Connect Savannah July 25, 2007 by Connect Savannah

Volume 6 • Number 44 • July 25 — July 31 • Savannah’s News, Arts, & Entertainment Weekly • www.connectsavannah.com

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Lead Story:

Town hall meeting addresses skyrocketing youth crime rate pg. 6

Music:

Savannah Music Festival’s financial good news pg. 13

Masquers’ summer ‘Encore’ program closes with Arsenic & Old Lace pg. 18

Performance:

New choral work to be performed at St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church pg. 22

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Volume 6, No. 44, July 25, 2007 On the cover: Susan Jackson (Abby Brewster), Ben Wolfe (Mortimer), and Gail Byrd (Martha Brewster) of Arsenic and Old Lace (Katherine Arntzen0

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Interview 13

TOTT 20

Art Patrol 21

Culture

Lead Story Kids gone wild

18 Theatre

Arsenic & Old Lace

News & Opinion 8 9 10 11 12 20

21 Art Patrol

Exhibitions and openings

Editor’s Note All the world’s a stage Hear and 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

22 Performance

Divine Liturgy at St. Paul’s

Movies 29 Screenshots

All the flicks that fit

The 411 5 32

Vibes

13 Interview 14 15 16 17 24

SMF in the black Feature Black Tusk Opinion City Council’s blind spot Music Menu Gigs a la Carte Connect Recommends Our picks Soundboard Who’s playing and where

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

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Thursday, July 26

Daily Cannon Firings at Old Fort Jackson

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 for 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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Movies in the Park

Savannah Community Theatre’s Showtune continues

What: Showtune: The Words & Music of Jerry Herman was conceived by Paul Gilger as a revue of Herman’s songs, grouped into thematic sections to set particular moods and create a story. Set in the 1920s, the production features songs from Hello, Dolly!, Mame, La Cage Aux Folles and many other Broadway classics. When: July 26, 27 and 28 and Aug 2, 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. and July 29 and Aug 5 at 3 p.m. Where: Savannah Community Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Dr. Cost: $25 adults, $20 seniors, and $15 for matinee, students and children. Info: Call 8989021 or visit www.savannahcommunitytheatre.com.

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

Friday, July 27

Summer Concerts in the Squares

What: Pack a lunch and enjoy music provided by The Roger Moss Quintet. When: July 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Johnson Square. Cost: Free. Info: 9656417 or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts.

2007 Memorial Park Movie Series

What: The final film of the series is Free Willy. Bring blankets, lawn chairs, picnic baskets and enjoy a family-oriented movie under the stars. In case of rain, the film will be shown inside the gym. No pets are allowed. When: July 27 at 8 p.m. Where: Memorial Park on Tybee Island. Cost: $5 suggested donation, with children 3 and under admitted free.

Saturday, July 28

Starland Farmers Market continues

What: Buy fresh produce and other goods. When: July 28 and every Saturday through October from 9 a.m. to noon. Where: The area of the old Starland Dairy at 40th an Bull streets. Cost: Free. Info: 443-5355, maldorors@ gmail.com or www.starlandfarmersmarket.com.

What: This version of Shakespeare’s romantic play is directed by Kenneth Branagh and is set against a backdrop of 19th century Japan. It was created for HBO Films, and will be premiered in Savannah before it appears on HBO. When: July 28 at 7 p.m. Seating will begin at 6 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Monday, July 30

Savannah Sand Gnats games this week

What: The Sand Gnats take on the Greensboro Grasshoppers for a four-game series. When: July 30 and 31 and Aug. 1 and 2 at 7:05 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium on East Victory Drive. Cost: Box seats $9.50, reserved $7.50 and general admission $6. Info: 351-9150. What: A little auditory show, inspired by the comfort, joy and sustainability of peanut butter sandwiches. Writers, actors and creative artists of the Savannah community will share with participatory listeners stories and music of fear and love, adventure and mystery, life and humanity and peanut butter and jelly. When: July 30 and every Monday at 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: Admission is $2 and peanut butter sandwiches are available for $2 each. Info: 2326080 or mail@savannahactorstheatre.org.

Tuesday, July 31

What: The final play written by one of America’s greatest playwrights, Eugene O’Neill, will be presented. When: July 26, 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: $15 and $10. Info: 232.6080 or mail@savannahactorstheatre.org

Tuesdays at Tybee continues

What: Author Charles Seabrook will present Islands. When: July 31 at 7 p.m. Where: Tybee City Hall, 403 Butler Ave. Cost: Free and open to the public. Info: 7865917 or www.tybeemsc.org. What: This event is part of the Daffin Park Centennial Celebration and will kick off with a screening of the 1995 Academy Award-winning Babe. The event will continue with Raiders of the Lost Ark, the 1991 Steven Spielberg film starring Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. When: Babe will be presented Friday, July 27 and Raiders on Saturday, July 28. Both movies will begin at dark. Where: Daffin Park. Cost: Free. Info: 6516417.

Community Day Block Party

What: The entire Savannah community is invited to enjoy live dance performances, singing, spoken word, step and Double Dutch competitions. There will be children’s activities, food, prizes and a performance by a local rap artist. When: July 28 from 3-7 p.m. Where: 509 W. Gwinnett St. Cost: Free. Info: 232-7185 or rigahadiya@hotmail.com.

Colors of Pride

What: Savannah Pride, Inc. will present a beach party with a Lowcountry Boil, hamburgers and hot dogs, all-youcan-drink-beer and a cash liquor bar. There will be children’s activities and entertainment by The Christy Alan Band and DJ Jason Hancock. When: July 28 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Memorial Park, located behind the Tybee Island City Hall. Cost: $25 per person, ages 13-18 $10 and 12 and under free. Info: 224-3238 or www.SavannahPride.org.

Savannah Film Society Presents As You Like It

The PBR Show continues

Savannah Actor’s Theatre A Moon for the Misbegotten continues

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

What: A collection of works by Southern glass artists, including Jon Poirier, Tim Miller, Brook White, Olivia Cash. Albar Dole and many others, will be presented. When: July 28 and 29, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Where: Chroma Gallery, 31 Barnard St. Info: 232-2787.

Screening of The Decalogue continues

What: A series of 10 short films by Krzysztof Kieslowski address the Ten Commandments of the Judeo-Christian Old Testament. This is the sixth episode. Each screening is introduced by a local clergy person from an ecumenical selection of local houses of worship, including representatives of Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Unitarian faiths.When: July 31 at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Free. Info: 232-4447 or www.sentientbean.com.

Wednesday, Aug. 1 Summer Concerts in the Squares

What: Pack a lunch and enjoy music provided by The Sandra Embly Quartet. When: Aug.1 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Johnson Square. Cost: Free. Info: 9656417 or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts.

Summer Dinner Theater 2007 presents Beauty and the Beast

What: This production is presented by Isle of Hope United Methodist Church and Arts on the Island. Proceeds will help fund Interfaith Hospitality Network’s new day center. When: Aug. 1-4. On Wednesdays, dessert is served at 7:30 p.m. and the performance begins at 8 p.m. On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, dinner is served at 7 p.m. and the performance begins at 8 p.m. Where: Isle of Hope United Methodist Church. Cost: $18 for Wednesday performances, and $25 for all other performances. Info: 355-8519. w

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What: The classic dark comedy about Mortimer Brewster and his two crazy aunts, both sweet old ladies who prescribe euthanasia for extreme loneliness. Mortimer learns his aunts are merciful murderers when he brings his young brides home to meet his aunts -- and the fun begins. When: July 26, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. and July 29 at 3 p.m. Where: Atlantic Armstrong State University’s Jenkins Theater. Cost: $8 general admission and $7 for seniors, military and non-AASU students. AASU students, faculty and staff will be admitted free with a valid AASU ID. Info: Call 927-5381 weekdays from 2-6 p.m.

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d l i w e n o g Kids

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te ocketing youth crime ra yr sk s es dr ad to s ek se Town hall meeting

Town Hall outtakes

ayor Otis Johnson wants Savannah to know that most young people in the city are good kids. “Eighty to 85 percent of our young people do exactly what we want them to do and expect them to do,” he said during a Town Hall meeting held July 18 — then repeated the statement slowly so it would soak in. It’s the other 15 to 20 percent that cause the problems — and get all the attention, Johnson said. Headlines scream about juvenile offenders, yet there is virtually no public recognition of “all the good kids,” he said. But perhaps the “good kids” are ignored because the behavior of the others is deplorable — and it’s getting worse. City Manager Michael Brown says juvenile crime is on the rise and juvenile arrests are up. Year to date, 854 such arrests have been made, compared to 1,434 arrests made in all of 2006. “I’m very unhappy to report that youths under the age of 18 are responsible for one-quarter of the violent crimes,” Brown said. “In almost every case, a lack of parental involvement, even a culture that encourages violence, is a factor.” In response, the Savannah Impact Program, which identifies and targets repeat offenders, is being expanded. The city’s curfew ordinance is being more strictly enforced, and truancy sweeps are being done to catch local juveniles who are skipping school and getting into trouble. • The Town Hall meetings are working well, Mayor Otis Johnson says. “We’ve had an excellent turnout every time,” he says. But Johnson did ask audience members to behave themselves. “First respect yourself, then respect the audience, then respect the elected officials,” he says. “We’re going to do the best we can for you.” Johnson thanked everyone in attendance for their support and prayers for his brother, who has been in intensive care at Grady Hospital in Atlanta since a car accident. Johnson said his brother’s condition has improved enough that he is being moved from intensive care. • City Manager Michael Brown presented Savannah’s “report card” to the council and audience members. In public safety matters, crime rates are up. “The most disturbing is the increase in robberies,” Brown said. “Homicides are up. Aggravated assault is up.”

Private groups also want to help. The Rev. Rick Bready, pastor of the Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist Church, has organized the Savannah Faith Coalition for Youth, and several other pastors who are involved accompanied him to the meeting. “The idea is that the faithful can assist youth and deter juvenile delinquency,” Bready said. “We want to encourage pastors throughout the city and youth leaders to join us,” he said. “We need input and support.” Bready said the group would meet Aug. 9 at 10 a.m. at the St. Pius X Family Resource Center. Potential volunteers are asked to call Bready at 651-6810. The need for intervention is clear, Bready says, as 64 percent of the violent crime committed in the city involves people under 25. “It’s obvious we are dealing with a problem that needs to be addressed,” he said. Mayor Johnson praised Bready’s group for its efforts. “The ones who are causing the concern aren’t in Sunday School,” he said. “We have to go where they are and not be afraid.” James Putney, district director of the Savannah High School Parent Teacher Association, also attended the meeting. “We’re trying to get parents and grandparents to join,” he said. Johnson praised the PTA and Parent University. He told Putney groups like his need to be “evangelists.” “You’ve got to go out and sell your story,” Johnson said. “The citizens aren’t going to come to you.”

The police department is using manpower redeployments to address crime. The focus is at the precinct level, and the department is working to fill beats and increase walking patrols. A new campaign has been instituted to remove derelict vehicles and demolish blighted properties. Volunteers are working to repair homes throughout the city, Brown said. The city is continuing to promote economic development by creating a comprehensive directory of qualified minority and women-owned businesses. Step-Up Savannah’s Poverty Reduction Initiative has received a $140,000 grant to help local low-wage employees enroll in publicly funded work supports. In capital improvements, Brown reported that the $1.5 million W. W. Law Center expansion was completed in June, and the $1.7 million renovation of the Lady Bamford Center will be completed in August. Major projects currently under way are the

Crossroads Water Quality Control Plant, the Ellis Square Garage, the Capital Street Fire Station, the landfill expansion, and drainage of Alice and Tattnall streets. Citizens who want answers or action on non-emergency needs can call the city’s 311 Call Center. Brown reported that calls to the center are on the increase. • Resident Kathy Gideon asked the council to look into an outage of the 911 system during a storm on July 14. Gideon said she heard about the outage when attending another meeting. “Why don’t we have backup generators?” she asked. “We have the potential for hurricanes here.” City Manager Michael Brown confirmed that there was indeed a 9-minute 911 outage during the storm. He said the entire system didn’t go down, as radios still worked. w

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City Manager Michael Brown says youth crime is up, and ‘in almost every case, a lack of parental involvement, even a culture that encourages violence, is a factor.’

According to the city’s curfew ordinance, all youths under the age of 17 must be off the streets at 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and by midnight on Friday and Saturday. “It’s the parent’s responsibility to know where their child is, what the child is doing,” Johnson says. “If they don’t do that, there will be a penalty.” The mayor says he realizes the issue will be emotionally charged. “I’ve got my flak jacket on,” he said. Alderman Mary Osborne said the council recently had a “very, very aggressive” meeting with the board of education and agreed to look at models of ordinances now in force in Jacksonville and DeKalb County. “We want to put teeth into this and do something about it,” she said. Johnson said that when he was director of the Youth Future Authority, juveniles found after curfew whose parents couldn’t be located were taken to the Greenbriar Children’s Home. “They were held there until someone signed them out. The first time, the child was taken to a safe place,” Johnson says. “The second time the parent was given a warning, and the third time, they were told, ‘That’s illegal.’” Brown said the city currently has a contract with Park Place, a shelter for runaways, to house juveniles. “The police now take the child home, and if no parent or responsible adult is there, they’re taken to Park Place,” he said. The city’s parental responsibility ordi-

nance needs to be reviewed, Brown said. At present, the ordinance deems parents neglectful if there are illegal drugs or firearms in the home, repeated curfew violations, repeated absence from school or delinquent behavior. James DeLorme, a city council candidate, said the communities of Charleston and North Charleston have ordinances that allow police officers to stop, question and detain anyone about why they are in a neighborhood. He said such an ordinance is needed here. “If you go to any African-American community in Savannah, you’ll find young boys hanging on the corners and selling dope,” he said. “The police say they don’t have the authority to deal with them, which does not resound with the community.” DeLorme says the council has been mandated by the voters to make changes. “You have the votes to do whatever you want,” he said. Johnson said the council would continue to look for ways to deal with the problem of juvenile crime. “We know, given the right course, the right adult support, that children will do

what’s right,” he said. “We’ve got to struggle with the negative culture out there.” Audience member Kathy Gideon said the Southside has been especially impacted by unsupervised youths. In addition to problems at the Star Castle on Mall Boulevard, whose patrons have been causing havoc after hours, a teen club on Abercorn Street closes at 10 p.m., leaving teens with nothing to do. One night, the club didn’t open at all. “There were possibly 1,000 youth who had been dropped off and couldn’t get into the teen club,” Gideon said. “They were unruly. They wouldn’t let other people go into the adjacent businesses. Not one person went into any of those businesses in three hours, so they had no sales.” Alderman Tony Thomas seemed to defend the owners of Star Castle. “Although the problems seem to be originating at Star Castle, they’re happening away from that area,” Thomas said. “It’s not so much Star Castle, it’s the whole of Mall Boulevard. Some aren’t Star Castle customers, they’re meeting with others who are coming out.”

Is development downtown out of hand?

Mark McDonald, executive director of the Historic Savannah Foundation, said at the Town Hall meeting that the foundation is concerned about how development affects downtown neighborhoods. “We want the city to continue to grow,” he said. “But we feel Savannah deserves the best and the city needs to set standards or it will not get what it deserves.” McDonald noted the foundation has saved endangered historic and blighted buildings. “The Historic Savannah Foundation has made five $10,000 grants available to homesteaders in the downtown area who are middle income,” he said. “I think we can get a lot more done working together than separately.” In his city manager’s report, City Manager Michael Brown said the city’s concerns about development in the historic district include the proposed building’s height, proposed use of the building, availability of parking, affordability, architectural quality and protection of residents. One concept the city is looking at to improve the quality of life is the encouragement of “green roofs” in the downtown area, Brown said. Mayor Johnson said he too is concerned about development. “Progress in the historic and Victorian districts has forced up property values and rents,” he said. With one-fifth of Savannahians living at or below the poverty level, there is a huge need for affordable housing. “At the same time, we have construction of condos that start at $500,000,” Johnson said. “With development on Abercorn, we’re going to lose more affordable housing to condos,” he said. “This must be addressed. All citizens deserve a decent, affordable place to stay.” w

Yet Thomas said he himself had gone to a Mall Boulevard parking lot to observe the situation for himself, and more needs to be done. “There have already been gunshots at this location,” Thomas says. “It’s my prediction that a kid is going to be murdered or killed.” Johnson noted that a few unruly people can ruin a good thing for everyone. “Five to six years ago, we had a skating rink,” he said. “Many kids behaved themselves and had a good time. A small minority of kids ruined it for everyone. We should have dealt with that group.” A similar situation occurred at Hiphuggers, which was turned into a teen nightclub. “Hundreds of kids came and had a good time,” Johnson said. “A few rowdies ruined it for everyone.” Now a similar situation exists on Mall Boulevard, Johnson said. “We need to identify the rotten apples and deal with them,” he said. Kris Rice, executive director of the Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center, said child abuse and neglect are causes of juvenile crime. “We need more child abuse investigators,” she said. At the present time, five detectives must handle the entire caseload for the city, Rice said. “That is just not adequate for the need. We immediately need two more detectives in the unit. Four more detectives would be great,” she says. “Consider the expense worth it for the children’s sakes and the safety of the community.” Alderman Van Johnson said the Department of Family and Children’s Services also needs more child abuse and neglect investigators. “The people we have now are stressed and overworked,” he said. “It is very stressful work.” Mayor Johnson said that work has just begun on finding solutions to juvenile crime. “It didn’t occur overnight,” he said. “It’s going to take decades to undo all this.” w To comment e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

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The council will meet with the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools and the Chatham County Commission to look at ways to deal with the problem of parents who don’t provide for their children. “It’s a very dicey situation,” Johnson says. “One side will say we’re getting in people’s homes and interfering with the rights of parents. The other side will say ‘Punish the hell out of them because they’re not doing what they should.’ “Somewhere in the middle we must find a way to deal with parents of unruly children,” he said. “We are throwing down the gauntlet (to say) that this type of behavior will not be tolerated.”

Rev. Rick Bready of the Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist Church has organized the Savannah Faith Coalition for Youth

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Growing culture, growing community T

his past Thursday night, some of Savannah’s most passionate arts patrons, from a wide variety of local cultural groups and a diverse range of backgrounds, gathered to hear a speech by Randy Cohen, researcher with the nonprofit Americans for the Arts. Cohen’s organization seeks to raise the profile of arts in American life and education, with a special focus on evangelizing the value of the arts to the economy in a rapidly changing global business climate. Some attendees acknowledged the “preaching to the choir” aspect of the occasion, since no one at the event needed convincing as to the value of the arts. But here’s the thing: If your goal is to make that choir bigger, then preaching to them might be exactly what you need to do. I remember not so very long ago, as do others I’ve spoken to on this topic, when the only real cultural games in this town were the Telfair, the Savannah Symphony and to a lesser extent City Lights Theatre. If you were to “preach to the choir” back then, that would have been said choral ensemble, virtually in its entirety. The Savannah Music Festival, known as Savannah Onstage back then, was but a minnow in a very small pond. For a look at just how exponentially that event has taken off, read music editor Jim Reed’s in-depth article on page 13. These days things are entirely different. Not to knock the established veteran groups in town, but the recent influx of new blood in the local arts community -- and it must be said, competent new blood -- has completely changed the game. At the meeting Thursday night, there were representatives from some relatively new kids on the block, such as Savannah Danse Theatre, Latin American Service Organization, the Savannah Children’s Choir and Savannah Actors Theatre, to name but a few. These newer players on Savannah’s cultural scene are hungry, and ready to get to work taking this city to the next level, artsand-business-wise. I’ve already gone over the numbers in a previous column, so I won’t risk boring you with too much more data from Americans for the Arts’ huge “Arts and Economic Prosperity” study, which is all available at www.artsusa.org/. But suffice it to say that compared to other markets its size, Savannah is doing substantially better in terms of the amount of money and jobs generated by cultural groups and their audiences. One particularly eye-popping number relates to the amount of money that out-of-

towners spend per head while experiencing Savannah’s cultural events, which in this context do not refer to for-profit events such as traveling road shows or Hollywood films. Visitors to Savannah are apparently spending a total of $67 per person when attending local cultural events -- that would include dinner, drinks, souvenirs, etc., and that’s not including the cost of admission. This per capita number is substantially larger than other areas our size reported in the study. The downside to this great news is: If we’re doing so well with that number, what key numbers are left to improve? There’s certainly a consensus that Savannah has a ways to go before we break through to that next level of the arts’ economic impact, as cities like Austin, Texas, or Charleston, S.C., have been able to do. If we’re kicking so much butt on per capita dollars, well... what are we doing wrong? I spoke at length with Randy Cohen on this issue after his speech, and he said the answer has two parts, both revolving around volume: 1) Savannah must provide a greater number and variety of cultural offerings than it currently does. 2) The metro area itself simply must get bigger. That second solution isn’t what everybody wants to hear, with all our current concerns about rampant development and its impact on traffic and the environment and overall quality of life here. But you know, despite all our complaints about how quickly it’s growing, Savannah remains a pretty tiny, out-of-the-way place, comparatively speaking. Very few key destination cities in the U.S. are as small in population as we are. We all love this city’s languid, off-thebeaten-path character and wouldn’t want it to change substantially. But the growth is coming, like it or not. And culture is our ace in the hole, our best chance to make sure that inevitable growth is the kind of growth we all can live with. Rick Winger of the Savannah Economic Development Authority says his secret to attracting new investment here is simple: “If we can get someone to visit here once, they’ll see for themselves that this is a city alive with arts and music.” We must always keep in mind that Savannah’s “strong, flexible, vibrant arts sector,” as Mayor Otis Johnson put it Thursday night, is not only what attracts tourists, but what attracts a high-quality work force and keeps it here. And Mama didn’t raise no dummy -that means more readers for Connect, too! w E-mail Jim Morekis at jim@connectsavannah.com

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Harry Potter, opinion leader

the first five books but, believe it or not, I haven’t even started book six yet,” says Wallace Sharpley, a real estate agent. “If Harry Potter fans read this I’ll probably get stoned to death!” Even farther behind is hair stylist Jim Holloway, who is racing through book four. By the time this story runs, yours truly will probably be finished—with book three.

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Savannah’s legendary slow summer may grind to a halt completely this week, as adult Harry Potter fans turn off their Blackberries, shut down their computers, and leave town altogether to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Ben Beasley started reading his just-deSoftball, hard money livered copy on Saturday evening. By Sunday Last Wednesday night, Raegan Hudson afternoon, despite breaks for sleep, meals, and Codi Middleton squished together church and a family visit, the Jack Leigh into an oversized chair at the Twelve Oaks Gallery’s master printer/assistant director Starbucks, exhausted from their first day viswas about 200 pages into the final Potter iting Savannah from Mobile, Alabama. The book, which girls were anihe estimates mated, despite is “around feeling stuffed nine hundred from dinner pages, but I’m and spending not sure, bemost of the day cause I don’t in the shadeless even want to 95 degree heat glance at the at Paulson Field, back page. I playing in the don’t want any 10-and-under ideas about girls Fast Pitch what might Connection happen.” World Series Plot spoilsoftball tourers beware! “I nament for the will absolutely West Mobile not be happy Express. if anybody Raegan Cody Middleton and Raegan Hudson lets me know plays left field what happens and Codi covin book seven,” ers second base. says superior court judge Louisa Abbot, who By 11:30 Thursday morning, West Mobile prefers the audio version of the series. “As Express was up 5–1 at the top of the third soon as the sixth book came out our faminning in their game against the Georgia ily drove to Cincinnati and back” listening Storm. Minutes later, both girls had batted to the audio edition, crossing into Savannah and scored, along with another player, and just before the final minutes of the story. the Mobile team was feeling confident. The “Even though we had been in the car for team would go on to win the whole shebang. twelve hours we had to ride around town in Team mom Deborah Poiroux watched the car to finish it because it’s a pretty gripthe game from the Express’ portable tiki bar, ping part of the book,” Judge Abbot says. towed to Savannah from Alabama, decoGeorgia Ports Authority board chairman rated with Louisville Sluggers and blasting Steve Green is waiting for the audio version, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” on the promised as a birthday gift from his niece. stereo between innings. A “huge J.K. Rowling fan,” Green believes “It’s a dry bar,” says Poiroux. “We serve the earlier novels were intended for children water and Gatorade.” but also appealed to adults. Phillip Poston, tournament director, es“As the series has gone on and the books’ timates the tournament drew 1500 people to characters have aged, I think the content is Paulson and Minick Fields from as far away more appropriate for an older readership,” as Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, and Texas, fillGreen says. “The degree of violence has ining hotel rooms from Hilton Head Island tensified.” to Gateway at I-95 and Georgia 204, for the Later this week, Becky Cheatham will be week long event. taking a break from her duties as director “We like to have the tournament in a city of the Candler Foundation to finish Deathly where there’s something for kids to do when Hallows, which she bought first thing we’re not playing,” says Poston. With eightySaturday morning. two teams involved, each with ten to fifteen “I read the first one on the front porch, members, plus one or two parents, siblings sitting in my magic rocking chair,” says and the occasional grandparent, that’s a lot Cheatham. “I had heard so much about the of economic investment to boost Savannah’s books, read the TIME magazine cover story typically slow summer tourist season. w and wanted to see what all the chatter was about. I was hooked from the first page, the Email Robin Wright Gunn at first paragraph.” rgunnsav@bellsouth.net Some of us are spending the week catching up on previous Potter stories. “I’ve read

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A man called police to report that his garage apartment had been burglarized for the sixth time in two years. He said he had left his residence in the morning and returned shortly after to discover someone had just broken in. The suspect removed a side window panel to gain entry. The window glass was located just beneath the sill and was broken at one corner. The suspect apparently cut himself, as there was blood on the window sill. Once inside, the suspect stole two weedeaters and multiple DVDs. There was a third weedeater found on the side of the residence that the suspect had taken out of the house, but left behind. The victim said as he was leaving that morning, a man he didn’t know stopped and asked to borrow a tool. He said although he doesn’t know he man personally, he recognized him as someone who does yard work in the area at times. Later in the day, the victim saw a man he knows only as “Brick” in the area driving a truck that appeared to have his missing items in the back. The driver sped off when he saw the victim. “Brick” had begged the victim for money not long ago. Forensics was called to the scene and a case report number was given to the victim. • When police were called to a report of a domestic situation with injuries, they arrived to find an ambulance and fire truck already on the scene. The officer went to the residence. A woman opened the door and the officer asked, “Where is he?” “Right there,” the woman said, motioning toward her left. The officer stepped into the house and found a man who the officer had dealt with before sitting on the sofa. He was eating what appeared to be French toast and was cuddled up with his 4-year-old daughter. When the man saw the officer, he became angry and yelled at the woman for calling police. The officer asked the woman what happened. She said the man had punched her in the head several times. When the officer asked the man what happened, he said he was mad because the woman wouldn’t let him see his children. He was arrested on charges of simple battery and domestic violence. • Police were called to Candler Hospital on report of a forgery. A woman said that she had gone into the hospital to give birth. She gave her debit card to her boyfriend so he could pay bills. The man said he had withdrawn $250 from the account to pay the bills, and believes he may have accidentally left the card behind at the ATM after the transaction. When he went to re-

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turn the card to the woman, he couldn’t find it. The woman immediately called her bank to check all transactions. Four unauthorized transactions totalling about $220 had been made since the card had gone missing. Because she was hospitalized, the woman couldn’t go to the credit union to get a printout of the transactions, so the officer went. The woman was given a case report number. • Neighbors called a woman who had gone out of town to tell her that her front and back doors were open. Police arrived at the Grimball Point Road address and learned that the woman’s son was staying at the house with his father while his mother was out of town. He said he checked the house and found some drawers, shelves and items in his room that had been disturbed. The man said that he didn’t notice anything missing, and couldn’t find any damage. The only area that seemed to have been disturbed was his room. He told police he wasn’t sure if he had locked all the doors to the house when he left and said he might have left one or two of them unlocked. There were no signs of forced entry. • A woman drove a friend to a doctor’s appointment on Waters Avenue. She helped her friend walk inside the building and came right back out within a few minutes. While walking back to her car, she noticed the glass from her passenger side window had been shattered on the ground. At first, she thought the heat had caused the window to shatter, but then she noticed that her purse was gone. She said the purse had her ID, business credit cards, her personal debit card and insurance cards. There also was about $200 in cash in a side pocket to purchase items for her job. Forensics was called to fingerprint the car and extra patrol of the area was advised. The woman was given a case report number card. w

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The Entrepreneurial Spirit!

Exciting New Products: (1) a washing machine with a built-in MP-3 player and speakers (U.S. patent applied for in June, from the South Korean firm LG Electronics) and (2) Liver Love, Carob Crunch, Honey Hearts and other dog treats that are marketed as snacks that owners can enjoy along with their dogs (from Britain’s Alldog Bakery), but with the principal drawback that they are more expensive per gram than lumpfish caviar or the priciest of gourmet chocolates.

Science on the Cutting Edge

(1) A Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) researcher reported in June that his work reveals that cockroaches have memories and the ability to learn, in that I they can be taught to salivate see (upon exposure to a specific odor), just as Pavlov showed Yankees The Continuing that dogs could be taught Crisis to salivate (upon hearing a In June, for the fourth year, bell). (2) The human nose’s professor Paul Worsey of the ability to differentiate University of Missouri-Rolla smells is greatly improved by conducted his Summer Explosives mucus, which helps the nose Camp, with 20 high-school-age by separating the scents chemkids learning the techniques of blowically, and researchers from the ing things up (e.g., a tree stump, a waUK’s Warwick University said termelon, a dead chicken). Said one in April that they had develcamper, “Some people like baseball oped an artificial mucus (a thin (but) I just like to set off bombs.” polymer coating over an artiWorsey’s main goal is to recruit ficial nose that enhances that mine-engineering majors to his school, but device’s effectiveness). another benefit, he told National Public Among the recent discoveries of Radio, is that the school “attract(s) the kids substances that provide similar virility outthat might otherwise get into a little bit of comes as Viagra: the venom of a variety of trouble (and) give(s) them ... an opportunity black widow spider found in southern Chile for a career.” (according to a researcher at Universidad In June, the town council in Ledbury, de la Frontera in Temuco, Chile); the health England, turned down Timothy Fry’s redrink Boost Plus (according to a June lawquest to be allowed to exercise his two suit filed by Christopher Woods of New snakes, Rose and Buddy, in the town’s park. York City, who developed priapism); the He said he’d been letting them roam, leashwinter-flowering heather plant (according less, for the last year with no complaints, but to botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens admitted that the two (a corn snake and a in Edinburgh, Scotland); and walnut exrat snake) were getting stressed from all the tract (according to a researcher at Universiti attention they have been receiving. Malaya in Malaysia) (though one would need 7 pounds of walnuts to achieve the efPeople Different From Us fect of one pill). Pablo Castro, 26, was sent to the hospital twice in Decatur, Ala., on June 24, once after Leading Economic being stabbed in an argument and, after his Indicators release later that day, being stabbed again Faced with falling prices for domestic while arguing with a different person. And wine, a group of French vintners has made Tony Hicks was hospitalized in Knoxville, terroristic threats against the government Tenn., for separate wounds on July 1, 2 and and retailers who carry imports. The guer3; he was hit by a car one night, then re-

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leased from the hospital the next day, but was back in after an intruder attacked him in his home, and after his release the next day, he was back after police shot him in connection with a robbery. A judge in London’s Southwark Crown Court sentenced Mr. Bonney Eberendu, 36, to a mental health facility in June after he admitted that he was the one who smeared his feces inside at least six trains over a several-month period last year. Eberendu said the voices in his head had, on at least five occasions, instructed him to go kill someone and that, somehow, he was able to overcome the voices by doing what he did on the trains.

Least Competent Person

On May 31, veteran big-rig operator Gilberto Cantu drove his 18-wheeler all the way through the Lincoln Tunnel (1.5 miles, from Weehawken, N.J., to New York City) even though the load was 6 inches too high for the tunnel, so that the truck’s roof continuously ripped and peeled off, slowing the truck and making a screeching noise the whole way. In addition, Cantu apparently ignored the several sound warnings and flashing lights by officers who tried to stop him inside the tunnel, and according to their reports, he appeared not even to understand why they had stopped him after he finally emerged. Cantu was not alcohol-impaired and, until then, had a “spotless” safety record.

One of the standard “panic” rumors that throw some African villages into turmoil is the report that a couple (usually unmarried and therefore deserving of bad fortune) has become stuck together during sex and cannot be unstuck without medical attention. A reporter for Kenya’s East African Standard happened to be in the middle of a frenzied mob in front of the Naselica Hotel in downtown Kisumu on May 26, brought together by rumors that an ambulance had been called for a stuck couple. The reporter was convinced that most in the crowd were true believers, but the hotel manager said one of his competitors probably had planted the rumor, hoping to tie up traffic for the day and to create the impression that the Naselica is unlucky.

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A huge underground lake discovered beneath Sudan’s Darfur region could help end years of conflict and genocide there, according to scientists. “Much of the unrest in Darfur and the misery is due to water shortages,” said geologist Farouk ElBaz, director of the Boston University Center for Remote Sensing. He told the Associated Press that water pumped from the underground reservoir could enable Darfur’s nomadic Arabs to maintain their lifestyle without competing with ethnic African farming communities for water resources. By examining satellite and radar images, Baz and a team of 20 other researchers determined that the underground lake covers 11,873 square miles and was once replenished by rainfall from a much wetter climate in the sub-Saharan region. Scientists now plan to identify the best location for drilling the first of an anticipated 1,000 wells. Egypt has pledged to drill the first 20, and the U.N. mission in Sudan plans to drill several more for use by its peacekeeping forces.

Spider Explosion

Heavy rainfall last month in southeastern parts of Australia’s Victoria state has triggered an explosion in the birth rate of the spider population. “They have been hanging around waiting for this change in moisture level because things have been dry,” said Robert Raven, senior curator of spiders at the Queensland Museum. He told Southern Cross Broadcasting that most of the species are harmless, and the few reported cases of bites have been relatively mild. Many in the Gippsland region report that high numbers of the arachnids have taken up residence in their houses.

Climate Change Cubs

Melting sea ice due to climate change in the Arctic is driving female polar bears onto dry land in northern Alaska to give birth, according to U.S. Geological Survey scientists. The agency’s researchers say they found that only 37 percent of polar bear dens were built on sea ice between 1998 and 2004, compared to 62 percent during the previous 10 years. “In recent years, Arctic pack ice has formed progressively later, melted earlier and lost much of its older and thicker multi-year component,” researcher Anthony Fischbach wrote in the journal Polar Biology. “These changes have resulted in pack ice that is a less stable platform on which to give birth and raise new cubs.” Many polar bears around the Arctic region give birth on land, but the group studied in Alaska has historically created dens on sea ice as far as 400 miles offshore.

Tropical Cyclones

Typhoon Man-yi lashed Japan’s southern islands, knocking out power and dumping nearly 20 inches of rainfall. At least 23 people were injured in storm-related

accidents. • Former Hurricane Cosme threatened southern Hawaii with storm-force winds late in the week.

Earthquake

A major temblor that rocked Japan’s Niigata prefecture killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000 others. The quake also sparked a fire at the world’s largest nuclear power plant, and allowed radioactive material from the facility to escape into the sea and atmosphere. • Earth movements were also felt in the southern Philippines, Afghanistan and

neighboring parts of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Tanzania-Kenya border region, northern Greece and western Venezuela.

La Niña Fades

The U.S. environment agency NOAA announced that the La Niña ocean-cooling phenomenon in the tropical Pacific, which generally brings a more active Atlantic hurricane season, will be mainly absent for the remainder of the northern summer. Forecasters had detected a return of La Niña in late February, then the cooling slowed significantly during June. But forecaster Dennis Feltgen at the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the absence of La Niña doesn’t necessarily mean a less active hurricane season.

Rat Wall of China

A local government in central China’s Hunan province says it plans to erect a 25-mile-long wall to prevent future invasions from hoards of rats that are often driven into the region by floodwaters. Last week, an estimated 2 billion rats dug through earthen barriers around overflowing Dongting Lake to infest 22 Hunan counties. The Xinhua news agency reports that Lujiao Township is now prepared to build an expansive 3-foot-high wall to prevent such rodent invasions in the future. But ecological damage from human activity around the lake has been the main cause of the rat crisis, according to Zhang Chen, an official of the World Wide Fund for Nature. He told Xinhua that the decreasing number of the rat’s natural enemies, such as snakes and owls, has allowed the rodent population to explode. w

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| Interview by Jim Reed

‘Standing on solid ground’ Savannah Music Festival turns the corner

Swing Central will be open to high school jazz bands nationwide, and promises to combine the long-standing traditions of jazz mentorship and school band competition into an experience that is both thrilling and educational for the musicians and audience members alike. McMaken says Gibson and the festival’s Education and Program Manager Gene Pinion feel strongly that the workshops are “central to the mission of this project.” “The SMF is devoted to musical traditions,” he continues. “As much as we strive to facilitate great collaborations, it’s equally important to push jazz tradition forward by putting a student on the piano bench next to a master like Marcus Roberts.” McMaken admits that taking the festival into the black is “a great milestone,” and says he’s certain that a major weight was lifted from those who’ve been in the trenches for years. He calls being involved with an organization based on sound fiscal leadership “extremely reassuring.” Yet he cautions those tempted to assume the SMF’s goals and direction will change drastically now that organizers have some small measure of security. “Our programming choices definitely aren’t made based on our financial standings. The 2008 festival will feature several new commissioned works, and I think it can be expected that the event will continue to grow, stylistically,” McMaken says. “I wouldn’t be holding my breath for a Dokken ‘Defenders of Rock’ show at the Lucas, though, if you know what I mean. (laughs)” w For more information on the 2008 SMF, which runs from March 20 to April 5, see www.savannahmusicfestival.org To comment e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

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f it seems like Connect Savannah keeps regular tabs on the status of the Savannah Music Festival, that’s because we do. The most consistently impressive and ambitious event of its kind in our area, it’s become one of the biggest annual draws for locals and tourists alike, and is in a very real way changing the world’s perception of our community’s commitment to the arts. Thus, we’re happy to report that after several years of losing money (while earning accolades), the non-profit organization has finally turned the fiscal corner. For the third consecutive year, the festival has generated an operating surplus (in this year’s case, they netted $123,000 on total ticket sales of $736,000). Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson credits a combination of creative programming choices, successful marketing strategies, active board participation and sound fiscal management. “This,” he says, “is a testament to worldclass musicians, dedicated audience members and donors, and a cohesive administrative team.” But it’s not just the increased ticket revenue that Various photos from the 2007 Savannah Music Festival bodes well for the SMF — it’s It’s this kind of increased structural stathe rapidly growing and demonstrable benbility that McMaken says will allow the SMF efits to the greater Savannah economy that to move forward and add a number of new festival organizers seem most enthused and exciting aspects to the festival. by. These benefits include an estimated Key among these will be the 2008 Swing $11,850,343 in total visitor spending, acCentral High School Jazz band Competition, cording to calculations by Dr. Bruce Seaman which comes on the heels of this past year’s of Georgia State University. High School Jazz Band Workshop — which SMF Public Relations Manager Ryan saw standout groups from four different reMcMaken elaborates: “There’s a long list of gional states working alongside such master reasons why this type of analysis, when done musicians and instructors as luminaries as accurately, is useful to our continued sucMarcus Roberts, Jason Marsalis and Wycliffe cess. First, it’s important all our supporters Gordon. have confidence in the impact the festival That intense weekend session saw each has on the local economy. Local taxpayers, group performing a free show in the City for instance, should know that support from Market Courtyard, culminating in select the City helped us produce an event that student musicians opening for guitar legend generated more than $800,000 in local tax John Pizzarelli in front of over 1,000 ticket revenues.” holders at the Lucas Theatre.

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ost folks who follow the Savannah music scene have likely heard of Baroness and Kylesa. Even if brutal modern metal isn’t their particular cup of tea, the regional, national and —of late— international acclaim those two groups have generated has resulted in name recognition that far exceeds their actual devoted fanbase. That’s encouraging to Andrew Fidler of Black Tusk. Over the course of “more tours than (he) can count,” this locally-based power trio of guitar (Fidler), drums (James May) and bass (Athon — just Athon) has trod the same path as both of those groups. They’ve played many of the same venues, made records in the same Columbia, S.C. studio, and been featured on the same bills. Now, with the release this weekend of their latest CD EP, The Fallen Kingdom (and a brand-new full-length album almost ready to drop on respected ultra-indie label Hyperrealist), this self-professed “swamp metal” band seems poised to reap some measure of the same rewards as their more established brethren. The eight-song EP, tracked last year at producer (and Kylesa member) Phil Cope’s familiar stomping grounds The Jam Room, clocks in at just over twenty-three minutes. It’s that insistence on brevity over indulgence that Fidler feels may ultimately help Black Tusk to stand somewhat apart from the myriad of similar-sounding acts on the road today — although he’s quick to note that he and his bandmates aren’t particularly

worried about being lumped in with their competition in the first place. “When it comes to song structure, there are a lot of bands that are real heavy, and then they take too many risks. They try to go on too long. As long as we structure our songs right, we won’t have that problem.” Fidler explains that the EP, which was recorded last year, lingered for months in typical music industry limbo, until a deal was struck to release it independently with the help of one of their biggest supporters. “We shopped it around to a bunch of indie labels, and some of them were really interested, but none wound up bidding on it, so the deals fell apart. We sat on it all this time, and finally John offered to do the cover art for us as well as put up half the manufacturing costs.” He’s referring to John Baizley, guitarist and frontman for Baroness, whose intricate, gruesomely psychedelic pen-and-ink work is becoming all the rage in certain metal circles. His illustration skills are increasingly in high-demand for metal bands’ CD covers, T-shirts and stickers. In fact, he also drew the stunning EP cover for buzzworthy Ohio band Skeletonwitch, whom Black Tusk joins for a two-week Southeastern tour starting with this Saturday night’s show at The Jinx. “John’s really blowing up as far as that

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Fidler says they’re gearing up for a marathon trip that will take them all the way to the West Coast as support act for experimental Atlanta metal band Zoroaster. For now, all the members of Black Tusk hold down the type of jobs which allow them to split and tour for weeks at a time: Athon is a master carpenter; James is a bartender; and Fidler is a landscaper. “I’m actually sitting on a lawn mower right now,” he chuckles over the phone. Yet, if these musicians have their way, they’ll make their livings playing metal. “Work sucks. Definitely,” says Fidler. “There’s not telling when it’ll happen, but that’s the plan. We’ll just keep working and playing shows until all we do is play.” w

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dents and visitors who’ve been forced to endure threatening, anti-social behavior at the hands of many of these bars’ regular patrons is astonishingly high. A while back, a friend (who is white) decided he’d check out Frozen just to see what all the fuss was about. As he approached, ID out, an off-duty SPD officer (hired as club security) stopped him, saying, “I can’t guarantee your safety in there.” Now, sadly, racism is nothing new to Savannah. In fact, many here on both sides of the proverbial “color line” have damn near perfected the art of acting like it doesn’t exist when it benefits them to do so, and crying foul when it behooves them. Whether they’ll ever cop to it or not, the folks on that dais in City Hall are scared witless of appearing to come down on a blackowned business for what many whites (and blacks) perceive as a “black problem.” They desperately want to avoid dealing with the handful of clumsy, self-appointed “Rev. Al Juniors” who lie in wait, ready to pounce on our elected leaders in front of the cameras for (supposedly) screwing over a minority citizen where they’d otherwise let whitey slide. Ideally, both clubs should have had their privilege to pour alcohol revoked ages ago for the myriad of problems caused by their lack of interest in controlling their rowdier, more vandalistic clientele. Instead, the City spent enormous sums of money to block off large swaths of Broughton Street on weekend nights, diverting precious crime-fighting manpower to serve as crowd control, all in a shameful effort to make sure that passersby were not routinely harassed and/or assaulted by hopped-up wannabe gangstas flowing from that club, looking to impress. Now, Frozen Paradise is allowed to shift

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its operations to the Oz location and —it appears— Oz will be allowed to move into the recently vacated Club Ice on Abercorn, once known as one of the best places in town to get shot and/or stabbed. Instead of using the powers it has to simply refuse or revoke the license for this obvious blight on our nightlife, Council opted instead to approve the license, but add to it a set of ten ludicrous stipulations Alderwoman Edna Jackson hopes will soon be adopted for all bars in the city. Those stipulations include such humdingers as “keeping minors out” (a law they’re already required to abide by) and “making the club owner available to talk to neighboring businesses to discuss problems.” Forcing Frozen’s owners to chat with the very neighbors who pleaded with Council to deny the license is a real hoot. I’ve watched firsthand how the owners of these two establishments nonsensically berate the Council with demands of special privilege. To think Otis and his crew would impose such a fate on innocent bystanders smacks of outright malice. “We are putting some restrictions on these folk, and if we are going to do this, we have to do it for everybody,” the Mayor said Thursday. I would tend to agree. The only problem is you never should have done it in the first place. You should have just shut ‘em down and wiped your hands of the whole mess. To paraphrase the great Rudy Ray Moore (with apologies to Ms. Jackson and Mary Osborne): Council members, where are your balls at? w Jim Reed is music editor of Connect Savannah. To comment e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com

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his past Thursday, Savannah’s City Council was unusually productive. They somehow managed to A) flush a wonderful opportunity down the toilet, B) expose themselves as spineless, and C) flip the collective bird to most of the responsible bar, tavern and nightclub owners in town. And all this before they even cast their votes. It’s enough to make one’s head spin. I’m referring of course to the supremely cowardly maneuver of approving a liquor license for the new Indian Street location of Frozen Paradise — a location that was until just recently home to Club Oz. For those of you who never venture into Historic Downtown’s so-called “entertainment zone” after dark: both of these establishments have been something of a bane on this area for years now. I hate to come across as overly judgemental, but facts are facts, and just because everyone else seems to have blinders on and a gag in their mouth doesn’t mean I have to. Frozen and Oz (which appear to have shared owners and management in the past, and still enjoy a cozy relationship) have a well-deserved rep as two of the roughest, most off-putting bars in town. Between the two businesses, they’ve regularly racked up more than their fair share of police calls due to violent, aggressive behavior both on their premises and surrounding public and private property. By design, their clientele is primarily young and black (or “urban” if you must insulate yourself even further from reality), which is not a problem whatsoever. The problem is the thugs. Thug culture —and its dear friend gang culture— is color-blind, and in Savannah we most definitely have our share of thuggish, antagonistic, macho sociopaths of all skin tones who enjoy hardcore gangsta rap, drugrunning and verbal and physical intimidation as a means of sadly stunted sexual posturing. The number of downtown resi-

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An aggressive blend of ska, reggae, dub and punk. Fri., 7 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee) + Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge. Western swing, juke-joint blooze and psychedelic garage rock. Wed., 9 pm, Bay Street Blues + Thurs., 10 pm, Savannah Blues + Sat., 8 pm, The Warehouse.

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Well-liked local electric blues power trio. Thurs., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

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Double-bill of up-and-coming local indie-rockers. Kiterunner offers up emotional —as opposed to emo— guitar and keys-based Saddle Creek-esque ballads (with bass, cello and drums). PK’s the stage name of Kiterunner’s bassist, who records his own faux-naive po-mo pop, performing live to backing tracks as a one-man-band. Fri., 10 pm, Murphy’s Law Irish Pub.

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Excellent 7-string jazz guitarist’s band, w/guest vocalist John Brackett. Mon., 8 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).

Blues-rock w/guest guitarist Bob Erickson. Fri. - Sat., 9:30 pm, Scandals (Tybee).

“Punk Across America Tour” Self-explanatory package bill of indie bands. Sat., 8 pm, Guitar Bar.

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Kitschy, fun rock, pop and hip-hop covers — from Pink Floyd to LL Cool J. Thurs., 10 pm, Wild Wing Café.

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This locally-based funk/soul and R & B party band has gone through a few lineup changes since their inception a little over 2 years back, but they’ve persevered and have become one of the busier and well-liked acts on the area bar, club and restaurant circuit. Fronted by lead vocalist Leslie Gadson (whose sultry and freeform approach to the band’s material has as much to do with their appeal as the loose-limbed and sympathetic backing she receives from her facile bandmates), they appear regularly at Tantra on Broughton St. and Casimir’s Lounge in the Mansion on Forsyth Park, but this laidback, beachside Caribbean eatery in the shadow of the Tybee’s Lighthouse is where they got their start and it remains something of a home base for the group to this day. One of the few places with live entertainment on Sunday nights, if the weather’s nice it’s a great, breezy place to hang, grab a beer or frozen drink and catch some of the area’s better party bands on an outdoor stage. Plus, it’s open to ALL-AGES. Sun., 6 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee).

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This living legend of outlaw country music is a prolific and respected songwriter. He’s also known for crass novelty numbers like “Don’t Bite The Dick.” It’s both touching and fitting that local artist Whiskey Dick and his band will open for DAC, as Coe’s a personal hero to WD frontman Tony Beasley. Tix are $25. Wed., 8 pm, Monkey Business (Hilton Head).

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In memory of the brave Charleston firefighters who recently gave their lives in the service of their community, this Congress St. pub is hosting an afternoon and evening of libations, food and music. Here’s how it works: “DJ Big Daddy Jack” will take requests from a vast music library in exchange for donations — 100% of which are being sent to the surviving families of the fallen firefighters. For more info on how you can contribute to this worthy cause, call the organizers at 443-0855. Sat., 5 pm - 11 pm, Murphy’s Law Irish Pub.

The Roger Moss Quintet

This classically trained vocalist and thespian has found a wonderful group of foils in the versatile members of this jazz-oriented backing group. Anchored by the likes of drummer Josh Safer and guitarist Bruce Spradlin, they are capable of shifting gears from contemporary pop to standards from the American Songbook and into campy cabaret numbers with ease. Impressive, entertaining and tongue-in-cheek all at once, it’s a classier and more nuanced version of everything another sassy local jazz singer (who shall remain nameless) attempted years back — and so much more. Fri., 11:30 am, Johnson Square, 9 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Passafire

One of the better (and most promising) original bands to ever emerge from our local scene, this reggae and hip-hop hybrid rarely plays in town, because they’re busy on the

road. Starting from the same basic templates as iconic innovators like 311 and Sublime, this rock-solid act works hard to put their own stamp on rasta-fied groove music, and the result is a distinctly contemporary vibe that —if anything— is reminiscent of the kind of world-beat vibe being mined of late by Michael Franti (whom they’ve jammed with) and Matisyahu. Sat., 10 pm, Wild Wing Café.

‘Rod-A-Billy Riot’

Anytime there’s a 5-band bill of cowpunk and rockabilly held alongside a car and motorcycle show —focusing on pre-’67 vintage vehicles— it’s certainly worth hyping. Sponsored by the newly-formed female bike club The Bomber Girls (who raise funds for military personnel and volunteer for the USO) with help from The Savannah Derby Devils, Jailhouse Choppers and the National League of POW/MIA Families, this all-day event features vendors, raffles and a donation box for items to be sent to our troops overseas. Live music starts at 4 pm, including: local outlaw country singer Whiskey Dick; Raleigh, N.C.’s Hearts & Daggers; Atlanta’s own Red Rocket Deluxe and The Rock City Dropouts; and a solo set by Pee Wee Moore of The Tennessee Rounders. $15 admission. For more info: www.myspace.com/bombergirlslrc. Sat., noon, Yong’s Country Club (5115 Ogeechee Rd.). w

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t’s not only the Masquers’ summer season that comes to a close with the end of their next play, Arsenic and Old Lace. One of the most intriguing experiments in Savannah theatre history will come to a close as well. The staging of the Joseph Kesselring’s classic dark comedy by the Armstrong Atlantic State University theatre group comes right before their home base at the Jenkins Theatre closes for at least a year for extensive renovations. Still, the venue went out with a bang, as the Masquers decided to stage as much theatre as possible in it while they could. Specifically, a madcap run of four shows in rapid sequence with no break between them, collectively dubbed “Encore”: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Bad Seed, Parallel Lives and this weekend’s Arsenic and Old Lace. April Soroko, a part-time design sequence instructor, acted as self-described “facilitator” for the “Encore” season, which was actually carried out almost totally by the Masquers themselves. “We were all initially thinking the building would be shut down at the beginning of summer, but then we discovered that’s not the case,” Soroko explains. “I was approached by Pete Mellen, head of the theatre department here. He felt like it was a great opportunity for students to do some important work on their own,” she says. “And also, because the theatre will shut down at the end of the summer, this was the last opportunity students had to work in that space before the space is gutted and redone.” After that and until the work is done, the Masquers will

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Facing the camera left to right, Susan Jackson (Abby Brewster), Gail Byrd (Martha Brewster), and Ben Wolfe (Mortimer) take the AASU Jenkins Theater stage July 26th for the opening night performance of Arsenic and Old Lace.

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We all realize that someone crazy is in everyone’s family. That’s why people always sort of feel close to Mortimer. But that’s what makes it a tough show — not many other characters in the show are people the audience can relate to. people always sort of feel close to Mortimer. But that’s what makes it a tough show — not many other characters in the show are people the audience can relate to. That makes it tough on the actor playing Mortimer, because it’s tough on him sort of trying to embody everybody.” Busbin says that even from a logstical standpoint, the “Encore” season was a case study in serendipity. “We said, ‘OK, we’ve got the whole summer with this theatre, so what can we do in

that time?’ Luckily for us, with Bad Seed and Arsenic and Old Lace we were able to use the set from Three Cornered Moon,” she says, referring to a performance early in 2007 that reprised the very first Masqers’ show in 1937. “That was designed by a designer from New York, so we were very lucky to be able to still have that available,” Busbin says. “And for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and Parallel Lives, they required no set at all.” Busbin says the summer season has been a priceless experience for all involved. “It’s been a class for all of us. It’s basically been a theatre lab, that’s what we’re calling it,” she says. “It’s all of us working together on every single play.” Soroko echoes that with her simple explanation as to how the Masquers were able to pull off the daunting “Encore” season. “It’s a family over there. Students know each other so well, they work long hours and they’re so hungry for opportunity,” she says. “With very little resources they can pull it off and make it look professional. Because there’s so few faculty at Armstrong, students get so much opportunity in taking on big responsibilitys. These are all students making sure everything’s right — sound cues, light cues, props, building sets.” Soroko says the Masquers continue their tradition of opening auditions to the entire

community, though the bulk of participants are indeed connected to AASU. “At least 80 percent of participants in the shows are affiliated with the university in some way, but we do have a wide variety of students – two are pursing masters in education, and there’s one nontraditional student working on a bachelors in education with a minor in theatre.” Soroko, who leaves soon to take a position with the University of Miami in the fall, says the future is bright for theatre not only in Savannah, but nationwide. “Theatre’s not unlike sports in that it builds community. When people feel there’s a void and they’re not able to get out and connect, then they make the theatre happen,” she says. “No doubt people spend a lot less time on live theatre now than 100 years ago, and yet people still have hunger to sit with other people and experience something together.” w The AASU Masquers perform Arsenic and Old Lace July 26-28 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday July 29 at 3 p.m. in the Jenkins Theatre on campus. General admission $8. Senior citizens, military personnel, and non-AASU students $7. Cash or check only, please. AASU students, faculty, and staff free with ID.

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be using a temporary space in Armstrong Center around the corner, sometimes simply referred to as “the old Publix,” a reference to the supermarket once occupying the spot. Arsenic and Old Lace deals with the hapless Mortimer Brewster, a longtime bachelor who brings his new bride to meet his two aunts. But he gradually discovers that the two ladies — so sweet on the surface — have a strange affinity for performing involuntary euthanasia on people, using a concoction of elderberry wine, arsenic and cyanide. The play was made into a hit movie in 1944 starring Cary Grant as Mortimer. This weekend, Susan Jackson and Gail Byrd play the two crazy aunts, Abby and Martha Brewster, while the versatile veteran Ben Wolfe plays Mortimer. AASU senior Jamie Busbin is directing the Masquers’ stage version of the beloved classic. “I wanted to breathe a little life as far as casting, but it’s such a great script that I didn’t want to stray too far from it. That would be doing a disservice to the audience, — many of whom are familiar with the Cary Grant movie,” Busbin explains. “I want to give it some new life, to make it fresh, but still keep true to the story.” The secret to the story’s success, the director says, is that “We all realize that someone crazy is in everyone’s family. That’s why

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Starr system Indie rocker Garrison Starr rocked the house Saturday night. Literally, since the concert was held at Sue Finkle’s house. Finkle is in the forefront of the booming local house party trend, and Saturday’s solo acoustic show by the soulful Mississippi native continued in the tradition.

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The hotness of Paula Deen Yeah, it was over 90 degrees Saturday, but that didn’t stop throngs of tourists from lining up for blocks in the oppressive heat, waiting hours to sample the Southern cooking at The Lady and Sons in City Market.

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All for the arts A crowd of 200 cultural group representatives and their supporters gathered at the Jepson Center Thursday night under the auspices of the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs to hear a talk by Americans for the Arts’ Randy Cohen on how the arts impact Savannah’s economy. Front, left to right: Brynn Grant (SEDA), Jenny Gentry (Wachovia), Cohen, Eileen Baker (Cultural Affairs), Robert Benedetto (Benedetto Guitars). Back row, left to right: Joe Driggers (Cultural Affairs), Rick Winger (SEDA), Mayor Otis Johnson, Bill Hubbard (Chamber of Commerce).

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ne of the most powerful and stirring genres of the Christian musical tradition, Byzantine choir music encompasses the evocative mystery and poignant grandeur so central to the Eastern Orthodox tradition. To the layperson’s ear it sounds similar to the more commonly known Gregorian chanting, but while Byzantine liturgical singing is every bit as old it has a more dramatic and exotic flavor. This unique character is primarily due to its intricate Eastern scales and methods of harmonizing the voices, which typically sing in Greek rather than Latin. A rare and special opThe facade of St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church at Bull portunity to enjoy a new and Anderson streets work in the style of that rich Byzantine tradition comes Why did you pick the Divine Liturgy as the this weekend. The Choir template for your new work? Conference of the Southeastern Federation of Greek Orthodox Choirs and Musicians Chris Zervos: It’s the most commonly used culminates in a live performance of a new liturgy in the Greek Orthodox church, basichoral setting of The Divine Liturgy of St. cally the standard Sunday liturgy. John Chrysostom by Chris Zervos during It’s important to make clear that the regular 10 a.m. Sunday service at St. this is actually a choral setting. St. John Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church at Bull and Chrysostom wrote the text, and I came up Anderson streets. with the music. I can’t claim to have develThe performance of Zervos’s 2005 work oped all the melodic lines, because in many helps cap a months-long celebration of the cases some of the melodic lines have been 100th year of the local Greek Orthodox condeveloped by others working in the tradigregation, which is hosting the weekend of tion. workshops and seminars for Byzantine-style choirs from the entire southeast. Wielding the baton at the performance will be acclaimed conductor Christopher Kypros, a composer in his own right and currently choir director for the Annunciation Cathedral in Norfolk, Va. Now employed by the city of Toledo, Ohio, Zervos himself will come to Savannah to accompany the combined choir on organ as they perform his work. We spoke with Zervos last week about his Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

What’s unique about your version? Chris Zervos: First off, I chose to do it bilingually. I was of course told it couldn’t be done, that one could not put classical Greek and modern spoken English into the same musical score. But I discovered that by using some creative musical notation that it could indeed be done. Why would it be so difficult to combine the two languages in one work?

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Chris Zervos: There’s a real linguistics problem, because classical Greek has a syntax and structure that frequently is antithetical to English. Also Byzantine music is written with the emphasis on the hymn text, whereas the western world would tend to recognize the melodic line. Byzantine music is kind of like Byzantine art: What you see is what you get. For example, if you’re referring to heaven, the line runs up. If you refer to earth, the line runs down. Writing a liturgical work from scratch, based on a beloved text, must be pretty daunting.

had to create something that elicited more of an emotional response. Without sounding spiritualist, there were moments when I sat in my office that I felt a presence beyond only myself. I had to work quietly on this, because I worked at night into the wee hours of morning and didn’t want to wake everyone in the house. Finally when I was able to play the music back I was shocked at what I was hearing. It’s very emotional. The Orthodox church is often criticized for being too intellectual. But the more you really study the faith, the more you see that it actually has a quite rich and multilayered emotional foundation.

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Chris Zervos: I was initially challenged by my parish priest in Toledo to develop Chris Zervos: That’s very a church hymn for the partrue. And I’ll also tell you ish, with the parameters being I’ve been criticized for some that he wanted it done accordof liberties I’ve taken. But ing to tradition, he wanted it the results bore the fruit I so it could be sung by an adult was looking to see borne. mixed choir and also by the I’ve had more people come youth choir in unison, and fito me where this liturgy nally he wanted it to be able to has been sung, sobbing and be sung by the congregation throwing their arms around both in Greek and English. me, thanking me, saying I knew I’d have to set it in a Composer Chris Zervos “I’ve never experienced anylower range to meet the criteria thing like this before.” for youth voices and congregaCertainly it was very tion. And with the harmonic portion I almuch the desired response, but I was also ready knew what I was going to do there. shocked that so many middle-aged adult I had just retired from a career as a cusOrthodox observers have never had the optom homebuilder, working 16 or 18 hours a portunity to experience the full beauty of day, so I just tackled it in the same capacity liturgical worship. I probably was one of as I would have my business. Basically from them at some point. That’s why I decided to October through March I worked on it nondo this. stop. I finished the first draft and put it out to friends and other musicians and rewrote Does the type of organ at a church dictate the it in December. quality of the performance, or are the instruments standardized from church to church? That’s almost like a playwright workshopping a play before finishing it, right? Chris Zervos: (Laughs) Oh, they’re not standardized at all. There are any numChris Zervos: Well, with any chordal prober of them, all different vintages and gression in choral music there’s the issue of ages. Fortunately the organ at St. Paul’s in voice leading -- how you take singers from Savannah is an excellent organ. I have to do note to note to note using the shortest most a little research ahead of time. comfortable intervals and get them to the I performed in Boston at the right points to create the chord. Doing that Annunciation Cathedral this past successfully within a choral work is probably November, and they had some antique inthe biggest challenge. And yet you still have strument that of course they’re very proud to come up with something interesting to of. It looked more like kiddy toy (laughs). I sing and something appropriate to text. couldn’t believe it. I had to bring a special chair to sit in so I could play it properly. It Did you at any point feel spiritually moved was like sitting on telephone books! w while composing the work, or was it more of a technical exercise? The 31st Annual Choir Conference of the Southeastern Federation of Greek Orthodox Chris Zervos: I absolutely allowed the spirit Choirs and Musicians will be hosted July 26to move me. Whatever limited success I may 29 by St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church. Go be blessed to have from this, that’s the main to www.stpaul.ga.goarch.org/choirlanding. reason. html for more info about the event and its I have to admit I did not follow strict schedule. Byzantine rules of music production. I approached it from an emotional standpoint. The performance of Chris Zervos’s choI saw the beauty and passion, the pleas, the ral setting of The Divine Liturgy of St. John emotional pathos that is contained within Chrysostom will be during the regular 10 these hymns and prayers. I couldn’t simply a.m. Sunday service at St. Paul’s at Bull and write something simple and straightforward, Anderson streets. a 1-3-5 chord type of production. I knew I

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

The Norm Gagne Trio w/Mary Louise (8 pm, 9:15 pm, 10:30 pm) LOCO’S (downtown)

RIDERS LOUNGE (Hilton Head) SAVANNAH BLUES

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3 SAVANNAH JAZZ & BLUES BISTRO (Bluffton) SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.) SAVANNAH THEATRE SCANDALS (Tybee)

THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

SILVER CREEK SALOON (Statesboro) SPANKY’S (River St.)

STEAMERS (Georgetown)

STUDIO B (Glennville)

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

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TURTLE’S (Statesboro)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Wilmington Island)

The Back River Ramblers (7 pm) VENUS DI MILO

DJ Maytag (10 pm)

VFW CLUB (Hinesville)

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

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Live Music TBA (10 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ (Bluffton)

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MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Pianist Eric Jones (5 pm), The Jeff Beasley Band (9 pm) MARDIS GRAS ON BAY

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

MARLIN MONROE’S SURFSIDE GRILL (Tybee)

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TANTRA LOUNGE

Turtle & Joe (10 pm) LUCAS THEATRE

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WILD WING CAFÉ

Chuck Courtenay & Bucky Bryant (1 pm), Passafire (10 pm) Live Music TBA (10 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

YONG’S COUNTRY CLUB (formerly The Music Box)

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DOC’S BAR (Tybee Island)

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Live Music TBA (7 pm)

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Karaoke w/Michael (9 pm)

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Randy “Hatman” Smith (8 pm)

Live Piano Music TBA

The Eric Culberson Blues Band (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (11 pm)

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DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

EL POTRO (13051 Abercorn St.)

Live Music TBA

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

Karaoke

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Chief (8 pm)

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Barry Johnson (6 pm)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (5 pm)

Diana Rogers

Dixieland Jam Session (3 pm), Deas’ Guys (8 pm)

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Live Music TBA (10 pm)

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Karaoke

Live Music TBA

Roy & The Circuit Breakers (5 pm)

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THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR KEVIN BARRY’S

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THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

Old-Time Jam Session w/Joe Nelson (7 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee)

DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm) STINGRAYS (Tybee)

Roy & the Circuit Breakers (6 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE

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Irish Pub Acoustic Session (7 pm)

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Live Music TBA (6 pm)

Chief (9 pm)

Live Music TBA

The Joseph Michael Duo (6 pm)

Karaoke w/Frank Nelson (9 pm)

#@*! Karaoke

“Piano-Palooza” Karaoke (9 pm)

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“Return To The ‘50s” (3 pm)

BN Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (1 pm)

#@*! Karaoke (10:30 pm)

5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

Live Music TBA (3 pm)

Pocket Change (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

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Live Music TBA

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Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Bob Masteller & Friends (8 pm)

Thomas Claxton (7:30 pm)

Diana Rogers (7 pm)

The Courtenay Brothers (1 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Lost In The Media (9 pm)

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DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

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DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Bottles & Cans (9 pm)

FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (7 pm) HANG FIRE

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THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

The Howard Paul Group feat. John Brackett (8 pm)

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MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE

Nancy Witt

MERCURY LOUNGE

Open Mic Jam w/The Eric Culberson Blues Band PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

Live Music TBA

SAVANNAH BLUES

Open Mic Jam w/The Hitmen (10 pm)

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

Foreign Film: Krzysztof Kieslowski’s THE DECALOGUE (8 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler)

Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca WET WILLIE’S

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WILD WING CAFÉ

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HAIRSPRAY 1/2

For over a decade, John Waters had been unleashing some of the most outrageous movies ever made before deciding to tentatively test the waters of mainstream cinema -- or at least as mainstream as this flagrantly maverick filmmaker could attempt. His tepid 1981 offering Polyester was met with a stone wall of shrugs, even with the gimmick of being presented in Odorama (patrons were given scratch ‘n’ sniff cards that, if memory serves, stank like sour milk no matter what number was scratched off). But his 1988 offering, Hairspray, was another story: An instant critical and cult success, it eventually was turned into a smash Broadway musical and has now been brought back to the screen, with the added songs intact. It’s one of this summer’s few out-and-out delights, smoothing out but never compromising the issues that made Waters’ original film such a quirky delight. An ode to being different, Hairspray stars delightful newcomer Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager who won’t let her pleasantly plump figure get in the way of following her dream in 1960s Baltimore. And her dream is to become famous, preferably by

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Those who like their Potter black will find much to appreciate in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth and moodiest of the J.K. Rowling adaptations to date. Chris Columbus’ first two entries -- both underrated -- focused mainly on fun and games, with the subsequent installments helmed by Alfonso Cuaron and Mike Newell taking on decidedly darker dimensions. The level of malevolence is raised even further here, thanks to the taut direction by unknown David Yates and a forceful performance by series lead Daniel Radcliffe. Between the last film (Goblet of Fire) and

showing off her dance moves on The Corny Collins Show, a local American Bandstand-style program that’s a hit with the kids. Her obese mom Edna (John Travolta in drag) is afraid her daughter will get hurt, but her dad Wilbur (a warm Christopher Walken) encourages her to go for it. Impressing Corny Collins himself (X-Men’s James Marsden), not to mention the show’s reigning pinup star Link Larkin (Zac Efron), Tracy does indeed land a coveted spot on the show, much to the disgust of Link’s girlfriend Amber Von Tussle (Brittany Snow) and her wicked mom Velma (Michelle Pfeiffer). The movie’s first and foremost a musical, and director Adam Shankman does a commendable job of filming the song-and-dance routines in a manner that accentuates the total skills involved (the noticeable lack of rapid MTV-style cuts is greatly appreciated). The weakest cast link is, perhaps surprisingly, Travolta, who may have enjoyed returning to his movie musical roots (Saturday Night Fever, Grease) but nevertheless fails to adequately fill the large shoes of the late Divine, who was simply, well, divine in Waters’ ‘88 screen version.

this new one, it’s startling to note how the actor and the character seem to have aged multiple years, a testament to the maturity and intensity that Radcliffe brings to the role. Villainy abounds in The Order of the Phoenix, with Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) haunting Harry’s every move, a fluttering fascist named Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) taking over the Hogwarts school, and an escaped prisoner known as Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter) arriving late to kill off a popular character. Add to those threats Harry’s issues of abandonment and estrangement, and it’s no wonder the lad can’t keep those roiling emotions in check. In this respect, Phoenix operates not only as a story-specific fantasy flick but also as a universal teen angst tale, a far-

flung Rebel Without a Cause in which the protagonist tries to comprehend the adult world he’s on the verge of entering while simultaneously struggling to cut the umbilical cord of childhood. Because of this slant, this emerges as the most dramatic of the five films to date, with betrayals coming from both memories (a flashback involving Harry’s dad and professor Severus Snape, again played by Alan Rickman, is startling in its implications) and mortals (Judas, must you betray me with a kiss?) only serving to drive the nail into Harry’s splintered psyche even deeper. Fortunately, Harry’s friends won’t leave him alone -- even when he’s surly toward them -- and he receives a muchneeded support system from best buds Ron

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Weasley (Grint) and Hermione Granger (Watson) as well as a seemingly spacy blonde named Luna Lovegood (newcomer Evanna Lynch, wonderfully embodying the most interesting of the new characters).

You Kill Me 

Perhaps not since Jack Nicholson in 1985’s Prizzi’s Honor has any actor so solidly struck the funny bone portraying a hit man as Ben Kingsley does in You Kill Me. The film’s premise initially makes it sound like a cutesy variation on the type of pseudo-hip crime flicks churned out on a monthly basis by Tarantino wannabes: Mob assassin Frank Falenczyk (Kingsley) was once at the top of his game, but in recent times he’s fallen so deeply under the spell of the bottle that he now drunkenly sleeps through his assignments. His boss (Philip Baker Hall) sends him to San Francisco to sober up; there, he lands a job at a funeral home, attends AA meetings under the tutelage of a gay sponsor (Luke Wilson), and strikes up an offbeat relationship with a sharp-tongued woman (Tea Leoni) who doesn’t seem particularly disturbed by his line of work. You Kill Me feels like a lightweight throwaway, but it remains in the memory longer than expected, thanks to the freewheeling direction by John Dahl (The Last Seduction), a killer-quippacked script by the team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (the guys adapting the family-friendly Chronicles of

Narnia franchise to the screen!), and a sterling cast fronted by a perfectly cast Kingsley, who in this film manages to elicit chuckles with just his terse facial expressions.

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 singersturned-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

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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.

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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 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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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, rapidfire 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)

Sicko1/2

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 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

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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 outfit 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 nefarious Decepticons -- have brought their battle to our planet, we’re introduced to various groups of characters who will eventually gather to help the good ‘bots defeat the evil ones. Chief among the human protagonists is Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), a teenager who’s so busy wooing a lovely classmate (Megan Fox) that he’s slow to realize that there’s more than meets the eye about his new Chevy Camaro. Meanwhile, in Qatar, two members (Tyrese Gibson and Josh Duhamel) of an army outfit find themselves trying to stay alive from the metallic menace that has wiped out their entire base. And back in Washington the U.S. Secretary of Defense (Jon Voight) tries to figure out what’s going on with the help of a computer analyst (Rachael Taylor) and her “advisor,” a computer hacker (Anthony Anderson). Bolstered by ample amounts of humor (a popular comedian makes an early appearance as a car salesman) and decidedly more character-driven than expected, Transformers for the most part does a fine job of balancing action with emotion, which makes the final half-hour -- wall to wall battles with little to individualize the raging robots on either side -- a bit of a slog. Still, it’s a given that Transformers fans won’t be disappointed. The shock is that the rest of us might not be, either.

Evan Almighty 

There’s not much to this film aside from shaky CGI effects, timid moralizing, and

the sight of Steve Carell spinning his wheels in a role that fails to draw upon the immense comic talents displayed in The 40Year-Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine and even his brief stint in the Paul Lynde role in the disastrous screen version of Bewitched. Playing the same part he essayed in Bruce Almighty, that of self-centered TV news anchor Evan Baxter, Carell immediately finds himself neutered by director Tom Shadyac and his passel of writers, as his character has morphed into a typical movie dad who places his own career above the needs of his wife (Lauren Graham) and children. Having been elected to Congress on the platform that he’ll “change the world,” Evan now finds his hands full delivering on that promise when God (returning Morgan Freeman) appears and instructs him to build an ark.

1408 1/2

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.

Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer 

It remains a mystery how the 2005 superhero yarn Fantastic Four grossed $154 million stateside, considering that most of its special effects were on the level of a 6-year-old floating his plastic boat in the bathtub. This time effects are a vast improve-

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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.).

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Activism & Politics

AMBUCS is dedicated to creating mobility and independence of people with disabilities Volunteers meet every first and third Monday at 7 p.m. at Fire Mountain Restaurant on Stephenson Ave. Call Ann Johnson at 897-4818. Chatham County Democratic Party meets the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. at 109 W. Victory Dr. Call Karen Arms at 897-1300 or David Bonorato at 9217039 or visit www.chathamdems.com. Chatham County Democratic Women For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222. Chatham County Young Democrats is dedicated to getting young people ages 14 to 39 active in governmental affairs and to encourage their involvement at all levels of the Democratic party. Contact Rakhsheim Wright at 604-7319 or chathamcountyyds@ yahoo.com. Chatham County Young Republicans For information, visit www.savannahyr.com or call Brad Morrison at 596-4810.

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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. For information on times and location, visit www.DrinkingLiberally.org or send email to august1494@excite.com. Hillary Clinton in Beaufort Democratic presidential contender Sen. Hillary Clinton will visit Beaufort, S.C. on Saturday, July 28 from 1-4 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center of the University of South Carolina in Beaufort. The event is free and open to the public. Visit www.beaufortcountydemocrats.org. 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.

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Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets the first and third Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Chinatown Buffett, 307 Highway 80 in Garden City. Purchase of a meal gets you in. Call 308-3934 or visit http://www.nodebts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html. National Council of Negro Women meets the first Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum. Planned Parenthood meets the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For info, call Heather Holloway at 352-4052 or heather.holloway@ppfa.org. Volunteers are needed for Planned Parenthood, and will meet the second Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean. For information about volunteering, call Heather Holloway 3524032 or heather.holloway@ppfa.org. Project Hot Seat Stop global warming with Greenpeace. Call 704-7472 for information. Savannah Area Republican Women meet the first Wednesday of every month at the Johnny Harris Restaurant Banquet Room on Victory Drive. The social starts at 11:30 a.m. and lunch is at noon. The cost is $13 at the door. Make reservations by noon on the Monday preceding the meeting by calling 598-1883. Savannah Branch NAACP For information, call 233-4161. Savannah for Obama is a grassroots organization that is interested in raising local awareness for presidential candidate Barack Obama. The group meets 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 will host a city council forum on Thursday, July 26 from 6-8 p.m. at the Chatham County Republican Party Headquarters, 11 E. 73rd St. (next to the Globe). Former city council member Judi Ross and Save Our Savannah President Martin Sullivan will head the panel, which will include aldermen Edna Jackson, Ellis Cook, Clifton Jones and Tony Thomas, plus candidates Nadra Enzi, Tom Coleman, Richard Dunbar, John Hall, Larry Stuber and Mary Ellen Sprague. Clint Murphy will serve as moderator. Visit www. savannahyr.com. Savannah Area Young Republicans Call Alexandra Tabarrok at 572-8528. Skidaway Island Democrats Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.

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Town Hall Meeting Chatham County Commissioner Pay Shay will host a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesdaym, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Inn at Ellis Square. Guest speaker Michael Scott will discuss Urban Police Methods and the Importance of Defensive Design and Planning. Wipe Out Wireless Waste Keep Savannah Beautiful and the City of Savannah Community Planning and Development Department are sponsoring a wireless recycling program. Citizens are urged to drop off their used wireless phones at the Community Planning and Development office, 2203 Abercorn St. Participate or coordinate a drive in your neighborhood, church, school business and organization. For info, contact Nathaniel Glover at 651-6520.

Auditions

Epworth Players will hold auditions for The Gazebo, a comedy by Alec Coppel on Friday, Aug. 10 from 7-9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12 from 2-4 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist Church, 2201 Bull St. Several men and women ranging from their 20s to 70s are needed. Call Rich Seng at 3134004. 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 through Aug. 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. Savannah Community Theatre will hold auditions for Blood Brothers: The Musical on Monday and Tuesday, July 30 and 31 by appointment only at 2160 E. Victory Dr. Five men and three women plus a small chorus are needed. You must have a 90-second song fully prepared. Call Tom Coleman III at 898-9021 to schedule an appointment. Savannah Shakespeare Festival Final auditions for the fall production of Henry V will be held Saturday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Studio, 2805B Roger Lacey Ave. in Thunderbolt. Call 695-9146 for an appointment.

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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. Color, Materials and Media Frances Mills will teach this workshop Aug. 11 at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull St. $25 for Savannah Art Association members and $35 for nonmembers. Call 232-7731. Conscious Prosperity A workshop, Conscious Prosperity: The Secret to Simple & Lasting Personal Worth, will be presented by John Moore, the DebtFREE guru, pm Saturday, July 28 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

| Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Writing in *Poetry Flash,* critic Rusty Morrison speculates that “the sublime can only be glimpsed by pressing through fear’s boundary, beyond one’s previous conceptions of the beautiful.” That’s a good theme for you to experiment with right now, Aries. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re very close to making contact with splendor you’ll remember all your life. (And I don’t use that fancy word “splendor” lightly.) You’ll need a lot of playful courage to make the boundary-crossing. But I know you can do it if you keep heading in the direction of what’s scarily meaningful. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination,” wrote Anaïs Nin. “Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic.” I share Nin’s perspective, Taurus; I know from experience how maddeningly slow the truth-gathering process can be. But I’m pleased to inform you that you’re in a phase when missing puzzle pieces will become available at a faster rate than usual. Be alert for the subtle onslaught. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Whatever is not an energy source is an energy sink,” writes novelist Marge Piercy. Is it really that unambiguous? Can you divide every single person, event, and institution into those that suck your vitality and those that pump you up? I think it’s usually more complicated than that. There are many things that simultaneously suck and pump. But for you right now, Gemini, I believe it is that clear-cut. Proceed accordingly. Be ruthlessly discerning in deciding what influences you invite into your sphere. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Dear Rob: I like to take my daughters to the playground. While they hang out in the sandbox, I’ve often tried to make it across the monkey bars -- you know, those overhead bars where you go hand over hand while your body dangles below.

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. 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. Figure Drawing Class for Teens SCAD instructor Jeff Markowsky will teach this workshop Aug. 20-24 from 1-4 p.m. The strengths of both the Italian Renaissance and the French Academy approaches will

be discussed and utilized. The cost of $225 includes supplies. Class size is limited to 8. Call Lind Hollingsworth at 921-1151 or visit www.TheArtSchool-Sav.com. 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. GED/adult literacy education is being offered Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon or 1-4 p.m. 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. continued on page 34

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In hundreds of attempts, I’ve failed every time. My hands hurt, I feel heavy and out of shape, and I give up quickly. But last Saturday the spell was broken. I asked the gods of the playground to help me out. As I jumped up to grab the monkey bars, the idea popped into my head that I should bend my legs instead of leaving them dangling down. I got a swinging motion going, and made it across easily. After all those years of frustration, I couldn’t believe such a little change made such a big difference. -Cancerian Reporting from the Trenches.” Dear Cancerian: Thanks for your testimony. I think it’s exactly what your fellow Crabs need to hear. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ve arrived at the recreate-yourself-from- scratch phase of your cycle. To celebrate, I’ve gathered three apt pieces of advice for you to scrawl on a piece of paper that you’ll put under your pillow. (1) “Almost everything comes from almost nothing.” - Henri-Frédéric Amiel. (2) “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” - Peter Drucker. (3) “Leap and the net will appear.” - Zen saying. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the language of the Hopi Indians,*koyaanisqatsi* means “crazy life,” “life in turmoil,” or “life out of balance.” It’s usually invoked to describe a culture that’s in disarray because of corruption and lack of vision. In the horoscope you’re now reading, however, I’m using it to identify a chaotic state that each of us periodically goes through in our personal life. It’s a phase when we lose our moorings, when we’re out of touch with our moral center. On the one hand, it’s uncomfortable and disorienting. On the other hand, the brain-scrambling it stirs up is often a blessing. It flushes out mental habits that no longer serve us. It provokes creative innovations by rearranging the contents of our psyche. According to my reading of the omens, this is such a time for you, Virgo. Happy koyaanisqatsi! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The muskmelon is a fruit that continues to ripen after it’s picked, whereas a water-

melon stops ripening the moment it’s plucked from the vine. As you enter your own personal harvest season, Libra, keep that difference in mind; it’ll be a useful metaphor. Some of the “crops” you’ve been growing all these months are like muskmelons, while others are like watermelons. Do you know which are which? Let the watermelon-like fruits of your labors stay on the vine until you’re absolutely sure they’re fully mature. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If this was 1700 and you lived in London or if it was 1800 and you lived in Philadelphia, I’d tell you, *Go west, young man or young woman.* The astrological omens imply that your most useful adventures lie in the direction the sun travels. But we could also interpret the oracular advice to “go west” not as a literal mandate to head out on the road, but rather as a metaphorical exhortation to follow the sun in your heart. So what does that expression mean to you? If you followed the sun in your heart, would you align yourself with a live-giving source of light and energy? Would you do something that fills you with warmth and vitality? Would you answer a call that’s coming to you from the most practical manifestation of divine intelligence you know? Or all three? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A Sagittarius reader named Sarah Morehouse sent me an announcement. “I’ve just discovered that I’m . . . ummm . . . cough . . . RULER OF THE WORLD,” she said. “Don’t panic. I’m planning to be a benign dictator. But here are two immediate changes. First: We will no longer separate reverence and amusement. Every one of us must regard humor as holy, and infuse our moments of solemn awe with giggles and snorts. Secondly: All of us are artists. That’s right: Each and every one of us is now a certified creator of smart beauty, deep spiritual meaning, and good- natured practical jokes.” Queen Sarah went on at length, but I’ll stop there so I have room to point out this truth: Of all the signs of the zodiac, you Sagittarians are in the most perfect position to embody

her new laws. In the coming weeks, you should regard them as your mandate. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): This would be a perfect moment to send 100 roses to someone you love. Oddly enough, it’ll also be an excellent time to send 100 roses to someone you love to hate. In other words, the karmic ledger needs to be kept in balance. You’ve got to make sure that all the opposites in your life are given their proper due. Each side of every paradox deserves your equal attention. What’s the payoff? An exotic and lyrical brand of harmony will be yours if you expand your mind to encompass the yin of every yang, and vice versa. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Consider writing an entertaining advertisement about yourself in order to attract the resources you’d like to play with. Or think about buying the domain name “showerblessingson [putyournamehere].com,” then setting up a website where the world can send you business offers, marriage proposals, free gifts, and invitations to travel. The point is, Aquarius, that the upcoming weeks will be a perfect time to get very aggressive and highly specific about asking for what you need. Rev up the fun-loving parts of your imagination. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you’re a gardener who loves your plants, you’re merciless towards weeds. Even if you have a deep reverence for all forms of life, you don’t waver in your drive to yank out the hairy bittercress that’s crowding your tomatoes. You don’t feel twinges of guilt as you eliminate the chickweed near your squash. I advise you to use a similar approach as you nurture your little growing things in the coming days. Safeguard them from anything that would distract them from their instinctive purpose or weaken their power to become more thoroughly themselves. w

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from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Generation One, call 350-7587; Instructors are needed to teach this program in Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties. For information, call Chuck at 598-1011. 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. Mad for Mod! will be offered July 9-13 and July 30 through Aug. 3. Visit www.TheArtSchool-Sav.com or call 921-1151. Basic Skills for Everyday Living is a series of workshops presented by Victorious Christian Living Educational Center and held at the Mary Flournoy Golden Age Center, 1001 W. 39th St. at Ogeechee Road. Personal Management will be conducted Aug. 2 from 6-8 p.m., Family Management Aug. 3 from 6-8 p.m. and Money Management Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon. All are free and oepn to the public. Call 660-2966 to reserve a seat. Beading Classes Learn jewelry-making techniques during the month of June at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 9206659.

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Japanese & Tibetan Buddhist Imagery A free lecture and slide presentation by Dr. David Levine, SCAD art history professor, will be held Tuesday, July 31 at 8:30 p.m. in the Clara Barton Library, Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah on Troup Square. Call Cindy Beach at 429-7265. MPC Planning Academy for local residents will be presented Aug. 28 through Nov. 27 on Tuesdays from 6-8 p.m. at the MPC office, 112 E. State St. A $30 registration fee will cover materials. Scholarships are available. Applications must be made by Aug. 13. Visit www.thempc.org or call 6511440. Puppet Shows are offered by St. Josephâ€™s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information &â€ˆResource Center for schools, day cares, libraries, churches, community events and fairs. Call 447-6605. Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its Westside Business Connection July 26 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Carrington Square Apartments at Savannah Quarters. The cost is $5 for members and $15 for member guests. Call Susan Smith at 644-6434 or ssmith@savannahchamber.com. Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes Be bilingual. The center is located at 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Call 272-4579 or 3083561. 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. 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 in monthly sessions at Unitarian Universalist Church, Phillippaâ€™s Place. Enter on Macon Street. 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 under-

standing of poetry, rap, hip-hop and spoken word. The workshop will culminate with a live performance written, planned, rehearsed and performed by workshop participants. Call 341-8306 or visit www.awolinc.org.

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AASUâ€ˆSci-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. Blackbeardâ€™s Scuba Club will meet Friday, Aug. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Tony Romaâ€™s at 7 E. Bay St. Seating begins at 7 p.m., the meeting at 7:30 p.m. and the presentation at 8 p.m. The discussion will be on proposed trips to North Carolina, the Florida Keys and Epcot, all great dive opportunities. 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)â€ˆand 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 4124410. Clean Coast meets monthly on the first Monday at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Check www.cleancoast.org for event schedule.

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| Happenings 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. Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This nondenominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance. Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. Call 6550994. Savannah Art Association meets the second Thursday of the month from 6-8 p.m. Call 232-7731. Savannah 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 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’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 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. Telfair Academy Guild will meet Monday, Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. at the Telfair Academy, 207 W. York St. The program will be Lest We Forget, by photographer Margaret Brennan, formerly of New York City. She organized a journal from pre-9/11 to the plans for the future. New members are welcome. Call 598-4999. 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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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. English Style Table Soccer Savannah Subbuteo Club. Call 667-7204 or visit http://savannahsubbuteo.tripod.com. Geechee Sailing Club meets the second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr. in Thunderbolt. Open to all interested in boating and related activities. Call 234-1903. Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street. Call 236-8546. Low Country Turners This is a club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Hank Weisman at 786-6953. Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at American Legion Post 184 in Thunderbolt. Call 786-4508. Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) Meet new friends and enjoy a welcome break. Hear guest speakers on topics relevant to mothering, along with discussion time, creative activities and more, because mothering matters. Call for the location, date and time of the next meeting. MOPS is for all mothers with children from birth to kindergarten. Child care is provided. Visit www.mops.org or call 898-4344. No Kidding! is the area’s first social club for single and married adults who do not have children. Meet other non-parents at events and activities. For information on No Kidding! visit www.nokidding.net or send e-mail to luluette@prodigy.net. PURE: Photographers Using Real Elements Join with other photographers and artists to celebrate the authentic photography processes of black and white film and paper development using chemicals in a darkroom. Help in the creation and promotion of Savannah’s first cooperative darkroom space to enhance the lives of working photographers and introduce the community to the magic of all classic photo chemical processes. Contact for next meeting time. Contact Kathleen Thomas at PUREdarkroom@gmail.com. PURE is seeking entrants for a group exhibition. Only silver gelatin black and white photographs no larger than 16 by 20 will be accepted. An extra matted print of framed work should be included. Drop off work at the Starlander Cafe, 11 E. 41st St. The deadline is Sept. 1.

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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. 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. Ballet Intensive with New York City Balletâ€™s Kristin Sloan will be held Aug. 6-15 at The Studio, 2805B Roger Lacey Ave. The class is open to ages 9 and up. Call Veronica at 695-9149. 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 Oâ€™Hara at 305-756-8243 or send email to Dance@BreffniAcademy.com. Visit www.IrishDanceClasses.com. Disabled Ballroom Dance Class will be held Saturday, July 28 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Memorial Healthâ€™s The Rehabilitation Institute, 4700 Waters Ave. Classes are free and open to the public. 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. 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. Savannah Shag Club Savannahâ€™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. 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.

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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 â€“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, 10â€“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 Childrenâ€™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. 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. 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 Iâ€ˆfrom 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. Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361. w

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Sales/Service Welsh Pawn Shop has an immediate opening for an Experienced Firearms Salesperson. Full-time/Part-time. Contact David/Eric, 912-352-4474. eppawn@msn.com

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Business Opportunity

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

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FIREARMS SALES

Restaurant & Hotel

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Homes for Sale FSBO

This Home Has is All

Administrative & Office

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Homes for Sale 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath. Corner lot. Garden level apartment. Original hardwood floors, 6 FP, , deck w/hot tub. Private courtyard. 2.5% commission, $599,000.

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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Land/Lots for Sale Coastal Georgia

Land Liquidation Sale 20 to 40+ acre home sites from $109,900 to $169,900, beautiful timber with potential to subdivide. Save $10,000 on your purchase and pay no closing costs for a limited time. Some restrictions apply. Up to 100% financing with approved credit. Call Now! 1-800-898-4409 x 1321.

Needed for busy office. Must be dependable, organized and cheerful. Fax resume to 912-233-4370.

4Bd/3Ba, with mother-in-law suite. 2-garage, fence, beautiful landscaped lot, large patio with pergola, extra storage building, recent upgrades, new flooring. Owner transferred, realtors welcome. $194,000. 912-690-4302

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

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Emanuel County Land

Find the PerFect aPartment!

HISTORIC DISTRICT

FULL-TIME Receptionist/Clerk

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Health/Medical FT LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE wanted at Fort Stewart, GA. Great pay & benefits package! Call: 1-888-260-8225; Fax resume: 1-305-438-1486; or Email: HR@RLMSERVICES.NET

349 TATTNALL STREET Beautifully restored 3-story historic home, c. 1844.

124 E. libERTY STREET, apT E Studio apartment with kitchen, bath, central heat and air, stack W/D. $800/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.

890 acre investment grade timber tract. 4miles from Swainsboro. 2 miles of road frontage. Great hunting! Will divide. $2,200/acre 478-984-4447 or 478-290-6435 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

15 E. YORK STREET

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

616 PRICE ST. All new 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, w/CH&A, eat-in Kitchen, and spacious layout! Available now! $1,500. Contact Elaine Berk, #912-308-4512.

ADORABLE CIRCA 1938 COTTAGE

2206 E. 38th Street Quiet midtown location on 1/4 acre wooded lot. 2 bedroom, 1 bath with screened porch. New central heat/air, windows, roof and electrical. Appliances, window treatments, water/garbage provided. Hardwood/tile floors. $775 per month with $775 damage deposit. Small pet welcome with $200 additional deposit. Years lease. References required. 786-9302. FOR RENT: 724 E. 36th St. Newly renovated 2 bedroom, 1 bath house with sunporch for bonus room. New appliances, new central heat/air! Pets OK! $875/month. Call 912-257-5596.

FOR SALE OR FOR RENT:

4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, huge yard. 2100 sq.ft. Crown molding, vaulted ceilings, and more. 912-961-9900 or 912-572-1081.

CONSERVATION LOT

813 EaST 37Th STREET 1 BR, 1 BA apartment with claw foot tub, kitchen with electric stove, living room, stack W/D, shared yard, off-street parking, central heat and air, Hardwood floors. Recently renovated. $600/ mo. 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.

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Homes for Rent

Homes for Rent pliances to be installed with move-in. $800/month. Call 912-604-8080.

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Apartments for Rent 125 E. 40th St. Newly renovated duplex, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, living room, large kitchen, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, central heat/air, 2 fireplaces, large courtyard & deck. $1100/month. contact 912-484-5181 or 912-220-1020. fvenetico@hotmail.com 2BR/3BA, Kitchen appliances furnished, hardwood floors, washer/dryer connections. Convenient area @ 38th & Skidaway. $800/month, $800/deposit. 1BR/1BA, hardwood floors, kitchen appliances furnished. $475/month, $475/deposit. Call 912-352-4391 or 912-658-4559. FURNISHED with utilities. Large One bedroom Victorian at 34th & Lincoln. Including: cable, TV, washer & dryer, 2 fireplaces and pantry. $265/weekly, $280/deposit. $950/monthly. Call 912-231-9464.

TYBEE BEACH

Long term rates! Convenient to everything! 2 BR or 1 BR, fully furnished! No pets. 770-435-4708 or 912-507-7304.

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Room for Rent HUGE HOME FOR RENT!

4 BR, 3 BA, 2878 sq.ft. Vaulted ceilings, whirlpool tub, walk-in closets, deck, 1/3 acre lot on culde-sac on Savannah’s Southside. $1500/month. Available NOW! Call 843-227-9597.

SAVANNAH’S BEST RENTAL PROPERTIES

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. 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

LARGE VICTORIAN near library. Refrigerator/microwave, phone, cable, internet, w/d utilities, nicely furnished. $150/wk, $540/mo. Seven days. Call 912-231-9464.

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Roommate Wanted SHARE FURNISHED 3-bedroom old Victorian off Forsyth Park. Private bedroom w/fireplace, share living room, bath and kitchen. Available August 1. $500/month. No drug abusers or pets. Call 912-272-8883.

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Cars

Fender Bender? Paint & Body Work Reasonably Priced Insurance Claims We buy wrecks

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Trucks & Vans STOP RENTING!! Gov’t & Bank Foreclosures! $0 to Low Down! No Credit OK! Call Now! FORD EXPLORER SPORT, ‘99, 98K 1-800-881-7410. miles, 2-door, white, automatic, TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH AC/PW/PL/CD, roof rack, running house in Midtown. Huge yard, boards. Good condition, $3800 newly refurbished with new ap- firm. 912-355-1524.

347 Abercorn St.

RESIDENTIAL SALES COMMERCIAL SALES & LEASE SHORT TERM RENTALS

912-236-1000

www.judgerealtycompany.com

313 W. Charlton

Henry Place Condominiums

216 West Park Condominiums

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

653 Sardis Road

Victory Drive

1711 Price St.

$400,000 Beautiful 20.2 acres in Ridgeland SC. Close to private school and downtown Ridgeland. Call Nick Bentz 843-368-0265

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.

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.

495,000 GARDENS ON JONES. Beautiful and Spacious luxury condo! 3Bed 3Bath. Hardwood floors, whirlpool tub, tile, off street parking, porch, and courtyard. Walking distance to shopping. Contact Alex or Nick.

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

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

grikitisgroup.com â€˘ 877.513.2264

Connect Savannah July 25th, 2007 www.connectsavannah.com

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.