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Is testing teaching?
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It’s Frida Kahlo Week at the Jepson Center, with several events devoted to the artist and her work | 5
A new coffee-table — or is that bar-top? — book is devoted to chronicling the local rock scene | 26
Don’t forget to vote for your favorite people and places | 19
Who would pay a ton of money for an all-white painting? The Masquers answer that question in the comedy Art | 21
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Week at Glance What: Period storytelling, arts and crafts, carriage rides and courtyard dances. Children can make their own May Pole. When: April 26 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Where: Massie Heritage Center. Cost: $2. Info: 201-5070.
Thursday
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
What: Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf is the tournament that sparked the creation of the Champions Tour, formerly known as the Senior PGA Tour. When: Through April 28. Where: Club at Savannah Harbor. Info: 236-1333.
Frida Kahlo Fest and Free Week What: Free admission to
the Jepson Center and activities focusing on photography and Mexican culture, in conjunction with the Nickolas Muray exhibition of photographs of artist Frida Kahlo. When: Through April 27. Where: Jepson Center. Cost: Free. Info: www.telfair.org.
Evenings at the Telfair Film Screening: Frida What: A screening of the
Oscar-winning biography starring Salma Hayek as Kahlo. When: April 24 at 6 p.m. Where: Jepson Center Neises Auditorium. Cost: Free. Info: 790-8800 or www. telfair.org.
Ships for Victory
What: Locally-produced TV documentary will feature “Liberty Ships,” World War II ships built in Savannah and Brunswick. When: April 24 at 7 p.m. Where: Georgia Public TV.
Savannah Sand Gnats What: The Gnats take on
the Rome Braves. When: April 24, 25 and 26 at 7 p.m. and April 27 at 2 p.m.. Where: Historic Grayson Stadium, 1406 E. Victory Dr.
Frida Kahlo week is on at the Jepson, including a Mexican band performance at Sunday’s free Museum day Cost: Box seats -- $10, Reserved -- $8, General Admission -- $7, and Seniors, military or kids 4-12 -- $5. Info: 351-9150.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Where: Reading Room of Hodgson Hall, 501 Whitaker St.
AASU Masquers: Art
What: Speakers on human
What: A comedy by French playwright Yasmina Reza that asks the question “What is art?” When: April 24, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. and April 27 at 3 p.m. Where: Masquers Chinese Theater at Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn St. Cost: $10. Info: 927-5381 or www. finearts.armstrong.edu .
Films in Forsyth
What and When: On April
24 at 8:30 p.m., Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Vertigo will be presented. On April 25 at 8:30 p.m., Steven Spielberg’s Jaws will be shown. On April 26 at 8:30 p.m., the animated An American Tale will be screened. Where: Forsyth Park. Cost: Free.
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AASU/SSU Human Rights Conference
rights issues, a poster exhibition and student presentations. When: April 25 and 26. Where: Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn. Cost: Free.
Deep Blue Funk and Other Stories: Portraits of Teen Parents What: Savannah Cultural
Arts Theatre will present a play written by Daneil B. Frank and Arnold Aprill about real life histories of urban teenage parents. Appropriate for ages 10 and up. When: April 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Where: Black Box at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Cost: Free. Info: www.savannahga. gov/arts.
Cardinal Rep: Laughing Wild
Georgia Historical Society Book Sale
What: Comedy by Christopher Durang. When: April 25, 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. Where: Cardinal Rep, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: Adults, $15 and students/military/seniors $10. Info: 232-6080.
including fiction and biographies, will be sold. When: April 25 and 26 from
Epworth Players Dinner Theater: The Farmer’s Daughter
Friday
What: All types of books,
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What: Choose dinner with a show, or dessert with a show. When: April 25 and 26 with dinner at 5:30 p.m. and the play at 7 p.m. Also April 27 with dessert served at 2:30 p.m. and the play at 3 p.m. Where: Epworth United Methodist, 2201 Bull St. Cost: $20 for evening performances and $12 for Sunday matinees. Info: Call 232-5658 for reservations.
Savannah Children’s Theatre: Snow White
What: A new look at an old classic. When: April 25 and May 2 at 7 p.m. and April 26 and 27 and May 3 and 4 at 3 p.m. Where: Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Dr. Cost: $10. Info: www.savannahchildrenstheatre.org.
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Savannah Market Bazaar
What: Vendors will sell art, jewelry, collectibles, antiques, clothing, food and more. When: April 26, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Where: Old Sears parking lot on Henry Street between Drayton and Bull.
Events marked with this symbol are things we think are especially cool and unique.
Sidewalk Arts Festival
What: In addition to the traditional chalk art competition, the festival will feature food, live music, art exhibitions and areas for young artists. When: April 26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Where: Forsyth Park. Cost: Free. Info: 525-5218 or www. scad.edu/saf.
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Bradbury Brown Bag
What: Bradbury enthusiast Richard Clifton and bestselling author Greg Keyes will discuss Fahrenheit 451 in the final event of The Big Read. When: April 26 at 11:30 a.m. Where: Thomas Square.
2008 Youth Rally
What: An event to give Chatham County young people the opportunity to learn about government and participate in the governmental process. When: April 26 1-5 p.m. Where: Daffin Park. Cost: Free.
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Stand Up For America Day
What: A parade, music, arts, crafts, food, kiddie rides and fireworks to honor servicemen and women, past and present. When: April 26 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Where: Downtown Port Wentworth. Info: 966-7428.
Savannah Sinfonietta What: Featuring .the win-
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Starland Farmers Market begins
The 2008 season will begin with local organic and traditional produce, artists, food vendors, crafts people, musicians, street performers and storytellers. When: April 26 from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine. Where: Starland district on DeSoto Avenue between Whitaker and Bull streets and 40th and 41st streets. Cost: Free. Info: 443-5355, starlandfarmersmarket. com or maldorors@gmail.com. What:
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When: April 26 at 8 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater,
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Fireworks by the River
What: Presented by the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa. When: April 26 at dark. Where: River Street.
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Art in Focus: Frida Kahlo Fest and Free Week April 21-27, 2008 Jepson Center for the Arts
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April 23, 12:30pm Gallery Talk: “Frida Kahlo�
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Through 4/27 Habitat and Murmurs of Earth: Two Animations by Lars Arrhenius Through 4/27
What: Part of the Frida Kahlo Fest and Free Week. Exhibitions, art demonstrations and live musical performances, featuring the group Mestengo, a Floridabased band specializing in NorteĂąo Mexican music.. When: April 27, 2-5 p.m. Where: Jepson Center. Cost: Free. Info: 790-8800.
Lecture: Frida Kahlo through the lens of Nickolas Muray
What: The speaker is Salomon Grimberg, clinical psychiatrist and author of Frida Kahlo: Song of Herself. When: April 27 at 1 p.m. Where: Jepson Center. Cost: Free. Info: 790-8800.
Sunday Jazz Brunch
What: Music by Ben Tucker and Friends. When: April 27. Where: Aqua Star at Westin Savannah Harbor. Cost: $36.95 adults and $18.50 10 and under. Info: 201-2085. Reservations are required.
Mozart’s Requiem
What: Savannah Choral
Society and the Savannah Country Day School Choir perform. When: April 27, 4 p.m. Where: First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington St. Cost: Free.
Christ Church Spring Concert
What: The choirs of Christ Church, including the bell choir, present spirituals, anthems, hymns and folk songs. When: April 27, 4:30 p.m. Where: Christ Church, 28 Bull St. Info: 232-4131.
A Tribute to Duke Ellington
What: The Savannah Jazz Orchestra and saxophonist Sam Skelton. When: April 27 at 5 p.m. Where: Armstrong Center. Cost: Free. Info: 675-5419 or www. coastal-jazz.org.
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Frank Gehry lecture
What: Gehry’s belief of “architecture as art� has fueled some of the world’s most-recognized architectural structures. When: April 28 at 7 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St.
Cost: Free.
29 Tuesday
Youth Orchestra Performances
What: The Armstrong Atlantic Youth Orchestra, Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, Lyric Strings Ensembles I & II, and Debut Strings will perform. When: April 29, starting at 6:30 p.m. Where: Armstrong Center Ballroom, 13040 Abercorn St. Cost: $6.
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Wednesday Forever Tango
What: Traces the history of tango through music, dance and vignettes. When: April 30, 7:30 p.m. Where: Johnny Mercer Theatre. Cost: $28-$45. Info: 651-6556.
Psychotronic Film: Superargo vs. the Faceless Giants
What: In this 1968 Italian flick a bizarre superhero wears a tight red suit and black mask wherever he goes. When: April 30, 8 p.m. Seating begins 7:30 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5. Advance tickets are available. Info: myspace.com/psychotronicfilms
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No angle left behind Articles bashing the horrendously misnamed “No Child Left Behind” Act — a piece of legislation which actually seems committed to leaving entire schools behind — have become something of a journalistic cliche. It’s hardly news that the law is badly flawed. committed your local school district is to the legislation, in some cases above and beyond what the law actually mandates. I don’t know if this is a sign of real ideological commitment or more of a Stockholm Syndrome sort of thing, whereby educators are so fearful of being put on a “Needs Improvement” list that they begin to identify with the very law that is victimizing them. But in any case, I do find it an interesting illustration of the proverbial Law of Unintended Consequences.
I’m not against a healthy amount of standardized testing. Students do need to be aware that in life there are times when they will be called upon to show what they can do, with no chance for a do-over. It’s not entirely fair, but then again life isn’t. Nor am I against a healthy amount of rote learning. There’s nothing wrong with knowing our presidents or being able to recite the preamble to the Constitution or being able to find Iraq on a map. Some things you just have to commit to memory. And as an editor I’m particularly horrified by the New Age teaching technique whereby elementary school children are allowed to freelance their own phonetic spellings instead of, you know, the actual spellings of words. However, when you read Sabrina’s story and find out how many school days and tax dollars are devoted entirely to testing, you’ll see in the starkest of terms just how extreme the entire standardized testing mania has become.
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Please, redesign the redesign Editor, I’ve not read Connect Savannah in a while as I’m not near a box of issues as often as I used to be. In other words, it’s been a few months. I haven’t even been to the website. Last night, out of the blue, I had a dream that Morris Multimedia fired you and installed in your place a husband and wife team who immediately set about dismantling everything unique about your publication - redesigning it, filling it with copious advertisements, useless gossip column offal, and general idiocy. For some reason, I was able to confront them and they left the room in a huff. They were reminiscent of the writer couple John Candy confronted in the 1991 film Delirious. I think their big defense was, “We made it better!” I awoke, finding this a bit strange. So imagine my shock when I picked up the latest issue at lunch today and noticed the very striking redesign. What happened? I read the issue cover to cover and let it wash over me in its entirety. But I can’t get over it. While reading it, the boxy structure, lined column breaks, et al., all make me feel like I’m reading an insert that was stuffed
inside the insufferable (shudder) Savannah Morning News. I’m not asking for Connect Savannah’s design to resemble a GeoCities page circa 1998 or to remain staid and cling to designs of years past. But for an alternative publication the redesign is bland and uncreative. I sincerely hope a happy medium can be found between a clean and concise design while still keeping a creative flair. All this being said, I’m glad the redesign was the only thing real about my dream and that you’re still the captain of the ship (and hopefully will remain so for a very long time). So now that Connect Savannah has successfully become an ersatz version and combination of a character from the A Nightmare On Elm Street films and a time traveler... (grabs pen) ...I’ll take those winning lottery numbers now. Jason Bacon
Kudos on redesign Editor, I wanted to write to express how much I enjoy the new design & layout of Connect Savannah. Like many people, I was sad to see the old design go, but now find after reading a few of the newly designed issues that I like it very much, and in fact prefer it. It re-
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Paramedics, duh Editor, I usually do not vote for the Best of Savannah, but I love to read the results when they come out. This year I decided that when voting came around I would put my two cents in as well. I could not help but notice that you can vote for favorite Police Officer and favorite Firefighter. This left me with a question that I have been wondering for years. Why is there not a vote for favorite Paramedic? Those men and women are out there everyday picking up and administering care to the sick, dying and crazy people. Not to take away anything from the Firefighters and Police Officers out there, but when the sugar refinery explosion happened who do es everyone think gave immediate care and rushed those severely burned and injured people to the hospital? Who kept them alive until they got to the hospital?
I am tired of the whole EMS system not getting the recognition that they deserve. They do not just give rides to the hospital. They are the ones that save you when you are in trouble. They are the ones that come when you call 911!
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question the increasingly costly ‘data-driven’ approach to local education. by Sabrina Manganella
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The director of the Center for a Sustainable Coast says we should take a closer look at the ‘compromise’ on development on Jekyll Island. by dave kyler 12 community 14 green briefs 15 Blotter 16 News of the Weird 17 Earthweek
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Electronica? Hello? Editor, in a time when the Savannah Electronica scene is for the first time ever actually making a global name for itself through Acid All Stars and Bombtraxx Records, why is there no category for Best Electronica Artist? You are aware that there are electronic artists in this town that easily outsell many of the other categories you have listed, just maybe they don’t grab your attention? Institute was just the lead story in Murmur and had about five pages of stuff to say about Electronica in Savannah, so why ignore that entire genre? Jack Power
Editor’s Note: Done and done! We aim to please. continues on page 8
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However, this week’s Education story by Sabrina Manganella delves into a little-known aspect of No Child Left Behind: Namely, that the obsession with standardized tests seems to have been entirely assimilated into our school system to such an extent that local educators are actually doing more testing than even the feds require. While no one will be surprised that many local teachers are not admirers of No Child Left Behind, you might find it surprising just how
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Website clarification Editor, I appreciate the brief you wrote about greenspacesavannah.org. I am sure it will drive more traffic to us. However, I must have been unclear in the information I provided in my interview. While myself and my partner were inspired by the enthusiasm at the GreenDrinks events, our site is in no way connected with that organization. We link to each other and we cross-promote each other, but that is pretty much the extent of our formal relationship. I also wanted to elaborate on what we are actually up to. Short term, it is to continue growing the site to a critical mass, so we can become a vehicle for making real changes in the Savannah area. Longer term plans are really an outgrowth of reaching critical mass. They include building other related components in order to implement the changes that people networking on the site want to see happen. Among other things, this will include something like a local, green-issue version of moveon.org. This wing will notify people of issues, organize rallies, and circulate online positions to be delivered to local politicians.
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Another component will be educational in nature. We will use the open source education software called Moodle to create courses for both the college and K-12 levels on green issues. One of the key features of the site is for any user to be able to create communities within the larger network. This will be the way people can begin to use the site to organize around key issues that they are passionate about. Within a year, I would like to be in at least the beginning stage of developing the action components and acquire some kind of funding to spread the vision to other cities. I would love to see a networked group of local organizations (GreenSpace Savannah, GreenSpace Asheville, etc.) all over the country. Finally, it is true that the site is optimized for Firefox. Myself and my partner are strongly committed to the use and promulgation of open-source software. However, after some reflection, we decided to adjust the code so the site will work with Internet Explorer. We certainly don’t want to discourage users based upon their browser preference. Hopefully, by the time this letter is published, the site will be running properly in all browsers.
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The photos for this article are all from a recent Charles Ellis field trip to Tybee Island; the modern test-oriented educational model has precious little time for such pursuits
Teaching vs. testing
Some educators question the increasingly costly ‘data-driven’ approach to local education by Sabrina Manganella | sabrinamanganella@yahoo.com
By design, reforms to the Savannah/Chatham County public schools have created an entrenched system of accountability relying on standardized test scores and rewarding standardization over innovation. Interviews with teachers and parents make it clear that those frustrated with the changes in the district are not averse to turning the system around. Yet many see the reforms going contrary to their hopes and aspirations for their students. It comes down to a philosophy: Do we educate children on a factory model, with “data-driven decision making,” and standardization of classroom learning or do we foster a love of learning and emphasize critical thinking and problem solving? Do build higher order thinking by engaging children’s natural curiosity… or do we teach them what is on today’s statemandated curriculum – regardless of the students’ abilities or interests?
No child left behind? There is no doubt that the school board and their superintendent, Thomas Lockamy, are sincere in reforming the school system. While the No Child Left Behind Act remains law, the school system is under incredible pressure to keep schools off the “needs improvement” list, which is determined by standardized test scores. Totally reforming a struggling school system under the constant pressure of NCLB is a monumental task. When Lockamy was hired in 2005 15 schools were on the federal “needs improvement list.” Now just eight remain on the list. Surely this is something to
celebrate. But as we narrow our focus, are we losing sight of the larger picture? Michael Petrilli wrote the most comprehensive primer on the No Child Left Behind Act, and supported the bill while at the U.S. Department of Education. While still a believer in the intent of NCLB, he wrote this in a 2007 National Review article: “I’ve gradually and reluctantly come to the conclusion that NCLB as enacted is fundamentally flawed and probably beyond repair… The anecdotes (and increasingly, evidence) keep rolling in of schools turning into test-prep factories.” When teachers are protesting the reforms, holding signs that say, “Teach not Test,” and “134 days of Testing,” one wonders whether Chatham County has become one of those ill-fated test-prep factories.
Data costs money Right now, local schools are throwing money at what they hope will be a panacea for our educational woes: data collection. The total budget for Student Assessment and Evaluation jumped from $249,232 in 2004, to $650,608 in 2007, to $1,697,137 in 2008. Salaries in that office also jumped, from $113,906 in 2004, to $358,315 in 2007, to $614,604 in 2008. These new jobs and this new large bureaucratic structure will define our school system for years to come.
How much testing is too much? Third graders must take a series of 18 standardized tests throughout the year, not including the many practice tests they use to prepare for some assessments. Some tests take a few hours, some take about a week. They include: • CRCT (Criterion Referenced Competency Test) • Iowa Test of Basic Skills • Rigby Reading Evaluation and Diagnostic • Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills • Quarterly Assessment Achievement Series • Quarterly Assessment Performance Series • Grade Three Writing Assessment. The only test mandated by No Child Left Behind Act is the CRCT. The remaining are state and district-mandated standardized tests. Because many of the tests are spread out over a series of days, third grade teachers say students take a standardized test about 75 days a year. “The time spent testing defies logic,” says parent Julie Varland. “It’s the tail wagging the dog.” It’s also a cash-cow for those in the testing industry, and in the affiliated industries, which consult with school systems on data interpretation, like the for-profit “Leadership and Learning Center,” which consults with the District to help teachers create “data teams” and make “data driven decisions.” Scantron, who has earned one of Chatham County’s largest testing contracts, earned $78 million in 2007, and is a subsidiary of M and F Worldwide Corporation whose net revenues for the fourth quarter
of 2007 were $458.8 million. School spokesman Bucky Burnsed explains that the district has added more standardized tests, most notably the Quarterly Assessments, because they need accurate information, throughout the year, so they can address problems nimbly. “The way it was done in the past, was the kids worked all year long, and we prayed and hoped for the best, and at the end of the year, we got an autopsy report,” Burnsed says. “The reason we do the assessments, is that they give us a snapshot of where we are two months into the year, four months into the year, and onward, so we can make corrections on the fly, instead of waiting until the end of the year,” explains Burnsed. When asked about the quarterly assessments, Belinda Jackson*, a teacher at Windsor Forest High School, says “We are on an AB schedule, so we don’t see our kids nearly enough. The quarterly assessments take up an entire 70 minute period, and they are testing on general seventh and eighth grade stuff. In order for a testing program to be useful, it has to cover what we’ve taught. A lot of my kids don’t bother to do it. They know it doesn’t count, so they mark anything, take a nap. It’s a wasted day.” (Editor’s Note: An asterisk means the name has been changed at the teacher’s request for fear of job repercussions.) Experienced elementary teachers, who spend all day with a small group of kids, many find the tests redundant. “I know which one can’t read. I know which one is struggling emotionally, I know which one has trouble with higher order thinking skills, I know which one doesn’t know his math facts,” says Andrea continues on page 10
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Lewis,* a reading specialist and elementary teacher at Charles Ellis Montessori Academy. “I don’t disagree with gathering solid information about a child’s progress. My problem is with the amount of time spent accessing students,” Lewis says, pointing out that before NCLB, Charles Ellis had a zero-cost Montessori-based assessment system which the teachers used effectively as a teaching tool. Other schools had something more old-fashioned: Remember mid-terms and final exams?
Long-term strategy Not all local teachers have negative things to say about the current state of the district, however. Some say the reforms will pay off in the long run. “It might be a little overbearing at times, but we have to look at the direction we’re heading, and the direction the superintendent is trying to lead us. He’s trying to get us off the ‘needs improvement’ list,” says Lessie Porter a 32-year-veteran teacher, now at Myers Middle School. “A lot of the teachers are angry. They say why do I have to do all this extra
stuff. But it’s not about us. It’s about the students,” says Porter. “These are the lives we are trying to mold. It’s about having high expectations for them, and pushing them the extra mile to do it.” Porter says she gears her teaching toward CRCT testing from January onward, and practices with the children three to four days a week, using drills and energized student competitions to help boost scores. She uses the school’s data teams to strategize with other teachers about helping kids whose scores are low, and uses test scores to help fine tune her teaching, so she doesn’t waste time covering material that the kids have already mastered. Porter’s approach is exactly what the school administrators have in mind. She says children used to play tic-tac-toe on the standardized tests, but now they try hard, because they have begun to see that they will need to pass a test to graduate, to get a job, or to go to college. Test scores in middle schools have improved significantly in the past two years, and some test scores in high schools have improved. But many test scores in elementary schools have dropped since Lockamy took over in
2005. Most dramatic are the fifth grade writing assessments. When the test was realigned in 2007 to coordinate with the Georgia Performance Standards, test scores across the board went down, around 20 percent. But in schools where almost all the students receive free lunch, like Butler, Garrison, Gadsden, Haven, and Hodge, scores plummeted, all down from the somewhere in the ninetieth percentile to the 40th and 50th percentiles. This is notable, because the writing assessments are the only essay-style tests.
Inspired to inspire We are now living on the “Creative Coast.” We are spending tax dollars recruiting businesses that will hire out-of -the-box thinkers, problem solvers, and innovators. Are we preparing public school children for these jobs? Our current Georgia Performance Standards-based curriculum, now spells out what each teacher should teach, almost down to the day, tying the curriculum to upcoming standardized tests. But it doesn’t take into account the passion of teachers, and the passion
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Intellectual splendor Maria Montessori, one of the world’s best known developers of curriculum for inner city impoverished children, said:
“We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child’s spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself. That humanity which is revealed in all its intellectual splendor during the sweet and tender age of childhood should be respected with a kind of religious veneration.” Mythlo understands this intellectual splendor, and with little children, 4-6 years old, she captivates their innate love of learning and spins it into gold. While in her class, my five-year-old learned the Latin names for all the bones of her body. She performed Shakespeare. She raced ahead in math, bragging about adding in the thousands and carrying numbers. She learned to read. Everyday, she literally danced home, talking about some new wonder Ms. Martha explored with the class. When parents heard she had given her notice at Charles Ellis, they were devastated. “I’m sorry for all the kids who won’t get her for a teacher in the future,” says Angela Burson, whose daughter spent two years in Mythlo’s class. When I ask Mythlo what the school administrators could do to change her mind, she says, “Come to our classrooms, spend time there, do your own first-hand research. See for yourself what our teachers are saying.” Mythlo adds: “There are moments of pure joy when you are teaching. It is like freeform skiing down an untracked slope. You are fully engaged, continually responding, readjusting, and kids are getting new concepts left and right,” she says. “Then, out of the blue, a barrier stands in your way. Whether it is some new test, or more paperwork, the end result is the same. You have to stop teaching. And I just ask myself, why? Why?” Julie Varland, who has helped form the new Chatham County Parent Coalition, says “I hate to think that teachers think they have to put their job on their line to speak out. That’s where the parents and community leaders need to get involved and hold our school system accountable.” Chatham County Parent Coalition What: Parents discuss a county-wide coalition concerned that rising standardized test scores may not demonstrate an improved educational outcome. When: Tuesday, April 29, 6 p.m. Where: Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church (corner of 34th and Abercorn Streets). Child care provided. Info: 247-7911.
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of teachers is what makes education inspiring. Teachers Leigh Mesco and Laura Filson spent one summer break attending a ten-day intensive teachers’ seminar in San Salvador, learning about fresh water and salt water habitats. Last spring, they organized a field trip to Tybee Island, where most of Charles Ellis’s second and third graders learned a series of specific science lessons at the beach. Are we creating incentives for this type of innovative teaching style? When teachers understand a subject intimately, take the time to gain expertise in a subject, they can make it come alive for their students. How many public school kids in our district have never been to the beach, never felt the sand between their toes? This is not an idle question. Children’s bodies are made to run and play. They ask a million questions, and are always trying to figure out how things work. Does our public education system adequately respond to what motivates and inspires children? Just because too many children in Chatham County’s public school system are impacted by poverty, surrounded by crime, and are too-often the victims of abuse, does not make thinking seriously about “inspiring children” impractical. Poor kids don’t live in a world where a newly paved road leads straight toward college and employment. “When you force feed knowledge into kids, they will regurgitate it later for a test, but they will never have an appetite for learning. They won’t process it properly. You need to nurture their intellect, rather than force feed it,” says Martha Mythlo, a kindergarten teacher at Charles Ellis. Some high school teachers complain that too many students are disengaged. “There are a lot of kids who are not there to learn. They are there to sell drugs and be with their buddies and cause trouble,” says Jackson. “At least 50 percent of my students are failing. I’ve just been adding up my grades. I have kids with a 2, an 11, for the year,” says Jackson. Another high school teacher, from Jenkins says, “I have kids who come to my class every day and put their head down on the desk, and cover it with their hood, and go to sleep.”
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When 45 Savannah State University students made a trip to troubled Jena, La., it was an eye-opening experience for them. “Many of my students weren’t clear on the difference between human rights and civil rights,” says Davida Harris, a lecturer in social and behavioral sciences at SSU. “I took the time to explain that civil rights are part of human rights. We decided to gear a class toward human rights violations from the past to the present.” Human rights issues also were being discussed at Armstrong Atlantic State University. “I teach a civilization course,” says Jason Tatlock, assistant professor of Middle Eastern history. Usually, Tatlock teaches ancient history in addition to other Middle Eastern studies, but when he first taught modern human history, he was hit hard by the plight of suffering people whose human rights
have been violated. “I even had a hard time reading the newspaper,” Tatlock says. “This is my first year at Armstrong. I wanted to somehow get involved in human rights awareness.” Harris and Tatlock met and began to collaborate. Through grant funding, they took students on a study tour to Atlanta, where they visited the Carter Center, the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, CNN and several civil rights sites. Some of the grant money will be used to put on the inaugural Armstrong Atlantic State University and Savannah State University Student Conference on Global and Domestic Human Rights Awareness. It will be held April 25 and 26 on the AASU campus.
All of the events are free and open to the public. On April 25 at 4 p.m., Jack Imber, a certified unexploded ordnance specialist, will speak on the devastating effects of land mines in Europe and Africa. A poster exhibition will be presented from 6:30-7:15 p.m., followed by the inaugural address by Karin Ryan, director of the human rights program at the Carter Center in Atlanta, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. All Friday events will be held in the Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn Street. Ryan will focus on human rights and U.S. foreign policy priorities. At the Carter Center, she works with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, assisting their efforts on behalf of victims of human rights violations through personal interventions with heads of state About 70 students from both universities will present papers and poster exhibitions on April 26 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in University Hall, rooms 157 and 158,
on the AASU campus. Topics will include violence against women in Latin America, child soldiers around the world, the homeless in Savannah, health care and hate crimes around the world. The conference is expected to become an annual event. “As part of the spirit of cooperation, next year it will be held at SSU, then the year after that at Armstrong,” Tatlock says. AASU/SSU Human Rights Conference What: Speakers on human rights issues, poster exhibitions and student presentations. When: April 25 and 26. Where: On Friday, the Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn St. On Saturday, University Hall, rooms 157 and 158 on the AASU campus. Cost: Free and open to the public.
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Jekyll Island update There are vastly differing views on the changes made by the Jekyll Island Authority and Linger Longer Communities in a major development project reported and commented upon recently in the media. The so-called concession to keep the ‘town center’ project out of the Shore Protection Act jurisdiction is certainly welcome, but hardly magnanimous – nor evidently all that it first appeared to be. Most agree that Jekyll’s revitalization is needed, but there are fundamental disputes about what constitutes responsible revitalization versus over-development, no matter how profitable it may be. Two points must be made in that regard. First, by keeping the condos out of the state shoreline jurisdiction, project proponents will be avoiding costly delays caused by permit application, review, and the probable appeal of any forthcoming permit by public-interest groups. LLC’s substitute proposal to build an environmental interpretive center, a miniature golf course, and a playground in the shore protection area is less objectionable than condos, but it remains uncertain how those activities would conform with beach access, the public’s highest priority for using the site. Second, let it be clear that the bulk of the massive LLC development project will likely be altered very little, just moved westward, out of the shore protection area. Essential questions about the justification for thousands of additional rooms in private condos, time-share units, and still more hotel space remain unanswered. It is remarkable that the ‘town center’ proposal is often portrayed as being essential to Jekyll’s redevelopment, yet there are already projects underway in hotel replacement that will more than double the park’s current thousand-room capacity. To the contrary, the town center project
is primarily not redevelopment at all, but new development that threatens the relaxing atmosphere that is the hallmark of the treasured Jekyll Island State Park experience. By moving the most controversial features of the project, the condos, out of the shorefront area north of the convention center while retaining the town center’s large scale, more damage to environmentally important maritime forest and wetlands to the west is very likely. This pristine land is designated as a “nature preserve” in the JIA’s 1996 Master Plan and is the home of a unique ecosystem which contributes substantially to species diversity within the park’s interior. Before any part of this project moves ahead, the public deserves a long overdue explanation by the Jekyll Island Authority justifying the need for it. Such an analysis should be based in part on project impacts on natural resources, especially in light of the languishing ‘conservation plan’ – unadopted after being drafted more than two years ago – and an island master plan that made no recommendation for development on the scale being proposed. Better yet, the JIA should reconsider its obligations to the public and establish a transparent, adaptive planning process that includes broad stakeholder involvement. Proposals for future development within the established limit of 35 percent of its land area should be required to be consistent with a comprehensive analysis produced in that open planning effort. With proper guidance, the Jekyll redevelopment effort could become a national model of success. Unfortunately, such an inspiring legacy is being stymied by the JIA’s aversion to transparency, objective use of environmental and capacity criteria, and meaningful public involvement.
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Poster Contest Design a poster for the library’s annual book festival, scheduled for Nov. 15, 2008, at Forsyth Park. It celebrates the power of children’s books with storytelling, children’s book authors, costumed storybook characters and other fun activities.
Deadline to enter: Monday, April 28, 2008
In its stated quest to become the greenest county in Georgia, the Chatham County Commission unanimously adopted a landmark resource protection ordinance at its last meeting. “This provides a formal process for greenspace funds which have been dedicated in the past through SPLOST and other funding mechanisms,” says Bethany Jewell, water resources planner with the Metropolitan Planning Commission. “It also provides for balanced representation of the funds. Anyone can have input into the process.” Jewell explains that an oversight committee will comprise one representative from each county commission district. In addition, a technical advisory committee will include representatives from private citizens and organizations like conservation groups, environmental groups, and homebuilder’s associations. “This built upon the open space bikeway effort as well as the greenspace plan from the ‘90s,” Jewell says. “There have been initiatives like this in the past which never reached this level. I’ve been talking with people in other communities across the nation about this, and they’re impressed with this ordinance and some want to use it as a template.” For more info go to mpcnaturalresources.org.
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* The contest is divided into three age groups: Elementary School, Middle School and High School. * Drop off your poster design at any library branch in Chatham, Effingham or Liberty County. * First, second & third place winners in each age group will receive gift cards from Michaels Arts & Crafts. * Winners will be posted on the library’s web site, www.liveoakpl.org, and invited to a reception at the Bull Street Library on Tuesday, May 13. * Posters must be on letter-sized paper (8.5 x 11inches) * Design may be vertical or horizontal. * Any medium may be used (paint, colored pencils, crayons, markers, etc.) * No 3-D entries, please. * Posters should not include any words or slogans. Artwork only. * Important: On the back of the sheet of paper, please print (in pencil): - your name, age, address, telephone number, email address, school name, and grade * Schools: Please forward ALL entries to the library. We would like all posters created by the children to be viewed by the judges.
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On Saturday, April 12, police responded to a golf-club swinging incident involving two groups of men who were playing golf at the Henderson Golf Club.
Two men were injured -- the Rev. Leonard Small and William Boyd Harner. At the time, each group indicated the other had instigated the fight. The responding officer chose not to arrest the entire group involved in the altercation, and a detective was assigned to investigate the incident. Rev. Small’s party and Harner’s party, a group of soldiers who had just returned from Iraq, were both cooperating with police. However, Small obtained a Magistrate Court warrant on April 14, which police say preempts investigative efforts, so the matter is now in the jurisdiction of the courts.
• A simple noise complaint nearly turned into a brawl when an officer responded to a Middleground Road apartment on a report of loud music. The complainant met the officer, who told him he would speak to the occupants of the noisy apartment. The man responded that this happened all the time and he was tired of it, adding, “I’m going too, because I want to talk to him also.” The officer advised the man to stay inside his own apartment and let him handle the situation. The man returned to his apartment and the officer thought he went inside. However, while he was speaking with the noisy tenant, the man showed up outside the apartment and began yelling. It soon reached the point that the tenant was coming down the steps and screaming at the man. The officer ordered both of them to calm down. No arrests were made. • A man was walking along East Gwinnett Street when a car pulled up behind him, then passed and got in front of him. A man dressed all in black and carrying a shotgun got out. The victim ran a few feet to try to get away, but the suspect the shotgun leveled the shotgun at him and said, “Do you want to die?”
The victim stopped and the suspect came up to him and took his wallet. The suspect then returned to his vehicle and sped away. A woman driving in the other lane witnessed the armed robbery, and told officers she would be willing to speak with detectives about what she saw. The victim lost $12 in cash that was in his wallet. • Police arrested “John Doe,” a man dressed all in black, on Waters Avenue in an area that has had numerous burglaries. The suspect was standing in front of the glass entrance door of a business that was closed. Because of the other burglaries, an officer approached the suspect in a marked unit. When the suspect saw the officer approaching, he began to walk away at a quick pace, but stopped when the officer told him to. The suspect appeared very nervous and his hands were shaking. When asked what he was doing, he refused to respond or give his name or explain why he was standing in front of the business. He was placed under arrest for loitering and prowling.
• A bomb threat was called into an Abercorn Street clothing store. Police arrived and spoke with the store manager and two store clerks. One clerk said she was working in the customer service area when she received a phone call from a number that was listed on Caller ID as “unknown.” The caller said, “There’s a bomb in your building” three times in a row and then quickly hung up. A second store clerk told police she had just received a phone call on another line from someone who said, “Bomb,” then she received three other phone calls in which the caller said nothing. Both clerks said the man sounded like a middle-aged Caucasian. Police had the employees walk through the store to check for anything unusual. Nothing was found.
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The Continuing Crisis Dirk Opalka (whose fox scored 96 of 100 possible points) won best in show at the World Taxidermy Championships in February in Salzburg, Austria, beating over 100 competitors in the art of stretching animal skin over fake bodies so the critters look better than they ever looked alive. The attention to detail was astonishing, according to a dispatch in Der Spiegel, on such features as a stag’s nostrils, a hyena’s lips, a hamster’s whiskers, the neck length of a female peregrine falcon (precisely 5.5 cm), and the proper rosiness of a bat’s anus. In March, the Tokyo High Court reversed the conviction of pinup model Serena Kozakura, who had been found guilty of kicking a hole in the door of her former boyfriend’s apartment so she could break in and scream at him. Kozakura had appealed, claiming that the man had made the hole himself, and as evidence, explained that she could never have squeezed through it, anyway, because her breasts are too big. That argument apparently won the day, creating enough “reasonable doubt” to overturn the verdict. Two German air force sergeants were suspended in December after being caught in a side venture selling sausages based on an old family recipe requiring human blood. Their first batches were made with their own, but as they began mass-producing, they had allegedly asked their colleagues because, according to instructions from one of the men’s grandmothers, all blood must be “fresh.” “Do not use too many breadcrumbs,” she had written, “but if the blood starts to curdle, stir in a teaspoon of wine vinegar.”
Court documents revealed in March that federal judge Eduardo Robreno had fined New York mortgage banker Aaron Wider and his lawyer $29,000 for using variations of the “F word” 73 times (thus, about $367 per usage) during a contentious deposition he gave in a lawsuit brought by GMAC Bank. Several psychotherapists told The New York Times in February that treatments are being developed for people who are excessively worried about their own carbon emissions being responsible for “global warming.” More than 120 therapists are now listed as specialists in the field on Ecopsychology.org, and schools such as Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., have created courses on counseling such patients.
Family Values Sheila and Paul Garcia of Northfleet, England, acknowledged to London’s Daily Mail in February that they invited their 16-year-old daughter’s boyfriend to come live with her in her bedroom, despite the fact that he is 36 and divorced, with one child. The parents said they weren’t thrilled with the situation, but that it was preferable to the daughter’s running away with the man. Cutting-Edge Parenting: (1) Sheriff ’s deputies in the Orlando area were on the lookout in March for two women who, according to surveillance video from the Magical Car Wash, had pulled into a stall and deposited coins but then proceeded only to scold and then pressure-wash a small child. (2) Aron Pritchard, 27, was convicted of child endangerment in March in Hutchinson, Kan., after a jury declined to accept his explanation for his girlfriend’s kids, age 2 and 3, being burned in a hot clothes dryer. Pritchard said he was just trying to show them they could have fun without necessarily spending money.
Least Competent Criminals Not Ready for Prime Time: (1) Two boys, 12 and 14, were quickly arrested in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in March when they tried to rob a woman who was working at a counter behind protective glass in an office, by picking up the convenience phone and threatening her, implying that they had a gun. The woman was in no danger because of the protective glass, but besides that, the
place they had chosen for the hit was a regional office of the Port St. Lucie police department. (2) Donald Baker, 51, was re-arrested in March in Peterborough, Ontario, when he called the police department to request a wake-up call for his court appearance the next morning; amazed at his audacity, police ran a records check and found an additional arrest warrant on him.
Updates News of the Weird cited a police report last May that an unidentified man in Guelph, Ontario, had committed at least three incidents of approaching women and asking to be kicked in the groin. After seven such incidents, Jarrett Loft, 28, pleaded guilty in March 2008 to one count and was sentenced to 60 days in jail. Loft offered no explanation for his behavior, other than that he was “curious.” One victim, saying that she feared what Loft might do if she refused, repeatedly kicked him between the legs, after which he thanked her and rode off on his bicycle. Good Friday in the Philippines town of San Pedro Cutud has meant, for over 20 years, that two dozen men will line up to be nailed to a wooden cross for a few minutes each to mark their penitence for sins of the previous year (although this year, the government issued an advisory recommending getting tetanus shots and using only sterile nails). Ruben Enaje, 47, was first in line once again (the 22nd time in 23 years that he has been crucified) and, once again, screamed in agony for five minutes at the 6-inch nails driven into both palms and both feet while he lay on the cross. Before the crucifixions, dozens of other men punished themselves by whipping their backs bloody, using bamboo rods.
Undignified Deaths A 76-year-old Baptist minister was found dead in Clarksville, Tenn., in March after he had tried to pull a goat back into a fenced-in area of his property; apparently, the goat had resisted the slip knot, and somehow the animal’s jumping had wound the rope around the minister’s feet and neck, and he had begun to turn blue by the time his wife found him. (2) The day before that, an 82-year-old man in Lake Hallie, Wis., was killed when he apparently slipped while using a plumber’s auger on his septic tank and fell in, head first, eventually drowning. By Chuck shepherd (universal press syndicate)
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A Southeast Asia agricultural pest with an extremely unpleasant aroma has invaded Europe for the first time on record. Swiss officials warned fruit farmers that the brown marmorated stink bug had been detected on eight different varieties of plants around Zurich. The bug, which measures about a half-inch in length, attacks the fruit and leaves of apple, cherry, plum and apple trees. Agricultural officials believe it may have arrived in Switzerland on imported ornamental plants from Asia. The bug gets its name from its ability to emit a vile odor from its abdomen as a defense against being eaten by birds and lizards.
The season’s first tropical cyclone in the northwestern Pacific basin this year formed from an area of disturbed weather over the western Philippines. Typhoon Neoguri was taking aim on China’s island province of Hainan late in the week as a Category-2 storm.
A Swiss federal committee raised eyebrows in both the scientific and religious communities by professing that plants deserve respect, and that killing them arbitrarily is wrong. In a report on “the dignity of the creature in the plant world,” the Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology condemned the decapitation of flowers without reason. But, committee member Bernard Baertschi conceded that the sheer pleasure a human might get from picking the petals off a daisy could be reason enough to make it morally justified.
Earthquakes An Italian winegrowing area just to the east of Rome was lightly shaken by a 3.8 magnitude earthquake and minor aftershocks. No damage was reported. • Earth movements were also felt in Bulgaria, southern New Zealand, coastal Peru, the Aleutian Islands and parts of Guatemala and El Salvador.
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Trying to answer the age-old question AASU Masquers present three-person comedy Art by linda sickler | linda@connectsavannah.com
It’s a question that elicits many different answers every time it’s asked: What is art? Art, a comedy that will be presented by the Armstrong Atlantic State University Masquers, tackles this often controversial subject head-on. The play’s author, Yasmina Reza, is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter. Art premiered in Paris in 1995. Reza was presented the Molière Award for Best Author, an award similar to a Tony. Since then, Art has been produced world-wide and translated and performed in more than 30 languages. Brandon Morris, a senior in AASU’s theater department, is directing Art, which opens April 24. This is his first major directorial show at AASU. Currently, Morris is in the process of auditioning for the Alliance Theater in Atlanta and the Berkeley Repertory The-
ater in Berkeley, Calif. He has worked at theaters in New York and Ohio. “I was a kid who grew up playing sports,” Morris says. “I come from a sports family, with a father who played football in college. “I went to a performing arts high school in Atlanta,” he says. “I injured my leg and couldn’t play sports any more. “I got into arts through my school,” Morris says. “One thing led to another, I kept doing more and more, then fell in love with it and went to college for it.” Connect Savannah recently caught up with Morris to find out a little more about Art. What is Art? Brandon Morris: It’s a play about three
middle-aged men. All three are best friends. One buys a painting that is really expensive -- $50,000. The painting is white with white stripes. One of the friends can’t grasp why he’d spend that much money on such a painting. It ends up causing them to question their friendship. Is this 15-year friendship going to break up and make them go their separate ways? Tell me about the cast. Brandon Morris: There are three in the cast. Serge is played by Jeremy Reigel, Yvan by John Martin and Marc by Ben Wolfe. They’re incredibly easy to direct. It’s a good bunch of guys. We’ve all worked with each other on separate projects but never got to work together on one. It’s a very smooth rehearsal process. We can work together and get things done quicker. We get to focus on small details. Were there any problems in staging the show?
been translated, some of the references are French or they refer to places in Europe. To make it better understood by audiences here, we’re placing reference points and naming painters in the United States. Why should people come out to see this play? Brandon Morris: Art is a really great play. If I were to compare it to anything, I’d compare it to the TV show Frazier. It’s a very witty, comical play. It’s wordy. It’s just a lot of fun. The characters are really unusual and it’s a really good night of comedy. Art by Yasmina Reza When: April 24, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. and April 27 at 3 p.m. Where: Masquers Chinese Theater at Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn St. Cost: $10. Info: 927-5381 or www.finearts.armstrong. edu .
Brandon Morris: The writing. Because it was originally written in French and had
art patrol | compiled by jim morekis | Send submissions to artpatrol@connectsavannah.com Coin — Photography by Matthew Propst can be seen June 6-11 at Dimensions Gallery, 412 MLK Jr Blvd. A reception will be June 6, 7-10 p.m. 2364993. Dimensions Gallery, 412 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Across the Divide III — Features work by ChineseAmerican artists serving as faculty members in American colleges and universities. It can be seen through-June 14 at Pei Ling Chan Gallery and Garden for the Arts, 324 MLK.
Elemental: Paintings by Luther Vann — can be seen April 16-Aug. 17 at the Jepson Center for the Arts.
Alternate Memories — Recent works by Clayton M. Koffler can be seen through May 23 at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar, 42 MLK Jr Blvd. An opening reception will be April 23, 7-9 p.m.
Expressionistic Flower Markets: Paris and Italy — Mixed media paintings and ceramics by Tiffani Taylor can be seen during May and June at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. An opening reception is set for Friday, May 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr.
Art for Art’s Sake — DesotOrow Gallery, 2427 Desoto Ave., in the Starland District, will host an art auction May 8 from 7-10 p.m. with artwork from local artists, live music, wine, and hors d’oeuvres. Proceeds will help fund the gallery’s becoming a nonprofit. Bike Art Reception and Auction — will be held Friday, April 25, 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean. Proceeds from sales benefit the Cog, Savannah’s bike collective.
Fine art photography by Kelly Heck is at TruSpace Gallery in the Starland Design District; the show, ‘It’s Not Because I’m Beautiful,’ is up April 25-30 with an artist’s reception April 25, 7-10 p.m.
Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray — can be seen April 16-June 15 at the Jepson Center for the Arts. A lecture by Salomon Grimberg, clinical psychiatrist and author of “Frida Kahlo: Song of Herself,” will be presented Sunday, April 27 at 1 p.m.
Friedman’s Fine Art — Paintings of the Lowcountry by Doug Grier and ceramic art by Judy Mooney can be seen throughout the month of April at Friedman’s Fine Art, 28 W. State St. in downtown Savannah. Open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fusion — Photographs by William Joos can be seen May 9-21 at TruSpace Gallery, 2423 DeSoto Ave. in the Starland Arts District. An artist’s reception will be held May 16, 7-10 p.m. Hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-6 p.m., Fridays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Additional times by appointment. 238-2882. Gallery Talk: Frida Kahlo — will be presented by Telfair Curator of Fine Arts and Exhibitions Holly Koon McCullough Wednesday, April 23 at 12:30 p.m. at the Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 York St. continues on page 22
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Gordonston Art Fair - Local and regional artists and fine crafts people will sell paintings, pottery, jewelry, glass, textiles, fiber and photography. A catered lunch and other refreshments will be available for purchase. April 26 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Juliette Low Park in Gordonston, one block north of Henry Street and Skidaway Drive. High Country/Lowcountry — Recent paintings by Ray Ellis can be seen through April 26 at Compass Prints, Inc./Ray Ellis Gallery, 205 W. Congress St. Incrementals — Photography by Travis Linville and Jeff Beckman can be seen April 25-May 21 at Dimensions Gallery, 412 MLK Jr Blvd. A reception will be April 25, 7-10 pm. 236-4993. Invented Landscapes — Photographer Asa Chibas will present multiple exposure photographs from around the U.S. and Sweden April 4-25 at Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Gallery hours are weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s Not Because I’m Beautiful — Photographs by Kelly Hack can be seen April 25-30 at TruSpace Gallery, 2423 DeSoto Ave. in the Starland Arts District. An artist’s reception will be April 25, 7-10 p.m. Hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-6 p.m., Fridays 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon. Additional times by appointment. 238-2882. John Spurlock and Sandra Reed — An exhibition of paintings can be seen through April 28 at Rosewood Contemporary Art, 113 E. Oglethorpe Ave.
RAPTURE/New Work — Paintings and lithographs by Steve Locke and can be seen through April 28 at Hall Street Gallery, 212 W. Hall St. Through June 14. Sacred Geography — Work by Eric David Wooddell can be seen through May at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. An opening reception will be Thursday, May 1 at 7 p.m. Silver & Ink — An open studio exhibition with 200 original framed pieces by SCAD photography students and faculty can be seen through April 28 at the River Club, 3 MLK Blvd. A reception will be April 26, 5-8 p.m. Songs of the Lady Starfish — Super prints and painted curiosities by Crystal Kanney can be seen May 1-June 2 at Maldoror’s Frame Shop and Rare Print Gallery, 2418 Desoto Ave. in Starland. An opening reception will be Friday, May 2 from 7-11:45 p.m. Stepping Out — A SCAD illustration senior show can be seen May 23-June 3 at Dimensions Gallery, 412 MLK Jr Blvd. A reception will be May 23, 7-10pm. The Gallery at City Market — Photographer Bill Ballard is the featured artist for May at The Gallery. The work of Maureen E. Kerstein, the featured artist for April, also is being shown. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Melodies — Work by artist Amiri Farris that features images of local jazz artists can be seen April 1-30 at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.
The Mythology of Animals — Photographs by Liz Scarpace can be seen May 2-7 at TruSpace Gallery, 2423 DeSoto Ave. in the Starland Arts District. An artist’s reception will be May 2, 7-10 p.m. Hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-6 p.m., Fridays from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.-noon. Additional times by appointment. 238-2882.
Picturing Savannah – The Art of Christopher A. D. Murphy — Work by Christopher Aristide Desbouillons Murphy can be seen through June 1 at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard Street.
The Strength of Our Fathers — “The Strength of Our Fathers: Strong, Loving and Dedicated Black Men” can be seen through May 11 at Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave.
Random Cinder Blocks Digitally Mastered — Work by Tod Schroeder and Craig Drennen can be seen through April 28 at 2CarGarage Gallery, 30 W. Broughton St. Hours are Mon.-Sat., noon to 6 p.m. 236-0221. 2CarGarage Gallery, 30 W Broughton St.
Transportation — Show at the Whitney Gallery, 415 Whitaker St., focuses on this theme and features work by Mark Bradley-Shoup, Carrie Christian, Sara Friedlander, Adela Holmes, Melody Postma, Kate Stamps, June Stratton, Terry Strickland and Ben Ward. Oil, watercolor, mixed media paintings and photography. April 17-May 17, with a reception April 17, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Reincarnated — Jan Clayton Pagratis will show examples from her “Paint Chip” series, which incorporates recycled materials. at Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. An opening reception will be held May 2, 6-8 p.m. Remapping Savannah (and other stories) — Cartography by Janice Caswell can be seen through June 1 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. “
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With members drawn from notable groups on both the Savannah and Athens alt. country scenes, this gritty, “Cosmic American” roots-rock sextet has a fairly distinguished pedigree. Lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist Stewart Marshall made a name for himself in the late ‘90s as one of the leaders of the nationally touring “Y’allternative” band Stewart & Winfield, and other members have done stints in The Park Bench Trio, Remy Zero and other established acts. Their sound is a slow-cooked goulash of wine-soaked No Depression clichés (which in this context is a positive rather than a negative). Those who appreciate the woozy, beleaguered, pedal steel-glazed ennui of vintage Steve Earle, Jayhawks or Gram Parsons records will find Junkyard Angel’s well-chosen covers and bittersweet pastiches of classic rock and roadhouse country a fine complement to a cold beer and a momentary twinge of regret for a lost love. Listen & Learn: myspace. com/1junkyardangel. 21+ only w/ID. Sat., 11 pm, Locos (downtown).
Mestengo
It’s rare indeed to have the opportunity to hear some seriously authentic norteño music in Savannah, but this afternoon show (part of the museum’s Frida Kahlo Fest is just such an opportunity. Based in Fl. and led by master button accordionist Tomás Granado (who’s been leading his own bands for almost 40 years), in 2007 they nabbed a Florida Folk Heritage Award for their accomplished take on Mexico’s adaptation of the polkastyle rhythms introduced in their country decades ago by German and Czech immigrants. This is festive, uplifting, dance-oriented folk music that’s ideally suited for fun-loving kid and adults alike. Free admission, courtesy of the City of Savannah. Info: telfair.org. Sun., 3 pm, Jepson Center for The Arts.
The Rite of Swing: CJA’s Tribute to Duke Ellington
For the past 21 years in a row, the Coastal Jazz Association has been saluting this legendary American pianist, composer and band leader on the occasion of his birthday with a large-scale concert. These shows feature Ellington’s music performed by the local all-star conglomeration known as the Savannah Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of trombonist Teddy Adams and saxophonist Randy
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This professional tribute act works hard to replicate the look, feel and sound of vintage Guns ‘N’ Roses, playing everywhere from small bars to large venues like the Georgia Theatre in Athens. Regardless of your particular take on the relative merits of the iconic metal band they’re celebrating/impersonating, the sheer nerve of scaling down such epic arena monstrosities till they fit inside a 120-person bar is easily worth witnessing in person. The last time I caught them at this venue, I arrived just as they were tearing through the ferocious single “You Could Be Mine” (from the Terminator 2 Soundtrack), in front of a crowd that looked as though it had been beaten into submission by the sheer force of this group’s collective will. It’s not uncommon for these professional tribute bands to
Reese. It’s a show that’s eagerly awaited by local jazz buffs, and particularly by fans of the honoree, one of the single most influential and inspiring figures in the world of modern music. This year’s event finds Atlantabased Sam Skelton billed as the orchestra’s special guest. Skelton’s a versatile multi-instrumentalist woodwind player (sax, clarinet and flute) who’ is said to be in great demand for both studio and live work. An artist in residence at the University of Georgia’s Jazz Dept., to date, he has performed with The London Symphony Orchestra, The Atlanta Symphony and other notable orchestras. He’ll be joined by vocalist Priscilla Albergottie Williams, who some may know for her contribution to the Savannah Jazz Orchestra’s live CD Satin Doll, which found the group interpreting compositions by both Ellington and Johnny Mercer.
sell out this room, so grab a ticket sooner rather than later if you want to get in. Appetite for Destruction Listen & Learn: notquitegnr.com. When: Fri., 11 pm Where: The Jinx. Cost: $13 adv. / $15 DOS.
Sponsored by the City of Savannah’s Cultural Affairs Dept. as part of Jazz Appreciation Month, the show (which takes place on what would have been Ellington’s 109th birthday) features both well-known and obscure tunes, and is free to the public. It takes place in the Armstrong Center for Professional & Continuing Education, AASU’s newest performance space (formerly the Publix supermarket), across from the Savannah Mall. Info: coastal-jazz.org or 6755419. Sun., 5 pm, Armstrong Center (11935 Abercorn St.).
The Savannah Country Day School Choir presents: Mozart’s Requiem
For this free concert of the legendary composer’s final work, the student choir (led by Choir Director Maya Roos) will be joined by “distinguished
members” of the Savannah Choral Society, led by Artistic Director Peter Shannon, who’s viewing this as an excellent opportunity for educational outreach. Info: savcds.org, savannahchoralsociety.org. Sun., 4 pm, First Presbyterian Church (520 Washington Ave.).
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It’s not at all uncommon for Randy Wood to host some of the biggest names in the world of acoustic bluegrass at his cozy, 100-seat listening room, and this quintet from Cumming, Ga. fits that bill nicely. They’ve been around in one form or another since 1991, when they burst on the scene, and have remained one of the biggest-selling acts in their genre. If their peer recognition is any indication, IIIrd Tyme Out is near the top of the heap. Over the continues on page 24
Augie’s Pub (Pooler) Sullivan Street (Live Music) Acoustic guitar duo of singer/songwriters Paul Rader and David Flannery, playing pop, rock, blues and folk (covers & originals). 8 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m. Benny’s Tybee Tavern Karaoke (Karaoke) w/DJ Levis 9:30 p.m. Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Blaine’s Back Door #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Chuck’s Bar #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Club One Industrial Resurrection w/ DJ Shrapnel (DJ) 10 p.m. Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Fannie’s on the Beach “Georgia Kyle” Shiver & Fiddlin’ Scott Holton (Live Music) 7 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Voodoo Soup (Live Music) Local hard-jamming funk/ soul/rock/fusion group with a wide repertoire (feat. members of The Permanent Tourists & Phantom Wingo). 10 p.m. Gilley’s High Velocity (Live Music) Hard rock, classic rock, southern rock and modern country hits from a band of veteran players (covers). Apr 23, 9 p.m., Apr 24, 9 p.m. Apr 25, 9 p.m. Grapevine Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Piano & vocal jazz, country, Latin and standards by a veteran songwriter and recording artist who’s entertained Savannahians for more than a decade 6:30 p.m. continues p.28
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awaited two-night stand) to catch some great, organic rock music. A few clubs are hoping for a late-night influx of energized concert goers, and have booked Spreadhead-friendly artists of their own. Locos on Broughton St. welcomes the return of Abbey Road Live, an Athens-based Beatles Tribute specializing in later-period works by that iconic pop band (they’ve also been known —not surprisingly, given the name— to perform a fairly faithful approximation of the entire Abbey Road LP from start to finish). Their lineup includes members of the Grateful Dead Tribute Cosmic Charlie, as well as some cats who used to be in the Fuzzy Sprouts, one of the best Classic City bands you never heard. Local psychedelic funk outfit Mr. Wiley opens the show. A few blocks away at River St.’s Live Wire Music Hall, acclaimed local improv-oriented organic rockers Turtle Folk (fronted by Michael “Turtle” McCormick) headline downtown’s newest dedicated live music venue, with support from opening act Sherman Ewing & The Hoodoo Revival. Ewing is a NYC-based singer/songwriter with a great voice and a new album of supple, funky swamp-pop that features a who’s who of ace session and road players (including Panic’s own JoJo Hermann). While not yet well known in the South, he seems poised for much bigger success, so now may be a good time to be able to say you saw him when. Meanwhile, out on Tybee, Terrapin Station presents the infamous Aquarium Rescue Unit leader and former CodeTalker Col. Bruce Hampton (plus his latest project, The Quark Alliance) for a night of absurd profundities, head-scratching guitar runs, and Zappa-meets-The Allmans chickenfried fusion. All in all, interesting shows all around by talented, worthwhile groups on the club circuit. Take your pick — you can’t go wrong. Just drive safely if you head to the island. Listen & Learn: abbeyroadlive. com, myspace.com/mrwileybandrocks, myspace.com/turtlefolkmusic, shermanewing.com, colbruce.com. All shows are believed to start at approximately 11 pm.
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continues from p.23 Guitar Bar Celerity; Two Days of Freedom (Live Music) Athens-based grunge/punk quintet with Savannah roots; Respected, intense local punk outfit. 8 p.m. Hang Fire DJ Skypager w/Zone D (DJ) Dancehall tunes. Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) Rock, Blues, Soul and Pop 8 p.m. The Island Grill Perception (Live Music) Regional hard and classic rock band, playing everything from “Brown-Eyed Girl” to Godsmack (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Trae Gurley’s “Swoonatra” (Live Music) Singing thespian’s tribute to ‘Ol Blue Eyes’ golden period 7:30 p.m. John’s & Friends Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. 9 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue (Live Music) Locally-based acoustic Celtic troubadour who hosts GPB radio’s “The Green Island” radio show (covers & originals). www. harryodonoghue.com Apr 23, Apr 24, Apr 25, Apr 26 Apr 27 Live Wire Music Hall Hazard County (Live Music) Local country, honky-tonk and Southern rock party band fronted by singing guitarist Jason Courtenay (covers & originals). 9 p.m. Loco’s Deli & Pub (Southside) Team Trivia w/ Kowboi (Other) 7 p.m. Mansion on Forsyth Park Silver Lining (Live Music) Jazzy local trio (funk, blues, Latin, exotica) of guitar, bass and drums with female vocals (covers & originals). Apr 24, 8:30 p.m. Apr 26, 8:30 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m. Moon River Brewing Co. Eric Britt (Live Music) Acoustic guitarist/singer playing alt.rock and pop 8:30 p.m. Myrtle’s Bar & Grill J. Howard Duff (Live Music) 7:30 p.m. Night Lights “Rock Star Karaoke” (Live Music, Karaoke) Kraoke featuring a live band, rather than prerecorded music. 11 p.m. Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m. Robin’s Nest Karaoke (Live Music, Karaoke) 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30 p.m.
The Sentient Bean Frantic Rabbit Poetry Slam (Other) Local spoken word showcase and competition. 8 p.m. Slugger’s Trivia w/ Charles & Mikey (Other) 10 p.m. Spanky’s TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. Tantra Lounge Live DJs TBA (DJ) 10 p.m. Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Tubby’s Tank House TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Rhythm Riot (Live Music) Kitschy local rock, pop, soul and country cover band known for sassy stage demeanor and an unpredictable setlist. 9 p.m. Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. Venus De Milo DJ Nahah Mean (DJ) The Warehouse Jeff Beasley (Live Music) Savannah guitarist who doubles on percussion playing swinging R & B, old-time rock and roll and Cajun-tinged Americana (covers & originals). 8 p.m. Wasabi’s Live DJ Frankie Spins Hip-hop & Electric Fusion (DJ) 8 p.m.
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A.J.’s Dockside “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (Live Music) American Legion Post 36 Karaoke (Karaoke) B & B Ale House TTL & The Quiet Types; Keith Kozel (Live Music) New local ‘70s-style punk band fronted by longtime indie songwriter Todd Terrell Lynch; Frontman/songwriter for both GAM and Superhorse, playing a solo “folk-punk” set. 10 p.m. Baja Cantina TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. The Bamboo Room TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Cafe Loco Sammy Patrick (Live Music) Jam-band, rock, folk and outlawcountry tunes sung and played on an electric/ acoustic guitar (covers & originals). Apr 25, 10 p.m. Captain’s Lounge #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Club One Local Cast, DJ Jason Hancock (Main Floor) (DJ) Coach’s Corner Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m. Crystal Beer Parlor The
Beer Parlor Ramblers (Live Music) Old-fashioned Dixieland jazz combo plays in the corner of this local landmark restaurant. 7:30 p.m. Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Dewey’s Dockside Soul Kitchen (Live Music) 6 p.m. Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Beach, Shag and Soul covers 8 p.m. Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) El Picasso Karaoke (8 p.m.) (Karaoke) Fannie’s on the Beach TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Jude Michaels (Live Music) Local singer/songwriter playing light pop, rock and blues-oriented tunes on acoustic guitar, cello and percussion (covers & originals). 6:30 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Jon Doe (Live Music) Local hard-rocking funk party band known for screaming electric leads and extended jams (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Friendly’s Tavern 2 #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Gayna’s Bar Karaoke (9 p.m.) (Karaoke) Gilley’s High Velocity (Live Music) Hard rock, classic rock, southern rock and modern country hits from a band of veteran players (covers). Apr 23, 9 p.m., Apr 24, 9 p.m. Apr 25, 9 p.m. Hercules Bar and Grill Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Strange Brew (Live Music) Bluesy rock from a local combo led by singing guitarist G.E. Perry (covers & originals). 9 p.m. The Jinx G’N’R Tribute - Appetite for Destruction (Karaoke) Touring band dressed as and playing material from Guns ‘N’ Roses entire career. 11 p.m. John’s & Friends Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Local combo playing a wild mix of hard-swinging, house rockin’ garage-blooze (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Jukebox Bar & Grill Perception (Live Music) Wellliked regional hard and classic rock band featuring Jon Schwalls (of The Long Awaited) on bass. they play everything from “BrownEyed Girl” to Godsmack (covers & originals). Apr 25, 9 p.m. Jun 20, 9 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue (Live Music) Locally-based acoustic Celtic troubadour who
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continues from p.28 hosts GPB radio’s “The Green Island” radio show (covers & originals). www. harryodonoghue.com Apr 23, Apr 24, Apr 25, Apr 26 Apr 27 Live Wire Music Hall Little Brown Peach (Live Music) Valdosta-based jam band citing Medeski Martin & Wood as a key influence, playing covers (Dead, Talking Heads, Wacko Jacko) and originals. 9 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m. Mercury Lounge The 8-Tracks (Live Music) Eclectic local party band featuring members of Superhorse, GAM and Hot Pink Interior, playing rarely-heard rock, pop, soul and golden-age country covers. Apr 25, 10 p.m. Apr 26, 10 p.m. Metro Coffee House Open Mic Night w/Brandon Clark (Live Music) 8 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub David Flannery (Live Music) Rock, pop, blues and modern folk-oriented tunes sung and played on acoustic guitar (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Jordan Ross (Live Music) Young, Pooler-based singer/songwriter with a contemporary, modern acoustic-pop feel (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m. Mulberry Inn The Champagne Jazz Trio (Live Music) 8 p.m. Murphy’s Law The Train Wrecks (Live Music) Hardrocking local roots-a-billy and Americana act led by songwriter Jason Bible (covers & originals). 10 p.m. North Beach Grill Hazel Virtue (Live Music) Southern-tinged alt.rock combo led by regional singer/songwriter Eric Britt. Feat. members of The Train Wrecks (covers & originals). 7 p.m. Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m. The Rail Pub Damon & The Shitkickers (Live Music) 9 p.m. Randy Wood’s Concert Hall IIIrd Tyme Out (Live Music) Amazingly successful, award-winning modern bluegrass quintet in a smoke and alcohol free listening room environment. 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30
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p.m. Stages Music & More The Permanent Tourists (Live Music) Tight and polished regional R & B/soul/funk/ rock cover band (feat. Voodoo Soup’s bassist) known for impressive vocals and a killer setlist. 10 p.m. Stingray’s Randy “Hatman” Smith (Live Music) Beach, boogie and blues with from a singing guitarist using sequenced backing (covers & originals). Apr 25, 7 p.m. Apr 26, 7 p.m. Stogie’s DJ Paynt & DJ Mself (DJ) Sweet Melissa’s The Bricks (Live Music) Special reunion show from a fondly remembered local street punk band that broke up four years ago. 10 p.m. Tantra Lounge The Permanent Tourists (Live Music) Tight and polished regional R & B/soul/funk/ rock cover band (feat. Voodoo Soup’s bassist) known for impressive vocals and a killer setlist. 9:30 p.m. Venus De Milo DJ Chad (DJ) Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier & Frank Bright (Live Music) Duo of a veteran female jazz vocalist and an experienced pianist, playing standards and showtunes. 7 p.m. The Warehouse Rhythm Riot (Live Music) Kitschy local rock, pop, soul and country cover band known for sassy stage demeanor and an unpredictable setlist. 8 p.m. Wasabi’s DJ Frankie -C Spins Hip-hop an Electric Fusion (8 p.m.) (DJ) Ways Station Tavern Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Wet Willie’s Live DJ (DJ) 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe The Positions; Stone Cold Fox (Live Music) Outdoor ALL-AGES show from a local rock, pop and soul cover trio; Canpy, disco/funk cover band wearing wigs and ‘70s fashions. Apr 25, 6 & 10 p.m.
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Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Blowin’ Smoke BBQ Savannah Avenue (Live Music) Local jazz fusion/funk outfit of guitar, bass, drums and sax, and occasionally keyboards, percussion, trombone and trumpet. 6 p.m. The Britannia British Pub Rhythm Riot (Live Music)
Kitschy local rock, pop, soul and country cover band known for sassy stage demeanor and an unpredictable setlist. 10 p.m. Captain’s Lounge #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Chuck’s Bar #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Club One DJ Hancock (DJ) 10 p.m. Daiquiri Beach Listen 2 Three (Live Music) Local modern pop-rock trio wiht a strong blues and soul influence who are working on a debut CD (covers & originals). 11 p.m. Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Deb’s Pub & Grub Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Dewey’s Dockside Ricky Standard (Live Music) Rock, pop, beach and blues singer/guitarist, known for a longstanding gig on River Street’s paddleboats (covers & originals). 6 p.m. Doc’s Bar Roy & The Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Long-running party band specializing in disco, 60s rock, Motown and vintage soul (covers). Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Fannie’s on the Beach Randy “Hatman” Smith (Live Music) Beach, Boogie & Blues from a solo guitarist “with the full band sound” 8 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Liquid Ginger (unplugged) (Live Music) Acoustic trio format of this popular local modern rock party band (covers & originals). Apr 26, 6:30 p.m. May 3, 6:30 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Under The Porch (Live Music) 10 p.m. Gayna’s Bar Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Grapevine Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Piano & vocal jazz, country, Latin and standards by a veteran songwriter and recording artist who’s entertained Savannahians for more than a decade 6:30 p.m. Hang Fire DJ Jake The Snake (DJ) 10 p.m. Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. Huck-A-Poo’s Justin Curtis & Sally Jo (Live Music) Hard-touring L.A. honky-tonk and rockabilly outfit anchored by a real-life couple (think early Johnny & June). She plays standup bass and he picks guitar (covers & originals). 9 p.m. Isaac’s on Drayton Eat Mo’ Music (Live Music) Instrumental, dance-oriented soul-jazz combo of trumpet, drums, bass continues p.30
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continues from p.29 and wah guitar (covers & originals). 9 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Bluesonics (Live Music) Longrunning, dance-oriented local electric shuffle blues combo (covers & originals). . 9 p.m. Jen’s & Friends TBA (Live Music) Acoustic Pop, Rock, Country, Blues & Soul covers/originals 10 p.m. The Jinx The DFL Project Book Release w/The Bricks; Bottled Violence (Live Music) Release party and signing for self-published photo book chronicling the local punk and metal scene at this venue. Live reunion show from long-defunct local street punk act The Bricks, plus a Minor Threat Tribute Band. 10 p.m. John’s & Friends Greg Williams (Live Music) Prolific local acoustic guitarist and singer/songwriter playing blues, folk, rock and pop (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Juarez Mexican Restaurant (Waters Ave.) Karaoke (Karaoke) Jukebox Bar & Grill TBA (Live Music) 9 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue (Live Music) Locally-based acoustic Celtic troubadour who hosts GPB radio’s “The Green Island” radio show (covers & originals). www. harryodonoghue.com Apr 23, Apr 24, Apr 25, Apr 26 Apr 27 Live Wire Music Hall Passafire; Argyle: Cannonball (Live Music) Buzzworthy, locally-based reggae-rock hybrid that recently completed a North American tour; agressive, sak and punk-influenced rock; Eclectic, keyboard and guitar-driven local indierock collective fronted by songriter Nicholas Greer. 8 p.m. Loco’s Deli & Pub (Downtown) Junkyard Angel (Live Music) Athens/Savannah-based honky-tonk, Americana and Stonesstyle rock 7 roll band feat. members of Stewart & Winfield, Bloodkin and The Normaltown Flyers (covers & originals). 11 p.m. Mansion on Forsyth Park Silver Lining (Live Music) Jazzy local trio (funk, blues, Latin, exotica) of guitar, bass and drums with female vocals (covers & originals). Apr 24, 8:30 p.m. Apr 26, 8:30 p.m.
McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m. Mercury Lounge The 8-Tracks (Live Music) Eclectic local party band featuring members of Superhorse, GAM and Hot Pink Interior, playing rarely-heard rock, pop, soul and golden-age country covers. Apr 25, 10 p.m. Apr 26, 10 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Kurtis & Kody (Live Music) Tybee-based acoustic pop-rock duo (guitar and percussion) of singing brothers. (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) David Harbuck (Live Music) Locally-based singer/ songwriter/guitarist playing rock, pop and modern folk (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m. Mulberry Inn The Champagne Jazz Trio (Live Music) 8 p.m. North Beach Grill David Lugo & Latin Jazz Motion (Live Music) Local AfroLatin combo featuring veteran percussionist Lugo and some of the top area players (covers & standards). 7 p.m. Paradiso at Il Pasticcio DJ Matthew Gilbert & DJ Kwaku (DJ) House Music 11:30 p.m. Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m. Quality Inn American Pride Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30 p.m. Stingray’s Randy “Hatman” Smith (Live Music) Beach, boogie and blues with from a singing guitarist using sequenced backing (covers & originals). Apr 25, 7 p.m. Apr 26, 7 p.m. Stogie’s DJ Aushee Knights (DJ) House Music & ‘80s hits 10 p.m. Tantra Lounge Jon Doe (Live Music) Local hardrocking funk party band known for screaming electric leads and extended jams (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Terrapin Station Scott Baston & The News Architect’s w/David Blackmon (Live Music) Funky, Macon-based jam, groove and Southern soul act with jazzy pop overtnes - feat. former members of Moonshine Still. 9 p.m. Trustees Theater Savannah Sinfonietta w/special guest Ran Dank (Live Music) Presented by the Savannah Concert Association, and featuring the winner of the 2008 Hilton Head Intl. Piano Competition. 8 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m.
Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. Venus De Milo DJ Nick (DJ) 10 p.m. Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier & Frank Bright (Live Music) Duo of a veteran female jazz vocalist and an experienced pianist, playing standards and showtunes. 7 p.m. The Warehouse The Train Wrecks (Live Music) Hardrocking local roots-a-billy and Americana act fronted by songwriter Jason Bible (covers & originals). 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Joey; Electric Boogaloo (Live Music) Acoustic guitar duo singing and playing pop, rock and country hiots to sequenced backing (outside ALL-AGES show); Campy Atlanta-based ‘80s new wave dance music cover band wiht plenty of synths (indoor 21+ show). Apr 26, 6 & 10 p.m.
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Armstrong Atlantic State University CJA ‘s 22nd Annual Tribute to Duke Ellington (Live Music) Celebration of the legacy of one of merica’s greatest musicians/composers on what would have been his 109th birthday - feat. The Savannah Jazz Orchstra and specila guest saxman Sam Skelton. Held in the new Armstrong Center. 5 p.m. Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) Ben Tucker & Bob Alberti (Live Music) Veteran Jazz Duo (piano & bass) playing standards 11:30 a.m. Bahama Bob’s (Pooler) Karaoke (Karaoke) Bernie’s (Tybee) Karaoke w/DJ Levis (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Captain’s Lounge #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Dewey’s Dockside Roy & The Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Shag, Blues & Soul hits 5 p.m. Doc’s Bar Roy & The Circuit Breakers (Live Music) A longtime area favorite, this singer/guitarist (with sequenced backing) plays pop/rock/soul/beach hits as well as his own originals. Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Driftaway Cafe TBA (Live Music) Acoustic Rock, Pop, Country, Blues & Soul covers
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continues from p.27 El Potro Mexican Restaurant Karaoke w/Michael (Karaoke) 9 p.m. First Presbyterian Church Savannah Country Day School Choir presents: Mozart’s Requiem (Live Music) The school’s choir will be joined by members of the Savannah Choral Society under the direction of Peter Shannon. 4 p.m. The Flying Fish Barry Johnson (Live Music) Acoustic Rock, Country, Blues & Pop covers 6 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ray from Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Solo blues/Americana set from the gravel-voiced frontman/guitarist of the local roots-rock combo (covers & originals). 7 p.m. Jepson Center for the Arts Mestengo (part of Frida Kahlo Fest) (Live Music) Award-winning Flo.based band specializing in Mexican norteño music. Sponsored by the City of Savannah. 3 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue (Live Music) Locally-based acoustic Celtic troubadour who hosts GPB radio’s “The Green Island” radio show (covers & originals). www. harryodonoghue.com Apr 23, Apr 24, Apr 25, Apr 26 Apr 27 Marlin Monroe’s Surfside Grill TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m. Murphy’s Law Irish Pub Acoustic Session, Celtic Karaoke (Live Music) Traditional Celtic acoustic jam session for pros and amateurs alike, followed by Karaoke 7 & 9 p.m. North Beach Grill The Permanent Tourists (Live Music) Tight and polished regional R & B/soul/funk/ rock cover band (feat. Voodoo Soup’s bassist) known for impressive vocals and a killer setlist. 6 p.m. Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m. Red Leg Saloon Karaoke w/Frank Nelson (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Savannah Smiles “PianoPalooza” (Live Music) Slugger’s 5 Point Productions Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m. Stages Music & More The Mike Wilson Project (Live Music) 8 p.m. Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) Acoustic Blues, Country,
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In a city full of underpublicized, underthe-radar arts groups, perhaps the single largest is the Armstrong Atlantic Youth Orchestra (AAYO) Program, holding its spring concert this Tuesday night, April 29. The AAYO Program is actually an umbrella term for three ensembles: • Lyric Strings, which concentrate on beginning and elementary-level players; • The Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, which despite the name is actually a full orchestra comprising intermediate-level students; • and the advanced Youth Orchestra itself, which is open to Armstrong students seeking credit for ensemble work. Far from a casual extracurricular pursuit, most of the year the students work at a fast pace digesting professionally arranged music (the Advanced Group actually uses sheet music from the archives of the old Savannah Symphony Orchestra) from Bach to bluegrass, under professional direction. Anyone who has been to one of their concerts knows they are not mere recitals, with the caliber of the performances always surprising people who’ve never heard the group before. Practicing and performing for the most part on the campus of Armstrong Atlantic, the Youth Orchestra has nearly 200 young participants, under the direction of some of Savannah’s most notable classical music names. Lorraine Jones directs the intermediate group, the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, which though focused on middle-school age students is not limited to that group. “It’s not based on grade level, it’s based on talent,” Jones points out, a caveat that applies to the audition-based
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structure of the entire Youth Orchestra Program. She says not only are all the AAYO groups doing remarkable work, it’s also unique work in the region. The Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, for example, provides a rare outlet for its age group. “We keep asking around and looking online, and this is the only group like it for this age level in Georgia, Florida or South Carolina,” she says. “Atlanta, of course, has orchestras in the schools, but not at that age level.” Jones says while the program bears the Armstrong moniker, it’s self-supporting and dependent on donations. “The (nonprofit) Savannah Friends of Music have been giving us most of our operating expenses, and our members pay a fee to join,” says Jones. “And of course the in-kind donations from Armstrong are huge.” Jones says the Youth Orchestra and AASU have hit on something of a winwin situation, with the Orchestra able to use Armstrong’s copious facilities and the university in turn seeing the public profile for its music program rise. “Armstrong has facilities that they’d like to see used, and I’m sure it’s good for them to have 175 families trafficking the building. I think they see it as a good recruiting tool.” Armstrong Atlantic Youth Orchestra When: Lyric Ensembles and Atlantic Chamber Orchestra perform at 6:30 p.m., Youth Orchestra performs at 7:45 p.m. after an intermission Where: Armstrong Center Ballroom, 13040 Abercorn St. (the old Publix) Cost: $6. Info: 927-5381 or www.finearts.armstrong.edu.
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For as long as there have been live music scenes, there have been photographers who have attempted to document them for posterity. However, up till now, most of the published shots one was likely to find of Savannah concerts would be decades old, focused on the jazz world, and reproduced in historic tomes. However, that is about to change. In what may seem a strangely overdue development, one former SCAD student has just completed his first book (as both author and photographer), and it chronicles a two year period in our local rock scene. The DFL Project limits itself to coverage of shows which took place within the confines of 127 West Congress St., a roughly 120-person capacity room which has to date housed two different (but complementary) music venues, the now-defunct Velvet Elvis and The Jinx.
Since 1993, between the two clubs, that space has served as the epicenter of Savannah’s punk and metal communities, hosting shows by well-known acts from both here and abroad. It’s also served as a home base for local groups in those genres, some of whom have gone on to national and even international acclaim. In anticipation of this Saturday’s book release and signing —which also features a special reunion set from long-gone local punk legends The Bricks— I spoke with author Brandon Schaffner about the The DFL Project, as well as his plans for future volumes. Besides photograpy, what do you do? Brandon Schaffner: I work at SCAD doing web design and in their photo lab. Is this your first book?
Brandon Schaffner: Yes it is. It’s also the first major project I’ve worked on. What does “DFL” stand for? Brandon Schaffner: It’s an abbreviation for “down for life”. I realize some people when they see it, read it as “dead fucking last.” (laughs) It’s kind of an old sarcastic punk rock phrase you hear people use. When were these pictures actually shot? Brandon Schaffner: I basically shot for ten months, and then spent the next two years editing the book. The first section was shot while I was still in college in 2003 or 2004. At what point did you realize these photographs might make an interesting book? Brandon Schaffner: In September of 2005. I decided to do a book as opposed
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sure that was properly documented. What is it that most interests you about photographing live music performances? Brandon Schaffner: The way I shoot them: the action, the mayhem, people doing whatever they feel like doing. You get to be where everything is going on. I like to stand in the middle of the pit and shoot. It makes for great photos. So, it’s not likely you’ll be shooting any opera any time soon. (laughs)
Brandon Schaffner: I shoot with a Holga camera, which many people consider a toy. But it shoots a 120 negative, and can be made to take beautiful photos! I find the images you get from a Holga a lot more soulful. Digital is so “perfect”, and I wanted something that had a more romantic look to it, and kept the element of chance. So, I started learning how to make the Holga do what I wanted. There was some real trial by fire, Like entire rolls of film that were accidentally under or over-exposed.
Brandon Schaffner: Yeah. (laughs) It’s something that’s so close to my life anyways. It’s the scene I inhabit. I get to take pictures while I’m doing what I’d be doing on the weekend anyway.
Tell me more about the technical limitations of the Holga. Why was it right for this task?
Why did you go with on-demand publisher Blurb.com instead of a limited-edition run?
Brandon Schaffner: Well, I feel like it just fits the scene. Sometimes it’s not the easiest thing to use, though. You can’t shoot fast sequences. Plus, you only have 12 shots and then you have to try and find a way to reload a plastic camera in an all-black environment when you’re in the middle of a rock show at a bar! (laughs) It’s interesting, and sometimes very hard to do. Prints from Holgas have a unique look to them. One downside is that with a Holga, you can look through the viewfinder, but the difference between that and what the lens itself sees is so great there’s almost no point. It forces you to shoot what you see and then try to make an image from that. I think the quality the Holga affords gives a truer sense to this project as a whole.
Brandon Schaffner: Mostly because I don’t have any money! (laughs) This whole book has been done on almost no budget. I was looking at publishers, but the book itself wasn’t even done yet, and I was a first-time author. It would have taken forever to find someone who’d take a chance on this. So, I just said screw ‘em, I’ll do it myself.
How many images was this culled from?
Might you ever make a second volume?
Brandon Schaffner: I think the final image count in the book came out to around 250. The total number shot was between 2,000 and 2,500. My ex-wife helped me edit those down three different times!
Brandon Schaffner: I may move to North Carolina, and if I do, I might cover the rockabilly and hot rod car scene up there. That culture has the same basic mentality as punk rock: the DIY thing and the flagrant regard for societal norms. I’d still try to keep it the same local theme of photographing people in a small area. I don’t think this will be the only installment, but it may be the only one from Savannah.
Did you considered including pictures from other locations in the book? Brandon Schaffner: Initially, I started out wanting to document the punk scene here, and most of it centered around that room. The more I shot, the more it seemed to become a special place. I’d been hanging out at that bar for the last ten years, so I decided to shift the focus to that club. The Jinx drives the local underground music scene — that I like, at least. It’s the only place I can drink a beer and hear Black Flag on the jukebox. I wanted to make
Brandon Schaffner: No, I probably won’t be shooting any opera or chamber music. That doesn’t really do it for me. (laughs). That’s an entirely different kind of a pit.
How did the Bricks reunion come to be? Brandon Schaffner: I wanted to center the release show around local bands. My buddy Gil Cruz thought to ask The Bricks. They were the first band I photographed for this project and so it’s cool to have them doing it. One of the members lives in NYC, but the rest still live in town. He agreed, so we’re shipping him down here.
The DFL Project Release Party w/The Bricks and Bottled Violence (local Minor Threat Tribute Band) Where: The Jinx When: 10 pm, Sat., April 26 Cost: $4 Info: thedflproject.com, thejinx.net
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88 Minutes actually runs 108 minutes, a cruel trick to play on moviegoers who check their watches at the 80-minute mark and erroneously believe they’re on the verge of being set free. A film so moldy that it was released on DVD in some foreign territories as far back as February 2007, this tarnished star vehicle is finally being dumped into U.S. theaters. As laughable as any thriller that’s come down the pike in a while, 88 Minutes stars Al Pacino (mercifully keeping the “Hoo-ah!” showboating to a minimum) as Dr. Jack Gramm, a college professor and forensic psychiatrist whose expertise has repeatedly helped the FBI in nailing down serial killers. Kicking off in 1997, the film finds Gramm providing the invaluable testimony which convinces a jury that Jon Forster (Neal McDonough) is the “Seattle Slayer” responsible for the grisly killings taking place around the city. Cut to nine years later, and we find that Forster is finally scheduled to be executed. But a new rash of similarly styled bloodbaths has Seattle’s finest perplexed. Are these murders the work of a copycat killer? Is Forster really innocent, and the real killer has never been caught? Is Forster masterminding the proceedings from his front-row seat on Death Row, with an accomplice on the outside doing his dirty deeds? Or is it possible that the real killer is
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Those afraid that the dismal Drillbit Taylor marked the beginning of the end for Hollywood wunderkind Judd Apatow can relax: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (on which he serves as producer) nearly matches the laugh output of Knocked Up and actually surpasses that of Superbad. (None can touch The 40-Year-Old Virgin, though.)Jason Segel (who also scripted) plays Peter Bretter, a nondescript guy who writes the music for the TV crime series starring his celebrity girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). After five years together, Sarah dumps Peter for self-centered and none-too-bright musician Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), a rejection that sends Peter spiraling into self-pity. He flees to Hawaii to escape from it all, only to end up at the same hotel as Sarah and Aldous; it’s only through the efforts of Rachel (Mila Kunis), the resort’s desk clerk, that Peter’s able to occasionally follow through on the title action. Apatow’s films are hailed for successfully mixing raunchy moments with heartfelt ones, but their greatest strength might actually be the depth of their benches. Even the most minor characters are a joy to be around, and that’s the case here as well, whether it’s the brain-fried surf instructor (a very funny Paul Rudd) or the fawning waiter (Jonah Hill) or the newlywed (Jack McBrayer) who’s freaked out by his wife’s bedroom prowess (his indignation over the “playground” and the “sewer system” being placed so close together is priceless). As for the leads, Segel is an affable underdog, Bell displays some choice reaction shots, Kunis is talented enough to turn her role into more than just a Male Fantasy, and Brand -- the MVP among strong competition -- is spot-on as the British rocker who manages to turn vanity into an endearing character trait.
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Street Kings Director Curtis Hanson’s instant masterpiece L.A. Confidential was based on the novel by James Ellroy, and here’s Ellroy himself writing the screenplay (with Kurt Wimmer and Jamie Moss) for another saga about the boys in blue. It’s no wonder, then, that Street Kings’ central player, a cop named Tom Ludlow (played by Keanu Reeves), manages to incorporate qualities from all three protagonists in Hanson’s 1997 Oscar winner. Kevin Spacey’s celebrity cop, Guy Pearce’s myopic do-gooder and especially Russell Crowe’s brooding tough guy can be found in Ludlow, a veteran detective who’s the MVP on an elite squad operating under ambitious Captain Wander (Forest Whitaker). When apprehending (or, more often, blowing away) criminal suspects, Ludlow doesn’t always follow the rulebook, which places him under the scrutiny of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (House’s Hugh Laurie). And when Ludlow’s former partner (Terry Crews), the man who may have reported him to Biggs, gets fatally gunned down, it’s up to the maverick cop to prove that he’s innocent of any involvement in the brutal slaying. Street Kings proves to be as standard-issue as much of the gear continues on page 34
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assigned to real police officers -- is there any doubt as to how deep the departmental corruption runs? -- and this familiarity often numbs the picture’s effectiveness. Yet director David Ayer (best known for penning such cop flicks as Training Day and S.W.A.T.) and a gruff Reeves manage to provide the picture with a suitably hard-nosed atmosphere, and even the stunt casting in smaller roles (Cedric the Entertainer, The Game) works.
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Football may be a rough-and-tumble sport, but Leatherheads is handled by director and star George Clooney with the delicacy one extends toward an antique vase. Working from a script by acclaimed sports writers Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly, Clooney offers an occasionally wistful look at the early days of professional football, when its popularity was nil and it was viewed as college football’s deformed and ignored stepbrother. The year is 1925, and Dodge Connolly (Clooney) has managed to scrape together a career as a football player, assembling his motley crew to travel all over the country to play games in which attendance is anemic, rules are nonexistent, and a player is as likely to throw a punch as catch the pigskin. Just as it appears the entire league will have to fold, Dodge comes up with a brainstorm. Why not convince Carter “The Bullet” Rutherford (John Krasinski), the nation’s most popular college football star, to put his studies on hold and join the pro ranks? Carter agrees just about the time that the Chicago daily has elected to send one of its best reporters, tough-talking Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger), to determine the authenticity of Carter’s WWI exploits. Gaining access to the team, Lexie uses her feminine wiles to cozy up to Carter, all the while engaging in verbal jousts with Dodge. Clooney is an unabashed lover of classic screwball comedies from Hollywood’s Golden Era, and he’s gone on record stating that his influences for Leatherheads included such great directors as Howard Hawks and George Cukor. His greatest (unacknowledged) influences, however, stem from more recent times, as it’s difficult to watch this film without being reminded of the pair of pictures he made with Joel and Ethan Coen. Perennially growing in stature as an actor and director, it’s easy to envision Clooney studying the Coens’ M.O. while perched on their sets, since Leatherheads sports the same burnished period look as O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the same screwball comedy stylings as the underrated Intolerable Cruelty. Clooney is on his game as the aging brawler who’s disheartened by the rigid direction the sport starts to take, but the likable Krasinski often gets defeated by the restrictions of his colorless part. And as Lexie, Zellweger delivers the script’s zingers with aplomb, even if she isn’t outwardly quite as brash or brassy as the role requires.
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Sign of the Times, Part I: While accepting his Oscar in 2003, Michael Moore is loudly booed for criticizing Bush’s “fictitious” war in Iraq. Sign of the Times, Part II: During last week’s advance screening of the new Iraq War drama Stop-Loss, audience members clap and cheer when Ryan Phillippe’s character spits out, “Fuck the president!” As far as cinema is concerned, we’re probably still
several years away from the definitive Iraq War flick. Stop-Loss at least comes closer than most of the others: Rather than getting buried in ham-fisted armchair liberalism (like Lions for Lambs and Rendition), it carefully tries to include something for everyone on both sides of the war divide. Yet while this approach is a thoughtful one, it can also be a dangerous one, as evidenced by late-inning occurrences that spit in the face of anyone who has ever taken a stand on moral grounds. Helming her first film since 1999’s Boys Don’t Cry, director Kimberly Peirce (co-scripting with Mark Richard) centers her tale on three Texas boys who all served together in Iraq and have returned to their hometown: Brandon King (Phillippe), a natural born leader and the most intelligent of the three; Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum), a jingoistic grunt prone to repeating canned rhetoric like, “We kill them in Iraq so we don’t have to kill them here in Texas!”; and Tommy Burgess (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the hard-drinking soldier who lost his best friend in the conflict. Having served plenty of time overseas, Brandon expects to settle down stateside, so he’s understandably upset when Bush’s “stop-loss” policy -- basically, a backdoor draft -- requires him to head back to Iraq yet again. Refusing direct orders, Brandon instead goes AWOL, a decision that irrevocably affects both Steve and Tommy. Despite its serious intentions, Stop-Loss often plays like a softer version of The Deer Hunter, and, without revealing too much, its about-face message ultimately isn’t “Fuck the president” as much as it’s “Fuck yourself” -- a dispiriting message no matter how it’s sliced.
21 Loosely adapted from Ben Mezrich’s factbased bestseller Bringing Down the House, 21 is an entertaining and fast-paced film that occasionally manages to make the act of counting cards seem as exciting as this past winter’s Super Bowl -- and as perilous as climbing Mount Everest with both eyes closed. Jim Sturgess, fresh off his starring role as Jude in Across the Universe (as well as a supporting turn in The Other Boleyn Girl), plays Ben Campbell, a brilliant MIT student who needs some serious dough in order to be able to afford a stint at Harvard. His intelligence catches the eye of Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey), a shrewd professor whose extracurricular activity is training a hand-picked group of students in the art of counting cards at the blackjack table. He welcomes Ben to a gang that already includes two guys (Aaron Yoo and Jacob Pitts) and two girls (Kate Bosworth and Liza Lapira), and together they set off on weekly excursions to Las Vegas to clean up. Yet although they believe they’re operating under the wire, their winning ways -- not to mention squabbles from within -- catch the eye of Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne), an old-school casino enforcer whose preferred MO is taking cheaters to a back room and beating them to a bloody pulp. The movie works best during its first act, when the fascinating con game is explained to Ben (and to us), and during its second act, when Ben feels his life spiraling out of control as he makes a series of mistakes that could cost him everything. Scripters Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb only really lose control during the third act, when
an important plot point too lumpy to swallow leads to a series of increasingly unbelievable developments.
Drillbit Taylor An assembly-line comedy in virtually every facet -- you can set your watch by the moment when the formerly aloof Drillbit (Owen Wilson) is visibly moved by a charitable act on the part of one of the kids -- this dispiriting attempt at corralling laughs has little to offer anyone except die-hard Owen Wilson fans, and even those devotees might feel dejected after watching this charming if one-note actor spinning his wheels in such a tiresome character type.
The Bank Job
Even if every detail of this heist flick was drenched in fiction, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s one compelling package. Inhabiting the film’s central role is Jason Statham, current poster boy for British roughhousing. The Bank Job gives his character, Terry Leather, a chance to use his brains more than his brawn, and this allows Statham a bit more vulnerability than usual. Terry is approached by a former acquaintance (Saffron Burrows) to pull off a robbery at a Lloyds Bank that will benefit them both. She has her own reasons beyond monetary gain for making this proposal, but he and his crew go for it anyway, a decision that involves them in a labyrinthine scandal that not only reaches into the upper echelons of government but also snares the British royal family.
10,000 B.C. Playing like a cross between Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto and the fanboy fave 300, this empty-headed spectacle centers on a young man who, when it comes to heroes leading their people out of the darkness, emerges as a towering figure worthy of standing alongside Moses, William “Braveheart” Wallace and Michael Moore. Steven Strait plays this warrior, whose name is D’Leh (not to be confused with Homer Simpson’s “D’Oh!”) and whose bland, pretty-boy countenance makes him a precursor to Malibu Ken. When he’s not busy being tutored by his adoptive father Tic’Tic (Cliff Curtis), D’Leh passes the time by flirting with his one true love, Evolet (blank slate Camilla Belle). Evolet has these piercing blue eyes, but even more noticeable throughout the film is the makeup which surrounds them, and which never gets smeared even after she’s been shedding copious tears. Who knew Maybelline existed as far back as 10,000 B.C.?
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Activism & Politics Chatham County Young Democrats
for ages 14 to 39. Rakhsheim Wright, 6047319, 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.
Code Pink
is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities. Meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Queenies To Go-Go, 1611 Habersham St. Contact mimi.thegoddessfactory@gmail.com or visit http://fearnoarts.
Drinking Liberally
An informal gathering of left-leaners. august1494@excite.com or www.DrinkingLiberally.org.
Policy Committee Meeting
will be held by the Chatham Urban Transportation Study/Metropolitan Planning Organization April 23 at 10 am in the MPC Arthur Mendonsa Hearing Room, 112 E. State St. Through April 23.
Classes & Workshops 700 Kitchen Cooking School
will offer hands-on educational/entertaining cooking classes at the Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St. The cost of each class is $90 per person. Call 238-5158 or
visit http://www.700kitchen.com.
Abstinence Education
Hope House and Savannah State University are providing an after-school program for youth and young adults ages 12 to 29. Program activities last for about 2 hours every Wednesday at SSU. Transportation is provided. Snacks, field trips and supportive services are provided at no charge. 236-5310. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. 912-356-2181. www.savstate. edu/
Adult Painting, Drawing and Clay Classes
Ongoing beginner, intermediate and open studio classes are offered Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 6-8 p.m. or Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. All levels welcome, with encouragement to expand your skills. Clay classes are $100 per 10-hour session plus $30 for clay and kiln usage. Painting and drawing classes are $85 per 10-hour session and a basic art supply fee, if needed. The instructor is Carolyne Graham, a sculptor, artist and certified art teacher. Call 925-7393 or 925-5465.
Adults and Kids Sewing Classes
Fabrika. 140 Abercorn is taking deposits for summer kids and adults sewing classes. Kids 10 and up can take “Intro to Sewing” workshops. Choices include making a tote bag, fabric crafts and quilting. Kids 12 and up can take an intermediate workshop on basic fashion design. Adult workshops include into classes in making an A-line skirt, a sun hat or a halter dress. Visit FabrikaSavannah.com or call 2361122. Private lessons are available.
Alpha and Omega Pre-K
Slots are available for this year’s free PreK program and enrollment is open for the 2008-2009 school year. Children 4 and 5 are being accepted. Call 232-7505 or apply Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 4906 Pineland Drive next to Gould Elementary in Garden City.
Art Smarts Camp
The Savannah College of Art and Design and the Savannah Arts Academy will hold this day camp for children 7-14 in three one-week sessions July 21-Aug. 8 at the Savannah Arts Academy, 508 Washington Ave. For info and registration, visit www. scad.edu/admission/summer_programs or call 325-5100. Through Aug. 1.
Art, Music and Tutoring for the Inner Child
Beginning piano and voice lessons are taught by Linda Luke, who also tutors students in reading. Creative dance and a snack are included in the lessons, and special education students are welcome. Sculpture, painting and drawing are taught by Jerry Luke. Private and small group lessons are available and open to adults, teens and younger children. The lessons last an hour and the cost is $80 a month. The address is 5225 Skidaway Rd. Call 349-0521 or 843-496-0651 for info.
Art, Music, Piano and Voice Tutoring
for all age groups. Lessons are available now and through the summer months. Music teacher with a master’s degree, serious inquirites only. 961-7021 or 6671056.
Beading Classes
Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. Bead Dreamer Studio, 407 A East Montgomery Crossroads. 912-9206659. www.beaddreamer.com
Children’s Art Classes
for grades 1-5 offer basic art, clay and mixed media on Wednesdays from 4-5:30 p.m. Cost is $65 per 5 weeks, basics supplied. Teen Class meets Thursday 4-6 p.m. Cost is $75 per 5 weeks, most supplies furnished. Savannah Art and Clay Creations, contact carolynegraham@aol. com or 925-7393.
Construction Apprentice Program
is a free 16-week training program for men and women interested in gaining construction skills for career level jobs in construction. Earn a technical certificate of credit with no cost for trainingk, books
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or tools. Provided t hrough a collaboration of Chatham County, the Homebuilders Association of Savannah, Savannah Technical Eollege and Step Up Savannah’s Poverty Reduction Initiative. To apply, call Tara H. Sinclair at 604-9574.
Consumer College
The Chatham County S.A.L.T. Council (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together) will present this program for Chatham County seniors 55 and older on Thursday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hellenic Community Center, 14 W. Anderson St. Call 429-1698 to register. Registration is required by April 23 as space is limited. Topics to be covered include fraud and scams against seniors, financial and legal issues and personal safety issues. Through April 23.
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. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. 912-232-4447. www. sentientbean.com
Credit and Money Management 12 Hour Seminar
This ongoing course is held every month at the Effingham YMCA in Rincon. This seminar is the first standardized credit education program in the nation. Topics covered are the steps to improve your credit rating and raise your credit scores, budgeting, managing your debt, what lenders require when you borrow money, how to spot looming money problems and how to deal with them before it’s too late. The fee is $99 per person or $169 per couple. Space is limited and registration is required in advance. Contact Carmen at 826-6263 or 484-1266.
Cultural Affairs Summer Art Camp
Registration for the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs Summer Art Camp will begin April 14. Nine camp sessions will be offered June 9 through Aug. 29 for children in painting, ceramics, metalwork, mixed media and performing arts. One-week full-day sessions cost $125 per child and two-week intensive sessions
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Diabetes Summer Camp
for children ages 5-13 sponsored by the Diabetes Management Center and YMCA of Coastal Georgia will be held Aug. 3-7. Call 819-6146. Through Aug. 2.
Fany’s Spanish/English Institute
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. Fany’s Spanish/English Institute, 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd.
Figure Sculpture in Clay Retreat
with sculptor Melisa Cadell in North Carolina Aug. 25-29. Cost $525. Judy Mooney, 443-9313 or judymooney@bellsouth.net. Through Aug. 20.
Free Tax School
Earn extra income after taking this course. Flexible schedules, convenient locations. The class is free but there is a small fee for books. Call 352-2862 or visit www.libertytax.com.
Garbage, Goo, Recycling and YOU
The Chatham County Department of Public Works is sponsoring this show by the Puppet People, which will tour elementary schools to teach students the importance of learning to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. For bookings, call 355-3366.
Housing Authority of Savannah Classes
Free classes will be offered at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Some classes are on-going. Adult Literacy is offered every Monday and Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. Homework Help is offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:30 p.m. The Community Computer Lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. GED/adult literacy education is being offered Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon or 1-4 p.m.
Human Resource Management for Executives
will be presented April 29, July 24 and Oct. 24 from 6:30-8 pm at Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett St. 652-
3582 or 236-0631. Through Oct. 24.
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
A meditation period will be followed by instruction in the application of the foundations of Mindfulness practice to daily life. Beginner’s and experienced practitioners welcome. Ongoing weekly sessions held Monday from 6-7:30 p.m. at 313 E. Harris St. Call Cindy Beach, Buddhist nun, at 429-7265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www. uusavannah.org
Oatland Island Wildlife Center
has a new name, but still offcers environmental education programs and weekend events. It is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. www.oatlandisland.org. Oatland Island Education Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. 912898-3980. www.oatlandisland.org/
One Day University
for adult learners will be offered Saturday, May 10 from 9 am to 3:45 pm in the Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn St. Topics include Middle East history, U.S. foreign policy, James Joyce, Ian McEwen, seasons and moon phases. Fee $99. 927-5322. Through May 10. Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 912-9275277. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index. html
libraries, churches, community events and fairs. Call 447-6605.
711 East Broad Street. 912-234-0525. www.thestarfishcafe.org/
Rising Star
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The Savannah College of Art and Design will host Rising Star, a 5-week program that awards college credit to rising high school seniors June 21-July 26 at SCADSavannah, 342 Bull St. For info, visit www. scad.edu/admissionsummer_programs or call 525-5100. Through June 20.
Savannah Art & Clay Creations
Classes in Raku, brush work, relief work, surface decoration, figurative and more in clay with individual attention are offered 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.
Savannah Entrepreneurial Center
offers a variety of business classes. It is located at 801 E. Gwinnett St. Call 652-3582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street. 912-652-3582.
Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes Be bilingual. The center is located at 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Call 272-4579 or 308-3561. e-mail savannahlatina@yahoo. com or visit www.savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Savannah Learning Center, 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr.
Painting the Figure
Shapedown Summer Camp
Personal Money Management
Starfish Cafe Culinary Arts Training Program
with James Langley will held May 16-17 from 9 am-5 pm at Savannah Actors Theater, 703-D Louisville Rd. $185. Make checks payable to Judy Mooney and indicate “Drawing the Human Figure.� Send to: Judy Mooney, 220 E. 46th St., Savannah, 31405. Through May 16. BOAN Consults, LLC sponsors monthly workshops. Call 398-8148 or email info@ boanconsults.com. BOAN Consults, LLC sponsors monthly workshops. Call 3988148 or email info@boanconsults.com.
Puppet Shows
are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information & Resource Center for schools, day cares,
for children ages 6-12 who have weight or eating concerts. The two-week camp will be held June 16-27 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with activities such as yoga, swimming, nature hikes and aerobics. $319. Space is limited. Call St. Joseph’s/ Candler’s Wellness Center at 819-8800. Through June 15. 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 Mindy Saunders at 234-0525. The Starfish Cafe,
Space is available for coaches, teachers, instructors, trainers, therapists or organizations that require a studio or space by the hour. Contact Tony at 655-4591 for an appointment.
Teen Art & Clay Classes
Explore a variety of materials in this class specifically designed for teenage art students, taught by former middle school art teacher Carolyne Graham Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 p.m. The cost is $75 for 5 weeks of instruction. Call 925-7393 or 925-5465.
Ten Star All Star Basketball Camp
Applications are being evaluated for the Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp, which is by invitation only. Boys and girls ages 10-19 are eligible to apply. College basketball scholarships are possible for players selected to the All-American Team. There also is a summer camp for boys and girls 6-18 of all skill levels. Call 704-373-0873 or visit www.tenstarcamp. com. Through July 15.
The Artist/Teacher Conundrum
The Savannah College of Art and Design Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning will present Susan Zwirn, a fine arts education coordinator at Hofstra University, as part of the Innovative Teaching and Learning Symposium series. She will appear April 23 from 6-7 p.m. at Alexander Hall, 668 Indian St., to present a lecture about how artists who teach face dual roles and how many of them experience contradictions in their career development that impact both those roles. A reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Through April 23.
Tybee Island Marine Science Center offers Beach Discovery and marsh walks. Aquarium hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children, ages 3016. Senior, military and AAA discounts are available. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org. Tybee Island Marine Science
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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.
Wednesday Figure Drawing Group
Work from a live model. Open to artists with some experience - no instruction offered. $60 a month. Judy Mooney. 443-9313 or judymooney@bellsouth.net. Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. 912-232-6080. www.savannahactorstheatre.org
Women’s Self Defense
A free seminar will be offered April 28 and 29 from 6-9 p.m. by the Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire. Learn verbal and physical techniques that can be used by anyone regardless of age or physical condition. Must attend both nights. Registration is required. Call 233-3000. Through April 28.
Youth Art & Clay Classes
Held Tuesdays from 4-5:30 p.m. The cost is $65 per 5 weeks of instruction. Call Carolyne Graham at 925-7393 or 925-5465.
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AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club
is the civilian, volunteer auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and is involved in search and rescue, aerospace education and cadet programs. Meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. for cadets (12-18 years old) and 7 p.m. for adult members at the former Savannah Airport terminal building off Dean Forest Road. Visit www.gawg.cap.gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt. Jim Phillips at 412-4410.
This is an official student club of Armstrong Atlantic State University that accepts non-students as associate members. It is devoted to the exploration and enjoyment of the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Activities include book discussions, movie screenings, role playing game sessions, board and card games, guest speakers, episode marathons and armor demonstrations. Provides guest speakers to educators upon request. Call Michael at 220-8129, send e-mail to lightmagus@ yahoo.com or mccauln1981@hotmail. com. or visit http://aasuscifi.proboards105. com/index.cgi.
Bike Night with Mikie
is held every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at The Red Zone Bar and Grill in Richmond Hill. Half of the proceeds of a 50/50 drawing go to the military for phone cards and other items.
Buccaneer Region SCCA
is the local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America. It hosts monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. Visit http://buccaneerregion.org/solo. html.
Chihuahua Club of Savannah
A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets one Saturday each month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChiSavan-
Civil Air Patrol
Clean Coast
meets monthly on the first Monday at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Check www.cleancoast.org for event schedule. Jewish Education Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. 912-355-8111. www.savj.org/
Coastal MINIs
is a group of local MINI Cooper owners and enthusiasts who gather on the first Sunday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Starbucks in the 12 Oaks Shopping Center on Abercorn St. to meet other MINI owners and go on motoring adventures together. Visit coastalminis.com. com. Queeny’s To Go Go, 1611 Habersham St. 912-447-5555.
English Style Table Soccer
Savannah Subbuteo Club. Call 667-7204 or visit http://savannahsubbuteo.tripod.com.
Geechee Sailing Club
meets the second Monday of the month (except for November) at 6:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr. in
Thunderbolt. Open to all interested in boating and related activities. Call 234-1903 or visit www.geecheesailingclub.org. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. 912-354-9040.
Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA
meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Restaurant. On April 10, O.Kay Jackson will speak on her new book and talk about managing a publishing business. The cost is the price of the meal. Call Nancy Curry at 658-1926 for reservations. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. 912-354-9040.
Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association
meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street. Call 236-8546. American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. 912-233-9277.
Low Country Turners
This is a club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Hank Weisman at 786-6953.
Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary
meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at American Legion Post 184 in Thunderbolt. Call 786-4508. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. 912-354-5515.
Moon River Chorus
is a ladies’ barbershop chorus. Rehearsals are Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. in the social hall of Whitefield United Methodist Church, corner of 55th Street and Waters Avenue.
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Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)
Join other moms for fun, inspiration, guest speakers, food and creative activities while children ages birth to 5 are cared for in a preschool-like setting. Meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 9:15-11:30 am at First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Call 8988316 or 898-5086 or visit www.mops. org. First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd. 921-897-2142. www.fbcislands.com/
No Kidding!
is the area’s first social club for single and married adults who do not have children. Meet other non-parents at events and activities. For information on No Kidding! visit www.nokidding.net or send e-mail to luluette@prodigy.net.
Old Time Radio Researcher’s Group
is aninternational fan and research group devoted to preserving and distributing old-time radio broadcasts from 1926 to 1962. Send e-mail to Jim Beshires at beshiresjim@yahoo.com or visit www.otrr.org.
Philosophy Reading Group
This group will focus on various philosophical themes and texts, culminating in facilitated discussions with an open exchange of ideas within a community of inquiry. Meeting locations will change to reflect the current issue. Contact Kristina at 407-443-1571 or ktina697@ hotmail.com.
PURE: Photographers Using Real Elements
Join with other photographers and artists to celebrate the authentic photography processes of black and white film and paper development using chemicals in a darkroom. Help in the creation and promotion of Savannah’s first cooperative darkroom space to enhance the lives of working photographers and introduce the community to the magic of all classic photo chemical processes. Contact for next meeting time. Contact Kathleen Thomas at PUREdarkroom@gmail.com.
Revived Salon for Women Seeking Change
In Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s Gift of the Sea, she wrote, “How untidy my shell has become. Blurred with moss, knobby with barnacles, its shape is hardly recognizable any more. Surely it had a shape once. It has a shape still in my mind. What is the shape of my life?” If these words resonate with you and you are a woman over 50, this group offers bonding, laughter, discussion and fun. Seating is limited. Call 236-8581 for info.
Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club
Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at Books-A-Million and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 692-0382, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www. roguephoenix.org. Books-A-Million, 8108 Abercorn St. 921-925-8112. www. booksamillion.com/
Savannah Adventure Club
is dedicated to pursuing adventures, both indoors and outdoors, throughout the Low country and beyond. Activities
in the past year have included sailing, camping, skydiving, kayaking, hiking, tennis, volleyball, and skiing, in addition to regular social gatherings. Free to join, and Email savannahadventureclub@ gmail.com or visit www.savannahadventureclub.com
Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce
Savannah Area Genealogical Association
Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association
Learn to be a real estate investor or landlord. Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Spiva Law Group, 12020 Abercorn St. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Spiva Law Group, 12020 Abercorn St.
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The 11th Annual Total Resource Membership Campaign--Dancing With the Chamber will be held April 24 at 5:30 pm at the Westin. Myra Lopex, 644-6459 or mlopex@savannahchamber.com. Through April 24. will present dinner and an evening with Michael O’Laughlin, author of books about Irish family heritage, with performances by the Glo na h’Eireann Irish School of Dance, on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in the Harborview Room at the Savannah Hilton DeSoto. The cost is $30 per person. Reservation deadline is April 19. Contact Walt Harper at 631-3301 or savannahgenealogy@comcast.net. Through April 26.
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Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers
The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This non-denominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance. Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. Call 655-0994.
Savannah Art Association
meets the second Thursday of the month from 6-8 p.m. Call 232-7731.
Savannah Brewers’ League
Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. 447-0943. Call 4470943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St.
Savannah Browns Backers
This is an official fan club recognized by the Cleveland Browns NFL football team. Meet with Browns fans to watch the football games and support your favorite team Sundays at game time at Tubby’s Tank House in Thunderbolt. The group holds raffles and trips and is looking into having tailgate parties in the future. Call Kathy Dust at 373-5571 or send e-mail to KMDUST4@hotmail. com or Dave Armstrong at Darmst0817@ comcast.net or 925-4709. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. 912354-9040.
Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States
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Savannah Fencing Club
offers beginning classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $40. Some equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@aol.com.
Savannah Jaycees
for young professionals ages 21 to 39 is a Junior Chamber of Commerce that focuses on friendship, career development and community involvement. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is included and there is no charge for guests. Call 961-9913 or visit www. savannahjaycees.com.
Savannah Kennel Club
meets every fourth Monday of the month from September through May at 7:30 p.m. at Ryan’s restaurant on Stephenson Avenue. It is an education organization dedicated to informing the public about current events in the world of dogs and those who love them.Those wishing to eat before the meeting are encouraged to arrive earlier. For details, visit www.savannahkennelclub.org.
Savannah Newcomers Club
is open to all women who have been in the Savannah area for less than two years. Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and, in addition, the club hosts a variety of activities, tours and events that will assist you in learning about Savannah and making new friends. Call 351-3171.
Savannah Parrot Head Club
Love a laid-back lifestyle? Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check out savannahphc.com for the events calendar or e-mail mickie_ragsdale@comcast.net.
Savannah Scooter Gang
Connecting local riders to swap tips, stories, parts, mods and secrets. No obligation other than networking, and possibly arranging a monthly weekend ride to take over the streets downtown. Show off your scoot and ride with pride -- put ‘em in a line and watch the stares. Contact Travis at pittsillustration@gmail.com or myspace.
com/travispitts.
Savannah Ski and Adventure Club
For snow-covered mountain-loving people and their friends. All are welcome. Meets for a wide variety of activities throughout the year. Meetings are held the third Tuesday of every month at rotating locations. Visit http://savannahskiclub.com.
Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club
meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First City Club. meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First City Club. First City Club, 32 Bull St. 912-238-4548. www. firstcityclub.com/
Savannah Toastmasters
helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 352-1935. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www. memorialhealth.com/
Savannah Wine Lovers
A sometimes formal group that also sometimes just gets together to drink wine. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/savannah-wine-lovers.
Savannah’s First Pug Playday
This group meets every first Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Savannah Dog Park at 41st and Drayton streets. All humans and dogs who live in a pug household are welcome. A donation to the Savannah Dog Park would be appreciated. Contact Mike or Melinda at kennedy.mike@comcast.net. Savannah Dog Park, East 41st Lane and Drayton St. www.savannahdogpark.com/
Society for American Baseball Research
is an international fan and research group devoted to the great game of baseball. Persons interested in starting a chapter here should e-mail Jim Casey at bigtrain45@gmail.com. For information about the organization, visit www.SABR.org.
Southern Wings
is the local chapter of Women in Aviation International. It is open to men and women in the region who are interested in supporting women in aviation. Regular meetings are held once a month and new
members are welcome. Visit http://southernwingswai.com.
St. Almo
The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays (weather permitting). Meets at 5 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. (Time changes with the season.) Call 234-3336. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St. 912-234-3336. www. caninepalacesavannah.com
Sweet Adeline Chorus
rehearses weekly on Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Hopsital’s meeting rooms. Contact vicky.mckinley1@comcast. net. St. Joseph’s Hospital, 11705 Mercy Blvd. 912-819-4100. www.sjchs.org/
Texas Hold ‘Em Tournaments
Free poker tournaments are held every week in Savannah, Hinesville and Statesboro. Free to play. Win prizes and gifts. Visit www.GUTSHOTGA.com for details.
The Cinemophiles
An eclectic bunch that enjoys all kinds of movies. Visit http:?/groups.google.com/ group/cinemophiles.
The Young Professionals of Savannah
An AfterHours networking social is held every third Thursday of the month. Visit www.ypsav.net, sign up for the e-newsletter and find out about other upcoming events, or call Leigh Johnson at 659-9846.
TriUnity Opportunity Meeting
meets the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7 p.m. at the Best Western at I-95 and 204. Learn how to start a business from home. Free. Ask for Chris and Sandy Benton.
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671
meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 927-3356. American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. 912-233-9277.
Dance Adult Dance Classes
in ballet, tap and hip-hop are offered at Islands Dance Academy, 115 Charlotte Dr, Whitemarsh Island near Publix shopping center. All levels and body types welcome. $12 per class or 8 classes for $90. Beginner Adult Ballet is offered Tuesdays from 7:30-8:30 p.m., Intermediate Adult Ballet is offered Mondays from 6:45-7:45 p.m. and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Intermediate/Advanced Adult Ballet is offered Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hip-Hop is offered Tuesdays from 6:307:30 p.m. and Beginner Adult Tap is held Tuesdays from 7-8 p.m. There are a variety of youth classes for ages 3 to teen. Contact Sue Braddy at 897-2100.
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. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. 912-354-8089.
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Tybee Performing Arts Society
meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested, please attend or send e-mail to ried793@netscape.com.
The Moon River Dancers will hold their monthly ballroom dance party May 17 at the Frank G. Murray Community Center, 160 Whitemarsh Island Rd. The basic lesson on the mambo will be at 7 p.m. and the social dance will be from 8-10:30 p.m. The cost is $10. Beginners and singles welcome. 655-4985 or 961-9960. Frank G. Murray Community Center, 160 Whitemarsh Island Rd.
Urban Professionals
Basic Ballroom Class
meets first Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Vu at the Hyatt on Bay Street. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@hotmail. com. Hyatt Regency, 2 W. Bay St.
The Moon River Dancers will teach the Samba and Mambo Saturday, May 3 from 1-3 p.m. at the West Broad YMCA, 1110 May St. Cost $3. Beginners and singles welcome. 655-4985 or 961-9960. Through May 3. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St.
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C.C. Express Dance Team
meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731.
Chicago-Style Steppin’ Lessons
Every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Also learn new line dances. Contact Tunya Coleman at 631-6700.
Disabled Ballroom Class
Classes are held at Memorial Health’s The Rehabilitation Institute, 4700 Waters Ave. The classes are free and open to anyone. The next class will be held Saturday, Jan. 26. Contact Charleen Harden at 308-7307 or cwh0869@yahoo.com. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-3508000. www.memorialhealth.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. Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St. 912-234-8745.
Gretchen Greene School of Dance
is accepting registration for fall classes in tap, ballet, lyrical, acrobatics, jazz and hip-hop for ages 3 and up. Adult tap classes are held Tuesday from 7:30-8:15 for beginners and Monday from 7:15-8 p.m. for intermediate. Call 897-4235 or email ggsod.com.
Home Cookin’ Cloggers
meet every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Nassau Woods Recreation Building on Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes are being held at this time, however help will be available for those interested in learning. Call Claudia Collier at 7480731.
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.
Masters Dance Classes
The Highest Praise Center for the Arts offers master’s dance classes every 3rd Saturday of the month at 9 a.m. Classes for all ages and open to public. For more info, call,927-8601 or visit overcomingbyfaith.org.
Pole Dancing Class
POLE DANCING...for exercise. Learn dance moves and spins while working your abs, tone your legs and arms,a total body workout. Ladies Only! The only thing that comes of is your shoes. Classes begin Friday February 15th from 7:30 to 9:30. Space is limited call in advance to make your reservation $70 per month or $22 per class. Please call for further details 912-398-4776 or email fitnessconnection1@yahoo.com
STUDIO Summer Dance Programs
Ballet for ages 5 and up will be offered. Program I costs $225 and will be held July 8-10 and July 15-17 for ages 5-7 with some dance experience. Program 2 costs $425 and will be held July 22-24, 29-31 and Aug. 5-7 for ages 8-10 with a strong dance background, A weekend workshop with Kristin Sloan of the New York City Ballet and Brian Gibbs will be held Aug. 16 and 17 and costs $425. An ongling intermediate-advanced class will be held July 15 through Aug. 7 at a cost of $275 or $25 per class on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. All classes are held at the STUDIO, 2805B Roger Lacey Ave. 695-9149, www.thestudiosav.com or thestudidosav@aol.com. Through Aug. 7.
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. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Avenue. 912-356-8383. www.thestudiosav.com/
Youth Dance Program
The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional DanceProgram 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. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. 912233-1951.
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Blackwater Paddle
Join a Wilderness Southeast naturalist guide April 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a trip downstream past tupelo and cypress, looking for turtles, herons, kingfishers and alligators. $35 fee include canoe rental and basic instruction. Meet in Rincon. Reservations are required. 236-8115. Through April 26. 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.TheDolphinProject.org.
Gray’s Reef Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting
April 29 from 3-8 pm, Stevens Wetlands Education Center, Richmond Hill. Public comment 7 pm. Becky Shortland, 5982381. Through April 29.
Harris Neck NWR
The Ogeechee Audubon Chapter wil visit the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, April 26 at7:15 a.m. Bring bug spray and water. Meet at the Rideshare at I-95 and GA Route 204. Free and open to the public. Leader is Tim Miller, 429-2700. Through April 26.
Salsa Classes
Learn Salsa “Casino de Rueda” style, a salsa dance that originated in Cuba. Have fun and get in shape all at the same time. Classes are Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. through May 7. Call Lady Grace at 234-6183 or Juan at 330-5421. Through May 7.
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Barnes & Noble Events
April events: Author Johnny Boggs will sign “Walk Proud, Stand Tall” April 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. An author signing with SCAD graduate Nicole Seitz, author of “Trouble the Water,” will be held April 6 from 2-4 p.m. Diane and Dave Munson will sign “The Camelot Conspiracy” Friday, April 11 from 7-9 p.m. Local author William C. Harris will sign “Wassaw Sound” on Saturday, April 12 at 1 p.m. Kathleen Whitten will sign “Labor of Love” April 13 from 2-4 p.m. Jamie and Bobby Dean will sign their latest cookbook “Ya’ll Come Eat” on April 19. Randall Anderson will sign “Fifty Minus Six” April 26 from 2-4 p.m. Storytime will feature “The Empty Pot” on April 9 at 10 a.m., “Zen Shorts” on April 23 at 10 a.m. and “Friday” on April 30 at 10 a.m. Through April 30.
Savannah Classic Desserts
Janice Shay will autograph her new cookbook, “Savannah Classic Deserts,” at a book launch Thursday, April 24 from 4-6 p.m. at E. Shaver Fine Books, 326 Bull St. 234-7258. Through April 24. Author Janice Shay will sign books April 24 406 pm at E. Shaver Fine Books, 326 Bull St. Through April 24. E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St. 912-234-7257.
UU Book Club
meets every Monday at 7 p.m. in the Clara Barton Library for a two-hour session. The group works on a chapter a week. To join, e-mail adultenrichment@uusavannah.org or call 234-0980. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912234-0980. www.uusavannah.org
Religious & Spiritual “By Hands” Dinner and Auction
will be held Saturday, May 3 at Montgomery Presbyterian Church. 10192 Ferguson Ave. A BBQ dinner at 6 p.m. A live auction at 7 p.m. and a silent auction throughout. 352-4400, Montgomery Presbyterian Church, 10192 Ferguson Avenue.
ARIES
March 21-April 19 The U.S. government is spending over $500,000 per minute on the war in Iraq. Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil is raking in about $73,000 of profit per minute. Is there any connection? Though I have my suspicions, I don’t know for sure. I do know that the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to phase out any situation in your personal life that resembles America’s cash drain in Iraq. It will also be a favorable period for you to brainstorm about how you could upgrade your financial intake to be more like Exxon Mobil’s.
TAURUS
April 20-May 20 “The greatest poverty is boredom,” said one of my teachers, Ann Davies. “The greatest hell is not having a goal.” Make those ideas your touchstones as you carry out a twofold assignment. First, use all your ingenuity to banish any reasons you might have to feel bored. Second, invoke your craftiest optimism and wildest discipline as you identify a goal whose pursuit will move you ever closer to the state the mystics call heavenon-earth.
GEMINI
May 21-June 20
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 on Johnson Square.
In a study of pop songs, sociologists from the University of Colorado concluded that love isn’t as popular a topic as it used to be. Bestselling tunes sung by women rarely use words like “care” and “cherish” anymore, and references to love have declined precipitously. Meanwhile, male singers ignore love and obsess on sex far more than they once did, and both genders revel in pain and selfishness at a higher rate. I tell you this, Gemini, as a prelude to announcing your assignment, which is to counteract the trend I just described. For the foreseeable future, be a prolific genius of love, a creator of beautiful collaborations, an unsentimental devotee of sweet and tender intimacy.
Christian Businessmen’s Committee
CANCER
Blue Jeans for the Soul
Each Saturday service is at 5:30 p.m. and will feature music with guest musicians, a meditation and an affirmative message. Casual dress welcome. 2320 Sunset Blvd. off of Skidaway Road just south of Victory Drive. www.unityofsavannah.org/
Calling All Christians
Open prayer will be held the second Thursday of the month from 4-4:20 p.m. at the Forsyth Park fountain. Call Suzanne at 232-3830. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. 912-233-6800.
Chanted Office of Compline
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. Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn Ext. 912-354-7038. www.oglethorpemall. com/
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June 21-July 22 “Many a man fails to become a thinker for the sole reason that his memory is too good,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche. I suggest you contemplate that riddle,
Cancerian. Is your ability to stir up new perspectives sometimes hindered by the deep feelings you have about your history? Is it possible that past experiences you’ve grown to treasure tend to diminish your motivation to reinvent yourself periodically? If so, it’s a perfect time to break free of the old days and old ways. Induce a little forgetfulness so that you’re more available for the future.
237 reasons, from “I wanted to communicate at a deeper level” to “I wanted to boost my self- esteem” to “I wanted to be closer to God.” According to my research, Libra, you’re likely to be motivated by as many as 25 of those factors in the coming weeks, way up from your average of eight. We might logically conclude, then, that you may seek out erotic experiences at a rate three times your norm.
LEO
SCORPIO
Is there really such a thing as free will, or are our destinies shaped by forces beyond our control? Here’s one way to think about that question: Maybe some people actually have more free will than others. Not because they have more money. (Many rich folks are under the spell of their instincts, after all.) Not because they have a highstatus position. (A boss may have power over others but little power over himself.) Rather, those with a lot of free will have earned that privilege by taking strong measures to dissolve the conditioning they absorbed while growing up. They’ve acted on the advice of psychologist Carl Jung: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” As you enter the phase of your astrological cycle when more free will is yours for the taking, Leo, meditate on these thoughts.
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge,” says educator Bill Bullard. “It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound, purpose‐ larger‐than‐ the‐self kind of understanding.” In that spirit, Scorpio, I encourage you to renounce three of your opinions, preferably those that are leastwell-informed and not rooted in first-hand experience. I also challenge you to carry out a week-long experiment based on the following hypothesis: Expanding your capacity for empathy will make you smarter.
July 23-Aug. 22
VIRGO
Aug. 23-Sept. 22 The billboard I saw said, “Develop a recreational habit that won’t show up in your urine.” I didn’t catch what product it was advertising, but there was an image of a hang- glider, so I figure it was promoting outdoor sports as a preferable alternative to taking drugs. The billboard message happens to be excellent advice for you, Virgo. In the coming weeks, you’ll be wise to seek liberating adventure and explore new modes of natural fun. Doing so will steer you away from a path that could lead to messy adventure and decadent fun.
LIBRA
Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Why do people have sex? A study by the University of Texas found that there are
Oct. 23-Nov. 21
SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21
Your metaphorical pregnancy has gone on rather long. No reason to panic. I’m sure your brainchild or masterpiece will arrive shortly. But just for fun, maybe you could watch a timelapse film of a rose opening. That was helpful in expediting the birth process for two new mothers I know. Here are two other tricks to try, even if the blessed event you’re about to enjoy is purely symbolic: Arrange to be in a place where a storm is coming on. Folk tradition says that labor often follows drops in barometric pressure. Or get a hold of rings made from a rattlesnake tail. Early American explorers Lewis and Clark gave them to their Native American guide Sacagawea when it was near her time, and they seemed to magically expedite the baby’s arrival.
CAPRICORN
Dec. 22-Jan. 19 I’ve got three messages for you. They may seem unrelated, but by this time next week you will see that they are intimately
interconnected. 1. Unless you were raised in the woods by badgers, it’s a perfect moment to slip into your second childhood. 2. Unless you really can’t stand having your mind changed, it’s an excellent time to launch a daring project that would have seemed impossible to the person you were a year ago. 3. People unsympathetic to your cause may think you’re in the throes of delusions of grandeur, but those of us who have faith in your untapped powers say they’re not delusions but viable fantasies.
AQUARIUS
Jan. 20-Feb. 18 On the San Francisco State University campus, the lampposts shine blue lights. It’s not just a decorative touch. Of all the colors, blue best pierces through fog, which is a regular feature in that part of the world. In this spirit, I suggest you install a blue light bulb in a prominent place in your environment for the next two weeks. It will be a symbolic reminder that there may be more mental murk and emotional haze for you to navigate through than usual. With the proper illumination, you won’t be deluded or slowed down a bit.
PISCES
Feb. 19-March 20 *The Washington Post* gave its readers an assignment: Come up with a statement they’d like to sneak on to President Bush’s teleprompter during a major speech. Chances would be good that he’d probably just say it, right? The entries included “I shall make it my duty to eat a kitten for breakfast every day,” “Global warming can be reversed if everyone just turned his air conditioner around,” and “I wish to announce my conversion to Islam.” I bring this to your attention, Pisces, because you’re in peril of getting into a situation like that. Unless you’re careful, you could end up saying things you don’t mean or expressing yourself in ways that don’t reflect your actual feelings. To make sure that doesn’t happen, concentrate hard on communicating with maximum clarity and candor.
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DrUUming Circle
is held the first and third Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah on Troup Square at Habersham and Macon streets. Drummers, dancers and the drum-curious are welcome. Call 234-0980 or visit uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-2340980. www.uusavannah.org
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.
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. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. 912-3554704. www.unityofsavannah.org/
From the church that brought you the “God on Broadway” Worship Series
A s bu r y M e m o r i a l U M C Presents:
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
Sunday, April 27th
A meditation period will be followed by instruction in the application of the foundations of Mindfulness practice to daily life. Beginner’s and experienced practitioners welcome. Ongoing weekly sessions are Mondays from 6-7:30 p.m. at 313 E. Harris St. Call Cindy Beach, Buddhist nun, at 429-7265 or cindy@ alwaysoptions.com. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www.uusavannah.org
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Midweek Bible Study is offered every Wednesday at noon at Montgomery Presbyterian Church. Bring your lunch and your Bible. 352-4400 or mpcsavannah.com. Montgomery Presbyterian Church, 10192 Ferguson Avenue. 912352-4400. www.montgomerypresbyterian.com/
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Music Ministry for Youth
at White Bluff United Methodist Church is now known as Pneuma, the Greek work for breath. The children’s choir for 3 years through second grade will be known as Joyful Noise and the youth choir grades 3-5 will be known as Youth Praise. Joyful Noise will meet Sundays from 4-5 p.m. and Youth Praise will meet Sundays from 5-6 p.m. Call Ronn Alford at 925-9524 or visit www.wbumc.org. White Bluff United Methodist Church, 11911 White Bluff Rd.
Nicodemus by Night
An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St.
Overcoming by Faith Ministries
Services in Savannah are held on Saturdays at 6 p.m. Sundays at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at 9700 Middleground Rd. In Rincon, services are held Sundays at 1:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. at The Banquet Room, 135 Gos-
hen Rd. Call 927-8601 or visit overcomingbyfaith.org.
Prayer Labyrinth
Walk and pray a labyrinth as part of National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 1 from 7am-7pm at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2020 Tennessee Ave. 234-7234. Through May 1.
Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
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. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. 912-233-4766. www. trinitychurch1848.org/
Russian Choral Group Lyra
will perform May 2 at 7 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. 51 Wilmington Island Rd. Admission is free. 897-1133. Through May 2.
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. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www.uusavannah.org
Soka Gakkai of America (SGIUSA)
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 233-6284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah
Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Martha Fay and Bob Paddison will present “On Turning 50 - The 60s” April 27 at 11 am in the Troup Square Sanctuary. 234-0980, admin@ uusavannah.org or www.uusavannah. org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www.uusavannah.org
Unitarian Universalist Men’s Group
An opportunity to meet with men and as a group explore men’s spirituality while offering social support in a safe atmosphere. Meets weekly to discuss a predetermined topic. Also plans outside activities or participates in activities as a group. Refreshments or dinner is served at each meeting. Visit http://men.meetup.com/46/ or contact Mike Freeman at 441-0328 or Dicky Trotter at 665-4488.
Unity of Savannah
A church of unconditional love and acceptance. Sunday service is at 11 a.m. 2320 Sunset Blvd. Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org.
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3BR/1.5BA in Windsor Forest, living room, dining room, large family room, central heat/air, washer/dryer connections, New wood floors, non-smoking, no pets. Close t o s c h o o l s a n d H A A F. $929/month plus deposit. No Section 8 accepted. Call: 912-920-1936 STOP RENTING!! Gov’t & Bank Foreclosures! HUD, VA, FHA. Call now! 1-800-890-3717
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Quiet neighborhood. 3 bedroom, 2 bath + Study. Available June 1st $900/month + deposit. No Pets. 912-481-0168 ApArtments for rent 865 WONDERFUL 1bd w/ bonus room. 750/month and deposit, power & water includes w/d hook up. Great location close to downtown and ss. 1300 block of 31st Call for more info 912-484 5059
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Large 2bd/2full bath Duplex. Large wooded lot. Great neighborhood. Small pets ok. $575/mo 912-587-2431 Leave Message. Room FoR Rent 895
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2001 G-3 1544 Welded Aluminum Boat, Depth Finder, adjustable swivel seat, Galvanized trailer, 25 HP Johnson motor. Used very little, shelter kept $2950 Call (478)763-3203.*
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Large 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. Washer/dryer. Close to GSU. $250/month. 850-228-3133.
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1998 Harley Davidson Fatboy
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Sicay Management 14 West 40th Street Beautifully renovated 2 BR, 1BA lower half of duplex in the Starland District. Features include formal LR, , formal DR, refinished heart pine floors, ceiling fans, bathroom and kitchen with ceramic tile floors, separate laundry room for washer/dryer, private courtyard. C H/A, total electric and paid security system. AVAILABLE NOW. Pet Friendly. $900/mo. 1329 East 36th Street Renovates 3 BR, 1 ½ Bath Bungalow with formal living and ding rooms, eatin kitchen, laundry room with W/D connections, hardwood and tile floors, central H/A, total electric, fenced in back yard. AVAILABLE NOW. Pet friendly. $800/mo.
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