Connect Savannah August 22, 2007

Volume 6 • Number 48 • Aug. 22 — Aug. 28 • Savannah’s News, Arts, & Entertainment Weekly • www.connectsavannah.com

Lead Story:

New low-cost clinic means the fix is in! pg. 8

Cuisine: Pizza Rustica pg. 21

Theatre:

Little Theatre’s Putting it Together

Rory’s story

Why blues great Rory Block is coming to town backed by a gospel choir pg. 18

pg. 24

Film:

The return of Scarlett pg. 31

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Contents

Happy Hour Has A New Address!

Volume 6, No. 48, August 22, 2007 On the cover: Rory Block photo by Shonna Valeska

• Signature Martinis • Full Bar • Desserts

Art Patrol 23

• Appetizers Cuisine 21

TOTT 22

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Lead Story Spay/Neuter Alliance & Clinic

21 Cuisine

Pizza Rustica

News & Opinion

23 Art Patrol

Exhibitions and openings

10 Editor’s Note

24 Theatre

Representin’

Puttin’ it Together

11 Free Speech

Growin’ up NJ

Movies

12 Hear and Now 13 14 15 22

• Full Menu

Culture

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

31 Screenshots

All the flicks that fit

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The 411 6 34 35

Vibes

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16 Interview

Trainwrecks

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18 Feature

Rory Block

19 Connect Recommends

Our picks 20 Music Menu Gigs a la Carte 26 Soundboard Who’s playing and where

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

Love Comes In Many Shapes.

Classifieds 40 Classifieds

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Thursday, Aug. 23 AASU Faculty Recital

What: The Armstrong Atlantic Statue University Department of Art, Music & Theatre will “sing in a new year” with this faculty recital. In addition to vocal melodies, various instrumental faculty members will join in. When: Aug. 23 at 2:30 p.m. Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium.

Cost: Free. Info: Call 927-5381 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.

Savannah Sand Gnats What: The Sand Gnats will play the Rome Braves. When: Aug. 23 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.

Savannah Actor’s Theatre continues The Most Massive Woman Wins

What: A comedy/drama directed by Sasha McCurdy about a group of women who are about to undergo liposuction.

The theater’s art gallery will feature photographs by Nyssa Travis. When: Aug. 23, 24, 25, 30 and 31 and Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: $15 general admission and $10 for seniors and students. Info: mail@savannahactorstheatre.org, www.savannahactorstheatre.org or 232-6080.

Week at a

Glance compiled by Linda Sickler

Freebie of the Week

Citizen’s Hurricane Academy

What: An artist’s lecture, Color My Quilt, will be presented

by Sidney Brand as part of the Crazy Quilts for Modern Times: The Tradition Continues exhibition. When: Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. Where: Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Cost: Free. Info: www.savannahga.gov/arts or 651-4248.

Little Theatre of Savannah’s Putting It Together opens

What: This is a musical revue celebrating Broadway musical theater’s foremost composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. Songs from Sondheim’s many hit musicals are put together in a way to tell a story about two couples.

When: Aug. 24, 25, 26, 31 and Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 25 and 26 and Sept. 2 at 3 p.m. Where: Savannah Community Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Dr. Cost: $20 general admission, $15 for seniors, military and students and $10 for children. Student Rush Tickets may be available for a reduced rate of $5 if unclaimed reservations and tickets are available 10 minutes before show time. Info: www.littletheatreofsavannah.org.

Tiny Team Concerts presents Rory Block and the Straightaway Ministries Group

What: Five-time W.C. Handy Award-winning singer and slide-guitar whiz Rory Black will perform in support of her 2007 Acoustic Blues Album of the Year, The Lady and Mr. Johnson. She will be accompanied by a 38-piece church choir from Utica, Miss. as she sings songs by blues icon Robert Johnson. When: Aug. 24 at 8 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton. St. Cost: $22. Info: 525-5050.

Annie Crane Plays Savannah

What: This folk musician from New York City will pay homage to Celtic-folk stylings and singers/songwriters such

A Hot Summer’s Night Dream

What: Jazz vocalist Audrey Shakir of Atlanta will appear in this concert sponsored by the Coastal Jazz Association.

When: Aug. 26 at 5 p.m. Where: Cobblestone Conch House, 225 W. River St. Cost: $10. Info: www.coastal-jazz. org or 675-5419.

Monday, Aug. 27 The PBR Show continues

What: A little auditory show, inspired by the comfort, joy and sustainability of peanut butter sandwiches. Writers, actors and creative artists of the Savannah community will share with participatory listeners stories and music of fear and love, adventure and mystery, life and humanity and peanut butter and jelly. When: Aug. 27 and every Monday at 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: Admission is $2 and peanut butter sandwiches are available for $2 each. Info: 232-6080 or mail@savannahactorstheatre.org.

Tuesdays at Tybee

What: In this final lecture of the series, Al Segers of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will present Sea Turtles. When: Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. Where: Tybee Island City Hall, 403 Butler Ave. Cost: Free. Info: www.tybeemsc.org or 786-5917.

What: Relive the days when rock ‘n roll was born. When: Aug. 23, 24, 25, 29, 30 and 31 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 25 and 26 at 3 p.m. Where: 222 Bull St. Cost: Adults $33 and 17 and under $16. Info: 233-7764.

Crazy Quilts Artist’s Lecture

Sunday, Aug. 26

Tuesday, Aug. 28

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

Friday, Aug. 24

What: In celebration of the 91st anniversary of the founding of the National Park Service, activities will include musket drills, soldier talks and other special presentations.

When: Aug. 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, U.S. 80 on Tybee Island.

Screening of The Decalogue continues

What: The Chatham Emergency Management Agency will provide the basic tools needed to equip citizens in preparation for a hurricane.

Participants will come for one hour and attend four training sessions that will address hurricane awareness, home preparation, evacuation and re-entry.

Refreshments will be provided and there will be activities for children. When: Saturday, Aug. 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center. Cost: Free.

What: A series of 10 short films by Krzysztof Kieslowski address the Ten Commandments of the Judeo-Christian Old Testament. This is the 10th and final 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: Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Free. Info: 232-4447 or www.sentientbean.com.

Wednesday, Aug. 29 Girl, Get That Child Support

What: A book-signing will feature Cathy Middleton, a family law attorney with a specialty in child support matters, who has written Girl, Get That Child Support. When: Aug. 29 from 6-8 p.m. Where: Sensational Minds, 129 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. in the Oakhurst Shopping Plaza.

Info: 927-8600.

GHS Presents Equiano, the African: Biography of a Self-Made Man as Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and Joan Baez. When: Aug. 24 at 9 p.m. Where: Metro Coffee House.

Saturday, Aug. 25

Savannah Starland Farmers Market continues

What: Buy fresh produce and other goods. When: Aug. 25 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.

Founders Day at Fort Pulaski

What: University of Maryland Professor Vincent Carretta will speak about his book on former slave Olaudah Equiano, the founding father of both the African and AfricanAmerican literary traditions.

Equiano, the African: When: Aug. 29ofata 7 p.m.

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News & Opinion

The fix

is in

Unique clinic offers low-cost spay and neuter surgery for the entire region

D

r. Cole Chavis works quickly over her tiny patient. Just two little legs can be seen as the patient lies motionless on her back. This small dog has no way of knowing it, but Dr. Chavis is giving her a lifetime of freedom.

Freedom from bearing unwanted, unloved litters of puppies who might end up as strays, or, worse, put to death by animal control. Freedom from endless pregnancies and the risk of being exposed to illness, infections, fights, wandering away from home and other dangers that torment pets who haven’t been spayed or neutered.

Nearby, another small patient lies in the recovery area, resting in narcotic slumber. This time tomorrow, both dogs will be on their way home to loving owners or to a shelter that will offer them up for adoption.

This is a normal day of operation at the Spay/Neuter Alliance & Clinic in Ridgeland, S.C., where cats and dogs from 11 counties in Georgia and South Carolina are brought to be spayed or neutered. The services of SNAC are available to every pet owner, regardless of income.

Barbara Greenstein is SNAC’s president.

“Two years ago, a group of us who had been involved in volunteering in animal welfare work decided we were primarily dealing with symptoms of pet overpopulation,” she says. “The shelters and rescue groups in our area were overwhelmed. There didn’t seem to be a solution.”

So the group began to look for one. They learned about the Humane Alliance Spay/ Neuter Clinic in Asheville, N.C., a low-cost, high-volume spay/neuter clinic that had an astonishing success rate.

“Over the past 10 years, they’ve done nothing but spays and neuters,” Greenstein says. “Just in that time, the rate of admissions to shelters and the euthanasia rate has gone down by 72 percent.”

Inspired by what they’d learned, the group formed a board of directors, then traveled to Asheville to visit the clinic and see this miracle for themselves. “We were

blown away,” Greenstein says.

The Humane Alliance is helping other animal protection groups start spay/neuter clinics of their own. “They’ve started almost 25 clinics around the country,” Greenstein says.

“They mentored us at no cost. Then they sent their staff down here for further training and to smooth over the problems.”

The clinic opened March 1, and has done more than 2,000 spays and neuters.

SNAC Vice President Ruth Groh has a rescued animal of her own, a dog named “Liberty” because she was found in Liberty County. Groh says having spaying or neutering done at a veterinarian’s office can cost up to $300 more than at SNAC. SNAC differs significantly from a regular veterinary practice, Groh says. While a veterinarian performs the surgeries, pet owners must find their own veterinarian to do follow-up care, such as immunizations, treatment of illness and injuries and regular checkups. The animal will visit SNAC just once in its lifetime.

“We want to do as many surgeries as possible and be as efficient as possible,” Groh says. “We don’t ask for a means test.”

From left: Spay/Neuter Alliance & Clinic President Barbara Greenstein; Dr. Cole Chavis doing surgery; veterinary assistant Matt Fraleigh with Twinky

Everyone who brings or sends a pet to the clinic will pay a lower cost. Regardless of size, all male dogs are neutered for $55 and all female dogs are spayed for $65, while male cats are neutered for $40 and female cats are spayed for $50. The fee includes not only the surgery, but an overnight stay at the clinic, all pain medicine and transportation to and from the clinic.

Additional fees may apply, for example, $10 is charged if the animal is pregnant or $15 is charged for umbilical hernia repair.

Also pet owners can choose to have vaccines and tests administered at the time of the surgery for an additional cost.

Why is this important? Because the euthanasia rate in this region is about 35,000 yearly -- including dogs, cats and entire litters of puppies and kittens. The vast majority of the animals that are killed are healthy and adoptable.

SNAC’s mission is to help reduce pet

overpopulation and save lives by offering pet owner’s a low-cost way to neuter their pet.

Of the 11 counties SNAC serves, seven are in Georgia, including Chatham County.

“We provide free transportation,” Greenstein says. “There are pickup points in each county. We have a large truck that was donated,” she says. “It goes out and picks up the animals from animal shelters, rescue groups and private owners. People can also bring in their pets themselves. When they arrive, they are very carefully checked over by the veterinarian to make sure they aren’t sick. If they are, they must be returned, but the owner can reschedule.”

Current pickup points include a private home in Chatham County and locations in Springfield and Statesboro.

Through grants, SNAC has been able to obtain state-of-the-art equipment and cages.

PetsMart and PetCo were the major sponsors, Greenstein says, giving $100,000 and $35,000 in grants to get the program off the ground. Now that it’s operational, the fees charged for services will sustain the clinic.

Lloyd Stanley is SNAC’s driver. “He brings them here and they’re checked in,” Groh says. “They all get their own little cage.

Dr. Chavis starts the exam and pre-med, then starts the surgery.”

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“They all have to be weighed and checked out,” Greenstein says. “Puppies and kittens must be at least 2 months old or weigh 2 pounds to have surgery.”

Spaying a female dog takes 15 minutes, while neutering a male takes just 4 minutes.

Female cats require 5 to 6 minutes, while surgery on males takes just 2 minutes.

It’s especially important to spay a female cat. “They can produce more than 300,000 kittens in a lifetime,” Chavis says. “They can get pregnant more than twice a year.”

Litters average about three to four kittens, but can be much larger. Because of the mild weather in this area and the productivity of female cats, Savannah has an unusually high feral cat population.

Sherry Montgomery has volunteered to make her home the drop-off point in

Chatham County for animals that will be taken to SNAC. She also works with the Milton Project, an organization that traps feral cats, has them spayed or neutered, then returns them to their own environment.

“There are a lot of problems associated with mating,” Montgomery says. “When females are in heat, the males are fighting. They start reproducing at the age of 4 months. They can have four litters a year.”

A group of feral cats that lives in a specific place is called a colony. If one cat develops FIV or feline leukemia, it can be spread to the entire colony and beyond.

“They’re wasting diseases,” Montgomery says. “You have to watch them die. If we run across a colony where the cats are sick, they must be put down.”

Montgomery began working with feral

cats when a colony lived near the office building where she worked. Feral cats are different from stray cats in that they have reverted to the wild and do not want attention from human beings.

“Three weekends out of the month, I trap,” Montgomery says. “Sponsors pay for the cost of spaying and neutering and rabies shots.”

From five to 20 cats are trapped each week. The cats make the trip to SNAC on Monday and are released back into the wild on Tuesday.

Even with the efforts of Montgomery and other animal rescuers, the problem remains troubling and large.

“Savannah has 50,000 to 100,000 feral cats,” Montgomery says. “You’ll find colonies near an open food source.”

In addition to trapping cats so they can be spayed or neutered, Montgomery also cares for three colonies. “Feral cats usually fall into one or two categories,” she says.

“They’re born in the wild, or they’re put out.

If there’s an open food source, such as trash cans or restaurants, they’re going to reproduce.”

Montgomery hopes SNAC can match Asheville’s success rate. “The difference with SNAC is that it’s a high volume clinic,” she says. “Because they don’t have a veterinary practice, there is nothing else to hold their attention, so they can make a difference.” w To schedule an appointment, call the Spay/ Neuter Alliance & Clinic at 843-645-2500.

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News & Opinion

| Editor’s Note by Jim Morekis

Representin’ I

was wondering when the silly season would begin.

With filing deadlines for city offices approaching, it seems that it’s finally kicked off in earnest.

The announcements are coming in hot and heavy, from the usual longshot mayoral candidates like James Dewberry and Yusuf “Brother” Shabazz, to the entry of Clara Mae Curry for at-large alderman, to some possible competition for Mary Ellen Sprague in the race for the District 4 council seat.

Here’s the problem: The system we’ve got — whereby city council seats are basically fulltime jobs that only pay $14,500 a year — isn’t working very well. Anyone who can take on the daunting task of city council and still get by on 14 grand a year is usually someone who’s independently wealthy, and hence not representative of most people.

Conversely, if you’re so bad off that 14K a year sounds good to you, you’re also not representative of most people, and frankly need to be kept miles away from the taxpayerfunded feeding trough.

Either way, the bottom line is that our “representative” government is really not very representative.

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Case in point: me. I live in Parkside, much of which for some reason isn’t included in aldermanic District 3, but in District 4 along with Ardsley Park. Needless to say, whoever’s campaigning for District 4 rarely bothers to cross Waters Avenue to ask for the votes of little old me and my underrepresented neighbors.

This year, Mary Ellen Sprague, high-profile Ardsley Park socialite, is shooting for the District 4 seat. She’s certainly no dummy and far from the worst representative you could have.

(Creepy side-note: Considering she’s a former school board member and was library board president during a particularly rancorous time, there are suspiciously few Google hits for Sprague. It’s almost like her previous career has vanished. Hmmm.)

But somehow I just don’t see her leaving the ivy-covered bungalows and stuccoed mansions of Junior League Central over there in Ardsley Park to canvass for votes in my diverse, working/middle class precinct.

Sprague definitely isn’t going to come knock on my door if her consultant Dave Simons has his way and she runs unopposed. Simons recently sent an e-mail discouraging everyone he knows from donating money to the potential Sprague-derailing bid of another local Republican, Clint Murphy, aka “Bull Moose” of peachpundit.com.

Ordinarily the beautiful sight of two Republicans viciously chewing each others’ innards out is a deeply satisfying one

for me. Unlike Michael Vick’s disgusting hobby, that’s one dogfight I’ll pay to see.

But in this case I have to say it would be best for all of us if another candidate faced Sprague so that she would have to, you know, expend some effort to get the job.

I have no personal issues with Simons, who’s always been unfailingly professional and courteous in his dealings with me. But I think the same thing about Simons that I do about his client Sprague: He could use some competition.

Simons, who has the reputation of being Savannah’s version of Karl Rove, keeps saying he does so much negative campaigning because it works. This is arguable.

First off, his clients have sometimes been beaten by harder-working candidates who don’t go negative. Secondly, we really don’t have enough data to draw any conclusions at all either way, because Simons is one of less than a handful of fulltime political consultants in town.

Anyway, I better stop talking about Simons before he puts out bumper stickers making fun of my name, like he did with Pete Liakakis.

One Republican that might get some competition this election cycle is Jack Kingston, longtime First District representative. Democrat Bill Gillespie, who like Kingston’s last victim Jim Nelson is a U.S. Army veteran, is exploring a candidacy to take on Smilin’ Jack in ‘08.

It’s unfortunate that the new Democratic majority chose not to fund two key projects in Kingston’s district, namely Tybee beach renourishment and replacing the aging Skidaway Narrows bridge. Clearly the right thing to do is to fully fund both.

When Kingston’s party had the majority, this kind of appropriation would be a slam dunk. But now, with Jack in the same legislative limbo that Democrats were in for the previous 12 years — not so much.

While I sincerely hope the funds eventually come through, I can’t help but think that one reason Kingston’s district got dissed is because its representative spent most of the last six years pushing his way in front of every TV camera he saw and calling his Democratic colleagues unpatriotic terrorist-sympathizing Godless liberals who hate America.

Smiling the whole time he said it, of course.

Eventually what goes around always comes around. Some people, like Jack Kingston, have to learn this the hard way.

But politics is a tough game, and unfortunately the residents of his district are also paying the price. w Jim Morekis is editor in chief of Connect Savannah. E-mail him at jim@connectsavannah.com

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Kitchen table diplomacy

Sitting down with a friend and solving the world’s problems over coffee and cigarettes

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This was not Judy’s first brush with death; she’d been on his doorstep many years prior, when her heart had actually stopped on the operating table. She rallied, she fought back, and she was what we in Jersey call a “trouper.”

Billy and I were two-fifths of the local basketball team from childhood through High School. That’s how I met Mrs. Hartney.

She was a fan. She was a mother who took an active interest in her children and their friends. For me that was special.

As I alluded to earlier, I was not always the friend that mother’s would choose for their child. She was fine with me back in the days when I didn’t bitch too loudly when Billy and I had to baby-sit “Small Change” even though we had other plans.

But then my name went from Tommy to “Mud” in the time it took to spell “Ketchup”, but that’s another story.

Somehow or another all was forgiven and I was let back into her kitchen, her sanctuary.

Remember Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider?

Well you should have seen G-Legs (all six foot eight of him), with a football helmet on his head on the back of my motorcycle heading upstate.

We were six sheets to the wind, with his knees protruding into the other lanes; Judy was probably fingering her Rosary and cussing me for all she was worth in the same breath.

I later sat in her kitchen on many an occasion, where we’d talk, and solve the world’s and my world’s problems over coffee and cigarettes. She was Bel Airs (yeah, she saved the coupons). Me? I was Marlboros, and got only a cough for my expense.

What I did get there at her kitchen table was an ear. Totally unheard of at that time, and probably still the case. Whose friend’s mother actually sits down with her child’s friends and listens to their problems?

It meant a lot to me. I miss her. w

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had a friend, her name was Judy. She was my buddy’s mother. An odd relationship at best, you might say.

You might think that, but I didn’t. From her standpoint, it was a love/ hate/love situation.

(She loved me as a harmless kid, hated me through my rebellious teens, and loved me once again as I finally matured). By adulthood, the influence I’d had on her son had been tempered by time, and had now just become comic memories.

My friend, (and her son), was a long drink of water named Billy. We called him “G-Legs.”

He had a younger tag along brother named Christopher, but we knew him as “Small Change.” Our buddy was “Hairy.”

Just like “Hazy Davy” and “Killer Joe,” we all had street names where I grew up. But what I find funny in retrospect is that those names came off the streets and into our homes.

Living and growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s in New Jersey was not for the faint of heart, or for that matter, politically correct.

Which by the way was a term that hadn’t been coined yet.

Let’s face it, if you smelled bad, you were dubbed “Stinky.” Happened to be obese? You were the “Whale.” We took no prisoners, and offered no quarter.

Parents were a different matter, though.

It was pretty much Mr. Him and Mrs. Her. We were not offered a lot of leeway on this, and would never have expected it.

Respect for your elders was not only required behavior in our parts; it was certainly hazardous to your health if not extended.

Matter of fact, thinking about it, I didn’t call Mrs. Hartney Judy until I was 40 years old. We were at the bar enjoying a cocktail at Glenn’s (Hairy’s) wedding. I was 50 years old before I called her husband Tom, and still feel like I’m walking on thin ice in doing so.

Judy died about a year ago; she had been in ill health for some time. I’ve heard it said that death comes as a blessing for those who have suffered. I have no idea if that is true or not. I do know that her loved ones helped her bear that pain.

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| Hear & Now by Robin Wright Gunn

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Tybee Island — ruined or just different?

Until this summer, I’d convinced myself that Tybee Island is too close to home to be the destination for an overnight getaway; that if I go to the trouble of securing pet sitters, I should get further out of town.

Plus, Tybee’s changed, right? Too many condos, too much bad development. The Desoto Beach Hotel is gone, along with the 16th Street carnival and the miniature golf course. And, can you believe the real estate prices?

Ignoring the fact that, year round, I keep finding myself crossing Lazaretto Creek Bridge for all kinds of reasons—sunset supper at A.J.’s, gatherings with visiting cousins, a late afternoon on the beach with a book.

As a “from here” Savannahian, Tybee Island summers are part of my backstory.

Our family would move for a month to our “cottage” on Second Avenue, built in the 1940’s, with the standard wraparound screen porch.

Postcard memories recall making castles on the beach with the soupy, tidal pool sand.

Nighttime games of “capture the flag” in the dunes. Soft serve vanilla ice cream from the Sugar Shack. The creepy mechanical fortune teller at T.S. Chu’s.

Most of that has changed or disappeared.

Those were the good old days, I told myself.

But lately, I’ve been hearing the “Tybee is ruined” refrain in other places, and I’m realizing that, for me, that old song is out of tune.

This week I took a mini vacation on Tybee Island for the first time in thirteen years, invading five friends midway through their week long retreat, visiting long enough to realize that despite all those condos and the high cost of real estate, these are the good old days of Tybee Island.

My friends’ cottage is outfitted with air conditioning, a dishwasher, washer and dryer and two full bathrooms. These staples of contemporary living are a one thousand percent improvement over the old family retreat, where the lone air conditioned room was off limits to us kids, and the one bathroom was in constant demand.

Those good old days were lazy because, with only box fans to stir the muggy air, it was usually too oxygen-deprived indoors or out to do anything except eat, nap and escape to the beach.

Last week’s Tybee meals were many and varied. Pulled together dinner of sautéed veggies and broiled fresh fish, an hour after grazing on boiled peanuts from Davis’ Produce. On the beach we feasted on take out lunch of fish tacos and red beans and rice. The most difficult decision was where to go for supper Thursday, rejecting leaving the house to dine on fresh seafood or Thai cuisine for a stay at home delivery of Pizza On Wheels.

The “old days” meals lacked such variety, and were always prepared at home, because

there was no where to go on Tybee for eating out. No where.

And then there’s the beach. It was there in the old days, and it’s there now. Water, sand, dolphins, birds. The wooden walkways across the dunes make easy work of access to the sand. No more hot, slow treks dragging our chairs and coolers through the sand spurs, simultaneously burning our feet and destroying wildlife.

The beach seems cleaner now, and recycling soda cans is a breeze in the bins located at the foot of each crossover, and at the beach house in the City of Tybee’s curbside recycling tub.

The new Tybee Island offers choices that the old Tybee could never imagine. Basics like an ATM machine, and a bank. For those so inclined, there’s a YMCA for air conditioned workouts. There’s even a seven a.m. yoga class on the North Beach three days a week.

The new Tybee offers all of this to everyone, including to people who were once unable to visit or live on the island.

In June, at an informal island lecture, I heard a speaker begin her remarks with an expression of thanks at being invited to Tybee, recalling a time when she was not welcome there. Now 70 years old, she alluded to the time before desegregation, when the only African Americans on Tybee Island were servants.

Like my other selective summer memories, all-white Tybee is a part of my backstory that I’ve naively and ignorantly overlooked.

Thursday, sitting on the beach, I watched a middle aged African American man set up his tripod in the dunes, point the camera at his wife, then run to her side and freeze for a self portrait with the lighthouse in the background. Their corny touristy photo op is a sweet addition to my new backstory.

These days, two of Tybee’s most popular restaurants are African-American owned.

By coincidence, the weekend offered an exquisite and unexpected Saturday dinner at Georges’ and an unplanned Sunday night stop at the North Beach Grill, where the wacky clientele is as much a part of the draw as the freshly prepared food or the music.

Beach bums, hippies, families with toddlers, the current generation of old Savannahians, musicians and visitors from Atlanta andVirginia. Latino, African American, white. Roger Moss and his quintet offered three hours of “Moon River,” “Georgia on my Mind,” and “At Last” for the price of an iced tea and a tip.

Is the new Tybee perfect? Hardly. I still miss the Desoto. Some of those condos are just plain ugly. And despite the changes in the real estate market everywhere, Tybee’s sky-high property prices seem here to stay.

But with all that, I’ll take the new reality of Tybee Island over the haven of my selective memories. Sometimes, change is good.

I think this is one of those times. w E-mail Robin at rgunnsav@bellsouth.net

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from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports

Blast from the past

On Aug. 14 at 9:38 p.m., the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department bomb squad responded to the intersection of U.S. 80 and GA 204 because of a possible grenade in the roadway.

It was determined that the grenade in question was an inert replica of a World War II fragmentary grenade. There were no explosives or other hazardous materials present. The grenade was collected to be disposed of. The scene was turned over to the Pooler Police Department.

• A woman reported that someone had opened unauthorized accounts at three local department stores in her 86-year-old aunt’s name. About $4,000 was charge on one of the cards. Also, the victim’s credit card was used to make purchases at two other department stores. The victim’s niece told police the victim lives with her and has three nurses/sitters who come in to take care of her. Because she had possession of the credit cards, police think only the numbers were used for those purchases.

• An East Anderson Street resident called police to report that his car had been stolen. He told police he had parked the vehicle in a vacant lot. When he returned the next morning, the car was gone. The man said the same car had been stolen from him four years ago. In that instance, the rear passenger’s window had been broken

and the man said the car had never been repaired.

Because the car could be started with a screwdriver, the man removed the battery each night, but failed to do so on the night it was stolen. The man was given a case report number, a lookout was posted for the car.

• An officer was flagged down at the intersection of Abercorn Street and Tibet Avenue and told an auto theft had just occurred.

The victim said his car had been stolen from a bank parking lot and pointed at the car as the thief was fleeing in it. The officer advised Dispatch of the situation and attempted to catch up to the car. It immediately pulled back onto a frontage road east of Abercorn and continued north.

It came to a stop on the frontage road in front of English Oaks Apartments and the man inside fled on foot into the apartment complex. The officer left his patrol vehicle and pursued the suspect on foot. The suspect lost his hat along the south side of the apartment complex. As the officer continued to pursue the suspect, he could see the suspect looking back at him. The man eventually was captured and charged with armed robbery.

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• A Morningside Drive resident reported that he returned home to find that a window air conditioner had been removed and replaced.

The unit was screwed into the window frame, but the screws had been pulled out and the skirting was damaged. There was mud on a blanket on the bed below the window, and also on the window frame inside the room. The window opens on a area with heavy brush, making access difficult.

The man said the air conditioner was running when he returned home and nothing seemed to be missing, so it was unclear if entry had been made. The man was given a case report number card. w

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• A routine traffic stop resulted in numerous charges against the driver.

An officer on routine patrol at Price and Harris streets observed a truck that had a windshield with a spider web-type crack across it. The truck also had a Florida tag with no revalidation decal. When the officer ran the tag, the information came back that the tag was expired, so the officer initiated a traffic stop at the intersection. The driver told the officer he didn’t have a driver’s license because it had been suspended. Again, the officer ran a check and learned that the man’s Georgia driver’s license had nine active suspensions.

The most recent was for driving under the influence. The man was in default on his child support payments. He also couldn’t produce proof of insurance.

The officer placed the driver under arrest. As he was being put in the back of the patrol car, the man’s wife arrived and asked to talk to him through the back window.

As the couple talked, the officer overheard the man say, “Go get that thing under the seat, in the middle.” The officer already had taken a pack of rolling papers off the man during a search, and went to the truck and found a plastic bag of marijuana hidden in it.

| News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd

Government in Action!

portable toilets. Today, the toilets are still there, following council battles over million-dollar proposals such as a glass-tiled structure dug into a hillside, a combination restroom/scenic-viewing area, and a design that anticipated $45,000 just for artwork. In May 2007, the council gave the public works director some money and ordered him to (in the words of one council member) “just (build) a bathroom.”

In February, a New Jersey appeals court ruled against the town of Voorhees, which had waged a nearly three-year battle with a businessman because it disputed the shade of paint he had used on his Friendly’s restaurant. Town officials said it wasn’t “sandy” (the required color for buildings in that particular shopping center), but rather “creamy yellow.” The township spent $20,000 fighting for “sandy,” and the restaurateur spent $70,000 to show that “creamy yellow” matched the other buildings, and the appeals court judges seemingly just shrugged.

In April, Britain’s Office of Work and Pensions acknowledged to the Daily Mail that the multiple wives of polygamous husbands who are legally in the country routinely draw dependents’ unemployment allowances from the government (even though polygamy itself is illegal in the U.K.).

A single person receives the equivalent of about $120 a week, and a married couple about $180, with each additional wife about $60.)

Miles Nurse and Jennifer Plomt, condominium owners in Vancouver, British Columbia, learned in July that they would have to cohabit with as many as 80 bats that had infested their unit for the following six weeks because the B.C. Wildlife Act prevents disturbing the critters during their mating season, which would end in late August.

At press time for a July Vancouver Sun story, the couple had found one bat in bed with them, another hanging upside down from a bathroom Sweet tea door frame and five in the ceiling Great Art! makes me over a kitchen pantry.

The Horror of War: A U.S. It’s Good to Be a British see things law professor representing Prisoner: (1) Faced with overGuantanamo prisoners comcrowding, the government anpiled a book of poems by some nounced earlier this year that of the detainees, to be published 25,500 inmates would be earlythis month by University of Iowa released, and since that would take Press and featuring a cover blurb away their “free” housing for the reby former U.S. poet laureate Robert mainder of their sentences, awarded Pinsky. Among the verses, for exameach released person “room and ple, by Sami al Haj, quoted in a June board” expenses to live on until Wall Street Journal story: “When their terms expired. (2) Britain’s I heard the pigeons cooing in the Prison Service announced in May trees / Hot tears covered my face” and “My that inmate obesity was such a probsoul is like a roiling sea, stirred by anguish lem that it had hired “dozens” of fitness / Violent with passion.” The U.S. military trainers to serve at 25 U.K. jails. Trainers will had to approve the text, citing the ease with provide individualized exercise routines and which imagery could be used as coded mes“holistic, alternative therap(ies),” according sages to colleagues outside. to a report in The Sun. Seven years ago, the city council of Police Report Bainbridge Island, Wash., set out to build a (1) James Coldwell, 49, was arrested in public restroom for downtown Waterfront Manchester, N.H., in July and charged as Park so visitors would no longer have to use

the man who robbed a Citizen Bank branch dressed as a tree (branches duct-taped to his body and head, obscuring much of his face, though he was still identified from the security camera). (2) A prosecutor in Chelsea, Vt., refused in June to pursue police officers’ charges against Jayna Hutchinson, 33, that she had committed a crime because she made faces at a police dog and “star(ed)” at him.

Community Policing: One traditional opportunity for police in the United States to mediate problems occurs when they facilitate the exchange of driver information (identification and insurance) in traffic accidents. Similarly, in Braunschweig, Germany, in June, police were called to a legal brothel to mediate a prostitute-client dispute following the rupture of a condom during their encounter. Police were successful in encouraging the prostitute, and the reluctant customer, to exchange information, in case of future health problems.

Public Urination and Drug Law Enforcement

(1) Authorities in Doylestown, Pa., arrested 34 people after a seven-month police investigation of drug-dealing, which began last December when a man on probation gave the police information about the ring in order to avoid going back to prison. He had been facing a charge of public urination.

(2) Chicago police arrested three alleged dope-sellers in June after casually spotting one of them inside a garage with the door open, bagging $670,000 worth of marijuana.

The police came upon the garage while chasing a man who had been urinating in public.

Recurring Themes

Accidents that leave victims relatively normal but with severely heightened sexual desires have been mentioned several times in News of the Weird, back to a 1978 collision with a Pepsi truck that, according to a jury in Detroit, left a man with a spontaneous, intense desire to become a woman. In

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2002, motorcyclist Kunal Lindsay was hit by a car and, after an arduous physical recovery, realized he had become maniacally horny (and, incidentally, unusually interested in cell phones) and that his marriage was near collapse because he constantly pestered his wife for sex, often in “pornographic” terms.

London’s High Court approved an insurance settlement in March 2007 for the equivalent of about $2.4 million (with more should Lindsay’s condition “deteriorate”).

Least Competent Criminals:

(1) In May, Damion Mosher, 18, of Lake Luzerne, N.Y., became the most recent person to injure himself by needing to find out if putting a bullet into a vise and hitting it with a screwdriver would cause it to fire. (It would; he was slightly wounded.) (2) Two men and a woman were among the recent wave of people trying to cash in on the high price of copper scrap metal when they broke into an abandoned nursing home in Gainesville, Ga., in July. However, they had missed the sign at the entrance announcing that the building had recently been converted into a training facility and kennel for police dogs, and they were quickly sicced on and arrested.

Undignified Deaths

(1) Police in Brandon, Fla., arrested Willie Tarpley Jr., 46, in May, alleging that he killed his ex-wife’s boyfriend because he was upset that she was dating a man who was a registered sex offender (even though Tarpley and his ex-wife are reportedly also registered sex offenders). (2) At a Toronto nursing home in May, a 69-year-old resident angrily kicked a 79-year-old fellow resident, causing him to fall and fatally hit his head. The victim had taken up with a female resident, thinking she was his wife, but the jealous younger man thought the woman was his own wife. She was actually married to neither; all three had Alzheimer’s disease. (No charges were filed.) w

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Summertime sea ice across the Arctic has plunged to its lowest coverage area ever measured, according to an Arctic specialist.

William Chapman, a researcher on Arctic meteorology at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, wrote in the online journal The Cryosphere Today that the new record comes a full month before the northern polar ice cap usually reaches its summertime minimum during the first half of September. Chapman attributes the diminished ice pack to a late freeze last autumn and an early thaw this spring, shortening the period that the ice normally thickens. He said that another factor is that there have been more sunny days in the Arctic than normal this summer.

Eruptions

An eruption of a volcano in northeastern Ethiopia’s Afar region left two people missing and forced hundreds of others to flee from flows of lava. Local reports did not provide the volcano’s name, and it was not immediately known if it was Mount Arteale, the only active volcano in Ethiopia. Arteale last erupted two years ago.

• More than 500 people were forced to evacuate the slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Karangetang as the mountain spewed lava and clouds of hot gas on the island of Siau.

In 1997, pyroclastic clouds of volcanic debris cascaded down the slopes of Karangetang, killing seven people. An eruption in 1974 forced the entire population of Siau to evacuate to nearby islands.

• An explosion within Mount Soputan, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, sent a plume of ash soaring high above Sulawesi Island.

Global Warming Respite

A new 10-year climate prediction model indicates that global warming will not increase significantly during the next two years, but will set in with a vengeance after 2009.

Writing in the journal Science, researchers at the U.K.’s Hadley Center for Climate Research and Prediction said that natural climate variations should offset any manmade influences on the global weather system through next year. But the model points to more than half of the following six years being hotter than the previous record year of 1998. This first-ever 10-year climate outlook was made possible by plugging current weather and ocean data into well-established long-term climate algorithms.

Korean Flood Crisis

A week of nearly nonstop rain across parts of North Korea unleashed disastrous flooding that left between 200,000 and 300,000 people homeless. Hundreds of others were left dead or missing in floods caused by storms that began Aug. 7, state media reported. It said much of the country’s harvest was destroyed by the inundations, along with key stretches of rail lines, roads and bridges. The U.N. and Red Cross said they were launching a massive humanitarian effort to aid the victims.

Earthquakes

A powerful 7.9 magnitude temblor centered along Peru’s coast south of Lima killed hundreds of people and injured more than 1,000 others as it toppled buildings. The quake also created a small tsunami that did not cause any damage.

• Earth movements were also felt in central Spain, the Big Island of Hawaii and metropolitan Tokyo.

Tropical Cyclones

Category 4 Hurricane Flossie briefly threatened to brush Hawaii, but weakened to a tropical storm while passing 100 miles to the south of the Big Island.

Waves as high as 20 feet generated by the storm pounded some south-facing beaches of the state.

• Tropical Storm Erin brought heavy rain and cooler temperatures to the Texas Gulf Coast, but caused no significant damage.

• Hurricane Dean, the first significant storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was approaching the Windward Islands late in the week.

• Typhoon Sepat was taking aim on Taiwan’s eastern coast.

Stranded Butterflies

Forests expanding into higher Rocky Mountain elevations due to global warming threaten to wipe out the meadow habitats of a high-mountain butterfly, according to a Canadian researcher. The alpine Apollo butterfly (Parnassius) inhabits open meadows in the northern Rockies because it, like other types of butterflies, needs sunlight to generate enough body heat to fly.

Shade from the higher forests are inhibiting the butterfly’s ability to move, says Jens Roland, a biologist at the University of Alberta. His research shows that as colonies of Parnassius become isolated from each other by the new forests, its gene pool is depleted. One particularly cold winter or summer season may be enough to wipe out an entire meadow of Parnassius, Roland writes in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. w

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ost rock bands wouldn’t want anyone to call them a train wreck.

The negative connotations of that description conjure up all sorts of bad vibes to the average listener: tunelessness, sloppiness, inharmonious vocalizing, poor meter, claptrap rhythm, and —perhaps the most dreaded— a lack of artistic merit.

So, it’s odd when a hard-working, dedicated, full-time group in search of a following not only chooses to call itself The Train Wrecks right off the bat, but in some way revels in such an unexpected and ballsy handle.

What, one can’t help but wonder, would convince three young, ambitious musicians that announcing in common parlance that they’re a mess was a wise career move?

Well, perhaps it was the odd way this Savannah-based rootsrock band formed that had something to do with it.

A few years back, Texas-bred singer/songwriter Jason Bible (who’d already made substantial inroads into the downtown Savannah music scene as a solo acoustic guitarist playing classic rock and Americana covers) and his occasional sideman, singing bassist Eric Dunn, invited Charleston drummer and vocalist Markus Kuhlmann (of the once buzz-worthy alt.rockers Hazel Virtue) to help them form an unpretentious, stripped-down bluegrass and rockabilly act.

Kuhlmann accepted the challenge, but rather than woodshed for months before showing off their stuff in front of the public (as most serious bands would do), the trio threw caution to the wind, and —as legend has it— booked a paying show before rehearsing a lick or even making sure they (collectively) “knew” enough material to fumble their way through an entire show.

Surprisingly (or perhaps not surprisingly, given the amount of attention paid to anonymous musicians wailing away in the corner of a crowded bar or restaurant when no cover is charged), they made it through their first gig without grinding to an embarrassing halt, being fired, or both.

In fact, some people dug it, and this emboldened the band to see just how far they

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could take this whole “zero rehearsal” approach to forming a band. Over the next several months, The Train Wrecks would play almost ad nauseam in virtually every bar, club and restaurant that would have them — essentially being paid by these establishments to practice and build up a solid repertoire of both covers and originals in full view of the public (whether the management knew it or not).

Before long, they had earned the unofficial title of the hardest working band in Savannah — or at the very least, the busiest.

For a while there (and in some ways, still to this day), it seemed like you couldn’t walk into an eatery or pub in downtown

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Savannah without happening upon the band either loading in, loading out, playing a show, enjoying a break between sets, or putting up flyers for their next show.

In fact, as one of my duties here at Connect is compiling the Soundboard calendar listings of each week’s live entertainment, early on in the life of the group (before I understood just how much of the members’ lives revolved around gigging) I found myself frantically calling various venues in town and on the islands, trying to ascertain which date for the band was correct before going to print with the info.

Surely, I thought, there must be some confusion. The Train Wrecks can’t be booked to play a bar on Tybee and a restaurant on Broughton St. the same night.

And yet they were.

Sometimes, this group literally plays a four-hour gig at one location, breaks their gear down like lightning, and scurries down the road, arriving just barely in time to haul everything out of their vehicles, set it back up again, and play another entire show to a completely different crowd of people in the same night.

I’ve even heard tell of days in the busy tourist season where they’ve accepted and made good on three (!) complete gigs in the same day at three completely different locations — some several miles apart, although this, like the elusive “Compassionate Conservative” may have to be seen to be believed.

As time went by, and the band became almost ubiquitous in the greater Savannah live entertainment scene, they added a fourth member in Stuart Harmening, a multiinstrumentalist with a knack for things with strings, such as guitar, banjo and —most notably— dobro.

Things were ramping up for the band.

The gigs were continuing to come at a fast and furious pace. They were an almost constant presence at popular nightspots like O’Connell’s Irish Pub (now Murphy’s Law Irish Pub), Café Loco, the Mercury Lounge and The Warehouse, and whenever they weren’t playing/rehearsing, Jason Bible kept up a steady stream of solo gigs.

It seemed like this foursome had found a lucrative and foolproof recipe for small-time success in a crowded marketplace.

However, at some point, word began to spread within the local music community that cracks were starting to appear in the group’s foundation. Rumors of on stage arguments, disjointed performances, unpredictable mood swings by some band-

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234-6168 In fact, despite several references to Savannah itself (and Bay St. in particular) in the opening salvo “She Was The One,” it is the group’s haunting and effective reworking of Springsteen’s own late-period folk-inspired gem “The Ghost of Tom Joad” that serves as the disc’s emotional centerpiece.

Reportedly, this is the first commercially released cover version of this particular Bruce tune, and it’s a more than admirable take on a dense and delicate track that might seem daunting to even the most seasoned group. Bible says he became entranced with “Joad” after hearing the rock band Rage Against The Machine play their own version of it live in concert.

“I saw them in Dallas and really wanted to cover it after I heard them do it. There was a Bruce Springsteen tribute album a few months back and nobody did that one. I really wish we could have. After the sound of The Seeger Sessions I think Bruce would really dig our take on it. I really want to get a copy his way so he can have a listen!”

For now, the band plans to continue on with their own version of Bob Dylan’s “Neverending Tour,” although theirs is mostly confined to within a five-hour drive of Savannah. However, Kuhlmann says now that the band has a solid album to promote, he hopes they’ll start booking dates farther away from home.

For his part, Bible says he feels that both he and the rest of the group are finally ready to take that next step.

“We are much better band for having done a full-length record and we have a lot more live shows under our belt playing our original material. People that know us have an expectation that we’ll give one-hundredand-twenty percent every time. Our job and art is to deliver the goods.” w

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members and an overall lack of professionalism started to dog the group and threatened to derail The Train Wrecks once and for all.

To hear those closest to the situation tell it, the combined stress of an almost unimaginably busy schedule and the stereotypical hardpartying lifestyle associated with being in a full-time bar band was doing a real number on the group.

When the band took an open-ended break from live shows several months ago, it looked to many (including perhaps some of The Train Wrecks themselves) that the act might possibly have run its course.

So, it was all the more surprising when the group —at first tentatively, and now with renewed vigor— bounced back with not only a regular schedule of live dates, but an impressive debut CD. Recorded, mixed and mastered at the local Elevated Basement Studios by producer and engineer Miles Hendrix, Whiskey & War showcases this band at their very best, and in some ways, is perhaps an idealized version of what one normally gets from The Train Wrecks’ live shows. All the familiar elements of the band are on display: Bible’s frenetic rhythm guitar and rakish rasp, Kuhlmann’s propulsive, swinging, backbeat slap drumming; Dunn’s busy, melodic bass lines; and Harmening’s consistently impressive and nuanced blues-inspired slide work.

Yet, there’s much more on display in this full-length album which the band worked on part-time for almost a year.

Says Kuhlmann, “We had the foundation in the bag in eleven hours but the rest of the project took eleven months!”

Being able to take their time in a professional studio with a veteran engineer (and a small group of some of the area’s best country, bluegrass and rock musicians as featured guests) helped to flesh out these rollicking barnburners, rave-ups and dusty laments into a collection of tracks that will doubtlessly surprise even those who’ve caught the band live often in the past.

Simply put, this album is something of a minor revelation for those who may have dismissed The Train Wrecks as little more than a fun background diversion on a weekend night of bar-hopping and carousing.

Drawing inspiration from such stalwart artists as The Carter Family, Tom Petty and Uncle Tupelo —but most noticeably Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen— Bible and company have crafted the kind of simultaneously slick and raw record which the oft-maligned Ryan Adams regularly cranks out to much critical acclaim (outside of Chicago, that is).

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o many people, the name Robert Johnson is synonymous with the blues.

The mythic guitarist and singer —who died prematurely and violently in August 1938 at 27— recorded only 42 sides in two separate recording sessions before dying of pneumonia brought on by poisoning (supposedly at the hands of a jealous man whose wife or girlfriend Johnson had been carrying on with).

However, those tracks of Johnson alone with his guitar, his voice and his personal demons have captivated the hearts of most who have taken the time to seek them out.

The singer’s haunted, eerie vocal delivery and unorthodox fretwork had a profound influence on countless subsequent artists.

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin cribbed plenty of Johnson’s attitude and technique for their updating of his “Traveling Riverside Blues,” The Rolling Stones did justice to Johnson’s classic “Love In Vain,” and Eric Clapton —a longtime devotee and champion of Johnson’s who once described him as “the most important blues musician who ever lived”— helped turn Robert’s “Cross Road Blues” into a massive acid-rock hit for Cream in 1969.

A few years back, Clapton released a full album of his take on Johnson’s compositions entitled Me and Mr. Johnson.

Which brings us to Rory Block.

Hailed as one of the finest living bottleneck slide guitarists alive today, Ms. Block has —like Clapton, John Hammond and others— devoted herself to soaking up as much of Johnson’s mojo as possible. In fact, over the course of her forty-plus year career, she has made it her business to dig deep into Delta blues history and culture, fueling her own accomplished songwriting skills with an uncanny knack the rural, country blues of the ‘20s through the ‘60s.

Imagine the 5-time W.C. Handy Award-

winner’s surprise, then, to learn in 2006 (along with the rest of the world) that genealogical research had helped to authenticate the late bluesman’s living descendants!

After meeting and befriending the late singer’s son and grandsons (who still reside in the Mississippi Delta), Block learned that they were quite active in their church and choir, which may seem at odds with the ageold notion of blues being “the Devil’s music.”

However, his relatives embraced their legacy —and Block— warmly.

“Rory should have a Doctorate in my grandfather’s music,” says Steven Johnson.

Brother Greg adds, “When I hear her, it’s as if my grandfather is here all over again.”

Spurred on by this mutual appreciation (and Block’s love of traditional Southern gospel), Elder Steven Johnson took his Straightway Ministries Choir to New York City to perform alongside Block at the release of her latest CD, The Lady & Mr. Johnson (named 2007 Acoustic Blues Album of The Year), on which she interprets nothing but Johnson tunes.

The overwhelmingly positive response that pairing received resulted in a joint tour, which has been dubbed “Down At The Crossroads/Blues Meets Gospel.” It’s that double-bill that stops in Savannah this Friday for a rare appearance. It combines an opening solo set by Block, followed by a fiery, full-on set of roof-raising spirituals by the 30-plus member choir and band. For the finale, Block joins the choir for a handful of unique, “gospel-ized” arrangements of Robert Johnson blues classics. w Tiny Team presents Rory Block & The Straightway Ministries Choir 8 pm, Friday at Trustees Theater. $22 ALL-AGES tickets available at www.trusteestheater.com and their Box Office, or by calling 525-5050. Cosponsored by Connect Savannah.

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I don’t know shit about this band. I think they’re from Virginia, but that’s about it. Oh yeah, Starfish & and they’re a fourCoffee piece. If their stuIf you’re not hip dio tracks online to this extremely are any indicapromising Atlantation (and it would based guitar-pop seem that they are, band (seemingly as they sound esnamed after the sentially live), this Prince tune from should be one Sign O’ The Times), ROCK show not don’t feel badly. This to miss. Energy is their first serious abounds in their Jubal Kane tour of any sort, and WAY over-the-top up until a short while soul and metalago, they were known as the Ross Childress tinged Detroit-style agit-prop.

Experience. Now, if that name rings a The vocals verge on the cliched screambell, it’s likely because for almost a decade, ing that has ruined so many great bands Childress was lead guitarist (and occaover the past decade, but thankfully seem sional lead vocalist) for Multi-Platinum act to stop just short of caterwauling. Theirs Collective Soul. He can legitimately stake is angry, defiant, yet melodic punk that in a claim on helping to create 7 #1 Hits on a strange way reminds me very much of Billboard’s U.S. Mainstream Rock Charts. a modern, updates take on the late Fred An excellent and highly versatile player, Smith’s Sonic’s Rendezvous Band. If he left that group for unknown “personal you dig The MC5, Supagroup —or even reasons” in 2001, but has recently resurDivision of Laura Lee— these guys might faced from self-imposed exile as the leader be just the droids you’re looking for. They and frontman of this new group. He says describe their sound thusly: “You just found “the performance itch became too much to a 20 spot on the ground... and you’re stoked bear.” Well, Collective Soul’s loss is our gain, about it.” Agreed. With the upcoming Va.as his latest recordings (available through his based post-hardcore indie-rockers Worn website at www.myspace.com/starfishandIn Red, who cite The Appleseed Cast and coffeeonline) showcase more than a hint of Drive Like Jehu as key influences. They the dreamy, melodic rock his former band is can play their asses off as well, but haven’t known for — yet Childress’ own stamp is all learned to ditch the vomitorium vocals. See over these tracks: more overt hints of psywww.myspace.com/constrictorva and www. chedelia, Britpop, and Weezer-esque new myspace.com/worninred. Fri., 11 pm, The wave fetishism.

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After the scope and scale of his time with Jubal Kane CS, the tiny and relatively amateurish conOld-school ‘60s British electric blues fines of this 2nd story venue may blow his (think Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac or mind, but then again, he just might embrace John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers) meets ‘70s that aspect of things and turn on the charm.

Southern boogie (think the Allmans or any Matt Megrue from Atlanta act The Unusual one of a number of little-known or heralded Suspects plays a solo acoustic set of tunes roadhouse acts that tore shit up and faded from his band’s upcoming CD. I’d get there away into the ether) head-on in this oddball early if you want to see this show, as the amalgam of a band that actually hails from room comfortably holds something like 30 the wonderfully-named hamlet of Lizard people. Seriously. Fri., 9 pm, Guitar Bar. w Lick, North Carolina.

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Their sound is a combination of heavyhanded classic rock groove drumming, syncopated, puckered guitar riffing, expressive, overdriven mouth harp, a lyrical approach that’s heavy on spooky mojo, and hints of droning West Coast psychedelic rock. Plus, their frontman and harpist Ace Anderson has been known to sport a wild orange and Creamsicle-colored stage getup that’s one part Maharishi and one part Romulan Dignitary.

Long hair, shaggy beards, wicked, stinging guitar solos, and a relentless energy make these guys one of the more noteworthy regional touring blues acts to establish a foothold in this area in a long while. Fri., 10 pm, Fiddler’s (River St.) + Sat., 10 pm, Savannah Blues.

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If you haven’t gotten a seat for this unexpected appearance by one of the most revered and intriguing standup comics working today, you may be out of luck, as prevailing wisdom says it will be sold out by the time this issue hits the stands. Then again, Savannah is a “walk-up town” when it comes to tickets, and there may be some left. If not, I’m sure there will be folks out front with extras for sale. For $45 reservedseat tickets go to www.savannahcivic.com or call 651-6556.

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The Cleaners

Straight-ahead rock & roll trio from Athens, featuring Savannah-born drummer Ronnie Winders. With Augusta’s The Edison Project, whose bouncy, retro guitar pop recalls Hayden. Fri., 10 pm, Murphy’s Law Irish Pub.

Annie Crane

NYC-based acoustic guitarist/singer reminiscent of the earnest delivery of middle-period Baez. With local singer/songwriter Josh Holley. Fri., 9 pm, Metro Coffee House - ALL-AGES.

Eric Culberson Blues Band

One of the finest electric trios on the East Coast. Tues. (hosts Open Jam Night) - Wed. & Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge + Mon., 6 pm, The Boathouse (Hilton Head).

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Funky soul-jazz combo. Fri., 7 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee) - ALL-AGES.

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Two experienced jazz players — a female vocalist and a male pianist. Thurs., 8 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

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Veteran jazz and soul singer who’s opened for The Jacksons, Fleetwood Mac and Marvin Gaye. $10 cover. Fri. - Sat., 8 pm, 9:30 pm, 11 pm, Kokopelli’s Jazz Club.

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The Nobility One of the coolest pop/rock bands I’ve heard in years, this young Nashville quartet blissfully channels the twee optimism of Village Green-era Kinks and Magical Mystery-era Beatles. I can’t stop smiling when their album is on. Tremendous. Sat., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean - ALL-AGES.

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Classic and hard rock covers. Thurs., 8 pm, Island Grill (Pt. Wentworth) + Fri., 9 pm, Jukebox Bar & Grill (Richmond Hill).

Phantom Wingo

Noteworthy local Southern rock and soul band with a propensity for jamming.

Thurs., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

The Redbone Project

Southern rock covers. Sat., 9 pm, Tommy’s (Pooler).

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Award-winning local electric blues group. Sat., 8 pm, The Warehouse + Mon., 9 pm, Fiddler’s (River St.).

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Promising Charleston-based indie-rock quintet mixing heartfelt female vocals (and harmonies) with airy acoustic guitar, angular electric leads and syncopated rhythms.

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Quirky, irrepressible local party band (rock, pop, hip-hop).Thurs., 10 pm, Wild Wing Café + Sat., 10 pm, Churchill’s Pub. This San Diego-based quartet tapped Superdrag’s Don Coffey, Jr. to produce their latest LP. They’re an intense indie-rock band that’s deeply inhaled both the ‘80s SoCal punk attitude and early ‘90s grungepop (think Nevermind or Urge Overkill’s Saturation). With Nashville’s 8TrackEgo. Wed., 10 pm, Guitar Bar.

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Local jazz combo led by noted trumpeter and flugelhornist Lee. Sat., 9 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Rock, country and soul covers. Sat., 7 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee) - ALL-AGES.

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Young psychedelic jam-oriented rock band. Thurs., 9 pm, Fiddler’s (River St.) + Sat., 10 pm, Loco’s (downtown).

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hree-quarters of a quart of Macaroni and about eating cats in Japan. Dan, who owns Cheese! And so I faced my first major two chow-lab mixed mutts hadn’t seen nor dilemma as a restaurant writer. done that, but had been to rat and bat marI organize my diet and my life by a series kets in Asia where you could buy live prodof spreadsheets. I’d already eaten my allotted uct and bring it home to cook. quantity of dairy product for the week. But Dan didn’t partake but did recall an exDan Marino, co-owner with Bob Cruz of perience with a client: “Actually the B.B.Q. Pizza Rustica, had rat wasn’t that bad. If suggested take-out a client takes you out Mac and Cheese. and you’re there you What to do? have to at least try a I accepted, bite.” picked up fried I laughed. The chicken and a couthings we do for our ple of ears of corn jobs; rat or no rat, on the way home cheese or no cheese, and sat down to ice or no ice. watch the Yankees Dan and Adele and eat dinner. I have been here in had some fresh Savannah for four rosemary. It comyears now. Dan says plimented the dish he draws energy from well, and by the the water (Marino in time New York had Italian means from smashed Chicago I the sea) so Savannah had eaten all of the is a good fit. It’s also mac and cheese close to family, and and filled my dairy Dan and his wife like allotment for anto keep family close. other week.

The wall behind Dan was raised the counter at the reson Long Island. taurant is homage in Was he Yankees black in white phofan? And would tography to them.

I be, I wondered, Hopefully there will Dan Marino with one of Pizza Rustica’s a fan of his secret be some new pictures signature pies dough recipe, seon that wall soon. The cret sauce, New Marinos are adoptYork style pizza? ing a child from China. The process is six Aaarggh! Dan is a Mets Fan! But he is months underway and while it might be as in a mixed marriage; his wife Adele is a long as a year before everything is finalized Yankees fan. Truthfully, I used to be a Mets and they can make the trip to pick up their fan. And the Savannah Sand Gnats, who are daughter there is a glow as Dan speaks about Pizza Rustica customers, are a Mets affiliate. his family.

Dan used to get out and see some games; beNaturally Adele and Dan own a house fore the restaurant opened that is. here which they’ve restored and naturally it At lunch the next day I had three difcame with its own Savannah Ghost. ferent slices of pie and an Italian Soda, a “We had clean pots and pans on the custom drink of which they make several stove. I heard a big crash,” he relates. “Now, variations, that Stephanie one of Dan’s staff the dogs were with me, my wife was uphad suggested. She poured hazelnut flavorstairs. I went to the kitchen and all of the ing into a cup and added soda water. pots and pans were stacked up underneath We debated, ice or no ice. Another dithe window… sometimes we’d find all of our lemma: I went with no ice. The drink was utensils outside…” unique, good.

I asked if the ghost was still around and Our conversation was all over the map.

Dan said, “Everything was really happening Dan used to work for Singapore Airlines. in the kitchen. The last time we went to Italy He’s been to Italy of course and amongst we brought back some holy water put it in other countries Australia, Brazil, Malaysia the kitchen and it stopped.” and China.

Now I don’t know about ghosts, but I He commented, “I was always interested like to eat. Often. I’m a fan of Pizza Rustica’s in people’s different styles of cooking. What pies. And Dan is letting me share a sauce they used, why they used it.” secret: Of the three tomatoes he uses, one I recollected a former girlfriend’s story is an ultra-high end Stanislaw brand from

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California. And another secret: He doesn’t pre-cook his pizza sauce, it cooks while the pizza cooks!

There is of course another key; something not so secret. I don’t remember how it came up exactly but at some point Dan laughed and said “I try to live a happy life.” It shows. And it carries over to the terrific staff and the flavor of his food.

I try to live a happy life, so I’m going to go back and feast on a Pizza Rustica meatball and cheese sub. That sauce features a San Marzano tomato that is grown in volcanic soil in Italy. As it should be the meatball recipe is on a classified, need to know only basis.

Just like the Yankees, Dan puts lots of thought and effort into getting everything just right, including making 300 pounds of pizza dough during pre-opening trials in order to adjust to Savannah’s atmospheric

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But Tybee’s always tasteful The annual “Taste of Tybee” happened last week at the Pier & Pavilion. From left, Chef Espy of the Hunter House doles out some of his masterful handiwork; a late-stage “Elvis” at the Fannie’s on the Beach tasting booth handing out leis; and the packed-in crowd networking like crazy.

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Wild sing The Lloyd Dobler Effect played the Wild Wing Cafe Saturday night.

Stratton’s ready for his closeup Savannah native and film producer Stratton Leopold -- also known as owner of the Broughton Street ice cream shop of the same name -- gave a talk on Savannah and the movies Thursday night at the JEA as part of Senior Citizens’ “Summer of Ideas” lecture series. That’s the sign-language interpretor in the background.

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23 ‘Life and Death’ — New work by

‘Pancakes and Parables’

— New painting by Scott Foxx through Aug. 30 at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

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

‘Recognoscere’ — Photography

by Sarah Anderson and Tony Leonhardt at Dimensions Gallery, 412 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Jim Griffin and Rick Woods — The

artists of the month at Gallery 209 are jeweler Jim Griffin and photographer Rick Woods. 209 E. River Street.

Growing Hope Gallery Expo

Hugh Gale — This painter is the art-

ist of the month for August at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Gallery 440 — New works in clay

by Barbara Duch. Other artists include Olivia McKinley, Tim Coy, Dicky Stone, Charlotte Dunlap, Morgan Kuhn, Frances Walter and owner Fran Thomas, at Gallery 440, 440 Bull St. Part of ‘Crazy Quilts for Modern Times’ at Gallery S.P.A.C.E. on Henry Street

‘Take the Burden’ — Solo painting exhi-

bition by SCAD foundation studies professor Gregory Eltringham explores the everyday interaction of individuals within their allotted spaces. Aug. 27-Oct. 7 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. ‘Glorious Borders: Three Centuries of French Frames’ — Opens August 20 at

the SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., two doors north of the Savannah Visitors Center. Free. Hours are M-F 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m.

‘Luminous Nature’ — AASU presents this

exhibition of the paintings and drawings of Kate Stamps. Aug. 6-30 in the AASU Fine Arts Gallery. Join the artist for a gallery reception at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 29.

‘Crazy Quilts for Modern Times’ — A

vibrant display of handmade quilts created by members of the Georgia Quilt Council, Inc., will be on display at the City of Savannah’s Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St., Aug. 13-Sept. 28.

The Art of Summer — Exhibit of chil-

dren’s art by the summer students of The Art School 2007 at The Starfish Café at Gwinnett and East Broad streets, August 6-26. Closing reception Aug. 26 12:30-2:30 p.m. Summer students, ages 6-14 attended an intensive three hours of instruction and production every day for a week. This summer the themes were Creatures of the Caribbean, Mythical Beasts & Beauties and Mad for Mod.

Jepson Center for the Arts – “Marcus Kenney: Topics in American History,” through Sept. 16; “New Directions in American Drawing,” through Sept. 23. 207 W. York St. Call 790-8800.

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Gilbert is hosting an event to mark on year at her working studio in Franklin Ward North in City Market. The event happens August 18, 5-8 p.m.

Group Show — The Grand Bohemian

Gallery at the Mansion on Forsyth Park is currently featuring artists John Duckworth, Irene Mayo and Jean Claude Roy. ‘Vanishings: Pictorial Narratives of an Endangered Earth’ — New collages by

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But on Aug. 24, a musical revue celebrating the work of legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim will open for the first of eight performances. Yes, the Little Theatre folks are putting together Putting It Together.

Sondheim himself refers to this show as a “review,” not a “revue.” He came up with the concept for the show with Julia McKenzie as a way to showcase his music and tell a story at the same time.

Joan McKee, who began her own acting career 32 years ago at the Little Theatre, is directing the show. She most recently was seen in the Savannah Community Theatre production, Showtune.

Warren Heilman is the musical director. A band director by day, most recently he was the musical director of Footloose, the Musical, which was produced by the City of Savannah’s Cultural Arts Theatre. He also has been musical director for the productions of Aida, Baby, The Sound of Music, Grease and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

Mark Rand is president of Little Theatre’s

board of governors, and he has a part in the production. He has performed in such Sondheim musicals as Company, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Into the Woods and A Little Night Music.

Rand says the Little Theatre was never really gone. “It was kind of a lull,” he says.

“Now we have a lot of new energy and interest. Some are people who got involved in the Little Theatre when they were young.

“They want to see it grow up closer to the level it used to be,” he says. “It was an organization that got tremendous support from the community, with thousands of audience members. It’s been an uphill battle, but we’re going to do the best we can to build it up.”

The Little Theatre’s return is part of a revival of theater in Savannah. “I think there was a perception, not necessarily true, that there was a dearth of theater,” Rand says.

“You had to know where to look.”

As a veteran of other Sondheim musicals, Rand is excited about Putting It Together.

“Sondheim is a big fan of puzzles and word play,” he says. “He has pulled pieces from his other shows and pieced them together to make a story. There’s no dialogue, but the order of the songs tells a story.”

The revue presents the stories of two couples. “It takes place in a Manhattan penthouse of a somewhat famous couple,” Rand

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says. “They hold a cocktail party and the younger couple meet.

“There is a fifth character, who is almost like a Greek chorus,” Rand says. “He also provides some comic relief.”

A lot of work has been put into the production. “Sondheim’s music is not the easiest to sing,” Rand says.

Other cast members are Ray Ellis, Courtney Lane, Ryan McCurdy and Lynita Spivey.

Ellis is the choral director and drama McCurdy, Spivey, Ellis and Rand rehearse instructor at South Effingham High School, as well as the musiAudiences will love the production, cal director for Asbury Memorial United Spivey says. “If you love good music and Methodist Church. He has been involved in high energy performances and want to exSavannah community theater for 24 years, perience it in an intimate setting, this is your appearing in productions such as Beauty show,” she says. and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, Children of “It’s wonderful music, extremely moving Eden, Baby and Little Shop of Horrors. and humorous, too,” Spivey says. ““It touches Lane is a recent graduate of the Savannah on every range of emotion.

College of Art and Design, where she ma“Like a good meal, it touches every point jored in media and performing arts and of your palate,” she says. “It’s very satisfying.” minored in dance. She has appeared in A In an effort to reach out to area students, Chorus Line and West Side Story and she coboth high school and college age, the Little wrote and produced an original musical, Theatre will be selling Student Rush Tickets Earthen Heroes. for Putting It Together and other upcoming McCurdy runs the Savannah Actor’s performances. Under this system, unclaimed Theatre with his wife, Sasha. Although he reservations and tickets will be released 10 has appeared in numerous productions, this minutes prior to curtain, and students with is his first time performing Sondheim. a valid I.D. can purchased them for a special “I really, really love to act,” McCurdy reduced rate of $5. says. “The Little Theatre has been part of Of course, there is no way to estimate my consciousness ever since I moved to the number of tickets that will be available Savannah. on any given evening, and the Little Theatre “I love Sondheim,” McCurdy says. “I’ve can’t guarantee that any tickets at all will be seen his shows, but I’ve never sung his left, but if there are, they’ll be sold. This sysmusic. Here’s a chance to sing some of the tem has been used by arts organizations in best music ever written.” other cities, Rand says.

The show will particularly appeal to “I’ve spoken with quite a few students Sondheim fans, McCurdy says. “If you’ve who’d love to enjoy live theater on a regular seen one Stephen Sondheim show and loved basis, but the ticket prices are simply out of it, this is like that experience times 12,” he reach for them,” he says. “We don’t want the says. The revue is particularly exciting becost of a ticket to keep them away.” w cause Sondheim chose, arranged and put the songs in order himself, McCurdy says. “This The Little Theatre of Savannah will presis Sondheim, choosing how the audience ent Putting It Together on Aug. 24, 25, 26, will see it,” he says. “It’s just so beautifully 31 and Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 24, 26, laid out and I’m having a ball.” and Sept. 2 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20 general Spivey played the witch in the City Lights admission, $15 for seniors, military and stuTheatre Company’s production of Into the dents with valid I.D., and $10 for children.

Woods, and performed in Guys and Dolls, A To make reservations, visit www.littletheatreMidsummer Night’s Dream and Merry Wives ofsavannah.org, send email to reservations@ of Windsor. littkletheatreofsavannah.org or call 631-3773.

“It had been a long time since I’d done Tickets also will be available before perforcommunity theater,” Spivey says. “I’m very mances and, if available, as Student Rush partial to Sondheim musicals. I was eager Tickets, which will be sold to students with for an opportunity to work with these peovalid I.D. for $5 starting 10 minutes before ple, and this seemed like a really good opcurtain. portunity.

“I love the cast,” she says. “Joan is a great director. The music is every bit as challenging as I expected it to be.”

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AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill) Thomas Claxton (7 pm) B & D BURGERS (Southside) Live Music TBA (10 pm) BAJA CANTINA (The Landings) Mary Davis & Co. (7:30 pm) BARNES & NOBLE (Oglethorpe Mall) Open Mic (8 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ Chief (9 pm) BAY STREET BLUES Karaoke (9 pm) BENNIE’S (Tybee) Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9:30 pm) BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET Karaoke (9 pm) BLAINE’S BACK DOOR BAR #@*! Karaoke

THE BREW PUB (Hilton Head) Live Music TBA (10 pm) BUFFALO’S CAFÉ (Hinesville) Karaoke (7 pm) CHUCK’S BAR #@*! Karaoke (10 pm) CLUB ONE Insutrial Resurrection w/DJ Shrapnel (10 pm) CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (6 pm) DAIQUIRI BEACH Karaoke (10 pm) DAWG HOUSE GRILL The Eric Culberson Blues Band (7 pm) DINGUS MAGEE’S Live Music TBA (9 pm) DOC’S BAR (Tybee) Roy & The Circuit Breakers DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly) Live Music TBA (7 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) “Georgia Kyle” Shiver & Fiddlin’ Scott Holton (7 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.) Mr. Wiley (9 pm) FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (9 pm) THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee) Live Music TBA (7 pm) HANG FIRE (37 Whitaker St.) DJ KZL (10 pm) HERCULES (Pt. Wentworth) Live Music TBA (7:30 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) Perception (8 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) The Lavon Stevens Project w/Brad Henty (8 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR Trae Gurley (7 pm) THE JINX Dance Party w/DJ D-Frost & Friends (10 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S Pat Garvey KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.) Jazz Jam Session w/The Alex Nguyen Group (8:30 pm) LOCOS DELI & GRILL (Southside) Team Trivia w/Kowboi (7 pm) LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE (Beaufort) Branan Logan (6:30 pm) MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK Pianist David Duckworth (5 pm), Vocalist Claire Frazier (8 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE Nancy Witt MCDONOUGH’S Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE Phantom Wingo (10 pm)

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SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER DJ Blue Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B) SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.) Dueling Pianos (8 pm) SAVANNAH THEATRE “Return To The ‘50s” (8 pm) SLUGGERS 5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (10 pm) STINGRAY’S (Tybee) Randy “Hatman” Smith (6 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler) Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB Karaoke w/Michael (10 pm) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt) Live Music TBA (6 pm) TUBBY’S (River St.) Live Music TBA (6 pm) VENUS DE MILO Industry Night THE WAREHOUSE Thomas Claxton (7:30 pm) WILD WING CAFÉ Karaoke (8:30 pm)

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AUGUST 25TH

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THE NANNY DIARIES 1/2

Writer-directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, the team behind 2003’s American Splendor, have now returned with an adaptation of The Nanny Diaries, the best-selling (and hotly debated) novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. As before, Berman and Pulcini attempt to embellish their tale with all manner of visual flourishes and eccentric details, but working from a blueprint that doesn’t always lend itself to such touches, the results are more heavy-handed than before. That’s not to say that this doesn’t offer several rewards of its own making, starting with the strong performances by Scarlett Johansson and Laura Linney. Johansson plays Annie Braddock, a college graduate who, wary of the demands of a career in high finance, ends up landing what she believes will be a less stressful gig as a nanny for a wealthy Manhattan couple known as Mr. and Mrs. X (Paul Giamatti and Linney). Her young charge, Grayer (Nicholas Art), proves difficult at first but over time softens toward Annie, who’s merely the latest in a long line of nannies. Annie’s main grievances are with the boy’s parents, an aloof jerk who’s carrying on with his secretary while away on week-long trips and a trophy wife who’s too busy socializing to spend any quality time with her lonely son. A spiritual companion to The Devil Wears Prada (Nanny preceded Prada in print by one year, and in the film, Mrs. X can be glimpsed reading the fashion industry tell-all), this offers some nicely staged sequences to help gloss over the broad characterizations. Incidentally, a gag involving a George W. Bush mask doesn’t match the brilliant employment of a Nixon mask in The Ice Storm, but it still provides one of the picture’s largest laughs.

El Cantante 1/2

Wouldn’t it be nice to see a screen biopic about a musician that focused on, you know, the music? Of course, depicting the act of creating art in any medium is extremely difficult (though not impossible) for a movie to pull off, and most filmmakers lazily opt to wallow in the mire instead, ignoring the inspiration in favor of the vices that ren-

der the central character human ... and, as a screen presence, oh-so-predictable. At least Ray and Walk the Line could boast of slick production values and award-winning performances; stripped of those attributes, El Cantante feels minor-league every step of the way. The film purports to tell the life story of Hector Lavoe, the Puerto Rican singer who revolutionized Salsa music and introduced it as a legitimate musical sound

across the U.S. His wife Puchi remained by his side over the years, even as his self-destructive behavior and personal tragedies took their toll on the pair. As Hector and Puchi, real-life couple Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez aren’t bad, but their performances rarely elevate the material. And material like this needs all the help it can get: Rather than paying real service to the music, writer-director Leon Ichaso (who co-

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wrote the script with David Darmstaeder and Todd Bello) reduces a potentially fascinating film into merely another cautionary story about a self-absorbed celebrity-junkiewhore. As expected, the soundtrack is hopping, but as a movie, this one’s tone deaf.

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Stardust 1/2

An enchanting fairy tale likely to appeal to filmgoers across every imaginable spectrum, Stardust is an unqualified delight that offers the most fun to be had in a theater this summer. Based on the graphic novel by Neil Gaiman, it’s a fantasy yarn in the tradition of The Princess Bride and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, only it bests its antecedents by remaining light on its feet and by constantly surprising us with both its visual and narrative vigor. In the tiny English village of Wall, young Tristan Thorne (Charlie Cox) pines for the stuckup Victoria (Sienna Miller) to such a degree that he will prove his devotion by journeying to the magical land resting just outside the town’s border and retrieve the remnants of a fallen star that the pair had seen drop from the sky. What Tristan doesn’t realize is that once a star has fallen, it turns into a human -- in this case, a woman named Yvaine (Claire Danes). But determined to still make good on his promise, he captures the star-child with the intent of presenting her to Victoria. Elsewhere in the enchanted land known as Stormhold, a dying king (Peter O’Toole) promises his crown to whichever of his sons can retrieve a powerful necklace -- an adornment presently around the neck of Yvaine. And to make matters worse, a witch (Michelle Pfeiffer) is also searching for the celestial being, since eating the heart of a star will bring immortality (and restore youth) to her and her Macbeth-inspired sisters. It sounds like too much plot for one movie to bear, but Jane Goldman and director Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake), co-adapting Gaiman’s novel, do an exemplary job of funneling all the disparate elements into one cohesive narrative. Actors like Rupert Everett and Ricky Gervais are allowed to shine in small comedic roles, while Pfeiffer clearly relishes portraying a villainess as much here as she does in the current Hairspray. And then there’s Robert De Niro, playing a pirate so fey that

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Rush Hour 3 

Thoughts of Max von Sydow have been commanding much of my time these last two weeks. First, the recent death of the legendary Ingmar Bergman brought to mind many of the director’s classics, several of which he made with von Sydow (the pair

had a working relationship similar to FordWayne, Kurosawa-Mifune and Scorsese-De Niro). Then there’s the recent DVD release of Flash Gordon, with von Sydow cast as the villainous Emperor Ming. And now there’s Rush Hour 3, which casts the great Swedish actor in a supporting role (narratively, no different than the part he essayed in Minority Report). Exactly 50 years ago, Von Sydow was exploring philosophical issues of life and death in Bergman’s masterpiece The Seventh Seal; now, he’s shunted to the background to make room for the increasingly unfunny antics of Chris Tucker. If there’s a more depressing commentary to be made on the current state of cinema, I can’t imagine what it might be.

The Bourne Ultimatum

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The third time’s the charm with The Bourne Ultimatum, the best in the series of films based on the popular novels by the late Robert Ludlum. While I appreciated the first two films’ efforts to bring the spy flick back to its gritty and less gadget-oriented roots, both felt as if they were constantly getting stuck in the same grooves, with repetitive action sequences, a squandering of great talent in throwaway roles, and a tight-lipped protagonist so one-note that viewer empathy was next to impossible. These problems haven’t all been rectified in Ultimatum, but they don’t nag as consistently as before.

Matt Damon, suitably taciturn even though he’s still too young for the role, again stars as Jason Bourne, the former CIA assassin whose continuing bout of amnesia regarding his past perpetually keeps him searching for the truth, even as his agency handlers seek to have him terminated. Taking over villainous duties from Chris Cooper and Brian Cox is David Strathairn, cast as the latest government suit hoping to protect his own nefarious interests by taking out Bourne.

The reactions of Strathairn’s character to constantly being outsmarted by Bourne are priceless and provide the film with its brief flashes of humor. And adding some much needed humanity to the proceedings are Joan Allen and Julia Stiles, returning to their roles as CIA operatives of different ranks.

More ambiguous in previous installments,

these characters are finally defined in terms of their motives and moral imperatives.

Greengrass, returning to the series after taking time off to earn a Best Director Oscar nomination for United 93, tops himself with action set pieces that prove to be more exciting than those on display in his Supremacy or Identity. One of the lengthy chase scenes is especially impressive, and makes one wonder if Damon elected to forego a straight salary in order to be paid by the kilometer.

Becoming Jane 1/2

Perfectly pleasant yet also somewhat pointless, Becoming Jane comes across less as a motion picture and more as a victim of identity theft. Given the glut of exemplary films based on the works of Austen -- from the fairly faithful (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice) to the radically reworked (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Clueless) -- the only sound reasons to create a movie based on Jane herself would be either to suggest some insights into what turned this country girl into one of the most acclaimed writers in the English language or to provide a comprehensive overview of her life and times.

But Becoming Jane prefers to take a more narrow view, focusing on one small period in her life (and, based on historical records, a spotty one at that) and trumping up the details of her brief flirtation with a dashing rogue named Tom Lefroy, who would later become Lord High Justice of Ireland.

As a result, the Jane in this film never feels real, ultimately coming across as fictional a creation as Elizabeth Bennet or Elinor Dashwood or any other Austen heroine.

Still, within its own self-contained chamber, Becoming Jane is an agreeable period romp, missing the spark of the high-end Austen adaptations but firmly in command of its own romantic devices. Anne Hathaway, all-American in The Devil Wears Prada and Brokeback Mountain, adopts a British accent (shades of Renee Zellweger tackling Bridget Jones) and makes for a lively Jane (even if, physically, she more resembles Austen’s contemporary, Lady Caroline Lamb). Meanwhile, James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland) brings the proper measure of rakish charm to the part of Lefroy. It all goes down smoothly, and if the incomplete portrait of Jane Austen sends even one per-

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The Simpsons Movie 1/2

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 showing off her dance moves on The Corny Collins Show, a local American Bandstandstyle 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 direc-

tor 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.

I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry

Adam Sandler comedies frequently offer sequences that qualify as case studies in homophobia, so here comes I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry to serve as the popular comedian’s mea culpa, his belated realization that, hey, gays are people, too. That’s a worthy sentiment, and there’s much in the screenplay by Barry Fanaro (TV’s The Golden Girls) and the Oscar-winning team of Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (Sideways) that examines that notion rather than just paying lip service to a PC attitude. In other words, there’s a good movie to be found in the premise of two firemen (Sandler and Kevin James) pretending to be life partners for financial purposes, but it’s repeatedly sabotaged by the desire to placate typical Sandler fans who, God forbid, wouldn’t want their boy to get too, you know, fruity on them. Thus, the movie opens with the promise of an open-mouth kiss between buxom twin sisters, peaks with the sight of Jessica Biel in a Catwoman outfit, and ends with the protagonists happily paired off in hetero unions. There are also the usual frat-boy gags involving flatulence, obesity and racial stereotypes (including an unrecognizable Rob Schneider as a Japanese minister), as well as the added treat of Dan Aykroyd (as the fire chief) discussing his prostate, his sole remaining testicle and his diapered grandmother.

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. 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 charac-

ter. 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 farflung 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.

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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. w

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Crafting a motion picture from a current television series that’s been around for nearly two decades is a dicey proposition, but The Simpsons Movie fills the larger dimensions of the theater screen quite nicely. Running the length of four combined episodes, this flick takes Homer’s weekly display of idiocy to a new level, as his bumbling disrespect for the environment leads to Springfield being blocked off from the rest of the world by a giant dome, with the town’s destruction the ultimate goal of the overzealous head of the Environmental Protection Agency (voiced

by Albert Brooks, billed in the credits as “A. Brooks”). Knowing that Homer is the culprit, the town’s residents soon come a-calling with torches in hand and nooses hanging from nearby trees (baby Maggie’s rope has a little pacifier attached). But if there’s one area in which Hollywood remains blissfully, even blessedly, optimistic, it’s in the strength of the family unit, and as long as Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie stick together, they can lick any and all odds.

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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.

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.

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

Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets the first and third Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Chinatown Buffet, 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.

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

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

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 Area Young Republicans Call Alexandra Tabarrok at 572-8528 or visit www.savannahyr.com.

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 or 748-7114.

Savannah Republican Club Meets every second Tuesday of the month.

Call 927-7170. .Skidaway Island Democrats Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.

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

AASU Masquers will hold auditions for three fall semester stage productions, Always....Patsy Cline, True West and The Big Kahuna. Combined auditions will be held Aug. 23 and 24 at 6 p.m. in Armstrong Atlantic’s Jenkins Hall Theater.

Prepare one or two short monologues and be ready for cold readings. Women who want to audition for the singing role in Always should bring cassette or CD accompaniment. Call 927-5381 weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Armstrong Atlantic Youth Orchestra will hold auditions Aug. 25 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the AASU Fine Arts Building.

Auditions are open to young string players, woodwind, brass and percussionists and are by appointment only. Call Lorraine Jones at 236-2560.

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History Theatre will hold ongoing auditions for its production Let My People Go, a spirited musical and history of slavery in Savannah. The ensemble cast requires eight actors-singers -- 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.

Little Theatre of Savannah will hold auditions for the upcoming production of Larry Shue’s comedy, The Nerd, on Monday, Aug. 27 and Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Savannah Community Theatre in the Crossroads Shopping Center at Victory Drive and Skidaway Road. There are roles for three mid-30s men, one middleaged man, one late-20s woman, one middleaged woman and one pre-teen boy. Visit www.littletheatreofsavannahorg.

Benefits

An Evening of Jazz for Adult Literacy Ben Tucker and Huxsie Scott will headline an evening of jazz Sunday, Sept. 9 from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Savannah Marriott Riverfront hotel to benefit the Adult and Community Education program at Royce Learning Center. Tickets are $50, which includes a wuie and cocktail buffet and silent auction. Call 354-4047 for reservations.

Champagne Author Reception for Jennifer Egan, author of The Keep, will ber presented Oct. 3. A talk/reading will be held at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Madison Square, followed by a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the adjacent Green-Meldrim House. Tickets are $25 with proceeds benefitting the Backus Children’s Hospital. Checks can be made out to The One Hundred. Put “Jennifer Egan Event” in the memo line, plus your name, and mail to: Marie Kraft, 11 Gray Heron Rd., Savannah, 31411, or Anne Schafer, 4 Modena Rd., Savannah, 31411.

Cooking for Charity Chefs Matt Cohen and Scott Gordon of the New South Cafe, 2601 Skidaway Rd., will host four fundraisers on the last Monday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Aug. 27, gourmet kosher food will be prepared and served (at the Jewish Educational Alliance) to benefit Rambam School. On Sept. 24, barbecue will be prepared and served to benefit Senior Citizens, Inc. On Oct. 29, stuffed quail will be prepared and served to benefit the USO. The cost is $100 per person, which includes a cooking lesson and a VIP lunch. Visit www.thenewsouthcafe.com or RSVP to Scott West at 443-0977.

Cruise for Critters Spend an afternoon on the water to benefit homeless pets on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 2-

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5 p.m. The cost is $30 per person, which includes hors d-oeuvres, beverages and a T-shirt. The event is sponsored by Coastal Pet Rescue. Call 351-4151 or visit coastalpetrescue.org.

Donate Old Cell Phones United Way’s Hands On Savannah is seeking used cell phones to raise funds for projects and programs. Donate at the United Way offices at 428 Bull St. or call 651-7725 for bulk pick-up.

Gala Affair The Prince Hall Masonic Building Association will hold a gala Saturday, Aug. 25 at the Savannah Marriot Riverfront to benefit the Masonic Building Association.. A silent auction will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the banquet will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $65.

Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis will be held Sept. 8 at 8:30 a.m. at Grayson Stadium. To get involved, call 1-800-4764483 or visit www.cff.org/great_strides.

I Sold It on eBay for Coastal Pet Rescue I Sold It on eBay is accepting items on behalf of Coastal Pet Rescue. Donors may bring any item valued at more than $40 to the I Sold It On eBay store located next to TJ Maxx in Savannah Centre. The item will be listed and proceeds will go directly to Coastal Pet Rescue. Call 351-4151 or 3537633 or visit www.coastalpetrescue.org or www.isolditsavannah.com.

Pillow Pals Hands On Savannah is conducting a drive through September for Backus Children’s Hospital to collect pillow cases filled with special gifts for children being treated. The list includes toddler toys, action figures, board games, craft kits, model kits, coloring books and crayons, infant toys, videos, puzzles, stickers, books and more. Pillow cases should be marked to show whether they are intended for a boy or girl and the age of the child. Donations can be dropped off at the United Way, 428 Bull St. Large numbers of donations can be picked up by calling 651-7725.

Recycle, Reduce and Reuse for Coastal Pet Rescue Coastal Pet Rescue is asking area businesses to collect ink and toner cartridges at their offices. This fund-raiser will help with regular vet care for rescued pets. Contact Becky Soprych at 351-4151 or becky@ coastalpetrescue.org to arrange for cartridge pickup.

Ronald McDonald House An open house will be held at the Ronald McDonald House, the home away from home for families of hospitalized children, every second and fourth Monday from 45 p.m. through Dec. 24. Take a tour, ask questions, have a bite to eat. The house is located at 4710 Waters Ave. on the campus of Memorial Hospital.

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Home and Heart Warming Program The United Way of the Coastal Empire is taking applications for this Atlanta Gas Light Co. program. United Way was given a grant to be used to help low-income homeowners with free repair or replacement of gas appliances, such as hot water heaters, furnaces, space heaters and stoves. Qualified customers also can apply for free weatherization of their homes. The program is open to residents of Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Liberty and Glynn counties. Call 651-7730.

Miss Georgia USA and Miss Georgia Teen USA The pageant will be held Nov. 8-10, and applications are being accepted. For information, send your name, address, phone number, date of birth, a recent snapshot and a brief biography to: Greenwood Productions, Inc., 7121 W. 79th St., Overland Park, Kansas, 66204. For information, visit www.missgeorgiausa.com or call Janet Parkes at 913-642-8989.

PURE Community Photo Cooperative Benefit Exhibition Photographers Using Real Elements, an organization dedicated to classic black and white photographic processes using traditional chemicals, is seeking entrants for a group exhibition to benefit the opening of the first community cooperative darkroom in Savannah. Only silver gelatin black and white photographs no larger than 20 x 24 outside frame dimension 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 Monday, Aug. 27. Visit http:// groups.myspace.com/purephoto or contact

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Second Annual 10 Best Bosses The International Center for Leadership and Coaching is sponsoring this contest to recognize inspirational and motivational bosses and leaders. The deadline for nominations is Sept. 12. 236-3660 or centercoordinator@ internationalcoach.org.

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Classes

700 Kitchen Cooking School will offer hands-on educational/entertaining cooking classes at the Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St. Upcoming classes are: Searing & Sauteeing, Aug. 23 from 2-5 p.m., $75; Low Country Cuisine, Aug. 23 from 7-10 p.m., $75; French Bistro, Aug. 24 from 2-5 p.m., $90; Summer Salad Social, Aug. 25 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., $90; Flavor Dynamics, Aug. 25 from 3-6 p.m., $90; and Less Fattenin’ Latin, Aug. 29 from 2-5 p.m., $75. Call 238-5158 or visit http:// www.700kitchen.com.

AARP Senior Drivers Safety Program Classes will be held: Sept. 6 and 7 from 1-5 p.m. at The Marshes at Skidaway, call Chuck at 598-1011; Sept. 18 and 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Smart Senior at Candler, call 352-4405; and Sept. 13 and 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Generation One, call 350-7587; Oct. 11 and 12 from 1-5 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church, Call Chuck at 598-1011; Nov. 8 and 9 from 1-5 p.m., call Church at 598-1011. Instructors are needed to teach this program in Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties. For information, call Chuck at 598-1011.

Beading Classes Learn jewelry-making techniques at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659.

Brush with Clay Classes in Raku, brush work, relief work, surface decoration, figurative and more in clay with individual attention are offered at CarosArt Studio by professional artist/clay sculptor Carolyne Graham. Costs $100 for 6 classes, or $30 per class. Clay supplies are extra. Call 925-7393 to register.

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.

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.

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St. Vincent’s Tour of Homes and Tea Tickets are available now for this annual tour that is sposnored by St. Joseph’s/ Candler. It will be held Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $35, which includes the tour and the tea. To purchase tickets, visit www.svatourofhomes.com or call 8197780. Tickets also are available at all Bank of Savannah locations, at E. Shaver Bookseller, 326 Bull St., and at Saints & Shamrocks, 309 Bull St. On the day of the tour, tickets can be purchased at Walsh Hall at Lincoln and Harris streets.

School Supply Drive The St. Joseph’s/Candler Angels of Mercy are collecting school supplies for the Danny’s Brown Box and Gail Jones’s Backpack for Every Child drive. Through Sept. 11, all donations are welcome, including composition books, paper, crayons, pencils, pens, rulers and backpacks, which must be clear or mesh to meet school policies. Take donations to the main entrance lobbies of St. Joseph’s Hospital, 11705 Mercy Blvd., and Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St., or to East Bay Inn, 225 E. Bay St. White Bluff UMC Cookbook The Eve Circle at White Bluff United Methodist Church has compiled Eve’s Tasty Temptations, with 497 recipes from the congregation, family and friends. It sells for $15 with profits benefitting the Wesley Community Center. Call 925-5924 or send $17 to Eve Circle c/o White Bluff United Methodist Church, 11911 White Bluff Rd., Savannah, 31419.

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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.

National Cathedral Flower Guild Seminar St. Paul the Apostle Episcopal church will sponsor this seminar on Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon at the church, located at 34th and Abercorn streets. Learn how to prepare, arrange and display flowers for use in liturgy. Flower-related raffle items and door prizes will be given. The cost is $40, which includes a light lunch. Proceeds will benefit the church’s Capital Campaign. Tickets are available online at www.stpaulsavannah.

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org, or mail a check payable to “St. Paul’s” and noting “Flower Seminar” and send it to St. Paul’s., Attn: B. King, 1802 Abercorn St. Savannah, 31401. Call Brandi King at 2725946 or email bbking190@bellsouth.net.

Puppet Shows are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center for schools, day cares, libraries, churches, community events and fairs. Call 447-6605.

Quarterly Leadership Development Institute The City of Savannah’s Community Planning and Development Department will hold this program Sept. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. The training is free. There will be a session for teens and youth. Call 651-6520 to register.

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

Sewing Lessons Fabrika at 140 Abercorn St. is taking deposits for fall adult classes in: Beginner Sewing: Using a Pattern -- Skirt or Totebag; Intro to Kids’ Clothing; and Drafting Your Own Skirt or Totebag. Group classes start in September. Private lessons are available.

Visit www.fabrikasavannah.com or call 2361122.

Space Available for Teachers Got students/clients? Space is available for teachers/instructors at reasonable rates. Call Tony at 655-4591 or dawgfan81@juno.com.

Starfish Cafe Culinary Arts Training Program This 12-week full-time program is designed to provide work training and employment opportunities in the food service industry, including food preparation, food safety and sanitation training, customer service training and job search and placement assistance. Call Jennifer Lucas at 234-0525.

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.

Volunteer 101 A 30-minute course that covers issues to help volunteers get started is held the first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m.

The first Thursday, the class is at Savannah State University, and the third Thursday, at United Way, 428 Bull St. Register by calling Summer at 651-7725 or visit www.

HandsOnSavannah.org.

Workshop for Aspiring Thespians Nika Hinton will lead a free scene workshop in monthly sessions at Unitarian Universalist Church, Phillippa’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.

Dance

Adult Ballet Classes at Islands Dance Academy, 115 Charlotte Dr, Whitemarsh Island near Publix shopping center. Adult ballet, modern and hip-hop dance classes. All levels and body types welcome. The cost is $12 per class or 8 classes for $90. A variety of youth classes also are available. Intermediate Adult Ballet with Kathleen Collins meets

| Free Will Astrology by Rob Brezsny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ve been putting out and putting out and putting out, Aries. Good work!

I’m impressed with the blend of high-minded generosity and ego-boosting self-expression you’ve synergized.

Now, however, it’s time to make a transition. You need to start taking in and taking in and taking in. Your radiance needs to be fed by other radiances. Congratulate yourself for how aggressive you’ve been, then cultivate an equally robust receptivity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t try to understand the Great Mystery in the coming days, Taurus.

Instead, *be* the Great Mystery. Don’t go with the Flow; *be* the Flow. Don’t struggle and strain to put yourself in harmony with the Creative Surge of the Divine Wow. *Be* the Creative Surge of the Divine Wow. Do you catch my drift? It has never been more important than it is now for you to be a uniter who is at one with everything and everyone you encounter. This is the time and this is the place for you to be an exhilarating and playful force of nature who’s madly in love with all of creation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the coming weeks I’d love you to learn more about how to heal your own pain and wash your own brain and right your own wrongs and sing your own songs. I’ll be overjoyed if I see you grow in your ability to unbreak your own heart and unfreeze your own assets and unleash your own surprises and understand your own motives. This is, by the way, not a prescription for loneliness, but rather for self-sufficiency. In fact, the magic that has been missing from your collaborations with others will probably appear as soon as you resolve to be your own guru.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to the Haggadah, an ancient Jewish text, the first thing God made, before anything else, was the Torah. This book was “written with black fire on white fire.” The 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet became the raw materials out of which the Divine One forged heaven and earth. Now you, Cancerian, have a chance to get firsthand evidence

of the power that language has to shape experience.

In the coming days, I suggest that you formulate what you say with great precision. The words you use will have the power of the ancient magical incantation, *abracadabra,* which is derived from the Aramaic word meaning “I create as I speak.”

your guiding thought in the coming days, Libra. The most important work you have ahead of you will involve dissolution, demolition, and deletion. I’ll even go so far as to say that you’re more likely to win big if you’re vigorously committed to losing big. “Give it up!” should be your battle cry.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Many of us don’t always know what we feel. At times we may have a vivid sense that we feel *something,* but we’re not sure what it is. That’s why musicians, writers, actors, and other creative people play such a crucial role in our emotional lives. Their work can help us articulate the mysteries unfolding within us. But here’s the problem: There are some artists out there who aren’t very smart or original; they express only the most hackneyed and superficial feelings. If we look to them for illumination, we’re cheated. So your next assignment, Leo, is to home in on the enigmas that are swirling within you by seeking the guidance and inspiration of only the very best artists: those who have cultivated a high level of proficiency in their heroic struggle to find meaning in the fascinating chaos that surrounds us.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): On the Whosoever. org website, Thomas Woodrooffe describes Mother Teresa’s actions in Calcutta in 1993. She tended intimately to the sick and dying without asking them their religious beliefs or judging them for any behavior that might have played a part in their illness. In contrast, fundamentalist missionaries were roaming Calcutta’s streets at the same time, handing out religious propaganda to the diseased and destitute, warning them they’d face eternal damnation if they’d didn’t convert to the One True Way. Keep that difference in mind during the coming weeks, Scorpio. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you have tremendous power to heal people, fix misaligned energy, and provide the kind of moral leadership that raises everyone’s integrity levels. Be like Mother Teresa, not the fundamentalist missionaries.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you ready to leave the past behind, drop all your assumptions, welcome the return of your innocence, adopt a beginner’s mind, and start fresh everywhere? I hope so, because that’s what the universe will be nudging you to do. Here are some words of wisdom to incite you and arouse you.

(1) “You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.” - Colin Powell. (2) “Never underestimate your power to change yourself.” - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (3) “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” - my friend Lucy Spinner. (4) “God calls you to the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

- Frederick Buechner.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Only the hand that erases can write the true thing,” wrote German mystic Meister Eckhart (1260–1328). I suggest you make that

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): While I was out in the California wilderness doing a vision quest, I came upon a painting in a cave that I immediately sensed was an oracle for the current state of your life. In the painting, there was a hunter who had dropped his bow and arrow on the ground. He appeared to be dancing inside a circle of eagles. The birds were also at ground level and had their wings spread, as if dancing with the hunter.

I encourage you to come up with your own interpretations of this oracle, but here’s how I see it: You need to commune with wildness in a way you have never before imagined. The best way to proceed is to empty your mind of all thoughts about what you can get out of the experience, and instead cultivate the free-wheeling, noexpectations attitude that comes when you’re dancing uninhibitedly.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “The harder that we love, the deeper we’re gonna feel,” sings Keith Greeninger in a rootsy tune from his *Glorious Peasant* CD. That’s good advice for you right now, Capricorn, since what you especially need to guide you during this phase of wandering and exploration is ever-deeper and ever-more- nuanced feeling. I’ll add a corollary that may help as well: The softer you love, the smarter your emotions will be. You can love harder and softer at the same time, right?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The chemo treatments burned out all the math skills in my brain, which were already pretty meager,” said Risa, a friend who survived cancer a few years ago. “On the other hand, they awakened my ability to feel perfectly at ease while in the midst of paradoxical situations that everyone else finds maddening and uncomfortable. The chemo also made me ridiculously tolerant of people’s contradictions, sometimes even their hypocrisies, and freed me to enjoy life as an entertaining movie with lots of interesting plot twists rather than as a pitched battle between everything I like and everything I don’t like.”

I have really good news for you, Aquarius: If you make use of the current cosmic opportunities, you can achieve Risa’s state of mind without the prod of anything even remotely as extreme as cancer or chemotherapy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): William Henry Harrison died in 1841, just a month after he’d been inaugurated as U.S. president. When a messenger went to Vice-President John Tyler to inform him he had ascended to the highest office in the land, Tyler was down on his knees playing a game of marbles. I’m guessing there’ll be a similar scenario in your immediate future, Pisces. Big magic may come to visit you while you’re in a lowly position. Or maybe an imposing invitation will arrive while you’re in a humble situation. w

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

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

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

The STUDIO Adult Beginner Ballet Class is being offered.

The STUDIO also is accepting new students 5 and up for the new season. Contact Veronica at 695-9149. The STUDIO is located at 2805 Roger Lacey Ave. just off the intersection of Skidaway and Victory. Call Veronica at 695-9149 or visit ww.thestudiosav.com.

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

Fitness

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

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

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

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

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

Energy Share every first and third Friday of the month at a new integrated healing center located at 72nd and Sanders streets. Call Kylene at 713-3879.

Fountain of Youth Tibetan rites taught free every Tuesday and Friday at 7:30 a.m. at Yoga Hause, 1203 E. 72nd St.

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

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

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

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

National Gymnastics Day Whitemarsh Island YMCA will host a free gymnastics open house on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Appropriate for children 2 and up.

Outdoor Fitness Boot Camp All fitness levels welcome. M, W, Th, F at 6 a.m. at Forsyth Park. Meet at the statue on Park Avenue. Also meets at 7:30 a.m. at Daffin Park at the circle near the playground. $150 for unlimited classes, $15 for a single class. To register, call Jennifer at

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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.

Ballroom Dance Party will be held Saturday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Frank G. Murray Community Center, 160 Whitemarsh Island Rd. The basic lesson will be the Foxtrot, followed by the social dance from 8-10:30 p.m. The cost is $6 for members and $10 for non-members.

Beginners and singles are welcome. Call 961-9960 or 655-4985.

Basic Ballroom Class will be given by the Moon River Dancers Saturday, Sept. 1 from 1-3 p.m. at the West Broad YMCA, 1110 May St. The cost is $3.

Beginners and singles are welome. Call 9619960 or 655-4985.

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

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

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.

Master Class with Sayat Asatryan and Olga Tchekakova, formerly of the Bolshoi Ballet, will be held Aug. 17 at the STUDIO, 2805b Roger Lacey Ave. Children’s class for ages 7-9 will be held 4-5 p.m. and will cost $20 and the interme-

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

Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

Savannah Yoga Center Through Aug. 31, the schedule will be: Monday, 9–10:15 am Dynamic Flow All Levels w/ Kristianne, 10:30–11:45 am Level 1&2 Flow Yoga with Will, 12-1:15 p.m.Yoga Lunch Flow-Food for Body&Soul w/ Kate and 6:00-7:15 pm Gentle Yoga Flow w/ Heather; Tuesday, 9:30-10:30 am Community Flow Yoga w/ Amanda for $6, 6-7:30 pm hot Yoga Flow All levels w/ Kate; Wednesday, 7:30-9:00 am Sunrise Yoga All Levels w/ Will, 10:30-11:45 am Mommy and Baby Yoga w/ Betsy, 12:15-1:15 pm Restorative Yoga Hour w/ Amanda and 6-7:30 pm Yoga Basics w/ Kate; Thursday, 9:30 –10:45 am Yoga Flow Level 1&2 w/ Amanda and 6:00 -7:30 pm Dynamic Flow Yoga All Levels w/ Kelley; Friday, 7:30-8:45 am Community Flow Yoga w/ Kelley for $9, 10–11:15 am Dynamic Flow All Levels w/ Kristianne, 12-1:15 pm Iyengar Yoga All Levels w/ Laura (Iyengar Yoga w/ Laurathru end of June) and 12-1 pm Community Iyengar Influenced Yoga w/ Lynne for $6 (Community Iyengar Influenced Yoga begins Fri, July 6th); Saturday, 11 am to 12:30 pm All Levels Yoga Flow w/ Kelley; Sunday, 5-6:15 pm Mellow Yoga Flow All Levels w/ Heather, 6:30 -7:15 pm Community Meditation $6 w/ Heather (100% of proceeds go to the Children’s

Advocacy Center.) Drop-ins are welcome.

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

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

Sunrise Boot Camp at Tybee Island will be held Monday through Friday from 6-7 a.m. Park in the North Beach parking lot and go over the first crossover. Bring a mat. Conducted

by Paul Butrym, certified personal trainer and ex-Marine. Three days of strength training and two days of cardio each week. The cost is $10 per class, $40 for the week or $75 for a fourweek session. Call 604-0611 or email pbutrym@ comcast.net.

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 to the North Beach parking lot, first beach walkover. Drop-ins welcome and encouraged. Cost is $10 per class. Class cards are available. Multi-Level Hatha I & II

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gay & Lesbian

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

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

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

Savannah Pride, Inc. meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St. Everyone is encouraged to attend, for without the GLBT community, there wouldn’t be a need for Pride. Call Patrick Mobley at 224-3238.

Standout is First City’s gay youth support group.

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

Call 657-1966.

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

Health

Alleviating Arthritis Pain Eric Bull, orthopedic physical therapist and president of Spine & Sport, will present this topic Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 2 p.m. at Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull St. Free and open to ages 55 and over. Registration is required.

Call 236-0363.

Better Breathers of Savannah meets to discuss and share information on C.O.P.D. and how people live with the disease. For info, call Dicky at 665-4488 or dickyt1954@yahoo.com.

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

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

Dual Recovery Anonymous This 12-step program addresses all addictions and mental health recovery. Persons who are recovering from an addiction and a mental health problem can send e-mail to katkope@netscape.com for information.

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

Every Step Counts Survivor Walk This monthly cancer survivors’ walk is free and open to all survivors and their loved ones. Call DeDe Cargill at 398-6654.

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

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

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

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training My Brothaz Home, Inc., a local nonprofit HIV/AIDS organization, offers free HIV/ AIDS and STD awareness training, risk reduction counseling and prevention case management to individual males and groups of males. Upon completion of the training, a monetary incentive and educational materials will be given to each participant. Call 231-8727.

Hypnobirthing Childbirth Classes are being offered at the Family Health and Birth Center in Rincon. The group classes offer an opportunity for couples to learn the child birthing process together, while providing a very integral role to the companion participating. Classes provide specialized breathing and guided imagery techniques designed to reduce stress during labor. All types of births are welcome. Classes run monthly, meeting Saturdays for three con-

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Religious & Spiritual

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

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

The Complete Woman A Christian women’s conference sponsored by Women of the Word will be held Sept. 14-16 at the Savannah Civic Center.

Presenters will include June Evans, Dee Baxter, Barbara Benton, Robbyn Evans and Phyllis Ellis. The Savannah Mass Choir, directed by E. Larry McDuffie, will be featured guests. Registration is ongoing now.

Call 828-669-8411 or visit www.cbu.org.

The Savannah chairman, Robbyn Evans, can be reached at evansrobbyn@yahoo.com or 425-9205.

Ekklesia, The Church Do church in a casual and relaxed setting on Saturday nights. Fellowship begins at 6 p.m., praise and worship at 6:30 p.m. in the BSU building on Abercorn between the

Publix Shopping Center and the Armstrong campus. Call 596-4077.

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

Handbell Choir Anyone interested in starting/leading or joining/participating in a handbell choir can contact the Rev. Arlene Meyer at 355-4704.

Unity of Savannah at 2320 Sunset Blvd. has the bells and a few interested people without a leader. Visit www.unityofsavannah.org.

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

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

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) meet Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St., Savannah. Call Janet Pence at 247-4903.

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

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

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

Soka Gakkai of America (SGI-USA) SGI-USA is an American Buddhist movement for world peace that practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO. For information, call SGI-USA at 232-9121.

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

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. The service will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Troup Square Sanctuary. For information, call 234-0980, or send e-mail to uusav@comcast.net or visit www.jinglebellchurch org. The Uncommon Denomination.

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

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5th Annual Coastal Plain Meander The Savannah Riverkeeper will present a four-day expedition down the Savannah River. On Oct. 5, the boat will depart from Augusta and arrive on River Street in Savannah on Oct. 8. All packages include meals, ground transportation, and either camping or cabin accommodations. Prices range from $225 to $700. Contact Frank Carl at 706-364-5253, frank_carl@savannahriverkeeper.org or Tonya Bonitatibus at 706-755-4839 or tonya.bonitatibus@savannahriverkeeper.org.

Dolphin Project of Georgia Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research which will take place one weekend during the months of January, April, July and October. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 232-6572 or visit www.

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Wild Island and Estuary Journey through tidal creeds and marshes aboard a covered 45-foot pontoon boat with a licensed captain and naturalist guide. Go ashore on Williamson Island, Georgia’s youngest barrier island and see birds, dolphins and oysters and learn about their lives. Walk the beach and look for “washed ashores.� Will be presented Sept. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon. Meet at the Bull River Marina. The cost is $40 and reservations are required. Call Wildernest Southeast at 897-5108.

Champagne Author Reception for Jennifer Egan, author of The Keep, will ber presented Oct. 3. A talk/reading will be held at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Madison Square, followed by a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the adjacent Green-Meldrim House. Tickets are $25 with proceeds benefitting the Backus Children’s Hospital. Checks can be made out to The One Hundred. Put “Jennifer Egan Event� in the memo line, plus your name, and mail to: Marie Kraft, 11 Gray Heron Rd., Savannah, 31411, or Anne Schafer, 4 Modena Rd., Savannah, 31411.

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

Georgia Author Meranda to Sign Books Meranda, the author of Iris: The Legend That Time Forgot, a fantasy/adventure novel about a young girl who avenges the deaths of her parents with the help of fairies and wizards, will sign books Aug. 25 and Dec. 1 from 3-6 p.m. at Barnes & Noble.

Sensational Minds An African-American book store at 129 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. in the Oakhurst Shopping Plaza that carries books in 22 different categories, from fiction and nonfiction to cooking, religions, education and more. Also journals, Bible covers, stationery and gifts. A book signing with Cathy Middleton, author of Girl, Get That Child Support, will be held Wednesday, Aug. 29 from 6-8 p.m.

Tea time at Ola’s is a new book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Call Beatrice Wright at 652-3660. Bring your ideas and lunches. Tea will be provided. 2325488 or 652-3660.

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

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

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

Mammograms St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. For appointments, call 819-6800. SJ/C accepts most insurance plans. Financial assistance is available to women who qualify.

Memorial Health blood pressure check are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 3507587.

Memorial Health CPR training FitnessOne provides American Heart Association courses each month to certify individuals in infant, child and adult CPR. The cost is $30. Call 350-4030 or visit www. memorialhealth.com.

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Stunning bedroom suite. New in factory boxes. Mahogany headboard, footboard, wooden side rails, dresser, mirror,TWO nightstands. Drawers are dove tailed and felt-lined. Sugg list $6200, Sacrifice $1000.

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

New in boxes, Never used. $399.

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DOUBLE PILLOWTOP KING mattress.

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

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50% to 75% off on 2 large rooms full of glassware, dishes, vases, framed prints, collectibles, vintage and new costume jewelry.

Tybee Antiques, Collectibles & Gifts just 2-1/2 miles east of Ft. Pulaski at 1207 Hwy. 80 East. Between Doyles Landscaping and the First National Bank of Tybee Island. Open daily in August from 10am-5pm.

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Furniture QUEEN PILLOW-TOP SET Brand new, still in original factory plastic with boxspring and warranty, suggest list, $699 must let go for $160. 912-965-9652.

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PILLOWTOP MATTRESSES: Brand NEW sets in all shapes and sizes!! Name brand sets must go and go fast. $150 and up. Delivery available.

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

Asking $900. Call 912-572-1940.

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

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

$450 BEDROOM SET Includes beautiful headboard, bedrails, chest of drawers, nightstand table. Furniture is NEW and in factory boxes. Delivery available. 912-965-9652.

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BEDROOM SUITE Contemporary headboard, footboard, wooden rails, dresser, mirror, nightstand.

Drawers are solid wood and dovetailed with polished chrome handles. Suggested list $4000. Sacrifice $850, can help with delivery.

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

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

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FORMAL DINING Room Group: Brand NEW 9-pc. Queen Anne table/leaf/6 chairs/china cabinet. Furniture is still new in factory boxes. Worth $4K. Must sell for $900. Can deliver 912-964-1494.

5-pc. DINETTE SET Solid wood table with 4chairs. Fits perfectly in breakfast area. Brand NEW in boxes $185.

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

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TWIN Mattress and Box Brand new twin mattress and box set. NEW in wrapper $100.

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a fast-paced environment, and we aren’t kidding when we say fast paced! Starting pay for this position is $6.50/hr. plus possibility of raise after 30 days. All applicants must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check. To inquire about this position come by 39 Barnard St. ONLY between 8-10:30am Monday-Friday or e-mail your resume to expresscafe@comcast.net EOE

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MAINTENANCE MANAGER for 7 Victorians w/60 rooms. Qualified plumbing, electrical, roofing, AC and carpentry experience. Driver’s license required. Great pay & benefits. Call 912-231-9464 between 10am-4pm.

NATIONAL TIMBER Bridge Company needs SKILLED CARPENTERS & LABORERS building heavy timber bridges.

48 weeks/yr. at various sites around the country. Great pay & benefits with promotion opportunities. Paid travel & travel time.

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DISHWASHER/BUS PERSON NEEDED Must be able to work in a fast paced environment. Must be dependable & have reliable transportation.

Starting salary 625 $6.75/hour plus tips with possible raise after 30 day evaluation Drivers Wanted period. Position will have an average of 35 hours weekly. Apply Monday-Thursday between Drivers: 10-11:00am. All applicants must Regional Home weekends! .42 be able to pass drug screen and cpm + stop pay. Great benefits, background check. The Express CDL-A, 1 year verifiable with 150 Cafe & Bakery. 39 Barnard Street, k miles. 800-387-0088. between Broughton & Congress EOE.

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New Company in Town! All Local Jobs, good pay/good OT. 1767 Old Dean Forest Road.

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General OAK MISSION bedroom.

Mission style bed, dresser with mirror, nightstand table. Set is NEW and in original boxes. Call Chris 912-965-9652

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needed ASAP! 1 year minimum experience. Clean driving record and license. Willing to pay based on experience. Contact Brian @ 912-596-5121.

NOW HIRING FOR RESTAURANT & JAZZ CLUB. Servers, $4/hr + tips; Chefs; Dishwasher; PartTime Bartender; Hostess. Must be 21, dependable & able to work weekends and evenings.

Call 231-8369 to schedule interview appointment.

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Prep Cooks, Dishwashers, Servers, Deckhands, Bartenders! F/T and P/T positions available.

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234-0606 3521 Bull Street Spacious 2 BR, 1 Bath apartment with a separate dining room, hard wood floors, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, Central H/A and parking in rear.

AVAILABLE NOW. Pet Friendly. $650/mo.

1 East 63rd Street 2 bedroom, 1 ½ bath apartment with hardwood floors. Central H/A, W/ D connections, off-street parking and pet friendly. $750.

Are You A CreAtive And innovAtive MediA designer Who Possesses exCellent skills in indesign, PhotoshoP, illustrAtor & tYPogrAPhY in A WindoWs BAsed environMent?

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16 Thackery Place Spacious 2 BR, 1 BA apartment with a separate dining area, Hard wood floors, central H/A, total electric, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, and off street parking.

AVAILABLE NOW. Pet Friendly. $650/mo.

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

Features include formal LR, , formal DR, refinished heart pine floors, ceiling f a n s , b a t h ro o m a n d kitchen with ceramic tile floors, separate laundry room with washer/dryer, private courtyard. C H/A, total electric and paid security system.

AVAILABLE NOW. Pet Friendly. $1,000/mo.

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

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SINGLE FAMILY HOME: 1303 E. 38th St. Traditional style, 1106sqft. 2BR/1BA, LR, separate DR, vinyl hardwood finished floors, ceiling fans, pull-down attic, front porch, uncovered patio, off-street parking, garage w/storage area, central heat/air, cable access, appliances included, washer/dryer connections.

House in excellent condition. $99,900. Call 912-236-1786 or 912-228-0815.

CONDO STYLE UNIT

127 Edgewater Rd. 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo style unit with W/D connections, private porch in rear. $825/month & $500 deposit. Call 912-354-4011

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TOWNHOME FOR RENT I-95 & 204 area. New 3 bedroom, 2 bath duplex townhome w/large yard, single car garage, fully-equipped kitchen, & W/D connections. $1,250/month and $750 deposit. Call 912-354-4011

SOUTH EFFINGHAM Schools! 224 Lemans Drive, Bloomingdale.

1600 sq.ft., 3BR/2BA, bonus room, screened porch, huge FOR RENT: 724 E. 36th St. fenced yard! Price reduced!

Newly renovated 2 bedroom, 1 912-330-9567 or 912-228-1243. bath house with sunporch for bonus room. New appliances, new central heat/air! Pets OK! $800/month. Call 912-257-5596.

4 bedroom, 2 bath w/double garage, fully equipped kitchen, and large fenced-in back yard. $1,325/mo & $750 security deposit. Call 912-354-4011

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Buy. Sell. Find. Free! www.connectsavannah.com Home for Rent Remodeled brick home close to Rincon. 1450 SQ FT, Large lot in quiet neighborhood. Tile, Corian Marble, many upgrades. 3BR 2BA, immaculate condition. A GREAT CASH FLOW must see. All appliances stay.

Duplex can rent between $149K OBO. 843-247-2409 $1,400-$1,500/month.

3 bedHOUSE FOR SALE: 1507 East rooms up & down, 1.5 bath Ott Street - 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, down, 1 up. 2 central HVAC, livbreakfast room, laundry room, ing/dining combo, full kitchen, central heat/air. Asking $155,000. W/D connections, hardwood Agent/Broker Protected. 2.4% floors, high ceilings, pocket commission. Call 912-596-4954 doors down, close to SCAD! Offor appt. *Available Soon: fered at only $164,900. Mopper45 Travis St., 3BR & Stapen Realtors, Tom Colasanto: 1015 E. 32nd St., 2BR. 912-272-6557.

*3BR, 2BA For Sale *2BR, 1-1/2BA Midtown location. Students welcome. Deposit plus 1st month’s rent. $850-$985.

Call 912-596-5954.

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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 1011 Mohawk: 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Apartment. $725/month. www.savannahsbest properties.com Mobile Home: 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath. $450/month.

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Condo style 2 bedroom, 2 bath unit w/ WD conn, fully-equipped kitchen, private porch at rear. $795/month and $500 security deposit. Call 912-354-4011 Condo for rent Seeking roommate to share remodeled furnished condo. Private, furnished bedroom. Bath and kitchen shared. 3 blocks from Broughton. No smokers,drugs,pets. Basic utilities furnished

Townhomes/Condos for Rent

Tybee Beachside Fully Furnished Apt. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, washer/dryer, no pets. Available Sept.

- May. $950/mo plus electricity. #7 on 12th Street. www.rowlandsretreat.com.

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Duplexes for Rent TYBEE ISLAND DUPLEX 1 bedroom, 1 bath, furnished!

Utilities included! $850/month until May 15th. Single occupancy, no pets! Call Tybee Vacation Rentals, 912-786-5853.

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Jesup, Ga. 2300 sq.ft., 5 acre lot, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, great room, central AC, large kitchen area, additional storage/multipurpose TYBEE ISLAND: house; dog pen area, corner lot, 116 Lewis Ave. great neighborhood, excellent school system! $225,000. Call Single family, 3BD, 2BA, for sale by owner! Professionally de912-293-7087. signed and heavily influenced by HISTORIC DISTRICT the Arts and Crafts Movement and the designs of Frank Lloyd Wright. Open floor plan--approx.

1750 sq. feet. .4 acre on marsh.

Beautiful gardens and koi pond.

Short walk to beach. $497,000. www.seemylisting.com #08112.

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

3 bedroom, 2.5 bath. Corner lot.

Garden level apartment. Original hardwood floors, 6 FP, , deck w/hot tub. Private courtyard.

2.5% commission, $599,000.

Homes for Rent

ATTRACTIVE 3 BEDROOM, 1 BATH house. E. 52nd St. Sunroom, garage, fenced backyard, $1,000/month. Lease + deposit require. 706-210-9746.

EXPRESS CAFE & BAKERY

Has an Immediate opening for Weekend Cook. Applicants should be able to prepare a variety of basic restaurant menu items: soups, sandwiches, etc.

Must be able to work in a fast paced environment and work well with others. Be dependable and have reliable transportation.

All applicants must pass background check. Hours: Sat. & Sunday 8:30am-4pm.

No Telephone Calls. Applicants Should Apply In Person, From: 10:00am-11:00am Or 2-3pm Tuesday-Friday Send Resumes to: expresscafe@comcast.net

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Commercial Property for Rent

Office Space in condo Large remodeled room on Crawford Square. Downtown. Shared bath. No Public Traffic. Basic Utilities furnished. No smoking, Drugs or Pets. Rate negotiable; 843-258-0809

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Trucks & Vans Ford F-100 1983 Ford F-100, runs great, new tires,& other equipment. Original owner. Good work truck. $1500. Tybee 596-8641

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Room for Rent 23 EAST 37th Street at Drayton. A private, nicely furnished large room w/bath adjoining.

Windows on 3 sides. TV, phone, internet, cable. All utilities, washer/dryer. $160/weekly, $576/monthly. Call 7 days at 912-231-9464.

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Roommate Wanted COMFORTABLE ROOMS in Downtown Savannah. Cable, Washer/Dryer, Hi-Speed Internet, Secure Parking, Furnished/Unfurnished. Short/Long term, $150-$175/week (+$100 deposit). Call 912-659-7168 or visit: www.Habicorp.org.

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