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Felice Picano, leader in the modern gay literary movement, gives a reading Sunday pg. 8

Bonnaroo! Evan Almighty God help this film, please.

Athfest! pg. 34 And all we got were these reviews pg. 25

Guns N’ Roses tribute act Appetite For Destruction plays The Jinx this Saturday pg. 17

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Contents

Volume 6, No. 40, June 27, 2007 On the cover: Appetite for Destruction in action

Announces

“Beyond the Burger” Art Patrol 22 Music Reviews 25

A Dining Experience with a Gourmet Flair Including Vegetarian (In addition to our traditional menu) Reservations Preferred

TOTT 24 29 Soundboard

Who’s playing and where

8-10 Lead Story

Authors, authors everywhere

News & Opinion

Culture 22 Art Patrol

11 Editor’s Note 12 13 14 15 16 24

Exhibitions and openings

Faster pussycat kill kill Feedback Readers have their say Hear & Now Robin’s world Blotter From SPD reports News of the Weird Chuck Shepherd’s latest Earthweek The week on your planet Talk of the Town See what you did last week

33 Pop

Scott’s take on The Sopranos finale

Movies 34 Screenshots

All the flicks that fit

The 411 6 37 39

Vibes 17 Interview

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18 Feature

41

Appetite for Destruction

Jazz Festival future 19 Music Menu Gigs a la Carte 20 Connect Recommends Concerts of Note 25 Reviews Reviews from Bonnaroo and Athfest

Week at a Glance Our best bets for cool stuff to do Happenings All the stuff, all the time Free Will Astrology Rob Breszny’s look at your stars Sudoku Puzzle It’s all the rage Crossword Puzzle Mental Fun

Classifieds 41 Classifieds

They call it “junk,” you call it “couch”

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Thursday, June 28 Steam Days at the Roundhouse

What: The rail operations crew will fire up the Georgia Power No. 30 locomotive and move it around the site, utilizing newly-laid track and a massive turntable. Daily demonstrations presented by the Coastal Heritage Society. When: Daily through July 15. Regular hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and demonstrations are at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and last about 45 minutes. Where: Roundhouse Museum, 601 W. Harris St. Cost: Regular admission -- $4.25 for adults and $3.75 for seniors 55 and older, military, students with ID, AAA and former and current railroad employees. Under 6 are admitted free. Info: www. chsgeorgia.org or 652-2338.

Daily Cannon Firings at Old Fort Jackson

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When: 10 a.m. and 2 and 4 p.m. daily through July 31. Where: Roundhouse Museum, 601 W. Harris St. Cost: Regular admission -- $4.25 for adults and $3.75 for seniors 55 and older, military, students with ID, AAA and former and current railroad employees. Under 6 are admitted free. Info: www.chsgeorgia.org or 652-2338.

Psychotronic Film Society of Savannah presents DARKON

What: This award-winning indie film took the Audience Prize at the 2006 South By SouthWest Film Fest for Best Documentary. It follows the dual lives of a group of devoted, intense “weekend warrior” fantasy enthusiasts in the Baltimore area who have created an imaginary medieval world of kings, queens, warlords and knights called DARKON. They rule, challenge and battle each other in real life - and in their minds. When: June 28 at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $6

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Savannah Actor’s Theatre’s Looking for Ethiopia continues

What: This play is the winner of last year’s Savannah One Act Play Festival and was written by Tom Mauldin and Ray Levin. Richard and Ted host two society parties on the same night. Every year, they invite “Group A” and “Group B” guests and never the twain should meet. This year, things might go wrong. When: June 28, 29 and 30 at 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: $10 general admission and $5 student or seniors. Info: 232-6089 or www.savannahactorstheatre.org.

The Historic Savannah Theatre’s Return to the 50s continues

What: Relive the days when rock ‘n roll was born. When: June 28, 29 and 30 at 8 p.m. and June 30 at 3 p.m. Where: 222 Bull St. Cost: Adults $33 and 17 and under $16. Info: Call 233-7764.

Friday, June 29

Summer Concert in the Squares

What: Bring a bag lunch and enjoy a summer concert by the Tony Clarke Project. When: June 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Wright Square. Cost: Free. Info: 6516417 or www.savannahga.gov/arts.

Savannah Film Society Presents First Snow

What: What if someone looked into your future and didn’t see tomorrow? A psychic’s ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin. The film stars Guy Pearce and Piper Perabo. This film series is sponsored by Connect Savannah. When: June 29 at 8 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: Tickets for adults are $8, $6 for seniors and military, $4 with SCAD ID and free for children 12 and under, up to two kids per paid adult admission. Blue Star Family members are free for any SFS film. Info: 5255050 or scadboxoffice.com.

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Savannah Film Society Presents Shrek 2

What: Shrek’s second adventure finds him visiting his inlaws. Connect Savannah sponsors this film series. When: June 30 at 3 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: Tickets for adults are $8, $6 for seniors and military, $4 with SCAD ID and free for children 12 and under, up to two kids per paid adult admission. Blue Star Family members are free for any SFS film. Info: 525-5050 or scadboxoffice.com.

Savannah Film Society Presents Roman Holiday

What: A bored and sheltered princess, played by Audrey Hepburn, escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman, played by Gregory Peck, in Rome. Hepburn won an Oscar for her performance.

This film series is sponsored by Connect Savannah.

When: June 30 a 7 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre.

Cost: Tickets for adults are $8, $6 for seniors and military, $4 with SCAD ID and free for children 12 and under, up to two kids per paid adult admission. Blue Star Family members are free for any SFS film. Info: 525-5050 or scadboxoffice. com.

Sand Gnats games this week

What: The Sand Gnats take on the Columbus Catfish.

They’ll also face the Rome Braves. When: June 30 and July 2 and 3 at at 7:05 p.m. and July 1 at 2:05 p.m. Games against the Braves will be July 4 at 2:05 p.m. and July 5 and 6 at 7:05 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium on East Victory Drive. Cost: Box seats $9.50, reserved $7.50 and general admission $6. Info: Call 351-9150.

Gore Scrivenor in Concert

What: A performance of high energy folk blues will be presented by a master. When: June 30 at 8 p.m.

Where: Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Cost: Tickets will be sold at the door for $10 for the general public and $8 for Savannah Folk Music Society members. Info: 786-6953.

Sunday, July 1

Savannah Winds Patriotic Concert What: Live entertainment, fireworks and an ice cream-eating contest are just part of the fun. When: July 4 at 5 p.m. The fireworks will start around 9:20 p.m. Where: River Street. Cost: Free.

Saturday, June 30

Savannah Starland Farmers Market continues

What: Buy fresh produce and other goods. When: June 30 and every Saturday through October from 9 a.m. to noon.

Where: The area of the old Starland Dairy at 40th an Bull streets. Cost: Free. Info: 443-5355, maldorors@gmail.com or www.starlandfarmersmarket.com.

Celebrating America at Fort Pulaski

What: A living history event will be held to celebrate the nation’s 231st birthday. One of the highlights will be a Civic War baseball game using 1860s rules and equipment. There also will be cannon firings and a brass quartet performing patriotic music. When: June 30 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, U.S. 80 on Tybee Island, 15 miles east of Savannah. Cost: $3 general admission, with ages 15 and under admitted free. Info: 786-5787 or www.nps. gov/fopu.

What: A wide variety of patriotic and inspitational songs and marches will be presented by Savannah’s community wind symphony. When: July 1 at 3 p.m. Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University Fine Arts Hall. Cost: $12 in advance. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door for $14. Info: Call 927-5381 weekdays from 2-6 p.m.

Greenpeace Rally and Meal

What: Citizens will gather to ask U.S. Rep. John Barrow to reduce global warming pollution. They will sign postcards, take photo postcards, make pinwheels and do art to show their concern about global warming. There also will be a meal that will be served. When: July 1 from 6-8 p.m.

Where: South end of Forsyth Park. Ifo: 7047472 or georgiahotseat@wdc.greenpeace.org.

Felice Picano reading

What: The award-winning gay author of 21 books and the founder of Sea Horse Press will speak and read from his new book, Tales: From a Distant Planet. A reception will follow. When: July 1 at 7 p.m. Where: Los Robles, 101 E. 34th St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Reel Savannah presents After the Wedding

What: An Academy Award-nominated drama about a foreign aid worker who is stationed at an impoverished orphanage in Mumbai.

He returns home to Denmark to meet with a potential sponsor, who invites him to attend his daughter’s wedding. Deep family secrets soon come to the surface. In Danish with English subtitles. When: July 1 at 7 p.m. Where: Victory Square Theater. Cost: $7. Info: www.reelsavanah.org.

Monday, July 2

Bark in the Park

What: Peach Hubbard will present a lecture called Dolphin Project.

When: July 4 at 7 p.m. Where: Tybee Island City Hall, 403 Butler Ave. Cost: Free. Info: www.tybeesmc.org or 786-5917.

Wednesday, July 4 A Patriotic Big Band Salute

What: The Equinox Jazz Band will present the music of Mercer, Sinatra and more. When: July 4 at 6 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre.

Cost: $25. Info: 525-5050.

Tybee Island Independence Day Fireworks What: The display can be easily viewed from any of Tybee’s eastern beaches. When: July 4 at 9:15 p.m. Where: Walter Parker Pier at the sound end of the island. Cost: Free.

Fort King George Foruth of July Celebration

What: Reenactors will present musket and cannon firings. Learn how the soldiers and scouts lived in the 1720s at Britain’s southernmost fort. Free watermelon and lemonade will be served. When: July 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Fort King George Historic Site at Darien. Cost: $2.50 to $5, depending on age. Info: 437-4770 or www.gastateparks.org/fortkinggeorge. w

The PBR Show continues

What: A little auditory show, inspired by the comfort, joy and sustainability of peanut butter sandwiches. Writers, actors and creative artists of the Savannah community will share with participatory listeners stories and music of fear and love, adventure and mystery, life and humanity and peanut butter and jelly. When: July 2 and every Monday at 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: Admission is $2 and peanut butter sandwiches are available for $2 each. Info: 232-6080 or mail@savannahactorstheatre.org.

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What: Coastal Pet Rescue and other animal rescue organizations will join the Savannah Sand Gnats. Pets will be available for adoption until 4 p.m. and a low-cost nicrochip clinic will be held from 2-4 p.m. at a cost of $10 per dog. When: July 2. The gates will open at 1 p.m.

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Village person Felice Picano, leader in the modern gay literary movement, gives a reading Sunday

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n a rare and special event this Sunday afternoon, Savannah will host one of the founders of the modern gay literary movement.

In 1977 — before AIDS, before Will and Grace, before we all finally figured out the Village People were gay — Felice Picano started Sea Horse Press in New York City, the first gay and lesbian-oriented publishing house on the east coast.

A native New Yorker now living in L.A., Picano would go on to start Gay Presses of New York in 1981, which made its stamp on the publishing world by being the first to publish Harvey Fierstein’s watershed work Torch Song Trilogy.

With Andrew Holleran, Robert Ferro, Edmund White, and George Whitmore, Picano went on to help found the Violet Quill Club to increase the visibility of gay authors and their works.

An accomplished and award-winning writer and poet as well with 20 volumes to his credit, Picano’s work runs the gamut of genres, from sci-fi to poetry to erotica. His newest book is the science fiction collection Tales: From a Distant Planet.

Picano will give a reading July 1 at 4 p.m. at Los Robles, a literary salon of sorts at 101 East 34th St. Run by Robert Crockett and Richard Gourley, Los Robles is committed to bringing in noteworthy writers and poets to the community.

“Having moved to Savannah from New York, I just assumed many people here knew about it him, but I found out few people here do,” Gourley tells us. “So I’m just excited to be able to meet him and introduce him and his work to more people here.”

We spoke to Felice Picano by phone last week.

OK, Felice, the first question is: Why Savannah and why now?

Felice Picano: I’m coming to Savannah because a friend of mine is connected with Los Robles. He’s been asking me to come for a couple of years. And since I’ll be in the general area, i.e. the east coast (laughs), I decided I wanted to see my friend.

In the current environment of publishers always looking for the next Oprah Book Club blockbuster, you’re somewhat unique in that you consistently write across a broad spectrum of literary genres.

Felice Picano: It’s interesting, because I sort of began as a mainstream bookseller myself, not writing gay books.

As you know, I’ve been around a very long time (laughs). I’ve been publishing since I was a kid, essentially.

I saw all of that stuff coming down the pike. In a way it was to be expected.

As soon as the big corporations recognized publishing companies as a potential cash cow, they became ripe for takeover. During the late ‘70s so much money was made so quickly because of bestsellers.

I’m flexible enough to write in variety of genres, various forms. So if a writer can do that, you can publish one book with a university press one with an independent press and the next one with a large company. That way you really put the books where they belong.

That’s what I do — place my books around very carefully. And of course I don’t expect the same amount of money from a small publishing house as opposed to a bigger company.

This has happened before in a way — this type of solidification happened in the 1970s, which was why I started Sea Horse Press and then Gay Presses of New York.

The big companies were only publishing mainstream books, what they perceived as bestsellers. But I knew there was so much in between – poetry, short novels.

The proof of that came when the big

companies starting buying paperback rights to our books. In fact the first book we did that with, Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy, kept us in the black all the rest of the time.

Once it hit we were able to put a lot of that money back into other projects.

I think there’s a place for smaller, more independent gay and lesbian presses for anyone who has a few dollars and wants to take a risk.

How has the rise of the internet impacted your writing career?

Felice Picano: I think it’s great. I was one of the ones who became computer-savvy right away. The internet has helped me arrange this 12-city book tour. Before it would have taken thousands and thousands of phone calls. I have a web page and that’s certainly gotten me better known. I’ve actually been publishing online in a variety of forms. Friends of mine who haven’t been able to write for years now have their own blogs and write constantly. Of course everybody keeps telling me I have to get a blog, but I don’t have time for that.

I have a hypothesis: Contrary to all the warnings 20 years ago that we were headed for a post-literate society, the internet and e-mail have actually promoted more use of the written word, not less.

Felice Picano: In a way that’s true. I grew up during the peace/love era and was embedded in Asian philosophies, so I find Western things weird.

In this culture we always say “either/ or.” In Asian cultures they say “that AND that AND that.” Why do you have to choose either a computer or a book? No — you can have a computer and a book.

I’m on trains and planes constantly, and I see people reading books all the time. It’s just the handiest way to do it. Handhelds are great so far for quick notes and texting, but they haven’t replaced books yet.

Let’s have it all together.

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What’s this book tour about?

Felice Picano: Yes, you could say that. I’ve always been a reader of newspapers. I’m staying with people right now who don’t read newspapers, and now suddenly their house is littered with papers (laughs).

Watching election coverage you’d think sexual orientation is the number one issue in America. You’d think gays and lesbians were being stoned to death in the street and having crosses burned on their lawns. Yet in real life most Americans seem pretty accepting, even blase, about gays and lesbians in their community. Why this disconnect between the punditry and the people?

Felice Picano: There’s a bureaucracy in effect, a gay bureaucracy that’s in effect right now. In order to keep interest in what they’re doing they have to stress the negative a lot.

And that unfortunately will be what gets

journalists’ attention.

For the most part Americans are not interested in getting real news analysis, they mostly are consuming sensationalism. I was on the train the other day and saw somebody reading the New York Post. Come on. I can’t wipe my shoes with that. It’s trash.

Do you find it ironic that the book that put Savannah on the map is itself a sensationalist work about the murder of a gay man by another gay man?

Felice Picano: Yes, I guess you could say that. But then again, the lead — and most sympathetic — character in the book is a transvestite! How many books feature that?

I know John Berendt. He’s a good guy and he will always do the right thing. He was really playing his cards close to the vest with that book. And of course he had a very savvy editor, a woman editor.

A lot of times the editor makes all the difference. I discovered that as a publisher

years ago, when this man had written for us a wonderful gay political novel, but it had a lot of unconscious racism in it. When I pointed it out to him he was appalled. He really didn’t realize it.

What can Savannah expect at your reading here July 1?

Felice Picano: Well, I spent three weeks with lawyers trying to take out everything they might think was scandalous and libelous out of the book. But because I put so much in to begin with I think a lot remains (laughs).

It’ll be a lot of fun. My readings are a lot of fun. I was in Boston last night and afterward somebody said, “That was a good show!” w Felice Picano will give a reading 4 p.m. July 1 at Los Robles, 101 East 34th St. Free and open to the public.

| Lead Story by Linda Sickler

Culture

Willing spirit

Local author Susan B. Johnson is inspired by the region’s settings, from ghosts to cottages

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t times, the gods of writing are generous and good things come in threes.

Susan B. Johnson is having a banner year. An award-winning play she wrote is being filmed, and she’s had two books published this year — one a novel, the other a nonfiction book.

The novel is titled Spirit Willing: A Savannah Haunting, and it was published by Bonaventture Books (yes, it’s spelled that way) in Savannah. The nonfiction book is Savannah’s Little Crooked Houses: If These Walls Could Talk, a book about antebellum cottages that was published by History Press in Charleston.

Spirit Willing is the story of aging Aunt Olivia, who’s about to be forced from her historic home by her conniving niece Charlotte. What Charlotte doesn’t realize is that Olivia has a powerful ally named Cyrus — even if he’s been dead for more than 100 years.

Not just a ghost story, the novel has a ripping good love story. It also gives readers a peek into Savannah’s history, and a long look at its infinite charm.

Inspiration came from a real place. “I was doing a lot of freelance writing when I got an assignment to interview the owner of an old mansion that had recently been converted to an inn that was called Magnolia Place,” Johnson says.

Since then, the house has been acquired by the Savannah College of Art and Design, and today is called Magnolia Hall. “It’s a lovely

old mansion,” Johnson says. “I had a tour of the house and garden. I was still fairly new to Savannah, so I was just charmed by the whole thing. There was a kitten there that was named Gerard.”

When Johnson commented that the name was rather sophisticated for such a tiny kitten, she was told the kitten was named for the ghost who haunted the house. “The ghost in the book is nothing like Gerard, but that’s where the idea came from,” she says.

While most of the places in the book are real (with the exception of a South Carolina retirement home called Three Palms that does not exist), all the characters are fictional. “I was very careful to say it’s a work of fiction,” Johnson says.

She doesn’t want anyone to think they’re the basis for a character in the book. “Her mother saw one of the first drafts and was miffed,” Johnson’s husband, Fred, says.

“There are things in here she recognized as part of my life,” Johnson says. “She thought that maybe I patterned dotty Aunt Olivia after her.”

In addition to the published books, Johnson has two other novels that are finished and another one that’s in the works. Her inspiration comes from settings. “A place is very important to me,” she says.

“A place inspired both of the (published) books,” Johnson says. Setting and characters are the first two things that come to me. I remember waking up one morning with the first line of Spirit Willing.”

As she writes, ideas come quickly. “Once they start coming, they usually keep coming,” Johnson says. “That’s encouraging to me.”

The processes used to create both books were quite different. “Spirit Willing is a book from my heart,” Johnson says. “The other is from my head.”

Savannah’s Little Crooked Houses was inspired by

Johnson’s own home, a historic cottage on St. Julian Street that’s tucked between the Hampton Lillibridge house and a majestic Victorian. “I was standing in the living room looking out the window,” she says.

“It occurred to me that years ago, some woman stood on that very same space, looking out that very same window.”

Johnson wanted to know who that woman was, so she began doing research. “I’d done literary research, but didn’t know anything about historical research,” she says.

But once she started, Johnson learned quickly.

“I fell in love with the process to the point that I began to think maybe there was a book in this,” she says.

“It was a joy to research,” Johnson says.

“I’d lie in bed in the morning and think, ‘Just two hours until the courthouse is open. Only three hours until the historical society is open.’”

“She had a stack of material that, I swear, was half a foot tall,” Fred says with a laugh.

“I typed everything up right away so I wouldn’t forget it,” Johnson says. “I kept everything in a notebook. I think I had a pretty good system.” cont’d on page 10

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Felice Picano: I have two books out now.

One is a second collection of short stories — my second in 30 years — called Tales: From a Distant Planet. I never say what the distant planet is, but most are set on earth. They’re strange stories — not all sci-fi, not all mysteries, but all of them are weird. I love sci-fi.

That’s how I became a writer. Some people in France are interested in turning three or four of the stories into a TV series.

The other book is called Art and Sex in Greenwich Village, about why I started the first gay publishing company back in 1977, how I joined with other people to form Gay Presses of New York.

It’s also about how we found ourselves at the absolute center of gay culture that existed at the time. So few people were really out then, or even partly out. Everything was very centralized. I realized I had all this information and anecdotes and info.

So you’re a journalist of sorts as well, a documentarian.

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Susan and Fred Johnson on the porch of their St. Julian St. cottage

There are many cottages in Savannah, so Johnson had to decide which ones to write about. “I defined cottage as no more than 1,300 square feet,” she says. “We have 1,100 square feet in our house.

“Also, they had to be built prior to the Civil War,” Johnson says. “I narrowed it down to 12. There are more, but they’re very dilapidated.”

The Johnsons’ cottage probably dates to the 18th century and was made to last. “The whole house was built of heart pine, so it’s impervious to termites,” Johnson says. “Even after more than 200 years, it has no termite damage at all.”

The book contains family trees, maps, charts and color photographs of the cottages that Johnson took herself. After just months on the shelves, the book is such a resounding success, it’s about to go into its second printing.

From their arrival in Savannah, the Johnsons lived in a cottage. “We rented a little house on Gordon Lane until we decided to buy a house,” she says.

“At first, I didn’t think I could live in a house this small, but we had lived on a 40by-12-foot sailboat, so we were used to living in small spaces,” Johnson says.

Johnson is just at home on the water as she is on the land. “I’m originally from Ohio, and lived in Chicago for 25 years before traveling for four years,” she says. “We were sailors. In 1979, we left Chicago and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. We spent two and a half years exploring Europe — England, Holland, Belgium, France and Spain, via canals and rivers.

“If you sail over, you’ve got to sail back, but we decided not to go back to Chicago,” she says. “We wanted to settle somewhere we could have our boat. We headed for Charleston, but kind of got sidetracked to Savannah, and we’ve been here ever since.”

Today, St. Julian Street is a high-end neighborhood, but that wasn’t always the case. “This neighborhood was in very bad shape when the restoration project started,” Johnson says. “St. Julian Street became a showplace, with the exception of our house.

There were rumors that a petition was being

circulated to have it torn down.

“When I first saw the cottage, it had been derelict for 26 years,” she says. “The people who lived in it built the Victorian next door in 1901. When they moved out of the cottage, they ignored it and let it fall into ruin.”

The cottage was rented out during that time. “There are pictures of an Irish family who lived in it during the 1930s,” Johnson says. “The children were like stair steps.”

Although the cottage was in ruins when the Johnsons first saw it, it’s currently a showplace. “This house and the one next door were awarded the Historic Savannah Excellence in Residential Restoration award in 1984,” Johnson says.

People often ask Johnson how much the antebellum cottages would sell for today.

“There is one with 536 square feet on State Street,” she says. “It sold at one point for $800, but now it would sell for about a quarter million.”

Location, location, location is one reason the cottages have increased so dramatically in value. Their history also makes them valuable. “One of the most charming things about these cottages is that they’ve been homes to Savannah families since before 1800,” Johnson says. “They’ve survived many a hurricane.”

When doing her research, Johnson discovered some colorful characters. “Susan’s book features a lot of strong women,” Fred says. “There are a couple of bad women in there, too.”

“I think I discovered a serial killer,” Johnson says of a woman whose three husbands died under mysterious circumstances.

“This book isn’t about the architecture, it’s about the people who lived in these cottages.”

The names of current owners aren’t listed in the book, which deals strictly with previous occupants. “Anybody who’s dead is fair game,” Johnson says.

Johnson is surprised to find that interest in her book extends far beyond Savannah, although she understands why. “It’s universal history,” she says. “Even if the cottages are unique to Savannah, the stories aren’t.” w

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It started as an acDirector D’Anna is an excellent foil to the cident of necessity while on vacation out producer team -- younger, hipper but withwest a few weeks ago, a time spent largely out a hint of the elitist condescension that’s away from TV and the internet. After I got unfortunately so common in movie people. back to town, I continued the CNN/Fox/ But in a way that’s the Foxes’ whole MSNBC moratorium more out of habit than point. The advent of high-quality interanything else, net video and I have to and the fact say it’s been a that there’s life-changing no longer a experience for stigma atthe better. tached to It’s amazthe label ing how much “straight more time and to DVD” energy I have mean that now that I’m we, the peonot spending ple, are no so much of it longer de-- time and pendent on energy, that is high-budget, -- yelling at the high-attitude latest factually studios to challenged, tell us what’s nonsensical good for us.

Lucky Kitty’s Frank Fox at left, with wife and statement by Indeed, co-producer Paula Fox and director Mike grossly overpaid with a budget D’Anna idiots like Paula of about half a Zahn and Neil million bucks Cavuto, or at the latest patronizing bald(probably about the same amount spent on faced lie by the Bush confederacy of dunces.

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SCAD and non-SCAD acting and techniThe rest of Athfest was a predictably cal talent, Side Sho was filmed in various party-hearty weekend of awesome indie Georgia environs over 2005-06, primarily music. It happens the same time every year Walthourville, just south of Ft. Stewart. and I highly recommend that you make the Described as “a cross between House short drive up to the Classic City in ‘08 to of 1000 Corpses and Wrong Turn, but with make the 12th annual edition. originality and hot chicks,” Side Sho is being Read my review of the weekend on page billed as a throwback horror flick, one where 26, and as always you can e-mail me at most of the violence is suggested rather than jim@connectsavannah.com/. w constantly spattered all over the screen.

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to her name and the band and 4 or 5 songs on her web page and other sites. However, I Editor, travel to Savannah often and have emailed I enjoyed your perambulations out West to her home page to get additional informain your recent Editor’s Note, particularly in tion to no avail.

New Mexico which you correctly perceive as I have not been able to find any evidence the place in the U.S. that is most like a forthat this band has ever played in or around eign country.

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Very Vintage is a dress shop whose time has come, again. June 1 marked the end of the store’s first year in business, and last Saturday marked the end of their first week at their new location in a just-restored early 20th century corner store on Abercorn and Park.

Shop owner Mary Knox is a woman inclined toward bold statements, so her previous location, tucked out of sight behind a wall near Very Vintage’s Sarah Woolwine with owner Mary the Hilton, was just too disKnox at the store creet for her. She likes the visibility of the new spot, just solid crowd eager for thought provoking detwo blocks from Forsyth Park and part of bate and a preference for good cinema. w a burgeoning corridor of businesses along Abercorn.

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Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the car repair shop.

Since early June, Parrish Auto Repair on 41st and Habersham has doubled as a roost for one bantam hen, dubbed “Teriyaki” by garage employees. According to shop owner Tony Parrish, the hen “came spinning out from the wheel well” of a passing police truck as it made a hasty uturn in front of the garage a few weeks ago. An alert mechanic scooped Teriyaki out of the road and brought her into the shop, where she’s been ever since.

“She has an affinity for sunflower seeds, Tuesday but she wants you to nights with shell them for her,” says God Parrish, who seems Film buffs in search happy to oblige. “She was of a little theology have probably held a lot when Tony Parrish in his shop with a couple of options this she was young. She’ll walk ‘Teriyaki’ the chicken summer other than Evan right up to you and let you Almighty. pet her.”

The Sentient Bean is screening The During her first few days at the garage, Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s ten-part the chicken was a bit skittish, which Parrish series on the Ten Commandments each attributes to the trauma of losing her tail Tuesday through August 21. Created as a feathers in the truck episode.

Polish television series in 1988, each short Teriyaki’s favorite daytime hang out is film is a vignette depicting ordinary peounder the alignment rack, unruffled by the ple confronted with extraordinary moral noise of the hydraulic equipment. At night choices. Ten vignettes, ten commandments. she beds down in bushes outside the garage.

For the Savannah screenings local clergy “She’s my guard chicken,” says Parrish. representing Protestant, Catholic, Jewish or In the next few days, Teriyaki will fly the Unitarian faiths will introduce each week’s coop. Parrish reports that Larry Schmitz, a segment. dentist whose office is next door, has offered The free film series began this past to add Teriyaki to the brood of half a dozen Tuesday, after this column’s deadline, but I’m hens he keeps “out in the country.” betting that “Decalogue One” brought out a

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More than fifty little black dresses fill a back corner of the shop, all one-of-a-kind retro finds in a range of sizes.

What was the corner storefront before it was Very Vintage? “It was condemned!” says Knox. “Two years ago I rode by here and said, ‘Who in the world would buy that place?’ And now I’m in it!”

Knox is taking literally the idea of working at home. Any day now she’s moving herself and her dog into the restored condo above the store. It’s an enviously short commute, and she’ll never run out of great clothes to wear to the office.

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from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports

Guns ‘n’ Ruses

An officer made a traffic stop at Carolan and Bay streets. The vehicle had a “tag applied for” sticker.

When the officer asked the man for the registration, he saw a gun in the floorboard of the vehicle.

The officer told the man at gunpoint to put his hands out of the vehicle. The man complied and the officer called for backup units.

When the backup arrived, the man was taken out of his car. The weapon turned out to be a toy his child had left in the car.

The officers explained to the man why a use of force was done.

The man was sympathetic and said he understood the action.

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• Police were called to a Quacco Road convenience store in reference to a disorderly person.

Upon arrival, they saw a man moving about the parking lot with his arms up in the air, yelling loudly. He was unsteady on his feet, his eyes were red and he had a very strong odor of alcohol on his person.

As officers tried to apprehend the man, he began to resist. While officers were trying to grab him, he fell face down, causing a small laceration on his nose and upper lip. EMS was called to treat the suspect.

The store manager said the suspect became angry after he was caught shoplifting a 40-ounce bottle of beer. She recovered the beer from the man and told him to leave the store, but he refused.

The woman said she didn’t want to prosecute for the theft. However, he was charged with disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and obstruction.

• A report was made that a woman was walking in the middle of Johnny Mercer Boulevard. Police went to the scene and found a woman dressed in a nightgown and walking barefooted. When the officers asked the woman what was going on, she began shouting obscenities and throwing her hands in the air.

The woman was speaking in incomplete sentences and used wording that made no sense. She said she hated her son because he was a drug user.

When officers took the woman to her residence, her son told them his mother hadn’t been taking her medication. The woman’s residence was in disarray with broken furniture and stains on the walls.

There was a strong foul odor of garbage.

The son said he and his mother had messed the house up about a month ago and had never bothered to clean it up.

• An employee of an Abercorn Street car dealership called police about a man who bought a new car with a bad check.

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The suspect wrote a check in the amount of $24,999.

The check was returned by the bank.

The employee said she was able to speak with the suspect’s father, who he had said he worked for. The father told her that his son had done this to another dealership in the past. He said that dealership was able to get the car back. Copies of the buyer’s agreement form and a copy of the check were left in the possession of the dealership. The employee was given a case report number and advised on how to proceed with the case.

• Police were called to Barnard and Bryan streets on the report of a stolen car. The owner said he parked his car on Barnard Street in a parallel space around midnight. He then went to a nearby restaurant, and came back later to find his car was gone.

As the officer was broadcasting a lookout, dispatch advised that the car had already been recovered in an arson incident on Grove Point Road. There was no evidence of forced entry and the man still retained the only set of car keys. The car was towed by a wrecker service.

The man reported the car stolen about 30 minutes after his car was burned. The officer went to the restaurant and talked to the manager and bartender, describing the man and what he was wearing. Neither of them recalled any patrons fitting the man’s description.

• A man used his bankcard at a grocery in Sandfly, then noticed later that it was missing. He said he contacted his bank and was informed that his account was overdrawn. The unknown suspect had used the cards several times, taking about $3,000 from the account.

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Can’t Possibly Be True

Inexplicable

New-Age Ethics: (1) Texas A&M’s business school punished 24 students in May for cheating on a business ethics exam (and investigated 27 others, but could not meet the school’s legal standard of “irrefutable” proof against them). The offense was that some students took exams for others.

(2) During the spring term at New Jersey’s Kean University, former governor James McGreevey taught a course in “ethics, law and leadership,” with the “ethics” part raising eyebrows, in that in 2004, he had hired an alleged potential lover, with almost no security experience, to be his homeland security adviser. (Said a political opponent, “Jim McGreevey teaching law and ethics is ... like Dr. Kevorkian teaching health maintenance.”)

Community activist Therese Mallik testified against a crematorium’s expansion plans in 2005 in Cessnock, Australia, reportedly saying that the building was already a disaster for the neighborhood and that she had seen a “ghostlike figure” above it at one point. After the Cessnock Independent newspaper reported her remarks, she sued the publisher for defamation, claiming that her statements, when published, made her appear “demented” or “irrational.” (In June 2007, a jury ruled against her.)

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In May, a curious Joe Heckel of Cincinnati and his son took apart the heavy punching bag Joe had bought for their boxing practice and to their surprise found it full of, not sand or plastic pellets, but men’s and women’s underwear (some used).

According to a May report on WLWT-TV, the manufacturer, Technical Knockout Inc., eventually contacted the Heckels and admitted that it had experienced a “quality” problem and that the people who had thought up the bag-stuffing idea had been fired.

People Who Are in Serious Trouble

In early March, highway patrol officers near Ontario, Calif., came upon an unlocked rental truck whose engine was still warm and which contained marijuana worth an estimated $20 million, with the driver undoubtedly on the run, and not just from police.

And in April, the driver of a cocaine delivery truck took a curve too sharply in Medellin, Colombia, and spilled its 1-ton cargo on the highway. The driver (perhaps luckily for him) was arrested.

“Don’t You Know Who I Am!”

(1) In April, Marilyn Devaney, who is one of eight elected Massachusetts officials with authority over certain actions taken by the governor, was accused of assault in Waltham, Mass., after she allegedly hit a beauty-shop clerk with a curling iron when the employee declined to take Devaney’s personal check. Devaney had allegedly, indignantly pointed out her status and yelled, “Don’t you know who I am?” (2) In May, Philadelphia-area socialite Susan Tabas Tepper was accused of assaulting a domestic employee and then, when the employee threatened to call the police, Tepper alleg-

edly intervened. “I will call the police. I’m important; you’re nothing.”

People With Issues

(1) In March, police in Ann Arbor, Mich., were called to the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of Michigan after a female trespasser entered during the dinner hour and ignored repeated attempts to get her to leave (even though she merely sat down, removed her clothes and masturbated). Fraternity members said later they would throw out the two sofas she touched.

(2) In March, Israel recalled Tsuriel Raphael, its ambassador to El Salvador, after he was found tied up, drunk and naked in the front yard of his residence, with several sadomasochistic sex toys nearby.

Least Competent Criminals

Howard Mayfield, 47, and Valerie Lester, 36, were arrested at his trailer home near Damascus, Va., in March as the two, according to police, nearly burned down the home while trying to destroy counterfeit money that Mayfield had printed. Police had served arrest warrants at 5:15 a.m., found the trailer smoky, and upon entering saw Lester near a bed (under which the fake currency was burning, with smoking pouring out), pretending to knit a sweater and to wonder about the commotion.

Updates

(1) Michael Wiley of Port Richey, Fla., in News of the Weird last year for his maniacal driving despite having lost both arms and half a leg in a childhood accident, was back in trouble in May, leading police on (and winning) a high-speed chase (but they recognized the notorious Wiley behind the wheel and arrested him the next day). Said an acquaintance, to the St. Petersburg Times, “He’s one of the best drivers I’ve ever seen in my life.” (2) In May, countries on the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development elected as its chairman the representative from Zimbabwe (noted in News of the Weird in recent months for its almost comical rate of inflation, which was 1,593 percent in January and 3,731 percent in May).

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The Good Hope Hospital in Sutton, England, apparently had an official policy in recent years of reusing sheets from one patient to the next to reduce its laundry bill (estimated at the equivalent of $1 million a year), according to an April report in London’s Daily Mail. The policy coincided with a period in which the hospital’s reported cases of clostridium difficile infections doubled. (A hospital official said the policy had been discontinued, though some posters announcing it were on display.)

A Hall-of-Fame Lawyer: Kenneth Glenn Hinson, 48, who had served time for raping a 12-year-old girl, was arrested last year after two teenage girls reported that they had been kidnapped from their bedroom and dragged into a tiny, dungeon-like hole in Hinson’s backyard, bound with duct tape and repeatedly raped.

Despite the evidence, defense lawyer Rick Hoefer managed to convince a jury in Darlington, S.C., to find Hinson not guilty on all charges in April (based on the girls’ inconsistent testimony), and Hinson remains in jail today only on an unrelated gun charge.

Years ago, officials on the Torres Martinez Indian reservation (about 40 miles southeast of Palm Springs, Calif.) decided that the tribe could make more money as a toxic dump than with casinos and luxury hotels, but now faces millions of dollars in federal fines as an out-of-control Superfund site, according to a June Los Angeles Times report. In addition to pits and piles laden with arsenic, dioxin and chromium, there is an area about 1,000 feet by 300 feet by 40 feet high consisting only of human sewage. The site’s problems are not easily resolvable, said a UCLA professor who has studied Torres Martinez factions, in that “intertribal relationships” make it “complicated” to change policy.

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The band, which is led by Axl Rose lookalike (and it must be said, sound-alike) Chad Atkins plays an average of 200 live dates a year and covers approximately 60,000 miles of black ribbon under tongue-in-cheek (and legally vetted) stage names along the lines of Notquiteaxl, Notquiteslash, etc.

Live recordings of this group sound not at all unlike bootlegs from the original band’s own heyday, right down to the (seemingly) off-the-cuff vocal improvisations and stage banter of Rose/Atkins and the signature guitar tone of Slash/Brandon Sexton and Izzy Stradlin/Chris Clark. In fact, as far as professional tribute bands go, AFD resides somewhere near the top.

All that is music to the ears of Rick Stowe. He handles the majority of the band’s booking through East Coast Entertainment, a well-known talent agency that represents hundreds of musical acts, both original in nature and “party bands” specializing in other artists’ material. Stowe says that level of commitment shines through. He puts this group up against any other tribute act on the circuit today.

“You have to understand that I’m coming to this as a fan as well,” he says. “I knew these guys prior to them signing with us, and they’re one of the most authentic GN’R tributes out there. They’re on the road every week. In some markets, they play big House of Blues-type, ‘A-List’ rooms, and they sometimes do better there than signed artists with big record deals!”

According to Stowe, AFD so closely replicates the intense vibe of GN’R that most people who attend their live shows find it hard to believe that it’s just an act.

“When they walk off stage people expect them to have that GN’R attitude, and they couldn’t be nicer. Chris gives us the Axl Rose persona. He’s got all the moves down, and he actually looks like him as well. But if you met him offstage, you’d think he just walked out of Sunday school. (laughs) It catches people off guard.”

Stowe says the reason fans have embraced this band as much if not more than any of the other touring GN’R tribute acts out there is easy to explain. Unlike the musicians they’re celebrating, AFD is known for being consistently spot-on and reliable.

“They don’t have any of the same issues as the real band. None of the drugs and infighting. These guys really enjoy what they’re doing, and that comes across,” he says.

“They put on a good show. It’s not sloppy,

and people really appreciate that. Over the past few years, so many of these tribute bands have come out of the woodwork.

But when you’re paying tribute to icons like Guns N’ Roses, it’s a whole different thing altogether. That particular version of that band will simply never be seen again.

I’ve had people e-mail me who saw GN’R in 1989 or 1990, and they actually enjoyed Appetite For Destruction more.”

By all accounts, the high caliber of their live performances and their devotion to their craft is paying off in big —and somewhat unexpected— ways for the group.

The notion of a costumed tribute band sharing the bill with original artists who might have actually performed with the band that’s being paid tribute to would have been unthinkable a decade ago. However, as many of the most famous and pioneering pop and rock acts break up or pass away, it’s becoming increasingly common for the top tier of established tribute bands to be viewed as legitimate headliners capable of filling large venues with paying customers.

In fact, bands like The Australian Pink Floyd Show (which actually tours worldwide), ZOSO (a Led Zeppelin encomium), Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi impersonators) and the Springsteen approximation Bruce In The U.S.A. are doing greater business than ever before.

“Early on,” continues Stowe, “Appetite was playing frat parties and small rock bars.

They’re now one of the most popular bands on the Harley-Davidson outdoor festival circuit. Their fanbase is growing and they get

tons of e-mails from all over the world.”

Their agent sees no sign of this market waning. Quite the opposite, in fact.

“Four or five years ago, Chad and I thought they’d be lucky if this band could do well for one or two years. Now they’ve gone from playing the ‘B’ rooms in some markets to major venues and festivals all over the country plus casinos like Harrah’s,” he says.

“Every time I think there’s a limit on how long something like this can keep going, a younger generation gets turned onto GN’R. I mean, if you talk to a seventeen-year-old kid who plays guitar in his bedroom and ask him to list his influences, he’ll probably include Slash or Jimmy Page. When those kids are old enough to get into a club, they’re gonna want to see the bands they never had a chance to in their lifetime.”

Stowe is convinced this particular band is uniquely poised to provide that experience for those who never got a chance to see the real thing.

“They kick your ass with rock & roll, and you’re just sitting there saying, ‘This is awesome.’ There’s no five-hour delay, no one’s jumping off the stage and beating up members of the crowd. When you’ve got those great songs played well without all that stupidity, it’s a recipe for success.” w Appetite For Destruction plays The Jinx 11 pm Saturday. Advance $10 tickets for this 21+ show are on sale now. For live tracks of the band, go to: www.notquitegnr.com.

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f you were to type “Guns N’ Roses” into the YouTube.com search engine, you’d discover a treasure trove of priceless moments from the infamous band’s troubled past.

There’s no shortage of poorly-transferred VHS dubs of vintage MTV broadcasts, interviews with frontman Axl Rose and lead guitarist Slash, as well as every promotional video the band made —including their ridiculous, epic, nine-minute ballad “November Rain.”

But it’s the many snippets of live concert footage —some professionally shot but most shot without permission by zealous fans armed with the first generation of easily hidden camcorders— that comes closest to giving the most accurate portrait of the band in their prime.

The L.A.-based hard rock group, which quickly rose to worldwide fame and charttopping status in the late ‘80s, was widely known to be a crapshoot in concert. When one bought a ticket to one of their (usually) sold-out stadium or arena shows, one had to acknowledge the very real possibility that the concert would either wind up as one of their most cherished memories, or an experience they’d much rather forget.

At seemingly every turn on the world tour for their massively popular 1991 2-LP companion pieces Use Your Illusion I and II, the group systematically chipped away at the goodwill of their fans by delaying start times by hours and playing poorly. It was also not uncommon for the unpredictable and often bellicose Rose to berate the crowd, antagonize unruly audience members near the stage, or —on more than one occasion— dive into the crowd to fight with a fan or security guard.

Somehow, through all of this, the actual music being played began to seem almost secondary to the drama unfolding onstage.

By the mid-to-late ‘90s, the group was in tatters, and despite the fact that they wound up as one of the most influential hard rock bands in history, by the time GN’R essentially folded in early ‘98, Axl Rose was the sole original member left.

Despite Rose’s repeated attempts over the past decade to resuscitate the band name (which he owns outright, having famously blackmailed the other founding members into signing their rights over to him backstage before a packed concert by threatening he would simply not perform until they did so) with a neverending series of hired ringers, the version of GN’R that most people care for —and wish to see again— is the “classic” lineup.

That’s where Appetite For Destruction comes in.

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ast September, in the wake of a flurry of articles in the local daily paper, I penned my own analysis of the state of the Savannah Jazz Festival, an event which at the time was but a few days away.

Entitled “Has Tthe Jazz Fest lost its mojo?’” it sought to summarize the facts, rumors and gossip swirling around the 2006 installment of this beloved, week-long free music event. It also attempted to cut through the (offensive) rhetoric and (defensive) posturing found on both sides of the issue to posit a sincere and —I felt— timely question.

Namely: a quarter century in, was it perhaps incumbent upon the Coastal Jazz Association —the community-based nonprofit group which has overseen the festival for the past 25years— to take a long hard look at the way this deeply entrenched public celebration of America’s cultural heritage was organized and run?

As I mentioned in last year’s piece, regardless of whether or not there has been a less than diligent attempt made in the past at keeping adequately detailed and accurate financial records of the festival —as required by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs (which has traditionally provided the overwhelming bulk of funding for this lengthy celebration)— a convincing argument could be made that the burgeoning success of the Savannah Music Festival has helped to scuff a good bit of lustre off of the relatively staid Jazz Festival.

Now, for the first time ever the SMF and the CJA are joining forces. The SMF is sponsoring the appearance of alto saxman Vincent Herring (a critics’ darling who’s worked with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Dizzy Gillespie and Larry Coryell, among others). Herring will close out the festival’s final night in Forsyth Park backed by the 16piece Savannah Jazz Orchestra.

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“When I read that piece, it really resonated with me,” says CJA 2nd Vice President and longtime onstage MC Skip Jennings.

“And it wound up serving as an inspiration of sorts to me as far as helping to plan this year’s festival.”

“I got a kick out of that headline because I like Austin Powers as much as the next guy,” Jennings says. “But seriously, we are trying a couple of new things just to show that we still have some mojo left! (laughs)” This past Friday afternoon at Kokopelli’s, the CJA held a press conference to publicly announce the lineup for the 2007 Savannah Jazz Festival. Despite the lure of free food, a free performance by the Ben Tucker Trio (featuring pianist Eric Jones and trombonist Teddy Adams), and —most importantly— the first official announcement of the 26th annual festival, not a single local TV news crew was on hand to cover the presentation.

In many respects, it’s that blasé attitude toward one of the city’s longest-running cultural events that is partly to blame for the (mistaken) perception that this event is somehow in danger of losing its relevancy.

Additionally, besides promising strides to correct past financial laxity, the CJA is addressing accusations by some that its (admittedly) purist attitude has long resulted in the exclusion of many crossover variants of the jazz idiom. To that end, they have at long last acceded to requests for more “smooth” or “fusion” jazz in their schedule.

This year’s bill boats an entire evening of impressive smooth jazz acts, featuring soprano saxman Dee Lucas as well as the world-famous Yellowjackets, featuring Eric Marienthal, an award-winning, melodic “rhythm & jazz” group.

Other noteworthy artists on tap include: the gypsy jazz of One Leg Up; Grammynominated blues singer John Lee Hooker, Jr.; The Ben Riley Trio (featuring pianist Kenny Barron); The Rashied Ali Quintet; The Univ. of North Fla. Jazz Ensemble feat. trumpet virtuoso Tim Hagans; The Savannah Arts Academy Skyelite Jazz Band; The CJA AllStars, and many more.

For a complete schedule of this year’s festivities, which run from September 23 - 29, go to www.savannahjazzfestival.org. w To comment e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

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One of the longest-runnning party bands in the area (playing uptempo electric blues), they’ve been together in a variety of different configurations over the years, with drummer Ken Harrison as a constant member.

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Electric blues power trio, led by guitarist and singer Brett “Hitman” Bernard. Sat., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.).

Latin Jazz Motion

Tony’s an extremely funky and facile percussionist (and snappy dresser as well) who’s based in Savannah but tours far and wide as a drummer for hire with a number of R & B and jazz outfits. This group features a distinctly modern jazz bag. Fri., 11:30 am, Wright Square + 9 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Funky, danceable Latin jazz combo led by the experienced percussionist David Lugo. Fri., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar. ***

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An internationally-known blues guitarist and singer based here in Savannah, who has released 3 well-received albums of fiery, Albert King and Albert Collins-influenced material. His trio boasts a sympathetic and seasoned bassist and drummer. Thurs., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) + Mon., 6 pm, The Boathouse (Hilton Head) + Tues. (hosts Open Jam) - Wed., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

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One of the best blues and blues-rock bands in the area. Their setlist is varied, and they seem to be able to tackle everything from old-school shuffles to revved-up SRVstyle Texas barnburners with relative ease.

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The David Guidi Quartet

This saxophonist has toured worldwide and been called a “significant young artist”

by JazzReview.com. Many see him as being on the cutting edge of contemporary jazz, although one can discern a strong hard bop influence in his advanced harmonies. $10 cover at the door. Fri. - Sat., 8 pm, 9:15 pm, 10:30 pm, Kokopelli’s.

Lurid Miscreants

Tybee-based original metal trio featuring longtime local music fixture “The Ragman.”

Thurs., 9 pm, The Britannia (Wilmington Isl.).

Young local psychedelic rockers. Fri., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.).

Joe Nelson & James Pittman

An “Old-Time Country Duet” from two longtime area aficionados of mountain music. Sat., 9 am, Starland Farmers’ Market (W. 40th & Whitaker Sts.).

The Permanent Tourists

Kickass “general business” dance band made up of killer local players offering rock, soul, blues, and pop hits from several decades. Fri., 9:30 pm, Tantra Lounge.

Phantom Wingo

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Dead Confederate

Here’s a goony-bird triple bill of outstanding psychedelic and shoegaze-influenced Atlanta rock. Headliners Dead Confederate peddle seductive and dreamy atmospheric alt.rock from Atlanta (by way of Augusta) with charismatic vocal delivery, plenty of swirling hammond organ, and dramatic, anthemic arrangements (a la U2). These guys have a great, cocksure vibe that reminds me of a cross between early Psychedelic Furs, The Catherine Wheel and Atlanta’s own Tender Idols.

With Atlanta’s snarling, post-hardcore badtrip merchants Sovus Radio (think Roky Erikson crossed with STP) and All the Saints. Fri., 11 pm, The Jinx.

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to give folks headed downtown for River Street’s traditional Independence Day fireworks display a reason to show up early.

This jazzy swing concert features Jeremy Davis’ Equinox Jazz Orchestra playing patriotic numbers and marches along with classic tunes made famous by Johnny Mercer, Frank Sinatra and more. Special guests include vocalists Trae Gurley and Kim Polote. Plus, everyone gets to enjoy the air conditioning before marching “New Orleans style” behind the orchestra to reserved seating on River street for a V.I.P. view of the fireworks. I took advantage of this last year, and it was a real treat. Highly recommended. $25 tickets available in advance at the SCAD Box Office or online at www.lucastheatre. com. Wed., July 4th, 6 pm, Lucas Theatre.

It seems everyone is having Prom-themed parties these days, and Gove now it’s Hang Fire’s turn. However, in Scrivenor their “bizarro world” Known far and version of a Prom, wide for his unique Charleston, S.C.’s take on “high enLeslie is the band of ergy folk blues,” choice. That’s great Gove used to play if you dig soulful, the old Night whacked out riffage Flight Café on and old-school, River St., and now long-haired, tight the Savannah Folk Gove Scrivenor jeans-wearin’, cowMusic Society boy booted, MC5brings him back to listenin’, Kings of town for a special Leon-style ROCK. However, if you were show just a few blocks North of those old expecting some campy kitsch combo laying stomping grounds. When not earning a livdown “Open Arms” or “Purple Rain,” you’ve ing as a highly paid Nashville session man got another thing comin’. I hear tell they’ll and jingle singer, this 35-year veteran of have a professional photographer taking the music biz (who’s worked with everyone couple’s pictures, so wear your best corsage. from Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith Sat., 10 pm, Hang Fire. to John Prine and Doc Watson) wows the festival circuit with his great slide guitar and Port City Music autoharp work. $10 at the door for the genPCM is the latest project from multi-ineral public or $8 for SFMS members. For strumentalist and diehard anachronistic more info, call 786-6953. Sat., 8 pm, Ships golden age college-rock singer/songwriter of The Sea Museum (41 MLK, Jr. Blvd.).

Philip Palmer, who actually did a stint in Sunday School, one of Savannah’s firstSeepeoples ever original alt.rock bands. Initially a oneThese frequent roadmates of local orman solo recording project, it has now ganic, improvised rock sensations P-Groove become a full band capable of live perforare out in support of their new album, mance. They’ve recently cut some impresApocalypse Cow, Vol. 1. But don’t let that assive studio demos that highlight the group’s sociation throw you. This Asheville quardroning, minor-key grooves and hypnotic tet (whose original lineup reunited a few lead guitar and synth lines. Opening act years back) plays quirky and brash melodic Icarus Aquanaut hails from Thomasville indie-rock that’s much closer in tone to The and writes chiming, sing-along jangle-pop Glands or The Shins than standard-issue with a distinct early-’80s Brit-pop influence jam-band stuff. Their CDs have boasted (think The La’s, Modern English). It’s so cameos by Michael Franti and members of nice to have bands of this type actually gig Morphine and their sound on record is so in Savannah again after so long. Sat., 8 pm, eclectic and unpredictable (while still being The Sentient Bean - ALL-AGES. pop in nature) that it almost makes perfect sense that a new member of the band is a Savannah Swings: A longtime touring member of P-Funk. Sat., Patriotic Salute to July 4th 10 pm, Loco’s (downtown) - 18 & Up Show. w This will be the second year in a row that The Waterfront Association has teamed up with the beautiful, historic Lucas Theatre

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-- This show will be on display at Dimensions Gallery, 412 MLK Jr. Blvd. Opening receptionis June 29 at 7 p.m. A portion of sales will go to Second Harvest of Savannah.

‘Life and Death’ -- New work by Kazaan Viveiros

is on display at 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery, 30 W. Broughton Street, Suite 205, through August.

Imke Lass -- This German editorial photographer

shows excerpts of her national and international travel work in an exhibition and print sale at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave., June 22-July 9.

paintings June 20 through July at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar. Ken Meyer -- Union Mission host the artwork of Ken

Meyer, Jr. for the month of July at the Starfish Cafe at Gwinnett and East Broad Streets. An opening reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, July 6.

‘David Harmon@JEA -- Landscapes in pastel, gouche, watercolor by David Harmon will hang at the Jewish Educational Alliance during June. The JEA is at 5111 Abercorn St. Isabella Davis & Peggy Cone — The artists of the

month at Gallery 209 are glass artist Isabella Davis and painter Peggy Cone. 209 E. River Street.

Gallery 440 — Fran Thomas is currently showing her lat-

‘Trees and Marshes’ -- Environmentally themed

‘Desired’ -- SCAD presents paintings by Julia

Jepson Center for the Arts – “Telling Tales,” works by Nancy Hooten, through July 8. 207 W. York St. Call 7908800.

Jacquette, June 15-Aug. 10 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St.

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art through July 14 at the Grand Bohemian Gallery in the Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Art by Ken Meyer goes on display at the Starfish Cafe in July

‘The Art of Music’ -- Multimedia exhibit benefits Military

‘The Book About the World’ -- Indigo Sky

Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave., presents an exhibition through July 6 by Girl Scout Troops from the Housing Authority of Savannah and Chatham County Schools’ 21st Century Community Learning Centers. By appointment: Jerome Meadows at 233-7659 or Galleryindigosky@aol.com.

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Naturally artistic

Above, left to right: artist Irene Mayo, Mansion on Forsyth GM Jeff Fuller and photographer Rick Woods at the opening reception for “Trees and Marshes” Friday night. The exhibit at the Grand Bohemian Gallery inside the Mansion on Forsyth comprises ten local artists’ interpretation of Savannah’s trees and marshes, with a percentage of profits to the Savannah Tree Foundation and The Center for a Sustainable Coast.

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Bonnaroo has had a reputation of being a jam-band music festival, but for the past two years they have been trying to show music lovers everywhere that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a hippie event. This year festival organizers were able to get two bands that cannot even be compared to a jam band, Tool, who headlined Friday night, and the recently reunited Police, who headlined Saturday.

So here is my experience of Bonnaroo in a nutshell. A few of my friends and I made it through the main gates and were directed by parking volunteers into what would be our home for the weekend camp Bubba Fett. We Sting with the recently reunited Police were in the Star Wars section of the campgrounds that spans over 300 acres. stage with a phenomenal musical experiCampground names vary from Luke ence. Front man Wayne Coyne emerged Skywalker to Dr. Evil, even camp Honey encased in his signature ball and rolled Bunny. Tent names were also interesting; into the audience, crowd-surfing before he try to explain to some one how to get from began singing. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just a musical perThis Tent, to That Tent, to What Stage, to Yet formance, it was comparable to a theatrical Another Tent, to Which Stage, to Something production, like confetti shooting up in the Else. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organized confusion, lots of laughs air almost the entire show and laser pointers came from around. With all these interestgiven to fans prior to the set, shimmering in ing names its and adventure just getting every direction. from point A to B. The Flaming Lips were pure eye candy, Once you do make it to Centeroo youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re with their metallic spaceship prop descendthen constantly busy from the time you ing from the top of the stage. enter until the time you leave, with events continued on page 26 other than the primary source of entertainment, music. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always trying to shuffle your schedule so you can see every musician on your list, and enjoy all the other non-musical activities.

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The Trainwrecks 8:00-Midnight Sun 7/1

Thomas Claxton 7:30-11:30

Happy Hour:

On top of all this Ornette Coleman, going on at the “This White Stripes, and Tent” Gov’t Mule was Widespread Panic. To playing with Bob Weir, all of those who left original singer/guitar early, you missed out player of the Grateful BIG TIME. Dead, giving the fans For me the most exa glimpse of the past, citing show of the day covering some of his was the White Stripes. original songs. Across The duo performed the site at “That Tent” at the “Which Stage” Galactic brought on and rocked it, bringclose to 12 mc’s for an ing probably the biggest amazing display of hip crowd of the weekend hop and funk. Saturday to the “Which Stage” was to die for! (the smaller main As I awoke Sunday stage). Widespread morning many peoPanic, a band who has The Flaming Lips ple were packing up been a vital part of and heading home with Bonnaroo through the still an entire full day years closed the festival of music still in store. With performances with good vibes and great music, a perfect from the John Butler Trio, Mavis Davis, way to end another Bonnaroo. w Bob Weir and Ratdog, the Decemberists,

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11th annual Athfest rocks Classic City

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thfest might be the last truly great deal in entertainment. Not only do you get a whole weekend of completely free outdoor shows up and down Washington Street -this year including Perpetual Groove, The Whigs and The Drive-by Truckers -- for a lousy 15 bucks you can buy a wristband for three nights of club-hopping block by block across downtown Athens, taking in dozens of high-quality indie bands, imbibing as you responsibly see fit.

And hell, if you ain’t drivin’, you don’t even have to be all that responsible about it.

Athfest is an early summer gathering known for sweltering heat and equally sweltering music, gelling into one big happy vibe

that reflects the communal, hey-gang-let’sput-on-a-show amateur aesthetic long championed by Athens musicians.

I got into town Friday night just in time to catch some of Perpetual Groove’s outdoor set. I gotta be honest -- P-Groove really isn’t my cup of tea. That being said, the sound was great and the crowd was eating it up, and I didn’t hear a single negative review afterward. Then again, that’s kind of how the jam band scene works, isn’t it?

We tried to check out flinty singer-songwriter Jack Logan at the intimate Flicker, but the sound was too low and the barflies too loud. (The Tanqueray-and-tonics were great, though.) Intimate cuts both ways, and

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frankly, Logan’s perforCampbell. mance was too low-key The two alfor this boisterous event. most preternatuFor my money, the rally linked sisters Caledonia Lounge, -- they typically around the corner from begin sentences the 40 Watt, is one simultaneously of the few clubs any-- have an inwhere that consistently born mastery of mixes heavy music well.

Southern counThey have a grasp of try blues and gosthe wall-of-sound conpel, and never fail cept -- a concept which to entertain with Smashing Pumpkins/ their unique handJoy Division hybrid clap percussion.

Psychic Hearts uses to Stereo great effect. This highCampbell were volume trio features followed by an Matthew Rain’s comacoustic yet still pressed, feedback-happy very loud perforguitar work and Billy mance by the masCorgan-like vocals with sive noise-rock heavy-cream keyboard Matthew Rain of Psychic Hearts at the ensemble Dark work by Nico Cashin.

Meat, who the very Caledonia Sadly, we called next day would it a night before the commence a major Caledonian’s swan song for the evening, U.S. tour. Hard to define, Dark Meat sort of the Ninja Gaiden Band, featuring an imcombines Crazy Horse-era Neil Young with promptu live soundtrack performed while a Stax Records horns and chick backup singfriend of the band played the video game by ers. the same name, projected on a big screen.

Saturday night’s festivities were highSaturday afternoon brought a special inlighted by the marquee performance by The store acoustic performance at Schoolkids Whigs, whose remarkably fresh-soundRecords on Clayton Street by the sister duo of Paige and Claire Campbell, performcont’d on page 28 ing this weekend under the moniker Stereo

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ing take on garage rock throws enough curveballs to stay interesting.

After the Whigs set we stepped right off Washington Street into the spacious and cool 40 Watt Club, still one of the most professional and best-managed clubs in the region. We chilled in a soft sofa for a few minutes while Pegasuses XL set up onstage (yes, it’s plural).

Pegasuses XL Dark Meat’s acoustic set at Schookids Records mines much of the same vein as other resound mixing in Christendom. Still, the latecent Athens nerd-rock outfits -- hip-hoppy, night crowd (Dark Meat went on at 1:15 klezmer-inspired Beasties-meet-Matisyahu a.m.) was very into the show, which in typirhythms, odd time sigs, vintage keyboards cal Dark Meat style featured a gyrating belly - but adds a riveting techno/industrial hard dancer, outrageous costumes, face paint, edge to the proceeding. crowd-contributed They were followed by percussion and the Mouser, one of the Athens like. buzz bands of the moment, Really, the only which frankly I found pretty thing problematic underwhelming. Brass is big about Athfest is the in Athens these days, but you heat. As anyone know -- you gotta play your who has ever taken horn pretty much every day summer classes at to be any good, people.

Georgia knows, The dark metal club Athens is hella hot Repent later hosted the inin the summer. sanely good trio Polemic, Good thing is fronted by McKenna -- and I’m pretty Mackie, a she-devil from hell sure the organizers who plays a mean guitar. have clued into this Dark Meat played again -- the heat of the Saturday, this time very day makes the night plugged-in, to a most appreeven cooler. w ciative crowd downstairs at Tasty World, an inexplicably popular multi-level club Pegasuses XL at the 40 Watt on Broad Street with the worst christina bunn

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AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)

Celtic Karaoke (9 pm)

B & D BURGERS (Southside)

Live Music TBA (8:30 pm)

BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler)

Live Music TBA

BAY STREET BLUES

“Georgia Kyle” Shiver (10 pm)

BAYOU CAFÉ

Matthew St. John & Tim (8 pm)

BERNIE’S ON RIVER ST.

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

DJ Blue Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B)

CHEERS TO YOU (135 Johnny Mercer Blvd.)

Dueling Pianos (9 pm)

CLUB ONE

Jukebox Journey (8 pm)

CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Psychotronic Film: DARKON (8 pm)

DAWG HOUSE GRILL

5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (10 pm)

DOLPHIN REEF LOUNGE (Tybee)

Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

Karaoke w/Michael (10 pm)

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside)

Industry Night w/George

GILLEY’S (Hinesville)

Thomas Claxton (7:30 pm)

HANG FIRE (37 Whitaker St.)

Karaoke (8:30 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

The Sandra Embley Quartet (11:30 am)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Jeff Beasley (7 pm)

THURSDAY

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

JUNE 27TH

Open Mic Night (10 pm)

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

Joey Manning (7 pm)

ONE HOT MAMA’S BBQ (Bluffton)

Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

Karaoke

THE QUARTER SPORTS BAR (Tybee)

Bottles & Cans (9 pm)

ROBIN’S NEST (Pooler)

Chief (9 pm)

SAVANNAH BLUES

The Blend (9 pm)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER

Lafeyette

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Karaoke (8 pm)

SAVANNAH THEATRE

#@*! Karaoke

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

SLUGGERS

Live Music TBA (7:30 pm)

TOMMY’S (Pooler)

Live Music TBA

TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB

DJ Sam Diamond (Savannah Shag Club)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

Chuck Courtenay & Bucky Bryant (7 pm)

TUBBY’S (River St.)

Phantom Wingo (9 pm)

VENUS DE MILO

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

THE WAREHOUSE

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ

Karaoke (10 pm)

WRIGHT SQUARE

The Earl Williams Quartet (8 pm) JEN’S & FRIENDS THE JINX

Rock & Roll Bingo w/DJ Boo-Cock-Eye (11 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S

Harry O’Donoghue KING’S INN

Karaoke (9 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 (5 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE

Barry Johnson

MCDONOUGH’S

Karaoke

MERCURY LOUNGE

The Eric Culberson Blues Band (10 pm)

JUNE 28TH

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

B & D BURGERS (Southside)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)

Mary Davis & Co. (7 pm)

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

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THE BREW PUB (Hilton Head)

SPANKY’S (River St.)

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

SCANDALS (Tybee)

THE BRITANNIA (Wilmington Isl.)

STEAMER’S (Georgetown)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

SILVER CREEK SALOON (Statesboro)

Live Music TBA (10 pm) Lurid Miscreants (9 pm)

BUFFALO’S CAFÉ (Hinesville)

Karaoke (7 pm)

CHUCK’S BAR

#@*! Karaoke (10 pm) CLUB ONE

Insutrial Resurrection w/DJ Shrapnel (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (8 pm) Live Music TBA (9 pm) STINGRAYS (Tybee)

Chuck Courtenay (7 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE

DJ In A Coma (11 pm) TIKI HUT (Hilton Head)

The Christy Alan Band (9 pm) Mr. Wiley (9 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro)

Keith Foskey (9 pm)

FRIENDLY’S TAVERN 2

Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) Live Music TBA (8 pm) SORRY CHARLIE’S

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

SPANKY’S (River St.)

Karaoke (9 pm)

STEAMERS (Georgetown)

David Flannery (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

#@*! Karaoke

Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

DJ Southstar spins Top 40 (10 pm)

Brokn Tyme, Toward The Son, Halo’s Grip (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

Chief (8 pm)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

Hip-Hop Night w/DJ Life & DJ Valis (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Jeff Beasley (8 pm)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Wilmington Island)

Thomas Claxton (10 pm)

The Justin Varnes Quartet (8 pm)

VENUS DI MILO

Lost In The Media (10 pm)

Botttles & Cans (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (10:30 pm)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

VIC’S ON THE RIVER

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

Dead Confederate, Sovus Radio, All The Saints (11 pm)

THE WAREHOUSE

Gail Thurmond (7 pm)

FRIDAY

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Chuck Courtenay (8 pm)

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)

The Lavon Stevens Project w/Brad Henty (8 pm)

AMERICAN LEGION POST #36 (Thunderbolt)

Trae Gurley (7 pm)

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

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

B & B ALE HOUSE

Harry O’Donoghue

B & D BURGERS (Southside)

Jazz Jam Session w/The Alex Nguyen Group (7 pm)

BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler)

Open Mic Night (9 pm)

BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)

Team Trivia w/Ben Bennett & Senae (7 pm)

BAY STREET BLUES

Pianist David Duckworth (5 pm), Vocalist Claire Frazier & Pianist Peter Tavalin (8 pm)

BAYOU CAFÉ

Nancy Witt

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9:30 pm)

Karaoke

Karaoke (9 pm)

Bottles & Cans (10 pm)

Nancy Witt

Live Music TBA (8:30 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

The Train Wrecks (10 pm)

#@*! Karaoke

J. Howard Duff (7:30 pm)

DJ Southstar: Hip-hop (10 pm - 6 am)

Live Music TBA (5 pm)

Local Cast, DJ Jason Hancock (Main Floor)

Live Music TBA

The Beer Parlor Ramblers (7:30 pm)

Live Music TBA

Karaoke

“Helium Karaoke” w/Wrath Nasty

Robert Willis (6 pm)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

DJ Blue Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B)

Roy & The Circuit Breakers

DJ Nick J - ‘80s, house, breaks, D & B (10 pm)

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Eric Britt (3 pm), The Denny Phillips Band - Unplugged (8 pm)

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

“World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond

SLUGGER’S

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

SORRY CHARLIE’S

Karaoke (8 pm)

CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Live Music TBA (6 pm) DAIQUIRI BEACH

Karaoke (10 pm)

DAWG HOUSE GRILL

Live Music TBA (7 pm) DINGUS MAGEE’S

Live Music TBA (9 pm) DOC’S BAR (Tybee)

Roy & The Circuit Breakers

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

“Georgia Kyle” Shiver & Fiddlin’ Scott Holton (7 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

The Eric Culberson Blues Band (9 pm)

FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

HANG FIRE (37 Whitaker St.)

DJ KZL (10 pm)

HERCULES (Pt. Wentworth)

Live Music TBA (7:30 pm)

ISAAC’S ON DRAYTON

TOMMY’S (Pooler)

GILLEY’S (Hinesville)

TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB

GUITAR BAR

TUBBY’S (River St.)

HERCULES (Pt. Wentworth)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

HUC-A-POOS (Tybee)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE

THE HYATT

VENUS DE MILO

IGUANAS (St. Simons Island)

THE WAREHOUSE

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

WASABI’S

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

WILD WING CAFÉ

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

WILD WING CAFÉ (Bluffton)

JEN’S & FRIENDS

WILD WING CAFÉ (Hilton Head)

THE JINX

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

JUNE 29TH

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

“Georgia Kyle” Shiver (7 pm)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Karaoke

THE JINX

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

KEVIN BARRY’S

Live Music TBA

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

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

LOCOS DELI & GRILL (downtown)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

LOCOS DELI & GRILL (Southside)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Karaoke (9 pm)

Chief (9 pm), Live Music TBA (10:30 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE

BENNIE’S (Tybee)

MCDONOUGH’S

BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET

MERCURY LOUNGE

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

MOON RIVER BREWING CO.

BOGEY’S

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE

MYRTLE’S BAR & GRILL (Bluffton)

CLUB ICE

ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton)

CLUB ONE

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

CRYSTAL BEER PARLOR

POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)

THE RAIL PUB

DEWEY’S DOCKSIDE (Tybee)

SAVANNAH BLUES

DINGUS MAGEE’S (Statesboro)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER

DOC’S BAR (Tybee)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3

DOLPHIN REEF LOUNGE @ OCEAN PLAZA (Tybee)

Dueling Pianos (9 pm)

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

Psychotronic Film: DARKON (8 pm)

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

Trivia w/Charles & Mikey (10 pm)

EL PICASSO (319 Main St., Garden City)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

JUKEBOX BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) KATHLEEN’S (Beaufort)

Live Music TBA (10 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S

Harry O’Donoghue * KING’S INN

Karaoke (9 pm)

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

The David Guidi Quartet (8 pm, 9:15 pm, 10:30 pm) LOCO’S (downtown)

Members of Moonshine Still (10 pm) LUCAS THEATRE

Savannah Film Society Presents: FIRST SNOW (8 pm) LUNA LOUNGE @ IL PASTICCIO

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE (Beaufort)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Pianist Peter Tavalin (5 pm), The Tony Clarke Project (9 pm) MARDIS GRAS ON BAY

STINGRAY’S (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (7 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE

The Permanent Tourists (9:30 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler)

Live Music TBA (9 pm) TUBBY’S (River St.)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

TURTLE’S (Statesboro)

Live Music TBA (10 pm) Live Music TBA (7 pm) Live DJ

VFW CLUB (Hinesville)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Claire Frazier & Peter Tavalin (7 pm) Bottles & Cans (8 pm)

WAYS STATION TAVERN (Richmond Hill)

Karaoke (9 pm)

WET WILLIE’S

Live DJ (8 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ

Ultra Violet (10 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ (Bluffton)

Live Music TBA (10:30 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

WISEGUYS (Statesboro)

Live Music TBA (8 pm) WRIGHT SQUARE

The Tony Clarke Project (11:30 am)

YONG’S COUNTRY CLUB (formerly The Music Box)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

SATURDAY

Michael “B-Flat” Sears & Tony Royster, Sr. (7 pm)

JUNE 30TH

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

Joey Manning (7 pm)

Karaoke

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

Jubal-Kane (10 pm)

David Flannery (8 pm)

Keith Foskey (10 pm)

Live Music TBA

The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

Karaoke (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm), BC & The Rock Mob (10:30 pm)

Live Music TBA (10:30 pm)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis

Live Music TBA

Karaoke (9 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS MCDONOUGH’S

MERCURY LOUNGE MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB MULBERRY INN

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee) THE ALE HOUSE (Bluffton) AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill) B & B ALE HOUSE

BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

BAY STREET BLUES

NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee)

BAYOU CAFÉ

ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton)

BENNY’S (Tybee)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET

PLUM’S (Beaufort) Live Music TBA (10 pm) POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

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

THE BRITANNIA (Wilmington Isl.)

RETRIEVER’S (Statesboro)

#@*! Karaoke

ROBIN’S NEST (Pooler)

#@*! Karaoke

SAVANNAH BLUES

Live Music TBA (2 pm)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3

DJ Jason Hancock spins Progressive House (10 pm)

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

The Joseph Michael Duo (6 pm) BOGEY’S

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

High Velocity (9 pm)

CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

CHUCK’S BAR

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

CITY MARKET COURTYARD

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

CLUB ONE

DJ Analog Kid (10 pm)

THE CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Dueling Pianos (8:30 pm)

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DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)

MCDONOUGH’S

TURTLE’S (Statesboro)

DC2 DESIGN (104 W. Broughton St.)

MERCURY LOUNGE

The Eric Cuberson Blues Band (10 pm)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Wilmington Island)

Keith Foskey (10 pm)

VENUS DI MILO

Karaoke

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prominently in the season as a metaphor for the mob itself. They’re holdovers from another time, just like the people who wear them.

So it should come as no surprise that the suspicious man who eyed Tony and his family before heading into the bathroom (a final reference to The Godfather, when Michael retrieved a gun from a stall to carry out a high-profile hit), was wearing a, you guessed it, Members Only jacket, the prominence of which was such that he was credited as “Man In Members Only Jacket”.

There were complaints about the final cut to black, but even without the muchpublicized Bobby Bacala line in the season opener about how “at the end, you probably don’t hear anything, everything just goes black,” it doesn’t take a film degree from NYU to know that a sudden cut to black is cinematic language for death. Perhaps Chase’s original idea to have 30 seconds of black instead of 10 would have communicated that finality a little more clearly.

Were people really hungry to see the Soprano family massacred? David Chase used this season to fully probe the show’s violence, turning his audience’s bloodlust against them by staging Vito’s brutal gaybashing and the childlike Bobby’s murder in a hobby shop. But regardless of what the show’s less thoughtful fans really wanted, Chase rightfully chose to end it his way.

The show’s thunder has been stolen in the past couple of years by a number of masterful shows that it made the world safe for, but on that night and the day after the world belonged to The Sopranos.

And the choice to spare us the gory details is what made the finale so haunting and enigmatic.

Perhaps in the best example of the show’s attempts to add life’s everyday mundanity to its more traditional plotlines, Tony concerns himself with his daughter’s parking skills as chaos swirls around him. And then, we’re sure he dies, but he doesn’t. He lives forever.

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“Groundbreaking” is an adjective we throw around a lot these days, but when The Sopranos debuted the top 10 was ruled by crap like Veronica’s Closet and Touched By An Angel. It changed its medium in an immeasurable way, like Sgt. Peppers changed music and Citizen Kane changed movies.

But to end like that? Has there ever been a more literal example of going out with a whimper instead of a bang? On paper it seems completely ridiculous: Tony sits in a diner with the family, listens to Journey, eats some onion rings and watches Meadow parallel park, the end. Angry fans took to the HBO message boards, crashing their site. Lost-style theories spanning the show’s entire eight-year run started to pop up everywhere.

(Best Week Ever’s Dan Hopper came up with a great fake one: “When Tony and Christopher are disposing of Ralph Cifaretto’s body, a Journey’s Greatest Hits LP falls out from under Ralphie’s wig, causing Tony to remark ‘That was so funny it almost killed me!’ which causes Christopher to stare directly into the camera and say ‘Perhaps someday…it will.’”)

After thinking about it for a couple of weeks, though, I’ve changed my mind completely.

It perfectly distills the show’s balance of family, the mob and psychology into a taut, beautifully crafted conclusion that assures its place in history, something I wasn’t sure was going to happen given the so-so nature of the last season as a whole.

More than ever, those who wanted the show to be GoodFellas: The Series were let down and those who appreciated it as the cerebral character piece creator David Chase intended were rewarded.

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My parents may have been the ones to plunk down the dough to purchase the classic comedy album Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...

Right!, but as a child, I think I was the one most responsible for wearing out the vinyl via repeat listens to the famous “Noah” skits included on the record. If there’s anything in Evan Almighty, the sort-of sequel to the 2003 Jim Carrey hit Bruce Almighty, that’s even half as hilarious as Cosby’s routine, I must have had my eyes closed in prayer and missed it. Actually, there’s a movie-marquee gag that had me laughing, while Jonah Hill (one of Seth Rogen’s buddies in Knocked Up) turns in a very funny performance as a creepy Capitol Hill toadie. Otherwise, there’s not much to this film aside from shaky CGI effects, timid moralizing, and the sight of Steve Carell spinning his wheels in a role that fails to draw upon the immense comic talents displayed in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine and even his brief stint in the Paul Lynde role in the disastrous screen version of Bewitched. Playing the same part he essayed in Bruce Almighty, that of self-centered TV news anchor Evan Baxter, Carell immediately finds himself neutered by director Tom Shadyac and his passel of writers, as his character has morphed into a typical movie dad who places his own career above the needs of his wife (Lauren Graham) and children. Having been elected to Congress on the platform that he’ll “change the world,” Evan now finds his hands full delivering on that promise when God (returning Morgan Freeman) appears and instructs him to build an ark. Carell is hampered by a script that instantly changes him from preening narcissist to a one-note saint.

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Say what one must about La Vie En Rose, but there’s no arguing the excellence of the performance at the center of this ambitious and erratic biopic about French singing sensation Edith Piaf. Piaf ’s life contained enough drama to fill 10 HBO miniseries, and here director and co-writer Oliver Dahan attempts to cram it all into one 140-minute motion picture. Faithful in some instances, negligent in others, he has nevertheless fashioned a screen biography that employs some tricks of the trade (hopscotching between different decades, moments of stark surrealism) to allow this to break away from the generally staid biopic form. His film isn’t always successful, but it always remains watchable, thanks primarily to the fervent turn by Marion Cotillard.

In the same manner as Jamie Foxx with Ray Charles and Reese Witherspoon with June Carter Cash, Cotillard doesn’t play the role as much as become possessed by it. From a feisty waif singing for her supper on the mean Parisian streets, to the regal songbird known internationally as La Mome Piaf (“The Little Sparrow”), to the emotionally and physically battered woman who still managed to successfully headline concerts (in this respect, she and Judy Garland had much in common), Cotillard is an indomitable force as she eats, breathes and sleeps every moment up until Piaf ’s early death at the age of 47.

A Mighty Heart 

If America’s “news” outlets aren’t busy reporting on the bad behavior of imbecilic starlets and socialites, then they’re generally taking pains to track every movement -- taken separately or in unison -- of those gorgeous creatures known as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. With so much unwanted media attention, it’s a wonder that our dynamic celebrity duo gets anything done, but here we have Jolie headlining and Pitt producing A Mighty Heart while Pitt also lends his star power to Ocean’s Thirteen. Based on Mariane Pearl’s book A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl, the film finds Jolie delivering a remarkably restrained performance as Mariane, whose husband (played by Dan Futterman), a Wall Street Journal reporter, is kidnapped while the pair are living in Pakistan in 2002. Six months pregnant, Mariane tries to stay optimistic in the face of this grim situation, using her own sources to track him down while also relying heavily on the aid of the Pakistani antiterrorism unit, American diplomats and the FBI. In fact, her outer fortitude is occasionally misinterpreted as a lack of concern (i.e. the Lindy “The dingo’s got my baby” Chamberlain syndrome), which leads some to foolishly question her devotion to her husband. But all that matters to Mariane is having her spouse returned to her, and, given Hollywood’s propensity for promoting American know-how as well as its cando attitude, it’s perhaps the movie’s most surprising development that the efforts of the Pakistanis, not the U.S. law officials, go the furthest toward cracking the case and bringing the terrorists to justice. The real talent to watch is Indian actor Irfan Khan, who figures prominently as the sympathetic Pakistani captain who employs whatever methods are required to locate Danny Pearl.

Ocean’s Thirteen  Isn’t it accepted -- in fact, isn’t it pretty much gospel -- that the third picture in any given trilogy is when the series has totally lost it, when the filmmakers have been completely replaced by pimps and profiteers?

So how is it possible that Ocean’s Thirteen has emerged as the best of this star-studded franchise? Male-on-male love (platonically speaking, of course) has always been the driving force in this series (even in the 1960 Rat Pack original from which these

new works emanate), and this one milks that sense of camaraderie for all it’s worth. The boys are back in town for this latest chapter, and the action begins when one of the group’s senior members, Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), gets swindled by a venal casino owner named Willy Bank (Al Pacino), who cheats Reuben out of his share in a swanky new Las Vegas casino. The incident leaves Reuben near death’s door, and Danny Ocean (George Clooney) decides that they owe it to the old-timer (who was his former mentor) to set matters straight. Thus begins an elaborate scheme that finds Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) posing as an environmentalist, Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon) disguising himself as an underling with a generous proboscis, and Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle) passing himself off as a stunt cyclist. Yet even all of these cons don’t quite get the job done, forcing the team to reluctantly turn to their old nemesis, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), for assistance. Because there are so many characters competing for attention (think back to how poorly utilized Damon was in the first flick), there will always be casualties when it comes to screen time, and in this installment, it’s Bernie Mac who gets hit the hardest -- he’s only allowed one scene in which he’s allowed to strut his funny stuff.

Yet because this is the most briskly paced of the three, and because the revenge angle provides its protagonists with a particularly poignant rooting interest, it’s hard to get bogged down in the flaws.

Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer 

It remains a mystery how the 2005 superhero yarn Fantastic Four grossed $154 million stateside, considering that most of its special effects were on the level of a 6-year-old floating his plastic boat in the bathtub. The good news is that, this time, 20th Century Fox has ensured that much of the loot is visible on the screen. The effects are a vast improvement over those in the previous installment, particularly the CGI-created Silver Surfer. Would that the rest of this picture inspired similar admiration. Instead, FF2 suffers from the same ailments that made the original such a drag: ham-fisted direction, embarrassing acting, stilted dialogue and the fumbling of a classic villain. Returning helmer Tim Story does manage a bit more visual pizzazz this time around, and the script by TV heavyweights Don Payne (The Simpsons) and Mark Frost (Twin Peaks) sets up some mildly interesting conflicts, not only between the heroes and their adversaries but also among the team members themselves: group leader Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd), fiancee Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Jessica Alba), Reed’s best friend Ben Grimm/ The Thing (Michael Chiklis) and Sue’s kid brother Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Chris Evans). Personal issues get thrust onto the backburner, though, once the Silver Surfer (voiced by Laurence Fishburne) flies onto the scene with the intention of destroying the planet. The team must work fast to contain this intergalactic menace, with their ef-

forts hampered by the return of their old nemesis Dr. Doom (Julian McMahon).

Victor Von Doom ranks as one of the comic world’s all-time great villains, yet in both FF films, he’s about as menacing as the parking valet at a ritzy restaurant (and wait till you see what they do to another great villain, the planet-devouring Galactus!).

Nancy Drew 

Unless I miss my call, Nancy Drew is the sort of kids’ movie that will be treated with kid gloves by most critics, who will at worst dismiss it as a mere mediocrity.

Don’t you believe it. Nancy Drew is a glorious achievement of the so-bad-it’s-brilliantly-bad variety -- I won’t go so far as to state it’s Battlefield: Earth for the Clearasil crowd, but it’s clearly a turkey no matter how it’s sliced up. Author Carolyn Keene’s teen heroine has endured in print as an oldschool sleuth, but the makers of this featherbrained film, assuming (perhaps correctly) that setting this any earlier than, oh, 2004 would spell disaster at the box office, have updated it to function as a here-and-now preppy piece, as clueless about its deficiencies as Clueless (its obvious role model) was savvy about its milieu. Emma Roberts, portraying Nancy as something of a pill, quickly grates as her precocious character moves (along with dad Tate Donovan) from her comfy little hometown of River Heights to a spooky Los Angeles mansion, whereupon she immediately begins investigating the death of a famous actress who passed away decades earlier. Between its portrayal of a faded Hollywood as awash in corruption and decay and its casting of Laura Harring as the murdered starlet, this often feels like a demented attempt to make a kid-friendly version of David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive -- if only this one had also included a freaky white-haired cowboy to bump off the multitude of insufferable characters. And speaking of insufferable, the top honor in that category goes to Spencer Breslin wannabe Josh Flitter, a mini-Lou Costello who contributes more ham than the deli section in any supermarket.

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The world needs another penguin movie about as much as it needs another Rambo flick. Turns out we’re getting both, but while it’s too early to comment on the upcoming Stallone sequel (though be sure to check out that incredibly violent trailer on YouTube), the animated film about the flightless fowl isn’t bad, with a narrative slant that overcomes its typically blasé story about an underdog who triumphs against the odds while learning important life lessons regarding friendship, sacrifice and self-awareness. Employing a mock-documentary format rarely seen in animated films -only Aardman’s Oscar-winning Creature Comforts comes to mind -- this pleasant timefiller plays like Dogtown and Z-Boys or The Endless Summer for the small fry, with its tale of a slacker penguin named Cody (Shia LaBeouf) who’s only happy when he’s

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The haunted house flick gets downsized for 1408, a fairly effective creepshow in which our protagonist only has to worry about a haunted room. But what a room! Hack writer Mike Enslin (an excellent John Cusack) has built a career penning guide books on supposedly haunted locales across America, and after years of doing so, he realizes, with the same level of smugness as Hilary Swank’s mythbuster in The Reaping, that there are no such things as ghosts and goblins and gremlins and golems. So when he receives a postcard from the Dolphin Hotel in New York telling him not to enter the establishment’s room 1408, he scoffs at the warning but elects to check it out anyway. His arrival is met with resistance by Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Jackson), the hotel manager who does everything in his power to talk Enslin out of spending the night in the bad-luck room (no one has ever survived for more than an hour, Olin ominously tells the writer).

But Enslin insists, and before long he’s settling into what initially appears to be an ordinary room adorned with typically uninspired paintings, a rusty thermostat and a mini-bar that stocks $7 bags of beer nuts.

At first, the spooky proceedings are kept on a low-key simmer: Bedtime mints mysteriously appear on the pillow, a window slams down on Enslin’s hand, and the bathroom sink’s cold water faucet produces scalding liquid instead. And as long as the movie plays it close to the vest, it works beautifully: The extended meeting between Enslin and Olin is suitably tart and director Mikael Hafstrom, rebounding from the godawful Jennifer Aniston thriller Derailed, milks a lot of tension out of Enslin’s slow-burn realization that this might indeed be, as Olin put it, “an evil fucking room.” But scripters Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski don’t just adapt Stephen King’s short story; they stick a helium needle into it and expand it to grotesque proportions. The small-scale shudders eventually give way to special effects blowouts, while the movie ends up with so many plot tentacles that some are either underdeveloped or forgotten completely.

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surfing. He enters into a major international competition, where his rivals include new pal Chicken Joe (Jon Heder) and the bullying (and nine-time defending champion) Tank Evans (Diedrich Bader). An underachiever from the start, Cody eventually finds romance with a cute lifeguard named Lani (Zooey Deschanel, sexy even when voicing a penguin) and a mentor in The Geek (Jeff Bridges, slyly channeling The Dude from The Big Lebowski), a beach bum harboring a big secret. The abundance of schmaltz that plagued Happy Feet is thankfully missing here, though the movie does make sure to shoehorn in the obligatory flatulence gags.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End  Thirty-three minutes. Yes, it takes 33 minutes into the 168-minute Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End before Johnny Depp even makes an appearance.

Considering he’s this franchise’s MVP, that’s a dicey move on the part of the filmmakers; then again, everything about this second sequel operates with a go-for-broke mentality. Pirates 3 is overblown, overstuffed and over-the-top. It’s also entertaining and sometimes even exciting, which right there marks it as an improvement over last summer’s Dead Man’s Chest. In most respects, it’s the sort of summer movie which forces critics to denounce summer movies, relying too heavily on bombast and bullying tactics (both copyrighted trademarks of producer Jerry Bruckheimer). And yet there’s no denying that the picture contains a good measure of whimsy (usually MIA in pre-sold blockbusters) and a great deal of plot (ditto). In fact, there are enough plotlines in this one movie to fill an entire season of Lost or 24, evidence that director Gore Verbinski and scripters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio are at least making an effort to earn their paychecks. Opening with a sequence that feels like an homage (ripoff?) to the start of Return of the Jedi (with Chow Yun-Fat instead of Jabba the Hutt), the film establishes that it’s a dark period for the Rebel Alliance -- excuse me, for the pirates who roam the seas, as the indestructible Flying Dutchman is now under the command of the East India Company and is being ordered to wipe out any pirate ship it encounters. (Don’t look to me to explain any of the backstory; go rent the first two films.) Teaming up with their former enemy Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) head off to find Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp), the only man who’s able to help them put an end to this new age of eradication. The only problem is that Sparrow’s apparently dead, trapped for eternity in Davy Jones’ Locker. To attempt to relay more plot details would probably only lead to reader confusion, so suffice it to say that Sparrow still fears the tentacled Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), Will still hopes to free his tortured father (Stellan Skarsgard) from Davy Jones’ grip, and Elizabeth turns into a kick-ass riot grrrl in much the same manner

as Carrie Fisher’s Leia in Return of the Jedi. ful another film will be released this sumAll of the series’ regulars are sent off in satmer -- maybe even this year -- that offers as isfying (and even surprising) ways, and at its many theater-rumbling belly laughs as this best, the movie exhibits a real affection for one. Rogen plays Ben Stone, who, true to his the sort of fantasy-tinged material that kept last name, is a slacker who enjoys smoking Ray Harryhausen employed back in the day. reefer and hanging out with his equally unAs for Keith Richards’ heavily hyped turn as ambitious roommates. One night at a trendy Sparrow’s dad -- well, let’s just say that the nightclub, he meets Alison (Katherine Rolling Stone probHeigl), who’s out celebratably spent more ing the fact that she has time tuning his guijust been promoted to tar before any given an on-air position at E! concert than he did Entertainment Television.

CARMIKE 10 filming his two palOne drink leads to an511 Stephenson Ave. • 353-8683 try scenes for this other, and before morning Evan Almighty, 1408, Live Free or film. There are baarrives, the pair will have sically two types of engaged in a one-night Die Hard, Ocean’s 13, Shrek 3 good summer movstand. At least that was ies: the ones that the game plan; instead, REGAL EISENHOWER are accomplished Alison learns a few weeks 1100 Eisenhower Dr. • 352-3533 enough to withstand later that she’s pregnant, Mighty Heart, Silver Surfer, Nancy multiple viewings and she decides that she Drew, Knocked Up, Pirates 3 over the years (Star and Ben (with whom she Wars, Raiders of the has nothing in common) REGAL SAVANNAH 10 Lost Ark, Men In should attempt to make 1132 Shawnee St. • 927-7700 Black) and the ones their relationship work for 1408, Evan Almighty, Ocean’s that offer momenthe sake of the baby. Two Thirteen, Surf ’s Up, Mr. Brooks, tary popcorn thrills other Virgin players, Lesie Shrek 3 but are ultimately Mann and Paul Rudd, are so shallow that they excellent as Alison’s percan’t hold up under petually combative sisVICTORY SQUARE 9 the scrutiny of reter and brother-in-law, 1901 E. Victory • 355-5000 peat screenings (Top and their prominence on Gun, Independence the scene offers Alison Silver Surfer, Live Free or Die Day, Gladiator). and Ben a firsthand look Hard, 1408, Ratatouille, Knocked Pirates 3 clearly falls at how their lives might Up, Oceans 13, Nancy Drew, into the latter camp: turn out if they elect to Shrek 4, Evan Almighty It’s a fine summerremain together. Alison time distraction, but insists she doesn’t want WYNNSONG 11 woe to the viewer to end up as miserable as 1150 Shawnee St. • 920-1227 who elects to revisit her older sister; this may it somewhere down be Apatow’s explanation Transformers, Mighty Heart, the line. as to why she falls for Ben Silver Surfer, Nancy Drew, Hostel so quickly, but it’s an argu2, Knocked Up, Pirates 3, SpiderKnocked ment that doesn’t hold up, Man 3 since the writer-director Up fails to sufficiently flesh out Like the Farrelly their courting period between that initial Brothers’ breakout hit There’s Something tryst and the birth of the child. Still, thanks About Mary, director Judd Apatow’s The to the sweet performances by Heigl and es40-Year-Old Virgin was unique in that it pecially Rogen, there’s still plenty of warmth managed to successfully mix raunch with to be drawn from the resultant drama. Yet in romance. Most films that attempt this feat this picture, it’s comedy that’s king. Apatow’s usually err on the side of vulgarity (think script is crammed with sharp one-liners and American Pie), but just as Mary gave us clever incidents, and it’s astonishing to note charming people nicely played by Cameron how rarely they miss the mark. Apatow’s Diaz and Ben Stiller -- his affection for her ability to wring laughs both large and small was palpable -- Virgin crafted a disarming out of ordinary situations is enviable; just love story between Steve Carell’s title charcall him the Good Humor Man. acter and Catherine Keener’s single mom.

Interestingly, this relationship was only Mr. Brooks 1/2 amplified by the raucous goings-on surForget A Tale of Two Cities.

What we have rounding it, as the hijinks of Carell’s budhere is a tale of two halves, one superior, dies brought the romance into sharper relief. the other execrable. Assembling three acKnocked Up, which reunites Apatow with tors whose careers have seen better deVirgin co-star Seth Rogen, attempts a simicades -- Kevin Costner, William Hurt and lar balancing act, only it falls a tad short of Demi Moore -- director Bruce A. Evans has attaining the same success as its predecescrafted an initially intriguing thriller about a sor. There’s a sweet love story on view here beloved philanthropist (Costner) who occaas well, only because it’s more rushed and sionally moonlights as a serial killer whennot allowed to unfold at a natural clip, it ulever the voice inside his head (personified timately plays second string to the picture’s in the flesh by Hurt) urges him to go hack comedy quota. Fortunately, on that front, somebody up. The detective (Moore) who’s the movie’s an unqualified hit: It’s doubt-

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been on his trail for years feels that she’s getting close to breaking the case, thanks to the presence of an eyewitness (Dane Cook) who might turn out to be as certifiable as Mr. Brooks himself. The film’s first half is powerful stuff, thanks to the unique setup (presenting Mr. Brooks’ alter ego as a physical manifestation shouldn’t work, but it does), Evans’ moody direction and exquisitely matched performances by Costner and Hurt. It’s a shame, then, to see the second part go to hell, as the screenplay by Evans and Raynold Gideon gets out of too many narrative jams by relying on whopping coincidences. .

Shrek the Third

Mike Myers may well be the star of the Shrek franchise, but he’s hardly the one whose character most vividly remains in the minds of moviegoers. For the 2001 original, Eddie Murphy earned the lion’s share of the positive notices for his vigorous vocal work as the obnoxious donkey sidekick. And for the 2004 sequel, it was clearly Antonio Banderas as the debonair Puss In Boots who emerged as the cat’s meow. In Shrek the Third, both the donkey and the kitty have largely been neutered, and the film’s makers didn’t bother to introduce any compelling new characters to pick up the slack (Justin Timberlake’s Arthur and Eric Idle’s Merlin certainly don’t cut it). The result is a step down from the first two flicks in the series, though the drop isn’t nearly as precipitous as its detractors will insist. Shrek (which somehow beat Monsters, Inc. for the first Best Animated Feature Oscar ever handed out) and Shrek 2 (which stands as the third all-time top moneymaker) were amusing enough, although the impersonal style of animation, rapid succession of instantly dated pop culture references and fondness for scatological humor always left me a little cold. Shrek the Third brings the exact same ingredients to the table, only what’s offered feels more like leftovers.

Spider-Man 3

The appeal of Spider-Man has always reached far beyond the comic book crowd: He’s become an icon of enormous proportions, a larger-than-life figure who, in the superhero genre, is matched perhaps only

by Superman and Batman. With this in mind, director Sam Raimi and his scripters have fashioned three Spider-Man flicks that have all managed to remain true to the spirit -- if not always the letter -- of the comic series. None have reached the giddy heights of, say, 1978’s Superman or 2005’s Batman Begins, but they have all achieved what they set out to do: provide solid entertainment for the summer movie crowd.

On the domestic front, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) find themselves struggling with relationship woes, while on the battlefields of NYC, Spider-Man must face off against the Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), Venom (Topher Grace), a resurgent Green Goblin (James Franco), and his own dark impulses.w

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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 the first and third Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Chinatown Buffett, 307 Highway 80 in Garden City. Purchase of a meal gets you in. Call 308-3934 or visit http://www.nodebts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html.

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.

Project Hot Seat Stop global warming with Greenpeace. Call 704-7472 for information.

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 is a grassroots organization that is interested in raising local awareness for presidential candidate Barack Obama. The group meets

From the church that brought you the “God on Broadway” Worship Series

A s bu r y M e m o r i a l U M C Presents:

Sunday, July 1st Vacation Bible School Sunday Come to be inspired by the children of VBS!

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the second Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Chatham County Democratic Headquarters, 109 W. Victory Dr. at the corner of Victory and Barnard Street. For information, contact b_frigo@hotmail.com.

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.

Auditions

Casting Call A casting call will be held Sunday, July 8 from 6-10 p.m. at Savannah Actor’s Theatre.

The show is a vaudville-type show with stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, musical and dance acts, burlesque dance and “amazing feats.” Needed are people to play Martha Stewart, Willie Nelson, George Bush, Condoleeza Rice, plus various other male and female roles. Also needed are singers, dancers and people with interesting talents, including fire eating, sword swallowing, trapeze, juggling and any others. People interested only in acting should prepare a one to two minute comic monologue.

Singers and dancers should put together a one-minute piece to demonstrate. For info, send e-mail to eullrich11@yahoo.com.

Classes

AARP Senior Drivers Safety Program Classes will be held Wednesday, July 11 and Thursday, July 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at

Current Connect Savannah clients: We will list your Happening at no charge in gratitude for your continued support of our newspaper.

Smart Senior at Candler. Call 352-4405.

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 Summer classes run for a week at a time.

Students attend Monday through Friday.

Morning sessions are 9 a.m. to noon and afternoon sessions are 1-4 p.m. The cost is $160 per week, including supplies. Classes are for ages 6-9 and 10-14. Themes are Creatures of the Carribbean July 16-20, Mythical Beasts & Beauties July 23-27 and Mad for Mod! July 9-13 and July 30 through Aug. 3. Life Drawing for Teens ages 15 and older will be held Aug. 20-24 from 1-4 p.m.

The cost is $225, including supplies. That class will be taught by SCAD professor Jeff Markowsky. Visit www.TheArtSchool-Sav. com or call 921-1151.

Art Studio Sessions Six-week sessions on Tuesday evenings 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.

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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 109 W. Victory Dr. Call Karen Arms at 897-1300 or David Bonorato at 9217039 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.

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Beading Classes Learn jewelry-making techniques during the month of June at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Upcoming classes include polymer clay Asian wearable vessel Saturday, June 30, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for $30. Call 920-6659.

Brush with Clay Classes in Raku, brush work, relief work, surface decoration, figurative and more in clay with individual attention 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. Call 925-7393 to register.

Conscious Prosperity A workshop, Conscious Prosperity: The Secret to Simple & Lasting Personal Worth, will be presented by John Moore, the DebtFREE guru, pm Saturday, July 28 fro m9 am. to 12:30 p.m. at Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. The fee is payable at the competion and will be decided by participants, based on the value they feel they have received from the content. A 312-page textbook is available for $49.95 and software is available for $59.95.

To register, call 355-4704. Walk-ins are welcome.

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.

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.

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

Epworth Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Orchestra A childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strings orchestra for elementary age-string players directed by Ellen Hooper on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist Church, 2201 Bull St. There is a $20 registration fee, which covers the cost of the music and a T-shirt. Call 2333242.

Fall Visual Arts Classes The City of Savannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Fanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

First Steps -- Parents of Newborns This parent education and support program is based at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/Candler. Registration for training for new volunteers is being accepted. Call 819-6910.

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.

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.

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Space available soon for teachers - education, fitness, spiritual - of all types who need a space for their classes. Reasonable rates. Call Tony at 655-4591.

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. Communication Barriers will be presented June 28 from 2-3 p.m. GED/adult literacy education is being

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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 341-9502 or visit www.savannahcanoeandkayak.com.

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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;inquiry,â&#x20AC;? also known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Work,â&#x20AC;? are offered to the public free of charge and include a 35-minute video presentation The Work of Byron Katie and an individualized sample â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inquiry.â&#x20AC;? For an appointment, call Ursula Sterling at 598-8233 or send e-mail to sterling@bellsouth.net.

Joy & Vitality Inc. presents a line of attraction workshop that meets each Tuesday from 5:30-7 p.m. at a downtown location. Make all your wishes come true. Study and practice how you can have, do and be anything you desire. Call 656-8156. Space is limited. Cost is $10 per session.

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.â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Career; stress reduction; spirituality. Free initial half-hour consultation. Call Cindy Beach, M.S., at 429-7265.

Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery In depth 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.

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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Secretâ&#x20AC;? to your life. Learn a technique through hands-on practice that you can apply to many areas of your life, for the rest of yoru life, such as relationships, productivity, prosperity, health, grief and more. Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Turtle Dragon Tranquility Tea House, 1202 Highway 80, Tybee Island. The cost is $300 or $250 if paid by July 10. Online registration at http://

home.hiwaay.net/~north/ or more info at www.psych-k.com or by calling Marguerite Berrigan, 247-6484.

Puppet Shows are offered by St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information &â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Resource Center for schools, day cares, libraries, churches, community events and fairs. Call 447-6605.

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 Learning Center Spanish Classes Be bilingual. The center is located at 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Call 272-4579 or 308-3561. e-mail savannahlatina@yahoo. com or visit www.savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Savannah Shakespeare Festival Classes A scene study class with an emphasis on this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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

Train Smart A strength and conditioning camp for kids ages 10-18 will be held through July 27 at the St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Workshop for Aspiring Thespians Nika Hinton will lead a free scene workshop for four monthly sessions. Participants can work on scenes from great and near-great plays, musicals and film and improvisation sketches. Works will be recorded on video tape. Childcare will be provided upon request. To register, call 234-0980.

Workshop: Mouth Off will presented by All Walks of Life Thursdays through Aug. 12 from 6-8 p.m. at the West Broad Street YMCA, 1110 May St. This workshop is for youth ages 12-19 designed to build vocabulary, literacy and understanding of poetry, rap, hip-hop and spoken word. The workshop will culminate with a live performance written, planned, rehearsed and performed by workshop participants. Call 341-8306 or visit www. awolinc.org.

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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.

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.

Military Order of the Purple Heart

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 area’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 Savannah’s first cooperative darkroom space to enhance the lives of working photographers and introduce the community to the magic of all classic continued on page 40

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007, Aries. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the longterm tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that by now you’re seeing how much you have to learn.

This has been and will continue to be an ideal time to act like a student in every phase of your life. But I also hope you’ve started to realize how much you have to offer as a role model, mentor, and guide. Amazingly, this is a year when you can generate unpredictable magic as both a student and a teacher.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007, Taurus.

We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that by now you’re beginning to infuse your life with more of the wildness you need. I trust that you’ve been enjoying a host of thrilling adventures and ingenious experiments -- especially the kind that serve your highest ambitions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007, Gemini.

We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that you’ve been working hard to upgrade your skills in the art of relationship. Have you taken any workshops or read any books that have helped you become a better lover and collaborator? Have you meditated on cracking open the secrets of inspired and inspiring sharing? Even if you haven’t done much, there’s still time to accomplish miracles. Through the end of December, you’ll continue to attract cosmic luck whenever you break any bad old habits that have hurt your ability to give and get the best from your intimate alliances.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007, Cancerian.

We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the

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long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that by now you’re better organized and more disciplined than you’ve ever been in your life. The astrological omens suggest that the year’s best rewards will come if you’re relentless in clearing out clutter, working with maximum efficiency, and having precise and well-formulated plans. If done right, your intense attention to detail will help win you access to profound new levels of inner peace.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope you’ve been capitalizing on the fact that this is the Year of WellEarned Luck in Higher Love. It has been over a decade since your romantic evolution has been as ripe for rapid progress as it is now. Remember, for best results, keep your priorities screwed on straight: Always focus more intensely on the pleasure of giving the beautiful love you have to offer than on your hunger for the love you have always wanted to get.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007, Virgo.

We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago.

I hope that by now you’re at least midway through a transformation of your relationship to family. That might mean you’re leading a revolution to reinvent your family of origin. It might mean you’re making decisions about how to shape the family of your future.

It could involve you working hard to ensure that you have a close- knit group of people, not necessarily related to you biologically, to serve as a reliable source of emotional sustenance. Or all of the above.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007, Libra.

We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the

long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. So let me ask you: Have you been practicing discernment as you’ve explored the mysteries of variety? Have you been trying a host of different alternatives, but without dissipating your focus? The danger is the opportunity; the opportunity is the danger: In the next six months, you’ll either refine your intelligence or waste your intelligence as you experiment with combining things that have never before been combined. You’ll either embody the archetype of the promiscuous dilettante or the archetype of the versatile master of improvisation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I trust that by now you’re supremely composed as the changes whirl around you and within you. I mean, you will always be the zodiac’s master of transformation; you’ll always thrive on going through ceaseless, deep- seated shifts that would terrify most of the other signs. But if you’re taking advantage of this year’s cosmic opportunities, Scorpio, your eruptions of *abracadabra!* are being buffered by a profound grace. Your experiments in turning lead into gold and garbage into treasure are proceeding with a generous-spirited poise. Now you’re ready to take it to the next level of relaxed elegance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007, Sagittarius. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope that by now you are cashing in on the fact that this is the Year of the Supercharged Libido and the Spiritual Orgasm. Not only do you have extraordinary reserves of physical energy available; you also have access to what amounts to a kind of metaphysical lust, whose primal power can enable you to smash long- standing mental blocks and break on through to the other side of anything you want to break on through to the other side of.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007.

We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. By now you’ve probably figured out that it’s the Year of Secrets. Truths that have long been hidden from you are emerging, and if you keep on probing, the rest will spill out between now and December. Certain feelings you have been concealing from yourself are also bubbling up into your awareness. Fuzzy understandings that have previously hindered your ability to see the big picture are finally coming into focus as well. Don’t fear or resist these developments, Capricorn.

They will free up a lot of blocked energy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of this year, Aquarius. We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope by now you’ve guessed that this is your Year of Harvest.

Projects you’ve been working on for many moons will be reaching their full ripeness in 2007. Trends set in motion more than a decade ago are culminating. Keep this exciting news in the forefront of your awareness between now and December. Like a great artist in the last stages of a masterwork, be intent on finishing up this long-term cycle with a flourish.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Welcome to Part Two of your outlook for the second half of 2007, Pisces.

We’re checking up on how you’re progressing with the long-term tasks you were assigned six months ago. I hope by now you realize that this is your Year of Getting Your Career in Gear. It may or may not be a time when you’ll climb to the top of the heap and score fresh privileges and new clout. But it’s definitely a time when you can move closer to making a living from doing what you love. w

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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 will meet Friday, July 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Tony Roma’s at 7 E. Bay St. A workshop, Building a Better Scuba Quarry, will be presented.

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/.

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

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photo chemical processes. Contact for next meeting time. Contact 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 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 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 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 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.

Savannah Fencing Club offers beginning classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $40. Some equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@aol.com.

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

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included and there is no charge for guests.

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

Savannah Kennel Club The club meets monthly on the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. from September through June at Fire Mountain restaurant on Stephenson Avenue. Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to come earlier. Call 656-2410 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org.

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 Parrot Head Club A social club whose purpose is to make a difference in the community and the coastal environment will meet the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The locations will vary. Contact mickie_ragsdale@ comcast.net.

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. Show off your scoot and ride with pride -- put â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;em in a line and watch the stares. 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.

Tybee Performing Arts Society meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested, please attend or send e-mail to ried793@ netscape.com.

Urban Professionals meets first Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Vu at the Hyatt on Bay Street. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not having fun, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@hotmail.com.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 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. Adult ballet, modern and hip-hop dance classes. All levels and body types welcome. The cost is $12 per class or 8 classes for $90. A variety of youth classes also are available. Intermediate Adult Ballet with Kathleen Collins meets Mondays & Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Intermediate/Advanced Adult Ballet with Karen Burns meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Modern Dance with Kathleen Collins meets Wednesdays from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Hip-Hop with Bonnie Kaar meets Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Contact Sue Braddy at 8972100.

Adult Tap Classes The Gretchen Greene School of Dance is offering adult tap classes through July 17.

Beginner Level is Tuesdasy from 6-6:45 p.m. and Intermediate Level is Tuesdasy from 6:45-7:30 p.m. Pay by class or purchase a

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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.

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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Fitness

A balanced life Student massage is offered at the Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc. Cost ranges from $30 to $40 for a one-hour massage and sessions are instructor supervised. Call 355-3011 for an appointment. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt. com.

Cardiorespiratory Endurance 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.

Dog Yoga The Yoga Room will hold a dog yoga class every first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. at Forsyth Park. The cost is a $10 donation, with all donations given to Save-A-Life.

Bring a mat or blanket and a sense of humor. Yoga for dogs is a fun way to relax and bond with your four-legged pet. Great for all levels and all sizes. 898-0361 or www. thesavannahyogaroom.com.

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.

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Space available soon for teachers - education, fitness, spiritual - of all types who need a space for their classes. Reasonable rates. Call Tony at 655-4591.

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. Dropin 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.

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multi-class card at a discount. 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.

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.

Gretchen Greene School of Dance Summer Classes will offer ongoing classes during the summer for children ages 8 and up that will run through July 19. Classes for ages 12 and up are Advanced Ballet on Tuesdays from 4-5 p.m. and Advanced Jazz on Thursdays from 4-5 p.m.. Intermediate Jazz/Tap for ages 8 and up will be held Tuesdays from 5-6 p.m. All are open classes with no need to register, just show up and dance. For information, call 897-4235 or visit ggsod.com.

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.

Moon River Dancers’ Summer Ball will be held Saturday, July 21 from 7:30-11 p.m. at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Dessert and coffee will be provided and there will be a cash bar. The dance will feature a tropical theme. $20 per person.

Tickets by advance sale only. Call 961-9960 or 655-4985.

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.

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Outdoor Fitness Boot Camp All fitness levels welcome. M, W, Th, F at 6 a.m. at Forsyth Park. Meet at the statue on Park Avenue. Also meets at 7:30 a.m. at Daffin Park at the circle near the playground. $150 for unlimited classes, $15 for a single class. To register, 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 Through Aug. 31, the schedule will be: Monday, 9–10:15 am Dynamic Flow All Levels w/ Kristianne, 10:30–11:45 am Level 1&2 Flow Yoga with Will, 12-1:15 p.m.Yoga Lunch Flow-Food for Body&Soul w/ Kate and 6:00-7:15 pm Gentle Yoga Flow w/ Heather; Tuesday, 9:30-10:30 am Community Flow Yoga w/ Amanda for $6, 6-7:30 pm hot Yoga Flow All levels w/ Kate; Wednesday, 7:30-9:00 am Sunrise Yoga All Levels w/ Will, 10:30-11:45 am Mommy and Baby Yoga w/ Betsy, 12:15-1:15 pm Restorative Yoga Hour w/ Amanda and 6-7:30 pm Yoga Basics w/ Kate; Thursday, 9:30 –10:45 am Yoga Flow Level 1&2 w/ Amanda and 6:00 -7:30 pm Dynamic Flow Yoga All Levels w/ Kelley; Friday, 7:30-8:45 am Community Flow Yoga w/ Kelley for $9, 10–11:15 am Dynamic Flow All Levels w/ Kristianne, 12-1:15 pm Iyengar Yoga All Levels w/ Laura (Iyengar Yoga w/ Laurathru end of June) and 12-1 pm Community Iyengar Influenced Yoga w/ Lynne for $6

(Community Iyengar Influenced Yoga begins Fri, July 6th); Saturday, 11 am to 12:30 pm All Levels Yoga Flow w/ Kelley; Sunday, 5-6:15 pm Mellow Yoga Flow All Levels w/ Heather, 6:30 -7:15 pm Community Meditation $6 w/ Heather (100% of proceeds go to the Children’s Advocacy Center.) Drop-ins are welcome.

The Savannah Yoga Center is located at 45 E. 40th St. Call Director Kelley Boyd at 4416653, email kelley@savannahyoga.com or visit www.savannahyoga.com.

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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.

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 Fest A free yoga day will be offered Saturday, July 7 at the Savannah Yoga Center. The first free class starts a 9:30 a.m. and the free classes go all day. The center is located at 25 E. 40th St. Call Kelley Boyd at 441-6653 or kelley@ savannahyoga.com.

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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.

Yoga On the Beach at Tybee will be offered Wednesdays from 7-8 a.m. on an on-going basis through the summer.

Come ot the North Beach parking lott, first beach walkover. Drop-ins welcome and encouraged. Cost is $10 per class. Class cards are available. Multi-Level Hatha I & II in the Integra Yoga style. The instructor is Ann Carroll. Call 704-7650 or e-mail ann@ aikyayoga.com.

The Yoga Room Monday: Vinyasa all levels from 5-6:15 p.m., Open Flow all levels 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday: Open Flow all levels from 6-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Yoga Flow Level I from 1011:30 a.m., Open Floor all levels from 6:30-8 p.m., Thursday: Power Yoga from 6:30-7:45 p.m. Friday: Yoga Flow Level I from 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday: Yoga Flow Level I from 1011:15 a.m., Power Yoga from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Sunday: Vinyasa all levels from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Drop-ins welcome.

Single class $12, 8-class package for $75 and 15-class package for $120. For location and class schedule, visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361.

Yoga Teacher Training Institute A 200-hour Basic Yoga Teacher Training program is offered at Savannah Yoga Center.

It meets Yoga Alliance standards, and graduates will receive a certificate and be eligible for certification by the alliance. The cost for the entire course is $1,500. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.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.

Georgia Equality Savannah is the local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 944-0996.

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 wouldn’t be a need for Pride. Call Patrick Mobley at 224-3238.

Standout is First City’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 children’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.

Health

Annual Lucille Crawford Health Fair A free holistic approach to overall wellness will present a panel of speakers, financial advice, health information, activities for children and more. It will be held Saturday, July 7 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Prince Hall Center, 602 E. Broad St. Better Speech and Hearing Month Savannah Speech and Hearing Center is hosting an open house every Thursday in May from 9-11:30 a.m. with complimentary hearing screens and hearing aid checks.

Audiologists will be available to discuss current trends in amplification. Light refreshments will be provided. Call 3554601.

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

Case Management Program St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St., will sponsor a client assessment and referral service that assists individuals in obtaining health care and medical assistance, indigent services, housing and other social services. Call 4476605 or 232-2003.

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.

Community Cardiovascular Council, Inc. offers free blood pressure checks Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1900 Abercorn St. Call 232-6624.

Community HealthCare Center is a non-profit organization that provides free medical care for uninsured individuals who work or live in Chatham County and do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. All patients receive free examinations, medicine through the patient assistance program and free lab work. Women receive free pap tests and mammograms. Call 692-1451 to see if you qualify for services. Located at 310 Eisenhower Dr., No. 5, Medical Center.

Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings are conducted at three locations within St. Joseph’s/Candler. From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5:15-7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, checks will be offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605 to make an appointment. Checks are offered every Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Smart Senior office, No. 8 Medical Arts Center.

No appointment is necessary. Checks will be offered Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578.

Free hearing & speech screening Every Thursday morning from 9-11 a.m. at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601.

Gastric Bypass Surgery Session Memorial Health Bariatrics presents free informational sessions every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium with Dr. John Angstadt and other staff

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Weight Loss Program St. Joseph’s/Candler and St. Mary’s Community Center is offering a weight loss, exercise and nutrition program for adults and youths interested in improving their overall health. The program is free and open to the community. Sessions will be offered by a trained exercise coordinator and access to a professional nutritionist will be provided. Call Stephanie Alston at 443-9409.

Spiritual

Buddhist Workshops Dr. Daniel Levine, SCAD art history professor, will conduct three workshops that explore the development of Buddhist imagery. This program is sponsored by the Savannah Buddhist Sitting Group. Call 4297265 for information.

Chanted Office of Compline The Service of Compline, ”Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ Church Savannah (Episcopal), located on Johnson Square.

Christian Businessmen’s Committee meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Piccadilly Cafeteria in the Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn St. Call 898-3477.

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

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Nicodemus by Night An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St. Overcoming by Faith Services with the Rev. Ricky Temple are held Saturday from 6-7:30 p.m. at 9700 Middleground Rd. Sunday worship services are 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Services are now held Sundays in Rincon. Call 927-8601.

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.

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 NAM MYOHO RENGE 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.

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On July 1, B. Elaine Faithful, executive director of Operation House, will speak from the topic Affirming the Worth and Dignity of Others. 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.

2320 Sunset Blvd. Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org.

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Wildwood United Methodist Church invites you to its morning worship at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday followed by Sunday morning worship fellowship at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:45 a.m. Wildwood UMC is located at 4912 Garrard Ave. east of the south end of the Chatham Parkway.

Woodlawn United Methodist Church Sunday school is at 9:45, worship at 10:50 a.m. and 6 p.m. 2502 Highway 80, Garden City.

Women’s Bible Study at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 or stop by 1601 Drayton Street.

Support Groups

African-American Women Overcoming Depression and Bi-Polar Disease meets the third Thursday of the month at the Bull Street Library. For information, call JoAnne Wright at 236-0027.

Al Anon Family Groups A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics meets Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. at 1501 Eisenhower Dr. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Goodwill on Sallie Mood Drive. Call 5989860 or visit http://al_anon_savannah. freeservers.com.

Alcoholics Anonymous If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol, call 354-0993.

Alzheimer’s Caregiver’s Support Group The group is for caregivers, family members and friends of persons affected

by Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementiacausing illnesses and meets the first Monday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Room 111 of the Skidaway Island Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway. Visit www. alzga.org or call 920-2231.

Amputee Support Group Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers.

Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.

Backus Children’s Hospital Support Group for Parents who have a seriously ill child receiving treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A case manager facilitates the meetings, and a child life specialist provides an arts and crafts activity Meets once a week. Call Donna at 350-5616.

Backus Children’s Hospital Support Group for Parents of Children with Bleeding Disorders meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Memorial Health. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

Bariatric/Gastric Bypass Support Group for past and potential obesity surgery patients and their families. For information, call Cheryl Brown at 350-3644.

Better Breathers support group meets to discuss and share information on C.O.P.D. and how people live with this disease. Contact Dicky at 665-4488 or dickyt1954@yahoo.com. z

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members, who discuss obesity and the surgical process. Free. Call 350-DIET or visit bariatrics.memorialhealth.com.

Hypnobirthing Childbirth Classes are being offiered at the Family Health and Birth Center in Rincon. The group classes offer an opportunity for couples to learn the child birthing process together, while providing a very integral role to the companion participating. Classes provide specialized breathing and guided imagery techniques designed to reduce stress during labor. All types of births are welcome. Classes run monthly, meeting Saturdays for three consecutive weeks. To register, call The Birth Connection at 843-683-8750 or e-mail Birththroughlove@yahoo.com.

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Clinic is offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler and Emory.

Patients can receive pre and post-operative care at the clinic rather than travel to Atlanta. Call Karen Traver, R.N. Transplant Coordinator, at 819-8350.

La Leche League of Savannah Call Phoebe at 897-9261.

The Life and Work of Milton Trager, M.D. A discussion and question and answer session will look at Trager’s work, which was creating simple, effective ways to relieve stress and improve body use. The program will be presented Tuesday, July 10 and again on Tuesday, Aug. 14 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall, Unity Church, 2320 Sunset Blvd. There is no charge, and the program is open to the public. Call Joe Lee Griffin at 231-8280.

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.

Mammograms St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. Mammograms will be performed June 30 at St. Thomas Church, Isle of Hope. Mammograms will be performed July 5 at the SJ/C Medical Group on the Islands. Mammograms will be performed July 6 at United Therapy.

Mammograms will be performed July 10 and 24 at SJ/C Medical Group in Rincon.

Mammograms will be perofrmed July 11 and 18 at SJ/C Medical Group in Pembroke.

For appointments, call 819-6800. SJ/C accepts most insurance plans. Financial assistance is available to women who qualify.

Narcotics Anonymous When at the end of the road you find that you no longer can function with or without drugs, there’s a simple, spiritual, non-religious program known as Narcotics Anonymous. Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule.

Planned Parenthood Hotline First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services.

Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-2647154.

Stop Smoking Researchers at the University of Iowa combined 600 studies covering 72,000 people and found that hypnosis is the most effective

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Hours are 9am-3:30pm, 3 days per week. Must be dependable, articulate, well-groomed and physically fit. All applicants must pass drug screen & background check. Apply in person MondayThursday, 11-11:30am at 39 Barnard Street between Broughton & Congress. EOE.

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GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY,

a unit of the University System of Georgia, with an enrollment of approximately 16,425 students, invites applicants for the following vacancies: Buyer I (Req. # 1630); Custodian I (Req. #1626) - multiple positions available. For more information, call the 24-hour JobLine at (912) 681-0629. Georgia is an open records state. Individuals who need reasonable accommodations, under the ADA, in order to participate in the application process should notify Human Resources, 912-681-5468 or ( TDD) 912-681-0791. Georgia Southern is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

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FSBO - Bloomingdale REDUCED!

3BR, 2BA House on just over 2 acres. LR and extra large FR, all appliances and A/C, 6 yrs. old or less. Listed below appraisal for quick sale. Please call 912-748-1773 or 912-988-6041.

Restaurant & Hotel

THE WAREHOUSE Bar & Grille

on historic River Street is now hiring for an Experienced Cook and Bartender. We are one of Savannah’s hot spots and definitely a tourist attraction for all who visit our city. Applicants must be mature, self-motivated, extremely responsible and have a strong work ethic. All applicants must pass a background check. If you have a great personality and the desire to work with a great group of people, please apply in person at 18 East River Street. For general information or questions, please feel free to call 912-398-6819.

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JANITORIAL BUSINESS For Sale Grossing $60K per year. $19,500, Financing Available. Veteran Discount. Call 912-224-5045.

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Homes for Sale 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH HOME. Newly renovated inside and out.

On Victory Drive. Beautiful decor.

Possible Lease/Purchase.

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234-0606 4601 Battey Street Large 2 BR, 1 Bath apartment with a separate dining room, wall-to-wall carpet, kitchen with stove, refrigerator and dishwasher, W/D connections, and offstreet parking. Across from Jacob G. Smith Elementary and walking distance to Habersham Village. Cats OK. AVAILABLE JUNE 2007. $675/mo.

44 Thackery Place Thackery Place is between Bull and Montgomery off of 61st Street. Close to Montgomery Hall and Habersham Village.Spacious 3 BR, 2 BA apartment (over 1,400 sq ft) with a formal dining room, new wall-to-wall carpet, central H/A, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, W/ D connections, off street parking. No Pets. $750/mo.

48 Thackery Place S p a c i o u s 3 B R , 2 BA apartment (over 1,400 sq ft) with a formal dining room, wall-to-wall carpet, central H/A, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, W/ D connections, off street parking. No Pets. $750/mo.

12 West 40th Street Beautifully renovated 2 BR, 1BA upper half of duplex in the Starland District.

Features include formal LR, with a front balcony, formal DR, refinished heart pine floors, ceiling fans, bathroom and kitchen with ceramic tile floors, separate laundry room and private courtyard.

C H/A, total electric and paid security system. Petfriendly. AVAILABLE MIDJUNE 2007. $1,000/mo.

17 East 33rd St. www.sicaymanagement.com

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QUEEN SIZE EXTRA thick pillow-top deluxe mattress with boxspring. NEW in original factory plastic. Suggest list $1099. Getting rid of for only $300. Can deliver 912-965-9652.

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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.

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www.connectsavannah.com HOUSE FOR SALE: 1507 East Ott Street - 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, breakfast room, laundry room, central heat/air. Asking $155,000.

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Homes for Rent 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS, Living room, large eat-in kitchen. Call 912-272-2837.

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514 McLAWS 3BR/2BA

QUIET Neighborhood. Just minutes from Memorial Med. Center, Downtown, Malls. Hardwood floors, renovated kitchen, gas range, lots of closet space, carport, fenced backyard, fireplace. $1200/month. No smoking / No pets please. 912-412-0340.

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WINDSOR FOREST AREA 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, Livingroom, kitchen, office/bedroom, 2 bonus rooms, porch, fenced yard. Great for Home, Business or Large family. Call 912-272-2837.

Ask About Opportunity for Deep Water Dock Use D E E P WAT E R D O C K : N e w Home - 5 Rio Road: 3BR, 2BA, home w/wrap-around porch.

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32 Knollwood: 2BR/1.5BA condo, near St. Joseph hospital and busline. 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 .

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Breathless sunsets. 1 block to Sav’h Mall. Includes all utilities (except cable & phone).

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Charming 3 bedroom/2.5 bath, conveniently located near base, hospitals, shops and historic district. Washer/dryer and water included. $1100/monthly. No pets.

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Apartments for Rent 125 E. 40th St. Newly renovated duplex, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, living room, large kitchen, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, central heat/air, 2 fireplaces, large courtyard & deck. $1100/month. contact 912-484-5181 or 912-220-1020. fvenetico@hotmail.com AFFORDABLE FORECLOSURES! Buy a 4bd/2ba $258/mo! More avail from $199/mo! 5%dn, 20yrs @ 8%APR! Listings: 800-536-8517 x T311

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Room for Rent SPACIOUS PRIVATE Room for rent. Entrance from wrap around porch, 8 blocks to park, 3 to library, all utilities included, AC, refrigerator, microwave, high speed plus cable and TV. Large kitchen, bathroom and laundry.

Off street parking to use. $160/week or $576/month. Call 912-231-9464

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Roommate Wanted ROOMS FOR RENT: I n Quiet neighborhood, On busline, Offstreet parking, On-site laundry.

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FOR RENT ON TYBEE! 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1920’s cottage. Two blocks from the beach. 1205 Lovell Ave. $925/month + $925/security deposit. Laundry room with W/D connection. Water/Garbage included. 1 year lease. Call 912-507-7550.

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FURNISHED with utilities. Large One bedroom Victorian at 34th & Lincoln. Including: cable, TV,

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Montgomery Quarters WE MAKE BUYING YOUR HOME SIMPLE AND EASY! Visit our gated, tranquil community featuring swimming pool, tennis courts, clubhouse with 24-hour fitness center and picturesque Tidal Creek Marsh views. Located on an exclusive inland island, 10 minutes from historic downtown Savannah and Tybee Beach.

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2 bdrm 2 bath 3 bdrm 2 bath one level, elevator, secure gated parking, lge walkin closets, all appliances, granite, wood flooring, walk to scad buildings

StartiNg @ $349,000

100 Walden Park Drive Savannah, GA 31410 Take Highway 80 east.

Turn right on Whitemarsh Island Road.

*ASK YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE FOR DETAILS. ORAL REPRESENTATIONS CANNOT BE RELIED UPON AS CORRECTLY STATING REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SELLER. FOR CORRECT REPRESENTATIONS, REFERENCE SHOULD BE MADE TO THIS ADVERTISEMENT AND TO THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY CODE SECTION 44-3-111 OF THE GEORGIA CONDOMINIUM ACT TO BE FURNISHED BY THE SELLER TO A BUYER. MONTECITO WALDEN, LLC

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347 Abercorn St.

RESIDENTIAL SALES COMMERCIAL SALES & LEASE SHORT TERM RENTALS

912-236-1000

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www.JudgeRealtyCompany.com 216 West Park Condominiums

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.

Victory Drive

410 E. 35th St.

Lincoln/Park

4 Beautiful Condos on the water! 2 Bed 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.

Charming and contemporary 2 bdrm, 1 bth condo in the historic district that is priced to SELL!! One block from SCAD’s Wallin Hall in an area of active restoration & close to everything! All new everything with great amenities! Off street parking, private back yard patio, security system, cable ready & MORE! Priced to Sell at $165,500. Listing Agent: Claudine Graves 912-234-2688.

Beautifully restored condo conversion on the corner of Lincoln & Park.

Stainless steel appliances, marble, hardwood floors, security surveillance and many more fabulous features. Listing Agent: Ben Bowne 912-659-1366.

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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.

Nick Bentz 843-368-0265 nick@judgerealtycompany.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.

Alex Grikitis 912-220-1700 alex@judgerealtycompany.com

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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 $199,000. 2% closing costs and $1000 decorating allowance paid by seller. Contact Alex Grikitis, 912-220-1700 and please visit henryplace.com for more information.

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