Connect Savannah February 6, 2018

FEB 6-12, 2019 NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

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WEDNESDAY 2. 6 Film: On the Right Track

In honor of the late child TV star Gary Coleman’s 51st birthday, the Psychotronic Film Society shows the Different Strokes star’s film debut.

8 p.m.

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

Savannah Black Heritage Festival: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble

Rebirth Brass Band and Festival IPA Release SAT. 9

Savannah Music Festival and Southbound Brewing Company present New Orleans’ Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band. The concert and IPA release party mark the fifth year of a collaboration between the two organizations, in a partnership fueled by a shared love of live music. The new and yet unnamed hazy and juicy IPA, a departure from the original Rollin’ & Tumblin’ and brewed specifically for SMF’s 30th season, will be available to sample for the first time at this special release party.

7 p.m.

Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. $25

Wormsloe Colonial Faire and Muster

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Join Wormsloe for some early Georgia and Colonial Savannah fun at the annual Colonial Faire and Muster. Experience the 18th century military encampment, military demonstrations, shopping for Colonial goods in Sutler’s row, craft demonstrations, music, dancing, and more. Food concession will be available.

10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd. 912-353-3023.

Cupid is Stupid Valentine’s Day Bar Crawl SAT 2.9

Participants crawl at their own pace instead of all together in one huge group. Once crawlers pickup their scorecards at the starting bar, then they travel to all the bars listed enjoying drink specials and getting their scorecard marked at each bar.

4-11 p.m.

Boomy’s, 409 W. Congress St. $15 advance, $20 day of event 912-660-9001. Sara@staffordpromotions.com. BarcrawlSavannah.com

Legendary dancer Cleo Parker Robinson performs with her ensemble. The presentation of 2019 honorees includes Dr. Peggy Blood, Kenya Cabine, Cynthia Collins and Dr. Cheryl Dozier.

7:30 p.m.

The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. Free, open seating savannahblackheritagefestival.com

THURSDAY 2. 7 Film: BlacKkKlansman

“BlacKkKlansman” is the story of Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer who successfully managed to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually became its leader.

6 p.m.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St.

Film: Schindler’s List

Director Steven Spielberg risked his modern audience by shooting this film mostly in black and white.

7 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $10 ticket gets you this film and a complimentary glass of wine and a Kiss.

912-472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org

Heart Throb

Join the members of the Kobo Gallery co-op for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and conversation the week before Valentine’s Day. 6 p.m.

Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street free 912-201-0304. info@kobogallery.com

FRIDAY 2. 8 Buddy Jewell

Buddy Jewell burst onto the country music scene after winning the inaugural season of the USA Network’s hit television series “Nashville Star,” beating out

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fellow competitor, Miranda Lambert.

8 p.m.

Randy Wood Guitars, 1304 East Hwy. 80. $48

Georgia Poetry Circuit

The Georgia Poetry Circuit and Savannah State University bring Adrian Matejka to the Book Lady.

7 p.m.

The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St. Free and open to the public

Potable Gold: Savannah’s Madeira Tradition

Experience the historic atmosphere of the Davenport House while learning about and tasting a unique and flavorful wine.

Fri. & Sat., 5:30 p.m.

Davenport House, 324 East State St. $20, must be 21 years of age info@davenporthousemuseum.org

SATURDAY 2. 9 Contra Dance

Joyce Murlless and Bob Beattie will teach and prompt the dancing. Glow in the Dark String Band will play tunes in old time music style.

7:30 p.m.

Garden City United Methodist Church, 62 Varnedoe Ave. $9 or $6 for members and students 912-826-6504. savannahfolk.org

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Participants crawl at their own pace instead of all together in one huge group.

Once crawlers pickup their scorecards at the starting bar, then they travel to all the bars listed enjoying drink specials and getting their scorecard marked at each bar.

4-11 p.m.

Boomy’s, 409 W. Congress St. $15 advance, $20 day of event 912-660-9001. BarcrawlSavannah.com

Fire & Rain, the James Taylor Experience

This James Taylor performer has spent years perfecting his fingerpicking guitar technique and his smooth vocal tones and creates an evening of James Taylor music that will amaze even the most avid fan.

8 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $25 reserved 912-472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org

Forsyth Farmers Market

Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights. Rain or shine.

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Forsyth Park

Josh Harris

Young Atlanta comedian Josh Harris may be recognized from his performance on Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes, Stand Up for Diversity, and Bounce TV’s Off The Chain.

8 p.m.

Bay Street Theatre, 1 Jefferson St. $10 stadium seating, $15 VIP savannahcomedyrevue.com/

Low Country Home and Garden Show

This two-day show provides guests with endless inspiration for their projects both inside and outside of the home.

Sat. & Sun., 11 a.m.

Savannah Convention Center, 1 International Drive. $0-$7 savannahhomeandgardenshow.com/

Oops! I Hearted Pop Up Dating Show

Real dating stories brought to life.

Featuring an All-Star cast, Oops! I Hearted combines the talents of the Savannah’s top improvisers.

8 p.m.

St. Matthew’s Episcopal, 1401 MLK Blvd. $10

Rebirth Brass Band and Festival IPA Release

Savannah Music Festival and Southbound Brewing Company present New Orleans’ Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band.

7 p.m.

Southbound Brewing, 107 East Lathrop Ave. $25

Savannah Art Walk

Explore Savannah’s historic downtown by visiting artists and galleries every second Saturday. second Saturday of every month Hyatt Regency Savannah, 2 West Bay St. savannahartwalk.com

Savannah Black Heritage Festival: Grand Festival Day An array of family-oriented activities ending with a star-studded concert.

8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.

The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $5 all day admission savannahblackheritagefestival.com

Savannah for Morons: The Trolley Tour

The tour is hosted by Danny and Johnny Moron, two local actors, comedians, and history buffs.

11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

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30th Annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival

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7:30 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. savannahcivic.com Savannah Philharmonic: Musicians Choice

Celebrating 30 Years of Black History, Culture and Art Presented by Savannah State University and the City of Savannah Grand Festival Day

Feb. 9, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Savannah Civic Center, 301 Oglethorpe Ave. An array of family-oriented activities beginning with a history/health walk and ending with a live concert featuring The James Brown Academy of Musik Pupils and Mary Davis and the S.O.S. Band.

ADMISSION: $5 all-day bracelet for ages 18 and up; free admission for children and SSU students with ID

Annual Gospel Concert

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Feb. 10, 5:30 p.m., Overcoming

by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd.

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Featuring Lamar Campbell & Spirit of Praise with opening performances by local choirs.

Free and open to the public

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In honor of 10 years of dedicated work by the Philharmonic’s musicians, this performance features Shostakovich’s tumultuous 10th Symphony.

7:30 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. savannahphilharmonic.org

Valentine’s Day Makers Market

Check out what local makers, artists, and crafters have to offer, just in time for Valentine’s Day. 11 a.m.

Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St.

Wormsloe Colonial Faire and Muster

Experience the 18th century military encampment, military demonstrations, shopping for Colonial goods in Sutler’s row, craft demonstrations, music, dancing, and more. Food concession will be available.

Sat. and Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd.

SUNDAY 2.10 Deep Speaks

Celebrate the 168 published young authors whose brave and beautiful works fill the pages of four gorgeously illustrated and bound volumes.

5 p.m.

Yamacraw Arts Center, 649 W. Jones St. Free

Mardi Gras, Savannah Stompers Style

The Stompers embody the music of the Golden Age of Jazz from the early decades of the last century.

4 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne.

Reserved seating, $15/$18 premium, $10 children 12 and under

A Serenade of Love Songs w/ the Charlestones

The group will feature an array of tunes from every genre of music.

4 p.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 307A E. Harris

MONDAY 2.11 Odd Lot Improv: Monday Night Madness

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

7:30 p.m.

The Loft on Liberty, 215 W. Liberty St. $5

TUESDAY 2.12 Lecture: Keeping the Fox Out of the Hen House: The Citizen’s Role in Deciding Who Represents Us

The presentation will be made by Elisabeth Macnamara, former president of the national League of Women Voters and of the Georgia state League.

7 p.m.

St. Paul’s Episcopal, 34th & Abercorn Sts.

National Theatre Live: Antony + Cleopatra

Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power.

7 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $5 SCAD Card holders, $10 general savannahboxoffice.com

Savannah Black Heritage Festival: Annual Future of Jazz Concert and Tribute to the Late Ben Tucker Featuring local and regional young jazz vocalists and instrumentalists.

7 p.m.

JEA, 5111 Abercorn St. savannahblackheritagefestival.com

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Seaboard shame and the rigged Savannah game

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

I HATE to say I told ya so. But a few weeks ago I warned it was probably too late to save the historic Seaboard Freight Station from demolition, that the whole sordid process was simply too far along for the public to be able to stop it.

Tragically, that seems to be the case.

But what’s really enraging about last week’s betrayal by the Metropolitan Planning Commmission is how close they seemed to be to actually listening to the public and forcing the developer, WEDP, to protect the building.

In the end, however, the MPC voted 9-3 to accept the MPC staff recommendation to approve the general development plan, which includes destroying the Seaboard to make way for upscale apartments on Louisville Road.

In an especially cynical gesture, the developer has “generously” offered to save the Seaboard’s sign, and maybe allow a historical marker near where it once stood.

The only hope left is for citizens to lobby City Council to change its mind. Good luck with that — Council already approved selling a tract of surplus property to the developer so that the project can go ahead.

It’s a dark moment in Savannah history, on par with the loss of similar civic gems such as Union Station, Johnny Harris, and the old DeSoto Hilton, among others.

Over a dozen members of the public spoke forcefully to the MPC last Wednesday of the need to preserve the depot, one of only two historic train stations from the era left in the entire state.

“We respectfully disagree with the MPC staff’s recommendations here,” said Daniel Carey, president of the Historic Savannah Foundation.

Carey pointed out the many issues surrounding the project, from the need to re-engineer a portion of the SavannahOgeechee Canal, to securing permits from the Corps of Engineers, to the frequent, heavy flooding in the low-lying area, to the historic nature of the freight station itself.

Mentioning the pre-meeting with MPC staff right before the full gathering, Carey observed: “It seems odd, because the whole time there was an apology or a reason not to do something, and then they wound up recommending it. There are so many reservations and concerns, it was curious to me how we wound up with a recommendation for this,” he wondered aloud.

Carey concluded, “We’re very confident that the building is historic and it’s National Register eligible.... there are too many alternatives to the proposed demolition, and [the developer’s plan] isn’t really vetted or resolved.”

Local architect Kevin F. Rose passionately advocated for saving the Seaboard: “This building can be saved on a flood plain. We’ve done it — Pin Point is an example of where that’s been done,” Rose said. “But demolition can’t be undone. We can name hundreds of buildings that we’ve lost. This building isn’t protected, but it is historic.”

The new apartments will be on such a low-lying flood plain that the bottom two floors will be for parking garages, which the developer admits might frequently be flooded.

For a hot minute, public input seemed to be having an effect. Several Commissioners expressed open skepticism about the developer’s ambitious, almost fanciful, plan, especially the extensive hydroengineering necessary for the Canal itself.

MPC member Lacy Manigault said he’d received calls from City Council members asking if the Commission was really going to vote to demolish the Seaboard.

“I couldn’t answer. It is embarrassing to be in a position on something of this nature which will make a lot of people not dislike us, but realize that we don’t know what we’re doing,” Manigault said bluntly.

So what happened to push the decision through? A threat.

County Manager Lee Smith — an “ex officio” member of the MPC, who gets the seat by virtue of his job — spoke up at the end of the meeting, right as Chairman Joe Ervin called for a vote.

“We have to stick to the purview of this board,” Smith said. “I will absolutely vote for this project, because if you do what I’m hearing you saying you’re gonna do, you are outside of this purview, and I will contact the County Attorney.”

Smith — who as an ex officio member shouldn’t be allowed to make a motion at all in my opinion — was the one to make the motion to accept the staff recommendation to let the development go ahead.

That was all that any fence-sitting members of the MPC needed to hear: that there was a way to avoid accountability.

It was a shameful display, and a shameful day in Savannah.

What harm can it do to make a stand?

To vote your conscience, and let the chips fall where they may?

Isn’t that why you’re there?

If not — why are you there?

An MPC vote is largely non-binding, so the worst thing that could happen is that other officials will see that you take the substantial public opposition to the project seriously. But a majority on MPC chose to pass the buck to City Council.

Why? Simply put, the game is rigged.

First of all, there is no other reason why the County Manager and the City Manager should both have seats on the Metropolitan Planning Commission.

City Manager Rob Hernandez was absent for this particular MPC meeting. But a similar thing went down a few months ago, as Hernandez essentially used his seat on the MPC to push through the controversial Starland Village project, which also faces a lot of opposition.

Last week, Lee Smith served the same function by steamrolling the Commission and threatening legal action to push the Louisville Road project through.

So in answer to the age-old Savannah question of why do we even have MPC commissioners if their vote doesn’t seem to matter either way — the answer is its part of a rigged game.

A yes vote from the MPC gives other regulatory bodies a fig leaf to hide behind to avoid accountability themselves.

And if the MPC does vote no, you can always just disregard it, as City Council also does whenever it suits them.

The MPC is just one player in the rigged game. Beware the politicians now saying they are against demolishing the Seaboard, when they initially voted in favor of the development.

Some of these politicians have been on Council many years yet still claim to have nothing to do with the state the City finds itself in.

Unfortunately, the destruction of the Seaboard Freight Station will have an impact greater than its four walls.

Its impending doom has struck a chord with the folks who are the very target market for all these new apartments and new rooftop bars downtown: Millennials.

When the news went down, a friend of mine in that most-courted demographic posted, “Perhaps this is my sign to leave Savannah.”

She said Savannah is “slowly losing its identity,” and the only caveat I would make to that is some of us have been warning of this for many years.

That, my friends, is the death knell of a city, when the young people on whose hopes our economy depends say they are considering moving on.

The good news is there is a way to stop that — by simply doing the right thing. CS

NEWS & OPINION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editor, I read with interest and a fair amount of dismay the item in the 23-29 January issue: “2018: The greatest year ever for Savannah’s film and TV industry”, written by the founder of the Savannah Film Alliance, Charles Bowen.

The one-sided article makes zero mention of the negative impact on Savannah residents directly, and often frequently, affected by this ever-increasing filming activity, especially in the Landmark Historic District. Rather, it predictably cheerleads about the 2018 film results and its economic impact on the Savannah region, throwing big dollar numbers around that most proponents of more-is-better typically use, along with the hope to capture even more such business in the future.

My question is where is any notion of residential quality of life and some balance between it and unbridled filming? I submit that filming downtown is desirable (in addition to tax incentives) in large measure because historic Savannah is a living city, with its permanent residents taking great care of and maintaining – often VERY expensively – the many beautiful period homes and gardens.

In return, many areas are repeatedly impacted by filming, often resulting in road and sidewalk closures, extended loss of parking due to filming infrastructure occupying valuable spaces, noise and lights, rubberneckers, and sometimes residents are even virtual prisoners in their own homes for short periods or treated as trespassers when returning home, and so on.

I think it’s great that Savannah is seen as a good filming destination and it doubtless has an economic impact (though

employment numbers and the homeless population remain largely unchanged) but it would be nice if its proponents would consider some balance with the quality-oflife rights of local residents.

Most of us understand we live in a city and disruption is part of that lifestyle, but industry boosters such as Mr. Bowen should factor Savannah’s residents into his quest for more and more filming.

“Managing” filming by responding or reacting to residents complaints is not the way to effectively and efficiently control the process, but in large measure that is how it has worked until now.

Presently, residents rely on the good efforts of the relatively new, understaffed and overworked Savannah Office of Special Events, Film, and Tourism to try and monitor and manage filming, but there is clearly more activity than they can handle.

Indeed as I write this in late January, I’ve come across two more active filming locations along Abercorn St., neither of which was announced to the best of my knowledge.

In an effort to address the effects of filming and other special activities, I am pleased that the Special Events, Film & Tourism Office has reached out to residents and other stakeholders to help develop a legally-binding Special Events ordinance that hopefully, among other things, will provide sorely needed citymandated management of all aspects of film and TV production in Savannah.

I hope that the industry is genuinely open-minded about the need to accommodate residents quality-of-life rights as this ordinance takes shape.

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Rebuttal to film column

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NEWS & OPINION THE NEWS CYCLE

Victim-blaming in crash coverage

BY JOHN BENNETT

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john@bicyclecampaign.org

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ROBERT FRISTOE, 63, was seriously injured at the corner of Oglethorpe Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the early morning hours of Jan. 28. He was transported to Memorial Medical Center where he died as a result of his injuries.

Georgia Bikes, an advocacy organization based in Athens with staff in Atlanta and Savannah, confirmed Fristoe was the first person killed while riding a bike in our state in 2019.

Also last week, at least two people were hit while trying to cross streets in Savannah. The first occurred on Jan. 27.

“Around 4:30 p.m. Saul Huerta was crossing from east to west at White Bluff Road near Montgomery Crossroad. At the same time, a Ford Focus driven by Imani Roper, 22, of Savannah, was driving on westbound Montgomery Crossroad when she attempted to turn north onto White Bluff Road, striking Huerta,” according to a Savannah Police news release. Huerta was transported to Memorial Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

The next occurred on Jan. 29. “At around 8:20 p.m., Tammy Hafer, 22, of Savannah, was traveling in a Ford Raptor west in the center lane of Abercorn Street.

As she approached the area of Idlewood Drive, a pedestrian, later identified as Joel Holden of Alpharetta, tried to cross the road in front of Hafer’s vehicle. Hafer could not avoid Holden and struck him. Holden was transported to the hospital in serious condition.”

Media releases issued by the police department after traffic crashes often end with this phrase: “The TIU continues to investigate this crash.” It’s exceedingly rare, however, that the public learns additional details revealed by traffic crash investigations.

The Traffic Investigation Unit does not conceal its findings, of course. By the time investigations are completed, the news cycle and public attention have moved on.

The initial police news releases are in most cases the only coverage crashes receive.

As a result, we don’t often find out if the drivers involved were speeding, distracted, or impaired. Instead, the behavior of people who were riding bikes or walking becomes the focus of reporting.

According to researchers at Rutgers, Arizona State and Texas A&M, these details are “counterfactual” and imply that vulnerable road users, “would not have

Location of fatal crashes involving pedestrians. Three streets account for a significant portion: Abercorn Extension, Ogeechee Road, and Bay/President St. SMART GROWTH AMERICA

Yet if you look at an interactive map of where people are killed while walking in Savannah between 2007 and 2018, a pattern of commonality instantly emerges. been hit if they had acted differently, for example stating that the victim was wearing dark clothing or crossing outside a crosswalk. This, along with other common practices in crash reporting, shifts blame to victims.”

Their study, “Editorial Patterns in Bicyclist and Pedestrian Crash Reporting” was released late last year and includes among its findings: “In grammatical choices and by selectively including some bits of information but not others, local news coverage subtly, but consistently, blames vulnerable road users for crashes. For example, stating that a victim was outside a crosswalk but omitting that the nearest crosswalk was over half a mile away paints the victim as negligent. Further, news coverage misconstrues the nature of the problem. Rather than addressing commonalities between crashes, coverage almost always treats crashes as isolated incidents, obscuring systematic solutions.”

Yet if you look at an interactive map of where people are killed while walking in Savannah between 2007 and 2018, a pattern of commonality instantly emerges.

The map is part of “Dangerous Design 2019,” a report published by Smart Growth America, which ranks states and metropolitan areas around the country using a “Pedestrian Danger Index”, or PDI. This index measures how deadly it is for people to walk based on the number of

people struck and killed by drivers while walking.

The report notes a 35 percent increase in pedestrian fatalities nationwide over the last decade and identifies a cause: “This is happening because our streets, which we designed for the movement of vehicles, have not changed. In fact, we are continuing to design streets that are dangerous for all people. Furthermore, federal and state policies, standards, and funding mechanisms still produce roads that prioritize high speeds for cars over safety for all people.”

Using the interactive map on the Smart Growth America website, it is easy to see that just three streets account for a significant portion of fatalities in Savannah: Abercorn Extension, Ogeechee Road, and Bay/Presidents Street. What do they have in common? Multiple lanes and high motor vehicle speeds.

That these streets are hazardous to people who walk and ride bikes is not a secret and this leads, perhaps, to the cruelest form of victim-blaming.

We scold people for putting themselves in danger by walking or biking on streets we would never choose to use outside of a car, yet fail to recognize that many people do not have that choice.

If they want to get to work on time or bring groceries home from the store, they must walk or bike on streets that are Dangerous by Design. CS

NEWS & OPINION BLACK HERITAGE

THIRTY YEARS OF EXCELLENCE AND CELEBRATION

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THIS year marks the 30th anniversary of the Savannah Black Heritage Festival.

The festival was a brainchild of Westley Wallace Law, a civil rights activist and president of the Savannah chapter of the NAACP, and his legacy will be honored through this year’s festivities.

“He worked with the City of Savannah, who has been supportive of the festival since its beginning,” shares festival organizer Shirley James.

The City of Savannah partnered with Savannah State University to create a jampacked lineup of black culture, art, and heritage.

One highlight of the festival is the Bright Star Children’s Touring Theatre, coming to town from Asheville, North Carolina.

“They have programs and performances that cover all kinds of topics,” says James.

“What we really like is that their performances are not only informative, but Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble performs. PHOTOS COURTESY BLACK HERITAGE FEST they’re character-building. We take them into the schools with programs that are “The young people that Teddy Adams appropriate for kindergarten through 12th The kickoff event for Grand Festival locates throughout the Southeast are such grade, and we also offer them in the genDay is a Historic Health Walk. Presented eral community.” talented young people,” says James. “He

by Walk Georgia, the walk will trace the Bright Star will perform two profinds them from middle school all through postal route that W.W. Law took. grams for the public: “Black History Hall grad school. He has connections being in “W.W. Law was a U.S. Postal employee, of Fame” on Feb. 11 and 14, and “George the world of jazz and music, and he puts and there’s a whole story behind that Washington Carver and Friends” on Feb. these calls out and they come.” because of his work in civil rights,” says 13 and 15.

A new feature of the festival is the Sons James. “He had the credentials to teach, Another favorite event is the Cleo Parker but in those days, if you were active in the of Mystro on Feb. 15.

Robinson Dance Ensemble performance Typically, the big concert at the festival NAACP or other civil rights groups, that on Feb. 6. comes at the end of the Grand Festival Day, was held against you.”

The ensemble, led by Robinson, uses but the Sons of Mystro are performing Another way W.W. Law will be honored dance to honor African American heritage. during the festival is at a panel discussion separately.

In addition to a public performance, Rob“They’re two young men—brothers in at the Jepson Center on Feb. 13. The speakinson leads workshops at Garrison, Savan- ers include a historian, a preservationist, their 20s—classically trained violinists, nah Arts Academy, and Savannah State. but they not only play classical music but an aesthete, and a community activist.

“She loves that interaction, and we love they play reggae and American pop songs,” “Mr. Law was instrumental in that he to provide that opportunity for our aspirsays James. “It’s so awesome that we’re was a lover of fine arts and he was into ing dancers,” says James. historic preservation and preserving Afri- able to present them for our young people.

The marquee event of the festival is can American history ere in the city,” says They’ve been on Saturday Night at the Grand Festival Day, an annual favorite, on James. “For the panel, we have identified Apollo and the Steve Harvey Show.”

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As racism and intolerance still pervade four persons who have had personal rela“We started incorporating a health fair tionships and interactions with Mr. Law in our society, festivals like the Savannah into the Grand Festival Day maybe 12 or Black Heritage Festival serve an important the areas he’s left his legacy.”

13 years ago,” recalls James, “to address purpose in bringing people together.

The festival will pay homage to another some of the disparities in health, especially late local legend, the jazz musician Ben “Over the past 30 years, we’ve shown as they affect the black American commu- Tucker, at the annual Future of Jazz conhow black heritage and culture have nity, but also Savannah.” cert on Feb. 12.

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influenced art,” says James. “That’s our mission. Since I’ve been working with the festival, we try to take various activities into various parts of the city and use different venues so we can bring people together.

Maybe if they focus on what’s being presented—on the art, on the dance, on the music—everybody’s kind of in the same place. Maybe subliminally, they’re getting a message [of acceptance] across. That’s my hope.” CS

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: EXPRESSING 30 YEARS OF DIVERSITY, BLACK HERITAGE AND CULTURE THROUGH ART

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: ANNUAL FUTURE OF JAZZ CONCERT AND TRIBUTE TO THE LATE BEN TUCKER

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE ENSEMBLE

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: GOSPEL CONCERT

When: Sun., Feb. 10, 5:30 p.m.

Featuring Lamar Campbell and Spirit of Praise.

Opening performances by the SSU Wesleyan and Anointed Voices, GSU/Armstrong Gospel choirs, and the Savannah Mass Choir of the GMWA. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd.

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: CELEBRATING SAVANNAH’S LAW, PT. 2

When: Sun., Feb. 10, 3 p.m.

Exhibition and co-lecture featuring Richard Law, Karla Marriott, and Tyriq Maxwell.

Raw IImage 113 E. Montgomery Cross Rd.

When: Wed., Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Price: Free, open seating Legendary dancer Cleo Parker Robinson performs.The presentation of 2019 honorees includes Dr. Peggy Blood, Kenya Cabine, Cynthia Collins and Dr. Cheryl Dozier.

Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. www.savannahcivic.com

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: GRAND FESTIVAL DAY

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When: Sat., Feb. 9, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.

Price: $5 all day admission An array of family-oriented activities ending with a star-studded concert.

The Savannah Civic Center 301 West Oglethorpe Ave

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SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: BLACK HISTORY HALL OF FAME When: Mon., Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m.

Price: Free and open to the public Presented by Bright Star Children’s Touring Theatre.

Litway Baptist Church 2335 Shell Road

When: Tue., Feb. 12, 7 p.m.

Featuring local and regional young jazz vocalists and instrumentalists.

5111 Abercorn St.

When: Wed., Feb. 13, 6:30 p.m.

A historian, preservationist, aesthete and community activist share W.W. Law’s impact and legacy in Savannah.

Jepson Center for the Arts 207 West York St.

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: BLACK HISTORY HALL OF FAME

When: Thu., Feb. 14, 6:30 p.m.

Price: Free and open to the public Presented by Bright Star Children’s Touring Theatre.

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When: Fri., Feb. 15, Sat., Feb. 16 and Sun., Feb. 17 Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum 460 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER AND FRIENDS When: Fri., Feb. 15, 4 p.m.

Frank Callen Boys & Girls Club 510 E. Charlton Street, Savannah Area

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: SONS OF MYSTRO

When: Fri., Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Price: Free Sons of Mystro are classically trained violinists who use their instruments to interpret reggae, classics, American pop songs, and their own creations accompanied by beats, a DJ and a guitarist.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University 11935 Abercorn St.

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: DANCE PERFORMANCE

When: Sat., Feb. 16, 7 p.m.

Presented and conducted by Savannah State University’s Obsidian Dance Repertory.

Kennedy Fine Arts Building, Savannah State University 3219 College St.

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: ARTISTS TABLE AND CHAIR TALK

When: Sun., Feb. 17, 3 p.m.

Richard Law, Karla Marriott and Tyriq Maxwell will discuss “The Current Political Environment and Its Impact on Artistic Expression.”

113 E. Montgomery Cross Rd

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: I SHALL NOT BE MOVED

When: Sun., Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m.

Master storyteller Lillian Grant-Baptist will portray how storytelling, music and folklore have been used as tools of resistance and reconciliation throughout African American history.

Kingdom Life Christian Fellowship 425 W. Montgomery Cross Rd.

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: IN TUNE: THE BEN TUCKER STORY

When: Mon., Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m.

Price: Free The story of the life of legendary jazz icon and community leader Ben Tucker and the history of jazz in Savannah.

Beach Institute 502 E. Harris St

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: A DREAM EMBRACED

When: Thu., Feb. 21, 5:30 p.m.

A celebration of the dreams, voices and poetry from the Harlem Renaissance. Featuring Lillian Grant-Baptist and the Young Men of Honor.

900 East Bolton St.

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION

When: Fri., Feb. 22, 10:30 a.m.

Preserving the legacy of African-Americans who settled along the White Bluff and Coffee Bluff public waterways.

Crusader Community Center 81 Coffee Bluff Villa Road.

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NEWS & OPINION BLOTTER 2019 Sav/Chatham County Crime Stats through Sunday February 3

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Police/SWAT arrest three in drug bust

Savannah Police’s Task Force, with the assistance of the SWAT team, made three arrests during the execution of a search warrant at a guest room at Budget Inn. The officers conducted the search warrant around 6:40 p.m. at Budget Inn, 3702 Ogeechee Road, in an attempt to arrest Leric Dewberry, 45, who had an active probation violation warrant.

During the search, officers located numerous drugs, including 4.4 grams of methamphetamine, 0.5 grams of marijuana, 0.2 grams of cocaine, 6.1 grams of crack cocaine, several items used in the distribution of drugs and one firearm.

Dewberry, Carlos Hall (46) and Samantha Coley (26) were arrested.

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Savannah Police’s Task Force arrested two subjects and recovered guns and a stolen vehicle in two incidents on Jan. 30.

Around 5 p.m. task force officers conducted a traffic stop in the area of Augusta Avenue and Farrill Street that resulted in the arrest of one the occupants. Dontrey Roberson, 32, had nine outstanding felony warrants from Savannah Police Department, Garden City Police Department and Chatham County Sheriff’s Office. Officers located three Ecstasy pills in the vehicle.

Roberson was charged with possession of a controlled substance. Savannah Police Department warrants included burglary second degree and four counts of entering auto. Garden City Police Department warrants include burglary, 27 counts of entering auto. Chatham County Sheriff’s Office’s warrant was for a probation violation.

Around 10:30 p.m. task force officers were conducting operations in the Fred Wessels/Hitch Village area when they saw a Chevrolet Silverado reported stolen Jan. 17 after it was left unattended with the keys in it at a gas station. Two subjects were seen walking from the vehicle and were stopped by officers near the 3G Gas Station. Joshua Devon Lee, 21, who had been driving, was taken into custody after a foot pursuit. Lee was in possession of two handguns at the time of his arrest. The other subject was not charged.

Lee was booked in the Chatham County Detention Center on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (2 counts), possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime (2 counts), theft of lost or mislaid property (2 counts), theft by taking, theft by receiving stolen property and obstruction by fleeing.

Evidence from Ogeechee Road bust

Arrest in Armed Robbery

Collaboration between Savannah Police’s Northwest Precinct and Violent Crimes Task Force officers, along with Georgia State Patrol, led to the arrest of an armed robbery suspect Jan. 28.

At around 5:30 p.m., officers responded to the 700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on report of an armed robbery. A preliminary investigation revealed that the later identified suspect, Michael Taylor, 25, knocked on the back door of an office at that location. Once the victim opened the door, the suspect pulled the door open further and began demanding the victim’s property, in which the victim complied.

Taylor then fled the scene with the victim’s keys and vehicle. Shortly after Savannah Police and GSP spotted the vehicle, Taylor crashed on Anderson Street and Bee Road. He attempted to flee on foot, but officers quickly took him into custody.

The armed robbery victim did not sustain any injuries and there were no reported injuries due to the crash.

Taylor was charged with armed robbery, carjacking, crimes against the elderly, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime, tampering with evidence, obstruction and traffic violations.

Bicyclist killed in crash

Savannah Police’s Traffic Investigation Unit is investigating an early morning crash Jan. 28 that resulted in the death of a bicyclist, Robert Fristoe, 63, of Savannah.

Around 4:40 a.m. officers responded to Oglethorpe Avenue at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and discovered the bicyclist suffering from life-threatening injuries.

He was transported to Memorial Medical Center where he died.

“According to a preliminary investigation, Kristoffer Smith, 42, of Bluffton, who was traveling in a Dodge Ram 2500, was making a left turn from eastbound Oglethorpe Avenue to northbound MLK Boulevard at the same time the bicyclist entered the intersection. Smith was turning on a green turn signal at the time of the collision while the bicyclist entered the intersection on a red light. The truck struck the bicyclist,” police say.

NEWS & OPINION NEWS OF THE WEIRD Vaev, a Los Angeles-based internet startup, is offering consumers the “luxury to choose” when to become sick with a cold, gushes 34-year-old Oliver Niessen, the company’s founder. For $79.99, Vaev will send you a box containing a petri dish, which houses a facial tissue used by a sick person. Niessen explained to Time magazine that the recipient wipes their nose with the provided tissue and contracts a cold virus to get it out of the way before, say, leaving on a vacation. But Charles Gerba, professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, debunked Niessen’s theory: “There are more than 200 types of rhinoviruses ... getting inoculated from one doesn’t protect you against all the others.” He adds that Vaev’s customers will never know what exactly is on the provided tissues, which Niessen says are produced by a “stable” of 10 go-to sneezers, some recruited on the internet. Still, Neissen claims to have sold about 1,000 used tissues, although the company’s website currently shows the product as sold out.

“We’ve had some supply-chain issues,” Niessen said, without offering details.

Gift With Purchase

A shopper at a Primark store in Essex, England, was startled to discover a human bone in a sock on Dec. 10. Essex police reassured the public that the bone “did not appear to be a result of recent trauma,” and it did not have any skin attached to it, according to Sky News. A Primark spokesman said the company is checking with its supplier, and “No evidence of any kind exists to suggest that any incident has occurred in the factory, so it is highly probable that this object was placed in the sock by an individual for unknown reasons.”

Police Report

A motorist in New Canaan, Connecticut, called police on Jan. 23 after spotting a woman stopped at an intersection in the driver’s seat of her car with her eyes closed.

When officers arrived, they found Stefanie Warner-Grise, 50, “unable to answer basic questions,” according to the arrest report.

They “detected an odor of vanilla coming from her breath (and) her speech was slurred. ... In addition, several bottles of pure vanilla extract were located inside the vehicle.” The Hour reported WarnerGrise failed field sobriety tests and she was charged with driving under the influence of vanilla extract. The FDA requires that pure vanilla extract must be at least 35 percent alcohol, which makes it 70 proof.

It’s Good to Have Goals

Pavol Durdik added another Guinness world record to his collection Aug. 3 in Puchov, Slovakia by extinguishing 62 lighted matches with his tongue within

one minute, according to United Press International. In a video posted by Guinness World Records on Jan. 25, Durdik had the matches laid out in front of him and lighted each one before putting it out on his tongue. He also holds the record for most socks put on one foot within 30 seconds.

Gutsy

As art lovers browsed Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery on Jan. 27, Euro News reported, a thief strolled in, plucked a 1908 landscape by Arkhip Kuindzhi off the wall, and walked out of the building. Police quickly viewed surveillance video and arrested a 31-year-old man, who admitted he hid the painting, worth an estimated $185,000, in an unfinished building nearby. The gallery was able to recover the painting and announced that “security measures have been reinforced ... at all venues of the Tretyakov Gallery.”

Least Competent Criminal

Police in Austin, Texas, caught up with 19-year-old suspect Luca P. Mangiarano on Jan. 24, a month after a bank robbery in large part because of his choice in getaway vehicles. According to police, Mangiarano stepped into the BBVA Compass bank on Dec. 18 and handed a note to a teller, reading: “This is a robbery, please give me all your 100’s and 50’s in a envelope and everything will be ok.” The employee did as directed and the robber left the building, then hopped on a Jump electric scooter and took off down the sidewalk. He perhaps failed to consider that the scooters are linked to GPS tracking systems and online accounts with phone numbers, email addresses and credit card information, which, after police obtained them from Jump, led them to Mangiarano.

Austin Detective Jason Chiappardi told The Washington Post: “We had never had a scooter involved in a robbery.”

Bright Idea

Outdoorsman Scott Ritchie of Loveland, Colorado, has a new lease on life thanks to 3D printing. Ritchie, 52, was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in early 2018 after noticing pain in his hip after fly-fishing. CBS4 in Denver reported Dr. Ronald Hugate of the Panorama Orthopedics and Spine Center took an aggressive approach to treating Ritchie: He made a 3D virtual model of Ritchie’s pelvis, then designed an implant to replace the area of bone to be surgically removed. Made of titanium, the implant was produced using a 3D printer. Two weeks later after surgery, Ritchie was walking with crutches and is expected to walk on his own in a few weeks more, although he was warned he might have a limp. “If I do have a limp, it’s better than nothing,” Ritchie said. CS

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MUSIC SPOTLIGHT Chris: That’s a great question. We’d opened for Matchbox Twenty for three weeks in 2004, and that came after the major label deal. When we got that tour we had no management whatsoever, and it was like a lark. That happened, and we got a song in the Devil Wears Prada movie. That bought us another couple of years because we thought, “Maybe we are making it.” But I think maybe we over-toured, and it felt like we’d gotten the band name as far as we could with what cards we had to play.

I wasn’t necessarily done, but I think we felt that we’d pushed the boulder up the hill as far as we could without any help behind us. There was no anger, no animosity, no ego trouble, no money trouble or anything.

I was panicked because I had no other skills, I didn’t graduate college – music was the only identity I had at that point. I was scared shitless, quite frankly. But what I knew I had going for me was that I was still writing all the time, I had a little fan base, and I had industry friends. I’d also written a song for a band from Canada called Great Big Sea, which was their biggest hit in Canada.

So I had leads, but it’s just a question of how to make them tangible and monetize the solo thing. 2006 was my first year solo, and I had a very lucky year. I got the theme song for this show called Pepper Dennis, and I also got a song in August Rush. So I went from being really scared to saying, “Holy shit, I think I finally made it.” Every so often I’ll kind of take inventory and go, “Wow, I’ve been a full-time musician for 20 years now.” I can’t believe it. I’m filled with absolute gratitude for where I’ve been.

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Trapper chats about his relationship with Sexton ahead of the pair’s Jinx show Prolific singer/songwriter Chris Trapper comes to town with Martin Sexton on Feb. 8 at The Jinx.

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CHRIS TRAPPER is perhaps best known to some as the lead singer of seminal 90s pop rock band The Push Stars, who emerged from the clubs of Boston and made their imprint in the later part of the decade with a slew of major label releases.

They had fans in the likes of Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas, who took the band out on arena tours, and the Farrelly Brothers – who famously used a Push Stars song in their hit There’s Something About Mary.

When the band dissolved around 2004, Trapper embarked on a solo career that ultimately proved successful and fruitful.

He landed himself some lucrative TV and film placements and started touring with the likes of Colin Hay. He wrote a major hit for Canadian group Great Big Sea and even wrote a song for Robin Williams’ underappreciated film August Rush.

It was an old friend, however, who gave Trapper the jump start he needed to get his 16 solo career off the ground. Martin Sexton

and Trapper went way back, becoming friends in the early days of their careers and remaining important factors in each other’s creative lives.

When Trapper first went solo, it was Sexton who gave him an opening slot on his first ever solo tour. Now, the two have reunited for a lengthy U.S. tour that brings them to The Jinx on Fri., Feb. 8.

Ahead of that gig, we spoke to Trapper about his incredible career and his musical history with Martin Sexton.

Tell me about how the two of you met.

It’s crazy that you’ve been friends for as long as you have!

Chris: It’s funny – Martin used to have these little gatherings on the back porch at his house, and he’d invite a few songwriters over. A friend of mine named Jim Infantino, who’s a Boston songwriter, said, “You should see this guy Martin Sexton.” I went to see him, and Jim introduced us. Then Martin invited me to one of his song circles. We’d all just sit around and exchange gig ideas, songwriting ideas, and if you had

something new you were working on you’d play it there.

The cool thing is, I think all the songwriters from that group went on to become national touring artists. Martin and I, we signed major label deals at the same exact time pretty much. It ended up being a good group meeting. I kind of separated from the solo acoustic scene, formed a band, and then went on to that stuff. And when I went solo in 2006, it was a very rough time because nobody really cares about the lead singer of a band when they go solo.

My first tour as a solo artist was with Martin, which was a great introduction into that world for me. In that respect, I kind of owe him my life.

Starting your solo career seems like it would’ve been sort of daunting. To go from being in a band for as long as you were to being on your own, that must’ve been a strange experience.

What was that like for you at the beginning, and how did the end of the band come about?

You write a lot and put out a lot of records, but you also tour a lot. Where and when do you find time to write, and how does that process usually work for you?

Chris: Once I had kids, I realized that I probably have to write on tour. Sometimes writing songs seems frivolous, because you suddenly have this beautiful little child who wants your attention. So you learn to write on days off, and once my kids were like four and six my wife would go, “Hey, give dad his privacy and let him write.” She recognizes and appreciates that a song can become potentially intellectual property that brings money in, and just respects the artistic process.

I can pretty much write anywhere, if I’m inspired. I’ll kind of record ideas for songs in elevators, or at parties I’ll duck into a bathroom and sing into my phone. I’m a big believer in the idea that if lightning strikes, you’ve got to bottle it quickly. CS

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FORD NATIRBOFF has been playing music since he was young, but it was only recently that he decided to cement his place in the scene with his album Keep On Dreaming. The album is a lush-sounding collection of pop songs that recall bands like T. Rex and even the fuzzy garage psychedelia of Ty Segall.

Natirboff recorded the album mostly on his own, using a Tascam cassette 4-track recorder for the majority of the production and enlisting a roster of local talent like Jason Bible to play certain instruments. It’s been a long time coming for the talented writer and performer, who tells Connect that music has always been a huge

part of his life.

“My third memory is playing the drums as a little kid on a little toy set. I was probably, like, five,” he says. “I started playing the drums seriously when I was 12. My mom bought a drum set for herself, so it was just in the house. I started playing on it and we got dual lessons together, and that’s how it all started.”

Guitar and piano soon followed, and his father bought him a bass the next year. He’d been writing songs the whole time, and even tried to start a band with his cousins - explaining to them that if they worked hard on music as kids, they wouldn’t “have to work later on in life.”

“No one really understood that, so that was the frustrating part for me,” he says with a laugh. “So it’s taken until this past year to be a full-time musician, but I had

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aspirations of doing that way back when I was young.”

Natirboff’s musical education was informed majorly by the British Invasion, and specifically bands like The Who and The Beatles.

“The Who was the first band I ever got into. They were like a substitute for having a spiritual experience,” he says.

“Before I ever got into spirituality, I had The Who. And The Beatles, when I listen to them it’s like listen to love or family.

They’re kind of a level above everybody else. The Rolling Stones are like smoking a cigarette or driving a car for the first time.

All of that stuff really got to me.”

The Who’s Who’s Next particularly impacted Natirboff, and he credits the album with changing his life.

“The way [Keith Moon] plays is like the way Jackson Pollock paints,” he says. “Also, the songwriting is this beautiful street poetry that’s easy to understand and relate to. The energy that’s put behind everything is more than any other band - even the punk bands, probably.”

Keep On Dreaming was a long time coming for Natirboff, who says it came out of necessity for him on a creative level.

“It started with me saying, ‘Enough is enough. I have to create something,’” he explains.

“On the first day I got up really early to hunt down and buy some cassette tapes, which are really hard to find. But once I got the tapes, I just started recording everything. I’d compiled a lot of material, so I had a clear vision of what I wanted the theme of the album to be.”

The album, he says, is “exploring what it means to be a dreamer and how it relates to relationships and personal ambition.”

“The songs all sound different,” he says.

“There are no songs that really sound alike on the album, but they all carry the same theme so they’re all connected in that way.” CS

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IF THE NAME Buddy Jewell sounds familiar, that’s because it’s a name that’s synonymous with genuine country music.

Ever since winning the Nashville Star TV show in 2003, Jewell has been churning out country hits and playing to fans all over the world. He’s successfully managed to avoid the bro country phenomenon that has plagued Nashville in the last several years, making him something of a rebel.

Jewell, who plays Randy Wood’s Pickin’ Parlor on Fri., Feb. 8, has continued to release acclaimed albums and EPs since his initial success on the heels of his TV win, and is so busy that he spoke to us just after landing in Switzerland for a festival date in Zurich.

Buddy Jewell, country rebel The singer resists the Nashville machine, finds continued success in real country music

Tell me about your early life in music and introduction to country.

Buddy: I grew up in northeast Arkansas, and my mom and dad came from a little town called Dyess. It’s Johnny Cash’s hometown as well, so I was a Johnny Cash fan. My dad loved traditional country music, especially great singer songwriters like Marty Robbins, Johnny Horton, guys like that. When I was 14 I started playing guitar, and I realized that my feel and style was more country than pop so I started doing that.

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Nashville Star really jump-started your career. If you could sum up that experience all these years later, how would you do that?

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Buddy: I’ve got no regrets about that show. I don’t think I would’ve ever gotten a record deal without it. I was in Nashville for 10 years prior to that and couldn’t get a deal. All the label guys loved my singing but they didn’t like the way I looked. I was too old for them and all of that. But it was a lot of fun to do the show. It was very nerve-wracking because it was live, and I thought they would vote me off the first week because I was the oldest person on the show [laughs].

So there was nobody more surprised than me that every week they kept me. I was shocked that I won – I think the only person that was more shocked than me was Miranda [Lambert].

With a lot of these kinds of shows, some people go on to do really well. But it doesn’t always pan out that way with winners. For you to get this deal and then pretty much immediately have a hit was huge. What was that like for you, the snowball effect of the whole thing?

Buddy Jewell brings his country catalog to Randy Wood’s Pickin’ Parlor on Feb. 8.

Buddy: It was almost like I was watching it happen to somebody else, almost an out-of-body thing. One day, not too much longer after the single came out, I was at Wal-Mart doing some shopping and my daughter said, “Dad, I think that lady right there knows who you are. She’s been following us for the last six aisles.”

So I went from being a nobody to people following me around in Wal-Mart, which I think is funny. It was a great experience.

I’m so amazed by the power of television.

I’m sitting here talking to you from Zurich, because of a television show from 15 years ago. That’s just how strong it was.

In 2015 you did an album of classic country songs called My Father’s Country. Was your impetus for that to go back and explore the stuff that you grew up on?

Buddy: I had always wanted to do a classic country covers project. The label that I was working with said, “We’d love for you to do a covers record.” I was literally thinking the same thing. So when we started putting stuff together, George Hamilton IV was one of the artists on the label before he passed away. I loved the song “Abilene” that he did, and decided that I wanted to make that the cornerstone of the project.

As I was listening to songs, I said, “My dad loved all these songs that I’m listening to.” So I decided to pick 10 songs that he really loved and make it a tribute to him.

time after shows meeting folks and taking pictures and all of that. I do a Facebook Live thing every Tuesday, and I try to go back and like all the comments to let people know that I’m paying attention [laughs].

I love performing, I love writing, and I especially love the creative part of making a record. As far as the genre goes, I’ve been over the bro country stuff for a long time and have been hoping that we’re getting some better music coming along. I think we are.

Buddy: What keeps me going is the music, and the people. I genuinely love to spend

BUDDY JEWELL @RANDY WOOD’S

I think so too! I think we’re seeing a After so many years, you’re still tourreturn. ing and making records. What keeps you going, and what does country music Buddy: Yeah. But all I can do is keep doing what I do and be me. CS mean to you?

Fri., Feb. 8, 8 P.M., $48

MUSIC INTERVIEW

The Charlestones come to the UU Church of Savannah on Sun., Feb. 10.

The Charlestones bring diverse repertoire to UU Church

Popular vocal group comes to town for one night only sean@connectsavannah.com

FORMED IN 2014, the Charlestones have been bringing musical joy to audiences for several years throughout the southeast.

The male vocal group is comprised of local singers who all performed professionally prior to joining together, and they quickly formed a creative bond and friendship that led to their unique union and special sound.

Before they come to town for a show at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, we spoke to singer Todd Monsell about the group’s beginnings, how they choose their set list, and living in a city that encourages art.

How did you all come together and decide you wanted to form a vocal group?

Todd: We’ve all been professional singers on some level for a long time. All of us have sung in churches as section leaders, some have done jazz work, and we all happened to be attending the same church. I’m the Director of Music at a church called St. John’s Lutheran, and two of the guys were singing in my choir. The fourth one joined the church and was not singing in the choir, but I heard he had a great voice.

One Sunday I was looking to get a men’s

group together to sing an a cappella men’s piece, and I realized it was a bit too difficult for the group I had. But I had an idea to get [this group of guys] and we had a pretty good sound, so we quickly realized it was something that we wanted to do for a long time.

Did you have a sense of what kind of songs you wanted to do from the start?

Todd: Well, a couple of us have a background in barbershop. I did it in college.

But we decided we didn’t want to limit ourselves to that style, because there are a couple of rules that go with it.We wanted to blaze our own path. We really do try to sing in about as many vocal styles as we can.

We do a concert where we do everything from country to musical theater, to patriotic to pop. And this concert that we’re doing, ‘Love Is in the Air.’ we’ll be doing quite a few styles - jazz, pop, Broadway, Renaissance, and country. We like to have something for everyone.

arrangements, so a couple of pieces we’ll do in Savannah are my arrangements. “How Deep is Your Love,” the Bee Gees classic is one of the pieces we’ll be doing as part of our ‘Love on the Silver Screen’ set featuring songs from movies.

Charleston is a really musical city, and just very encouraging of the arts in general. Why do you think art has been able to flourish so much there?

Todd: That’s a really good question - I think having the Spoleto festival has been huge for the arts. It’s really encouraged and given a voice and venue to a lot of local talent. Literally every day there are huge concerts and theater and art installations.

I think absolutely the arts are flourishing in Charleston, from choral groups to theater groups.

There’s so much going on in the arts scene. I just think that having such a beautiful, historic city that has so much natural culture has fostered this environment, and we’re thrilled to be a part of it. CS

So how do you go about arranging these THE CHARLESTONES @UNITARIAN songs in the Charlestones format?

Todd: Fortunately there’s a lot out there already - we get our arrangements from various sources, and sometimes perform them as is. Other times we purchase an arrangement and we kind of rearrange it.

Two of us in the group actually do our own

UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SAVANNAH Sun., Feb. 10, 3:30 P.M. $20, ages 13+

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ALBERTA, LASSYU, MCLEOD, EARLY BRANCH @ THE JINX

Alberta is the name used for the music of Seattle’s David A. Boone, who blends rock, garage, blues, Americana, and even some jazz leanings to create something dark, emotive, melancholic and sonically textured. He’ll be joined

by Lassyu, McLeod, and Savannah’s own Early Branch for his gig at The Jinx.

SAT., FEB. 9, 9 P.M. ALBERTA

RARE CREATURES @BARRELHOUSE SOUTH

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Alt-rock band Rare Creatures, a Charleston-based group with a diverse range of influences from Eels to Alt-J, comes to Barrelhouse South for a night of intelligent song craft and what promises to be an exciting stage show. The band is relatively new but receiving significant and continuous buzz throughout the Lowcountry.

SAT., FEB. 9, 9 P.M.

SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC MUSICIANS’ CHOICE @LUCAS THEATRE

The Savannah Philharmonic is set for a unique show at the Lucas Theatre called Musicians’ Choice, featuring the orchestra performing Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 10” and Johannes Brahms’ Double Concerto for violin and cello.

Joining them for this special night will be guests Benny and Eric Kim – two virtuosic musicians who’s performed in such legendary rooms at New York’s 92nd St. Y. 22 SAT., FEB. 9, 7:30 P.M., $25-$80

ANDREW KASAB @SENTIENT BEAN

Guitarist, harpist, and singer Andrew Kasab has made a name for himself combining a variety of genres and influences to create his own style. Sometimes you’ll get folk, sometimes you’ll get jazz-tinged acoustic blues, and other times its totally unclassifiable. All of it makes him a completely engaging and memorable performer. His signature fingerstyle playing will be on full display at the Sentient Bean.

SUN., FEB. 10, 7 P.M.

REBIRTH BRASS BAND @SOUTHBOUND BREWING

The legendary Rebirth Brass band comes to Southbound for some serious New Orleans fun and a Savannah Music Festival IPA release. The band is an important piece of New Orleans music history who’s also happened to become a worldwide phenomenon and continues to spread their groovy brand of jazz funk around the globe to this day.

SAT., FEB. 9, 7:00 P.M., $25

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WEDNESDAY 2. 6 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South VuDu Shakedown, 10 p.m.

Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band Bayou Cafe Ray Tomasino, 9 p.m.

Boomy’s Blues Night w/ Ben Keiser, 9:30 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Michael McCormick, 5 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Lavon Stevens Quartet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar CC Witt, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Rachael’s : Sports • Food • Fun Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Bill Smith Trio, 6:30 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.

Southbound Brewing Company Boogaloo Bingo and DJ Miami, 7 p.m.

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

The Wormhole Open Mic, 9 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

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

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

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

Service Brewing Company Trivia Night with Daniel, 6:30 p.m.

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.

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

World of Beer Trivia, 7 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

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

DJ

SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m.

THURSDAY 2. 7 LIVE MUSIC

Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band Bayou Cafe Eric Culberson Band, 9 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt, 6 p.m.

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

Congress Street Social Club DJ Basik Lee El-Rocko Lounge Squarist, 11 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Jeremy Riddle, 5 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Quentin Baxter Quintet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Claire Vandiver Duo, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Open Mic The Perch at Local 11 ten Rachael Shaner

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The legendary S.O.S. Band, led by Mary Davis, performs as part of Savannah Heritage Festival’s Grand Festival Day, bringing their extensive history and classic songs with them. The band, whose initial run ended in the early 90s, is known for their R&B and electro-funk hits like “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” and “Just Be Good to Me.” They’ve been a successful reactivated touring unit since the late 90s and continue to play around the world.

SAT., FEB. 9, $5 WITH BRACELET / FREE FOR CHILDREN AND SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PS Tavern Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Gypsy Jazz, 7 p.m.

River House Josephine Johnson Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Sentient Bean BearTooth Collective, 8 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Rachael Shaner Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Top Deck James Lee Smith, 6:30 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Frank Bright, Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jon Lee’s Apparitions, Jon Lee’s Apparitions, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, 7 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Dakota Duo, 7:30 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Mic, 6 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

El-Rocko Lounge Trivia Night with Christopher Grimmett, 9 p.m.

McDonough’s Trivia, 7 p.m.

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

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Karaoke World of Beer Karaoke, 9 p.m.

DJ

The Jinx Live DJ, 10 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

House of Mata Hari The Downtown Delilahs w/ Sex, Love, and Rock & Roll The Jinx Pretty Things Peepshow, 8 p.m.

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

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

FRIDAY 2. 8 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Lyn Avenue, 9 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt, 6 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club DJ Kut Daily Doc’s Bar Chester Love Band, 9 p.m.1 a.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Ford Natirboff’s Album Release Party, 10-11 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Eric Jones Trio ft. vocalist Dred “Perky” Scott and trombonist Teddy Adams, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Greg Williams Band, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Savannah Stopover Presents Martin Sexton, 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Georgia Kyle Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Squash Molly McGuire’s Levi Moore, 6 p.m.

Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Randy Wood Guitars Buddy Jewell, 8 p.m.

River House Ricky Standard Rusty Rudders Tap House Riley Lowery, 6 p.m.

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

Saddle Bags Carter Winter, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

Service Brewing Company Bluegrass

By The Pint w/ City Hotel, 5:30 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Justin Morris Taste of India Don Read, 6:30 p.m.

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

The Warehouse High Velocity

Wild Wing Cafe Tyler Rowe, Individually Twisted, DJ Bil-E, 5 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) 8 Mile Bend Band, 9:30 p.m.

The Wormhole D3V Stealth Tour, 9 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.

KARAOKE

Bay Street Blues Karaoke Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.-3 a.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Sunny’s Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

COMEDY

The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Friday Funnies, 8 p.m.

The Wormhole D3V Stealth Tour Savannah, 9 p.m.

DJ

Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ C-Rok, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Abe’s on Lincoln DJ Doc Ock House of Mata Hari The Downtown Delilahs w/ Sex, Love, and Rock & Roll The White Rabbit Lounge Underworld: Goth Industrial Night

SATURDAY 2. 9 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Rare Creatures, 9 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt, 6 p.m.

Carey Hilliard’s (Southside) Underconstruction, 11 a.m.

Club Elan Trampa, 9 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club The Train Wrecks

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Savannah Comedy Underground at 11pm

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El-Rocko Lounge Migorang, 11 p.m.

Ghost Coast Distillery Eric Britt, 6-8 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Eric Jones Trio ft. vocalist Dred “Perky” Scott and trombonist Teddy Adams, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ben Keiser Band, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Alberta, Lassyu, Mcleod, Early Branch, 9 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Josephine Johnson Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Danielle Hicks Band Molly McGuire’s Squish Man Boogie Crew, 6 p.m.

The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth The Portal Dope KNife, Heavy Books, Knightsquatch, 10 p.m.

Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m.

River House Adam Nye Rocks on the Roof @Sundown, 8 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Live Acoustic Music, 6 p.m., Gavin Herrington Saddle Bags The Cadillac Three, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Matt Eckstine Southbound Brewing Company Rebirth Brass Band and Festival IPA Release, 7 p.m.

Stafford’s Public House DJ Rudy Lui, 9:30 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater Fire & Rain, the James Taylor Experience, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Frank Bright, fDiana Rogers, Claire Frazier and Norm Gagne, 7 p.m.

The Warehouse Eric Culberson Band Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Band, Jarrod Wade, Bill Hodgson, DJ Race, 1 p.m.

KARAOKE

Bay Street Blues Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Bay Street Theatre Josh Harris, 8 p.m.

The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans, 8 p.m.

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Oops! I Hearted Pop Up Dating Show, 8 p.m.

Visitor’s Information Center Savannah for Morons: The Trolley Tour, 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

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The Black Rabbit DJ Square One, 9 p.m.

Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Boomy’s Cupid is Stupid Valentine’s Day Bar Crawl, 4 p.m.

Coastal Empire Beer Co Speed Dating, 7 p.m.

House of Mata Hari The Downtown Delilahs w/ Sex, Love, and Rock & Roll

SUNDAY 2.10 LIVE MUSIC

Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m.

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

Cuoco Pazzo Sunday Jazz Brunch, 10 a.m., Bill Smith and David Keller, 6 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Eric Jones Trio w/ violinist Ricardo Ochoa, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Eric Britt, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson River House Ford Natirboff The Sentient Bean Andrew Kasab, 7 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Jon Hill Tubby’s Tank House (River St.) Jeremy J Riddle, 6 p.m.

Tybee Island Social Club Sunday Bluegrass Brunch, noon Tybee Post Theater Mardi Gras -Savannah Stompers Style, 4 p.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah A Serenade of Love Songs w/ the Charlestones, 4 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Thomas Claxton Wild Wing Cafe Individually Twisted, Bucky & Barry, 1 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Moon River Brewing Co. Trivia, 6 p.m.

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

DJ

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

Saddle Bags Bar Olympics

OTHER

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah The Charlestones, 4 p.m.

MONDAY 2.11 LIVE MUSIC

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Ben Keiser, 5 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Ray Tomasino The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m., Open Mic, 6 p.m.

KARAOKE

Boomy’s Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Monday Night Madness, 7:30 p.m.

White Whale Craft Ales White Whale Open Mic Comedy

DJ

The Black Rabbit DJ D Frost, 9 p.m.

The Jinx DJ Lucky Bastard, 10 p.m.

SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Fia Rua Irish Pub Family Movie Night, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY 2.12 LIVE MUSIC

Bay Street Blues Ben Keiser Band Bayou Cafe Jam Night with Eric Culberson, 9 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Phillip Wise, 5 p.m.

Foxy Loxy Cafe Acoustic Tuesday w/ Zack Joseph, 7 p.m.

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

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Anne Allman, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

The Ordinary Pub Jeremy J Riddle, 7-10 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by Melanie Goldey, 8 p.m.

Top Deck James Lee Smith, 6:30 p.m.

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

TRIVIA & GAMES

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 p.m.

Coach’s Corner Texas Hold ‘Em, 7 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 : Sports • Food • Fun 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, 9 p.m.3 a.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Rail Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Chuck’s Bar Comedy Open Mic, 9 p.m.

DJ

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

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SOUNDBOARD DIRECTORY Abe’s on Lincoln 17 Lincoln St. 912-349-0525 abesonlincoln.com

Barrelhouse South 125 W. Congress St. 912-662-5576 barrelhousesouth.com

Basil’s Pizza and Deli 216 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

912-897-6400 basilsonline.com

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

Bay Street Theatre 1 Jefferson St.

www.baystreettheatre.org/

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

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s 20 E. Perry St.

912-231-9049 billysplacesavannah.com

The Black Rabbit 1215 Barnard St. Blueberry Hill 546 Dean Forest Rd. 964-8401

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

Carey Hilliard’s (Southside) 11111 Abercorn St. 912-925-3225 careyhilliards.com

The Chromatic Dragon 514 MLK Jr. Blvd.

912-289-0350 chromaticdragon.com

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

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

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

Coastal Empire Beer Co 79 Ross Rd. coastalempirebeer.com/

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

Cohen’s Retreat 5715 Skidaway Rd. 912-355-3336

Congress Street Social Club 411 W. Congress St. 912-238-1985 congressstreetsocialclub.com

Doubles Nightclub 7100 Abercorn St. 912-352-7100

Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St.

Exclusives Bar & Grille 2003 Greenwood Street Fia Rua Irish Pub 10132 Ford Ave.

PS Tavern 11 W. Bay St.

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

912-695-2116

912-459-4160 fiaruairishpub.com

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) 131 West River St. 912-644-7172 www.liveoakstore.com/ fiddlersriverstreet

Foxy Loxy Cafe 1919 Bull St. 912-401-0543 foxyloxycafe.com

Ghost Coast Distillery 641 Indian St. (912) 298-0071 ghostcoastdistillery.com

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant 107 W. Broughton St. House of Mata Hari 306 W. Factor’s Walk Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St. 912-236-7777 www.jazzdsavannah.com

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

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

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill 417 East River St.

912-232-5778

912-495-5145

Rachael’s : Sports • Food • Fun 1190 King George Blvd.

912-920-7772 rachaels1190.com

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

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant 402 MLK Jr. Blvd.

912-292-1656 ranchoalegrecuban.com

Randy Wood Guitars 1304 East Hwy. 80

912-748-1930 www.randywoodguitars.com

River House 125 W. River St.

912-234-1900 liveoakstore.com/riverhouse

Rocks on the Roof 102 W. Bay St.

912-721-3901 bohemianhotelsavannah.com

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

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

Southbound Brewing Company 107 East Lathrop Ave. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church 1401 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

Stafford’s Public House 306 W. Upper Factor’s Walk Sunny’s Lounge 5630 Ogeechee Rd. 912-234-6628

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

Taste of India 401 Mall Blvd.

912-356-1020

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

Top Deck 125 W. River Street Tubby’s Tank House (River St.) 115 East River St. 912-233-0770 www.liveoakstore.com/ tubbysriverstreet

912-234-0980 www.uusavannah.org

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

Mellow Mushroom 11 W. Liberty St.

912-786-8304

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

Molly McGuire’s 216 Johnny Mercer Boulevard

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SUPER MUSEUM SUNDAY! Explore our area free of charge Feb. 10

BY RACHAEL FLORA

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THERE are two super Sundays in February, and one doesn’t include Tom Brady.

The Georgia History Festival’s annual Super Museum Sunday opens the doors to historic sites all across our state. On Feb. 10, participating sites will offer free admission from noon to 4 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

This year, Super Museum Sunday comes after a month-long government shutdown and may be followed by another one in a few weeks, so there’s no time like the present to see some of our area’s most beloved cultural and historical centers.

There’s a lot to see in a short amount of time, so we’ve categorized the sites by interest to help you plan your day.

HISTORIC HOMES

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Andrew Low House Museum (11), 329 Abercorn St. and the Girl Scout First Headquarters (26), 330 Drayton St. The Andrew Low House is the adult home of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts. Behind the Andrew Low House sits the Girl Scout’s first headquarters, the home’s original carriage house.

Davenport House Museum (17), 324 E. State St. The Davenport House is among the oldest brick structures in Savannah and seeks to preserve and interpret the American Federal-style home. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home (20), 207 E. Charlton St. Explore the home of Savannah’s most beloved author, Flannery O’Connor.

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Green-Meldrim House (24), 14 W. Macon St. General William Tecumseh Sherman stayed at this home on his March to the Sea, and it was here that he sent his telegram to President Lincoln offering him the city of Savannah as a Christmas present.

Hours: 2 to 4 p.m.

Harper Fowlkes House (25), 230 Barnard St. This Greek Revival home was built in 1842 and is the headquarters for the Society of the Cincinnati. Hours: 1 to 3 p.m.

King-Tisdell Cottage (27), 514 E. Huntingdon St. The cottage appears as a coastal black residence in the 1890s would have and celebrates black history and culture. Hours: 3 to 6 p.m.

Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters (41), 124 Abercorn St. Designed by famed architect William Jay, the Owens-Thomas House was occupied by George Welshman Owens, his family, and nine slaves. Learn about the complicated relationships between wealthy families and the slaves they owned.

Mother Mathilda Beasley Cottage (29), 500 E. Broad St. Learn more about Mother Mathilda, who was Georgia’ first black nun and taught black children in her home when it was still illegal. She established the first order of black nuns in 1886 and established an orphanage, which later became the St. Francis Home. Most beautifully, she was found dead kneeling in prayer in the cottage’s chapel.

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Beach Institute African American Cultural Center (12), 502 E. Harris St.

Founded by W.W. Law, civil rights leader and the president of Savannah’s chapter of the NAACP, the Beach Institute celebrates African-American art and history. Hours: 3 to 6 p.m.

Bloomingdale History Museum and Visitors Center (13), 205 E. Hwy. 80 Learn more about Bloomingdale, a city with a rich railroad history.

Bonaventure Cemetery (14), 330 Bonaventure Rd. The beautiful Bonaventure Cemetery spans over 100 acres and includes the grave of Johnny Mercer. Tours are at 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3 p.m.

Georgia Salzburger Society Museum and Jerusalem Lutheran Church (56), 2980 Ebenezer Rd., Rincon The Ebenezer Orphanage was the first orphanage in Georgia, and the church hosted the first Sunday school in Georgia, held in 1734. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

Georgia State Railroad Museum (22), 655 Louisville Rd. This complex is the largest collection of Antebellum railroad structures in the country. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ITPA Telephone Museum (77), 438 W. Oglethorpe Hwy, Hinesville ITPA, or the Independent Telecommunications Pioneer Association, used to be headquartered in Washington, D.C., but is now here in Liberty County. The museum is located in the former family home of Glenn E. Bryant, owner of Coastal Utilities, which now operates as CenturyLink.

Hours: 1 to 5 p.m.

Midway Museum (78), 491 N. Coastal Hwy., Midway Explore Liberty County’s colonial history and the museum’s collection of 18th and 19th century antiques and furnishings.

Old Liberty County Jail (79), 302

South Main Street, Hinesville Built in 1892, this jail was condemned eighty years later by Georgia Governor Lester Maddox, who called it a “rotten, filthy rathole.” You can see the drunk tank and the bull pen, two features that aren’t as present in today’s jails. Hours: 1 to 5 p.m.

National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force (30), 175 Bourne Ave., Pooler Learn more about the brave men and women of the Eighth Air Force from World War II to present. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pin Point Heritage Museum (34), 9924 Pin Point Ave. Explore Gullah Geechee culture on the banks of the Moon River. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Richmond Hill Historical Society, 11460 Ford Ave., Richmond Hill Richmond Hill has an extensive history, from General James Oglethorpe building Fort Argyle in 1733 to Henry Ford buying land on Bryan Neck in 1925.

Savannah History Museum (37), 303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

Learn about our city’s history, from the Revolutionary War to Forrest Gump and everything in between. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Thunderbolt Museum (43), 2702 Mechanics Ave. This museum preserves the history and memories of the Thunderbolt area. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

Webb Military Museum (46), 411 E. York St. View military artifacts that span our country’s history and read stories of service.

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Jepson Center for the Arts (40), 207

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W. York St. The Jepson currently has a wide range of exhibitions on display. This will also be the last day to view “Monet to Matisse: Masterworks of French Impressionism.”

Ships of the Sea Museum (39), 41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

Participate in the holystoning and caulking of a ship’s deck in the garden, as well as “Life at Sea” activities.

Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (42), 121 Barnard St. Discover how a mansion became an art museum, and view the exhibition

“Savannah Families Abroad: te Consumption of Culture in the 19th Century.”

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Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace (26), 10 E. Oglethorpe Ave. Learn the history of the Girl Scouts’

founder through activities and stories.

Be sure to visit Girls Writing the World, a library created by and for girls.

Massie Heritage Center (28), 207 E. Gordon St. Let your kids explore a classroom from

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Savannah Children’s Museum (36), 655 Louisville Rd. Kids of all ages will have a blast at the Exploration Station. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium (45), 30 Ocean Science Circle View 16 exhibit tanks, Georgia’s first saltwater aquarium and plenty of exhibits.

RELIGIOUS

Congregation Mickve Israel (16), 20 E. Gordon St. The third-oldest Jewish congregation in the United States, Congregation Mickve Israel was founded in 1733, just months after Savannah was founded. Tour the sanctuary and visit the museum of Jewish artifacts, including the two oldest Torah scrolls in North America. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

First African Baptist Church (18), 23 Montgomery St. Founded in 1773 by Rev. George Leile, this church is older than the United States itself and still retains much of its original architecture. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

First Bryan Baptist Church (19), 575 W. Bryan St. This church is a monument to Rev. Leile, the first black Baptist missionary. Hours: 1:30 to 4 p.m.

St. John’s Church (35), 1 W. Macon St. St. John’s was founded in 1841. Hours: 2 to 4 p.m.

OUTDOORSY

Battlefield Memorial Park (37), 303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

This park features a memorial to the hundreds killed in the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, fought for control of the city on Oct. 9, 1779. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens (15), 2 Canebrake Rd. The sprawling property has 19 gardens with a wide variety of different plants and flowers. Hours: noon to 5 p.m.

Fort McAllister (7), 3894 Fort McAllister Rd, Richmond Hill The capture of this fort ended William

T. Sherman’s March to the Sea in 1864.

Explore the historic grounds as well as the Civil War museum. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fort Morris Historic Site (76), 2559 Fort Morris Rd., Midway Learn more about the fort, which was used during both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and go birding in scenic Sunbury. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fort Pulaski National Monument (21), US Hwy. 80 E This Civil War-era fortification has two powder magazines and a moat and is constructed from “Savannah Gray” brick.

Hours: 9 a.m – 5 p.m.

Historic Effingham Society Museum and Living History Site (55), 1002 N. Pine St., Springfield Located in the Old Effingham Jail, this museum includes artifacts from both the Union and Confederate armies. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

Oatland Island Wildlife Center (31), 711 Sandtown Rd. This wildlife refuge is home to many different animals, including wolves, birds of prey and bison. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Old Fort Jackson (32), 1 Fort Jackson Rd. Experience a cannon firing, interactive programs, and more at the oldest standing brick fortification in Georgia. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center (38), 681 Fort Argyle Rd. Learn about archaeology, hike from the museum to the Ogeechee River, and watch birds. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tybee Island Light Station and Museum (44), 30 Meddin Dr. Georgia’s oldest lighthouse, the Tybee Light Station retains its original three light keeper’s cottages. . Hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Wormsloe Historic Site (47), 7601 Skidaway Rd. The walkway to the historic site is famous for its picturesque live oaks and Spanish moss, but the site also includes costumed interpreters, nature trails, and a museum. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CS

CULTURE THE ART•BEAT OF SAVANNAH

Love your Mother Earth

Fifth annual ISCAP art show and sale takes place this weekend

BY RACHAEL FLORA

Collage by a 7-year-old student.

Oil pastel landscape by John Molino.

Photo by Ed Eckstrand.

Photo by Carol Anderson.

Collage by Rebecca Marcussen.

FIVE years ago, Carol Anderson was all set to go to the Climate Art March in New York City.

“I had been looking online at something called climate art,” remembers Anderson.

“I was making plans to go because that was a new thing for me. Groups made stuff, big things to carry in the parade.”

However, as luck would have it, the train Anderson would have taken suffered a wreck in Florida and never made it to Savannah to take her to the march.

“It was a bit of a letdown, but I said, ‘I’ve got to do something,’” says Anderson. “My background is in teaching, and an idea comes and you just work and work on it.”

That’s how Anderson created the International Student Climate Art Project, or ISCAP (pronounced “icecap”).

Now in its fifth year, ISCAP invites artists of all ages and skill levels to create art inspired by the climate, which Anderson notes is not held to a strict definition.

“If any student asks, ‘What is climate art?’ the answer is kind of, ‘What do you think it is?’” says Anderson. “It can be a photograph of some climate work on our coast, it can be making something with repurposed materials. People come up with really beautiful, maybe quirky works of art that are fun.”

The work created for ISCAP is on display this Saturday, Feb. 9, at Asbury Memorial UMC. “We’ll have probably 50 or 60 donated works of art,” says Anderson. “Lots of different things, from professional artists’ work—what you might call ‘serious’ art—to art from children as well. In the call I said ages five to 105.”

As the title indicates, the project is open to international artists and students as well.

“I have a lot of contacts through my husband’s work, because he was the international studies director at Armstrong,” says Anderson. “I used to travel with him, and I still do, to other countries where there are exchange programs and those sorts of

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things. They’ve put me in touch with the right teacher. Sometimes it falls on deaf ears, and sometimes it doesn’t.”

Over the past four years, there have been contributions from four continents, eight countries, 14 cities worldwide, and 13 schools in the Savannah area.

“When I first started [ISCAP], I thought, ‘Okay, it will have to be high school kids.

Well, no. I was completely wrong,” shares Anderson. “One, high school kids are very busy and focused, though we still have gotten wonderful things from high school students. But kindergarten kids, if they’ve got the right teacher and are introduced to the topic, they can just do the sweetest things.”

Anderson’s niece, a teacher at Green Tree Elementary School in St. Louis, Missouri, had her class make pinch pots of endangered animals.

“A couple people have asked all along, ‘Why don’t you want to do a curriculum for this?’” says Anderson. “And the answer is no, it’s free for people to investigate on their own and lead their students as they want to. I’m not interested in mandating; I’m interested in facilitating and making an opportunity for them.”

Two important partnerships for ISCAP are Asbury Memorial and the Savannah Arts Association, so the funds raised will

benefit them in some way.

“The Savannah Art Association has been generous with their spaces, so I want to pay them back or pay it forward,” says Anderson. “Another [benefit] is to give some money to Asbury’s children education fund.”

This is the first year of selling the artwork. Anderson notes that the artwork is priced to sell, with pieces ranging from $2 to $200.

“We’re having this show right before Valentine’s Day, so I’m hoping that the ‘love your mother, love your mother Earth’ idea will permeate,” says Anderson.

“Maybe they will take home something that attracts them as a Valentine’s gift for someone.”

Ultimately, Anderson’s goal for the display show and sale, and for ISCAP in general, is to [teach] “I want to increase awareness of what’s going on with our beautiful planet and appreciation for Earth’s beauty,” she says, “and express how you feel and what you’ve learned through artistic creation.” CS

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CULTURE VISUAL ARTS

QUESTIONS

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Emily Harrison

BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

ARTIST Emily Harrison doesn’t confine herself to a particular medium.

Instead, she lets her ideas guide her through her art-making process.

Harrison, a double major in fibers and painting at SCAD, is set to graduate next year. You can find her work on Instagram at @emilynola.

We spoke with Harrison last week.

1. What’s your background in art?

Examples of Harrison’s different projects.

PHOTOS FROM @EMILYNOLA ON INSTAGRAM.

2. Was that a conscious choice to

4. What were the things you were

Harrison: I don’t think I ever made the conscious choice to break away from painting. I still do it, I’m always craving a paintbrush. But I think that at a certain point, I realized the vehicle for my concepts was not necessarily paint. At some point, I realized the idea was a lot more important to me than the product, so sometimes it doesn’t make sense to paint it. I’d be very happy if my concepts eventually drove me back to painting because I love painting, but right now it’s just taking a different form.

Harrison: Honestly, it was a lot of what happened before I went to Hong Kong. The week before I left, my house burnt down.

I think that I ended up processing a lot of that while I was in Hong Kong. Jumping from place to place had me thinking about the concept of house and home. It was very interesting to have all my earthly belongings in a suitcase and be able to pick it up and go to Hong Kong. That’s a lot of what I was processing when I was there, as well as the absolute culture shock that Hong Kong is.

move more into fibers?

3. What are you working on now?

Harrison: Right now, I’m working on a lot of text-based work. It’s taking different forms though. Right this minute, I’m working on some stuff from [my study abroad trip to] Hong Kong—pillowcases with text sewn into them in Cantonese and English.

SCAD is in the fabric district in Hong Kong, so that was my thing. I was so excited. Most of it was not as much what I was getting from there, but what it did to me. A lot of my art is heavily autobiographical. I think the work ended up being more about my experience of a place than of the place itself. It’s more about what being there made me think about.

thinking about while you were there?

5.

What are your plans after graduation?

Harrison: I graduate next spring, hopefully, but seeing as the double major thing is happening I might be here for an extra quarter. I like to keep my options open. I think I’d really like to do curating or take the fibers route, possibly weaving production or display design for a company. That’s if I decide to go the practical route, but we’ll see what happens. CS

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Harrison: I did a little art in high school– I’m at SCAD right now studying fibers. I was mostly traditional painting coming in, and since I’ve gotten here it’s become a lot more conceptually-based. I hardly paint anymore at all. I’m kind of leaning into the fibers thing, somewhere in between, some kind of fine art.

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HEART THROB — Join the members of the Kobo Gallery co-op for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and conversation the week before Valentine’s Day. The gallery has a lot to offer in the way of metals and jewelry, photography, painting, sculpture and fibers. free Thu., Feb. 7, 6 p.m.

912-201-0304. Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard St. FRUITION BY MICHAEL MAHAFFEY — “Fruition” offers the fully realized vision of some of Mahaffey’s favorite stencil concepts.

You may have caught glimpses of these ideas in previous shows, but you’ve never seen them fully executed. These pieces are reworked, finalized, and in some cases, completely brand new to the public. Reception Feb. 9, 6-9 p.m. Through Feb. 28. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: 18TH ANNUAL NEW BEGINNING ART OPENING AND RECEPTION — Sponsored by the Savannah chapter of The Links, Inc. Thu., Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m. savannahblackheritagefestival.com. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner MLK and Oglethorpe Streets.

CONTINUING EXHIBITS AMERICAN ABOLITIONIST AND ANTISLAVERY ACTIVISTS: CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION — The exhibit consists of photographs and engravings of historic abolitionists and anti-slavery activists. The exhibit begins in the 18th century with some of the early colonial American anti-slavery activists. Curated by Eric Saul. Through Feb. 28. americanabolitionists.com. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St.

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ABSTRACTS AND ANIMALS — Abstracts & Animals showcases the diverse talent of two local artists through a vibrant exhibit of art quilts. Donna Stankiewicz works with realistic subject matter using paints, dye, and fabric.

Jody Beth Wigton uses color and pattern to create multi-pieced abstract and improvisational designs. Through Dec. 31. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

CONTEMPORARY SPOTLIGHT: ERIN JOHNSON — Telfair Museums presents a Contemporary Spotlight exhibition with artist Erin Johnson (American, b. 1985), who is creating new work that considers what it means to tell the history of a place. Through March 3. Jepson Center, 207 West York St.

COOLING EFFECT — Each large-scale, square-format oil painting reveals a complex material and emotional journey, employing gravity, dripping, textured layering, brushwork, mark-making, and intention. Shea Slemmer has had a studio in Brooklyn and Savannah for the past year, all the while traveling 32 frequently by car to rural art-world destination

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radical innovations launched by artists we know today as Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. Free with Museum Admission Through Feb. 10. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

Marfa, Texas, her new studiohome beginning in 2019. Through March 2. Laney Contemporary, 1810 Mills B. Lane Blvd.

CROSSING HORIZONS — Cynthia Knott’s exhibit “Crossing Horizons” examines the existential essence of horizons crossed and the profound vastness of those yet traversed. Described as an “alchemist” whose paintings “border on the symphonic,” Knott is a twotime recipient of the prestigious Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant, whose work has appeared in over 70 national and international exhibits. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

NATIVE SON: FIFTY YEAR RETROSPECTIVE — The name Rudolph Valentino Bostic conjures up one of the most focused, religiously graphic artists in American Folk Art today. Through March 31. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St.

ENTHUSIASM MAKES THE DIFFERENCE — Zara Bell’s work explores relationships: between figure and ground, thought and action, the narrative generated by the interaction of forms and bodies, Work by Michael Mahaffey is featured at ‘Fruition’ at Galand where the viewers’ associalery Espresso; reception Feb. 9, 6-9 p.m. tions meet the artist’s decisions.

Bell sourced her images (as well as this show’s title) from books embraces a minimalist aesthetic of clean, that have been around a long time because she is interested in what they might bold shapes and lines, and high contrast.

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Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St. com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. HARRIET ZABUSKY-ZAND — Harriet Zabusky-Zand attributes her lifelong love of color and interests in drawing and painting to the early influence of her parents. Seeking new vehicles for personal expression, she learned to weave and moved to England and set up a studio. During her stay abroad she exhibited her work and executed commissions for tapestries and rugs. Through Feb. 28. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. INVOLUNTARY MAPS — Bridget Conn explores gesture, symbolism, intuitive markmaking, and written language through the medium of chemigrams. Created without a camera or negatives, chemigrams are made by exposing silver gelatin photo paper to light and traditional darkroom chemistry. Through March 14. In Vino Veritas, 102 E. Liberty St. IT’S SIMPLE: PRINTS BY MELISSA HOLDEN — Melissa Holden grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She left California to pursue a degree in fine arts from the University of Colorado. Melissa focused on printmaking, mostly intaglio and woodcuts, and found she has an affinity for the medium.

Melissa moved back to the Bay Area to teach visual art to children for many years. She now runs her small business making and selling block prints and screen prints. All her work

KATNISS — Part of a yearlong commission process, the museum’s largest to date, katniss is the result of a creative collaboration between Katherine Sandoz and Rachel Reese, Telfair’s Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, the museum’s dedicated exhibition staff, and Julio Garcia of Price Street Projects, who fabricated the work in Miami. Through June 2. telfair.org/jepson/.

Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. KEITA TAKAHASHI: ZOOMING OUT — Telfair Museums hosts the first museum survey of the work of visionary videogame designer Keita Takahashi (Japanese, b. 1975). Museum admission Through July 14. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. MONET TO MATISSE: MASTERWORKS OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM FROM THE DIXON GALLERY AND GARDENS IMPRESSIONISM — Monet to Matisse: Masterworks of French Impressionism from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens boasts significant works of art by the most dynamic artists to work in late 19th- and early 20th-century France, including Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Gauguin, and Henri Matisse. From plein air landscapes to scenes of modern life in Paris, the 30 paintings in the exhibition illustrate the

NORTH OF VICTORY: SAVANNAH’S SOULFUL SIGNAGE — This photography exhibition displays a sampling of Savannah’s rich cache of hand-painted signs from storefronts and facades of predominately AfricanAmerican churches, barbershops and beauty salons, restaurants and seafood emporiums, and auto repair and car wash businesses.

The photographs in this exhibition were taken during the late 1990’s to early 2000’s by local photographer and author Susan Earl. The exhibit was produced by Emily Earl of Prismatic Prints. Through Feb. 26. sulfurstudios.org.

Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. ON::VIEW: TINTYPE PORTRAITS — Over two years ago, a younger Jemma Castiglione could be found creating tintypes out of the back of her Accord. The production back then involved scraping together odd materials and a toy Holga camera. During this residency, she will expand this process into a month long experimentation of tintype portraiture. Through March 3. sulfurstudios. org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. THE PRINTS OF DAME LAURA KNIGHT — Despite a childhood filled with hardship (most of her immediate family passed away by the time she was 15 years old), Laura Johnson exhibited artistic talent at an early age, fostered by her mother who made her living as an art instructor. Through July 28. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. SAVANNAH FAMILIES ABROAD: THE CONSUMPTION OF CULTURE IN THE 19TH CENTURY — In the 19th century, wealthy Americans enjoyed extensive explorations of Europe, many traveling to the continent multiple times in their lives. They formed their own Grand Tour, modeled on the British custom of exploring classical sites in Italy. These American travelers collected art and furnishings along the way. Savannah Families Abroad: The Consumption of Culture in the 19th Century will feature many of the lavish souvenirs wealthy Americans procured to commemorate their journey and as marks of their own refinement. Through March 10. telfair.org. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St.

FOOD & DRINK EPICUROPEDIA

BY LINDY MOODY

MY FAVORITE kind of article to write is the one where I stumble upon a new place—literally.

Several weeks ago, while walking through Wright Square after lunch, I noticed an open sign in the space that once occupied Our Daily Bread.

Intrigued, I immediately walked in and asked the lady behind the counter, “What is this?” She promptly responded, “Mad Mac’s Bakery.”

A quick glance around and my eyes were filled with colorful French macarons, cookies, muffins, and everything in between. I knew immediately I wanted to write about my lucky find.

That lady turned out to be Dee Gibson, mother to owner of Mad Mac’s Bakery, Logan McDonald. While I was in the bakery buying more baked goods than I could stomach, we chatted quickly and without hesitation set me up an interview with McDonald.

I was elated, because a second trip to Mad Mac’s would give me an ample excuse to buy even more sweet treats, which I did.

During my first visit I purchased a six pack of macarons. The price is quite possibly the best in town — you get a half a dozen for only ten bucks.

A few of the flavors I took home included Mexican hot chocolate, confetti, and pistachio. Each macaron had a textbook execution with a light crunchy shell that gives way to a tender and chewy inside.

I also grabbed a few Cup Cookies, which was by far my favorite cookie offered at Mad Mac’s. Cookie dough is mushed into a muffin pan before being baked. The result is a baked good with the perfect cookie texture—a crunchy shell and an ooey gooey soft cookie center. The Cup Cookies have everything you could love about a well baked cookie warm out of the oven.

Mad Mac’s did not stop at simply baking a cookie. Each cup is topped with a hefty piping of soft buttery icing. The chocolate chip was my favorite (mainly because I feel as though a chocolate chip cookie is the ultimate cookie), but the snickerdoodle was just as scrumptious.

I am told by McDonald that the Heath Bar Cup Cookie is their most popular. A third trip may be in order to hunt down the Heath Bar version.

When I returned to learn about Mad Mac’s from McDonald, I first asked him several questions about the place, then purchased a few more treats to round out my experience.

My first question was, “Where does Mad-Mac’s come from?” McDonald shed some light saying, “My last name is McDonald and McDonald’s is already taken, and of course it works with macarons.”

Of course, I then followed with a series of questions about his recipes and all of the baked good available.

McDonald is the great-grandson of Mabel Francis Potter of Mabel’s Cupckae Emporium. Baking and working with Mabel’s, the idea of Mad Mac’s was not a new one, and had been thrown around before. When the storefront became available, McDonald seized his opportunity to branch out from his family.

Although McDonald is doing his own thing, he explains, “A lot of the recipes come from my great-grandmother Mabel Francis Potter with the cupcake emporium. I am have a little bit of a different take, keeping her naming going and modernizing it a little bit.”

I next ask McDonald about all of the macarons since French macarons seem to be the cornerstone of the store. He tells me that they “make them in house and a lot of places do not...we are constantly making new flavors. We probably have around thirty flavors of macarons.”

Even though there are enough variations of macarons to make anyone happy, the second case of treats in the store is well round and rotates like the macarons.

According to McDonald, “the menu changes, but you can always expect it to include French macarons.”

Because of the ever-available macarons, my second visit I decided to take home some cookie sandwiches and a muffin. The muffin did not make it home.

I never eaten a muffin and expect to be totally wowed. Was I pleasantly surprised with the muffin from Mad Mac’s? Yes. Completely taken aback.

I state this without hesitation—the apple muffin at Mad-Mac’s was one of the most enjoyable muffins I have ever eaten. Large chunks of apple added into the batter make

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the finished muffin so moist it is almost sticky.

Somehow a super-fine and delicate cake crumble is created by their recipe.

McDonald also mentions having a berry and mango filled muffin available as well.

The addition of mango into a classic berry muffin highlights his modern take on his family recipes.

As for the cookie sandwich, like all of the other treats in the mountain of baked goods I tried, it was heavenly. Inside of two classic chocolate chip cookies you will find a slathering sweet silky icing. The Red Velvet Cookie Sandwich is a deep dark red cookie with coated with a white glaze and filled with a classic frosting.

Finally, the case had a Magic Bar, which McDonald says has been extremely popular with patrons. It is created using graham cracker, coconut, chocolate and a few other

things.

“It’s a gooey coconut chocolate bar. It is glorious,” McDonald says.

McDonald plans to open a comic book shop in the back of the bakery. Which begs the question—why open a comic book store in a bakery?

McDonald elevated my wonder by saying, “Whenever I go into a comic book store it is almost a scary thing. It is a dark place with water dripping down the ceiling. I always wanted to have a high end comic book store.”

Patrons can expect the paper portion of the storefront to open its doors between March and April. CS Mad Mac’s is at 6 E. State St.

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In Peppermint and Everly, the heroine fought for the love of family. In Miss Bala, Gloria (Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez) fights for the love of her friend. A LatinAmerican makeup artist working in Hollywood, Gloria returns to Tijuana to visit her best friend Suzu (Cristina Rodlo), a beauty who’s preparing to enter the Miss Baja California pageant. With Gloria in tow, Suzu goes to a local nightclub to schmooze with Saucedo (Damian Alcazar), the local police chief and primary benefactor of the beauty contest. But once cartel leader Lino (Ismael Cruz Cordoba) and his posse bust into the nightclub to carry out an assassination attempt on Saucedo, all hell breaks loose, and Gloria loses track of her friend.

What follows next is a plunge into hell for Gloria, as her attempts to find Suzu place her squarely in the hands of Lino and his outfit. To survive, she must perform dirty deeds for her captor, including running drugs across the border to an American contact (Anthony Mackie). As if this isn’t dangerous enough, Gloria also becomes a pawn of DEA agent Brian Reich (Matt Lauria), whose wretched treatment of her reveals him to be not much better than the drug dealers.

While the masterful Sicario revealed the complexities of the US-Mexico drug wars, Miss Bala is content to toss aside all sociopolitical context and serve up a straightforward thriller. That would be fine if the movie actually got the job done, but Miss Bala registers as no more than a formulaic action yarn. Part of the problem rests in its central character. While director Catherine Hardwicke and scripter Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer take great pains to give Cordoba’s Lino all the great angles and all the detailed backstory, Gloria remains

a flat and colorless character throughout.

She’s a girl who’s less power and more puff, and her continued status as a naïve and helpless hostage hardly makes her a feminist heroine — if anything, the film repeatedly goes out of its way to insult her looks and her intelligence through dialogue provided by insignificant secondary characters. While all this might conceivably make sense in the context of the story about an innocent caught in an unfamiliar world, it also renders her last-minute, lateinning transformation unbelievable and illogical, a decision that feels more geared toward building a potential franchise than anything else.

Hardwicke, best known for directing the raw teen drama Thirteen and the first (and best) of the Twilight pictures, stages the copious shootouts with assured confidence, though she fails to provide any tension in the more individual moments (such as when Gloria tries to plant a bug in Lino’s phone or cross the border in a cash- and drug-filled car).

Rodriguez handles all of her assignments well enough, and it’s nice to see an unlikely actress going the Liam Neeson route. But when it comes to Miss Bala itself, the film is sure to leave audiences feeling taken.

SERENITY

/ Just how absolutely ludicrous is the big twist in the new thriller Serenity? It’s so head-smackingly stupid that I had to check the credits to see if M. Night Shyamalan was listed anywhere. Instead, the culprit is Steven Knight, a gifted scripter responsible for such original efforts as Dirty Pretty Things (for which he earned an Oscar nomination), Eastern Promises, and Locke.

It’s one thing to think outside the box; it’s another to deliberate beneath the barrel. Serving as both writer and director, Knight has come up with a movie whose originality is thoroughly obliterated by its idiocy. It starts out in familiar neo-noir

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fashion, as Matthew McConaughey plays a fishing boat captain who’s asked by his ex-wife (a bored Anne Hathaway) to murder her abusive husband (Jason Clarke) for 10 million dollars. As he contemplates whether to execute the dirty deed, he’s given advice by his conscientious best friend (Djimon Hounsou) and pursued by a strange businessman (Jeremy Strong) sporting a briefcase.

Were I a kinder man, I would just go ahead and offer a spoiler and save everyone valuable time and money. But since the critics’ code prevents blatant reveals, let’s just say the movie doesn’t have as much in common with a neo-noir as it does with Neo, the protagonist in that highly popular and influential trilogy starring Keanu Reeves.

The plot pirouette effectively neutralizes any emotions we might be feeling toward any of these characters, and it leads to a final half-hour that’s as daft as anything found in an Ed Wood turkey. Indeed, about the only thing missing is a shot of McConaughey bellowing “Pull the string!” while a herd of buffalo — or, in this case, a school of tuna — parade across the screen.

STAN & OLLIE

/// Among the eight Academy Award nominations recently earned by Vice is one for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, honoring the team that helped turn Christian Bale into Dick Cheney. Perhaps not as many prosthetics were needed to turn stout John C. Reilly into stout Oliver Hardy — or skinny Steve Coogan into skinny Stan Laurel, for that matter — but the handiwork on display in Stan & Ollie is remarkable and should have earned an Oscar nod as well.

Ultimately, though, it’s not the makeup that propels Stan & Ollie but rather the men who have been tasked with bringing the comedy legends to life. Coogan and Reilly are nothing short of sensational as the beloved stars who inspired and influenced subsequent generations of comedians.

The bulk of Stan & Ollie is set in 1953, long after the team’s standing as one of cinema’s most popular attractions has ended. Now coping with failing health and falling finances, the two agree to partake in a stage tour across the United Kingdom, hoping in the process to secure the backing to make a motion picture spoof centered around Robin Hood (Rob ‘Em Good is the proposed title).

Perhaps only viewers of a certain age — or at least viewers with an interest in classic cinema — will fully be able to appreciate Stan & Ollie, a gentle valentine that embodies an enormous amount of love and respect for its title characters. This isn’t a warts-and-all biography — while there does exist some tension between Stan and Oliver (due to career choices made by each

individual in earlier decades), the focus is on their mutually beneficial relationship and how it sustained them even during the lean times.

And Coogan and Reilly so expertly recreate many of the team’s signature moves — Stan’s hair-twirling, Ollie’s “Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into” catchphrase, their bowler-hat routine — that fans who long ago relegated them to the sidelines for more recent and raunchier comedians might suddenly feel a pronounced sense of yearning.

GLASS

/1 Forget about trying to ascertain whether Glass is a theatrical experience that should be viewed as either half-full or half-empty. Instead, the latest headacheinducer from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan is such a parched project that viewers will leave the auditorium with the irritable sensation that there’s sand trapped in their shorts … or possibly in their heads.

It’s the third part of the trilogy that began with 2000’s Unbreakable, the auteur’s first film following The Sixth Sense and an interesting achievement that functioned as a comic-book movie but also operated well outside the genre’s established parameters.

Both thematically and stylistically, Unbreakable and Split were about as compatible as oil and vinegar, or drinking and driving, or Pelosi and Trump — nevertheless, enough people bit hard enough that we now have Glass, which brings together the characters from the previous two films in a rank gumbo that grows progressively worse as it ambles along.

Split star James McAvoy returns as Kevin Wendell Crumb, the psychopath in possession of 24 distinct personalities (never mind that Split botched mental illness so badly that scores of experts objected; that’s another story); Unbreakable star and Split cameo player Bruce Willis is back as the heroic — make that superheroic — David Dunn; and Unbreakable co-star Samuel L. Jackson reenters the scene as the villainous — make that supervillainous — Mr. Glass.

All three find themselves confined to a mental institution wherein Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson) tries to analyze them while Kevin teases the staffers, Glass plots his next master plan, and David pouts a lot.

While I’m sure to see worse movies than Glass over the rest of 2019, there’s no guarantee I’ll see any as pretentious and selfimportant as this one.

The majority of the picture is merely average and thus innocuous, marked by the sort of obvious developments, stagnant set-pieces and unremarkable dialogue we’ve come to expect from most M. Night endeavors.

There’s also the curious sight of the filmmaker simultaneously trying to suck up to comic-book aficionados even as he’s trying to conceal his disdain for their kind; at any rate, his grasp of such matters suggests that he hasn’t even held an actual comic book in his hand in 19 years (i.e. since Unbreakable), let alone taken the time to flip through one.

Of course, it wouldn’t be an M. Night Shyamalan Special Event if there weren’t some sort of twist ending, but the one here is especially ludicrous.

Anyone who remembers the sequence in Signs when Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix spot an alien on TV can rest assured the big reveal here operates in similarly stupid fashion.

The only positive attribute of Split resided in the performance by McAvoy, whose dark turn at least felt of a piece with the picture’s overarching grimness.

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

OOO If Beale Street Could Talk is the best of the batch, and the only one of the trio likely to snag any Academy Award nominations. Writer-director Barry Jenkins, whose 2016 effort Moonlight nabbed the Oscar for Best Picture, matches his previous at-bat with this exquisite adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel.

KiKi Layne delivers a lovely performance as Tish, a Harlem resident who’s pregnant with the child of her fiancé Fonny (Stephan James). Thanks to the machinations of a racist cop (Ed Skrein), Fonny is falsely accused of rape, and Tish and her family do everything in their power to prove his innocence.

Reuniting much of the key behind-thescenes personnel from Moonlight (including cinematographer James Laxton and composer Nicholas Britell), Jenkins has fashioned a film that rarely raises its voice, even as the rage regarding a grotesque miscarriage of justice informs its every move.

All performances are exemplary, with particularly notable turns from Michael Beach (currently playing Manta’s pop in Aquaman) as Fonny’s father and Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry as Fonny’s friend.

Yet the MVP is Regina King as Tish’s mother, a strong-willed woman who goes farther (literally and figuratively) than anyone to clear Fonny’s name.

King’s been a personal favorite since the 1990s, when she first caught my eye in John Singleton’s 1993 drama Poetic Justice, and it’s nice to see her winning awards by the bushel for her work here.

She deserves them.

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AUDITIONS FOR ARMSTRONG YOUTH ORCHESTRA Auditions for our spring session will be held January 9, 2019. Students who played in the Fall 2018 session, and who plan to

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. cohensretreat.com/ shopping.html. Cohen’s Retreat, 5715 Skidaway Rd.

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Super Museum Sunday @Telfair Museums

View the exciting work of the French Impressionists, discover how a mansion became an art museum, and explore new interactive displays that tell Savannah’s history at Telfair Museums on Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday! All three Telfair sites (Jepson Center, 207 W York St.; Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St.; and Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, 124 Abercorn) are participating in the Georgia Historical Society‘s event, and are offering free admission from 12-4pm.

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remain in the same ensemble, do not need to re-audition in January. The January auditions are for new students, or students wishing to move to a different ensemble.

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Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. CALL FOR DONATIONS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CLIMATE ART PROJECT The Savannah Art Association calls for local artists to help raise funds for ISCAP, the International Student Climate Art Project through the donation of environment or earth-related art. Contact Carol Anderson at andersoncarol61@gmail.com. Through Feb. 10.

CALL FOR EARLY 19TH CENTURY DANCERS/REGENCY DANCING The Davenport House has a social dance program which meets most Wednesdays at 5 p.m. The Museum is looking for new participants in this free community activity. For information contact info@davenporthousemuseum. org or call 912-236-8097. ongoing. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport House, 324 East State St. 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

FAITH EQUESTRIAN’S ANNUAL HEARTS FOR HEALING GALA Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center is having its Third Annual “Hearts for Healing Valentine’s Gala” coming February 8.

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Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St. WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAVANNAH, INC.’S 2019 LOVE WALK Wesley Community Centers of Savannah, Inc., sponsored by Savannah Early Childhood Foundation is gearing up for our most important fundraiser of the year, Love Walk, and we need YOUR help! As a non-profit, the agency works hard to do a lot on a tight budget. Child care fees, and the grant awards we receive, do not cover the expenses associated with operations.

One of the biggest ways we make up this shortfall is through funds raised at Love Walk. Love Walk 2019 is scheduled for Saturday, February 9, 2019. The 3.6 mile walk begins at 9:00 am at Wesley Sat., Feb. 9, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-236-4226. henderson_ adrianne@yahoo.com. wesleyctrs-savh.org/.

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CLASSES, CAMPS & WORKSHOPS

2018 SUMMER BONANZA The program will expose young people to local government, cultural diversity, and positive role models. Strengthening academic development while providing safe, structured, and fun activities for youth is essential. Summer Bonanza meets once per week on Saturday mornings from 10 am – 1 pm at the Moses Jackson Center.

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BREWS & NEWS: ZONING, PARKING AND A SHIFTING SAVANNAH TBA Thu., Feb. 7, 5 p.m. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. DRINKING LIBERALLY Every first and third Thursdays, 7:00 p.m.

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

LECTURE: KEEPING THE FOX OUT OF THE HEN HOUSE: THE CITIZEN’S ROLE IN DECIDING WHO REPRESENTS US The number one focus of the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia is redistricting, the process of drawing U.S. electoral district boundaries. The presentation will be made by Elisabeth Macnamara, former president of the national League of Women Voters and of the Georgia state League. She is the League’s lead negotiator on redistricting in Georgia. Tue., Feb. 12, 7 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 34th & Abercorn Sts. LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF SAVANNAH Are you interested in true liberty and freedom? Are you tired of the two-party political system controlling our modern government? Learn how to make a difference and get your voice heard. Join the Libertarian Party of Savannah for our monthly meetings. For more information like our Facebook page. Free second Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. unclemaddios.com.

Uncle Maddio’s Pizza, 7805 Abercorn St. SAVANNAH AREA YOUNG REPUBLICANS Get involved. Meetings are the last Tuesday of every month (except for December) at 7:00pm. Contact number: (912) 657-9623 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr.org. sayr.org.

VICTORIAN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS The VNA represents all residing, working or otherwise involved in the Victorian District and meets every second Tuesday of each month to the exception of the month of August. Meetings are held at The Mansion on Forsyth Park. Social starts at 5:30 p.m. and meetings start at 6 p.m. There is no fee to attend our meetings. For anyone using the Valet Parking at The Mansion, there is a $5. fee. MEMBERSHIP YEARLY FEES are: Individual $25. - Household (2 people) $40. - Business $50. and Students $10. Free ongoing, 6-7 p.m. vnasavannahga2013@ gmail.com. mansiononforsythpark.com.

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BASIC SELF DEFENSE Essential self-defense for adults. $30/ month Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com.

Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

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.

BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU CLASSES Monday/Wednesday- Competition 5:30pm and Fundamentals at 7:00pm Tuesday/ Thursday- Fundamentals at Noon and Fundamentals at 5:30pm Friday- Private Lessons by appointment Saturday- Open Mat at 10:30am ongoing. Serg Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, 401 Mall Blvd.

BRIDGE LESSONS Learn to play bridge. BB2 Competitive Bidding: Monday, September 24@7:00PM. BB4: Play of the Hand/ Declarer/Play: Saturday, September 15@10:00AM. Intermediate/Advanced Workshops: Friday, September 14@10:00AM ongoing. 912-2284838. bridgewebs.com/savannahclubs.

Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave. COUNTRY TWO STEP GROUP CLASS Join us every week to learn how to dance to the classics and modern day songs of country music. All levels welcomebeginners to advanced. Each week will progress from the previous. First week is the 38 top of the month and runs for 4 weeks. Sign

up today! $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. You’re Invited To A Free Masterclass: 5 Steps to Turning Your Talents and Expertise Into A Successful Online Coaching Business (even if you have no idea how to get started!) See website for more info at www.laurenl.com/creativity_ coaching/ or contact Creativity@LaurenL. com ongoing. Online, ---.

DRIVER’S EDUCATION AT SAVANNAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE MAIN CAMPUS Learning to drive is a major milestone in life.

It’s important for young or inexperienced drivers to learn safe driving techniques. The program offered by Savannah Technical College meets Joshua’s Law options that include 30-hours of classroom instruction and 6 additional hours of drive time with an instructor. Most insurance companies also give a reduction (approx. 10%) on insurance premiums upon successful completion. Participants must attend all class dates for the full class periods. $350 Sat., Feb. 9, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 912-4433012. continuinged@savannahtech.edu. savannahtech.edu/pce-driversed. Savannah Technical College, Crossroads Campus Auditorium, 190 Crossroads Parkway.

DRUM FOLK: A RIDDIMIC RESCUE Join a new folk and funk cultural movement built within the classic traditions of GullahGeechee cultural legacy. Learn about juba, hand jive, ring play, ring shout, tambourine, riddimic movement, and vocalization along with the various regional drum legacies connecting national and international culture. $12 per 1.5 hour session Wednesdays, 7 p.m. nowgriot1@aol.com. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. 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.

Sign in time begins 6:00-6:20 p.m. Panel starts promptly at 6:30 p.m. and ends at approximately 8:00 P.M. Fee is $40.00 money orders or certified bank checks only payable to DUI Prevention Group. Meets monthly, check the website. $40/session (912) 691-4905. info@duipreventiongroup. org.

EXCEL BASICS This course offers a fundamental understanding of Microsoft Excel 2016, including basic Excel environment, navigating the worksheet and ribbon, creating and formatting worksheets, entering and editing data, using functions and formulas, controlling the print output, and using basic tables. We will create: an address list a timesheet a checkbook register a simple payroll sheet a budget a sales sheet with charts At the conclusion of the class, you will be able to use templates,

formulas, functions, charts, graphics, and styles. Handouts will be provided. The instructor will be using materials from GCFGlobal.Org Early Bird by Jan 18-$115 Then $120 Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m. 912478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ ce/programs/excel-courses/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. GETTING STARTED IN CREATIVE WRITING Are you ready to move beyond writing for your own satisfaction in writing to share with others and perhaps be published?

This class is designed to help you take that step. Maybe you are working on a memoir, telling the story that only you can tell. Perhaps you have the seed of an idea for a short story. Family history? Personal essays? The instructor will produce individual critiques of manuscripts, and class members will present their work to the class as well. Participants can bring a duplicate copy of a current writing project if they have one. Early Bird by Jan 18-$140 Then $150 Mon., Feb. 11, 6-8 p.m. 912478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ ce/programs/creativewriting/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. HIGH VIBE / LOW COST YOGA Join Melissa DeLynn for all-levels, beginner friendly Yoga classes. These classes are well-balanced, nourishing, and challenging with an emphasis on philosophy and spirituality. Expect to learn, heal, meditate and connect. $15 Wednesdays, 6-7:15 p.m. 706-614-4715. mdelynn@gmail.com.

WELMONT, 1930 Montgomery Street.

JEWELER’S GUIDED OPEN STUDIO 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.

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

NAMI FAMILY TO FAMILY EDUC PROG Help caregivers understand and support loved ones with serious mental illness. every week from 2/5/2019 through 4/16/2019 Free Tue., Feb. 12, 6-8 p.m. 912-401-2689. namisavannah.org. Isle of Hope Methodist Church, 412 Parkersburg Rd. POWER SELF DEFENSE Join us for fun and fitness in the heart of downtown Savannah. Fit912Savannah offers fun, safe, friendly classes in yoga, self defense, dance, and fitness, with more classes coming soon! Have a question, want to register? Contact us at nfo@ fit912savannah.com! Located in the lower level of the United Way Building, 428 Bull Street, Savannah, GA (Enter via the red doors on East Wayne Street) Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah. com. Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

PRE-VALENTINE’S DAY SELF-DEFENSE CLASS The Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire presents a 2 and 1/2 hour “PreValentine’s Day” self-defense class w/ 30 minute dating violence warning signs seminar, facilitated by Todd Mashburn, a certified and experienced Krav Maga Instructor. Please RSVP by Feb. 4. Sun., Feb. 10, 2:15 p.m. 912-233-3000. events@rccsav. org. fpc.presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. QIGONG CLASSES Qi Gong energy cultivation. What used to be an ancient Chinese secret is now known as one of the best healing modalities available.

Come learn these amazing exercises from a twenty year practitioner. Relax, energize, destress, revitalize, balance and strengthen.

Tuesday and Thursday at 1:30 p.m. classes only $8. www.savannahyogabarre.com 912-200-4809 ongoing. savannahyogabarre. com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive.

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. SAT MATH PREP This course focuses on thinking strategies and skill development needed for maximizing scores on the math portion of the SAT. We will review the use of various formulas essential to solving problems and discuss effective strategies for increasing the likelihood of answering problems correctly. The Official SAT Study Guide, 2018, Edition, by College Board is required for this class, ISBN #978 145 7309 281. This book has a BLUE cover.

The SAT test is on Saturday, March 9, not at the Armstrong Campus, but throughout Savannah Early Bird by Jan 10-$170 Then $180 Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. 912-478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern.edu. academics. georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/sat/.

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used in active reading that pertains specifically to the SAT, and addresses writing strategies used on possible topics during the writing portion. The writing process will be emphasized and students will practice timed writing sessions to prepare for the reading and writing portions of the SAT. By improving these skills, students will be able to approach the SAT with confidence and the necessary tools for optimal results. Early Bird by Jan 10 - $170 Regular Registration-$180 Tue., Feb. 12, 6-8 p.m. 912-478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern.edu. academics. georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/sat/.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. SURFING AND UKULELE LESSONS Surfing & Ukulele Lessons and surf camps. Tybee Surf Lessons, Tybee Island/ Savannah. Email or call Turner for more info 808-385-5364. TybeeSurfLessons.com. ongoing. Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

TAI CHI The tai chi classes are open to the first 25 participants 60 years of age or older.

Wednesdays, 10 a.m. 912-877-0056. Senior Citizens, Inc. Liberty County Neighborhood Center, 800 Tupelo Trail.

TASTE OF FIBER PREPARATION WITH TREESA GERMANY Learn how to prepare washed fleece for spinning or felting. Work with combs and hand cards to produce rolags or sliver and the drum carder to provide batts or roving. From dyed fibers create art bats for spinning unique rustic yarns. Discuss what preparation is best for different kinds of projects. Make a quick diz for creating roving. Materials Fee: $25 Includes several ounces of dyed and or natural wool/mohair fleece, material for diz. $20 for members, $30 for non-members Sat., Feb. 9, 1-4 p.m.

518-265-0514. fiberguildofthesavannahs2@ gmail.com. fiberguildsav.com/. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. ZONA ROSA WRITING WORKSHOP Become the writer you were meant to be: Join Zona Rosa, the internationally acclaimed, monthly Savannah-based writing workshops founded and led by awardwinning author Rosemary Daniell. Over 180 Zona Rosans have become published authors. For information, contact Rosemary at info@myzonarosa.com. Also ask about the week-long, intensive Sixteenth Annual Zona Rosa Writing and Living Retreat,Tybee Island, July 22-29, 2017. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

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. For more info visit https://www.abeniculturalarts.com or call 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@ gmail.com. abeniculturalarts.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

Leopold’s Ice Cream Creative Writing Challenge

Leopold’s Ice Cream and Live Oak Public Libraries have partnered once again to host the 9th Annual Leopold’s Ice Cream Creative Writing Challenge. As Leopold’s Ice Cream prepares to celebrate a century of ice cream in Savannah during 2019, students are encouraged to creatively express their thoughts on this year’s theme, “100 Years of Leopold’s Ice Cream!”, through poetry. One finalist from each of the four age groups (K-2, 3-5, 6-8 & High School) will win a Leopold’s Ice Cream party for their classroom. The contest runs through Friday, February 8th when all poetry is due via email (baldwinc@liveoakpl.org) or physical submission at a Live Oak Public Libraries branch or a Leopold’s Ice Cream shop. The challenge is open to all students (public, private and homeschool) in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty Counties.

WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 22ND ON THE SPONSORS’ WEBSITES. THROUGH FEB. 8. LIVEOAKPL.ORG.

website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org.

CHATHAM RETIRED EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION MEETING The Chatham Retired Educators Association (CREA) is an organization of retired educators and friends of education designed to support educational and community service. $17.00 (optional) second Monday of every month, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. 912-925-4980. aohoward@ hotmail.com. careyhilliards.com. Carey Hilliard’s (Southside), 11111 Abercorn St. 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 Our mission is to further the art of beading and bead education within our membership and our communities.

Visit website for more info regarding the next Bead-In Class or the next CBS Meeting! ongoing. coastalbeadsociety. com/coastalbeadsociety-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 (in the 2nd floor studio), first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am - 1pm.

Visit website for more updates! ongoing. fiberguildsav.com. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. 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. ONE MILLION CUPS Opportunity to polish your pitching skills while networking and making valuable connections. Pitch your idea/business in front of fellow entrepreneurs and get

real-time constructive feedback. 2222 Bull Street, weekly Wednesday 9-10am, no charge, free coffee. www.1millioncups.com/ savannah Wednesdays. bullstreetlabs.com.

Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. 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. 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 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. 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.

STITCH AND BITCH Slow down and nurture your creative spirit in a constructive, casual atmosphere. Bring a project or enjoy one of our kits curated to focus on the dedicated process of craft: embroidery, knitting, needlework, or any of the fiber arts. All ages are welcome!

Cheeseboard + wine deals to be had.

Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. foxyloxycafe.com.

Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. USA DANCE Samba lesson taught by Shawn Champion and Sarah Counselman at 7 p.m., followed by social dancing. USA Dance members $10, non-members $15 Sat., Feb. 9, 7 p.m. usadance.com. USA Dance Savannah, 301 U.S. 80.

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MUSICIANS’ CHOICE CONCERT In honor of 10 years of dedicated work by our musicians, this thrilling performance features Shostakovich’s tumultuous 10th Symphony, a work chosen by the musicians themselves. Internationally renowned virtuoso brothers Benny & Eric Kim join us for Brahms’ deeply romantic Double Concerto for violin and cello. $25-80 Sat., Feb. 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 912-232-6002. info@ savannahphilharmonic.org. facebook.com/ events/768198646894101/. lucastheatre. com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: ANNUAL FUTURE OF JAZZ CONCERT AND TRIBUTE TO THE LATE BEN TUCKER Featuring local and regional young jazz vocalists and instrumentalists. Tue., Feb. 12, 7 p.m. savannahblackheritagefestival. com. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: GOSPEL CONCERT Featuring Lamar Campbell and Spirit of Praise. Opening performances by the SSU Wesleyan and Anointed Voices, GSU/ Armstrong Gospel choirs, and the Savannah Mass Choir of the GMWA. Sun., Feb. 10, 5:30 p.m. savannahblackheritagefestival. com. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd. SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC: MUSICIANS CHOICE In honor of 10 years of dedicated work by the Philharmonic’s musicians, this thrilling performance features Shostakovich’s tumultuous 10th Symphony, a work chosen by the musicians themselves.

Internationally-renowned virtuoso brothers Benny and Eric Kim join the Philharmonic for Brahms’ deeply romantic Double Concerto for violin and cello. Sat., Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. savannahphilharmonic.org. lucastheatre. com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St.

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100 BLACK MEN OF SAVANNAH GENERAL MEMBERSHIP Membership in 100 Black Men of Savannah, Inc. consists of men from all walks of life who share a commitment to preparing Savannah youth for the challenges of adulthood. They lead by example, commit their time, abilities, and resources to our mission, and are actively engaged in our program committees. We welcome inquiries and applications for membership from men of good character who have a commitment, time, and resources to strengthening our communities and mentoring our youth. For more info visit http://www.100blackmensav. org/join free to attend second Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. 100blackmensav.org/ join. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. 200 HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING INFO SESSION What does it take to be a great yoga teacher? It’s not flexibility, perfect poses, or fancy Sanskrit terminology. What makes a great yoga teacher is love for the practice.

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Wormsloe Colonial Faire and Muster

Join Wormsloe for some early Georgia and Colonial Savannah fun at our annual Colonial Faire and Muster. Experience the 18th century military encampment, military demonstrations, shopping for Colonial goods in Sutler’s row, craft demonstrations, music, dancing, and more. Food concession will be available.

SAT., FEB. 9, 10 A.M.-4 P.M. AND SUN., FEB. 10, 10 A.M.-4 P.M. GASTATEPARKS.ORG/INFO/WORMSLOE/. WORMSLOE HISTORIC SITE, 7601 SKIDAWAY RD.

will do is help you tap into your ability to powerfully share your love with others.

Come in for a FREE yoga class on Saturday and join the SPY / Spry Mind+Body teacher training faculty for an overview of the programs and a chance to ask questions.

FREE Sat., Feb. 9, 12:45-1:30 p.m. 912-3492756. programs@savannahpoweryoga. com. savannahpoweryoga.com/workshops. savannahpoweryoga.com. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Road Unit J-3.

BROWN BAG: SHADES OF BLACKNESS: CONTEXTUALIZING COLORISM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY Associate Professor of Communications and Africana Studies Elizabeth DesnoyersColas, Ph.D., will give a lecture on the conflicting imagery of colorism in the African-American community. The presentation will examine colorism from a historical, social and cultural perspective.

Tue., Feb. 12, 1 p.m. Liberty Campus, Georgia Southern University, 740 East General Stewart Way #210.

COLONIAL FAIRE AND MUSTER SCHOOL DAY Come and learn about early Georgia and Colonial Savannah at our annual Colonial Faire and Muster School Day. Experience the 18th century military encampment, military demonstrations, shopping for Colonial goods in Sutler’s row, craft demonstrations, music, dancing, and more. Food concession will be available. Groups of 15 or more are eligible for a group rate. $2 - $10 Fri., Feb. 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 912-353-3023.

Wormsloe.shs@dnr.ga.gov. gastateparks.

org/Wormsloe. gastateparks.org/info/ wormsloe/. Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd. CONTRA DANCE $9 or $6 for members, Joyce Murlless and Bob Beattie will teach and prompt the dancing. Glow in the Dark String Band will play tunes in ‘old time music style’. Come join in the fun of contra and squares and a couple of waltzes. Newcomers welcomed.

Easy to learn, no experience or partner needed, two left feet accepted, come early for beginner lesson, casual dress, teens and up. Friendly and alcohol free setting $9 or $6 for members and students Sat., Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. 912-826-6504. d79vincent@gmail. com. savannahfolk.org. Garden City United Methodist Church, 62 Varnedoe Ave. COOKIE BOOTHS AT THE BIRTHPLACE TBA Fri., Feb. 8, 9 a.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. 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.

FEBRUARY BIRTHPLACE GENERAL TOURS $15.00 Fri., Feb. 8, noon. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. FEBRUARY GIRL SCOUT TROOP EXPERIENCE $13.00 Sat., Feb. 9, 8:45 a.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. HISTORICAL WALKING TOURS WITH SAVANNAH TOURS AND TALES True tales of the Irish Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans of Savannah’s past. Join KT O’Brien, a native Savannahian, for a leisurely stroll through the serene squares of Savannah.

Frequent stops for seats and refreshments available. Reservations required for tours daily at 10:30am and 8:00pm 2hours $30. Private tours upon request. ongoing. savannahtoursandtales@gmail.com.

THE MARKET AT 3 WEST RIDGE A Shopping Boutique and Spring Plant Sale with a wide-range of select national vendors.

All proceeds from this event will be shared between two local beneficiaries: Family Promise of Savannah, which moves families from homelessness to independence, and HUGS, which uses preventative counseling to empower at-risk youth. Some vendor items will include unique apparel, soaps, stationery, hair accessories, handbags, linens, decorative accessories, jewelry, stones, and more! The plant sale will include high-quality flowering plants including old favorites and new additions. A catered lunch is available on Wednesday and Thursday for $10, and complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres on Thursday. Tickets $5 - available at door Tue., Feb. 12, 5-7:30 p.m. 912-5987242. themarketat3westridge@gmail.com. facebook.com/events/377610933001687/. stpeterssavannah.org. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 3 West Ridge Road.

NIGHTLY SPIRITS GHOST TOUR Explore haunted bars, haunted buildings, and Savannah’s oldest area, all while having time to enjoy some tasty beverages along the way. Step back in time to the 1700’s to explore the parts of Savannah that most only dare to talk about. You’ll hear tales about the dead that haven’t quite moved on, visit some of the most haunted places in the city and get to know the spirits that haunt the locals…and the places that the locals haunt. $20 Fridays, Saturdays, 8:30 p.m. nightlyspirits.com/savannah-ghosttours/. savannahtaphouse.com. Savannah Taphouse, 125 E. Broughton St.

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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.

POTABLE GOLD: SAVANNAH’S MADEIRA TRADITION Experience the historic atmosphere of the Davenport House while learning about and tasting a unique and flavorful wine. Patrons are oriented to the long and rich tradition of Madeira (wine) as it relates to the history of Savannah and then they will participate in a Madeira party. During the experience guests will see the historic house at dusk including spaces usually off-limits to museum guests.

The performance requires that guests be able to walk up and down stairs and maneuver in the candlelit rooms. $20, must be 21 years of age Fridays, Saturdays, 5:30 p.m. info@davenporthousemuseum.org. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport House, 324 East State St. SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: EXPRESSING 30 YEARS OF DIVERSITY, BLACK HERITAGE AND CULTURE THROUGH ART Exhibition and co-lecture featuring Richard Law, Karla Marriott, and Tyriq Maxwell. Sun., Feb. 10, 3 p.m. savannahblackheritagefestival.com. Raw IImage, 113 E. Montgomery Cross Rd.

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.

STRATEGIC PLANNING TOWN HALL Join the Strategic Planning conversation.

The Georgia Southern community is coming together to develop a new Strategic Plan.

Everyone’s voice matters; we want you to be part of the process. Students, faculty, staff and the community are encouraged to attend. Free Fri., Feb. 8, 1:30-3 p.m. facebook.com/events/320353868587013/.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. SUPER MUSEUM SUNDAY View the exciting work of the French Impressionists, discover how a mansion

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1 Nevertheless 4 Bosc center 8 Augments 14 Gold, to Cortés 15 “Let me sleep ___” 16 Round figure?

17 “Elementary” star Lucy 18 Fictitious nursery rhyme writer 20 ___’s razor (logical principle) 22 Tappan ___ Bridge (span demolished in January 2019) 23 Mice, to owls 24 Snug as ___ ...

26 Haphazard 29 Lit 32 Handled farm tool 33 They’re unnamed until the end, on some game shows 37 Reddit Q&A feature 38 Bored response 39 “Fight Club” chemical 42 Thanks, to Tomás 47 Prefix for liberal or conservative 48 Aptly titled 1999 debut album (and genre) for Eiffel 65 49 Mandibles 54 Wolf’s intended victims, in a story 55 Currency exchange fee

56 Female sheep 58 Carne ___ 61 Like some doughnuts 65 Earn the crown 66 Active volcano in Sicily 67 Regular breakfast choice?

68 “Your point being...?”

69 Assents 70 Fully satisfy 71 “Woohoo!”

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1 “Seize the day” acronym 2 Clapton or Idle 3 Cereal mascot since 1963 4 Get to work?

5 “Starpeace” musician Yoko 6 Nabisco brand 7 Air beyond the clouds 8 Condensed, as a pocket dict.

9 NYC’s ___ Hammarskjöld Plaza 10 Bit of rain 11 Brick-and-mortar operation 12 Stuns, in a way 13 Follows directions 19 Ultra-wide shoe width 21 Kind of 25 Gina of “Cocktail” and “Showgirls” 27 Make happy

28 Pugilist’s stats 29 “You may say ___ dreamer” 30 Place with memberships 31 “Electra Woman and ___ Girl” (‘70s series) 34 Stop-and-___ (some landings) 35 Push for 36 Escapes 40 NBA legend ___ Ming 41 Ability that may be just lucky guessing 43 Opens, as a lock 44 Senior suit 45 King Minos’ daughter who aided Theseus 46 Gear parts 49 Full of fruit, like some doughnuts 50 Swirly marble 51 Towelettes 52 Moray, e.g.

53 Q-Tip ends 57 Pound of poetry books 59 Actress Meyer 60 “Toy Story” boy 62 Laredo-to-Galveston dir.

63 Pedal next to the brake 64 Take in

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became an art museum, and explore new interactive displays that tell Savannah’s history at Telfair Museums on Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday!

All three Telfair sites (Jepson Center, 207 W York St.; Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St.; and Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, 124 Abercorn) are participating in the Georgia Historical Society‘s event, and are offering free admission from 12-4pm.

FREE Sun., Feb. 10, 12-4 p.m. telfair.org/ event/super-museum-sunday-2019/. Telfair Museums, PO Box 10081.

TWO HOUR WALKING GHOST TOUR Chilling stories & eerie properties that paved the road to this fascinating title. Pre-colonial ghost history, all the way up to the 21st century. The most complete picture of all of the human psychical and paranormal events that put Savannah on the map as the ghostly city of greatness. Presented by America’s Most Haunted City Tour. ongoing, 9 p.m.

6thsenseworld.com/.

VALENTINE’S DAY MAKERS MARKET Check out what local makers, artists, and crafters have to offer, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Sat., Feb. 9, 11 a.m. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. WORMSLOE COLONIAL FAIRE AND MUSTER Join Wormsloe for some early Georgia and Colonial Savannah fun at our annual Colonial Faire and Muster. Experience the 18th century military encampment, military demonstrations, shopping for Colonial goods in Sutler’s row, craft demonstrations, music, dancing, and more.

Food concession will be available. Sat., Feb. 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 10, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 912-353-3023. Wormsloe. shs@dnr.ga.gov. explore.gastateparks.org/ info/266654?c=16531677. gastateparks. org/info/wormsloe/. Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd.

FESTIVALS

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LOW COUNTRY HOME AND GARDEN SHOW This two-day show provides guests with endless inspiration for their projects both inside and outside of the home. This year’s show will feature seminars with special guests Brian Santos, a DIY painting expert, and Norman Winter, The Garden Guy, as well as the all-new Local Flavors Cooking Stage that will feature four Savannah chefs. $0-$7 Sat., Feb. 9, 11 a.m. and Sun., Feb. 10, 11 a.m. savannahhomeandgardenshow.com/.

Savannah Convention Center, 1 International Drive.

SAVANNAH ART WALK Explore Savannah’s historic downtown by visiting artists and galleries every second Saturday. second Saturday of every month. savannahartwalk.com. savannah.hyatt.com/ hyatt/hotels-savannah/index.jsp?null. Hyatt Regency Savannah, 2 West Bay St. SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL “Celebrating 30 Years of Black History, Culture and Art” is the central theme of the Savannah Black Heritage Festival scheduled for February 1-22, 2019. Cultural education and exposure to the performing and visual arts are offered for all ages 42 and interests throughout the celebration.

Special programs and activities during this festival will serve as tribute to the late Westley W. Law, the founder and former organizer of the Savannah Black Heritage Festival. Updates and details are available at www.savannahblackheritagefestival. org, or call 912-358-4309. Through Feb. 22. savannahblackheritagefestival.com.

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: GRAND FESTIVAL DAY An array of family-oriented activities ending with a star-studded concert. $5 all day admission Sat., Feb. 9, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. savannahblackheritagefestival.com. savannahcivic.com. The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave.

FITNESS

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.

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.

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. BARIATRIC SURGERY SUPPORT GROUP Located in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery.

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

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. BEGINNER ACRO YOGA CLASS W/ DAEGEL & HALEY Join us at fit912savannah for a beginners class in Acro Yoga, weather you’ve never done Acro, are a little rusty or just need to brush up on your basics this class will have something for you. In this class we will focus on teaching the fundamental of L-basing partner Acro Yoga. Although this is a partner class you do not need to have a partner with you to participate. We welcome single, couples and groups to join us for this class. $10 Tue., Feb. 12, 5:30-6:30 p.m. 507-318-8196. facebook. com/events/331126407495307/.

Fit912Savannah, 428 Bull 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. COMMUNITY TAI CHI Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese martial 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 second Sunday of every month, 10 a.m. customfitcenter.com. CustomFit Center, 101-A West Park 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. 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. Visit the website for more info. Mondays-Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. and TuesdaysThursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. 912-663-5833. getexcitedandmove.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. 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. ISRAELI KRAV MAGA SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES A system of self-defense techniques based on several martial arts. The official fighting system of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Custom Fit offers individual and small group training and intensive workshops. Visit website for more info. ongoing. 912-4414891. customfitcenter.com.

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. 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. POWER YOGA PRINCIPLES This class is intended for students who are new to yoga as well as those hoping to learn more about finding their best alignment in each of the poses. Each class will provide a complete yoga session, with additional emphasis on the “poses of the week.”

Although the class is intended to provide a progressive learning experience over eight weeks, new students may join at any time. $19 Drop In ($16 Student/Senior/Military) Sat., Feb. 9, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 912-3492756. info@savannahpoweryoga.com.

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savannahpoweryoga.com/apps/mindbody/ classes/210. savannahpoweryoga.com.

Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Road Unit J-3.

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. SHIMMY CHIC Shimmy Chic Fitness is an energetic, fun dance workout based on the ancient art of belly dance- with a modern twist.

The class provides calorie-burning and muscle-toning moves, along with increased flexibility, grace, and sense of self. No dance experience necessary. Shimmy Chic provides fun & repetitive routines suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear comfortable workout clothes and sneakers (you do not have to show your stomach).

Open to all ages and fitness levels. $10 Thursdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. 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. YOGA, PILATES, AND SPIN Flow, Yin Yasa, Sculpt, Pilates, Spin, and the only studio in Savannah with the original Hot Yoga. Introductory Special: $49 for 30 days of unlimited classes. Visit thehubsav.com to see our awesome lineup of teachers and classes. $49 ongoing. 912.356.8280. info@ thehubsav.com. thehubsavannah.com. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham St. YOGA@THELIBRARY The All Levels class meets from 10:30-11:30 and the Chair Yoga class meets from 12:001:00. Tuesdays. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn 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.

FOOD & DRINK EVENTS

‘SMALL PLATES’ CRAFT BEER DINNER FEATURING MOON RIVER BREWING Moon River’s own chef, Keisha, is preparing a veritable feast for your enjoyment, featuring an array of dishes all prepared using Moon River Brewing Company beers.

Accompanied by a spectacular draft line-up, and the brewers will also be on site as well.

TBD Feb. 9, 7-9 p.m.. 912.358.0724. info@ whitewhalecraftales.com. White Whale Craft

Ales, 1207 Bull St. VALENTINE’S HIGH TEA Joye Hanrahan will again delight guests with her wonderful selections, both savory and sweet, for Ashantilly’s annual High Tea. Bob Allison on the piano too. Always a sellout, get your reservations early.

Donation: $30/person. $30 Feb. 9, 4 p.m..

912-437-4473. ashantillycenter@gmail.com. ashantillycenter.org/ashantilly-events/64valentine-s-tea. The Ashantilly Center, 15591 GA Hwy 99.

B&D MILKSHAKE & SPEED DATE $5.00 Feb. 10, 5 p.m. 14 E Broughton St, 14 East Broughton Street.

BURT REYNOLDS’ BIRTHDAY Douglas Galloway shares a birthday with Burt Reynolds and Brewed SAV loves Coors Banquet. Join them for Smokey and the Bandit, Gator, & all Burt classics. Coors specials. Mustaches, cowboy hats, Trans Am, and CB radios encouraged. Drinking Coors Banquet, a must. Feb. 11, 6 p.m.

Brewed SAV, 1722 Habersham St. SIN AT TANDEM FEAT. GHOST COAST Drink Local for half price on Service Industry Night at Tandem Coffee and Spirits. If you’re in the hospitality or service industry, you’ll enjoy 1/2 price all cocktails featuring Ghost Coast spirits every Monday. Tandem will feature rotating Ghost Coast cocktails so there will always be something new and different for you to try. Just show proof of hospitality/service employment for the discount. 50% Off Drinks for Service CONTINUES ON P. 44

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Industry Folks Feb. 11, 6-10 p.m.. kelcie@ ghostcoastdistillery.com. Tandem Coffee and Spirits, 225 E. Bay St.

Ongoing

‘SMALL PLATES’ CRAFT BEER DINNER FEATURING MOON RIVER BREWING Moon River’s own chef, Keisha, is preparing a veritable feast for your enjoyment, featuring an array of dishes all prepared using Moon River Brewing Company beers. Accompanied by a spectacular draft line-up, and the brewers will also be on site as well. TBD 912.358.0724. info@ whitewhalecraftales.com. White Whale Craft Ales, 1207 Bull St. B&D MILKSHAKE & SPEED DATE

$5.00 14 E Broughton St, 14 East Broughton Street.

BETHESDA FARM AND GARDENS STAND Featuring in season, organic (not certified) veggies, herbs and flowers. All proceeds go directly to funding tuition expenses for Bethesda Academy students. For specialty orders, contact Merrin at merrin.slocombe@ bethesdaacademy.org. merrin.slocombe@ bethesdaacademy.org. bethesdaacademy. org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. BURT REYNOLDS’ BIRTHDAY Douglas Galloway shares a birthday with Burt Reynolds and Brewed SAV loves Coors Banquet. Join them for Smokey and the

Bandit, Gator, & all Burt classics. Coors specials. Mustaches, cowboy hats, Trans Am, and CB radios encouraged. Drinking Coors Banquet, a must. Brewed SAV, 1722 Habersham 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.

Check the website for more info, including the location where the truck would be found in different days of the week. forsythfarmersmarket.com/farmtruck912/.

W.W. Law Gym, 909 E. Bolton St.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Climbing mountains has been a popular adventure since the nineteenth century, but there are still many peaks around the world that no one has ever ascended.

They include the 24,591-fot-high Muchu Chhish in Pakistan, 23,691-foot Karjiang South in Tibet, and 12,600-foot Sauyr Zhotasy on the border of China and Kazakhstan. If there are any Aries mountaineers reading this horoscope who have been dreaming about conquering an unclimbed peak, 2019 will be a great time to do it, and now would be a perfect moment to plan or launch your quest.

As for the rest of you Aries, what’s your personal equivalent of reaching the top of an unclimbed peak?

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falls at the same time. The meteorological name for the phenomenon is “sunshower,” but folklore provides other terms.

Hawaiians may call it “liquid sunshine” or “ghost rain.” Speakers of the Tangkhul language in India imagine it as “the wedding of a human and spirit.” Some Russians refer to it as “mushroom rain,” since it’s thought to encourage the growth of mushrooms. Whatever you might prefer to call it, Cancerian, I suspect that the foreseeable future will bring you delightful paradoxes in a similar vein. And in my opinion, that will be very lucky for you, since you’ll be in the right frame of mind and spirit to thrive amidst just such situations.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Eminem’s song “Lose Yourself” was a featured track in the movie *8 Mile*, and it won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003. The creator himself was not present at the Oscar ceremony to accept his award, however. He was so convinced his song would lose that he stayed home.

At the moment that presenter Barbra Streisand announced Eminem’s triumph, he was asleep in front of the TV with his daughter, who was watching cartoons. In contrast to him, I hope you will be fully available and on the scene for the recognition or acknowledgment that should be coming your way sometime soon.

A study by the Fidelity financial services company revealed that in 43% of all couples, neither partner has an accurate knowledge of how much money the other partner earns. Meanwhile, research by the National Institute of Health concludes that among heterosexual couples, 36 percent of husbands misperceive how frequently their wives have orgasms. I bring this to your attention in order to sharpen your focus on how crucial it is to communicate clearly with your closest allies. I mean, it’s rarely a good idea to be ignorant about what’s going on with those close to you, but it’ll be an especially bad idea during the next six weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

While enjoying its leisure time, the peregrine falcon glides around at 50 miles per hour. But when it’s motivated by the desire to eat, it may swoop and dart at a velocity of 220 miles per hour. Amazing! In accordance with your astrological omens, Gemini, I propose that we make the peregrine falcon your spirit creature for the next three weeks. I suspect you will have extraordinary speed and agility and focus whenever you’re hunting for exactly what you want. So here’s a crucial question: what exactly do you want?

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

Now and then the sun shines and rain

BY ROB BREZSNY

beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

Donald Glover uses the name of Childish Gambino when he performs his music.

How did he select that alias? He used an online random name generator created by the rap group Wu-Tang Clan. I tried the same generator and got “Fearless Warlock” as my new moniker. You might want to try it yourself, Libra. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to add layers to your identity and expand your persona and mutate your self-image. The generator is here: tinyurl.com/yournewname. (P.S.: If you don’t like the first one you’re offered, keep trying until you get one you like.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Leonardo da Vinci’s painting *Salvator Mundi* sold for $450 million in 2017. Just twelve years earlier, an art collector had bought it for $10,000. Why did its value increase so extravagantly? Because in 2005, no one was sure it was an authentic da Vinci painting. It was damaged and had been covered with other layers of paint that hid the original image. After extensive efforts at restoration, the truth about it emerged. I foresee the possibility of a comparable, if less dramatic, development in your life during the next ten months, Scorpio. Your work to rehabilitate or renovate an underestimated resource could bring big dividends.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Torre Mayor is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Mexico City. When workers finished its construction in 2003, it was one of the world’s most earthquake-proof buildings, designed to hold steady during an 8.5-level temblor. Over the course of 2019, Virgo, I’d love to see you erect the metaphorical equivalent of that unshakable structure in your own life. The astrological omens suggest that doing so is quite possible.

And the coming weeks will be an excellent time to launch that project or intensify your efforts to manifest it.

We can behold colors because of specialized cells in our eyes called cones. Most of us have three types of cones, but a few rare people have four. This enables them to see far more hues than the rest of us. Are you a tetrachromat, a person with super-vision?

Whether you are or not, I suspect you will have extra powerful perceptual capacities in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be able to see more than you usually do.

The world will seem brighter and deeper and more vivid. I urge you to deploy your temporary superpower to maximum advantage.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Multitalented Libran singer and actor

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. 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. SIN AT TANDEM FEAT. GHOST COAST Drink Local for half price on Service Industry Night at Tandem Coffee and Spirits. If you’re in the hospitality or service industry, you’ll

There are two kinds of minor, boring little

tasks. One is when you’re attending to a detail that’s not in service to a higher purpose; the other is when you’re attending to a detail that is a crucial step in the process of fulfilling an important goal. An example of the first might be when you try in vain to scour a permanent stain on a part of the kitchen counter that no one ever sees. An example of the second is when you download an update for an existing piece of software so your computer works better and you can raise your efficiency levels as you pursue a pet project. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to keep this distinction in mind as you focus on the minor, boring little tasks that are crucial steps in the process of eventually fulfilling an important goal.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Can you sit on your own head? Not many people can. It requires great flexibility.

Before comedian Robin Williams was famous, he spontaneously did just that when he auditioned for the role of the extraterrestrial immigrant Mork, the hero of the TV sitcom *Mork and Mindy*. The casting director was impressed with Williams’ odd but amusing gesture, and hired him immediately. If you’re presented with an opportunity sometime soon, I encourage you to be inspired by the comedian’s ingenuity. What might you do to cinch your audition, to make a splashy first impression, to convince interested parties that you’re the right person?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Twitter wit Notorious Debi Hope advises us, “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assho--s.” That’s wise counsel for you to keep in mind during the next three weeks. Let me add a few corollaries.

First, stave off any temptation you might have to believe that others know what’s good for you better than you do. Second, figure out what everyone thinks of you and aggressively liberate yourself from their opinions. Third, if anyone even hints at not giving you the respect you deserve, banish them for at least three weeks.

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Tandem Coffee and Spirits, 225 E. Bay St. TYBEE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, eggs, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. Artisans are also featured each week. The market is non-smoking and pet friendly. Located on beautiful Tybee Island, GA at 30 Meddin Drive.

We are right behind the Historic Tybee Lighthouse. Visit the website for more info. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com. Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

VALENTINE’S HIGH TEA Joye Hanrahan will again delight guests with her wonderful selections, both savory and sweet, for Ashantilly’s annual High Tea. Bob Allison on the piano too.

Always a sellout, get your reservations early. Donation: $30/person. $30 912437-4473. ashantillycenter@gmail.com. ashantillycenter.org/ashantilly-events/64valentine-s-tea. The Ashantilly Center, 15591 GA Hwy 99.

WEEKLY CASK & FOOD PAIRING Each Wednesday, we create a special cask and pair it with a complimentary dish. Follow us on Facebook for more information! moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. WINE SAMPLING Sample the variety of wines Lucky’s Market has to offer.

HEALTH

AMAZING SCAVENGER HUNT ADVENTURE $30.00-$44.00 Mon., Feb. 11, 9 a.m. Franklin Square, Montgomery and St. Julian Streets.

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 CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Are you gradually feeling more alone as friends and family don’t seem to get what you are going through as the unpaid caregiver of a loved one with dementia, serious illness or disability? Our drop-in and non-disease specific Caregiver Support Group meets twice a month to provide a safe place to connect with others who truly understand. Second Tuesday of each month from 10 – 11 a.m. and/or the fourth Monday of each month from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at the Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive off Chatham Parkway.

912.629.1331. ongoing. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive.

FREE RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR CAREGIVERS Are you the unpaid caregiver for a loved one

with dementia, serious illness or disability?

Schedule some relaxation time just for you! Our free restorative yoga and deep relaxation classes use bolsters and blankets to support the body and quiet the mind.

Dress comfortably and join us at the Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive off Chatham Parkway. 912.629.1331. ongoing. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive.

HIGH VIBE/ LOW COST YOGA WITH MELISSA DELYNN Join this accessible, all-levels class for meditative movement, breath and meditation! Ample free parking, beauty facility and no-fuss yoga. Expect a little sweat, philosophy and possibly enlightenment! $15 Wednesdays, 6-7:15 p.m. 706-614-4715. mdelynn@gmail.com.

WELMONT, 1930 Montgomery Street.

NAMI EDUCATION Second Tuesday of every month NAMI Savannah presents professionals from the community sharing current topics of interest and resources. FREE second Tuesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. 912-353-7143. namisavannah.org. The Reed House, 1144 Cornell Street.

NATIVE AMERICAN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Georgia’s only Native American Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Meets every Thursday at 2 pm at 517 East Broad Street, Savannah.

Court papers will be signed. Open to all.

You do not have to be Native American to attend Free ongoing, 2-3 p.m. 912-712-3314.

Islandmedicinewoman@gmail.com. East Broad Native American Group, 517 East Broad Street.

PILATES MAT CLASS Pilates mat class starting at Functional Bodies exercise studio Saturday, March 2.

9:00- 10:00 am. 821 east 66th st. $14 per class, PKG rates available. Class taught by Kara Riemer, CPT. 912-667-0487 for more information. Through March 3.

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DADDY-DAUGHTER SWEETHEART DANCE $10.00-$30.00 Sat., Feb. 9, 6 p.m. Hendrix Park Gymnasium, 3960 Wilma Edwards Road.

LEOPOLD’S ICE CREAM CREATIVE WRITING CHALLENGE Leopold’s Ice Cream and Live Oak Public Libraries have partnered once again to host the 9th Annual Leopold’s Ice Cream Creative Writing Challenge. As Leopold’s Ice Cream prepares to celebrate a century of ice cream in Savannah during 2019, students are encouraged to creatively express their thoughts on this year’s theme, “100 Years of Leopold’s Ice Cream!”, through poetry.

One finalist from each of the four age groups (K-2, 3-5, 6-8 & High School) will win a Leopold’s Ice Cream party for their classroom. The contest runs through Friday, February 8th when all poetry is due via email (baldwinc@liveoakpl.org) or physical submission at a Live Oak Public Libraries branch or a Leopold’s Ice Cream shop. The challenge is open to all students (public, private and homeschool) in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty Counties. Winners will be announced on or about February

22nd on the sponsors’ websites. Through Feb. 8. liveoakpl.org.

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.

LITERARY EVENTS

DEEP SPEAKS Celebrate the 168 published young authors whose brave and beautiful works fill the pages of four gorgeously illustrated and bound volumes. Deep Speaks will also feature live readings by 45 young authors who were selected by their peers to represent each of the 15 semesterlong workshops held across Chatham County schools throughout the fall of 2018. Free!\ Sun., Feb. 10, 5 p.m. 912289-7426. writewithus@deepcenter.org. facebook.com/events/987519331458616/.

Yamacraw Performing Arts Center, 649 W. Jones St. GEORGIA POETRY CIRCUIT The Georgia Poetry Circuit and Savannah State University bring Adrian Matejka to the Book Lady. Free and open to the public Fri., Feb. 8, 7 p.m. thebookladybookstore.com/.

The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St. 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. Visit website for more info. Annual dues $20 second Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m. 713-907-8627. hwg. rh@comcast.net. google.com/search?client =safari&rls=en&q=Historical+Writers+Guild+ sav+ga&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. NPR PRESENTS: WAIT WAIT...DON’T TELL ME! Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! is National Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning comedy news quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a

rotating panel of comedians, writers, listener contestants, and celebrity guests through a rollicking review of the week’s news.

Contestants vie for the most coveted prize in all of public radio: a custom-recorded greeting by any of our cast members for their voicemail. Thu., Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m. savannahcivic.com. savannahcivic. com. Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave.

NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

COASTAL STEWARDS WORKSHOP: CITIZEN SCIENCE ON THE COAST UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant is hosting a workshop showcasing a variety of citizen science opportunities.

Participants will hear form a panel of experts representing universities and conservation organizations who lead citizen science projects focused on monitoring water quality and surveying marine organisms. Hands-on training for different citizen science projects will be provided in indoor and outdoor labs. The workshop is part of the Coastal Stewards Program, a series of environmental education workshops designed to engage adults in stewardship of the Georgia Coast. $50 Sat., Feb. 9, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 912-598-3345. kayla270@uga.edu. UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, 30 Ocean Science Circle.

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.

OGEECHEE AUDUBON FIELD TRIP: TUPELO TRAIL Established in 1927, the refuge encompasses over 30,000 acres of freshwater marshes, tidal rivers and creeks, including bottomland hardwoods. Hike the lower portion of the Tupelo Trail, which travels along levee tops and affords great views of the north impoundments. We will be looking for wintering waterfowl, waders, rails, raptors and sparrows. Meet at Savannah National Wildlife Refuge Tupelo Trailhead parking lot (Across from the Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive exit). Sat., Feb. 9, 8 a.m.

919-559-6898. marylou@dicksonimages. com. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive off S.C. 170.

SECOND SATURDAY PRESENTATION SERIES Each second Saturday of the month, the Wildlife Refuge hosts a presentation by staff, volunteers, and local conservation partners to help the public learn more about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Free second Saturday of every month, 1-2 p.m. 843-7842468. SavannahCoastal@fws.gov. facebook. com/SavannahCoastalRefugesComplex/.

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive off S.C. 170.

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland,

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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.

WINTER SCIENCE SERIES: MICROPLASTICS IN FISH This class will focus on the ingestion of microplastics by marine life. Participants will dissect fish species collected from Georgia’s coastal waters and analyze gut contents for the prevalence of microplastics.

Marine educators will discuss the potential impacts of microplastics on marine ecosystems and will share information about a new citizen science initiative that involves sampling for microplastics along the Georgia coast. This event is part of the Winter Science Series, an environmental education course for adults offered at the UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium. $20 Tue., Feb. 12, 9-11 a.m. 912598-3345. kayla270@uga.edu. docs.google. com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIMRnVqlu_. UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, 30 Ocean Science Circle.

PETS & ANIMALS

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LOW COST PET CLINIC TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm.

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

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. WET NOSE WEDNESDAY

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Bring your well-behaved furry canine friends in for treats provided by our friends at Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming Savannah, and a night on the town while you enjoy all your favorite Ghost Coast spirits! Coastal Pet Rescue will be here with adoptable furry friends and $1 from every drink purchased will go to support their mission. FREE first Wednesday of every month, 4-8 p.m. 912298-0071. kelcie@ghostcoastdistillery.com. facebook.com/events/289959818533504/. ghostcoastdistillery.com. Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St.

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL

CHILDCARE FOR THE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY CONFERENCE AT FPC POOLER TBA Fri., Feb. 8, 6 p.m. fpc.presbychurch.net.

First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. GATEWAY MEN’S RETREAT 2019 $90.00 Fri., Feb. 8, 6 p.m. Wesley Gardens Retreat, 278 Shipyard Road.

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.

SAVANNAH FRIENDS MEETING (QUAKERS) Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, Joy Cottage behind Wesley Oak United Methodist Church. Call or email for info.

All are welcome. ongoing. 636-233-1772. savannahquakers@gmail.com. Wesley Oak United Methodist Church, 3124 East Victory Drive.

SAVANNAH REIKI SHARE During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via Reiki and other healing modalities. Present

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

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

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

Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull.

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

From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Come experience an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah. com. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. THEOLOGY ON TAP Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm-10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. UNDERCONSTRUCTION-STANDING ROOM ONLY $25.00-$30.00 Sat., Feb. 9, 11 a.m. 11111 Abercorn St, 11111 Abercorn Street.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

FILM: BLACKKKLANSMAN “BlacKkKlansman” is the story of Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer who successfully managed to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually became its leader. The Spike Lee-directed film landed six Academy Award nominations including best picture and best director. Thu., Feb. 7, 6 p.m. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. FILM: ON THE RIGHT TRACK In honor of the late child TV star Gary Coleman’s 51st birthday, the Psychotronic Film Society shows the Different Strokes star’s film debut, which received decent reviews from some critics but earned Coleman a nomination for the Worst Actor of the Year Razzie Award. $8 Wed., Feb. 6, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. FILM: SCHINDLER’S LIST It’s the ninth best movie of all time, according to the American Film Institute, and the winner of an astounding 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, even though Director Steven Spielberg risked his modern audience by shooting “Schindler’s List” mostly in black and white. $10 ticket gets you this film and a complimentary glass of wine and a Kiss.

Thu., Feb. 7, 7 p.m. 912-472-4790. info@ tybeeposttheater.org. tybeeposttheater.org.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ANTONY + CLEOPATRA Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power. $5 SCAD Card holders, $10 general admission Tue., Feb. 12, 7 p.m. savannahboxoffice.com. lucastheatre.com.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St.

SPORTS & GAMES

ADULT AND JUNIOR TENNIS CLINICS On Thursdays. Intended for a class size of 4-8 students. Buy four classes, get the fifth class free. $15 per class ongoing.

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

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

912-220-3474. savadultrec.com.

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

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. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/ pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave.

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