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WEDNESDAY 3.13 Film: Intermission

Intermission is a clever and extremely well written and acted crime dramedy starring such well-known actors as Colin Farrell, Kerry Condon, Colm Meany, Emmy Bolger and Cillian Murphy. Presented by the Psychotronic Film Society.

8 p.m.

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

Film: This Magnificent Cake!

Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade SAT 3.16

The second biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the United States kicks off a weekend of partying.

Begins 10:15 a.m.

Downtown Savannah.

Coach’s Corner’s 28th Anniversary Celebration w/ Mother’s Finest THU 3.14

The Funk-Rock pioneers are ready to bring down the house to celebrate Coach’s Corner. Thomas Claxton and the Myth are special guests.

7 p.m.

Coach’s Corner, 3016 E. Victory Dr. $35-$60

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Bringing the culture of Junkanoo with them in the form of music, dance, and costume, the Crab Shack always looks forward to hosting our Bahamian friends. Barabbas and the Tribe will join The Crab Shack float in the Savannah parade March 16th, and there will be daily performances at The Crab Shack between the parades.

The Crab Shack, 40 Estill Hammock Rd.

Fresh from Cannes, Toronto and Telluride comes a stop-motion film unlike any you’ve seen before.

7 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $8

Hilton Head Island Wine and Food Festival

The festival will celebrate its 34th year in 2019 with a fantastic schedule of events, including spectacular local chef showcases, intriguing wine education sessions, live entertainment and of course the famed Grand and Public Tastings.

March 11-17 Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. hiltonheadwineandfood.com

Junkanoo Performers Barabbas and the Tribe

Bringing the culture of Junkanoo with them in the form of music, dance, and costume, the Crab Shack always looks forward to hosting their Bahamian friends. Barabbas and the Tribe will join The Crab Shack float in the Savannah parade March 16th, and there will be daily performances at The Crab Shack between the parades.

The Crab Shack, 40 Estill Hammock Rd.

THURSDAY 3.14 Coach’s Corner’s 28th Anniversary Celebration w/ Mother’s Finest The Funk-Rock pioneers are ready to bring down the house to celebrate Coach’s Corner. Thomas Claxton and the Myth are special guests.

7 p.m.

Coach’s Corner, 3016 E. Victory Dr. $35-$60

Harry O’Donoghue

St. Patrick’s Day is almost upon us, so we’re bringing out Savannah’s premiere Irish folksinger, songwriter and storyteller, Harry O’Donoghue, for an entertaining evening of music, history and culture.

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Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $15 912-472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org

FRIDAY 3.15 Brothers Osborne

Brothers Osborne is an American country music duo consisting of brothers T.J. yOsborne and John Osborne. Ruston Kelly opens.

8 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave.

Film: Green Book

Based on a true story set in 1962 America, brilliant, famed pianist and composer Dr. Don Shirley is about to embark on a twomonth concert tour - deliberately through the Deep South and he wisely hires tough guy, club bouncer Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga as his driver and bodyguard for the trip. The Oscar Best Picture winner.

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

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $8

Front Porch Improv is a never-seen-before improvised comedy show, filled with seriously quirky folks. It’s like a play, but without a script. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll laugh at other people crying. This show is rated PG-13.

8 p.m.

Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St. $10, $5 with a student ID frontporchimprov.com

Odd Lot Improv: Friday Funnies

An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

8 p.m.

The Loft on Liberty, 215 W. Liberty St. $10 oddlotimprov@gmail.com. oddlot.lol

Richard Smith

Richard started playing the guitar at age 5 and has never looked back. Focusing early on with the fingerstyle guitar of Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, he began transcribing classical music, Jazz, the gypsy style of Django Reinhardt, bluegrass, ragtime and the blues to Sousa marches.

8 p.m.

Randy Wood Guitars, 1304 East Hwy. 80. $28

Sgt. William Jasper Green Ceremony The Jasper Green Ceremony honors all U.S. Military services, and other invited military representatives. There will be a short parade from Johnson Square and a guest speaker.

4:30 p.m.

Madison Square, West Harris Street.

St. Patrick’s Day Party w/ DJ Remy and DJ Madd Max

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a shamrock pancake pop-up, live music by Irish Balladeer James Patrick Keena, dancing by the Legacy Irish Dance Academy, and festive yogurt parfait making.

10 a.m.

Lucky’s Market Savannah, 5501 Abercorn St.

St. Patrick’s Kickoff Block Party

Get prepped for the weekend with a feast of pizza and beer and live music by DJ Press Play and The Sound Experiment.

5 p.m.

Two Tides Brewing Company, 12 W. 41st St.

Tea at Mrs. Davenport’s

Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea in the historic atmosphere of the Davenport House Museum. Patrons will tour areas of the historic home where tea service took

place and will participate in an afternoon tea with costumed interpreters.

Fri. & Sat., 5 p.m.

Davenport House, 324 East State St. $18 per adult, $14 per child plus tax info@davenporthousemuseum.org

SATURDAY 3.16 Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade The second biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the United States kicks off a weekend of partying.

10:15 a.m.

Downtown Savannah

Islands Farmers’ Market

The Island Farmers’ Market (previously Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market) is held every Saturday rain or shine.

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Lighthouse Baptist Church, 401 Quarterman Dr. Free islandsfarmersmarket@gmail.com. facebook.com/IslandsFarmersMarket/

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The Loft on Liberty, 215 W. Liberty St. $10 oddlotimprov@gmail.com. oddlot.lol

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.

Visitor’s Information Center, 301 MLK Jr. Blvd. $33 savannahformorons.com

Southside B&D Kegs and Eggs

Southside B&D will open at 6 am to serve ticketed guests a plated breakfast and three drink tickets for domestic draft beer, bloody’s and mimosas.

7 a.m.

B & D Burgers (Southside), 11108 Abercorn St.

TUESDAY 3.19 Film: Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story

Many people are not aware that Howard Thurman was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s spiritual leader.

7 p.m.

Asbury Memorial UMC, 1008 Henry St. Free

Film: Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” a front-runner for the Best Animated Film Oscar at the Academy Awards, and winner in that category at the Golden Globes.

3 & 7 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $8 adults, $5 children 12 and unde 912-472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org

Irish Heritage Museum and Walking Tour Experience

Take a 1.5 mile walking tour starting at Massie on Calhoun Square, up to Emmet Stop by and enjoy breakfast before the Park on Bay Street, to learn about famous Irish personalities of Savannah including parade at Wesley Monumental, conveniently located on Calhoun Square and the John Rourke, William Kehoe, Flannery O’Connor, Robert Emmet, Sgt. William parade route.

Jasper and more.

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The Local Love Marketplace

The Local Love Marketplace’s goal is to create a hub that encourages the circulation of the dollar in our community, fostering a sense of interdependence and economic growth. third Sunday of every month, 1 p.m.

Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St.

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An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

8 p.m.

The Loft on Liberty, 215 W. Liberty St. $5 oddlotimprov@gmail.com. oddlot.lol

Tybee Island Farmers Market

Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, eggs, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products.

4 p.m.

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Women’s Suffrage Comes to Georgia City of Savannah Municipal Archivist Luciana Spracher and The Learning Center’s Roger Smith explore the personalities and events surrounding the push for suffrage in Georgia. noon Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

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Arena video unwittingly highlights issues

BY JIM MOREKIS

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SAVANNAH has a lot bigger problems to worry about than a video promoting the new Savannah Arena.

One such bigger problem would be, say, the arena itself. (For more, see Jason Combs’ column this issue).

But sometimes you find elucidation in the strangest places. And one such strange place is the official concept video for the Savannah Arena.

Like most renderings and concept presentations, you have to take it with a large grain of salt and not get too worked up about it either way.

When I watched the video, however, a few odd things popped out at me. In and of themselves, they can probably be chalked up to glitches in the AI software that helped produce the videos.

But they also, accidentally, point out some unaddressed issues likely to come up when the actual brick and mortar arena is built.

When you watch the video, you see hundreds of CGI people walking around before a show. It’s quite impressive, actually.

They promenade around the exterior, they ride on the special-built bike lanes to arrive, they meander around the lobby, they look at their phones or stand around with a beverage having conversation.

Almost all of them are white. Literally almost every single one.

Now, I’m not saying we need to make a big controversy out of the video. In a year or so, no one will remember anything about it at all.

What I am saying is that, perhaps unintentionally, a message is being sent about who the likely “preferred” clientele is for the arena: Almost 100 percent white, in a city which is majority African American, in an area of town which is predominantly African American.

Did I say all white? Turns out there is a small handful of African American CGI characters in the concept video.

One of them is standing by himself in the lobby at the top of some stairs, looking off into the distance. He is wearing a basketball uniform… and holding a basketball.

I kid you not – see for yourself at about the one minute mark.

It’s pretty weird. The first time I saw it, I thought I was hallucinating.

Again, it’s unlikely that this cartoonish stereotyping is intentional racism. Or at least we all hope and pray that it isn’t. Like I said, it’s probably just a glitch in the CGI.

Almost certainly unintentionally, this bizarre image of a well-dressed man arriving at the Arena via an apparently about-to-sink wooden dinghy highlights the issues surrounding the use of the old industrial canal itself, and how it will relate to the new Savannah Arena.

One of the very few African American CGI characters in the video is the man at left, in full basketball uniform, holding a basketball and standing in the Savannah Arena lobby.

The problem isn’t so much the graphics as it is the fact that no one caught any of this before releasing it to the public.

This is, after all, a project closing on on $200 million when all’s said and done. And no one could be bothered to look a bit more closely at the official video?

If you have enough time on your hands, you can spot some more anomalies. One in particular I found not only hilariously funny, but somewhat predictive of one of the issues surrounding the arena.

In one segment, a well-dressed elderly man arrives at the show all by himself, in a vintage wooden dinghy via the adjacent canal.

He is solo, and apparently has no place to tie up his little boat, nor anyone to help him. It looks like some marsh grass is literally coming up through the bottom of the boat.

It’s silly and completely harmless, but also indicative of a more serious question: how does the canal fit into the vision of the “Canal District?”

How much of the canal is actually navigable, by vintage dinghy or canoe or whatever?

And what brave or foolhardy soul will actually dress up to go to an event with tickets probably costing at or over $100, and get there via a former industrial canal awash with mosquitoes and mud and pollution and who knows what else?

The controversy isn’t in the video, but in the way these larger issues seem not to have been thought through at all.

The video in and of itself is nothing to get too upset about. What is more concerning is how the arena concept was sold to the public with so many questions being left unaddressed, and unanswered. CS

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The rendering of the new Savannah Arena, set to go in the First District.

Many in the First say the SPLOSTfunded project was promised to them.

changed my understanding of the arena narrative, and where it should go from here.

I now see that there is a case for the new

BY JASON COMBS arena at Stiles and Gwinnett, under certain conditions. Let me explain.

I was having lunch with Bernetta Lanier, FOR MY first column of 2019, I was very President and CEO of the Ivory Bay Commuch looking forward to writing a snarky munity Development Corporation (CDC) broadside against the new arena, complete at the Temple Café at Temple of Glory with applicable quotes from recent Netflix Community Church, on Stiles Avenue, just documentaries. south of Gwinnett (had the fried flounder Here’s one: and sides – it was all wonderful). Others “I don’t know how we could have been at our table joined in the conversation, but so gullible, when there were so many red asked not to be named. flags.” - Bob Broburg, the clueless dad from Here is the expanded arena narraAbducted in Plain Sight tive I learned from Bernetta Lanier and Over the past week or so, I’ve sat down company: with several individuals to talk with them Talk of a new arena at Stile and Gwinabout the new arena, in an effort to fill in nett, adjacent to the City’s waterworks gaps in a narrative that I thought I had the building, goes back about 20 years. Then basic outlines of. in 2005, specific promises were made by To be honest, I was hoping to uncover public officials to Savannah’s 1st District some sort of vast conspiracy, or to find a residents: vote in favor of SPLOST, and hidden villain. Spoiler: I did not. your district will receive the previously But in the last of these meetings I discussed new arena at Stiles and Gwindid discover a part of the story previnett, a new Public Safety Complex, and a ously unknown to me - and I’m guessnew Cultural Arts Center (CAC). ing unknown to many - that completely We all know where the new CAC ended

up being constructed (Oglethorpe and MLK), to a good deal of controversy of its own. That’s one promise broken.

Also, rather than funds going to a new centralized Public Safety Complex, money went to various precinct projects instead.

Two promises broken.

So of the three, the new arena is the only promise its still possible to make good on.

And the new arena, specifically at Stiles and Gwinnett, was again explicitly dangled in front of the 1st District in exchange for their votes to re-authorize SPLOST in 2013.

As a man at the table said, “We voted in two SPLOSTs for one promise.”

So now, with another vote for SPLOST re-authorization looming, public officials find that they have painted themselves into a corner. Votes in the 1st District, essential to passing the last two SPLOST votes, may not be there if forward progress on the new arena, at Stiles and Gwinnett, doesn’t materialize NOW. Some in the community have even shown up at meetings wearing T-shirts that say “No arena, no SPLOST.” This explains the rush to break ground before the upcoming election – to show

that the promise is being kept, and get those votes again. Gotta keep that SPLOST valve open.

It’s easy money, especially compared to raising property taxes. Local government is now addicted to it.

Bernetta Lanier and the others at our table obviously care deeply about their community. They sincerely believe that a new arena complex at Stiles and Gwinnett can help uplift that community, if properly planned. But there’s the rub.

The proper pieces are not in place, as Lanier points out herself. She is not against the arena at Stiles and Gwinnett, but she is deeply disapproving of how the process is currently moving forward, without enough community input.

According to Lanier, that missing community input should be used to produce two things: 1) a Community Benefit Strategy, and 2) an Area Plan, for the communities adjacent to the arena complex.

Value will be created around this arena site, and as she says, “All that equity is going to go somewhere.”

But without the above pieces in place, it will be mainly to outside investors rather

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than the community.

So, I do see the case for the new arena at Stiles and Gwinnett, IF it is done in a way that truly benefits the surrounding communities. The 1st District has long been neglected, and deserves some uplifting public investment.

This is not to say that I now think Stiles and Gwinnett is a good location. I most certainly do not. Every critique made by Marcel Williams in his 5-part series for Connect last summer still stands, and the City has still failed to adequately respond.

I highly recommend that you go back and read the series if you have not already, and to read it again even if you have.

Let’s very briefly review the list of problems presented by this site: inadequate parking, isolation from downtown, pedestrian reluctance, traffic congestion, lack of commercial activity, public perception of the area, stormwater management, flooding, environmental contamination, wetland destruction, incompatibility with “green” Canal District visions, still uncalculated associated costs, cannibalization of downtown and convention center business, a partridge in a pear tree, and the insidious sure-to-arise unknown unknowns.

Whew!

And let’s not forget that it’s basically a scientific certainty, backed by empirical observation (see Freakonomics podcast 323, on the Planning Fallacy) that projects of this scale will be over-schedule, overbudget (usually by at least 40%), and fail to produce benefits at the scale promised.

This is because of predictable human error in the planning process, and because of deliberate “strategic misrepresentation” – basically, lying in order to get support for the project - by consultants, designers, and public officials.

The planning problems will happen

with any project of this magnitude, given human nature, but the problems specific to the Stiles and Gwinnett site could be avoided by choosing another. Good arguments have been made for the existing civic center site, or other sites adjacent to the northwest corner of downtown (again, see Marcel’s series, part 5).

So, due to a long history of political promises made in order to keep the SPLOST valve open, we have two half-good arena options: 1) A new arena on a sub-optimal site, that lifts up the surrounding community through a great deal of work being put into an Area Plan and a Community Benefit Strategy, or 2) A new arena on a more optimal downtown site, leaving the 1st District with yet another broken promise from public officials, still looking for a big public investment that will spur beneficial private investment.

But given the City’s behavior on this matter, refusing to address very solid criticisms by the likes of Marcel Williams and others, and its failure to engage with the likes of Bernetta Lanier to ensure that this massive public investment actually benefits the surrounding community, we seem to be headed for a third scenario that combines the downsides of both those above, and the upside of neither: 3) A new arena on a sub-optimal site, profiting outside investors, but doing nothing meaningful to uplift the surrounding community, and perhaps actually harming it.

Elected officials of Savannah – if you seriously cannot put aside politics to slow down this new arena process and improve it, one way or another, then what good are you? Please let us know, since we have that election coming up and all.

Sincerely, the voters. CS

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Georgia,” is Mar. 19 at City Hall with rachael@connectsavannah.com Luciana Spracher, the City of Savannah’s Municipal Archivist, and Roger Smith of MARCH MARKS Women’s History the Learning Center.

Month, and the League of Women Voters of The lecture is free and open to the pubCoastal Georgia has a full roster of events lic, but space is limited, so make sure to to celebrate the occasion. register.

As president Cuffy Sullivan explains, The second lecture, “A Man’s Work: the LWVCGA jumped on opportunities to Anti-Suffrage in Georgia,” is on Mar. 27 collaborate with other organizations and at noon at the First Presbyterian Church. their existing programming, Smith returns to discuss the creating a strong support division between supporters system. of women’s suffrage and uniOne event that LWVCGA versal suffrage. created especially for this That lecture is $7 for month was the Creative members of the Learning Writing Contest. In partCenter or the LWVCGA and nership with the Owens$14 for guests.

Thomas House and Slave The Georgia Historical Quarters and the Savannah Society also got involved Chatham County Pubin the festivities with their lic School system, Marker Mondays. The LWVCGA invited midsocial media program dle school students to features historical contribute to a writing markers through the contest. The students state of Georgia and were asked to explore for March will feathe lives of the free ture women who have and enslaved women impacted Georgia and girls who lived in the Owens-Thomas history.

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The League of Women Voters was “When President Carter designated formed in 1920 in response to women’s sufWomen’s History Week—it was only a frage, explains Sullivan. week then—in 1980, he created it to honor “It was created to help women be overlooked women in history, and who has informed voters, to help read ballots and been more overlooked than African-Amer- understand how to vote,” she says. ican women?” asks Sullivan. “I’m really Today, the LWVCGA is unique in that it impressed with the turnout.” is completely non-partisan.

Through the month, LWVCGA is the “We focus on issues which can somedesignated beneficiary of “Lush: A Celetimes be viewed as partisan,” explains Sulbration in Pink,” an exhibition at Location livan, “but it’s ultimately all about issues Gallery that features 35 artists’ take on the and how they affect us.” CS color pink.

A pair of lectures rounds out the month. For more information on the events and the The first, “Women’s Suffrage Comes to LWVCGA, visit lwvcga.org.

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St. Patrick’s FAQs Frequently Asked Questions about Savannah’s favorite celebration, updated for 2019

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

St. Patty’s Day in the SAV is lit, fam!

Amirite?

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YEAH it’s lit. But if you insist on abbreviating it, “St. Paddy’s Day” is actually correct. In Ireland, Paddy, not Patty, is the nickname for Patrick, i.e. Padraig.

(Though “Paddy” is often used as a derogatory term for the Irish.)

Just a reminder: Though St. Patrick’s Day is March 17, our parade this year is on Saturday, March 16. We don’t hold the parade on Sundays.

Sooooo in Savannah you can just walk around with a drink?

Southerners are crazy, smdh.

MAYBE we are crazy. But we don’t consider to-go cups crazy.

Savannah’s to-go cup tradition is one of the most enlightened things about our fair 12 city, an admirable legacy of the days when

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Anyone over 21 can enjoy an alcoholic drink in public areas throughout most of downtown north of Jones Street. To-go cups must be paper, plastic or styrofoam, and 16 ounces or less. No other alcoholic containers are allowed, cans or bottles.

But you guessed it: There are special rules on to-go cups just in this Festival Area on March 15 and March 16.

Are the bars closed on Sunday?

“Festival Area,” what is it tho?

YES AND NO. It’s as illegal here as anywhere else. Local police confiscate about 100 fake IDs a year during St. Patrick’s Day, and promise even more of a ramped-up effort to bust underage drinkers, including the use of plainclothes officers.

If your bartender asks to see your ID, don’t give them a hard time about it. They are trying to keep their job, keep from getting busted, and keep the place in business.

NOT this Sunday. The City of Savannah is allowed one day a year to exempt local bars that don’t serve food from closing on Sundays. This year bars which don’t offer food service, or make less than 50 percent of their revenue from food, WILL be allowed to open on Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day, if they choose to do so.

public indecency (i.e. peeing in public), or things of that nature, you’ll be taken in front of a judge right there, and given an opportunity to pay your fine and settle the case. Otherwise, you have to be back in Savannah in the middle of April.

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HERE’S the deal: For this two-day “Festival Period” from Friday-Saturday, the rules change in the “Festival Area,” aka “The Control Zone.”

To use to-go cups between River Street to the north, East Broad on the east, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on the west, and to the south from Broughton Lane to Drayton, where it moves north to Bay Lane, you must buy a wristband at $10 a day.

The cost of the wristbands goes to pay bands and pay for cleanup and other things which make our fine Festival possible.

Wristbands needed Fri. 10 a.m.-midnight and Saturday, March 16, post-parade until midnight.

Note you don’t need a wristband during the parade proper on Saturday morning/ early afternoon, and none at all on Sunday.

You also don’t need a wristband to drink inside a bar or restaurant.

Ten bucks? Nah, we’ll just get turnt inside my car. That’s my “Festival Area,” lol.

NO. That’s more accurately described as the “DUI Area.”

Everybody says Savannah is super chill about underage drinking, that true?

Y’all just legalized weed in the SAV, right?

NOT exactly. Penalties for being caught with an ounce or less of pot are reduced to a $150 fine and no arrest or jail time. HOWEVER that is only in City of Savannah limits. That should cover you for most of the celebration, unless you go to Tybee Island or anywhere outside Savannah proper.

But also keep in mind that cops catching you with weed gives them probable cause to more closely explore anything else you might be up to.

What if I get busted for breaking any of your dumb rules?

FOR non-violent infractions, we have something new this year: A pop-up Recorder’s Court in Chippewa Square, in the

YASSS! Scored a parking spot on the parade route! We’ll just take this yellow bag off the meter, the one that says “No Parking.” No one will know, right?

NO one except the police and the tow truck driver. You can’t park on the parade route, dummy!

Towing begins 6 a.m. Saturday morning.

Owners of towed cars must get a release form from police HQ at Habersham and Oglethorpe. And then you’ll be dealing with a tow company the rest of your St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah. Good luck!

Meters & Time Zones WILL be enforced Friday, but NOT Saturday/Sunday.

We can tailgate in the parking garage right?

NOPE, tailgating from vehicles & loitering in the garage is prohibited, but the City strongly encourages use of our many fine garages for parking.

Bryan Street Garage, State Street Garage, Liberty Street Garage, the Robinson Garage, and the Whitaker Street Garage underneath Ellis Square will be open to the public during the festival for $20 a day Friday and Saturday.

Vehicles parking in garage on the parade route will not be allowed to exit until after the parade ends. Be ready to wait.

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Oh well. Hey, I gotta pee. Any porta– potties in this town?

YES we have Uber and yes we wear shoes. We even have electricity now. There will be designated Uber/Lyft/rideshare dropoff/pickup points at the west end of the Festival Zone on Indian Street.

Where all the scooters at?

NOT here. Savannah has banned the electric scooters like Bird and Lime that have popped up in many other cities. The great news is that Savannah is very walkable and that’s the best way to enjoy St. Patrick’s shenanigans here.

WE will have what’s called in the business a Crap Ton of portable toilets. Most are along the route itself or nearby adjacent squares. Bull Street, Abercorn Street, and Bay Street are your best bets. River Street will have nearly 100 from one end to the other, and City Market will have about 20.

The City of Savannah has public restrooms at Ellis Square.

No worries, I’ll just whip it out right here. Pee selfie!

NO! Please refrain from relieving yourself al fresco—public urination is the single most “popular” reason to get arrested on St. Patrick’s Day here.

Our dog will love the parade. We had the really unique idea to put a green bandana on him. We’re positive no What are the best feeds to follow one else will think of doing that on for breaking news? Holla at ya boy.

St. Patrick’s Day. Also, we’ll let him THE City of Savannah is tweeting go off-leash in crowds. He loves breaking festival updates at @savstpat small children, don’t worry.

Savannah PD tweets at @savpolice NOT actually questions. But no, pets aren’t allowed in the Festival Area. The only exceptions are service dogs and residents walking their own dogs, and those absolutely must be on leashes.

Our Twitter and Insta handle is: @connectsavannah But just as you don’t drink and drive, don’t text and drive either! It’s illegal in Georgia. CS

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THE Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade — held on March 16 this year — is generally considered the second largest in the country, after only New York’s.

As anyone who has marched in it will attest, it is the longest such parade pretty much anywhere.

At over 3 miles and 3 hours long, with about 300 total units, it is a marathon trek not only for participants, but sometimes for watchers as well.

While a city-wide celebration, our parade is technically a privately organized event, by the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, which gets a permit just like any other group that wants to march would.

Key points to remember: TOP O’ THE MORNIN’. For many members of Savannah’s Irish Catholic community, the day starts early indeed, with Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.

Another early morning phenomenon happens when some families and groups

gather at 6 a.m. to “claim” prime paradewatching space in various squares of the City. (Technically it is illegal to camp out overnight to claim a space.)

One of the main spots for this activity is Chippewa Square, the one with the statue of Georgia’s founder, Gen. James Oglethorpe.

However, because so much trash was left in that square last year, the City is cracking down. No tables or tents will be allowed in the square, and they are asking that everyone bring non-Styrofoam coolers, i.e. the type you’ll bring back home with you instead of leaving in the square.

Every year, tons of people, mostly tourists, just assume they’ll be able to drive right into the heart of downtown right before the parade and get a great spot.

As many downtown routes are shut down for the parade, these folks are always disappointed and always look like idiots trying to back up and/or turn around.

Don’t be an idiot.

CROWD CONTROL: The squares along Abercorn tend to be by far the most crowded parade-watching areas. If you’re looking for a bit less crowded scene (but still pretty darn crowded), venture north to Broughton and Bay Streets or closer to the end of the parade route.

BOOZE CLUES: Savannah’s to-go cup tradition means those of age can carry a 16 oz. or less alcoholic beverage (no glass) in all public areas of the “Festival Zone.”

But only if you’re 21 and up! An epidemic of underage drinking has prompted local police to ramp up efforts to crack down, including plainclothes officers.

While to enjoy to-go cups Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to midnight you are urged to purchase a $10 per day wristband from one of the many kiosks, there will be NO enforcement of wristbands during the parade itself. And if you aren’t going to drink alcohol you don’t need a wristband at all. You also don’t need a wristband to drink inside establishments.

THE MAIN EVENT: The parade itself cranks up a little after 10 a.m. and finishes up somewhere in the 2 p.m. range.

Yes, the parade actually goes the “wrong way” around the squares. This tweak is designed to make entry/exit of emergency personnel more feasible.

If you hear very loud booms, don’t freak out: There are some floats which utilize fake cannon shots.

Speaking of this, the funny older dudes dressed in kitschy costumes on equally kitschy floats are the Alee Temple Shriners, who raise money for children’s hospitals.

The families ambling along with green jackets and clothes, and occasionally with babies in strollers, are members of various local Irish societies.

This may seem odd or anachronistic to outsiders, but these marchers are technically the reason we have this parade honoring Savannah’s long Irish heritage. CS

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If you drive

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!

We don’t recommend driving downtown on parade day. But here are some tips if you do PARKING anywhere near downtown on St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah requires the luck of the Irish. Some years you get lucky, most years you don’t.

Fortunately there are several options for those opting to drive close to the festival area.

NO parking meter enforcement will take place Saturday of this week, as a nod to the parade that day. So you’ve got that going for you.

All parking hours and rates WILL be enforced on Friday, March 15.

City of Savannah Parking Garages, March 15-March 16

PHOTO BY JOHN ALEXANDER

The City of Savannah runs several large and modern garages for your convenience.

Special event pricing of $20 per day will apply.

City officials caution that if you do park in a garage for St. Patrick’s Day, there might be a substantial wait to get out after the parade until traffic is cleared and all normal routes are restored.

The Mobility and Parking Services Department is offering pre-sale parking spaces for Saturday, March 16 for $20 at the following locations: Visitor’s Center Parking Lot, 301 Martin Luther King Jr. Bryan Street Garage, 100 East Bryant Street Liberty Street Garage, 301 West Liberty Street Robinson Garage, 132 Montgomery Street State Street Garage, 100 East State Street Whitaker Street Garage, 7 Whitaker Street Curtis B. Cooper Parking Lot, 122 Barr Street Pre-sale spaces, if still available, are sold at the Bryan Street Parking Garage, at 100 E. Bryan Street. For more information, call 912-651-6477.

Vehicles parking before 6 a.m. must

purchase a pass. Vehicles not displaying a pass will be cited. RV and Motor Coach parking is permitted and limited during the festival. If any vehicle leaves during the festival, the parking space is not guaranteed.

Parking on Hutchinson Island

Paid parking is available across the Savannah River on Hutchinson Island at the Savannah Convention Center, with downtown accessible via the FREE Water Belles Ferry system.

Parking for St. Patrick’s Day events will be available at the Savannah Convention Center the following days: Friday-Sunday, March 15-17, $20 per day Free Water Ferry will run from 7:00 am – 12:20am all days. Friday and Saturday, only the Waving Girl Landing is in operation.

On Sunday March 17 the City Hall Landing will also be operating.

NOTE: Vehicles can be left overnight only on these dates.

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On-street Parking

Towing along the parade route and staging area will begin at 6 a.m. March 16, and they mean business.

If you see a bag over a meter saying you can’t park there because of the parade, that means... don’t park there. You’ll definitely get towed.

Regular parking meter hours and rates WILL be enforced Friday March 15, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. But parking meters will NOT be enforced Saturday, parade day.

All other parking violations, like blocking a fire hydrant, etc., will be enforced as usual, all days.

Do NOT park in our bike lanes – they are for bikes. You will be ticketed.

Private Lots

Some church lots and other privately owned lots charge for parking on St. Patrick’s Day. While these are almost always legit, use at your own discretion, and lock your car and secure all your valuables. CS

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Tips for navigating the celebration without your own vehicle DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH was designed for horse and carriage. It is already crowded enough on a regular day, considering tourist and local vehicle traffic, tourist trolleys, rideshare vehicles, and yes, horses and carriages.

St. Patrick’s Day is on a whole other level. We strongly recommend not taking your private vehicle into the festival area, on the parade day or the rest of the festival.

There’s also this thing called a DUI you really want to avoid.....

Here’s a roundup of helpful information:

Parade Shuttle

In partnership with City of Savannah and City of Port Wentworth officials, Chatham Area Transit (CAT) will operate several shuttles on March 16 to get people to downtown activities quickly and easily The shuttles cost $5 roundtrip and wristbands may be purchased prior to boarding at these locations: • Westside Shopping Center on Hwy 80 in Garden City, • Eastside at the Island Towne Centre on Whitemarsh Island near Walmart on

Hwy 80, • Southside at the rear of Savannah Mall, at the old Virginia College building facing Shawnee Street and • Port Wentworth at Rice Creek School, 100 Mulberry Avenue.

The shuttles begin operating at 7 a.m. and begin return trips from the downtown Savannah JMR Transit Center, at 610 W. Oglethorpe Ave. at noon.

The return shuttles will operate until 4 p.m. After this time, customers will need to ride other scheduled CAT buses, which will be free, back to their parked vehicles.

CAT’s fixed-route buses and paratransit services (for people with disabilities) will be fare-free on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16. However, many buses will be operating on detours during the Saturday parade.

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Chatham Area Transit will run their usual fixed route service each day FREE OF CHARGE on Friday March 15 and Saturday March 16.

This is another great way to get around town without bothering with finding a parking space or getting a DUI. (To be clear: The special parade day shuttle mentioned above is $5 round trip.

That is not a usual fixed route.)

Uber/Lyft/Rideshare

All the usual rideshare apps will be available throughout the festival (including surge rates when applicable of course).

Very Important: This year there will be a designated rideshare dropoff point downtown for the celebration, at the west end

of the Historic District on Indian Street.

No other through traffic will be allowed through there, it’s just for rideshare and motorcoaches.

We cannot speak for the individual drivers or companies but it would be best to limit your dropoff requests to that area if only to avoid any further congestion downtown.

From Pooler

There is a privately run round trip shuttle running between Pooler and downtown from Friday, March 15, 10:30 a.m.midnight, through Saturday, March 16, 7 a.m.-midnight. They leave every half hour on the hour, with a pickup point at Molly McPherson’s in Pooler and dropoff at the official rideshare/motorcoach spot on Indian Street in downtown Savannah.

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DON’T forget about the option to just ride your bikes into town! It’s so easy that a lot of people forget to think about it.

While Savannah’s bicycling infrastructure is in many ways not as complete or as friendly as it could be, there are some key bike routes.

Combine that with our flat topography and you have a viable option that gives you dependable car-free transportation for the St. Patrick’s Day festival.

The main bike routes north into downtown are on Lincoln Street (northbound traffic only) and Habersham Street.

Lincoln Street is a heavily trafficked route on Parade Day morning, so keep your head on a swivel.

Note: The Lincoln Street bike lane is unusual in that the lane is on the left side of this one-way, northbound road.

If you haven’t used the Lincoln Street bike lane lately, you’ll see that it is now green. No, it’s not just for St. Patrick’s Day. The green color has been applied over the last month to add safety benefits (Learn more here: https://nacto. org/publication/urban-bikeway-designguide/bikeway-signing-marking/ colored-bike-facilities/) The main bike route south out of downtown is on Price Street (southbound traffic only). This is a more standard bike lane than Lincoln Street, but you should still keep aware.

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Tips for bicycling into the St. Patrick’s Day celebration

Last year, immediately after the parade ended, drivers crowded into the bike lane in an attempt to get out of the Historic District as quickly as possible. We recommend lingering downtown a bit to allow these impatient and potentially dangerous drivers to clear out of our city.

Washington Avenue is a welldesigned east/west corridor to use to get to the aforementioned north/south routes.

It can be difficult to walk a bicycle through throngs of revelers, so consider locking your bike to a bike rack just outside the main party zones. For instance, if you plan to watch the parade from Calhoun Square, consider locking your bike to the rack near the United Way building on Monterey Square.

Our good friends at Bike Walk Savannah also offer this sage advice: “If you are planning to ride your bike on the big day, make sure to bring lights, in case you stay out later than you thought you would, and your lock to protect your bike from mischief. And, of course, wear a helmet and stay alert for impaired, distracted and aggressive drivers.”

Don’t have lights? Get a free set from Bike Walk Savannah, along with a free bicycle safety check on Thursday, March 14, 7-9:30 p.m. at 1301 Lincoln St. If you bike has been hibernating all winter, bring it down for tire inflation, chain lubrication, brake check, and other adjustments. That way you’ll know your bike is good to go (and good to get you back home).

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The Hunsingers’ potluck always garners an eclectic crowd.

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The ‘Crack O’ Dawn’ breakfast has brought together movers and shakers since 1972.

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Family traditions are the story of St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah

BY JESSICA FARTHING LOGISTICALLY, the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Savannah is a challenging event.

From where to park, where to stand or even where to go to the bathroom, local families have their own methods for enjoying the day.

One thing is for sure, the key to a successful parade is not the amount of food packed or how elaborate the presentation, it’s the time spent catching up with family and friends at Savannah’s biggest party.

Getting Ready for the Day

The Crack O’ Dawn breakfast has been hosting parade committee, Irish families and friends and notable movers and shakers in Savannah since 1972. It started with Mike Foran (2016’s Grand Marshal) and a

bunch of his Benedictine classmates meeting before they marched in the parade.

Now, as it has grown, Crack O’ Dawn is hosted by the Blackburn, Foran and Hogan families, serving a delicious, catered hot meal in an empty lot converted to an Irish breakfast.

The signature items are the cheese biscuits that Jay Blackburn’s grandmother and his mom made from scratch, green grits, eggs, ham and sausage — though the most popular part of the buffet is the full bar.

There have been scores of impressive guests over the years, from Mayors Rousakis, Adams, Johnson, Jackson and DeLoach to council members, city administrators, Georgia State Representatives and gubernatorial candidates.

Marty Hogan believes in extending invitations across party lines, “Republican or Democrat, it doesn’t matter.”

In true Savannah Irish hospitality, once invited, people are always on the guest list.

To handle 25 years of invitations, the families have hired the Diplomat on Drayton Street to provide the food for this year’s crowd.

The Best Location, By Accident

Peggy Mowers worked for Jack Kingston just as he was elected to Congress. Knowing visibility was important, he planned to march in the parade.

With young children, she didn’t want to walk with the rest of the staff, setting up close to the local news station. As it turned out, this spot was perfect, with all the bands stopping and performing for cameras.

At the time, she had no idea that it would grow into a lifetime event for her family as well as their guests, “We’ve been doing this for 25 years. We’ve always included people who didn’t have a spot. We can have up to 50 people.”

Peggy tries to always bring a hot, hearty food item like jambalaya, green grits or shrimp casserole, the paper products and decorations for the tables, but the guests are responsible for bringing the other foods. They end up with baked goods, chicken nuggets and finger sandwiches,

The Ryans enjoy family time in Madison Square.

among other easy-to-carry items.

They set up a separate dessert table and one for hot food and sides and a totally different table ass a working bar, “We tell people to bring what they want to drink and everyone shares.”

Peggy and several in her crowd have Benedictine Cadets marching the long parade, “We always make individual sandwiches and put them in the cooler for our sons. The food is looking pretty rough by the time they finish and can run out. We make sure that we save items for after the parade.”

Keep it Easy

Donna Moody and her family have been setting up in Calhoun Square for over 30 years. Her two grown sons and son-in-law start camping out around midnight the night before the parade, intent on securing their spot.

When the whistle is blown at 6 a.m., they claim the area and begin throwing up tents and banquet tables. Everyone in the square spreads together and Donna describes the result as a menagerie of food: “We have people that we’ve become friendly with just by being in the square.

We see them once a year.”

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The Mowers family has kept up their traditional gathering place for 25 years.

PHOTO COURTESY OF PEGGY MOWERS

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Donna used to do more cooking for the event, but decided a few years ago to keep it easy. She and her family make egg salad in tea sandwiches, chicken salad, homemade hamburger sliders, turtle brownies and her son’s favorite oatmeal cookies.

“People don’t want to get a plate and sit down. They just want to pick something up and be able to hold a drink in one hand and talk to their friends.”

The Moody family has a favorite drink to include in their packing. They bring all the supplies for Bloody Marys to enjoy on parade day.

When asked if they have any plans to change their family event, they don’t see themselves ever missing the parade: “It’s the beginning of spring for us. We wouldn’t miss it for anything. We love it.”

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When Kim Hunsinger’s children were little, she and a few moms wanted to claim good vantage spot to watch the parade.

They decided to set up on Broughton Street, which let them get ready before the 6 a.m. start. The families invited a few friends and a tradition was born, one that has grown remarkably over the years.

“We have around 30-40 people. The same 10-12 are always involved and then they invite friends and whoever wants to hang out.” The group sends out a Facebook invite that can be forwarded to interested guests, instructing them to ‘bring a chair and a dish to share’.

“It’s basically potluck. Everyone who comes brings something. There are a few things that haven’t changed since the beginning, the mimosas from Ned Rinalducci starting in the morning and throughout the day and the corned beef sliders. Everything else that people bring

is a surprise.”

With one child in college and one in high school, she appreciates the day for the family time it provides: “My favorite part is that they are so old and the tradition has still stuck. It doesn’t matter how old they’ve gotten. They are with me on St. Patrick’s Day, which is so cool.”

Where the Parade Ends

Shirley and Tony Ryan set up in Madison Square, which isn’t even on the parade route. Tony and most of the family is in the parade, but they needed a meeting place when the marching was over. “We wanted to stay around downtown, but it’s so hard to go to bars and pubs with children.”

For around 30 years, the Ryan’s, their children and grandchildren and extended family have been packing up a simple picnic of beer, drinks, water and corned beef or ham sandwiches to hand to the parade participants when they finished the route.

Shirley has a sandwich ready for everyone finishing the parade: “By the time they get in they are so hungry.”

Son and daughter-in-law Reid and Dawn Ryan have learned to bring their foldable aluminum beach cart to make transport easier. When the Liberty Street parking garage began selling parking, the family jumped at the chance to purchase a spot for the day to keep the car in close proximity to the event. The grandchildren are tasked with hauling the items in the cart back and forth from the parking garage.

After the parade disbands, if the weather is nice, the family spends time in the park.

This is one of the best parts of the day for the Ryans. “It’s about seeing old friends, honoring our ancestors and hanging with our kids, grandkids and family,” Tony says, “That’s what it’s all about.” CS

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Blarney Stone comes to Savannah for good causes

Foundation, 100 Black Men, Tybee Island Marine Science Center, Employability,

BY ORLANDO MONTOYA Alee Temple and Friends of Cockspur Island Lighthouse.

The recipient groups will provide volunA PIECE of the Blarney Stone is coming to teers to staff the stone, collect donations Savannah’s River Street. And for four days and keep the lines orderly in the day and this St. Patrick’s Day weekend, you can kiss evening. Overnight, the stone will have it and create more than just luck. You’ll security, don’t worry. It’ll be under a lit be helping to start something that could 30x30 ft. tent to ensure that for a picture, grow into a Savannah tradition with lastyou make a donation. ing impact.

The suggested donation will be five “The Savannah Blarney Stone concept dollars. “Even if we capture a small perhas been years in the making,” says Dr. centage of all the tourists coming to Sidney Smith, dermaSt. Patrick’s Day and tologist, solar power beyond, we’ll still have promoter and philancreated a sustainable thropist. “Without fund for the charities,” the participation and says Sandra Champion, dedication from many part of the Savannah of our local citizens, this Blarney Stone group. opportunity would not Champion let me see be possible.” the stone at its permaSmith’s idea was nent home, Cohen’s infectiously simple: Buy Retreat, where it sits on a piece of the Blarney a concrete slab, under a Stone (actually a 485 lb. large red awning and in rock from the Blarney a beautiful wood case Castle Estate, where the designed in Bulloch legendary stone resides), County. I imagine wedbring it to the South’s dings or events might biggest Irish party and use the stone there. But have people kiss it to that’s just my idea. raise money for various Sandra Champion with the Savannah Of course, you might Blarney Stone at its permanent home charities. be wondering about at Cohen’s Retreat.

The fundraising the stone’s authenticpotential seemed enority. Is it the real thing? mous. And that’s when other great ideas The Internet is littered with stories about spawned: Make it an annual event. Invest pieces of the Blarney Stone being in this half the money each year in trust funds to place or that place. Usually these stories create revenue well into the future. Build end up being lots of, well, blarney. They’re business and educational partnerships to fakes. amplify the impact.

Well, I reached out to the Blarney Estate “The inspiration for the Savannah Blar- in Cork, Ireland. And a spokesperson ney Stone was our desire and commitment confirms that they sent Dr. Smith a stone to give back to the Savannah community from the Blarney Estate as a “one-off” for and her non-profit charitable organizacharity. I think this makes the Savannah tions,” Smith says. The stone promises to Blarney Stone extra special. No one has be a year-round organization with its main anything like it. event in March.

As to whether this particular stone will Every year, Smith and his Savannah have the same lucky powers as those of its Blarney Stone organization will select fabled cousin – the one you have to lean 10 different charities in a formal applicabackwards for – you’ll just have to kiss and tion process. For this inaugural year, they see, won’t you? We know it has beneficial chose the charities more informally. None powers to do good work in our community. of the charities have really big budgets. So The stone will be open for kissing on the impact will be real.

Rousakis Plaza (River Street) near the This year’s recipients are: Fresh Air large anchor monument (Abercorn Street Home, Girls on the Run, Heads Up GuidRamp) from March 15-18. CS ance, Deep Center, Ossabaw Island

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Ember City

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A city of sound

Your downtown live music guide

BY SEAN KELLY

sean@connectsavannah.com

CRANFORD HOLLOW @RIVER STREET CRAIC STAGE

Hilton Head’s Cranford Hollow is an Americana and Southern Rock band that boasts influences like the Avett Brothers and Johnny Cash.

Fri., March 15, 5:30 P.M.

IN FOR A PENNY @RIVER STREET CRAIC STAGE

Savannah is lucky to have its own Celtic punk band, and even luckier that said band is In For A Penny. The group formed in 2015 and has spent the last few years playing regularly around St. Patrick’s Day. They’re not together too often these days, so don’t miss your chance to see their Irish punk madness.

Fri., March 15, 8 P.M.

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Wild Planes is a straight up rock and roll experience. The band, from New City, New York, has played some big gigs over the last several years and comes to Savannah having toured with major artists and cut their teeth on the road in a major way. They’re currently prepping their debut album.

Fri., March 15, 10 P.M.

EMBER CITY @RIVER STREET EIRE STAGE

Local rockers Ember City have spent the last few years playing a heavy mix of alternative and grunge-influenced rock, playing steady gigs around Georgia and South Carolina promoting their engaging songs and exciting show.

Fri., March 15, 3 P.M.

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band High Velocity plays twice on the City Market stage for this year’s festivities.

Fri., March 15, 6 P.M. / Sat., March 16, 9 P.M.

GLAMNATION @WILD WING CITY MARKET BUD LIGHT STAGE

Savannah is lucky to have some solid hair metal representation at this year’s celLYN AVENUE @CITY MARKET 8 MILE BEND @CITY MARKET ebration, and Glamnation is sure to deliver.

The Charleston-based band brings hard EIRE STAGE PATAGONIA CERVEZA STAGE Local country/Americana duo Lyn Join Savannah’s own 8 Mile Bend as they rock hits from the 80s to town, along with Avenue plays the Eire Stage amid a steady bring their rock and roll to the City Market big hair and spandex, of course. schedule, boasting authentic country stage. The band boasts diverse influences Sat., March 16, 8:30 P.M. melodies and a knack for roots-based like Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, and the Allsongwriting. Both members of the longman Brothers - making their music unique SHEHEHE @THE JINX Athens punk rockers SHEHEHE headrunning duo are seasoned performers and and not to be missed if you’re celebrating in line The Jinx’s celebration on the 16th. The their show is sure to be a special one.

City Market. band has become known for their incredFri., March 15, 5:30 P.M. Fri., March 15, 9 P.M. / Sat., March ible stage show and equally incredible 16, 3 P.M. STRANGE BOAT @CITY music since forming in 2011, and they’ve JACK LOVE BAND @CITY MARKET EIRE STAGE made The Jinx their home base in town.

Savannah’s own Strange Boat is a unique MARKET PATAGONIA Also on the bill are Anders Thompsen Trio, band, blending Celtic folk and acoustic CERVEZA STAGE Damon & the Shitkickers, and more.

Long-running country band the Jack rock effortlessly with traditional Celtic Sat., March 16, 1:30 P.M. Love Band plays twice this year, bringinstruments like tin whistle, mandolin, DOT.S @EL ROCKO LOUNGE ing their talents to the City Market stage and fiddle. Don’t miss them if you love Atlanta’s DOT.s brings their signature among a diverse lineup of acts across a Irish music. synth pop sound to El Rocko amid the St. variety of genres. Fans of classic country Fri., March 15, 7:30 P.M. Paddy’s Day celebrations in town. If you’re songs and instrumentation will dig their SQUASH @RIVER STREET into bands like LCD Soundsystem, you sound.

SLAINTE STAGE won’t want to miss this show.

Fri., March 15, 3 P.M. / Sat., March Locals Squash combine elements of funk 16, 6 P.M. Sat., March 16, 9 P.M. and rock with jam band tendencies and TRAIL DIVER @BARRELHOUSE progressive influences to create something TOKYO JOE @WILD WING CITY MARKET BUD LIGHT STAGE SOUTH uniquely theirs. They come to the River Capping Wild Wing’s Bud Light stage in Jacksonville’s Trail Diver comes to BarStreet celebration amid a jam-packed relhouse on St. Paddy’s Day, bringing their schedule that keeps them playing regularly City Market, Columbia, South Carolina’s Tokyo Joe is a high-energy rock and pop unique brand of Electronica mixed with around town. band that has been working for more than Acid Funk along with them. It’s sure to be a Fri., March 15, 6:30 P.M. 20 years. party whenever they’re in town, but it cerBOTTLES & CANS @RIVER Fri., March 15, 8:30 P.M. tainly helps that they’re here on maybe the STREET CEOL STAGE biggest party of the year.

Savannah’s own Bottles & Cans plays WHISKEY RUN @WILD WING Sun., March 17, 5 P.M. the Ceol Stage, bringing their brand of CITY MARKET BUD LIGHT XULUPROPHET @THE JINX blues and rock along with them. The band STAGE Playing country and rock covers from Savannah’s own pyschedelic funk and has become known over the last 10 years or reggae band Xuluprophet takes the Jinx so as maybe the foremost blues-influenced a variety of eras, Augusta’s Whiskey Run comes to town with a solid reputation and stage on St. Paddy’s day, doing an early group in the area. tons of shows under their belt - faithfully show to help you unwind from the weekFri., March 15, 7 P.M. and lovingly providing an eclectic mix of end’s festivities. The band has become a HIGH VELOCITY @CITY music for audiences all over. staple in the local scene, and their St. PadMARKET PATAGONIA Sat., March 16, 5:30 P.M. dy’s show is the perfect way to spend the CERVEZA STAGE most Irish day of the year.

Bloomingdale-based Southern Rock Sun., March 17, 4 P.M.

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Joint operation leads to seizure of Ecstasy

Two people remain in custody following a joint operation that led to a large seizure of ecstasy.

On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) was working a joint operation with the Savannah Police Department’s Violent Crimes Task Force. Undercover CNT agents were in the area of Waters Avenue and Victory Drive when they identified a vehicle of interest that was believed to be involved in narcotics activity. Surveillance was maintained on the vehicle and law enforcement made contact with the vehicle in the area of Bee Road near Anderson Street.

A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of more than 3,400 individual methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) pills, more commonly known as Ecstasy. CNT arrested 21-year-old Oronda Oberry of Savannah and 20-year-old Oronda Hamilton of Atlanta. Both Oberry

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and Hamilton were charged with Trafficking a Controlled Substance and remain in the Chatham County Detention Center. A vehicle was also seized.

The seized drugs have an estimated street value of up to $68,000.

This is an ongoing investigation and additional arrests are possible.

Fatal crash on Whitaker Street

Savannah Police’s Traffic Investigation Unit is investigating a crash that resulted in one death and numerous injuries on March 7.

About 12:30 p.m., a Honda CRV driven

by Mark Greely, 44, of Richmond Hill, was traveling south on Whitaker Street approaching Victory Drive. The vehicle was also occupied by two passengers – Claudia Greely, 41, of Richmond Hill, and John Henry, of Indiana, Penn. At the same time, a Toyota Camry driven by Larry Cope, 24, of Savannah, was traveling west on Victory Drive approaching Whitaker Street. The vehicle was also occupied by two passengers – Jabria Cope, 19, and Kamri Hazel-Young, 23, both of Savannah.

According to a preliminary investigation, it appears to Greely had a medical episode resulting in him running the red light at Victory Drive and Whitaker Street and crashing into the passenger side of the

on surveillance footage taking multiple rolls of lottery tickets before exiting the business.

With a community member’s assistance, the suspect was identified as Deddrick Jackson, 31. On Friday, March 8, Jackson was arrested and transported to CCDC without incident.

Lucky Charms? Or Ecstasy? It’s Ecstasy.

Camry. The impact resulting in both vehicles rotating and striking a building wall, utility pole and traffic control box.

Jabria Cope died as a result of her injuries. All other persons, with the exception of Mark Greely, sustained serious injuries as a result of the crash.

Police arrest suspect in lottery tickets theft

The Savannah Police Southside Precinct detectives have identified a suspect who stole rolls of lottery tickets from a convenience store on February 18.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect made entry into Lucky’s Convenience Mart located on the 1000 block of Abercorn Street while the business was closed. The suspect was caught

SPD detectives seek shoplifting suspect

Eastside Precinct detectives are seeking to identify a suspect who has been seen on surveillance video shoplifting from Savannah-area Home Depot stores on several occasions.

The suspect is described as a white male with a brown beard. He was seen traveling in a white Toyota Prius.

Anyone with information on their identities or the incident should contact Eastside Precinct detectives at (912) 5253100 ext. 1744. Information can also be forwarded to CrimeStoppers at (912) 2342020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward. CS ALL CASES FROM RECENT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INCIDENT REPORTS. GIVE ANONYMOUS CRIME TIPS TO CRIMESTOPPERS AT 912/234-2020 OR TEXT CRIMES (274637) USING KEYWORD CSTOP2020.

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What’s in a Name?

Unfortunately named Johna MartinezMeth, 46, of Clearlake, California, was sentenced on Feb. 21 for involuntary manslaughter stemming from a delivery she made to Adrian Sepulveda, an inmate at California Medical Facility in Vacaville, in May 2018. Sepulveda, who died on May 28, 2018, was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder when MartinezMeth visited him; an autopsy showed that shortly after her visit, Sepulveda had swallowed multiple balloons filled with methamphetamine, Fox News reported.

A subsequent search of Martinez-Meth’s home uncovered meth and balloons. She pleaded guilty to the charges and will serve two years.

Legal Shenanigans

San Juan County (Washington) Sheriff Ron Krebs is on the hot seat after Superior Court Judge Kathryn Loring accidentally discovered a disturbing video. On Jan. 31, Loring was sitting at the desk of the court administrator when she noticed video from a courthouse camera on the computer screen. As she watched, the camera panned and zoomed in on the jury box and counsel tables -- settling on Juror No. 3’s notes and a legal pad belonging to Public Defender Colleen Kenimond -- right in the middle of a misdemeanor assault and trespassing trial for Lopez Island resident Dustin Schible. According to the Seattle Times, Loring alerted Superior Court Judge Donald Eaton to the video, and Eaton dismissed the charges against Schible, citing government misconduct.

Krebs, who controls the cameras, said he was concerned about the defendant, who had threatened to stab a Lopez Island grocer. He claimed he didn’t pass on anything he saw with the camera, and County Prosecutor Randall Gaylord said no one in his office received any information from Krebs. “We are independently elected officials,� Gaylord said, distancing himself from Krebs.

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Attorneys in Maryville, Tennessee, are debating the merits of a felony case brought against Howard Matthew Webb, 31, after he -- proceed with caution here -dipped his testicles in a takeout container of salsa that his companion was delivering along with Mexican food. As the two ferried the food on Jan. 12, Webb took his boys for a swim while he recorded the act, and the driver laughed and said, “This is what you get when you give an 89-cent tip for an almost 30-minute drive.� Webb is heard saying, “Oh, oh, it feels so good.� The video made it to Facebook, and Webb was arrested on Feb. 22 for “adulteration of foods, liquids or pharmaceuticals,� a Class C felony. But three local attorneys told the

Knoxville News Sentinel that they don’t think the charge holds up. “It’s doubtful under these facts, no matter how outrageous, that this criminal offense could be proven,� said attorney Gregory P. Isaacs. “It appears salsa man may have committed an act for which the legislature has not yet contemplated the absurdity of.�

Bright Ideas

• The long, harsh winter must be getting to folks in Muskego, Wisconsin, to wit: Police were called to a home on Feb. 22 after “a big teddy bearâ€? was reported to be at a neighbor’s front door. As it turned out, the human-sized panda -- not native to the Badger State -- was a 48-year-old man who had been asked to check on the dogs and thought it would be funny to prank his neighbors through their security system. “I knew my neighbors had cameras, and I thought I was going to make the ordinary extraordinary and dress up in the panda suit,â€? the unnamed man told CBS 58.

Apparently he has also picked his daughter up at school and met her at the bus stop in the suit (pandas are her favorite animal). • Neighbors of Michal Prasek, 33, of Zdechov, Czech Republic, were rightly concerned about the animals living on his property. In 2016, Prasek bought a fullgrown lion, and two years later added a lioness, for breeding purposes. He built enclosures for them, defying government regulations, and would not allow authorities onto his property to investigate. BBC News reported on March 5 that Prasek’s project had met a tragic end: He was discovered by his father in the lion’s cage, mauled to death. The father said the cage had been locked from the inside. Police who were called to the scene killed the two lions in order to reach Prasek’s body.

Presumably grasping for a silver lining, Zdechov Mayor Tomas Kocourek commented: “Today’s incident will perhaps finally help to resolve this long-term problem.â€? Cold, dude. • Judith Streng and her son, Rod, traveled to Iceland in February, where they visited Diamond Beach, in Jokulsarlon. The tourist attraction features huge chunks of ice that have broken off a nearby glacier.

The Texas grandma saw other visitors having their pictures taken on a beached iceberg that was shaped like a throne, so she climbed aboard for her turn. That’s when a “sneaker wave� swept in and took Streng out into the lagoon. “A very large wave came in and kind of made the throne kind of rock,� she told ABC News. Streng was rescued by a boater, Randy Lacount of Florida, who happened to be nearby when she drifted away from shore. “You know I always wanted to be queen,� Streng said. “That was my chance.� CS

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THERE ARE many great Celtic punk and rock bands in the U.S., from the Dropkick Murphys to Flogging Molly to Black 47.

There’s no shortage of Irish punk in Canada too, and one could easily argue that The Peelers have been leading that charge.

The band, formed in the late 90s in Ontario, spent several years garnering a major fanbase and a constant touring schedule before going on hiatus around 2007. During their initial run, they came through Savannah a few times - shows that vocalist and guitarist Whiskey Dave speaks highly of.

A few years after reforming, the band is

set to return to the town on a run of shows around St. Patrick’s Day. Ahead of their show at The Jinx, which they’ll play alongside In For A Penny, we spoke to Whiskey Dave about their history, the genesis of Celtic punk rock, and more.

spot for a while.

We probably played in town about five or six times between 2001 and 2007. But we’ve been firing on all cylinders again since 2017, and have been getting a lot of requests to go down since then.

Do you have an idea of how long you’ve been coming to Savannah?

You mention the sort of wave of Celtic punk popularity around that time that really would’ve been the time that a lot of bands like Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly were experiencing maybe their most commercial success.

Whiskey Dave: We haven’t been there in a while, honestly. We started going to Savannah in 2001, and we played O’Connell’s on West Congress. The first time we played there, it went really well. We packed the place! I still have some great photos from that night - it was insane. We just rode some sort of wave of Celtic punk madness at that time. Then we just made it a regular

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“We started going to Savannah in 2001, and we played O’Connell’s on West Congress. The first time we played there, it went really well. We packed the place! I still have some great photos from that night - it was insane.” mainstream consciousness. The Murphys at that time were still relatively punk rock and I don’t think they’d added all the Celtic instruments in.

When we started, we were fans of The Pogues and we were also punk rock fans, and we were trying to figure out a way to put it all together. The Mahones were kind of the first ones in North America, but they never really got to the level of Flogging Molly. But definitely, we were definitely kind of riding that wave at the time.

It seems like most, if not all, of those bands at the time were really looking towards The Pogues in a lot of ways. They seemed to be the first ones to really ride the line in terms of the energy of punk rock mixed with Irish instrumentation.

The thing about the Pogues and Shane McGowan is that he came out of that scene in London in the late 70s. He put the band together with a bunch of guys who weren’t necessarily punk rock, but it was the attitude and the lyrics. It all kind of came out of that scene. And they were heavily involved with Joe Strummer at one point as well.

Shane McGowan is, in my opinion, one of the great poets of our time. It’s pretty incredible stuff.

Having taken a break and then getting back together to make a record in 2017, what was that process like? Did you have time to grow and evolve?

away some players. We all sort of took breaks - I think we pretty much got burned out on traveling and playing.

The thing about this genre is that it’s so tough to keep it going, and The Pogues are a great example of that. If you get into the whole “Irishness” of touring, there’s a lot of drinking and a lot of excess. The Pogues never went out on the road for very long because it was just such chaos.

I think that started to creep in on us as well. We’d go out for a couple of weeks and do some shows, and then come back just obliterated. It was tough, and I think we all just got burned out. And everyone’s life was changing to some degree, so we just sort of put it on the back burner.

Around 2013, my whistle player and I, the ones who’ve been there from the start, said, “Look, if we don’t make another record now we’re never going to do it.”

We just decided one day that that was what was going to happen, and just started making an album. It was a process - we started recording in October of 2013 and I think we released it on January 1st of 2017.

But we took our time doing it because we wanted to do it right, and it really paid off for us.

Our last two albums have been really well-received, and that’s why we do it. We just love it. If I wanted to be a rock star, I definitely wouldn’t have chosen Celtic punk as my conduit or vehicle [laughs]. CS

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Week at a Glance

Get the lowdown on all the great events occurring in this week and next In Print & Online.

HERLIN RILEY QUINTET / D E LV O N L A M A R R T R I O Thursday, April 4 at 5:30 and 8:30 pm

Full Schedule of Events Monday, April 1

Saturday, April 6

Thursday, April 11

12:30 pm

John Doyle

6 pm

Lars Vogt, piano

12:30 pm

Courtney Granger

11 am

tenThing

6 & 8:30 pm

Zydeco Dance Party: Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas

7 pm

Aaron Diehl Trio / Chris Pattishall Quintet

6 & 9 pm

Cajun Dance Party: Pine Leaf Boys / Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rôdailleurs

12:30 pm

Anda Union

6 pm

Jerusalem Quartet

7 pm

Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait

7:30 pm

Rhapsody in Blue and the Firebird Suite Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra with Marcus Roberts Sextet

7:30 pm

Union Tanguera and Kate Weare Company, a collaboration, Sin Salida

8 pm

Angélique Kidjo’s Remain in Light

7:30 pm

Charlie Hunter Trio Feat. Lucy Woodward

8 pm

Dimmer Twins / T. Hardy Morris

Tuesday, April 2

6 pm

Juho Pohjonen, piano

7:30 pm

The Del McCoury Band / Steep Canyon Rangers

12:30 pm

Aaron Diehl: Blues & The Spanish Tinge

8 pm

Fatoumata Diawara / Noura Mint Seymali

5 & 8 pm

John Pizzarelli Trio with Catherine Russell present: “Billie & Blue Eyes”

Friday, March 29 12:30 pm

6 pm

Mike + Ruthy of The Mammals

5:30 & 8:30 pm Asleep at the Wheel 6 pm

Daniel Hope & Friends I with Juho Pohjonen

7:30 pm

I’m With Her Sara Watkins • Sarah Jarosz • Aoife O’Donovan

8 pm

Daymé Arocena

8:30 pm

Asleep at the Wheel

Saturday, March 30 4 & 8 pm

John Medeski’s Mad Skillet/ Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen

6 pm

Dafnis Prieto Big Band

7 pm

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

7:30 pm

Punch Brothers

8:30 pm

Dafnis Prieto Big Band

Sunday, March 31 4 & 7 pm

Kat Edmonson / Jon Cleary

5 pm

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with Daniel Hope

Daniel Hope & Friends II with Lars Vogt

Wednesday, April 3 5 & 8 pm

John Pizzarelli Trio with Catherine Russell present: “Billie & Blue Eyes”

Thursday, April 4 11 am

Daniel Hope & Friends III

12:30 pm

Jerry Douglas, dobro

4 pm

Jazz on the River

5:30 & 8:30 pm

Herlin Riley Quintet / Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

7 pm

Andersson Dance & Scottish Ensemble: Goldberg Variations ternary patterns for insomnia

7:30 pm

5 pm

6 pm

Santiago Ballerini, tenor A Co-Production with Savannah VOICE Festival

Friday, April 12 11 am

tenThing

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COUNTRY WESTERNS is something of a supergroup, featuring members from a number of local indie rock notables including Bully. They haven’t been around for very long, but they’ve already established their own sound and won over audiences throughout the Southeast.

Founded by Joey Plunket and Brian Kotzur, the band - also featuring bandmates Reece Lazarus and Sabrina Rush - is bringing their show to Savannah for a gig at El Rocko Lounge on March 15.

“Me and Brian Kotzur started it together,” Plunket tells Connect. “He played in tons of bands around town, but he was playing only in a Grateful Dead cover band for a while. He told me at the

bar one night that his wife said he wasn’t allowed to do that anymore and that he had to start a cool band.”

The cool band begun soon after, with Kotzur and Plunket teaming up to write songs and try to put something together.

“We’ve probably been playing out for a year-and-a-half or two years. We started the idea maybe about three years ago, but the first year was just me and Brian hanging out in his garage,” Plunket says.

Though the pair shared similar musical tastes, Plunket says it was their personalities that made them feel a musical connection.

“We definitely have a lot of influences in common, but I think it was more of a personality thing. We’re not totally into just the same music. I think we just got along. We’re a pretty young band for what middle-aged people we are,” he says with

a laugh.

Lazarus was originally the band’s bass player, but moved to saxophone more recently. Lazarus came from Nashville buzz band Bully, and Rush - who took over bass duties for Lazarus - joined following a stint with Louisville band State Champions.

“We’re just really excited to get to work and to get to travel now. We’ve got a good lineup, and we’re having fun playing,” Plunket says.

“We really wanted to just have a real band. I love living in Nashville, but it’s a lot of people who do studio work or play with singer/songwriters. We just wanted to have more of a gang mentality and just be a goofy band together.”

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and collaborative something that the band will continue to explore following its upcoming run that brings them through Savannah.

“We only have the two singles out now. We’re kind of trying to stick with that format, but we’ve got a couple more in the can.

We’re hopefully going to record in New York soon, and might do some in Atlanta,” he says.

“We love it here and we have good lives here in Nashville, but the only reason we play music is so that we can get out of town, go see other places, and meet other people.”

As for starting a band in Nashville, Plunket says it’s not necessarily the best atmosphere for an upstart in his musical wheelhouse - though it’s been a good experience in terms of being able to network

t h e

and put themselves in the scene industry-wise.

“It’s a good place to play music if you really put yourself in the mix and get a lot of work playing music. But that’s not really our mentality. Not because we’re against it, but just because we’re lazy,” he says.

“It’s a great town, but there are just different approaches to how people want to do music here. All of them are valid, and we’re not out to prove anyone wrong.

We just do our thing.” CS

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hard journey to ‘Dying Star’ Nashville songwriter chats ahead of Savannah show with The Brothers Osborne

BY SEAN KELLY

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I’ve come across you describing yourself as a disciple of Townes Van Zandt and Kurt Cobain. Would you say that Townes and Nirvana were your foundation in terms of influence?

Kelly: Yeah, I loved Nirvana - specifically Kurt’s songwriting. But I loved how there was an authenticity in his toughness. I really connected with that sensibility. When Nirvana did MTV Unplugged, that was a big moment for me. Acoustic music that still had this, like, punk and anti-social, sensitive, inward looking heart about it. It just kind of filled my atmosphere. He was able to growl over an acoustic guitar but it still held up from a songwriting perspective.

My parents always had country music playing, so anything kind of folk-related seemed to be my bread and butter. Townes Van Zandt seemed to kind of embody what I saw in Kurt Cobain - this anarchist mentality about music, but also having respect for the beauty of art.

There does seem to be some level of connectivity there - Townes and Kurt both had a melancholic approach to songwriting. It’s cool that you sort of latched on to both of them, because they’re really unique songwriters.

Yeah, totally. I mean, I’ve always been attracted to the melancholic side of art. If you look at Van Gogh or listen to Beethoven, there’s something sad about it but there’s a joy that arises out of that melancholic feeling. I don’t know if it’s maybe a relief that you get from that kind of artistic expression, but that juxtaposition in art has always moved me the most.

It seems like this record took a long time to come to fruition, in terms of writing, and you had to overcome a lot along the way. Tell me how you got here and the journey that led to the record.

I would say that the past eight years of my life really led up to being able to make a record that encapsulated it all. I think that everyone goes through hurdles in their life, and some are taller than others. Some art mountains compared to stepping stones, and substance abuse just seemed like a

mountain that I was always climbing.

What’s ironic is that I was writing about all of these situations that I’d find myself in because of substance abuse.

I was in my early 20s, and whether it was a displacement or a fear of loss or, like, from all the moving I did - who the fuck knows the psychological reasons why someone abuses themselves in that way? I’d embarked on this path of self destruction and recovery, and then back to self destruction. It was just getting so tiresome, and culminated to an overdose.

At this point, I had just been writing nonstop - it was like my way of understanding myself through all of that muck. It had gotten to the point where I was just writing about writing, about trying to understand myself. You start cyclically repeating yourself and not having anything new. You slowly start feeling like not only is your physical health dilapidating, but the one thing that you were holding onto and valuing is also dilapidating and becoming a caricature of itself.

I realized that the only way out of this circus of a mindset was to get clean and stay that way. I didn’t know what that was going to look like, I didn’t know if I was going to go work at a fucking used car dealership after that, but I knew that artistic creation was always going to get me through to the other side. Once I got my head straight, I decided that the best way to finish this chapter in my life was to make a record about it.

Is there one song that you feel like best

encapsulates this record, or maybe that you’re particularly proud of?

I would have to say “Mercury.” If I could toot my own horn [laughs], I think it’s my favorite one for a variety of reasons.

It sums up my emotional situation at the time, and it created an emotional atmosphere for the record. It also has the most odd song structure on the record - there’s not really a verse and there’s not really a chorus. It originally had 12 verses, Dylanstyle. I just decided that it should be the opposite and kept it to just a paragraph.

I think I also just felt it the most, when I was doing vocals. I’m proud of that one, totally.

Looking back now, you’ve come a really long way. You got married, you put out this record that people love, you’re touring a lot - do you ever look back and go, “I can’t believe I got here”?

Yeah, man. There were times that I just thought that nobody would care about what I did. To be able to, like, go to a city where I’ve never been before and see people singing every word and crying, that’s surreal. It’s really surreal, and I’m really thankful for that because I’m that kid too.

I just happen to be on the other side of that at this stage in my life. CS

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WHEN YOU listen to Dying Star, the debut album from songwriter Ruston Kelly, it makes the road he took to get to that result even more difficult to comprehend.

Kelly has had a whirlwind few years, writing songs not only for his own project but also for a variety of other artists like Tim McGraw. Dying Star boasts great songs as well as an impressive guest list that includes Joy Williams as well as Kelly’s wife, Kacey Musgraves.

The good fortune he’s experiencing in his life currently came following many years of struggle, which for all intents and purposes culminated to a drug overdose that found him seriously reevaluating the path he was on. Those dark times are on display in the most poetic ways with Dying Star, and he’s currently taking the album on the road supporting The Brothers Osborne.

That tour lands in Savannah on March 15 at the Johnny Mercer Theater, and we spoke to Kelly ahead of his show in town.

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HIGH SOUTH @ROASTING ROOM LOUNGE

Nashville’s High South takes cues from the folk rock and classic rock of the ‘70s, with their music often compared to The Eagles and Crosby, Stills, & Nash. They’ve got the 70s style down, too. Don’t miss them at the Roasting Room in Bluffton, one of the best rooms the Lowcountry has to offer.

FRI., MARCH 15, 8 P.M., $20

ELIZABETH GHANDOUR @EL ROCKO LOUNGE

Minneapolis’ Elizabeth Ghandour is a powerful singer and songwriter who accomplishes more with just a guitar and voice than some bands ever do. Ghandour characterizes her music as Femm Rock, and she’s been making a name for herself across the country for some time now.

Her songs are smart, authentic, and energetic, and her show is not one to miss.

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Indie folk singer Brown Kid moved to the States from Lima, Peru, and has toured consistently over the past few years with his sunny and melodic brand of acoustic music. He’ll come through Savannah for a show at the Sentient Bean, which isn’t to be missed by anyone who enjoys eclectic and emotive song craft.

SAT., MARCH 16, 7 P.M.

LOUIS HERIVEAUX QUARTET @GOOD TIMES JAZZ BAR & RESTAURANT

Pianist Louis Heriveaux brings his band to Good Times Jazz for a very special show. The Atlanta-based musician has had an impressive career, playing alongside the likes of TLC, Snoop Dogg, and more. He’s a versatile player whose roots are in jazz, but all of his talents will presumably be on full display during his stint on the Good Times stage.

FRI., MARCH 15, 8 P.M.

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LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Ben Lewis, 9:30 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.

The Crab Shack Junkanoo Performers Barabbas and the Tribe, March 16 El-Rocko Lounge Bended Light, 9 p.m.

Fia Rua Irish Pub Tom Cooler, 6 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Michael McCormick Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Lavon Stevens Quartet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Sarah Poole, 7 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre American Girl Live, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Frank Emerson Mansion on Forsyth Park George Evans, 7 p.m.

Old Town Dispensary Jeremy J Riddle, 4 p.m.

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

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

Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay, 5 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Jam, 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., Tubby’s Bar Bingo, 7 p.m.

World of Beer Trivia, 7 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, ongoing, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

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

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

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Two Tides Brewing Company Bring Your Own Vinyl Night, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY 3.14 LIVE MUSIC

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Jason Bible, 6:30 p.m.

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.

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City Hotel Solo Sessions @FOXY LOXY CAFE

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Cohen’s Retreat Munchies and Music, 5-9 p.m.

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

The Crab Shack Junkanoo Performers Barabbas and the Tribe, March 16 El-Rocko Lounge Migorang, 11:30 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Joe Wilson Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Mitch Hennes Quartet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Austin Williams Duo, 7 p.m.

The Jinx In For A Penny with The Peelers, 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Frank Emerson Molly MacPherson’s Lyn Avenue, 7 p.m.

The Perch at Local 11 ten Markus Kuhlmann PS Tavern Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Gypsy Jazz, 7 p.m.

River House Rachael Shaner Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Alex Bazemore Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Bobby Lee Rogers, Stewart Marshall, Andrew Gill, 6 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater Harry O’Donoghue, 7 p.m.

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

Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Band, Draucker, Bill Hodgson, 1 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Chuck Courtenay, 7:30 p.m.

The Wormhole Woody and Sunshine, 9 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

McDonough’s Trivia, 7 p.m.

Pour Larry’s Explicit Trivia, 10 p.m.

Southbound Brewing Company Riddle Me This?, 7:30 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.

The Wormhole Karaoke, 9 p.m.

DJ

The Jinx Live DJ, 10 p.m.

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

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

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

FRIDAY 3.15 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Groove Town Assault, South Hill Banks, 9 p.m.

Basil’s Pizza and Deli The Train Wrecks, 7 p.m.

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

Ceol Stage DJ Mark, The Bill Miles Band, Bottles & Cans, Liquid Ginger, 11:30 a.m.

City Market Stage Bucky & Barry, Bounty Hunter, Jack Love Band, High Velocity, 8 Mile Bend, 10 a.m.

Congress Street Social Club The Hypnotics, DJ Square One, 7 p.m.

The Crab Shack Junkanoo Performers Barabbas and the Tribe, March 16 Craic Stage Cranford Hollow, In For a Penny, Wild Planes, 5:30 p.m.

Eire Stage DJ Gabe, Ember City, Lyn Avenue, Strange Boat, 11 a.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Country Westerns, password:password, 9 p.m.

Fia Rua Irish Pub 90s Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Louis Heriveaux Quartet, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Kyle Yardley Band, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Anders Thomsen Trio, Brady and the Bazookas, The Hitman Band, Basik Lee, 4 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre Brothers Osborne, 8 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Frank Emerson and Harry O’Donohue Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Squash Molly McGuire’s Keystone Postcard, 7 p.m.

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

Randy Wood Guitars Richard Smith, 8 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Skyler Smith, 6 p.m.

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

Saddle Bags Drew Parker Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

Service Brewing Company Bluegrass

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

Slainte Stage Bobby and the Fish, Squash, Lance Stinson, 4:30 p.m.

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

Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Draucker, 6 p.m.

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

Wild Wing Cafe Thomas Claxton and the Myth, Liquid Ginger, The New High, Tokyo Joe, Andrew Beam, DJ Race, 12:30 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Josh Johansson, 7:30 p.m.

The Wormhole Basshole XII, 9 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.

An intimate 100-seat venue featuring national touring artists.

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KARAOKE

Bay Street Blues Karaoke Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Fia Rua Irish Pub 90s Karaoke Bash, 8 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

COMEDY

Foxy Loxy Cafe Comedy Night, 7:30 p.m.

Ghost Coast Distillery Front Porch Improv, 8 p.m.

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

The Wormhole Drunk/Sober/High Comedy Show, 8 p.m.

DJ

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke 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

SATURDAY 3.16 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South GTA, 11 p.m.

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Bucky & Barry, Keith & Ross, 3 p.m.

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

Ceol Stage The Bill Miles Band, Southern Rebellion, Randy Knight and Parrot Party, Thomas Claxton and the Myth, Rock the 90s, noon City Market Stage Twinz, Bounty Hunter, 8 Mile Bend, Jack Love Band, High Velocity,

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Congress Street Social Club Versatile, DJ Kut Daily, All the Locals, 2 p.m.

The Crab Shack Junkanoo Performers Barabbas and the Tribe Craic Stage Ember City, Danielle Hicks and the Resistance, Chameleon Brotherhood, Souls Harbor, noon Eire Stage In For a Penny, The Company Stores, Strange Boat, Brian Fuller, Southern Rebellion, Lance Stinson, 11:30 a.m.

El-Rocko Lounge DOT.s, Pajahm Fia Rua Irish Pub Brady Adams, Liv Annalise, Josh Johansson, Play of the Game Band, Chillakaya, Charlie Dennison, noon Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Louis Heriveaux Quartet, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Bottles & Cans, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Anders Thomsen Trio, Johnny Octane, Damon and the Shitkickers, Brady and the Bazookas, Vision Video, Shehehe, Dance Party, noon Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Frank Emerson, Harry O’Donohue, Carroll Brown Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Live Celtic Music, The Mercers Molly McGuire’s Voodoo Soup, 7 p.m.

The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music The Rail Pub In For A Penny, 4 p.m.

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Skyler Smith, 6 p.m.

Saddle Bags Chris Bandi and Matt Stell, noon Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Brown Kid, 7 p.m.

Slainte Stage The Hitman Band, The Eric Culberson Band, The Train Wrecks, Wild Planes, Liquid Ginger, 1:30 p.m.

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

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) JD Music Group, 6 p.m.

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

Wild Wing Cafe Groove Town Assault, Individually Twisted, Whiskey Run, Glamnation, Andrew Beam, DJ Race, 12:30 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) DJ Dance Night, 11 p.m.

World of Beer In For A Penny, 10 p.m.

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

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Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Earl Williams Quartet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Jason Bible, 7 p.m.

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

The Ordinary Pub Jeremy J Riddle, 7 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.

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SOUNDBOARD DIRECTORY Abe’s on Lincoln 17 Lincoln St.

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Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant 107 W. Broughton St. Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub 311 W. Congress St.

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

Moon River Brewing Co. 21 West Bay St.

Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St.

The Jinx 127 W. Congress St.

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BY RACHAEL FLORA

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LESLIE LOVELL is no stranger to a good auction.

As the owner of Roots Up Gallery, which celebrates folk art, much of her job involves going to auctions or watching them online.

“Generally, I’m not able to go to the auctions,” Lovell says. “I’m usually watching them online or calling.”

However, for a recent auction outside Atlanta, Lovell was able to make the trip.

There, she found her new obsession: Herbert Albin’s marquetry collection.

“It was such a massive collection,” remembers Lovell. “Including the little pieces, there might be 80.”

Lovell knew she had to have the stunning pieces. She purchased the collection, which is the last of Albin’s life work, and is showing them at Roots Up now through March 23.

“His family had selected a few pieces to ship back to Germany because they couldn’t ship them all,” says Lovell. “He had some furniture that looked like

French pieces. Luckily, I didn’t get there early enough to get those!”

Part of what fascinates Lovell about the work is that she knows so little about the artist.

“I wish I knew more about him, but I think that’s what drew me to his work, the more I kept looking at it,” says Lovell.

“When they brought out more pieces, they were all in boxes, and I was just so drawn to it.”

As Lovell fell in love with the pieces, she began learning more about Albin and his life.

“I’ve learned a lot from this,” Lovell shares. “I’ve been studying, trying to figure out more about his work. It’s a puzzle in some ways.”

Albin passed away in 2006, so the information Lovell has been collecting is all secondhand. He was born in Germany in 1919 and immigrated to the United States with his wife Stella.

“He was originally from Germany. His family had selected a few pieces to ship back to Germany because they couldn’t ship them all,” says Lovell. “It being a folk art auction, someone said that he was trained, but in what I don’t know.”

Throughout his life, Albin was a

THE ART•BEAT OF SAVANNAH violinist, eventually becoming the concertmaster for the symphony orchestras of Charleston and Augusta. The music that filled Albin’s life inspired him in his artwork as well.

“He was a violinist, and these woods are all tone woods used to make stringed instruments,” says Lovell.

“When you look at it that way, some of them could almost be a concert themselves.

I would think that played into his style to a large degree.”

Albin’s work has been compared to Music of the Spheres, a philosophical concept

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that sees celestial movement as a form of music.

Marquetry is an ancient art form that uses inlaid materials to create meticulous, complex pieces.

“I’ve seen the marquetry and it’s been around forever,” says Lovell. “There’s only been a few people who have done it. I don’t think it’s done very often, and that’s what drew me to it. You could just feel how much work and concentration went into that.” CS

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Albin worked in marquetry, or the application of materials to form patterns, using tone woods as a nod to his career as a concertmaster. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROOTS UP GALLERY.

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Back to her roots Carmen Marie Aguirre shows first solo exhibition in Savannah

BY RACHAEL FLORA

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YOU MIGHT know Carmen Marie Aguirre for her role as gallery director at the Grand Bohemian Gallery, but now her own art takes the spotlight.

“Rooted,” up now through March 31 at the Jewish Educational Alliance’s art gallery, is a collection of Aguirre’s paintings, primarily her work with mangrove trees.

A Miami native, Aguirre was inspired by the mangroves of South Florida. This is the first solo exhibition of the work.

We spoke with Aguirre last week.

This is your first solo show in Savannah ,right?

I’ve participated in the tree show at Location [Gallery], and this is actually the first solo showing here in Savannah. That, to me, was scary at first because the style, the coloring, I felt stood out from what I would see at the galleries here. I was comfortable showing at a gallery in Miami because all the colors are bright in Miami. You could just fit right in. But here, it seems like it’s a different look. Now I’m realizing, no, not really.

A lot of what I was seeing here were your softer marshes, your softer colors, things of that nature. It has a lot to do with the type of lighting you have here. That’s what was reflected.

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When did you move from Miami to Savannah?

I was born and raised in Miami. I came here in 2016. My daughter has been here since 2005. I remember turning off I-16 to 37th Street and just right there at the light, I don’t know what hit me, but I said, “I could live here.” My daughter said, “I thought you would say that.”

Did you create the work especially for this show, or did you already have it done?

I had started the work, but a couple of things happened between. I sent [the JEA] some pictures of my work, and they wrote me back and said, “We’d love to have you.” I was like, “Oh wow, great!” We set a date, and then I panicked because it was a little faster than I expected. My schedule 40 and time frame changed. I was glad I had

started some of the paintings. I just said, “Well, I can’t be all over the board, let me continue one thought process.”

At first, when I thought I would have more time, I was considering maybe two or three concepts [for the show]. One was the water, but to me, water goes hand in hand with the mangroves. They can’t grow without the water. Those things go together.

At first, people were calling it all other trees, which, I’m okay with that—that’s fine. But I remember the first time I showed a piece, last year at the tree show at Location, this one stood out. All the other pieces were more attuned to the color scheme of here, and this one stood out. I remember Peter [Roberts] said, “That’s a good thing,” and I walked away going, “Eeee, is it?”

At first I was concerned because I wasn’t blending in. At the same time, you realize you don’t want to blend in, but it’s the first time you showed up to the party, and you’re the one with the fluorescent yellow hair.

Aguirre was a journalist for years before focusing on art alone. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE JEA

I wonder if the reason you felt that way is because we don’t have mangrove trees here, and art buyers tend to buy what’s familiar to them.

That’s what I’m finding here in Savannah at the gallery. People come here and want to see Savannah or something that reminds them of home or somewhere. And their feeling is, “Why am I going to buy a New York skyline here? I could go to New York and buy a New York skyline there.”

They want to take something back that’s a little bit of here.

But if you were from Florida, you would recognize these are mangroves. The mangroves were literally in my backyard. That was really neat.

Miami is a very congested place, so to be able to go into this world and feel like you were away from it all, it was in many ways pristine. You felt really special to be able to see those things. It didn’t occur to me that there were certain dangers to it.

Tell me more about the development of the exhibition.

I was not having good luck doing this. This is something I wanted to do back in Miami, and I couldn’t do it. I’m an artist who made a living as a journalist, so I didn’t have much time to do the full art thing. But I did participate in shows and did commissions.

I never let go of the art. That was always there.

I never left the art, but at the same time, I was having a hard time getting down and doing all of this. It wasn’t until I started here in Savannah that I was able to spit it all out. It’s not done yet. I’m ready to move on to some other things, but it was really interesting that I had to leave it to be able to start expressing it. Maybe it’s because I wanted to record what I didn’t have in front of me anymore.

How did you come up with the title?

The title of the show, “Rooted,” has a lot to do about where you’re from. Very much your background, your heritage. It goes off to another place, too. Rooted on the personal level is a little transient and growing at the same time. The root is who you are, where you’re from, and where you’re going and how you change. That’s where the mangrove roots go—they’re always hopping. CS

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OPENINGS & RECEPTIONS

POSSIBILITES V — The experimental digital printmaking exhibition Possibilites V features work by students of Savannah College of Art and Design photography professor Craig Stevens. March 14-16. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. REMBRANDT AND THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE — This exhibition contains 21 etchings by Rembrandt and one drawing by Rembrandt’s teacher Pieter Lastman (Dutch, 1583-1633). These works highlight the artist’s nuanced relationship with Amsterdam’s citizens of the Jewish faith and the keen insights Rembrandt brought to interpretations of Old Testament Bible stories. Museum Admission March 15-June 30. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

CONTINUING EXHIBITS 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 improvi-

HERBERT ALBIN — Herbert Albin was German born and a trained artist and violinist. After his retirement Albin began making inlaid wood artworks he called Wood Mosaics, also known as marquetry. Through March 23.

Roots Up Gallery, 412-C Whitaker Street.

sational designs. Through Dec. 31. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

CARMEN MARIE AGUIRRE — Carmen Marie Aguirre is a figurative painter working in oil on canvas and/or panel. While she represents scenes of daily life, her objective is also to convey how the subject touches and inspires her. Through March 31. 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. Through March 14.

In Vino Veritas, 102 E. Liberty St.

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART FROM THE KING-TISDELL COTTAGE FOUNDATION Jessica Knapp’s work is part of ‘The Music Show’ at Gallery PERMANENT COLLECEspresso.

TION — Artists include CROSSING HORIZONS — Cynthia Knott’s William Tolliver, Luther Vann and more. These exhibit “Crossing Horizons” examines the legendary African-American expressionexistential essence of horizons crossed and ist artists have gifted the foundation with the profound vastness of those yet traversed. exceptional works that will leave you in awe. Through March 16. 912-232-1511. contact@ Through April 30. Beach Institute, 502 E. shipsofthesea.org. shipsofthesea.org. Ships Harris St. of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King

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. Through March 31. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. JAUME PLENSA: TALKING CONTINENTS — Talking Continents is a floating collection of 19 cloud-like, stainless steel sculptures.

Their biomorphic forms are made of die-cut letters taken from nine different languages.

Through June 9. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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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). Takahashi is noted for his outside-thebox approach to game development, game mechanics, aesthetics, and music. Through July 14. Jepson Center, 207 West York St. KEROSTASIA — These pieces by Eric Braun began as digital photographs shot around Savannah. The images were then combined using 3D fractal generating software. Through April 30. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.

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LINEAGE — In this exhibition, fiber artist Anya Mitchell takes Amish quilt squares inherited from her grandmother’s studio and builds off the original structure and intent to develop her own composition and meaning. Each piece is imbued with its own personality with lines extending off onto the frame alluding to the inter-connective nature of the collection and the network it creates. Through April 16.

Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St. LIQUID VESSELS — The SCAD Museum of Art presents “Liquid Vessels,” an exhibition

by SCAD alumna Monica Cook. The exhibition includes recent sculptures and paintings, which further the artist’s investigations into material assemblage, found objects and adornment. Through May 19. scadmoa.org/.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

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LUSH: A CELEBRATION IN PINK — Celebrate Location Gallery’s three-year anniversary as they kick off International Women’s Month with pink works by various artists.

Gallery profits from show are donated to League of Women Voters Coastal Georgia.

Through March 29. Location Gallery at Austin Hill Realty, 417 Whitaker St.

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THE MUSIC SHOW — Music is the inspiration behind this body of work featuring multiple artists from Savannah and all across the USA. Through April 30. galleryespresso. com/. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. 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. ON::VIEW: JUDGMENT DAY CIRCUS — During this residency, multi-media artist Emily Laychak will create and direct a theater of clowns performing a poetic review of our

collective process from Genesis to Judgment Day. Through April 7. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. PICKING UP THE PIECES — This art installation, completed in partnership with the International Fiber Collaborative (IFC), encouraged students throughout Georgia to create artwork highlighting the challenges Fort Pulaski has faced during its vast history.

Each of the more than 70 pieces represents the student’s unique perspectives on the diversity of the cultural history at Fort Pulaski National Monument. Through April 2. Fort Pulaski, US Highway 80 E. THE PRINTS OF DAME LAURA KNIGHT — Telfair Museums exhibits nine prints by Dame Laura Knight (British, 1877-1970), together for the first time since they were acquired by the museum in 1949. Lauded for her colorful, realist paintings, Knight experimented successfully with printmaking in the 1920s and ‘30s and drew upon themes already prevalent in her paintings such as the circus, backstage dressing rooms, theater performers, and dancers. Through July 28. telfair.org/jepson/.

Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. SMALL COLLECTIONS — “small COLLECTIONS” pulls together a diverse assortment of small hobby collections to explore the curious need of humans to collect things.

From the holdings of the Municipal Archives come W. W. Law’s matchbook collection and Mayor John P. Rousakis’ collection of keys to cities around the world. The Coastal Heritage Society has shared several unique collections from their holdings, including Dr. William G. Neeley’s colorful glass insulators and Barry Thomas’ cast iron still banks and bottle openers. Through Dec. 31. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

UNYUKELO — In “Unyukelo” Nicholas Hlobo responds to historic narratives of the American South to create a poetic and moving installation comprised of large two-dimensional and sculptural works for the SCAD Museum of Art. Inspired by the evocative name of the city of Savannah Hlobo conceived a project rooted in the search for liberation and escap Through July 7. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

VERNONBURG: A MARCH SURVEY — In this exhibition by Katherine Sandoz, a dozen large-scale paintings seem to weave one into the next with a diorama-effect encouraging the viewer to experience this variegated low country, rural neighborhood located just south of Savannah, which is a tapestry of field, forest, swamp, river and marsh. Smallscale paintings developed alongside the larger ventures re-explore observations of the same abstracted vistas such as morning glories at the bluff, azaleas, cassia and wisteria blooms. Painted over the last year, the survey of the neighborhood is that of geography, flora, seasonal shifts, weather conditions, and the subtlety of light transitions on a given day.

Through May 18. Laney Contemporary, 1810 Mills B. Lane Blvd.

FOOD & DRINK EPICUROPEDIA

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From coffee to kombucha, beer to gin

BY LINDY MOODY THERE IS now a one stop shop for all things brewed: coffee, tea, kombucha, cider, and more importantly beer and wine.

In the thick of an up and coming part of town, the new restaurant and beer garden Brewed Brews sits right off Habersham near 34th.

The casual destination for locals is the creation of Douglas Galloway and Amy Livingood. The two came together through a mutual love of craft beer after meeting at the Savannah Climbing CoOp. If you stop by the brick building on a breezy March Saturday afternoon, like

The Hard Working Lunch.

I did last week, an ice cold frothy beer straight from the tap is a must.

Livingood is the expert on the offerings of Brewed Brews so I will let her explain what is available from their taps.

“We have 16 craft regional taps, but started our launch with all Georgia craft beer. Georgia was the last state to change brewery laws to allow breweries to sell directly out of their tap room,” she says.

That development is a game changer in that it allows breweries the revenue in

house to experiment and grow.

“Georgia’s beer scene is a new frontier after the law changes, and we expect a lot of awesome new ones to open in the near future!” she says.

I am a fan of darker, more robust beers so I went for the Arches Brick & Maple, a nutty caramel brown ale. The list has something for everyone—IPAs, sours, stouts, lagers, and more.

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The house cocktail list features all of the classics, a Pimm’s Cup, Gin and Tonic, Cuba Libre, Brown Derby, El Diablo, a Rickey, a Wallbanger, and a Spritz. So if you find yourself sitting at one of their wood tables playing games with friends but don’t like beer, they have you covered.

For true Southerners, good iced cold tea is just as important on a hot afternoon as is having a cold one. Keeping with the brewed theme, and paying homage to our Southern town, Brewed Brews recognized that including the leafy steeped drink was a must. Just as much thought was put into the selection of teas, the same care was taken in selecting the keg behind each tap.

Livingood explained the selection to me.

“We met John Arnold from Hale Tea Company through James Spano after picking out our coffee roast. I wasn’t into tea until I moved to Savannah where I realized why everyone craves an ice cold tea on a hot afternoon,” she says.

“I trust James Spano’s taste and immediately found perfect loose leaf teas to create long process toddy teas, and it’s become one of the more surprising and creative parts of Brewed that we hope to continue to build on as summer approaches.”

Finally, the drink menu has a wide selection of coffee concoctions: The most important drink of the morning, especially

when you have had too many libations.

The Hot Toddy is unique to Brewed Brews, and as told by Livingood, “I discovered concentrated iced toddy coffee in college when I was trying to maximize my ability to study and work at the same time.”

As for the coffee itself, the menu uses locally roasted Cup to Cup coffee, and the blend of coffee used by the store is dubbed

Camp Coffee.

“When we started looking for a local roaster to partner with,” Livingood told me, “we fell in love with Cup to Cup’s earthy and chocolate note small batch roasts and I perfected our ‘camp coffee’ on one of our many 6+ hour road trips to climb in Chattanooga where I would wake everyone up the next day to a kick in the pants cold brew coffee to help us all hike as fast as possible and send all the routes and still have energy for a beer around the campfire after.”

If you sit too long throwing back drinks and watching soccer on their big screens, you will definitely want to order some snacks.

Go for the Obatzda Spread which is served with Auspicious Bakery pretzel crackers. Obatzda is a Bavarian dish made by combining multiple cheeses and spices.

Brewed Brews makes theirs with brie and paprika (because paprika makes anything taste amazing). You will be tempted to shovel this dip into your mouth by the spoonful.

Do not expect to find just a few simple bar snacks. According to Livingood, “Our menu falls in line with German beer hall offerings. We have cheese spreads, cheese and meat boards, and are getting our pretzel crackers, country loafs, and focaccia

from Auspicious Baking Company. A crowd favorite this first week has been our pimento cheese spread that we offer with pretzel crackers from Auspicious or as our ‘Hard Working Lunch’ special as a no crust sandwich paired with a Coors Banquet. The pimento recipe is a family recipe from the Matthews that Smith was kind enough to share with us.”

The Hard Working Lunch is a hand-cut, round white bread sandwich jammed with Southern pimento cheese and a vine ripe slice of red tomato. To wash it down, the tray of food is served with a tallboy Coors Banquet Beer.

Every baked item within the four walls is baked by Auspicious, which means you will find a large assortment of expertly baked pastries at all times in the pastry case.

I couldn’t resist taking home a Nutella filled Poptart home to have a treat for later.

Even if you don’t need an excuse to go sit at Savannah’s newest casual local beer house, at any time you can find a fun event or great game being hosted by the team at Brewed Brews. CS Brewed Brews is at 1722 Habersham St.

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/// There’s a scene in the first trailer for Captain Marvel that shows the title character (played by Brie Larson) falling from the skies and crashing straight into a Blockbuster Video store, thus helpfully establishing that the movie is set in an earlier period (1995, to be exact).

What the trailer doesn’t reveal is what happens next: Our startled heroine whirls around and blasts a large stand-up of True Lies, blowing Arnold Schwarzenegger’s head clean off.

Is this meant to be just a surface gag, and any noggin from any movie stand-up from the period would have served (say, Tom Hanks’ from Forrest Gump or Jim Carrey’s from The Mask or Jodie Foster’s from Nell)?

Or is this a statement for those who care to subscribe to it — that the era of the muscle-bound he-man is over and it’s time for the clearly-not-weaker sex to have her moment in the sun, and on the marquee?

It could go either way, but the evidence is certainly there for the latter interpretation. We’re perhaps finally getting that Black Widow movie that’s been promised since the early 2010s, and we already received a Wonder-ful gift in the form of 2017’s box office bonanza Wonder Woman.

And now here’s Captain Marvel, whose mere existence has predictably triggered those male mouth-breathers who think that having one MCU film out of 22 (including the upcoming Avengers: Endgame) that focuses exclusively on a female superhero is excessive and overreaching, just as having one MCU film out of 22 that focused exclusively on a black superhero was outrageous and unfair.

Of course, representation isn’t worth much if the film in question isn’t worth a damn — just ask Elektra or Catwoman.

Happily, that’s not the case with Captain Marvel. The truth is that this film is reams of fun and, significantly, no different in quality from past solo superhero flicks produced by Marvel.

Part space opera, part earthbound adventure, Captain Marvel certainly fits nicely into the MCU template, dividing its time between hither and yonder in the same manner as, say, Thor and Avengers: Infinity War. At its center is a young woman who’s known as Vers to those around her — that would be the Kree, a humanoid alien race locked in eternal combat with the shapeshifting Skrull.

Vers is part of an elite fighting outfit headed by her mentor Yon-Rogg (Jude Law), and their latest altercation with the Kree and their fearsome leader Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) ultimately results in her encounter with that aforementioned Blockbuster.

The Earth landing is fortuitous, since Vers has hazy memories of having once

lived on this planet, where she was called Carol Danvers and served as an Air Force pilot. In her attempts to piece together the past, she’s assisted by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), who at this point in time is already working for S.H.I.E.L.D. but still sports two eyes. Fury doesn’t believe in either aliens or superheroes, though Danvers makes him a true believer on both counts. Also along for the ride is Goose (a Top Gun nod), a strange cat who catches Fury’s, uh, eye.

One of the most appealing aspects of Captain Marvel is the humor as exemplified by Larson’s excellent performance as Carol Danvers. It’s decidedly on the sly side, which marks it as a nice change of pace from such overt jokesters as Tony Stark and Peter Parker. (Oh, yes, rumors to the contrary, Larson smiles in this movie.

A lot.)

Equally amusing — and ingratiating — is Jackson’s turn as Fury. This isn’t the Nick Fury who pops up for a few moments to bark orders and make sarcastic asides. Rather, it’s a looser version of the stoic character than we’re used to seeing, and it’s to the credit of the screenwriters (five total, including co-directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck) that Jackson is allowed more room than usual to test-run this other side of the persona.

This is the character’s best use since Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Jackson takes full advantage of the expanded screen time. And even though both he and Clark Gregg (as Agent Coulson) have been made to look younger via digital magic, it’s rarely a distraction. In fact, this represents the best use of the application to date — gone is the creepiness that marred the use of the technique

on Robert Downey Jr. in Captain America: Civil War and Jeff Bridges in Tron: Legacy.

The plotting isn’t the film’s strongest suit — it’s par for the course with an MCU offering, with the expected origin beats, the usual CGI slugfests, and the normal plot twists that won’t knock anyone out of their seats. But the attention to characterization makes up for it, particularly Danvers’ journey toward becoming a formidable female who ultimately realizes that she doesn’t need to answer to anyone.

As always, stay through the end credits for the usual one-two punch of codas.

But more importantly, make sure not to miss the very beginning of the film, when the Marvel logo fills the screen. It’s been altered for this picture, and this modification is both potent and poignant. Nuff said.

GRETA

// It’s not the nicest of terms, of course, but “hagsploitation” was the designation commonly given to a certain type of sub-genre that featured aging actresses in thrillers made during the 1960s and early ‘70s.

(Some prefer the term “psycho-biddy,” which to me just sounds like another spoof of Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer,” like The Fools’ “Psycho Chicken.”)

Kicking off with the 1962 Bette DavisJoan Crawford hit What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, the genre exploded over the next 10-odd years, with Davis, Crawford, Geraldine Page, Tallulah Bankhead and other seasoned actresses camping it up in such endeavors as Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Strait-Jacket, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, Die! Die! My Darling, and many more.

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As with all film fads, the well — and box office receipts — eventually dried up, but movie fans have been left with what, on balance, remain entertaining terror tales, many bearing Grand Guignol stylings.

Greta is seemingly a throwback to the “hagsploitation” flicks of yore. It was cowritten and directed by Neil Jordan, an accomplished filmmaker whose absence from the cinematic scene has been so conspicuous in recent years that many movie theaters have placed “Have You Seen This Man?” posters throughout their lobbies.

A once-dazzling director whose output included such gems as The Crying Game (for which he won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar) and The Company of Wolves, Jordan hasn’t helmed a theatrical feature since 2012. It’s hard to see Greta as any sort of triumphant comeback or victory lap, as it’s a tepid thriller that begins promisingly before simultaneously jumping the tracks, jumping the shark, and jumping off a cliff.

Chloe Grace Moretz plays Frances McMullen, a sweet kid living in New York City with her more assertive roommate Erica (Maika Monroe). Still coping with the death of her mother and miffed at her dad (Colm Feore) for moving on, Frances one day discovers a handbag that’s been left on a subway car.

Finding an address inside, she returns the purse to its rightful owner: Greta Hideg (Isabelle Huppert), a Frenchwoman with a deceased husband, an estranged daughter, and a former career as a piano teacher.

Greta and Frances quickly become friends, and they spend so much time together than Erica wonders if Frances views Greta as a substitute mother. Frances is offended by the suggestion, but before she can truly analyze her feelings, she accidentally discovers a whole cabinet of handbags in Greta’s home, thus realizing that the older woman routinely leaves them in subways as a way to meet young females.

Understandably put off by this deception, Frances abruptly ends her relationship with Greta. But, like Glenn Close’s Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction, Greta is not going to be ignored, Dan, and she leaves Frances approximately 893 voice mail messages before finally showing up at both her apartment and her place of employment.

Naturally, the police are useless, Dad’s in another city, and Erica also has to start dealing with Greta’s disturbed behavior.

And after Frances rebuffs her one time too many, Greta takes drastic action — one that eventually results in the necessity of a private investigator (Jordan regular Stephen Rea) on the scene.

What eventually promises to be a psychological thriller soon sheds any pretensions and emerges as yet another dumdum schlockbuster that’s short on logic but towering in terms of obvious twists, minimal

suspense, and unintended camp. The plotholes (particularly the one needed to jump-start the climax) are so deep that a broken leg is a possibility when viewing this thing, and character development is painted in only the broadest strokes (the biggest victim is the well-meaning father played by Feore, whose dimensions are teased then dropped, much like the character itself).

Moretz and Monroe deliver earnest performances, and they’re especially ingratiating together. As for Huppert’s performance, that’s a matter of taste. Certainly, many will love seeing her go the looney-tunes route with her ham-on-wry turn, but others will feel slightly embarrassed that this award-winning legend — the Meryl Streep of France, with more Cesar nominations than any other actress — is camping it up in a role in which she’s ultimately miscast.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD

/// (out of four) Going for the threepeat, the How to Train Your Dragon series ends on a high enough note that fans won’t be feeling a discernible letdown. So while How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World might be the runt of this particular litter, it won’t come near to stirring memories of The Matrix Revolutions, X-Men: The Last Stand or other trilogy closers that left depressed devotees reaching for the Jack Daniels.

Based on the children’s book by Cressida Cowell, 2010’s How to Train Your Dragon centered on Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel), a young Viking who befriended a Night Fury dragon he named Toothless.

The conflict there came from the fact that humans and dragons were sworn enemies, a stance that melted away by the film’s conclusion.

In 2014’s How to Train Your Dragon 2, everyone in Hiccup’s village of Berk had a pet dragon, yet fun and games weren’t the order of the day in that picture, a second installment that was a shade darker and deeper than its predecessor (basically, it was The Empire Strikes Back of the franchise).

In How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Berk has blossomed into a paradise for human and dragon alike, with Hiccup constantly rescuing dragons imprisoned elsewhere and adding them to his village’s population. But not everything is groovy in this corner of the world.

The tagline for the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein asserted that “the monster demands a mate,” and that’s applicable here as well. OK, so Toothless is too adorable to be deemed a monster, and he doesn’t exactly demand, but once he catches sight of a female Light Fury, he becomes smitten. CS

ACTIVISM & POLITICS

BREWS & NEWS (MARCH 2019) SKIDAWAY INCORPORATION Wed., March 13, 5 p.m. greatharvestsavannah.com. Great Harvest Bread Company, 7360 Skidaway Road.

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.

Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St.

AUDITIONS AND CALLS FOR ENTRIES

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 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.

Choose your instrument from the list on their website - https://ayosavannah.org/ auditions/ -to see the audition requirements for applicable ensembles. Then, contact them via email at ayosavannah2004@gmail. com to reserve an audition date and time, or with any questions you may have. ongoing.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. CALL FOR ARTISTS Multi-media performance art show “Burning the Stage” is looking for talent! Singers, dancers, comedians, performers, and talented individuals of all ages welcome to apply. The show is scheduled for the evening of May 12th at the Savannah Repertory Theatre. Please send contact information, social links and/or links to past performances for consideration to vvvivianwang@gmail.com Deadline to apply

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

is March 17th! There is no fee to apply.

Open to individuals and groups. Thank you!

Through March 17.

CALL FOR COMMUNITY GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) is accepting grant applications from community organizations which have an impact on the greater downtown area, particularly those that help or enrich the residential quality of life. The DNA is looking for proposals that support the downtown area in the following ways: Youth Development, Humanitarian Causes, Beautification/Improvement in the Downtown Area, and Arts and Cultural Life.

The application process can be found on the DNA website at www.savannahdna. org/grants. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Questions should be directed to Kathleen Brenneman, kbrenneman@savannahDNA.org or P.O. Box 9416, Savannah, GA 31412. Applications are reviewed by the DNA Board of Directors and will be awarded to selected recipients in May 2019. Through March 20.

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.

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SCI FANS FOR SENIORS DRIVE Members of the community who would like to donate a new box fan or make a cash donation to purchase a fan may come by SCI’s headquarters at 3025 Bull Street, Savannah between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday or donate on-line at www.seniorcitizensinc.org/give. ongoing.

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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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Saturdays, 9 a.m. (912) 663-4528. Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410B Richards Street.

ACCENT REDUCTION GROUP CLASS In this 6-week course, you will receive individual guidance on your specific speech sound patterns by a licensed speech-language pathologist. Benefit from observing and practicing with others in a small group format. By the end of the course, you can expect to have a basic understanding of your own sound deviations, how to produce target sounds, and strategies for effective practice. You will receive practice materials after each class to reinforce the concepts discussed.

Email tricia@newyorkspeechcoaching. com to register or to schedule a free phone consultation! Georgia Speech Coaching is the Savannah branch of New York Speech Coaching. $295 Tuesdays, 4-5:30 p.m. tricia@newyorkspeechcoaching.com. 2222 Bull St, 2222 Bull Street.

BACHATA AND SALSA DANCE CLASSES New 4 week dance series, designed for absolute beginners to learn the fundamentals of Bachata or Salsa for social dancing! Bachata and salsa are fun dances from the Dominican Republic that can be found in cities all over the world, and is a great way to meet other people and enjoy amazing music. No partner or dance experience needed, just come and have fun! Special discount if you decide to do the salsa and bachata series together! RSVP via facebook or email. $40 for 4 classes, $70 for both bachata and salsa series ongoing. stephaniehmetzger@gmail.com. facebook. com/events/239285403377870/.

BASIC CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH The focus of this course is basic conversational abilities. Although this course focuses on conversation, listening, reading, and writing abilities will be developed. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to do the following: Greet one another, talk about yourself and others, describe people and activities, plan weekend activities, talk about your needs, wants, and preferences.

This class will consist of lecture, audio, visual, and speaking in partners and whole group skits. No book is needed. $125 for series Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. 912-478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern.edu. academics. georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/ conversationalspanish/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. 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 48 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. CLASS OF 2020 JUMP START Sat., March 16, 10 a.m. Class 101 Savannah, 7702 Waters Avenue.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE FUSION CLASS AT THE STUDIO IN THUNDERBOLT Join a classically trained dance teacher for a fun and challenging dance class. Focus on technique, choreography, and whatever else you would like to do! Opportunity to learn aerial hammock moves as well.

Every Sunday from 6-7pm $20. To reserve a space call/text 912-483-2109 or email ktoyogasurf@gmail.com ongoing.

COPY OF EARLY LEARNING STANDARDS Sat., March 16, 9 a.m. The Children’s Center, 8 Nature’s Way. 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 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, ---.

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 INTERMEDIATE At the conclusion of the class, you should be able to: • Create and Manage Worksheets • Manage Data Cells and Ranges • Create Tables • Perform Operations with Formulas and Functions • Create and use Charts Early Bird Registration by March 1 - $120 Regular Registration-$125 Thu., March 14, 6-7:30 p.m. 912-478-2560. adaniels@ georgiasouthern.edu. academics. georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/excelcourses/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY This class is open and accessible to beginning photographers with an interest in learning the craft. Because of the constant update and change in models, this is not a class for teaching you how to use your specific camera, but a general overview of the basic technology used.

Bring your camera and instruction booklet.

Workshop 1 – The digital camera and its operation Workshop 2 – Lenses and their use in specific situations Workshop 3 – Controlling Exposure and flash photography Workshop 4 – Composition, balance and background Workshop 5 – Classic themes, camera supports, and travel $125 for series Thu., March 14, 6-8 p.m. and Tue., March 19, 6-8 p.m. 912478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/ programs/digitalphotography/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. GARDEN BROS. CIRCUS $17.99 Thu., March 14, 4:30 p.m. Savannah Convention Center, 1 International Drive.

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. MONDAY BRIDGE LESSONS If you know the bridge basics and would like more information on basic conventions,

Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center 8511 Ferguson Ave. (912-228-4838) is offering lessons beginning Monday March 4 through March 25th. Lessons are 7-9pm and the cost is $10 per lesson. Topics include: Ace Asking Conventions, Negative Doubles, Jacoby 2NT and Splinter Bids, and New Minor Forcing. Through March 13. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave. 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., March 19, 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.

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.

SAMBA SAVANNAH DRUMMING WORKSHOP Learn Afro-Brazilian rhythms with drumming instructor Andrew Hartzell. All ages. $10 Sundays, 2:30 p.m. starlandiasupply.com.

Starlandia Creative Supply, 2438 Bull Street.

SASS & SWAG ADULT HIP HOP Sass & Swag is a high energy, adult hip hop dance class. Learn hip hop grooves you can take to any party or club, and learn a choreographed routine to today’s hottest hits. Mondays at 7:30 pm. $15 Mondays, 7:30 p.m. 323-539-1760.

DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL.COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. STEPPING UP TO HIGH SCHOOL For 7th & 8th grade students who have IEPs or 504 plans and their Parents. Fri., March 15, 9:30 a.m. New Hampstead High School, 2451 Little Neck Road.

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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.

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 website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org.

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

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1 Biblical fratricide victim 5 Ragged peak 9 Passing lines 13 “3 Feet High and Rising” group ___ Soul 14 Pick up 16 Controversial director Riefenstahl 17 Current U.S. Secretary of Transportation 19 Cheap bar 20 Calico pony 21 Vaccination 23 Patch of grass 24 Holiday in Hanoi 25 Suffix for novel 28 In a genial manner 30 1992 song by The Cure that goes through the week 33 Airline from Stockholm 34 Likely 35 Fanning of “Maleficent” 36 Magazine for teens since 1965 40 “___ Is Us” 42 Charged-up particle 43 Settings for med. dramas 46 Thought experiment featured in an episode of “The Good Place” 50 Meat dish with a filling 51 Mop & ___ (floor cleaner brand) 52 French possessive meaning “your”

54 Contribute 55 Thailand, formerly 57 “Inconceivable!”

59 “Cool, man” 61 TV host with a “Neighborhood of Make-Believe” (where the starts of the theme answers were found) 64 Letterman rival, once 65 Meditation teachers 66 “Language” of “haxored” and “pwn’d” 67 Agitated state 68 Word before or after break 69 Airport data, for short

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1 Not so klutzy 2 Philosophy 3 2019 Hyundai model 4 Café au ___ 5 A.L. Central team, on a scoreboard 6 Tape deck button 7 Oohs’ followers 8 S’mores flavor component 9 Antiquarian 10 Diamond game, in Santo Domingo 11 Make use of 12 Create a colorful T-shirt 15 Swedish actress Rapace of the “Millennium” series 18 Domino’s ad character,

once 22 ___ pedis (athlete’s foot) 26 ___ paneer (Indian spinach dish) 27 Do some keyboarding 29 2008 Verizon acquisition that once had naming rights to Jacksonville’s stadium 31 “And ___ don’t know what’s going on!”

32 “Let ___!” (“Go ahead”) 37 Cuba y Puerto Rico, por ejemplo 38 “Star Trek” collective 39 Compound with a double bond 40 Walked on 41 Harry who died on Halloween 44 Amplify a certain message 45 Spoke ill of 46 Hiker’s routes 47 Inform 48 ___ the Pig (2019) 49 “With or Without You” singer 53 Complex orgs.

56 Prefix with byte or hertz 58 Stare at in a gross manner 60 “I ___ You Babe” 62 Talk smack about 63 Q-U filler

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Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” a front-runner for the Best Animated Film Oscar at the Academy Awards, and winner in that category at the Golden Globes. Bitten by a radioactive spider, Marvel Comics teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into Spider-Man. He must now use his newfound skills to battle the evil Kingpin, a hulking madman who can open portals to other universes.

RATED PG $8 ADULTS, $5 CHILDREN 12 AND UNDE TUE., MARCH 19, 3 & 7 P.M. 912-472-4790. TYBEE POST THEATER, 10 VAN HORNE.

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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 50 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.

SOCIAL MEDIA BREAKFAST Social Media Breakfast Savannah (#SMBSAV) is a grassroots, nonprofit community of professionals in the greater Savannah area who meet every month to discuss social media and its application to business. Meetings are usually held on the 3rd Friday of the month at a local coffee shop. third Friday of every month, 8 a.m. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

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.

CONCERTS

FREE ORGAN CONCERT Juilliard graduate and Fulbright Scholar Dr. Albert Ahlstrom will improvise on Lenten hymns of the Christian church. FREE Wed., March 13, 7-8 p.m. 912-598-7242. tmckee@ stpeterssavannah.org. stpeterssavannah. org. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 3 West Ridge Road.

THE LOVE AND SOUL EXPERIENCE Kimberly Gunn Music Presents The Love and Soul Experience every third Friday of the month beginning May 17th. There will be music, poetry, comedy, creative arts, and networking. Kimberly Gunn Music and friends will provide musical entertainment.

An event for ages 18 and up. $10 Admission $12 VIP third Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m. (912) 224-6084 or (912) 224-4461. kimberlygunn.com. The Eden Room, 1105 Stiles Avenue.

CONFERENCES

I AM BEAUTIFUL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 2019 $25-$150 Sat., March 16, 11 a.m. coastalgeorgiabg.org/. Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, 2 Canebrake Rd.

EVENTS

40 ACRES AND A MULE TOUR

This is the story of Savannah and its significant role of promoting slavery throughout the South and it’s the story of the triumph over slavery through faith, culminating in a historic meeting in which the aspirations of 4 million African-Americans became distilled in a single phrase: “40 acres and a mule.” You will visit six of Savannah’s most historic squares as you learn the truth about crucial events that took place in the city between 1733 and 1865 that shaped the life and times of Savannah for years to come.

Private tours only. $40 ongoing. 912-6594383. rumpel@40acresandamule.org.

40acresandamule.org.

ALLIED APPRECIATION NIGHT Thu., March 14, 5:30 p.m. The Brice, 601 East Bay Street.

CPS & PERMANENCY FRONTLINE ENGAGEMENT WITH DIRECTOR RAWLINGS - CHATHAM Thu., March 14, 2 p.m. Chatham County DFCS, 761 Wheaton Street, Training Room 5082C. 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.

FREE TAX PREPARATION BY AARP TAX AIDE Have you prepared your 2018 tax returns yet? If not, AARP Foundation Tax-Aide can help you. Their IRS-certified volunteers provide tax preparation service to anyone — and it’s completely free. You don’t even have to be an AARP member. THE AARP Foundation Tax-Aide – which is celebrating 50 years – will be open until April 16 at Bull Street Library, Southwest-Chatham Library, and Hinesville Library. Through April 16.

GARDEN BROS. CIRCUS $17.99 Fri., March 15, 6 p.m. Savannah Convention Center, 1 International Drive.

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.

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

IRISH HERITAGE MUSEUM AND WALKING TOUR EXPERIENCE Take a 1.5 mile walking tour starting at Massie on Calhoun Square, up to Emmet Park on Bay Street, to learn about famous Irish personalities of Savannah including John Rourke, William Kehoe, Flannery O’ Connor, Robert Emmet, Sgt. William Jasper and more. $15 Tue., March 19, 5 p.m. massieheritagecenter.wordpress. com/events/. massieschool.com/. Massie Heritage Center, 207 East Gordon St. IWORSHIP CAFE OPEN MIC NIGHT Its an evening of artistry designed to elevate you. Come out and here positive vibes from local spoken word performers, singers, and musicians. Performers can sign up in advanced or walk-in. Free third Saturday of every month, 8 p.m. theinheritancecenter@ gmail.com. ticsav.com/iworship-cafe. ticsav.com. The Inheritance Center, 42 W. Montgomery Crossroads.

THE LOCAL LOVE MARKETPLACE The Local Love Marketplace’s goal is to create a hub that encourages the circulation of the dollar in our community, fostering a sense of interdependence and economic growth. third Sunday of every month, 1 p.m. bullstreetlabs.com. Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. MARCH GIRL SCOUT TROOP EXPERIENCE $13 Mon., March 18, 8:45 a.m.

juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. MEET THE DESIGNER: JULIE NEILL Join lighting designer Julie Neill for an evening of inspiration, light bites and refreshments. The first 50 guests will receive a Julie Neill candle. Bring your business card for a chance to win a Julie Neill table lamp. Thu., March 14, 5 p.m. circalighting.com/savannah.aspx. Circa Lighting, 405 Whitaker Street.

MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP DINNER AND MEETING Membership meeting with dinner and speaker. Navy League supports our Sea Services and their families. You do not have to have been in any of the military services to join. For further information contact Jeff Zureick at 912 450 0521 $22.00 third Tuesday of every month & 5:45-8:15 p.m. 912 450 0521. piwi@hargray.com. savannahnavyleague.us. Savannah Navy League, 17 lake heron ct west.

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

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locals haunt. $20 Fridays, Saturdays, 8:30 p.m. nightlyspirits.com/savannah-ghosttours/. savannahtaphouse.com. Savannah Taphouse, 125 E. Broughton St. THE ORIGINAL MIDNIGHT TOUR One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866-666-3323.

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

PROM EVENT AT BELK Sat., March 16, 1 p.m. Belk, 7804 Abercorn

St., In Oglethorpe Mall.

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.

SGT. WILLIAM JASPER GREEN CEREMONY The Jasper Green Ceremony honors all U.S. Military services, and other invited military representatives. There will be a short parade from Johnson Square and a guest speaker.

Fri., March 15, 4:30 p.m. savannahga.gov/ cityweb/p&tweb.nsf/02e67f6f5dc1d3e585 256c2f0071940a/b3c6db5e9ee4c77f852 571f7002c8d61?OpenDocument. Madison Square, West Harris Street.

SHIRE OF FORTH CASTLE FIGHTER PRACTICE Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

The coming weeks might be a good time to acquire a flamethrower. It would come in handy if you felt the urge to go to a beach and incinerate mementoes from an exally. It would also be useful if you wanted to burn stuff that reminds you of who you used to be and don’t want to be any more; or if you got in the mood to set ablaze symbols of questionable ideas you used to believe in but can’t afford to believe in any more. If you don’t want to spend $1,600+ on a flamethrower, just close your eyes for ten minutes and visualize yourself performing acts of creative destruction like those I mentioned.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Taurus aphorist Olivia Dresher writes that she would like to be “a force of nature,” but “not causing any suffering.”

The way I interpret her longing is that she wants to be wild, elemental, uninhibited, primal, raw, pure—all the while without inflicting any hurt or damage on herself or anyone else. In accordance with your astrological omens, Taurus, that’s a state I encourage you to embody in the coming weeks. If you’re feeling extra smart—which I suspect you will—you could go even further. You may be able to heal yourself and others with your wild, elemental, uninhibited, primal, raw, pure energy.

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In some major cities, the buttons you push at a crosswalk don’t actually work to make the traffic light turn green faster.

The same is true about the “Close Door” buttons in many elevators. Pushing them doesn’t have any effect on the door.

Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer says these buttons are like placebos that give you “the illusion of control.” I bring this phenomenon to your attention, Gemini, in hope of inspiring you to scout around for comparable things in your life. Is there any situation where you imagine you have power or influence, but probably don’t? If so, now is an excellent time to find out— and remedy that problem.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

Philip Boit was born and raised in Kenya, where it never snows except on the very top of Mount Kenya. Yet he represented his country in the cross-country skiing events at the Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2006. How did he do it? He trained up north in snowy Finland. Meanwhile, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong competed for Ghana in the slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Since there was no snow in his homeland, he practiced his skills in the French Alps. These two are your role models for the coming months, Cancerian. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’ll have the potential to achieve success in tasks and activities that may not seem like a natural fit.

Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org.

SIPS AND SIFTED Learn how to fill and decorate a 1/2 dozen cupcakes like beer mugs and pots of gold while enjoying yummy cocktails. Wed., March 13, 6 p.m. ghostcoastdistillery.com.

Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St. ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY W/ DJ REMY AND DJ MADD MAX Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a shamrock pancake pop-up, live music by Irish Balladeer James Patrick Keena, dancing

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover,” wrote author James Baldwin. “If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” To fully endorse that statement, I’d need to add two adverbs. My version would be, “The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover.

If I love you, I have to kindly and compassionately make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I recommend that you Libras enthusiastically adopt that mission during the coming weeks. With tenderness and care, help those you care about to become aware of what they’ve been missing—and ask for the same from them toward you.

a shift. 2019 will be a favorable time to at least add a new nickname or title. And I suspect you’ll have maximum inspiration to do so in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

For many of us, smell is our most neglected sense. We see, hear, taste, and feel with vividness and eagerness, but allow our olfactory powers to go underused. In accordance with astrological omens, I hope you will compensate for that dearth in the coming weeks. There is subtle information you can obtain—and in my opinion, need quite strongly—that will come your way only with the help of your nose. Trust the guidance provided by scent.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

For thousands of generations, our early ancestors were able to get some of the food they needed through a practice known as persistence hunting. They usually couldn’t run as fast as the animals they chased. But they had a distinct advantage: they could keep moving relentlessly until their prey grew exhausted. In part that’s because they had far less hair than the animals, and thus could cool off better. I propose that we adopt this theme as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks and months. You won’t need to be extra fast or super ferocious or impossibly clever to get what you want. All you have to do is be persistent and dogged and disciplined.

Essayist Nassim Nicholas Taleb says humans come in three types: fragile, robust, or antifragile. Those who are fragile work hard to shield themselves from life’s messiness. The downside?

They are deprived of experiences that might spur them to grow smarter. As for robust people, Taleb believes they are firm in the face of messiness. They remain who they are even when they’re disrupted.

The potential problem? They may be too strong to surrender to necessary transformations. If you’re the third type, antifragile, you engage with the messiness and use it as motivation to become more creative and resilient. The downside?

None. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aquarius, I urge you to adopt the antifragile approach in the coming weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

In the process of casting for his movie *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*, director David Fincher considered selecting A-list actress Scarlet Johansson to play the heroine. But ultimately he decided she was too sexy and radiant. He wanted a pale, thin, tougher-looking actress, whom he found in Rooney Mara. I suspect that in a somewhat similar way, you may be perceived as being too much *something* for a role you would actually perform quite well. But in my astrological opinion, you’re not at all too much. In fact, you’re just right. Is there anything you can do— with full integrity—to adjust how people see you and understand you without diluting your brightness and strength?

In 1993, an English gardener named Eric Lawes used his metal detector to look for a hammer that his farmer friend had lost in a field. Instead of the hammer, he found the unexpected: a buried box containing 15,234 old Roman silver and gold worth more than four million dollars today. I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because I suspect that you, too, will soon discover something different from what you’re searching for. Like the treasure Lawes located, it might even be more valuable than what you thought you wanted.

Wompsi’kuk Skeesucks Brooke is a Native American woman of the Mohegan tribe.

According to her description of Mohegan naming traditions, and reported by author Elisabeth Pearson Waugaman, “Children receive names that are descriptive. They may be given new names at adolescence, and again as they go through life according to what their life experiences and accomplishments are.” She concludes that names “change as the individual changes.”

If you have been thinking about transforming the way you express and present yourself, you might want to consider such

In 2014, NASA managed to place its MAVEN spacecraft into orbit around Mars.

The cost of the mission was $671 million.

Soon thereafter, the Indian government put its own vehicle, the Mangalyaan, into orbit around the Red Planet. It spent $74 million. As you plan your own big project, Pisces, I recommend you emulate the Mangalyaan rather than the MAVEN. I suspect you can do great things—maybe even your personal equivalent of sending a spacecraft to Mars—on a relatively modest budget.

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by the Legacy Irish Dance Academy, and festive yogurt parfait making. Fri., March 15, 10 a.m. Lucky’s Market Savannah, 5501 Abercorn St. ST. PAT’S KICKOFF BLOCK PARTY Get prepped for St. Pat’s weekend with a feast of pizza and beer and live music by DJ Press Play and The Sound Experiment.

Fri., March 15, 5 p.m. Two Tides Brewing Company, 12 West 41st St. ST. PIUS X HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETING All former students of St. Pius X High School are invited to attend this meeting.

Meet old friends, make new friends and have a great time. Several social events are hosted throughout the year. Dues are $24 a year. third Saturday of every month, 1 p.m. Savannah Classical Academy, 705 E. Anderson.

TEA AT MRS. DAVENPORT’S Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea in the historic atmosphere of the Davenport House Museum. Patrons will tour areas of the historic home where tea service took place and will participate in an afternoon tea with costumed interpreters. $18 per adult, $14 per child plus tax Fridays, Saturdays, 5 p.m. info@davenporthousemuseum.org. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport House, 324 East State St. 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/.

UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY Unity in the Community is a nonprofit organization that promotes and hosts free, family-friendly culturally diverse events to give back to the community. The events feature handcrafted ethnic arts and crafts, home-based businesses, and community nonprofits. Entertainment is provided by churches and other local individuals and groups. third Saturday, Sunday of every month. riverstreetsavannah.com/. River Street, River St. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE COMES TO GEORGIA City of Savannah Municipal Archivist Luciana Spracher and The Learning Center’s Roger Smith explore the personalities and events surrounding the push for suffrage in Georgia. Free and open to the public, but space is limited Tue., March 19, noon. 912651-6411. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

FESTIVALS

SAVANNAH ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE The second biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the United States kicks off a weekend of partying. Sat., March 16, 10:15 a.m.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

FITNESS

$10 HOT FLOW On Monday and Friday mornings in March: Breath based practice designed to ignite

your core, strengthen your body, and energize your day. Learn to move fluidly with your breath. All levels welcome-from beginner to experienced yogi--move through challenges to find your personal change.

Practiced to light music in heated room (90-95 degrees) $10 Mondays, Fridays, 9:3010:30 a.m. 912.356.8280. info@thehubsav. com. thehubsavannah.com. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham St. 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. third Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. 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. EXERCISE CLASS Stretches, strengthening and general feel good moves. ongoing. 912-667-0487.

Functional Bodies, 821 E. 66th St. 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. PLYOGA Wednesdays in March, 9:30AM This class is a 4-part interval routine implementing fundamental and fluent yoga postures as an active recovery for explosive high intensity plyometric movements. The modifiable nature of PLYOGA really creates a niche that fits any fitness level. Pairing plyometrics with yoga will give you a unique opportunity to elevate your level of fitness, GUARANTEED. No mat required.

Please bring a sweat towel, athletic shoes, and water. $20 Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. 912.356.8280. info@thehubsav.com. thehubsavannah.com. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham 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. 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. CONTINUES ON P. 54

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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. WEST COAST SWING LESSON West Coast Swing lesson from 7-8 PM taught by Alfredo Horna. Social dancing from 8-10 PM. Admission: USA Dance members $10, and non-members $15.

Couples and singles are welcome. Sat., March 16, 7 p.m. usadance.com. USA Dance Savannah, 301 U.S. 80.

YOGA - ST. PAT’S RECOVERY - TOP O’ THE MORNIN TO YIN! Did you have too much fun yesterday? Not feeling so great? Don’t stay in the bed or go to the medicine cabinet. Come spend an hour (mostly on your back!) with this less 54 active Yin Yasa yoga and transition from

queasy, head-pounding oblivion to a tranquil and calming clarity. Relieve tension in the body from head to toe and get the blood moving so that every part of your body feels oxygenated and reju-venated. $15 Sun., March 17, 9:30-10:30 a.m. 912.356.8280. thehubsavannah.com. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham 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

ISLANDS FARMERS’ MARKET The Island Farmers’ Market (previously Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market) is held every Saturday rain or shine. This outdoor market sets up on the property of Lighthouse Baptist Church. Food and Artisan Vendors will be at the market each Saturday, along with a kids club, a special

guest, story time, a musical gust, kid’s crafts, and nonprofit events. Free 9 a.m.-1 p.m.. islandsfarmersmarket@gmail.com. facebook.com/IslandsFarmersMarket/.

Lighthouse Baptist Church, 401 Quarterman Dr. SOUTHSIDE B&D KEGS AND EGGS Southside B&D will open at 6 am to serve ticketed guests a plated breakfast and three drink tickets for domestic draft beer, bloody’s and mimosas. The bar will be open serving any other drinks your little green hearts desire. March 16, 7 a.m.. bdburgers. net. B & D Burgers (Southside), 11108 Abercorn St. ST. PATRICK’S DAY PANCAKE BREAKFAST Stop by and enjoy breakfast before the parade at Wesley Monumental, conveniently located on Calhoun Square and the parade route. Menu includes pancakes, bacon, green grits, coffee, milk or orange juice. $5 adults, $3 children March 16, 7 a.m.. wesleymonumental.org/. Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn St. ST. PATRICK’S DAY NAUGHTY BINGO & DAY PARTY $0-$25 March 16, noon. Holiday Inn Savannah Historic District, 520 Bryan St. THANKFUL TUESDAY AT THE GROVE All Firefighters, EMS, Police & First Responders get 50% off lunch & dinner food on Tuesdays at The Grove. info@ thegrovesavannah.com.

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. SUNDAY SUPPER CLUB ecome part of a Savannah tradition. Join us at our festive community table with new friends and old to share in a night of food, libations and southern hospitality.

Each Sunday you will experience unique thoughtfully created dishes paired with meticulously selected wines to complement each delicious course. $55 for four-course meal and wine pairings paccisavannah.com.

Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar, 601 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.

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

SECOND ANNUAL SAVANNAH ROTARY READ-IN Last year’s inaugural event drew 526 volunteer readers who read to students in 566 classrooms. This year, SavannahChatham public schools plan to add pre-kindergarten to the list, which means Rotarians and volunteers will read to students in 600 pre-k through third-grade classrooms in 32 schools. 0 Wed., March 13, 9-10:30 a.m. 912-604-5319. frankm.jr@ prodigy.net. savannahrotaryreadin.com/.

Savannah Chatham County Public Schools, 208 Bull St.

NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

BEHIND THE SCENES AQUARIUM TOUR Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at the UGA Aquarium?

During the week of spring break, we’re offering special behind-the-scenes tours on March 19 and March 21 for families. Spend the afternoon exploring our exhibits and learning about what it’s like to care for our native marine animals during a behind-thescenes tour led by an aquarium educator.

Children ages 5 and up are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult.

Registering before the event is encouraged but not required. Register online here to reserve a space. Questions? Contact Kayla Clark at kayla270@uga.edu or 912-5983345. $10 Tue., March 19, 2-3 p.m. 912-5982496. kayla270@uga.edu. gacoast.uga.edu/ events/. 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.

GARDENING SESSION Learn how to garden and harvest vegetables and herbs to bring home. Kerry Shay, an organic farmer and owner of landscaping company Victory Gardens, provides free instruction. First and third Saturday of every month. Free and open to the public third Saturday of every month, 9:30 a.m. charleshmorriscenter.com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St.

Announcements

Presser. Apply within: 8401 Ferguson Ave. No phone calls.

Full-time maintenance person For Your Information needed for large mobile home SPRING PLANT SALES park. Prefer someone with mobile VICTORY GARDENS home maintenance experience, but not required. 8:30 – 5:00 VEGGIE STARTS Monday – Friday. Competitive CULINARY HERBS pay, holidays and benefits.

NATIVE PLANTS ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS Please call 925-9673 to fill out an application or drop off your March 9th - 9am-1pm resume.

March 13th - 3 pm-6 pm March 23rd - 9am-1pm SHIRT PRESSER NEEDED March 30th - 9am-1pm Apply in person

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Pets & Animals Pets

Campbell’s Cleaners 8422 Waters Avenue (912) 355-6266

Commercial Property For Sale Great investment opportunity.

Laundromat near Isle of Hope on busy intersection.

Turnkey operation!

All equipment remains. Business Only known as WASH PLUS. Appointment only.

24 hour notice to show. Priced to sell at $125,000. ALVIN B. SANDERS (912) 604-5898. REALTY EXECUTIVES COASTAL EMPIRE 912-355-5557

For Rent

WOLF TREE IS NOW HIRING Experienced Tree Climbers and Tree Workers for local utility line clearance work.

Experience is a plus. CDL helpful. Call Chris @ (912) 259-0755 for more info

Real Estate Boykin Spaniel Puppies.

BSS registered. 4 Males, 6 Females. Born Feb 5th.

Complete veterinary care. $700 males, $800 females.

Call or text (912) 531-3591

Jobs Employment Wanted

We are currently hiring experienced warehouse workers to unload containers in the Savannah, GA area.

This is an incentive based position with a guaranteed base, but we have many employees earning upwards of $13-$17/hour based upon productivity.

We can work with your schedule.

Please contact Michael Granado @ 5 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd., Suite 140 Savannah, GA 31406 Phone: 912-433-6555 Email: mgranado@3plworx. com www.my3pljob.com

Help Wanted

Homes For Sale

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HOUSE FOR RENT 3 Bedroom/2.5 Bath, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, w/d hookup, CH/A, fenced yard, security doors. $700/month + deposit. Call 912-484-9427

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STUDIO APT. $300/week, plus SHARED LIVING for Senior citizen/ other rooms available. Call 912- Retired, Age 40/older. Furnished 401-1961 for info. room, CH/A, cable. Shared bath, kitchen and common area. $170 Up (utilities included)/$640 Room for Rent monthly. Safe environment. ID/ ROOMS FOR RENT Proof of income required. 912Nice, Clean, large, furnished. 308-5455 Busline, utilities, central heat/air.

LIVING: Fully $125-$145/weekly. Rooms with SHARED Furnished Apts. Ages 40 bath $165. Call 912-289-0410.

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