Connect Savannah April 8, 2020

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N QUARANTINE CONCERTS: PHANTOM WINGO — Jam faves Phantom Wingo perform a live set in a pro studio setting.

Wed., April 8, 7:30 p.m. quarantineconcerts.org QUARANTINE CONCERT: LULU THE GIANT — Local ensemble Lulu The Giant performs a live set in a pro studio setting.

Fri., April 10, 7:30 p.m. quarantineconcerts.org SARAH POOLE — Local musician Sarah Poole performs.

Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 6:30 p.m. facebook.com/sarah.poole.505 SEAN MOLONEY — Local musician performs.

Daily 5 p.m. facebook.com/sean.moloney.5 IRISH MUSIC WITH SELDOM SOBER — Savannah’s only Irish music ensemble, Seldom Sober (Michael Corbett and Colleen Settle) perform a set spanning Trad Irish to American folk.

Tuesdays, 8 p.m. facebook.com/seldomsober/

Forsyth Farmer’s Market SAT 4.11

SMF AT NOON30 CONCERT SERIES — Every day at 12:30pm EST through April 11, at-home and in-studio video performances by 2020 festival artists will be posted to the Savannah Music Festival YouTube channel.

Daily 12:30 p.m. youtube.com/user/SMForg

LIVESTREAMS BLUEGRASS BY THE PINT FROM SERVICE BREWING — Join Service Brewing for live Bluegrass from one of our favorite local bands, City Hotel!

Fridays, 6 p.m. facebook.com/servicebrewing/ COOKING BETWEEN THE LINES — Handson cooking lessons from Chef Darin Sehnert.

Mondays, 6 p.m., Wednesdays, 6 p.m. and Fridays, 6 p.m. facebook.com/chefdarinskitchentable/ ERIC BRITT — Local singer/songwriter Eric Britt plays solo sets, alternating with releases from his new album ‘Full Circle.’

Wed., April 8, 6 p.m. facebook.com/eric.britt1 FLASHBACK: A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BAR WITH A SPORTS ATTITUDE — Livestreams with area artists each Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

FRONT PORCH IMPROV: STORYTIME — What’s the story, morning glory? You have to check in to find out!

Mondays-Fridays, 1 p.m. facebook.com/frontporchimprov/ FRONT PORCH IMPROV: CLASSICS — Enjoy archives of past Front Porch Improv performances.

Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. facebook.com/frontporchimprov/ JASON BIBLE — Jason Bible of local favorites The Train Wrecks performs solo sets.

Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays, 8 p.m. facebook.com/thetrainwrecksband/ LANEY CONTEMPORARY — Join Laney Contemporary Art Gallery on Instagram Live each day for a PRESENT TENSE #ArtBreak 5 p.m.

NSFW DJ COLLECTIVE — Livestreams from you favorite NSFW DJs plus special guest mixes.

5 p.m.-midnight. Fridays-Sundays. facebook.com/NSFWDJ/

PSYCHOTRONIC FILM SOCIETY VIEWING PARTIES — PFS streams unusual featurelength movies with live, locally produced introductions. After the films (and even during, if folks want) viewers can discuss the films in Real-Time via the comments section of our page. In order to receive the secret link to these hidden streaming playlists, people MUST join the PFS of SAV’s Private Facebook Group, at the link below. Each week, anyone who chooses to voluntarily donate at least $5 to the organization via PayPal or Venmo receives a free high quality digital download of a movie from the PFS archive, and is entered into a drawing to win a free limited edition T-shirt. Links remain active for 48 hours.

Wednesdays, Sundays, 8 p.m. facebook.com/groups/2519522234807695/ OTIUM SAVANNAH YOGA STUDIO AND WELLNESS SPACE — 20 minute guided meditation overlooking the city from Perry Lane Hotel rooftop.

9am on Thursdays. @otiumsavannah and @ThePerryLaneHotel Instagram channels

STREAMING ODD! — Odd Lot Improv is streaming some favorite games live! Watch live and interact! Give suggestions! Comment as we go! You can also post your favorite quotes, lyrics, weird words to this event and we will try to incorporate as many as we can!

Fridays, 7:30 p.m. facebook.com/OddLot/ SUNDAY SERVICE WITH EPIPHANY — A “different kind of church,” Epiphany livestreams their Sunday morning service.

Sundays, 11 a.m. facebook.com/EpiphanySavannah/ VIRTUAL GROUP BIKE RIDE — Every Friday, Bike Walk Savannah will be releasing a new virtual bike ride route for you to check out, ranging from 3-20 miles. We’ll be doing the ride on Friday morning (weather permitting), and encourage you to fit that week’s ride into your schedule.

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A governor who cannot govern and Florida had closed their beaches, recognizing the extreme threat of large gatherings of people spreading the virus.

BY JIM MOREKIS And Kemp decided to re-open ours. jim@connectsavannah.com Even the most rock-ribbed conservatives all over the Savannah area were callIN A STATE that’s been strongly red for ing the Republican governor a “moron,” an decades, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won “idiot,” and things we can’t print here. his election in 2018 by only about 50,000 The irony was rich in many ways. After votes, in a contest marked by allegations of a rocky start, Tybee Island had finally gotvoter suppression. ten things right on the pandemic.

That thin mandate had already granted As Tybee Island City Councilman him very little margin for error in consoli- Monty Parks posted: dating public support.

“We had this. We had this place closed But whatever benefit of the doubt he’s down tighter than a tick after a full meal. been granted, at least in our local area, has The beaches were closed, the parking almost completely dried up. lots were closed, the STVR managers and His actions during the coronavirus pan- hotels had voluntarily complied with our demic have been nothing short of embarordinance, the gift shops and the t shirt rassing, and at worst, deadly. shops were in full compliance. At 11 pm, Thanks to our governor, Georgia became everything closed and at no time was an a national laughingstock when Kemp said open container allowed. Our restaurants during a press conference that he’d only were in full compliance. WE HAD THIS!!!”

“This [order] in my mind is dangerous, it’s irresponsible, and it’s sad… it’s important that you continue to do what we have asked you to do.”

On the governor’s lack of basic knowledge about coronavirus, Johnson said, “I was mortified… this blew my mind. I’m not all that smart, but I knew two and a half weeks ago” that the virus could be spread by those without symptoms.

I try to refrain from criticizing other local media here, because we all live in some sort of glass house, me included.

But the Savannah Morning News headline on Johnson’s reaction — “Defying Georgia governor, Savannah mayor extends city’s state-of-emergency orders through April 30” — was not only inflammatory, it was something even worse for journalists: factually inaccurate.

The story was about Johnson extending the City’s own, more restrictive shelter-inplace order through the end of April. This

Even the most rock-ribbed conservatives all over the Savannah area were calling the Republican Gov. Brian Kemp a “moron,” an “idiot,” and things we can’t print here. learned “within the past 24 hours” that the virus can be spread from asymptomatic people.

That’s literally one of the first things everyone else learned about the virus.

Georgia then made more national news for a needless and infuriating showdown between Kemp and local officials.

His long awaited ‘shelter-in-place’ order, going into effect this past Friday, turned out not to be the more restrictive measure desperately called for by area officials.

Rather, it was an almost laughably watered-down measure which would actually undo much of the good that local officials worked so hard to implement.

Under the order, malls, churches, car dealerships, and golf courses can be open, among other things, as long as a vague measure of social distancing is observed.

Written specifically to nullify any local measures already in place, Kemp’s executive order can be seen as a grotesque abuse of office — and one that might prove lethal.

The focus of the showdown had a Churchillian element: It was fought on the beaches.

When people realized Kemp’s order mandated that the Tybee beach re-open, all hell broke loose on local social media.

The timing couldn’t have been more ridiculous. Even our two stubbornly conservative border states of South Carolina

Tybee Mayor Shirley Sessions — normally soft-spoken by nature — showed a steely resolve worthy of Churchill himself in the face of the governor’s order.

In a statement Saturday morning, she excoriated the state’s chief executive: “Tybee City Council and I are devastated by the sudden directives and do not support his decisions. The health of our residents, staff and visitors are being put at risk and we will pursue legal avenues to overturn his reckless mandate,” Sessions wrote.

Taking the notion of “home rule” to its logical extreme, Tybee decided to outsmart Kemp. That’s a low bar, I know.

Acknowledging the state’s authority to re-open the beach, but only the beach, Tybee decided to drastically limit what it could control: beach access and parking.

In the City of Savannah, unfortunately, it’s not as easy as shutting off a few paths through the dunes.

During Mayor Van Johnson’s usual Friday night Facebook Live session — what I’ve taken to calling his Fireside Chat, a la FDR — he wasn’t shy about expressing his frustration with the governor’s flip-flop of first encouraging localities to do their own thing, then totally undercutting them.

“Savannah came up with remedies that we felt were right to protect Savannahians,” the Mayor told viewers.

simply means that if the state order isn’t extended past its own April 13 deadline, the City’s order will immediately go back into effect.

With this act, Johnson did not “defy” the governor, as the local daily paper claims.

He knows his order can’t legally override the governor’s He simply acted preemptively to make sure that if the state continued to fail its citizens, the City would have an existing protocol already in place.

The real danger now is twofold: First, and most obviously, Kemp’s executive order could actually end up promoting the spread of the virus.

Secondly, but also key, Kemp’s order has so eroded public confidence in his leadership that virtually anything he says and does from this point forward with regards to COVID-19 is likely to be dismissed as the ravings of an ignoramus.

That’s bad for Kemp politically, but much more importantly, it’s bad for the people of Georgia.

So, into this leadership gap charge local leaders who must make life-and-death decisions, while in positions that are usually more focused on filling potholes.

Theirs is a job already hard enough during this challenging time — and now made even more difficult when leadership at the top is so very lacking. CS

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NEWS & OPINION QUARANTINE CHRONICLES Rubi McGrory.

PHOTO BY GEOFF L. JOHNSON.

themselves. It’s this weird thing where I’m quarantined in my house and their house because their house is where I was exposed to it.

I feel fine. I haven’t been able to smell anything for a week, which is really weird because I’ve got a really strong nose. I’ve had no fever or anything else. I’ve been tasting as many possible cookies as I can to make sure I have not lost my appetite.

helpers.

I can’t imagine what it’s like to be home and unemployed if you’ve got kids in the house, you’ve got to try to educate them, God forbid the kids have special needs.

I think my husband I are so lucky. He’s got a workshop in the garage; he has not stopped making and building and doing, and I’m upstairs in the kitchen or the studio, making and building and doing stuff.

But not everybody has that. Not everybody knows how to go to a place to keep themselves busy.

What’s the biggest problem you’re having right now?

Tell me more about the Tenenbaums.

What were they like?

You know what? I think I’m so lucky. My husband is home, we really like each other, there’s not an issue of feeling like I’m in an unsafe situation or anything like that. He is a yacht captain; he’s clearly going to be out of work for at least six months. We have enough in savings that we’ll be okay for a couple months.

But nobody knows what it’s going to look like on the other side of this. I’m the kind of person that I could probably be quarantined for six months and I would never run out of either art projects or personal projects to do. I am not the kind of person who’s going to lose my mind out of boredom.

Part of me feels really helpless that I can’t help people more. I don’t think I should be exposing myself to people. Molly Lieberman did that big push two weeks ago and she was getting the art kits to everybody, and I knew there was nothing I could do to help with that amazing effort.

I’m definitely going to be quarantining myself for at least another two weeks. I feel like there are people who need help, and I don’t know how to help them, which is how my artwork is coming into it. I’m going to circle back and talk about that now.

I don’t have the show opening, and when Peter [Roberts of Location Gallery] and I talked about it—I can’t believe that was only two weeks ago—it seemed like such a premature decision, but I’m glad we did because I was able to shift my focus from feverishly getting work done for the show, to then my focus was, “Okay, so how am I going to make the world a slightly better place as we work our way through this?”

I decided that every day I’m going to make something and post it on Instagram and try to lighten anybody’s mental load.

One of the things I’m doing is offering to anyone who wants, I’ll put together a little goodie package and send it to you. It’s going to be random as fuck. I set up something on my website for people to go and fill out.

Something I keep thinking about is, every time something happens in our world, you see people posting this quote from Mr. Rogers that says, “Look for the helpers.” And I just got to the point where, don’t look for the helpers, fucking be the

My heart isn’t just broken, it’s smashed to smithereens. But I am so grateful that I got to know them the way I did. They’re such amazing people, and they’re like the kind of old person I want to be, who was really happy and can look back on their life with gratitude for all the adventures they had and how much fun they had.

Arnold, I think, is one of the smartest people I’ve ever met. He was always reading; he was a strong thinker. He’s a really fair man. He examined all sides of everything before he made a decision. Lorlee has a million stories to tell, and nobody thinks her stories are funnier than she does.

What was really heartbreaking about the way he died in the hospital was that, once he went to the hospital, he couldn’t get any visitors. Their family was very close, and the fact they couldn’t be together or have any kind of memorial is really hard.

I think the only consolation is that their parents died together.

Are you feeling okay?

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Former personal chef for the late Tenenbaums discusses her life and struggles in the time of coronavirus

BY RACHAEL FLORA

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rachael@connectsavannah.com

THIS WEEK, we debut a new series, Quarantine Chronicles, which is a look at life for real people in our community during this time of uncertainty.

Rubi McGrory is an artist and a personal chef for Arnold and Lorlee Tenenbaum, who both recently passed away due to complications from COVID-19.

What’s life like for you? How are you doing?

Right now, I’m actually making frosting for a birthday cake for someone. It’s sort of weird because I’m in a situation where I just lost two people that meant a lot to 6 me, and I worked for them, but sometimes

when I was working I was living in their house with them in Santa Fe. I’m first processing that these people are gone, and they were wonderful people.

The world needs as many good, kind souls as possible, and we are now in arrears two of them.

At the bottom of that, and not the least of my concerns but not the forefront of my mind, is that fact that I’m unemployed now. I don’t think there’s going to be a huge market for personal chefs for dinner parties anytime soon. I was also supposed to have a solo show that opened [April 3].

I want to talk about the feeling of processing things while being unemployed. How are you managing that?

Two of their daughters are still in town, so I’m cooking for them; they’ve quarantined

This question seems unfair to ask, but when this is over— What do I want to do when I grow up?

Yes, exactly that.

Honestly, I have absolutely no idea. And on one hand, I don’t see any opportunities to do this anytime soon. I write for a yachting magazine, which I’ve done for like ever. I might revisit some of that work.

I’ve always wanted to write a book about my yachting adventures, but I don’t want to be that person who’s like, “I’m stuck in quarantine, so I’m going to learn a foreign language, teach myself a musical instrument, and write the great American novel!”

So, what I am doing is, although I’ve been super busy, I’m trying to give myself latitude to just chill out. I’ve decided that since I know we’re in place for at least the month of April, I’m going to treat it as an artist residency and play around and see what I want to do. But again, I don’t have kids, I don’t have that to worry about. It’s just me and my husband, and pretty soon we’re going to get to the end of Netflix. CS

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Lana DiConstanzo.

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Deep’s program manager talks about how we can help systems-involved youth right now rachael@connectsavannah.com

DICO — short for Lana DiConstanzo — is the program manager for systemsinvolved youth at Deep Center.

This is her Quarantine Chronicle.

What are some of the issues that systems-involved youth are facing?

In general, without a pandemic, there are a lot of issues that require direct service.

There’s really no way around that.

I know at WREP they go in and pick the boys up and bring them to the facility, and they make sure they’re getting placed in jobs. If there’s anything going on in the home, they’re aware of that.

In times like this, it gets a little tricky because there’s minimal ways to get in contact with people right now. If somebody doesn’t answer the phone, that’s pretty much it.

There’s a lot of families who don’t have internet, they don’t have a computer in the home, they don’t utilize email services, things like that. So when we talk about direct service, especially with that particular population, it’s almost like we can’t really get our jobs done.

I know some of my young men who are involved in the courts, one in particular I ran into at Dollar Tree, he was expressing his frustration because in March, he was supposed to go to court to get off probation.

That got pushed to the side, so he is still on probation.

For kids who are like, “I’m supposed to be off probation by now, but I can’t get off probation because the world is shut down,” it’s really frustrating.

I think what makes a lot of my work different from other programs is that I generated programming around the communities I serve, not created the programming and looked for people to be a part of it. Stuff like drop-in, which is an enrichment program that’s after school on Wednesdays and Fridays, I designed it so that it was specifically for kids who maybe are not good with commitment, but they’ll

show up when they want to; you’re not being penalized for not coming.

Those things are still needed, but it’s hard to create that virtually, and that’s where we’re at too. I know that one of the large issues with being under quarantine is that you have a lot of young people who, idle minds can be the devil’s playground, and when they don’t have anything to do, they start committing crimes, just out of boredom.

Maybe it’s necessity—when there’s a lack of resources, they have to find their resources how they need to. Without having some type of outlet to occupy a portion of that time can prove to be really detrimental in the long run.

And that’s what that drop-in space was.

Without that, I’m just wondering like, a lot of these kids are in a rough home life too.

That three-hour break is what they need. They need to go to school because being at home is too painful. How do we still support those young people?

The trickiest part about that is the fact that right now, we’re in this space where we can barely get in contact, so those are some of the most frustrating things, especially ensuring they have resources and things of that nature.

How are you doing that?

One of the things that I did was with the resource document, I created the one-page leaflet with the QR code on the bottom and I handed that out to areas and locations, at least before this really settled, that people in those communities frequent.

I tried to go to the community centers, but I missed them because they had already closed. The Krogers, the post office, the Dollar Trees—I tried my best to make sure I handed those papers out to those businesses. I asked them to put them in the windows because at the time, I wasn’t sure if businesses were going to close or not, but I figure that if you were asked to close, at least then somebody can walk around and see the paper and have access to the document.

Some of my friends who own businesses in the community, what we’d been doing

was collecting toilet tissue and and canned goods just so there’s a hub for that stuff in case anybody that we know needs it right now can just get it, and not necessarily have to go through the loops to contact this agency or that agency.

It’s more like, “Hey, I know somebody who can help you out—just go over here and ask them about it.”

It’s more helpful to have someone you know who can help you than just calling a stranger on the phone.

Right, and that’s the bare minimum I can do—just making sure that things are accessible in some way, shape or form to the communities who need it.

Because everything was moving so fast, things were changing by the hour.

My brain was thinking more of, how can we be proactive to make sure that if they can’t even contact me, where can they go to make sure they have some type of access to some type of information?

Even the internet—I have internet, but sometimes it’s barely working right now because the servers are so overloaded. I know that some of the newer subsidized housing units come with WiFi, but what is the strength? Is it dependable? And I think that’s a lot of what we need to start thinking about. What do people really need?

What do you want people to understand about systems-involved youth and how to better serve them now?

Honestly, I’m not sure. That one-on-one contact is the only thing we have right now

for sure. I’m still in contact with the directors at WREP just to see who they’ve been able to contact and who they’re not able to get in contact with.

For businesses that are still able to remain open, being a hub of resources at this time is probably the most beneficial.

That’s the main thing I want people to understand, too.

I understand businesses need to make money, but if we only know to go to this restaurant to get food, it would be nice to also have some type of resources, maybe if it’s just toilet paper for somebody who needs it.

Also being mindful. I think we hear this a lot where people who are buying in bulk right now and hoarding, you’re taking away from people who really need that stuff right about now. And as history has shown, when people don’t have access to things, they go and get it how they know how to get it, and it’s not always the way we would like for them to go get it.

Savannah’s already a pretty tumultuous city as far as dealing with hopelessness and gentrification on a very fast-paced scale.

To also be in this position where people are losing jobs at a much faster rate, and resources and transportation are slowly starting to be taken away, what can we do with our little privilege to make sure that those who need and those who don’t have can get the resources they need?

Even if it’s just, “Let me go ahead and bring some toilet tissue to this gas station and maybe talk to the owner about having some there for anybody who needs it.” It’s just that small. That’s something I want people to know. CS 7

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A local economy in serious flux

Georgia Southern’s Economic Monitor examines Savannah metro outlook

BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

THERE’S A LOT of buzz about the economy right now, and rightfully so.

In the past two weeks, millions Americans have filed for unemployment. Savannah hotels, usually filled to the brim this time of year, are at about 6% capacity.

On top of that, the Georgia Southern Economic Monitor’s fourth quarter report was released last week, reporting a strong finish to 2019 but predicting a big slowdown in the first half of 2020.

What does it all mean? Should you be worried? What next steps should you personally take?

Dr. Michael Toma is here to help.

Toma, the Fuller E. Callaway professor of economics at Georgia Southern, is behind the economic monitor, which analyzes data and identifies trends that affect our Savannah metro economy. He released the Q4 report last week.

He says the three main economic indicators leading the surge in the last quarter of 2019 were port activity, electricity sales, and tourism. The report predicts a modest slowdown in growth for the first quarter of 2020.

Because the report is of the final fiscal quarter of 2019, this slowdown was predicted before any of the effects of COVID-19 were beginning to take place.

“The slowdown does not mean go into a recession,” explains Toma. “Slowdown means deceleration, so the rate of growth was going to slow a little bit. That was the projection prior to all of our lives getting turned on our heads by this virus that’s going around.”

The economic monitor uses seasonally adjusted data, which means that fluctuations we see in our own local economy, like a slow tourist season in the winter, is factored out. The projected slowdown was based on other factors.

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“Labor market indicators and housing market indicators were a little softer in Q4, and I think consumer confidence started to wane a little bit,” says Toma, “so just enough to turn things flat, but not related to the normal seasonal cycle we see everyday with our eyes. Statistically, that data is removed.”

So, when we will begin to see the effects of COVID-19 on these economic reports?

“I’m anticipating that at least through the end of April and probably halfway into May, we’re going to see significant shutdowns in the economy,” predicts Toma.

“We do have a few indicators we can look at, and the rest is basically back-of-theenvelope type calculations.”

One factor Toma points to is the hotel occupancy rates in Savannah, which have suffered a reduction of over 90%. That decline likely mirrors the tourism industry here, which is a major driving force of our economy.

In turn, because tourists aren’t eating at our restaurants or buying gifts at our retail stores, those industries will slow down as well. Toma estimates that retail sales will likely decline by 30 to 40 percent, but that’s’ a rough estimate that will most likely be refined when the April data comes in.

Another factor is the unemployment rate, which nationally hit 6.6 million last week.

“At the national level, that’s up by a factor of about 25,” says Toma. “We went from about 270,000 weekly claims to 6.6 million. At the state level in Georgia, that factor is about 20—we went from about 6,700 to about 132,000. That’s a factor of 20 in two weeks.”

Based on that math, if the factor of 20 holds, Savannah will go from 500 monthly unemployment claims to 10,000 claims.

“If 10,000 people end up on the unemployment rolls, that’s going to push our unemployment levels at least to the 8-10% range, up from about 2.6%,” says Toma.

How can we get out of this certain economic crisis? The most important thing right now, Toma says, is filing for unemployment insurance benefits and making

use of other fiscal policy programs available to you.

The fiscal stimulus package recently passed by the government includes $500 billion that’s available as direct payment to individuals, and $200 to $250 billion in unemployment insurance benefits.

Toma emphasizes that many of the requirements to file for unemployment have been waived, such as the work search requirement, and that individuals should check the Georgia Department of Labor’s website to find out what else they may qualify for.

Additionally, $350 billion in lending facilities and lending credit has been made available to small businesses. Eligible businesses can apply for and be approved for a loan in the same day, and the loans are forgivable if they are used primarily to pay wages.

“There’s an enormous amount of money being made available to small businesses, which is where a lot of us end up working,” says Toma. “Those small businesses really ought to be focusing on, how can I get the credit I need to get over this?”

That’s why the stimulus package is so important: it helps us get through this.

“Right now, we’re in a very uncertain economic time, and the idea is to create a bridge from where we were before this happened back to where we were when it started,” says Toma.

“It’s meant to get us past this point in time, which is unprecedented. We’ve never seen the economy shut down so fast ever, period. So what we don’t know is how long this is going to last.”

We can gather some clues from the Chinese economy, which is beginning to start back up again, and our country’s history of pandemics over the past century, which follow the pattern of a V-shaped recovery: a sharp decline and a relatively sharp recovery.

“The story I’m telling about a sharp decline in Q2, partial starting recovery in Q3, and more substantial recovery in Q4, that’s fairly consistent across most economic forecasts,” says Toma.

“Of course, just because that’s what everybody is saying doesn’t make it right, but I think conceptually it makes a lot of sense.” CS The Economic Monitor can be found at news.georgiasouthern.edu.

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‘Rebalancing’ streets for the new reality

I’VE followed the same route on evening walks around my neighborhood for years.

It’s a rectangular ramble that takes me down shady streets and through several parks. Now I’ll have to find a new circuit.

My route has become popular and there are just too many people out walking, pushing strollers, and riding bikes to physically distance without constantly zigzagging back and forth across the street to avoid close contact.

The good news for me is I can simply shift my route a block in either direction to streets that are less traveled. Although it was developed at the dawn of the motor age and anticipated increasing use of private automobiles, my neighborhood was also designed at a time when most people still walked to where they needed to go.

Again, I’m lucky to live i n a place where parks and sidewalks are plentiful.

is down between 48-58 percent. Wide streets, such as Victory Drive, are now wide open, which encourages some drivers to speed. At the same time, more people are out walking and riding bikes.

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Most Savannahians aren’t so fortunate. Almost 75 percent of streets in our city lack sidewalks.

Many Savannah residents can’t open their front doors and walk to a park in less than five minutes. I can walk to four in that time.

“I think it’s important to acknowledge how dramatically and quickly this pandemic has exposed systemic inequities in so many aspects of daily life from healthcare and employment to housing and access to food, and of course, transportation,” said Jennifer Toole, president of Toole Design, a planning, engineering and landscape architecture firm with offices in the U.S. and Canada.

“It’s also important to reflect on the fact that these inequities have been there all along and were a daily reality for millions of A March 27 estimate by StreetLight Data and Cuebiq suggests vehicle miles traveled in Chatham County Americans before COVID-19.”

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She made her comments while hosting a April 2 webinar called, “Rebalancing Streets for People,” which explored how to reconfigure streets, at least temporarily, to provide more safe places for people to walk, bike, and run while maintaining a safe physical distance from each other.

The solutions developed to achieve this goal must be implemented with “equity, ethics, and empathy,” Toole said.

With motor vehicle traffic down some 40 percent nationwide, many cities are opening traffic lanes and even entire streets to people as a means to relieve pressure on increasingly crowded sidewalks, trails, and parks.

It’s a viable tactic, especially since reduced traffic has led to increased speeding. Jeremy Chrzan, an engineer who leads Toole Design’s multimodal practice, explained why.

“We are seeing that traffic volumes are going down, and pretty significantly. But we are also recognizing that every road now looks like every car commercial we’ve ever seen in our lives. The roads are wide open and that’s accommodating faster speeds” he said.

Footage of sleek vehicles roaring through empty city streets is a car commercial cliché. However, the streets aren’t really empty, Chrzan said.

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“I think it’s important to acknowledge how dramatically and quickly this pandemic has exposed systemic inequities in so many aspects of daily life from healthcare and employment to housing and access to food, and of course, transportation” “This is a troubling trend given that we have more people out walking and biking, whether they are trying to get to their essential jobs, or just out to get groceries or fresh air,” he said.

As weeks of sheltering in place go by, people will become even more desperate to spend time outdoors and it’s best to plan and put safety measures in place now to meet demand, instead of ignoring it, Toole said.

There’s also growing speculation that high demand for safe places to walk, bike, and roll will persist after the pandemic peaks. People may not be willing

to surrender an expanded public realm to car traffic, once they’ve benefited from improved safety and access.

Gil Penalosa hopes they won’t. He’s founder and chair of 8 80 Cities, an international non-profit organization that endeavors to enhance mobility and public spaces and create “vibrant, healthy, and equitable communities.”

For decades, he explained, “we have been building cities that are unsustainable. I hope we don’t go back to the past.”

Speaking at the April 3 Southeastern Trails and Greenways Virtual Summit organized by the East Coast Greenway

Alliance, Penalosa reminded his audience that temporary infrastructure changes can become beloved.

And permanent. He offered the Eiffel Tower as an example. Constructed for the 1900 Paris Exposition, it was originally scheduled for demolition 20 years later.

Like Toole, Penalosa said the crisis has revealed the cataclysmic impacts of poverty and he urged communities to focus on their most vulnerable residents.

That’s what Armand Turner, Healthy Savannah’s program manager for physical activity, is aiming to do through his work to engage the public in planning for the Tide to Town trail system.

“Over the past few months Healthy Savannah has been making an effort to work with the residents of Savannah’s under-served neighborhoods to bring more opportunities for active transportation,” he said. Although his efforts have been interrupted by COVID-19, he said intends to resume neighborhood outreach as soon as circumstances permit.

“The communities we are working with are rich with history and have played a vital part in making Savannah what it is today,” Turner said. “But when celebrating the diversity, we also must not ignore the disparities. Doing what we can to create safe, activity friendly routes for all of our neighbors is our top priority.” CS

NEWS & OPINION HEALTH

COVID-19 in calligraphy

An explainer from a noted local illustrator and naturalist

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The best way to control or eliminate a virus infection is vaccination. Labs around

BY MALLORY PEARCE the world are working on vaccines, including Dietmar Hopp in Germany. A vaccine stimulates your own immune system to THE COVID-19 virus is spreading rapidly attack the infecting agent. throughout the world. As this issue goes to The history of vaccination goes back press, Georgia has had 229 deaths from the to the 18th-century smallpox epidemic. virus, and the U.S. over 10,000 deaths.

Many milkmaids who worked with cows Its symptoms are similar to the flu and contracted cowpox, which was similar to common cold: runny nose, sore throat, smallpox but not dangerous. cough, difficulty breathing, and fever. All Those dairy workers were immune to three diseases are caused by viruses. Sevsmallpox, so medical professionals began eral other familiar diseases are also caused to use cowpox as a vaccine. by viruses: mumps, measles, chicken pox, The immune system uses a protein polio, smallpox, and yellow fever. called an immunoglobulin antibody. The So what is a virus and how does it infect? antibody attaches to the virus and forms Many diseases are caused by bacteria or clumps which are gobbled up by a white protista which are complete cells. blood cell known as a macrophage. These A virus is a fragment of a cell, almost like antibodies are produced by the B lymphoa free-floating gene. In order to reproduce, a virus invades a normal body cell and uses the cell’s mechanism to multiply.

When the virus reproduces, the cell breaks apart and releases the viruses, which then infect other cells.

The core of a virus is a single strand of nucleic acid, usually RNA, surrounded by a capsid of protein organized into an icosahedron.

Some viruses, such as coronaviruses, are encased in a lipid cytes. These lymphocytes regularly attack membrane similar to the cell membrane. our bodies’ infections.

When a virus enters a cell, its membrane A vaccine stimulates production of B merges with the cell’s membrane, and the lymphocytes that carry the antibodies speRNA enters the cell. cific to the infecting organism. Thus you Each cell uses a particle called a ribobecome immune to that specific disease. some to synthesize proteins from its own A vaccine is a non-dangerous form or an nucleic acid. The viral RNA attaches to the analogous form of the disease. Experts say cell’s ribosome to synthesize its proteins. that unfortunately it may take a year or The viral RNA is duplicated by an more to perfect a COVID-19 vaccine. enzyme, RNA transcriptase. The RNA is Clinical trials are underway using blood wrapped by the protein covering. When it plasma from patients who recovered from leaves the cell, the virus takes a piece of the COVID-19 infections. Their plasma would cell’s membrane. Thus, using the cell’s own carry antibodies that could attack the machinery, the virus reproduces.

COVID-19 virus. CS The viruses are tiny, microscopic, and spread easily. A sneeze or cough will Mallory Pearce is a longtime Tybee island release viral particles into the air, or peoresident, former Tybee Councilman, acclaimed ple’s hands can spread them. Currently the illustrator, author, ecologist, and naturalist. This effort is being made to keep the virus from week he celebrated his 85th birthday. spreading from person to person.

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Savannah Police Violent Crimes detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man Tuesday evening, March 31.

“At around 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a residence on the 200 block of W. 60th Street and located Dschwane Baldwin with a serious gunshot wound. Baldwin was transported to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries,” police report.

Detectives are continuing to investigate this homicide: “This is not believed to be a random shooting at this time.”

16-year-old arrested for February homicide

On April 2, Savannah Police Violent Crimes detectives made an arrest in the February 28 homicide of Steven Meimen, II, 18.

“At around 5 p.m. on February 28, officers responded to the intersection of Florance and Orchard streets in regards to

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a shooting and located Meimen with lifethreatening injuries. Meimen was transported to a local hospital for treatment but later succumbed to his injuries,” police report.

During the course of the investigation, detectives identified Little Jay Lopez, 16, as the suspect in this case.

He turned himself in at police headquarters and was charged with murder.

He was transported to the Savannah Area Regional Youth Detention Center.

Chatham County Police investigating armed robberies targeting Hispanic victims

The Chatham County Police Department is investigating several armed robberies where the suspects are targeting Hispanic victims.

At approximately 4 a.m. April 3, “a victim residing in the 800 block of Quacco Road reported being awoken by a knock on his door. The victim stated that the person outside claimed to be law enforcement and displayed a badge. When the victim opened Tybee police officer tests positive the door, the suspect displayed a firearm for coronavirus; others quarantined and a struggle ensued. During the strugOn Sat. April 4, the City of Tybee Island gle, a female suspect ran into the residence confirmed that one of their police officers and stole cash from the victim’s wallet. The has tested positive for COVID-19. victim was not injured, and was unable to “First and foremost our thoughts give a detailed description of the suspects,” and prayers are with this officer and we police report. hope for a speedy recover,” says a City “Certain aspects of this crime lead spokesperson. detectives to believe that it is related to “We have been coordinating with CEMA other recent armed robberies in unincorand the Dept. of Health since the officer porated Chatham County where Hispanic became symptomatic, and conducted victims have been targeted,” they say. contact tracing to determine which other Anyone who has information about members of the police department interthese cases, is asked to call Chatham acted with the officer. We identified four County Police at 912-652-6920 or Crime members of the department and quaranStoppers at 912-234-2020. Tipsters are tined them immediately.” anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward. CS

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Doggone It! Finally, his partner “took me to the hospital that she works in because she wanted Alberto Tito Alejandro, 51, was arrested all her colleagues to laugh at me,” and following a high-speed chase after Washdoctors applied an anesthetic spray, then ington state troopers received multiple manually removed the magnets. “Needless calls on March 29 about a car hitting two to say, I am not going to play with the mag- other vehicles south of Seattle and then nets anymore,” Reardon said. racing away at speeds up to 100 mph, AFP -- Donuts Delite in Rochester, New York, reported. Trooper Heather Axtman said has found a special way to pay tribute to when officers got close to the 1996 Buick, immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci. Since they were shocked to see a dog sitting in March 23, the shop has been printing Dr. the driver’s seat. Alejandro was steering Fauci’s image on thin, edible paper, then and pushing the gas pedal from the passenapplying it to the buttercream frosting on ger seat. “When we took him into custody,” its doughnuts. Nick Semeraro, franchisee Axtman said, “he admitted to our troopof the shop, told the Democrat & Chronicle: ers that he was teaching his dog to drive. ...

“He’s on TV giving us the facts; you’ve got I’ve heard a lot of excuses ... but I’ve never to respect that. ... People are buying them had an excuse that the dog was driving.” like crazy. We’re making more right now.”

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to serve a small section of the kink community, find ourselves being sought out as a last-resort supplier to our National Health Service in a time of crisis, something is seriously wrong,” the company posted on Twitter. It also took the opportunity to provide a PSA: “Whether getting ready for some kinky fun or guarding against a virus outbreak, the single most effective method of infection control is scrupulous hand hygiene.”

Discovery

Friends Callum Gow, Josh Grossman and Carson Schiefner in British Columbia, Canada, all in their early 20s, decided a hike away from more heavily traveled trails near Alouette Lake would be a good way to maintain social distance on March 20. There have long been rumors of a stash of gold hidden in the area, but the treasure they discovered was completely different: a secret camp, including supplies, that hadn’t been touched for almost 30 years.

“It was almost like one of those time capsules that you run into,” Schiefner told the CBC. The hikers found sealed boxes, a radio, a Coleman stove, first aid supplies, a knife, tobacco and, apropos to current day, a big roll of toilet paper. A log book revealed the camp had been used from 1986 until 1991, and through social media, the hikers managed to find some of the original campers, including Rick Senft. He explained that a group of friends calling themselves the B.C. Weirdness Federation set up the camp, but “life gets in the way” and they gathered there less and less.

“They’re probably some of the best years I had,” he reminisced. CS

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The Vinyl Say: Rockabilly lifers Brady and the Bazookas

BY SEAN KELLY

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Each edition of The Vinyl Say features a different local musician, with the interviews taking place at Graveface Records & Curiosities. All we have is a store full of albums to draw from; no gig or album to promote, and no pre-planned talking points. The idea is simple - walk around a record store and talk about albums, influences, and all things music.

Brady and the Bazookas are fronted by the band’s namesake, who came to Savannah with a mission to spread the good word of rockabilly. Of course, there’s Stray Cats everywhere in this band’s sound, but they’re also equally as influenced by Carl Perkins and Gene Vincent. And yes, Brady plays a Gretsch guitar!

Today, Brady of Brady and the Bazookas has The Vinyl Say. Do you go record shopping a lot?

I do some record shopping. Most of the time it’s going to a place and saying, “Oh man, I’ve got to have that.” And then I buy it. I was listening to the first or second Zeppelin album, and I was like, “Oh, this sounds great!” And then I compared it to a digital version, which sounded like shit.

Obviously they did it specifically for the time, so when you transfer it to the digital world…

It loses an inherent quality.

I haven’t done this yet, but I’m going to go buy the Stray Cats 40 and I kind of wonder what it’ll sound like if you compare it side by side [with the earlier stuff].

Early Stray Cats stuff was all super clean. I don’t think the studio guys knew what to do with them. What do you mean you don’t distort your guitar? You know?

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Absolutely.

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(Points to a Merle Haggard record.)

I hung out in Texas one time and met up with a guy named Red Volkaert. He played with Merle Haggard, so I went back and listened to a lot of his stuff and Merle’s stuff— even though I’m not really a fan of country music. Just my personal taste.

When you come into a place like this, where do you immediately gravitate towards? Do you remember when you were young what you would’ve gravitated towards?

Brady himself.

When I was growing up, my grandfather would go out and buy records by Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis.

So the foundation that rockabilly was built on, essentially?

Yeah! So he’d go out and buy all of this stuff from Sun Records, and we’d listen to it on the way back and forth to Tennessee from Ohio. I didn’t realize until later that it started there. So now I go right to the bargain bin, because nobody cares about that stuff anymore so that’s where they hide it [laughs].

Well, let’s take a walk that way!

(We make our way to the back of the store to a bin of bargain-priced records,) When I was meandering earlier, I found a Duane Eddy record and figured it must sound pretty cool.

Oh, yeah!

(Brady pulls out Duane Eddy’s 1965 album ‘Duane Eddy Water Skiing.)’

Are you familiar with this one?

Actually, no! I wasn’t aware of Duane Eddy’s water skiing album [laughs].

It’s a surf album!

I imagine it was! Would that’ve been in the 60s when the surf craze was happening? I’m guessing that’s what that was about [laughs].

So yeah, this would always be the first thing I’d do. I’d look for the Sun Records stuff on 45’s and stuff like that. What about you?

Honestly, my favorite band is R.E.M. so that was always my jam growing up when it came specifically to records.

But I got into Motown when I was a kid as well, and concurrently a lot of the 50s and 60s pop stuff. I’m also a big jazz guy.

That’s cool!

I’ve asked this to everyone so far, but it’s something I think is fun to do—have you ever just walked into a record store and bought something based on the album cover?

I did that with movies! I’d walk into the store when VHS was still a thing, and I’d pick up a few tapes. I wound up with some really great movies. The horror section was where I’d end up.

THE VINYL SAY That makes sense. So, in the rockabilly vein, I think the first time I heard anything that was remotely classified as such was Reverend Horton Heat’s “Psychobilly Freakout.” But that album cover actually drew me before anything.

One of my favorites would’ve been Lucky Seven. It just happens to be a great album, but it also has casino artwork. If you see “rockabilly band” and “casino artwork” together, then the band most likely has their shit together [laughs].

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They’ve always felt more punk rock than, say, The Stray Cats.

I’ve met Jim Heath a few times! They’re from Dallas, so they’d come down to San Antonio where I was living and they’d do one-off shows for a ridiculous price. It was really awesome. When they first started out, they’d hit the blues clubs and restaurants. They’d focus on that, and then they started playing the punk clubs like the Continental in Austin. It was a strategic game, where they focused on the punk rock aspect. CS For more on Brady and the Bazookas, visit bradyandthebazookas.com

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BY SEAN KELLY

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BY NOW, you’ve seen our coverage of the Quarantine Concerts that are taking place on Tybee Island. Spearheaded by sound engineer and businessman Michael Gaster, the shows have been regularly broadcast from the Tybee Arts Association Black Box Theater until recently, when they moved to the Tybee Post Theater for better connectivity and more space for social distancing.

As the shows continue at the Tybee Post, so does the calendar expand through April and beyond. Coming up on Wed., April 8 is Phantom Wingo, the long-running blues/ rock band fronted by Tyler Roe. Roe, who owns a music store on Wilmington Island, says he’s thrilled with Gaster’s efforts to bring pro shot, pro audio live music to people during these troubled times.

“When I first got to town from New York in the early 200s, Savannah was a great place for live music,” Roe tells Connect.

“There were so many different places to play, and for rock and roll bands it’s really not that right now. But we have all of these great original songwriters, and there’s really not the platform there was. I think it’ll cycle back around, but what a great opportunity this is for local artists.”

Roe came to Savannah after playing in several New York bands in the 90s, including a band that would ultimately morph into the notable group Xanax 25. He’d

already developed a friendship with Warren Haynes, and also had a working relationship with Sam Hollander, who’d go on to become a hugely successful songwriter and producer.

Roe’s heart was set musically on the sound of bands like the Allman Brothers, and he felt as though he belonged in that world. So by the time he moved to Savannah, he’d begun to feel as though he fit in a bit more creatively at home.

“I had just cut a record with a band called No Exit in New York, and I wanted to keep that vibe going. I was introduced to a drummer named Josh Fallin, and we’ve been playing together now since 1999,” he says.

“I’m a big Allman Brothers fan—that’s just what I gravitated towards. To move down south, I was just really ready to do a factory reset and do that thing without a New York sheen to it. So we brought the No Exit band down here and it morphed into Phantom Wingo, and we played together for the better part of the decade.”

In 2009, Roe and his bandmates took a bit of a hiatus, and bassist Adam Celeste was diagnosed with brain cancer during this dormant period. Celeste passed away in 2014, and it was after his passing that Fallin and Roe reconnected on a musical level. By 2015, the band had gone through a period of what Roe describes as “soul searching” and they ultimately decided to get back together. They started as a trio before recruiting bassist Ryan Thaw in

2017, and guitarist Alex Bazemore soon after. Keyboardist Demitri Chrissos is the latest addition.

The newest incarnation of Phantom Wingo, Roe says, essentially came together rather inadvertently as opposed to being put together in a strategic manner. That’s made for a more organic and exciting approach to being a band.

“I feel almost like the Col. Bruce Hampton of Savannah. I just turned 50 this year, and I brought in all of these young guys to the band,” he says with a laugh.

“Josh and I know what the other’s going to do before we do it, because we’ve been playing together for so long. And then I’ve got this trio of guys that are just great.

The dynamics have changed a little bit, but there’s still the swamp vibe that we’ve always had.”

The band’s southern rock and blues influences will no doubt be on full display at the upcoming Quarantine Concert, which Roe says he’s excited about being a part of.

“With something like this, I’m hoping that it’ll kind of put Savannah on the map— like Austin or Seattle,” he says. “There is a lot of talent in this town, and I don’t throw that around willy nilly.” CS

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Remember When: Future Islands @ Savannah Stopover Music Festival 2014 Savannah Stopover’s Kayne Lanahan looks back on simpler times

WELCOME TO ‘Remember When.’ This is a chance for Savannah art veterans to reminisce on some of their favorite events in the city’s history. Whether it’s a concert, theater production, festival, visual art show, dance production, or comedy show, Savannah has a long history of memorable art and now is as good a time as any to look back on some of the best.

Today, we’re catching up with Kayne Lanahan, founder and CEO of Savannah Stopover Music Festival. Kayne is taking us all the way back to Stopover 2014, and a particularly stellar performance from Future Islands at Club One. What sticks out in your mind about this particular show?

Future Islands had just performed on David Letterman three days earlier on Mon., March 3, and the video of them performing their recent single “Seasons” went viral (it now has more than 3 million views). They were, and still are, one of my favorite bands and it was a show that our whole team was just ecstatic about bringing to Stopover.

The energy in Club One was just off the charts and the space was packed—something that hadn’t really happened very often in the early years. I still remember standing to the left of the stage and just singing and dancing and watching the crowd doing the same and Sam Herring, the lead singer, just giving 1000% back to the crowd. I still get chills thinking about it.

At that time in Savannah, what do you remember most about what was happening musically and with Stopover?

2014 really felt like the tipping point year from the standpoint of the festival, as well as the local music scene. It was the year when a lot of the top up and coming national acts all wanted to play the festival.

The lineup included St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Wye Oak, J Roddy Walston, Small Black and many others, in addition to Future Islands.

It was also a great time in the local Savannah music scene with bands like The Accomplices, Co-eds, Triathalon, Wet Socks, Crazy Bag Lady and many more all hitting their stride.

Ryan Graveface had settled into town for a few years and was doing exciting things with Graveface Records and with new band Casket Girls. Furious Hooves

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Do you remember where you were at in your career by this point?

Savannah Stopover and MusicFile Productions is a 2nd career for me, and this was year four of the festival. It was probably the point at which I felt like we could keep it going and grow it. The first three years were pretty touch and go.

To have a band like Future Islands play the festival at their tipping point really opened a lot of doors for us, relative to booking the festival in subsequent years.

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JEFF TWO NAMES: GREATEST HITS VOL. XII​.​3B

What’s better than dad punk? Savannah’s very best semi-pro punk rockers return with a jam-packed album of fast-paced fun.

The great thing about Jeff Two Names is that they write songs about literally whatever they feel like writing about.

On the one hand, you’ve got songs like “Sydney’s Got A Brother,” “Sydney Doesn’t Like Our Shoes,” and “The Return Of Petee” all take a swipe at a longtime rival of the band, but you never feel like you need to personally know the titular character to connect with them (though it certainly doesn’t hurt).

Comedic feuds aside, the band pretty much hits things out of the park on this record.

Searing guitars, highvoltage drums and faithfully-punk rock vocal delivery make this a wholly entertaining collection.

There’s not a slow song in the bunch, but you don’t feel fatigued at all by the end. These guys are so much more than a dad band, but the dad-ness undoubtedly abounds anyway. If you want equal parts humor, sarcasm, and hooks, look no further.

Available at jefftwonamesandthebornagains. bandcamp.com

BERO BERO: DANCE

mid-80s, at the peak of the synth-pop boom.

And the unbelievable “Piece of Hurt” is as much Depeche Mode as it is Grace Jones (with a groove that just won’t quit). Those hi-hat swipes, though!

“Don’t Tell Me” is a shining example of how this EP goes beyond just nodding to the great synth music that has come before. It has its roots, undoubtedly, but there’s something so uniquely Bero Bero about it.

Veronica GarciaMelendez’s incredible ear for melody and David Murray’s percussive prowess are all over this project. It seems like a glimpse into what might be to come for Bero Bero. I certainly found myself wanting more dance music from this inventive duo.

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CLOUDS & SATELLITES: EP4

Layers of harmony and percussion, clever left turns, and unique songcraft are all present on Clouds & Satellites’ EP4. All of the signs shine on their own, but a song like “Svengali” is perhaps the perfect example of everything this band can do. It’s key shifts and approach to phrasing wouldn’t be out of place on a Jellyfish record, and the guitar work is insanely great.

The record has an organic feel to it sonically, but it’s not lacking in production value as a result. Four songs don’t feel like enough with this particular brand of rock music.

If you’re a Beatles fan, you’ll love it. If you’re a fan of the wave of 90s bands that mined Beatles records directly, you’ll love it even more. CS

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CULTURE ART•BEAT OF SAVANNAH

Her home is the new site of her residency, and the totems look right at home in her space. PHOTO BY HOKANSON.

Suzanne Hokanson loves weaving odd items into her totems. PHOTO BY HOKANSON.

Hokanson with her totems in the window of Sulfur Studios before she had to move the project, . PHOTO BY HOKANSON.

Her totems take on a special meaning when she includes items with sentimental value.

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BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

THIS WAS supposed to be a very busy March for Suzanne Hokanson.

The longtime weaver was all set for her ON::VIEW residency at Sulfur Studios this month.

Her project, “Weaving the Fabric of Our Community,” was set to bring the community together by creating a weaving made of items brought to her by community members. She’d also weave strips of cardstock where participants would complete the phrase, “My community is…”

She was inspired by a similar project, Weaving Hope, which she worked on for the past three years at the Anderson Cancer Institute. A cancer survivor herself, Hokanson was excited to bring a similar project to Sulfur with a focus on community.

Of course, that was not exactly how things worked out, and Hokanson had to pack up the residency after just a week.

“Everything was falling apart, and I was beginning to feel guilty about being in a public space encouraging people to come in and participate,” remembers Hokanson.

“It wasn’t good for everybody else I was in contact with, and also me being a cancer survivor and having autoimmune issues.”

During the course of the residency,

Hokanson had created three weavings— which she’s named totems— which she then brought home to continue working on. Fortunately, she’d accumulated a lot of objects that people had donated for her to use in her weavings.

“I can do it as long as I have these donated items,” says Hokanson. “That’s the trick—I’m getting down to the end. I have plenty of fabric, but I love putting in the challenges, the things that bring it to another level.”

Those things include horse hair, flip flops from the nail salon, and a baseball.

Yes, a baseball.

“My friend Richard sent me two Sand Gnats signed baseballs, and it’s like, ‘How the heck am I going to weave a baseball into the banner?’” laughs Hokanson. “I decided I’d take the baseball apart, so I carefully cut through the red stitches. That part was easy, but then I was left with the inside.”

When Hokanson tore apart the baseball, she realized its shell looked like the images of the coronavirus. That made it into a totem with a lifeguard tube with the word “guard” on it.

Hokanson has also received some really moving items to add to her totems.

“One woman whose husband passed away years ago gave me his T-shirts,” she shares. “Another friend who was under cancer treatment gave me the scarf that she had first worn when she lost her hair.

It’s a real honor.”

For the first week of the residency, Hokanson had a few guests who were able to participate in the project by filling out the cardstock slips with their vision of their community. On her handmade loom, she used a black warp; she’s now using a white warp to shake it up.

“When you’re weaving, it’s a color and weave effect in your eye. Your eye blends the one color with the other color,” says Hokanson. “So if you have white that it’s blending with, it makes everything more pastel and maybe more matte. A black warp recedes and makes the colors pop more. It’s fun to see the difference, and I’d love to be able to eventually do a gray warp to see what happens, or maybe stripes.”

Hokanson has been weaving for nearly 45 years and recently retired from being an art teacher, and this new freestyle weaving she’s adopted is a welcome change.

“I’ve done it all—I’ve been a pattern weaver, I’ve woven coverlets, I’ve done all kinds of weaving over the years, and I’m retired from coming up with ideas for my students to do. Now it’s time for me to play,” she says. “What I love about this freestyle weaving is it’s almost like painting. You pick your colors and your textures, and you set up the loom. Sometimes you might want to set it up with a pattern, but often I just freestyle set up the warp on my loom, and then with all of these wonderful colors and textures, I just play.”

The freedom of retirement has helped Hokanson get out of her teaching-first

approach to creating art.

“As an art teacher, you think of unifying and repeating and things that make compositions stay together. That informs my choices of what I’m picking, but it’s very, ‘What if I do this? What if I do that?’”

When it’s safe for Sulfur to reopen, Hokanson is interested in continuing the project as it was intended to be completed.

It’s an excellent community-first approach that is perfect for the Starland neighborhood and beyond.

“When they asked me what month I wanted to apply for, I wanted March because I thought it would be fun to go to Johnson Square after the parade and pick up some of the paper hats and this, that and the other that people leave behind,” says Hokanson. “There wasn’t any of that. I hope I can go forward with the residency at some future date—who knows.”

Though Hokanson isn’t physically in the Sulfur space, she’s working on the totems and weaving various objects into them.

She’s down to the end of her original stash, but as long as she has objects, she can keep going. She’s accepting object donations, but from a socially acceptable distance.

“I did have a couple friends leave some items on their porch for us to pick up,” laughs Hokanson. “We’re having to make these amazing concessions to our lives. It’s a challenge.” CS Visit Suzanne’s website at suzanneworkhokanson.com.

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CULTURE VISUAL ARTS

QUESTIONS WITH

Lauren Gourgues

BY RACHAEL FLORA

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THIS IS PAINTER Lauren Gourgues’ senior year at SCAD, and she’s making the best of an uncertain time by continuing to be creative.

Gourgues draws inspiration from her hometown, Celebration, Florida, a town created by Walt Disney. The surrealism of that experience has provided her with endless inspiration for her work, which is also informed by painter Edvard Munch’s use of color.

Gourgues recently hosted an exhibition at Moodright’s with fellow painter Terri Harris, “Eye In Eye,” and she hopes to apply to residencies when it’s safe to do so.

We caught up with Gourgues last week.

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This is my senior year at SCAD, and I was actually a transfer student from a school in Portland, Oregon called Pacific Northwest College of Art. This is my final year of SCAD, and now it’s online. It’s kind of disappointing, but at the same time, I think we’re all still trying to get things done and trying to get done as fast as possible so we can get a move on with the world—if it’s there!

This next quarter is going to be an exhibition quarter because a bunch of my classmates are supposed to be having exhibitions. It’s weird because there’s just been a lot of things going on throughout these past four years, hurricanes disrupting school time, then finally this happening.

My classmates and I have had to figure out how to paint outside of our studios. Luckily, we were given studios senior year, but a lot more graduate [students] came in, so some of our studios we had before were taken by graduate students. We had to figure out a way to paint outside of the school, so I actually have a group of artists with me now and we rented out a space in City Storage and we’re all working in there.

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The Wanderer That Fell Into Shadow.

neighborhood, walking around hearing background music and having the streets lenges you as an artist? washed every night so they looked brand new, having tourists come and view the We’re young emerging artists and we’re town. It felt like I was living in this sort of having to figure out ways of cleaning our rehearsal. brushes safely that’s good That’s where my work comes from: me for the environment. We’re understanding how my memories and my having to think about relationships interact with life and how spaces we can actually that is convoluted because I’m trying to work in and thinking a lit- figure out what’s honest and what’s not. tle more realistically about I sometimes feel as if my memory is conhow we’re able to afford voluted in lies because the way we recall these spaces and think memories are clouded with their own about ways of utilizing perception. our time management and I think it got to me after a while. I think really trying to get into the moving across the country and going to studio as much as possible. Portland, Oregon, for school made me realWhen I came to SCAD, ize there was more than what Celebration I really had to think about was outlying. Celebration itself is dystoa virtual presence. I was pian in ways—it looked perfect, but there just so enamored with the are little tiny details in between that are physicality of painting that I didn’t really weird. There were a lot of things that hapthink about having to exhibit it online, pened through my childhood that made especially on Instagram. Social media, in me feel like the space wasn’t as perfect as my generation, was supposed to be somepeople made it out to be. thing that was social and now it became How did you begin using your homelike a business. It’s interesting to see how town as inspiration for your art? that progressed as well, and having to rewire in my mind that Instagram could be I started in high school, but I was just a really good thing for my practice. playing around. It wasn’t really until I Where are you from? went to Portland that I started to think about where I grew up. There was this I grew up in a quirky little town called figure I would always draw in Portland, Celebration, Florida. The weird thing and in many ways this figure was an emoabout that space is it was created, curated, tional puppet where I’d put all my feelings designed by Walt Disney, and the whole towards a certain situation. I still use this neighborhood is almost as if it were built figure today as this protean figure or uniupon a stage. That’s that basis behind my versal puppet that people can attach themwork: it resides along this idea of phantas- selves to. When I went to SCAD, I realized magoria where I don’t really understand this figure is something I’ve had my entire the line between what’s real and what’s life, just visually I put him into action and fake because I lived in a neighborhood that it’s my emotional shadow self. was teetering on fantasy.

I get a lot of inspiration from Edvard It was interesting growing up in a Munch, especially in the way he goes

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about painting. There’s this quote he said: “My art is a self-confession. In it, I seek to understand what terms the world and I are on— ergo, a kind of egoism. Yet at the same time, I have always thought and felt that my art might also help others understand their search for sanity.” That’s how I feel in terms of how I paint, and Munch has always been that mentor of mine. In terms of color, too, it’s like he draws with color. That’s how I’ve looked at my colors, as drawing with color as a tool.

When I recall memories, I think it’s helpful to look back at this objective view.

In many ways, having this omnipresent look at our lives is important to see our perspective on the world. The way I look at memory in this ubiquitous way, I feel it helps me understand very philosophical ideas about life. Looking back on a place that was fantastical and idealistic and having it not be that way, I think it sparks up a lot of ideas about the way we live, especially in terms of a virtual landscape and how, in many ways, that’s in the same realm as being a fantasy.

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What do you have planned for the future?

I’ve been looking hard at residencies, trying to continue working with the same body of work. I would like to move away from Florida, but it very well could be I stay in Savannah for a while and continue my practice, have the storage unit for a little bit, and continue making a lot of work.

We’ll see where things go after that. CS Follow Lauren on Instagram at @ohlaurdyart and at her website at laurengourgues.com.

JONESIN’ CROSSWORD Musical Explorers is for kids K-2.

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For Savannah Music Festival educational programs, the show must go on — at home district-wide K-2 program, and the SMF Jazz Academy, a new after-school program for fifth graders.

Both programs, of course, are confined ORDINARILY, the Savannah Music Festito home environments with the district’s val would still be going on this week, with a shelter-in-place protocol for the rest of the full slate of live concerts. school year.

Though the Festival itself was canceled A variety of distance-learning solutions due to COVID-19, two very important including digital lessons, instructional educational programs from the Savannah videos and activity books are being proMusic Festival are still going on. vided to participants, so they can keep the “As our local students, teachers and music going even while school is confined families cope with sheltering in place, to home. we’re focused on making sure that kids and “We reached out to a lot of teachers, and families still have the opportunity to be teachers also reached out to us. We wanted musically creative,” says Jenny Woodruff, to figure out what lessons they would Savannah Music Festival Director of Edu- feel comfortable teaching from their livcation and Community Engagement. ing rooms,” says Woodruff. “It was really “Our kids need music and art now more important to us that we keep the programs than ever.” going during this uncertain time.”

The school offerings are the The new Jazz Academy, in particular, is beloved Musical Explorers program, a CONTINUES ON P. 22

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26 “___ additional cost!”

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27 “Formal Friday” wear 28 “All Songs Considered” broadcaster 29 “Heads” side of a coin 31 List of options 33 Frigid ending?

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by Cenk Uygur, for short 43 Dir. from Denver to Chicago 44 Pirate’s sword 45 “Look at the facts!”

46 “Julie & Julia” director Nora 47 Singer-songwriter Conor 49 Word after “I before E” 52 Tractor manufacturer John 53 Finless fish 54 “Sticks and Bones” playwright David 56 Sketch show with Bob and Doug McKenzie 58 Shows approval 59 Door sign 60 Art ___ (style from 100 years ago) 63 Went on the ballot 64 Engine additive brand

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primed for this kind of instruction since it was already an after-school program — albeit one originally intended to meet in-person, at Juliette Gordon Low Elementary School.

“That program now has 24 fifth-graders.

They started in January with a Big Band.

They played every day,” Woodruff says.

The Jazz Academy’s downloadable activity book features activities connected

to three genres they are focused on this year: Salsa, Irish, and folk music.

“Continuity and regular exposure are essential when learning how to play an instrument,” says SMF Jazz Academy Manager Jessica Messere. “Through these efforts, we hope our students can continue building on what they’ve learned so far.”

Perhaps the key feature of the Jazz Academy is that participants are provided

their instruments free of charge, to take home.

Video components for distance learning include a four-part video lesson by Eric Jones, the SMF Ron & Susan Whitaker Interim Music Director.

A recent response from the mother of a participant: “My daughter has been so inspired from [SMF] Jazz Academy that she’s practicing every night!”

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Moses did forty years’ worth of hard work in behalf of his people, delivering them out of slavery in Egypt. Yet God didn’t allow him to enter into the Promised Land.

Why? At the end of his travails, he made a minor mistake that angered God beyond reason. Petty? Harsh? Very much so. I’m happy to say that your fate will be very different from Moses’. Some months from now, when your labors bring you to the brink of your own personal version of the Promised Land, not even a small error will prevent you from entering and enjoying it.

And what you do in the coming weeks will help ensure that later success.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Built in the third century B.C., the Colossus of Rhodes was a monumental statue of the Greek sun god. It stood in the harbor of the island of Rhodes, and was called one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Alas: An earthquake struck the area 54 years after it was finished, knocking it over and smashing it into fragments.

Three centuries later, many of the chunks still lay scattered around the harbor. I offer this as a teaching story, Taurus. If there are any old psychological ruins lying around in your psyche, I encourage you to conduct an imaginary ritual in which you visualize throwing those ruins into a big bonfire. Clear the slate for the new beginnings that will be available once the COVID-19 crisis has settled down.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

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“Argue with anything else,” writes author Philip Pullman, “but don’t argue with your own nature.” Amen! That’s always good advice for you Geminis, and it will be especially crucial in the coming weeks.

A certain amount of disputation and challenging dialogue with other people will be healthy for you, even an effective way to get clarity and advance your aims.

(Don’t overdo it, of course.) But you must promise never to quarrel with or criticize your own nature. You should aim at being a radiant bastion of inner harmony and a powerhouse of self-love. Do whatever’s

necessary to coax all your different aspects to work together in sweet unity.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

Like many Cancerians, painter Marc Chagall cultivated an intimate relationship with his dreams and fantasies. His fellow artist Pablo Picasso remarked, “When Chagall paints, you do not know if he is asleep or awake. Somewhere or other inside his head there must be an angel.”

Being a Crab myself, I know how essential it is for us to be in close connection with reverie and the imagination. Every now and then, though, there come occasions when the demands of the material world need our extra, focused attention—when our dreamy tendencies need to be rigorously harnessed in behalf of pragmatism.

Now is one of those times.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Is there an influence you’re ready to outgrow, Leo? Are there teachers who have given you all they have to offer, and now you need to go in search of new founts of inspiration and education? Have you squeezed all possible value out of certain bright ideas and clever theories that no longer serve you? Are you finished with old sources of excitement that have lost their excitement? These are the kinds of questions I encourage you to ask yourself in the coming weeks. It’ll be a favorable time to celebrate the joyful art of liberation—to graduate from what might have been true once upon a time, and prepare for the wide-open future after the COVID-19 crisis has mellowed.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Your words of power in the coming days are simple: deep, low, down, below, dig, dive, and descend. I invite you to meditate on all the ways you can make them work for you as metaphors and use them to activate interesting, nourishing feelings.

There’ll be very little worth exploring on the surface of life in the coming weeks, Virgo. All the hottest action and most valuable lessons will be blooming in the fertile darkness.

The Musical Explorers program, much larger and intended for a younger cohort, “would be preparing for their end of semester concerts right now,” Woodruff says.

“It’s sad to think so many kids won’t be enjoying the communal experience of getting together and singing songs,” she says. CS

BY ROB BREZSNY

beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Before the COVID-19 crisis arrived, were you ensconced in roles that were good fits for your specific temperament and set of talents? Did you occupy niches that brought out the best in you and enabled you to offer your best gifts? Were there places that you experienced as power spots—where you felt at home in the world and at peace with your destiny?

Once you’ve meditated on those questions for a while, Libra, I’ll ask you to shift gears: Meditate on how you’d like to answer similar questions about your life in the future. Once this crazy time has passed, what roles will be good fits for you? What niches will bring out the best in you?

What will be your power spots?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

“Fen” is a word that’s not used much these days. It means a marsh or a boggy lowland. Decades ago, Scorpio poet Marianne Moore used it in a short poem. She wrote, “If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.” In my opinion, that’s an apt battle cry for you right now. You shouldn’t be upset if people tell you that certain things are impossible for you to do. You should be grateful!

Their discouragement will rile up your deep intelligence and inspire you to figure out how you can indeed do those things.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

“Goodness alone is never enough,” wrote author Robert A. Heinlein. “A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.” I think that’s an interesting thought for you to consider during the coming weeks, Sagittarius. If you want your care and compassion to be effective, you’ll have to synergize them with tough intelligence.

You may even need to be a bit ferocious as you strive to ensure that your worthy intentions succeed and the people you love get what they need.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Are there any ways in which you have been wishy-washy in standing up for what you believe in? Have you shied away from declaring your true thoughts and feelings about important issues that affect you and the people you care about? Have you compromised your commitment to authenticity and integrity for the sake of your ambition or financial gain? In asking you these questions, I am not implying that the answers are yes. But if in fact you have engaged in even a small amount of any of those behaviors, now is an excellent time to make corrections. As much as possible, Capricorn, focus on being trustworthy and transparent.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Physicist Edward Teller believed there is no such thing as “exact science.” And in his view, that’s a good thing. “Science has always been full of mistakes,” he said.

But he added that they’re mostly “good mistakes,” motivating scientists to push closer toward the truth. Each new mistake is a better mistake than the last, and explains the available evidence with more accuracy. I suspect that you’ve been going through a similar process in your personal life, Aquarius. And I predict that the good mistakes you’ve recently made will prove to be useful in the long run.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Few astrologers would say that you Pisceans are masters of the obvious or connoisseurs of simplicity. You’re not typically renowned for efficiency or celebrated for directness. Your strength is more likely to be rooted in your emotional riches, your ability to create and appreciate beauty, your power to generate big dreams, and your lyrical perspective on life. So my oracle for you this time may be a bit surprising. I predict that in the coming weeks, your classic attributes will be very useful when applied to wellgrounded, down-to-earth activities. Your deep feelings and robust imagination can be indispensable assets in your hard work on the nuts and bolts.

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C: curbside DOWNTOWN

Ashford Tea Company | T

406 E. Oglethorpe Ave 843-631-6474 | ashfordtea.com Bayou Café | T 14 N Abercorn Ramp 596-3561 | bayousavannah.com B&D Burgers | P, D, C, O 209 W Congress Street 339-8187 | bdburgers.net Bella Napoli Italian Bistro | T, C 18 E State Street 355-5555 | bellanapolibistro.com Blue Door | T 1718 Bull Street | 335-1243 facebook.com/bluedoorsavannah Cafe M | T, C 128 E Bay Street 712-3342 | cafemsavannah.com Cha Bella | PU, C 102 E Broad Street 790-7888 | cha-bella.com Clary’s Café | T, C 404 Abercorn Street 233-0402 | claryscafe.com Cup to Cup Café | T, D 140 Abercorn Street 376-9173 | cuptocupcoffee.com Diplomat Luncheonette | T, D 314 Drayton Street | 323-7511 diplomatluncheonette.com Fox & Fig Café | T, D, C 321 Habersham Street 297-6759 | foxandfigcafe.com Coffee Fox | T 102 W Broughton Street 401-0399 | coffeefoxcafe.com Diplomat Luncheonette | T, D 314 Drayton Street | 323-7511 diplomatluncheonette.com Flock to the Wok | T, D, O 37 Whitaker Street 239-6697 | flocktothewok.com Flying Monk Noodle Bar | T, O 5 W Broughton Street | 232-8888 flywiththemonk.com Foxy Loxy Café | T, D 1919 Bull Street | 401-0543 foxyloxycafe.com Green Fire Pizza | T, D 236 Drayton Street 298-0880 | greenfirepizza.com J. Christopher’s | T, D 122 E Liberty Street 236-7494 | jchristophers.com Jalapeno’s Mexican Grill | T, D, O 7 E Broughton Street 712-5125 | jalapenosinc.com Jimmy John’s | T, D, O 7 E Congress Street 234-8788 | jimmyjohns.com

D: delivery (Uber Eats, Door Dash, etc.)

Le Cafe Gourmet | T, D 53 Montgomery Street 200-3258 | lecafegourmet.com Maple Street Biscuit Co. | T, D, O 220 W Broughton St | 349-7301 maplestreetbiscuits.com Mellow Mushroom | T, O 11 W Liberty Street 495-0705 | mellomushroom.com Molly MacPherson’s | T, D, O 311 W Congress Street 239-9600 macphersonspub.com Namaste | T, D 8 East Broughton Street | 2980112 namaste-savannah.com Noble Fare | T 321 Jefferson Street 443-3210 | noblefare.com Panera Bread Co. | T, PU, D, O 1 W Broughton Street 236-0275 | panerabread.com Parker’s Market Urban Gourmet Downtown | T, D

222 Drayton Street 233-1000 | parkerskitchen.com PS Tavern | T, D 11 W Bay Street 495-5145 | pstavernsav.com Rancho Alegre | T, D 402 MLK Jr. Blvd. | 292-1656 ranchoalegracuban.com Roly Poly Sandwiches | T 114 Barnard Street 233-8222 | rolypoly.com Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse | T, D 111 West Bay Street 721-4800 | ruthschris.com Savannah Taphouse | T, D 125 E Broughton Street 201-8277 savannahtaphouse.com Screamin’ Mimi’s Pizza | T, D, O 513 E Oglethorpe Avenue 236-2744 screaminmimispizza.com Stoner’s Pizza | T, D 214 W Boundary Street 236-6120 | stonerspizzajoint.com The District Cafe & Eatery | T 202 E Broughton Street | 443-0909 districtcafeandeatery.com Totally Baked | T 348 Jefferson Street | 777-7782 totallybakedsavannah.com Vinnie Van Go-Go’s | T 317 W Bryant Street 233-6394 | vinnievangogo.com Wicked Cakes | PU 38 Whitaker Street | 298-0040 wickedcakesofsavannah.com

PU: pick-up (usually call ahead)

Wild Wing Café | T, D 27 Barnard street 790-9464 | wildwingcafe.com YATAI ramen+ yakitori | PU, D 10 Barnard Street 349-1985 | yataisavannah.com Zunzi’s | T, D, O 108 E York Street 443-9555 | gozunzis.com SOUTH OF FORSYTH

Betty Bomber’s | T, D

1108 Bull Street 272-9326 | bettybombers.com

Brighter Day Natural Foods Market | PU

1102 Bull Street 236-4703 | brighterdayfoods.com Bull Street Taco | T, C, O 1608 Bull Street 349-6931 | bullstreettaco.com Cotton & Rye | T, D 1801 Habersham Street 777-6286 | cottonandrye.com Henny Penny Art Space and Café | T, D

1514 Bull Street 328-5496 | hennypennycafe.com Sentient Bean | PU, D, O 13 E Park Street | 232-4447 sentientbean.com STARLAND/ THOMAS SQUARE 787 by Chazito’s | PU, D

2224 Bull Street 335-7018 | chazitos.com Big Bon Bodega | T, D 2011 Bull Street 349-4847 | bigbonfamily.com Fork & Dagger Eatery | T, D 609 Abercorn Street | 712-5115 forkanddaggersav.com Pizzeria Vittoria | T 2411 DeSoto Avenue 417-3002 | vittoriapizzeria.com Sly’s Sliders and Fries | PU, O 1710 Abercorn Street | 239-4219 slysslidersandfries.com Squirrel’s Pizza | T, D 2218 Bull Street 335-7873 | squirrelspizza.com The Vault Kitchen & Market | T, O 2112 Bull Street | 201-1950 thevaultkitchen.com MIDTOWN

Barnes Restaurant | PU 5320 Waters Avenue 354-8745 | barnesrestaurant.com Ben’s Neighborhood Grill & Tap | T, D 7080 Hodgson Memorial Drive 351-9008 | bensgrill.com Coach’s Corner | T, PU 3016 East Victory Drive 352-2933 | coachs.net

Donato’s Pizza | T, PU, D,O

5405 Waters Avenue 328-2022 | donatos.com Kayak Kafe | PU, T, D, O 5002 Paulsen Avenue 349-4371 | eatkayak.com Latin Chicks | T 5205 Waters Avenue | 495-5133 latinchicksrestaurant.com Midtown Deli | C 7805 Abercorn Street 355-8717 | themidtowndeli.com Pitcher’s Sports Bar & Grill | PU, T, D

5500 Abercorn Street | 999-8112 facebook.com/pitcherssavannah

Savannah Pizza Company | PU, T, D, O

4827 Waters Avenue | 355-3333 savannahpizzacompany

The 5 Spot Habersham Village | PU, D, O

4430 Habersham Street 777-3021 | 5spotrestaurant.com Whole Foods Market Savannah | T, D

1815 E Victory Drive | 358-5829 wholefoodsmarket.com SOUTHSIDE

B&D Burgers | T, PU, D, O

11108 Abercorn Street 785-3064 | bdburgers.net Bonefish Grill | T, PU, D 5500 Abercorn Street 691-2575 | bonefishgrill.com Bowtie Barbecue Co. | PU, O 6724 Waters Avenue | 354-7810 bowtiebarbecueco.com Carey Hilliard’s Restaurant | T, PU, O

11111 Abercorn Street 925-3225 | careyhilliards.com Glo’s Coffee Corner | PU 1040 King George Blvd 712-3458 | gloscoffee.com Hirano’s Southside | PU 13015 Abercorn Street | 961-0770 facebook.com/hiranossouthside Houlihan’s | T, D, O 17029 Abercorn Street 921-5712 | houlihans.com Jalapeno’s Mexican Grill | T, D, O 8840 Abercorn Street 920-0704 | japaenosinc.com Longhorn Steakhouse | T, D, O 7825 Abercorn Street | 352-4784 longhornsteakhouse.com Moe’s Southwest Grill | T, D 7801 Abercorn Street | 303-6688 Olive Garden | T, D 11333 Abercorn Street 961-9009 | olivegarden.com

T: takeout

Pelican’s Snoballs | T 609 E Montgomery Crossroad 865-661-6035 pelicanssnoballs.com Southside Shellfish | PU, T 9135 White Bluff Road | 927-2733 facebook.com/southsideshellfish Stoner’s Pizza | T, D, O 1100 Eisenhower Drive | 495-5372 stoners pizzajoint.com Stoner’s Pizza | T, D, O 1190 King George Blvd | 436-6116 stoners pizzajoint.com Tailgate Sports Bar & Grill | T, D 11215 Abercorn Street | 921-2269 facebook.com/tailgatesavannah.

Texas Roadhouse | PU, O 23 W Montgomery Crossroad 961-5650 | texasroadhouse.com The Draft Room at Berwick | T, PU, O

5730 Ogeechee Road 777-4768 | tdrberwick.com

Troy Mediterranean Cuisine | PU

10510 Abercorn Street | 921-5117 troymediterraneancusine.com

POOLER

B&D Burgers | T, PU, D, O 238 Pooler Parkway 785-3067 | bdburgers.net Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen | T

1425 Benton Blvd 330-9177 | cheddars.com Jalapeno’s Mexican Grill | T, D, O 226 Pooler Parkway 988-3017 | japaenosinc.com Leopold’s Savannah Airport | PU 400 Airways Drive | 483-0122 leopoldsicecream.com Longhorn Steakhouse | T, D, O 300 Pooler Parkway | 330-8560 longhornsteakhouse.com Mellow Mushroom | PU, T, O 409 Pooler Parkway | 330-7133 mellowmushroom.com Molly MacPherson’s | T, D, O 110 Towne Center Drive | 348-3200 macphersonspub.com Olive Garden | T, D, O 280 Pooler Parkway 748-1223 | olivegarden.com Pie Society | PU, D 115 Canal Street | 650-0050 thebritishpiecompany.com Terra Mia | T 1009 US-80 | 748-1702 terramiapooler.com Wasabi Fusion | T, D 950 Morgan’s Corner Road 450-0887 facebook.com/wasabifusionpooler

O: order online TYBEE ISLAND

Bernie’s Oyster House | D, PU, O

13 Tybrisa Street | 786-5100 berniesoysterhouse.com Lighthouse Pizza North | D, PU, O 1105 US-80 | 786-9874 Lighthouse Café | T 304 1st Street | 786-7694 sundaecafe.com The Crab Shack | T, PU 40 Estill Hammock Road 786-9857 | thecrabshack.com Tybee Island Bakery feat.

Cafe Miss Korea | T

1204 US-80 | 441-6999

Salt Island Fish and Beer | T, PU

101 Lovell Avenue | 499-4279 facebook.com/saltislandfishandbeer WILMINGTON ISLAND

Basil’s Pizza & Deli | PU, T, D 216 Jonny Mercer Blvd 897-6400 | basilsonline.com Current Kitchen & Cocktails | T, D, O

7815 US-80 | 898-2221 currentsavannah.com

Island Daiquiri on Wilmington Island | T

313 Johnny Mercer Blvd | 898-9001 facebook.com/islanddaiquiricafe Lili’s | T, D, O 326 Johnny Mercer Blvd | 235-2664 lilisrestaurantandbar.com SANDFLY

Auspicious Baking Co. | PU, T, O

7360 Skidaway Road

Jalapeno’s Mexican Grill | T, D, O 7405 Skidaway Road 356-1800 | japaenosinc.com Norwood Tavern | T 2130 Norwood Avenue | 354-4941 facebook.com/norwoodtavern Rocky’s of Savannah NY Deli & Italian Catering | T, D

7360 Skidaway Road | 354-2914 rockysofsavannah.com THUNDERBOLT

Chiriya’s | T 3017 E Victory Drive | 961-2080 chiryasthaicuisine.com RICHMOND HILL

Jalapeno’s Mexican Grill | T, D, O 60 Exchange Street 988-3017 | japaenosinc.com Molly MacPherson’s | T, D, O 3742 US-17 459-9600 | macphersonspub.com GARDEN CITY

Hirano’s Garden City | T 5220 Augusta Road | 900-1020 facebook.com/hiranosgardencity