Connect Savannah August 21, 2019

AUG 21-27, 2019 NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

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Savannah Seersucker Ride SAT 8.24

Show off your Southern summer clothing with a casual bike ride around Ardsley Park, Chatham Crescent, and other nearby neighborhoods. Meet at the park for free iced coffee, breakfast pastries and fresh fruit, then leave at 10 a.m. to cruise shady streets. Return to the park for croquet and lawn games around 11 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Tiedemann Park, 502 Washington Ave-.

WEDNESDAY 8.21 7th Annual Savannah VOICE Festival The seventh annual festival will be in and around Savannah, offering music from opera, musical theatre and popular song.

Aug. 3-25 Westin Savannah Harbor, 1 Resort Drive. $25-75 855-766-7372. savannahvoicefestival.org

Film: Pulp Fiction

Montage Films hosts a free screening of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Grab a drink at the bar and head down to the cellar.

7 p.m.

Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Free

Lecture: Strategies of Success

Dr. Alicia Brunson will discuss the experiences of Black students at predominantly White institutions of higher education in the South.

6 p.m.

Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St.

Lecture w/ Ray Fritsch

Ray Fritsch, aka The Blood Guy, will give a lecture about Alzheimer’s.

Fritsch co-founded Medical Screening Services in 1988.

8 a.m.

Brighter Day Natural Foods, 1102 Bull St.

Psychotronic Trailer Trash-ORama

NeverNotGoth Dance Night

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Vegan Seafood Pop-up at Southbound Brewing Company SAT 8.24

Attention Savannah Vegans! Come join for some cold brews, Banana Blossom Fish & Chips, Crabby Cakes, Coconut Shrymp, Lobsta Mac & Cheese and the Shrymp Basket!

4-9pm Southbound Brewing Company 107 E. Lathrop Ave

10pm - DJ Laura Pleasants will be spinning Goth, Post Punk & New Wave 11pm -Graveface spins Industrial, Dream Pop and Goth Classics 12am - DJ Jose Ray is spinning Darkwave Disco The Jinx 127 W. Congress St Free

For the first time in the 15-year history of the Psychotronic Film Society, they’ve put together a compilation of rare and sometimes commercially unreleased original theatrical movie previews from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

8 p.m.

The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $7

THURSDAY 8.22 9 to 5 the Musical

Hilarious Broadway comedy about three female co-workers who concoct a plan to get even with their egotistical, sexist boss. Parental discretion advised for under age 16.

Thurs and Fri at 8 p.m., Sat 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sun at 3 p.m.

Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $39 adult, $19.50 child 912-233-7764. savannahtheatre.com

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Canal District Master Plan Workshop The City of Savannah will host a community workshop for the development of a detailed master plan for the Canal District.

6 p.m.

Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Free and open to the public

Film: Slavery by Another Name

Based upon the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon, the story covers the mass incarceration and forced labor systematically imposed on AfricanAmericans from the end of the Civil War through the start of WWII. 6 p.m.

The Beach Institute African-American Cultural Center, 502 East Harris Street.

Free and open to the public

Lecture: If These Walls Could Talk: 200 Years of William Jay Architecture

Join Architectural historian Robin Williams as he examines William Jay’s Savannah buildings and how they changed the landscape of our city.

6 p.m.

Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. Members free, non-members $8

Tybee Island Equality Fest

This year, the festival includes a parade, drag shows, Body Beautiful Fashion Show, parties, family friendly events, and much more.

-25, 7 p.m.

Tybee Island.

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FRIDAY 8.23 Film: Wild Rose

This underdog tale of musical dreams and working class realities, tells the complicated story of Rose-Lynn, a misfit from Glasgow on a quest to become a country music star in Nashville.

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

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $8 9124724790. info@tybeeposttheater.org. tybeeposttheater.showare.com/

Odd Lot Improv: Friday Funnies

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

8 p.m.

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

Tybee Lighthouse Sunset Tour

This afterhours tour gives our guests the opportunity to learn a bit about the history of the historic Tybee Lighthouse, which dates back to 1773, and view the sunset from the top of the tower.

7:30-9 p.m.

Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. $25 912-786-5801. desiree@tybeelighthouse.org

SATURDAY 8.24 Biology Update

Climate change, hurricanes, the deepening of the Savannah River, and other causes are affecting the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. Find out how biologists are keeping up with all these changes to provide a healthy ecosystem for our local wildlife.

1 p.m.

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive off S.C. 170.

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

Front Porch Improv: Fun House

Front Porch Improv is a never-seen-before improvised comedy show. Using audience suggestions the cast will create original comedic scenes and games.

8:30 p.m.

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

Hops for Habitat

When you buy a ticket, not only are you guaranteed a night of fun, but you will know that your purchase helps build homes for deserving families in Chatham County.

7 p.m.

Coastal Empire Beer Co, 79 Ross Rd. $35 advance, $40 at door 9123538122. development@habitatsavannah.org.

Managing Stress and Money

9 to 5 Savannah presents Managing Stress and Money in honor of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. 11 a.m.

Carey Hilliard’s (Skidaway Rd.), 3316 Skidaway Rd. $20 9to5 members, $25 guests

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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

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 Center, 301 MLK Jr. Blvd. $33 savannahformorons.com

Savannah Seersucker Ride

Show off your Southern summer clothing with a casual bike ride around Ardsley Park, Chatham Crescent, and other nearby neighborhoods.

9:30 a.m.

Tiedemann Park, 502 Washington Ave-.

Southern Roots Food and Music Fest The first annual Garden City Southern Roots Festival promises to celebrate Southern food, music and more.

The event will kick off at 2 p.m. with a fried chicken contest followed by live music from local and regional artists.

Headliner Tracy Byrd is set to take the stage to end the night.

2 p.m.

Garden City City Hall, 100 Central Ave. $10-$25 southernrootsfest.com/

Susan McElroy Reading and Signing Susan McElroy Montanari -Reading and Signing her new book: “Goldilocks For Dinner -A Funny Book About Manners.”

Illustrated by Jake Parker, it is a Junior Library Guild Selection.

2 p.m.

Barnes & Noble, 7804 Abercorn St.

Tybee Lighthouse Sunrise Tours

This early morning tour gives guests the opportunity to learn a bit about the history of the historic Tybee Lighthouse, which dates back to 1773, and view the sunrise from the top of the tower.

6:30-8 a.m.

Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. $25 912-786-5801. desiree@tybeelighthouse.org

SUNDAY 8.25

Tybee Island Farmers Market

An Afternoon of Chamber Music Featuring the Works of J. H. Persse

Featuring the works of Savannah composer J. H. Persse as performed by the Blue Heron Chamber Ensemble.

5 p.m.

Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn St. Open to the Public

Remembering Ancestors and Healing Day

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

4 p.m.

30 Meddin Drive tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com

TUESDAY 8.27 Create a Healthier School Year

Brighter Day co-owner, Peter Brodhead, a certified Nutritionist CN, and certified The bell of Faith Chapel on Jekyll Island homeopathy CHom will be sharing vital will toll as part of the Healing Day National information on how to support your children’s health in preparation for the long Bell Ringing, an action to remember and school year ahead. Peter will be joined by honor the first enslaved Africans who special guests. landed in English North America in 1619.

7 p.m.

3 p.m.

Faith Chapel, 1904 Schoolhouse Lane, Jekyll The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Island GA

Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by Melanie Goldey

MONDAY 8.26 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

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.

CANDLEMAS, LLC presents… THE BLUE HERON CHAMBER ENSEMBLE performing…

An Afternoon of Chamber Music featuring the works of Savannah composer

J. Harry Persse The Blue Heron Chamber Ensemble

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Jeana Melilli, Flute Kristen Spiridon, Clarinet Andrew Ripley, Oboe Bob Harris, Host

WHERE: Wesley Monumental UMC 429 Abercorn St, Savannah WHEN:

Sunday, August 25th

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NEWS & OPINION EDITOR’S NOTE

American people tend to hold more nuanced views than the politicians they elect. For example, most Americans do

BY JIM MOREKIS favor more gun control, but don’t want to jim@connectsavannah.com give up their right to own guns.

Ideally, we’d elect people capable of navigating these nuanced cross-currents. But YOUR Mayor and City Council have had a unfortunately, in a social media and cable pretty relaxed schedule over the summer. news-driven environment, there is strong One meeting was over in less than half an political incentive to have extreme posihour, and one had to be cancelled because tions in both directions. not enough members were in town for a Many times these debates bog down quorum. in technical issues — for example when But, spurred on by no doubt sincere gun rights advocates insist that you need concern over recent mass shootings, City to know the precise difference between a Council addressed the topic of gun control magazine and a clip in order to have the at last week’s meeting. right to an opinion on gun control.

Alderman Julian Miller, who isn’t runI find that a tedious and unpersuasive ning for re-election, urged passage of a City line of thinking, like telling someone they resolution supporting various gun control have to know how to fix a transmission measures. before they can drive a car.

While acknowledging that City governHowever, it does seem that if you want to ments can do little to enact meaningful change the law, you at least need to know gun law reform, the consensus was that it what the current law is. would so some good to send the resolution And that’s another place the debate to some people who can, such as our two often breaks down, and where the mainSenators and our House delegation. stream media has utterly failed in its job of Miller said the resolution should urge informing the public. “expanded background checks and banI’ve lost count of how many reports ning of any magazines more than ten on the gun debate I’ve seen where the rounds.” reporter has no working knowledge whatAlderman Van Johnson, who is runsoever of the laws they’re reporting on. ning for mayor and has long advocated for Here are just a few examples of widemore gun reform, said, “the city of Savanspread misunderstandings which make it nah should lead the way in terms of issues even more difficult to reach consensus on involving guns.” this already contentious issue: Referring to mass shootings, he asked, • The gun show loophole. In my expe“what happens the day that it becomes rience, 9 out of 10 people incorrectly think Savannah?” this means you can buy any gun you want Johnson reiterated that one easier, at a gun show without a background check. state-level change could allow guns conBut to buy from any licensed vendor at fiscated in crimes and not needed for a gun show, such as the increasingly conevidence to be destroyed, rather than troversial gun shows at the Savannah Civic auctioned or sold, as state law currently Center, you absolutely have to be able to dictates. pass a federal background check.

Alderman Brian Foster suggested supPrivate sales, however, aren’t covered — port for so-called “Red Flag” legislation, and that’s what the gun show loophole is. which would curtail gun ownership of peo- Closing it would mean requiring all show ple presenting a provable danger to others. sales, by vendors and by private individuMayor Eddie DeLoach, ostensibly a als, to go through background checks.

Republican on this non-partisan Council, • “I heard on the news that there made it clear he supported all the gun con- aren’t mandatory background checks trol suggestions presented. at all.” I don’t doubt that you heard that on A cynical observer might answer Alder- the news. But it would be incorrect. man Johnson’s comment with the quip We’ve had mandatory background that with our high crime rate, Savannah checks in this country for a quarter cenalready leads the way in terms of issues tury — Google “Brady Bill” or “Brady Act.” involving guns.

The Brady Bill’s mandate of background But he and Council are no doubt corchecks by all licensed gun dealers for rect that there is a growing public appetite, handgun purchases passed Congress in locally as well as nationally, for more gun 1993 and was signed into law by President control measures.

Bill Clinton.

The devil, as usual, is in the details.

That time frame also happens to coinGun rights is an issue where the cide with the beginning of the steady

decline in the U.S. homicide rate, which continues through the present day even in an age of increasing mass shootings.

By 1998, these mandated checks began going through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and were expanded to include long guns.

When people call for universal or expanded background checks, it is chiefly private transactions which would be affected by such an expansion.

• “You can buy a gun on the internet with one click.” It’s absolutely true that you can purchase firearms on the internet.

But it’s not exactly like Amazon.

If you’re buying from a dealer, that firearm will first be delivered not to your door, but to a Federal Firearms License holder who will handle the transfer. And — you guessed it — you have to be able to pass a background check to take possession of that firearm.

(There is an exception for what are called “Curio & Relic” firearms, which can be delivered to your home, with the ATF deciding what’s eligible. But you have to have a special license for that, and – you guessed it – you have to pass a background check to get the license.)

And again: private, person-to-person sales are largely unregulated.

• “Civilians shouldn’t be able to have automatic weapons.” Hard to argue with that. But they already are essentially banned from individual civilian ownership, thanks to sweeping federal laws in 1934, 1968, and 1986.

This is one of those sometimes tedious technical issues. But fully automatic guns — what most people call machine guns, that keep firing as long as you hold the trigger down — just aren’t something you can waltz into a Walmart and buy. And they haven’t been used in any mass shootings (yet anyway). The Las Vegas shooting in 2017 used what are called “bump stocks,” which have since been banned nationally.

What most people think of as automatic is actually semi-automatic. Pointless semantic debate? Maybe, but not so much if you’re trying to write legislation.

The issue of gun rights has become another battle in the ongoing culture war in this country, as well as part of the profound and growing urban/rural divide.

The higher the emotions on both sides, the lesser the chance of any reconciliation at all being reached.

It will take honest brokers negotiating in good faith on both sides to reach a lasting, effective consensus — nationally or at home. Unfortunately, those are in much shorter supply than are guns and ammunition. CS

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NEWS & OPINION COMMUNITY Attendees of all ages are welcome at the Tybee Equality Fest. PHOTO BY GEOFF L. JOHNSON

Tybee Equality Fest celebrates all weekend long

BY RACHAEL FLORA

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THREE YEARS IN, the Tybee Equality Fest is stronger than ever, partly because it has to be.

“This year, I’ve gotten more trolls than ever before about doing this event,” admits Angie Celeste, organizer of the Tybee Equality Fest. “Honestly, I think that’s just representation of what we’re here to do. The more that comes to the surface that isn’t kind, the more we need to be kind.”

That’s just what the Tybee Equality Fest seeks to do. Taking place over four days on Savannah’s beach, the festival provides an inclusive environment to celebrate diversity, and Celeste is the natural leader.

Burlesque dancers “It can really get under your skin, Mary Contrary and so you do have to take a minute Dantei Grace. PHOTO and breathe and realize that

BY GEOFF L. JOHNSON what you’re here to do is show up and be love and be kind.”

The festival celebrates the their light and being the best person LGBTQ family and everyone that they can be. We want everyone to come supports them. together.”

“I want to make it clear that it’s not just a The festival’s increasing popularity means LGBTQ festival—it’s also for allies,” says that more people get to enjoy our area.

Celeste. “It’s for everyone that’s shining 8 “We’re bringing a lot of people to this area,

too,” she says. “Not only are we providing community for Savannah and Tybee, we’re doing that for all kinds of places around here and the South in general—the South is where it’s needed the most.”

Part of the magic of the Tybee Equality Fest is that community it builds. So often, LGBTQ people form their own chosen family, “Some of the people that come here, their family doesn’t want anything to do with them because of who they are,” says Celeste. “The LGBTQ family is really good at creating our own family, and events like this give them an opportunity to do that.”

Thursday night, the fun begins with a

White Party at Fannie’s on the Beach. The Christy Alan Band and DJ Amy will keep you dancing all night.

Start Friday off with yoga on the beach, then participate in a beach sweep cleanup.

Mingle with new festival friends through the day in front of The Deck. Coco’s hosts a Happiest of Hours, and Huc-a-Poos hosts a rainbow drag show that night.

Saturday begins with yoga on the beach and brunch at Beachview Java and Juice.

Then, catch the parade, a first for the festival benefitting the Savannah LGBT Center.

After the parade is another first for the festival: a music festival and fashion show at Fort Screven. The music festival features Sonia from Disappear Fear and the Christy Snow Band, as well as local favorite Nickel Bag of Funk.

“Every entertainer we have this year is

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Close out Saturday with the VIP after party at The Deck with the Dirty Dolls Burlesque and drag star Taylor Alxndr.

Sunday, begin your day with the Drag Your Ass to Brunch Drag Show at Fannie’s on the Beach. There will be a Pro-Equality Vendor Village set up at All Saints Episcopal, complete with food trucks, vendors and games. Don your leis and coconut bras for a luau at Salt Island, and close out the weekend with a dance party at Fannie’s with Christy Alan and DJ Amy. As always, Celeste is so proud to support equality in our community with fun, inclusive events. She hopes that attending inclusive events like this will inspire action, or just support.

“The amount of change that one person can bring to the world is a lot,” she says.

“How can you support your family members or people in your community that are creating things? Sometimes, it’s buying the ticket or going to some events. That’s how you can make a difference: supporting people who are.” CS

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doing something for equality every single day,” says Celeste. “They’re standing up by being authentic, by being vulnerable, by being someone in the community that people look to. If we’re giving people someone to look up to or someone that they haven’t heard of before and they’re able to see them here at the festival, I think it’s good that they’re looking up to people who are really shifting things in the world and making the world a better place.”

The Body Beautiful Fashion Show features fashion designer Bertice Berry.

“We want to make sure everybody knows that every body is beautiful,” explains Celeste. “It doesn’t matter what size, what color—anything that you are, you’re beautiful the way you are.”

The fashion show benefits Savannah Youth City, Inc., a local nonprofit that supports at-risk children.

“They have programs for at-risk children in Savannah, and that was something I really felt was important and doesn’t get enough notice for the people that do it,” Celeste says. “You’re dedicating your life to saving children, and that heals generation after generation when you’re starting with

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Okefenokee in peril

Mining proposal threatens vital natural resource

BY ORLANDO MONTOYA

NATIVE AMERICANS gave the mistenshrouded and black-watered Okefenokee Swamp its fearsome name: Land of Trembling Earth, referring not to earthquakes, but unstable peat deposits that line the swamp floor and tremble underfoot.

These days, friends of the vast bog, one of the oldest and best-preserved freshwater ecosystems in North America, are trembling because its age-old enemy, humankind, has returned to extract it and get rich.

Twin Pines Mining Co. has proposed a 2,414 acre titanium mine about 2.7 miles away from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on a natural land formation called Trail Ridge, the ancient shoreline and hydraulic barrier that acts as the “lip of the bowl” when it comes to the swamp’s groundwater.

It’s all about hydrology in this wetland.

And that’s why friends of the Okefenokee came in force to a public meeting in Folkston.

“They’re telling us they’ve put together a model dealing with the hydrologic aspects of the site but we haven’t seen any of that,” says Bill Sapp of the Southern Environmental Law Center, one of the groups watching this closely.

“They’ve got four different studies that haven’t even been completed yet. How can the public comment on this project when they don’t even know if there’s going to be a hydrologic impact on the swamp?”

On Aug. 15, however, the Charlton County Commission ended up voting to allow the proposal to move forward.

Whether the mine continues to go forward is up to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE), which is collecting public comments on the mine proposal through September 12.

All the studies so far have been done by a paid consultant of Twin Pines. There’s been no (what’s called in federal-speak )

EIS, or Environmental Impact Statement, a formal and independent analysis carried out under federal law. The USACE could require an EIS if they chose to.

“It’s absolutely critical that they do an EIS in this case,” Sapp says. “We have got to know what this mine could do to the Okefenokee Swamp.”

In their comments to the USACE, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wrote, “We have concerns that the proposed project poses substantial risks for significant affect to the environment.”

The wildlife agency also quoted former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, who said “Titanium is a common mineral, while the Okefenokee is a very uncommon swamp.”

Babbitt spoke 20 years ago when mining last threatened this unique ecosystem.

Will Trump’s enviro-chief champion “water level and holding capacity,” the indigo snake or anything else mentioned in the lower-level USFWS document apparently issued from that bustling corridor of power and influence, Townsend, Georgia?

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“The political climate has changed,” says Alex Kearns of St. Mary’s Earthkeepers. “The Trump administration has called the lack of domestic titanium a national security issue.”

Steve Engle, President of Twin Pines, pointed to defense aviation as just one potential use for the minerals that his company would like to extract Twin Pines Mining presents the project to the public at the from Trail Ridge. Paint pigCharlton County Commission office in Folkston. ments and pharmaceuticals PHOTO BY ORLANDO MONTOYA all get manufactured with titanium.

Engle says he’s 100% confident the mining, once completed after He’s asking you to trust his heart. eight years of “dragline excavating,” “topI myself would trust those who work not soil removal” and “conveyor materials for money but for the calling heron and transport” not only won’t harm the area, ibis, the prickly scrub shrub, lazy Suwanbut will improve it. nee, the sunning alligator and the feisty “Anything that was there and considbowfin. That’s the USFWS and a proper ered pristine that was there 100, 150 years EIS. ago has been totally destroyed by previous Tremble not to submit a comment using activity,” Engle says. the means below. And please acquaint “What we’re proposing to doing with our yourself with this fragile, sprawling Wilmining activity on this is to re-establish derness, Georgia’s largest, about two hours these areas in our post-mining reclamafrom Savannah — hopefully in the morntion to what it was to pre-silviculture [tim- ing or under clouds. cs ber extraction] time, to try to mimic what it was before it was totally destroyed.”

Send comments on Public Notice SAS-2018So, the question becomes, if he’s so con00554 by September 12 to: fident, why not agree to an EIS? “All the E-mail: holly.a.ross@usace.army.mil studies that we have done so far have been Mail: Ms. Holly Ross, 1104 N. Westover Blvd., in accordance with the methodology of an Ste. 9, Albany GA 31707 EIS,” he says.

“Those [state and federal environmenPublic notice link (for the website): tal] agencies provided us comments with https://www.sas.usace.army.mil/Portals/61/ their concerns. And then we took those docs/SAS-2018-00554-PN-Charlton-0912-HAR. concerns totally to heart and designed our pdf?ver=2019-07-19-163535-547 monitoring project with every concern that they had.”

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Reconsidering Federal flood insurance subsidies

In an age of climate-induced sea level rise, should we continue to incentivize coastal development?

BY DAVID KYLER

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AS A longtime coastal property-owner and environmental advocate, I believe it’s important that the public understands the consequences of pursuing cheaper flood insurance in these times of greater risk, primarily attributable to climate disruption.

The Federal flood insurance program began decades ago, when flooding events were considered “acts of God” – natural phenomena that could randomly disrupt the lives of unwary property-owners suffering storm damage. By reducing the costs of insurance, government subsidies limited catastrophic financial impacts caused by property losses.

But now we face a world where it is well-known that human activities are substantially increasing the risk of flooding through climate-altering emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), and the most hazardous areas can be identified using scientific methods.

By making it “cheaper” to occupy areas where risks of flooding are significant and growing, more costly damage would be encouraged at the taxpayers’ expense.

As sea-level continues to rise and storm intensity grows due to human-caused climate disruption, low-cost flood insurance will irresponsibly contribute to evergreater, yet avoidable, financial disasters.

There are already examples of FEMA insurance payouts being used to rebuild the same properties repeatedly, despite their obviously high risk – resulting in millions in tax-payer dollars being squandered on a single property valued at a few hundred-thousand dollars.

Self-limiting policy restrictions and political maneuvers make FEMA increasingly unreliable for people in harm’s way, as climate disruption causes rising sea-level.

First, under FEMA rules, flood risks and related mapping can only be based on historic flooding events, so science-based predictions of increasing risks are foolishly prohibited from consideration.

12 Second, anecdotal reports reveal that

FEMA is vulnerable to political manipulation, resulting in maps and corresponding insurance costs being altered – despite flooding history and risks – to serve the interests of influential property owners who seek to reduce their costs in occupying hazardous areas. This unfairly shifts expenses of the politically-connected onto other taxpayers.

Examples of disruptive political influences that undermine the purpose and functions of federal and state flood prevention efforts are outline in an academic paper by a professor of public policy at Syracuse University.

A report by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Uni-

coastal areas. We strongly believe that it is imperative that officially determined flood risks must include a direct link to rates of sea-level rise, both historic and scientifically forecasted.

Predictions of sea-level rise, based on well-known indicators such as glacier melt and ambient temperatures affecting the volume of land-based ice added to the world’s oceans, must be continually updated and used to enhance flooding risk-analysis.

Not only will this harshly honest, factbased, acknowledgement of the climatechange connection to flooding hazards make responses to these risks more timely, equitable, and proportionate, but it will motivate citizens, consumers, and voters to

The fact is that sea-level predictions have substantially risen as more data has been gathered, yet our flooding policies fail to apply these highly relevant and troubling indicators.

As dangerous conditions accelerate, this willful negligence will produce avoidable damage to private property and public infrastructure, while also subverting the viability and timeliness of political remedies. versity as well findings of the Homeland Security Inspector General make recommendations for improving national flood-protection and remediation policies – focusing on better prevention through community-development requirements and specific mandatory public information warning about the risks of buying floodprone properties.

Useful as these recommendations may be, they still dodge the critically important need to respond to accumulating factual evidence of rising sea-level and its obvious implications for flooding, especially in

take the issue more seriously.

The fact is that sea-level predictions have substantially risen as more data has been gathered, yet our flooding policies fail to apply these highly relevant and troubling indicators. As dangerous conditions accelerate, this willful negligence will produce avoidable damage to private property and public infrastructure, while also subverting the viability and timeliness of political remedies.

Unfortunately, although national polling indicates that most Americans support action on the climate crisis, such concerns

0ften fail to guide either consumer behavior or voting decisions. If the costs of preparing for and insuring against flooding, affecting tens of millions of Americans, is tied to climate disruption, incentives to support steps curbing the primary source of rising risks – namely the emission of greenhouse gases – will be greatly improved.

Instead of funneling still more tax revenues toward bailing-out new development - and redevelopment – of structures knowingly located in harm’s way, Federal funds should be used to compensate those who seek help in retreating to safer areas and who are willing to commit to making the transition before greater flood-damages are suffered.

The reality of rising seas and more destructive storms, like other consequences of climate disturbance – and especially its causes – must be responsibly confronted.

It’s wastefully and dangerously foolhardy to persist in manipulating the market to artificially reduce the cost of inhabiting high-hazard areas. The burden of such risks must be assumed by those taking them, not foisted on taxpayers.

Coastal Georgians are urged to contact FEMA and elected officials to voice support for reforms that will improve the effectiveness and accountability of U.S. policies by (1) prohibiting unfair practices that misrepresent risks to fraudulently reduce insurance costs and, (2) requiring the use of well-documented evidence of growing climate-change hazards. CS

RELATED REFERENCES:

FEMA Needs to Improve is Management of Flood Mapping Programs https://www. documentcloud.org/documents/4066233-OIG17-110-Sep17.html Drawing Lines: FEMA and the politics of mapping flood zones https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/ uploadedFiles/faculty/psc/Pralle_Drawing%20 Lines_APSA2017.pdf Changing the National Flood Insurance Program for a Changing Climate http://blogs. law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2019/04/01/ changing-the-national-flood-insurance-programfor-a-changing-climate-new-article-authoredby-the-sabin-center-and-the-natural-resourcesdefense-council/ Dave Kyler is executive director of the Center for a Sustainable Coast.

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BY RACHAEL FLORA

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THE ELLA FOUNDATION and Hospice Savannah have partnered for a new support group that uses the strengths of both organizations.

The Forgotten Victims Support Group is an eight-week group beginning Aug. 22 designed for people affected by traumatic loss.

Part grief education, part support network, the group is limited to 15 participants to ensure the intimacy of the group dynamic.

Charity Lee, the founder and executive director of the ELLA Foundation, knows about grief firsthand—her 13 year-old son Paris murdered her four year-old daughter Ella in 2007. With Ella gone and Paris in prison, Lee lost both her children in one day. The grief she felt after was nearly insurmountable.

“I tried to commit suicide twice when my daughter died,” shares Lee. “And this wasn’t in the immediate aftermath, this was a year to three years afterwards. If a crime is horrific enough, you’re not only dealing with grief but you’re also dealing with PTSD or major depression.”

Today, Lee’s strength allows her to tell her story, but it took a long time and a lot of work to get there. Programs like the Forgotten Victims Support Group are designed to strengthen and support

victims of grief.

It’s crucial to understand what grief is and how it affects you.

“Grief is way more than just because someone dies,” explains Betsy Kammerud, Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle Grief and Loss Manager. “If someone is incarcerated, or you lose your job or your house or your dog dies. It’s a loss. We’re walking around in this world with so many people who don’t even recognize that the reason they’re feeling like this is because they’ve experienced losses and they’re not talking about it.”

Grief can affect people in a multitude of ways, from depression and anxiety to not sleeping and loss of productivity.

“Grief is a major draw on productivity in this country—your focus has gone,” says Kammerud. “Then you’re even more stressed and beating up on yourself, and that’s not what anybody needs when they’re going through grief.”

Even though so many people grieve, there’s still a societal stigma against expressing it. As Kammerud explains, anger is a more socially acceptable emotion, but true power lies in your ability to be vulnerable.

“It takes a great amount of courage to be vulnerable. People think of vulnerability as a negative thing, and it’s not,” says Kammerud. “It’s amazing, and it takes a lot of courage and you’re very brave if you’re willing to be vulnerable in front of people you don’t know and sometimes even more

so in front of people you do know.”

“Expressing pain authentically often feels like you’re powerless in the immediate moment,” adds Lee, “but like Betsy said, and what I’ve learned from my personal experience, when you’re vulnerable you become authentic and then when you become authentic is when you can really find your true power. Because in order to know what your strengths are, you must recognize your weaknesses.”

A group like Forgotten Victims is an important resource for grieving people.

“Grief is a process, they’re not steps— nothing is linear, but most people have the tools to deal with it, particularly if they come get some extra support,” says Kammerud. “This is a normal process; it’s not a disorder, not a disease.”

The group features a one-week grace period, so registration will end Aug. 29.

Though the program lasts only eight weeks, both Hospice Savannah and the ELLA Foundation hold regular programming to continue helping people heal.

“When the program ends for this group, there are classes offered here and at ELLA that if participants want to continue in their journey of learning and getting support, they can go into those programs also,” says Lee. “It’s not like they hit eight weeks and we’re like, ‘See ya later! You’re on your own now.’” CS To register for Forgotten Victims Support Group, call 912-655-8711.

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Joint operation results in nine arrests for guns, drugs, parole violations

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A two-day operation conducted by Savannah Police and the Department of Community Supervision resulted in nine arrests, 64 checks of probation and parolees, and the seizure of multiple guns and drugs.

“Operation Summer Heat was a joint operation that concluded Aug. 9 and focused on probation and parole checks in crime hot spots throughout the city. During the sweep officers conducted searches, resident verifications, drug testing of offenders and served multiple warrants for wanted subjects,” a spokesperson says.

“This is just one of the operations we have conducted this year with our DCS partners that is focused on overall crime reduction in the city of Savannah,” said SPD Maj. Robert Gavin. “We are continuing to keep a close eye on probation and parolees to make sure they are not involved in gun, drug or gang activity. We are going to continue to remove violent offenders who are committing crimes.

The intelligence and arrests made during this operation are already proving to be of assistance in some of our current, ongoing violent crime investigations.”

In addition to the 64 checks with probation and parolees, officers conducted 29 searches; 21 drugs screens, 13 of which returned positive; served nine warrants; and recovered two guns, as well as marijuana, crack cocaine, powder cocaine, MDMA and pills.

ARRESTS · Jerome Frazier, 26: possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (two counts), possession of Percocet · Ezra Wright, 18: Entering auto · Xavier Dennis, 17: hindering apprehension or punishment of a criminal, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of crack cocaine, possession of powder cocaine · Marcquel Frazier, 28: possession with intent to distribute MDMA · Cameron Blige, 21: obstruction, feeling to elude an officer, contempt of court, felony probation violation · Jonathan Franklin, 25: possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime · Devante Daniels, 26: aggravated assault, aggravated battery · Charone Taylor, 38: concealing the death of another · Rashamell Miller, 26: probation violation, contempt of court

Crash injures child

Suspect arrested in burglaries

Savannah Police are investigating a crash that resulted in serious injuries to a 3-year-old girl.

Around 7 p.m. Aug. 9 officers responded to the 2200 block of Vicksburg Drive after the child ran out of the home and into the roadway, resulting in her being struck by an oncoming Ford F-150. The vehicle left the scene. The child was transported to Memorial Medical Center by private vehicle.

The truck’s driver, Joseph Gannam, 26, later turned himself in to police.

Aggravated Assault suspect arrested

The afternoon of Aug. 15, Savannah Police’s SWAT Team and Violent Crimes Task Force conducted a warrant service which resulted in the apprehension of a man wanted for an October 2018 shooting.

Frank Vurgess, 39, was wanted for the shooting of Taylor Kingsley, 29, on October 7, 2018 in the 700 block of Joe Street.

Throughout the course of the investigation, officers received intelligence on Vurgess’s location. This information resulted in a warrant service at a residence in the 800 block of E. 35th Street.

SWAT officers took Vurgess into custody without incident.

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Surveillance video helped capture the alleged burglar, pictured here with his bike in a Facebook post. Above right is the bike in the SPD evidence room -- police say the crate appeared white on the infrared camera footage but is actually pink.

A suspect has been arrested in a 48-hour spate of break-ins in the Starland/Thomas Square area. A man on a bike with a crate attached on the back began shattering windows of various businesses in the area, including Sara Jane, Urban Poppy, Bull Street Taco, and Kathi Rich.

However, other break-ins in the area include Brighter Day, Cup to Cup, Mailbox Café, and Satchel, among others.

As of this writing, police haven’t released the name of the suspect arrested after being identified from surveillance footage. They think he might be connected to the other burglaries.

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NEWS & OPINION NEWS OF THE WEIRD -- Singer Wayne Newton was sued in District Court on Aug. 6 by a mother and daughter over an incident involving a monkey that took place in October 2017 at Newton’s home in Las Vegas, where the daughter was an invited guest, according to court documents. Genevieve Urena, a minor, was touring the home when Newton’s pet monkey, Boo, “without any provocation ... attacked and bit Ms. Urena, causing injury to her body as well as emotional distress,” the suit claims, according to KVVU TV. The Urenas assert that Newton “had a duty to exercise due care” and should have known that Boo had a tendency to attack. They are seeking $15,000 in damages.

-- In Perth, Australia, two pig farmers face jail time after illegally importing Danish pig semen in shampoo bottles. The Guardian reported that Torben Soerensen and Henning Laue, of GD Pork, were sentenced to three years and two years in prison, respectively, after pleading guilty to breaching quarantine and biosecurity laws by bringing in the contraband numerous times between 2009 and 2017 to be used in GD Pork’s artificial breeding program. Australian agriculture minister Bridget McKenzie said, “GD Pork imported the semen illegally in an attempt to get an unfair advantage over its competitors, through new genetics.” Western Australian Farmers Federation spokesperson Jessica Wallace called the acts “selfish”: “How extremely disappointing.” GD Pork also was fined $500,000.

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported on Aug. 11 that in the overnight hours, more than 50 old-style television sets had been deposited on the front porches of homes in Henrico County, Virginia. Henrico Police Lt. Matt Pecka said the culprits were caught on several doorbell cameras, with one of the videos showing a person wearing TV-shaped headgear while dropping off the TV. Even more puzzling, a similar phenomenon happened last year in nearby Glen Allen, where 20 sets were left on porches. Pecka said the only crime that might have been committed is illegal dumping: “We don’t believe there’s any reason for the community to be alarmed.”

from her Wii U, assuring followers that while Mom was at work, she’d be looking for her phone. Finally, on Aug. 8, with no other options left, Dorothy reached out to Twitter from an unlikely source: her family’s LG smart refrigerator. “I am talking to my fridge what the heck my Mom confiscated all of my electronics again,” she posted. The post went viral, even prompting LG to tweet about it with the hashtag #FreeDorothy.

Scary Cambodian farmer Sum Bora, 28, is lucky to be alive after spending almost four days wedged between boulders in the jungle northwest of Phnom Penh. On Aug. 4, as Bora was collecting bat guano for use as fertilizer, he slipped while trying to retrieve the flashlight he had dropped down a crevice, The Washington Post reported. After three days, his brother found him and alerted authorities, who worked about 10 hours to free Bora from the hollow where he was trapped. He was transported to a local hospital.

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Larry Adams, 61, of Daytona Beach, Florida, came out swinging late on Aug. 12, complaining that neighbors were playing their music too loudly in the parking lot of their apartment complex. Adams emerged from his apartment threatening to shoot them and brandishing nunchucks, which he then hit himself in the head with. Police officers responding to a 911 call told WOLFFox 35 that Adams also sprayed everyone with roach repellent, causing them to cough and their skin to burn. “We not even roaches, so why are we getting sprayed with roach spray for?” wondered neighbor Cici Sylvester. Adams, sporting a goose egg on his forehead, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

miniature horses are cleared to fly in all cabins of commercial planes as emotional support and service animals. The agency called “dogs, cats and miniature horses” the “most commonly recognized service animals,” Fox News reported. However, other organizations, including the Association of Flight Attendants, have urged a tightening of rules about the animals because of “rampant abuse” of service animal designations. Apparently, the DOT said “neiiiighhhh” to that.

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A Gwinnett County (Georgia) medical examiner has resigned after wildly misinterpreting the cause of death for 61-yearold Ray Neal of Lawrenceville, who died on July 21. Despite reports by police and witnesses of large amounts of blood on the floor and walls at scene, investigator Shannon Byers initially ruled Neal had died of natural causes. But when his body arrived at the funeral home, employees discovered a hole in his neck, Fox 5 News reported, and Neal was returned to the morgue for an autopsy, which revealed he had been stabbed several times. Police are now investigating the death as a murder.

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Evan Stepp & the Piners bring their country rock sound to The Jinx.

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Atlanta-based band plays The Jinx

BY SEAN KELLY

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ATLANTA’S Evan Stepp and his band The Piners are relative newcomers, but they sound like they’re a well-seasoned group.

Stepp formed the band in 2018, and they’ve released an EP since then that showcases their love of classic country as well as edgier rock-infused Americana.

Stepp is open about the band’s evolution and their varied individual tastes, and he’s as passionate about what he does as his music portrays him to be. He’s an imaginative songwriter who doesn’t shy away from his feelings on mainstream country music, and his band plays with a vigor and spirit that certainly makes them one to watch.

Ahead of the band’s gig at The Jinx on Sat., August 24, we spoke to Stepp about all things music.

I was really struck by the fact that you haven’t been together very long, because it really sounds like you guys have figured out what you do pretty seamlessly. How did this band get together?

Stepp: I moved to Atlanta in May of 2015.

I’d been living in Charlotte before that. I had another alt-country band there, and I’d just graduated and finished up college and then went through a divorce. Then I moved to Atlanta and started writing these songs, but I always had the intent that they were going to be full band songs. I’d go out and

play open mics solo whenever I could, and work on them. But I didn’t want to jump in and put a band together in a hurry—I wanted to find the right people to do it with.

I manage a breakfast restaurant here in Atlanta called Home Grown, and two of my bandmates work with me there. My bass player, Jeremy, and my guitar player, Ben. Ben had heard that I played country music, and he’d always been in heavier bands but always wanted to play it. It started out with the three of us, and then Ben’s buddy Blake joined on. He’s an incredible drummer, but he also plays heavier music. They have another band called Slow Fire Pistol, which is kind of a 90s kind of thing. But they also love country music, too. I got together with the four of them and it immediately just clicked.

I’d been writing the songs and could hear the full band arrangement in my head, and they knocked it out of the park. With Ben having never played country, he was able to come up with these really cool and different parts.

That’s really cool. I’ve always felt like classic country music was always pretty punk rock in spirit, so that’s why alt-country always appealed to me.

Stepp: Absolutely!

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Something I think about a lot is the fact that what someone like Jason Isbell does, or what you do, would probably be considered alt-country or outlaw country by today’s standards, but it’s a lot more “country” than what’s on country radio. What are your thoughts on the current climate of country music in the mainstream?

Stepp: I see that question come up a lot, and I think it has to do with where you came up generationally. I would say that country in the traditional sense ended in the late 80s or early 90s. But other people who are older than me would argue that it ended with people like Merle Haggard and George Jones and those folks. But definitely, anything you hear on the radio nowadays isn’t real country music. It’s all formulaic.

But I feel as though there’s a consciousness happening right now surrounding country music. It used to be that you wouldn’t come right out and say, “I like country music.” It wasn’t a cool thing to like. But now I feel like people are unapologetically saying that. This resurgence of country music is already happening, but I think in the next few years it’s really going to catch on as far as traditional country coming back.

What’s next for you guys? Are you recording anything new?

Stepp: We’ve been in the studio, and just recorded a nine-song album. We’re getting that mixed right now, but my intention is to have that released by the end of this year or beginning of next year. We did it at Standard Electric Recorders with Damon Moon. He’s an awesome, incredibly talented dude.

When we first started out, we had four people. And then when I recorded the EP, I did it with Steve Seachrist. He actually ended up joining the band, along with his wife. So he plays pedal steel, and his wife Katie plays keys and viola. So the songs on the album have a lot more dynamics. CS Evan Stepp & the Piners @The Jinx Sat., August 24, 9 P.M.

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Stepp: I grew up in Ruby, South Carolina, which is a really small town. I didn’t have a lot of folks to play music with, really, so when I first started out it was me and my cousin. We’d do these jams with these older dudes doing classic country standards.

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GARDEN CITY CELEBRATES SOUTHERN ROOTS

First-ever Southern Roots Festival brings big headliner and big fun

Tracy Byrd headlines the first Southern Roots Food & Music Festival in Garden City on Sat., August 24.

BY SEAN KELLY

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GARDEN CITY might be part of the greater Savannah area, but it’s about to prove that it’s got an identity of its own with the first-ever Southern Roots Festival—an all-day celebration of the city and what it has to offer featuring live music, games, food, and fun. The festival is set for Sat., August 24, with doors at 1:45pm.

The idea began with the Garden City Convention & Visitors Bureau, who were looking for ways to attract people to the area, its many businesses, and its diverse community. It grew from there, and ultimately turned into the Garden City Southern Roots Food & Music Festival.

“Garden City has a wonderful mix of both residential and business communities that value diversity and a community spirit. The Southern Roots Fest is a way to showcase our city and invite other communities to partake,” Bureau chairman Warren Boyle said in a statement.

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headlining set by the legendary Tracy Byrd, preceded by an incredibly diverse offering of artists including A Nickel Bag of Funk, Bottles & Cans, Chuck Courtenay, and more.

Byrd is perhaps best known for his 1993 hit “Holdin’ Heaven,” which is among thirty charted hits throughout his illustrious career. His most recent album, from 2016, was his first studio offering in a decade and garnered critical acclaim.

As for the food portion of the festival, there will be plenty of food trucks offering an eclectic mix of cuisine including barbecue, seafood, desserts, and more. Perhaps the biggest draw food-wise, though, is the fried chicken competition. Local restaurateurs and individuals will compete for the top fried chicken recipe—a contest that even chefs who don’t typically make fried chicken are clamoring to enter.

One of the event’s big presenting sponsors is Grainger Companies, including Grainger Honda and Grainger Nissan.

Vice President Mark Grainger said he was delighted to be involved in such a unique and special event.

“The Grainger Family, including Grainger Honda and Grainger Nissan, have been part of the Garden City community for more than 50 years so when we heard about the Southern Roots Fest we wanted to make sure it would be a successful event for families, friends, neighbors and newcomers to enjoy,” Grainger said in a statement.

Another big sponsor is Garden City’s own Southern Eagle, who will make sure that beer is flowing as well as plenty of spiked seltzer—the current craze in the alcohol world. There will also, of course, be Coca Cola products on hand for kids and those who don’t want to drink.

Lawn games like cornhole will be available, as well as plenty of other activities for people of all ages to help make this a day to remember.

Tickets for the event are only $10 for attendees who arrive before 5pm, with prices increasing to $25 after that. Attendees are encouraged to come for the day and partake in everything the festival has to offer to take full advantage of the discounted pricing. They’re also welcome to

bring blankets for lawn seating, but outside chairs will not be permitted.

The Convention & Visitors Bureau expressed excitement for the event in a statement, saying they were looking forward to providing the community and beyond with a fun day that showcases what makes Garden City so special.

“We’ve spent the last year planning something big in Garden City to share with others why we love Garden City,” Boyle said.

“I can’t think of a better place to bring up a family, have a business and be part of a great neighborhood, so we want to celebrate that with the people who live here and share it with those who come for the event.” CS

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Chuck Courtenay does country music right Local artist brings wealth of songs to Coach’s Corner

BY SEAN KELLY

PLAYING music for a living is a hard road to follow. Not only does it require dedication and motivation, it also truly requires just as much luck as anything else. Chuck Courtenay, a staple in the local music community, has been lucky enough to see his dedication pay off. Courtenay’s brand of country music, which goes against the grain of the mainstream and falls much more in line with 80s and 90s country as well as the classic and traditional sounds of the genre, has done well in the region and allowed him to build a career doing what he loves.

“My dad’s a 50s and 60s piano player. We were introduced to Elvis and music like that as kids,” he tells Connect of his beginnings in music.

“I came up at school here in Savannah and really didn’t start playing until about high school. I was raised going to private Catholic school, and struggled through that. Everybody left and I looked around like, ‘What I am I going to do? I can’t play music for a living here.’ That was unheard of.”

A career in sales began, but Courtenay always played music on the side. It grew and grew until he realized he could make something of it.

“I made a record and went to Nashville and started thinking, ‘Damn, this is fun,’” he says. “Eventually I just jumped in and said, ‘I’m going to go full time with this.’”

Courtenay admits that it wasn’t a simple transition, and that it was “a little rough for a while,” but making a record in 2013 with Toby Keith’s drummer gave him the catalog and content he needed to start getting opportunities like opening for Travis Tritt, Blake Shelton, and Jake Owen, and connecting with Nashville songwriters.

Though Nashville was calling, Courtenay always kept himself tied to Savannah and got to a point where he could do music full-time and raise a family.

Country singer Chuck Courtenay preps new material for preview at Coach’s Corner on August 23.

PHOTO BY BARBARA NETTLES

“Every day I think, ‘God, I’m making a living playing music.’ I work hard at it and treat it like a business,” he says of the determination he has in his career.

Currently, Courtenay is prepping a new record and releasing a single ahead of his upcoming show at Coach’s Corner on Fri.,

August 23. The new songs he has compiled, some of which will be previewed at the show, are ones written by noted Nashville songwriter Tony Arata.

“They’re really good,” Courtenay says of the new songs written by Arata.

“At Coach’s, we’ll be doing our whole last

two records and a brand new song. And then we’ll be doing a bunch of 90s country that people just love.” CS Chuck Courtenay @Coach’s Corner Fri., August 23, 6:30 P.M., $10

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sean@connectsavannah.com

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MUSIC INTERVIEW

Daddy’s Beemer puts slacker rock into overdrive Charleston transplants swing through El Rocko Lounge

Daddy’s Beemer: ‘We had to make hard decisions and stick with it.’

BY SEAN KELLY

sean@connectsavannah.com

DADDY’S BEEMER planted their roots in Charleston just a few months ago, after meeting at Clemson University and then spending some time in Charlotte. They were students with similar musical backgrounds, and got together to try and make a go at being in a band. Their first two releases were for student projects, and those projects helped them realize that they wanted to hit the road.

The band, who’s currently finishing up a full-length album, is set to play El Rocko Lounge on Fri., August 23. Ahead of the gig, we spoke to band members Brady Sklar and Wesley Heaton.

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You guys formed at Clemson—tell me about how you ended up getting together.

Is that how it started, or were you intending on being a band anyway?

Heaton: We were already a band, but we saw the opportunity. We used it to our advantage.

Every band has a moment where they realize that something clicks. Do you think those projects were those moments for y’all in terms of realizing that you worked well together?

Heaton: Yeah. It was kind of weird because usually when you make an album you don’t have a deadline, but for the school projects we had a hard deadline. We couldn’t get a grade in the class or couldn’t even use the studio unless we had it scheduled. There was some discipline there in order to get it done, and that gave us the timeline to actually make [the records] happen.

Heaton: We were all going to Clemson and met through their radio station, WSBF. There wasn’t much music going on at Clemson at the time, so we just kind of found each other and started making music in a basement. We did our first two EPs as school projects, and now we’re pursuing it more seriously.

Did having that deadline help the creative process?

So you were studying recording?

Do you feel like Charleston has been a good home base for you guys? From experience, Charleston has always felt like a good place for growing a band.

Sklar: The first one was Wesley’s senior project for the audio program, and the sec20 ond one was mine.

Sklar: Yeah! Because we had to make more decisions in the moment, rather than going back over what you did for months.

We had to make hard decisions and stick with it.

Sklar: Yeah, it’s been great. We’ve got a lot of musicians that live really close to us, and we’re playing in town every now and then. The people here are really cool and the community is so tight knit. The new bands will hang around with the bands that have been around forever and have had success. There’s no snobbery—it’s just a community where we’re all doing the same thing.

songs very much before we go into a studio, which is not good practice! [laughs] Heaton: Well, for the first EP we did play the songs a lot before the studio. But we’re recording an album right now and because we live in downtown Charleston, it’s hard to make a lot of noise before getting in trouble. We’re doing it very quietly before we go into the studio and work stuff out.

Tell me about the writing process. Do you have references for what kind of song or concept you want to bring to the table, or is it a matter of bringing in little riffs or ideas and letting them formulate stylistically?

Sometimes the best stuff happens when you don’t have much rehearsed and then just let things happen in the studio! Where are you guys at with the record at the moment?

Sklar: There’s definitely times when I’ve listened to songs and there’s maybe one little cool thing that I’ll hear. That usually happens when we get into production.

When we wrote a song called “Joan,” we heard almost like a sonar sound but it was a woodblock pitched down. We took it from a Marvin Gaye song.

But in songwriting, a lot of times I’ll write something on an acoustic guitar and just have a melody, and then we’ll all get together and refine it. And sometimes we’ll just be jamming and hit on something that works.

How long do you let that process happen? Do songs shape and evolve throughout the recording?

Sklar: I feel like we don’t rehearse the

Sklar: We’ve been working on it for about a year. Wesley’s family has this cabin in the middle of nowhere in South Carolina.

Heaton: It’s a little more secluded than where we worked previously, but I think it’s more conducive to fleshing out ideas.

We’re kind of out of the way with no distractions. This one’s definitely less pressure, with no deadline. We’re living there while we record, and we bring and engineer and it works out really well. It doesn’t feel like going into a studio and every hour is $100. Since we don’t practice the songs very much, we take our time to go through each song and perfect them. CS

DADDY’S BEEMER @EL ROCKO LOUNGE Fri., August 23, 9 P.M.

MUSIC THE BAND PAGE

BY SEAN KELLY

JENU SIX & THE OLD SOULS @EL ROCKO LOUNGE

TREY LEWIS @BARRELHOUSE SOUTH

Birmingham, Alabama’s Trey Lewis is dedicated to his art. The country singer/songwriter tours relentlessly, bringing his brand of country to audiences throughout the nation. He’s shared the stage with the likes of Chase Bryant, Frankie Ballard, and Kristian Bush, and he shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Country fans won’t want to miss his Barrelhouse appearance.

FRI., AUGUST 23, 8 P.M.

LAUREN MITCHELL @ROASTING ROOM

Florida’s Lauren Mitchell has become a force to be reckoned with in the blues world, opening for the likes of Buddy Guy and working with Grammywinning producers on albums that have garnered critical acclaim. The Blues Blast Award nominee will take the intimate Roasting Room stage for what’s sure to be an incredible night of music.

SAT., AUGUST 24, 8 P.M. $20-$50

JEFF TWO NAMES & THE BORN AGAINS @THE JINX

Local punk heroes Jeff Two Names & the Born Agains take The Jinx’s legendary stage alongside Dial Drive and Forest Evil for some quality rock and roll. The band has become known around town for their classic punk sound and clever lyrics, as well as their infamous war with fellow local punks The Ramages.

FRI., AUGUST 23, 9 P.M.

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Jenu Six & the Old Souls play a heady brand of Americana that blends folk, blues, country, and bluegrass in a way that is uniquely their own. Six is something of a nomad, having traveled all over and landing in Tampa, Florida, where he currently resides. The show at El Rocko Lounge is sure to be a special showcase of roots music like you’ve never heard it before.

THURS., AUGUST 22, 9 P.M.

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MUSIC WEDNESDAY 8.21 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.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Eric Jones Trio w/ Laiken Williams, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ray Lundy, 7 p.m.

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.

White Whale Craft Ales Open Mic Music, 7 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay and Uncle Buck, 7 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 Human Jukebox Trivia, 10 p.m.

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

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

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

World of Beer Trivia, 7 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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LIVE MUSIC

COMEDY

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

DJ

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

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Abe’s on Lincoln DJ Doc Ock House of Mata Hari The Downtown Delilahs w/ The Hot Nasty, Rides Again, 11 p.m.

SATURDAY 8.24 LIVE MUSIC

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.

COMEDY

Totally Awesome Bar Totally Open Mic, 8 p.m.

DJ

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

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

FRIDAY 8.23

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 El-Rocko Lounge Jenu Six & the Old Souls, 9 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Trevor Clendenin, 5-8 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Randy Reese

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.

B & D Burgers (Congress St.) Pop Culture Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Trivia, 7 p.m.

Pour Larry’s Explicit Trivia, 10 p.m.

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

DJ

THURSDAY 8.22

TRIVIA & GAMES

PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

COMEDY

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) A Nickel Bag of Funk

Quartet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Brady Adams Duo, 7 p.m.

The Jinx NeverNotGoth Dance Night, 10 p.m.

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

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

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

The Shrimp Factory Georgia Kyle Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Sarah Poole Duo, 6 p.m.

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

Wild Wing Cafe Matt Hill, 7 p.m., Matt Hill Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Gavin Herrington

House of Mata Hari The Downtown Delilahs w/ The Hot Nasty, Rides Again, 11 p.m.

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

Totally Awesome Bar SCU Presents X-Rated Comedy Show, 9:30 p.m.

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LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Trey Lewis, 8 p.m.

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

Coach’s Corner Chuck Courtenay Band Congress Street Social Club Reckless Abandon Club Elan Biggest College Welcome Back Party, 9 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Daddy’s Beemer, Cry Baby, Enen, Whitehall, 9 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Demetrius Doctor Trio w/ Quiana Parler, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Cosmic Collective, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Jeff 2 Names and the Born Agains, Dial Drive, Forest Evil, 9 p.m.

Demetrius Doctor Trio @GOOD TIMES JAZZ BAR & RESTAURANT

Demetrius Doctor Trio is led by renowned vocalist Quiana Parler, who’s perhaps best known for serving as a backing vocalist for Clay Aiken. Parler is a force in her own right, however, and her immense talent will undoubtedly be on display at Good Times.

FRI., AUGUST 23, 8 P.M. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Rachael Shaner Molly McGuire’s Keith & Ross, 6 p.m.

Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Prohibition Bootleg Beats,

10:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Saddle Bags Chase Fouraker, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

Savannah Spirits Kitchen Voodoo Soup, 7:30 p.m.

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

The Shrimp Factory Alex Bazemore Taste of India The Fletcher Trio The Wormhole Alternative Rock Night with Lilakk & Mahalo, 10 p.m.

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

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

The Warehouse Electric Church, Eric Britt Wild Wing Cafe Acoustically Twisted, Individually Twisted, DJ Billy Ball, 5 p.m.

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

Congress Street Social Club DJ Basik Lee Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Demetrius Doctor Trio w/ Quiana Parler, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Voodoo Soup, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Evan Stepp and the Piners, The Pink Stones, 9 p.m.

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

Lizzy’s Josephine Johnson Molly McGuire’s Joe Jarka, 7 p.m.

The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Prohibition Bootleg Beats, 10:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

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

The Wormhole The Charlotte Sessions & NSFW Present: Spicy Bois Takeover, 10 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Jason Bible, 6 p.m.

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

The Warehouse Jubal Kane, Alex Bazemore Wild Wing Cafe Jason and Jarrod, Ben Torres, Bill Hodgson, DJ Henry Race, 1 p.m.

The Wormhole SpicyBois Takeover: Savannah, 9 p.m.

KARAOKE

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

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Ghost Coast Distillery Front Porch Improv: Fun House, 8:30 p.m.

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

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

The Wormhole Count Down, 8 p.m.

DJ

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

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

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

House of Mata Hari The Downtown Delilahs w/ The Hot Nasty, Rides Again, 11 p.m.

J Riddle, 6 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Thomas Claxton, Thomas Claxton The Wayward Sunday Night Service, 9 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Jarrod Valenti, High Velocity, 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.

COMEDY

DJ

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

TUESDAY 8.27

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

Saddle Bags Bar Olympics

MONDAY 8.26 LIVE MUSIC

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.

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

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Rachael Shaner Wild Wing Cafe Stan Ray The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Club One Bingo with Dawn Dupree,

LIVE MUSIC

8/23 - Fletcher Trio 8/30 - The Magic Rocks 8/31 - Jubal Kane

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Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Rail Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Live Music Summer Schedule

FRI, AUG 23

KARAOKE

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

Foxy Loxy Cafe Acoustic Tuesday featuring Clouds and Satellites, 7 p.m.

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

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Josephine Johnson, 7 p.m.

The Jinx Hip Hop Night Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

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

The Sentient Bean Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by

Authentic Indian Cuisine

JENU SIX & THE OLD SOULS 9:00PM

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 p.m.

Coach’s Corner Texas Hold ‘Em, 7 p.m.

CoCo’s Sunset Grille Trivia, 7 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Trivia, 10 p.m.

Fia Rua Irish Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Bingo, 7 p.m.

Mellow Mushroom Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

PS Tavern Poker Rachael’s : Sports • Food • Fun Adults Only Trivia, 9 p.m.

Savannah Taphouse Trivia, 7 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Trivia, 9 p.m.

The Wormhole Trivia, 10:30 p.m.

The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Monday Night Madness, 8 p.m.

White Whale Craft Ales White Whale Open Mic Comedy

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

LIVE MUSIC

THUR, AUG 22

TRIVIA & GAMES

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

SUNDAY 8.25 Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m.

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

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Eric Jones Trio w/ Teddy Adams and Cynthia Utterbach, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Eric Britt, 7 p.m.

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

The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson The Perch at Local 11 ten Josephine Johnson Prohibition Bluegrass Brunch w/ Cory Chambers and Evan Rose, 11 a.m.

River House Ford Natirboff The Shrimp Factory Justin Morris Tubby’s Tank House (River St.) Jeremy

KARAOKE

Boomy’s Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

DJ

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

Melanie Goldey, 8 p.m.

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

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

Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay, Chuck Courtenay

5:30 p.m.

The Flying Fish Trivia Night, 7 p.m.

The Jinx Music and Movie Trivia, 10 p.m.

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COMEDY

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McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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UPCOMING SHOWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 29TH

MOON TAXI

| 8PM SHOW

7PM DOORS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH

HAVANA NIGHTS & SALSA DANCING | 9PM SHOW

8PM DOORS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH

SMOOTH JAZZ - 2019 CABARET SERIES | 8PM SHOW

7PM DOORS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH

RUNAWAY GIN

| 10PM SHOW

9PM DOORS

VICTORY NORTH

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH

THE SATURDAY SAUCE FEATURING XENOTYPE STILTZ QWAYATT BEATS BREWZR SOUNDS OF SOWALA | 9PM SHOW

8PM DOORS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH

LIZ COOPER and the STAMPEDE WITH HARPOONER

| 8PM SHOW

7PM DOORS

| 8PM SHOW

7PM DOORS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

WOMEN IN COUNTRY

| 8PM SHOW

2019 CABARET SERIES

THE SUNDOGS PRESENT: THE TOM PETTY SHOW | 8PM SHOW PERPETUAL GROOVE

| 8PM SHOW

7PM DOORS 7PM DOORS

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912-349-0525 abesonlincoln.com

B & D Burgers (Congress St.) 912-238-8315 912-238-8315 www.bdburgers.net

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

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Beginning August 20, our new mailing address will be

611 E. Bay Street, Savannah, GA 31401 (0ur phone number and email addresses will not change)

912-459-4160 fiaruairishpub.com

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

The Flying Fish 7906 E. Hwy 80

912-897-2009 www.flyingfishbarandgrill.webs. com/

Bay Street Blues 17 E. Bay St.

912-401-0543 foxyloxycafe.com

912-897-6400 basilsonline.com

912-236-6655

Bayou Cafe 14 N. Abercorn St. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s 20 E. Perry St.

912-231-9049 billysplacesavannah.com

The Black Rabbit 1215 Barnard St. Blueberry Hill 546 Dean Forest Rd. Boomy’s 409 W. Congress St. Charles H. Morris Center 10 East Broad St.

912-443-3277 www.charleshmorriscenter.com

Foxy Loxy Cafe 1919 Bull St. Ghost Coast Distillery 641 Indian St. (912) 298-0071 ghostcoastdistillery.com

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

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

912-925-1119

912-341-8897

912-238-5158 mansiononforsythpark.com

Coach’s Corner 3016 E. Victory Dr.

McDonough’s 21 E. McDonough St.

CoCo’s Sunset Grille 1 Old U.S. Hwy. 80

Mellow Mushroom 11 W. Liberty St.

Cohen’s Retreat 5715 Skidaway Rd.

Molly McGuire’s 216 Johnny Mercer Boulevard

912-355-3336

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

Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St.

(912) 200-3652 dubspubriverstreet.com

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

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

912-200-9255

PS Tavern 11 W. Bay St. 912-495-5145

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

912-920-7772 rachaels1190.com

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

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant 402 MLK Jr. Blvd.

912-292-1656 ranchoalegrecuban.com

River House 125 W. River St.

912-234-1900 liveoakstore.com/riverhouse

912-233-6136 mcdonoughssavannah.com

912-495-0705 mellowmushroom.com

912-898-0852 liveoakstore.com/mollymcguires

Moon River Brewing Co. 21 West Bay St. 912-447-0943 www.moonriverbrewing.com/

The Olde Pink House 23 Abercorn St.

912-232-4286 www.plantersinnsavannah.com

The Ordinary Pub 217 1/2 West Broughton Street (912) 238-5130 www.theordinarypub.com/

The Perch at Local 11 ten 1110 Bull St.

Tijuana Flats 1800 E. Victory Dr.

912-344-9111 tijuanaflats.com

Top Deck 125 W. River Street Totally Awesome Bar 107 B Whitaker St. 912-349-1707

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

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CULTURE THE ART•BEAT OF SAVANNAH

tracing paper to draw their cartoons.

“My job was, they gave me the tracing paper, I put acetate over it, outlined it, turned it over, and painted it in,” he explains.

The acetate and tracing paper technique helped MItz in his painting—instead of erasing, he could put tracing paper over his work and make alterations that way.

After working at that job, Mitz had an a-ha moment in an unlikely place.

“In my mid-twenties I was just hanging out with my dad, and it all came together age. I never drew like a kid.” in one moment,” recalls Mitz. “Polyphony.

Mitz met one of his mentors, Bob Novak, Polyocular. Tracing paper. Music. Art. in his junior year of high school.

Everything I’d been doing, I had this idea “He was an artist, and I thought I was a of this polyocular painting that just rolled hot shot because I could paint realistic,” through my head. I was like, ‘This is it.’” says Mitz. “He very kindly told me that I Mitz is a talented realist painter, but was no good at all. I really had no idea what before he came up with his polyocular painting was about. I think I was at least technique, he’d been working mostly smart enough to listen to him and know abstract. that I had a lot to learn.”

“When I first got this inspiration, I was Over the years, Mitz honed his skills and doing purely non-objective, abstract stuff,” developed a technique that blended his he says. “I had to figure out the vocabulary passion for both painting and music. and syntax of this new language. Some art“I call it polyocular. It’s a made-up ists develop a language. You have to invent word, but it works if you think about it,” he the language. It may be based on another explains. “It’s a Greek term, ‘poly’ meaning language, but once you develop your lanmany, ‘ocular’ meaning vision. Polyphonic guage, you can sing in it and write poetry in is a musical term—it’s my favorite music, it. That’s been my life’s work.” where you have three or four independent Once Mitz found his voice, he was able to compositions that are beautiful alone, move closer to his style. but you play them at the same time and it “I realized, if I’ve got three layers of makes something greater than the sum of composition, one of them could be repreits parts.” sentational,” he says. “They don’t all three The polyocular technique began when have to be abstract. That was the next Mitz was working in animation. At that breakthrough, and I started incorporating time, before computers, animators used realism back into my multilayered work.”

Talking painting with Thomas Mitz

BY RACHAEL FLORA

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rachael@connectsavannah.com

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THOMAS MITZ’S studio is always hot.

Upstairs in a church outside of town, the air in the room is thick, circulated by an open window and a few fans.

Mitz doesn’t mind the heat, though.

“None of the great painters had AC,” he points out with a smile. “If they can do it, why can’t I?” Mitz is a prolific painter, and his studio is a testament to his output. Paintings fill the room, both on the walls and stacked dozens deep. A bass guitar stands by the couch, a testament to the other love of his life.

Raised in Chicago, Mitz learned how to play bass guitar from some of the greats, but he’d always been artistically inclined.

“Painting came first,” he remembers. “I was born with a gift of being able to draw pretty much whatever I saw from a young

Mitz sketches the scene and layers abstract compositions on top, then paints it in using transparent glazes.

“I use these because they absorb all the colors really well,” he explains. “For the background, instead of purple-grey, I’ll make them turquoise-grey, then I lay the transparent glazes over them. I need white underneath to see what the color really looks like.”

Color is a major influence on Mitz’s work. He teaches a Sunday class at the Studio School about what he calls color chords.

“I work in color chords—that’s how I think of color,” he says. “Music and visual art are not the same, they’re very different, but I can explain visual art by using musical terms. It helps people understand, especially if they’re not looking at the painting.”

Mitz’s career is approaching what he calls his late period.

“Every step in my career has led me to something else,” he says. “I’ve had different levels of success—nothing over the top, but I’ve always been able to maintain my studio and paint, which I’m really grateful for.”

Perhaps the biggest accomplishment of his career is the ability to create his own form of expression, just like the greats.

“All the great painters know how to rhyme and make great poetical expressions,” he says. “Some of them don’t, and what you have, then, is illustration. That’s the difference between illustration and painting.” CS

MUSIC VISUAL ARTS

QUESTIONS WITH

Chris Ryba

BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

Chris Ryba, left, captures familiar scenes like the Cockspur Island Lighthouse or the Tybee Pier, but from angles you’ve literally never seen before. PHOTOS COURTESY OF RYBA/SAVANNAH AERIALS.

I was a self-taught photographer. I got my first camera when I was 16, and I did high school yearbook, worked for my college paper at the University of Michigan, and then did a variety of freelance stuff here and there. I mostly focused on landscape and travel photography and lifestyle photography as I went different places.

I had about ten years of photography experience at school, mostly in the still photography realm, so all the composition, the lighting knowledge, the color correction and the framing that all goes into being a good photographer came from that experience. By the time I got this drone, I just had that in my toolbox.

1. How did you get started with drone photography?

I went on a trip with my friend who’s a pilot and he took us on a trip down to St. Simon’s Island and Jekyll Island, and I took my camera along and was doing some stuff from the air. That’s when I realized, “Wow, this is cool.”

We flew over downtown so you could see Savannah in a way that I felt nobody was really photographing, or if they were, it wasn’t really being pushed out to the public. That inspired me to buy a drone, so I guess that was my foray into drone video and photography.

2. Tell me about the drone you’re using.

DJI is the leading consumer drone manufacturer. This is a Chinese-based company, and they have a few different lines—the Phantom, which is a big white boxy-looking one, that’s a rigid body. With this Maverick line, they’re all unfoldable. Everything I’ve shot is just on this little thing. It’s a gimbal-mounted camera, it’s automatically stabilized within the camera. As you fly along, it just stays perfectly level. It’s been a confluence of a lot of things—GPS technology, sensor

technology, this camera can shoot 4k and it’s the size of a few dice. Hasselblad recently bought this company. All the control technology helps them provide feedback and stabilize the camera. It streams 1080 video, and you can see it as you’re doing it. It’ll go 42 miles an hour and it can travel up to five miles away from this controller.

A lot of people think it must be hard to fly, but honestly, it’s like a video game. A three year-old could fly this thing—when you’re not actively giving it any input, it just hovers there, so there’s not really too much danger.

3.

The technology you use makes it simple to capture these shots, but what’s your photography background like?

4. What’s your approach for this body of work like?

For this work specifically, the co-owner [at El Coyote] approached me since they were looking to participate more in the Starland arts scene, especially with First Fridays. She wanted to put some art on the walls and have a good relationship with local artists, giving them exposure and also doing something that matches the feel of the oyster bar. Her idea was to get some water and sand, something that makes you think about being on the water.

It’s not the only type of work I do. This body of work ranges from places such as Tybee, coastal Florida, coastal Georgia and South Carolina as well. A lot of what my more technically-minded brain thinks of is definitely looking for symmetries. With a lot of these, it’ll have symmetry and then the addition of manmade structures.

People will message me and ask how much I manipulate some of these photos, and I certainly add some contrast, but I’m really just enhancing the colors that are already there.

There are a lot of layers to the work.

I like symmetry, so I look for those patterns. The overlap of the manmade with nature, I think, is really cool. Waves are cool to look at, but I tend to gravitate more towards seeing where we’ve left our mark on nature.

5.

When did you realize you had a really unique concept on your hands?

I was starting to show these things on my Instagram and I realized that people really enjoyed them. The first one I ever posted was Forsyth Park, top down, late in the evening and the colors were just starting to change. You can see that rich blue water in the fountain. People didn’t know where it was right away. You’ve seen the fountain so many times, but from so many of the same angles. And then people go, “Oh my God, is that Forsyth Park?” It just totally blew people’s minds.

Once I found out people were really into it, I realized there was a lot of opportunity for people who wanted higher quality video marketing videos, commercial videos, music videos. After that happened, I decided to get into the business side of things. In order to do commercial, you have to get an FAA certification. I do projects for people who want to convey the scope and the scale of it, and gives a sense to this larger-than-human scale. I think people love seeing that. CS Follow Ryba on Instagram at @savannahaerials.

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SEE SAVANNAH in a new way with Chris Ryba’s photographs.

Ryba captures all the familiar scenes of the Lowcountry, like Tybee and Cockspur islands, but taken from a drone high above.

The drone can get closer than a low-flying aircraft, so the resulting photos are aweinspiring and something you may not have ever seen before.

Ryba’s photographs are currently on view at El Coyote’s upstairs oyster bar now through the month of September.

We talked with Ryba last week.

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CONTINUING EXHIBITS ABSTRACTS AND ANIMALS — Abstracts & Animals showcases the diverse talent of two local artists through a vibrant exhibit of art quilts. Through Dec. 31. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

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NESS — Azikiwe Mohammed’s multidisciplinary practice prioritizes the experiences, needs and subjectivity JESSICA KNAPP — Cherrybox work is of people of color in America. Through Sep. always cheek puckering, saccharine styled 1. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 fluff. It is art as purely visual enjoyment with Turner Blvd. no intended heavy messages. Through Aug. 30. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. CAROL F. COHEN AND ANGELA BEASLEY — Angela Maggioni Beasley and Carol Fleischaker Cohen, two friends from childhood, have spent their lives following their own artistic paths. Through Aug. 30. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

ENTANGLEMENTS: RECENT WORK BY SUZANNE JACKSON, SONYA YONG JAMES, PAM LONGOBARDI, JIHA MOON, SHARON NORWOOD, AND LIZ SARGENT — Entanglements features work by three Savannahbased and three Atlanta-based artists whose formal and conceptual considerations are rooted in exploring complex social structures, relationships, and ecosystems.

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LARA FAVARETTO: WORKS FROM THE RENNIE COLLECTION — “Lara Favaretto: Works from the Rennie Collection” is an eponymous exhibition that presents a selection of works by the artist ranging from 1998 to 2012, all part of Rennie Collection, in Vancouver, Canada. Through Dec. 22. scadmoa. org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

LEATHER, LACE AND LUSTER — In this installation of black evening wear from the SCAD Permanent Collection, the expert choice of materials conveys the drama and interest of the darkest hues. Through Jan. 25, 2020. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

FOLKLORE — Folklore is a site-specific installation by Jessica Pope for the 2019 iteration of Telfair Museums’ annual Boxed In/Break Out project. Through Oct. 27. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

LIU JIAKUN: WEST VILLAGE — In his multidisciplinary work, architect/artist/writer Lia Jiakun contextualizes local building traditions, social needs and ever-changing ecological environments. Through Jan. 12, 2020. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

IMAGINARY LIVES — The paintings in Imaginary Lives by Jon Witzky are populated by the ghosts of an unrealized past, they are besotted by a strange mystery, one deeply rooted in the imagined light of the deep south. Through Aug. 24. sulfurstudios.org.

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MARCUS DUNN: OTHER YOUTH — A member of the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina, artist Marcus Dunn explores his Native American cultural heritage through historic representation of Native life. Through Nov. 3. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

ON::VIEW: PIECING STARLAND (QUEER) — Joseph Malson tries to make work that creates new possibilities of interpretation and experience through material decontextualization and re-assemblage. Through Sep. 7.

Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST — This exhibition presents photographic portraits of artists, entertainers, and celebrities from Telfair Museums’ permanent collection. Through Nov. 24. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. THE RAINBOW CONNECTION: SCREENPRINTS BY LESLEY ANNE NUMBERS — Lesley Anne Numbers’ art practice developed in conjunction with becoming a mother and motherhood; nurturance and hope are common themes. Through Sep. 29. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. SOURCE TO SEA: ANSLEY WEST RIVERS — Through photography, West Rivers bears witness to the state of water now, as time is pertinent to understanding the effects of change. Through Nov. 3. info@telfair.org. telfair.org/exhibitions/source-to-sea/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. SOUVENIR SAVANNAH — “Souvenir Savannah” features antique Savannah tourism souvenirs that highlight famous landmarks as well as traveling mementos popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. On loan from private collectors, highlights of the exhibit include early stereographs of Savannah and intricate sterling silver spoons featuring symbols of Savannah. “Souvenir Savannah” speaks not only to the souvenir experience of acquiring mementos during ones travels as a way to remember and share your visit, but to the second life many antique souvenirs have as collectors seek them out in later years. Through Dec. 31. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

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THE substantial crowd at Leopolds’ 100thanniversary block party celebration last Saturday, August 17, goes to show that nothing (not even literal precipitation) can rain on this popular spot’s parade.

The typical lengthy Leopold’s line pales in comparison to the line witnessed at the all-day event, stretching along the sidewalk, sheltered from rain showers, to purchase the limited-time-only $1.00 ice cream.

The colorful hula-hoops, jump ropes, and street games for kids quickly turned into a sea of umbrellas due to the weather while I was at the function, but the energy was well maintained the whole day due to fun music and humorous MCs heard from blocks away.

Witnessing crowds form around Harlem Globetrotter and Savannah native Gator Rivers as he taught basketball tricks to children and around The Ballet School throughout their dance performance made waiting for a scoop of delectable $1 ice cream all the better! CS

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GOOD BOYS

OOO A late-summer bookend to the earlysummer Booksmart, Good Boys may not match the earlier picture’s overall excellence but gives it a decent run in the humor department.

Frequently raunchy and rude, the film focuses on the awkward exploits of three best friends who call themselves The Bean Bag Boys (because, as they needlessly explain to everyone, they once all owned bean bags). Sixth grade chums Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams) and Thor (Brady Noon) do everything together, so when Max gets invited to a party being held by the cool kids, he manages to obtain permission to bring along his decidedly less mature buddies.

Max wants to attend the so-called “kissing party” since the cute Brixlee (Millie Davis) will be there; however, first things first, so Max has to learn how to properly smooch a girl.

An attempt on a CPR dummy doesn’t quite work out, so Max et al decide to spy on teenage girls Hannah (Molly Parker) and Lily (Midori Francis) via the use of a drone owned by Max’s dad (Will Forte).

When said drone gets damaged, the boys set out on a journey to replace it; along the way, they’re forced to contend with doofus frat boys, an overworked cop (Sam Robinson), and the realization that the bonds that once held them together might now be fraying.

Like Booksmart, Good Boys follows its protagonists as they embark on a journey (both mentally and physically) whose ultimate destination isn’t the promised good time as much as it’s self-awareness. Good Boys may not dig as deep as the previous picture, but there’s still sincerity to be found in its life lessons involving growing up and growing apart.

Of course, such sobering reflections are reserved for late in the game; for the most part, the picture is happy to remain focused on its ribald gags, many of which are uproarious.

Writer-director Gene Stupnitsky and co-scripter Lee Eisenberg mine a lot of humor out of their premise, not all of it R-rated. A moment when someone ridiculously states that Lucas could pass as a college-age kid receives an amusing payoff in a later moment that’s practically a throwaway bit. Lucas’ penchant for always telling the truth also results in some worthy guffaws, as does Thor’s tendency to blurt out whatever’s on his mind (when Lucas sadly states that his parents are getting a divorce, Thor asks, “Why, what did you do?”).

Some of the more risqué passages might leave some adults (particularly parents) fidgeting, but it’s all in good fun. Indeed, the only folks who have any reason to be

Brady Noon, Jacob Tremblay, and Keith L. Williams in Good Boys

angry are those who earlier caught the film’s red-band trailer, which idiotically included the very last scene of the film.

Jeers to whoever put together that coming attraction; let’s just be thankful they presumably weren’t around 20-odd years ago when the trailers for The Usual Suspects and Seven were being constructed.

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

OOO Based on a true story, Blinded by the Light details how music has the ability to infuse, illuminate and invigorate a life.

Adapted from Sarfraz Manzoor’s memoir Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock ‘N Roll, Blinded by the Light (scripted by director Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges and Manzoor himself) is set in 1980s England, when Margaret Thatcher was happily destroying the country from within. Living in Luton is Javed Khan (the Manzoor surrogate, played by Viveik Karla), a Pakistani lad who’s trying to fit in even as his strict father Malik (Kuvinder Ghir) insists he reject all Western influences and hold onto Pakistani traditions.

With unemployment soaring and racist punks spraying offensive graffiti on neighborhood walls, Javed feels trapped and longs for escape. He receives it from fellow student Roops (Aaron Phagura), who hands him two audiocassettes featuring “The Boss.” Javed listens to Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A. and is instantly transfixed and transformed.

Feeling that the music is speaking not only to him personally but to everyone who is like him, he becomes a Springsteen fanatic, a development that informs his decisions as he acquires a girlfriend (Nell Williams), shares his poetry with his English teacher (Hayley Atwell), and decides to stand up to his well-meaning but rigid father.

Like this summer’s sleeper hit

Yesterday, Blinded by the Light serves as another ode to classic rock and all that it represents, from its ability to unlock the imagination to its function as a balm in troubled times. With its focus on a country reeling under the rule of a right-wing oppressor and its sequences dealing with unbridled racism (one of the climactic setpieces centers around a march by white supremacists), Blinded by the Light is certainly topical To label Blinded by the Light as merely a “feel-good” film would be inaccurate, since there’s plenty of darkness — on the edge of town and elsewhere. The specter of bigotry haunts many scenes, and the generationgap battles between Javed and his dad are presented with appropriate harshness.

Ultimately, though, the good vibrations do win out, thanks to Karla’s bright performance, Manzoor’s real-life triumph, and, of course, a killer soundtrack that rules like a boss.

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

OO In the spirit of those Amicus anthology productions of yore — portmanteau pictures like Tales from the Crypt, Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors, and From Beyond the Grave — comes Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Based on the children’s book series by Alvin Schwartz (with no less than Guillermo del Toro having a hand in the screenplay), this cobbles together various spooky tales by having them appear in a haunted book found by a group of teenagers residing in a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1960s.

The citizens of Mill Valley have long heard the legend of the crazed Sarah Bellows, who once lived in a nearby mansion with the rest of her family. On Halloween night, Stella (Zoe Margaret Colletti) and her friends opt to check out the nowdeserted house, in the process coming

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across a book with stories written by Sarah.

Stella removes the book from the premises, and soon new stories are appearing before her eyes, being written in blood by a seemingly invisible hand and all involving her friends (and one foe) meeting with grisly ends.

The individual stories-within-the-story are engaging enough, brought to life by innovative special effects and director Andre Ovredal’s flair for the dramatic. It’s just a shame the main storyline is so feeble.

Stella and her friends set about investigating the mystery of Sarah Bellows — they take trips to the library and a hospital — but it plays like warmed-over Nancy Drew/ Hardy Boys fodder.

We’re here for the horror, and the movie might have functioned better had it shucked the middling mystery and centered solely on the creature features.

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OOd No longer content to dance with wolves, Kevin Costner now dances with dogs as he essays the leading role in The Art of Racing in the Rain.

Costner contributes the voice of a magnificent Golden Retriever named Enzo, whose owner Denny (Milo Ventimiglia) is a race car driver perpetually waiting for his big break. Enzo provides the film’s voiceover narration — and astute commentary — as he witnesses Denny fall for and marry Eve (Amanda Seyfried) and watches as they welcome their daughter Zoe (Ryan Kiera Armstrong in later scenes) into the world. After this comes a frenzy of cancer scares, custody battles, and run-ins with a satanic zebra doll.

Even dog lovers (raising my hand here) and specifically Golden Retriever owners (ditto) might balk at the clumsy nature of this adaptation of Garth Stein’s novel.

Costner’s soothing drawl works well when Enzo is being philosophical but proves less than ideal when the pooch gets sentimental or discusses his encounters with that psychotic zebra (these scenes are the worst in the entire picture).

Eve registers as nothing more than a plot device — and not always the most sympathetic one, at that (even as someone who’s initially revealed as not very interested in dogs, her carelessness with Enzo in a later scene is, at best, illogical and, at worst, unforgiveable).

Ultimately, the movie gets bogged down in tiresome squabbles between Denny and his in-laws (Martin Donovan and Kathy Baker), culminating in a courtroom sequence of astounding stupidity. And where’s Enzo in all this? He’s back on the couch, thinking excitedly about the day after he has passed on that he can come back as a human.

greatest offense is that he lets his fragile male ego interfere with his familial love.

The reason for his murder isn’t, as initially posited, because he placed his children in a potentially dangerous situation (a sound reason). As our heroine explains, it’s because he’s a man and she’s tired of living in a man’s world. That’s an excellent reason to stage a strike; it’s a terrible one to approve a killing.

DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD

Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura, and Viveik Kalra in Blinded by the Light

That’s right: The movie’s shining message is that noble, courageous, and selfsacrificing dogs can only be improved by becoming sinful, shallow, stupid human beings. This brutal and depressing notion brings new meaning to the term “animal cruelty.”

THE KITCHEN

OO Don’t let the headliners fool you. Despite the presence of powerhouse comediennes Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish, The Kitchen is no laughing matter.

Rather, it’s yet another crime drama that’s married to the mob, albeit with one key difference. Instead of a Tony Montana or a Tommy DeVito or one of the other wiseguys or goodfellas driving the story, this one’s all about the ladies.

Initially, Kathy Brennan (McCarthy), Ruby O’Carroll (Haddish) and Claire Walsh (Elisabeth Moss) are presented as the damsels in distress and under duress. Set in the late 1970s in NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen district, the film reveals that the three women are married to mid-level Irish mobsters of varying temperaments.

Kathy is the luckiest of the trio, since Jimmy (Brian d’Arcy James) is a devoted husband and father. Ruby, meanwhile, is married to the hotheaded Kevin (James Badge Dale), who cares more for his influential mob mother (Margo Martindale) than his oft ignored wife.

And Claire is simply saddled with Rob (Jeremy Bobb), a lout who so enjoys beating his wife that he doesn’t even care that his pummeling once caused her to lose their unborn baby.

A robbery gone wrong leads to all three men being sent to prison, thus leaving their spouses with no financial support.

Mob boss Little Jackie (Myk Watford) reneges on his promise to help them, forcing the women to take matters into their own hands.

Learning that Little Jackie and his crew have been taking protection money from local businesses without actually providing any protection, they decide to offer their services. Pay us, they declare, and we will protect you.

It’s a gamble that works, as Kathy, Ruby and Claire begin raking in the green even as Little Jackie sees red. But it’s not long before the turf war begins, leaving dead bodies littering the landscape.

Furthermore, there are as many complications as corpses: The Italian mob boss across town (a wonderful Bill Camp) sees the potential in teaming up with these women; a mentally shaky hitman (an appropriately low-key turn by Domhnall Gleeson) reappears on the scene and becomes Claire’s lover; and early parole means that the hubbies will be returning home sooner than expected.

Based on a comic book series produced

by DC’s Vertigo label, The Kitchen certainly isn’t lacking for conflicts. What it’s missing, though, is any semblance of a moral center to hold it together.

Of course, that sounds like the last thing a mob movie generally needs, but in the cases of, say, 1931’s Little Caesar, 1990’s GoodFellas, or Scarface (either the 1932 or 1983 version), the pleasure comes in watching these amoral yet intriguing characters enjoy the good-bad life before ultimately learning that crime doesn’t pay.

In The Kitchen, writer-director Andrea Berloff clearly views her protagonists as heroines, in the process confusing murderous rage with feminist ideology.

Are we supposed to cheer when one of these women orders the execution of a virtuous cop? Are we supposed to applaud when one of them masterminds the slaying of an innocent Jewish jeweler? The film thinks so.

In one of the most odious sequences, one of the women allows the slaying of a family member — a mobster, yes, but one who’s more harmless than most and one whose

OOO When a movie hits the screen that’s been adapted from a television series, it makes sense that a familiarity with the source material is often required for maximum enjoyment. That’s not the case with Dora and the Lost City of Gold, an ingratiating family feature with the capacity to please even adults with limited knowledge of the popular Nickelodeon show.

James Bobin, who directed those delightful Muppet reboots earlier this decade (2011’s The Muppets and 2014’s Muppets Most Wanted), here tackles a live-action offshoot of Dora the Explorer, the animated series about a little Hispanic girl and her educational adventures.

The age of Dora has been raised for this film, with the plucky heroine now a teenager and played by Isabela Moner.

Having grown up in the South American jungles alongside her explorer parents (Michael Pena and Eva Longoria), she’s suddenly sent to California to attend high school and, as she puts it, study the “indigenous people” found in this learning environment.

But the sudden disappearance of her folks as they search for the ancient Incan city of Parapata inevitably leads to her and her classmates off on a quest to find them, with a bumbling professor (a tiresome Eugeno Derbez) and Dora’s pet monkey Boots also along for the bumpy ride.

What makes Dora and the Lost City of Gold so appealing is the characterization of its heroine as a perpetually chipper, never-say-die sort, with Moner irresistible in the part. There are also some witty references to the cartoon series, including one that seems inspired by The Wizard of Oz until it heads off in its own animated direction.

Watching Dora navigate the high school halls is amusing, and it’s initially disappointing when she’s snatched from this setting and sent back to the jungle. But any fears that the picture will turn into a pintsize Laura Croft rip-off are quickly alleviated thanks to the inventive situations cooked up by the scripters.

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ACTIVISM & POLITICS

HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS Free Wed., Aug. 21, 1 p.m. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. SAVANNAH AREA YOUNG REPUBLICANS Get involved. Meetings are the last Tuesday of every month (except for December) at 7:00pm. Contact number: (912) 657-9623 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr.org. sayr.org.

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

Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St.

AUDITIONS AND CALLS FOR ENTRIES

AUDITIONS FOR ARMSTRONG YOUTH ORCHESTRA Auditions for our spring session will be held January 9, 2019. Students who played in the Fall 2018 session, and who plan to remain in the same ensemble, do not need to re-audition in January. The January auditions are for new students, or students wishing to move to a different ensemble.

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

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR THE 2019 SAVANNAH FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL OFFICIAL POSTER DESIGN CONTEST From varied architectural styles to dramatic Spanish moss, there is no shortage of visual inspiration in an iconic city like Savannah.

Help bring the historic stories of Savannah to life by joining in on the 2019 Savannah Food & Wine Festival’s search for this year’s signature poster design. The premier culinary and wine festival is opening the poster competition to any artist or student over 18 years of age, in any medium. Let’s see your work. For more information, email info@savannahfoodandwinefest.com.

Through Sep. 30.

CALL FOR DONATIONS FOR PIG ROAST ART AUCTION The Ossabaw Island Foundation (TOIF) seeks donations of Ossabaw Island inspired artwork to be sold in the silent auction at the Pig Roast, our only fundraising event.

Psychotronic Trailer Trash-O-Rama

For the first time in the 15-year history of the Psychotronic Film Society, we’ve put together our own compilation of rare and sometimes commercially unreleased original theatrical movie previews from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Revisit the glory days of seedy Drive-Ins and Grindhouse cinemas with this 80-minute collection of overthe-top and often ridiculous trailers for obscure action, horror, sci-fi and exploitation films, many of which have since lapsed into obscurity. $7 WED., AUG. 21, 8 P.M. SENTIENTBEAN.COM. THE SENTIENT BEAN, 13 E. PARK AVE. All types of visual art and fine crafts are welcomed that reveal the voices and mystery of Ossabaw Island. Donor artists are eligible for one complimentary ticket to the Pig Roast. Through Oct. 11. robin@ ossabawisland.org.

CALL FOR EARLY 19TH CENTURY DANCERS/REGENCY DANCING The Davenport House has a social dance program which meets most Wednesdays at 5 p.m. The Museum is looking for new participants in this free community activity. For information

contact info@davenporthousemuseum. org or call 912-236-8097. ongoing. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport House, 324 East State St. CALL FOR ENTRY FOR RE::CLAIMED Artists working in all media are invited to submit work for Sulfur Studios’ winter national juried exhibition Re::Claimed.

Submitted work must utilize materials and/or imagery that are found, reclaimed, recycled or re-purposed. Artists are encouraged to consider the previous life of their materials and how that material can be

highlighted or transformed to support the concept of the work. The deadline is Dec. 8 by 11:59pm. Through Dec. 8. sulfurstudios. org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2020 LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM Leadership Southeast Georgia, a leadership development program for professionals in a 10-county coastal region, is calling for nominations for the class of 2020.

The program fosters relationships among leaders in the region and offers professional development related to critical leadership skills and issues such as conflict resolution, self-awareness, communication and strategic thinking. For more information, visit http://www.lsega.com/home.html. ongoing.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR ON::VIEW ARTIST RESIDENCY We are currently accepting proposals for Late Fall 2019 Residency Sessions: October 8 - November 3 and November 12 - December 8. Thanks to a generous grant from Meowwolf residents my be selected to receive a stipend of up to $500.00 to use for travel, lodging or materials and supplies.

Through Dec. 31. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE DRIVE THRU ART BOX AT GREEN TRUCK PUB The Drive Thru Art Box is ideal for showing mounted prints of 2-dimensional work, wheat pasted prints, site specific installations, and any other artistic medium that can hold up to direct sunlight and a non climate-controlled environment. Pegboard and hooks allows for flexibility of display options, and LED lighting ensures the work is visible for late night crowds. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. ongoing. greentruckpub.com. Green Truck Pub, 2430 Habersham St. SINGERS NEEDED (PAID ONGOING POSITIONS) : AUDITIONING NOW Singers: St. John’s Church in Savannah (Episcopal) has multiple openings for paid choral singers in the soprano, tenor, and bass-baritone sections. Rate is by call, competitive to the region and commensurate with skills and experience.

Rehearsals Wednesdays 7-9pm (SeptMay) and rehearsal/service Sundays 10- noon(approx), year round. Additional calls for Evensong rehearsals and services (Sept-May). Sight reading and/or excellent musicianship is needed; learning parts prior to rehearsal is required for staff singers. For audition times or questions, please contact sbranyon@stjohnssav.org or text 912-5724326. No prepared material is required to audition. Positions open until filled. ongoing.

St John’s Episcopal Church, 325 Bull St. on Madison Square.

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

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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

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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. CANAL DISTRICT MASTER PLAN WORKSHOP The City of Savannah will host a community workshop for the development of a detailed master plan for the Canal District. The City is collaborating with the Perkins + Will team in crafting a master plan that builds upon many years of discussion and previous work accomplished by the Arena committee and subcommittees, as well as various studies.

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District Master Plan—a high-level conceptual plan—to one that will provide a more detailed framework for future development.

The process will also focus on preserving existing neighborhoods in the area based on feedback from the community. Free and open to the public Thu., Aug. 22, 6 p.m. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

COCKTAIL CLASSES Congress Street Up hosts Cocktail Classes every Monday night at 6:30. Learn how to shake and stir like a pro. Learn all about the fancy tools we use and their fascinating history. Impress your friends and make your co-workers envious. $35.00 Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912.220.1249. kblack@historictours. com. facebook.com/pg/CongressStreetUp/ about/?ref=page_internal. Congress Street Up, 220 W. Congress St. 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 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.

FREE BRIDGE LESSONS Free Bridge Lessons beginning August 19, 2019 from 7-9 pm. For more information call 912-238-4838. ongoing. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson 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.

HYPNOSIS AND GUIDED IMAGERY Hypnosis, Guided Imagery, Mindfulness, Eft, will create neural pathways in the brain Because our brains are neuroplastic it has a positive effect and helps you to recover from anxiety, stress, trauma, and PTSD, It’s great for weight loss and to stop smoking.

Kind and compassionate care. 25 years experience. Call 912-927-3432. Website: www. Savannahypnosis.com. Facebook: Alpha Institute. ongoing.

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. KEEPING YOUR FAMILY OUT OF PROBATE COURT $25 Tue., Aug. 27, 2 p.m. Queensborough Conference Room, 7393 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

MARINE CORPS 101, INCLUDING A BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR Wed., Aug. 21, 10 a.m. Douglas Visitors’ Center, 283 Boulevard De France.

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. A NIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE We have a national expert coming in to

talk about CBD products! This is a great opportunity to enjoy refreshments and learn about the products offered. There will be a chance to ask questions and an opportunity to purchase discounted products! 423 US-80, Pooler, GA 31322 Free Tue., Aug. 27, 6:30-8 p.m. (912) 525-1144. savannasocialmedia@gmail.com. Your CBD Store Pooler, 423 US-80.

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.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT BASICS This course provides an overview of the 10 knowledge-based principles for managing successful projects: Scope, integration, communication, time, cost, procurement, risk management, quality control, human resources and project stakeholder management. The training includes practical exercises and an in-class group project.

Participants receive a manual, electronic forms and other resource materials. This class provides 12 hours of the 36 hours needed towards the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification for PMI. org. $725 for series Thu., Aug. 22, 6-9 p.m.

912-478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/ programs/projectmanagement/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. RYT 200 HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING INFO SESSION Want to deepen your yoga practice and start your journey towards becoming a certified yoga teacher? If teaching yoga is your dream, join us at one of the upcoming FREE YTT info sessions at our sister location, Ordinary Magic! Join us for a fun hour to find out more about of our YTT programs and see if they are a good fit for you. Come with questions or simply to learn more.

Bring an open heart and mind. Leave with more clarity about the direction your yoga practice is moving in and if our program is right for you. FREE Sat., Aug. 24, 12-1 p.m.

912-232-2994. info@savannahyoga.com.

Ordinary Magic, 1323 Bull Street.

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

DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL.COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. 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.

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25 participants 60 years of age or older.

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

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

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

ABENI CULTURAL ARTS DANCE CLASSES Classses for multiple ages in performance dance and adult fitness dance. African, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, gospel. Held at Abeni. For more info visit https://www.abeniculturalarts.com or call 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@ gmail.com. abeniculturalarts.com.

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

CHATHAM SAILING CLUB Friday evening social event at the clubhouse.

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

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

Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. COASTAL BEAD SOCIETY Our mission is to further the art of beading and bead education within our membership and our communities.

Visit website for more info regarding the next Bead-In Class or the next CBS Meeting! ongoing. coastalbeadsociety. com/coastalbeadsociety-com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

FIBER GUILD OF THE SAVANNAHS A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, and other fiber arts.

Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center (in the 2nd floor studio), first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am - 1pm.

Visit website for more updates! ongoing. fiberguildsav.com. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. HOSTESS CITY TOASTMASTERS CLUB Toastmasters International is an organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their

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19 Out-and-out 20 Wrapped-up A-shaped beam in the garage?

23 1976 Wimbledon winner 24 Day-to-day grind 28 Tramp’s companion 29 OshKosh ___ (clothing brand) 32 Nerve cell impulse transmitter 33 Bucking animal, informally 34 Bothered 35 Your average places to create wooden boards?

40 City in 7-Down 41 Video chat problem 42 Suffix for gazillion 43 It’s fed at a curb 44 “The Nanny” portrayer Drescher 48 Enters, as a bar code 50 Solitary 51 High-achieving $10 bills?

55 Seiji with 2019’s “The

Tokyo Gala Concert (Live)” 58 Not after 59 Kit ___ (candy bar) 60 All over the interwebs 61 Housing contract 62 Previously, on Shakespeare’s stage 63 Slack-jawed 64 Poly follower 65 Lincoln’s son

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1 Robert who created Triumph the Insult Comic Dog 2 It may be on the tip of your tongue 3 Shortened, as a sail 4 “It’s ___ Unusual Day” 5 Enforcer Brasi of “The Godfather” 6 Spent frivolously 7 Bryce Canyon locale 8 A to A without any sharps or flats, e.g.

9 Pizza option 10 Reading group?

11 Porridge tidbit 12 Off-roading truck, briefly 13 “___ Baby” (1981 Toni Morrison novel) 21 Endeavor 22 “Go team!”

25 Jump in an ice rink 26 Frosty the Snowman’s eyes

27 Head experts?

29 Maidenform purchase 30 “Do unto others ...” principle 31 Beginning 33 ___-country (genre including Florida Georgia Line) 34 Comedian Schumer 35 Univ. application figures 36 Trump son played by Alex Moffat on “SNL” 37 Writer/director Ephron 38 Fair tradeoff 39 Part of WWI 43 “Paper Planes” rapper 44 Target of some shots 45 Harden or Westbrook, e.g.

46 Turkish capital 47 Placed one within another 49 Like old donuts 50 Better trained 52 “Yoshi’s Island” platform 53 Elephantlike machine seen in “The Empire Strikes Back” 54 Sagacious 55 Anatomical eggs 56 Change direction 57 Parseghian of Notre Dame fame

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public speaking abilities through local club meetings, seminars, and contests.

Regardless of your level of comfort with public speaking, you will find a club that is interested in helping you improve your speaking abilities. Free Tuesdays, 6:15-7:15 p.m. hostesscity.toastmastersclubs.org. bullstreetlabs.com. Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. ONE MILLION CUPS Opportunity to polish your pitching skills while networking and making valuable connections. Pitch your idea/business in front of fellow entrepreneurs and get real-time constructive feedback. 2222 Bull Street, weekly Wednesday 9-10am, no charge, free coffee. www.1millioncups.com/ savannah Wednesdays. bullstreetlabs.com.

Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. PROOFREADER’S WHISKEY CLUB Membership includes the first whiskey drink free, free monthly private whiskey tastings from various brands, 15% off the member’s bill for the year, and a personalized book card including a list of 75 whiskeys in each chapter in the DeSoto library. Library series meetings will be the last Thursday of every month and include one free guest pass per member for the year. They will pick a book from the Edgar’s P&P library to hold their personalized book card which will be used to keep track of their progress on the whiskey list. $50 ongoing. eventbrite. com/e/proofreaders-whiskey-clubtickets-42943991635. proofsavannah.com.

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

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

Sacred Harp is an American tradition of singing hymns in four part harmony. No particular religious affiliation is required or endorsed. All are welcome. No experience necessary. ongoing. Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church, 10050 Ferguson Ave. SCAD DAILY TOURS

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

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

Cheeseboard + wine deals to be had.

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

Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. WAVING GIRLS SMOCKING GUILD The Waving Girls Chapter of the Smocking Arts Guild of America the fourth Monday of the month at the Coastal Center for Developmental Services, Eisenhower and Seawright Drs. in Savannah, at 6:30 pm.

Visitors are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Each month the chapter presents a program related to smocking or fine sewing. along with a “show and share” opportunity to see members creations. More information contact l.elkin@comcast.net.

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

Coastal Center for Developmental Services, 1249 Eisenhower Drive.

WRUU SUMMER AUCTION WRUU 107.5, Savannah Soundings Community Radio, is holding a virtual auction this summer to raise funds for ongoing broadcasting. Go to http:// www.32auctions.com/WRUU2019 to check out all of the items available to bid on. WRUU was recently voted Best Local Radio Station and Best Local Talk Radio by Connect Savannah readers. Your support will help us to continue to provide an amazing selection of music and in-depth conversations not heard anywhere else on the dial. Bidding starts August 23 and goes through September 13. Thank you for your support! Aug. 23-Sep. 13. 912-712-5077. program@savsoundings.org. wruu.org/. facebook.com/savsoundings. Savannah Soundings - WRUU - 107.5, 307 E. Harris Street.

CONCERTS

AN AFTERNOON OF CHAMBER MUSIC FEATURING THE WORKS OF J. H. PERSSE An afternoon of chamber music featuring the works of Savannah composer J. H. Persse as performed by the Blue Heron Chamber Ensemble. Open to the Public Sun., Aug. 25, 5-6 p.m. wesleymonumental. org/. Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn St. PIANO IN THE ARTS: SAVANNAH VOICE FESTIVAL COME TOGETHER MASTERCLASS Great music is made when great musicians come together. This masterclass, featuring

Georgia Southern Voice Students, explores the relationship between piano and voice and the effort and communication that must take place when they collaborate. The masterclass will be given by Dr. Benjamin Warsaw and Ms. Maria Zouves. Free Fri., Aug. 23, noon. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn 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.

A NIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE Free Tue., Aug. 27, 6:30 p.m. Your CBD Store Pooler, 423 US-80.

AUGUST GIRL SCOUT TROOP EXPERIENCE $13 Sat., Aug. 24, 8:45 a.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. AUGUST: OVER TEA CUPS: A GIRL SCOUT SENIOR/AMBASSADOR AFTERNOON TEA EXPERIENCE $20 Thu., Aug. 22, 3:30 p.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. BUTLER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SOCK DRIVE Butler Presbyterian Church’s second annual sock drive is underway. If anyone would like to contribute to this venture, please drop off new socks any size or color to Butler Presbyterian Church @ 603 West Victory Drive- Savannah, Georgia. All items will be contributed to members of the homeless community via the various shelters. The drive officially ends at the end of September.

Through Sep. 30. Butler Presbyterian Church, 603 W. Victory Dr. COASTAL KIDS MARKET FALL SALE Fri., Aug. 23, 5 p.m. 11 Gateway Blvd S, 11 Gateway Boulevard South.

CREATE A HEALTHIER SCHOOL YEAR Brighter Day co-owner, Peter Brodhead, a certified Nutritionist CN, and certified homeopathy CHom will be sharing vital information on how to support your children’s health in preparation for the long school year ahead. Peter will be joined

by special guests. Tue., Aug. 27, 7 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. DRINKS AFTER WORK This group is for people that enjoy getting out mid-week, being social after work, and want to discover new places in the downtown Savannah area. Come have a cocktail, make new friends, and get over the hump. The group will meet on Wednesdays at various establishments throughout Downtown Savannah and nearby area. http://www.meetup.com/Drinksafter-work/ https://www.facebook.com/ groups/960991837322187/ Wednesdays, 7 p.m. drinksafterworksavannah@gmail. com. meetup.com/Drinks-after-work/ events/227656080/. distillerysavannah. com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF SAVANNAH In a rut? The Exchange Club of Savannah welcomes men and women like you to support, serve and encourage the best teachers, students, firefighters, crime fighters, leaders and organizations in our community. Check us out at savannahexchange.org or find us on Facebook. Mondays, noon. 912-441-6559. ddewitt30@yahoo.com. Savannahexchange. org. Exchange Club of Savannah, Carey Hilliard’s Abercorn across from Lowe’s.

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.

HOPS FOR HABITAT Join us at our annual Hops for Habitat fundraiser! A $35 ticket includes three Coastal Empire Beers, Big Bon Pizza, live music from SOAP, a 50/50 raffle and more.

All proceeds go to Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity. When you buy a ticket, not only are you guaranteed a night of fun, but you will know that your purchase helps build homes for deserving families in Chatham County. 35/ 40 at door Sat., Aug. 24, 7-9 p.m. 9123538122. development@ habitatsavannah.org. facebook.com/Hop sforHabitatforHumanity/?ref=bookmarks. coastalempirebeer.com/. Coastal Empire Beer Co, 79 Ross Rd. LIFE AFTER THE D $25 Sun., Aug. 25, 6 p.m. Luxe the Salon, 147 East Montgomery Cross Road.

LIVE MUSIC Live music featuring local Savannah Legends in an ever changing rotation. All musicians are inspired by the Prohibition Era with a Modern Twist! Enjoy it with a craft cocktail from the Best Bar Staff in Savannah. Thursdays, 9-11 p.m. Congress Street Up, 220 W. Congress St. MANAGING STRESS AND MONEY 9 to 5 Savannah presents Managing Stress and Money in honor of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. How can we practice self care when money is a factor? How can we manage the household and take care

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of ourselves? $20 9to5 members, $25 guests Sat., Aug. 24, 11 a.m. careyhilliards. com/. Carey Hilliard’s (Skidaway Rd.), 3316 Skidaway Rd. 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. 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.

REMEMBERING ANCESTORS AND HEALING DAY The bell of Faith Chapel will toll as part of the Healing Day National Bell Ringing, an

action to remember and honor the first enslaved Africans who landed in English North America in 1619. Faith Chapel will join churches around the country tolling their bells at 3 p.m. A historical interpreter will also be present at the Wanderer Memory Trail at St. Andrews Beach Park from 3-4 p.m. This educational experience tells the story of the slave ship, the Wanderer.

Sun., Aug. 25, 3 p.m. Faith Chapel, 1904 Schoolhouse Lane.

SAVANNAH AREA GLAM & GLOSS / OPPURTUNITY EVENT $20 Sat., Aug. 24, 10 a.m. Goshen Business Park Banquet Room 2nd Floor, 135 Goshen Road Extension.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

It’s not cost-efficient to recycle plastic.

Sorting and processing the used materials to make them available for fresh stuff is at least as expensive as creating new plastic items from scratch. On the other hand, sending used plastic to a recycling center makes it far less likely that it will end up in the oceans and waterways, harming living creatures. So in this case, the short-term financial argument in favor of recycling is insubstantial, whereas the moral argument is strong. I invite you to apply a similar perspective to your upcoming decisions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

African American slaves suffered many horrendous deprivations. For example, it was illegal for them to learn to read. Their oppressors feared that educated slaves would be better equipped to agitate for freedom, and took extreme measures to keep them illiterate. Frederick Douglass was one slave who managed to beat the ban. As he secretly mastered the art of reading and writing, he came upon literature that ultimately emboldened him to escape his “owners” and flee to safety. He became one of the nineteenth century’s most powerful abolitionists, producing reams of influential writing and speeches.

I propose that we make Douglass your inspiring role model for the coming months.

I think you’re ready to break the hold of a certain curse—and go on to achieve a gritty success that the curse had prevented you from accomplishing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

For twenty-five years, businessman Don Thompson worked for the McDonald’s fast food company, including three years as its CEO. During that time, he oversaw the sale and consumption of millions of hamburgers. But in 2015, he left McDonald’s and became part of Beyond Meat, a company that sells vegan alternatives to meat. I could see you undergoing an equally dramatic shift in the coming months, Gemini: a transition into a new role that resembles but is also very different from a role you’ve been playing. I urge

you to step up your fantasies about what that change might entail.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

“The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot,” wrote author Audre Lorde. As an astrologer I would add this nuance: although what Lourde says is true, some phases of your life are more favorable than others to seek deep and rapid education. For example, the coming weeks will bring you especially rich teachings if you incite the learning process now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

The American idiom “stay in your lane” has come to mean “mind your own business,” and usually has a pejorative sense.

But I’d like to expand it and soften it for your use in the coming weeks. Let’s define it as meaning “stick to what you’re good at and know about” or “don’t try to operate outside your area of expertise” or “express yourself in ways that you have earned the right to do.” Author Zadie Smith says that this is good advice for writers. “You have to work out what it is you can’t do, obscure it, and focus on what works,” she attests.

Apply that counsel to your own sphere or field, Leo.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Yisrael Kristal was a Polish Jew born under the sign of Virgo in 1903. His father was a scholar of the Torah, and he began studying Judaism and learning Hebrew at age three. He lived a long life and had many adventures, working as a candlemaker and a candy-maker. When the Red Army liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945, Kristal emerged as one of the survivors. He went on to live to the age of 113. Because of the chaos of World War I, he had never gotten to do his bar mitzvah when he’d turned thirteen. So he did it much later, in his old age. I foresee a comparable event coming up soon in your life, Virgo. You will claim a reward or observe a milestone or collect a blessing you weren’t able to enjoy earlier.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Sailors have used compasses to navigate since the eleventh century. But that tool wasn’t enough to guide them. A thorough knowledge of the night sky’s stars was a crucial aid. Skill at reading the everchanging ocean currents always proved valuable. Another helpful trick was to take birds on the ships as collaborators. While at sea, if the birds flew off and returned, the sailors knew there was no land close by. If the birds didn’t return, chances were good that land was near. I bring this to your attention, Libra, because I think it’s an excellent time to gather a number of different navigational tools for your upcoming quest. One won’t be enough.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

What do you want from the allies who aren’t your lovers? What feelings do you most enjoy while you’re in the company of your interesting, non-romantic companions? For instance, maybe you like to be respected and appreciated. Or perhaps what’s most important to you is to experience the fun of being challenged and stimulated. Maybe your favorite feeling is the spirit of collaboration and comradeship. Or maybe all of the above. In any case, Scorpio, I urge you to get clear about what you want—and then make it your priority to foster it. In the coming weeks, you’ll have the power to generate an abundance of your favorite kind of non-sexual togetherness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

As the CEO of the clothes company Zappos, Sagittarius entrepreneur Tony Hsieh is worth almost a billion dollars.

If he chose, he could live in a mansion by the sea. Yet his home is a 200-square-foot, $48,000 trailer in Las Vegas, where he also keeps his pet alpaca. To be clear, he owns the entire trailer park, which consists of 30 other trailers, all of which are immaculate hotbeds of high-tech media technology where interesting people live.

He loves the community he has created, which is more important to him than status and privilege. “For me, experiences are more meaningful than stuff,” he says.

“I have way more experiences here.” I’d love to see you reaffirm your commitment to priorities like his in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’ll be a favorable time to do so.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Medical researcher Jonas Salk developed a successful polio vaccine, so he had a strong rational mind. Here’s how he described his relationship with his non-rational way of knowing. He said, “It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It’s my partner.” I bring this up, Capricorn, because the coming weeks will be a favorable time to celebrate and cultivate your own intuition. You may generate amazing results as you learn to trust it more and figure out how to deepen your relationship with it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Aquarian environmentalist Edward Abbey once formulated a concise list of his requirements for living well. “One must be reasonable in one’s demands on life,” he wrote. “For myself, all that I ask is: 1. accurate information; 2. coherent knowledge; 3. deep understanding; 4. infinite loving wisdom; 5. no more kidney stones, please.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you to create your own tally of the Five Crucial Provisions. Be bold and precise as you inform life about your needs.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

“We may be surprised at whom God sends to answer our prayers,” wrote author Janette Oke. I suspect that observation will apply to you in the coming weeks. If you’re an atheist or agnostic, I’ll rephrase her formulation for you: “We may be surprised at whom Life sends to answer our entreaties.” There’s only one important thing you have to do to cooperate with this experience: set aside your expectations about how help and blessings might appear.

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careers. FREE Fri., Aug. 23, 9 a.m.-noon.

404-885-1983. lanlhalexanda@gmail.com. attorneykennugent.com/. Savannah Station, 601 Cohen St. SAVANNAH SEERSUCKER RIDE Show off your Southern summer clothing with a casual bike ride around Ardsley Park, Chatham Crescent, and other nearby neighborhoods. Meet at the park for free iced coffee, breakfast pastries and fresh fruit, then leave at 10 a.m. to cruise shady streets. Return to the park for croquet and lawn games around 11 a.m. Sat., Aug. 24, 9:30 a.m. Tiedemann Park, 502 Washington Ave-.

SAVANNAH VOICE FESTIVAL’S BACK TO EARTH: FESTIVAL GALA DINNER 6:00pm – Cocktails and Pre-show 7:00pm – Concert 8:00pm – Dinner and 2020 Opera Season Announcement After three weeks of great events and special moments, the Savannah VOICE Festival wraps up with a Gala Dinner and Concert. Say goodbye to the artists of 2019 and hear the 2020 line-up of Savannah Operas in this special wrap up night! IF YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS A NOTE – THEN DON’T MISS THIS EVENT! Sponsored by Naomi and Barry R. Cohen. $125 Sat., Aug. 24, 6 p.m. 855-7667372. info@savannahvoicefestival.org. savannahvoicefestival.org/. Plantation Club at The Landings, 1 Cottonwood Drive.

SAVANNAH VOICE FESTIVAL’S COME TOGETHER MASTER CLASS Great music is made when great musicians come together. This unique master class, featuring Georgia Southern Voice Students, explores the relationship between piano and voice, and the effort and communication that must take place when they collaborate.

Free Fri., Aug. 23, 12-1:30 p.m. 855766-7372. info@savannahvoicefestival. org. savannahvoicefestival.org/festival/ come-together-master-class-2/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. SAVANNAH VSU ALUMNI CHAPTER CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT The Savannah VSU Alumni Chapter welcomes you to join us for a fundraising Cornhole Tournament that will go towards supporting local high school students attending the university. Registration is $40 per team. There will be several giveaways from local business and companies with first and second place receiving cash prizes!! $40 per team Sat., Aug. 24, 1-6 p.m. 229-333-5797. alumni@valdosta. edu. community.valdostastate.org/pages/ alumni/savannah-chapter-cornholetournament-copy. bdburgers.net. B & D Burgers (Congress St.), 912-238-8315.

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 38 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.

SUSAN MCELROY READING AND SIGNING Susan McElroy Montanari -Reading and Signing her new book: “Goldilocks For Dinner -A Funny Book About Manners.”

Illustrated by Jake Parker, it is a Junior Library Guild Selection. Sat., Aug. 24, 2-3 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 7804 Abercorn St. TEXAS HOLD’EM POKER Free point based poker! Beginners welcome!

Games at 6:30 pm and 9:00 pm. 0.00 Thursdays, 6:30-11 p.m. 912-988-1281. savannasocialmedia@gmail.com. facebook. com/201TapasLounge/. 201 Tapas Lounge, 201 James Blackburn Drive.

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/.

TYBEE LIGHTHOUSE SUNRISE TOURS This early morning tour gives guests the opportunity to learn a bit about the history of the historic Tybee Lighthouse, which dates back to 1773, and view the sunrise from the top of the tower. $25 Sat., Aug. 24, 6:30-8 a.m. 912-786-5801. desiree@ tybeelighthouse.org. tybeelighthouse.org/.

Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. TYBEE LIGHTHOUSE SUNSET TOUR This afterhours tour gives our guests the opportunity to learn a bit about the history of the historic Tybee Lighthouse, which dates back to 1773, and view the sunset from the top of the tower. $25 Fri., Aug. 23, 7:30-9 p.m. 912-786-5801. desiree@ tybeelighthouse.org. tybeelighthouse.org/.

Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave.

FESTIVALS

7TH ANNUAL SAVANNAH VOICE FESTIVAL Themed “Heaven and Earth,” the Savannah VOICE Festival is unveiling an impressive lineup for their 2019 season. The seventh annual festival will be in and around Savannah, offering music from opera, musical theatre and popular song. As a means of supporting their mission to build a sought-after Festival, SVF presents classical artists that not only shine in the operatic repertoire, but are able to display their versatility in many enchanting crossover happenings throughout the over 30 events. $25-75 Through Aug. 25. 855-766-7372. info@VOICExperienceFoundation.org. savannahvoicefestival.org. Westin Savannah Harbor, 1 Resort Drive.

SOUTHERN ROOTS FOOD AND MUSIC FEST The first annual Garden City Southern Roots Festival promises to celebrate Southern food, music and more. The event will kick

off at 2 p.m. with a fried chicken contest followed by live music from local and regional artists. Headliner Tracy Byrd is set to take the stage to end the night. $10-$25 Sat., Aug. 24, 2 p.m. southernrootsfest. com/. Garden City City Hall, 100 Central Ave.

FITNESS

AERIAL YOGA CLASSES Increase flexibility and strength using aerial yoga, a relatively new approach to a traditional yoga practice. We use a silk fabric called a ‘hammock’ to support the weight of our bodies, helping us achieve various postures with more depth, ease and excitement. Every Saturday. Class size limited. Required to register online ahead of time. $25 Saturdays, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

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

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

Beyond the self defense aspects of the art its true goal is to challenge its practitioners to discover their best selves. $50/month for JEA Members, $70/month for NonMembers, or $80/8-class punch card Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-6040958, 912-346-2650. AikiNorm@aol.com, AikidoBilly@hotmail.com. CoastalAikido. com. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. BALLET BODY TONING Ballet Body Toning is a ballet inspired workout designed to improve balance, flexibility, and use body resistance to strengthen core, legs & booty. This workout is low impact and scorches major calories and teaches you basic ballet! Call to make a reservation before class. 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. 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. CORE AND MORE WITH MADISON Mondays, 6 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. EXERCISE CLASS Stretches, strengthening and general feel good moves. ongoing. 912-667-0487.

Functional Bodies, 821 E. 66th St. FIT4MOM SAVANNAH STROLLER STRIDES A group of moms that meet with strollers and workout at Savannah Mall, Daffin Park and on occasion Hull Park. Also offer HIIT Classes to other Moms who have any age children. The HIIT program is a kid free program. 1 hour long stroller based workout with kiddos. Moms- Pre and Post Natal, and kids of stroller age. Savannah Mall (M,W,F). Daffin Park (T,Th), Hull Park (Sat) ongoing. ashleyyoungblood@fit4mom.com. savannah.fit4mom.com. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. GET EXCITED AND MOVE This program is designed to combat the effects of Parkinson disease for Savannah/ Chatham-area people and their caregiver.

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

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

Class sessions and intensive workshops scheduled throughout the year and held at CustomFit Center. Visit savannahkravmaga on facebook for more info. 912-224-2085. ongoing. 912-224-2085. facebook.com/ savannahkravmaga. customfitcenter.com.

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2 Time Grammy Nominated Songwriter 8 - #1 Songs Over 100 Artists have recorded Archie’s songs Hall of Fame Songwriter What A Difference You Made in My Life It Was Almost Like A Song Let's Take the Long Way Around The World You Gave Me Love When Nobody Gave Me A Prayer He's Got It All in Control Jesus Is Your Ticket to Heaven

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