antiques, Reconciler, 10 p.m. Jukebox Bar & Grill @Sundown, 9 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music North Beach Grill JD Music Group, 7 p.m. Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music PS Tavern Keystone Postcard, 9 p.m. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m. Randy Wood Guitars The Surly Gentlemen, 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 Natalie Stovall, 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m. The Sentient Bean Abigail Dowd, 8 p.m. Service Brewing Company Bluegrass By The Pint w/ City Hotel, 5:30 p.m. The Stage on Bay Mike and the Mechanics, 8 p.m. Taste of India Don Read, 6:30 p.m. Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland Vic’s on The River Diana Rogers, Claire Frazier and Norm Gagne, 7 p.m. The Warehouse Randy Cuba, Magic Rocks, 2 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Matt Hill, JagerTron, Bill Hodgson, 5 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Guns 4 Hire, 9:30 p.m. The Wormhole Fire in the Hole with Dope KNife, 10 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Coach’s Corner 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. Brewer’s Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke, 8 p.m. The Islander Karaoke, 10 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Sunny’s Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.

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 3.24 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Backup Planet, 9:30 p.m. Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, Ben Keiser Band, 8 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m. Club Elan Party Favor, 9 p.m. Congress Street Social Club All The Locals, 10 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge The Grizzly Atoms, Rude Dude, Camel Blues Band, Bubble Boys, 9 p.m. Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Teddy Adams Quartet, 8 p.m. Grayson Stadium Kane Brown, 7 p.m. House of Strut Street Clothes Record Release Party, 9 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Christy Alan Band, 9 p.m. The Jinx Dance Party w/ DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music 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. Saddle Bags Walker Hayes, 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m. The Sentient Bean John Griswell, Fields, 7 p.m. Stafford’s Public House DJ Rudy Lui, 9:30 p.m. Vic’s on The River Diana Rogers, Claire Frazier and Norm Gagne, 7 p.m. The Warehouse Ford Natirboff, Jubal Kane, 2 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay and Uncle Buck, Acoustic Jamz, Bill Hodgson, DJ Race, 1 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) 8 Mile Bend Band, 9:30 p.m.

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 Street Labs Sorry Not Sorry Improv: Superheroes, 8 p.m. Savannah Coffee Roasters Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans, 8 p.m.

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

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Eric Britt, 7 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson Tybee Island Social Club Sunday Bluegrass Brunch, noon Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, Fig Neutrons, 1 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Brewer’s Sports Bar and Grill Family Trivia, 5 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Trivia, 8 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Saddle Bags Bar Olympics

MONDAY 3.26 LIVE MUSIC

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 10 p.m. Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Randy Cuba, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Ben Torres, 6 p.m. The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m.

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

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Boomy’s Karaoke, 10 p.m. Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

SUNDAY 3.25

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

Club One Jaidynn Dior Fierce and AmanDuh Pleaze, 10 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC

Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup, 10:30 p.m. Flashback Open Jam, 5 p.m. Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Eric Jones Trio ft. Huxsie Scott, 7 p.m.

COMEDY DJ

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

TUESDAY 3.27 LIVE MUSIC

Bay Street Blues Ben Keiser Band, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Jam Night with Eric Culberson, 9 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge DJ Ashley Borders, 9 p.m. Foxy Loxy Cafe Acoustic Tuesday w/ Clouds & Satellites, 7 p.m. Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Jeremy Davis and The Equinox Quintet, 7 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Jason Bible, 7 p.m. The Jinx Emcee Game Night w/ DJ Bomb Jovi, 11 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music 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. The Sentient Bean Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by Melanie Goldey, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Sarah Poole, Matt Hill, 6 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 p.m. Coach’s Corner Trivia, 8 p.m. CoCo’s Sunset Grille Trivia, 7 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Trivia, 10 p.m. Fia Rua Irish Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m. McDonough’s Bingo, 7 p.m. Mellow Mushroom Trivia, 7:30 p.m. PS Tavern Poker Rachael’s 1190 Adults Only Trivia, 9 p.m. Savannah Taphouse Trivia, 7 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Trivia, 9 p.m. The Wormhole Trivia, 10:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 7 p.m. Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Karaoke The Rail Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Chuck’s Bar Comedy Open Mic, 9:30 p.m.

SEED Eco Lounge DJ C-Rok, 10 p.m.

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

Doubles Nightclub 7100 Abercorn St. 912-352-7100

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Martin Mazorra BY RACHAEL FLORA

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MARTIN MAZORRA is one busy guy. In addition to consistently producing art, the Brooklyn-based artist teaches at Pratt Institute and Parson’s School of Design and serves as founder of Cannonball Press, a printing company he formed in 1999 with Mike Houston. Now, his latest exhibition, “Tickle Your Fancy: Flowers, Feathers and Oysters” is on display at Foxy Loxy Café through Mar. 25. Made up of mostly woodcut and letterpress prints, it’s romantic, whimsical, and affordable, with prints starting at $30. We caught up with Mazorra on his spring break.

1.Tell me about the work in “Tickle Your Fancy.”

United States. I’ve been doing state flowers paired with the state bird. Those then get printed on a piece of paper in the shape of a state. I had those and wanted to include them, and it just so happened I made a whole series of those large oysters. Three random things I really wanted to show that were recent, and I had to come up with some kind of way to merge it—they’re pretty disparate.

2.How did you get involved with the Victorian language of flowers?

I do the language of flowers thing in tandem with other projects I work on. When the flowers are in bloom in my neighborhood in Brooklyn, I had an eight-block walk and along that way I would take photos of people’s flower gardens. As I was doing that I started researching symbolism for flowers. I was interested in that idea of secret codes and people’s associative meaning for different images and stuff like that. The flower by itself without any kind of text didn’t really hold weight until I realized I could imply these deeper meanings to them. They’re vague, but they’re also specific to me.

I’ve been working on this project that’s based on the Victorian language of flowers, whereby a particular flower had a codified sentiment, like a message, and you could present someone with a flower and it would Tell me about Cannonball Press. mean something that was kind of part of the understanding of that particular [Co-owner Mike Houston] and I met probflower. While I was doing that, I was also ably 25 years ago in college and kept in asked to do a collaborative project where 24 I paired the state flower to do a map of the touch because we were both living and

working in New York in the mid to late 90s. You know, when you’re working and finding odd jobs and needing someone else on the job and me being like, “Oh, I know the perfect person.” We started doing the project of Cannonball Press out of that work relationship. It evolved into us working on art projects together and we also started publishing prints by other artists.

4.What’s the process of adding artists to your roster?

Some people reach out to us. More often than not it’s through networking with other people. You see someone’s work that’s interesting on the ideas that are similar to the things we’re interested in. When we travel, doing a visiting artists event, we would meet people on those trips and later on come back and keep in contact with them.

5.On Cannonball’s website, you say

all prints are $20. What’s the importance of setting a reasonable price point for art?

You establish a value for it. You try and establish the idea for the artwork and to make it affordable. Obviously there are people who would not find that affordable. Some people say it’s a luxury good, some people say it’s a necessity. So many people don’t even want to pay for art. Putting it at

$20, we started that in 1999 and with inflation the prints are probably cheaper now than they were. I figure I’ve got two more years to do this and then I’m retiring to Savannah [laughs]. I produce work at that price point, but I also produce work by someone who has no experience in the art market and sell it for equal amounts. I feel like the risk is low for me—at that price, I can produce the work and sell it and have a better chance of selling it at that price point. $20 in New York City is almost like sidewalk tax. It’s not that much. If you bought that thing, you invest in it that much, you might put it up in your pad. By doing it at that price point, it gets it out there. It’s impulsive. You might buy a round of drinks and regret it. The other idea that we had is that if we did it at this price point, in years to come, the people that did begin collecting at $20 would go on to purchase work for a couple hundred dollars, the idea being that you would build a collector base for people. The percentage of people who would do that is probably fewer, but at least you would be cultivating it. There are questions artists should think about. How do I establish a value? How do I price what I do? I always tell my students, “Is it more or less than twenty bucks?” How do you decide that? By doing Cannonball and putting out there and saying, “This is what it costs,” and being true to it, it had its place. CS

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THE PLAY Shirley Valentine has entered the realm of the classics with its funny, poignant portrayal of an unhappy housewife’s journey of self-discovery. Written by Willy Russell, it is also arguably one of the great one-person shows of all time. Malinda Davis Smith and the Savannah Community Theatre bring Shirley to life onstage at the Tybee Post Theater, in a show opening this weekend and directed by the renowned J. Tom Coleman III. “After our first read-through, I told Tom this is a piece of theatre that sits comfortably on me. It resonates on many levels. I thought, this is a woman I want to create,” says Smith. “The first time I heard her read, it was obvious that Malinda is someone who relates deeply to this role and is able to fully explore it,” says Coleman.

“She would read it one way, and then the next time read it a completely different way, and ask, which one do you want?” Local theatre veteran Jeffery Hall wears many hats with Savannah Community Theatre and is deeply involved with staging this production. “Shirley is a middle class housewife in Liverpool,” explains Hall. “Her life has become mundane. She is the housewife who waits on her husband. She has lost her identity in the process.” Shirley has what Hall describes as “a counseling session with her wall. She has a retrospective right in her kitchen.” “A friend asks her to go to Greece with her, and her husband says no. But she gets rebellious — so she goes.” In Greece she meets “a friend,” Hall says, “and she starts living a different life. She likes it, so she stays there.” In the end, “She’s not sure if she’s going home or not, but she’s definitely a new person,” Hall says. CONTINUES ON P. 26

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“This play resonates not just with women but with anyone,” says Smith. “There are always times in anyone’s life where they ask themselves, how did I get to this moment?” Also, she says, “the characters in Shirley’s life are hilarious to create onstage.” The role not only requires mastery of about 55 pages of text, but Shirley literally cooks an entire meal from start to finish during the show, ostensibly to be hot and ready the moment her husband arrives home. Not a fake meal, but an actual meal, with a real working stove and everything. Coleman describes the process of integrating the complex maneuvers involved in cooking with the need to convey the lines accurately and with feeling and nuance. “We’ve all seen this a million times ourselves. We’ve all cooked something in the kitchen while having a conversation with other people, or talked with someone else while they were doing the same thing,” Coleman says. “It’s all very natural and normal. But the key is to start with the conversation, and let that be your guide. The activity then flows out of that conversation, also in a very natural fashion,” he says. Smith says, “It’s a process you have to organize and map out. You have to practice it to the point of routine, where it’s second

nature. After all, cooking this meal is right in Shirley’s wheelhouse! This is something she herself has done many, many times before in the exact same way.” This isn’t the first time Smith and Coleman have worked together. Smith was in the Coleman-directed Ken, an original work which premiered at Tybee Post Theater. In that show, Smith played several small roles. This is not only her first time doing Shirley Valentine, but her first one-person show. “She is a serious actress who has great comedic style,” says Hall. “She has really taken this role and made it her own. “Playing a lead role is one thing, but being the sole person onstage is another,” Hall laughs. “I’m not sure I’d want to do that myself.” CS

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March 24, 30, 31 at 7:30 p.m., March 25 at 3 p.m. Tybee Post Theatre, 10 Van Horne Ave. Tickets: $20.00 with a special dinner and show package for $55.00 Dinner package: 1 Ticket and pre-show or post-matinee dinner at Sundae Café on Tybee. tybeeposttheater.showare.com / 912-472-4790

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A fin-tastic time for pride

Mermaid Fest brings fun in the sun to Tybee BY ANNA CHANDER

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The Tybee Mermaid strikes a pose on her home shore. PHOTO COURTESY OF MERMAID FEST

Florida mermaids, including Florida Springs-based Rivaria and Tsukiko, join in the fun. “We’ll have a mermaid grotto on the beach,” Walczak says excitedly. “It will be more of an interactive thing than just a photo booth setup. People can walk around with the mermaids, talk, take photos, mermaids will hand out trinkets to kids.” No celebration is complete without live music. Local favorite Christy Alan Band will welcome the crowds to Tybee Island Pier and Pavilion. Audiences can look forward to additional performances from Lupita Velvet and Shemuel. If you like sippin’ in the sunshine, join the Tybrisa Twirl, the official Mermaid Fest bar crawl. Bounce between iconic Tybee establishments, mingle, celebrate,

and help boost the local economy. “We’re not charging any Tybee businesses for humping on board with us,” says Walczak. “We want to bring money to them.” When the sun sets, the party moves to Huc-A-Poos, where live musical entertainment, drag performances, and more await merfolks and their fans. “We want to promote equality, love, and acceptance year-round,” Walczak says. “Not only does promoting the festival on Tybee bring business, it allows us to showcase for Pride—a lot of people don’t realize that Georgia has a beautiful coast! This is a safe space. It’s a place where, no matter who you are, what nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation—everyone is accepted here.” CS

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SAVANNAH Pride is ready to make a splash on Tybee. As the St. Paddy’s green washes away from the Historic District, Savannahians will make their way to the beach for a festival that’s anything but ordinary. The first annual Mermaid Fest will take place on Friday and Saturday at locations throughout Tybee Island. With live entertainment, drinks, games, and celebrity merfolk, it’s a weekend of fun for the whole family. “We wanted to do something on Tybee geared toward the LGBT community but welcoming to everybody,” organizer Rich Walczak explains. “We have the Pride Festival, but we wanted to do a mid-year event to bring business to Tybee.” The end of March and early April marks a lull on the island, and Mermaid Fest hopes to draw attention to the small business that give Tybee its eclectic charm. Little did the organizers know how much landlubbers positively adore mermaids. The festival is expecting high numbers for its first year. “We didn’t realize how widespread mermaid culture was!” Walczak laughs. “There’s an International Mermaid Alliance, mermaid meetups—it’s amazing.” From pastel-dyed hair to metallic eyeshadow, mermaid vibes are certainly on-trend, and with The Shape of Water earning Oscars and a Splash remake on the way, audiences want to be part of that world. Coney Island has hosted its annual Mermaid Parade for 35 years, and around the world, children and adults are learning to swim while wearing beautifullydesigned tails. The Southern coast is home to many popular merpeople, several of whom will appear at Tybee Mermaid Fest. The Tybee Mermaid, stunning with blonde beach waves and a shimmering cerulean tail, is Mermaid Fest’s hometown hero. Mermaid Jessica, who hails from Brunswick, is a purple-haired, metallic-tailed role model who advocates for ocean conservation and inspires others to lead healthy lives. Blixunami, the Geechee Merman, is a Charleston-based sensation who has been spotlighted on VH1, Tosh.O, and more. Mermaid Bonnie flashes a shimmering tail that matches her baby-blue locks. Several

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ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT? — For this nationwide call for entry, Sulfur Studios invited artists to submit work that explores creative capture or output of photographic imagery. March 22-31. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. ARTIST OF THE MONTH: CHRISTINA TAYLOR — Christina Taylor will be at the gallery on Saturday, March 24 to demonstrate textured ring making. Influenced by the way light interacts with surfaces, Christina’s work creates layered textural and tonal aspects in metal that combine into elegant modern pieces. Sat., March 24, 1-3 p.m. 912-2327731. Savannah Art Association Gallery, 232 Bull Street. PSYCHIC KNIFE — Stephen Napoles utilizes vintage magazines from all over the world to create surreal, kaleidoscopic and sometimes comical collages. March 26-May 27. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. TELFAIR IN BLOOM — Telfair Academy Guild presents Telfair in Bloom 2018, a vibrant festival of art and flowers featuring work by local designers.Designers will interpret works of art by creating original floral arrangements that remain on display during the entire three-day festival. Using glorious, fresh flowers to interpret Telfair’s collection of paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts, these designers will open up a whole new way of seeing the museum, proving that not all art is in a frame. Proceeds will help fund improvements to the Jepson Center Sculpture Terrace. Fri., March 23 and Sat., March 24. telfair.org. Telfair Academy 121 Barnard St.

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FADE INTO BLACK — Pia Camil lives and works in Mexico City. “Fade into Black” is curated by Humberto Moro, SCAD curator of exhibitions. Through July 15. May Poetter Gallery (SCAD), 342 Bull St.

ALTER EGO — Group exhibition offering diverse approaches to the broad theme of the artist’s alter ego. The exhibition, featuring various artistic practices, follows a rich history of persona, but offer fresh approaches that critique or celebrate notions of celebrity, commodity culture, reality and fiction. Through March 31. Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St,.

I DID IT AGAIN — SCAD Museum of Art presents “I Did It Again,” an exhibition of four re-configured installations by Italian multimedia artist Paola Pivi. The artist works in many international contexts and uses various media, including photography, video, sculpture and installation, often employing a playfulness in her practice to explore darker themes. Through Aug. 19. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

BONAVENTURE: A HISTORIC CEMETERY IN ART — Drawn from Telfair’s and others’ collections, this exhibition includes paintWork by Johanna Warwick is among the art featured at ‘Alterings, prints, photographs, and sculpture inspired by or native to What?’ at Sulfur Studios. connected to the cemetery. Through Sep. 23. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. CONNECTION: SEEING WITH THE MIND’S EYE — Marcee Musgrove has pursued CARBON — Jennifer Moss is interested abstraction as a soul driven expression of in discovering inherent properties of the the connection of people and place that materials she works with and highlighting exist both inside and outside of ourselves as these qualities through unexpected material individuals. This exhibition represents a full interactions. Through April 12. In Vino Veritas, range of her career exploring nature, color 102 E. Liberty St. and place. Through April 10. Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St. CARRIE MAE WEEMS: SEA ISLAND SERIES — Her Sea Islands series made DRAWN — Featuring pen, pencil, crayon between 1991-1992 comprises black-andworks and more. Through March 30. Locawhite photographs with lyrical, folkloric texts tion Gallery at Austin Hill Realty, 417 Whitaker devoted to Gullah-Geechee communities. St. Through May 6. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

JOHN ALEXANDER — John is a well-known local photographer, specializing in commercial, portraiture, real estate, special events and fine art. Through March 30. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. LIVESTRONG SAVANNAH — An installation by New York-based artist Christopher Chiappa. Thousands of illusionistic, handmade sculptures of sunny-side-up, fried eggs are suspended on the walls, dripping to the corner and floor, and even found in unexpected places like the museum’s front desk and staircase. Through July 1. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. MOVING MOUNTAINS — Exhibition by artist Yang Fudong. An important figure in the contemporary art scene and independent cinema movement in China, Fudong’s films and photographic work, often derived from traditional Chinese painting, examine tensions between urban and rural, historic and present, worldliness and intellectualism. Through July 8. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

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preparing the batter is only outshined by the execution of the actual cooking of the crepe. The Cafe Bonbon is almost too pretty to drink, layered with coffee, chocolate, whipped cream, and the choice of condensed milk or Nutella (almost an unfair choice to make). Angela’s “favorite is with Nutella,” but I had the pleasure of tasting the condensed milk version. The condensed milk, which is whole milk that has been reduced through the process of evaporation and had sugar added in, adds a velvety texture to the drink making the coffee so smooth it is likely you will consume it in two gulps. The coffee dances on the back of your tongue for a comfortingly long amount of time, as your taste buds hold on to the richness of the condensed milk and the bite of

the coffee. Speaking of the coffee, Le Cafe Gourmet has one of the gems of Savannah reserved for its customers’ caffeine cravings. Sourced from the local roaster Cup to Cup Coffee Roasters, the owners chose this brew from a long list of local brews because it is “close to what they have in France,” Alexandre tells me. The brew is smooth and deeply flavored, lacking even a hint of bitterness. If straightforward coffee is more your thing, Alexandre “recommends espresso that is just black… because coffee is always espresso in France.” This is also a good tidbit of knowledge just in case you needed another reason to be jealous of the French way of life. As for the Macarons, you can tell how

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skillful the bakers are just by looking at the height of the feet on each shell. They lightly crunch on the outside, then dissolve in your mouth as you bite through the tender rounds of goodness. As tender as these Macarons are, one would expect them to fall apart in your hand. Au contraire! Though the egg-white based cookies are crumbly on top, the bake on them allows for a soft texture underneath without being the least bit battery in the middle. Sandwiched between each shell rests the ideal amount of creamy filling. The raspberry macarons were tart and in stark contrast to the rich traditional chocolate macarons. The store “tries to have two to three flavors per week, one with fruit,” Alexandre tells me. He went on to say that he likes to use “passion fruit or mandarin when [the fruits are] seasonal.” Not only do the flavors of the Macarons change regularly, but each week the restaurant features a Chef’s Special. When I visited the special was a Strawberry and Chocolate Entremet. An Entremet is a layered mouse based cake often covered in glaze or ganache. This one was created with a chocolate cream and a raspberry pastry cream then coated in a dark chocolate ganache and

finished with strawberry chips made in house. Delicate but decadent, this small treat was creamy and rich with a texture as smooth as the velvet on a king’s robe. Le Cafe only makes “forty to fifty croissants per day...preferring to work with a small quantity to keep the quality,” Chef Alexandre explains when describing their Pear Croissant. With what seems like a thousand layers of buttery flaky pastry, this pastry was created by first making the time-consuming layers then filling it with an almond pastry cream, fresh pears, and slivered almonds. It is not surprising that it is a best seller at Le Cafe because the pastry is so large and impressive that it hangs off the sides of the plate it is served on. Another flavored croissant offered the day I visited was a Croissant Cake, which were tiny little round croissants rolled with coconut and Nutella. The store plans on pairing with SAVtakeOut.com for food delivery and lunch box options for locals. And for the future, they hope to expand into catering and wholesale. But for the time being the Cafe’s aim is not “to be number one, just want to offer good food,” according to Alexandre. CS

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TOMB RAIDER

OO Angelina Jolie proved to be a dynamic Lara Croft in her two cinematic at-bats, but 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and 2003’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider — The Cradle of Life were so daft and derivative that they did the actress no favors. Now comes the inevitable reboot, and while Tomb Raider might be every bit as derivative as its antecedents, it’s certainly not as daft. Yet, as before, its greatest strength rests with its leading lady. Like Jolie, Alicia Vikander is also a Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner electing to exercise her physical side. But her Lara Croft is a far cry from Jolie’s more confident and muscular heroine. Vikander’s take on the role is less Wonder Woman and more Everywoman, and it’s an interesting reversal of expectations that provides the picture with additional resonance. The plot finds Lara heading off to unknown territories to locate her father (Dominic West), who’s been MIA for seven years. She acquires a friend in a drunken sea captain (solid Daniel Wu), lands an enemy in a vicious slave driver (snoozy Walton Goggins), and becomes involved in the effort to open the final resting place of an ancient queen who had the power to destroy people simply by touching them. It’s all rather pedestrian, but director Roar Uthaug does manage to stage a couple of exciting action set-pieces that rise above the expected clutter (one involving a storm, the other a waterfall). Still, it’s Vikander who’s primarily responsible for the picture’s limited success. She transforms Lara Croft into a person who becomes extraordinary despite her relative ordinariness. When Lara sustains an injury (and she collects contusions the way some people collect stamps), there’s no stiff upper lip at work here – she cries out in a manner that makes us wince. When she’s dangling over some precipice, there’s no instant flexing of the muscles that lifts her out of harm’s way – she has to draw strength from every millimeter of her body to hoist herself out of her precarious predicament. For a character who began life as a video game avatar, she’s quite human – and certainly more so than the protagonists in past video-game adaptations (including the hero played by Vikander’s real-life husband, Michael Fassbender, in the 2016 debacle Assassin’s Creed).

7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE

OO It’s impossible to predict what real-life stories will capture the fancy of an inquisitive teen, and one of mine was the saga of Air France Flight 139, hijacked during the summer of 1976 by Palestinian and German terrorists and allowed to set down at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport by dictator Idi

Alicia Vikander stars in Tomb Raider

Amin. Since the passengers were mostly Jewish, it was up to Israeli commandos to attempt to rescue them in a raid labeled Operation Thunderbolt. I not only read books and delivered a school paper on the subject but also caught all three cinematic renditions: Israel’s 1977 Operation Thunderbolt, a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee starring Klaus Kinski and Sybil Danning, 1976’s Victory at Entebbe, a made-for-TV movie with Anthony Hopkins and Elizabeth Taylor, and 1977’s Raid on Entebbe, another made-for-TV flick, this one headlining Charles Bronson and Peter Finch. Belatedly joining the party is the new drama 7 Days in Entebbe, different from its predecessors in that it spends more time analyzing the mindsets of its terrorists – or at least the two German ones, played with the proper levels of intensity by Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl. This version also digs deeper into the political strife between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi), who hopes for a peaceful resolution, and Minister of Defense Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan), who supports a more aggressive approach. 7 Days in Entebbe is absorbing for much of its running time, maintaining interest as it cuts back and forth between the terrorists, the hostages, and the government suits. It’s only during the home stretch that the picture largely falls apart, with thoughtful exchanges eventually crowded out by bombastic speeches meant to dot the i and cross the t of every moral position championed by the film. Worse, a time-wasting subplot about the relationship between an Israeli commando (Ben Schnetzer) and his dancer girlfriend

(Zina Zinchenko) inexplicably grows in prominence as the picture progresses, and the rescue operation – a sequence that should have audiences on the edges of their seats – is destroyed by interspersing its particulars with moments from a theatrical dance production.

A WRINKLE IN TIME

OO A literary classic becomes a cinematic clunker with A Wrinkle in Time, the ambitious but ultimately disappointing adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s lovely 1962 novel. Remaining faithful enough to the plot of the book, this screen version finds Meg Murry (Storm Reid), still understandably upset over the disappearance of her scientist father (Chris Pine) four years earlier, being handed an opportunity to locate him thanks to the involvement of three celestial beings. Introduced to Meg and her friend Calvin (Levi Miller) by her younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), the trio of Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) and Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling) informs the children that Dr. Murry vanished upon discovering that the fabric of time and space can fold on itself. But Dr. Murry is now being held prisoner by an evil interstellar entity known simply as “It.” Ava DuVernay, who earned an Oscar nomination for the mesmerizing documentary 13th and should have earned one for the powerful drama Selma, seems paralyzed with reverence for the source material, as her direction is atypically muted and her set-pieces alarmingly flat. 31

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Happenings ACTIVISM & POLITICS

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. MARCH FOR OUR LIVES March For Our Lives will take to the streets to demand that our lives and safety become a priority, and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today. Sat., March 24, 1 p.m. Wright Square, Bull and President Streets. SATURDAYS WITH ALDERWOMAN SHABAZZ Residents in Savannah’s 5th District are invited to meet with their Alderwoman every 4th Saturday of the month. Residents may come with specific issues and concerns, or just to meet their representative on Savannah City Council. District 5 runs roughly west of Bull Street and north of 36th Street, and also includes newly developing areas of the City in the southwest quadrant of Chatham County. Free and open to the public. fourth Saturday of every month, 2-4 p.m. 912-651-6410. Shabazz Seafood Restaurant, 502 W. Victory Dr. SAVANNAH AREA YOUNG REPUBLICANS Get involved. Contact is Michael Johnson, via email or telephone, or see website for info. 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr. org. sayr.org. Call or see website for information. Free ongoing. 912-308-3020. savannahyoungrepublicans.com. SAVANNAH LIBERTARIANS Join the Facebook group to find out about upcoming local events. Mondays. Facebook. com/groups/SAVlibertarians. YOUNG DEMOCRATS Mondays at 7pm on the second level of Foxy Loxy, Bull Street. Call or visit the Young Democrats Facebook page for more information. Free ongoing. 423-619-7712. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

AUDITIONS AND CALLS FOR ENTRIES

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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. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern 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 32 tedxsavannah.com on Nov. 20 or visit the

TEDxSavannah Facebook page. Ticket sales begin March 12. Through May 11. Downtown Savannah, downtown. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE SUMMER 500 High school students aged 16 and over, who are currently enrolled in either public or private school are encouraged to apply for the Summer 500 internship program. Summer 500 internships will pay a minimum of $8 an hour with a minimum of 32 hours a week. Students will be required to pass a pre-employment drug test, and interns will be placed in jobs in either the public or private sector. The summer internship program helps students gain valuable experience and create important networking connections. Students who are interested in this internship opportunity are asked to submit an application, which can be found online at the City of Savannah’s website at www.savannahga.gov/summer500. Through March 30. CALL FOR AUDITIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN DELILAHS DANCE CABARET The Downtown Delilahs dance cabaret are holding auditions for several upcoming shows. To set up an audition, contact Jade Bills at 912-272-7601. Through March 28. No physical address given, none. CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR HELEN LEVITT PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST Both amateur and professional photographers are invited to freely interpret the theme ‘Contemporary Life in America.’ Participants are encouraged to submit between three and six photos starting January 15, 2018. The deadline for entries is March 23, 2018. Winners of the contest will receive cash prizes ranging from $50 to $250, as well as being featured in Aint-Bad Magazine, an independent publisher of new photographic art, and a solo exhibit in a Savannah gallery.For more information, go to a-towngetdown.com. Through March 23. CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR VIGNETTE SAVANNAH Vignette Savannah is looking for contributors in writing and photography! vSav’s tagline is “Indulging in Savannah’s most coveted decor, design, & awe-inspiring spaces.” Contribute to the blog and social media channels with your writing and/ or photography (credit will be given) featuring restaurants, coffee shops, or any other creative spaces and design you find inspiring! Preference will be given to students/professionals that can be consistent contributors-- build a portfolio with the vSav blog and on its social media channels and gain a reference in the process! Visit vignettesavannah.com and email Anita at vignettesavannah@gmail. com to express your interest! 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.

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CALL FOR LOCAL PRODUCTS AND RETAILERS FOR COHEN’S RETREAT ONSITE BOUTIQUE SHOP Cohen’s Retreat, a historic destination for art, food and community located in Savannah’s famed Moon River District, is seeking specialty retailers interested in placing their locally or regionally-made products in its onsite boutique shop, Brown Dog Market. Cohen’s Retreat is refreshing its product lines at Brown Dog Market to feature more of a mix of mainstream local products to include with their current artisan products. Retailers who would like access to some of Savannah’s largest neighborhoods located in and near the Moon River District are encouraged to apply for shelf space. Interested retailers should reach out to Colleen Smith at colleen. smith@cohensretreat.com or by calling 912.355.3336, ext. 4. Please include product name(s), description, price point, availability, contact information and any other essential details. ongoing. Cohen’s Retreat, 5715 Skidaway Rd. 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 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) 236-3154; email: revbrendalee@ yahoo.com ongoing. No physical address given, none. TELL US YOUR GHOST STORY? Organization seeks to document your first hand experiences with psychical phenomenon for analysis and potential investigation. Our investigators have reputable credentials and long time investigation training and connections with the top minds and researchers in parapsychology field research and other areas. We are especially interested in Chatham and neighboring counties with special emphasis on Savannah itself and the Historic District. Interviewees should be comfortable with video documentation of themselves and events w/privacy level negotiated beforehand. ongoing. amchclub@yahoo.com. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

BENEFITS

ST. BALDRICK’S With a goal of raising $40,000, more than 45 local participants will go bald to support the St. Baldricks Foundation’s mission to take childhood back from cancer. St. Baldricks Honored Kids, who have been affected by cancer, will be in attendance to share their stories and thank volunteers going bald for the cause. Sat., March 24, noon. savannahcitymarket.com. City Market, Jefferson at West Saint Julian St.

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. 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. 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

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Film: In the White City

In this critically acclaimed drama, Bruno Ganz plays a sailor who jumps ship in Lisbon, Portugal and lives alone, admiring the calm of the beautiful seaside city, while trying to maintain a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend via letters. $8 WED., MARCH 21, 8 P.M. SENTIENTBEAN.COM. THE SENTIENT BEAN, 13 E. PARK AVE. 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. CAREGIVING 101 The free one-hour class is designed to raise awareness of the importance of selfcare by exploring the physical, emotional, psychological and social components of caregiving. Learn tips to deal with the many challenges and gain useful information on community resources. Led by an experienced clinical professor and seasoned caregiver, any person finding themselves in the role of family caregiver would greatly benefit from this free class. Free fourth Monday of every month, noon. 912-629-1331. edelcaregiverinstitute.org. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive. 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. COUNTRY TWO STEP Country Two Step Love Country Music? Well, join us and learn how to dance to it. Basics to beyond basic- we can teach you to move with ease around the dance floor to all of your favorite down south songs. $40.00 for 4 weeks Thu., March 22, 7-8 p.m. 612-470-6683. salondebaile.dance@gmail. com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. COUNTRY TWO STEP GROUP CLASS Country Two Step: no partner needed or experience required. 4 weeks for $40 or drop in for $15. $40 for 4 weeks Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. 612-470-6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. 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. FREE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES Free ESL classes at Savannah Tech. Text “English” to 484848 for more information. Data and message rates apply. free Tue., March 27, 8:30 a.m. 912-443-5713. egray@ savannahtech.edu. savannahtech.edu/ ged-esl/english-as-a-second-language-esl/. savannahtech.edu/. Savannah Technical College, 5717 White Bluff Rd. GETTING STARTED IN GENEALOGY Wednesdays, 10 AM – 11:30 AM, February 21 – March 28 at Southwest Chatham Library. This comprehensive 6 week program gives you skills to create a plan to research your family history. Lead by Charlie Bourland. Free and open to the public; registration required. Call 912-925-8305. Free Wed., March 21, 10-11:30 a.m. 912-9258305. liveoakplga@liveoakpl.org. liveoakpl. org/genealogy/. liveoakpl.org. Live Oak Public Libraries, 2002 Bull Street. 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. JEWELER’S GUIDED OPEN STUDIO Use our space to practice your skills and knock out your personal pieces. Tuition includes access to the studio with support from Christina or one of her assistants. Students are responsible for their own materials. Prerequisite of Jewelry I or similar instruction from another studio. $30 Fridays, 6 p.m. 912-289-8337. christina@ dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcatstudio. com. Join us for time to practice your skills and knock out some projects you’ve been dreaming up. Tuition includes access to the studio with support from Christina or one of her assistants. Students are responsible for their own materials. Prerequisite of Jewelry I or similar instruction from another studio. $30 Thursdays, 1-4 p.m. 912-2898337. christina@dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcat studio, Hover Creek RD. 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. MOM & ME DANCE Mom and ME DANCE Join one of our

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newest and most popular classes for kids 4 and under with Mommy or Daddy! Learn to dance Ballroom, Jazz, Ballet, and Hip Hop. Grab your space and let’s get the next generation dancing! $40 for 4 weeks Tue., March 27, 11-11:45 a.m. 612-4706683. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. MONTHLY SATSANG We will use The Yamas and Niyamas by Deborah Adele as our guide. Each month, one of our SPY teachers will lead the discussion and help us reflect on, discuss and assimilate their meaning into our 21st century lives. These gatherings are intended to be a dialogue and an inquiry into how we can align ourselves with these principles and bring them into our thoughts and actions. No asana practice, we will sit for discussion. Please dress comfortably, bring your ideas and a journal. $20 drop in | $150 for all ten sessions Wed., March 21, 7:15-8:30 p.m. 912-3492756. info@savannahpoweryoga.com. facebook.com/events/951706225006434/. savannahpoweryoga.com. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Road Unit J-3. MUSIC LESSONS AND CLASSES: ALL INSTRUMENTS, ALL AGES Portman’s Music Academy offers private lessons on piano, guitar (electric, acoustic, classical), mandolin, ukulele, banjo, bass guitar, drums, percussion, voice, clarinet, saxophone (alto and tenor), oboe, flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, DJ, Pro Logic, Composition, Ear Training, violin, viola, and cello. Group classes for beginner piano and guitar. Music Adventures for ages 5 to 7. ongoing. 912354-1500. portmansmusic.com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. MUSIC LESSONS--MULTIPLE INSTRUMENTS AND STYLES Savannah Musicians’ Institute offers private instruction for all ages and experience levels for Guitar (electric, acoustic, bass, classical, jazz), Piano, Flute, Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Clarinet, Saxophone, and Voice as well as Music Theory/ Composition/ Ear Training. We teach public, private and home school students as well as adults at all experience levels. Located at 15 East Montgomery Crossroads in Office #205 near White Bluff Road, Savannah, GA. ongoing. 912388-1806. smisavannah@gmail.com. savmusiciansinstitute.com. NEW HORIZONS ADULT BAND PROGRAM Music program for adults who played a band instrument in high school/college and would like to play again. Tuesdays at 6:30pm at Portman’s. $30 per month. All ages and ability levels welcome. Call for info. ongoing. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. NOVEL WRITING Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publication. Awardwinning Savannah author offers one-onone or small group classes, mentoring, manuscript critique, ebook formatting. Email for pricing and scheduling info. ongoing. pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com. 34 PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES

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Bring your dogs and grab some tasty snacks, wine, and beer in Savannah’s beautiful weather. MARCH 23, 4-6 P.M.. THEGREYRESTAURANT.COM. THE GREY, 109 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD. 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. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St.

THE REFINERY WRITING STUDIO: YOUR MEMOIR This course is specific to writers who are crafting memoir, which requires an intense focus on the origin story and the arc as it grows from there. Writers who are just beginning their memoirs or who have already begun are encouraged to take this course. Classes meet once a week. 300.00 Tue., March 27, 6:15-8:30 p.m. 912-2575217. refinerywritingstudio@gmail.com. therefinerywritingstudio.com/the-refinerycatalogue/your-memoir. The Refinery Writing Studio, 3025 Bull Street. 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. SENIOR BALLROOM FIT 55+ Senior Ballroom Fitness 55+ Calling all mature adults 55 and older! (Retired Military 50% off) Always wanted to learn how to ballroom dance? Don’t have a partner? Want to get in shape and have fun in the process?

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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, Foxtrot, Waltz, Hustle, and more! $40 for 4 weeks Wed., March 21, 11:30-12:30 a.m. 612-470-6683. salondebaile.dance@gmail. com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. 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 award-winning 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. 912-3449768. 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. AVEGOST LARP Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. generallly meets the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters. ongoing. godzillaunknown@gmail.com. avegost.com. BUCCANEER REGION SCCA Local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. See website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org. BUSINESS NETWORKING ON THE ISLANDS Small Business Professionals Islands Networking Group meets first Thursday each month, 9:30am-10:30am. Tradewinds

Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Call for info. ongoing. 912-308-6768. CHATHAM SAILING CLUB Friday evening social event at the clubhouse. Meet Members and their families who all enjoy water based activities but whose prime interest is sailing. This BYOB event is free and all are welcome, but Membership is encouraged after several visits once interest is gauged!! We look forward to meeting you. Fridays, 7-10 p.m. pranschkec3@gmail.com. Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. COASTAL BEAD SOCIETY Coastal Bead Society monthly meetings, 12 noon on the third Friday of the Month at the Coastal Georgia Center, 303 Fahm Street, near SCAD. All beaders are welcome. ongoing. wyrnut18@gmail.com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. FIBER GUILD OF THE SAVANNAHS A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, and other fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center, first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am. ongoing. fiberguildsavannah. homestead.com/. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. HISTORIC FLIGHT SAVANNAH A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC, to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington. Call for info. ongoing. 912-5961962. honorflightsavannah.org. HISTORIC SAVANNAH CHAPTER: ABWA Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6pm-7:30pm. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Drive, Thunderbolt. Attendees pay for their own meals. RSVP by phone. ongoing. 912-660-8257. 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. PROOFREADER’S WHISKEY CLUB Membership includes the first whiskey drink free, free monthly private whiskey tastings from various brands, 15% off the member’s bill for the year, and a personalized book card including a list of 75 whiskeys in each chapter in the DeSoto library. Library series meetings will be the last Thursday of every month and include one free guest pass per member for the year. They will pick a book from the Edgar’s P&P library to hold their personalized book card which will be used to keep track of their progress on the whiskey list. $50 ongoing. eventbrite. com/e/proofreaders-whiskey-clubtickets-42943991635. proofsavannah.com. Edgar’s Proof and Provision, 15 E. Liberty St. 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. 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 SACRED HARP SINGERS Savannah Sacred Harp Singers welcome you to join our monthly community singing on the second Saturday of the month from 2-4pm at Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church. Sacred Harp is an American tradition of singing hymns in four part harmony. No particular religious affiliation is required or endorsed. All are welcome. No experience necessary. ongoing. Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church, 10050 Ferguson Ave. SAVANNAH TOASTMASTERS Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment. Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. ongoing. 912-484-6710. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. SAVANNAH VEGGIES AND VEGANS Join the Facebook group to find out more about vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, and to hear about upcoming local events. Mondays. SCAD DAILY TOURS SCAD offers tours in Savannah, Atlanta 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. WAVING GIRLS SMOCKING GUILD The Waving Girls Chapter of the Smocking Arts Guild of America the fourth Monday of the month at the Coastal Center for Developmental Services, Eisenhower and Seawright Drs. in Savannah, at 6:30 pm. Visitors are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Each month the chapter presents a program related to smocking or fine sewing. along with a “show and share” opportunity to see members creations. More information contact l.elkin@comcast.net. Free fourth Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. 912-658-4271. l.elkin@comcast.net. Coastal Center for Developmental Services, 1249 Eisenhower Drive. WAVING GIRLS--SMOCKING ARTS GUILD OF AMERICA The Waving Girls welcomes smockers and all those who create fine heirloom items. At each meeting there is an opportunity

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to learn and share our work. The group makes over 100 “wee care” gowns for memorial hospital each year. fourth Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. 912 536 1447. debcreation@hotmail.com. smocking.org. Coastal Center for Developmental Services, 1249 Eisenhower Drive. WOODVILLE-TOMPKINS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION Meets second Tuesday each month (except October) 6:00pm, Woodville-Tompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner St. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-232-3549. chesteraellis@ comcast.net.

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ATLANTA GAY MEN’S CHORUS AND ATLANTA WOMEN’S CHORUS The Atlanta Women’s and Gay Men’s Choruses are teaming up to take their mission to the road. Each Chorus will perform a selection of songs from their upcoming concerts and will combine their voices for a stunning finale. All goodwill offering proceeds will benefit the Savannah LGBT Center. Sat., March 24, 7 p.m. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. CLOVERS & CO. STATE 4H SHOW CHOIR Clovers & Co. is composed of talented singers, dancers, musicians and stagehands from the state of Georgia. Cast members range in age from 12 to 18. $10 Sat., March 24, 7 p.m. marstheatre.com. Mars Theatre, 109 S. Laurel Street. DOWNERS GROVE CHURCH CHORI The tour theme of “Live to Love” is a celebration through song and words of the personal relationship we have with our loving Savior, Jesus Christ, and how his love encourages us to Live to Love God and spread this love to the world around us. Free Tue., March 27, 7 p.m. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. EFFINGHAM COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA SPRING FLING The Orchestra’s musicians will present free live music Performances all day with a free Jazz Ensemble concert at 3 p.m. There will be food, games, a book sale, craft sale, photo ops, silent auction and more. This festival will be family friendly with something for all ages. Sat., March 24, 3 p.m. Effingham County Recreation and Parks Department Gymnasium, 808 Highway 119 South. AN EVENING WITH TED YODER, HAMMERED DULCIMER Ted Yoder is best known for his dulcimer rendition of “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” played alongside his raccoon and kids in his orchard. Free, donations appreciated Sun., March 25, 7:30 p.m. Wilmington Island Presbyterian Church, 450 N. Cromwell Rd. SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC: TCHAIKOVSKY AND BRAHMS Violinist Sirena Huang, winner of the 2017 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, joins the Savannah Philharmonic for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s fiery and passionate Violin Concerto in D major. The evening concludes with the lush and vibrant Fourth Symphony of Johannes Brahms, one of music’s great, 36 inspiring masterpieces. $15-$80 Sat., March

24, 7:30 p.m. savannahphilharmonic.org. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St.

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SOUTHERN WOMEN’S SHOW Infused with interactive events and activities, the Southern Women’s Show will feature fun fashion shows, live cooking demonstrations, informative body and health screenings, DIY workshops, hair and face makeovers and so much more. Vern Yip from TLC’s “Trading Spaces” will join the show to share his expert design advice and home decor tips. Patti LaBelle will appear on the fashion stage on March 25 at 1 p.m. $10 March 23-25. southernwomensshow.com. savtcc.com. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr.

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BURST INTO BLOOM OPENING PARTY Join us for an opening night reception at the Telfair Academy and view the art and beautiful floral arrangements by local floral artists while enjoying cocktails and lite bites. At 7pm, enjoy a stroll of designs by kathi rich clothing paired with floral masterpieces from Flower General by Carlstedt’s Savannah. $60 member and guests, $125 patron individual Thu., March 22, 6 p.m. telfair.org. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. COLONIAL DAYS The event will honor the settlers who inhabited Fort Frederica from 1736-1758. The skills and trades that they brought with them and further developed here in the New World will be put on display by living historians, such as blacksmithing, candle making, cloth dying, Regimental surgeon, and 18th century cricket. Sat., March 24. Fort Frederica, 6515 Frederica Rd. COMMON GROUNDS Common Grounds is a collaboration of the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Wesley Fellowship. We meet on Wednesday nights for open theological discussion on hot button issues. All are welcome regardless of faith background or where you are on your spiritual journey. We are open and affirming of the LGBT community. Order for Compline by candlelight is offered on Sunday nights at 8PM. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. facebook.com/commongroundssavannah. The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. DRINKS AFTER WORK This group is for people that enjoy getting out mid-week, being social after work, and want to discover new places in the downtown Savannah area. Come have a cocktail, make new friends, and get over the hump. The group will meet on Wednesdays at various establishments throughout Downtown Savannah and nearby area. http://www.meetup.com/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. 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. org. Exchange Club of Savannah, 4801 Meding Street. GET A NEW LIBRARY CARD Get a new library card at any Live Oak Public Libraries branch as we join the PINES library network in Georgia. Enjoy access to more books and resources. www.liveoakpl.org Through April 1, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 912-6523600. liveoakplga@liveoakpl.org. liveoakpl. org/. liveoakpl.org. Live Oak Public Libraries, 2002 Bull 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. 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. PANEL DISCUSSION ON NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT Panelists will include HSF President & CEO Daniel Carey; Rebecca Fenwick, a historic preservation specialist with Lominack Kolman Smith Architects; Ellen Harris, Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission Director of Preservation; and Dr. Robin Williams, SCAD Architectural History Chair. Wed., March 21, 11 a.m. trusteesgarden.com. Trustees Garden, 10 East Broad 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. ROTARY READ IN Several Rotary clubs and community volunteers in the greater Savannah area will host the inaugural Rotary Read-In. Rotarians and community volunteers will participate with students from kindergarten to third grade in 31 schools and almost 600 classrooms in the Savannah-Chatham County area. Free Thu., March 22, 9-10:30 a.m. 912-6291020. Dlarson@hospicesavannah.org. savannahrotaryreadin.com/. Savannah Chatham County Public Schools, 208 Bull St. 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 The South Islands Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market offers a variety of vendors, from vegetables to fine art. Thursdays, 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. TEA AT MRS. DAVENPORT’S Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea in the historic atmosphere of the Davenport House Museum. Patrons will tour areas of the historic home where tea service took place and will participate in an afternoon tea with costumed interpreters. $18 plus tax Thursdays, Fridays, 5 p.m. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport House, 324 East State St. TELFAIR IN BLOOM FLORAL WORKSHOP Audrey Wagner King and Flowers General by Carlstedt’s Savannah leads a hands-on class in creating beautiful floral arrangements for your home. Containers, materials, and snacks provided. Tickets: $75 telfair.org/ bloom $75 Sat., March 24, 10:30 a.m. 912790-8866. telfair.org/bloom. telfair.org/ jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. TELFAIR IN BLOOM FRESHEN UP WITH SYBIL, LUNCHEON AND LECTURE Popular Southern floral artist Sybil Brooke Sylvester, known for her stunning floral creations and breathtaking events, will speak and demonstrate floral arrangements while offering best practices based on her recently published book, Fresh. Afterward, enjoy a bloomilicious lunch in the Jepson or Telfair Square, and stroll amongst floral creations complimenting the Telfair’s Scenic Impressions Collections of southern

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impressionist masterpieces. Individual Ticket $75: lecture, luncheon with wine, and floral viewing Patron Ticket: $100 includes priority seating for the lecture and luncheon, recognition on event materials. $75 individual $125 Patron Fri., March 23, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-790-8866. telfair.org/bloom. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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AWAKENING THE SPINE - SCARAVELLI YOGA Diane Long comes to us from Italy for this Scaravelli Yoga weekend. A long-time student of Vanda Scaraveli, Diane brings her special teaching to share with Savannah. For more info, google “Diane Long.” $45 for each session. Sign up by 3/10 and pay $40 per session. $45; $40 if paid by 3/10 Sat., March 24, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and Sun., March 25, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 912200-4809. info@SavannahYogaBarre.com. SavannahYogaBarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive. TYBEE ISLAND MERMAID FEST Take a spin at the Tybrisa Twirl bar crawl, compare fins in the Mermaid Fest costume contest, go under the sea at our Mermaid Grotto photo booth, and so much more. Free and open to the public Sat., March 24, noon. Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

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$8 COMMUNITY MEDITATION CLASSES Join us for breath work, guided meditation, and yoga nidra, a deep relaxation technique to relieve stress, quiet the mind, and find the calm within. All proceeds support local organizations. $8 Sundays, 6-7 p.m. 912349-2756. 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. 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 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. westbroadstreetymca.org. 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. 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. COMMUNITY TAI CHI Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese martial

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Diane Long comes to us from Italy for this Scaravelli Yoga weekend. A long-time student of Vanda Scaraveli, Diane brings her special teaching to share with Savannah. For more info, google “Diane Long.” $45 FOR EACH SESSION. SIGN UP BY 3/10 AND PAY $40 PER SESSION. $45; $40 IF PAID BY 3/10 SAT., MARCH 24, 11 A.M.-1:30 P.M. AND SUN., MARCH 25, 11 A.M.-1:30 P.M. 912-200-4809. INFO@SAVANNAHYOGABARRE.COM. SAVANNAHYOGABARRE.COM. SAVANNAH YOGA BARRE, 2132 E VICTORY DRIVE.

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• Two or more years in consultative, solutions-oriented sales, with a track record of success, and a demonstrated understanding of needs-based selling • A Bachelor’s Degree • Proficiency in MS Office Suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook • Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and time-management skills • A valid driver’s license • Residency in the greater Savannah, GA area

While this is a multimedia sales role where digital media sales experience is strongly preferred, it’s not required. At a minimum, however, you should have some knowledge of print advertising and the growing digital media marketing landscape. Whatever your level of experience -- an active social media presence, experience creating websites, in-depth study of related topics and/or an understanding of terms/concepts like SEO/SEM, content marketing, programmatic advertising, audience targeting, retargeting, Google AdWords, CPM, CPC, etc. -- if you have the sales skills, motivation and passion to learn, we’ll provide the training and tools you need to succeed. Connect Savannah is a Morris Multimedia company. Take the first step. Send your resume and a cover letter to sales@connectsavannah.com

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art tradition that is now practiced as a graceful form of exercise, performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing. All of the exercises are performed from a standing position, so please wear shoes which are comfortable for standing, and clothing which allows freedom of movement. Weather depending, the class may be held indoors or outdoors. $5 fourth Sunday of every month, 8:30 a.m. customfitcenter.com. CustomFit Center, 101-A West Park Ave. 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. GLUTE CAMP WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Fridays, 12:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. 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. INSANITY LIVE WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. 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. 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. CONTINUES ON P. 40

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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. 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. 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. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. RENAGADE WORKOUT Free fitness workout, every Saturday, 9:00 am at Lake Mayer Park. For women only. Offered by The Fit Lab. Information: 912376-0219 ongoing. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. RICHMOND HILL ROADIES RUNNING CLUB A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. Monthly training sessions and seminars. Weekly runs. Kathy Ackerman, 912-756-5865, or Billy Tomlinson, 912-596-5965. ongoing. LADIES DAY AT SAVANNAH CLIMBING COOP Wednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Wednesday women climb for half price, $5. See website for info. ongoing. 912495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com. SAVANNAH DISC GOLF Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am. Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm. Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am. All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. See website or email for info. ongoing. savannahdiscgolf@gmail.com. savannahdiscgolf.com. SAVANNAH STRIDERS RUNNING AND WALKING CLUB With a one-year, $35 membership,free training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes. Fun runs. Advice from mentors. Monthly meetings with quality speakers. Frequent social events. Sign up online or look for the Savannah Striders Facebook page. ongoing. savystrider.com. 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 40 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. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. SLIDERS WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TIMED INTERVAL TRAINING WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Mondays, 12:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TRX CIRCUIT TRAINING WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TRX FUNCTIONAL TRAINING WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. 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. 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. 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. YOGA WITH BIANCA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Mondays, 6 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. ZUMBA 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. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. ZUMBA FITNESS Isn’t lifting weights and running on the treadmill boring? Come join Sheena’s Zumba Fitness class and have fun while burning calories! The class regularly has 75+ participants that know that Sheena is the best Zumba instructor in Savannah! So show up early and see you soon! Free with YMCA membership Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. 912-354-6223. facebook. com/ZumbaFitnesswithSheena/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. ZUMBA FITNESS (R) WITH APRIL Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm. Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongoing. 912-349-4902.

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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. FAMILY MEAL Inspired by the Italian dinner table, 1540 Room presents “Family Meal.” Grab a seat at our long family table for a decedent 3 course dinner. $40 for food $10 for wine. Antipasti served promptly at 6:30. Menu includes whipped ricotta cannelloni, braised short rib, and southern style tiramisu. 1540 Room, 15 E. Liberty St. FARM TRUCK 912 The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. Mercy Housing: Savannah Gardens Courtyard, 515 Pennsylvania Avenue. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410B Richards Street. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to

improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. Sheppard’s Gas and Food Mart, 1302 W. Gwinnett St. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. savannahjea. org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn Street. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. W.W. Law Gym, 909 E. Bolton St. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. 1 p.m. Skidaway Island, Diamond Causeway. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. 3:30 p.m. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington 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 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) 298-0071. 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. HONEY TASTING AND BODY CARE

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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 HAPPY HOUR Bring your dogs and grab some tasty snacks, wine, and beer in Savannah’s beautiful weather. thegreyrestaurant.com. The Grey, 109 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. PREPARE SUNDAY SUPPERS AT UNION MISSION Local organizations are invited to sign up to prepare Sunday Supper for people who are homeless and live at Union Mission’s shelters for homeless people. Groups must sign up in advance and bring/prepare a meal, beginning at 2pm on Sundays. Call for information. ongoing. 912-236-7423. 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. WINE DINER Eric Seed of Haus Alpenz, regarded as the man who popularized Vermouth & Amari in the US, will speak to each unique drink pairing as you all enjoy the grub. $45 March 27, 6 p.m.. 912-662-5999. thegreyrestaurant.

com. The Grey, 109 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 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 CONTINUES ON P. 42

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1 1998 Apple rollout 5 #, outside of Twitter 10 Dog in early kiddie lit 14 “You’re in trouble!” 15 Buddy, slangily 16 Russian speed skater Graf who turned down the 2018 Winter Olympics 17 Request in exchange for some ones, maybe? 19 “Roseanne” of “Roseanne” 20 Confused 21 It’s sung twice after “que” 23 “Uh-huh” 24 Prepares leather 27 Bedtime, for some 29 Golden-coated horse 33 The Rock’s real first name 36 66 and I-95, e.g. 37 Surveillance needs, for short 39 1966 Michael Caine movie 40 Pound sound 41 Io’s planet 43 “You’ve got mail!” company 44 “The Great Gatsby,” for one 46 Harry and William’s school 47 General feeling 48 Some circus performers 50 Split into splinters 52 Harnesses for oxen 54 Garden of Genesis

55 Scrooge’s outburst 57 Bacon portion 59 Search (through) 63 Shaped like a zero 65 Sand down some menswear? 68 NPR correspondent Totenberg 69 Wonderstruck 70 Bauxite, et al. 71 “Electric Avenue” singer Grant (who turned 70 in 2018) 72 “I Got Rhythm” singer Merman 73 Abbr. in a Broadway address

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1 Greek vowel 2 Castle surrounder 3 Affirmative responses 4 Snack notable for its residue 5 Retiring 6 Org. that honors sports legends 7 Author Kingsley 8 Bridge fastener 9 Looked closely 10 Convulsive sigh 11 Demand for your favorite band to perform at a county gathering? 12 Beast 13 Camping need 18 Palindromic address with an apostrophe 22 1978 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Sadat 25 Preemie’s ward, for

short 26 Rickman, in the “Harry Potter” films 28 Buddy 29 “Guardians of the Galaxy” star Chris 30 Heart chambers 31 Walked away from the poker table with cards face down? 32 Leaves off 34 Mythical weeper (and namesake of element #41) 35 Caught lampreys 38 Took the wrong way? 41 People who cut you off in traffic, say 42 Oklahoma city near Oklahoma City 45 Shortest of the signs 47 Meat that somehow sparked a 2017 Arby’s craze 49 Pic taken alone, or together (as the name doesn’t suggest) 51 Extremely 53 Canonized figure 55 Fibula or ulna 56 Dedicated 58 Dullsville 60 Emotion that’s unleashed 61 Claim on property 62 Crafty website 64 Make some eggs? 66 Ma who says “baa” 67 Blanc with many voices

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to the public Thursdays, 9-11 a.m. 912355-4601. speechandhearingsav.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. FREE HIV TESTING AT CHATHAM COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.-Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. ongoing. 912-644-5217. Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. HEAL YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD 8 WEEK MINDFUL EATING PROGRAM 8 week workshop series using the Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Program. Learn how to break your eat-repent-repeat cycle and to eat what you love and love what you eat... without rules. You will be provided tools to end mindless and emotional eating. You will learn to eat healthier without depriving yourself. Eat the foods you love without overeating or guilt! Taught by Liz Juneau, RDN, LD, Licensed Facilitator/Coach Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Program $350 Wed., March 21, 5:30-7 p.m. 318-4516394. eatmovelivenutrition@outlook.com. whitebluffpc@bellsouth.net. White Bluff Presbyterian Church, 10710 White Bluff Rd. 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, 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 42 REPAIR

If you are ready to take control of your life and health, call today, enroll in this fun but intensive seven week program to heal your body of diabetes. You will learn how changing can heal. You can reverse diabetes by following a new protocol, even if you have been diabetic for years. Includes over a year of follow-up support. $450 Thursdays, Saturdays. 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. SOULFUL YOGA WORKSHOPS Join Kendall Beene and Erin Lambright beginning February 21 at the Charles H. Morris Center for four signature midweek yoga practices where you will explore the roots of yoga and let your soul shine. Sign up for all four classes and receive a discounted rate, bonus material to support your practice in your email inbox each week, and the option for exclusive access to our online meditation and discussion on March 14. $25 per workshop or $90 for all five weeks plus bonus material Wed., March 21, 12-1 p.m. 912-414-9186. kendall@ newyoganow.com. newyoganow.com/ signature-classes. charleshmorriscenter. com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad 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. FREE EASTER EVENT Kids can get a free 4x6 photo with the Easter Bunny and make a foam placemat. Sat., March 24, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. basspro.com/ webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPageC?appI D=94&storeID=29&storeId=10151. Bass Pro Shop, 14045 Abercorn St. 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. 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

CIRCLE OF SISTER/BROTHERHOOD BOOK CLUB Meets last Sunday of the month, 4pm. Call for info. Last Sunday of every month. 912-447-6605. sjchs.org/body.cfm?id=399. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. FLANNERY O’CONNOR PARADE AND LOCAL AUTHOR DAY This lively annual celebration of acclaimed author and Savannah native Flannery O’Connor’s 93rd birthday will offer family fun, live music and more. Sun., March 25, 1 p.m. Lafayette Square, Abercorn and East Macon Streets. HISTORICAL WRITERS GUILD The HWG will endeavor to offer a variety of programs for both published and unpublished writers to promote historical fiction and creative non-fiction. All

compatible and cross-genre works to historical writing are welcome. HWG is also open to hobbyist writers to enjoy a relaxed and fun environment. Annual dues $20 fourth Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m. 713907-8627. hwg.rh@comcast.net. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. LECTURE: ANNE BAILEY The Mark Finlay Memorial Lecture hosts Dr. Anne Bailey, author of “The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History.” Dr. Bailey will focus on the role Savannah played in this chapter in history. Thu., March 22, 6 p.m. Armstrong Campus Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. LECTURE: THE SLAVE-TRADER’S LETTER-BOOK Historian Jim Jordan discusses his latest book about the life of Charles Lamar. Free and open to the public Wed., March 21, 6 p.m. shipsofthesea.org. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

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. GREENDRINKS SAVANNAH GreenDrinks Savannah is a social networking group initiated by local non-profits and businesses to engage community members in an informal setting. Everyone is welcome to attend and meet people interested in a more Sustainable and Greener Savannah. Check the “GreenDrinks Savannah” facebook page. Free to attend. Cash bar. third Wednesday of every month, 5:30 p.m. Whole Foods Market, 1821 East Victory Drive. 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.

PETS & ANIMALS

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military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm. Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. ongoing. tailsspin.com. tailsspin. com. TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Habersham St., Habersham Village. OPERATION NEW HOPE Operation New Hope allows inmates to train unadoptable dogs from the Humane Society for Greater Savannah. The goals of the program are to decrease the recidivism rate among Chatham County inmates, help inmates learn a new skill, and help previously unadoptable dogs find loving homes. The graduated dogs are available for adoption can be viewed at www.humansocietvsav.org, and www. chathamsheriff.org. Operation New Hope is funded by the Humane Society and community donations. ongoing. chathamsheriff.org. humanesocietysav.org/. Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. ST. ALMO’S Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays, 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at Canine Palace. Call for info. ongoing. 912-234-3336. caninepalacesavannah.com. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St.

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL

12-STEP RECOVERY EUCHARIST/HOLY COMMUNION 12-Step Recovery Eucharist/Holy Communion is offered at 8:00AM every fourth Friday of the month at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 34th St & Abercorn, Savannah. Everyone is welcome. fourth Saturday of every month, 8 a.m. 912925-4609. alan.phyllis@att.net. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 34th & Abercorn Sts. 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. 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. CONTINUES ON P. 44

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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 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

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19

The “School of Hard Knocks” is an oldfashioned idiom referring to the unofficial and accidental course of study available via life’s tough experiences. The wisdom one gains through this alternate approach to education may be equal or even superior to the knowledge that comes from a formal university or training program. I mention this, Aries, because in accordance with astrological omens, I want to confer upon you a diploma for your new advanced degree from the School of Hard Knocks. (P.S.: When PhD students get their degrees from Finland’s University of Helsinki, they are given top hats and swords as well as diplomas. I suggest you reward yourself with exotic props, too.)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20

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Europeans used to think that all swans were white. It was a reasonable certainty given the fact that all swans in Europe were that color. But in 1697, Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh and his sailors made a pioneering foray to the southwestern coast of the land we now call Australia. As they sailed up a river the indigenous tribe called *Derbarl Yerrigan,* they spied black swans. They were shocked. The anomalous creatures invalidated an assumption based on centuries of observations. Today, a “black swan” is a metaphor referring to an unexpected event that contravenes prevailing theories about the way the world works. I suspect you’ll soon experience such an incongruity yourself. It might be a good thing! Especially if you welcome it instead of resisting it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20

Crayola is one of the world’s foremost crayon manufacturers. The geniuses in charge of naming its crayon colors are playful and imaginative. Among the company’s standard offerings, for example, are Pink Sherbet, Carnation Pink, Tickle Me Pink, Piggy Pink, Pink Flamingo, and Shocking Pink. Oddly, however, there is no color that’s simply called “Pink.” I find that a bit disturbing. As much as I love extravagant creativity and poetic whimsy, I think it’s also important to cherish and

nurture the basics. In accordance with the astrological omens, that’s my advice for you in the coming weeks. Experiment with fanciful fun, but not at the expense of the fundamentals.

CANCER (June 21-July 22

According to *Vice* magazine, Russian scientist Anatoli Brouchkov is pleased with the experiment he tried. He injected himself with 3.5-million-year-old bacteria that his colleagues had dug out of the permafrost in Siberia. The infusion of this ancient life form, he says, enhanced his energy and strengthened his immune system. I can’t vouch for the veracity of his claim, but I do know this: It’s an apt metaphor for possibilities you could take advantage of in the near future: drawing on an old resource to boost your power, for example, or calling on a well-preserved part of the past to supercharge the present.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22

Booze has played a crucial role in the development of civilization, says biomolecular archaeologist Patrick McGovern. The process of creating this mind-altering staple was independently discovered by many different cultures, usually before they invented writing. The buzz it provides has “fired our creativity and fostered the development of language, the arts, and religion.” On the downside, excessive consumption of alcohol has led to millions of bad decisions and has wrecked countless lives. Everything I just said is a preface to my main message, Leo: The coming weeks will be a favorable time to transform your habitual perspective, but only if you do so safely and constructively. Whether you choose to try intoxicants, wild adventures, exhilarating travel, or edgy experiments, know your limits.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22

The astrological omens suggest that the coming weeks will be favorable for making agreements, pondering mergers, and strengthening bonds. You’ll be wise to deepen at least one of your commitments. You’ll stir up interesting challenges if you

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. TAPESTRY CHURCH A church for all people! We don’t care what you are wearing, just that you are here. From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight

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consider the possibility of entering into more disciplined and dynamic unions with worthy partners. Do you trust your own perceptions and insights to guide you toward ever-healthier alliances? Do what you must to muster that trust.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22

If you want people to know who you really are and savor you for your unique beauty, you must be honest with those people. You must also develop enough skill to express your core truths with accuracy. There’s a similar principle at work if you want to know who you really are and savor yourself for your unique beauty: You must be honest with yourself. You must also develop enough skill to express your core truths with accuracy. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to practice these high arts.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19

My goal here is to convince you to embark on an orgy of self-care -- to be as sweet and tender and nurturing to yourself as you dare to be. If that influences you to go too far in providing yourself with luxurious necessities, I’m OK with it. And if your solicitous efforts to focus on your own health and well-being make you appear a bit self-indulgent or narcissistic, I think it’s an acceptable price to pay. Here are more key themes for you in the coming weeks: basking in the glow of self-love; exulting in the perks of your sanctuary; honoring the vulnerabilities that make you interesting.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18

Your journey in the coming weeks may be as weird as an R-rated telenovela, but with more class. Outlandish, unpredictable, and even surreal events could occur, but in such a way as to uplift and educate your soul. Labyrinthine plot twists will be medicinal as well as entertaining. As the drama gets curioser and curioser, my dear Scorpio, I expect you will learn how to capitalize on the odd opportunities it brings. In the end, you will be grateful for this ennobling respite from mundane reality!

One day, Beatles’ guitarist George Harrison decided to compose his next song’s lyrics “based on the first thing I saw upon opening any book.” He viewed this as a divinatory experiment, as a quest to incorporate the flow of coincidence into his creative process. The words he found in the first book were “gently weeps.” They became the seed for his tune “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” *Rolling Stone* magazine ultimately named it one of “The Greatest Songs of All Time” and the tenth best Beatle song. In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend you try some divinatory experiments of your own in the coming weeks. Use life’s fun little synchronicities to generate playful clues and unexpected guidance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21

“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence,” wrote philosopher Erich Fromm. I would add a corollary for your rigorous use during the last nine months of 2018: “Love is the only effective and practical way to graduate from your ragged, long-running dilemmas and start gathering a new crop of fresh, rousing challenges.” By the way, Fromm said love is more than a warm and fuzzy feeling in our hearts. It’s a creative force that fuels our willpower and unlocks hidden resources.

Millions of you Pisceans live in a fairy tale world. But I suspect that very few of you will be able to read this horoscope and remain completely ensconced in your fairy tale world. That’s because I have embedded subliminal codes in these words that will at least temporarily transform even the dreamiest among you into passionate pragmatists in service to your feistiest ideals. If you’ve read this far, you are already feeling more disciplined and organized. Soon you’ll be coming up with new schemes about how to actually materialize a favorite fairy tale in the form of real-life experiences.

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forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Come experience an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah. com. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

FILM: IN BETWEEN In director Maysaloun Hamoud’s impressive feature film debut, three Palestinian women attempt to balance faith and tradition with their modern lives while living in the heart of Tel Aviv. Presented by CinemaSavannah. $10, cash only Sun., March 25, 4 p.m. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. FILM: IN THE WHITE CITY In this critically acclaimed drama, Bruno Ganz plays a sailor who jumps ship in Lisbon, Portugal and lives alone, admiring the calm of the beautiful seaside city, while trying to maintain a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend via letters. $8 Wed., March 21, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. THE LOOK BACK FILM SCREENING The next screening in the Look Back 2018 series focuses on a convent of wayward nuns involved in lesbian relationships, addicted to drugs, and even harboring a pet tiger. Written and directed by one of Spain’s most-prolific directors and les enfant terribles, the film is a glorious campy send up of sentimental nun comedy musicals, Douglas Sirk melodramas, and a splash of Hammer Horror film atmosphere. Sun., March 25, 6:45 p.m. Savannah LGBT Center, 1515 Bull St. NATIONAL THEATRE: JULIUS CAESAR Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. $15 Tue., March 27, 7 p.m. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St.

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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. 912-201-2000. westinsavannah.com. theclubatsavannahharbor.com/index.php. The Club at Savannah Harbor, #2 Resort Dr. ADULT COED FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE 8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-220-3474. savadultrec.com. BEARS ELITE FOOTBALL Learn the fundamentals of football. Ages 4-12. Sign up now. Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-272-6684. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. CHATHAM ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATIONS JUNIOR CLINIC The Savannah Golf Championship has

partnered with Chatham Orthopaedic Associates to host a Junior Golf Clinic. The Junior Clinic is open to girls and boys of all skill levels, ages 4 to 17, and will be an afternoon of fun activities including chipping stations, putting stations and interaction with Web.com Tour professionals. Tue., March 27. savannahgolfchampionship. com/. Landings Club, 71 Green Island Road. CLAYS FOR KIDS The Jenkins Athletic Club hosts this sporting clays fundraiser. Fri., March 23, 1 p.m. Forest City Gun Club, 9203 Ferguson Avenue. 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. THE SAVANNAH GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP The PGA TOUR invites you to the new 2018 Web.com Tour event, The Savannah Golf Championship. Daily Grounds Ticket: $10 Weekly Grounds Ticket: $25 Mon., March 26 and Tue., March 27. 912-527-6050. SavannahGolfChampionship.com. Deer Creek Golf Course at the Landings, The Landings. ULTIMATE FRISBEE Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). ongoing. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/ pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave.

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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. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Join other non-paid family caregivers in a welcoming and encouraging environment on the fourth Monday of each month from 5 to 6 pm. For more information, please call 912.629.1331, or visit www. EdelCaregiverInstitute.org. fourth Monday of every month. Ruth Byck Adult Day Care Center, 3025 Bull St. This drop-in, one-hour support group provides a safe place to connect with other family caregivers who truly understand each others’ feelings, needs and concerns. Exchange practical information on caregiving problems and possible solutions, and learn about resources available in our community. You’re not alone. fourth Monday of every month, 1:15 p.m. 912-629-1331. edelcaregiverinstitute.org. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive. 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. DEBTORS ANONYMOUS For people with debting problems. Meets Sundays, 6:30pm at Unity of Savannah. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-572-6108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. EATING DISORDERS ANONYMOUS Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. Email for info. ongoing. edasavannah@yahoo. com. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. ESSENTIAL TREMOR SUPPORT GROUP For those with the disease, care partners, family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:30pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-2224. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. FAMILY TO FAMILY EDUCATION PROGRAM NAMI Savannah offers this program to families who have a loved one diagnosed with a chronic mental illness. This free 12-week class is taught by trained NAMI family volunteers, and participation and discussion is confidential. The class includes diagnosis, crisis, relapse, medications, communication techniques, problem-solving skills, recovery, rehabilitation, and self-care. Starting date is Monday, Jan. 8 at 6pm. Reservations are necessary as space is limited. Call Lisa at 912-313-3272 or Pam at 912-401-2689. namisavannah.org. NAMI-Savannah, Inc., 224 Stephenson Ave., Suite B. FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-819CONTINUES ON P. 46

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6743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave. GAMBLING PROBLEM 12 STEP PROGRAM Twelve step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. ongoing. 912-748-4730. GEORGIA SCLERODERMA SUPPORT GROUP A group for people with scleroderma for the greater Savannah area and surrounding counties. Meets regularly. Call for day and time. Lovezzola’s Pizza, 320 Hwy 80 West, Pooler. Info: 912-412-6675 or 912-414-3827. ongoing. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full array of grief support groups and individual counseling for children, teens and adults is available at no charge. Counseling is offered at 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H in Savannah, and appointments are also available in the United Way offices in Rincon and in Richmond Hill. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. HospiceSavannah. org/GriefSupport. HEAD AND NECK CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETING This group is open to individuals with cancers of the head and neck area and their caregivers. At the meetings, we have a brief discussion from experts in the treatment of head and neck cancer and allow time for group discussion. For more information, please call Suzy Buelvas at 912-350-7845. Wednesdays, 1-2 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. HOWARD HAND IN HAND CHILDREN’S SUPPORT GROUP Hand in Hand is a support group for children that have a family member or loved one affected by cancer. third Wednesday of every month. 912-819-5704. Hand in Hand is a support group for children that have a family member or loved one affected by cancer. For more information, call 912-8195704. third Wednesday of every month, 2 p.m. 912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. KLINEFELTER SYNDROME/47-XXY SUPPORT GROUP For parents of children with this diagnosis, and for men with this diagnosis. Started by the mother of a boy with 47-XXY. Email

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Suicide often leaves survivors with guilt, anger, hurt and unanswered questions. Hospice Savannah/United Way of Coastal Empire/Coastal Suicide Prevention Alliance offer an ongoing support group. Third Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Safe and confidential. Free to attend. Barbara Moss at Full Circle of Hospice Savannah, 912-6291089. ongoing. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive. TEENS NURTURING TEENS (CANCER SUPPORT) Support group for teens with a family member or loved one impacted by cancer. Meets at the Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for information. ongoing. 912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. TEENS WITH NO ONE TO TURN TO Help for people ages 11-18, or concerned parents of teens. Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-234-4048. parkplaceyes.org. YOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION Young breast cancer patients and their caregivers in the greater Savannah, Hilton Head, and Coastal Georgia area are invited to join this group. Meetings include presentations from local medical community and discussions. Meetings conducted in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Saturdays, 4-6 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

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Hawktail / The Barr Brothers Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio

6 & 9pm

Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio / Sullivan Fortner Trio

6:15 pm

Zukerman Trio

7 pm

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives

8:30 pm

Manual Cinema: Lula del Ray

12:30 pm

Sullivan Fortner Trio

6:15 pm

Zukerman Trio with Daniel Hope & Friends

6:30 pm

Swing Central Jazz Finale: Stomping the Blues

7 pm

Lúnasa with Tim O'Brien

10 pm

Late Night Jazz Jam

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PIAF! The Show

12:30 pm

FRI 4/13

SAT 4/14

The Voice is a Traveler: Moira Smiley / Anna & Elizabeth Daniel Hope & Friends: Balkan Roots

8 pm

5:30 & 8:30 pm Trumpet Masters: Celebrating Louis Armstrong & Lee Morgan

12:30 pm

Audra McDonald

4 & 8 pm

Jovino Santos Neto, piano Classical Broadway: A Co-Production with Savannah VOICE Festival

6:15 pm

Daniel Hope & Friends: Romantic Masterworks

7:30 pm

Rhiannon Giddens Latin Dance Party: Septeto Santiaguero Stringband Spectacular: Acoustic Music Seminar

festival finale at all-day, continuous live music on three stages TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT

GILLIAN WELCH

BRENT COBB

MARC L BROUSSARD

...AND MUCH MORE! Major Sponsors: Critz Auto Group, Floor & Decor, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., HunterMaclean, National Endowment for the Arts, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah Economic Development Authority, Savannah Morning News, Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, The Kennickell Group, The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Visit Savannah, Wet Willie’s Management Corp., WTOC