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The video game thing again Best of Ballot Vote early and often Feedback Readers have their say Fishman Time for the plant swap Talk of the Town See what you did last week FWD Interesting e-mails we got Blotter From SPD reports News of the Weird Strange but true Earthweek The week on your planet

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Thursday, April 19 Betsy Ross Flag Raising

What: The Coastal Heritage Society will raise a huge 13star flag over the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah. When: April 19 at noon. Where: Battlefield Park, corner of MLK Jr. Blvd. and the Louisville Road.

Step Up Savannah Poverty Simulation

What: This simulation puts participants into a “family” who must survive for a month with few resources.

When: April 19 8:30-10:30 a.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center. Cost: Free, registration required. Info: Shawnte Jones at 544-6439 or sjones@savanahchamber.com.

SAA Student Talent Show

What: A talent show sponsored by Student Support for Darfur. When: April 19 at 6 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Free. Info: Call 232-4447.

The Artful Table -- Southern Style

Week at a

Glance compiled by Linda Sickler

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What: The Telfair Academy Guild is presenting its seventh annual celebration and showcase of table decorating.

Luncheon and lecture by Morrison Heckscher, the Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. When: Preview party is April 19 at 6:30 p.m. Luncheon and lecture are April 20 at 10:30 a.m. Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, Telfair Square. Cost: Tickets for the preview party are $75. Tickets for the luncheon and lecture are $60. Info: Call 7908855 or visit www.telfair.org for a printable order form.

Georgia Historical Society annual meeting

Masquers’ Three Cornered Moon opens

What: The Masquers will conclude their 70th Anniversary season with the very first play performed at Armstrong Junior College in February 1937. When: April 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. and April 22 at 3 p.m. Where: AASU Jenkins Theater. Cost: $8. Info: Call 927-5381 weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Savannah Sinfonietta presents Fibonacci Goes Baroque

What: Music from the Renaissance and Baroque era which use 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 13 performers progressively. Handel, Vivaldi and more. When: April 19 at 7:45 p.m., April 20 at 7:30 p.m., April 21 at 7:30 p.m. and April 22 at 3 p.m. Where: Richmond Hill United Methodist Church Thursday, Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Friday, Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church Saturday and the JEA Sunday. Cost: Tickets $10-$35 purchased online or at the door. Info: savannahsinfonietta.org.

Savannah Actors Theatre’s Agnes of God continues

What: Faith vs. science in this play written by John Pielmeier and directed by David I.L. Poole. When: April 19, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. Where: Ark Theatre, Suite D, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $10. Info: Call 232-6080. Cost: $10.

Friday. April 20

Garden Club of Savannah’s NOGS Tour

What: Eight private gardens plus the Massie Heritage Center will be featured, plus a Southern tea in the garden

What: The day opens with Recycle Rama from 8-11 a.m. at the south end of Forsyth Park. Get rid of old paint, motor oil batteries, cell phones, aluminum, metals, plastics, newsprint and more. Goodwill will take donations. Family Fun Run at 10 a.m. and the Earth Day Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with more than 80 exhibitors and vendors, plus the Frisbee dogs and performer Jack Golden in Water, Water Everywhere. When: April 21.

Where: Forsyth Park. Cost: Free. Info: 651-4241.

Spring Plant Swap 2007

What: Give plants or get plants. When: April 21 8-11 a.m. Where: 415 W. Boundary St. across from Garrison Elementary. Cost: Free. Info: Jane Fishman at 484-3045.

Confederate History Month continues

What: Drills and cannon firings will be held April 21 at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at Old Fort Jackson. On April 22 at 2:30 p.m., a Confederate memorial service at Catholic Cemetery. Confederate flag presentation is April 27 at noon, followed by a reception at the Green-Meldrim House 7-9 p.m. Confederate ball will be held April 28 from 8 p.m.-midnight at Wilmington Island Country Club. Church services April 29 at 10 a.m. at Fort Jackson.

Confederate Memorial day services will be held April 29 from 12:30-2 p.m. at Forsyth Park. A memorial will be held April 29 at 2:30 p.m. at Laurel Grove Cemetery.

What: Twenty Gordonston artists will present and sell their work. A Southern gourmet lunch will be available.

When: April 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Gordonston Park. Cost: Free and open to the public. Info: Call 231-8280.

United Way Family Fun Day and Car Show

The Savannah Sand Gnats What: The Sand Gnats take on the Greenville Drive.

When: April 19 and 20 at 7:05 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium on East Victory Drive. Cost: Box seats $9.50, reserved $7.50 general admission $6. Info: Call 351-9150.

Earth Day 2007

Gordonston Art Show

What: Steve Thomas, the former host of This Old House, will speak on the importance of preserving the artifacts of history and the adventure of discovering the past. When: April 19 at 7 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: Free and open to the public. Info: Call 651-2125.

What: Robert Hughes is an acclaimed author, best-selling historian and former chief art critic and current writer for Time magazine. After his presentation, a reception and book signing will be held at the Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. When: Wednesday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: Free and open to the public. of the Harper Fowlkes House. When: April 18,19. Walking tours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and tea is available 2-4 p.m. daily. Cost: Tickets $30 per person or $25 per person with 20 or more. Info: gcofsavannahnogstour.org or call 961-4805.

Epworth Players’ Exact Center of the Universe

What: The Epworth Players of Epworth United Methodist Church will present a dinner theater production. When: April 20, 21, 27, 28 and 29. Where: 2201 Bull St. at 38th Street.

Cost: Tickets are $20 for the dinner and play, except for April 29, which will be a post script show that will feature dessert and a beverage. Tickets for that are $12. Info: Call 232-5658.

TAPS opens The Dinner Party

What: Dinner and the Neil Simon play. When: April 20, 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. Where: Old Tybee School. Cost: Tickets $17, which include dinner and the show, available at IGA Tybee market and Gallery By the Sea. Info: Call 786-5920.

Savannah Children’s Theatre’s Raggedy Ann & Andy continues

When: April 20 and 27 at 7 p.m. and April 21, 22, 28 and 30 at 3 p.m. Where: Savannah Children’s Theatre. Cost: $7. Info: Visit savannahchildrenstheatre.org.

Saturday, April 21 Spring Plant Swap 2007

What: Come to give plants or get plants. When: April 21

What: Face painting, balloon tying, arts and crafts and field games. Classic vintage car show. All proceeds donated to the United Way of the Coastal Empire. When: April 21 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium, 1401 E. Victory Dr.

Astronomy Day 2007

What: Telescopes will be set up from 2 p.m. to view the sun, Venus, the moon, Saturn and Mars during the day.

After sunset, telescopes will show moon craters, the rings of Saturn, star clusters, double stars, nebulae and more.

The Oatland Island portable planetarium facility will host shows every hour from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. When: April 21 2-11 p.m. Where: Tybee Island Pier. Cost: Free.

Mahabekkuze -- Great Healing

What: Healing chants at a workshop devoted to chanting and community. When: April 21. Workshop from 3:30-7 p.m. and Kirtan 7:30-9:30 p.m. Where: House in the Pines, Isle of Hope area. Cost: $45. Love offering will be taken at the Kirtan. Info: Susan Lamb at 232-4065 or 2007@WingedWisdomWorkshops.com.

Spring Wine Tasting

When: April 21 from 7-9:30 p.m. Where: Venus, 38 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Info: Call 447-0901.

Sunday, April 22 Tribute to Duke Ellington

What: The Coastal Jazz Association will present this tribute by the Savannah Jazz Orchestra. When: April 22 at 5 p.m. Where: AASU Fine Arts Theater. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Wednesday, April 25 Bonnie Raitt Souls Alike Tour

When: April 25 at 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center’s Johnny Mercer Theatre. Cost: $55 floor and mezzanine and $45 balcony. Info: Call 651-6556. w

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News & Opinion

Atomic

Two views of the twin cooling towers at Plant Vogtle on the Savannah River; the Southern Company is considering expanding the nuclear power plant

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Is the renewed push for more nuclear power plants in Georgia a good thing?

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or the last 30 years, the commercial nuclear industry in the United States had more or less settled into a vegetative state.

Despite an auspicious beginning in the 1950’s and a boom that lasted into the 1970’s, the combination of soaring costs, lengthy construction schedules and a nuclear fear later reinforced by power plant accidents (the Three Mile Island meltdown in 1979 and Chernobyl explosion in 1986) slowed the galloping industry to an idle.

Nonetheless, whether we’ve learned from the past or forgotten it, the nuclear industry is reviving, and governments, utility companies and even some environmentalists, are primed to ride the new wave of enthusiasm.

Faced with exploding populations, increased demands for electricity and a global warming crisis triggered by heat-trapping gases, governments are rethinking nuclear power plants and their potential to help satisfy energy demands without adding to the greenhouse gas buildup in the atmosphere.

But the nuclear industry is still haunted by a sticky past and faces an ambiguous future. Concerns over environmental impacts, radioactive waste, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, economic costs and environmental justice spread doubt about our ability to control and benefit from this technology. Yet proponents continue to defend its safety, reliability and environmental-friendliness.

Sooner rather than later, Georgians must decide how comfortable they are living with nuclear, and if they’re prepared to live without it.

The Future of Plant Vogtle

The Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Ga., is a nuclear facility operated by Southern Company and coowned by Georgia Power. It exists on a 3,100 acre site alongside the Savannah River and houses two nuclear reactors that began operations in 1987 and 1989 respectively.

Its two reactors generate about 2,400 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 600,000 homes. For two decades energy generated inside the reactors has been used to produce electricity for hundreds of thousands of electric consumers.

But is it enough? Population growth in Georgia has utility companies contemplating the best way to meet the ensuing demand for electricity, and with a desire to diversify its fuel mix (coal, natural gas, nuclear, and some renewable resources) Southern Company anticipates a bigger role for nuclear power.

pany applied for an Early Site Permit (ESP), which, if approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC), would grant Southern Company 20 years to decide whether to build additional nuclear reactors at the site.

“We’re looking into the possibility of building two additional units at Plant Vogtle, and we’ve applied for an Early Site Permit in order to do that,” says Beth Thomas of Southern Company, adding that while the ESP is not a commitment to build anything at all, it does pre-qualify the site for future construction.

The ESP application process enables Southern Company to resolve any contentious issues before embarking on future construction and is just one step of many involved in the new licensing process. While the application process is both expensive and exhaustive, an Early Site Permit for Plant Vogtle and the possible construction of two additional reactors are necessary, according to Thomas.

“Our average residential consumption of electricity has increased by about 16 percent in the last 13 years,” she says. With a growing population, Thomas maintains Southern Company must look at ways to provide for future electric consumers.

“One of the drivers for us is that we’re expecting additional growth in the Southeast,” she said. “We think nuclear energy is a good way to do that, because it’s safe, reliable and cost effective with a low environmental impact.”

Not everyone agrees.

Several environmental and public interest groups from around the Southeast filed a petition with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in December of 2006, hoping to halt the proposed expansion of nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle.

The groups raised a number of concerns, contending that two additional reactors at Plant Vogtle would adversely impact the Savannah River and negatively impact minority and lower-income communities near the plant.

They also argued Southern Company failed to evaluate how and when radioactive waste would be safely disposed of over the long-term, failed to address the impacts of intentional attacks on the new reactors, and failed to consider other energy alternatives.

The NRC’S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruled in favor of the groups’ conten-

tions with respect to the Savannah River and aquatic ecosystem, allowing that Southern Company had not sufficiently addressed the impact two additional reactors would have on the river environment.

Sara Barczak, Energy Director at Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (one of the petitioning groups) is encouraged by the NRC’s ruling.

“This is big and exciting news, because we now have a place at the table,” says Barczak. “We were very confident the proposed new reactors would have a major impact on the Savannah River and the Savannah River ecosystem, so we’re not surprised they accepted that.”

Water Issues

Nuclear reactors require large amounts of water to cool their systems in order to operate. Currently the two reactors at Plant Vogtle withdraw 63 million gallons of water per day from the Savannah River. Twothirds of that water is “used” during operations, much of it evaporating into the air as steam or condensing, while the remaining water is returned to the Savannah River.

“To put this into perspective, the average per capita daily water use in Georgia is 75 gallons,” says Barczak, arguing that two additional reactors could impact the Savannah River system in foreseeable, as well as unforeseen, ways.

“First, they’d be doubling the amount of water that they’re pulling,” says Barczak. “To understand how much water the four reactors at Plant Vogtle would be using, they would use more than all the residents of Atlanta, Augusta and Savannah combined.”

In addition, Barczak insists that the warmer water returned to the Savannah River might not be good for the aquatic ecosystem there.

“The water that goes back into the river is thermally hot,” she says. “So you’ve got hot water going back into the river, and if you

double that amount of returned hot water, we’re really concerned how that will impact the health of the Savannah River.”

While Beth Thomas of Southern Company is not allowed to comment on the current litigation, she did argue the water returned to the river was within federal limits.

“The federal government requires that the water be within 5 degrees of the river water temperature,” Thomas says. “We actually put that water back in at a level lower than the 5 degree mark.”

Despite the success of having some of their contentions involving the Savannah River acknowledged by the NRC, Barczak admitted disappointment that the other contentions were not also recognized.

“They rejected all of our stuff on environmental justice, alternative energy supply, terrorism concerns and nuclear waste management,” she says. w A Public Service Meeting will be held Tuesday, April 24 at 9:45 a.m. at the Georgia Public Service Commission, 244 Washington Street in the hearing room on the first floor.

Members of the public are invited to voice concerns and/or ask questions.

Those not able to attend the meeting can call or write to Chairman Bobby Baker, Public Service Commission, 244 Washington Street, S.W., Atlanta GA 30334 and ask that your comments be shared with the other commissioners.

Or call: (404) 656-4501 or (800) 282-5813.

To comment, e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

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‘It’s pretty grim’

What rising sea levels from global warming might mean for Savannah

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hose wanting to invest in beachfront property for their great-grandchildren might consider looking west, not east, of Savannah, where a short drive offers a peek at a peculiar coastline of long ago.

From West Bay Street take Highway 21 North and follow the blue Evacuation Route signs that hug the road shoulder beyond Port Wentworth.

Bypass Muther’s BBQ and continue on until Effingham County welcomes you.

At right, Charles Watson with some beach As the road into sand in Effingham County, site of an Effingham begins to slope ancient (and perhaps future) shoreline; uphill, find a place to pull above, Watson’s worst-case scenario for over and stop. Perhaps it’s sea level rise at the Tybee Lighthouse not what you were expectEstablished in 1988 by the World ing, but there’s your shoreMeteorological Organization (WMO) and line beneath the weeds and anthills. the United Nations Environment Program Poke around and you’ll still find quartz (UNEP), the IPCC appraises data on climate sand, the same type of sand found on Tybee change from around the world, synthesizIsland. Here was the high tide water mark ing thousands of reports from multiple fields during the planet’s last interglacial period into one palatable portrait of Earth’s shift(125,000 years ago), when temperatures ing climate. were warmer and ice sheets thinner.

Every 5-7 years a report summary is reAlthough today the sounds of surf and leased of the accumulated data, and preseagulls are noticeably absent from this dictions of changing weather patterns and area, a report released in February, folocean levels are forecast, with suggestions on lowed by a second report a few weeks ago, how to best mitigate and/or adapt to those by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate changes. The report released on February 2 Change (IPCC) makes an Effingham seastressed that global warming is “unequivoshore seem less like fantasy and more a recal, as is now evident from observations of ality of the centuries ahead, as the effects of increases in global average air and ocean climate change threaten to disfigure coasttemperatures, widespread melting of snow lines worldwide. and ice, and rising global mean sea level.”

Even with attention, serious consideration and/or immediate action, the IPCC report states the planet is already committed to a warming trend over several decades.

“It’s like a car, when you stomp on the accelerator or hit the brakes, it doesn’t instantly do what you tell it to do,” explains Watson. “That’s inertia, and the climate system has inertia. If we shut down emissions today, we’re going to keep coasting into a 2-3 degree Celsius warming, pretty much no matter what we do. Given the inertia, we better start thinking in terms of mitigation rather than prevention, because I think we’re already at or past that tipping point.”

In the February report, the IPCC underlined the main impetus behind planetary warming was “very likely” (over 90 percent of scientists agree) greenhouse gas emissions produced by human activity.

According to Charles Watson, a Savannah-based geophysical hazard researcher and one of 2500 scientific reviewers of the IPCC report, the overwhelming consensus among scientists validates the significance of the report.

“If you can get 90 percent of scientists in the field to agree on something, that’s phenomenal,” says Watson. “We don’t agree about where to go for lunch, much less on data. To come up with this kind of a consensus from such a broad range group, I think it merits attention, and it merits serious consideration.”

Dr. Richard Jahnke, research scientist and Associate Director at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, insists the science is right on this issue - whether people choose to believe it or not.

“The predictions aren’t going away, and they aren’t changing,” says Jahnke. “Think of all the people who live at the Landings, and if sea level goes up, even mildly, there will be all kinds of changes just in the physical nature of our area.”

According to the IPCC report, sea levels will rise over the next century due to a variety of factors attributed to warming.

Scientists can only approximate by how much sea levels will rise -- some modest estimates suggest a little over half a foot to around a 2-3 foot rise.

“Those are conservative numbers (in the IPCC report) because they don’t add in any effects of melting ice,” says Jahnke. “They exclude that and that seems to be accelerating

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While slow-moving catastrophes like ocean expansion and glacial melt may be difficult to prepare for, much less prevent, hurricanes are a persistent threat. “The tropics are predicted to get warmer, no matter what happens,” says Dr. Richard Jahnke.

“The planet will continue to get warmer, and that’s what fuels hurricanes in the tropics. Storms in general- wind storms and rain storms- could become more severe.”

Charles Watson, whose company monitors and studies tropical storm/cyclone activity around the world, claims the data is showing support for projections of increased hurricane intensity.

“One of the theories is that the number

of hurricanes may not change very much, but the ones we do get would be stronger and further north than they have been,” says Watson, who helps government agencies and international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Food Program prepare for natural disasters and better mitigate those events when they occur.

“The stuff I work with, on the disaster side of things, it’s pretty grim,” he says. “You throw in a little sea level rise with maybe slightly stronger storms, and you’ve got a real mess on the coast.”

Ideally this would change how communities develop along the coast. Watson’s company offers those governments and building firms two engineering analyses to choose from: an analysis which incorporates predicted changes in climate as a result of planetary warming, and one that does not.

Governments in the Caribbean and Central America are now choosing models that incorporate climate change. This has not been the case in the U.S. “The feedback I get from engineering firms here in the U.S. is ‘politically that’s so hot, there’s no way we’re going to a client with a design that says we’re incorporating climate change into our design,’” says Watson. “The problem is the decision-making process has become corrupt, because it’s become politicized.”

The politicization worries Watson.

“If you look at what Georgia is doing, they’re doing the wrong thing. You’ve got stronger storms, and they’re lasting longer.

That means the coast is more vulnerable.

That means maybe we need to review our coastal development regulations,” he says.

“There are a lot of policy decisions you can make -- some of them are more left, some of them are more right -- I don’t care.

Let’s just deal with the data; let’s deal with the situation.”

Dr. Jahnke at the Skidaway Institute also insists that politics, helped along by the Internet, has upset the scientific process.

“In this day and age of the Internet, which is a wonderful thing, there’s a lot of misinformation,” he says.

“If you have a really strong political agenda and you want to try and push it, one of the most effective ways is to put so much misinformation on the Internet that wellmeaning people really don’t know what to believe.”

Despite the sluggish response from government in the past, both Watson and Jahnke anticipate a change in the political climate, especially now that the price of ignoring or disbelieving the problem is simply too high.

“You can see trends in human diseases, in brain disease pathogens, in climate, in sea level rise, in geophysics,” says Jahnke of the consequences of rapid climate change. “It’s going to affect lots of areas of life. I personally would be happily wrong. I think most scientists would.” w To comment e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

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in the last 5-6 years. The concern about sea level rise is one that locally we should take very seriously.”

Low-lying coastal areas vulnerable to rises in sea level should pay particular attention to the rate of melting ice in the polar regions and on Greenland. According to the IPCC, if temperatures continue to rise, the ice sheet covering Greenland could disappear entirely, and that bodes ill for places like Savannah.

“If Greenland does become completely unstable and all that ice melts, that’s another 18-19 feet,” Jahnke contends, explaining those extra feet are added on top of already predicted rises in sea level.

“That would be a huge effect, and not just on the Landings and Tybee, but there are a lot of low-lying areas in downtown Savannah. Savannah would be more or less an island if it could survive the erosion problems- and Manhattan and Charleston and Miami would all suffer the same thing.”

While scientists aren’t able to predict with exact certainty how fast this will happen, Charles Watson argues it could happen sooner than we think.

“People tend to think in terms of their short little lives, and they think Savannah will be here in 200 years,” says Watson. “We may be flooded out in 50 years. Imagine having the disruption, and imagine the thousands of Savannahs being replicated around the U.S., and the hundreds of thousands of cities around the world having to be evacuated.”

Scientists are just beginning to understand the dynamics of ice melt, but current observations of glacial shrinkage have sounded many alarm bells for those who assumed the process would be much slower.

“Those big ice sheets tend to disintegrate faster than we thought they could,” Watson explains. “The ice dynamics are really starting to say scary stuff. You’re looking at things falling apart, ice sheets collapsing and melting, over the course of decades rather than centuries.”

Though he doesn’t want to sound like an alarmist, Watson argues the shrinking of ice caps and break away of glaciers have direct consequences for low-lying regions.

“There’s a significant possibility that within our lifetimes, if we melt, say the Greenland ice sheet, then all this goes underwater,” says Watson.

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’m writing this at 2:30 p.m. on the same afternoon that over two dozen people were massacred on the campus of Virginia Tech. At this point I have no idea who did the shooting or why. I do know that I, like everyone else, am tired of stories like these and tired of wondering when it’s going to happen closer to home.

Minutes after the news broke, commenters in the blogosphere were already ginning up the gun control debate, both pro and con. These days there’s a new wrinkle to the discussion: The tasteless, insensitive and yet completely true statement that Iraqis have been dealing with awful acts of mass violence like this on a daily basis for four years.

I think the gun control issue is a red herring, a political football and nothing more.

If a person’s brain is warped enough to commit an act this horrific, no amount of gun control legislation will keep them from getting their hands on a firearm.

Conversely, you can arm everyone 18 or over with their own personal sidearm, as the NRA is always eager to suggest, and it still won’t deter the criminally insane. (Besides, think of all the knuckleheads you meet in the course of a day. Now imagine each of

them is carrying a gun. I rest my case.)

Keeping in mind that at this moment I have no idea what motivated the Virginia shooter(s), on the whole issue of violence in our society I do have a very untrendy position -- a position that runs afoul of every instinct I have as a journalist.

Simply put: I think there’s far too much exposure to graphic violence available to far too young a population in this country.

There, I said it.

This is a country where part of a woman’s breast being exposed for one second on TV inspires an act of Congress -- literally. (And don’t get me started on the controversy over the American Apparel ads; for more on that see our Feedback section on page 15).

But Americans happily gather the family around the tube six nights a week and at a movie theatre the seventh, watching any number of dramas featuring hour after hour of angry people pointing guns at each other’s heads.

(One of the most popular shows in America, 24, regularly features scenes where torture is inflicted. By the hero.)

And I don’t mean to sound even more like an old fart, but have you seen video games lately? Younger readers are chuckling. Not the video game thing again. Is this snark? He can’t be serious.

Yep -- video games. The first-person shooters where you use AK-47s and RPGs and pistol-grip pump shotguns to graphically maim and vaporize your digital opponents into red clouds of gore.

Hour after hour after hour after hour.

Those video games.

It’s a touchy topic. There are few surer ways to be marked as terminally out of touch than to offer what I consider the selfevident suggestion that to a young mind, simulated violence is a close cousin to actual violence. But I’m not imagining a connection. The military has used first-person shooters as infantry training for years. It’s the American way.

As a journalist, free speech advocate and civil libertarian, my head tells me each individual should be able to make their own choice as to what kind of entertainment they will pursue in their own time.

But as a father, my heart tells me no young person could be exposed to this kind of “entertainment” and not get the wrong message. Anyone who has kids knows how quickly children pick up cues from the world around them, bad or good.

Whether or not the Virginia Tech killer(s) grew up playing first-person shooters or watching hours of violent TV is still up in the air. But would you be surprised for

one second if that was the case?

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Don’t miss Jim Reed’s follow-up interview with the Savannah Music Festival’s Rob Gibson and Maria Lancaster on page 24, giving some facts and figures on how successful the event was this year and why -and how to make it even more successful in the future.

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‘Dismayed’ by ads

Editor, We would like to thank Jessica Aurora Ugarte for expressing so well our opinion regarding the American Apparel ads appearing in your publication. We too have been dismayed at the slutty/misogynistic portrayals of the young women.

Hopefully if your sense of decency cannot prevail here, the laws of economics will, and the consumers will not support this retailer with their business. Perhaps it is also not in the best interest of Connect Savannah to include advertising that would make some us think twice about bringing your paper into our homes where we might rather not expose our children, or parents, to such offensive material.

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Editor, Jessica Ugarte expressed genuine concern in a recent letter to the editor about the offensive and inappropriate clothing ads in Connect Savannah. She deserved a more thoughtful response than an offhand editor’s note which cavalierly dismissed the ads’ shock value and paucity of complaints received. Just because others of us have not demonstrated Ms. Ugarte’s initiative does not mean that we weren’t just as outraged and disgusted by the tasteless use of adolescents in sexually provocative poses to sell overpriced (and undersized) clothing.

Sexual abuse and exploitation of children are at epidemic proportions in this country.

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Freedom of the press may be sacrosanct, but the media have an ethical responsibility to police themselves and their advertisers.

When a vendor crassly, callously and repeatedly exploits children to titillate the prurient and ostensibly sell a product, perhaps it is time for your publication to rethink whether those advertising dollars are worth the consequent loss of community respect and goodwill.

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Editor, Regarding last week’s cover story, “Pride or Prejudice?”: As a Christian white man, it kind of disturbs me to see a person who I perceive to live in the past. Slavery reparations? A black separate state?

Mr. Shabazz, it is time for a wake up call.

A little known and suppressed fact of history is that the black people’s own tribal leaders sold them into slavery and the white man bought them, which was terrible thing to do and sad note in our history.

They call themselves lovers of black self -- while there is nothing wrong with being aware and proud of what God created us to be, because I believe the God I serve is a creative one who loves diversity and who wills people of all colors to live together in peace, harmony, and to appreciate and respect each other’s differences.

Shabazz’s philosophy is a pretty packaged version of black social separation which has permeated the Nation of Islam thought since its inception. There are great many black people who are successful, influential, and instrumental in contributions to society from the past present and future.

My bottom line is let’s stop looking at what happened in the past and continue to strive for brotherhood among all people and quit thinking somebody owes somebody something. Those thoughts are poisonous to us all. As my Bible says, “There is neither Greek nor Jew, barbarian or Scythian, but Christ is all and in all...”

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who dares venture right of your content.

The other part of your snarky comeback in this case was that the ads succeeded because they provoked a reaction. So, if provocation and money is all it takes to advertise in Connect, I guess you’d have no problem with militant pro-life ads featuring color close-ups of aborted fetuses?

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but who would like to get out of the house and meet other people.

These museums should have considered the cost of staffing in their budgets. If the Telfair and the Jepson cannot afford employees, they should be closed.

If they are receiving (which they should be) any grants from state or federal agencies these agencies should be informed of this abuse. If anyone out there feels as I do, let the mu: or it Ed seum know. e th to ss Letters ters from acro nnah prints let Anjeannette Jones es not do ter let Connect Sava a g intin of ideas. Pr inthe spectrum ment of the op ply our endorse d for ite ed be ay necessarily im m therein. Letters ions expressed y. rit cla d an e ac sp nnah.com s@connectsava E-mail: letter 32 Fax: 912.231.99 ., Suite 7, 00 E. Victory Dr 4 Snail mail: 18 40 31 GA , Savannah

Editor, Hi! I just have to say that the ad on the inside cover of your March 28April 3 Connect Savannah was pretty shocking to me and my male co-workers! Wow! We opened up the page and BAM! A woman’s well-outlined crotch is splayed over the upper portion of the page with the words “Summer’s coming” boldly printed next to the picture.

None of us got the gist of the ad, but I have to say, the guys really enjoyed looking at the woman’s rear end without having to use their imaginations for what was beneath the bathing suit bottom.

Thanks from all the men in the office (but not from me) for the well-outlined display of her private region!

Mary

Museums shouldn’t rely on volunteer staff

Editor, I want to let the public know that the Telfair Museum and Jepson Center are advertising in Coastal Senior, a newspaper catering to retirees, for volunteers in the following areas: Front desk and information; Office assistant; Gallery guardians; Museum stores assistants; Website support assistance; Art library assistants; and special events and fundraisers.

The job descriptions are detailed and demanding. I repeat, these are to be unpaid positions.

This is entirely indefensible in a town that is in need of jobs and particularly jobs such as these in which skills could be learned by our young people to be used later.

The museum must not be allowed to create any volunteer positions, as it has a duty to the citizens of the city as an employer.

And I am disgusted at this cynicism shown by the decision to use the unpaid time of seniors, many of whom may not be well-off,

SCAD and marketing

Editor, Re: “Hey, hey, Paulas!”

by Jane Fishman: Yes, one thing you’re right about is SCAD certainly has the marketing thing down. They make sure you go to SCAD and never leave. Little if any credits actually transfer if you go to another school, so you end up having to start over as a Freshman even if you’re a Senior.

I realize all schools have problems, but when you’re paying over 30,000 a year, there shouldn’t be so many upset students afraid to speak their mind.

And besides kissing the proverbial ass of SCAD, remember that if you’re a Computer Art Major, you’ll probably get a job right out of SCAD. If you’re a Film, Theatre, or other Major that doesn’t offer direct career connections, God help you.

And seriously: Paula Abdul? What?!

By the way, Richard Rowan was the reason the school got started in the first place.

When he left, it ceased to be an institution of learning and started getting “the marketing thing down”.

And Edward Albee indeed was an amazing speaker at graduation in 2003. Diane Von Furstenburg, creator of the “skort”, not so much.

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Correction for jazz review

Editor, Please thank Mr. Reed for the kind mention in his recent review of “Swing Time” at the Savannah Music Festival.

Please also let him know that contrary to the listing in the program, the drummer with us that evening (and for the previous evening’s ‘Le Jazz Hot’) was Jeff Brillinger, not Chuck Riggs. If he could correct that in the review, I’m sure Jeff would be most appreciative. Thanks very much.

James Chirillo

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chooses to return to the safety of her coop instead of leaving home, that is sign enough that T.S. Eliot knew what he was talking about. April is the cruelest month.

I can deal with working in the garden, picking parsley, snipping lettuce, running across the occasional noxious stinging nettle, putting on a jacket, taking off a jacket, putting on a jacket, taking off a jacket. I can accept the cancellation of the reenactment of Paul Revere’s famous ride (I wasn’t going to go anyway). I can turn on a fan for white noise to drown out the sound of dogs barking at random in the lane, one at a time, each sadder than the other, or so it seems.

I can even stand to read about all the posturing and hypocrisy around Don Imus (I never understood the fuss about him), especially since Paul Wolfowitz is in just as much hot water at the World Bank.

I can swing with the natural pruning of ferocious winds (as long as my car isn’t sitting under a limb). But not the out-of-control aspect of the swaying. Not the irrational and inconsistent fits and starts of a gust.

When 40-foot trees are shifting by the hour and bushes are aiming for the horizontal, I feel I am losing purchase. I can’t get a grip on anything. For me, waking up to the sound of wind, then listening to the blowing, first one way, then another, is kind of like driving on ice. I turn the steering wheel one way, the tires go another. There is no connection, no sense.

During hurricane season in Key West, back in the days when no one evacuated the island, we would sit sequestered in our houses and watch overhead electrical wires spark and hiss, hiss and spark. The racket, the disturbance would go on forever, like a bad drug trip that takes hold of your central nervous system and won’t let go.

I try to think of the eerie and haunting sound of wind as the quintessential “surround sound” for which people pay so much money. But that doesn’t take me very far.

I try to step outside my emotions and just look at weather as a science, as meteorology. But that doesn’t work, either.

The only thing that helps is to look at the calendar and to know that soon enough we’ll have more warm weather than we’ll know what to do with. When that comes, some of us will be wishing for more breezes, more wind. But not me, thank you. That’s one bit of madness I can do without. w E-mail Jane at gofish5@earthlink.net

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ust when you think it’s time to retire those sweatshirts, replace those heavy robes with something light, something airy, reach deep in your closet and crack out last year’s flat and worn-in flip-flops, we get upper level disturbances, plunging temperatures, wind gusts as high as 44 mph. What is going on?

On Sunday, we hear from someone improbably named Slugger White in Hilton Head that the final round of the Verizon Heritage golf tournament is halted because those little white balls, pesky enough during ordinary circumstances, wouldn’t remain in place, wouldn’t sit still. Can’t have that.

Give me snow showers after midnight, give me single-digit temperatures, take the last single leaf on the last single tree, bring on sheets of rain, days of slate-gray clouds.

But high winds that buffet a car three lanes across? Gusts that rattle a window for hours no matter how much you try to steady the wooden frame with a wad of paper?

Outbursts that whip a palm tree upside down and inside out as if it were a skirt blowing over a woman’s head? Eruptions that pick up a garbage can and transport it to the next county? No thanks.

If T.S. Eliot can call April the cruelest month, I’d have to say the sound and passion and irrationality of a windy day is the closest weather approximation to evil I can imagine.

When a dog who lives to be outside amid untended cat food, discarded chicken bones, fresh spring grass, the occasional squirrel, takes four steps beyond the front door, puts her nose into the air, sniffs once or twice, then beats a hasty retreat to the safety of the house, you know something is seriously wrong with the universe.

When a baseball game is called for cold weather and amaryllises are blooming in late April and nine-year-old loquat trees that have never produced anything but sweeping branches and a fuller waistline are filled with fruit (the same with two nearby plum trees who never put out more than five or six plums a summer and a meyer lemon tree that only three months ago looked halfdead), you know things are not lining up right.

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Hairball!

Jessica Ozment

Club One was the venue Friday night for this first annual event benefiting the American Diabetes Association’s Kiss-a-Pig campaign of Cale Hall. Each runway model had an array of fantasy hair designed by B Street Salon stylists.

Entertainment was provided by the Gretchen Greene School of Dance.

Reading is fundamental

Lovers of literature gathered in Daffin Park to celebrate the city-sponsored ‘Big Read,’ focusing on the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.

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Taking back the night -- all day!

Jessica Ozment

Raising awareness of the need to eliminate violence against women was the theme of ‘Take Back the Night’ Friday.

At left, Academy Award nominee and local resident Diana Scarwid with local writer Miriam Center; below, Sara Rudolph-Pollard.

Farewell... for now

Progressive bluegrass faves Nickel Creek performed Thursday at the Lucas Theatre as part of their last tour as a group.

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Inbox 768,489 (5,332) SSU kicks off Ninth Hill Hall Benefit Gala with campus celebration

PAYS!

Savannah State University (SSU) officially announced plans today to present the 2007 Hill Hall Benefit Gala on Saturday, May 12, at 8 p.m. at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center. The announcement was made during the campus kick-off celebration in front of historic Hill Hall.

“Proceeds from this year’s gala will provide SSU Interim Pres. Julius S. Scott Jr. accepts a sponsorship opportunities for a colcheck as gala co-chair Rick Winger, president of the lege education for numerSavannah Economic Development Authority, looks on ous students,” said Julius S. Scott, Jr., Ph.D., interim Armstrong, February 4th, 2037. At that president of SSU. “Because a college edutime, the signature scroll and donated cation paves the way for countless opporArmstrong Theatre memorabilia will be untunities, it is our hope that members of the veiled and released to the University’s percommunity will give their strongest support manent archive. to this academic scholarship fundraiser.”

The Masquers invite all submissions of During the kick-off event, gala co-chairs old photos, programs, tickets, costumes, or Jenny Gentry, market president of Wachovia other Armstrong Theatre artifacts that may Bank, and Rick Winger, president/CEO have been stored in the attic collecting dust. of the Savannah Economic Development Anyone who would be willing to donate Authority, announced Georgia Power as the such memorabilia to AASU should bring the Title Sponsor of this year’s gala with a doitems to any of the Three Cornered Moon nation of $30,000. The co-chairs also preperformances for inclusion in the permasented a $15,000 donation from Wachovia nent archive. Select pieces of memorabilia Bank, $10,000 from Thompson Hospitality will be chosen for inclusion in the time capServices and $2,500 from SunTrust Bank. -sule. All pieces will be secured and stored received 4.11 from Loretta Hayward in a permanent, climate controlled archive

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On Saturday, May 5, the Savannah Children’s Choir will hold auditions for their 2007/2008 season. Auditions will take place from 9-10 a.m., 10-11 a.m., 11 a.m. - noon and 1-2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, corner of 34th and Abercorn. In each session, the group will be taught a song, and then asked to sing individually and in small groups.

Auditions are for interested and committed singers that will be in 2nd through 8th grades during the 2007/2008 school year. All singers must bring a completed Audition Form and a copy of their most recent school progress report. The audition form can be downloaded at www.savannahchoir.org.

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As the AASU Masquers’ Celebrating the Past, Celebrating the Future anniversary season nears its conclusion, they have planned a few special activities to commemorate the occasion. First of all, they have programmed Gertrude Tonkonogy’s 1933 farce Three Cornered Moon to anchor the close of this Anniversary season. While many may have never heard of the play, its significance to Armstrong is that it was the first play produced by Savannah Theatre at Armstrong Junior College in 1937. The Masquers invite all of Savannah to join them on April 19th for opening night and a post performance reception to meet the cast and director...

Beginning on opening night, Masquers audience members will have the opportunity to make their indelible mark in Armstrong Theatre history by autographing a special signature scroll that will be deposited into a time capsule in AASU Jenkins Theater during its forthcoming renovation that is scheduled to commence this summer.

The instructions on this time capsule will require the capsule to remain unopened until the 100th anniversary of theatre at

room, preserving fond Armstrong Theatre memories for the ages. -- received 4.11 from Mario Incorvaia

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wo men and a woman were arrested April 11 after they took more than 700 pounds of copper from a Georgia Power substation on Little Neck Road.

Marty Lee Willis, 41, Horace Berry, 53 and Lisa Lee, 36, were in a Mazda pickup truck leaving the scene of the crime when they were stopped by officers of West Chatham precinct. A caller reported the theft in progress to 911 dispatchers around 4:45 a.m., giving a description of the truck and suspects, and they were arrested shortly before 5 a.m.

Six hundred pounds of metal were found in the bed of the truck. After returning to the scene, officers found another 150 pounds stashed under a bush outside the substation. A paid of bolt cutters were used to gain entry into the fenced compound, and they were recovered at the scene.

Willis was charged with theft by receiving stolen property and Berry and Lee were charged with party to the crime of theft.

Willis and Berry also are charged with criminal trespass and possession of tools for commission of a crime. Willis is being investigated in regard to another theft at the substation on April 2. The copper was valued at $1,700.

• A man was arrested April 7 after police found nearly 11 pounds of marijuana inside a car on the Southside. Officer Matthew Kassees was on routine patrol when he spotted a car that appeared to be on fire in a parking lot at White Bluff and Wilshire roads. As he approached, three men fled the scene. The officer located and captured one of the men, who was later identified as Corey Jivens, 27. Inside the vehicle were nearly 11 pounds of marijuana and two handguns. When the guns were traced, it was learned that one had been reported stolen from Savannah in 2003.

The area was canvassed. Witnesses said that shortly before the officer arrived, a dark-colored car had fled from the scene.

What the officer thought was smoke from the car was in fact smoke from the tires of the other car after it sped off. The occupants of both cars exchanged gunfire, however no reports of injuries were received. Jivens was interviewed by detectives before he was taken to jail. He was charged

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with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. The drug investigation has been turned over to the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team, and additional arrests and charges are pending. Anyone with information about the two men who fled the area are asked to call police at 6516728 or to call CrimeStoppers at 234-2020.

• A man who stole a deacon’s car during an Easter Sunday church service was arrested April 8. Police said Howard Ramel Morgan, 19, walked into the Asbury United Methodist Church at the corner of Duffy and Abercorn streets, posing as a visitor.

Morgan sat next to one of the church deacons, who later went up to sing with the church choir. The deacon left his keys on the pew, and after the service, couldn’t find them. He later realized his car had been stolen. Morgan took the keys and the car before the service was over. Police said Morgan damaged five other cars while fleeing from the church parking lot. The car was found behind his home and he was arrested. Police tracked him to his home from a visitor’s card he filled out in church.

• A man returned to his former home on Sea Island Drive to retrieve some belongings, and found his former roommate dead of natural causes. The man said he entered the house through a sliding glass door that the deceased would leave open for him. When he entered the bedroom, he found the woman lying on the floor in the fetal position on the right side of the bed.

He placed her on the bed in an attempt to revive her. She was not breathing and her skin was cold, so the man called 911.

Police found the woman’s body on her bed, both arms sticking up straight and stiff, with her right leg bent. Paramedics arrived and said it appeared the woman had been dead for about 24 hours.

The county coroner also responded to the scene. Even though it appeared the woman’s death was from natural causes, her body had been moved after her death, so her residence was treated as a potential crime scene. The man told officers that the woman had several health problems and was a heavy smoker and drinker. w

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Shrink v. Shrink

that the original was being stored at an undisclosed location. (2) Brook Akins, 34, was arrested in January in a Salt Lake City suburb after calling 911 12 times in five hours to complain of a toothache and demand to speak to someone who could help him.

Things People Believe

(1) Super-charismatic Stacy Finley, 34, pleaded guilty in January in Shreveport, La., to defrauding 22 middle-class victims by somehow convincing them to pay a total of $989,000 to have medical scans done of their bodies by overhead satellite and to be administered secret therapeutic drugs while they slept, by CIA agents who would sneak into their homes. (2) Sacramento, Calif., veterinarian Bert Brooks told a KOVR-TV reporter in February that he had a record of curing pets by having them stare at a computer monitor showing psychedelic images (“harmonic translation”). “I didn’t learn this in vet school,” he told the reporter, but “(t)here’s a lot going on in the universe that we don’t understand today.”

Signs of the Times

Ariel Milby explained her ostentatious sweet-16 party (televised in February on MTV) by pointing out that her dad owns his own oil company. “I love oil,” she said. “Oil means shoes and cars and purses.” “(Oil) smells like money....” But it’s not just 16year-olds who are spoiled. Reuters reported in January that New York City party designers get $25,000 and up for kids’ birthday and coming-of-age bashes, including one 60-guest celebration for a 1-year-old, who of course slept through the whole thing. (In December, at a spare-no-expense birthday party for a 7-year-old girl in Coral Gables, Fla., a cougar brought in to dazzle the kids attacked a 4-year-old, who required hospitalization.)

Creme de la Weird

Passions: (1) Entomology doctoral student Rebecca O’Flaherty of the University of California, Davis is a specialist on mag-

gots, even to the point of creating “maggot art” (dipping them in paint and letting them writhe around on the “canvas”), though she doubts her passion is helping her land a teaching job. She told McClatchy newspapers in February that she admires the swiftness and elegance of maggots’ ability to devour. (2) Clarence Horner’s hobby, apparently, was collecting tombstones, in that upon his death in 2006 in Lincoln, Neb., authorities found 47 of them in his rented storage locker.

Least Competent Criminals

(1) Andre Henry was convicted on 27 criminal counts in Philadelphia in February (e.g., bank robbery, threatening witnesses and police officers), despite his cocky attitude on the witness stand. After the prosecution played back a recording of Henry confessing his crimes to a wire-wearing inmate, Henry was unfazed, quickly declaring that the confessor was really Henry’s “twin brother” (except that the prosecutor easily showed that he doesn’t have one). (2) A 17-year-old was arrested in January in Sheboygan, Wis., and charged with stealing a snowmobile from the Sheboygan Yamaha lot. However, the next morning, even before the dealer realized the vehicle was missing, the boy had brought it in for service.

News That Sounds Like a Joke

(1) Biologists at Germany’s University of Jena announced in January that they were terminating a research project on animal movements after three years because they were tired of waiting for a sloth named Mats to leave his perch. (2) In March, the Pascha brothel in Cologne, Germany, introduced an early-bird special for seniors age 66 and above, offering services for half-price between noon and 5 p.m. w

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subway bombings, and he suffered the loss of a leg, for which government programs In March, a jury in Los Angeles liscompensated him with more than 100,000 tened to nine psychiatrists testify, along with British pounds (about $190,000). That is other witnesses who openly described their more than 10 times the amount of governsex lives, before finally deciding that neiment compensation (in 2005 pounds) rether party in the shrink-vs.-shrink contest ceived by each of the two teenage girls from was all that emotionally healthy. Dr. David a vicious 1985 gang rape that Holness was Martorano had sued the UCLA psychiaconvicted of participating in (and for which try department, blaming a loss of promohe served seven years in prison). tion on a failed affair with his supervisor, Hurricane Katrina Trailer Fiascos: In Dr. Heather Krell, who denied the affair, March, while FEMA was busy evicting the especially Martorano’s claim of oral sex in last Katrina victims that it had housed in a parked car. Krell’s witnesses “diagnosed” trailers, it also disclosed that it has been Martorano with narcissistic personality stuck with 8,000 mint-condition trailers disorder and being “addicted” to having that have sat vacant for 18 months now in women fall in love with him. The jury cona field near Hope, Ark., because the agency cluded that Krell did have the affair, but did hasn’t been able to give them away not sexually harass Martorano or sabotage (to government agencies, as fedhis promotion. eral law requires). (Also, WWLTV in New Orleans reported in Government in Action There are two March that area hospitals conIn February, when housing officials in Loebau, Germany, ran out of wolves in one tinue to be overcrowded while specially equipped medical small apartments for low-income mans heart trailers, which were ordered residents, they decided to put them just after Katrina hit and in quarters that were larger than which took eight months to regulations allowed. However, the arrive, continue to sit unused.) officials made the residents close off some rooms to stay within the allotBig-Time Crime ted space and said inspectors would Marshall Wolbers, 56, was make regular visits to see that no one arrested in Lake Bluff, Ill., in cheated.

February after he had allegedly Fire officials in Crystal River, Fla., ripped off almost two dozen spas stopped the planned performance in in the Chicago area over the last January of Jesse Aviles, “The Human year by luxuriating in massage and pedicure Bomb,” who was set to lie face down services, etc., but skipping out on the bill. across two bar stools at the Oar House Said one specialist on nails, to an Associated Restaurant and Lounge and have himPress reporter, “I just want to look at him (a self blown across the room by explosives.

300-pound man), like ‘You jerk, you didn’t According to Oar House, the performance even tip me. You made me rub your gross was canceled for the lack of permits. City feet and listen to you for an hour and a Manager Andrew Houston, asked by the half.’”

St. Petersburg Times what kind of permits Police Blotter: (1) A woman in Bozeman, might be necessary for a person to be exMont., complained in March of “strange ploded from a barstool, said, “I have no noises” from “underneath her house,” being earthly idea.” made by “people from the ‘Underworld.’”

Garri Holness, 39, is one of the Britons She told police that her house had been “rein a bad place at the time of the July 2005 placed” “in the middle of the night” and

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| Earthweek by Steve Newman

Vanishing Bees

The mysterious disappearance of millions of bees across the United States and Western Europe since 5.4 last fall threatens honey supplies as well as crops that depend on the insects 5.2 for pollination. Beekeepers o from Pennsylvania to +115 California say they have NÕGuigmi, 5.4 Niger seen the number of bees in their hives drop by between 50 and 90 percent.

Comparable losses are reported in hives from Britain to Greece. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says no one has been able Week Ending April 13, 2007 to determine why the bees have vanished, leaving only reefs. One island resident described a loud the queen and sometimes whooshing sound of receding water that large amounts of honey. Experts say the occurred simultaneously with the rumbling usual causes for bee losses, such as mites, of the 8.1 magnitude quake. appear not to be the main factors in the socalled “colony collapse disorder.”

Gobi Dust Pollution Beekeepers in Oregon, however, say they Clouds of toxic dust blew into have not only escaped the losses seen elseJapan and the Korean peninsula where, but have actually seen their hives from China’s industrialized rethrive with more numerous and robust bees gions in a seasonal phenomenon than have been observed in many years. that is becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. During spring, masSolomon Lift sive swirls of yellow dust blow southeastThe massive seismic slip that trigward from the Gobi Desert. Dioxins and gered the deadly Solomon Islands heavy metals such as copper, cadmium and tsunami during the previous lead are absorbed into the dust clouds as week also lifted an entire island they travel across the polluted industrial nearly 10 feet higher out of the areas of northern China. When the toxic sea. Some of the world’s most pristine coral clouds arrive in South Korea and Japan, reefs were destroyed during the process. schools are closed and residents are advised While Ranongga was spared the tsunami to stay indoors or wear masks when venturdevastation seen on other islands, the seising outside. Below-normal snowfall during mic upheaval caused it to suddenly rise, liftthe past winter left the desert sand far looser ing with it the surrounding coral reefs that than in previous years, allowing winds to are crucial to the livelihood of area fishermore easily lift it into the atmosphere. The men. The stench of rotting fish and other Korea Meteorological Administration premarine life now fills the air around those

Bangladesh Twister

Violent storms that lashed villages in northern Bangladesh destroyed more than 1,000 homes and injured at least 45 people. The United News of Bangladesh reports one tornado ripped through five farming villages in Tangail district, and hail battered adjacent areas four times within a few hours.

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Eruption of the Century

A spectacular 11-day eruption of Piton de la Fournaise volcano on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion subsided after the mountain spewed fountains of lava more than 1,500 feet high. Vulcanologists said the intensity made it “the eruption of the century.” Other scientists said they discovered hundreds of deep-water fish of unknown species floating belly-up in the ocean after the eruption ended. Alain Barrere, an adviser to the island’s volcano observatory, said he and two scientists from Reunion’s aquarium collected specimens of the dead fish, some of which had bulging eyes and protracted heads. “It’s crazy. We’ve never seen this with previous eruptions,” said Barrere.

He hopes to determine where the fish came from and why they died.

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• A quake in southern Peru caused landslides to block some roadways.

• Earth movements were also felt in western Nicaragua, southwestern Turkey and northwestern Sumatra.

Population Control

The government of northern India’s Himachal Pradesh state announced plans to sterilize 65,000 monkeys in a massive effort to stop the primates from destroying crops and terrorizing urban areas. The move came after thousands of farmers gathered outside the state legislature to demand action. Government experts say the number of wild monkeys in the state has increased to more than 300,000, up from an estimated 60,000 in 1985. Earlier plans to cull the animals were canceled due to concerns the move could offend Hindu religious sentiment, which associates monkeys with the god Hanuman. “We have sterilized 621 monkeys using the latest laser techniques and now plan to operate on 65,000 monkeys in urban areas of the state,” said Ram Lal Thakur, Himachal Pradesh forest minister. w

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The Savannah Music Festival handily meets its projections for 2007

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t’s been a little over two weeks since the final night of the 2007 Savannah Music Festival, and by now it’s likely you’ve seen or heard some of the numbers floating around in the wake of this ever-growing annual showcase of both traditional art music and contemporary roots genres.

As was expected by many who’ve been carefully watching this event’s ascent over the past half-decade, attendance was up, the percentage of ticket holders who came in from out of town specifically for the concerts grew, and the total economic impact of the eighteen-day celebration took a staggering leap forward.

That’s welcome news to both Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson and his staff, as well as to the board which oversees the SMF. It reaffirms that the organization is generally perceived as being on the right path toward reaching the long-term goals set out by Gibson when he was brought in to steer the former Savannah Onstage vocal competition into ambitious new waters.

A quick look at the fiscal and logistical data paints a rather rosy picture of what could be termed a “hard sell” of an event to the average person (even to those not wellversed in the minutiae of such reports).

Over the course of eighteen days, the SMF produced 109 events (a significant portion of which were offered completely free of charge to the general public) and showcased nearly 600 artists from across the globe.

Throw in more than twenty educational concert experiences for area youth, master classes by some of the same stellar talent, pre-show lectures, a three-day gospel showcase, two-day high school jazz band workshop, and the Music Festival quickly and handily comes into focus as the crowning cultural event in a town known far and wide for getting its art on.

When Gibson first took the reins of this event and broadened its scope (at a time when the non-profit organization was deeply in debt), he predicted it would take approximately five years to emerge from that sea of red ink. It now seems he was fairly on the money with that estimate.

This year, Festival ticket revenue rose seventeen percent over 2006, bringing in around $725,000. About eighty percent of all available tickets were sold — a phenomenal amount given the breadth and caliber of the artists featured in the program.

Better still for both the SMF and the city, forty-five percent of the estimated 55,000 attendees do not call Savannah home, and fifty-two percent of those visitors cited the festival as their main reason for coming.

Over half of first-time attendees live more than 200 miles from here.

Maria Lancaster is the festival’s director of marketing and communications, and those figures are music to her ears.

“We can see who’s bought tickets, and we

get a good sense of when we have patrons who are bringing in friends from out of town, which was fairly evenly split,” she says.

“What was most interesting was the larger numbers now coming from Bluffton and Hilton Head. We’re not only increasing our draw locally in Chatham County, but from the shorter distance outlying areas as well. And they’re coming to more events,” Lancaster says.

“A person who might have gone to one or two events last year and spent a total of $150 to $200, this year they spent maybe $800 or $900 and hit multiple events,” she says. “That’s really something! They also stayed longer. Out-of-towners stayed five days on average, whereas last year it was somewhere between three and four.”

It’s those out-of-town dollars and two additional nights of lodging that are key to the longevity and continued growth of the SMF.

Being able to demonstrate momentum in those areas leads to increased funding from the city’s Cultural Affairs Department, and spurs private donations and personal and corporate sponsorships.

Using a calculation model provided by both the state’s Department of Economic Development and Georgia State University, the 2007 SMF represents a total economic impact of over $20 million. That’s almost $5 million more than last year.

Gibson says he’s very happy the festival is being embraced as warmly as it is, but in a sense, he’s not too surprised.

Sounding brighter and more refreshed than he often seemed during the midst of the lengthy, marathon event —that regularly saw him zipping frantically from venue to venue by bicycle to introduce artists and oversee as many productions as possible— he reiterates the timetable that he heralded

Director Rob Gibson introducing the performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at the Lucas Theatre during this year’s Festival

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when he first agreed to helm the SMF. “I would say this year achieved our expectations. But I look at it not only in terms of 2007, but for all the five years that I’ve been involved. There was a five year plan to get to something like what people experienced at this festival,” Gibson says.

He also cautions against folks reading too much into the loudly trumpeted news that at long last the SMF has surmounted its outstanding debt.

“That just means we’re not operating in red ink,” he chuckles. “Now, that’s certainly a huge relief, but it doesn’t mean that we have some kind of huge cash reserve! Working in the arts in our time is an ongoing challenge. A real struggle. But it’s something we all believe in very strongly.”

He and Lancaster both laud the efforts of TouchPoll of Georgia, a computer-based research firm contracted by the SMF to provide accurate, detailed entry and exit polls of festival attendees. It’s that data that fuels the all-too-critical statistics used to calculate the SMF’s progress and its fiscal affects on the community at large.

“The fact they use portable computers is great,” says Lancaster. “Literally, three days after the festival, I received the results.”

Gibson says he knows firsthand that TouchPoll is doing a thorough job, and feels secure in their calculations.

“They’re at so many events, and they’re hitting up both young and old people. For example, both my parents and my wife’s parents were visiting during the festival, and they all got interviewed. I mean, I even saw Gregg Allman being interviewed! (laughs) The TouchPoll guy said to him, ‘Hey, can I talk to you for a second?’ He didn’t have any idea who Gregg was,” Gibson recalls.

“The point is they’re getting a wide sampling and asking the right questions: How much are you spending per day? Did you eat before the show? That’s all very important info if you’re gonna do what we do — which I’d describe as a major event in Savannah for the purpose of cultural tourism,” he says.

Gibson points out that while it’s tempting to imagine audience members as falling into two general categories —those who live in Savannah or nearby and those who travel from afar specifically to catch a show by a favorite artist— in reality, there is another swath of attendees that often goes unnoticed: accidental patrons.

These folks (most of whom live nowhere near Savannah) stumble upon the festival quite by happenstance, but wind up making it a focal point of their visit.

“You know, Savannah draws plenty of

25 tourists. We find that people from, say, England or West Texas, who aren’t here for the festival — well, they try one of our concerts on a whim, get knocked out by the quality of the show, and wind up extending their stay several days,” Gibson says.

“We just got an e-mail from a couple in England. They just kept saying to each other, ‘What should we see tomorrow?’ Many people who came out to see Susan Tedeschi had never seen Dianne Reeves —or even knew who she was, for that matter— and they got blown away.”

Maria Lancaster says in retrospect this was the best SMF of the four she’s been involved with, and credits the growing positive feedback between the artists and their crowds for that.

“I really feel like they all connected this time around, she says.

“Even in those events that were a bit lesser-known or more avantgarde. This year, folks just got into them more than in the past. That’s been building. It takes time for the education period. This year there was a certain level of trust present, and the artists felt it.

I think more people were willing to accept things outside the norm of what they might usually have paid to see or would have attended for free.”

Gibson too, was overwhelmingly pleased with the totality of the 2007 SMF. “To be honest with you, I try to see every single concert, or at least a portion of them,” he confides. “Occasionally I do get frustrated by decibel levels, which are usually controlled by soundmen that are not our employees. But outside of a few lunchtime events, I was extremely happy with the artistic quality of everything we put on the stage this year.”

For Lancaster, however, the continued diversification of SMF crowds mean as much to her as the caliber of the artists.

“The mayor mentioned this, but I agree and think it’s important to note: this was the first SMF where we really saw the entire community come together at various concerts. Ages, races, income levels, single people, families, gays, it was just across the board,” she says.

“The Anoushka Shankar concert was a great example of that. There were young people, seniors, whites, blacks and Eastern Indians there. Younger people and those with less to spend were in the balcony, and those who could afford the expensive floor seats enjoyed it together. You can just feel it when that happens.” w To comment, e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

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nyone familiar with local indie-rock iconoclasts Argyle know that their original material is famously difficult to slap an easy label onto.

Hell, if anything, that’s their trademark.

Known for intense, in-your-face live gigs, this two guitar, bass and drums quartet holds their own as far as energy, stamina, technical prowess and volume with any punk or metal band in town, yet they temper this predilection for mayhem with easygoing ska and dub rhythms, fluid bass lines and peculiar vocal harmonies.

Having eked out a substantial following over the past several years for both their increasingly accomplished and compositionally complex original material, they also keep up their chops (and the rent) by playing lower-key, cover-oriented gigs at a wide variety of area bars and restaurants.

Yet, with the release of a second full CD of their own tunes, they are edging closer than ever before to their stated goal of downplaying their cover gigs and hitting the road as a dedicated showcase act.

Tracked and mixed by engineers Kevin Rose, Miles Hendrix and Jason Anderson at midtown’s Elevated Basement Studios, the self-titled disc veers from the NOFXstyle late-’90s pop-punk of “F?CKhead Inc.,” to the funky, 311-esque mosh vibe of “Apathalogical,” and the bawdy honky-tonk of “Alcohol U.” As with their first release, it’s (sonically) one of the most commercialsounding albums ever released locally.

I spoke with the band in advance of this weekend’s CD release party and concert.

month before. We just wanted to put the latest and best stuff on there.

people. Right now, just getting the music out there is our number one priority.

How much effort goes into being Argyle?

Tell me a bit about the CD release party.

Jason Sutton: Lots. Maybe too much! We make flyers, book shows, plan sets, etc...

We’ll practice as a band anywhere from three to eight hours a week. I write pretty much everyday, for hours when I can.

Robert Stephens: If you haven’t seen Argyle yet, this should be a good one to start with.

The best part about our crowd is it’s diversity, which reflects us as a band and how different we are from each other.

Who handled the songwriting for this CD?

This record showcases a harder side of the band. Are you surprised Argyle has not been embraced more by local extreme rock fans?

Jason Sutton: As on our first album, Jeremy (Riddle, guitars/vocals) or I wrote songs and taught them to the others. Then we made minor changes or improvements as a group.

Lyrically, he and I are pretty much responsible for our own words.

I know you wanted to try and capture the feel of your live show on this disc. Did you?

Stephen Riddle (drums/vocals): I can’t wait till we sound like that every show. It’s all recorded live with only a few overdubs. We set up like it was a typical gig, but we didn’t have to sing while playing. That always gives you a little more energy to put towards your instrument.

How recent are the songs on this CD?

When does Argyle have to decide if it’s a fulltime pursuit, or merely a part-time job?

Jason Sutton (guitar/vocals): Most are very new. I think “Apathalogical” was written two weeks beforehand, and “Moksha” maybe a

Robert Stephens: With a little help, this could go really far. It’s always been hard since we’re working class, check-to-check

Jason Sutton: We’ve grown and gone through different stages, so it may take awhile for people to see that we’re into rock now a lot more than we ever were before.

Eventually, I’m sure they’ll catch on.

You closed the recent Jesse Jordan Benefit at American Legion Post 135 in front of hundreds of fresh faces – many who were well into their 60s, and it seemed to go well.

Jason Sutton: That was a surprise, but also an important success because ninety percent of the crowd was comprised of not just musicians, but good ones. w Argyle plays an 18+ show 10 pm, Friday at Loco’s (downtown). CDs will be available.

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Teddy Adams

Savannah jazz icon and educator. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, 10:30 pm, midnight, Kokopelli’s Jazz Club.

FRI & SAT

The Hottest Dance Party

BC & The Rock Mob

Blues and classic rock-oriented band fronted by prolific local songwriter Buddy Corns.

Fri. - Sat., 10:30 pm, Bayou Café + Sun., 5 pm, (solo show), The Island Grill (Pt. Wentworth).

On the Southside!!

DJ SAM DIAMOND mous” with the “World Fa

The Jeff Beasley Band

Electric blues, soul and rock & roll covers and originals. Fri., 8 pm, Warehouse + Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d.

Black Eyed Susan

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Blue Turtle Seduction

Infectious and lighthearted, violin-heavy organic band that sells out the Fillmore in Frisco, and is new to this market, but making waves. Sat., 10 pm, Locos Deli & Grill (downtown).

Bottles & Cans

Fat Possum-esque Delta garage rock with lots of mouth harp. Wed., 9 pm, Bay Street Blues + Thurs., 6 pm, Tubby’s (Thunderbolt) + Sun., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.).

Chief

Rock singer/guitarist who also fronts the reformed JoJa Band. Wed. - Thurs. & Sun. - Tues., Bayou Café + Fri., 8 pm Hercules (Pt. Wentworth).

Eric Culberson Blues Band

Top-notch local electric Chicago-style combo that tours the East Coast. Mon., 6 pm, The Boathouse (Hilton Head) + Tues. (host Open Jam Night) - Wed., Mercury Lounge + Sat., 10 pm, Hang Fire.

The Long Awaited

Powerhouse modern and classic rock covers featuring vocalist/guitarist Thomas Claxton and many local music scene veterans. Fri., 10 pm, Wild Wing Café.

Brenda Morie

This gifted Canadian jazz flutist recently relocated to Savannah. Her intimate approach to sultry vocals has drawn comparisons to the great Julie London. Sat., 8 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Pelusa Band

Dusty, dobro and harmonica-fueled male/female Americana duo from Seattle.

Sat., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean Coffeehouse ALL-AGES.

The Permanent Tourists

Funky party band with a wide repertoire.

Sat., 9 pm, Tantra Lounge.

Phantom Wingo

Gritty, soulful, twin-guitar Southern rock

Top: Blue Tirtle Seduction Bottom: Steph Taylor

band that leans more toward Allman Bros. and Black Crowes-style explorations than Outlaws-style yahoo-isms. Thurs., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) + Fri., 9 pm, French Quarter Café (Statesboro) + Sat., 7 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee).

Raquy & The Cavemen

This unusual booking is hotly anticipated by those already familiar with this N.Y.-based group that specializes in authentic Middle Eastern and Arabic drumming.

Guest appearance by local Belly-Dancer Raluca Ghiban. Tues., 8 pm, Sentient Bean

Steph Taylor

Berklee-educated singer/guitarist/pianist whose dark, confessional pop is both ultra-catchy, and far from pedestrian.

With Memphis’ guitarist/songwriter Emily White. Sun., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean

The Train Wrecks

Gutsy local roots-rock combo. Thurs., 10 pm, Murphy’s Law + Fri., 10 pm, Molly MacPherson’s Pub + Sat., 6 pm, Dewey’s Dockside (Tybee), 10 pm, Mercury Lounge + Sun., 7 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee).

The Tony Tyler Trance

Now that this fiery, slide guitarist and ‘70s cock-rock throwback is hittin’ the road with a vengeance, Dublin, Ga. will be known for more than a speed trap. Fri., 10 pm, Savannah Blues.

WormsLoew (acoustic)

An unplugged show from this young, up-and-coming local Southern rock/ Americana/Y’all-ternative group that looks to folks like Jupiter Coyote and the DriveBy Truckers for inspiration, and has caught the attention of Coyote’s management.

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Marcello’s Sonata in F Major, Fantini’s Sonata No 8 in C “Detta Del Nero”, Purcell’s Fantasia upon a ground in D, Handel’s Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 No. 3 in G Major, Geminiani’s Concerto Grosso Op.5 No.12 “La Folia”, Handel’s Alleluia from “Esther”, and Vivaldi’s Double Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Orchestra in C major. If you have yet to avail yourself of a performance by one of the fastest rising new classical ensembles in the area, now would be a great time to do so. Tickets range from $20 to $30, and are available at www.savannahorchestra.org, by calling (800) 514-3849, or at the doors. Thurs., 7:30 pm, Richmond Hill United Methodist Church, Fri., 7:30 pm, Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, Sat., 7:30 pm, Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, Sun., 3 pm, The Jewish Educational Alliance.

Looking for a great excuse to kick back and enjoy the night air? Take in a free outdoor show by this funky, wahguitar-and-trumpet-based soul-jazz quartet under the stars at this courtyard venue next to the giant hole in the ground that used to be the City Market Parking Garage. Fri., 8 pm, Sorry Charlie’s.

Jerry Joseph’s Jackmormons

This downtown eatery continues to work at distinguishing itself as a serious live music venue with this impressive booking. Joseph made waves in the ‘90s with a great, reggae-influenced road band called Little Women, but it would take years of hard living and troubled times for him to emerge as a critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter with a sizable cult following. That’s due to both his immense capacities as both a rock and contemporary folk tunesmith, and his close association with Widespread Panic (they covered his “Climb To Safety”) who took him under their wing and gave him a leg up in the biz. This venue has a newly updated sound and light system so it should look and sound above average, but be aware: while big-screen TVs project a view of the stage throughout the bar, if it’s a packed house and you don’t get there early, that’s the only way you’ll see the band, as a wall divides the room in half... Sun., 9 pm, Loco’s (downtown).

The Love Story

Captivating, female-fronted NYC-based group playing dicordant indie-rock that’s reminiscent of Pod-era Breeders. They cite the ultra-underground cult act Teen Slain as a key influence. Also on this bill: She Keeps Bees, essentially a one-woman low-fi solo project that at times leans toward the coun-

Bubba Sparxxx

Bubba Sparxxx performs Thursday night at Malone’s

trified ballads of recent Patti Smith efforts.

Fri., 10 pm, Guitar Bar.

Port City Music

This droning, moody local janglerock project serves mainly as a vehicle for the songwriting of guitarist and vocalist Phillip Palmer (whose indie cred pedigree stretches all the way back to a short stint in Sunday School, one of Savannah’s earliest underground bands). Along with fellow atmospheric guitarist Toby Taylor, he leads PCM’s young bassist, keyboardist and drummer into hitherto uncharted territory that references the golden age of pre-goth British and North Carolina indie-rock. Also on the bill: local DIY electro-folk act Pink

Salad Bar! Bar & Grill

Bull St. between Congress and Broughton 912-238-JENS locally Owned & Operated by Jen & John Bressler

Kodiak, and Zombie Bazooka Patrol, a Nashville-based “horror-rockabilly” quartet that affects an often charming spooky type of addled naiveté that’s obviously a wee bit contrived Daniel Johnston nick (this band also plays the following night at Murphy’s Law Irish Pub). Fri., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean - ALL-AGES .

‘Fibonacci Goes Baroque’

Presented by the Savannah Sinfonietta, this set of works by Baroque master composers of the 17th Century use as few as 1 performer and as many as 13 — including guest Soprano Tina Zenker Williams. Pieces to be showcased include: Telemann’s Fantasia #4 in D Major,

This recently-re-opened sports bar continues to bring in well-known live music acts that appeal to their regular crowd — such as this once-hot/now on the comeback trail white, Ga.-born rapper who burst on the scene a few years back with a hit album full of Timbaland tracks. After poor promotion threw his career in limbo, OutKast’s own Big Boi signed Sparxxx, and released his latest CD. Since these are (comparatively) lean times for this artist, expect a memorable show.

Thurs., Malone’s (River St.).

Songwriters In The Round

This showcase of regional acoustic guitar-based songwriters includes sets from popular local Brandon Clark, as well as Andrew Miller, Josh Wade and Nathan Hager — most of whom should be familiar faces to regular visitors to this SCAD-oriented java hangout. Sat., 9 pm, Metro Coffee House - ALL-AGES. w

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BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler)

Jukebox Journey (8 pm)

BAY STREET BLUES

The Skies We Built, Kate Myers, Angles (8 pm)

BAYOU CAFÉ

5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (10 pm)

BERNIE’S ON RIVER ST.

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BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

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Industry Night w/George

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THURSDAY

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AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

APRIL 18TH Joey Manning (7 pm)

Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm) Karaoke

Bottles & Cans (9 pm) Chief (9 pm)

The Blend (9 pm) Lafeyette

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Annie Allman & Friends (5 pm) Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Randy “Hatman” Smith

DJ Sam Diamond (Savannah Shag Club)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER

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TOMMY’S (Pooler)

TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB

TUBBY’S (River St.) VENUS DE MILO

THE WAREHOUSE

WILD WING CAFÉ

APRIL 19TH Mama’s Mojo (8 pm)

GILLEY’S (Hinesville) High Velocity (9 pm)

GUITAR BAR Open Mic (9 pm)

HANG FIRE (37 Whitaker St.) Karaoke (10 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) The Earl Williams Quartet (8 pm)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR Jeff Beasley (7 pm)

JEN’S & FRIENDS

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

THE JINX

Rock & Roll Bingo w/DJ Boo-Cock-Eye (11 pm)

KEVIN BARRY’S Tom O’Carroll

KING’S INN Karaoke (9 pm)

KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.) Abebi Stafford (6 pm)

THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.) Open Mic Night (9:30 pm)

LOCOS DELI & PUB (Downtown) Team Trivia w/Ben & Senae

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK Pianist David Duckworth (7 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE Barry Johnson

MCDONOUGH’S Karaoke

MERCURY LOUNGE

The Eric Culberson Blues Band (10 pm)

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB Celtic Karaoke (9 pm)

ONE HOT MAMA’S BBQ (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (8:30 pm)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) Gail Thurmond

PORTMAN’S MUSIC SUPERSTORE Jerry Donahue Guitar Clinic (7 pm)

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BARNES & NOBLE (Oglethorpe Mall) Open Mic (8 pm)

BAYOU CAFÉ Chief (9 pm)

BAY STREET BLUES Karaoke (9 pm)

BENNIE’S (Tybee)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9:30 pm)

BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET Karaoke (9 pm)

BLAINE’S BACK DOOR BAR #@*! Karaoke

THE BREW PUB (Hilton Head) Live Music TBA (10 pm)

BUFFALO’S CAFÉ (Hinesville) Karaoke (7 pm)

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Insutrial Resurrection w/DJ Shrapnel (10 pm)

COBBLESTONE CONCH HOUSE (225 W. River St.) Annie Allman & Friends (5 pm)

CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (6 pm)

DAIQUIRI BEACH

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Thomas Claxton 7pm-11pm

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Jeff Beasley Band 8pm-12am

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Strange Brew

Karaoke (10 pm)

DAWG HOUSE GRILL

WormsLoew Acoustic (7 pm)

8pm-12am

DINGUS MAGEE’S Live Music TBA (9 pm)

DOC’S BAR (Tybee)

Roy & The Circuit Breakers

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly) Chuck Courtenay (7 pm)

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) Live Music TBA (7 pm)

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FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

B & B ALE HOUSE

FROZEN PARADISE

B & D BURGERS (Southside)

Phantom Wingo (9 pm)

Da Brutha wit Da Butta (9 pm)

THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee) Live Music TBA (7 pm)

HANG FIRE (37 Whitaker St.)

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) Live Music TBA (7 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) Lavon Stevens & Louise Spencer (8 pm)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Dance Party w/DJ D-Frost & Friends (10 pm)

KEVIN BARRY’S Tom O’Carroll

Wed., Apr. 18

KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.) Abebi Stafford (6 pm)

LOCOS DELI & GRILL (downtown) Open Mic w/Street Circus Symphony (10 pm)

LOCOS DELI & GRILL (Southside) Team Trivia w/Ben Bennett & Senae (7 pm)

Thurs., Apr. 19

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David Duckworth, Pianist

Fri., Apr. 20

Thurs., Apr. 19

Peter Tavalin, Pianist

Claire Frazier, Vocalist

Sat., Apr. 21

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MALONE’S (309 W. River St.) Bubba Sparks *

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MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE Nancy Witt

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MYRTLE’S BAR & GRILL (Bluffton) J. Howard Duff (7:30 pm)

ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

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FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro) Phantom Wingo (9 pm)

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JEN’S & FRIENDS Greg Williams (10 pm)

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Roy & The Circuit Breakers

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Greg Williams (10 pm)

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WILD WING CAFÉ

The Courtenay Brothers (10 pm)

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WIND ROSE CAFÉ (Tybee)

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KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.) Teddy Adams (9 pm, 10:30 pm, midnight)

LOCOS DELI & GRILL (downtowne) Argyle CD Release Party (9 pm)

LUNA LOUNGE @ IL PASTICCIO Patti & Ryan Kelly (9 pm)

LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE (Beaufort) Red Moon (10 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Pianist Peter Tavalin (5 pm), Vocalist Morgan Schaffer (9 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS Live Music TBA (8 pm)

MCDONOUGH’S Karaoke

MERCURY LOUNGE Deep Blue 3 (10 pm)

MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB The Train Wrecks (10 pm)

MULBERRY INN

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm)

Karaoke

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Curbside (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (9:30 pm)

AMERICAN LEGION POST #36 (Thunderbolt) AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee) ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton)

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CLUB ONE

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

HANG FIRE

PLUM’S (Beaufort) Live Music TBA POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

THE CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

THE HYATT

Gail Thurmond

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

RED LEG SALOON (formerly The Silver Dollar Café, Hwy 204) Live Music TBA (9 pm)

RETRIEVER’S (Statesboro)

DJ Jason Hancock spins Progressive House (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

The Christy Alan Band

DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn) DC2 DESIGN (104 W. Broughton St.)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3 DJ Analog Kid (10 pm)

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.) Dueling Pianos (8:30 pm)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside)

DJ Kiah (10 pm)

THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

DEB’S PUB & GRUB

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

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THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

The Noel Friedline Quintet (8 pm)

FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro)

The Train Wrecks (6 pm)

Tony Tyler Trance (10 pm)

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

“Georgia Kyle” Shiver & The Marshgrass Boys (9 pm)

DEWEY’S DOCKSIDE (Tybee)

SAVANNAH BLUES

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Karaoke

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Pink Floyd Tribute (8 pm)

The Eric Culberson Blues Band (10 pm)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Uncle Dank (9 pm)

DOC’S BAR (Tybee)

The Jeff Beasley Band (9 pm)

GILLEY’S (Hinesville)

Roy & The Circuit Breakers

JEN’S & FRIENDS

High Velocity (9 pm)

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

GUITAR BAR

“World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond

THE JINX

The Love Story, She Keeps Bees (10 pm)

The Hiss (11 pm)

SAVANNAH THEATRE

Broadway on Bull Street (8 pm)

SCANDALS (Tybee) Live Music TBA (9 pm)

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STEAMERS (Georgetown) Live Music TBA (9 pm)

STINGRAY’S (Tybee) Robert Willis (7 pm)

TANTRA LOUNGE

Black Eyed Susan (10 pm)

TOMMY’S (Pooler) Live Music TBA (9 pm)

TUBBY’S (River St.) Keith & Ross (7 pm)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt) Live Music TBA (10 pm)

TURTLE’S (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (10 pm)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Wilmington Island) Live Music TBA (7 pm)

VENUS DI MILO Live DJ

VFW CLUB (Hinesville)

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THE WAREHOUSE

G.E. Perry & Strange Brew (8 pm)

WAYS STATION TAVERN (Richmond Hill)

Karaoke (9 pm)

WET WILLIE’S Live DJ (8 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ

The Long Awaited (10 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ (Hilton Head) The Fresh Hots (9 pm)

WISEGUYS (Statesboro)

The Jason “Lefty” Williams Band (8 pm)

YONG’S COUNTRY CLUB (formerly The Music Box)

Sunday

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

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THE ALE HOUSE (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (10 pm)

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill) Deep Blue 3 (9 pm)

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BAYOU CAFÉ

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Karaoke w/DJ Levis

BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET Karaoke (9 pm)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S) The Joseph Michael Duo (6 pm)

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KEVIN BARRY’S

SUNDAY

KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.)

AASU’S FINE ARTS AUDITORIUM

JUAREZ MEXICAN RESTAURANT (Waters Ave.) Karaoke

THE WAREHOUSE

Thomas Claxton (1:30 pm), Live DJ (6:30 pm)

Tom O’Carroll

APRIL 22ND

WILD WING CAFÉ

Teddy Adams (9 pm, 10:30 pm, midnight)

“CJA Tribute to Duke Ellington” feat. Barry Greene (5 pm) Joey Manning (7 pm)

MONDAY

Ben Tucker & Bob Alberti (11:30 am)

BAYOU CAFÉ

LOCOS DELI & GRILL (Downtown)

Blue Turtle Seduction (10 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Pianist TBA (5 pm), Flutist Brenda Morie (9 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS Live Music TBA (8 pm)

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)

AQUA STAR RESTAURANT (THE WESTIN)

APRIL 23RD

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

Chief (9 pm)

THE BOATHOUSE (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

MCDONOUGH’S

The Eric Culberson Blues Band (6 pm)

B & B ALE HOUSE

Karaoke

BLUEBERRY HILL

Live Music TBA

MERCURY LOUNGE

Karaoke

BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler)

The Hitmen (10 pm)

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

Karaoke

METRO COFFE HOUSE

Songwriters In The Round w/Brandon Clark, Andrew Miller, Josh Wade & Nathan Hager (9 pm)

MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB Soul Kitchen (10 pm)

MOON RIVER BREWING CO.

DJ spins Beach Music

BAYOU CAFÉ

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Chief (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

BELFORD’S

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

Jason Courtenay (9 pm)

BERNIE’S (Tybee)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9 pm)

Patti & Ryan Kelly (8 pm)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

MULBERRY INN

Diana Rogers

The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm)

NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee) Phantom Wingo (7 pm)

PANINI’S (Beaufort) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) Gail Thurmond

POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) Live Music TBA (9 pm)

RED LEG SALOON (formerly The Silver Dollar Café, Hwy 204) Live Music TBA (9 pm)

RIDERS LOUNGE (Hilton Head) Virgil Kain, Prologic 13 (10 pm)

THE JINX

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

DJ KZL’s Kaleidoscope (10 pm)

DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)

KEVIN BARRY’S Harry O’Donoghue

DEWEY’S DOCKSIDE (Tybee)

KING’S INN

Ricky Standard (5 pm)

Karaoke (9 pm)

DOC’S BAR (Tybee Island) Live Music TBA

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (7 pm)

EL POTRO (13051 Abercorn St.) Karaoke w/Michael (9 pm)

SAVANNAH BLUES

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

The Mike Watson Band (10 pm)

The Christy Alan Band (8 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER G.E. Perry w/Strange Brew (10 pm)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3 Old School Dance Party w/DJ Analog Kid (10 pm)

SAVANNAH JAZZ & BLUES BISTRO (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (8 pm)

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.) Dueling Pianos (8:30 pm)

Bottles & Cans (9 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside) Live Music TBA (6 pm)

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Rincon) Beautiful Soles (9 am, 10:30 am)

FROZEN PARADISE Melanie Martell (10 pm)

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

SAVANNAH THEATRE

Buddy Corns (5 pm)

Broadway on Bull Street (8 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

SCANDALS (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (9:30 pm)

THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) Live Music TBA (8 pm)

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE Pelusa Band (8 pm)

THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee) The Howard Paul Quartet feat. Kirk Lee (8 pm)

CHA BELLA Karaoke

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

#@*! Karaoke

Zombie Bazooka Patrol (9 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside) Live Music TBA (7 pm)

CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

The Courtenay Brothers (1 pm)

Deas’ Guyz (8 pm)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Dave Keller & Abebi Stafford (7 pm) JEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB Open Mic Night (7:30 pm)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) Live Piano Music TBA

RIDERS LOUNGE (Hilton Head) Jon Doe (11 pm)

SAVANNAH BLUES

The Hitmen (10 pm)

SAVANNAH NIGHTS Karaoke

SCANDALS (Tybee)

DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm)

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE Old-Time Jam Session (8 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE Live DJ (10:30 pm)

WET WILLIE’S Karaoke (9 pm)

TUESDAY APRIL 24TH

SILVER CREEK SALOON (Statesboro)

Savannah Sinfonietta’s “Fibonacci

SORRY CHARLIE’S

KEVIN BARRY’S

Live Trivia (10 pm)

LOCOS DELI & GRILL (downtown)

Chief (9 pm)

LOCOS DELI & PUB (Southside)

The Joseph Michael Duo (6 pm)

MALONE’S (309 W. River St.)

#@*! Karaoke

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Karaoke (7 pm)

MCDONOUGH’S

BN Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm)

MERCURY LOUNGE

#@*! Karaoke (10:30 pm)

MOON RIVER BREWING CO.

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

Jon Doe (9 pm)

NORTH BEACH GRILL

The Masteller All-Stars w/Bobby Ryder (8 pm)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

Diana Rogers (7 pm)

RANDY WOOD’S CONCERT HALL (Bloomingdale)

Hip-Hop Night w/DJ D-Frost, Late Night Breakdancing & Freestyling (11 pm)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

(3 pm)

Eat Mo’ Music (3 pm)

Tom O’Carroll

SPANKY’S (River St.) Keith & Ross (9 pm)

Goes Baroque”

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS

Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons (9 pm)

STEAMERS (Georgetown) Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Team Trivia w/Ben & Senae

STINGRAY’S (Tybee) Ed Mercer (7 pm)

Mary Davis & Co. (2 pm), DJ Ceasar

TANTRA LOUNGE

BAY STREET BLUES BAYOU CAFÉ (upstairs) BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S) BLAINE’S BACK DOOR BAR BUFFALO’S CAFÉ (Hinesville) DAIQUIRI BEACH

The Permanent Tourists (9 pm)

Guitarist Jackson Evans (11 am)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Karaoke

DEB’S PUB & GRUB

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

Voodoo Soup (10 pm)

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

The Courtenay Brothers (7 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Irish Pub Acoustic Session (7 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

The Train Wrecks (7 pm)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Gail Thurmond

THE JINX-

TOMMY’S (Pooler)

TUBBY’S (River St.) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt) TURTLE’S (Statesboro)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Wilmington Island) Live Music TBA

VENUS DI MILO

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John McEuen of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (7 pm)

VFW CLUB (Hinesville)

RED LEG SALOON (formerly The Silver Dollar Café, Hwy 204)

KEVIN BARRY’S

VIC’S ON THE RIVER THE WAREHOUSE

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Nancy Witt

WESLEY MONUMENTAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

SAVANNAH THEATRE

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SEA DAWGS (Tybee)

Gail Thurmond

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

Open Mic Jam w/The Hitmen (10 pm)

Live DJ (8 pm)

SLUGGERS

Raquy & The Cavemen (8 pm)

Tokyo Joe (10 pm)

SPANKY’S (Pooler)

Free Shotz (10 pm)

TUBBY’S (River St.)

Connor Christian & The Morningstar Revival (10 pm)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Harry O’Donoghue

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Karaoke w/Frank Nelson (9 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE

G.E. Perry & Strange Brew (8 pm)

“Piano-Palooza” Karaoke (9 pm)

MERCURY LOUNGE

Broadway on Bull Street (3 pm)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

Live Music TBA (1 pm)

SAVANNAH BLUES

WET WILLIE’S

Steph Taylor w/Emily White (8 pm)

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

WILD WING CAFÉ

5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (10 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ (Bluffton)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

YONG’S COUNTRY CLUB (formerly The Music Box)

Live Music TBA

Savannah Sinfonietta’s “Fibonacci

(7:30 pm)

Goes Baroque”

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

SLUGGER’S

The Ruins (10 pm)

TOMMY’S (Pooler)

Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca

WET WILLIE’S Karaoke (9 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ

Chuck Courtenay (6 pm), Team Trivia w/The Mayor

WILD WING CAFÉ (Bluffton) Free Shotz (9:30 pm)

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They also are being asked to sign a signature scroll. It and other items will be placed in a time capsule that will be placed in Jenkins Theater during renovations scheduled for this summer.

After the final performance, all theater alumni are invited to take one more tour of Jenkins Theater before it is renovated. But it’s not just alumni who are participating in the events.

Whitney Chappell represents the future of the AASU Masquers program. A freshman, she plans to be a theater major.

Chappell also has the lead role in ThreeCornered Moon, that of Elizabeth, the daughter of the family and the only one with any sense. “She’s sarcastic and headstrong,” Chappell says. “All the characters are going through transformations by the end of the show.

“The whole family is living in the house together. It’s set in the 1930s in Brooklyn, but it’s definitely something people can relate to today,” she says.

As a freshman, Chappell says she has worked hard to get noticed. “You try to audition for as many things as you can,” she says. “I was very lucky this time.”

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n the heart of the Great Depression, a Christmas Carol: group of students put on a play.

Scrooge and Marley, The year was 1937, and the setting was The Effects of Gamma the Savannah Theatre at Armstrong Junior Rays on Man in the College. The group named themselves the Moon Marigolds and Masquers, and from that inauspicious beDeathtrap. ginning has grown a 70-year legacy.

“I had a cast of five Beginning April 19, the Armstrong in Gamma Rays, but Atlantic State University Masquers will preshad 21 in A Christmas ent the final production of their 70th anniCarol,” Meguiar says. versary season by presenting the play that Earning a theater destarted it all -- Three-Cornered Moon, writgree has helped Meguiar in ten by Gertrude Tonkonogy. his ministry. “It enhances my AASU alumnus Steve Meguiar is directpreaching style,” he says. “I’m a ing the play. “They invited me back to direct, crazy guy, anyhow. I love people so I chose the very first play that they did at and I love life.”

Armstrong,” he says.

While serving as the associThe play was a smash hit when it was ate pastor at Richmond Hill United presented on Broadway in 1933. That same Methodist Church, Meguiar directed sevyear, it was turned into a film starring eral dinner theater productions. He also Claudette Colbert. worked with the church’s musical staff to days “It’s considered a screwball comedy,” present special dramas and musicals. a Meguiar says. “It’s got a little romance to In Three-Cornered Moon, Meguiar is diweek.” it. It’s about a rich family who lose all their recting a cast of nine, mostly theater majors.

On top of all that, money in the stock market crash. The sons Scheduling has caused some headaches.

Meguiar has been trying to make time for have to go to work and learn what the world “We had eight weeks for rehearsal, but family life with his wife, Cindy. “We rehearse is really all about.” one week was spring break,” Meguiar says. at night,” he says. “My wife and I say hello at Will a 1933 comedy play to today’s audi“About three to four of the students went to night, and that’s about it. I guess I’ll see her ences? Meguiar thinks so. a theater conference, but I worked with the again after the play is over.”

“I believe it has a lot to do with today’s others when they weren’t around. Off and Meguiar is immensely enjoying directing audiences.” he says. “They Three-Cornered Moon. “It’s interare a family that is mixed esting to go to college and see up in the beginning, but all those young people,” he says. they get it together by the “I’m going to turn the big 5-0 end of the play.” in May. I’m a grandfather three Meguiar may have times over.” an insider’s view on such He’s already dreading the matters. He is the pastor final curtain. “I’m already having of the Aldersgate United withdrawal just thinking about Methodist Church. it,” he says.

“I’m a pastor now, but Meguiar enjoys all aspects of I was a medical technitheater, particularly directing. “I cian for 15 years before I like acting, I like the technical came into the ministry,. end, doing the lights and sound,” Ministers are required to he says. “Just let me bring the have a college education, props out and I’d be happy. so I went back to school,” ‘One thing that is good about he says.

Armstrong is that you are able “While I was at to do all of that,” Meguiar says.

Armstrong, I didn’t know The photo at the top of the page is a dress rehearsal shot from the “You can design the set, write the what to do,” he says. “I just historic Feb. 1937 performance of Three Cornered Moon at what play, produce it, the whole nine needed a bachelor’s degree.” was then Armstrong Junior College, then located downtown; this yards.”

Then Meguiar took a the- photo is a rehearsal shot from this weekend’s production, featuring Working with the Masquers ater appreciation class taught William Friedman and Michelle Drake (photo by Katherine Arntzen) has brought back memories of

by Roger Miller. It awakened Meguiar’s Little Theater days. “We on, we had a good seven to eight weeks to memories of Little Theater days back home had a wonderful drama program,” he says. rehearse.” in Alamo, Ga. “I was the lighting designer and taught a Easter, a traditionally busy time for “It was in my heart and blood,” Meguiar movement class for children. Theater was church pastors, happened during rehearsals. says. “I went home and told my wife I deep in my blood for a long time.”

“Finding the time for them and me was the thought I would major in theater.”

Meguiar is not the only alumnus who has hardest,” Meguiar says.

During his time at AASU, Meguiar been tapped for the 70th anniversary cele“I had to shuffle a few things,” he says. acted in several productions, including bration. The production’s set designer, Cully “I have an associate pastor who helps some.

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and show,” she says. “I was elected president of the theater department at my high school.”

During a thespian’s conference, Chappell joined other potential theater majors to audition in front of 20 to 30 college representatives. “Then you wait to see how many callbacks you get,” she says.

One of Chappell’s callbacks came from AASU, and she made the decision to leave California to attend school in Savannah.

“Armstrong has a very good reputation for theater,” she says.

“I still have a lot of time to make a decision, but I definitely will be pursuing a

performance career,” Chappell says. “We definitely want to do a great show like those students did 70 years ago.” w The Armstrong Atlantic State University Masquers present Three-Cornered Moon in seven performances, April 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. and April 22 at 3 p.m. in AASU Jenkins Theater. General admission tickets $8. Tickets for seniors, military personnel and non-AASU students $7. Remaining tickets will be available at the Jenkins Theater Box Office one hour before the curtain. Call 927-5381 weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Dinner and a show Tybee Arts Performing Society presents Neil Simon comedy The Dinner Party

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inner theater returns to Tybee Island April 20, 21 and 22 with performances of Neil Simon’s play, The Dinner Party.

“We’re doing theater in the round, dinner-theater style,” director Barry Finch says of the show, which will last about an hour and 20 minutes with dinner being served after..

The production is being presented by the Tybee Arts Performing Society. “We wanted to try something different,” Finch says. “We wanted to try something new in the space. It’s such a blackbox type theater.”

TAPS has had just two weeks to prepare for each theater production its put on. “That meant we had to put up the stage, the sets, the seating,” Finch says. “We got to a time where we’d run out of people who were willing to do all that heavy lifting.”

By doing dinner theater in the round, less work will be needed. “We will put one platform in the center and use the seating that is there,” Finch says.

The performances will be held in the Old Tybee School cafeteria. “We’re going to transform it into a French restaurant,” Finch says. “It will be a very nice setting.”

Drapes will be hung and cloth-covered tables will be placed around the stage. The result will be an intimate setting in an unconventional space with seating for about 100 people. During dinner, members of the cast will mingle with the guests and have dinner with them. “The last line of the show is, ‘Let’s have dinner -- Bon Appetit!’” Finch says.

Finch not only is directing the play, he is serving up the dinner. “I’m the executive chef at the Kehoe House,” he says.

The dinner will be served buffet-style.

The menu includes Beef Bourgninon, Chicken Etouffee, rice, grilled vegetables, a salad and rolls.

“It’s not just spaghetti, but something a

The cast of T.A.P.S.’ Dinner Party

little more interesting” Finch says. “Being at the old school cafeteria is interesting.

“The whole back half of the building is the kitchen,” he says. “People will be sitting where the children sat to eat.”

The play tells the story of a dinner party put on by a divorce attorney. “He has called together a few dinner guests,” Finch says.

“Nobody knows who’s coming.”

Turns out the attorney has invited some of his best clients -- and many of them have histories with some of the other guests. “He locks all the doors at a certain point to keep them in and forcing them to hash things out,” Finch says. “There is a lot of humor.”

The play is definitely for adults, but Finch says the language is fairly mild-mannered. Cast members are Brenda Burnett, West Eastridge, Tom Cannon, Delane Cannon, Arnie Correa and Valerie Hartz.

“If you’ve ever had domestic problems, this is the play for you,” Finch says. “If you’ve ever known people who’ve had marital situations, this is the play for you.” w The Dinner Party is presented April 20, 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. at the Old Tybee School.

Tickets $17, which include the play and dinner. Tickets at the IGA market, Gallery by the Sea or the Tybee welcome center. Tickets also are at www.tybeearts.com. Call 786-5920.

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a workman to a showman, constantly experimenting with new media and controlling the audience like a pro. If Grindhouse ended here I would leave more than happy.

But you can’t leave, because it gets better. Much better.

Zombie’s and Roth’s trailers are a lot of fun, but the real keeper here is Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright’s incomparable Don’t, in which an overzealous narrator warns us about all the things we shouldn’t do. “Don’t open the door, don’t look up, don’t look anywhere,” and so on to the point where he’s just saying “don’t” over and over again. It’s possibly the funniest and smartest parody of modern horror ever made.

And then, we come to Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof. Tarantino is the one who got me interested in films in the first place, when I saw Pulp Fiction on its opening day and realized that movies could be more than dumb fun.

But every movie since then has proved that he’s no flash in the pan, deepening his character development with Jackie Brown and taking on an epic with Kill Bill. Death Proof is possibly the smallest film he’s ever made, but in many ways it’s the purest distillation of all his work: pairing the excitement of the lowbrow with the depth of the highbrow.

Death Proof, above all, is about movies, or more specifically the visceral thrills that the best movies can give. At first it’s a little talky, especially after two hours of nonstop action, but stick around and you’ll be a part of what is truthfully one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in a theater.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie where literally everyone got out of their seats and cheered at the very end. It rekindled not only a love of film but also the joy and camaraderie that comes with being part of the audience. And in a time when the gaps between films can feel more and more like eternities, it shows us how great a talent Quentin Tarantino really is.

I remember I first saw Pulp Fiction I talked about it for weeks afterward and had the soundtrack on constant repeat. Now I’m doing the same with Death Proof. Name another director who has that effect on so many people. w Scott Howard is a writer, artist and allaround media gadfly. Write him at sahoward@gmail.com or scott-howard.com.

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hat’s with all the movies I like flopping? Is my endorsement a kiss of death?

I was disappointed but unsurprised by the commercial failure of Zodiac, a brilliant film that (like all of David Fincher’s work) will be reappraised and exalted five to ten years from now.

But Grindhouse? This one should be money in the bank.

I admit that the 3-hour running time isn’t a great selling point. Needlessly long movies get on my nerves, too, though this one didn’t bore me for a second. And I probably vastly overestimated the ability of audiences to appreciate intentionally cheesy movies.

We Americans like our cheese straightfaced, as evidenced by Grindhouse’s virtual dead heat (huh huh) finish with the thoroughly unironic assembly line horror flick The Reaping. The only positive review it got on rottentomatoes.com read, “It’s an old testament Da Vinci Code!” and that’s supposed to make you want to see it.

But I can’t remember the last time I had more fun at the movies than I did at Grindhouse. It’s a film made to be seen in a packed house, which makes its initial failure so sad. I’ve gotten some flak over the years for singing the praises of a great home theater over a subpar multiplex.

But while a movie like Zodiac will find its audience on DVD and probably be even better with the perfection of digital media, Grindhouse will unquestionably lose something when taken out of the theater. Seeing it took me back to the glory days of popcorn movies like Jurassic Park and Independence Day, when being part of an enthusiastic crowd was an indispensable part of the overall experience. I’m sure I’ll buy the DVD, but watching it at home will be like seeing your favorite band live when nobody else showed up.

I’m sure everyone already knows the idea. Two complete movies, one by Robert Rodriguez and one by Quentin Tarantino, with fake trailers in the middle by modern horror luminaries like Rob Zombie and Eli Roth. Robert Rodriguez’s entry Planet Terror is easily the best movie he’s ever made (unless you count his co-direction with Frank Miller on Sin City), a stylish sugar rush that warps genre conventions into hilarious injokes.

Comparing this to his largely unremarkable work on early films like Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn exhibits how far Rodriguez has come as a filmmaker, from

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Arlene Geller at Gallery 440, 440 Bull St. WednesdaySaturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment, call 790-1144.

‘Forty Miles from Eden’ -- A solo photography ex-

hibition by David Key with images from the Deep South at desotOrow gallery, 2427 DeSoto Ave. April 19-24.

Reception April 20 from 79 p.m.

AASU Graduating Seniors Art Exhibition - Artowrk by BA and BFA

candidates through April 27 at the AASU Fine Arts Gallery. Reception Friday April 20 at 6 p.m.

Architectural Abstracts -- by Siddharth Parasnis

April 20 through June 3 at Chroma Gallery, 31 Barard St. Reception Friday April 20 from 5-8 p.m.

Photos by David Key are featured in ‘Forty Miles from The Beauty of Living’ -Eden’ at desotOrow Gallery; reception Friday Robert Hughes to speak at SCAD -

- Former Time art critic Robert Hughes speaks April 25, 7:30 p.m. at Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St., followed by a reception and book signing at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Free and open to the public.

First Amendment Awareness Event SCAD student, faculty and staff artwork in different media that might be censored without the First Amendment. April 20 from 5-9 p.m. Orleans Hall, 201 Barnard St. Free and open to the public.

Paintings by Helen Freeman will be presented at Epworth Center for the Arts on Sunday, April 29 12:30-3 p.m. Free and open to the public. The paintings will be on display for patrons only during the evenings performance of the Epworth Player’s The Exact Center of the Universe. The Epworth Center is at 2201 Bull St. in the social hall of Epworth United Methodist Church.

‘Extended Play’ - Featuring Preston Orr,

Lorie Corbus, and Jameid Ferrin will show new mixed media at Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave., April 9-May 6.

Work by Alexi Gibson is at Black Orchid Gallery; reception Sunday

‘SixSix’ -- Megan Senior, Bailey Davidson

and Larissa Thut, three alumni of SCAD’s photo department, are having an exhibition of all square photographic work (shot on 120 film, also called “SixSix” for the size of the negative in centimeters) at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. through April 26.

‘Woman’s Image’ -- Eclectic show at

Grand Bohemian Gallery at The Mansion on Forsyth through May 6 features new work from artists such as Betsy Cain, Katherine Sandoz, Summer Wheat, Mary Hartman and John Duckworth. Hours are: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Monday 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Installation@Pinnacle -- The Savannah

College of Art and Design will host Karen Rifas as she constructs a site-specific installation April 6-30 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. Free and open to the public.

Gordonston Art Show -- Twenty local

Gordonston artists. Free and open to the public. Gourmet catered lunch provided. Saturday, April 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

In Gordonston Park, enter through Edgewood Dr. For more info call 231-8280.

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‘Who We Were and How We Will be Forgotten’ -- Photos by Alexi Gibson

through April at Black Orchid Gallery, 131 Drayton St. Reception Sunday April 22 7 p.m.-until.

Roger Surprenant -- Eclectic photogra-

phy exhibit at Moon River on Bay Street through May 18.

‘Eye of the Storm: Reflections on Violence’ - Advocacy posters on display

at the Starfish Cafe in April to raise awareness about the issue of domestic violence.

Starfish Cafe, 719 East Broad St. ‘Between Sea and Sky’ -- Hospice

‘Welcome to Motherhood’ -- Japanese

traditions, social responsibility and the roles of motherhood will be explored in mixed-media artist Atsuko Inagawa Smith’s exhibition, on display at the City of Savannah’s Gallery S.P.A.C.E. Mar. 5 through Apr. 27. Free and open to the public. S. P. A. C. E. is at 9 West Henry St. (between Bull and Whitaker Streets).

Ray Ellis -- European watercolors of

France, Italy and the Adriatic Coast by this Lowcountry artist. March 30-April 28 at Compass Prints, 205 W. Congress St. Meet Ray Ellis Friday, March 30, 3-6 p.m.

Ivan Hinds -- The work of this Guyana-

born artist will be on display thru May 31 at the Alvida Art Gallery, 7303-D Abercorn St.

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-- To donate now to the Starfish Café Gala’s Silent Art Auction, contact Laura Webb at 238-2777 ext 101 or lwebb@unionmission.org.

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Through April Shifts’ -30 at Angel’s Installation work BBQ at 21 West Oglethorpe Lane. Hours by premiere Haitian artist Edouard Duvalare Tuesday, 11:30-3, and Wednesday– Carrie April 6-30, at Red Gallery, 201 E. Saturday, 11:30-6.

Broughton St. Free and open to the public.

Albert Seidl@JEA -- Work by Albert

Seidl will hang at the Jewish Educational Alliance during April. This exhibit is to part of the celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month. The JEA is at 5111 Abercorn St.

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“Artists of the Month” at Gallery 209 for April are engraver Ann Ward and woodturner Hank Weisman. Gallery 209 is at 209 E. River Street and is open 10:30 a.m.-

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Imagine The Incredibles F wasn’t enough insurance to save her from made by profiteers and that’s pretty much b shoddy efforts like this, stars as Katherine Meet the Robinsons in a nutshell -- it’s not a Winter, a university professor who, after lossurprising that, like Chicken Little (to name O ing her faith in God about the same time she but one dud), this is Disney operating with- t lost her husband and daughter to tragedy, out the safety net of John Lasseter and his i has gone 48-for-48 in exposing so-called Pixar team. This obnoxious film focuses on a “miracles” through scientific means (with obnoxious Lewis, an orphan whose scientifics so much globe-trotting, when does she have contraptions are coveted by an obnoxious i time to grade test papers?). Her latest invillain known as the Bowler Hat Guy. 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Designed as an homage to the low-budget exploitation flicks that ran rampant in past decades (most notably the 1970s), Grindhouse finds cinematic bad boys Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez attempting to create their own down-anddirty double-bill, two grisly features (complete with bogus trailers, the best being Werewolf Women of the S.S.) that would have been right at home playing in a disreputable Times Square movie theater circa 1974. It’s a terrific idea, but unfortunately, the quality of the individual works veers all over the map. Rodriguez’s Planet Terror is tons of fun, not only in its gleeful syphoning from George Romero’s zombie classics but also in the manner in which Rodriguez insures that every frame looks like it came from a beat-up film print buried in somebody’s garage since the 70s. As for the story, it’s the usual slime-and-grime saga of a plucky band of survivors fighting off hordes of shambling, oozing creatures who have all been infected by a deadly virus. But while Planet Terror is the bomb, Tarantino’s Death Proof is simply a bomb. Did he not understand the assignment? Presented in a blemish-free style full of show-off techniques and scene after scene of dull chatfests, this ends up resembling not so much a grindhouse flick as a Quentin Tarantino movie -- and a bad one at that. As Stuntman Mike, a psycho who uses his own souped-up vehicle as a weapon with which to murder comely young women, Kurt Russell is the story’s MVP, but Tarantino too often leaves him stranded on the side of the road. Planet

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Unless he keeps his eye out for innovative fare like Stranger Than Fiction, Will Ferrell might be entering the fill-in-theblank part of his career. As in “Will Ferrell as a NASCAR driver! Now that’s funny!”

Or “Will Ferrell as a basketball player! Now that’s funny!” (See next year’s Semi-Pro.) Or, in the case of Blades of Glory, “Will Ferrell as a figure skater! Now that’s funny!” If the sports angle keeps up, we’ll soon be catching Ferrell in comedies about volleyball, archery and even badminton. And by then, it’s safe to say that it will no longer be a laughing matter. Even Blades of Glory shows the strains of the comedian trying to keep himself contained in a box. His Chazz Michael Michaels, a coarse sex addict who’s also an unlikely skating champion, mines the same comic territory as most Ferrell performances ranging from Talladega Nights to Anchorman and beyond. Since Ferrell is only playing variations on a theme, it’s costar Jon

Heder (of Napoleon Dynamite fame) who provides most of the modest chuckles. As Jimmy MacElroy, a rival figure skater who’s forced by circumstances to team with Chazz to become the first male-male figure skating team in history, Heder plays up his character’s delicate traits to the point that they offer a pointed contrast to Ferrell’s predictable boorishness. “You’re like a 15-year-old girl,” taunts Chazz, “only not hot.” After a sluggish beginning, the laughs pick up during the midsection, and I appreciate that Queen’s Flash Gordon theme plays a prominent role in the finale. But otherwise, this is one more assembly line comedy by the Ferrell-StillerVaughn-Wilsons conglomerate (Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are AWOL here, but Ben Stiller serves as a producer and Luke Wilson pops up in a tiny role). For a similar film that offers more laughs by taking it to the limit, rent the Farrelly brothers’ 1996 bowling flick Kingpin. Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid and especially Bill Murray offer moments of lunacy so inspired, they make Ferrell in Blades of Glory look like a visitor to the comedy genre.

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Shooter kicks off with a scene in which a young man flashes a picture of his fiancee to his partner, and we all know that when an unfamiliar, expendable cast member shows off a shot of his sweetie, he won’t be around for many more scenes. Shooter also includes a sequence in which our protagonist, already pissed at the sour turn his life has taken, reaches his boiling point upon learning the worst news a movie hero can hear: The villains went and shot his faithful dog. It’s a testament to all concerned that Shooter can include such hoary clichés and not only survive them but also make them fun to watch one more time. Crisply directed by Antoine Fuqua and adapted from Washington Post film critic Stephen Hunter’s bestseller Point of Impact, this casts Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger, a former Marine sniper who’s duped into taking part in a political assassination and then served up as the lone gunman. Refusing to go down easy, Swagger instead uses all his training to get back at the slimy suits who framed him, along the way enlisting the aid of an earnest FBI rookie (Michael Pena) and, yes, his late partner’s fiancee (Kate Mara). Comparisons to Sylvester Stallone’s equally ill-treated combat vet from two decades ago are paper-thin, since this film is anything but a Rambore; instead, it benefits from some taut action sequences, a well-chosen supporting cast (66year-old Levon Helm, not looking a day over 99, steals the film as a gun enthusiast), and a smoldering Wahlberg in a commanding central performance. It’s nice to see that the former Marky Mark is already building on that Oscar nod for The Departed.

Local Film Series Psychotronic Films Presents Bob Dylan & Tom Petty: Hard to Handle, Live 1986

Shot near the beginning of Bob Dylan’s record-breaking 1986 World Tour, this amazing live concert film is the single best document of the legendary songwriter’s electric period that has ever been released. Backed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and a quartet of female gospel singers, Dylan tears through classic hits and obscure tracks from his entire career with a vengeance. Originally directed by the Oscar-nominated Gillian Armstrong, Dylan himself took control of the film and re-edited it himself before its brief release. Wed., April 25 at the Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave., seating begins at 7:30 p.m., film at 8 p.m. w

300 1/2

Positioned as the Ultimate Fanboy Movie, this adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel is indeed ferocious enough to satisfy basement-dwellers with its gore, violence and chest-pounding machismo while savvy enough to downplay the homoeroticism that will ever-so-subtly cause heretofore unexplained stirrings in the loins of these same armchair warriors. Yet for all its brutality, 300 has as great a chance of satisfying a sizable female contingent, since it’s ultimately a beefcake calendar posing as a motion picture (ironic, then, that the lockstep online trolls attack anyone who doesn’t rave about the film as being like “a girl”). Beyond its demographic-targeting, however, its greatest claim to fame is that it’s positioning itself as the next step on the evolutionary CGI ladder, offering (in the words of director and co-writer Zack Snyder) “a true experience unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.” Snyder was responsible for the surprisingly accomplished Dawn of the Dead remake three years ago, but here he seems to have been swallowed up by the enormity of the project, which depersonalizes the major players in the battle between the Spartans and the Persians to such a degree that one ends up feeling more sympathy for the shields that end up receiving the brunt of the sword blows and arrow piercings. 300 contains a handful of staggering images — and, for once, the color-deprived shooting style fits the tale being spun — but Sin City, a previous adaptation of a Miller work, offered more variety in its characterizations and, more tellingly, in its cutting-edge visual landscape.

What’s Playing Where CARMIKE 10

511 Stephenson Ave. • 353-8683 Pathfinder, Perfect Stranger, Grindhouse, The Reaping, Meet the Robinsons 3D, Blades of Glory, Hills Have Eyes 2, 300

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1100 Eisenhower Dr. • 352-3533 Disturbia, Redline, Slow Burn, Are We Done Yet?, Firehouse Dog, TMNT, Premonition, Wild Hogs

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1132 Shawnee St. • 927-7700 Pathfinder, Perfect Stranger, Grindhouse, The Reaping, Blades of Glory, Hills Have Eyes 2, 300, Wild Hogs

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1901 E. Victory • 355-5000 Shooter, 300, Grindhouse, The Reaping, Firehouse Dog, Perfect Stranger, Disturbia, Are We Done Yet?, Meet the Robinsons, Blades of Glory

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1150 Shawnee St. • 920-1227 Disturbia, Slow Burn, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Redline, Firehouse Dog, Are We Done Yet?, Meet the Robinsons 3D, Shooter, TMNT, Premonition

Wild Hogs 1/2

This simple-minded comedy has the audacity to reference Deliverance in one scene, yet the only folks who’ll be squealing like a pig are the ones who fork over 10 bucks, only to find themselves royally screwed after enduring its inanities. Four Cincinnati bunglers (John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy), each suffering though some pathetic form of midlife crisis, decide to embark on a road trip to the West Coast. They mount their motorcycles with the intent of rediscovering life’s little pleasures, but it’s not long before these queasy riders are having to cope with menacing bikers, “bomb”-dropping birds and a homosexual highway patrolman (John C. McGinley). w

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As far as Halle Berry thrillers go, this one beats Gothika and The Rich Man’s Wife hands down -- though it still isn’t up to the challenge set forth by Catwoman, which had us on the edge of our collective seats wondering if it would ever get better. Unlike the aforementioned trio, Perfect Stranger is at least fairly competent -- at least for a while -- although “fairly competent” doesn’t exactly translate as “very good.” Berry plays Rowena Price, an investigative reporter who seems to specialize in scandalous “gotcha” exposes (making her less New York Times and more National Enquirer).

Her childhood friend Grace (Nicki Aycox) claims she’s been having an affair with advertising king Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), so when Grace turns up dead, Rowena and her colleague Miles (Giovanni Ribisi) suspect that Hill, a notorious womanizer, was responsible. Grace creates two fake identities in an attempt to nail Hill -- she poses as a temp at his office and as an online party girl looking for action -- but as she continues to juggle separate personas, she begins to realize that other parties might also be involved. This might be the first film in history in which product placement (in this case, Victoria’s Secret) might indirectly infer the guilt or innocence of a major character, though it’s certainly not the first movie in which the tiresome Ribisi plays a patented nutjob. At any rate, the picture only skims the surface of potentially intriguing issues (the use of the Internet as the ultimate predatory tool, the politics behind workplace relationships), and its unveiling of the killer (and the ludicrous scenes that follow) is sure to elicit more shrugs than shrieks.

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Activism & Politics

AMBUCS is dedicated to creating mobility and independence of people with disabilities Volunteers meet every first and third Monday at 7 p.m. at Fire Mountain Restaurant on Stephenson Ave. Call Ann Johnson at 897-4818.

Chatham County Democratic Party meets the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. at 143 Houston St. at the corner of Oglethorpe and Houston. On Thursday, April 26 at 6 p.m., a pizza party will be held to watch the first televised Democratic candidates’ debate of the 2008 presidential election. Free and open to the public. Call Karen Arms at 897-1300 or David Bonorato at 921-7039 or visit www.chathamdems.com.

Chatham County Democratic Women For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.

Chatham County Young Democrats is dedicated to getting young people ages 14 to 39 active in governmental affairs and to encourage their involvement at all levels of the Democratic party. Contact Rakhsheim Wright at 604-7319 or chathamcountyyds@ yahoo.com.

Chatham County Young Republicans For information, visit www.savannahyr.com or call Brad Morrison at 596-4810.

Coastal Democrats Contact Maxine Harris at 352-0470 or R1999MHAR@aol.com..

Drinking Liberally Promoting democracy one pint at a time - share politics while sharing a pitcher. This is an informal gathering of like-minded, left-leaners who may want to trade ideas, get more involved and just enjoy each other’s company. Meets the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7:30 p.m. at WG’s Tavern, 17 Lincoln St. For information, visit www.DrinkingLiberally.org or send email to august1494@excite.com for location of the meeting.

Indy Media Film Night View films produced by independent journalists, media activists and organizations the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Presented free of charge by Fear No Arts Media. Visit www.fearnoarts.com for film listings and dates or e-mail fearnoarts@ gmail.com.

League of Women Voters meets on the first Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in Room 3 of the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital. Membership is open to anyone 18 and older.

Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets each Monday at 8:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. Call 3083934 or visit http://www.no-debts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html.

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National Council of Negro Women meets the first Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum.

Planned Parenthood meets the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For info, call Heather Holloway at 352-4052 or heather.holloway@ppfa.org. Volunteers are needed for Planned Parenthood, and will meet the second Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean. For information about volunteering, call Heather Holloway 3524032 or heather.holloway@ppfa.org.

Savannah Area Republican Women meet the first Wednesday of every month at the Johnny Harris Restaurant Banquet Room on Victory Drive. The social starts at 11:30 a.m. and lunch is at noon. The cost is $13 at the door. Make reservations by noon on the Monday preceding the meeting by calling 598-1883.

Savannah Branch NAACP For information, call 233-4161.

Savannah for Obama The first of a series of monthly meetings to build local support for presidential candidate Barack Obama will be held Thursday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at the Chatham County Democratic Headquarters, 143 Houston St. Savannah Republican Club Meets every second Tuesday of the month.

Call 927-7170.

Savannah Area Young Republicans Call Alexandra Tabarrok at 572-8528.

Skidaway Island Democrats Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.

Walk for Women’s Lives Georgians for Choice will hold its fifth annual march on March 25 at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.

Auditions

Savannah Children’s Choir Auditions for singers in 2nd through 8th grades will take place Saturday, May 5 from 9-10 a.m., 10-11 a.m., 11 a.m. to noon and 1-2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at the corner of 34th and Abercorn streets. In each session, the group will be taught a song and then asked to sing individually and in small groups. All singers must bring a completed audition form, which can be downloaded at www.savannahchoir.org, and a copy of their most recent school progress report. Arrive 15 minutes before the audition to sign in.

For information, call 412-2833.

Classes

AARP Senior Drivers Safety Program Classes will be held April 26 and 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Silk Hope Baptist Church

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on Pinewood Avenue in Garden City. Call Betty Watson at 234-6477. Instructors are needed to teach this program in Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties. For information, call Chuck at 598-1011.

Adult Education The Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers, 1601 Drayton St., offers tutoring Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in basic literacy skills, GED preparation and computer training. Call 447-5711.

The Art School Class offerings include children’s art classes, with afterschool art instruction for ages 6 through teens. Ages 6-8 attend one hour a week for $55 per month. Ages 9 through teens attend one and a half hours per week for $70 per month. Tuition includes supplies. Classes also are available for adults and advanced teens 16 and up Mondays 7-9 p.m. and Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. to noon, with students working in the medium of their choice. Weekly figure drawing sessions are held Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $60 for six-week sessions or $15 drop in. Artists bring their own materals. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. The Art School is located at 74 W. Montgomery Cross Rd., No. B-2. Call Lind Hollingsworth at 921-1151 or visit www.TheArtSchool-Sav. com.

Art Studio Sessions Six-week sessions on Tuesday evenngs or Wednesday mornings are offered at the Remshart Row Gallery and Studio on West Jones Street. Small groups. Oils, acrylics and pastels. Help and encouragement in creating successful artwork. Prior experience is helpful but not necessary. Tuition is $125. To register, call 234-5737.

Baby sign classes Savannah Speech & Hearing Center is offering Baby Sign classes for babies aged 8-14 months and their parents. The cost is $50, which includes materials. To register, call 355-4601.

Brush with Clay Classes in Raku, brush work, relief work, surface decoration, figurative and more in clay with individual attentnion are offered at CarosArt Studio by professional artist/clay sculptor Carolyne Graham. Costs $100 for 6 classes, or $30 per class. Clay supplies are extra. Classes for teens will be held April 23 through May 21. The cost is $85, including supplies. Call 925-7393 to register.

Camp CoDiak for kids ages 5-13 with diabetes will be held June 3-8 at the New Ebenezer Retreat in Rincon. To register, call 819-6146 by May 21.

Construction Apprentice Program A free 16-week training program for men and women who have an interest in learning construction skills that will lead to career level jobs. Call Tara H. Sinclair at 604-9574.

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Conversational Spanish Do you want to practice your Spanish?

Come to the mesa de espanol the second Thursday and last Friday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For information, send e-mail to cafecontigo@gmail.com.

Cover the Uninsured Week A health and information fair will be held Thursday, April 26 from 12:30-6:30 p.m. in the Savannah Technical College auditorium.

Cyber Survivor 2007 The Savannah Chapter of InfraGard Coastal Empire Members Alliance will present a workshop on cyber security May 8 at the Armstrong Center. The program is free and open to individuals with a background in computer science, information technology or criminal justice. Law enforcement credit will be available. To register, call Letty Shearer at 921-5967 or email shearele@mail. armstrong.edu.

Davenport House Docent Training is conducted every February, July and October. Call 236-8097 or send email to jcredle@savbusiness.net.

Fall Visual Arts Classes The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is now registering students for its fall visual arts classes. Day and evening classes are offered in ceramics, painting, portfolio preparation, jewelry making and stained glass for children, teens and adults. All classes are held at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St.Call 651-4248 or visit www. savannahga.gov/arts.

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register.

Feng Shui workshops Barbara Harrison will host free classes every Thursday through May from 5:30-7 p.m. at the International Center for Leadership & Coaching. A $5 donation is requested, which will go to Park Place Outreach. Visit www. internationalcoach.org.

First Steps parent education program This parent education and support program is based at St. Joseph’s/Candler. Call 8196910.

Free Tax School Earn extra income after taking this course.

Flexible schedules, convenient location.

The class is free, but there is a small fee for books. Call 352-3862 or visit www.libertytax.com.

Game Developers eXchange 2007 A game development conference will be held Friday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. The keynote speaker is Michael Capps, president of Epic Games. Admission is $50, which includes admission to the Women in Games international conference, Advancing Your Career in Game Development. which will be

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Introducing the Work of Byron Katie A technique developed by Byron Katie can provide a framework to solve problems.

Workshops that introduce the process of “inquiry,” also known as “The Work,” are offered to the public free of charge and include a 35-minute vidoe presentation The Work of Byron Katie and an individualized sample “Inquiry.” For an appointment, call Ursula Sterling at 598-8233 or send e-mail to sterling@bellsouth.net.

Kicklighter Academy has immediate openings in its preschool for typically developing children from 6 weeks through 5 years of age. Call 355-7633 to schedule a tour.

Life Challenge Consulting Engage yourself in life-changing strategies. Career; stress reduction; spirituality. Free initial half-hour consultation. Call Cindy Beach, M.S., at 429-7265.

Lift Smart Weight training for youths will be held June 3 from 2-5 p.m. at the Candler Wellness Center. The cost is $25 or $20 for groups of five or more with an organized team. Call 819-8800.

Mahabekkuze -- Great Healing A workshop devoted to chanting and community, followed by a Kirtan, or chanting celebration, will be held Saturday, April 21.

The workshop will be held 3:30-7 p.m. and the Kirtan will be held 7:30-9:30 p.m. Cost of the workshop is $45 and includes dinner.

A love offering will be taken at the Kirtan.

Call Susan Lamb at 232-4063 or email 2007@WingedWisdomWorkshops.com.

Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery Indepth exploration of the 11th step.

Meditation and contemplation instruction provided as it applies to recovery and maintenance. Classes are held on Monday from noon to 1 p.m. or 7:30-8:30 p.m. Class fee is $12. 313 E. Harris St. For information, call Cindy Beach, M.S., 429-7265.

Native American Crafts Lecturer Shari Ulman will present a program April 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of

Savannah on making dreamcatchers, mandalas, medicine wheels, memory quill work jewelry and more. All supplies are available at no cost. Call 695-6961.

Newest Internet Trend Imagine 24 months to financial freedom, 645 percent growth and huge profits. Call 228-5649 to reserve a spot at a free information session.

Photo Safari with photographer Frank Barevich is an ongoing class offered in conjunction with the Savannah Art Association. Take photos in downtown and learn how to compose a photograph and shoot for the best effect.

Call 660-6994 or fbrab@comcast.net.

Psych-K Workshop Apply “The Secret” to your live. Put an end to self-sabotage or depression. Start achieving life’s goals and release negative beliefs and replace them with positive ones.

Sessions will be held Saturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. at Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. The cost is $300 or $250 with early-bird discount. Pay a $50 deposit by Arpil 20 and pay the balance of $200 at the door. Online registration is available at http://home.hiwaay.net/~north/ or visit www.psych-k.com. Call Marguerite Berrigan at 247-6484.

Riding Lessons Norwood Stables in Sandfly near the Isle of Hope is offering riding lessons for ages 6 through 76, including Hunt Seat (English) or Dressage. The stables also offers summer camps, rentals, leasing, boarding and horses for sale. For a tour, call 356-1387.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center offers a variety of business classes. The center is at 801 E. Gwinnett St. Call 6523582.

Savannah Shakespeare Festival Classes A scene study class with an emphasis on this year’s Shakespeare Festival production will be presented Sundays from 4-6 p.m.

The class is free and open to all local talent.

It will be held on Sundays at the STUDIO, 2805B Roger Lacey Ave. Call Mark Niebuhr at 695-9146.

Seventh Annual AASU Visual & Performing Arts Camp for Children will run weekdays June 11-22. The camp is open to ages seven thru 13. Tuition and fees total $225, or $205 if paid by May 1.

Appications are available at the AASU Fine Arts building. For info, call 927-5325.

ShapeDown Summer Camp A family-based, age-specific, behavior modification intervention that addresses food, activity, social and family issues. Call 819-8800.

Spring Visual Art Classes The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is registering students for its spring visual arts classes. Day and evening classes are offered in ceramics, painting, jewelry making and stained glass for children, teens and adults. All classes are held at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Class fees include instruction, use of studio space, use of equipment and all materals and tools required. Visit www.savannahga.gov/arts or call 651-4248.

TechFest will be held Friday, April 27 from 2-5:30 p.m. at Georgia Tech Savannah. Students and businesses are encouraged to register online by April 20. Visit www.thecreativecoast.org/techfest for details.

Train Smart A strength and conditioning camp for kids ages 10-18 will be held June 6 through July 27 at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Wellness Center and adjacent Hull Field. The cost for four weeks is $70 and the cost for eight weeks is $130. Call 819-8800.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center offers hands-on classes for students of all ages from pre-kindergarten through adults.

Classes include microscope labs, squid dissection, guided beach walks and tours of the Science Center. Call 786-5917 or visit www. tybeemsc.org.

U.S. Power Squadron University is offering four courses that can be appplied to Inshore, Coastal, Advanced Coastal and Offshore certifications. They are How to Use a Chart, which will be offered April 21; Using GPS, which will be offered April

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To register, visit www.scad.edu/gdx.

Get Published Coaching and editing services by Christopher Scott, published author and long-time writing teacher. One-on-one coaching, manuscript editing for fiction, non-fiction, creative non-fiction and memoirs. Call 398-1727 or send e-mail to cscott613@comcast.net for details and rates.

Guided Imagery Change your life with guided imagery. Ditch anxiety, manage deadlines, lose weight, recovery from surgery. Call the Alpha Institute, 927-3432.

Highest Praise School of the Arts of Overcoming by Faith is offering vocal, piano and dance classes that are open to anyone from Pre-K to adult. Visit overcomingbyfaith.org or call 927-8601.

Housing Authority of Savannah Classes Free classes will be offered at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Some classes are on-going.

Adult Literacy is offered every Monday and Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. Homework Help is offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:30 p.m. The Community Computer Lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Upcoming classes are Construction Apprentice Program Orientation on Friday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to noon and History of Happiness on Thursday, April 26 from 2-3 p.m..

I-To-We Free Tele-Class Series for Couples Relationship coach Glenn Cohen will present a free one-hour tele-class every Tuesday at 9 p.m. Learn how to create a peaceful, joyous, passionate and loving relationships. Register at www.I-to-we-relationship-coaching.com.

Intro to Sea Kayaking Savannah Canoe and Kayak offers an introductory class on sea kayaking every Saturday. The $95 cost includes kayak, gear and lunch. An intermediate class is available on Sundays. Reservations are required. Call

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28; On Board Weather Forecasting, which will be offered May 5; and Using VHF & DSC Marine Radio, which will be offered May 12. For information, visit usps.org/ localusps/tybee or call JB at 898-9460, email jbanddale@comcast.net or call Squadron Education Officer Wilford H. Ross Jr. at 756-3277. There is a nominal charge for materials..

Volunteer 101 This 30-minute course will cover several topics, including finding a volunteer position that suits your interests and goals, helping you find a reasonable position that fits into your schedule, and reviewing the benefits of volunteering. It will be held Thursdays, April 19 and May 17 at 6 p.m. at the United Way, 428 Bull St., and May 3 at 5 p.m. at Savannah State University. To register for one of these classes, call Summer at 651-7725 or visit www.HandsOnSavannah.org for information.

The Wisdom Center A series of free workshops for the “evolved” will be presented every week through May. Spiritual Awakenings and Meditations for the Evolved will be presented on Mondays, Masterminding: Thoughts are Things will be presented Tuesdays and previews of the DVD The Secret with a workshop facilitated

by Veronica Nance will be presented on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, Feng Shui in Your Life with Barbara Harrison of Coastal

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Clubs & Orgs

AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club This is an official student club of Armstrong Atlantic State University that accepts non-students as associate members. It is devoted to the exploration and enjoyment of the genres of science fiction and fantasy.

Activities include book discussions, movie screenings, role playing game sessions, board and card games, guest speakers, episode marathons and armor demonstrations. Provides guest speakers to educators upon request. Call Michael at 220-8129, send e-mail to lightmagus@yahoo.com or mccauln1981@hotmail.com. or visit http:// aasuscifi.proboards105.com/index.cgi.

Bike Night with Mikie is held every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at The Red Zone Bar and Grill in Richmond Hill.

Half of the proceeds of a 50/50 drawing go to the military for phone cards and other items.

Blackbeard’s Scuba Club Call Ryan Johnson at 604-5977.

Chihuahua Club of Savannah A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets one Saturday each month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/ChiSavannah/.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I was the wife of Vlajko Stojiljkovic, deceased, who was indicted at the Hague War Crimes Tribunal. First, I assure you that the indictment was politically motivated and utterly without merit. Secondly, I need to transfer our vast fortune out of the country. The funds are in excess of 64 million U.S. dollars. Can you help? Are you trustworthy? I can offer you 30 percent. Please forward your contact info to me a.s.a.p. I am grateful. -Glorja.”

Dear Aries, there’s a good chance you’ll soon get a money-related offer that’s as bogus as the above communiqué. DO NOT TAKE IT! Much more reliable financial opportunities are on their way.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I heard a radio interview in which someone defined an oracle as “a technology for broadening the listening field.” That’s a good description of the horoscope you’re now reading.

Its intention is to expand the scope of what you pay attention to . . . and alert you to the fact that you have more options than you realize . . . and give you license to change your mind about anything and everything. To help accomplish this, print the following oracular words on your palm, then hold your palm to your ear for a few minutes: *luminous marrow murmurs lightning praise.* GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Due to a rare conjunction of three potato- shaped asteroids in your astrological House of Productive and Forgivable Gaffes, you have cosmic license to make a lot of really cool mistakes. I’ve gathered some witty remarks you can invoke to disarm anyone who might be critical of your messy experiments: (1) “You’re just jealous because the little voices are talking to me and not to you.” (2) “When I have to choose between two evils, I enjoy picking the one I’ve never tried before.” (3) “Do you have a clear conscience?

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.”

(4) “I don’t suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.”

Civil Air Patrol is the civilian, volunteer auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and is involved in search and rescue, aerospace education and cadet programs. Meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. for cadets (12-18 years old) and 7 p.m. for adult members at the former Savannah Airport terminal building off Dean Forest Road.

Visit www.gawg.cap.gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt. Jim Phillips at 412-4410.

Clean Coast meets monthly on the first Monday at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Check www.cleancoast.org for event schedule.

Coastal Bicycle Touring Club of Savannah Visit www.cbtc.org for meeting schedule and more information. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at Tubby’s Tank House restaurant in Thunderbolt at 6:30 p.m. 728-5989.

Code Pink is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities. Meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Queenies To Go Go, 1611 Habersham St. Contact mimi.thegoddessfactory@gmail.com or visit http://fearnoarts.com.

Daughters of Destiny An ongoing seminar for women who want to make changes in their lives. All religions, all ages, are welcome. Meets the first Monday of the month and every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at The Little Red House, 12 E. 41st St. Call 663-0894.

Discussion Group for Unsung Heroes You may not require recognition but someone else may want to know your story and it could make a difference in your life.

Discussion groups or meetings will be set up. For info, send e-mail to unsung-heros@ hotmail.com.

English Style Table Soccer Savannah Subbuteo Club. Call 667-7204 or visit http://savannahsubbuteo.tripod.com.

Geechee Sailing Club meets the second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr. in Thunderbolt. Open to all interested in boating and related activities. Call 234-1903.

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street. Call 236-8546.

Low Country Turners This is a club for wood-turning enthusiasts.

Call Hank Weisman at 786-6953.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here’s what George Sheehan wrote in *Running and Being,* his book about running: “If you want to win anything--a race, your self, your life--you have to go a little berserk.” For a limited time only, I’m endorsing that strategy for your personal use, Cancerian. While I do love your sensitivity and subtlety, right now I’d like to see you get half-crazy in a ferocious devotion to the noble dream you love best.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I drove through a cloud today. It enveloped the Golden Gate Bridge. When I left the lush green hills of Marin County, the day was sunny.

When I arrived in the lush urban mesh of San Francisco, the day was sunny. But in between I crept through thick white haze. I could barely see, and had to turn on my headlights and slow down. But there was no danger. I didn’t erupt with anxiety. And in a few minutes I had moved through it. Let my experience serve as a metaphor for your week, Leo. It’s like you’ve just gotten on a passageway that will take you from a soft lushness to a harder lushness, and on the way you’ll have to navigate almost blindly.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The important thing,” said French naturalist Charles DuBois, “is to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” Did he really mean *at any moment*?

Like while we’re in a convenience store buying beer?

While we’re lying in bed ready for sleep and reviewing the events of the day? While we’re adrift in apathetic melancholy, watching too much TV and neglecting our friends? At ANY moment?! I say yes. At all times and in all places, Virgo--especially this week--be ready to sacrifice what you are for what you could become.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You could grow moonflowers in a toxic waste dump, Libra. You could lift the spirits of a child who has been raised in grievous poverty. That’s how much regenerative power you possess right now. You might even be able to locate underground water in a desert, or resurrect a dead

dream, or alleviate half of your deepest suffering. I’m not absolutely sure you could transform lead into gold, but I do know that now is one of your best chances ever to pull it off.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1971, astronaut Edgar Mitchell was the sixth person to walk on the moon. Since then he has cultivated an interest in the paranormal. At one point he asked Buddhist lama Norbu Chen to attempt a psychic healing of his mother, who was legally blind. Norbu’s magic worked. Mom’s sight returned, and she was ecstatic. A few days later, however, she made a discovery that horrified her: Norbu wasn’t a Christian like her. “My mother believed that if such healing didn’t come from a Christian,” says Mitchell, “then it must come from Satan, and she didn’t want to be healed by Satan.” She then had a dramatic relapse, completely losing the gift Norbu had bestowed.

The moral of the story, Scorpio: Don’t let your beliefs get in the way of your healing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Poet William Carlos Williams said his creative technique could be summed up in the phrase, “No ideas but in things.”

He wanted to see the world as it really was, without imposing theories about what anything meant. In the essay “Rucksack Poetry: How Haiku Found a Home in America,” Andrew Schelling captures Williams’ approach: “This actual moment! That bedraggled crow!

This moonlit evening, that cold rain on your skull! There you stand, inhabiting your body with animal clarity, wide-open senses, and no preconception or abstract idea can touch the experience itself.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Sagittarius, your assignment is to find or create five pure moments during which you embody that state.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Dear Rob: Has the Goddess placed a global embargo on new love?

While it doesn’t sound like something she’d normally do, I’m wondering if she cast a curse of which I’m unaware?

I’m not a cynic; it’s just that no one in my acquaintance has experienced new love in a long time. In other words, is Cupid on strike? Has romance boycotted our planet?

-Out-in-the-Cold Capricorn.” To the best of my knowledge, there are no embargos, strikes, or boycotts like the ones you propose. I’ve noticed, though, that some of my Capricorn cohorts have experienced dry spells recently.

But according to my astrological reckoning, a deluge will soon change all that.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Everything’s a learning experience, right? I mean, let’s say you absent-mindedly wander down to the bus station to see if your ship has come in. Maybe the shock of being in the wrong place at the wrong time will motivate you to do some research on the *actual* place where your ship is likely to dock. Or let’s say that in your quest for the Real Thing, you somehow end up paired with a replacement or substitute that initially disappoints you but that eventually turns out to give you access to a far more interesting version of the Real Thing than you ever imagined.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Elvis Presley got a C in his eighth grade music class. Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats. A piece of paper can only be folded 9 times.

Bill Gates makes 125 dollars a second. Toupees for dogs are sold in Japan. The oldest goldfish that ever lived was 41 years old and named Fred. Now please forget all of the preceding factoids, Pisces. In fact, purge them so thoroughly that it will be as if you never knew them in the first place. Doing that will be the perfect warm-up for your next big assignment, which is to clear out a nice big empty space in your brain. There are lots of fresh hot ideas poised to flow into you in the coming weeks. But if you hope to receive them in the proper spirit, you’ll have to make more room for them. w

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| Happenings streets. The group holds raffles and trips and is looking into having tailgate parties in the future. Call Kathy Dust at 373-5571 or send e-mail to KMDUST4@hotmail.com or Dave Armstrong at Savannah Kennel Club meets monthly on the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. from September through May at Fire Mountain restaurant on Stephenson Avenue.

Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to come earlier.

Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association Learn to be a real estate investor or landlord.

Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Spiva Law Group, 12020 Abercorn St. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This nondenominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance.

Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. Call 6550994.

Savannah Art Association meets the second Thursday of the month from 6-8 p.m. Call 232-7731.

Savannah Brewersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; League Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. 447-0943. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League.

Savannah Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council will meet Tuesday, April 24 from 5:45-7 p.m. at Wild Wing Cafe in City Market. Jeff Cole, president of myEnergyLoan, will speak about financing residential and commercial green buildings. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States has a dinner meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club, Hunter Army Airfield. Call John Findeis at 748-7020.

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Savannah Jaycees for young professionals ages 21 to 39 is a Junior Chamber of Commerce that focuses on friendship, career development and community involvement. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is included and there is no charge for guests.

Call 961-9913 or visit www.savannahjaycees. com.

Savannah Kennel Club meets the fourth Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. from September through May at the Fire Mountain restaurant on Stephenson Avenue. Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to arrive earlier.

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Savannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Pug Playday This group meets every first Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Savannah Dog Park at 41st and Drayton streets. All humans and dogs who live in a pug household are welcome. A donation to the Savannah Dog Park would be appreciated. Contact Mike or Melinda at kennedy.mike@comcast.net.

Savannah Newcomers Club is open to all women who have been in the Savannah area for less than two years.

Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and, in addition, the club hosts a variety of activities, tours and events that will assist you in learning about Savannah and making new friends. Call 351-3171.

Savannah Scooter Gang Connecting local riders to swap tips, stories, parts, mods and secrets. No obligation other than networking, and possibly arranging

a monthly weekend ride to take over the streets downtown. Contact Travis at pittsillustration@gmail.com or myspace.com/travispitts.

Savannah Shag Club offers shag music every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 36 on Victory Drive.

Savannah Ski Club The purpose of the club is to bring all snow skiers/boarders in the Lowcountry area together, Membership is $30 for a single and $45 for a family. Call 713-7655 or e-mail SavhSkiClub@bellsouth.net.

Savannah Toastmasters helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 352-1935.

Sea Scout Venture Crew The Coastal Empire Council Boy Scouts of America has teamed up with the Tybee Light Power Squadron to organize a co-ed program for high school students that will give them an introduction to sailing, boating and water safety. Students must be currently enrolled in high school. Call 927-7272.

Take Back the Night Collective meets every Monday at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. The group will meet until the event, which is scheduled for Friday, April 13 at Forsyth Park. Call Kara at 867-0487.

Tybee Performing Arts Society meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested,

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Ladies Auxiliary meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at American Legion Post 184 in Thunderbolt. Call 786-4508.

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) Meet new friends and enjoy a welcome break. Hear guest speakers on topics relevant to mothering, along with discussion time, creative activities and more, because mothering matters. Call for the location, date and time of the next meeting. MOPS is for all mothers with children from birth to kindergarten. Child care is provided. Visit www.mops.org or call 898-4344.

No Kidding! is the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first social club for single and married adults who do not have children.

Meet other non-parents at events and activities. For information on No Kidding! visit www.nokidding.net or send e-mail to luluette@prodigy.net.

PURE: Photographers Using Real Elements Join with other photographers and artists to celebrate the authentic photography processes of black and white film and paper development using chemicals in a darkroom. Help in the creation and promotion of Savannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first cooperative darkroom space to enhance the lives of working photographers and introduce the community to the magic of all classic photo chemical processes. Meets Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Metro Coffee House, 402 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Contack Kathleen Thomas at PUREdarkroom@gmail.com.

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at Books-AMillion and the third Tuesday at Chenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 692-0382, email kasak@ comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

St. Almo The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays (weather permitting). Meets at 6 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. (Time changes with the season.) Call 234-3336.

Savannah Browns Backers This is an official fan club recognized by the Cleveland Browns NFL football team.

Meet with Browns fans to watch the football games and support your favorite team Sundays at game time at McDonoughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the corner of Drayton and McDonough

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Urban Professionals meets first Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Vu at the Hyatt on Bay Street. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@hotmail.com.

Vietnam Veterans of America meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 927-3356.

The Young Professionals of Savannah For information, contact Leigh Johnson at 659-9846..

Dance

Adult Ballet Classes at Islands Dance Academy, 115 Charlotte Dr, Whitemarsh Island near Publix shopping center. Challenging, rewarding and fun.

All levels and body types welcome. $12 per class or $90 for eight classes. Beginner Adult Ballet is held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Intermediate Adult Ballet is held Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:307:30 p.m. Intermediate/Advanced Adult Ballet is held Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon. A variety of youth classes (ages 3 to teen) are available. Call Sue Braddy at 897-2100.

Adult Jazz and Tap Classes The Gretchen Greene School of Dance is offering ongoing adult classes. There are two levels, Beginner and Intermediate,

which both meet on Wednesdays. The intermediate program is from 6:30-8 p.m. and the beginner program is from 8-9 p.m.

Both classes consist of a jazz portion and a tap dance portion. The instructor is Travis Dodd. For information, call 897-4235 or visit ggsod.com.

Argentine Tango Practice and Lesson Learn the dance while having fun Sundays from 1:30-3:30 at the Doris Martine Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. $2 per person.

Call 925-7416.

Ballroom Dance Party will be held Saturday, April 21 from 8-10:30 p.m. at the Islands Community Center, 160 Whitemarsh Island Rd. A basic lesson in the Rumba will begin at 7 p.m. The cost is $6 for members and $10 for non-members.

Beginners and singles are welcome. Bring a covered dish. Call 961-9960 or 655-4985.

Breffni Academy of Irish Dance has opened a location in Richmond Hill and is accepting students. The academy is located at Life Moves Dance Studio, 10747 Ford Ave. For information, call Michael or Nicola O’Hara at 305-756-8243 or send email to Dance@BreffniAcademy.com. Visit www.IrishDanceClasses.com.

Flamenco Enthusiasts Dance or learn flamenco in Savannah with the Flamenco Cooperative. Meetings are held on Saturdays from 1 to 2:30 or 3 p.m. at the Maxine Patterson School of Dance. Any level welcome. If you would like to dance, accompany or sing, contact Laura Chason at laura_chason@yahoo.com.

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Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc. offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes. All ages and all levels are welcome.

Call Mahogany B. at 272-8329.

Mommy and Me Dance Class Little dancers ages 18 months to 3 years get an introduction to dance and creative movement. Classes are Tuesdays from 10:3011:15 a.m. at the Gretchen Greene School of Dance, located on Wilmington Island. Call 897-4235 or visit www.ggsod.com.

The Savannah Shag Club Savannah’s original shag club meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Doubles Lounge in the Holiday Inn Midtown and Fridays at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 36 on Victory Drive.

Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah hosts Magnificent Mondays from 6:30-11 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free basic shag, swing, salsa, cha cha, line dance and others are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered. The lesson schedule is posted at www.shagbeachbop.com and announced each Monday. The dance lessons are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Special cocktail prices are from 6:30-10 p.m. and their are hors d’ouerves. There is no cover charge.

Everyone is invited and welcomed into club membership. Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com.

The Studio Ongoing classes include Hip Hop/Funk on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. and Adult Beginner Ballet on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. There are a variety of advanced classes daily. The Studio is located at 2805 Roger Lacey Ave. just off the intersection of Skidaway and Victory. Call 695-9149 or 356-8383 or visit ww.thestudiosav.com.

Wheelchair and Disabled Ballroom Dance The Moon River Dancers now offer ballroom dance classes for people who are disabled. Classes are held the fourth Saturday of the month from 2-4:30 p.m. at Memorial Health’s The Rehabilitation Institute, 4700 Waters Ave. . For information, call Charleen Harden at 308-7307 or send e-mail to cwh0869@yahoo.com.

Youth Dance Program The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional Dance Program in jazz and ballet for kids 4 to 18. $30 per month for one class and $35 per month for both classes. Call 233-1951.

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Alzheimer’s Association’s Docs and Desserts People with questions about Alzheimer’s and other dementias can ask experts at this program, which will be held April 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Habersham House Senior Residence, 5200 Habersham St. RSVP by April 20 by calling Jenny House at 920-2231.

Can’t Sleep?

Can’t sleep or stay asleep? Hypnosis and guided imagery works. Call 927-3432 for more information.

Choose to Be Healthy Learn to go within, find balance/healing and access inner wisdom and peace. Offering free sample of Reiki Energy Medicine.

Contact Ellen Farrell, MA, NCC, LPC at ellenjfarrell@comcast.net or 247-4263.

Cardiorespiratory Endurence Training will be offered by Chatham County Park Services for persons 18 and up at Tom Triplett Park on Tuesdays from 5:306:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 8-9 a.m.

Participants should wear comfortable clothing and will be required to sign a waiver form before participating. All classes are free. Call 652-6780 or 965-9629.

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for 8 sessions. 819-6463.

Couples/Partners Yoga Workshop Discovering the Joy of Partnership in Motion will be taught by Betsy and Will Strong on Sunday, April 22 from 1-3 p.m. The cost is $30 per couple in advance or $35 per couple on the day of the workshop. To pre-register and pay, call Kelley at 441-6653.

Free Nutritional Counseling/Body Fat Testing by certified nutritional consultants. Muscle Quest Sports Nutrition Center, 109 Jefferson St. downtown. Call ahead to reserve a space at 232-4784.

Gentle Yoga Evening classes offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:45 p.m. and lunch classes Monday from noon to 1 p.m. $12 per evening class, $10 per lunchtime class. $75 for an eight-week session. Classes at The Yoga Loft at Womancare, 800 E. 70th St. Call Lisa at 398-2588.

Jade Lotus Tai Chi Group Classes are offered Saturdays from 9:3011:30 a.m. and Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. at the Unity Church, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Drop-in rate is $10, $8 for students or 10 classes for $80, $70 for students. All experience levels are welcome. Look on the web at www.jadelotustaichi.com.

The Jewish Education Alliance Join Amy Levy at 9:45 am on Fridays for yoga. Fee is $35 per month, Water Aerobics, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:30 am. Fee is $42 a month for up to 16 sessions, Step Aerobics will be offered at the JEA on Thursday’s at 6:15 am. Cost is $35 per month. Call Drew Edmonds at 3558111.

Kids Fitness An ongoing fitness class for kids 8-16 with weight concerns meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-5:45 p.m. at the Candler Heart & Lung building. Call 819-8800.

Ladies Living Smart fitness club provides nutritional education and exercise to encourage lifestyle changes at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. at 5:30 p.m. Call 447-6605.

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are offered Mondays and Fridays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30 or eight sessions are $50. Call 819-6463.

Teen Yoga Class Savannah Yoga Center is offering a class for teens 13 and up on Thursdays from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. The cost is $13 per class, $11 with a student ID, or an 8, 12 and 20-class card can be purchased for a discounted price.

Call Kelley J. Boyd at 441-6653 or visit www. savannahyoga.com.

Water aerobics at the JEA The Jewish Educational Alliance is offering aquatics classes. Call Shannon at 748-2393.

Women on Weights is a series of one-hour training sessions led by a certified personal trainer who develops different routines throughout the month.

The routines may include but aren’t limited to strength training, cardio training for the heart, flexibility, balance and weight management. Meets twice a week for a one-hour session. Call 898-7714.

Yoga For Round Bodies Explore yoga postures for the fuller figure while experiencing stress relief and the healing power of yoga. Six-week session is $70. Classes at The Yoga Loft at Womancare, 800 E. 70th St. Call Lisa at 398-2588.

The Yoga Room Monday: Vinyasa from 5-6:15 p.m., Open Flow Level I and II 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday: Yoga Flow Level II and III from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday: Yoga Flow Level I from 10-11:30 a.m. and Open Flow Level I and II from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday: Power Yoga from 6:30-7:45 p.m. Friday: Vinyasa from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Yoga Flow Level I from 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday: Yoga Flow Level I from 10-11:15 a.m., Power Yoga from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Seated Meditation from 1-1:30 p.m. Sunday: Vinyasa from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Yoga Flow Level II and III from 5-6:30 p.m. Drop-ins welcome.

Single class $12, 8-class package for $75 and 15-class package for $120. Eight-week sessions in Kripalu Yoga, Mommy and Me Yoga and Prenatal Yoga also are available for $75 for the session. Call 898-0361 or email svnnhyogaroom@aol.com..

Yogalates Classes are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing on Thursdays from 5:45-6:45 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. The cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for eight sessions. Call 819-6463.

Gay & Lesbian

First City Network Board Meeting Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. 236-CITY or www.firstcitynetwork.org.

Gay AA Meeting meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Ken at 398-8969.

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Lose Weight like Mark Merlis on Dateline. Safe, effective, reasonable cost. Researchers at the University of Connecticut found that people who used hypnosis lost 60 percent more weight than any other method. The Alpha Institute, 927-3432.

Meditation Class Savannah Yoga Center is offering a meditation and Pranayama (breathing) class on Saturday mornings from 8:45 a.m.-9:15 a.m. from January through March. Led by Amanda Westerfield, the class is free with a suggested donation of $5 per class. All donations will go to Park Place Outreach, formerly Savannah Runaways. Each quarter, SYC will choose a different local charity to donate to.

Call Kelley J. Boyd at 441-6653 or visit www. savannahyoga.com.

Outdoor Fitness Boot Camp will start April 23. Classes are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 a.m. at Forsyth Park and 7:30 a.m. at Daffin Park. Free the week of April 23 and April 30. Call Jennifer at 224-0406 or visit www.structurefitness. net.

Pilates Classes are offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing, Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30, eight sessions are $50.

Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

Savannah Yoga Center Three new classes will be offered in 2007.

Drop-ins are welcome. The new schedule is: Monday, 9-10:30 am Dynamic Flow All Levels w/ Sally; and 6-7:15 pm Yoga Basics w/ Heather. On Tuesday, 9-10:30a.m. hot yoga flow levels 1 and 2 with Brent, 6-7:30 pm Dynamic Flow All Levels w/ Brent.

On Wednesday, 12-1:30 p.m., Iyengar All Levles with Laura, 6-7:30 pm Hot Yoga All Levels w/ Katie. On Thursday, 6-7:15 pm All Levels Flow w/ Kelley. On Friday, 10–11:15 am Dynamic Flow All Levels w/ Sally; and 5:45-7 pm, Mellow Flow Yoga w/ Kate. On Saturday, 8:45-9:15 a.m., Free Meditation with Amanda (suggested donation is $5.

100% of proceeds go to local charity), 9:30-10:45 a.m. All Levels Flow Yoga with Amanda and 11a.m. to 12:15 p.m. All Levels Flow Yoga with Kelley. On Sunday, 5-6 pm Community Flow Yoga w/ Amanda (cost is $5). The Savannah Yoga Center is located at 45 E. 40th St. Call Director Kelley Boyd at 441-6653, email kelley@savannahyoga.com or visit www.savannahyoga.com.

Senior Power Hour is a program for people over 55. Health and wellness professionals help reach fitness goals. The program may include, but isn’t limited to, strength training, cardio for the heart, flexibility, balance, basic healthy nutrition and posture concerns. Call 8987714.

SouthCoast Medical Group Flu Shots SouthCoast is offering flu shots at a discounted price of $14. No appointment is necessary. Locations are at 1326 Eisnehower Dr. and 9 Chatham Center South, Suite C, in Savannah, 1000 Towne Center Blvd. in Pooler and 10055 Ford Ave., Suite 5A in Richmond Hill.

Stop Smoking Researchers at the University of Iowa combined 600 studies covering 72,000 people and found that hypnosis is the most effective way to stop smoking. Call the Alpha Institute. 927-3432.

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Savannah Gay Prom Savannah Pride, Inc. has teamed up with First City Network to present Starry Nights on April 29 from 7-11 p.m. at Savannah Station. The Jamison Alley Band of Charleston and DJ Jason Hancock from Columbia, S.C. will provide the music. A traditional king and queen crowning will be held, and the entry fee is $10. Tickets for the prom are $40 for one and $70 for a couple.

That includes admission, a buffet-style dinner, an open bar, a prom picture and more. Tickets are available at www.firstcitynetwork.org, Creative/Approach, Urban Cargo, Venus de Milo, Club One Jefferson, Chuckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar and Blaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar, or by calling Daniel John at 518-796-0333 or daniel@ savannahpride.org. Ticket sales will end April 20 at 5 p.m.

Savannah Pride, Inc. meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St. Everyone is encouraged to attend, for without the GLBT community, there wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a need for Pride. Call Patrick Mobley at 224-3238.

Standout is First Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gay youth support group.

Meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the FCN Headquarters, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor.

Call 657-1966.

What Makes A Family is a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 352-2611.

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Annual Book Sale The Georgia Historical Society will hold its annual book sale on Friday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rare titles, history, biographies, general non-fiction, local interest titles, popular fiction and more will be offered for sale. Donated books will be accepted through April 20.

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the center, 1910 Abercorn St. 447-6605.

Garden Guide of the Lower South The release of the third edition of this guide, put together by the Trustees Garden Club of Savannah, is available in stores or it can be ordered by mail for $24.50. Checks should be made payable to Trustees Garden Club and mailed to Box 24215, Savannah, 314054215. Include your complete name and address with your order. All procedds go to the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beautification and restoration projects.

Sensational Minds An African-American book store will open Saturday, April 21 at 10 a.m. at 129 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. in the Oakhurst Shopping Plaza. It will carry books in 22 different categories, from fiction and nonfiction to cooking, relkgions, education and more. Also journals, Bible covers, stationery and gifts.

Seth Material Book Discussion Group If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read these concepts and would like to discuss them with others, call 224-2120.

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Christian Businessmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Committee meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Peggy Lynnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Country Cooking, 3718 Ogeechee Rd. Call 964-4297.

Ekklesia, The Church Do church in a casual and relaxed setting on Saturday nights. Fellowship begins at 6 p.m., praise and worship at 6:30 p.m. in the BSU building on Abercorn between the Publix Shopping Center and the Armstrong campus. Call 596-4077.

Energy Share Circle at Dovestar Experience the power of healing energy through reiki, alchemical body work, shamaballa and yoga bodywork every Friday at 7 p.m. Free. 11911 Middleground Rd. Call 920-0801.

Manifestation Gathering at Dovestar is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Learn ancient techniques to connect with your personal power to insure success for all your wishes for prosperity on a mental, emotional, physical and spiritual level. Free. Call 920-0801.

Meditation Group This free meditation group meets every first Saturday day from 9-10 a.m. at 6205 Abercorn St., No. 203. Arrive by 11:55 a.m. and go to the front door. To reserve a space, email Ellen Farrell, M.A. at ellenjfarrell@comcast.net or call 247-4263.

Path of the Pagan The group will teach and learn from each other, creating a sacred space. Free. Meets Sundays from 7-9 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church Fellowship Hall, East Macon Street. Call 356-9343.

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

meet Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St., Savannah. Call Janet Pence at 247-4903.

St. Paul the Apostle Centennial Celebration The Episcopal Church of St. Paul the Apostle at 34th and Abercorn streets will present an organ concert by Gerald Carper of Macon April 29 at 7:30 p.m. as part of its Centennial Celebration. A reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Call 232-0274.

Savannah Buddhist Sitting Group meets Sundays from 9-10:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, on Habersham Street at East Harris and East Macon Streets, on Troup Square. Please arrive and be seated no later than 8:55 a.m.

Sitting and walking meditation and Dharma talk or reading. All practices are welcome.

Newcomers should contact Cindy Beach, lay ordained Soto Zen Buddhist, at 429-7265 for sitting instruction.

Soka Gakkai of America (SGI-USA) SGI-USA is an American Buddhist movement for world peace that practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting NAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;MYOHOâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;RENGEâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;KYO. For information, call SGI-USA at 232-9121.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 2336284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com.

Celebrating diversity. Working for justice.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On April 22, Nancy CombsMorgan, Lifespan Religious Education Program coordinator for the Thomas Jefferson and Heartland districts of the Unitarian Universalist Association, will speak from the topic Lifelong Learning. The service will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Troup Square Sanctuary. For information, call 234-0980, or send e-mail to uusav@ comcast.net or visit www.jinglebellchurch org. The Uncommon Denomination.

Unity of Savannah A church of unconditional love and acceptance. Sunday service is at 11 a.m. Youth church and childcare also are at 11 a.m.

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1112 East Victory Drive

Spacious 3BR, 2BA house with a formal living room, formal dining room, and large family room. Refinished hardwood floors, central H/A, separate laundry room with washer/dryer, wrap around front porch with views of Daffin Park, small fenced in backyard, one car garage and off-street parking. Pet-friendly. $1,100/mo.

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HARD WORKING & RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS NEEDED The Express Cafe, 39 Barnard Street Has openings for front counter servers. Applicants must have reliable transportation and be available to work 6-10am and/or 10am-4pm, weekdays and 8:30am-4pm weekends. All Applicants must be able to work at least 4 days each week. Applicants need to be energetic, reliable & work well with others.

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AirNow Has an opening in Savannah, GA for Part-time Line support personnel. This individual will be responsible for maintaining auxiliary equipment that is kept in Savannah.

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LOW VOLTAGE HELPER, Apprentices Needed: Background check, drug test and MVR required.

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MACELWEE’S RESTAURANT On Tybee Island now hiring Experienced Saute/Fry Cooks, Servers & PT Bartenders. Excellent pay! Call 912-786-8888 for an appointment or apply in person between 3pm-6pm.

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349 Tattnall Street Beautifully restored 3-story historic home, c. 1844.

3 bedroom, 2.5 bath. Corner lot. Garden level apartment.

Original hardwood floors, 6 FP, modern kitchen/baths, deck w/hot tub. Private courtyard. $635,000. OPEN HOUSE Sunday, April 15th, 11am-3pm.

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WHITEMARSH ISLAND

Beautiful townhome is open and airy and great for entertaining. Located in quiet, convenient area overlooking the marsh and Richardson Creek and is only 10 minutes from downtown and the beach. Upstairs provides large walk-in closet, bedroom/office space and separate sitting area. Also has walk-in attic. Downstairs offers 2 large bedrooms and 2 baths. Master with walk-in closet.

Kitchen opens to separate formal living room with fireplace and dining room.

Additional family room provides 2nd kitchen with small refrigerator, wetbar and stove. Deck on back is great for watching the sunsets. All windows equipped with hurricane shutters. 1 1/2 car garage. Amenities include dock access and pool. $379,900 Call 695-7733 information or appointment.

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Homes for Rent 2409 LOUISIANA AVE. 3/1, new central heat/air. Laundry room, garaged, fenced-in yard. Pets OK with fee. $800/month. Call 912-656-1071.

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642 MAUPAS AVE. Savannah. 1 bedroom, 1 bath, living room, kitchen & dinette. $550/month.

Water included. No pets. Call 912-897-9802. Leave message to schedule viewing.

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Homes for Rent SAVANNAH’S BEST RENTAL PROPERTIES

All brick duplex with 1 bedroom efficiency in back. Each duplex unit has covered back porch and storage.

Spacious and more large closets than a regular house. Storage units on porch have heat/air and elec. Each side is 2br/2ba Call LaTrelle for your viewing of this unique property at 658-7777 H-4704 $348,900

Beautiful Home for Lease.

Great Southside location. 4/3 with privacy fenced yard, Granite, stainless app., hardwoods, ceramic tile, huge master suite.

Only $1585/month, includes pool, tennis court, Clubhouse, and playground. Call Chris at 912-604-2548.

Connect Savannah Classifieds Staged for Country Pleasure; A welcome escape from the city bustle. One +/- 5 acre lot available in Effingham and one in Bulloch County.

Call LaTrelle 658-7777, ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550. Prices starting as low as $28,000. A-4295.

Better than new! This home is immaculate! Wonderful back porch overlooking large private backyard in Swim/ Tennis/Golf Community. This 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath all brick home has a formal Living Room, Dining Room and a Family Room with a Fireplace.

The laundry room is large enough to be an office and has a sink, counter top and many, many cabinets. Please call LaTrelle for your personal viewing of this lovely and unique property at 912-658-7777 H-4705 $289,900

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HOUSE AVAILABLE: 1507 East Ott Street: 3BR/2BA, living room, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen w/appliances, separate utility room, fenced yard, screened porch. No pets. 1 Year lease-$850/month, $850/deposit. $35 credit application fee. 45 Travis St., Available Soon. Call 912-596-4954, leave message.

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Ask About Opportunity for Deep Water Dock Use 5 Rio Road: NEW 3BR, 2BA, home w/wrap-around porch.

Near malls, hospitals & downtown. Island Living, Marsh view & Island Breeze, Public boat ramp 1 block away. www.savannahsbest properties.com 621 Derrick Inn Rd.: Good starter home w/2 bedrooms, 1 bath, large yard. www.savannahsbest properties.com 421 Hinesville Rd: 2BR, 1BA, deck, large yard with mature trees and country setting. www.savannahsbest properties.com 406 Briarcliff: 3BR, 2BA, fireplace, sunroom, carpor t, fenced backyard, near Windsor Forest Elementary.

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SAVANNAH STATE AREA: 3BR/1BA & den. Hardwood floors, charming with yard!

Available now! $875/month + $875/deposit. Call 912-604-6625.

Ask About Opportunity for Deep Water Dock Use 5 Rio Road: NEW 3BR, 2BA, home w/wrap-around porch.

Near malls, hospitals & downtown. Island Living, Marsh view & Island Breeze, Public boat ramp 1 block away. www.savannahsbest properties.com 621 Derrick Inn Rd.: Good starter home w/2 bedrooms, 1 bath, large yard. www.savannahsbest properties.com 421 Hinesville Rd: 2BR, 1BA, deck, large yard with mature trees and country setting. www.savannahsbest properties.com 406 Briarcliff: 3BR, 2BA, fireplace, sunroom, carpor t, fenced backyard, near Windsor Forest Elementary. www.savannahsbest properties.com 29 Pointer Place: Brick Townhome conveniently located on S a v a n n a h ’s S o u t h s i d e .

2BR/1.5BA, close to Savannah Mall & on bus line.

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909 Penn Waller Road • Savannah, GA 314010 (912) 898-1486 oak.island@maac.net www.oaksatwilmingtonisland.com Beautiful new all brick 5 bedrooms 4 full bath home. 6.7 acres. Over 3500 sq. ft. Split bedroom plan, prewired media room, separate dining room, and eat in kitchen with bay window and island. 3 car garage with storage room. Hardwood floors in foyer, D.R. and Great Room. Ceramic tile in all baths, laundry room and kitchen/breakfast area. Walk in attic with floored storage space. Call LaTrelle for your personal viewing of this lovely home @ 658-7777 $450,000 H-4530

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RINCON - NEW TOWNHOME 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Master bedroom downstairs. 1333 sq.ft.

1 car garage, patio, hardwood floors, carpet, & tile bath, gated community w/amenities. $1150/month. Call 912-690-5070.690-5070

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Call 912-897-4872.

APARTMENT FOR RENT: 116 East Anderson Unit B. 3BR/1.5BA, washer/dryer, dishwasher, offstreet parking, central h/a, 1.5 blocks from Forsyth Park. $1200 includes water & trash.

912-257-6662.

HISTORIC DISTRICT Master BR loft over LR, deck off of master BR, 2 baths, guest room, 2 fireplaces, hardwood floors, C H/A, washer/dryer, porch, secured yard, water included. $900/monthly. Call 233-5246, leave message.

STARLAND AREA 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartments. Close to SCAD, off street parking. 201 W. 42nd St. $550-$700. 596-1358 TYBEE: RENOVATED, unfurnished 2BR/1BA, great quiet location.

Available now! No pets.

Also furnished 1BR/efficiency.

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Room for Rent 34TH & LINCOLN Huge room, two closets, private entrance. Phone, cable, washer/dryer, internet and utilities. $145/week + deposit.

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I/O 135hp. $7000 OBO. Great shape, 345 hours only. Includes: anchor, life vests, depth finder, trailer, cover, extra prop, and stereo. Call 912-441-8183. See at http://home.coastalnow.net/~caryjohn/boat.jpg

FURNISHED EFFICIENCY at 37th and Drayton. All utilities included. $185/week, $668/month. Call seven days a week 912-231-9464.

BED/BATH, Lovely designer decor. Country setting, pond, serene. Includes all utilities. 5 min. drive to Downtown Savannah.

Refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker. $500/month + deposit negotiable. 843-683-2566.

Approx. 3700 sq. feet with 4 bedrooms and 3 ½ baths. A True Horse lovers special! Horse arena and club across road with large acreage for trail riding. Workshop is heated/cooled and spot zoned for existing home business. In-ground Pool and decking for entertaining. Over 10 acres. View our video at www.VideoHomeGuide. com/3519hwy67n.htm Call LaTrelle for your personal showing of this lovely estate at 658-7777 H-4626 $398,000

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LARGE VICTORIAN near library.

Fireplace, refrigerator/microwave, phone, cable, internet, w/d utilities, nicely furnished. $145/wk, $522/mo. Seven days.

Call 912-231-9464.

ROOM FOR RENT House on Wilmington Island $125/week, includes all utilities.

Washer, dryer, kitchen. All house priviledges included.

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Broughton St. Loft- JUST REDUCED!!!

Walk to the PARK. $1,075,000. Once block walk to Forsyth Park.

Tennis, basketball, jogging, much more! Two units on each end and one town home in the middle. Great investment opportunity. All electrical, plumbing, and HVAC updated. Turn into condos or rentals.

Motivated seller. Bring all offers. Contact Alex Grikitis, 912-2220-1700.

Location. Location. Location. 104 Tybrisa St. In the heart of Tybee’s commercial district minutes from the pier. Zoned C-1. Currently 6-room inn. A number of possibilities including mixed-used commercial on bottom, residential on top. Owner/ agent. $720,000. Please contact Alex Grikitis, 912-220-1700.

101. W. Broughton St, unit 302; top floor corner loft at the intersection of Broughton & Whitaker. 2BR/1BA with windows in every room.

Sunlight drenched. 11’ ceilings, hardwood floors. 908 sft. Walk to it all! Asking $335,000. Contact Lori Judge, 912-484-1514. MLS# 22469.

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Lincon Park Condominiums

654-656 East Henry St-A new condo conversion. Four 2 bed / 1 bath condos on beautiful East Henry Street. Video surveillance and home security, Large front porches, off-street parking, updated kitchens and baths, hardwood/ tile/carpet floors, laundry rooms, and over 1200 square feet each. Pricing starting at $235,000. 2% closing costs and $1000 decorating allowance paid by seller. Contact Alex Grikitis, 912-220-1700 or Chris Smyth, 912-704-3800, and please visit henryplace.com for more information.

A gorgeously renovated historic building at 216 West Park Avenue.

Completely updated kitchens with stainless fixtures and appliances, shaker-style cabinets, baths with marble granite countertops & marble floors. Original hardwood floors throughout. Gas fireplaces, video surveillance & security, built-in surround sound & flat panel TV. All the bells and whistles!! 1750 to 3300 square foot units. Prices starting at $325,000. Great buyer incentive packages available along with preferred lenders. Please contact Alex Grikitis, 912-220-1700 or alex@ grikitisgroup.com, and be sure to visit 216west.com for further information.

224-228 E Park Ave at the corner of Lincoln St. Eight new condos located three blocks from Forsyth Park. Full appliance package, refinished wood floors, video surveillance and security system, off-street parking, flatpanel TVs, and much more. Prices starting at $99,900. Contact Alex Grikitis, 912-220-1700, Nick Bentz 843-368-0265, or Chris Smyth 912704-3800, and please visit lincolnparkSAV.com for more information.

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1711 Price St.

Beautifully restored 5000 sqft post civil war plantation home on 3.98 acres in downtown Ridgeland. Starting at 725,000. 6 bdrms, 3 full baths, 1.5 bath, wrap around porches, custom tile pool, carport, garage, boat storage, lrg oak trees, Four boat landings within 15 min drive. 35 min to Savannah, Beaufort, Hilton Head. Minutes to I - 95 much more!

4 Beautiful Condos on the water! 2Bed 2.5 Bath, 2 balconies per unit. Scenic view and landscape, security gated entrance, Plenty of parking. For more info check out www.CoastalRiverview.com.

Great commercial property right in the Thomas Square Historic Neighborhood. Entire tract includes 1711 Price, 1716 Habersham, & 410 34th St. 4,200sq.ft. comm. space & 2,200sq.ft. of warehouse space.

The remainder is vacant. For more info check out www.1711price.com.

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308 E. President St. Townhouse

Great SCAD rental. Fully rehabed with original hardwoods, marble in kitchen and bath, stainless steel appliances. $1000/mo rental income. Carriage house not yet rented. Area of active restoration.

Elegant townhouse in the hear of the historic district just steps away from Columbia Square. This home features 2BR / 2.5BA, original hardwood floors, gourmet kitchen, and private courtyard. Great Location!! $659,000. Contact Lori Judge, 912-484-1514. MLS# 27157.

347 Abercorn St. • Savannah, GA 31401 • 912-236-1000 Alex Grikitis • 912-220-1700 • www.GrikitisGroup.com

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