Connect Savannah April 17, 2019

APR 17-23, 2019 NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

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Savannah Earth Day Fest moves to Daffin Park INSIDE:

Music, activities, and activism will be highlights

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NEW LOCATION: Daffin Park!

NEW LOCATION: Daffin Park!

The City of Savannah & the Savannah Chatham Sustainability Coalition present:

#SaveEndangeredspecies

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Earth Day Festival Saturday, April 20th 2019 • 12PM-5PM • Daffin Park Food, Drinks & Live Entertainment All Day Long!

Food Trucks • Vegan Food • Local Craft Beer • Vintage Trailers Educational Workshops • Kids Activities • Fashion Show Improv Comedy • Storytelling • and over 80 vendors & exhibitors!

Free parking! • Rain or shine!

This festival is brought to you by the generous support of our sponsors!

FREE • FAMILY FRIENDLY • FOOD TRUCKS • LIVE MUSIC • NEW LOCATION: DAFFIN PARK • EARTHDAYSAVANNAH.ORG

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Funny As Ish Comedy Tour w/ Mike Epps, Sommore, Rickey Smiley, Tony Rock, Earthquake, DC Young Fly 4.19

The comedy tour is sure to make you laugh.

8 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr Arena, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. savannahcivic.com

WEDNESDAY 4.17 Film: Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

The PFS screens the intense and explicit tale of a middle-aged white female public school teacher who’s never had a romantic relationship of any sort.

8 p.m.

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

The Piano Men

3 powerhouse pianists / singers along with band pay tribute to Billy Joel, Elton John, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Lee Lewis and many more. The audience is singing along to 2 hours of fun.

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

The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $39 adults, $19.50 child savannahtheatre.com

THURSDAY 4.18 Artist Talk w/ Jessica Pope

Earth Day Festival

Join Savannah-based artist Jessica Pope for a discussion of her site-specific installation, Folklore.

6 p.m.

Jepson Center, 207 W. York St.

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The theme for this year’s event is “Protect our Species.” This theme is in tandem with the Earth Day Network. The goal for the 2019 Savannah Earth Day Festival is to promote the protection of endangered species within the State of Georgia.

12-5 p.m.

Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave.

Film: Grave of the Fireflies

As the Empire of the Sun crumbles upon itself and a rain of firebombs falls upon Japan, the final death march of a nation is echoed in millions of smaller tragedies.

8 p.m.

Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. $8

Film: Steel Magnolias

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There’s a new tenant at Armadillo Acres-and she’s wrecking havoc all over Florida’s most exclusive trailer park. When Pippi, the stripper on the run, comes between the Dr. Philloving, agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husband-the storms begin to brew.

7:30 p.m.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern, 11935 Abercorn St. $15 912-344-2801.

Six icons of the silver screen, including Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts and Sally Field, come together in this hilarious and heartwarming story of life, love and loss in a small Louisiana parish.

7 p.m.

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

The Great American Trailer Park Musical There’s a new tenant at Armadillo Acres-and she’s wrecking havoc all over Florida’s most exclusive trailer park.

Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 p.m.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. $15 912-344-2801. armstrongboxoffice@ georgiasouthern.edu

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Lecture: On the Water and Beneath the Waves: Stories of Coastal Georgia

Odd Lot Improv: Friday Funnies

This presentation highlights the ways researchers preserve the stories of maritime communities through collecting oral narratives and listening for echoes of the past.

6 p.m.

Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

Free and open to the public

Savannah Third Thursdays

Select local galleries will be open until 8 p.m., giving you the opportunity to art after hours. third Thursday of every month, 5-8 p.m.

FRIDAY 4.19 Funny As Ish Comedy Tour w/ Mike Epps, Sommore, Rickey Smiley, Tony Rock, Earthquake, DC Young Fly

The comedy tour is sure to make you laugh.

8 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr Arena, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. savannahcivic.com -

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

Ray & Etta: Father of Soul & Matriarch of Blues

If you enjoyed the “Frank & Ella” concert last year, you don’t want to miss Laiken Love and Trae Gurley’s “Ray & Etta: Father of Soul & Matriarch of Blues.” This show is going to be packed with some of the best blues & soul these artists have to offer.

8-10 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $18 912-472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org

SATURDAY 4.20 Collin’s Barefoot Comedy Club w/ Andrew Sleighter

National headline comedian Collin Moulton’s monthly stand-up comedy show always features his own brand of hilarious and family-friendly comedy.

8 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne.

$15 912-472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org

Earth Day Festival

The goal for the 2019 Savannah Earth Day Festival is to promote the protection of endangered species within the State of Georgia.

12-5 p.m.

Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave.

Easter Carnival

The Seed Church’s Easter carnival features live music, train ride and firetruck ride, carnival rides, a 20,000 egg hunt, a baby and toddler carnival playground, and free food, cotton candy and prizes.

10 a.m.

The Seed Church, 1950 Chatham Parkway. theseedchurch.com/events/carnival

Easter Egg-Stravaganza

Bounce in the new bounce house and take pictures with Prissy the Cow or Freddie the Flea.

8 a.m.

Keller’s Flea Market, 5901 Ogeechee Road.

Forsyth Farmers Market

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

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Forsyth Park 912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com

Islands Farmers’ Market

The 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.

Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans

An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Followed by long form comedy.

8 p.m.

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

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A Bounty of Delicious Food and Rousing Good T imes

Join us

Easter Sunday APRIL 21ST, 2019

SPECIAL EASTER HOURS: 11AM-8PM WE WILL BE OFFERING OUR REGULAR MENU THROUGHOUT THE DAY EASTER FEATURED SPECIALS

Appetizer Baked Oyster Trio Oyster Florentine, Oyster Daufuski, Parmesan Oysters

Entrees

E ASTER BUFFET Sunday, April 21st, 2019 • 11am-3:30pm Adults $38.95 • Children 4-12 $15.95 OUR BOUNTIFUL FEAST INCLUDES:

Bread Station: Fresh Baked Biscuits • Parker House Rolls Rosmary and Parmesan Focaccia • French Baguettes • Grisini/Lavosh Salads: Strawberry Spinach • Easter Rainbow Salad • Strawberry Mandarin Ambrosia Tortellini • Antipasto • Fruit Display • Moroccan Beet Salad • Wedge Seafood Bar: Poached Salmon • Tossed Clams • Peel & Eat Shrimp Ponzu Tuna Tacos Entrees: Prime Rib • Honey Pecan Fried Chicken Spiral Sliced Ham • Shrimp And Grits • Slow Roasted Lamb Blackened Mahi Mahi • Chipped Corned Beef Benedicts

Lobster Quiche • Pan Seared Salmon Over Butter Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Pancetta & Asparagus

Dessert: Banana Pudding • Easter Gummy Eggs Lemon Meringue Tartlets • Flourless Chocolate Hazelnut Cake Carrot Cake Bars • Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish

Dessert

REGULAR DINNER MENU WILL BE OFFERED BEGINNING 4:45PM

Homemade Blueberry Pie

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Savannah for Morons: The Trolley Tour

This comedy show on wheels will roast nearly 300 years of Savannah in a 90minute ride.

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

Visitor’s Information Center, 301 MLK Jr. Blvd. $33 savannahformorons.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. third Saturday, Sunday of every month River Street, River St.

SUNDAY 4.21 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.

MONDAY 4.22 The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra

April 25 | Wine & Dine @ The Deck April 26 | Pickin & Shuckin w/ Beer & Bubbles @ Tybee Post Theater April 27 | The Grand Wine Tasting BENEFITING @ the Tybee Light Station

Once each month the 18 piece Fabulous Equinox Orchestra takes to the stage at the beautiful Peregrin, high atop the Perry Lane Hotel for a show unlike any other.

7 p.m.

Peregrin, 256 E Perry Lane.

Free, but VIP tables are $100-$150

Odd Lot Improv: Monday Night Madness

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

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

4 p.m.

Tybee Island, Tybee Island. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com

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TUESDAY 4.23 Brit Floyd: 40 Years of The Wall

Brit Floyd, the world’s greatest Pink Floyd tribute show, returns in 2019 with its most ambitious and biggest production yet; a very special 40th Anniversary celebration of Pink Floyd’s iconic rock opera, “The Wall.”

8 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. savannahcivic.com

Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by Melanie Goldey

A poetry and music open mic with an emphasis on sharing new, original, thoughtful work. fourth Tuesday of every month, 8 p.m.

The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.

WEDNESDAY 4.24 Film: 105th Birthday Tribute to Filmmaker William Castle

The Psychotronic Film Society celebrates the life and career of the late William Castle, a pioneering writer, producer, director and marketing genius responsible for many of the most unusual and peculiar suspense thrillers and horror flicks of the 1940s through the 1970s -- including “The Lady from Shanghai,” “The House on Haunted Hill,” “Homocidal,” “Mr. Sardonicus,” “The Tingler” and “Rosemary’s Baby.” His box-office success also inspired Alfred Hitchcock to make his classic 1960 shocker “Psycho.” For this special screening, the PFS will show one of Castle’s least-known and most bizarre films, which is rarely seen in public. The exact title remains a secret right up until showtime. Adventurous movie lovers are encouraged to take a chance, buy a ticket and be pleasantly surprised.

8 p.m.

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

NEWS & OPINION EDITOR’S NOTE

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

THE NEWS last week that Savannah City Manager Rob Hernandez has resigned to go back to South Florida, effective June 30, should have been more of a surprise.

But seeing as Hernandez’s job search had already become public a year ago, his resignation came as less of a shock to the system than simply confirmation of what we all expected.

What was a bit unexpected was the timing itself: At the beginning of what’s bound to be a contentious City election season.

Supporters of Hernandez, with justification, said this proved Hernandez was doing what he was hired to do without passion or prejudice: Right a sinking ship by forcing the tough budget decisions to be made.

In that worldview, Hernandez’s only mistake was in being too committed to his mandate.

Hernandez himself alludes to this in his resignation letter, when he uses words like “fanatical” and “obsession” to describe his devotion to professional responsibilities.

But Savannah’s not that kind of town, for better or worse.

We don’t like to make tough decisions.

We like to have the cake and eat it, too.

And the only fanatical obsessions we seem to have are gossiping about each

Former City Manager Rochelle SmallToney was fired by Council after a long series of escalating controversies. Former City Manager Stephanie Cutter was arguably the second biggest election issue in 2015, after crime. And Hernandez was a lightning rod for controversy from the beginning.

The simple truth is that any successful City Manager must also build public trust, just as an elected official would. Possibly even more so, since they’re really the one at the helm of the ship, that does the hiring and firing in the trenches.

So for a city looking for some good news, I believe we have some: The interim City Manager, according to Mayor Eddie DeLoach, might be former

The simple truth is that any City Manager must also build public trust, just as an elected official would. Possibly even more so, since they’re really the one at the helm of the ship, that does the hiring and firing in the trenches.

Local opinion on Hernandez basically settles into two camps: 1. Hernandez is a capable and competent public servant thrown under the bus by a feckless City Council after he did what he was hired to do, i.e. set City finances in order and bring professionalism back to the office.

2. Hernandez is just a bad fit for Savannah, and set the wrong tone with the public from the beginning.

There’s a measure of truth in both.

While public opposition to the Fire Fee is specifically what prompted Hernandez to seek jobs elsewhere — we know this because he’s said so — his friction with the public came right after he was hired, at a Council meeting discussing his idea to cut all City funds to the arts and social programs.

This was a very unfortunate introduction which had the effect of alienating nearly all the key local opinion leaders he would need moving forward.

Hernandez’s equal-opportunityoffender approach would be duplicated, at even greater scale, during the Fire Fee episode.

Virtually all of Savannah — black, white, rich, poor, private sector, public sector — was united against the Fire Fee. Just as Hernandez’s first budget-cutting proposal united a broad front of opposition, the Fire Fee did the same.

other, being seen at the right parties, and complaining about local government.

Hernandez sealed his alienation from Savannah culture by remarks, often blown up or misreported in the local press, such as the one about not liking red bricks.

Now, Savannah is one of the only cities in the U.S. where such a remark would be considered in any way controversial.

Surely none of the other places Hernandez has worked would have even noticed it, much less become outraged by it.

But that’s Savannah politics, and that has always been Hernandez’s weak spot.

With his top-down, military-style, “stay in your lane” methods, Hernandez trusted that all the political stuff was supposed to be City Council’s job to handle.

The truth is that Savannah City Manager is just as much a political job, if not more so, than any other we have.

On paper, that’s not the intent of the position. The City charter was changed specifically so that a City Manager could take politics out of important decisions.

Alas, that’s not possible in the real world… nor even in Savannah for that matter!

Many of the conversations I’ve had about this issue with local political observers tend to run along similar lines.

Isn’t it interesting, they say, that since former City Manager Michael Brown’s resignation in 2010 after a widely hailed 15-year tenure, Savannah just can’t seem to get the City Manager position right.

Chatham County Assistant Manager Pat Monahan — if he can muster five votes on City Council.

I can think of no better realistic choice than Monahan for the position at this time.

Emphasis on “realistic.”

Word right now is that Monahan isn’t interested in the position permanently — something he really has to say for political reasons regardless — but candidly he would be far from the worst choice if he were to change his mind and Council would agree.

The ship of state must be held on some kind of stable course through this election season, and Monahan is certainly the one to do it, combining well-documented professionalism with a pragmatic grasp of local culture and politics.

After that, all bets are off, as November’s elections might bring a whole new approach to City government, or a moderated version of the status quo.

Hopefully, filling the position on an interim basis won’t also be engulfed in election-year politics. Also hopefully, maybe the moon is made of tasty green cheese and money grows on trees.

In any event, we are getting a new City Manager soon, and my wish is that the new hire will understand that they aren’t just a new hire, but sort of a Mayor on steroids, who needs both the professional and political chops to match.

It’s a tall order. CS

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Members of the Savannah Chatham Sustainability Coalition board: Louis Clausi, George Seaborough, Joanne Morton, Tim Arnold, Kirsten Parent, Lisa Goodman .

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Musicians who will perform include The Train Wrecks and Soap.

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Savannah Earth Day Festival moves to Daffin Park Music, activities, and activism are all highlights

BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

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THERE’S literally never been a better time to get involved in conservation, and there are plenty of reasons why.

Take, for example, the scary report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that forecasts irreversible effects if carbon emissions aren’t controlled in the next 12 years.

Or consider the whale off the coast of the Philippines found dead with 88 pounds of trash in its stomach.

Or watch “Our Planet” on Netflix and watch walruses, unable to find ice floes, scale large hills that they promptly fall off of, killing them.

Or follow the Instagram account “Public Lands Hate You,” dedicated to calling out influencers whose dedication to doing it for the ‘gram outweighs their attention to not destroying the environment.

This list could go on and on. Collectively, we’re starting to realize the severity of the effects of climate change—but they’ve been around for years. Experts have long been screaming into the void trying to warn us of what’s happening right now (remember Ralph Nader?).

The first Earth Day Festival was held in 1970 in response to the Santa Barbara Oil Blowout. Earth Day has been around for half a century, and we still have climate change deniers, tourists destroying natural environments, corporations dumping toxic materials into our waterways, and people who don’t recycle.

Again, there has never been a better 8 time to get involved.

cars. Subaru Chatham Parkway is one of our sponsors, too. They’ll have some cars as well. That’s been a goal of mine—to get vehicles for the festival.

Savannah Bee Company will do an educational element. We’ve got the Tybee Island Marine Science Center with a really big North Atlantic right whale exhibition.

We’ll have a two-hour workshop about repairing things from Samita with Film This year, the Earth Day Festival Biz Recycling, so bring your toaster to the moves to Daffin Park. How did you Earth Day Festival and get it repaired. make that decision?

One end of the park will be the stage, Just like how people trashed White where we’ll have the Tybee Island MariMoving it to Daffin, I think, will really Square over St. Patrick’s Day, but locals time Academy opening the festival, and change it. It’ll feel different. After doing were the one to clean it up. then Soap and The Train Wrecks and the Food Day Festival in Daffin and doing Danielle Hicks. I wanted to get a variety of events in Forsyth, it’s just easier, logistibands. cally, to do it in Daffin. I wanted to move it Exactly! One thing I want to try to do next year—not this year, but I’ll start putting We also have the Myers and Derenne last year, but people just weren’t ready. the bug in people’s ears—is leave no trash, Middle School bands performing. I want to There’s just no parking near Forsyth. leave no trace. We have trash receptacles, start bringing more kids in so their parents Just with the vendors checking in, they but if you bring it in, take it out. Take it to will come. have to drop off their stuff and go find a your personal trash can or recycling bin at parking spot, then walk back. To me, it’s Why is it so important to get kids just too stressful. I don’t like to be stressed. home. We need to get comfortable doing that, because not every place we go is going involved?

Also, there’s the fact that Daffin Park to have a recycle bin. So are you just going is surrounded by three neighborhoods— to throw it away? Or are you going to take We have to do this for them. They’re the Midtown, Ardsley Park and Parkside. It’s responsibility and take it home? ones we should be listening to. I’m so a demographic that some of those people We have to start taking responsibility grateful for these young kids that are earnwould never go to Forsyth, but they will for our trash and recycling. It is our job to ing Nobel Peace Prizes for the environwalk over to Daffin, hopefully.

It starts at noon, so people can still go to pick up the litter. Whether we like it or not, ment because their parents are letting that’s our job. their children be the voice. They are the the [Forsyth] Farmers’ Market, too—it’s future. We’ve got to let these old men and even stressful for them. It might be extra Tell me about the groups who will be old women get out of the way and let the people, but at the same time, there’s more coming. younger generations make the choices. people.

Because it’s their future, not yours—you’re We have the Trash Warriors, Oceana, gonna die.

Tell me about the festival.

Tybee Beach Cleanup, and the Savannah Tree Foundation coming. We have Plug In Why do you think the Earth Day FestiThe whole reason we do Earth Day is priAmerica, which is an electric car advocacy val endures? What’s its staying power? marily an educational event. Most of our vendors are nonprofits, and we offer free group that will have test drives of electric Savannah’s Earth Day Festival celebrates nineteen years this year. Spearheaded by activist, artist and all-around badass Joanne Morton, the festival moves to Daffin Park this year and offers, as always, educational aspects as well as fun things to do.

We talked with Morton last week.

workshops. The workshops are really wide and varied this year, so it’s going to be kind of cool.

Having mostly locals attend this year will make it so more people can help.

Everyone can sign up and do things with each other, more than just hash tagging, “Oh, I’m in Savannah! It’s so beautiful!

We’re at an Earth Day festival!” Like some of these people are just saying how pretty it is, but they don’t want to do the work to keep it pretty.

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I think it’s for It’s time to let our love of this someone else do area. We love the it. I’ve been doing coastline, we love it for six years, the ocean, we love and it’s going the beach, we love to keep growour trees. I know ing, but it’s fun. very few people Someone else who live here should have an who don’t love opportunity to the actual natuhave fun. It’s not ral landscape of that I won’t still Savannah. be a part of it. I’m A lot more a big believer that environmental it isn’t my festigroups are bringval, it’s Savaning that emonah’s festival. It tional element to needs more than the conversation. just Joanne’s You want to proinput. tect something That said, because you love what’s next for it. me? I want to A wide, diverse variety of concerned citizens and We love our work on my art activists will be on hand. PHOTO GEOFF L. JOHNSON turtles, we love our projects and things manatees. And we like that. Somelove our children. If we put the love elething I was thinking about was, how can ment into why we do something, we make we bring the heart into more of our social different choices. activism? We know that’s what we need to I’m always curious about this. There do. I feel like this is a gift I have given to the will be a couple church groups that will be Earth through the festival through the last there. Unitarian Universalist and Asbury few years, because I do bring a sense of fun have formed a group together. and there’s no stress.

It’s amazing to me that there aren’t more I’m really grateful for the sponsors. churches involved in the conservation More than half of our sponsors have been movement because Earth is the Garden of coming every year. We have a team of peoEden. Why wouldn’t you protect the bigple and we all know what to do. It’s a nice gest gift God gave you? It’s your planet. organization we can all depend on every That just doesn’t make any sense. year to get our message out. There are so We also have to realize that what worked many people in this town that have really in the 20th century isn’t going to work in strong messages to share and really great the 21st century. We have to be okay to skills to share. change our minds and try new things, and if it doesn’t work, we try something differDo you have any plans for next year? ent, but we can’t just keep doing the same thing over and over again.

Come to this year’s festival, but we want to It’s proven to be dangerous, not only to start planning next year’s festival in July the planet but the people and animals on because next year is the 20th anniversary the planet. of Savannah’s Earth Day Festival and the 50th anniversary in the world. We’re going That reminds me of Alexandria Ocasio- to be really big.

Cortez’s stance that we have to take What I want to do next year is talk to a hard line on the environment and people who were at the very first Earth Day try new things, because the old things Festival in 1970, as well as people from the haven’t been working. very first Earth Day Festival in Savannah in 2000.

I love her so much. We are a different We all need to imagine a world we want world. Completely different. And we have to see. I want to see more tigers. I want to to be more flexible. Just like getting older, see more North Atlantic right whales. I I’m aging so differently than my parwant to see more food gardens. We need ents aged. There are men aging and they to be able to see the vision. This cause is have AIDS—we never thought that would never going to go away. CS happen. So we are changing. We have to SAVANNAH EARTH DAY FESTIVAL change the way we see things.

Saturday, April 20 noon-5 p.m.

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How far could I go in each Concept? town and Wilmington Island – and for the Chatham County

BY ORLANDO MONTOYA Maps like these are available for 12 other key destinations. four people each hour who are going to Commissioner Jay Countin Ask us where to find them. riding a Skidaway Island or Coffee Bluff, costing Jones, a CAT Board CAT, in the latter case, an estimated $24 member who repCHATHAM AREA TRANSIT officials per boarding. Giving them Ubers would be resents growing To or from Downtown Savannah in 60 minutes To or from Og last week unveiled two radically different cheaper. suburban areas like concepts for the bus system’s future. It’s I say only “okay” for those people Georgetown and 204 Since much of CAT’s funding is tied to part of the agency’s attempt to stem years because taking a bus to these places / I-16, where land is To or from Downtown Savannah in 60 minutes ridership, continuing to prioritize areas of declining ridership and prevent a death already involves a ride that is long, circucheaper and housing is more affordable. far can I go in How far I go ininanyeach “Imagine Concept? instead of people will continue the agenspiral of funding. itous, irregular andcould not convenient a woman pushing How a buggy to an hour of travel? cy’s funding decline, leading to less serSometime in the next few months, the way. Maps like these are available for 12 other key destinations. get to the bus stop at Walmart,” he says. us where to find them. vice, leading to less riders, leading to less CAT Board, which includes three members TheAsk High Coverage Concept doesn’t “She’d have to walk a mile under the High funding: a death spiral. of the Chatham County Commission and improve things very much for them. But Ridership Concept. I can’t support that.”

Something has to change. one member of Savannah City Council, it’s the only choice they have. Because the And he has a point. People deserve serCounting walking, riding and waiting.

But what about Georgetown and other among others, will decide which concept to second concept (called the “High Ridervice for their taxes. But much of this isn’t suburbs? Couldn’t we serve everybody embrace. ship Concept”) leaves them without bus CAT’s problem. with great service? Yes. But you’d have This will represent the first systemservice.To or from Downtown Savannah in 60 minutes “I don’t want CAT to cater tofrom sprawl,” To or Avondale in 60 minutes To orto from Ch To or from Oglethorpe Mall in 60 minutes pay for it – on the order of increasing CAT’s wide redesign of CAT’s bus routes in many Stakeholders advising CAT, including says Clinton Edminster, a CAT board budget by 50%. decades, possibly leading to major changes me, appear to favor some version of the member. “CAT should be the rock on I’d support that! But again: County Comin the way transit commuters access jobs, second concept because it prioritizes serv- which development takes place. We need mission, City Council, millage, politics. schools, health care and everyday life. CAT ing more people and serving them better. to develop in a more sustainable way.” wants your feedback before they make a More frequent busses, more direct People live and work out But it’sin 60 minutesLearn the details for yourself about the T To there. or from Avondale two options. And pay close attention to decision. routes, better weekend and night hours very costly to serve them. who’s riding what and where.

So here are the choices. The first conare all offered here. This choice is great for And here’s where we could have long You can do that and give CAT Board cept (called the “High Coverage Concept”) people, again like myself, who use popular discussions about housing affordability, members your opinions about this choice looks a lot like the existing system, with bus routes, like the Abercorn and MLK employer recruitment, zoning, highthrough May 15 by going to LetsGo.Catchasome minor tweaks. corridors, among others, that always seem way subsidies and other issues that CAT, cat.Org CS It prioritizes covering as much area as to have full busses. frankly, isn’t charged with solving. possible, whether or not people actually Concept designers also believe that this CAT, as I see it, has two goals: move peo10 use the bus in all areas. choice will appeal to in-town residents ple and keep itself solvent.

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Tourtellot is CEO of the Destination Stewardship Center, which focuses on “the

BY JOHN BENNETT intersection of tourism and the stewardjohn@bicyclecampaign.org ship of places.” He also founded National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable KILLING the goose that laid the golden Destinations. egg. Loving a place to death. Too much of a “When it’s all about transactions,” he good thing. warned, “the identity of a place can slip All of these phrases were used April 12 away.” He recommended that communiat a conference in Savannah to describe a ties, “manage tourism so that it pays to scenario of increasing concern locally and protect the place, not destroy it.” internationally.

At the same time, Tourtellot said, “All Too many tourists descending on a des- spectrums of society must have the opportination can degrade and even destroy tunity to enjoy a place.” the cultural, environmental, and historic To his way of thinking, “managing tourresources that made it a place people ism and managing the place are the same wanted to visit in the first place. job.”

The first Coastal Georgia Tourism In her presentation, Cheryl Hargrove Conference, organized by the University identified Interstate 95 as both an asset of Georgia’s Marine Extension and Sea and a hinderance to tourism on the coast.

Grant, was held at the Coastal Georgia Hargrove is director of industry and partBotanical Gardens (Or in local parlance, ner relations for the Tourism Division the Bamboo Farm). of the Georgia Department of Economic The goal of the conference was to “build Development and author of the book, “Cula network of industry partners focused on tural Tourism: Five Steps for Success and promoting coastal tourism while preserv- Sustainability.” ing the natural beauty and environmental While the condition of the highway comhealth of the Georgia Coast.” pares favorably to other coastal states, it In discussions about managing tourism also encourages travelers to speed through while protecting places and preserving the state. Convincing people to get off the quality of life for residents, “balance” is interstate and explore coastal Georgia is often used to identify both the process and challenge she said. the end goal. Jonathan Tourtellot, the conTonya Harvey, executive director of ference keynote speaker, urged attendees the Kingsland Convention and Visitors to stop using that word.

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Describing many parts of her community as being “built around cars,” she said they are now taking a different approach during the Coastal Tourism Planning and Policy session.

“Not everyone is traveling by car,” she said, “So how do we get people to places, safely?” The answer is trails and Camden County has made them a priority.

Brent Buice, South Carolina and Georgia Coordinator of the East Coast Greenway Alliance and chair of the nonprofit formed to advance the Tide to Town urban trail system in Savannah, was a speaker on the conference’s Coastal Tourism Development panel.

Buice said trails can reduce congestion in areas that are heavily visited, including Savannah.

“We need to be thoughtfully managing the impact of the tourists we already have, and one of the biggest consequences of tourism is traffic,” he said.

“People are already coming here because of the dense, walkable nature of the historic district, so we should embrace that and do everything we can through smart infrastructure investments to make it as easy and convenient and safe as possible for visitors — and locals — to get around

without being dependent on private automobiles,” said Buice.

Along with the pragmatic function of trails, Buice said they allow people to engage more fully with places.

“Paved trails like Tide to Town and the East Coast Greenway enable and promote exploration by foot and by bike. There are no parking lots needed and people get to notice and appreciate those architectural details and scenic natural spaces that are so easy to miss from inside a fast-moving motor vehicle. Trails provide a practical traffic management solution while also fulfilling tourists’ desire for authentic, memorable experiences,” he said.

What’s more, Buice said, there’s a connection between trails and adoption of the stewardship ethos Tourtellot espouses.

“Conservationists have long known that people need to see, hear, and directly experience a place to want to protect it, and the same principle is true for man-made, historical places like Savannah,” he said.

“When tourists have the opportunity to stroll or bike along shady canal banks and through neighborhoods, they are far more likely to take personal pride in that place.

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Savannah Cultural Arts Center opens to enthusiasm — and more questions

BY RACHAEL FLORA

THE long-awaited Savannah Cultural Arts Center opened this weekend to great fanfare.

The official ribbon cutting was Friday evening, and there were demonstrations and performances all day Saturday.

Connect visited the new facility Friday evening.

There’s no question that going from the decrepit Henry Street facility, former home of the City Cultural Arts Dept., to this one feels like a major win for the arts locally.

The grand opening went a long way toward assuaging public concerns about the $24 million facility, under fire for a substantial cost overrun.

The sprawling building feels almost like a nice public school with its cinder block walls and circular design. Whether that comparison is a good or a bad thing is in the eye of the beholder.

The five studio classrooms are easily the most impressive feature of the Center.

All the rooms have huge windows, allowing for plenty of natural light to come through. The equipment is high quality, and there’s plenty of room for instruction and creation.

The art gallery is spectacular in its size.

It’s a white wall gallery with high ceilings, allowing for a lot of artwork to be on display.

At the opening, the exhibition on display was the 18th annual New Beginning Youth Art Exhibition, presented by the Savannah chapter of The Links, Incorporated. The abundance of art on the walls proves the importance of this building and the services that the Cultural Arts Department provides.

On opening night, the art instructors were leading workshops and clearly excited about their new space.

The theater spaces are markedly less impressive, or at least less cohesive in their presentation.

The Ben Tucker Theater was sold as a 464-seat performing arts theater with a fixed stage. There are no fixed seats in the room, which will apparently rely on “retractable” seating for flexibility.

The jury is still out on the stage—on opening night, it was obscured by a pulldown screen. Several observers compared the space to a conference room rather than a performing arts space, but to be fair, without the full seating in effect it’s hard to

Scenes from the Cultural Arts Center on opening night. PHOTOS BY RACHAEL FLORA.

come to a definite conclusion.

There’s more confusion surrounding the second theater space. It’s billed as a black box theater, but it is literally anything but a black box theater.

The room has multiple windows that extend up the wall, peeking out behind the huge black curtain hung in what seems like a futile attempt to block the light.

In several descriptions of the new

Center, there is no mention of a black box theater, instead listing a dance studio. This seems like the more appropriate utilization of the room, since there’s also a mirrored wall.

Overall, the Savannah Cultural Arts Center seems poised to be a great addition to the arts scene in Savannah once it gets going. CS

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“Three independent drug investigations conducted by the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) lead to search warrants resulting in large drug and money seizures,” CNT reports.

Early Tuesday afternoon, April 9, CNT conducted a search warrant of a residence located in the 300 block of Woodley Road in Savannah.

“A search of the residence resulted in the seizure of a large amount of cocaine, marijuana, and items commonly associated with the distribution of controlled substances. A stolen firearm and nearly $20,000 were also seized,” CNT reports.

CNT arrested 43-year-old Okemi “Kimmie” Lawton of Savannah. Lawton was charged with a slew of felony charges to include Trafficking Cocaine and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.

Lawton was on federal release at the time of his arrest and has a long criminal history to include a conviction for Voluntary Manslaughter in Chatham County.

In a separate drug investigation, CNT arrested 40-year-old Jennifer Schuman of Ellabell late Tuesday night at a hotel located within the city limits of Pooler.

“During a search of Schuman’s hotel room, a large amount of methamphetamine and items commonly associated with the distribution and use of controlled substances were located. Also seized were two BB handguns that resembled actual firearms. Schuman was wanted by CNT for Trafficking Methamphetamine at the time of her arrest. Schuman’s warrant was connected to CNT’s arrest of Jason Barker who was arrested by CNT on March 22.

During that investigation, Barker was found to be in possession of a large amount of methamphetamine and cocaine,” CNT reports.

In another separate investigation, CNT arrested 37-year-old Thomas “T.J.” Johnson of Savannah.

“During the early morning hours of Monday, April 8, CNT executed a search warrant at Johnson’s residence located in the 300 block of Noble Oaks Drive in Savannah. A search of Johnson’s residence resulted in a large seizure of marijuana, items commonly associated with the distribution of controlled substances, and more than $18,000,” CNT says.

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Lawton and Schuman remain in the Chatham County Detention Center. Johnson is currently out on bond. All three investigations are ongoing and additional charges and arrests are possible.

Woman charged with smuggling contraband into Chatham County jail

Officers with the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office Internal Affairs (IA) Division arrested a woman on April 11 for allegedly smuggling contraband to inmates at the Chatham County Detention Center.

Shelley Weins was arrested in Effingham County and is charged with two felony counts of items prohibited by possession for inmates.

“According to Internal Affairs officers, they began investigating Weins after they were alerted that she was taking money off of multiple inmate accounts. For more than two weeks, investigators listened to recorded phone calls, monitored email activity and listened to video visitation calls between her and multiple inmates housed in the jail,” the Sheriff’s Dept. reports.

The Dept. says “surveillance revealed that Weins was dropping off contraband at the Sheriff’s Office training facility located adjacent to the jail next to the range. Inmates who worked in and around the facility were then obtaining that contraband and taking it into the jail. A cell phone, which was a part of one of the two contraband drops, has been confiscated by investigators.”

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NEWS & OPINION NEWS OF THE WEIRD In Raleigh, North Carolina, residents of The Dakota apartment complex are stepping out a little more confidently after management engaged the services of a company called PawzLife. The Raleigh News and Observer reported on March 22 that residents were growing disgusted with the amount of dog feces on the sidewalks and green spaces around the complex. So management turned to a high-tech solution: Residents who own dogs are required to bring them to a “pup party,” where PawzLife collects their DNA with a simple saliva swipe and creates a “unique DNA profile” for each dog. The company then visits the neighborhood to pick up any stray poop, and owners whose dogs are a match with the poop DNA are fined $100 per offense. PawzLife owner Matthew Malec said, “We are just trying to make the Earth a little bit better to live on.”

Nothing Better to Do ...

Traffic on a street in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles came to a virtual stop as two cars engaged in a legendary standoff over a parking space on April 1. Fox News reported that Mariah Flores, who was positioned across the street, documented the entire two-hour dispute on Twitter, as the “black car” and the “silver car” jockeyed to parallel park in one open spot along the sidewalk. As horns honked and tensions mounted, a “plot twist” changed the whole dynamic: The owner of a third vehicle, parked in front of the empty space, left, leaving room for both black and silver to park. The drivers quickly settled their vehicles in the spaces but then sat in their cars for some time. “Like are they afraid of each other or is it just awkward now?” Flores wondered. Finally, the driver of the silver car emerged, prompting Flores’ comment, “SILVER takes the gold.”

... and Too Much Money to Do It With

A wealthy San Francisco philanthropist, Florence Fang, 84, is being sued by the city of Hillsborough over the “Flintstones” home and grounds she has created in the suburb. The oddly shaped house was built in 1976, and Fang bought it in 2017. Today it’s painted purple and red, features a large “Yabba Dabba Do” sign near the driveway, and Fang has added dinosaur and mushroom figurines, along with Fred Flintstone himself, to the yard. “We don’t like it when people build things first, then come in and demand or ask for permission later,” huffed Assistant City Attorney Mark Hudak, who told KTVU Fang built without the proper permits and the property is subject to code violations along with offending the neighbors’ aesthetic sensibilities. But Angela Alioto, Fang’s attorney, said the home is Fang’s “happy place.” Fang doesn’t live in

the home but uses it for entertainment and charitable events. “She’s had an incredible life, and I think it’s wonderful that, at 84 years old, she has found something that makes her so happy,” Alioto said.

Family Values

The Carter County (Tennessee) Sheriff’s Department had some strong leads in the death of Edith Betty Ralph, 75, on April 6, but none stronger than the behavior of John Christopher Ralph, 51, Edith’s son, who had been living with her and had repeatedly complained to friends and family that she was “driving him crazy.” “The night of Mrs. Ralph’s murder, John asked co-workers to take pictures of him at work saying that if anything happened to his mother he would need an alibi,” according to the sheriff’s department. ABC News reported that Edith was found deceased due to severe head trauma and several gunshot wounds. John was stopped at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, ready to board a flight for Amsterdam. He was held on a $1 million bond.

The Aristocrats!

• Lauren Jenai, 47, co-founder (with her ex-husband) of CrossFit, has struck up a new romance with an old flame: Franklin Tyrone Tucker, also 47, who resides at the Stock Island Detention Center in Florida, where he awaits trial for first-degree murder and armed robbery. Jenai sold her CrossFit shares for $20 million after her divorce and now lives in Portland, Oregon.

She and Tucker, childhood friends, reconnected on Facebook before Tucker’s arrest, and she has risen to his defense, offering to put up his $1 million bond (denied in January) and hiring private investigators for his case. She has not been able to see Tucker in person, but they were enjoying video visitation -- until, by Jenai’s admission, she “got a little risque ... I was touching my boobs.” Her account was suspended, so she began using her mother’s account, but it happened again: “My boobs popped out at some point, it happens.” Tucker and Jenai are scheduled to wed in prison.

What’s in a Name?

The Smuggler’s Inn on Canada View Drive in Blaine, Washington, sits just a stone’s throw from the Canadian border.

Fittingly, on April 4, a Canadian court charged its owner, Robert Joseph Boule, 69, with 21 counts of “inducing, aiding or abetting” seven people who tried to illegally enter Canada between May 2018 and March 2019. Boule had remarked to CBC News in the past that it wasn’t unusual to see people with night-vision goggles sneaking across the border at night. He remains in custody in Canada. CS

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MUSIC INTERVIEW

By way of Chicago, Fauvely brings emotional dream-pop to town The band chats ahead of El Rocko gig

BY SEAN KELLY

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BORN in Chicago, indie rock/dream-pop band Fauvely actually has deep ties to Savannah. Singer Sophie Brochu started the project upon moving to Chicago, and has released an EP and full-length since 2017. The music is powerful and ethereal, slightly reminiscent to groups like Mazzy Star but also extremely unique and underivative.

Ahead of the band’s show at El Rocko Lounge on Sat., April 20, we spoke to Brochu as well as bandmates Dale Price and Dave Piscotti about all things Fauvely.

Tell me about the origins of this project.

Brochu: This started much after I moved to Chicago. I’ve been here for about 10 years, but only started writing music a few years ago. I actually found myself writing about Savannah on the last album, but otherwise this is all from Chicago.

Having been in Chicago for so long now, does it feel like home? You mentioned writing about Savannah on the latest record. Do you feel as though you still have a connection here?

Brochu: A lot of what shaped my songwriting is the topic of grief. Usually, I don’t necessarily try to sit down and write music.

It’s usually something that comes in a process that’s hard to describe. So about a year ago, when I started working on this EP that we’re working on now, one of my really dear friend’s mother was in the process of dying from bladder cancer. I found myself writing this song for my friend, and that became the theme of the EP. It was this intense grief and sadness, but also an appreciation for the moment.

How that ties into the city is that I went through years of grief when I lived in Savannah. But when I look back, it’s such a beautiful place and I had a really happy childhood - mixed with some intense moments of grief.

So now that you have this band around you, how does the writing process look for y’all?

Piscotti: I just joined on in August, and Sophie already had the majority of these songs. So Dale and I, and our bass player Scott [Cortez], kind of do whatever feels the most natural. We just start playing, and it shapes from there.

So everybody kind of knows if something’s working and if it gels.

Brochu: Yeah. And I think it’s important to be open to ideas, even if it’s not working.

Just to let things develop.

How long did it take you, Sophie, to find this band? Especially with the songs being so personal.

Brochu: I actually had this terrible idea in the beginning that I would have a rotating lineup of band members. It didn’t really work [laughs]. Dale had been there all along, and he plays on and off with me. So when I finally came to the conclusion that having to keep teaching people the songs and starting over from scratch wasn’t working, I knew Dale was the right fit.

We’ve gone through changes with instruments and other people as well.

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I think a lot of it is just about knowing that we all bring something very different to the table, and finding that balance.

Price: I started playing [with Brochu] in 2016, and this is the sort of music that I listen to constantly. Now that the lineup is solidified, it’s a lot easier because everybody knows the songs really well. So we can give each other honest feedback.

It seems that everyone really understands this music and where it comes from. How did all of that fall into place?

Brochu: We do have a lot of the same influences, but some are different. I think when we’re actually working on music, the influences are more subconscious. So I think we all kind of have that subconscious thing. So much of this music is emotionally driven and driven by feeling. It’s not very technical, so I think a lot of it is about letting the song have a life of it’s own and decide what it needs and doesn’t need. CS

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GREENSBORO, North Carolina, band The Mantras are a really eclectic band with lots of different influences. You could call them a jam band, as they stylistically seem to live in the same general world as a band like the Grateful Dead, but—just like the Dead—they’re a lot more diverse than any categorization.

They’ve made a real name for themselves over the past several years around the Southeast, even creating their own festival in their hometown. That festival, Mantrabash, is scheduled for June 7 and 8 this year.

They’re currently on the road, and scheduled to swing through town on Sat., April 20 at Barrelhouse South. Ahead of their show, the band’s Keith Allen told us about their musical beginnings and what it’s like being part of the growing Greensboro scene.

How did this band come together?

A little over 15 years ago, we all somehow ended up in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Which, by the way, is a super random town but has developed significantly since we all came together here.

We were basically all friends first who

played music and then slowly started to coagulate a group. I think what really united us was our willingness to go as far as possible musically and not limit ourselves - a non-genre specific band. And we all get along and love each other, so that’s why we’re still here at the end of the day.

What would you say are some of your most prominent influences?

I know it’s cliche, but literally everything. You would be pretty hard-pressed to find someone that we don’t listen to or try to incorporate into our music.

Greensboro is a really great little place and it seems like some musical gems pop up out of there from time to time.

That part of NC has a really rich musical history. What has your experience been like being a band in a place like Greensboro and part of the greater NC music history?

What does the writing process look like for you guys typically?

Most of the time one or two of us will bring in an idea and we’ll just kind of knock it around, add things to it and arrange it. All sorts of stuff.

It’s really pretty loose. Sometimes it’s just a riff or jam, sometimes most of the song is actually complete to the point of a full recorded demo.

You guys seem to really thrive in a live setting. What’s your favorite aspect of playing live?

Getting to air out all of life’s stress and just live in that moment.

Do you have a favorite or a standout show that you’ve done? Tell me about one that sticks out in your mind.

At our Festival Mantrabash in 2014, we had Bernie Worrel, keyboardist from P-Funk and Talking Heads, play a whole set with Greensboro is great! It’s very centrally located, which enables us to get to the rest us. It was a “Talking Dead” set, which featured all Talking Heads and Grateful Dead of the surrounding state as well as up and mashups. It was the highlight of my musidown Eastern seaboard easily.

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Basically Nancy: Three of a kind

BY IVANA DEL PIELAGO BASICALLY NANCY’s “GenNext” show at Savannah Stopover this past March was a huge crowd hit and local social media sensation.

The rock trio of female local artists was formed just last year by Alayna Bowen, Esther Hines, and Greta Schroeder. The group of seniors from Savannah Arts Academy radiates talent through their rock and indie tunes played all over town.

Their success has only continued growing since they played their first show at Graveface Records last year. They will be performing next at El-Rocko Lounge on Tuesday April 23 at 9 p.m.

We spoke to Basically Nancy this week.

Where did the name first come from?

Esther: It came from Greta; she used to have this old neighbor named Nancy. She used to come over and go to her house growing up. It’s also a play on words, which represents being girly, and almost prudish, which our music can then contrast.

Around last spring I got a drum kit for my 17th birthday and then even before my birthday, we had already decided we were forming a band.

How did you each start with music?

Esther: I started with music earlier this year when I got a drum kit for my birthday, but my dad has been a musician his whole life playing with major bands when he was younger. I was always envious of the stories he told, so I wanted to be a part of something similar.

Greta: I grew up with a lot of musicians in my family, so music has always been a really big part of growing up. I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 and hated it so I picked up guitar when I was around 15 and my dad taught me most of what I know.

Alayna: I’ve been taking piano classes since I was like 10 and then got a guitar for Christmas 2017 and from there just started practicing like crazy. Then Greta asked me if I wanted to start a band and I was like, hell yeah, but we needed a bassist and so I taught myself how to do that.

What’s your favorite song to play at shows?

Greta: Friendship Song and Fuck You Too. Alayna: My favorite song to play is probably Feels Blind. It just feels so good and empowering to play.

Esther: My favorite song to play is Friendship Song or our cover of Bikini Kill’s Feels Blind.

What bands are you inspired by?

Esther: Our music style is inspired by bands like Bikini Kill, Sleater Kinney, and Hole. My personal influences range from bands like T. Rex, The Stooges, Television, and Joni Mitchell.

Greta: Riot grrrl bands like Bikini Kill, Sleater Kinney, and Heavens to Betsy. But a few of my favorites and personal influences are The Replacements, Neil Young, Dinosaur Jr., and Blondie.

Alayna: Like Esther and Greta said, the band is heavily just riot-grrrl inspired but my faves of all time are Violent Femmes and King Krule.

Where does your fashion sense come from?

Esther: My fashion sense is definitely derived from late ‘70s punk scene style and ‘90s grunge. It also comes from the music I listen to.

Alayna: My fashion sense is primarily whatever Greta and Esther tell me to wear before a show. Most of the clothes I own

are thrifted.

Greta: My fashion sense is mainly influenced by the music I listen to. I really like vintage and try to shop mostly second hand. I like ‘90s clothes and the ‘60s a lot.

What kind of future do you guys see with music?

Greta: I definitely think we are all going to pursue music in the future whether it’s together as Basically Nancy or not.

Esther: Yeah, in the future, whether we’re separate or together, I think we definitely will pursue our music and art in some form.

Alayna: Basically Nancy will probably end when this summer ends because Greta is trying to leave, but I’ll be around Savannah for another year trying to essentially explore myself as an artist before I go to NYC to major in Contemporary Music.

Anything else you’d like to share with your audience?

Esther: Our favorite thing about playing is definitely the support from our listeners.

After our shows it’s always nice to meet new people that come out to see us. Savannah is definitely becoming a major music town and has a lot of amazing up and coming artists. It’s inspiring to see all these people so passionate about music who feel the way we do. CS Basically Nancy plays El-Rocko Lounge April 23 with Castle Black and Mr. Wait

MUSIC #SMF2019

Anda Union,

and why Savannah Music Festival is so important

Shows like the Mongolian group’s performances at SMF 2019 are what make it a crucial experience

BY SEAN KELLY

sean@connectsavannah.com

GOING INTO Anda Union’s 12:30 P.M. show at the Charles H. Morris Center on Thursday, April 11, I knew I’d be experiencing something special. I’d already interviewed the band’s manager, Tim Pearce, and thoroughly enjoyed making my way through some of their recorded catalog.

But when the lights dimmed at the Morris Center and the band took the stage, it was an entirely new experience I hadn’t yet had relating to music.

This might seem hyperbolic, but Anda Union might have been the best show I’ve ever seen. I’ve been playing music since I was a small child, have toured around the world and seen shows in some of the most

beautiful venues in the country, and I can confidently say that this might have been the most transformative musical experience I’ve ever had in any capacity.

There was no elaborate stage show or lighting, and no real production. The entire show was centered around the music and nothing more.

I don’t claim to be the most well versed in world music. Through musical exploration as a teenager I discovered the work of artists like the great Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Through one of my heroes, Peter Gabriel, I was turned on to artists like Youssou N’Dour, the legendary Senegalese singer.

As a child whose paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants, I developed a deep love of Celtic music and the Gaelic language as a whole.

So, I did have some semblance of musical understanding outside of the various forms of American music or more modern styles like blues, jazz, rock, and folk.

What I was shamefully unaware of prior to April 11 was the rich musical foundation of Inner and Outer Mongolia. Anda Union brought that to Savannah last week.

There were moments when the music, which I found at times to be melodically quite similar to the Celtic music I grew up on, moved me to tears. The members of Anda Union are all masters of their instruments, and that includes the human voice.

To see such powerful musical ability on display was remarkable at times.

What this performance did for me most of all, aside from introduce me to a beautiful form of music that I wasn’t previously familiar with, was make me realize how important Savannah Music Festival truly is.

It’s a bold move to bring in artists from all around the world over a three-week span, and it would be easy to cater solely to the Americana or country/bluegrass world that fills seats so quickly and reliably.

But taking a leap of faith and recognizing the importance of giving international artists like Anda Union a platform in Savannah is something that deserves immense applause.

Why? Because those are not just shows.

Performances like Anda Union are a true education. It allows us to understand the world around us a little more intimately,

and experience a small slice of another culture that we might not otherwise get to experience.

In no way does this diminish the other great artists who have been a part of the festival. I’m a huge Jeff Tweedy and Wilco fan, and a lifelong admirer of some of the folk, Americana, and country greats that have been part of this incredible festival.

But shows like Anda Union send a clear message that this isn’t just a bluegrass festival or an Americana festival. This is a world music festival. This is about education. This is about cultural enlightenment.

This is about understanding that music is the most universal of languages. There wasn’t one lyric that I understood, and yet I felt every note and was moved by every line.

The relatability of music doesn’t just have to come from the lyrical content, and international artists like Anda Union prove that. Musical connection can take place in the form of a melody or the delivery of a vocal, and that’s exactly what occurred for me during this experience.

We need more of that, especially in the current political climate. We need a more worldly musical education as Americans, and Savannah has taken great strides in that regard thanks to the folks behind Savannah Music Festival. I can’t wait to see what musical education awaits me next year. CS

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MUSIC #SMF2019 Jeff Tweedy @Lucas Theatre

To call a Jeff Tweedy show “stripped down” seems obvious, but there was Tweedy on the Lucas stage with just a guitar, a harmonica, a microphone, and that incredible voice.

In that setup, Tweedy looks a little like a cool substitute teacher, but as soon as he begins to sing, his presence fills any room.

First things first, that voice. His is one of the most easily recognizable voices in music, following him from Uncle Tupelo through Wilco to his solo work. It sounds just like it does on the albums. (I also have to wonder how he maintains it, because not once through an hour and a half show did he drink water or even stumble vocally.)

Tweedy’s voice is like a soothing hug from a friend, like a long-awaited therapy session. That, plus the overall quiet nature of the acoustic set, made it feel almost like a sad boy show.

But, at least he knows it. A few songs in, he asked the crowd the standard “How are you guys tonight?” and someone shouted back, “How are you?” He laughed and said, “People just need to check in on me sometimes.”

A word on the audience: the typical Woo crowd was out in full force, which Tweedy delighted in poking fun at.

There, of course, was the requests guy, who incoherently bellowed the name of his favorite song.

Tweedy replied by joking that he had, right here in his possession, a list of all the audience’s requests. “But there’s no consensus, so that gives me the liberty to play whatever the fuck I want.”

Tweedy’s banter was fun and indicative that he doesn’t take himself too seriously at all. That’s a nice juxtaposition with the subject matter, which can veer into dark.

Tweedy is touring in support of his new album, Warmer, which came out last week.

It’s the follow-up to November’s WARM, a deeply personal album that won an 8.3 review by Pitchfork.

One song from WARM, “Having Been Is No Way To Be,” details Tweedy’s addiction and the effect of it on his relationships. The lyric “If I got high / From time to time / Oh I wonder how much freedom you would need / And I’d be sorry when you wake up to me” was particularly powerful and put a collective lump in the throat of the audience.

It wasn’t all sad, though. Tweedy ended with a rousing singalong rendition of “Let’s Go Rain,” a ringing endorsement for Noah’s flood to happen again.

Leaving the theatre, all anyone could say was, “Wasn’t that incredible?” — Rachael Flora

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Darrell Scott @Charles H. Morris Center

At the Morris Center on a Wednesday afternoon, Darrell Scott appeared genuinely appreciative of the large audience that showed up to see him in the middle of the week at 12:30 P.M. It certainly would be a strange time for a musician to be working during any normal week, but this wasn’t a normal week for Savannah or for Scott. Savannah Music Festival employed the veteran songwriter that week not only to play a set but also to participate in their Acoustic Music Seminar.

Scott appeared to have been pretty moved by the experience of guiding young songwriters and players throughout his time at the festival, and it certainly seemed to make its way into his performance.

Opening with “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive,” one of his best-known songs that was recorded perhaps most notably by Brad Paisley, Scott cycled through songs on electric and acoustic guitars before taking advantage of the Morris Center’s gorgeous grand piano for a short portion of the set.

Not only were his songs moving and engaging, but the show also displayed just what an incredible and underrated guitar player Scott is. He played in low tunings, giving the songs a deep, rich depth that allowed for the vulnerability of his solo configuration to be balanced out with some low end.

It was a beautiful, joyous set by one of the best songwriters you’ll hear in roots music today. – Sean Kelly

tenThing @Trinity Church

Norwegian brass ensemble tenThing, led by trumpet virtuoso Tine Thing Helseth, walked onto the stage at Trinity Church at 11am on a Thursday to an already-enthusiastic audience who were immediately won over by their diverse setlist and incredible performances. Shows like this are a break from what some might expect a music festival to offer, which is in many ways the best thing about Savannah Music Festival.

A show like this was also something that it felt as though the audience appreciated wholeheartedly - a chance to hear some of the most beautiful compositions in the world performed masterfully.

Opening with two selections from Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, the group immediately showed off their amazing knack for dynamics. They were so in sync that they could play delicately and then grow intense in a moment’s notice and all seem to be moving at the same speed and at the same volume. The absolute perfection in even just the timing of their rests and pauses was enough to make this a compelling set, but the icing on the cake truly was just how beautifully and effortlessly they played the music.

Helseth noted during the performance that none of the pieces they performed were written for brass, and that they employed the help of an arranger who helped transcribe the works they wanted to do for their setup. Had she never said that, you’d think works like George Frideric Handel’s “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” were made for brass instruments.

That fact was truly awe-inspiring, and made this special Thursday morning show even more powerful. – Sean Kelly

MUSIC THE BAND PAGE

BY SEAN KELLY

EMBER CITY @BARRELHOUSE SOUTH

Savannah’s own Ember City plays a unique brand of alternative rock similar to bands like Queens of the Stone Age and Soundgarden, focusing on heavy riffs and charging rhythms. The power trio has made quite a name throughout the Southeast, promoting their debut record in the process. Catch them when they take the Barrelhouse stage for what’s sure to be a big, loud rock show.

FRI., APRIL 19, 9 P.M.

FOLK SOUL REVIVAL @ROASTING ROOM

West Virginia’s Folk Soul Revival come to Bluffton’s Roasting Room for what’s sure to be an intimate and beautiful night of Americana and roots music. The band has been active for many years, releasing a number of albums in the process and touring regularly. The Roasting Room is arguably one of the best venues in the Southeast, and this is a chance to see a great Americana act in a wonderful environment.

FRI., APRIL 19, 8 P.M., $20

CASTLE BLACK, MR. WAIT, BASICALLY NANCY @EL ROCKO LOUNGE CLOUDS & SATELLITES @FOXY LOXY CAFE

Local duo Clouds & Satellites bring their melodic indie rock to Foxy Loxy. The band, featuring members of The Train Wrecks and Waits & Co., has been a mainstay in the local scene for several years and continue to be a beacon of rock and roll light in town.

Don’t miss a chance to see them in such a great setting.

TUES., APRIL 23, 7 P.M.

NYC’s Castle Black is an incredibly unique and diverse group, offering up rock music that takes cues from grunge, new wave, and punk. Their songs are energetic and engaging, and by all accounts they put on a captivating show. They’ll be joined at El Rocko by Mr. Wait as well as locals Basically Nancy.

TUES., APRIL 23, 9 P.M.

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MUSIC WEDNESDAY 4.17 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South VuDu Shakedown, 10 p.m.

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

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

El-Rocko Lounge Guerrilla Toss, Red Sea, DIP, 9 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Turtle Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Ricardo Ochoa and Gino Castillo with the Latin Jazz Band, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Eric Britt Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Mansion on Forsyth Park George Evans, 7 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.

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, 6 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 Pubstar Trivia presents Human Jukebox, 10 p.m.

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

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

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

World of Beer Trivia, 7 p.m.

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

COMEDY

Foxy Loxy Cafe Vinyl Appreciation, 7 p.m.

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

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

Totally Awesome Bar Savannah Comedy Underground, 9:30 p.m.

DJ

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke

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El-Rocko Lounge Midnight Milk Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Jeremy Riddle Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Kelly Green Trio, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Peter Hennes Duo The Jinx Choir of Babble, Dustin Price, Jalen Reyes Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Squash The Perch at Local 11 ten Cory Chambers 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 Stan Ray Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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

Totally Awesome Bar Angel Inertia, Bride, Glen Parks Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Danielle Hicks and the Resistance, 6 p.m.

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

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

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Josh Johansson

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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THURSDAY 4.18 LIVE MUSIC

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Chuck Courtenay, 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.

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

Congress Street Social Club DJ Square One

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FRIDAY 4.19 LIVE MUSIC

201 Seafood Restaurant Reggae Night, 10 p.m.

Barrelhouse South Ember City, 8 p.m.

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Danielle Hicks, 7 p.m.

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

Castaways Bar & Grill Roger Widener, 7 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Jess Goggans Band El-Rocko Lounge Church Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Carmen Bradford w/ Kevin Bales, Quentin Baxter and Billy

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Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Abe’s on Lincoln DJ Doc Ock

SATURDAY 4.20 LIVE MUSIC

Carmen Bradford with Kevin Bales, Quentin Baxter & Billy Thornton @GOOD TIMES JAZZ BAR & RESTAURANT

Carmen Bradford has had a truly incredible career, starting with being discovered by Count Basie and singing in his band for a number of years. She then went on to perform with a staggering number of legends including Frank Sinatra, James Brown, George Benson and Tony Bennett, among others. Decades into her career, she’ll be coming to town for what’s sure to be an incredible show at Good Times.

FRI., APRIL 19 AND SAT., APRIL 20, 8 P.M. Thornton, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Voodoo Soup The Jinx Whiskey Dick, Savannah Sweet Tease w/ NSFW Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Alex Bazemore Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Squash Molly McGuire’s Tell Scarlett, 7 p.m.

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

River House Georgia Kyle Rusty Rudders Tap House Emily Renton, 6 p.m.

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

Saddle Bags JB Crockett, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

Service Brewing Company Bluegrass By The Pint w/ City Hotel, 5:30 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Rachael Shaner Taste of India Don Read, 6:30 p.m.

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

Tybee Post Theater Ray & Etta: Father of Soul & Matriarch of Blues,

8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier and Steven Bryan, 7 p.m.

The Warehouse Stan Ray, At Sundown Wild Wing Cafe Holly Goodspell, Individually Twisted, DJ Bil-E, 5 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Clear Daze Your Pie Chester Love Band, 6:30 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.

KARAOKE

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

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Totally Awesome Bar Karaoke, 10 p.m.

COMEDY

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

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

Martin Luther King Jr Arena Funny As Ish Comedy Tour w/ Mike Epps, Sommore, Rickey Smiley, Tony Rock, Earthquake, DC Young Fly, 8 p.m.

Barrelhouse South The Mantras, 9 p.m.

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Individually Twisted, 7 p.m.

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

Coach’s Corner Jupiter Coyote, 7 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club DJ Basik Lee El-Rocko Lounge Dot.s, Fauvely, Faucet Talk, Cool Jay, 9 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Carmen Bradford w/ Kevin Bales, Quentin Baxter and Billy Thornton, 8 p.m.

Island Breeze Clay James and Friends, 10 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Train Wrecks The Jinx Damon and the Shitkickers, House of Gunt Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Joe Wilson Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Amar Molly McGuire’s Missionary Blues, 7 p.m.

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

River House Ricky Standard Rusty Rudders Tap House Brian Fuller, 6 p.m.

Saddle Bags Daniel E. Johnson, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Justin Morris Stafford’s Public House DJ Rudy Lui, 9:30 p.m.

Totally Awesome Bar Poly : Rhythm, 10 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Keith & Ross, 6 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier and Steven Bryan, 7 p.m.

The Warehouse Justin Howl, Magic Rocks Wild Wing Cafe DJ Dance Night, Jason Courtenay, La Bodega Lite, Bill Hodgson, DJ Race, 1 p.m.

KARAOKE

Bay Street Blues Karaoke Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

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

Tybee Post Theater Collin’s Barefoot Comedy Club w/Andrew Sleighter, 8 p.m.

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

The Wormhole Kyle Gillis, 8 p.m.

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

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke Rock House 420 Day Party, 1 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap Totally Awesome Bar Poly : Rhythm, 10 p.m.

SUNDAY 4.21 LIVE MUSIC

Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m.

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

Cuoco Pazzo Sunday Jazz Brunch, 11 a.m., Bill Smith and David Keller, 6 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Eric Jones Trio ft.

Cynthia Utterbach, 7 p.m.

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

The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson The Perch at Local 11 ten Eric Britt River House Ricky Standard The Shrimp Factory Georgia Kyle Tubby’s Tank House (River St.) Jeremy J Riddle, 6 p.m.

Tybee Island Social Club Sunday Bluegrass Brunch, noon Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Thomas Claxton Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, At Sundown, 1 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

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

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

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

DJ

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

Saddle Bags Bar Olympics

MONDAY 4.22 LIVE MUSIC

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Phillip Wise Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Peregrin The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra, 7 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Eric Britt Wild Wing Cafe Josh Johansson The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m.

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Johnny Mercer Theatre Brit Floyd: 40 Years of The Wall, 8 p.m.

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The Savannah Civic Center Brit Floyd, 8 p.m.

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

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Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael

The Blindness of Tobit

The Great Jewish Bride

Abraham’s Sacrifice

Rembrandt’s Jewish ties

BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

DUTCH ARTIST Rembrandt van Rijn was perhaps best known for his paintings.

However, Rembrandt was also skilled at etchings and drew inspiration from the Old Testament for his subject matter.

The resulting exhibition, “Rembrandt and the Jewish Experience: The Berger Print Collection,” is up now through June 30 at the Jepson Center.

The exhibition is a traveling show on loan from the Westmont RidleyTree Museum of Art in Santa Barbara, California.

Courtney McNeil, Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, couldn’t pass up the opportunity to host this show here in Savannah.

“What I love about this show is that it examines an incredibly well-known artist, but a lesser known aspect of his work,” says McNeil. “It’s not just another greatest hits show. This is a very unique show. The theme of the exhibition is Rembrandt’s engagement with Judaism, whether through his depiction of the Old Testament or the portraits of his contemporaries in Amsterdam who were Jewish.”

As McNeil recounts, Rembrandt lived in Amsterdam at a time when Sephardic Jews were moving there en masse due to their expulsion from Spain and Portugal during the Inquisition. Rembrandt was not Jewish himself, but he often conferred with Jewish theologians while creating his works based on religious imagery.

The tolerance of Amsterdam as a city encouraged the emigration of Jewish people, similar to another city we know.

“Here in Savannah, the Jewish community is so important to the fabric of Savannah,” explains McNeil. “It was just a couple of months after Oglethorpe and the first English settlers came when the first Jewish settlers came. And in 1733, that was just a few decades after Rembrandt had died. It’s not exactly during his lifetime, but the same forces in the world were moving those people towards Savannah as well as Rembrandt towards Amsterdam. That’s what I love about having the show here.”

Inside the exhibition, the walls are painted a cozy dark green to protect the works from cumulative light, which can be incredibly damaging to old paper works.

The pieces are also all very small, requiring close inspection.

“These works are all very small in size, as most master prints were,” explains McNeil. “This is because they were intended to be portable, hence the small size.”

In the show appears a self-portrait of Rembrandt, but McNeil shares that it was a bit of a stretch.

“He did it not to show what his face looked like, but to show his skills as a portrait artist,” she says. “In this case, he exaggerated his features—he gave himself a mole, gave himself attire which would have bene seen as very exotic at the time.

He also made his figure very heavy and portly when in reality he was in his twenties in this. He made himself look like a wealthy, established merchant with the

idea that wealthy, established merchants would look at this and say, ‘Wow, this guy can do great portraits—he can make me look this good!’”

During this time period, the link between art and commerce is very influential.

“The forces that were providing for this boom in artistic production during the Dutch golden age were really propelled by the incredible wealth that was flowing in,” says McNeil. “There was this whole merchant class that was able to have disposable income to spend on artwork to have in their homes, when a century or two earlier, it was just the aristocracy buying art for their houses. Now there was more of this growing middle merchant class to buy art.

Rembrandt was making these things with an eye to selling them.”

Another interesting fact to note about that self-portrait lies in its name.

“This is a great example of the way Rembrandt would rework his plates,” explains McNeil. “The title of the piece is ‘Self-Portrait with Plumed Cap and Lowered Saber.’

There’s no saber here. The original was a larger plate, like a three-quarter. One thing he liked to do was rework his plates and then print them.”

While McNeil notes that she had to brush up on her familiarity with religious texts for this exhibition, Rembrandt was making references that most people would have understood well. [something about the faces] “He has this incredible variety of raw emotions on their faces that I think are still relatable today. That’s universal still,

and that’s a way he was different from other artists in his depiction of religious subject matter,” says McNeil. “So many times, you can picture these overly stylized classical images that were referencing Bible scenes where the people were not individuals, they were just stand-ins for the story.”

One example of the powerful faces Rembrandt depicts is in “Abraham’s Sacrifice.”

This Bible story is about Abraham being told to sacrifice his son, Isaac.

“As he was about to pull the knife to sacrifice him, the angel comes down to stop him, and this is the moment when the angel stops him,” says McNeil.

In the etching, Rembrandt depicts the moment of the angel stopping Abraham from killing Isaac.

“The divine intervention of the angel is reflected by this divine light coming down,” says McNeil. “Abraham’s eyes look darkened to the point where he’s blinded by his emotions. You see him kind of confused and this impending sorrow on his face, this kind of confusion, and you know that in a split second this realization will hit him and he won’t have to sacrifice his son. [Rembrandt] is capturing kind of the darkest moments here.” CS Rembrandt and the Jewish Experience: The Berger Print Collection” is on display through June 30. Through the exhibition, docents offer drop-in tours Monday through Friday at 2 p.m.

The tours are free for museum members or with paid admission to the museum.

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CULTURE VISUAL ARTS

Becca Cook’s 1,500 Hearts Project happens this Friday

BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

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LAST YEAR, Becca Cook read a report that the United States government had lost track of 1,500 undocumented children.

“I just thought that was such a baffling number,” recalls Cook, “especially because it’s children. It’s not like they can run away.”

The number 1,500 stuck out to Cook, and she knew she had to do something to convey the weightiness of that number.

“It’s almost like I have to do this because my brain works in this conceptual way, and I’m able to express things in a way where people can see it,” Cook explains.

That’s how the 1,500 Hearts Project came about.

Cook has created garlands of 1,500 red crocheted hearts that she’ll hang at an installation this Friday night.

She also has fiber artists contributing work from around the globe, from here in Savannah to England and Hong Kong.

This isn’t Cook’s first foray into creating powerful pieces out of shocking statistics: in 2015, Cook’s “Chains” appeared in Emergent Savannah’s “Voting Block” exhibition.

At the time, Cook lived inside Sulfur Studios for three days, creating chain stitches to represent each of the 2.2 million incarcerated Americans. Let that visual imagery of 2.2 million stitches sink in. The body of work was immersive and incredibly moving.

The numbers that Cook works with are massive, almost unfathomable figures.

“Numbers are thrown around a lot. We hear statistics all the time,” says Cook.

“I think if you present them in a visual aspect, it creates a conversation.”

Numbers like this have the potential to become meaningless if we don’t introduce empathy with our statistics.

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Becca Cook with her 1,500 Hearts.

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Cook says firmly.

“I think we are desensitized. I really felt like the story was swept under the rug.

‘Oh, this happened. It was tragic. Let’s have our thoughts and prayers and move on.’ But how do you lose 1,500 people? Especially children?

It’s baffling to me.”

While Cook herself takes a stance on the issue, she keeps her personal views out of the art she creates.

“I know it’s very political, but at the

same time, I don’t want my thoughts on it,” Cook says. “I just want to present the number.

This is the fact, and what do you think about it?

Let’s have a conversation. I think that’s how we can move forward as humanity. I just want to present

something.”

Cook shares that after “Chains,” her grandfather called her to share his disagreement with the piece. When she told him that she hadn’t put an opinion into

the work, he replied that he knew how she probably felt.

“Well, you can’t put that on the piece,” Cook reflects. “I didn’t put it on there— that’s just because you know me privately.

You can disagree, but I’m making this piece so we can have this conversation.”

Fortunately for us, Cook is the perfect person to take on these challenging conversations because that’s just the way her mind works.

“I think my mind is a little weird because I can do these really tragic pieces,” Cook explains. “Of course, I’m very humbled to be able to make this piece, but I understand there’s some kind of weird strength I have to have to be able to create something that’s really kind of tragic.”

Cook takes on the emotional baggage that comes with such difficult topics, but she has a strong cohort of supporting artists contributing to the project.

“It really felt good to have [that much participation],” Cook says. “It brought together a lot of people. It was really wild.

American politics are very much a world situation.”

Cook believes in traveling the world to learn more about other cultures, which she believes would foster more compassion between each other.

“I think people are compassionate, but they’re just so desensitized,” Cook explains. “It’s hard for people to grasp these concepts. I think there’s a lack of knowledge.”

Growing up in Southern California, Cook was friends with many migrant workers from Mexico.

“Seeing how this can happen to people,” says Cook. “These people are flesh to me.

They’re fleshed out because I’ve met them.

I know them.”

At the exhibition Friday, which is one night only, Cook seeks to build some more empathy around the 1,500 children by creating a childlike environment. There will be clowns, a puppet show, and a ball pit with crocheted hearts, but Cook will pull it off with sensitivity.

“Of course I want entertainment, but I want it to be sensitive. It’s not a party,” she explains. “It’s a sad thing, but it’s also about children, so I wanted to add something about that. How would I feel as a child? I probably wouldn’t understand what was going on.”

The exhibition is sure to be a powerful, transformative experience.

“It’s more of an experience. I really like to change the viewers’ environments when they walk into a space,” says Cook. “I want them to feel something. I’m expecting it to be something people can walk through so they’re actually walking through it.” CS

1,500 HEARTS PROJECT Fri., April 19, 6-9 p.m.

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ART START: REMBRANDT — Our youngest patrons are invited to the museum for story time, a special tour, and an art activity.

Strollers, crying babies, toddlers, and older siblings are all welcome here. Come play and learn with us! $5 per child/ adult members free/ adult non-members $12 Thu., April 18, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. HERO! — HERO! is a solo M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition by visual artist Hanting Zhang. April 19-May 3. Alexander Hall Gallery (SCAD), 668 Indian St. IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: 200 YEARS OF WILLIAM JAY ARCHITECTURE — In the three short years between his arrival from England in 1817 to his departure for Charleston in 1820, William Jay changed the face of Savannah. In a time when many Americans sought to distance themselves from European influence and develop a national character of their own, a few, including Richard Richardson, Alexander Telfair, William Scarbrough, and Archibald Stobo Bulloch, still sought the classical elegance of the popular English Regency style. Jay delivered the

luxurious showplaces they desired and also elevated Savannah’s civic life with a new theater, a design for the Savannah Branch of the Second Bank of the United States, and a new Customs House. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. IN THIS SKIN — In This Skin explores feminine identity by reproducing found images of women. Kendra Kummerer has pulled from historical paintings and current images all depicting idealized beauty and sexuality. By distorting the image using bright colors, large globs of paint and kitschy craft materials, the work becomes a playful approach to the subject. Thu., April 18. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull 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 improvisational designs. Through Dec. 31. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

ANTHOLOGY OF LORE — Every region has their own collection of tall tales, every family their own anthology of lore. Mallory Fite’s Colorado upbringing gave her a natural bent towards the tales of the Wild West. More than that, a fascination with the people and places of history that have become more legend than fact. Mallory has long had a penchant for embellishment, exaggeration and storytelling. This long-standing preoccupation with the stories, textures and visuals of folklore have brought about this collection of works, embracing mixed media disciplines and various narratives across Western America. Through May 26. foxyloxycafe.com.

Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. THE ARTIST AND THE TRUCK — The Artist and the Truck Collaborative 2019 explores black and white and corresponding tonal values with drawings, paintings, photography, sculpture and mixed media by Joel Crowe, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, James Graham, Ahmad Jackson, Patrick McKinnon, Kyunnie Shuman and Troy Wandzel. Through April 27. Location Gallery at Austin Hill Realty, 417 Whitaker St.

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BIRDLAND — birdland (MISSITOPIA) features artistic musings by writer, firefighter and visual artist Chela Gutierrez. Whether the inspiration is found love notes, treasured family drawings or her own semi-autobiographical musings, her mixed media work remains a unique and charmingly transgressive vision with a Mississippi twang. Through May 31, 5 p.m. Location Gallery at Savannah LGBT Center, 1515 Bull St. CHARLES SCARBOROUGH — Local artist Charles Scarborough will be displaying his art work on the walls of the South Wing and into the Brown Dog Market. Through April 20.

Cohen’s Retreat, 5715 Skidaway Rd.

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expressionist artists have gifted the foundation with exceptional works that will leave you in awe. In honor of Black History Month The Beach Institute is opening our treasure trove to the world. Come and see some of the most profound contemporary art in our permanent collections. Through April 30.

Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St.

ing—the building blocks for cultural understanding. A firm believer that art has the capacity to transform our lives, Plensa has stated that Talking Continents represents the concept of globalism without judgment. Through June 9. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York 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.

Presented together, they refuse to come together as words, existing instead as abstract forms, arbitrary signs, and signifiers. As such, each sculpture embodies a dissolution of meaning or breakdown in communication.

At the same time, the letters comprising the works are also the components needed to reconstruct words and create mean-

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. Work by Kendra Kummerer is at Sulfur Studios, in teh KEITA TAKAHASHI: ZOOMING OUT — Telfair Museums hosts the show ‘In This Skin’ first museum survey of the work of visionary videogame designer picking up his pen from the surface once Keita Takahashi (Japanese, b. 1975).

Takahashi is noted for his outside-the-box ap- the drawing is done. This collection features proach to game development, game mechan- Savannahians that Alexis has connected with over the past 8 years. Portraits of special ics, aesthetics, and music. Through July 14. note are of Bobbi Perry, Michael Williams, telfair.org/jepson/. Telfair Museums hosts Kim Evans and Niema Ross – artists and the first museum survey of the work of visionary videogame designer Keita Takahashi supporters of the arts that the Savannah community has lost in the last several years.

(Japanese, b. 1975). Takahashi is noted Through April 25. In Vino Veritas, 102 E. for his outside-the-box approach to game Liberty St. development, game mechanics, aesthetics, and music. Museum admission Through July THE MUSIC SHOW — Music is the inspi14. 912-790-8800. info@telfair.org. telfair. ration behind this body of work featuring org/exhibitions/keita-takahashi/. telfair.org/ multiple artists from Savannah and all across jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 the USA. Through April 30. galleryespresso.

West York St. com/. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. KEROSTASIA — These pieces by Eric Braun began as digital photographs shot around Sa- ON::VIEW: WORTH DYING FOR — Kevin vannah. The images were then combined us- Clancy explores political meta-narratives in his art practice using loaded symbols such ing 3D fractal generating software. Through as the United States flag as a discussion of April 30. sentientbean.com. The Sentient social, cultural and ethical systems. Through Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. May 5. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. LINEAJE II — In Lineaje II, Alexis Javier furthers his exploration of the contour line PLEIN AIR ART SALE — Visit the Savannah drawing technique wherein he uses one line Art Association’s Gallery on Chippewa to to capture the features of his subject, only view paintings from their Paint Out Savannah Plein Air participant. A percentage of proceeds will go towards funding this event in 2020. Through April 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 912232-7731. https://www.galleryonchippewa. backline rental com/. Savannah Art Association Gallery, 232 Bull Street.

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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.

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CULTURE #SMF2019

Savannah Music Festival: A 30th season to remember The Savannah Music Festival marked its 30th edition with a typically remarkable range of emotional and spirited performances, worthy of the event’s three decades.

From Angelique Kidjo’s audiencepleasing, roof-raising performance, to Jeff Tweedy’s one-man show, to Wycliffe Gordon’s trombone wizardry, to Marcus Roberts’ collab with the Savannah Philharmonic, to Anda Union’s spellbinding concert, there was something for everyone who loves great music and great fellowship, in some of the South’s most historic venues.

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The only sad note was the fact that this will be the last edition of the Music Festival featuring the great Daniel Hope, who has curated the Festival’s classical music program for the past 16 years. He’ll be replaced by Philip Dukes.

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FOOD & DRINK SPIRITS

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Drink, Learn and Create True to character, Savannah offers an array of beverage-themed classes

BY JESSICA FARTHING

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IN SAVANNAH, visitors and locals alike are able to enjoy cocktails with a gorgeous water view or poured in a to-go cup for a stroll around the historic district.

However, in a few establishments, drinks — and some snacks — are available while patrons create lasting projects or learn new skills.

Here are a few local options:

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After touring some of the American Prohibition Museum’s exhibits learning about rum runners and moonshiners in the Prohibition years, visitors can sip libations in the upstairs speakeasy. While it’s nice to sample the authentic 1920’s cocktails available, there is also an opportunity to become your own mixologist.

The museum offers cocktail classes once a week, with professional bartenders instructing the steps of one shaken cocktail and one stirred, a classic sour and a Sazerac. Byrd’s cookies are served as snacks and participants get their own Congress Street Up rocks glass as a souvenir.

Museum Director Kayla Black considers the class very thorough, “The bartenders teach you everything from why functional garnishes are important, where bar tools get their names, to why that 3 year-old bottle of vermouth in your home bar makes your martinis taste bad.”

For those that want their own group, they also offer private classes for up to 20 people. Tickets are available at www.trustedtours.com. For more information call (912) 220-1249

Southbound and Sushi

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Southbound Brewing Company keeps a full calendar of fun events like Pints & Poses, their yoga night with craft brews, pairings with Duck Donuts and Girl Scout cookies and trivia with local food trucks.

One of their most popular events, which always seems to sell out quickly, is the Savannah Sushi Class.

Scheduled a few times every month, participants learn to make perfect sushi rice, handle raw fish, roll with confidence and leave with the recipe for all the favorite sauces. The class provides dinner as well, with a pre-made roll given out and everything made during class available to eat.

The bar is open during the class for pints, flights and pitchers and bartenders will be glad to make a recommendation based on the night’s sushi menu.

Links for ticket purchases are available on Southbound’s website, www.southboundbrewingco.com, or on their Facebook page or call (912) 355-1737.

Artist for the Night

Walking by Painting with a Twist, you can see the groups inside smiling. They are relaxed and happy to spend their night creating themed paintings with qualified instructors to help through every step of the project. The artwork is only improved by the bring your own bottle policy, and sometimes the guests get creative.

While the typical paintbrush accompaniment is a bottle of red, the owners have even seen a shot glass inside a cupcake to celebrate a birthday. Projects can range from date night paintings that fit together to create one work of art to local scenes like the Tybee Pier. Painting with a Twist hosts private parties as well and offers over 6,000 choices of paintings.

Tickets can be purchased on the Savannah studio’s website at www.paintingwithatwist.com/studio/savannah/ with an example of the project for each date on the calendar.

Southern Beauty

Local natural skincare and candle company Salacia Salts had their products gifted in Swag bags at the Oscars and the Kentucky Derby, but in their Maker’s Workshop, visitors to the production facility near Forsyth Park can make their own concoctions.

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Also BYOB, the studio provides the Savannah Sushi Class plates and the wine opener while guests bring what they want. The location has hosted a variety of events, from a bridal party that opted for mimosas to a group with a full table of appetizers and bottles of wine.

Classes are available for single tickets at www.salaciasalts.com and include a tour of the production facility. Groups larger than eight can email Studio Manager Jasmine Head at jasmine@SalaciaSalts.com.

paint, stain, boards, tools and wax to seal the final product.

Savannah loves their free beverages, and Board & Brush offers complimentary drinks. One of the most popular events is the Saturday Sangria party, where visitors make any sign in the gallery. Owner and Manager Cheryl McVay likes the variety: “Everybody in our studio could be making something different on a particular night.

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Pins, Patches & Pints:

A match made in Starland heaven

BY RACHAEL FLORA

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THIS Saturday, head to Starland for some good neighborhood fun.

Pins, Patches and Pints starts at 11 a.m. and showcases over 20 pin vendors from five states.

Local artists Chris Smith of Quarter Press and Holly Oddly have wanted this event for quite a while.

“This is something Holly and I have talked about for at least a year or more,” says Smith. “Why is nobody doing this? We want to be doing this! In California, they have them three or four times a quarter, it seems like, but nothing was ever coming down south.”

“It’s three years this summer since I came out with my first pins,” Oddly remembers. “It’s just something that, for ten dollars, you can walk away with a unique piece of art from an indie artist.

It’s such an accessible way to enjoy art. It’s insanely addictive to collect them—I have so many pins myself. If you have an interest, there’s a pin for it.”

It was easy for Smith and Oddly to find vendors for the event since they’re both involved in pin culture.

“We put out a call, but ultimately, most of where our response came from was reaching out to people initially,” says Smith. “We did some searches and tried to find people that were maybe about a day’s trip away, since this is a first time event.

We knew there were a bunch of people around here just from people we’ve already made contact with. Tittybats and their empire is a big part of it—we wanted to

make sure he would be on board.”

“People know exactly what you’re about when you’re wearing a certain pin,” says Oddly. “It’s such a conversation starter. I think that people who are artists that wear pins are sometimes a little socially awkward, so if somebody can approach you first about your pin, that’s great.”

Partnering with Two Tides Brewing Company was also an easy choice for Oddly and Smith.

“We knew Liz [Massey, of Two Tides] and Forest and Fin had been doing the street markets, and that was a space that could be available, so we contacted Two Tides and they were interested,” says Smith.

“Working with them was also kind of a dream, because they are a lot of fun and so awesome,” adds Oddly.

Luckily, Massey was also interested.

“We’re all about doing events that we ourselves would want to go to,” says Massey, “which helps since I have to work them that I get to have fun and be there.

I think this event in particular is so Starland and a really good representation of Starland. With the neighborhood growing and changing, it’s fun to keep these kind of events alive and strong snice I think it’s what the community thrives on.”

The Starland neighborhood is important to Massey.

“I went to SCAD and lived in this neighborhood while I was going to SCAD,” she says. “That was our whole goal as a business, just to fit in with what’s already happening in Starland and not trying to reinvent the wheel or create something the neighborhood didn’t want. We’re all about making beer that we like to drink

and giving back to the neighborhood that allowed us to be here in the first place.”

For attendees of the event, there are plenty of exclusive perks that come with getting there early.

“Right when the event starts at 11, we’ll be releasing the rye IPA,” says Massey. “It’s only canned, 120 pints, so if you want to get here and get the special beer that Holly’s designed the label for, then you have to get here right away.”

“Each vendor is going to have like three or four pins that with a purchase, they’ll get a free pin,” adds Smith. “It’s a really special kind of thing.”

For Smith, Oddly and Massey, the event is about more than just selling some beer and merch.

“It’s so much fun when you do an event here in the Starland district and see somebody who comes to every single event here that lives here, and you have an ongoing conversation with them,” says Oddly.

“I think it’s more and important to support local as Savannah grows and Starland grows,” adds Massey. “That’s definitely what people in this neighborhood want.

We have a different vibe from downtown— we don’t have a Starbucks in Starland, and that’s great. It’s important in so many ways. You’re supporting families when you support local business. A lot of our customers own their own businesses and even just from doing the event, that’s making this neighborhood more walkable. You’re meeting your neighbors.” CS

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SHAZAM!

// In the immortal words — make that word — of Gomer Pyle, USMC: Shazam!

The second Captain Marvel movie to be released this spring (yup, this character was originally known by that name from his creation in 1939 until his rebranding in 1972), DC’s valiant effort doesn’t soar as high as its Marvel counterpart, though there’s still a hefty amount to enjoy in this thematically loose-limbed undertaking.

Whereas the DCU has often been criticized for its why-so-serious approach to mythmaking, it’s obvious the suits have finally opted to take a hint, injecting a light amount of humor into Wonder Woman, a sizable amount of humor into Aquaman, and now a gargantuan amount of humor into Shazam!

It’s an appreciated gesture in most circles, though I personally didn’t mind the darker underpinnings in past DC flicks (particularly Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy). At any rate, it’s not like DC is reinventing the wheel here, as even a cursory glance at Marvel opuses like, say, Guardians of the Galaxy or Thor: Ragnarok can attest.

Djimon Hounsou, who’s been appearing in superhero sagas with almost as much regularity as Chris Evans (he previously popped up in Captain Marvel, Aquaman, Guardians of the Galaxy, and even as the title hero in an animated Black Panther TV show), here sets the story in motion as an elderly wizard who needs to bestow his formidable powers onto someone worthy of them.

He bypasses young Thaddeus Sivana back in the mid-70s and instead waits until now, when he believes he has found a true champion in Billy Batson (Asher Angel), a foster boy who shares a home with disabled comic-book fan Freddy Freeman (Jack Dylan Grazer) and other goodhearted kids. Whenever he utters the word “Shazam,” Billy turns into an adult superhero (Zachary Levi) whose formidable powers include, umm…

Neither Billy nor Freddy are sure, so cue the amusing sequences in which the pair attempt to determine exactly what Shazam can do. (Turn invisible? Stop bullets? Leap tall buildings in a single bound?)

Meanwhile, the now adult Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong) has spent his life trying to attain the power that was within his grasp as a child, although he has no plans to use it for the betterment of mankind. To be fair, Billy isn’t exactly displaying heroic qualities, either, as he’s more interested in attaining fame and fortune — or at least ample YouTube hits and a few quarters tossed at his feet as he shows off his awesome super-tricks.

Shazam! is good for some laughs, but in an increasingly crowded landscape in which superheroes are allowed to be

Shazam

philosophical, guilt-ridden, godlike, and even meta (what up, Deadpool?), there’s something comparatively puny about this film.

Its drama (particularly the familial material) feels warmed-over, its conflicts feel boilerplate, and the majority isn’t quite bright enough or inventive enough to overcome a third act free-for-all that involves numerous superbeings and demonic entities slugging it out in a repetitive CGI loop that neither illuminates nor entertains.

Shazam! is endearing enough to earn an ever-so-modest recommendation, but it’s hardly the final word in superhero splendor writ large.

LITTLE

/ There’s a humorous moment when the protagonist hears a tinkling sound from below and looks down, only to see a giant piano keyboard on the floor underneath their feet. It’s a clever homage to that classic scene from 1988’s Big, the Penny Marshall hit in which a little boy finds himself trapped in Tom Hanks’ adult body thanks to some vaguely supernatural shenanigans.

It’s a scene that’s right at home in the new film Little … only this scene actually isn’t in Little. Instead, it’s in Shazam!, another current film about mismatched bodies. Were that there were any moments of comparable wit and inventiveness in Little, a bland comedy whose moniker reflects its overarching puniness.

The manner in which folks switch bodies (Freaky Friday) or ages (13 Going on 30) or even gender (the recent What Men Want) is never the point in these types of

films, but Little is particularly lazy in setting up its curse. Nevertheless, this is in line with the rest of the film, which is a surprisingly drab affair that never allows for more than an occasional fleeting smile (actual belly laughs are sadly MIA).

Regina Hall, coming off a 2018 which saw her delivering an award-winning turn in Support the Girls and co-starring in the 10 Best-worthy The Hate U Give, is here in manic-Monday mode, cast as a woman who was bullied as a child and has grown up to now be the bully to everyone else.

Her Jordan Sanders is a fire-breathing tyrant, a CEO with OCD (a deadly combo) who enjoys barking at those around her, particularly her mild-mannered assistant April (Issa Rae).

But an encounter with a little girl with a toy wand results in a curse that finds Jordan waking up the next day back in the body of her younger, school-age self (played by 14-year-old Black-ish co-star Marsai Martin, who also serves as an executive producer — the youngest in history — on this film). With the reluctant aid of April, Jordan must find a way to reverse the curse — first, though, her diminutive body means that she has to return to the classroom and again risk being bullied.

For those expecting to see a movie starring top-billed Regina Hall, the problem is that, by the very nature of the story, she’s only around at the beginning and at the end. To compensate with another grownup, writer-director Tina Gordon Chism and co-scripter Tracy Oliver (working from an idea conceived by Martin when she was 10 years old) beef up the size of Rae’s role to the extent that April actually

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becomes the primary player.

But who cares about her comparatively drab character when all the potentially interesting material involves Jordan in all her incarnations? The lack of a center affects all areas of the film, with half-baked romantic travails for both Jordan and April and lapses in logic when it comes to believable character transformations (a “Three Months Later” placard toward the end of the film skips over crucial scenes that would allow us to witness and understand all the changes).

If Little at least delivered on its comedic material or provided some sort of emotional resonance, much could be forgiven. But the laughs are largely lame and the pathos utterly nonexistent. Whereas Hanks’ Josh Baskin in Big sobbed deeply at the absolutely frightening prospect of being the wrong age in the wrong body, Little settles for the pint-sized version of Jordan making sexual passes at her hunky teacher (Justin Hartley).

Even the anti-bullying angle fails to gain any traction — then again, that could simply be because viewers themselves will feel battered and beaten after sitting through the forceful blows delivered by this rampaging mediocrity.

PET SEMATARY

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// It’s not like there wasn’t any room for improvement. The 1989 adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary can boast of countless fans, but there are just as many folks (myself included) who find it a crudely made concoction hampered by clumsy pacing and, aside from the magnificent Fred Gwynne, undercooked performances.

This new edition, also named Pet Sematary, seeks to correct those deficiencies with slicker production values, better emoting, and even a twist not found in either the novel or previous film.

As before, the Creeds – dad Louis (Jason Clarke), mom Rachel (Amy Seimetz), and young children Ellie (Jete Laurence) and Gage (played by twins Hugo and Lucas Lavoie) — move to a small Maine town, where their new abode happens to rest on the edge of a highway that’s home to countless trucks that barrel through at all hours of the day and night. The Creeds meet across-the-street neighbor Jud Crandall (John Lithgow, effective in a turn that’s less folksy and more gravelly than the one provided by Gwynne), who informs them of a pet cemetery that rests deep in the woods of their property.

It’s only later that Jud alerts Louis to the fact that anything that is dead and subsequently buried beyond the cemetery, in ground deemed “sour” by long-ago Native American inhabitants, will come back in an altered state.

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The first stretch of this P.S. is more reputable than that of the junkier ’89 model, but it also isn’t much fun, hurriedly paying somber lip service to the conventions of the story rather than engaging viewers in its darker implications. But then the massive deviation from the original text occurs, and it promises to spin the tale off into a different and possibly more thoughtprovoking direction.

(This twist also explains why Gage had been largely ignored in the early going, emerging less as a character and more as a background prop.)

But while the initial scenes following this “gotcha!” pirouette manage to resonate, the juicier aspects soon fade into the background and the picture devolves into a tiresome slasher flick. It all culminates with a brand new ending so useless and anticlimactic that it almost qualifies as a shaggy dog story — a mangy mutt that should be buried as quickly as humanly possible.

DUMBO

/ The animated 1941 classic Dumbo runs just over an hour and the 2019 live-action clunker Dumbo runs just under two hours.

In other words, in the time it takes to watch the misbegotten new version once, a viewer could have watched the enchanting original twice (hardly a chore) or watched it once and then had time left over to get started on taxes, prick a painful blister, or undertake any other unpleasantry that, on balance, would still prove to be more enjoyable than sitting through this laborious new version.

It’s a shame that the new Dumbo is such a lumbering bore, since Disney had mostly been on a roll with its live-action renderings of its animated gems. Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Maleficent and The Jungle Book were all better than they had any right to be — indeed, the only sore spots were those Alice in Wonderland adaptations, with Tim Burton directing the so-so

first film and serving as producer on its excruciating follow-up (Alice Through the Looking Glass).

Burton is back in the helmer’s chair for Dumbo, but this picture doesn’t even bring to mind those Alice endeavors as much as it recalls Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful, another torturous undertaking that found a formerly exciting and innovative filmmaker (in that case, Sam Raimi) shucking aside all creativity simply to mangle and mutilate a cherished motion picture from yesteryear.

While the 1941 Dumbo opted to anthropomorphize its animal stars, this new interpretation decides to silence them by either shunting them to the background (Mrs. Jumbo), dismissing them with a fleeting cameo (Timothy Q. Mouse) or deleting them altogether (Mr. Stork and the crows). In their place, Burton and scripter Ehren Kruger (whose credits range from the underrated pair Arlington Road and Ghost in the Shell to the awfulness of The Brothers Grimm and three — count ‘em, three — Transformers flicks) decided that they should instead focus on the human characters, because Lord knows that’s what people really want to see when they attend a movie ostensibly about a flying elephant.

Thus, Dumbo quickly becomes a supporting character in his own story, as the focus shifts to Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell), a returning World War I veteran, and his two children, a son (Finley Hobbins) so nondescript that I wouldn’t even be able to pick him out of a police line-up and a daughter (Nico Parker) so anachronistic and forced that she talks like a contemporary 30-year-old woman rather than a Depression-era preteen.

Holt returns from the war to resume his job as a rootin’-tootin’ horseback rider for a circus owned by Max Medici (Danny DeVito), but between Holt losing an arm in battle and Max having sold the horses to make ends meet, the only available post is looking after the elephants. Holt and

his kids are especially taken with baby Dumbo, who’s initially the object of scorn but soon becomes a sensation thanks to the oversized ears that allow him to get airborne.

Dumbo’s triumph over his tormentors — and over gravity — is pretty much where the ’41 film ends, but here we’re just getting started. After Dumbo attains celebrity status, he’s noticed by V.A. Vandevere (Michael Keaton), a zillionaire who enters into a partnership with Max so he can incorporate the circus into his own opulent theme park, Dreamland.

Of course, this is just a scam; Vandevere is only interested in the profits he can generate from Dumbo and plans to get rid of everyone else, man (via firing) and beast (a bullet for Mrs. Jumbo) alike. Naturally, it’s up to Holt and his younglings to save the day, although they receive unlikely assistance from Vandevere’s mistress Colette Marchant (Eva Green), a French trapeze artist who develops a conscience quicker than you can utter, “C’est quoi cette merde?”

As expected for a Burton romp, technical values are top-notch, with the director turning to regular collaborators like production designer Rick Heinrichs (Oscar for Sleepy Hollow) and costume designer Colleen Atwood (Oscar for Alice in Wonderland) to punch across his vision. But such visual splendor is all for naught when wrapped around a film as emotionally uninvolving as this one. The CGI Dumbo is adorable enough in design (even if the surrounding effects aren’t as convincing), but there’s no genuine pathos to this rendition since the li’l elephant is mainly used as a prop simply so the human protagonists can all feel a little better about themselves.

And what dullards these mortals be — a far cry from the colorful types Burton used to showcase back when he had a propensity to frolic with the freaks (how this movie could have used a Joker or an Edward Scissorhands or even a Pee-wee Herman!). Even the cherished moments from the original that have survived are given no value — the magical “pink elephants” sequence, for instance, has been reconfigured as a blasé circus number.

The performances are mostly fine, with no one ultimately able to escape the crushing weight (heavier than Mrs. Jumbo!) of the worn-out dialogue and banal developments. But special mention should be given to Michael Keaton, who enjoyed a career comeback with his Oscarnominated turn in Birdman and deserved (but didn’t receive) additional nods for his exemplary turns in Spotlight and The Founder.

Here, he speaks in a strange, clipped cadence and sports more facial tics and smirks than even Beetlejuice. Frankly, I didn’t think it was possible for him to

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give a performance as awful as the one he brandishes here — then again, perhaps he figured it was the only way to stand apart from the numbing homogenization of the rest of this white elephant.

THE AFTERMATH

// After the soft box office performances of such World War II sagas as Allied and The Zookeeper’s Wife, it’s a wonder that anyone put up the funds to make something as similarly grown-up and period-specific as The Aftermath. Given the likely financial fate of this one as well, we may not see another WWII yarn until around the time World War III gets off the ground.

That’s a shame, because both Allied and The Zookeeper’s Wife deserved better fates. And while The Aftermath doesn’t match their quality or conviction, it’s not one for the trash heap, either. Based on Rhidian Brook’s novel of the same name, it’s set right after the war, as cleanup efforts are underway in Germany by the conquering heroes.

While most of the British and American occupiers view all Germans with contempt, forever suspicious that each and every one admired Adolf Hitler, one exception is the kind-hearted Lewis Morgan (Jason Clarke), an officer tasked with

helping restore the bombed-out city of Hamburg.

Lewis’ wife Rachael (Keira Knightley), on the other hand, doesn’t share his sympathies, which makes matters prickly when the pair move into a luxurious home owned by widower Stefan Lubert (Alexander Skarsgard) and populated by Stefan, his headstrong daughter Freda (Flora Thiemann), and various household servants.

The Luberts and staff were expected to vacate the premises when the Morgans moved in, but Lewis’ bleeding heart decreed otherwise, figuring there’s enough square footage for everyone to live separately if not quite equally (the Morgans get the run of the house while the Luberts are confined to the cramped attic). But the proximity nevertheless remains close enough for Rachael to overcome her prejudices and develop an attraction to Stefan while her workaholic husband is away rebuilding the city.

Had The Aftermath been around as a property in the late 1940s, it doubtless would have starred Deborah Kerr and Claude Rains as the Morgans and Laurence Olivier as Stefan. The performers cast here do their filmic forebears proud, and the picture succeeds as long as it focuses on their love triangle. CS

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

ACTIVISM & POLITICS

DRINKING LIBERALLY Every first and third Thursdays, 7:00 p.m.

A gathering of Liberals for an informal discussion of politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, and the world around us. Free to attend. Food and beverages available for purchase. third Thursday of every month. (912) 341-7427. livingliberally. org/drinking/chapters/GA/savannah.

Tondee’s Tavern, 7 E. Bay Street.

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.

SPRING FLING AND EGG HUNT Sat., April 20, 1 p.m. Beach High School Area, Hopkins & Victory Dr. 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

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AUDITIONS FOR ARMSTRONG YOUTH ORCHESTRA Auditions for our spring session will be held January 9, 2019. Students who played in the Fall 2018 session, and who plan to 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 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. SAVANNAH BANANAS 2019 AUDITIONS 36 The Savannah Bananas are excited to

2019 Pooler Egg Hunt

The 2019 Pooler Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, April 20th at the Pooler Recreation Complex. The Egg Hunt is for children up through 5th with one hunt at 9:00 am and another at 10:30 am. This is a FREE event, but to help us plan a fun and safe event for everyone, we ask that you register your children in advance. *When you reserve your child’s ticket, please be sure to select the ticket that matches your child’s age range (either under 2 years old, 2-3 years old, 4-5 years old, 1st - 3rd grade or 4th - 5th Grade) and desired hunt time (either 9am or 10:30 am). Parking is located in the parking lot behind the football stadium.

SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2019 AT 9 AM – 11 AM . POOLER RECREATION COMPLEX 200 PRESTON STOKES DRIVE, POOLER, GEORGIA 31322 announce that they will be holding auditions for cast members for the 2019 summer season on Saturday, April 20th at Grayson Stadium. This is an amazing opportunity for dedicated fans to become even more involved in the action. Sat., April 20, 10 a.m. bit.ly/2uOKFIk. thesavannahbananas.com.

Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.

BENEFITS

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.

Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St.

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.

Saturdays, 9 a.m. (912) 663-4528. Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410B Richards 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 SELF DEFENSE Essential self-defense for adults. $30/ month Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com.

Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

BEGINNING BELLY DANCE CLASSES Taught by Happenstance Bellydance.

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

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

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

Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave. 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.

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

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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., April 18, 6-7:30 p.m.

912-478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ ce/programs/excel-courses/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. GEORGIA DNR BOATING SAFETY COURSE The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Chatham County Marine Patrol will be conducting a Boating Safety Course. This is a Georgia DNR-approved class that is required for anyone that was born after January 1, 1998 who wishes to operate any power vessel or personnel watercraft on Georgia waterways. Sat., April 20, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. gooutdoorsgeorgia.com/.

Moose Lodge, 2202 Norwood Ave. HIGH VIBE / LOW COST YOGA Join Melissa DeLynn for all-levels, beginner friendly Yoga classes. These classes are well-balanced, nourishing, and challenging with an emphasis on philosophy and spirituality. Expect to learn, heal, meditate

and connect. $15 Wednesdays, 6-7:15 p.m. 706-614-4715. mdelynn@gmail.com.

WELMONT, 1930 Montgomery Street.

JEWELER’S GUIDED OPEN STUDIO Join us for time to practice your skills and knock out some projects you’ve been dreaming up. Tuition includes access to the studio with support from Christina or one of her assistants. Students are responsible for their own materials. Prerequisite of Jewelry I or similar instruction from another studio. $30 Thursdays, 1-4 p.m.

912-289-8337. christina@dreamcatstudio. com. dreamcatstudio.com. Use our space to practice your skills and knock out your personal pieces. Tuition includes access to the studio with support from Christina or one of her assistants. Students are responsible for their own materials.

Prerequisite of Jewelry I or similar instruction from another studio. $30 Fridays, 6 p.m. 912-289-8337. christina@ dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcat studio, Hover Creek RD. MUSIC LESSONS AND CLASSES: ALL INSTRUMENTS, ALL AGES Portman’s Music Academy offers private lessons on piano, guitar (electric, acoustic, classical), mandolin, ukulele, banjo, bass guitar, drums, percussion, voice, clarinet, saxophone (alto and tenor), oboe, flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, DJ, Pro Logic, Composition, Ear Training, violin, viola, and cello. Group classes for beginner piano and guitar. Music Adventures for ages 5 to 7. ongoing. 912354-1500. portmansmusic.com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. 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.

PYT PUPPY YOGA TIME Christine Graeber will be teaching a fun, all levels vinyasa class that will surely be disrupted by puppies and laughter.

Ghost Coast Distillery will be curating a special drink just for you and all of the pups with Coastal Pet Rescue will be up for adoption. Class is $30 with a portion of each fee going towards Coastal Pet Rescue and their mission. $30 Sat., April 20, 10-11:15 a.m. 912-298-0071. kelcie@ ghostcoastdistillery.com. facebook. com/events/2376756715669086/. ghostcoastdistillery.com. Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St. QUARTERLY CRAFT NIGHT: STRING ART SOCIAL $40 Wed., April 17, 6 a.m. Art League of Hilton Head Academy, 106 Cordillo Parkway.

REMEMBERING THE CHINESE RAILROAD WORKERS Trace the footsteps of history through the journey of the Chinese railroad workers who constructed the First Transcontinental Railroad. Presented by Professor Weihua

Zhang, SCAD. Professor Zhang will present her research through photographs, archival documents, and a Q&A session. Free and open to the public Tue., April 23, 5-6 p.m.

912.897.4061. communications@liveoakpl. org. liveoakpl.org/events/special. Islands Library, 50 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

RESTORE YOUR PELVIC FLOOR Our pelvic floor is a rarely talked about group of muscles whose optimal function is essential to a good quality of life. In this workshop, we will discuss the anatomy of our pelvic floor, why it’s important, and how it contributes to a strong core. We will learn how to properly engage our pelvic floor muscles along with other deep core stabilizing muscles, and we will explore how pelvic floor activation can influence our yoga practice. Lead by Dana Rothbart, PT, DPT, RYT200 $35 Sun., April 21, 1-3 p.m. 912-3492756. programs@savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Road Unit J-3.

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

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

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

WINE GLASS PAINTING $6-$32 Tue., April 23, 6 p.m. yourpie.com/.

Your Pie, 110 W Bryan Street.

WINE GLASS PAINTING CLASS $6-$32 Mon., April 22, 6 p.m. bdburgers.net.

B & D Burgers (Pooler), 238 Pooler Parkway #G. 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

100 BLACK MEN OF SAVANNAH’S 2019 SCHOLARSHIP GALA Join the 100 Black Men of Savannah for the 23rd annual Scholarship Gala, an evening of elegance to raise funds for their community outreach programs, scholarships for deserving students, and an opportunity to learn more about their contributions to the youth of our community. Sat., April 20, 6 p.m. torianj.mackey@100blackmensav. org. Savannah Marriott Riverfront, 100 Gen.

McIntosh Blvd.

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 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

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card including a list of 75 whiskeys in each chapter in the DeSoto library. Library series meetings will be the last Thursday of every month and include one free guest pass per member for the year. They will pick a book from the Edgar’s P&P library to hold their personalized book card which will be used to keep track of their progress on the whiskey list. $50 ongoing. eventbrite. com/e/proofreaders-whiskey-clubtickets-42943991635. proofsavannah.com.

Edgar’s Proof and Provision, 15 E. Liberty St. THE SAVANNAH CHINESE CORNER The Savannah Chinese Corner welcomes anyone interested in Mandarin language or Chinese culture. Meets every Saturday morning from 10 am to noon. Check the Facebook group to see meeting location. ongoing. facebook.com/groups/ SavannahChineseCorner. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

SAVANNAH SACRED HARP SINGERS Savannah Sacred Harp Singers welcome you to join our monthly community singing on the second Saturday of the month from 2-4pm at Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church.

Sacred Harp is an American tradition of singing hymns in four part harmony. No particular religious affiliation is required or endorsed. All are welcome. No experience necessary. ongoing. Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church, 10050 Ferguson Ave. SCAD DAILY TOURS SCAD offers tours in Savannah, Atlanta and Hong Kong for prospective students and their families. Tours are available daily, excluding Sundays, in Savannah, Atlanta, and Hong Kong. Tours allow prospective students an opportunity to view classrooms and administrative buildings, galleries, residence halls and dining facilities and see where our students live, learn and prepare for professional careers. Free MondaysSaturdays. scad.edu/admission/visit-scad/ daily-tours. scad.edu/. Savannah College of Art and Design, PO Box 2072.

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. WAVING GIRLS SMOCKING GUILD The Waving Girls Chapter of the Smocking Arts Guild of America the fourth Monday of the month at the Coastal Center for Developmental Services, Eisenhower and Seawright Drs. in Savannah, at 6:30 pm.

Visitors are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Each month the chapter presents 38 a program related to smocking or fine

sewing. along with a “show and share” opportunity to see members creations. More information contact l.elkin@comcast.net.

Free fourth Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. 912-658-4271. l.elkin@comcast.net.

Coastal Center for Developmental Services, 1249 Eisenhower Drive.

CONCERTS

CHORALE & VOCAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE CONCERT The Armstrong Chorale & Vocal Chamber Ensemble performs under the direction of Robert Harris at 7:30 p.m. Tue., April 23.

912-344-2801. Armstrong Campus Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. CHORALE AND VOCAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Located in Fine Arts Auditorium. $6 Tue., April 23, 7:30 p.m. 912-344-2801. armstrongboxoffice@georgiasouthern. edu. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. 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.

THE PIANO MEN 3 powerhouse pianists / singers along with band pay tribute to Billy Joel, Elton John, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Lee Lewis and many more. The audience is singing along to 2 hours of fun. $39 adults, $19.50 child Sundays, 3 p.m. and Wednesdays, Fridays, 8 p.m. savannahtheatre.com. savannahtheatre.com. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. SAVANNAH LIVE! 2-hour high-energy variety show featuring award- winning singers, dancers and band performing 60s, 70s and 80s pop music, rock and roll, Broadway, Motown, Stomp and comedy that’s fun for all ages! $39 adults, $19.50 child Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. savannahtheatre. com. savannahtheatre.com. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St.

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.

APRIL BIRTHPLACE GENERAL TOURS $15 Wed., April 17, noon.

juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. $15 Thu., April 18, noon. juliettegordonlowbirthplace. org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. APRIL GIRL SCOUT TROOP EXPERIENCE $13 Wed., April 17, 8:45 a.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. APRIL: OVER TEA CUPS: A GIRL SCOUT SENIOR/AMBASSADOR AFTERNOON TEA EXPERIENCE $20 Mon., April 22, 3:30 p.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. ARTIST TALK W/ JESSICA POPE Join Savannah-based artist Jessica Pope for a discussion of her site-specific installation, Folklore. Folklore is the 2019 iteration of Telfair Museums’ annual Boxed In/Break Out project, a museum-sponsored opportunity that invites artists to propose an original installation of artwork to invigorate the six large windows along the east side of the Jepson Center on Barnard Street. Thu., April 18, 6 p.m. Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. CHATHAM AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM REDESIGN WEBINAR AND Q&A During this webinar, CAT will present two contrasting Network Concepts, reflecting the tradeoff between high frequency transit service and wide network coverage to better educate the community on the spectrum of public transportation options they have to decide on. Free & Open to the Public Wed., April 17, 12-1 p.m. 912-233-5767. letsgo@ catchacat.org. letsgo.catchacat.org/#!/ upcomingevents. Online only, none.

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. EST 8003: ERGONOMICS AND THE CONTROL OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS Thu., April 18, 8:30 a.m. Georgia Tech Savannah, 210 Technology Circle.

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, Carey Hilliard’s Abercorn across from Lowe’s.

THE GREATEST SHOWCASE From performing arts to motion media, each club displays unique talent in this

unforgettable show. Presented by the SCAD Students Activities Council. Free and open to all SCAD Card holders. Roundtrip transportation provided from SCAD residence halls. Sat., April 20, 7 p.m. www2. scad.edu/venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. HISTORICAL WALKING TOURS WITH SAVANNAH TOURS AND TALES True tales of the Irish Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans of Savannah’s past. Join KT O’Brien, a native Savannahian, for a leisurely stroll through the serene squares of Savannah.

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

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. NIGHTLY SPIRITS GHOST TOUR Explore haunted bars, haunted buildings, and Savannah’s oldest area, all while having time to enjoy some tasty beverages along the way. Step back in time to the 1700’s to explore the parts of Savannah that most only dare to talk about. You’ll hear tales about the dead that haven’t quite moved on, visit some of the most haunted places in the city and get to know the spirits that haunt the locals…and the places that the locals haunt. $20 Fridays, Saturdays, 8:30 p.m. nightlyspirits.com/savannah-ghosttours/. savannahtaphouse.com. Savannah Taphouse, 125 E. Broughton St. NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT QUICK ADMIT DAY Tue., April 23, 10 a.m. Savannah State University-Student Union Ballroom, 3219 College Street.

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.

OSHA 7405 FALL HAZARD AWARENESS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Wed., April 17, 8 a.m. Georgia Tech Savannah, 210 Technology Circle.

SAT TEST PREP COURSE 1JUN19 $349.00 Sat., April 20, 9 a.m. Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Midtown, 6711 Abercorn St. SAVANNAH VSU ALUMNI COCKTAILS AND CONNECTIONS The Savannah Chapter of the VSU Alumni

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Film: Grave of the Fireflies

As the Empire of the Sun crumbles upon itself and a rain of firebombs falls upon Japan, the final death march of a nation is echoed in millions of smaller tragedies. This is the story of Seita and his younger sister Setsuko, two children born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and now cast adrift in a world that lacks not the care to shelter them, but simply the resources. $8 THU., APRIL 18, 8 P.M. WWW2.SCAD.EDU/VENUES/TRUSTEES/. TRUSTEES THEATER, 216 EAST BROUGHTON ST. Association invites you to an evening of networking and Blazer connections! Join fellow VSU Alumni for networking, snacks, and beverages. This is your chance to take a picture with the 2018 National Championship Trophy! Appetizers provided with cash bar. Free with RSVP Thu., April 18, 6-8 p.m. 229-333-5797. alumni@valdosta. edu. community.valdostastate.org/pages/ alumni/savannah-cocktails-and-connectionapril-2019?erid=1983221&trid=967f913091a2-4e2b-999a-1cbfaf4e1c6e. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt.

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

ongoing. savannahsca.org.

SPRING LUAU AT WATERWAYS Wed., April 17, 11 a.m. Waterways Model Home, 230 Waterways Parkway.

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.

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.

VIKING POWERLIFTING CLINIC AND WORKOUT Sat., April 20, 11 a.m. Iron Bodies Gym, 8112 White Bluff Road.

WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT NIGHT $25 Thu., April 18, 6:30 p.m. Way Station Coffee Co., Richmond Hill, 10610 Ford Avenue.

FESTIVALS

EARTH DAY FESTIVAL The theme for this year’s event is “Protect our Species.” This theme is in tandem with the Earth Day Network. The goal for the 2019 Savannah Earth Day Festival is to promote the protection of endangered species within the State of Georgia. Sat., April 20, 12-5 p.m. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. EASTER CARNIVAL The Seed Church’s Easter carnival features live music, train ride and firetruck ride, carnival rides, a 20,000 egg hunt, a baby and toddler carnival playground, and free food, cotton candy and prizes. Sat., April 20, 10 a.m. theseedchurch.com/events/carnival. dixielandcruisers.org. The Seed Church, 1950 Chatham Parkway.

FITNESS

AERIAL YOGA CLASSES Increase flexibility and strength using aerial yoga, a relatively new approach to a traditional yoga practice. We use a silk fabric called a ‘hammock’ to support the weight of our bodies, helping us achieve

various postures with more depth, ease and excitement. Every Saturday. Class size limited. Required to register online ahead of time. $25 Saturdays, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net/schedule.html.

AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE Let the excitement begin as Mahogany takes you to the best staycation each and every Tuesday night to the Islands through movement and rhythm. This class will focus on the cultural movement of Afro-Caribbean dance. Get ready for hip winding and arms in the air as we explore our bodies’ rhythm through Caribbean and reggae music. $10 Tuesdays, 6:45-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. AIKIDO CLASSES Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba, ‘O Sensei’ or (‘Great Teacher’). On a purely physical level it is an art involving throws and joint locks that are derived from Jujitsu and Kenjutsu (open hand and weapon based techniques).

Beyond the self defense aspects of the art its true goal is to challenge its practitioners to discover their best selves. $50/month for JEA Members, $70/month for NonMembers, or $80/8-class punch card Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-6040958, 912-346-2650. AikiNorm@aol.com, AikidoBilly@hotmail.com. CoastalAikido. com. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. BALLET BODY TONING Ballet Body Toning is a ballet inspired workout designed to improve balance, flexibility, and use body resistance to strengthen core, legs & booty. This workout is low impact and scorches major calories and teaches you basic ballet! Call to make a reservation before class. This is a semiprivate class so space is limited! $10.00 Wednesdays, Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com.

BALLROOM FIT Always wanted to learn how to ballroom dance? Don’t have a partner? Want to get in shape and have fun in the process? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this program is for you! Learn how to ballroom dance and get a great workout in the process. We use all styles of music that are modern or traditional. Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Jive, Samba, Paso Doble, Foxtrot, Waltz, Hustle, and more! Check out our schedule for more details. 4 classes for $40, 10 classes for $80, UNLIMITED for $120 Sundays, 5-6 p.m., Mondays, 6-7 p.m., Tuesdays, 12:30-1 p.m., Wednesdays, 12:30-1 & 6-7 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:30-1 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. BARIATRIC SURGERY SUPPORT GROUP Located in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery.

Call or see website for info. third Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/.

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Let’s Get Baked: Mac & Beer Cheese Competition $20 APRIL 20, 5 P.M. SOUTHBOUND BREWING COMPANY, 107 EAST LATHROP AVE.

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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. CELLO AND CHAKRAS: RESTORATIVE EDITION WITH JENN COOK AND JESSICA MESSERE Immerse yourself in this 90-minute restorative yoga experience as cellist Jessica Messere plays soothing music while Jenn Cook guides you through the energy centers in the body known as chakras. These are points in our bodies that can affect our psychological, emotional and spiritual states of being. Using the powerful vibrations of the cello, gentle stretches and sweet restorative yoga poses, we will reset the mind, body and soul. $25

by April 19, $35 day of event Sat., April 20, 5:30 p.m. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga. com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. EXERCISE CLASS Stretches, strengthening and general feel good moves. ongoing. 912-667-0487.

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STRIDES A group of moms that meet with strollers and workout at Savannah Mall, Daffin Park and on occasion Hull Park. Also offer HIIT Classes to other Moms who have any age children. The HIIT program is a kid free program. 1 hour long stroller based workout with kiddos. Moms- Pre and Post Natal, and kids of stroller age. Savannah Mall (M,W,F). Daffin Park (T,Th), Hull Park (Sat) ongoing. ashleyyoungblood@fit4mom.com. savannah.fit4mom.com. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. GET EXCITED AND MOVE This program is designed to combat the effects of Parkinson disease for Savannah/ Chatham-area people and their caregiver.

The activities are designed to enhance and improve muscular strength, and endurance, coordination, agility, flexibility, speed work, and voice command. Visit the website for more info. Mondays-Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. and TuesdaysThursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. 912-663-5833. getexcitedandmove.com. Anderson-Cohen Weightlifting Center, 7230 Varnedoe Drive.

GLUTE CAMP WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Fridays, 12:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. INSANITY LIVE WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. ISRAELI KRAV MAGA SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES A system of self-defense techniques based on several martial arts. The official fighting

system of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

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

LINE DANCE Line dance class teaches basic instructions, coordination, and dance combinations, to the rhythm of different styles of music. Line Dancing is exercise for the body & mind, and is a fun way to dance socially without a partner. Dancing styles covered in this class include Country Western, Swing, Salsa, Tango, Cha Cha, Waltz & more. $10 Wednesdays, 6-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. POWER YOGA This is an hour of stretching your mind and body to become one, and a reset in the middle of the work week. Come experience the endless possibilities as you take yourself to the next level with Mahogany. $10 Wednesdays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. PRANA YOGA Prana Yoga is a practice that integrates breathing techniques and chakra sounds into the yoga. Come experience a deep sense of grounding, learn to be present, and develop your center, passion, strength, compassion, creativity, intuition, and light. $10 Mondays, 6:45-8 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. SHIMMY CHIC

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

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

Open to all ages and fitness levels. $10 Thursdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. SLIDERS WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m.

Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TIMED INTERVAL TRAINING WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Mondays, 12:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TRX CIRCUIT TRAINING WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TRX FUNCTIONAL TRAINING WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. VINYASA YOGA In this vinyasa yoga class you will experience dynamic movements while linking breath, building heat, and endurance.

This class is open to all levels. We will explore each pose with special attention to alignment. This class will be the perfect way to start your week and stay energized. $10 Mondays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. WEIGHTED WORKOUT A 45 minute, total body workout that includes a 5 minute warm-up and a 5 minute cool-down/stretch. We will use dumbbells and steps to perform compound functional movements to maximize workout time. $10 Tuesdays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. YOGA FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center.

Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. YOGA WITH BIANCA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Mondays, 6 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St.

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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.

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FOOD & DRINK EVENTS

HOURGLASS WINE DINNER $125 April 18, 7:30 p.m. Rollers Spirits, Wine, & Cheese, 9 Palmetto Bay Road.

FULL MOON PARTY April 19, 9 p.m. The Lost Square, 412 Williamson St. 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. LET’S GET BAKED: MAC & BEER CHEESE COMPETITION $20 April 20, 5 p.m. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. 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.

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1 “Weekend Update” coanchor Colin 5 Barry Manilow’s club 9 Cold shoulders 14 Apiece 15 “Chocolat” actress Lena 16 Records, informally 17 Lucy’s neighbor with a nasty attitude?

19 Rico, to Napoleon Dynamite 20 Lover of suffixes?

21 “___ I Believe” (2018 song by Clean Bandit) 23 ___ de vivre 24 “It sucks being a young horse,” e.g.?

27 Sweat equity concept 29 “Hotel California” band 30 Big scallion 31 In actuality 35 “La ___” (Debussy composition) 36 NPR host Shapiro 37 Color in a Patriots uniform 40 10,000 square meters 44 All-night party 45 Like a venomous snake 48 Room for negotiation 50 Studs and labrets that are a bargain?

54 Pioneer Boone, folksily

55 Hand sanitizer additive 56 Actress Lawrence of “The Cool Kids” 59 Bush Supreme Court appointee 61 Completely stocked with enemies?

63 Hands, in Spanish 64 Small spot of land 65 It may have rings and needles 66 Dating app motion 67 Falcons’ home?

68 “Gone Girl” actress Ward

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1 Humvee forerunner 2 Promising words 3 Claudia once married to David Copperfield 4 Roxette hit of 1989 5 Dot-___ bubble 6 Acid used in soapmaking 7 “Shine” instrument 8 Per ___ (yearly) 9 “Law & Order: ___” (spinoff that will break a record for longevity) 10 Lego series with its own 2017 movie 11 Straighten, as a hose 12 Writing credit 13 Comes down in icy

drops 18 Shakespearean king 22 Work on ___ 25 Inc., in Australia 26 Back muscle 27 Nightmare street of film 28 Greens ___ 32 Have a picnic, e.g.

33 Monk’s title 34 Mattress filler 37 Unadjusted stat 38 Actress Longoria 39 “Who ___” (Cincinnati Bengals chant) 40 Natural vantage point 41 Thought transference 42 Pet you water 43 Director Roth 44 Passes on a present 45 Fester’s family 46 Mariner’s set of rules 47 Pressed sandwiches 49 Be covetous of 51 Like some D&D characters 52 Awaken 53 Honeycomb components 57 On an even ___ 58 Piece of mind?

60 Sugar suffix 62 Rent out

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BETHESDA FARM AND GARDENS STAND Featuring in season, organic (not certified) veggies, herbs and flowers. All proceeds go directly to funding tuition expenses for Bethesda Academy students. For specialty orders, contact Merrin at merrin.slocombe@ bethesdaacademy.org. merrin.slocombe@ bethesdaacademy.org. bethesdaacademy. org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. FARM TRUCK 912 The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods.

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

W.W. Law Gym, 909 E. Bolton St. FORSYTH FARMERS MARKET Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights.

Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items for sale.

912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com.

Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. FULL MOON PARTY The Lost Square, 412 Williamson St. HOURGLASS WINE DINNER $125 Rollers Spirits, Wine, & Cheese, 9 Palmetto Bay Road.

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 islandsfarmersmarket@gmail.com. facebook.com/IslandsFarmersMarket/.

Lighthouse Baptist Church, 401 Quarterman Dr. LET’S GET BAKED: MAC & BEER CHEESE COMPETITION $20 Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. PRESS PLAY BOOMBOX BRUNCH Brunch is served from 11 am – 3 pm. Jason B. James Live vinyl DJ spinning classic soul, R&B, indie, rock, pop, and everything in between begins at noon. foxyloxycafe.com.

Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. 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. 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.

TYBEE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET Featuring a variety of produce, baked 42 goods, honey, eggs, BBQ, sauces and

dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. Artisans are also featured each week. The market is non-smoking and pet friendly. Located on beautiful Tybee Island, GA at 30 Meddin Drive.

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

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

HEALTH

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS St. Joseph’s/Candler’s SmartSenior offers blood pressure screenings on every Monday from 10 AM to Noon in the SmartSenior office, #8 Medical Arts on 836 E. 65th Street. No appointment is necessary; the screenings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call (912) 352-4405. ongoing. St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Arts Building, 836 E. 65th St. EMPOWERING A BILLION WOMEN SAVANNAH CHAPTER APRIL MEETING $25 Sat., April 20, 9 a.m. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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

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

FREE RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR CAREGIVERS Are you the unpaid caregiver for a loved one with dementia, serious illness or disability?

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

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

HIGH VIBE/ LOW COST YOGA WITH MELISSA DELYNN Join this accessible, all-levels class for meditative movement, breath and meditation! Ample free parking, beauty facility and no-fuss yoga. Expect a little sweat, philosophy and possibly enlightenment! $15 Wednesdays, 6-7:15 p.m. 706-614-4715. mdelynn@gmail.com.

WELMONT, 1930 Montgomery Street.

NATIVE AMERICAN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Georgia’s only Native American Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Meets every Thursday at 2 pm at 517 East Broad Street, Savannah.

Court papers will be signed. Open to all.

You do not have to be Native American to attend Free ongoing, 2-3 p.m. 912-712-3314.

Islandmedicinewoman@gmail.com. East Broad Native American Group, 517 East Broad Street.

SPRING ON THE FARM HOMESTEADING WORKSHOP $30-$35 Sat., April 20, 9 a.m. 713 Hubert Church Rd, 713 Hubert Church Road.

KID’S HAPPENINGS

EASTER EGG-STRAVAGANZA Bounce in the new bounce house and take pictures with Prissy the Cow or Freddie the Flea. Sat., April 20, 8 a.m. Keller’s Flea Market, 5901 Ogeechee Road.

POOLER EASTER EGG HUNT The Egg Hunt is for children up through 5th with one hunt at 9:00 am and another at 10:30 am. This is a free event, but please register your children in advance. Sat., April 20, 9 a.m. Pooler Recreation Complex, Pooler Parkway.

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

DINNER WITH A LOCAL AUTHOR: FEATURING PAISLEY RAY $45 Tue., April 23, 6 p.m. The Cottage Cafe, Bakery & Tea Room, 38 Calhoun Street.

HISTORICAL WRITERS GUILD The HWG will endeavor to offer a variety of programs for both published and unpublished writers to promote historical fiction and creative non-fiction. All compatible and cross-genre works to historical writing are welcome. HWG is also open to hobbyist writers to enjoy a relaxed and fun environment. Visit website for more info. Annual dues $20 fourth Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m. 713-907-8627. hwg. rh@comcast.net. google.com/search?client

=safari&rls=en&q=Historical+Writers+Guild+ sav+ga&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. LECTURE: ON THE WATER AND BENEATH THE WAVES: STORIES OF COASTAL GEORGIA Salt marshes, rivers, lakes and the Atlantic Ocean are integral parts of Coastal Georgia’s culture and heritage. This presentation highlights the ways researchers preserve the stories of maritime communities through collecting oral narratives and listening for echoes of the past. Free and open to the public Thu., April 18, 6 p.m. shipsofthesea. org. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

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. GREENDRINKS SAVANNAH GreenDrinks Savannah is a social networking group initiated by local non-profits and businesses to engage community members in an informal setting.

Everyone is welcome to attend and meet people interested in a more Sustainable and Greener Savannah. Check the “GreenDrinks Savannah” facebook page. Free to attend.

Cash bar. third Wednesday of every month, 5:30 p.m. greenfirepizza.com. Green Fire Pizza, 236 Drayton St. HORSESHOE CRAB ENCOUNTERS Travel by skiff to a barrier island and witness horseshoe crabs coming inshore to spawn!

Work alongside educators from the UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, taking measurements of horseshoe crabs and observing the migratory shorebirds that rely on the horseshoe crab eggs for food. Children ages 10 and up are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required by April 12. Register by contacting Kayla Clark at kayla270@uga.edu or call 912-5983345. $22 cash or a check made out to “The University of Georgia” mailed to or dropped off at the UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium and be received by April 12 Sat., April 20, 8 a.m.-noon. 912598-2496. kayla270@uga.edu. gacoast. uga.edu/events/. UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, 30 Ocean Science Circle.

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live native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10am-4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. WILDERNESS SOUTHEAST A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists. Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-236-8115. wildernesssoutheast.org.

PETS & ANIMALS

LOW COST PET CLINIC TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm.

Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. ongoing. tailsspin.com. tailsspin. com. TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Habersham St., Habersham Village.

ST. ALMO’S Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays, 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at Canine Palace. Call for info. ongoing. 912-234-3336. caninepalacesavannah.com. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St.

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE (BEFORE EASTER) Meet at the arches on the north side of the church (behind the Green-Meldrim House) to follow the Way of the Cross in a public act of worship and witness led by youth and clergy of St. John’s around Madison Square, concluding in the Church. “Stations” or Way of the Cross is observed during Lent, especially on Lenten Fridays and most importantly on Good Friday. It is one of the most popular devotions for Christians. #HistoricSavannah Free Fri., April 19, 5:306:30 p.m. 912-232-1251. info@stjohnssav. org. stjohnssav.org/. stjohnssav.org. St. John’s Church, 1 West Macon Street.

GRATITUDE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARES Gather with others to share gratitude.

Everyone welcome. Park next to Bull Street Library. Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m. 917-676-4280. facebook.com/

savannahgratitude. liveoakpl.org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. GUIDED SILENT PRAYER Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org.

JESUS YESHUA Holidays and plans for 2017 underway for young adults and college Christians.

Contact Reverend Brenda Lee @yahoo.com or call (912) 236-3156. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

SAVANNAH FRIENDS MEETING (QUAKERS) Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, Joy Cottage behind Wesley Oak United Methodist Church. Call or email for info.

All are welcome. ongoing. 636-233-1772. savannahquakers@gmail.com. Wesley Oak United Methodist Church, 3124 East Victory Drive.

SAVANNAH REIKI SHARE During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via Reiki and other healing modalities. Present at the shares are usually no less than 2 Reiki Masters. Come share with us on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Sweet Water Spa in downtown Savannah.

Sign up at Savannah Reiki Share or Reiki by Appointment on Facebook. Free ongoing, 7 p.m. and third Thursday of every month, 7 p.m. 440-371-5209. Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street.

SERVICE OF COMPLINE Enter the stillness of another age. Gregorian Chant sung by candlelight at 9:00-9:30 p.m. every Sunday night by the Complne Choir of Christ Church Anglican. Come, say good nigh to God. All are welcome. ongoing.

Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull.

TAPESTRY CHURCH A church for all people! We don’t care what you are wearing, just that you are here.

From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life.

Come experience an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the

Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah.com. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. THEOLOGY ON TAP Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm-10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

COURTYARD MOVIE NIGHT Join Foxy in the courtyard for a monthly movie screening with Tex-Mex, beer, wine, and pastries. Free third Friday of every month, 8 p.m. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. FILM: GOOD LUCK, MISS WYCKOFF The PFS screens the restored, uncensored print of this forgotten dramatic gem in honor of the 40th Anniversary of its original theatrical release in 1979. Based on the controversial novel of the same name, this indie film is set in rural, racially segregated 1956 Kansas, and is the intense and explicit tale of a middle-aged white female public school teacher who’s never had a romantic relationship of any sort. When she is aggressively and secretly pursued by her school’s black male custodian, it spurs a sexual awakening in her that’s considered socially forbidden at that place and time -- and which threatens both her reputation and her job. $8 Wed., April 17, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.

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100 BLACK MEN OF SAVANNAH’S CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC $25-$5,000 Fri., April 19, 8 a.m. southbridgegolfclub.com/. Southbridge Golf Club, 415 Southbridge Blvd.

ADULT AND JUNIOR TENNIS CLINICS On Thursdays. Intended for a class size of 4-8 students. Buy four classes, get the fifth class free. $15 per class ongoing.

912-201-2000. westinsavannah.com. theclubatsavannahharbor.com/index.php.

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FILM: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES As the Empire of the Sun crumbles upon itself and a rain of firebombs falls upon Japan, the final death march of a nation is echoed in millions of smaller tragedies. This is the story of Seita and his younger sister Setsuko, two children born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and now cast adrift in a world that lacks not the care to shelter them, but simply the resources. $8 Thu., April 18, 8 p.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/ trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. FILM: STEEL MAGNOLIAS Six icons of the silver screen, including Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts and Sally Field, come together in this hilarious and heartwarming story of life, love and loss in a small Louisiana parish. $10 Thu., April 18, 7 p.m. 912-472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater. org. tybeeposttheater.org. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne.

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The Club at Savannah Harbor, #2 Resort Dr. ADULT COED FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE 8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-220-3474. savadultrec.com.

BEARS ELITE FOOTBALL Learn the fundamentals of football. Ages 4-12. Sign up now. Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-272-6684. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. DERBY DEVILS ROLLER DERBY CLASSES Roller derby league offers 12-week courses

for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual bootcamp programs. See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com.

GRIEF 101 SUPPORT GROUP Seven-week morning or evening adult support group offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge.

Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

SATURDAY GROUP RUN OR WALK Join us in our quest for fitness. Beginners are welcome. We can help you exceed

your fitness goals. Free Saturdays, 7-8:15 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live.com. savystrider.com. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

SAV. STRIDER WEEKLY GROUP RUN OR WALK DOWNTOWN Join us for a run or walk downtown or over the bridge if you’re feeling froggy. The best part is afterwards when we get coffee or whatever else your heart desires from Savannah Coffee Roasters. Free Sundays, 7-8 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live. com. savystrider.com. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

SAVANNAH BIKE POLO Like regular polo, but with bikes instead

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

French writer Simone de Beauvoir sent a letter to her lover, Aries author Nelson Algren. She wrote, “I like so much the way you are so greedy about life and yet so quiet, your eager greediness and your patience, and your way of not asking much of life and yet taking much because you are so human and alive that you find much in everything.” I’d love to see you embody that state in the coming weeks, Aries. In my astrological opinion, you have a mandate to be both utterly relaxed and totally thrilled; both satisfied with what life brings you and skillfully avid to extract the most out of it; both at peace with what you already have and primed to grab for much more.

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The Beat Generation of American poets arose in the late 1940s as a rebellion against materialistic mainstream culture and academic poetry. It embraced sexual liberation, Eastern spirituality, ecological awareness, political activism, and psychedelic drugs. One of its members, Jack Kerouac, tweaked and ennobled the word “beat” to serve as the code name for their movement. In its old colloquial usage, “beat” meant tired or exhausted.

But Kerouac re-consecrated it to mean “upbeat” and “beatific,” borrowing from the Italian word *beato*, translated as “beatific.” I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because you’re on the verge of a similar transition: from the old meaning of “beat” to the new.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

“Scattered through the ordinary world, there are books and artifacts and perhaps people who are like doorways into impossible realms, of impossible and contradictory truth.” Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges said that, and now I’m passing it on to you—just in time for your entrance into a phase when such doorways will be far more available than usual. I hope you will use Borges’ counsel as a reminder to be alert for everyday situations and normal people that could lead you to intriguing experiences and extraordinary revela-

tions and life-changing blessings.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

The Free Will Astrology Committee To Boldly Promote Cancerian’s Success is glad to see that you’re not politely waiting for opportunities to come to you. Rather, you’re tracking them down and proactively wrangling them into a form that’s workable for your needs. You seem to have realized that what you had assumed was your fair share isn’t actually fair; that you want and deserve more. Although you’re not being mean and manipulative, neither are you being overly nice and amenable; you’re pushing harder to do things your way. I approve! And I endorse your efforts to take it even further.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

BY ROB BREZSNY

beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Curcumin is a chemical found in the plant turmeric. When ingested by humans, it may diminish inflammation, lower the risk of diabetes, support cardiovascular health, and treat digestive disorders. But there’s a problem: the body is inefficient in absorbing and using curcumin—unless it’s ingested along with piperine, a chemical in black pepper. Then it’s far more available. What would be the metaphorical equivalent to curcumin in your life? An influence that could be good for you, but that would be even better if you synergized it with a certain additional influence? And what would be the metaphorical equivalent of that additional influence? Now is a good time to investigate these questions.

Many experts who have studied the art and science of running fast believe that it’s best if a runner’s legs are symmetrical and identical in their mechanics. But that theory is not supported by the success of champion sprinter Usain Bolt. Because he has suffered from scoliosis, his left leg is a half-inch longer than his right. With each stride, his left leg stays on the track longer than his right, and his right hits the track with more force. Some scientists speculate that this unevenness not only doesn’t slow him down, but may in fact enhance his speed. In accordance with current astrological variables, I suspect you will be able to thrive on your asymmetry in the coming weeks, just as your fellow Leo Usain Bolt does.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

“Sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in,” wrote Sagittarian novelist Jane Austen. I’m guessing you’ve had that experience—maybe more than usual, of late. But I suspect you’ll soon be finding ways to express those embryonic feelings. Congrats in advance! You’ll discover secrets you’ve been concealing from yourself. You’ll receive missing information whose absence has made it hard to understand the whole story. Your unconscious mind will reveal the rest of what it has thus far merely been hinting at.

Virgo adventurer Jason Lewis traveled around the world using transportation powered solely by his own body. He walked, bicycled, skated, rowed, pedaled, and swam more than 46,000 miles. I propose that we make him your role model for the next four weeks. You’re primed to accomplish gradual breakthroughs through the use of simple, persistent, incremental actions. Harnessing the power of your physical vitality will be an important factor in your success.

of horses. Meets weekly. See facebook for info. ongoing. facebook.com/ savannahbikepolo.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). ongoing. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/ pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. UPSL SOCCER: SAVANNAH CLOVERS V LSA SHARKS

“I have the usual capacity for wanting what may not even exist,” wrote poet Galway Kinnell. How abut you, Scorpio?

Do you, too, have an uncanny ability to long for hypothetical, invisible, mythical, and illusory things? If so, I will ask you to downplay that amazing power of yours for a while. It’s crucial for your future development that you focus on yearning for actual experiences, real people, and substantive possibilities. Please understand: I’m not suggesting you’re bad or wrong for having those seemingly impossible desires. I’m simply saying that for now you will thrive on being attracted to things that are genuinely available.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

All over the world, rivers and lakes are drying up. Sources of water are shrinking.

Droughts are becoming more common and prolonged. Why? Mostly because of climate change. The good news is that lots of people are responding to the crisis with alacrity. Among them is an engineer in India named Ramveer Tanwar. Since 2014, he has organized efforts leading to the rejuvenation of twelve dead lakes and ponds. I propose we make him your role model for the coming weeks. I hope he will inspire you to engage in idealistic pursuits that benefit other people. And I hope you’ll be motivated to foster fluidity and flow and wetness everywhere you go. The astrological time is ripe for such activities.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

A blogger named Caramelizee offered her definition of elegance: “being proud of both your feminine and masculine qualities; seeing life as a non-ending university and learning everything you can; caring for yourself with tender precision; respecting and taking advantage of silences; tuning in to your emotions without being oversensitive; owning your personal space and being generous enough to allow other people to own their personal space.” This definition of elegance will be especially apropos and useful for you Aquarians in the coming weeks.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

You Pisceans have been summoning heroic levels of creative intensity. You’ve been working extra hard and extra smart.

But it seems that you haven’t been fully recognized or appreciated for your efforts.

I’m sorry about that. Please don’t let it discourage you from continuing to express great integrity and authenticity. Keep pushing for your noble cause and offering your best gifts. I’m proud of you! And although you may not yet have reaped all the benefits you will ultimately sow, three months from now I bet you’ll be pleased you pushed so hard to be such a righteous servant of the greater good.

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SUPPORT GROUPS

ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS Adult children of Alcoholics is a fellowship and support group for those who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes.

Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. 24 Hour Club, 1501 Eisenhower Drive.

AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Are you troubled by someone else’s drinking? Please go to alanon.org for daily meeting schedule. ongoing. savannahalanon.com.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing.

912-356-3688. savannahaa.com.

BACK PAIN SUPPORT GROUP Second Monday of every month,7:00pm.

Denny’s Restaurant at Hwy. 204. Everyone is welcome. For more info, contact Debbie at 912-727-2959 ongoing.

BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURY SUPPORT GROUP A program for people who have experienced a brain or spinal cord injury and their family members and caregivers. The group meets from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at Memorial Health University Medical Center. For more information, call (912) 350-7274. ongoing. memorialhealth. com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. CANCER SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAM Cancer survivorship covers the physical, psychosocial and economic issues of cancer from diagnosis and beyond. Cancer survivorship programs focus on the health and well-being of cancer patients beyond diagnosis and treatment. It also includes follow follow-up treatment, long-term effects of treatment and quality of life. ongoing.

912-819-5704. sjchs.org/cancer/our-care/ cancer-survivorship. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Join other non-paid family caregivers in a welcoming and encouraging environment on the fourth Monday of each month from 5 to 6 pm. For more information, please call 912.629.1331, or visit www.

EdelCaregiverInstitute.org. fourth Monday of every month. Ruth Byck Adult Day Care Center, 3025 Bull St. This drop-in, one-hour support group provides a safe place to connect with other family caregivers who truly understand each others’ feelings, needs and concerns. Exchange practical information on caregiving problems and possible solutions, and learn about resources available in our community.

You’re not alone. fourth Monday of every month, 1-2 p.m. 912-629-1331. edelcaregiverinstitute.org. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive.

KID’S GRIEF 101 A seven-week structured educational/ support group for children ages 6-17. Offers support and coping tools, utilizing play

and activity in learning to live with loss.

Meets Tuesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Call 912.303.9442 to register for next session. 2019 dates are January 8-February 19; March 5-April 16; June 25-August 6; August 20-October 1; October 15-November 26. ongoing. 912-303-9442. hospicesavannah.org/what-services-areavailable/grief-and-healing/grief-supportschedule/. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full array of grief support groups and individual counseling for children, teens and adults is available at no charge. Full Circle also has an office in Effingham County. Bereavement Counselor, Barbara Moss, MSW, holds office hours each Monday at the United Way’s Effingham Service Center, located at 711 Zitterour Drive in Rincon. To find out more or to schedule an appointment, call Barbara directly at 912-629-1089. ongoing.

912-303-9442. hospicesavannah.org/whatservices-are-available/grief-and-healing/ grief-support-schedule/.

HEAD AND NECK CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETING Head and Neck Cancer Support Group is for people with cancers of the head and neck and their caregivers. Each meeting includes a discussion with cancer treatment experts and a group discussion. The group meets at 1:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month in the ACI Teleconference Room. Wednesdays, 1-2 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com/service/supportgroups. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. HOWARD HAND IN HAND CHILDREN’S SUPPORT GROUP Hand in Hand is a support group for children that have a family member or loved one affected by cancer. third Wednesday of every month. 912-819-5704. Hand in Hand is a support group for children that have a family member or loved one affected by cancer. For more information, call 912-8195704. third Wednesday of every month, 2 p.m. 912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA AND MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP RSVP required. Please call 954-744-5310 or contact Keanne Owens, MSW- 954-844-

9712. Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m. 912-350-7845. mhs.net/calendar/cancer/leukemialymphoma. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP For more information call: Sarah Bernzott – 912-704-2059 Alice Gerber – 912-786-5447 ongoing. 912-355-6347. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. PET BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP This group meets on the first and third Thursday of each month and helps pet owners get through the loss of their animals.

Contact Jeffrey Wittig at jeffwitt912@ gmail.com for more information. ongoing, 7:30 p.m. The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: MAN TO MAN This group is for prostate cancer patients and their caregivers. Meets in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute.

Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. RAPE CRISIS CENTER Assists survivors of rape and sexual assault.

Free, confidential counseling for victims and families. 24-hour Rape Crisis Line operates seven days a week. 912-233-7273. ongoing.

SISTERS NETWORK (BREAST CANCER IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY) A national organization to raise awareness

about the impact of breast cancer on the African American community. At the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial. Call for info. fourth Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m. 912-236-7405. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. SPINAL INJURY SUPPORT GROUP Third Thursdays, 5:30pm, at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-3508900. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE SUPPORT GROUP Suicide often leaves survivors with guilt, anger, hurt and unanswered questions.

Hospice Savannah/United Way of Coastal Empire/Coastal Suicide Prevention Alliance offer an ongoing support group.

Third Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Safe and confidential. Free to attend. Barbara Moss at Full Circle of Hospice Savannah, 912-6291089. ongoing. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

TEENS WITH NO ONE TO TURN TO Help for people ages 11-18, or concerned parents of teens. Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-234-4048. parkplaceyes.org.

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reduce anxiety with a licensed therapist. All Summer & Fall. Check it out and schedule now: www.counselorcoachconfidant.com or 478 569-7069. Counselor, Coach, Confidant ask for Felicia. ongoing.

YOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION Young breast cancer patients and their caregivers in the greater Savannah, Hilton Head, and Coastal Georgia area are invited to join this group. Meetings include presentations from local medical community and discussions. Meetings conducted in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Saturdays, 4-6 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

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BETHESDA SEEKS VOLUNTEER DOCENTS FOR NEW HISTORY MUSEUM/ VISITORS CENTER Bethesda seeks volunteer docents for their new visitors center/museum. Volunteer docents needed during regular museum hours, Thurs.-Sat. 10am-4pm. Docents will share Bethesda’s rich history and inspiring legacy with visitors from across the country and around the world. ongoing. 912-3512061. Elizabeth.brown@bethesdaacademy. org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. CALL FOR AFFINIS FOR HOSPICE ANGELS Do you have a big heart and time to share?

Become a Hospice Angel to help individuals that are seriously ill and/or Homebound.

If you are interested in volunteering, call 912-748-6000 or email hospiceangels@ affinishospice.org. ongoing.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR BONAVENTURE Bonaventure Historical Society is looking for about a dozen people, each with three hours a month to spare and a willingness to meet, greet and assist visitors to Bonaventure Cemetery. Volunteer hours are 10 am to 1 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Training for the visitors center and to become a BHS tour guide provided.

For more information, go to our website, www.bonaventurehistorical.org. ongoing. savannahga.gov/cityweb/cemeteriesweb. nsf/cemeteries/bonaventure.html.

Bonaventure Cemetery, 330 Bonaventure Rd.

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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR DOG FOSTER CARE GRRR (Georgia Rescue, Rehabilitation and Relocation) is in need of volunteers for its dog Foster Care Program. Fostering gives animals a second chance at life and allows them to receive temporary care from loving foster parents before finding their forever homes. It is a rewarding experience for both humans and pets in need. Please contact Kathryn at 912-656-5900 for more info. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR GEORGIA REGIONAL HOSPITAL’S COMMUNITY GARDEN Georgia Regional Hospital is in need of volunteers for their community garden.

Contact Jessica Mathis at 912-356-2826 or email her at jessica.mathis@dbhdd.ga.gov. ongoing. Georgia Regional Hospital, 1915 Eisenhower Drive.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR HOSPICE SAVANNAH Once a nurse, always a nurse! Hospice Savannah is recruiting retired RN’s with GA licensure to volunteer to provide assessment and evaluation assistance to staff RN’s at Hospice House. No charting in the EMR and no drug administration necessary! Volunteer training is provided on the 2nd Monday of every other month and competency check-off’s subsequently offered. Come volunteer with our patients and families on one day a month for 3-4 hours. Please call Volunteer Services at 912.355.2289 for more information. ongoing. hospicesavannah.org/. Share your love, friendship and empathy with caregivers and hospice patients in their homes or nursing homes. Hospice Savannah is seeking caring volunteers to provide companionship and caregiver respite throughout Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty and Long counties. There are also opportunities to volunteer in our Hospice House on Eisenhower Drive, in our administrative offices or at Full Circle Grief and Loss Center off Chatham Parkway.

Please complete an application on-line at www.HospiceSavannah.org/volunteer or call the volunteer department at 912.355.2289 for more information. No prior experience is needed - just a loving heart. Volunteer training is offered every two months. ongoing. hospicesavannah.org/. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr.

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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR ONE LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE One Love Animal Rescue is seeking members for its Board of Directors.

Candidates must have a passion for the mission and be able to commit at least 5-8 hours per month. Current needs include accountant, attorney, veterinarian, social media expertise, fundraising experience and contacts, and public relations experience. One Love is also seeking various volunteer positions. Email karrie@ oneloveanimalrescue.com for more information or if you are interested in any of the positions. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE TYBEE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND LIGHTHOUSE Volunteers are the backbone to the Tybee Island Historical Society and Lighthouse.

Because we are a non-profit we rely on volunteers to help us succeed everyday.

If you’re interested in volunteering at the lighthouse please call Gus Rehnstrom at 912-785-5801 or email lhvolunteers@ yahoo.com. For more information visit: www.tybeelighthouse.org. ongoing. tybeelighthouse.org/. Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. DOCENTS AND VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT FLANNERY O’CONNOR HOUSE Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home seeks additional volunteers and volunteer docents to help on Fridays and Saturdays, 1p-4pm, and for possible extended hours. Duties: greet visitors, handle admissions, conduct merchandise sales and help with tours.

Docent training and written narratives for reference during tours are provided. ongoing. 912-233-6014. haborrello@aol. com. flanneryoconnorhome.org. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street.

DOLPHIN PROJECT SEEKS VOLUNTEERS Dolphin Project needs boat owners, photographers, and other volunteers to help with scientific research on the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin along coastal Georgia.

Must be age 18 or older. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-232-6572. thedolphinproject.org.

GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CLINIC St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City needs volunteer nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, Spanish interpreters and clerical staff. The clinic serves people without insurance and those whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Call to volunteer. ongoing. 912-964-4326.

HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS Island Hospice, THA Group’s nonprofit hospice service, seeks volunteers for patient socialization and caregiver respite. Also seeking nonpatient contact volunteers who can contribute by providing services including, but not limited to, office work, crafting, sewing, light yard work, housekeeping, playing guitar for patients, and licensed hairdressers. Serving patients in Chatham, Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Liberty, Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, and Screven Counties in Georgia, and Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Charleston, Colleton Counties in South Carolina. See website

or email or call for info. ongoing. 888-8424463. kbuttimer@thagroup.org. thagroup. org.

LIVE OAK PUBLIC LIBRARIES Volunteers needed to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty Counties. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-652-3661. liveoakpl.org.

MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED St. Joseph’s/Candler’s St. Mary’s Health Center, a free clinic serving the uninsured, seeks physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, lab techs, and patient care techs.

Non-clinical volunteers needed to to schedule appointments. Contact Stephanie Alston. ongoing. 912-443-9409. St. Joseph’s/Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. OATLAND ISLAND WILDLIFE CENTER Oatland Island Wildlife Center often needs volunteers. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. PRE-SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Seeking early childhood education majors, retired elementary teachers and/or community residents to help 3 & 4 year olds with language development skills. Mon.-Fri., 9am-12noon. Call for info. ongoing. 912447-0578. sjchs.org/1969.cfm. St. Mary’s Community Center and Health Center, 812 W 36th St. RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Share time and talents through the RSVP program of the Equal Opportunity Authority. Seniors 55 and older serve in various community organizations. Call for information. ongoing. 912-238-2960 x123.

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE Help in the “home away from home” for families of hospitalized children. Volunteers needed to provide home-cooked meals for families at the house. Volunteer internships available for college students. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-356-5520. rmhccoastalempire.org. rmhccoastalempire. org/. Ronald McDonald House, 4710 Waters Avenue.

STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDING Lessons and tours. East Coast Paddleboarding, Savannah/Tybee Island. email or call for info. ongoing. 912-4843200. eastcoastpaddleboarding.com.

TUTORING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Education majors, retired reading teachers or community residents sought to volunteer for a reading and math tutorial program for elementary and middle school students. Call for info. 912-447-6605. sjchs.org/AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. TUTORS SOUGHT FOR ADULT LEARNERS (GED PREP AND LITERACY NEEDS) The Adult Community & Education Program at Royce Learning Center seeks volunteer tutors to assist adult learners. Monday Thursday, 5pm-7pm. Tuesday & Thursday, 9am-11am. Classes at Royce Learning Center and at Wesley Community Center.

Free tutor training. Email or call for info. ongoing. 912-354-4047. kmorgan@roycelc. org.

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