Connect Savannah July 11, 2007

Volume 6 • Number 42 • July 11 — July 17 • Savannah’s News, Arts, & Entertainment Weekly • www.connectsavannah.com

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Sunday event celebrates 100 years of public ownership of Bonaventure Cemetery pg. 6

Music:

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Volume 6, No. 42, July 11, 2007 On the cover: Photo of Bonaventure gravesite by Brandon Blatcher

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Parallel Lives 20 Theatre Footloose 24 Art Patrol Exhibitions and openings

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Editor’s Note No child left to learn 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

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Lucero

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16 Connect Recommends

Our picks 17 Music Menu Gigs a la Carte 25 Soundboard Who’s playing and where

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Telfair’s Drawing for Fun Family Weekend

What: A 1989 sketch comedy piece written by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy. Audience discretion is advised for language and content. When: July 12-14 and 18-21 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Jenkins Black Box Theater. Cost: $8. Info: Call the box office weekdays from 2-6 p.m. at 927-5381.

What: Relive the days when rock ‘n roll was born. When: July 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. and July 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29 at 3 p.m. Where: 222 Bull St. Cost: Adults $33, 17 and under $16. Info: 233-7764.

What: The film that introduced us to Jason. This film series is sponsored by Connect Savannah. When: July 13 at 7 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater. Cost: Adults $8 and $6 seniors and military, $4 with a SCAD ID. For the family films, children 12 and under are free, up to two per paid adult admission. Blue Star Family members free. Info: 525-5050 or www.scadboxoffice.com.

Cultural Arts Theatre’s Footloose begins

What: This high-energy musical is based the 1984 film about a dancing teen who moves from a big city to a conservative small town. When: July 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. and July 15 and 22 at 3 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre.

Cost: $17 general admission and $12 seniors and students.

Info: 525-5050 or www.scadboxoffice.com.

Saturday, July 14 InTrans Book Signing

What: InTrans is a new group that seeks public support for re-establishing passenger train service between Savannah and Atlanta. To raise awareness, the group will hold a book signing by railroad history author Jackson McQuigg, who will sign copies The Central of Georgia Railway. When: July 14 at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Where: Savannah History Museum, inside the Visitors Center at 303 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Cost: Free. Info: 678-332-5223.

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Summer Film Series: Caddyshack

What: Quite simply, one of the funniest movies ever made.

This film series is sponsored by Connect Savannah. When: July 14 at 7 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater. Cost: Adults $8, $6 for seniors and military, $4 with a SCAD ID. For family films, children 12 and under free, up to two per paid adult admission. Blue Star Family members are free. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice. com.

Savannah Sand Gnats games this week

Bonaventure Centennial Celebration

Summer Concerts in the Squares

Summer Film Series: Friday the 13th

What: The sun will come out... tomorrow! This film series is sponsored by Connect Savannah. When: July 14 at 3 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater. Cost: Adults $8 and $6 for seniors and military, $4 with a SCAD ID. For the family films, children 12 and under are free, up to two per paid adult admission. Blue Star Family members free for any SFS film. Info: 525-5050 or www.scadboxoffice.com.

Sunday, July 15

Friday, July 13

What: Pack a lunch and enjoy music provided by The Tony Clarke Project. When: July 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where: Johnson Square. Cost: Free. Info: 965-6417 or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts.

Summer Film Series: Annie

What: The Sand Gnats take on the Charleston RiverDogs for three games, then the Augusta Gree nJackets for four games. When: July 14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 at 7:05 p.m., July 15 at 2:05 p.m. and July 18 at 12:05 p.m.

Where: Grayson Stadium on East Victory Drive. Cost: Box seats $9.50, reserved $7.50 and general admission $6.

Info: 351-9150.

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

What: Workshops for all ages will be held in conjunction with two exhibitions -- Marcus Kenney: Topics in American History and New Directions in American Drawing. Materials will be provided. Artist Marcus Kenney will present a collage workshop that is open to teens and adults and artist Sandy Branam will lead a drawing workshop for adults and college students.

Advanced registration is suggested for these workshops. On Sunday, a variety of activities will be presented, and demonstrations will be presented by local artists. When: The collage workshop is Saturday, July 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the drawing workshop is from 2-4 p.m. Family events Sunday, July 15 from 2-5 p.m. Where: Jepson Center for the Arts on Barnard Square.

Cost: Free. Info: To register for the workshops, call Torrey Stifel at 790-8823 or stifelt@telfair.org.

Drum Conference and Dance Concert

What: Ayoluwa Dance Theatre presents this conference, which will culminate in a free performance. Participants include Irish dancers, stilt walkers from the Ivory Coast and dance troupes.

African marketplace, arts and crafts, food. When: July 14.

Free dance and drum workshops presented 10 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Concert begins at 6 p.m. Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University Fine Arts Auditorium. Cost: $25 to participate in the conference, but some dance and drum workshops and the International Dance Concert are free. Info: 356-9799, ayoluwa92@hotmail.com or www.ayoluwa.org.

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What: In 1907, the City of Savannah purchased Bonaventure Cemetery. A family event will be held to honor this anniversary, with displays, tours and activities.

When: July 15 noon to 4 p.m. with a program at 2 p.m.

Mayor Otis Johnson will address the group and historian Hugh Golson will be keynote speaker. Where: Section F of the Bonaventure Cemetery. Cost: Free. Info: 651-6843.

Reel Savannah Presents Black Book

What: A gripping thriller about the Dutch World War II underground. When: July 15 at 7 p.m. Where: Victory Square Theater. Cost: $7. Info: www.reelsavannah.org.

Tuesday, July 17

Playgrounds and Parks Field Day Festival

What: Races, relays and more for kids of all ages, presented by the City of Savannah’s Department of Recreation Services. When: July 17 from 9 a.m. to noon. Where: Daffin Park. Cost: Free. Info: 351-3837.

Screening of The Decalogue continues

What: 10 short films by Krzysztof Kieslowski address the Ten Commandments of the Old Testament. This is the fourth episode. When: July 17 at 8 p.m. Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Free. Info: 232-4447. w

Wednesday, July 18

Psychotronic Film Society: Last Year at Marienbad

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When: Daily at 10 a.m. and 2, and 4 p.m. through July 31.

Where: Old Fort Jackson, 3 miles east of downtown off President Street. Cost: $4.25 general admission, $3.75 students, seniors 55 and up, military and AAA and free for children 6 and under. Info: 232-3945 or oldfortjackson@aol.com.

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What: Buy fresh produce and other goods. When: July 14 and every Saturday through October from 9 a.m. to noon.

Where: Area of the old Starland Dairy at 40th an Bull streets. Cost: Free. Info: 443-5355.

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Sunday event celebrates 100 years of public ownership of Bonaventure Cemetery

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ot every city would dedicate an entire day to celebrate a cemetery. But then again, Savannah’s not every city.

This Sunday, a remarkable and unique event will take place in Bonaventure Cemetery, as the city, the Bonaventure Historical Society and other groups join forces to offer a Bonaventure Centennial Celebration marking the cemetery’s hundredth year of public ownership.

There will be refreshments, information booths, history lectures -- and of course the beautiful, poignant vistas of Bonaventure itself.

“There will be an incredible amount of activity,” says event organizer Beth Delnostro, who stresses the educational nature of the event.

“We’re not going to have a bunch of blowup things waving around,” she says.

“Nothing will be sold -- the refreshments are free. We’re making this about education. ” From noon until 4, historical elements of Bonaventure Cemetery will be showcased, as well as modern-day exhibits from over two dozen organizations involved with the

history and operation of the cemetery.

At 2 p.m. a more formal program takes place, with presentation of the colors by the American Legion, a short speech by Mayor Otis Johnson and a talk by local historican Hugh Golson.

Though burials took place there as far back as the 1700s, Bonaventure didn’t become a true community cemetery until 1907, when the city acquired the acreage from a private firm which had run the site for much of the previous century.

“It wasn’t until then that it became a public cemetery, but Bonaventure has always been a landmark site that has fascinated people,” says Jerry Flemming, the city of Savannah’s director of cemeteries.

“When it became a public cemetery that’s when it opened up to the Greek community, the Jewish community, and a number of other groups.”

Interestingly, Savannah’s Greek community is also celebrating a centennial this year, marking the establishment of St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox church here.

By the time of the city’s purchase of

Bonaventure in 1907 and the establishment that same year of St. Paul’s in its original site at Duffy and Barnard, over 100 Greek immigrants lived in the Savannah area. (The congregation purchased the Lawton Memorial Building at Bull and Anderson in 1941, where it’s based to this day.)

While most early burials were in Laurel Grove, in 1918 the community decided to buy eight lots in Section K of Bonaventure, and that section grew to be largely occupied

by Greek burials and a few others of Eastern Orthodox background.

“What’s unique about this Greek section K in Bonaventure is that many of the tombstones were carved with Greek lettering,” says Helen McCracken, a St. Paul’s parishioner who’ll be staffing an information booth this Sunday about the Greek presence in the city and in Bonaventure.

“The Greek lettering on the monuments indicates the name, place and date of birth of the deceased,” she says. “Sometimes they also include a short sentiment.”

McCracken explains that while the Greek presence in Savannah goes back to the mid-

1800s, the main wave of Greek immigration was from 1907-1920.

“Most of the early immigrants were single men, since it wasn’t acceptable for women to travel on long and difficult trips,” McCracken says. “Most of those early immigrants didn’t plan to stay away from their homeland forever.”

Instead, their hope was to make enough money to provide financial help for their families back in Greece, and especially to provide dowries for unmarried sisters.

“A Greek man couldn’t marry unless his sisters were first married,” says McCracken.

Indeed, while Bonaventure is known for its beauty, what keeps people coming back again and again are those individual names carved on those individual stones.

Some lived to very old ages after a lifetime of accomplishment. Some were buried as children in tiny plots, victims of disease, drowning or misfortune. But all had stories to tell.

When you stroll through that Greek Section K -- or the nearby Jewish cem-

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etery with its Holocaust survivors, or the humble Spanish-American veterans burial site, or the old tombs near the bluff of the Wilmington River hosting the remains of some of Georgia’s leading historical figures -- you realize that for those interred at Bonaventure, death ironically serves to highlight their life stories all the more.

Many names both obscure and notable have been inscribed on Bonaventure’s tombstones, including Johnny Mercer, Conrad Aiken, Georgia’s first governor Edward Telfair and his daughter Mary.

But as Flemming says, “From somebody’s point of view everybody is notable, so I try not to get into all that.”

Undated postcard of Bonaventure (courtesy Coastal Heritage Society)

out, “what ‘The Book’ did was prompt the Society to open the visitors center on Saturday and Sunday.”

Flemming says that city staff is sometimes so overwhelmed with tourists asking for information that it can be difficult to serve the cemetery customers.

“With the Society operating the visitor center, they can handle all the information requests, and that allows our limited weekend staff to deal with our customers,” Flemming says.

“In all honesty, I wouldn’t mind see-

ing the Society volunteers seven days a week. There’s really never a slow period in Bonaventure as far as tourism goes.”

Hill says the Society is cooperating in that goal. “We want to try to have that visitors center open every day, because it’s just amazing the number of people that come in that cemetery on a daily basis.”

Flemming says while both private and public cemeteries are important, a large and historic site like Bonaventure is best managed as a public asset.

“A 100-acre site like this couldn’t af-

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With the tourist boom in the ‘90s following the publication of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil -- which featured the late Jack Leigh’s iconic photograph of a Bonaventure gravesite on the cover -the cemetery became the hot property it is today.

And that’s where the Bonaventure Historical Society comes in.

“They’ve been in existence since 1994 and we’ve worked with them ever since,” Flemming says. “A great thing they do is operate the visitor center when we’re out of the office, especially on weekends.”

Currently chairperson of the organization, Mildred Hill says that while the Bonaventure Historical Society was already established before “The Book” came

ford to be run as a private site. In the public arena I guess we’d call it public open green space. It’s expensive to maintain. It’s a million-dollar view out here. We’ve got live oak trees that are 250 years old,” he says.

“If you have a public treasure like we do in Savannah with Bonaventure, you have an obligation to take care of it,” he says. “That applies to cemeteries as well. Fortunately the Savannah community, who pays taxes to support cemetery conservation, has that understanding.”

Mildred Hill of the Bonaventure Historical Society points out that “Not too many cities have a Department of Cemeteries. Some cities might maintain a historical cemetery, but they don’t really have a whole department. That’s one place I don’t mind seeing tax dollars go. And the city does real restoration work -- they’re not just interested in every square inch being a cemetery lot.”

While its municipal status is relatively young, Flemming says that theoretically “you could say the cemetery was first developed in 1794 when Governor Tattnall buried a relative here.”

Bonaventure’s abundant beauty and once-remote location made it a natural choice as a cemetery, and Flemming says talk of making it public goes back much further than the actual 1907 sale to the city.

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of Bonaventure as a ‘garden of the dead,’ and at Bonaventure. “Even though it’s a pubthere was talk about making it a public cemlic cemetery, stones on private lots are the etery,” he says. responsibility of the private lot owner,” Perhaps the first concrete mention comes Flemming says. in 1846, when a parcel of land, the northeast However, public monuments -- such as 78 acres of the current site, were deemed those built with funds raised by nonprofits “suitable for a public cemetery.” In 1847 the - are managed by city staff.

Evergreen firm was incorporated as owner “We also have abandoned lots we take of those acres, and they intended to eventucare of,” Flemming explains. “If there’s no ally sell the land to the city, Flemming says. family in existence or no burial on the lot in The mid-1800s marked a flurry of activover 70 years, we adopt it.” ity in local cemeteries. “In 1849, Colonial But Flemming says if a private owner Cemetery was in such bad condition that wants to better conserve their monument, the Board of Health was urged to develop a “we’ll give consulting and advice.” new cemetery,” Flemming explains.

Currently, three city employees primarSo in 1850, Laurel ily do cemetery conserDid you know?

Grove Cemetery opened, vation.

• Bonaventure Cemetery hosts with Catholic Cemetery “It’s highly technical about 500 burials a year. It’s open right behind it in 1853. work,” Flemming says. every day of the year from 8 a.m. to “So you had three “The state of the art in 5 p.m. cemeteries competing conservation these days is • Cemeteries are classified as “acagainst each other -- if doing things the way they tive” or “inactive.” Of Savannah’s you can call it competedid it 200 years ago. That’s historic cemeteries, only Colonial tion,” says Flemming. sort of how conservation Cemetery on Oglethorpe Avenue is “Because of that the city has evolved -- to do it in inactive. Both Laurel Grove North didn’t have an immedithe original way. and South are technically active, ate need for a public cem“If time stood still it though they host far fewer burials etery.” would still take us 100 than Bonaventure. years to do what needs to • Greenwich Cemetery, adjacent to At the time of its be done on just the pubBonaventure, is also owned by the city purchase by the city, lic and abandoned sites. and was developed in 1933. “They Bonaventure was in the In the course of nature, originally called it the ‘Greenwich boonies. things are always falling Addition to Bonaventure’ to sort of “Prior to the city purapart,” he says. play into the Bonaventure name, but chasing Bonaventure in Mildred Hill says dewe manage them as separate cemeter1907 the area was very spite being a resting place ies,” says City Cemetery Director Jerry rural, very forested,” for the dead, Bonaventure Flemming.

Flemming says. “Beyond has been and always will • Forest Lawn, tucked between the roadway was wilderbe a vital part of life in Bonaventure and Greenwich, is a priness.”

Savannah. vate cemetery, owned by the same Much of the present “I grew up in firm which runs Hillcrest Abbey. look of Bonaventure was Thunderbolt, and as a kid • Catholic Cemetery on Wheaton due to P.D. Daffin, head we used to ride our bikes Street is operated by the Catholic of the city’s Park and through Bonaventure Diocese of Savannah.

Tree Department from all the time,” Hill recalls.

1898-1929 and for whom “The family would take a Daffin Park is named. ride every Sunday afternoon, which always “While P.D. Daffin was in charge, that’s encompassed the cemetery. Bonaventure has when you find some of the clearing taking been a part of my life always.” place, the planting of the azaleas and caHill says many members of both sides mellias and the stabilization of the bluff,” of her family are buried at Bonaventure.

Flemming says. “All that was done primarily Thinking ahead, she’s made plans for future between 1907 and 1923.” residents, too.

A second phase of landscaping began in “I want it so that in the years to come, the ‘70s. our family members can visit four genera“Tree planting within the past 30 years tions of us all in one stop,” she laughs. w has opened up the space significantly,” Flemming says. “Before then our cemeterThe Bonaventure Centennial Celebration ies had somewhat of a jungle appearance to is Sunday July 15, from noon -4 at the them. And of course there was a lot of crimCemetery. A commemorative program begins inal activity there.” at 2 p.m. in Section F. Mayor Otis Johnson Flemming says in the ‘70s an effort to will address the group and historian Hugh “clean things up” at Bonaventure began.

Golson will be keynote speaker. Participating “The conservation movement here organizations include Fox and Weeks started in the 1950s, and ever since we Funeral Directors, St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox went to a city manager form of government Church, Oglethorpe Marble and Granite, some conservation effort has been in place,” Thunderbolt Museum, Coastal Heritage Flemming says. “Then the city adopted a Society, Congregation Mickve Israel, DePue cemetery conservation program in 1982 and Monument Co., Savannah Ogeechee Canal is now doing first-class conservation.”

Society, and local Boy Scout troops. There will Contrary to what you might think given be music, tours, and activities for children. the cemetery’s high profile, the city has To comment e-mail us at a hands-off policy on private burial sites letters@connectsavannah.com

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its disabled students had sub-par test scores.

When you think about that for a minute, you see a certain “Lord of the Flies” sentiment going on. By making disabled students responsible for a school’s “failure,” doesn’t that just marginalize them even more than they already are? And what message does that send to those students that did well?

Please note I’m not trying to minimize the deep and serious problems of attendance, discipline and academic malaise that currently infect Savannah schools. These problems definitely exist and they definitely need addressing, and soon.

What I’m saying is that NCLB, by penalizing the group for the actions of a few, sends the wrong message about education -and about success. In short, it blames teachers and students for the failures of society.

NCLB is a red herring that sends educators on a fruitless quest to hammer out all differences between wildly disparate groups while taking attention away from the real problems: Students growing up in homes where parents are disengaged, in a country where leaders aren’t held accountable, in an increasingly anti-intellectual culture that simply doesn’t value education.

It boggles my mind that a second grade teacher in Savannah, Ga., is held more accountable for their actions than any CEO or judge or elected official. Or any parent, for that matter.

Are we really to put the entire burden of raising the next generation on the backs of underpaid, overstressed schoolteachers? Are we really to tell all students, no matter how diligent, at a school that doesn’t meet AYP that their school is “failed,” to use NCLB’s weirdly nihilist lingo?

Seems like a pretty harsh sentence to hand down to teachers and their students, especially when most criminals in this country, both white-collar and otherwise, rarely seem to be punished for their actions.

History shows us that nations often display irrational, self-destructive tendencies.

The human sacrifice of the Aztecs comes to mind, as does the mania of the Nazis, and Nero fiddling while Rome burned.

Is NCLB and what it says about America’s attitude toward education our clinical 21st century version of the Aztecs’ ritual sacrifice of their own children?

When we judge schools not by the bestperforming segment but by the worst, it sends the message to students that it’s futile to try and better themselves. Even worse, it sends the message that the rest of us, Pontius Pilate-like, are washing our hands of any responsibility for raising future generations.

Instead of “All means all,” No Child Left Behind’s true mantra seems to be: “Don’t bother.”

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o one with or without children could argue against the obvious fact that schools across America need improvement.

And here in Chatham County, Ga. -- technically speaking, one of the lowestranked districts in one of the lowest-ranked states in the union, the bottom of the bottom of the barrel -- it’s clear that our schools need massive improvement.

But the way that public schools are held hostage to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is making an already bad situation worse. Contrary to its propaganda about raising every student to the same level, NCLB brings high performers down to the level of poor performers -- while making sure the poor performers are stigmatized for their lack of success.

In short, NCLB is a recipe for failure, therefore it’s no surprise that it sees nothing but failure all around.

Case in point: Last week the Savannah/ Chatham public schools released their annual progress report on how well local schools are reaching NCLB’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards. Needless to say, the press release was titled, “AYP results show steady progress.” (Hopefully this isn’t like the press releases from Iraq also claiming steady progress.)

While incremental improvement was indeed made this past academic year -- 41 out of 48 schools made AYP, an increase of one -- the sad truth is that the SavannahChatham school system as a whole has never made AYP since NCLB’s inception in 2002.

Superintendent Dr. Thomas Lockamy, not being one to sugar-coat things, said, “We still have far too many students who are not successfully graduating from high school.

We still have far too many children reading below grade level. We still have too many schools that are failing to meet academic expectations. Until those factors are resolved we will not be celebrating.”

I appreciate your pragmatism, Doc, but here’s the thing: You’ll never celebrate as long as you’re superintendent here, because those factors will never be resolved if NCLB has anything to do with it. NCLB is designed for you to fail, and fail miserably.

The superintendent is to be commended for his oft-repeated mantra, “All means all,” which of course echoes NCLB’s raison d’etre.

But the truth is that many schools not meeting AYP failed to do so not because of some systemic school-wide brain rot, as the propaganda is clearly intended to infer, but because a particular sub-group didn’t meet expectations, thereby bringing down everyone else with them.

The books, in other words, are cooked.

For example, the much-maligned Spencer Elementary missed AYP because

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| Feedback letters@connectsavannah.com side negative vibes of a few. Indeed, in a city with the rich musical/cultural history that Savannah has, anything less would be in my opinion a shame.

Irvin J. Green

Editor, In reading Jim Reed’s article “New Jazz City,” I’m wondering how is it that in the last couple of years what passes for the local music media has chosen to question A heart of art -- among other things itor: Editor, Ed e th to ss s ro - the line-up of the anm ac Letter ints letters fro pr ah t nn Thanks for your great no va Sa es Connect g a letter do nual Savannah Jazz of ideas. Printin the opin- column on the Arts and of t the spectrum en m rse Festival? ply our endo for necessarily im may be edited Economic Prosperity surtherein. Letters At last year’s ions expressed vey (“The state of the arts y. m .co space and clarit ah festival during nnectsavann is strong”). Speaking not ail: letters@co m Eintervals an ad32 Fax: 912.231.99 ., Suite 7, just as a musician but also Dr ry cto Vi E. 00 mittedly favorite 4 Snail mail: 18 as a member of the comnnah, GA 3140 va Sa topic of mine, the munity, I am thrilled that lack of at least somewhat you will be doing additional reportknowledgeable local music ing on this in future issues. writers, was briefly discussed. My take Thank you for pointing out the fanon that subject was/is that if one is a music tastic return on government arts spendwriter and doesn’t know anything about one ing. Compared to other countries, the of the true faces of the Mount Rushmore of U.S. has a poor record on government arts jazz -- legendary pianist/composer Randy spending, and this is an area that we should Weston (not to mention, Ernie Watts, promote. My experience has been that reKevin Mahogany, and the one & only David lying mostly if not completely on private Newman) then it’s about time for these writfunding can be a problem. ers to do some good ol’ fashioned homePeter Berquist work. To do less is in my view, a disservice to the readers who look to the local music writers for various live music info.

Frozen not-so-Paradise Last year marked the 25th Savannah Jazz Editor, Festival and as a supporter/listener of jazz As a downtown resident it’s exciting to music, it was for me the best of the 20 that see that the city’s finally taking a positive poI’ve had the pleasure of attending. Year after sition on approving alcohol licenses. I beyear, the line-up for the jazz festival -- which lieve before any approvals are given there has featured legends & the best young talshould be an investigation conducted. All ent has more than held its own with any jazz businesses and residents that would be affestival in the country. fected by the bar should have their voice I’ve wondered often about the writers heard. who attend every year the various jazz fesIf the owner of the bar is a previous tivals in Chicago, Detroit and Monterey owner of another bar, then the history of - how would they cover the artists that the that bar should be part of the investigation.

Coastal Jazz Association’s been bringing to If the owner has had problems in other esour fair city? Perhaps the way they do when tablishments then there’s a great possibilthose SAME great artists come and play ity that there will be similar problems at the their respective festivals. new establishment.

And while the festival hasn’t had big It’s amazing someone would apply for a sponsors coming out of the woodworks like license for liquor sales on a Sunday when other local festivals, the musicians who have they are not serving food and they know played here come because they can just play that’s against the law! their music. The Savannah Jazz Festival reQuality of Life issues should be the nummains the ONE event in this city that conber one concern. Quality of Life issues not tinues to bring together the whole city only affect residents, but also the thriving -- regardless of race, sex, economic backbusinesses and tourist of our great city. grounds, etc.

I would like to point out issues I have Since Mr. Reed was patting himself on with a couple of statements that were in the the back for a past article which he believes article in the daily newspaper. A statement led to what he terms “upgrades” to this years was made about a hearing being held confestival in the form of “smooth jazz” artists, cerning the problems with the Broughton he should know that innovative musicians street bar 10 years ago and there haven’t who pioneered the musical concept long bebeen any problems since. This statement is fore Madison Avenue put a marketing title far from the truth. on it -- like Herbie Mann & just two years As a resident of Broughton Street since ago the great Roy Ayers -- have played some 2002 I can say there have been many meet“rhythm & jazz” for the dancing crowd at ings with the police department, SDRA, previous jazz festivals.

DNA and City officials. The issues addressed Just as the fine saxophonist Vincent were noise, crime, traffic, litter and loitering.

Herring, who was mentioned in Mr.Reed’s A statement was made that neighboring article as closing out this year’s festival, this businesses haven’t mentioned any problems. will making his fourth appearance as a CJA Many of the businesses just gave up after festival performer. years of complaints that fell on deaf ears.

I hope the organization continues on JoAnn Benton doing the right thing -- without the out-

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Chris Mooney’s Last year, avid reader Genitha Singleton phone has been ringnoticed a lone shelf of African-American ing off the hook since books in a large bookstore chain.

June 29, the day he be“They had thousands of square feet of came the first person in space. I thought, ‘there has to be more than Savannah to buy an Apple iPhone. one shelf ’s worth of African-American “So far all I have done is show my phone books out there.’” to everybody,” he says.

In April, Genitha That’s not enand her husband Don tirely true. Mooney, a opened Sensational salesman for Backus Minds, an AfricanCadillac-Pontiac, has American bookalso been using his store, on Montgomery new iPhone to check Crossroad. The store the weather around the is “African-American world, listen to music owned, and 95 perdownloaded from his cent of our books are iPod, email clients, and

by African-American watch a goofy Justin authors, with AfricanTimberlake music video American characters,” on YouTube (something says Genitha. about a gift for his girlHundreds of books friend that we’d rather fill the pristine and not go into in print). airy storefront loAbove, Chris Mooney with his new cated next door to Star “This is the mack iPhone; below, Sensational Minds Bike Shop. The fiction daddy of telephones,” owners Don and Genitha Singleton wall features authors says Mooney. “It just does everything.

Patricia Jones, Bernice “I have a friend in L.McFadden, Baghdad that I text all the Tina McElroy time, so I hit my world Ansa, and Toni clock and it shows me Morrison, to Baghdad time,” he says, name a few. scrolling with his fingerAn expansive tip on the index-card-sized poetry selecscreen. tion includes “I love New York so I collections hit weather, and it’s got the

by Antwone five day forecast.”

Fisher Within minutes of and Nikki owning his iPhone, Giovanni.

Mooney had his new toy Memoirs range up and running. “I was alfrom Barack ready an AT&T customer so I went online, Obama to comedians Bernie Mac and went to iTunes and it came on, no problems.

Wanda Sykes to educator Marian Wright If it were a PC I’d still be learning it, but Edelman.

Apple is for dummies.”

Don has been pleasantly surprised by About the only tricky feature is the notethe popularity of the Ethnic Studies/Social pad, with a keyboard that “takes a day or Sciences section. “They’ll come in and see two to get used to.” this section and they will not move from Purchasing the iPhone was a more time here.” consuming process. On June 28, Mooney First time customer Dr. Lillian Williams was tipped off that another potential iPhone visited looking for a book of affirmations for customer was planning an overnight wait African-American preschoolers. Don found outside the AT&T store, the only local just the book she needed as a special order. iPhone outlet. Mooney threw a chair into Williams browsed the cookbook section the back of his convertible and at 2:30 p.m. and went home with Soul Food: Recipes and was the first in line, joined that evening by Reflections from African American Churches. new friends and fellow line-sitters Jonathan, She buys cookbooks based on “whether I Jennifer and Grayson. (Mooney has their can see myself preparing the recipes and eatphotos on his iPhone.) ing them. This one has peach cobbler so I “This is Bob, the AT&T southeast resaid, ‘Hey, this one is for me.’ ” w gional manager,” Mooney says, flashing another photo. “He would come out every Sensational Minds, at 129 East Montgomery thirty minutes to see if we needed anything.

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“That was an expensive day,” says Mooney. “I’d do it all over again because, Email Robin at rgunnsav@bellsouth.net. you know, I got the first one.”

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A house divided

A dispute over the custody of a child turned violent July 2. Officers arrested Michael Angelo Mitchell, 26, for shooting two brothers, Harry and Robert Morgan, who are his cousins. Police responded to a home in the 1600 block of Legrande Street shortly after 7 p.m. on a report of shots fired.

The suspect and the victims already had left the scene when officers arrived. Detectives arrived later and learned that Mitchell had intervened in a dispute over the custody of a 1-year-old child.

The dispute escalated when Robert Morgan, 22, returned the child to its home. He is the child’s godfather, and he and the child’s mother began fighting over him taking the child without her consent.

Harry Morgan, 26, was waiting for his brother in a car when he heard the shouting and went inside the house. Mitchell was already at the house and all three men began fighting.

During the fight, Mitchell shot and wounded the Morgans. Both were taken to Memorial Health University Medical Center, where they were treated and released Mitchell surrendered to detectives July 3 at Central Precinct following an overnight search. He was charged with two counts of aggravated assault.

• After a woman helped an employee who was down and out, he thanked her by stealing her furniture. The woman told police that she had employed the man at her restaurant a year ago for a couple of months. He then left to go to rehab for alcohol treatment.

When he returned from rehab, the man was rehired at the restaurant. The owner also co-signed on the lease for his Gordon Street apartment and bought about $700 worth of furniture for him to use until he became financially stable.

The woman told the man that when he was financially stable, she would reclaim the furniture. However, the man stopped showing up at work, so he was fired and told he had two weeks to move out of the apartment.

He was told to leave the furniture when he left. However, when the woman inspected the apartment, she found that all of her furniture had been taken and that the apartment was empty.

• A burglary occurred at a West River Street gift shop. An employee of the business arrived to open the store and found that the rear door was already unlocked, the alarm was turned off, and the money was missing from the cash register. She was positive the alarm was set and the door

locked the night before because she was the one who closed the business.

She said she couldn’t identify any items other than the money that were missing from the store. She said only three people had keys to the store and knowledge of the alarm code.

Shortly after a police officer arrived, the store’s manager came in. She also couldn’t identify any items other than the money that were missing and corroborated the employee’s account that only three people had access to the keys and alarm code.

The manager said there should have been at least $1,200 in the cash drawer,.

Forensics was requested, and a forensics officer was able to lift some fingerprints from the cash drawer and rear door.

• A woman was attacked by her son at their 61st Street home. When police arrived, the woman told them her son is schizophrenic. She said he woke up that morning and started accusing her of taking his house and car keys.

The man became even more upset and punched his mother in the back of the head and pushed her down on the floor.

She said that he also punched her in the back of her left arm and then grabbed her cell phone out of her hand.

He then began accusing his mother of trying to poison him and threw a bottle of plant food at her. She was able to leave the house and walk to a friend’s house, where she called police.

Even though the man has a prescription for his illness, his mother said he hasn’t taken the medicine since December. When an officer checked the residence, the man had left and couldn’t be located.

The officer saw evidence that a struggle had occurred in several rooms of the house. The telephone was knocked off the hook in the kitchen, several area rugs were strewn around in the living and dining areas, and there was a plastic bottle of plant food in the floor where the man had thrown it at his mother. w

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Latest Religious Messages

In May, “more than 300 people” in Augusta, Ga. (according to the Augusta Chronicle), assembled at the Municipal Building explicitly to pray for the city, following weeks-long controversies on the city commission. In June, “more than 300 people” in Destin, Fla. (according to the Northwest Florida Daily News), assembled at the Destin Worship Center and raised their hands in joyful prayer for a rebound in the real estate market in the coastal communities in the Florida panhandle.

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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network activists told reporters in June that at least 59 U.S.-trained Arabic speakers have been ejected from the military because they’re gay (and in each case despite being a native Englishspeaker who completed intense, expensive military language school). But a month before that, as symbolic of the government’s shortage of Arabic speakers, an official of the U.S.-funded Al Hurra Middle East television service admitted that it had recently, inadvertently, broadcast several pro-terrorist programs (including an hour-long tirade encouraging violence against Jews), attributing the error to the fact that no senior Al Hurra news manager speaks Arabic.

Britain’s Home Office said in April that the country’s 1,500 most “disruptive” families could soon be moved into special communities by themselves, with 24-hour supervision, if they didn’t stop causing trouble (trouble which the Home Office figured has cost taxpayers the equivalent of more than $1 billion to deal with).

(1) In May, a jury in Weld County, Colo., declined to hold Kathleen Ensz accountable for leaving a flier containing her dog’s droppings on the doorstep of U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, apparently agreeing with Ensz that she was merely exercising free speech. (2) Jenny Bailey was elected mayor in Cambridge, England, in May, and her companion-partner Jennifer Liddle (a former Cambridge city council member) became the equivalent of “first lady”; both Bailey and Liddle were born males and became women as young adults.

Fine Points of the Law

Thomas Wimberly, 74, was arrested in July 2006 for stealing two hot dogs (value: $2.11, including tax) from a Quik Trip convenience store in Wichita, Kan. (though he said he had merely forgotten to pay). Because it was Wimberly’s third misdemeanor theft charge, Kansas law required that the count be upgraded to a felony.

Wimberly could not immediately make bail, and in fact was incarcerated for 71 days before his trial (once being subject to a bond of $100,000), but prosecutors insisted on a trial. In April 2007, a jury of 12 people (reportedly angry at having been called to such an insignificant case) found Wimberly not guilty. (The penalty, according to state law, if he had been convicted, was 12 months’ probation.)

Crime Waves

(1) In May, a woman in Jacksonville, Ill., reported the theft of a bong from her house; she told police that she valued it because it belonged to her son, who is in prison, and it is all she had to remember him by. (2) The sheriff ’s office in Clyman, Wis., reported

that a man called 911 on April 21, alarmed that he had just paid $20 to a woman at a club after a lap dance and then realized that she was not the one who had danced for him.

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(1) Police in Guelph, Ontario, were on the lookout in May for the man they thought responsible for three incidents in which someone approached a woman and asked that she kick him in the groin. A police spokesman said no crime had been committed, but that they are “concerned.”

(2) In New York City in June, Frank Ranieri, 25, was arrested and charged with impersonating a police officer in order to persuade teenage girls, for money, to let him stab them in the buttocks with a ball-point pen (which is the not-well-known paraphilia called piquerism).

Least Competent Criminals

In May, the inept Christopher Emmorey, 23, was sentenced to two years in prison for robbing a Peterborough, Ontario, bank, from which he had intended to take $2,000.

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The escalating value of the late Italian artist Piero Manzoni’s canned feces was chronicled in News of the Weird in 1993, 1998, 2002 and 2004, but now in June 2007 his former colleague Agostino Bonalumi told a reporter that the project had been a hoax and that Manzoni had merely filled the cans with plaster. Manzoni created 90 small tins, and collectors had paid thousands of dollars each (making his feces worth more per ounce than gold, including once, in 1993, paying $75,000 for a tin). (A spokesman for Britain’s Tate gallery, which once paid the equivalent of about $35,000 for one, said that the actual content of the art is beside the point.)

Undignified Deaths

(1) A 54-year-old man was killed while running to catch his bus in Greater Manchester, England, in May; he accidentally ran smack into a lamppost and fell into the street, where the bus ran over him.

(2) Police in Los Angeles said in May that they believe a 21-year-old man deliberately parked his car on railroad tracks, with his girlfriend inside and a train approaching.

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University of Western Australia artists Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr blend art with science, extracting living cells from animals and growing them on top of biodegradable scaffolds so that when the scaffolds disappear, a living entity remains, in the shape of the scaffold. At the Israeli Center for Digital Art in Holon, Israel, in April, they unveiled “Victimless Leather,” or actual animal skin cells that grew into leather without harming an animal, but their previous work has included growing steak from lamb muscle cells and the preparation for growing wings on a pig (though, in the final stage of that project, they were turned down by the exhibitor, who was apparently grossed out).

Among the tax sweeteners offered by states to welcome relocating businesses is Texas’ easy-to-get farmland benefit. When the huge Fidelity Investments company bought a 300-acre plot near Dallas for a new office, it made sure to put 25 head of cattle on the land, which the Boston Herald found reduced its real-estate tax bill by about $360,000 a year under what it would pay without the cattle. Also, federal farm subsidies continue to be skewed, as well.

In May, a coalition of Washington groups unveiled a searchable computer database listing agriculture subsidies by recipient, which revealed that such “farmers” as David Letterman and basketball player Scottie Pippen receive federal funds for incidental farm uses of their land.

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Noise Starvation

The critically endangered western gray whale population has abandoned its only known o feeding area this summer, +120 4.3 and conservationists blame In Salah, noise pollution from a gas Algeria and oil project in the Russian Far East. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says that the construction of an offshore facility at Shell’s Sakhalin-2 project has resulted in a constant, high level of noise. Only about 100 western gray whales remain in the world, and they have historically fed around where the Sakhalin Energy facility is being built.

Week Ending July 6, 2007 “Shell has been warned by experts of the need to limit • Earth movements were also felt in central both the duration and level of noise, but the Iran, the northwest Philippines, northern company will not let protecting the whales Japan, the Kamchatka Peninsula and near interfere with its construction schedule,” the coast of central California. said James Leaton, WWF’s oil and gas policy adviser. Sightings of thin or emaciated Lake Mystery Solved whales have been made since construction Chilean scientists say they have began in the area, according to WWF. determined that climate change is the ultimate reason why a lake Tropical Cyclones mysteriously disappeared in the The second tropical cyclone to south of the country between strike India within two weeks March and May. Andres Rivera, a glaciolobrought additional flood fatalities gists with Chile’s Center of Scientific Studies, and misery to the disaster-weary surveyed the area around the former lake. country. Tropical Storm 04B He discovered that melting glaciers put prescaused nearly 100 flood-related deaths sure on an ice wall that acted as a dam to across the heart of India. create the lake, causing it to give way. He • Minimal Tropical Storm Toraji drenched believes that water in the lake flowed out of China’s island province of Hainan and areas the breach, into a nearby fjord and out to along the China-Vietnam border. sea. Rivera noted that the lake appears to be filling up again, partially due to the melting Earthquakes of chunks of ice that had been left on the Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley was gendried- up lake bed. The normal advances tly shaken by a 3.1 magnitude and retreats of glaciers in Chile are being tremor. disrupted by global warming, according to

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A previously unidentified virus, likely carried by bats, 4.4 infected a family in the Malaysian state of 5.6 5.1 Malacca, according to a Toraji 3.1 report in the New Straits 4.9 Times. A soldier, his wife and two children fell ill a 04B week after a bat flew into their house last year.

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Arctic Drying

Researchers say they have uncovered alarming evidence that high Arctic ponds, many of which have been permanent bodies of water for thousands of years, are entirely drying up during summer. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, two Canadian scientists say the ecological ramifications of these changes are likely to be severe and will be felt throughout the Arctic ecosystem. Marianne Douglas writes that the drying-up of the ancient Arctic ponds will affect waterfowl habitat and breeding grounds, the food source for creatures that feed on insects and the drinking water supply for animals. “These ponds are ... often hotspots of biodiversity and production for microorganisms, plants and animals in this otherwise extreme terrestrial environment," said Douglas.

Melted Shrine

A column of ice revered for centuries by the Hindu faithful in India’s Himalayan Kashmir mountains has melted before an annual pilgrimage to the frozen shrine began. The sacred ice formation, known as Shiva lingam, forms each year inside a cave at an elevation of 12,800 feet. It is one of Hinduism’s top religious sites.

Thousands of pilgrims who made the grueling climb up slippery trails to worship the symbol of Shiva, the god of destruction, found only a stump of ice instead of the usual towering column. The holy stalagmite forms from water dripping from the cave’s roof and normally rises up to 8 feet in height during July. It melts to about a foot in height

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American Gun

Righteous, old-school guitar-based roots-rock with a raw, punk-ish edge that should appeal to fans of The Placemats, Chuck Prophet or even Jason & The Scorchers. Opening for Lucero (see Music Interview). Sat., 11 pm, The Jinx.

Big Engine

Popular Jacksonville, Fla. Southern and classic rockers (covers and originals) featuring a founding Molly Hatchet member. Fri. - Sat., 9:30 pm, Scandals (Tybee).

Bluesonics

Long-running local electric blues/R&B party band, in what many feel is their best lineup ever. Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

Brittany Bosco

Local neo-soul vocalist, who’s part of a growing collective of hip-hop and funk artists centered around The Savannah Soul Project and The Dope Sandwich gang. Sat., 9:30 pm, Tantra Lounge.

The Tony Clarke Project

Modern jazz fusion group anchored by a talented touring drummer and percussionist who makes his home in Savannah.

Fri., 11:30 am, Johnson Square + Sat., 9 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Thomas Claxton

Intense, acoustic covers of modern and classic rock hits, plus original material from the frontman of The Long Awaited. Wed. & Sun., 7:30 pm, The Warehouse + Thurs., 7 pm, Augie’s Pub (Richmond Hill). * Pleasant, laid-back acoustic cover trio (soul, pop and shag hits). Thurs., 7 pm, Tubby’s Tankhouse (Thunderbolt).

Hazel Virtue

Reconstituted lineup of this popular regional alt.rock band based around singer/songwriter Eric Britt. Fri., 10:30 pm, Churchill’s British Pub.

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The Jonas Brothers

I realize at almost 38 I’m not the target demographic for this group of adolescent “rock stars,” but I know prefab crap when I hear it. This is a crass, corporate-driven illusion marketed to impressionable guys and girls in heat. Still, parents will doubtlessly be lining up for tickets so their children can see the next Bonaduces pretend to be The Strokes (by wearing vests and ties). Wed., 7 pm, Johnny Mercer Theater.

Lurid Miscreants

Tybee-based metal trio featuring “The Ragman” on guitar. Thurs., 9 pm, The Britannia (Wilmington Isl.).

Jude Michaels

Well-known covers (and originals) played on a variety of acoustic instruments with the aid of digital looping. Sat., 10 pm, Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub.

Mr. Wiley

Young, local psychedelic jam band. Fri., 10 pm, Loco’s (downtown).

G.E. Perry & Strange Brew

Hard-hitting blues-rock (covers and originals) led by a longtime area guitarist and singer. Fri., 10:30 pm, The Warehouse.

Diana Rogers

This veteran pianist spent decades entertaining folks in swanky NYC clubs and bars.

Now she’s made her home in Savannah and is doing the same. Fri. - Sat., 7 pm, Vic’s on The River.

Super Vinyl

The last area show till Fall from this local cover band specializing in rarely-played classic rock nuggets by the likes of Hendrix, STP, Neil Young and Cream. Fri., 9 pm, Jukebox Bar & Grill (Richmond Hill).

Voodoo Soup

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This cavernous, isolated venue about 45 minutes from town is the largest regional space (besides restaurants) where folks under 21 can see live music. This event includes the thrash of Dorian Gray, the guitar-pop of Enter The Collector, and Warped Tour act Thieves and Villains plus Memphis May Fire and Glennville locals Like The Phoenix. For directions, see www.myspace.com/studiobga. Wed., 7 pm, Studio B (Glennville).

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The Jeff Beasley Band

The greater Savannah area has no shortage of R & B-based party bands. Whether it’s the gutbucket Delta houserockin’ of Bottles & Cans, the fiery Chicago and Memphis city blues of guitarist Eric Culberson, the stylized, dance-oriented shuffles of the Bluesonics, Deep Blue 3 (see below), or one of the handful of other similar acts which call our region home — there’s a little something for everyone’s tastes in this broad genre.

Singer/songwriter Jeff Beasley writes and plays his own tunes both solo and with his band, but he’s wise enough to know that what most local audiences seem to appreciate most are songs they know and love. To that end, he’s spent the past few years working up a varied setlist that includes blues, boogie, country and rock standards drawn primarily from the ‘50s through the ‘70s.

Jeff ’s laid-back drawl and freewheeling approach to vocal melodies combine with James Moody’s sax work to cast a decidedly “Big Easy” vibe over the whole proceedings, and his other bandmates (including upright bassist Mike Perry and drummer Billy Hoffman) lend the appropriate swing to vintage material by the likes of Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Roy Orbison and Taj Mahal. Fri., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar + Sat., 9 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

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One of the finest straight-up electric blues combos for miles around, this versatile outfit serves up their own rock-solid takes on guitar-based ballads, rave-ups and weepers by the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan — as well as original material that holds up well alongside their selection of covers. Their lineup features a drummer who spent time on the road with a number of well-known C & W artists, and a former members of both the Bluesonics and The Flying Blues Biscuits. Despite the fact that they have not developed quite the name recognition as some other area blues groups, their sting-

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2004 (after graduating from the Savannah Arts Academy and studying under local jazz hero Teddy Adams). He went on to earn a degree from the respected Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a Graduate degree from Queens College.

Now in his mid-20s, he’s already recorded and played with everyone from jazz legends Roy Hargrove, Slide Hampton and Delfeayo Marsalis to hip-hop icon Common. He’s also gigged with The Ray Charles Orchestra, The Brooklyn Big Band, Gladys Knight and the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra.

Anyone interested in seeing the kind of impressive and quality jazz talent that has emerging with increasing regularity from the Arts Academy’s highly-praised Skyelite Jazz Band would do well to check out Murchison’s hotly anticipated homecoming stand at this wonderful new venue dedicated to presenting fine jazz in an intimate, showcase environment. Fri. - Sat., 8 pm, 9:15 pm, 10:30 pm, Kokopelli’s Jazz Club.

Fans may have wondered just what young, successful pop songstress Michelle Branch was thinking when she benched her own solo career for a country side project with her friend (and touring backup singer) Jessica Harp — but it’s proven to be a savvy career move. Since then, The Wreckers (as they’re known) debut CD hit #14 on the Country Album charts and brought Branch a new fanbase and several catchy hit singles that seamlessly blend modern acoustic folk-pop (think Sheryl Crow) with traditional C & W. Opening for The Wreckers at the 52nd Annual installment of this major outdoor event will be up-and-coming indie country crooner Brannan Logan (hyping his own DIY release) and The Chuck Courtenay Band — which has quickly become one of the most visible and well-liked honkytonk and Southern rock party bands in the area. Advance tickets are $18, and can be charged online at www.bftwaterfestival. com. Sat., 8 pm, Beaufort Waterfront Park w

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‘We could still be singing these songs when we’re sixty’

Alt.country sensations Lucero return to Savannah

n March 29th of this year, Memphis, Tn.’s Lucero kicked off a headlining tour in support of their fifth and latest album Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers.

Produced by Cracker frontman David Lowery, and featuring the soulful keyboard work of the infamous Memphis session man Rick Steff (who has occasionally been joining the band on the road when not backing up Cat Power), that record seemed to mark a turning point in this critically-acclaimed band’s career.

The rough-hewn Americana group has spent the better part of the past decade writing, recording, releasing and touring behind a steady stream of beguiling albums that fit somewhere between Bruce Springsteen’s middle-period everyman rock, Steve Earle’s bleary-eyed internal journalism and the liquor-soaked laments of The Replacements (which makes sense, as producer Jim Dickinson —who helped craft some of that band’s finest work— was behind the boards for Lucero’s last album, 2005’s Nobody’s Darlings).

As their profile increases, and they now regularly sell out dates at such prestigious venues as The Troubadour in L.A. and The Bowery Ballroom in NYC, the group continues to hit smaller rooms in secondary markets such as ours, and this will be their third visit to The Jinx. That’s fueled in part by the fact that Susanne Guest, who owns that club, is apt to describe the group as her favorite band. In fact, the night before this public gig, they’ll perform a rare private show for her own wedding reception.

I caught up with guitarist Brian Venable by phone the morning after a two-night stand at The North Star Bar in Philly.

The first time I saw you at The Jinx, the last song of the night literally went on for something like twenty-five minutes because your singer Ben was so drunk he couldn’t make it through the first verse without screwing up. It went from sad to boring to hilarious and then back to sad again. Then boring and hilarious.

You guys actually came back out at one point and tried to get him to stop.

Brian Venable: Oh yeah, that happens. Not all the time, but it happens. That song “The War” is about Ben’s grandfather, and it has a tendency to get emotional. Savannah’s turning into a drinking town for us.

What does that mean exactly?

Brian Venable: It’s hard to explain. There’s some towns where you go and people want to welcome you with rounds of drinks. The Denvers, the Louisvilles, the Orlandos. Now add Savannah to that list. You just feel like, ‘Man, I’m gonna be drunk before I even step onstage!’ And sure enough, that’s what happens. It happened to me the first night we played England. You can tell that you’re drunk enough to watch a show but too drunk to play one. (Laughs) We play more if we get drunk. Our shows in those circumstances might not be better, but they are definitely longer! (Laughs) You just don’t want to quit playing, even though you probably should. Ben is especially bad about that.

He’s like, “I’m gonna finish this song, and I don’t care if it takes all night.” In Boston on the last night of the last tour, without realizing it, everybody bought each other bottles of whiskey, and we all got so drunk. Ben actually threw up onstage and then he tried continued on page 18

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to play “The War,” and he was about fifteen minutes’ into it when the soundman pulled the plug on the PA. Ben got pissed, smashed his guitar and ran off the stage.

Do you worry at all about the band’s rep?

Brian Venable: Sometimes we’re staring at each other playing the wrong thing. The problem is you’re still sorta sober and you think, “Hey, this is a spectacle.” But ninety percent of the crowd is as drunk as we are!

I figure most people who don’t drink as much as us see eighty minutes of the gig and go home thinking, “I wonder how long they played after I left.” They see us at our best, playing a great show, and miss the part where the alcohol kicks in. There’s a moment when things start to come apart, but generally the audience is hammered too and they say it’s the best show they’ve ever seen. I guess that’s a long way of saying we do have a rep as a drinking band.

You just completed a two-week tour of Spain.

What about Americana appeals so much to Europeans?

Brian Venable: I don’t really know. It’s weird. We were pulling in between a hundred and two hundred people each night in Spain, and it would just be folks who’d heard of us through Cracker or Jim Dickinson.

Then we did four days in London, and it was almost exclusively young BMX-riding punk rock kids. Then we went to Italy, and it was almost exclusively twenty-eight to fortyeight-year-old men wearing boot cut jeans and checkered shirts who dig Springsteen.

They loved us every bit as much as the kids, but they didn’t try to burn the place down!

We’re going back to do a tour of the whole U.K. in November.

Cracker’s playing here this Wednesday, and your last album was produced by their singer David Lowery. When you listen back to that record, what stands out to you as something he brought to the table artistically that wouldn’t be there otherwise?

Brian Venable: I think we don’t need a producer as much as a mediator. Even with Jim Dickinson, we go in there pretty much knowing what we want to do. We don’t work with the kind of producers who tell us how to completely rewrite our songs, or act like they’re in charge of the band. We wanted to go away from Memphis for a few weeks and concentrate. David had this amazing threestory studio complex with everything you’d need to live there. You basically didn’t have to leave the building if you didn’t want to. As far as his production style goes, he’d just sit there playing with the internet while we’re recording and it looks like he’s not paying attention. You start thinking, man, I gotta be a producer. That’s good money for nothing!

Then the song would end and he’d hum the whole thing back to us and offer all kinds of solid suggestions to make it better. Turns out he was paying a whole lot of attention.

When everyone is arguing about their parts,

you need that fifth voice of someone not in the band that everyone can listen to and do what they say. Alan the engineer was as much a part of producing the record as David. They were both bouncing ideas off one another, helping the creative process.

Lowery’s a hero to many because he’s been around for decades and stayed fairly true to his indie roots. Does Lucero have the potential to craft that sort of a career for itself?

Brian Venable: We’re lucky in a way, because we were a bit older than most when we started the band. Our songs aren’t based around some rash, bold statement we made in our youth that we’ll regret later. We could still be singing these songs when we’re sixty.

It’s like Crosby Stills Nash & Young or any of those old guys playing hippie rock. We might play a lot slower when we get older, but it’ll still translate well. We don’t have to be a balls-out hard rock band getting beer thrown on us! We can just play the songs in an “age appropriate” fashion. You see these metal or hardcore bands trying to change their style late in their careers, but it’s really hard to write something when you’re seventeen that you can sing with a straight face forever. It’s like The Who: “I hope I die before I get old.” Well, you are old, you know?

So, do you guys play many weddings?

Brian Venable: I’m pretty sure we’ve played a total of four. We’re not what I’d call the best choice for a wedding band, in that we’ve got a lot of songs about cheating and leaving!

However, someone told me that Susanne was having a Star Wars themed wedding, and I hope that’s true. That’ll make it all worth it! The last three weeks of this tour have been so crazy. I got a tattoo from Mat Hoffman, who’s a BMX racing legend. He’s like the Tony Hawk of that sport. He’s broken every bone in his body twice and is just a ridiculously gnarly dude. Getting to meet him was just as exciting as getting to meet Dinosaur Jr when we co-headlined a bill with them in Denver, or seeing the Bad Brains when they closed out a festival we just played. I’m hanging with Mat and he’s dancing at our show. Then I’m in a hotel room and he’s giving me a tattoo! Then, I’m right next to a 2,000-person mosh circle in front of (Bad Brains frontman) H.R. To be able to wrap that up with a Star Wars wedding might go down as the most amazing series of life experiences I’ve had in the past several years. Those will be the four stories I’ll tell for the next decade, and they will have all happened in the past three weeks. w Lucero play The Jinx Saturday night with openers American Gun. The 21+ show starts at 11 pm. $12 advance tickets are on sale now at the club. For more info on Lucero, see: www.luceromusic.com

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In 1991, HBO caught up with the two in San Francisco and filmed the show as an HBO Comedy Special, The Kathy and Mo Show: Parallel Lives. The two were awarded CableACE Rachel Caldas and Emily Sheffield rehearse for awards for their performances.

Parallel Lives Parallel Lives the stage play presents the same kind of humor as the stage shows and sure each character is clear and distinct,” HBO special. It takes a fond, humorous look Mellon says. at women, particularly their relationships.

“It’s a fun, interesting, look at the uniArmstrong Atlantic State University verse from a woman’s point of view,” he says. is presenting Parallel Lives as part of its “Most popular culture comes from a male ENCORE Surprise Summer Season. It is dipoint of view, yet 50 percent of the popularected by Dr. Peter Mellon, head of AASU’s tion is women.” theater department.

Sheffield says being in the production “I thought it would work well in our has been quite an experience. “It’s like nothBlack Box Theater,” Mellon says. “We needed ing I’ve ever done before,” she says. “This a black box show in between the mainshow is crazy. Sometimes it’s hard to get stage productions, and I wanted something through rehearsal because we’re both laughfunny.” ing so hard.”

Emily Sheffield and Rachel Caldas are The show is going to be a lot of fun for the only two characters in the show.” There audiences, Sheffield says. “It’s a chance for are a series of scenes and in each one, they people to step back and watch situations we play various parts,” Mellon says. are living daily,” she says.

In one scene, they portray members of Caldas auditioned for Parallel Lives bethe Disney Mother’s group therapy session. cause it was a comedy. “I liked what I read “It’s a self-help meeting for the mothers of when I went to audition,” she says. “And I Disney characters,” Mellon says. “They deal knew that the director was really good. If with issues that those women would face you are looking for a really good laugh and a - such as the fact that Disney movies tend to good time, come to the show. If I was watchkill them off.” ing, I would be laughing all the time. It’s Nothing is off limits, including playing great dialogue.” w men in some scenes. “One thing that’s been challenge is me trying to figure what the Parallel Lives will be presented July 12, 13, heck the script is about,” Mellon says. “There 14, 18, 19, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the are quite a few things that I don’t know what Armstrong Atlantic State University Jenkins they’re talking about.”

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t’s impossible to get through Footloose without wanting to jump out of your seat and just get up and dance. The high energy music and dance numbers are irresistable.

Footloose started out as a wildly popular 1984 movie that starred Kevin Bacon. In 1998, Footloose was adapted for the stage.

The score by Tom Snow was nominated for both an Oscar and a Tony, and there is additional music by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman.

The City of Savannah’s Cultural Arts Theatre will present Footloose, the Musical beginning July 13 at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts. Directed by D.J. Queenan, it features Ryan Brown in the lead role.

The story line concerns Ren, a big-city boy from Chicago who frequents nightclubs so he can dance. When his mother informs him they are moving to a small town named Beaumont, Ren is understandably upset.

He must adjust to a new high school and make new friends. Even worse, Beaumont is an extremely conservative town that has banned - gasp! - dancing.

Ren and his mother begin their stay in Beaumont by attending church, which brings them into contact with the Rev. Shaw Moore, who led the move to ban dancing out of anger at his own son’s death in a car crash. But it’s the good reverend’s rebellious daughter, Ariel, who catches Ren’s eye.

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Willard’s girlfriend, Rusty, Ren decides to organize a big school dance to introduce the teens of Beaumont to the joys of dancing. Of course, there are many obstacles to overcome before this actually happens, but it’s not exactly giving the plot away to say that the musical ends with a huge dance party number.

Brown has been involved in theater since the third grade. He auditioned for Footloose because he thought it would be a good experience.

“I wasn’t able to go to the first audition, so I went to a callback,” Brown says. “I auditioned just to see what I could get. A few days later, D.J. called and told me I was Ren.” A senior at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Brown has a double major in performing arts and sound design. “It’s something I’ve always done since I was young,” he says. “I’ve always worked in sound design on some level.”

Playing Ren is quite an experience, Brown says. “It’s very fun, but it’s also very demanding,” he says. “It seemed like a lot of work going into it, but after rehearsing, I feel I’m ready.”

The show will be a treat for audiences, Brown says. “It’s going to be a very good show,” he says.

“A lot of time and effort have gone into it.

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Is the musical version of Footloose exactly the same as the film it’s based on? If there are differences, what are they?

D.J. Queenan: Even though Footloose, the Musical is based on the original film, there are many differences. The most outstanding being that the film was not a story told in song the way a typical piece of musical theatre is. What the composers chose to do was arrange the story so the main characters could sing the music that was used as the movie’s back-up score.

How many are in the cast?

D.J. Queenan: There are 43 actors, singers and dancers in this production of Footloose.

The large cast helps tell the story of the town of Beaumont, its people (young and old) and the conflict that confronts them all.

How old are the cast members?

D.J. Queenan: This cast contains actors who range in age from 14 to 58! The great joy of such diversity in age is that adults get to play adults and the young people get to play themselves!

Are there other challenges in staging this musical?

D.J. Queenan: Often when a film is made of a play, the film makers take the opportunity to expand the locations in which the action takes place. Plays often use less locations to make the staging clean. In the case, the film had already established the great variety of

locations so the play had to follow suit. It wasn’t easy!

Why was Footloose chosen?

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tion of recent drawings and and other adventures in art by local artist Matt Hebermehl, at B. Matthew’s Eatery, 325 E. Bay St., through July 31.

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Ken Meyer -- Union Mission host the

Work by Karen Abato is at Sentient Bean

Design District at 2427 DeSoto Ave off 41st between Bull and Whitaker.

‘Vanishings: Pictorial Narratives of an Endangered Earth’ -- New collages by

Laura W. Adams during July and August at The Hospice Savannah Art Gallery at Hospice House, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. Reception:Thursday, July 12 5:30-7:30 p.m.

artwork of Ken Meyer, Jr. for the month of July at the Starfish Cafe at Gwinnett and East Broad Streets.

‘Cross-Section: Photography of Daniel Quinn’ -- On display at Dimensions

Gallery, 412 MLK Jr. Blvd.

‘Life and Death’ -- New work by Kazaan

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

‘Trees and Marshes’ -- Environmentally

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

‘Desired’ -- SCAD presents work by Julia

Jacquette through Aug. 10 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St.

Alaine Daniel & Angela Erdy — The

artists of the month at Gallery 209 are painter Alaine Daniel and jeweler Angela Erdy. 209 E. River Street.

Gallery 440 — Fran Thomas is currently

showing her latest abstract work in mixed media. Other artists include Barbara Duch, Olivia McKinley, Morgan Kuhn, Charlotte Dunlap, Frances Walter and Tim Coy. 440 Bull St. Jepson Center for the Arts – 207 W. York St. Call 790-8800.

Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences — “Beyond Whistler: Modern and Contemporary Prints from the Telfair’s Collection,” through Aug. 5; 121 Barnard St. Call 790-8800. w

Art Patrol is for rotating exhibits and receptions. E-mail info to artpatrol@connectsavannah.com

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ONE HOT MAMA’S BBQ (Bluffton)

Live Music TBA (8:30 pm)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

Live Music TBA

THE QUARTER SPORTS BAR (Tybee)

“Georgia Kyle” Shiver (10 pm)

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Matthew St. John & Tim (8 pm)

SAVANNAH BLUES Live Music TBA (10 pm) SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER

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

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Tiny Team presents: An Evening with Cracker (8 pm) SAVANNAH THEATRE

Jukebox Journey (8 pm) SLUGGERS

5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (10 pm) STUDIO B (Glennville)

Memphis May Fire, Dorian Gray, Enter The Collector, Theives and Villains, Like The Phoenix (7 pm) TAVERN ON THE PARK (Hilton Heaad)

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)

Live Music TBA

B & D BURGERS (Southside)

The Earl Williams Quartet (8 pm)

BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler)

Jeff Beasley (7 pm)

BAY STREET BLUES

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

BAYOU CAFÉ

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

BERNIE’S ON RIVER ST.

The Jonas Brothers (7 pm)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

The Sandra Embley Quartet (11:30 am)

CHEERS TO YOU (135 Johnny Mercer Blvd.)

Harry O’Donoghue

THURSDAY

CLUB ONE

Karaoke (9 pm)

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

TOMMY’S (Pooler)

IGUANA’S (St. Simons Isl.)

Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca

Joey Manning (7 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Karaoke

JEN’S & FRIENDS

Bottles & Cans (9 pm)

THE JINX

Chief (9 pm)

JOHNNY MERCER THEATER

The Blend (9 pm)

JOHNSON SQUARE

Lafeyette

KEVIN BARRY’S

Karaoke (8 pm)

KING’S INN

#@*! Karaoke

THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

LOCOS DELI & PUB (Downtown)

Live Music TBA (7:30 pm)

LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE (Beaufort)

Bottles & Cans (6 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Live Music TBA

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE

DJ Sam Diamond (Savannah Shag Club)

MCDONOUGH’S

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

MERCURY LOUNGE

Voodoo Soup (9 pm)

MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee)

CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Open Mic Night (9:30 pm)

DAWG HOUSE GRILL

Team Trivia

DEWEY’S DOCKSIDE (Tybee)

Brannan Logan (6:30 pm)

DOLPHIN REEF LOUNGE (Tybee)

Pianist David Duckworth (5 pm)

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

Barry Johnson

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

Karaoke

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

Live Music TBA (6 pm) VENUS DE MILO

Industry Night w/George Thomas Claxton (7:30 pm)

Karen Abato Opening Reception.

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Karaoke (8:30 pm)

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Thomas Claxton (7 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

Old Time Jam Session

Karaoke (9 pm)

BENNIE’S (Tybee)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside)

Open Mic Night (10 pm)

GILLEY’S (Hinesville)

Celtic Karaoke (9 pm)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9:30 pm)

BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET

Karaoke (9 pm)

BLAINE’S BACK DOOR BAR

#@*! Karaoke

THE BREW PUB (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

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THE BRITANNIA (Wilmington Isl.)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE

THE WAREHOUSE

DINGUS MAGEE’S (Statesboro)

BUFFALO’S CAFÉ (Hinesville)

MCDONOUGH’S

WASABI’S

DOC’S BAR (Tybee)

Lurid Miscreants (9 pm) Karaoke (7 pm)

CHUCK’S BAR

#@*! Karaoke (10 pm) CLUB ONE

Insutrial Resurrection w/DJ Shrapnel (10 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

Gail Thurmond (7 pm)

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

Chuck Courtenay (8 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

The Lavon Stevens Project (8 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Trae Gurley (7 pm) THE JINX

Dance Party w/DJ D-Frost & Friends (10 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S

Harry O’Donoghue

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

Jazz Jam Session w/The Alex Nguyen Group (7 pm) LOCOS DELI & GRILL (downtown)

Open Mic Night (9 pm)

LOCOS DELI & GRILL (Southside)

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

LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE (Beaufort)

Brannan Logan (6:30 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

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

Nancy Witt

Jeff Beasley (8 pm)

Karaoke

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

MERCURY LOUNGE

Roy & The Circuit Breakers

WILD WING CAFÉ

The Hitmen (10 pm)

MOON RIVER BREWING CO. MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

DOLPHIN REEF LOUNGE @ OCEAN PLAZA (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (10:30 pm)

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

Eric Britt (3 pm), Live Music TBA (8 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ (Hilton Head)

The Train Wrecks (10 pm)

“World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

MYRTLE’S BAR & GRILL (Bluffton)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

FRIDAY

J. Howard Duff (7:30 pm)

ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton)

Live Music TBA (5 pm)

EL PICASSO (319 Main St., Garden City)

Karaoke (8 pm)

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

JULY 13TH

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

Live Music TBA

POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

Live Music TBA

THE RAIL PUB

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)

The Christy Alan Band (9 pm)

AMERICAN LEGION POST #36 (Thunderbolt)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

“Georgia Kyle” Shiver (7 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Karaoke

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside) Live Music TBA (8 pm) FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro)

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

“Helium Karaoke” w/Wrath Nasty

The Courtenay Brothers (9 pm)

SAVANNAH BLUES

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

B & B ALE HOUSE

Scott & Bill of Moonshine Still (9 pm)

B & D BURGERS (Southside)

#@*! Karaoke

BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)

Kiterunner, Coquette, Pink Kodiak (10 pm)

BAY STREET BLUES

Chief (8 pm)

BAYOU CAFÉ

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

FRIENDLY’S TAVERN 2

Live Music TBA

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER

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

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3

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

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Dueling Pianos (9 pm)

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

The Frantic Rabbit Poetry Showcase (8 pm) SLUGGER’S

Trivia w/Charles & Mikey (10 pm)

GILLEY’S (Hinesville)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

GUITAR BAR

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

HERCULES (Pt. Wentworth)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

HUC-A-POOS (Tybee)

Karaoke (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm), G.E. Perry & Strange Brew (10:30 pm)

SORRY CHARLIE’S

Live Music TBA (10 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

STEAMER’S (Georgetown)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

STINGRAYS (Tybee)

Chuck Courtenay (7 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE

DJ In A Coma (11 pm)

TIKI HUT (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA (6 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler)

Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca

TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB

DJ Southstar spins Top 40 (10 pm) TUBBY’S (River St.)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

Mary Davis & Co. (7 pm)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE

Live Music TBA (7 pm) VENUS DE MILO

Hip-Hop Night w/DJ Maytag (10 pm)

IN

The Courtenay Brothers (10 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ (Bluffton)

Live Music TBA (8:30 pm)

A RT

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

THE HYATT

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

BENNIE’S (Tybee)

IGUANAS (St. Simons Island)

BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

BOGEY’S

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE

JEN’S & FRIENDS

CHURCHILL’S BRITISH PUB

JOHNSON SQUARE

CLUB ICE

JUKEBOX BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

CLUB ONE

KATHLEEN’S (Beaufort)

CRYSTAL BEER PARLOR

KEVIN BARRY’S

DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)

KING’S INN

DEWEY’S DOCKSIDE (Tybee)

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

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9:30 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Karaoke (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Nancy Witt

The Lisa Roti Quartet (8 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

The Jeff Beasley Band (9 pm)

#@*! Karaoke

Greg Williams (10 pm)

Hazel Virtue (10:30 pm)

The Tony Clarke Project (11:30 am)

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

Super Vinyl (9 pm)

Local Cast, DJ Jason Hancock (Main Floor)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

The Beer Parlor Ramblers (7:30 pm)

Harry O’Donoghue

Karaoke

Karaoke (9 pm)

Robert Willis (6 pm)

The Andrae Murchison Quartet (8 pm, 9:15 pm, 10:30 pm)

F OCUS : D RAW , S KETCH , C OLLAGE !

Drawing for Fun Family Weekend

July 14-15, 2007

The Telfair Museum of Art presents Drawing for Fun Family Weekend in conjunction with two major exhibitions: New Directions in American Drawing and Marcus Kenney: Topics in American History.

Workshop with Artist Marcus Kenney

Sketching with Artist Sandy Branam

July 14, 10 am-12 pm Jepson Center Studios

July 14, 2-4 pm Jepson Center Eckburg Atrium

Marcus Kenney will introduce his signature collage method in a workshop for teens and adults. Limited space; reservations required, call 790-8823.

Sandy Branam will lead a workshop (college to adults) on sketching art, architecture, and people in the Jepson Center atrium. Reservations required, call 790-8823.

Drawing for Fun Family Sunday July 15, 2-5 pm Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts 2 pm

Curator’s Talk: New Directions in American Drawing by Stephen Wicks

2-5 pm Artist Demonstrations 2-5 pm Hands-on art-making for children 3 pm

Savannah Sinfonietta Chamber Players

All programs are FREE; project funding provided by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs.

Left: Anthony Goicolea (American, b. 1971) Disassembly, 2006, mixed media on Mylar, 69 3/4 x 42 in.

Courtesy of the artist and Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles From New Directions in American Drawing

www.telfair.org 912.790.8800

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LOCO’S (downtown)

Mr. Wiley (10 pm)

LUCAS THEATRE

Footloose - The Broadway Musical (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

Michael “B-Flat” Sears & Tony Royster, Sr. (7 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS

Live Music TBA (8 pm) MCDONOUGH’S

Karaoke

MERCURY LOUNGE

Deep Blue 3 (10 pm)

MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB

Pocket Change (10 pm) MULBERRY INN

The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton)

Live Music TBA (10:30 pm)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

Live Music TBA

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

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

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

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

RETRIEVER’S (Statesboro)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

ROBIN’S NEST (Pooler)

Live Music TBA (8 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3

DJ Analog Kid (10 pm)

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Dueling Pianos (8:30 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee)

Big Engine (9:30 pm)

SILVER CREEK SALOON (Statesboro)

Live Music TBA (8 pm) SORRY CHARLIE’S

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

SPANKY’S (River St.)

Karaoke (9 pm)

STEAMERS (Georgetown)

A Sound Escape (9:30 pm) STINGRAY’S (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (7 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE

Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

TRUSTEES THEATER

Summer Film Series: FRIDAY THE 13TH (7 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)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Wilmington Island)

Live Music TBA (7 pm) VENUS DI MILO

Live DJ

VFW CLUB (Hinesville)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

VIC’S ON THE RIVER

Diana Rogers (7 pm)

THE WAREHOUSE

Bottles & Cans (8 pm)

WAYS STATION TAVERN (Richmond Hill) Karaoke (9 pm) WET WILLIE’S

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Live DJ (8 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ

The Dock Martins (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)

YONG’S COUNTRY CLUB (formerly The Music Box)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

SATURDAY JULY 14TH

Now Open!!

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)

Joey Manning (7 pm)

THE ALE HOUSE (Bluffton)

Mon-Sat 12-7

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

Live Music TBA (8 pm) B & B ALE HOUSE

Live Music TBA

BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)

Live Music TBA (7 pm) BAY STREET BLUES

Karaoke (9 pm)

BAYOU CAFÉ Live Music TBA (9 pm), Live Music TBA (10:30 pm) 52ND ANNUAL BEAUFORT WATER FESTIVAL (Beaufort) The Wreckers, Branan Logan, The Chuck Courtenay Band (8 pm) BENNY’S (Tybee)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis

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Karaoke (9 pm)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

The Joseph Michael Duo (6 pm) BOGEY’S

8FFLEBZ

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

THE BRITANNIA (Wilmington Isl.)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE

#@*! Karaoke

CHUCK’S BAR

#@*! Karaoke

CITY MARKET COURTYARD

Live Music TBA (2 pm) CLUB ONE

DJ Jason Hancock spins Progressive House (10 pm)

-VODI 4QFDJBM

THE CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)

Karaoke

DC2 DESIGN (104 W. Broughton St.)

DJ Kiah (10 pm)

DEB’S PUB & GRUB

#@*! Karaoke (9 pm)

DEWEY’S DOCKSIDE (Tybee)

Roy & the Circuit Breakers (1 pm), Robert Willis (6 pm) DOC’S BAR (Tybee)

Roy & The Circuit Breakers

4BOEXJDI PS 4BMBE

DOLPHIN REEF LOUNGE @ OCEAN PLAZA (Tybee)

Eric Britt (3 pm), Live Music TBA (8 pm) DOS PRIMOS (Statesboro)

The Jason “Lefty” Williams Band (8 pm) DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

“World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

Lauren Lapointe (7 pm)

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

The Christy Alan Band (9 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Pocket Change (9 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

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FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro)

Uncle Dank (9 pm)

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

GILLEY’S (Hinesville)

The Andrae Murchison Quartet (8 pm, 9:15 pm, 10:30 pm)

GUITAR BAR

Dynamo Humm w/Zach Towns & Friends (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

No Implosion, Apathetic Discharge, Prometheans (10 pm) THE HYATT

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

ISAAC’S ON DRAYTON

Gail Thurmond (7 pm)

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

LOCO’S (downtown) LUCAS THEATRE

Footloose - The Broadway Musical (8 pm)

LUTHER’S RARE AND WELL DONE (Beaufort)

DaddyGrace (10 pm) MALONE’S

Live Music TBA (4 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.)

Pianist Abebi Stafford (5 pm), The Jeff Beasley Band (9 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

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

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

The Lis Roti Quartet (8 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Bluesonics (9 pm)

JEN’S & FRIENDS

Live Music TBA (10 pm) THE JINX

Lucero, American Gun (11 pm)

JUAREZ MEXICAN RESTAURANT (Waters Ave.)

Karaoke

KEVIN BARRY’S

Harry O’Donoghue

MARDIS GRAS ON BAY

MARLIN MONROE’S (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

MULBERRY INN

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

B & B ALE HOUSE

The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) Live Music TBA (10 pm)

NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee)

Live Music TBA

PANINI’S (Beaufort)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

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Uneven but fun, the locally-shot indie slasher flick Side Sho premieres

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cynic might say that if a low-budget, straight-to-DVD slasher flick is the best Savannah could do over the past few years to attract the film industry, we’re in pretty sad shape.

And Side Sho -- filmed mostly in Walthourville but relying on a Savannah-centric cast and crew -- is indeed that: a low-budget ($500,000), straight-to-DVD (by plan) slasher flick (lots of slashing going on).

But in this sterile era of all-CGI all-the-time, I have to say it’s refreshing -- if anything this gore-splattered could be called refreshing -- to see a film that’s A) not a sequel, B) not outsourced to an effects lab, and C) not about frickin’ penguins.

Make no mistake, despite its frequent forays into camp, Side Sho is first and foremost a good old-fashioned genre film: Minivan full of travelers finds itself in the rural South, minivan breaks down, travelers find themselves in deep doo-doo, etc.

As evidenced by an almost-final cut of the film at last week’s local premiere at the Savannah Theatre, writer/producer Frank Fox delves deep into the compendium of horror film cliches for this one: • Enclave of inbred Southerners, check; • Dorky, clueless dad, check; • Smarmy soccer mom, check; • Screaming babes in tight clothes, check; • Much running of said babes through dark forest while screaming, check; • Death by device run by two-stroke internal combustion engine, in this case a boat propeller, check; • Various and sundry other imaginative ways to sever major arteries, check; • And chilling, charismatic villain that you secretly root for (the Side Sho barker played by local actor J.R. Reynolds), check.

Indeed, the only slasher flick cliche missing is the black guy who gets killed in the first 20 minutes. Otherwise, it’s all here.

While the script won’t win any Best Screenplay awards anytime soon, I have to say this is one of the best-storyboarded and best-shot half-million dollar films you’ll see. For this credit must go both to director Mike D’Anna and director of photography Lou Chanatry, D.P. on Frankenfish. The camera work is active but not distracting, inventive but not gimmicky.

While at times the lighting is too clever by half -- are so many characters shot in deep shadow to enhance suspense or because their makeup isn’t HD-ready? -- still,

you have to say that for its low budget, this is an exceptionally well-shot and well-edited film.

Side Sho is in a sense one filmmaker’s ode to analog. No computer effects are used, so if you pay attention you can spot the point at which the film was edited to introduce a gory effect. This will either annoy the crap out of you or bring a smile to your face in memory of how all filmmakers had to practice their craft in the pre-PC age.

If there’s one serious complaint I have, it’s the sound. The levels vary wildly, with half the dialogue muffled and the other half harshly overdriven. Either way, it’s a major distraction, and I hope the rumor’s true that D’Anna is taking Side Sho through one last run of post-production to tweak it.

Savannah residents will take delight in the performances of several locals, including the previously mentioned Reynolds, the always-engaging Renee DeRossette (who also did some animal wrangling on the film), and Gene Witham, who turns in a savvy performance as Reynolds’ hilariously disgruntled henchman.

Other talents of note include the perfectly cast John David Hart as the Dorky Dad. His daughter is played by Toni Robider, bikini model and one-time Hooters girl who transcends her role as eye-candy to show a real talent for cinematic acting. And Hunter Ballard displays a remarkable onscreen calm as the young son. w For more info go to luckykittyproductions.com

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License to Wed  Mandy Moore has managed to costar in the two worst films of 2007 (thus far), yet let’s not be in a hurry to pick up those stones and torches.

Truth be told, Moore is turning out to be a welcome screen presence -- far better than most recent singers-turned-actors -- and she’s hardly to blame for either the rancid Because I Said So or the toxic-waste comedy License to Wed. The heir presumptive to last summer’s You, Me and Dupree, this new film, offensive in its idiocy, similarly places loathsome characters in absurd situations that are meant to give off a funky black-comedy vibe yet instead reek only of desperation as well as the limitations of comically challenged minds. Under the disinterested supervision of director Ken Kwapis, four writers jerry-rig a premise that finds newly engaged couple Ben Murphy (John Krasinski) and Sadie Jones (Moore) forced to pass a marriage preparation course supervised by the Jones family’s longtime minister, Reverend Frank (Robin Williams). Along the way, Reverend Frank, aided by his young apprentice (Josh Flitter, as annoying here as he was in Nancy Drew), bugs the couple’s bedroom, embarrasses Ben in front of his future in-laws, and drives Sadie away from her fiance. Sharp scripting could have given Frank the balance required to make him an apt comic foil, but here he’s simply creepy, a problem expounded by the casting of Robin Williams. Williams is in his manic, whoring mode here, an approach well past its expiration date in terms of actually resembling anything funny or topical. (One bit finds Williams making a joke about O.J. Simpson; heck, why not cracks about the Pentagon Papers or Rosie the Riveter or even the invention of the light bulb?) Williams has made so many one-star comedies that it’s impossible to keep count at this point. But rest assured that there’s a multiplex in hell that screens them on a perpetual loop.

Live Free or Die Hard 1/2

For whatever reason -- fat paycheck, wavering career, poor choice of available roles -- Bruce Willis has elected to return to his signature role as John McClane, and the end result is better than most years-afterthe-fact sequels (Rocky Balboa, The Evening Star, Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles). The twist here is that aging detective McClane, an old-fashioned guy used to 20th century modes of expression and ideas, finds himself battling cyber-terrorists who threaten to shut down the entire United States with a few strokes of a keyboard. The movie’s billing itself as the story of an “analog” cop living in a “digital” age, and we all know what that means. No mouse pads or monitors for our hero; instead, it’s all flying fists, rapid-

fire weaponry and explosions. Lots of explosions. Yet even director Len Wiseman and scripter Mark Bomback don’t have complete faith in the cop’s old-fashioned heroics since they saddle him with a sidekick who’s a genius when it comes to computers. Matt Farrell (Justin Long, the “Mac” guy in those ubiquitous Apple commercials) is a Neoinspired hacker who inadvertently helps the villain (an effective Timothy Olyphant) and his posse carry out their master plans.

Marked for termination, Matt is only able to escape his would-be assassins with McClane’s help. An overlong running time allows matters to occasionally become stale (the blueprint calls for our protagonists to evade, fight, escape, repeat), although Willis does his part by tossing out those patented McClane quips with aplomb. And while there’s no denying that the picture is packed

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with memorable action sequences, the film often collapses into a heap of silliness, with McClane surviving some encounters that would tax all sorts of leaps of logic.

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As with past works by this controversial filmmaker, Michael Moore proves himself to be more a professor with some fanciful ways of explaining the matter at hand than a documentarian in the strictest sense of the term: He often places himself at the center of the spotlight, and he lets details fall by the wayside in his rush to accentuate the greater truth. Sicko, Moore’s take on the American health care crisis, is no different: One can quibble about the presentation or the softpedaling of certain points, but there’s no continued on page 32

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doubt that Moore’s heart is in the right place, or that, in a just world, his powerful picture would serve as an agent for change.

Moore employs his latest film as a bludgeoning tool against insidious insurance companies and the corrupt politicians who let them get away with murder -- often literally.

Moore doesn’t focus on the nation’s uninsured; instead, he centers on ordinary folks who do carry insurance yet are still denied basic rights by those more concerned with lining their own pockets than helping out their fellow Americans. Thus, we see how a grieving mother loses her baby daughter because her HMO forces her to seek help not at the closest hospital but at one further away. We gasp at how one man is turned down for an operation, only to result in his death several months later. We witness how a laborer who has accidentally cut off two of his fingers is told that, because of financial considerations, he has to decide which finger he wants to keep and which digit he can live without. And so on. Not surprisingly, Moore’s solution on how to wrest this nation away from the hands of the insurance companies, lobbyists and politicians is to provide universal health care for everyone. Moore then traces, in often amusing fashion, how the Republicans gasp at such a notion, calling it “socialized medicine” and linking it back to the Communists. Yet Moore also saves some barbs for Hillary Clinton, who once tried to tackle the health care issue (yet was beaten down by GOP misogynists like Newt Gingrich) but is now only too happy to accept campaign contributions from the health industry lobby. And in a brilliant bit, Moore wonders why the right-wing is so adamant against “socialized medicine” when we already have other “socialized” advantages (fire department, schools, libraries, etc.).

Ratatouille 1/2

Cinema has given us so many marvelous movies set around the kitchen that it’s easy to lose count among the tantalizing dishes laid out on display. But onto a long list that includes Babette’s Feast, Eat Drink Man Woman, and Like Water for Chocolate, I never expected to add an animated yarn about a culinary rat. Ratatouille is the latest winner from Pixar, the animation out-

fit whose win-loss ratio has still managed to equal that of the ‘72 Miami Dolphins. Here, a dreamy rat who tries to get along with his more conventional family while also attempting the impossible (and the taboo) by forging a friendship with a human. The rat is Remy (voiced by Patton Oswalt), whose skills in the kitchen are exemplary, and the human is Linguini (Lou Romano), a skinny lad who possesses none of his late father’s superb culinary abilities. Since restaurant kitchens aren’t exactly rodent-friendly, and since circumstances force the singularly untalented Linguini to pass himself off as a master chef, the pair pool their resources to return a once-great Paris eatery, now struggling following the publication of a disastrous review by food critic Anton Ego (Peter O’Toole), back to its lofty position as one of France’s finest. As always seems to be the case with Pixar, the animation in Ratatouille far surpasses that of CGI imagery from competing studios, with characters emerging as fully formed, three-dimensional players (or as three-dimensional as cartoon characters can get). The attention to detail is startling, and there are some angles that may be commonplace in live-action features but are rarely attempted in toon flicks (I especially love the pen dropping).

Transformers 

A movie about robots that turn into cars (and trucks and tanks and airplanes) would seem to have a more limited fan base than many other blockbuster wanna-bes, and the presence of Michael Bay (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) as director certainly puts critics on alert. Yet perhaps the secret ingredient here is in the producing credits. Instead of Bay’s usual partner in crime, Jerry Bruckheimer, it’s Steven Spielberg who snags an executive producer citation, so it can’t be a coincidence that in its finest moments -- most contained within the first half of this 145minute yarn -- this picture harkens back to the sort of filmic roller coaster rides that Spielberg often built during the 80s. What makes the initial hour-and-change so enjoyable is the expository material that former Alias scripters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman bring to the table. After quickly explaining that two sets of intergalactic robots -- the heroic Autobots and the nefari-

ous Decepticons -- have brought their battle the bridesmaid for her upcoming marto our planet, we’re introduced to variriage-of-convenience. Lila’s brother Buddy ous groups of characters who will eventu(Hugh Dancy) loves Ann and hates the fact ally gather to help the good ‘bots defeat the that Lila is throwing away her passion on evil ones. Chief among the human protagosomeone not worthy of it. For her part, Ann nists is Sam Witwicky finds herself attracted (Shia LaBeouf), a to Buddy’s best friend teenager who’s so Harris (Patrick Wilson), busy wooing a lovely and their fling leads to classmate (Megan tragic consequences.

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There’s not much to this film aside from Evening 1/2 shaky CGI effects, timid moralizing, and Claire Danes, Toni Collette Michael the sight of Steve Carell spinning his wheels Cunningham may have co-written the in a role that fails to draw upon the imscreenplay for Evening (along with origimense comic talents displayed in The 40nal author Susan Minot), but those exYear-Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine and pecting a replay of the heady pleasures of even his brief stint in the Paul Lynde role in The Hours (which had been adapted from the disastrous screen version of Bewitched.

Cunningham’s novel) might find themselves Playing the same part he essayed in Bruce disappointed at the slightness of this latest Almighty, that of self-centered TV news anwork. That’s not to say that Evening is a turchor Evan Baxter, Carell immediately finds key, but rather a delicate canary that never himself neutered by director Tom Shadyac really finds its voice. Powered by an oftand his passel of writers, as his character times unwieldy big-name cast, this is one of has morphed into a typical movie dad who those dramas that wanders back and forth places his own career above the needs of his between two time periods. The earlier paswife (Lauren Graham) and children. Having sages center on Ann Lord (Claire Danes), been elected to Congress on the platform who arrives at the family estate of her best that he’ll “change the world,” Evan now finds friend Lila (Mamie Gummer) to serve as his hands full delivering on that promise

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A Mighty Heart 

Based on Mariane Pearl’s book A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl, the film finds Angelina 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 anti-terrorism 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 can-do 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.

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 franchise?

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-yearold floating his plastic boat in the bathtub.

This time effects are a vast improvement.

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. There are 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.

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 overthe-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.

Knocked Up 

Like There’s Something About Mary, director Judd Apatow’s The 40-Year-Old Virgin was unique in that it successfully mixed raunch with romance. Knocked Up, which reunites Apatow with Virgin co-star Seth Rogen, attempts a similar balancing act, only it falls a tad short. There’s a sweet love story on view here as well, only because it’s more rushed it ultimately plays second string to the picture’s comedy quota. Fortunately, on that front, the movie’s an unqualified hit. Rogen plays Ben Stone, a slacker who enjoys reefer and hanging out with his equally unambitious roommates. One night at a nightclub, he meets Alison (Katherine Heigl), who’s out celebrating her promotion at E! Entertainment Television. Before morning arrives, the pair will have engaged in a onenight stand. Alison learns she’s pregnant,

and she decides that she and Ben should attempt to make their relationship work for the sake of the baby.

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. 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. w

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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. At first, the spooky proceedings are kept on a low-key simmer. 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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets 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.

Nonprofits: We will list your event or service at no charge if you are a bona fide nonprofit.

Private business or individual: We will charge $5 per week per entry, payable up front by check or credit card. This goes for art classes, yoga classes, workshops, seminars, etc. that do not meet the above criteria. We retain the right to option to place your happening in the appropriate category.

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 next meeting will be Thursday, July 12 at 7 p.m. The group also will hold a community outreach event Saturday, July 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. The group meets 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 Mayor Otis Johnson will address the group Tuesday, July 17 at 7 p.m. at the Landings Association Conference Room, 600 Landings Way South. The public is welcome to attend. Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.

Auditions

History Theatre will hold ongoing auditions for its production Let My People Go, a spirited musical and history of slavery in Savannah. The play is in residence at the Savannah History Museum Theatre from July 19-August 18.

The ensemble cast requires eight actorssingers -- two black males ages 40-60 and 20-30, two black women ages 40-60 and 14-20, two white males ages 30-40, and two boys, one white, one black, ages 7-10. Script and sheet music will be provided -- don’t prepare an audition piece. Auditions are by appointment. Call 786-6384.

Classes

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AARP Senior Drivers Safety Program 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.

Beading Classes Learn jewelry-making techniques during the month of June at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 9206659.

The Biology of Conscious Parenting A free showing of a videotaped lecture by Bruce Lipton, PhD, a pioneer in the field of pre- and perinatal development, will be presented Friday, July 13 at 7 p.m. at Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Visit www. unityofsavannah.o9rg.

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

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

DebtFREE guru, pm Saturday, July 28 from 9 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. There is no cost for training, books or tools. Assistance with job search and placement. Call Tara H. Sinclair at 6049574.

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

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

First Steps -- Parents of Newborns This parent education and support program is based at St. Joseph’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,

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Barriers will be presented June 28 from 2-3 p.m. GED/adult literacy education is being offered Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon or 1-4 p.m.

Hurricane Preparedness for Seniors John W. Wright, director of emergency services for the American Red Cross Savannah Chapter, will present this workshop Tuesday, July 17 at 9:30 a.m. at Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull St. See a sample hurricane preparedness kit, learn what to expect during an evacuation. Free and open to people age 55 and over. Registration is required. Call 236-0363.

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

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. 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 “The Secret” 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,

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Among the Yanyuwa Aboriginal people who live along the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory, the word for “fat” is *nalu-ngiliny.* It doesn’t merely refer to the greasy stuff that grows naturally under the skin of animal bodies. It’s also a metaphysical term for vitality. Anything that’s rich in *nalungiliny* is healthy. A certain landscape may be considered fat, for instance, which means that it’s fertile and sacred. When acacia flowers bloom each year, it’s a sign that sea turtles and the marine mammals known as dugongs, favorite foods of the Yanyuwa, are “fat” and ready to be hunted. Your assignment in the coming week is to identify the things in your life that are *nalungiliny,* and to give them the honor, gratitude, and nurturing they deserve.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Don’t cross a bridge until you come to it,” advises the old adage. But is that really a good idea? The fact is that the world belongs to people who have crossed bridges in their imaginations long before those bridges existed. Let that be your guiding thought in the coming weeks, Taurus. Start visualizing, contemplating, and building in your mind’s eye a certain bridge you want to make abundant use of in 2008.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The German word *selig* can mean both “ecstatic” or “blessed.” It implies that profound bliss can be a divine gift; that deep pleasure may generate or come from spiritual inspiration.

The English language doesn’t have a term comparable to *selig,* maybe because our culture regards ecstasy with suspicion.

Religious people tend to believe that the blessed are those who are good and kind, certainly not those who are skilled at cultivating ecstatic states. People who worship rationality, on the other hand, like intellectuals and scientists, often think of ecstasy as at best an irrelevant state, and at worst a non-productive or deluded indulgence. Personally, I’m in alignment with the values embodied by the word *selig.* It happens to be your

specialty this week.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): To celebrate your ramble through the most wildly independent phase of your astrological cycle, I’m offering you three inspirational quotes. The first is from poet e.e. cummings: “To be nobody but yourself in a world that is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle that any human being can fight.”

Your second shot of motivation is from Clarissa Pinkola Estes: “If you have ever been called defiant, incorrigible, forward, cunning, insurgent, unruly, or rebellious, you’re on the right track. If you have never been called these things, there is yet time.” Lastly, here’s a Hindu proverb: “There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What is the meaning of life?

Is there such a thing as free will? Why is there something rather than nothing? If God exists, why does he or she seem to be invisible? Dear Leo, questions like those I just asked are completely irrelevant to you right now. To ponder them for even a few minutes would be a waste of time. Here, on the other hand, are the kinds of questions that will lead you in the direction you need to go. What is your greatest fear and what can you do to diminish it? How could you become smarter about the way you love? What pose would it be a big relief for you to drop?

Which of your wounds is primed for a dramatic healing, and what’s the best way to begin the cure?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The things that can destroy us,” said Gandhi, “are politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.” You Virgos are better than most signs at avoiding six of those dangers. The one you’re most prone to get tripped up by is knowledge without character. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to check in with yourself to see if you’re guilty of that flaw, and then, if

you find a shortfall, take steps to correct it. Make sure that you’re not only being smart, but also wise.

Go someplace you’ve never been and do things you’ve never done. Third-

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s Welcome Your Challenges with Open Arms Week. To take maximum advantage of this festive occasion, practice being grateful for your interesting difficulties; remind yourself of how much smarter and stronger they can make you.

Celebrate the riddles and dilemmas that have helped and will continue to help transform you into such a uniquely gorgeous creature. Now study these words of wisdom from playwright Theodore Rubin: “The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.”

best: Spend an entire day being naked.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I asked my readers to make a prediction about what age they’ll be when they finally know exactly who they are. “I hope I NEVER completely know who I am!” wrote Bridjet. “I love discovering new things about myself, and to change as everything else around me changes. It is one of the most beautifully thrilling things about life.” If you share that perspective, Scorpio, the coming days should be pretty fun. You’re likely to become dramatically more mysterious to yourself. You’ll be evolving, even mutating, in ways that may amaze you, and you’ll be coming face to face with hidden aspects of yourself. Let the confounding, enriching expansion begin!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): After studying the astrological omens and consulting with an elite panel of 20 village idiots, my team of horoscope experts has determined that at least once in the coming week you would be wise to wander around town with no particular goal, responding with innocent enthusiasm and hungry curiosity to whatever scenarios you happen to stumble upon, pleased to be educated by the random flow of stimuli that come your way. If you don’t have the courage or leisure to pull that off, here’s the second-best strategy:

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A misguided swan became infatuated with a pedal boat at a pond in Hamburg, Germany. Apparently mistaking it for his soul mate, the devoted bird guarded the boat jealously and rarely left its side. The human owner of the boat found it amusing at first, but later regarded it as a nuisance, since the enamored swan chased away all potential renters of the vehicle. I propose to make this poignant creature your anti-role model in the coming weeks, Capricorn. May he inspire you to free yourself of all delusions you have entertained over the years about the kind of intimate ally you need in order to be happy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us,” wrote Franz Kafka in *The Blue Octavo Notebooks.* “If the book does not shake us awake like a blow to the skull, why bother reading it in the first place?” I suggest you find at least one such book to help you get the most of the current cosmic configurations, Aquarius. More than that, I encourage you to find people and experiences and dreams that have a similar effect. It’s that phase of your cycle when you can thrive on fertile uproar.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his love and his religion,” wrote novelist James Michener. Your assignment in the coming week, Pisces, is to get at least three steps closer to being such a master. Use all your ingenuity and imagination to figure out how to bring the full force of your primal lust for life into every single thing you do, even activities that other people might regard as trivial or difficult or low-status. w

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non-fiction, creative non-fiction and memoirs. Call 398-1727 or send e-mail to cscott613@comcast.net for details and rates.

Got Students?

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

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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. Joseph’s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information & 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 year’s Shakespeare Festival production will be presented Sundays from 4-6 p.m.

The class is free and open to all local talent.

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

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. Joseph’s/Candler Wellness Center and adjacent Hull Field. The cost for four weeks is $70 and the cost for eight weeks is $130.

Call 819-8800.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 Brewers’ 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 McDonough’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 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.

Savannah’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 ‘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

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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 you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@hotmail.com.

Vietnam Veterans of America 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..

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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 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

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Dr. in Thunderbolt. Open to all interested in boating and related activities. Call 234-1903.

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA will meet for a social event Thursday, July 12 at 6 p.m. at Johnny Harris on Victory Drive.

The cost is the price of the meal. For reservations, call 660-8257.

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 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 Chen’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.

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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.

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.

Fitness

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.

Free Nutritional Counseling/Body Fat

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

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

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes are held Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Yoga Center, 25 E. 40th St. Infants must be 6 weeks to 6 months, pre-crawling. The cost is $13 per class. Multi-class discounts are available. The instructor is Betsy Boyd Strong. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 441-6653 or visit www. savannahyoga.com.

Moms in Motion A pre and post-natal exercise program is offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler Cetner for WellBeing. The cost is $30 per month. Call 819-6463.

Muscle Up! A free senior strength training demo will be held Thursday, June 21 at 10 a.m. at Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull St. Bob Skiljan will

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Tai Chi Classes

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 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.

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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.

Health

Can’t Sleep?

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

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

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

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.

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 eye clinic for the uninsured and low income will be held July 12 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s/Candler St. Mary’s Community Center. A free eye exam will be offered, and prescriptions for eye glasses will be filled on a slide scale of $0 to $20. Appointments are required. Call 477-0578.

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.

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

Georgia Cares Medicare Part D Assistance The toll-free hotline is 1-800-669-8387.

Got Students/Clients?

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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give an informational talk on increasing strength, building muscle and improving flexibility. Free, but registration is required.

Call 236-0363.

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.

Senior Power Hour is a program for people over 55. Health and wellness professionals help reach fitness goals. The program may include, but isn’t

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Gorgeous cherry sleigh bed. Solid wood, includes mattress & box.

New in boxes, Never used. $399.

912-966-9937

DOUBLE PILLOWTOP KING mattress.

Brand new mattress includes 2 pc boxspring. New in factory wrapper... must see to appreciate. First $199 takes it! Can help with delivery. 912-964-1494.

$75 QUEEN Orthopedic mattress & box. NEW in plastic. Can Deliver 912-965-9652 BOOK LOVERS SALE!

Friday, Saturday, Sunday Noon to 6PM. Name your own price!

No reasonable offer refused!

Plunder before our Grand Opening! 35,000 used books and 9,000 vinyl records! Collectibles and more! 5107 Montgomery St. next to Phillip’s Seafood. 912-691-4653.

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Need a basic website created inexpensively? Need a power point created quickly? I am a Savannah local. Call Matt for pricing 313-415-7012

WASHERS/DRYERS Nice, full sized. Delivery & Hookup FREE. 4 month in-home warranty. $160/each. Call Eddie 429-2248.

BROKEN WASHER OR DRYER IN YOUR WAY? Call Eddie for free pick up at your home, 429-2248.

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QUEEN PILLOW-TOP SET Brand new, still in original factoRoaches, ants, termites; No Prob- ry plastic with boxspring and lem! Treatments starting as low warranty, suggest list, $699 must as $30! Call Horizon Pest Control let go for $160. 912-965-9652. at 912-748-9178 Delivery available.

TIRED OF MAKING MONEY For BEDROOM SET Headboard, Someone Else? #1 Commercial footboard, rails, dresser, mirCleaning Franchise for sale, as litror, nightstand. All pieces have tle as $3,000 down, less for Vetea beautiful high-gloss finish. rans, Guaranteed Contracts.

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Brand name twins/fulls/queens/kings. All brand new and never used.

Complete with warranties. $75 and up! Can Deliver.

912-964-1494.

Chippendale Dining Room Set, 9 piece cherry/ solid wood table & leaf. 6 chairs, Hutch/buffet. Value $5k. Must sell $900.

Can Deliver 912-313-2303.

Furniture

Cherry headboard, bed rails, chest, nightstand. Set is NEW and still in boxes. Must sellFAST! $399. Can deliver 912-313-2303.

Beautiful Sleigh Bed. Solid wood, new in boxes. My loss is your gain, $275.

965-9652.

1954 VINTAGE Gaffers & Sattler Gas stove. Adjustable jets for use of both natural gas or propane, center griddle. Roasting instructions inside oven door. Must see!

Asking $1500. Call 912-572-1940.

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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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Miscellaneous Merchandise

FULL PLUSH MATTRESS & BOX Name brand, still sealed in plastic. Sacrifice $135.

912-966-9937.

FOUND DOG near Hwy. 17

Bull mix. Must find a home or owner must claim. Please call 828-291-6540 or 912-238-0154 for details.

Memory Foam

912-313-2303.

AA 5 piece dinette set. AA Clean lines with cappuccino finish. Table, 4 side chairs. Perfect for breakfast area. $275.

912-965-9652

NEW BEDDING $100.

Queen size orthopedic mattress set. Still in factory wrapper. Suggested retail, $599. Delivery available.

912-313-2303.

ADJUSTABLE BED

Brand NEW in box. 20 yr. warranty. Customized & personalized features. Offering the latest technology. List $1999.

Sacrifice for $699. Can Deliver 912-965-9652

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queen mattress/box.

Both are unused and sealed in factory plastic.

Delivery available 912-966-9937

Pre-Grand Opening Sale: Jamestown Designer Kitchens.

5 Cabinet Manufacturers. Economical Stock Cabinetry. Custom Built Fine Furniture Cabinetry. COME AND VISIT OUR SHOWROOM LOCATED AT 116 RANDOLPH ST. (DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH) CALL 912-234-1927 OR 912-660-4160.

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Dogs for Sale

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$150 KING plush mattress & box set. New, still in plastic. Can deliver 912-965-9652 VISCO-ELASTIC foam mattress & box set. Space-age technology, brand new, still in manufacturers plastic. $375. Can deliver!

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ENGLISH BULLDOG Puppies

Very playful and active. Big head, beautiful and loveable. netbreed@yahoo.com

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Financial Services NEED A VACATION? NEED A LOAN? Call First Credit 1st!!

STARTER & RE-ESTABLISHMENT LOANS

Do you want to improve your lifestyle through better credit?

If you have stable residence & employment, we can help you build your credit rating. We report to the Credit Bureau. Call First Credit Loans & Financing at 912-354-1144. Licensed Lender Member of G.I.L.A. 6409 Abercorn St. Unit A. Savannah, GA 31405

Receive $5.00 for every envelope stuffed with our sales material. Guaranteed. Free information. 24 hour recording.

1-800-423-2089.

ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR Car Preps Wanted. Greater Savannah area. $7.50/hour.

Must be at least 21 years of age or a full-time student. Apply online between: 6/30--7/13: www.erac.com, Sav, GA - Additional Opportunities. EOE/MFDV 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: Administrative Assistant (Req. # 1645); Clerk IV (Req. #1644); Parking Services Monitor (Req. # 1642); Custodian I (Req. #1641). 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.

LICENSED NAIL TECHNICIAN needed - Southside location. Excellent commission split & flexible work schedule. Experience preferred! Call for interview 912-484-5135.

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Homes for Sale

Land/Lots for Sale

Homes for Rent

TILE INSTALLER: Seeking hard working, creative and detail oriented person to join a growing company specializing in innovative tile installation. Must be dependable and have own transportation. Call 912-604-0971.

4BR / 2BA Upgraded mobile home on .3 acre lot. Well landscaped & designed. $169,000.

843-384-8795. Serious Inquiries only! Must see to appreciate.

Timber Company Liquidation!

SAVANNAH’S BEST RENTAL PROPERTIES

665

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.

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A Contemporary 2250 sq.ft., 3/2.5 home w/new ceramic tile in kitchen and hardwood floors in greatroom for $215,000. The master bedroom is on the 1st floor with a loft and bonus room on the 2nd floor. Largest lot on the cul-de-sac and no association fees. Contact Tonya, TriCounty GMAC for a showing today, 912-657-8598.

HISTORIC DISTRICT

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Homes for Sale 2025 Eppinger Street

Totally renovated! Updated kitchen and bath, storage building in back; New HVAC, new water heater, new roof, must see! This is not a drive by!!

Call Jerome Davis @ 843-298-1570 or 912-748-8141

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1923 E. Henry Street HISTORIC GORDONSTON Charming 3 Bed/2 Bath in Historic Gordonston. Separate living & dining rooms, office, sunroom and detached garage.

Minutes from Shopping & Downtown; Short drive to the beach! Offered at $255,000.

Call Yvonne Segar Davis @ 912-484-4482.

RE/MAX Crossroads 912-748-8141 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH HOME. Newly renovated inside and out.

On Victory Drive. Beautiful decor.

Possible Lease/Purchase.

Call 912-272-2837.

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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

Business Opportunity

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

WATERFRONT BARGAINS! LAKE VIEW only $49,900 LAKEFRONT from $99,900 40 Minutes from Augusta. Excellent financing available.

Sales office open daily. Call for directions! 1-877-426-2326 x2734

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.

912-604-2485

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

Agent/Broker Protected. 2.4% commission. Call 912-596-4954 for appt. *Available Soon: 45 Travis St., 3BR & 1015 E. 32nd St., 2BR.

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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.

KENSINGTON PARK - 3BR/1.5 baths, large yard, hardwood floors, garage, quiet cul-de-sac, community pool. Pets OK with deposit. $1,300 /month. (229) 343-4665.

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

Near malls, hospitals & downtown. Island Living, Marsh view & Island Breeze, Public boat ramp 1 block away.

32 Knollwood: 2BR/1.5BA condo, near St. Joseph hospital and busline. www.savannahsbest properties.com 29 Pointer Place: Brick Townhome conveniently located on Savannah’s Southside.

2BR/1.5BA, close to Savannah Mall & on bus line. www.savannahsbest properties.com Forest River: Deep water, dock and furnished efficiency apt.

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

Available June 1st $850/month.

www.savannahsbest properties.com Savannah Real Estate Investments, Inc. 912-921-1000

TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH house in Midtown. Huge yard, newly refurbished with new appliances to be installed with move-in. $800/month.

Call 912-604-8080.

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.

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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, cen-

tral heat/air, 2 fireplaces, large courtyard & deck. $1100/month. contact 912-484-5181 or 912-220-1020. fvenetico@hotmail.com BEACH - long term rates! Convenient to everything! 2 BR cottage, fully furnished! No pets.

770-435-4708 or 912-507-7304.

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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 FEMALE NON-SMOKER - To share 3BR/2BA townhouse behind Sav’h Mall. Clean, peaceful and safe gated community. $500/month plus sec. deposit.

Includes wireless internet, security system, cable, local telephone and all other utilities. E-mail: great2remember@yahoo.com or call 912-312-2138.

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Land/Lots for Sale CONSERVATION LOT

In Sought After Harmony Township 20 Minutes From The Atlantic Marina Community Below Developers Pricing Georgetown SC $129,900 Call Sean 321-377-0900.

302 wEST paRK avEnuE 3 BR, 2-1/2 BA home, living room, dining room, heart pine floors, ceramic tile, 2 zone HVAC system, stack W/D. Available mid June. $1800/mo.

206 wEST duffY STREET 2-3 BR, 2-1.2 BA. Living room with fireplace, kitchen with electric stove and dishwasher.

StackW/D, pocket doors, hardwood floors. $1300/mo..

418/420 E. paRK avE. Renovated 2BR, 1 BA duplex, Corian countertops, maple cabinets, refinished hardwood floors, fresh paint inside and out, offstreet parking. W/D. $1,500/mo.

Each side.

124 EaST 48Th STREET 2 BR, 1-1/2 BA garage apartment.

Kitchen with stove and refrigerator, living room with hardwood floors. water included. $800/mo.

3604 MOnTgOMERY 2 BR, 1 BA apartment, kitchen, living room, ceramic tile throughout, W/D connections, carport. $750/mo. Students $650/mo.

317 lORch STREET 3 BR, 1 BA, living room with hardwood floors, kitchen with stove, fridge and dishwasher, ceiling fans in all rooms, CHA, W/D. Available mid July. $1,150/mo.

201 EaST duffY STREET Garden apartment. 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, kitchen nook, living room, deck, washer/dryer. $1,000/mo.

1330 EaST 54Th STREET 3 BR, 1 BA home, living/dining room combo, kitchen with tile floors, gas range, hardwood floors, stack washer/dryer, fenced backyard, pets ok. $725/mo.

302 alicE STREET 2 BR, 1 BA apartment, kitchen with dishwasher and built-in microwave, living room, stack washer/dryer, 1 off-street parking space. No pets. $1000/mo.

23 wEST duffY STREET Upper. 1 BR, 1 BA, living room, kitchen, shared washer/dryer.

Available mid August. $750/mo.

Townhomes/Condos for Sale

FSBO: PARK ROW Townhome in pristine condition in prime location. 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, great room, dining room, living room, large foyer, kitchen w/breakfast area, private courtyard. 912-925-3556.

234-4406

Montgomery Quarters 455 montgomery Street

NEW coNtEmporary coNStructioN

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

dianeWHITLOW Real Estate Company, LLC Sales Office: 348 Jefferson St. Savannah, GA 31401 Historic Downtown Savannah 912.234-1255 www.gardensdistrict.com

109 bRadY STREET 2 BR, 2-1/2 BA townhome. Living room, dining room, eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, W/D, 2-car garage, approx. 2,300 sq. ft. $1650/mo.

124 E. libERTY STREET apT E Studio apartment with kitchen, bath, central heat and air, stack W/D. $795/mo.

510 pOinTE SOuTh dRivE 3 BR, 2-1/2 BA home, living room, dining room, eat-in kitchen, woodburning fireplace, W/D, fenced backyard, lawn maintenance provided. $1,500/mo.

15 E. YORK STREET

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Operator Now Hiring for our newest location at Berwick Plantation We are looking for friendly enthusiastic people who can deliver excellent customer service with a smile, make our customers feel welcome and can work as part of the team. We will teach you everything you need to know. We have production (grill), prep, service positions (order taking), openers, closers and maintenance/janitorial available. We offer flexible hours, weekly pay with direct deposit option, health, dental and vision insurance, 401k program, free uniforms, advancement opportunities plus more.

Visit www.mcgeorgia.com or our locations at Waters Avenue @ Eisenhower, Ogeechee Road @ Chatham Pkwy. or DeRenne Avenue next to Candler Hospital for immediate consideration.

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FSBO - Bloomingdale

24 acres, $99.900. 40 acres, $159,900. Timber Company selling off large wooded acreages in Southeast Georgia.

One day only, Saturday, June 30th. Loaded with wildlife. subdivision potential. Excellent financing. call National Timber Partners now. 1-800-898-4409 x 1309.

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2006 MUSTANG GT Premium

(Only 215 miles!)

5-speed, tan leather & garage kept. Still under 3 year / 36,000 mile warranty. $24,000 OBO. Call 912-657-0645.

Fender Bender?

Paint & Body Work Reasonably Priced Insurance Claims We buy wrecks

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. $675/mo.

Sicay Management Inc.

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44 Thackery Place Thackery Place is between Bull and Montgomery off of 61st Street. Close to Montgomery Hall and Habersham Village.

S p a c i o u s 3 B R , 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 a n d re f r i g e r a t o r, W / D c o n n e c t i o n s , o f f s t re e t parking. No Pets. $750/mo.

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

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

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

17 East 33rd St. www.sicaymanagement.com

355-5932

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SUVs CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LTZ, ‘03.

39K Miles, Loaded, Excellent Condition. $13,750. Call 912-727-5548.

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Campers/RVs

1998 ITASCA SPIRIT

Class C Motor Home Clean & cute, with convenient rear kitchen and many extras.

We bought to drive to Mexico and live in while we built our retirement home. Everything works great. This is a really nice little RV that is easy to handle. $16,500. 927-8169 (after 6pm weekdays)

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www.judgerealtycompany.com 1711 Price St.

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

Henry Place Condominiums

654-656 East Henry St-A new condo conversion. Four 2 bed / 1 bath condos on beautiful East Henry Street. Video surveillance and home security, Large front porches, off-street parking, updated kitchens and baths, hardwood/tile/carpet floors, laundry rooms, and over 1200 square feet each. Pricing starting at $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.

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

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.

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

grikitisgroup.com • 877.513.2264

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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.

216 West Park Condominiums