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True grit

The first winner in our inaugural ‘Best Firefighter’ category, Capt.

Holt Coursey of the Savannah Fire Department, has been saving lives here for over 30 years. Learn about Coursey and all the other Best of Savannah winners, as voted by our readers. it all starts on page 14 photo by jim morekis

music Savannah native Jeff Beasley and his band celebrate the release of what Jim Reed calls their best yet | 59

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Little Theatre does the Jazz Age chestnut The Boy Friend in a performance at the theatre on Louisville Road | 68

The Pevensies get all medieval in the latest installment of the Narnia franchise | 72

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this week | compiled by linda sickler | linda@connectsavannah.com | (912) 721-4385

Week at a Glance

22 Thursday

Tea in the Garden

Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea in the courtyard garden of a historic house.

When: May 22 and 29 at 5:30 p.m.

Where: Isaiah Davenport House Museum, 324 State St. Cost: $18 adult, $14 students 8-17.

Info: 236-8097 or www.davenporthousemuseum.org.

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The Risks and Dangers of LNG This film was a selection of the Malibu film festival. It examines the LNG industry and science, and the inherent dangers and flammability of liquefied natural gas. A discussion will follow. Savannah is one of the few places in the country where onshore LNG facilities are expanded without challenge from the community.

When: May 22 at 7 p.m.

Where: First Presbyterian Church, 920 E. Washington Ave.

Little Theatre of Savannah: The Boy Friend

A musical, romantic spoof set in the 1920s.

When: May 22, 23, 24, 30 and 31 and June 1, 5, 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. and May 24 and 25 and June 7 and 8 at 3 p.m.

Where: Seaboard Freight Station Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: $20 general admission, $15 seniors, military and students and $10 children.

Info: 642-4774, reservations@littletheatreofsavannah.org or www.littletheatreofsavannah.org

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Left, a rehearsal shot from Little Theatre’s The Boy Friend, opening this weekend; at right, Psychotronic Film Series brings the 1972 film The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie to the Sentient Bean next Wednesday

Historic Savannah Theatre: Return to the 50s

Return to America’s most beloved decade of music with more than 60 rock and roll classics and DooWop harmonies.

When: May 22, 23, 24, 30 and 31 at 8 p.m. and May 25 at 3 p.m.

Where: 222 Bull St. Cost: Adults $33, youth 17 and under $16.

Info: 233-7764.

Murder Afloat A 90-minute cruise with professional actors who perform an original “whodunnit.” Guests are encouraged to follow the action throughout the boat, question the suspects, compare notes with other passengers, and solve the crime.

When: Every Thursday from 9:30-11 p.m. throughout the summer.

Where: The Georgia Queen Riverboat.

Cost: $26.95 adults, $18.95 children under 12.

Freebie of the Week |

Info: 1-800-786-6404, 2326404 or murderafloat.com.

23 Friday

Savannah Children’s Theatre: Children of Eden

Based on the story of Genesis, this musical features Adam, Eve, Noah and the Father who created them as they deal with the actions of their respective children. The music includes a mix of pop, folk, rock, reggae, gospel and Broadway.

When: May 23 and 30 at 7 p.m. and May 24, 26 and 31 and June 1 at 3 p.m.

Where: Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Dr. Cost: $10.

Info: 238-9015 or www. savannahchildrenstheatre. org.

24 Saturday

Memorial Day Weekend

Cannon firings and soldier demonstrations will be presented to mark the start of the summer season at Fort Pulaski.

When: May 24 and 25, beginning at 9 a.m.

Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, U.S. 80 on Tybee Island.

Cost: $3 entrance fee for ages 16 and up. 15 and under admitted free.

Info: 786-5787 or www.nps. gov/fopu.

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.

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for a list of this weeks gallery + art shows: art patrol

Memorial Day Commemoration

Artillery drills, musket firings and soldier’s life activities in commemoration of Memorial Day. When: May 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Fort King George State Historic Site in Darien.

Cost: $2.50-$5.

Info: 437-4770 or www. gastateparks.org/fortkinggeorge.

Starland Farmers Market

Local organic and traditional produce, artists, food vendors, crafts people, musicians, street performers and storytellers.

When: May 24, 9 a.m. to

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Classical Bash Concert Vocalists and musicians will mix madrigals and Mozart.

When: Saturday, May 24, 3-4 p.m.

Where: Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, Troup Square.

Cost: Free.

Info: 234-0980 or uusavannah.org.

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25 Sunday

A Gospel Brunch

Music will be provided by the St. John Baptist Church Gospel Choir.

When: May 25 from 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center for the Arts.

Cost: $15.

Info: 790-8800.

27 Tuesday

Ready for Finals...?

Low Land and the High Road Book Signing A book about life and community in Hudson Hill, West Savannah and Woodville nieghborhoods will be launched at this event, with remarks by Mayor Otis Johnson, Alderman Van Johnson and other officials. A reception will follow.

When: May 27 at 5 p.m.

Where: Moses Jackson

Center, 1410 Richards St.

Info: www.Sustainable-

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Wednesday African American Economic Outlook

The Savannah State University College of Business Administration will spotlight the significant contribution of Savannah’s AfricanAmerican population to the economic life of the city and metropolitan area, including Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties.

When: May 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Where: Marriott Savannah Riverfront.

Info: Pat Mathis, 2360099 or Keena Mosley at 356-2836.

Psychotronic Film Society: The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie

Made in 1972, this film stars Ken Howard, Anthony Zerbe and Bonnie Bedelia in the story of a good Samaritan who is held captive in a remote cabin by a lonely, demented woman.

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Best of savannah 2008

The ever-changing concept of ‘Best’ Our annual Best of Savannah Readers’ Poll issue has evolved a good bit over the years, which is only natural since the community it reflects is always evolving as well.

Ten years ago the thought that there would be categories called “Best Spoken Word Artist” and “Best Indie Film Venue” would have been greeted with sardonic laughter. Even that short time ago, Savannah wasn’t quite ready for that kind of thing. the most significant movement has been in the cuisine category. While we decided this year to give a little attention to winners like Case Veterinary Hospital and Elizabeth on 37th — who are longtime repeat winners but are also long overdue for a special treatment — you’ll notice several new winners.

Speaking of how we treat winners, you’ll notice that some of the winners’ entries this year are noted with our little arrow icon that often appears throughout the paper. When you see that icon, that means one of three things, sometimes in combination: • That winner is new and therefore more newsworthy; • That winner is getting lots of buzz in the community; • We just felt like it.

This year I decided to do away with the shortlived “Editor’s Picks” from last year’s issue. Unlike most alternative weeklies, which more and more are downplaying reader’s picks in favor of staff picks, I always want to keep our focus on what you think, not what we think.

In that spirit, I also opted to re-introduce the practice of listing the runners-up. This not only

gives you more to talk about as you flip through the issue, but gives people and businesses a benchmark to see how they’re perceived in the community.

As you’re reading the icon-bedecked extended entries, note there will be initials at the end of the blurb. That’s to signify who wrote the blurb, to wit: RWG: Robin Wright Gunn, a longtime contributor without whose cogent, relevant, and thoroughly well-written work this issue (and many others) would be a far lesser product; LS: Our news editor Linda Sickler; JR: Our music editor Jim Reed; JM: Yours truly.

I wanted to give a special shout-out to contributing photographer Jen Blatty, who cheerfully, efficiently, and professionally went out and shot the assigned photos for this issue, thus not only relieving me of any worries about that side of things but giving us some really cool shots in the process.

Credit for laying out this week’s massive special issue is due to our production department, managed by Brandon Blatcher and featuring a new addition to the Connect team, Alice Johnston.

And let’s not forget our sterling sales staff, comprising Jay Lane and Bethany Pardee, led by general manager Chris Griffin.

But the most gratitude must go to you, who makes all this possible by sending in your votes, either online or by snail mail. By doing so, you are also taking part in one of the largest market research projects in Savannah. It’s through your opinion that we can know with certainty what’s hot and happening in town — both in terms of what’s new and noteworthy and what’s dependable and stolid.

14 City life 19 Politics and public affairs 26 arts & culture 31 Food 42 nightlife 46 REcreation, health & Beauty 51 shopping & Services

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Straight dope: Is

it true that certain kinds of liquor can make you mean? Mean enough to... kill?

by Cecil Adams

10 Blotter 12 News of the Weird 13 Earthweek

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The Man is still keeping us down Parker’s Market Downtown, Starbuck’s, hell, even Gallery Esxpresso, all turned me down when I asked to put a band poster in their window space to advertise for our show at Livewire.

When I was turned down at Starbuck’s I jokingly (but with feeling) exclaimed “Corporate Bastards!” at their recitation of a ridiculous policy that bars any band posters advertising a show, that, holy crap!, has a cover charge!

I proceeded to Parker’s Market where the employee told me to take it up with Greg (Parker). So, I told him it was too bad he couldn’t

offer a little window space to a local band made up of guys that have been pouring money into his store for years. LAME. So, to assuage my anger I ventured on to Gallery Espresso and was directed to a bulletin board back by the bathroom that is great ad space to reach tourists with Xray vision. LAME. Now, of course the new bike/skate shop on State St. and Clothing Warehouse on Broughton didn’t even hesitate to say yes. Why? Because they are not LAME. They are savvy business owners who don’t waste time enforcing meaningless power-trip policies that short-change the same people that regularly use their business.

Long-time supporters of local music and just genuinely good people, Johnny and Gabbi at Zunzi’s would let you tape the poster to their shirts if you asked.

They’re great.

It’s getting a bit tiring explaining to these lame-os that if you support local music it will support your business -- just ask the Chamber of Commerce of, oh, I don’t know, Athens or Boulder or Austin or Raleigh or Ithaca or Lafayette, Arkansas, or....

C’mon people, get your snooty heads out of your asses and stop being so lame. If a local musician asks to borrow some of your window space, the answer is always “yes”.

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Question from Down Under Editor, I’m sorry to address this to you but I was unsure as to whom I should ask my question to.

I am looking for a local family of Savannah that I met when travelling through your beautiful city in late July last year, and I was wondering if there was anyway to put the word out through your newspaper.

I didn’t get the family members names, but I met them at Mrs. Wilkes and had a lovely meal with a mother with her teenage daughter and autistic son - their dad is in the police force. They were lovely, continues on page 8

Little 68 theatre: Theatre stages

the flapper classic The Boyfriend, with guest director D.J. Queenan.

by Linda Sickler 57 Music 67 Art 69 movies

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by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

We still have a ways to go to match up with other metro areas in terms of diversity. San Franciso’s Bay Guardian has categories like “Best Taqueria” and “Best Peruvian Restaurant,” while the Miami New Times has categories like “Best Neighborhood Newspaper,” “Best Spot for Polyglots” and “Best Spanish Language TV Personality.” (One of my favorite all-time categories comes from the Chicago Reader: “Best Building for Wandering Around in Before Security Asks What You’re Doing There.”)

But still, a lot is moving very fast here — or fast by Savannah standards, anyway. It’s always interesting to compare results from year to year.

Keep in mind that in this issue, you pick the winners. We have nothing to do with the results other than counting the votes.

Typically, evolving trends in Savannah are spotted in the pages of the Best of Savannah issue before they’ve really set in peoples’ minds.

The place to look is in categories that have long been dominated by a particular person or business. When you see that long-time winner bumped off, often that’s a sign that a tipping point has been reached, and passed.

This year there are plenty of surprises, but

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treated us like family, and secretly paid for my meal - then disappeared before I even knew what they had done, or had the chance to express my gratitude. I would just like to get the chance to thank some lovely people that I don’t know how to find.

Stephanie Wade Melbourne, Australia

Editor’s Note: If anyone can help Stephanie, drop me an e-mail at jim@connectsavannah.com and I’ll forward it to her.

Woo-Hoo! We’re rich!

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Blotter All cases from recent Savannah/Chatham Police Dept. incident reports

Standin’ at the crossroads

A man was seen on the Interstate 95 south ramp of GA 204, holding a sign that read, “Homeless Hungry God Bless.”

A police officer watched as the man approached cars that were stopped by a traffic light to ask for money. The man had been warned on previous occasions that he could be charged with a criminal act if he continued to stand in the roadway and beg for money.

When the officer pulled up to the man, the man obviously recognized him. As the officer left his vehicle, the man said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Doe, I’ll go on my way.”

The officer asked the man if he remembered being told last week not to be on the roadway begging for money. The man replied, “I do remember and if you let me go, I won’t do it again.”

The officer then asked the man if he remembered telling him last time that he

wouldn’t do it again if the officer let him go on his way. The man replied, “I do remember, but I mean it this time.”

• An officer on patrol on West 41st Street noticed a young man standing between two houses. When the officer approached the man and asked to speak with him, the man attempted to hide something behind his back with his right hand.

The officer walked closer to the man and noticed he had a marijuana joint. He was told to drop the joint on the ground, and go and sit on the porch.

When the officer asked the suspect to stand so he could be searched, he refused.

He told his brother to go inside and get his grandmother.

The officer “assisted” the subject off the steps onto the ground so he could be handcuffed. At first, the suspect attempted to pull away, and was put on the ground.

A small plastic bag with a green leafy substance was found in his front right pocket. The substance was field-tested and resulted positive for marijuana.

The suspect was charged with possession of marijuana less than an ounce and obstruction by hindering. He was taken to the Chatham County Detention Center and all evidence was logged into the property room.

• A West 57th Street resident called police when she found three of her tires were flat and a brick had been thrown against the rear windshield of her car.

She said she heard a noise in the parking area, but her boyfriend told her not to worry about it, so she went back to sleep.

She explained that she has been having problems with her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend. She said the woman had attacked her before and there are police reports written about it.

A neighbor across the street said he saw a car that resembled the suspect’s pass by her house late at night. He said someone in the car threw a brick.

• Police were called to West 40th Street on a report of shots fired. A man told officers that another man had fired at him with a flare gun. He said there is an ongoing dispute between the man and himself.

He said he was standing outside his home when the suspect approached him and said, “Is that shit over?”

The man replied, “Yes,” and started to walk away. He heard something click and looked back and saw the suspect had a

flare gun pointing at his face.

In an effort to protect himself, the man slapped the gun out of the suspect’s hand.

The gun went off and the flare went into the bushes.

An officer went around the corner to the suspect’s apartment. When the suspect came to the door, he was placed in hand cuffs for everyone’s safety, but advised he wasn’t under arrest.

The officer asked where the gun was and the suspect said it was in his room. The flare gun was sitting on a table near the door of the room. It had one spent shell casing in it and smelled like it had recently been fired.

The suspect told the officer he and the victim were having drinks when he said he had a flare gun and was going to fire it. He said he fired it because he had never fired one before, and that he never pointed it at the victim.

Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

Gin’s been associated with bad behavior ever since a change in laws governing distillation and a resulting drop in retail price helped make it the official beverage of the rowdy working classes in 18th-century London. But while a number of studies have looked at different drinks and their effects on the drinkers comportment, none seems to have singled out gin for scrutiny. So what have the academics learned?

• A 1975 experiment performed by Kent State researchers Stuart Taylor and Charles Gammon was one of many to use the aggression machine paradigm, developed by psychologist Arnold Buss at the University of Pittsburgh in the early 60s. In Taylor and Gammons version, 40 male subjects were given either a small or large quantity of vodka or bourbon—mixed liberally with ginger ale and a dash of peppermint oil so they wouldnt know what they were getting.

Then each was seated at a control panel with an electrode strapped to his wrist.

He was told he’d be competing in a series of reaction-time tests against an unseen opponent; the winner of each round would select the intensity of an electric shock to be received by the loser. The whole thing was, of course, rigged—there was no opponent, and all the subjects won and lost the same number of trials and received shocks of the same gradually increasing intensity.

The results: Subjects in the high-dose vodka group zapped their nonexistent opponents with stronger shocks and were much more likely to repeatedly select the highest possible voltage. In post-test questioning, the high-dose vodka group was also more likely to impute hostility to the opponent than the low-dose group, whereas the highdose bourbon group was less prone to describe the opponent as hostile.

• In a McGill University study (Murdoch and Pihl, 1988), surveyors went out to Montreal bars, identified 38 men who had been drinking either beer or liquor exclusively, and then had

confederates—posing as fellow patrons but wired for sound—bother the men with a scripted sequence of four mildly onerous requests (for the time, change for a dollar, a piece of paper to write on, and directions to a made-up street).

Adjusting for estimated blood alcohol level, the researchers found that the liquor drinkers tended to become more aggressive in their responses as the interaction ensued, while the beer drinkers maintained a more even keel.

• Swedish social scientist Roland Gustafson fired up the aggression machine again for a 1999 study. This time 90 subjects (again all male) were given beer, red wine, vodka and tonic, or a nonalcoholic placebo version of one of these drinks. Again hard liquor consumption correlated with aggression: the vodka drinkers subjected their fictitious opponents to stronger and longer-lasting shocks than the beer and wine drinkers did. But the placebo vodka had the same effect—subjects who merely thought theyd drunk a significant quantity of vodka scored as more aggressive than those who actually had drunk beer or wine.

What does all this tell us? Unclear.

Lots of factors—how fast you drink, whether the drink is carbonated, etc—can affect how alcohol makes it into your system and thus how it affects you. Its also possible that the secondary chemicals (i.e., besides the alcohol itself) that give different alcoholic beverages their distinct qualities—theyre called congeners—have pharmacological properties that account for the disparities in aggressive behavior. But this wouldnt account for the placebo effect discussed above. So it may be that gin makes you mean, but drinking gin may also provide an opportunity to act mean.

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Cecil: Do hard liquors have different psychological effects on an individual? Is there any truth to the common understanding that gin makes people mean?

Off to conduct research . . . —Jasmine

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A friend told me that if I drank alcohol through my arse that I would get drunk quickly and on less alcohol. If true, how come you never see people doing handstands with a bottle stuck up their arse?

—D.B., Ireland Well, a big reason one rarely sees such a sight is that enemas have the potential to get messy enough without getting all Cirque du Soleil about it. But another is that even when administered in a more controlled fashion, alcohol enemas are potentially lethal. Ethanol can be absorbed very quickly through the intestinal walls, so bypassing the normal ingestion route may mean getting a lot more to drink than you bargained for.

By cecil adams Comments, questions? Take it up with Cecil on the Straight Dope Message Board, straightdope.com, or write him at the Chicago Reader, 11 E. Illinois, Chicago 60611.

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news of the weird LEAD STORY Freddie Johnson, 49, was arrested in New York City in April, for the 53rd time after he allegedly once again rubbed up against women on crowded trains. He is such a menace (a 57-page rap sheet) that a special NYPD detail follows him around, certain that he will re-offend. Shortly after the arrest, the New York Daily News reported that his twin brother, Teddy, is now serving an eight-year sentence in upstate New York for a series of subway gropings of his own. A retired police officer told the Daily News that he saw the brothers almost every day and could tell them apart only by their clothes. Freddie, he said, was “blue collar” while Teddy conducted his fondlings “always dressed in a blazer and slacks.”

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In April, Army medic Monica Brown was awarded the Silver Star for bravery for selflessly subjecting herself to enemy fire in order to treat fallen comrades in battle in Afghanistan. However, two days after her heroics, she had been ordered home, against her will, because generals were nervous that a female appeared to be “in combat,” which violates Army rules.

By contrast, in April (according to The Buffalo News), the Army, citing personnel shortages, ordered honorably discharged soldier James Raymond back to duty, even though he is on medical disability for a knee injury and loss of hearing suffered in Afghanistan. (Soldiers on “Readiness Reserve” are still eligible for duty if necessary.)

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Questionable Judgments London’s Daily Mail reported in April that the Mab Lane Primary school in Liverpool was boldly dealing with the problem of unruly students by scheduling 20-minute massage sessions twice a week in a room with aromatic oils and soothing music. Children of all ages at the school are taught “simple shoulder and back massages on each other,” the newspaper reported.

School authorities in Mount Vernon, Ohio, began an investigation in April after complaints that eighth-grade science teacher John Freshwater was injecting his religious beliefs a little too much into the class. In one “experiment,” Freshwater allegedly tossed Lego pieces into a pile and asked students if the pieces could assemble themselves (or would a “creator” have to do it), but the accusation that most aroused parental anger was a demonstration of electrostatic electricity, in which he asked for volunteers to take a shock on the arm, which resulted in a distinct “cross” being burned onto the skin.

In April, two of the nine Baltimorearea middle-school kids implicated in a potentially fatal beating of a young couple on a transit bus last year said they would soon file lawsuits asking for $10 million each from their school (for suspending them) and the transit company (for barring them from future rides, which it did out of concern for the safety of its passengers).

(1) The county government in Tampa, Fla., revealed in April that because of its unusual interpretation of state law, all of its inmates on work-release programs during the last 15 years have been accruing pension and post-retirement healthcare credits. (2) London’s Daily Telegraph reported in April that the Dutch governFamily Values ment has begun assigning some of its Joseph Manzanares, 19, pleaded guilty hard-core unemployed (who are repeatin April to disorderly conduct in Comedly rejected for jobs) to “regression merce City, Colo., after police therapy,” in the hope that coming were called to a domestic disturto terms with negative aspects of their past will help them present Do you deserve bance, as he and his ex-girlfriend, who are the parents of a toddler, themselves better. a Happy fought over which local street holiday wish? gang’s colors (hers or his) the Fine Points of the kid would wear.

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$1 million, and the 2008 judge refused to change that. (Extra fact: The $21.64 theft was based on Weaver’s paying a store in part with a roll of dimes that were really pennies but with a dime at each end.)

(2) Representatives of about 300 Islamic madrassa schools, meeting in New Delhi in April, decided that Muslims could not buy health insurance because the Quran forbids gambling (although they said they would continue to explore ways of reconciling Sharia law with health care financing).

(1) Gary Weaver, 41, arrested on a disorderly conduct charge in Cincinnati, was discovered to have an outstanding theft warrant from 1990 involving $21.64. The temporary bond on Weaver in 1990, based on his prior record, had been

People Different From Us In April, police in East Hampton, Conn., investigating the accidental shooting of ex-Marine Joseph Simonelli, 60, by his 9-year-old son,

seized “dozens of unsecured guns and mounds of loose ammunition” from the home, according to the Hartford Courant, which contained a “wide-open, chock-full gun cabinet in the boy’s bedroom (with) numerous rifles and knives strewn about the room.” According to police, bullet casings and live rounds lay “throughout the house,” and the walls of the boy’s bedroom bore “numerous small holes (made by a) bb/pellet gun or even small-caliber (.22) rounds being shot inside the home.”

The boy told police that he “usually” only shoots his rifles when he’s outside.

Least Competent Criminals Should’ve chosen another career: (1) Joshua Crowley, 22, was charged with robbing a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Camas, Wash., in March after being chased down, wrestled with, and subdued by passerby Mary Chamberlain, 66. (2) In April in Bartlesville, Okla., Robert Horsley, 46, allegedly tried to come through a window in the house of a 95-year-old woman, but she grabbed a screwdriver and continued to stab his hand every time he reached inside. By the time police arrived, said officer Tom Holland, “(Horsley’s hand) was pretty chewed up and one knuckle was almost gone.”

Inadequate Game Plans: (1) In April, in response to a man wielding an ax and demanding the contents of his cash register, the owner of Sam’s Cigars in Vista, Calif., grabbed his wife and dashed out the front door, locking the man inside, where he made pleading gestures through the window until police arrived. (2) The next week in a suburb of Tampa, Fla., cafe owner Agustin De Jesus was asleep for the night in a back room but awakened by a break-in. He noticed that the thief had parked his SUV by the back door with the engine running for a quick getaway, so De Jesus hopped in, drove away and called police, who arrested Leonard Levy, 55, who is a candidate for life in prison based on his long record.

Recurring Themes Navigation System On, Brain Off: (1) Brad Adams, 52, crashed his charter bus (carrying two dozen high school softball players, who had to be sent to a hospital) into a pedestrian bridge in Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum in April (bus: 11 feet, 8 inches high; bridge, 9 feet, 0 inches). Adams said he missed warning signs because he was busy following the navigation system. (2) Five days after that, in King’s Lynn, England, a Streamline taxi minibus had to be pulled from the River Nar after the driver, who said he was obediently following the navigation system instructions, drove straight into the water.

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Conservation officials throughout the U.S. have been advised to be on the alert for a mysterious ailment that has killed thousands of bats over the past four months in caves and mines across the Northeast. The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin has examined nearly 100 bat carcasses from the affected region. Researchers say they have been unable to determine exactly why the bats died of “white-nose syndrome” — a term used because of an overgrowth of a fungus normally present in the mammals but found covering large areas of the dead bats, including around their noses.

The excessive fungus is believed to be merely a sign of overall poor health rather than a primary cause of the deaths. The USGS biologists say they have found that most of the dead bats were emaciated, with some exhibiting changes in their lungs that are difficult to explain.

Warming Crop Losses

Climate change is expected to lower Earth’s potential for growing crops more than 15 percent by the 2080s, according to a new World Bank report. The Little Green Data Book 2008 warns that developing countries will bear the brunt of the adverse effects of global warming with a nearly 20 percent drop in agricultural productivity, compared to a 6 percent drop to

be suffered by industrialized nations. It adds that as agriculture delivers lower yields, food prices will rise even higher than the recent jump, while levels of malnutrition and related human diseases also increase. Impacts will be most acute in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Those hoping for a drop in skyrocketing food prices are likely to be disappointed due to extremely wet weather this spring across America’s Corn Belt. Fields are so wet in the prime growing states of Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio that farmers are unable to get their equipment into the field to plant.

Experts fear that it may soon be too late for many farmers to have a successful growing season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that corn production this year could be down as much as 7 percent from the record-breaking levels last year. About one-third of the harvest will be directed toward ethanol production rather than food.

Eruptions

Chilean authorities told those evacuated from near the erupting Chaiten volcano that the mountain could suddenly release torrents of red-hot pyroclastic material that could vaporize their homes. Chaiten began erupting on May 2 for the first time in at least 9,000 years, spewing tons of toxic ash that have blanketed a broad swath of southern Chile and

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Argentina’s Patagonia region.

Officials fear that 2 million sheep in the Argentine province of Chubut are in danger of starvation because the ash has covered and killed the vegetation the animals depend upon for food.

• Sicily’s Mount Etna spewed lava for five consecutive days as authorities kept a cautious eye on cracks in the volcano’s cone.

Pacific Typhoon

Category-4 Typhoon Rammasun churned the western Pacific before losing force over the cooler waters east of Japan. The storm was a threat only to shipping lanes.

Earthquakes

More than 50,000 people are dead, missing or buried beneath the rubble of buildings devastated by a 7.9

magnitude quake in China’s Sichuan province. Seismologists say the two minutes of horrific shaking that razed entire towns were caused by two shifts of the Longmenshan Fault, which stretches across the province. A 60-mile section initially ruptured by about 23 feet. Then a longer section to the northeast sheared 13 feet. The resulting shaking was felt as far away as Tokyo, Bangkok and south-central Russia.

• Earth movements were also felt in Taiwan and Guam.

Individual Adaptation A study by British researchers has found that individual birds can quickly adjust to climate change without having to wait on the slower process of evolution to change the species’ behavior. Ecologists who have

tracked the population of great tits in Wytham Woods, near Oxford, since 1961 have discovered that the birds are laying their eggs about two weeks earlier in recent decades. “It’s only in the past 30 to 35 years that you see this increase in temperature in early spring to which the birds have responded,” says study leader Ben Sheldon of the University of Oxford. He points out that the earlier breeding time coincides with a shift in the emergence of the birds’ favored food — the caterpillars of the winter moth.

One sign that individual adaptation is behind the shift, rather than evolution, is that the birds seem to respond to a warmer spring by laying their eggs earlier in the same year. by steve newman, universal press syndicate

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Best Green Company & Best Green Building

Melaver Inc. Abercorn Common

At first glance, Melaver Inc. doesn’t fit the profile of a stereotypical environmental business. The winner of Savannah’s Best Green/Sustainable Company began operation in 1940 as a small, family owned grocery store, and over the decades morphed into M&M Supermarkets, one of the largest grocery store chains in Georgia. In the 1980’s the Melavers exited the grocery business to become a leading regional real estate development company.

Headquartered in downtown Savannah, Melaver Inc. has offices in Atlanta and Birmingham, and boasts real estate holdings of over 1.5 million square feet across the Southeast. They own, manage or are developing office buildings, retail centers, loft condominium projects, a mixed use neighborhood, and a luxury hotel.

But for at least forty years, the Melaver family has incorporated green principles into its company’s projects, according to Randy Peacock, Head of Construction for the company.

“I’ve overheard CEO Martin Melaver say that when Melaver, Inc. started clearing the site for the Wilmington Island Shopping Center, his mother and company board member Betty Melaver was there bright and early to stand between the bulldozers and the beautiful oak trees that filled the site. She made sure that the plans accommodated the existing trees. Those trees remain standing today.”

In recent years Melaver Inc.’s unofficial save-the-Earth philosophy has evolved into formal corporate policy. The vision of this third-generation, family-owned corporation is “to become a vertically-integrated, truly sustainable real estate company. Our definition of sustainability focuses on the triple-bottom line of economic performance, environmental footprint, and social engagement with the community,” according to the company website.

“We analyze and track our company’s carbon footprint, and make reductions as part of our goal to reduce our impact on the environment,” says Peacock.

The company “has pledged to only develop and build products that meet the US Green Building Council’s LEED standards,” he says.

LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System™, a national program developed by the USGBC that rates buildings in one of four certification levels according to sustainability criteria assessing the environmental impacts of each building’s design, construction, and operation.

Eight of Melaver’s buildings are LEED certified, and the company pledges that all future developments will be built to LEED specifications. Most of the company’s staff have passed a national LEED accreditation exam, including all of their management team.

Peacock was the project manager for the $30 million reconstruction of Melaver’s Abercorn Common, the first LEED certified retail center in the U.S., and the winner of the Best Green Building award.

The mid-20th century-era complex was originally anchored by an M & M Supermarket, (where Peacock first went to work for the Melaver family as a grocery bagboy in 1984.) The center’s main building now houses a mega-bookstore, two home furnishings

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The fountain at Abercorn Common, Melaver’s LEED development on the southside

stores, a smoothie shop, two restaurants and other retailers. Both the main building and an out-parcel strip center, called Shops 600, received LEED Silver certification for adherence to environmental standards. Abercorn Common is also home to the first LEEDcertified McDonald’s restaurant in the nation.

Sustainable features at Abercorn Common include porous concrete, a half-million gallon cistern for capturing rainwater, white roofs to reflect heat from the sun, and extensive tree coverage in the parking lot. Preferred parking spaces are reserved for hybrid vehicles.

“Our cistern in the back of the shopping center harvests approximately 5.5 million gallons of rain water each year, which we use for irrigation,” says Peacock.

Last week, first-time Abercorn Common shopper Christi Nasser was unaware that the center was a sustainable property. She was particularly impressed with the appearance of the center. “It’s really beautiful. Most shopping centers just have concrete junk everywhere. This one is nice because it has a lot of green.”

The Melaver Inc. philosophy is summed up in the name of their award winning retail center. “It’s called Abercorn Common because a common is a public gathering place,” says CFO Denis Blackburne, “and because we believe that one day this type of development will be the common way of doing business.” - RWG Runner-up, Green Company: Structured Green Runner-up, Green Building: Frogmore Lofts

Best New Building

Best Public School

In a town with not so many new buildings worth noting, the Moshe Safdie-designed masterpiece really stands out.

Runner-up: Mansion on Forsyth (technically a new business in an old building)

Best Old Building

As exemplified by our standout intern this year, Kristi Oakes, the quality of student at Savannah Arts Academy remains extremely high — not just academically but in terms of character as well.

Runner-up: Jenkins

Best Private School

Jepson Center

City Hall

Burnished with a new coat of gold leaf, you picked the century-old building on Bay Street over any number of other historic locales.

Runner-up: Massie Heritage Center

Best Local Tour Company

Old Savannah Tours

It’s hard to stand out in a town with so many tourism businesses, but Old Savannah continues to do so in high style.

Runner-up: Oglethorpe Tours

Savannah Arts Academy

Savannah Country Day

Still cranking out the cream of the crop, as they have since 1955.

Runner-up: St. Vincent’s Academy

Best Headmaster/Principal

Sister Helen Marie Buttimer

Running St. Vincent’s Academy downtown since 1994 with a blend of compassion and discipline, Sister Helen Marie is one of the area’s most highly regarded educators.

Runner-up: Jane Tyler

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Best Bachelor John Bressler and Best Bachelorette Clary Bosbyshell

Best Bachelorette

Clary Bosbyshell

This year’s most eligible bachelorette, Clary Bosbyshell, is a relative newcomer to Savannah. The 23-year-old Atlanta native arrived in town about a year ago after earning an Art History degree from the University of Georgia.

“I have a love of fashion and fashion merchandising,” says Bosbyshell. “I came here to work at Bleu Belle for Heather. I thought it would be a great way to learn the business.”

In her free time, Bosbyshell can be found at the gym, at the Tenth Street beach on Tybee, or wining and dining at Local Eleven 10, Bacchus Wine Bar, or A Vida.

She’s a member of the Telfair’s William Jay Society—“The Telfair’s Black and White Bash, that was fun.”

Her take on Savannah’s dating scene? “I moved from Buckhead where everyone is single, single, single,” she says. “Down here I thought, ‘where are all the single people?’ I think it’s hard.”

“Clary knows so many people in Savannah from UGA, and a bunch of her mom’s sorority sisters live here, but she didn’t know a lot of the younger crowd,” says friend and co-worker Mitchell Hall. “Her customers are all women, so she’s met hundreds and hundreds of girls in Savannah but not many men.”

Bosbyshell is cautiously optimistic about her new friendship with a man she met last month, although so far she says it’s “not serious.” ‑ RWG Runner-up: Krista Ray

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Savannah’s most eligible bachelor for 2008 spends about 90 hours a week in a downtown drinking establishment. The 44-year-old entrepreneur opened John’s and Friends Bar four months ago, in the City Market space once occupied

by Savannah Blues, and since opening, he’s been there nearly every waking hour except Sundays.

“I’ve been so busy with the bar that I’m not doing what I like to do for fun,” says Bressler.

Despite the demanding hours, this downtown resident finds time for a daily run or workout at the Downtown Athletic Club, an occasional day at the beach, late night meals at Sushi Zen, and “Sunday Fun Day” with co-workers and friends, sharing cocktails at The Warehouse on River Street or at Mercury Lounge.

Bressler moved to the area in the 1970’s and attended college at Armstrong.

After serving in the Marine Corps he moved back to Savannah in 1990 to pursue a sales career. Bressler got into the bar business five years ago.

Newly single this year, this father of two is “pretty shocked” to be voted Savannah’s best catch. He’s hoping to meet someone who is “mature with the way they handle life, and someone extremely secure with themselves and not a jealous type, because obviously in the bar business we see a lot of interesting things.”

“He has a ton of energy and he’s super friendly, I don’t think there’s anybody he doesn’t talk to,” says Pattie Quattlebaum, a bartender at John’s and Friends.

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The Rev. Cam Huxford of Savannah Christian Church; Piccolo

Best Street Character

Piccolo

For decades, countless locals and visitors alike have encountered the gregarious, stoop-shouldered man known as “Piccolo�. He can often be found in the daytime standing near the courthouse on Montgomery Street, and at night in the City Market area and throughout the so-called entertainment zone.

Soft-spoken and at times difficult to understand, his weathered face and shuffling gait are as much a part of the Historic District’s landscape as City Hall. Most who have met Piccolo are likely not aware of the great contributions this humble man (born John Saxton Pearce) made to this city, state and country during the formative years of the American Civil Rights Movement. “Piccolo was what we like to call a dedicated soldier in that cause,� says Richard Shinhoster, 1st Vice President of the Savannah Chapter of the NAACP. “He wasn’t involved in leadership, but was known for carrying out whatever responsibility he was given. He would show up where others would not. We consider him one of the unsung heroes of the movement.� - JR Runner-up: “Stop the Lie� guy (Charles Moody) Best Priest, Preacher or Rabbi

Father Patrick O’Brien

With his distinctive Irish brogue and sensitive yet no-nonsense manner, Father O’Brien is not only pastor of St. Peter the Apostle, he is a police chaplain as well.

Runner-up: John Connell, Calvary Baptist

Best Church

Savannah Christian Church

So-called “mega-churches� seem to get a lot of bad press, but here’s the thing: They’re usually “mega� for a good reason. Pastor Cam Huxford shepherds his flock on the southside with grace and aplomb, offering a full calendar that’s enlivened by frequent dramatic productions, usually seasonal, such as The Journey and the upcoming Miracle Worker.

Runner-up: Calvary Baptist

Best Greenspace

Forsyth

An awesome greenspace before that word was even invented.

Runner-up: Daffin Park

Best Neighborhood and Most Underrated Neighborhood

Ardsley Park

As downtown has become too pricey for all but the very affluent, once old-money Ardsley is becoming popular with a diverse group of folks. OK, so there’s still gobs of old money there, but still.

Runner-up, Best Neighborhood: Downtown Runner-up, Most Underrated: Baldwin Park

Most Overrated Neighborhood

The Landings

That said, Skidaway Island is truly one of our most underrated scenic spots.

Runner-up: Ardsley Park

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As Alderman for Savannah’s Sixth District, Tony Thomas serves as “the sounding board for the district,� he says. “My job is to relay their concerns and issues to City Hall.�

Thomas, now 42, took office in January, 2000 and this year began his third four-year term on Savannah City Council.

An energetic and visible presence in Southside Savannah, Thomas gathers input from citizens everywhere he goes--meeting with neighborhood activists, assisting neighborhoods in starting their own associations, and building coalitions in the community and with other elected officials. “I advocate for issues they feel are important and work to bring the capital projects back to the district, like recreational opportunities, drainage, landscape improvements and roads.�

But mostly, his job is to listen. “Being an alderman, you get stopped at the gas pump, at convenience stores, the grocery store,� he says. “You never go anywhere that people don’t tell you about what’s going on. Surprisingly it’s a lot of good stuff. They tell you the other stuff too, and you would never know if you don’t listen.� “Tony is a very bright young man with a high level of energy,� says David Gellatly, Sixth District Chatham County Commissioner, whose county district largely overlaps Thomas’s. “He really cares about his constituents. There’s nothing phony about him. He’s very knowledgeable. Personally I’d like to see him run for mayor sometime.�

The greatest challenge as an alderman is the time factor, says Thomas. “Very few people can have a full time career and serve in public office. You have to work every day, as many hours as you’d work on a full time job. If you have children and a family and a job you can overextend yourself very easily. For me, I’ve replaced the wife and family with the

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The rewards? “The simple thanks from a person that didn’t have anywhere else to turn,� says Thomas. “You were able to help them out in some small way. Giving people the strength to ask the right question and go in the right direction.� - RWG Runner-up: Larry Stuber continues on page 20

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Best Local Activist

Tom Kohler

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Tom Kohler of Chatham Savannah Citizen Advocacy

Best County Commissioner

Pete Liakakis

If you are in half as good a shape in your ‘70s as Pete is, you’ll be doing pretty good. Heck, a lot of us are in worse shape half his age. He’s up for reelection this year, people, just sayin’.

Runner-up: Helen Stone

Best School Board Member

Joe Buck

This longtime Armstrong veteran shows grace under pressure in his challenging new position.

Runner-up: Greg Sapp

Ask Tom Kohler what an activist is and you’ll get a multi-layered response.

“Someone who tries not to be indifferent to everything,” says Kohler. “An activist continues to be willing to ask questions about what is and isn’t happening around them, and to take action. Someone who both appreciates and encourages other people. It is rarely something that a person does by themselves.”

Kohler, 56, Connect’s Best Activist for 2008, says his first activist experience was “growing my hair out the day I left high school. Feeling I was connecting to the antiwar movement and the youth culture.” The lifelong Savannahian is a graduate of Jenkins High School and Armstrong State College (now Armstrong Atlantic State University).

His activism roles have included leading the Savannah Arts Academy’s parent association and spearheading a1990’s movement of Charles Ellis School parents, persuading the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System to keep the doors open of the historic school building in Ardsley Park.

Other projects range from organizing the Jim Collins Bar Alumni Association, which gathered for several years to support the now-closed downtown watering hole; to assisting Jane Fishman in coordinating a twice-yearly community plant swap on Boundary Street; to sponsorship earlier this month of a local screening of the Bob Dylan bio-pic I’m Not There by the Psychotronic Film Society. Kohler calls that effort “extremely small-scale cultural philanthropy.”

“Tom has been active in preserving the idea of indigenous wisdom,” says Superior Court Judge Louisa Abbot, who’s known Kohler for 18 years. “He set up interviews with Judge Gadsden and Judge Cheatham relating to civil rights events, preserving the history of the African American community. He’s led the effort to photograph all the crabhouse art and barbershop art” referring to Kohler’s unofficial role as curator of hand-painted African American advertising signs over the past 15 years.

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lives with people who are nudged to the margins of society because of disability. Under Kohler’s leadership, Chatham Savannah Citizen Advocacy has introduced hundreds of people, resulting in many long-term partnerships. Some matches have continued for decades.

“Tom has an engaging, forceful personality,” says Abbot, board chair for Citizen Advocacy. “Or maybe it is forcefully engaging. He’s powerful in his manner and yet he’s not intimidating. It’s a pretty unusual combination. A lot of times people who are passionate can put you off and yet he draws people in.” - RWG Runner-up: Joe Driggers

Best Local Scandal

Loco’s vs. Van Johnson

Alderman Johnson’s seemingly one-man crusade to clarify the rules regarding entertainment and cover charges in local restaurants consumed a lot of media oxygen (too much media oxygen?) for weeks and made the phrase “Lemon Pepper Wings” an all-purpose punchline around town.

Runner-up: Ben Crystal for Congress

Best Emergency Medical Technician

Best Charitable Organization

Cindy Gore

From its base on beautiful Monterey Square, this perennial winner continues to facilitate good work for the community.

Runner-up: Red Cross

Best Local Conservative and Best Local Legislator

Best Cop

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Jack Kingston

This longtime First District congressman was the toast of YouTube for going on Bill Maher’s show and ripping Barack Obama for not wearing a flag lapel pin — while himself not wearing a flag lapel pin! But to his credit, Jack, ever the good sport, had a laugh along with everyone else.

Runner-up, Best Conservative: Eric Johnson Runner-up, Best Legislator: Regina Thomas

Best Local Liberal

Donna Antonucci

This popular St. Vincent’s teacher is a repeat winner in this category.

Runner-up: Joe Steffen

We added the EMT category this year due to public demand, and this SCAD grad is your inaugural winner.

Runner-up: Mark Bednarz

Joey Warenzak

A veteran of SCMPD since 1990, APO (Advanced Police Officer) John “Joey” Warenzak is currently working at the new Islands Precinct as a patrol officer.

Runner-up: Roy Harris

Best Firefighter

Capt. Holt Coursey

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During Coursey’s 17 years in that unit he won an award for valor, leading the rescue of a construction worker who was trapped in a crumbling portion of the Trustees Garden during its renovation. “We had to have him out in forty minutes or less before the second collapse,” says Coursey, working alongside the doctor who amputated the worker’s arm on site.

At the Port Wentworth Imperial Sugar fire in February this year, Coursey and his team relieved the initial firefighters.

“The guys there initially did most of it,” says Coursey. “The next day we were putting out spot fires and catching fires inside. We made recovery of one body” based on reports of where people had been at the time of the explosion. “That was a group effort, everybody was working as a team.”

Fighting fires is a family affair for Coursey, with two uncles, two sons-in-law, and one son in the field. Challenges of the work include injuries (“I’ve fallen down an elevator shaft, I’ve had third degree burns”) and the strain on family members.

“You are with the fire department more than with your own family. I’ve been married over 36 years. The wives have to get used to the husband being gone every third day for a full 24 hours, and then just putting up with the mentality of the firefighter.”

Coursey describes life at the fire station as “a house with a fire engine in it. We live here. We have our own beds, a refrigerator, a kitchen. We’ve got some of the best cooks in the world. After five or six we’ll watch TV, movies together.”

The rewards? “I guess it’s corny but saving property, saving somebody’s life,” says Coursey. “It’s all worth it. And, dealing with the people in the fire service. We’ve got some of the best people in the world, they put themselves on the line to help people.

“I seriously doubt I am the best firefighter in Savannah,” he says, “but if you are called a firefighter by the other firefighters, that is what counts.” - RWG Runner-up: Jimmy Cooler

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Best Judge

Louisa Abbot

When informed that our readers had named her “Best Judge”, the Honorable Louisa Abbot was quick to note that she felt more than a bit uncomfortable with the whole notion of being —as she put it— “in competition with other Judges for anything.” That’s a valid point.

While the entire idea of creating such a category is to give our readers a chance to voce their admiration or appreciation for someone in that position whom they feel is doing an exemplary job, Judge Abbot’s position that to view her role —and those of her fellow adjudicators— in such a way borders on trivializing the sanctity of the law actually speaks volumes about the way she carries herself and her authority.

In fact, it’s that very sense of dedication and solemnity which likely led to this award. When asked for a comment for publication, Judge Abbot initially declined, but ultimately offered this statement: “While I am glad to know some people feel I am doing a good job, I certainly do not consider myself the ‘Best Judge’ in Savannah. There are far too many outstanding Judges in this community who’ve been valued public servants for many years, and I can only aspire to someday possess the wisdom they have displayed.”

- JR Runner-up: Tammy Stokes

Best CAT Driver

Joyce Lee

This Chatham Area Transit veteran makes your bus ride a pleasure.

Runner-up: Vincent Fuller

Best Local Newspaper Columnist

Bill Dawers

Savannah Morning News For the past eight years, Dawers has played an invaluable role in chronicling the ebb and flow of certain segments of the local small business community, as well as its arts and entertainment scenes.

He’s also occasionally been a driving force in shaping the public discourse on a wide range of water-cooler topics such as the true state of the area real estate market and the Historic District’s parking woes.

Originally penning a weekly column on downtown cultural events for the earliest incarnation of Connect Savannah, he soon found a home for his opinions and observations on an increasingly wide-range of subject matter at the Savannah Morning News, where his weekly musings and profiles run under the heading “City Talk”.

“It’s become rather amorphous, and I think folks like not being able to predict just what I’ll focus on,” says Dawers. “I consider anything related to public life in Savannah fair game. One week you’ll have news of a brand-new restaurant and the next you’ll have something about taxes.”

As for this award, Dawers adds, “I’m very pleased. It’s nice to know people are reading my work and seem to enjoy it. I know that may seem a boring response, but I sincerely mean it!” - JR Runner-up: Tom Barton

Best Local Website

Savannahnow.com

“Data Central” is a nice new touch.

Runner-up: Connectsavannah.com

Best Local Blogger

Scott Larson

Scott’s popular “City Unfiltered” blog at www.savannahnow.com/unfiltered is a snarky mix of innuendo, gossip, and honest-to-goodness policy education. At some point he’s going to have to name more names, however. Just sayin’.

Best Local Anchor

Sonny Dixon

A former politico turned newsman, WTOC’s Dixon still enjoys the limelight.

Runner-up: Kim Gusby

Pat Prokop

The Sunday morning of the recent tornadoes, Pat was on WTOC most of the day keeping everyone informed, a calming and rational presence in a media world overrun with hysterical dunces.

Runner-up: Dave Turley

Best TV Sports Anchor

Rick Snow

Best Lawyer

25+ years courtroom experience in: Personal Injury, Workers Comp, Social Security, Cycling Law & Government Relations

No one else but this WTOC stalwart makes high school sports seem so relevant.

Runner-up: Big Frank

Best Local Talk Radio Station

WTKS 1290 AM

Bill Edwards is the local face -- uh, voice -- of the home of Rush Limbaugh and Neal Boortz, among others.

Runner-up: WBMQ

Best Local Radio Personalities

Dixon & Dooley

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Runner-up: Jerry Rogers

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Q105.3

Longtime winners in this category, Jerry Rogers & Co. are back on top after a rare loss last year.

Runner-up: Kix 96

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Rocky Horror by Cardinal Rep

Actually the company was known as Savannah Actors Theatre when they did this popular audience-participation kitsch classic. Artistic Director Ryan McCurdy gave us some fun facts from this groundbreaking show from the growing troupe: • Some audience participation props had to be confiscated from patron’s bags. Among the things removed were entire toilet paper rolls, a Richard Nixon Halloween mask, and foot-long wax candles.

• To make sure the look of the show was unique, no costumes or set pieces were rented from the national provider. The costume design team designed every costume (38 of them for the 21-member cast) from scratch, and Badger Rental Services was contracted to supply the scaffolding for the large towers.

• More than one attendee arrived thinking they were going to see Little Shop of Horrors (one made it to intermission under this mistaken impression, wondering when the giant plant was going to enter). Some people called asking for tickets to either “The Rocky Mountain Horror Show” or “Rocky Mountain High.”

• This was the first Cardinal Rep show that featured a cast made up equally of college and community talent, thereby achieving one of the company’s goals. - JM Runner-up: Return to the ‘50s at Historic Savannah Theatre

Best Local Spoken Word Artists

AWOL

Tony and Davena Jordan continue to spread the word, literally, throughout Savannah’s arts community.

Runner-up: Spitfire

Best Local Hip Hop/Rap Artists

DOPE Sandwich

This popular, relatively new group repeats in this category.

Runner-up: Mr. Meezy

Best Local Electronic Artist

Unsolved Mysteries

Ask Jon Linn, the young songwriter and musician behind Savannah’s most buzzedabout synth-based pop band Unsolved Mysteries, how it feels to be named 2008’s Best Local Electronic Artist, and you’ll get a decidedly unself-conscious reply.

“Holy shit! I’m very excited. That’s very cool!” (Wouldn’t it be funny if all the winners had that same reaction?)

Although the vast majority of our readers likely have no idea who he or his band is, or even pay attention to the type of music they write, record and perform live, those who keep up with that scene see Linn and Co. (including backup singing synth player and beat programmer Adam Burdette and backup singing keyboardist Jessica Collero) as one of the most intriguing and commercially viable groups of their kind to ever emerge from our town.

Although live UM gigs have been few and far between of late (a planned tour from Fl. to NYC was scrapped at the last minute and a regular, pre-dance party Thursday night gig at The Jinx fizzled after a couple of installments), that hasn’t stopped the group from selling close to 100 copies of their homemade, hand-burned and custom-painted CDs at Marc Jacobs clothing stores around the country.

That may not seem like a lot, but when one considers that pricey chain only stocks a handful of titles by über-hip artists (like Sonic Youth), and rarely —if ever— features unsigned acts with no national profile to speak of, it’s rather impressive. Linn is currently working on the follow up to that hooky, new-wave-inspired debut, which Marc Jacobs has already offered to stock as well. Learn more at: myspace.com/unsolvedmysteries. - JR Best Local Club DJ

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Some of the cast of Cardinal Rep’s recent Rocky Horror show

Best All Around Local Musician

Tim Burke

“Absolutely surprised,” is how this versatile player and songwriter described his reaction to news of this accolade. Those who pay close attention to local music in bars, restaurants and private shows throughout our area likely won’t be nearly as shocked.

A facile bassist, guitarist and occasional fiddler (“I say ‘violence’ as opposed to ‘violinist’,” he deadpans), Burke’s one of the most in-demand “go-to” guys in a town filled with experienced pickers and singers. He can step up to the plate —often on short notice— and keep a live gig from falling apart.

That’s endeared him to most of the serious country, bluegrass, blues, and Southern rock artists around. At present, Burke can be found singing and playing on a regular basis in the following groups: The Double Diamond Band (bluegrass), The Navigators (electric, Texas-style blues), Hazard County (Southern rock and country), The Chuck Courtenay Band (country and honky-tonk), The Tybee Mountain Boys (bluegrass) and The Denny Philips Band (pop, rock and soul covers).

He also hosts a bi-weekly songwriter showcase at Shamrocks on Wilmington Isl. and just released a CD of his original material. Of this award, Burke says, “I guess it means whatever I’ve been doing for the last 25 years, I’ve been doing something right.” - JR Runner-up: Ben Tucker

Best Local Blues Artist

Eric Culberson

One of Savannah’s best-regarded musicians recently played a gig with Sean Costello at the Savannah Music Festival, a few days before the Atlanta artist tragically died.

Best Local Jazz Artist

Ben Tucker

Mick Jagger ain’t got nothin’ on Mr. Tucker, a legend who is still swinging strong at 75.

Runner-up: Silver Lining

Nickel Bag of Funk

Dance-oriented, female-fronted soul/R & B combo with strong, gospel-influenced vocals.

Runner-up: Permanent Tourists

Best Local Rock Band

Liquid Ginger

Closing in on their tenth year together as a band, Liquid Ginger is still in high regional and local demand.

Runner-up: Turtle Folk

Best Local Southern Rock Band

Whiskey Dick

Tony Beasley is perhaps best known as a highly visible and memorable bartender at local punk, metal, alt.country and indie-rock venue The Jinx. Tall, stout and pony tailed, with a longish beard, a utilitarian wardrobe and a steely flint in his eye, he cuts a rather imposing figure.

He’s also known by many as a laid-back and good-natured singer/songwriter who occasionally performs sparse acoustic guitar ballads locally under his own name, but just as often (if not more so) gigs and tours as Whiskey Dick. Under that pseudonym, he specializes in laconically delivered outlaw country peppered with ribald language.

Whiskey Dick also does double duty as the name of his road band, which has in the past featured not only various members of the local punk and metal scenes, but the seemingly omnipresent multi-instrumentalist Joe Nelson. They’ve opened for legendary C & W tunesmith (and famously whacked-out) David Allan Coe, and Beasley says that he and the group —along with some additional guest players— will soon cut a full studio album of original material with Kylesa’s Phillip Cope acting as producer.

As for his first-ever win in this category, Beasley says, “It’s about damn time!” Learn more at: myspace.com/thewhiskeydick. - JR Runner-up: Jason Courtney

Best Local Vocalist

Roger Moss

Raised in Tennessee, this classically-trained singer and actor has enjoyed a high profile in our area for some time now. Within weeks of relocating to Savannah for work, he had auditioned for the Savannah Symphony and was quickly offered a recurring slot as one of their guest soloists. That led to him entering the famed American Traditions vocal competition (now part of the Savannah Music Festival), where he’d eventually make it to the semi-finals.

He auditioned and was accepted to take part in the first-ever Cabaret Workshop with the legendary diva Andrea Marcovicci, and also nabbed a major role in the Memphis Opera’s production of Porgy and Bess, which he describes as “a dream since childhood.”

Moss claims the distinction of being one of the few black actors cast in principal roles in two Neil Simon plays (Proposals and The Odd Couple). When not privately tutoring up-and-coming vocalists and helping them prep for high-profile auditions —including American Idol’s Stephanie Edwards and Chelsea from TV’s Making The Band— he regularly performs an eclectic mix of American Standards and jazzy interpretations of pop and show tunes with The Roger Moss Quintet. He also helped found and directs The Savannah Children’s Choir, which he calls his “proudest moment.”

Says Moss, “I cannot tell you how grateful I am to receive this honor in my adopted hometown.” Learn more at: newartsensembles.com. - JR Runner-up: Kim Polote

Best Local Classical Musician

Ricardo Ochoa

A nice guy as well as a talented and well-rounded musician, Ochoa’s main ax is a violin, but he’s been known to tear up a theremin as well.

Runner-up: Margo Ames

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Best Gallery Show of 2007

Loop Link & Tangle at Dimensions Gallery

Cryselle Stewart opened the Dimensions Art Gallery to showcase the work of emerging artists.

“When I was a student, there were many times I tried to display my work,” Stewart says. “I found that most galleries are open only to showing more established artists.

“I had go all the way to New York to get myself established,” she says. “A lot of galleries there are looking for new talent.”

It’s important to pay attention to the work of emerging artists, Stewart says. “After the established artists are all gone, who’s going to come up next?” she asks.

“That’s my goal for Savannah, to help artists,” Stewart says. “Catch them while they’re in school and display their work properly.”

When a fibers show by Savannah College of Art and Design students was suggested to Stewart, she knew it would be good. “It was such a good idea, illustration, painting and design wanted be part of it, too,” she says.

The result was a juried show with the best work by SCAD seniors in fiber, fashion, painting and illustration. In all, 13 students participated in the exhibition, which went up last October.

Visitors to the gallery loved the show. “There was stuff on the walls, the ceiling, the columns that hold up the building, the ledges -- everywhere they could find a space, they put work up,” Stewart says. “It was the most creatively designed show I’ve ever seen.

I think it was the best attended show, as well.” - LS Runner-up: Marcus Kenney at Jepson

Best Visual Arts Gallery

Chroma Gallery

In the City Market area, Lori Keith Robinson’s and Jan Clayton Pagratis’s gallery expertly treads that fine line between cutting-edge and more commercial art.

Runner-up: Jepson Center

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Best Orchestra

Savannah Sinfonietta

Founded in Spring 2006 under the leadership of Bill Keith, the Sinfonietta has grown from a group of just two dozen professional musicians floundering after the 2003 demise of the old Savannah Symphony into what is arguably the most prominent and viable local classical group of its size and scope.

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Repeat winner for Best Director, D.J. Queenan at last year’s awards party

was the case in the past), and drawing from a pool of talented regional players, the Savannah Sinfonietta has proven itself both versatile and consistent. This was perhaps never more evident than when they recently joined forces with the Savannah Choral Society for a daunting production of Verdi’s opera La Traviata.

The group is currently mulling over a proposed name change to the Savannah Orchestra, as further evidence of its commitment to the future. Learn more at: savannahorchestra.org. - JR Runner-up: SkyLite Jazz Band Best Museum

Jepson Center for the Arts

Designed by Moshe Safdie, the Jepson opened two years ago in March, says Kristin Boylston, director of marketing and public relations. “It’s connected to the same organization as the Telfair Academy and the Owens-Thomas House,” she says.

In addition to its modern art and its kid’s area, the Artzeum, the Jepson presents rotating exhibitions and hosts several community events. “When we opened, this building allowed us the ability to expand those programs,” Boylston says. “It’s really given us a lot of freedom to do educational programs. The atrium, as large as it is, serves as a meeting place, a community center, a place embedded in the community.”

The Jepson even has its own cafe, and it isn’t necessary to pay admission to the museum to eat there. There also is a museum gift shop.

“What’s nice about it is that people can shop there for free. They don’t have to pay admission. It’s accessible to all -- members, non-members, tourists,” Boylston says.

Lisa Ocampo is the director of retail at the Jepson gift shop. “We have a great variety of books,” she says. “Most museum stores are book-driven. We have beautiful jewelry. A lot of it is one-of-a-kind, from regional and national artists.”

Ocampo currently is expanding the shop’s line of environmentally friendly products. “We have green products made of recycled beer and soda can tops,” she says.

“They are crocheted and made into beautiful, elegant bags called Escama, which means ‘fish scales,’ from Brazil.

“There’s a candy-wrapper bag that also is a very hot seller,” Ocampo says. “Our art glass kisses are our number one best-seller.”

The shop attracts more tourists than locals, but once locals visit, they return. “Our downtowners realize they can shop and not do the whole museum thing,” Ocampo says. “They can come for lunch and shop, which is what want them to do. - LS Runner-up, Museum Ft. Pulaski Runner-up, Gift Shop: Owens Thomas House

Best Live Concert of 2007

Elton John

So you picked a concert that happened not in 2007 but in March 2008, when voting for this year’s Best of Savannah issue had just begun. In any case, The Rocket Man was impressive, playing a nearly three-hour one-man show without intermission.

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Best Local Actor/Actress

Sheldon Pinckney

A longtime member of the pro company at Historic Savannah Theatre. Their current show is Return to the ‘50s.

Runner-up: Ryan McCurdy

Best Local Author

William Harris Jr.

A regular winner in this category, Harris has just released his version of the fabled local legend about the “Tybee Bomb,” Wassaw Sound.

Runner-up: James Caskey

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He begins teaching theatre at Savannah Country Day in the fall, but as the director of the City of Savannah’s productions, Queenan has breathed new life into the local theatre scene by combining professionalism with positive reinforcement.

Runner-up: Kellie Miley

Best Movie Theatre

Carmike

A regular winner in this category, Carmike offers a moviegoing experience a step above the typical multiplex.

Runner-up: Victory Square 9

Best Indie Film Venue

Sentient Bean

Whether it’s the regular Wednesday night Psychotronic Film Series or one-off political docs, the Bean is the place to go for socially relevant film as well as kitsch.

Runner-up: Lucas

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This year’s edition of the Festival shattered all previous sales and revenue records for the event, with an estimated local impact of at least $25 million. In all, revenue was up ten percent, and ticket sales were up 16 percent.

Perhaps most importantly in the big economic picture, however, was the fact that hotel rooms used by visitors were up a whopping 24 percent over 2007’s Festival.

Runner-up, Cultural Event: Picnic in the Park Runner-up, Not St. Patrick’s Day: Savannah Film Festival

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Best Overall Restaurant, Best Wait Staff, Best Restaurant When Someone Else is Paying 105 E. 37th St./ 236-5547 Nestled in an old Southern mansion with its own herb garden out front, Elizabeth on 37th is definitely a special-occasions restaurant.

Reservations are taken up to three months in advance, and office manager Morgen Schaff recommends booking early. “People celebrate quite a few birthdays and anniversaries here,” she says. “We usually recommend people book a couple of weeks in advance to get a certain date.”

Founded in 1981 by Chef Elizabeth Terry and her husband Michael, the restaurant was purchased by brothers Greg and Gary The award-winning wait staff of Elizabeth on 37th, on the balcony Butch in 1998. They were long-time employees who decided to take over the restaurant when the Terrys retired.

Many diners feel Elizabeth on 37th is one of the most romantic kitchen,” Schaff says. restaurants in Savannah. “We’re in an old mansion, so the atmosphere of the restaurant “We do have some signature dishes,” she says. “One is the Coastal Grouper Celeste. It is very intimate,” Schaff says. “We have four small dining rooms with hardwood floors, has a sesame and almond crust with peanut sauce. Another favorite is the pork tenderoriental rugs and fireplaces in every room.” loin, made with a honey and ginger marinade and served with Maytag blue cheese cream Elizabeth on 37th has been given many awards, and is popular with tourists, as well sauce.” -- LS as locals. “We have a great relationship with our concierges at the hotels in the historic district,” Schaff says.

Runner-up, Overall: Garibaldi’s “We’re seasonal,” she says. “Our busy season is in the spring and fall when the tourists Runner-up, Wait Staff: Il Pasticcio are here and the weather is nice.”

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Best New Restaurant

Local 11 Ten

1110 Bull St./790-9000 Seemingly from the moment in fall 2005 that this chic fine dining establishment opened in a beautifully (and ingeniously) renovated historic Bull Street bank building just off Forsyth Park, it became known as the place to eat and to be seen.

Based around the notion of creating a sophisticated and upscale menu that drew from traditional Southern roots cooking —and which utilized local products whenever possible— Local 11 Ten (a name which both includes the eatery’s actual address, 1110 Bull St., and subtly references the fact that it’s located in the same massive yellow brick structure as American Legion Post 135) it’s busy most nights, drawing a steady stream of sharply dressed twenty, thirty and forty-somethings —as well as refined seniors— to its indoor and outdoor tables.

They offer full bar service in addition to their seasonally-specific fare (which has been known to include Sapelo Island clams, soft-shell crabs from the Georgia coast and figs and other fruits grown only blocks away from the kitchen). The recipes themselves draw on elements of both French and Italian cuisine, and it’s the only restaurant in Savannah that boasts its very own vault. Learn more at: local11ten.com. - JR Runner-up: Blowin’ Smoke Best Chef

Matt Cohen

102 W. Congress St Savannah, GA (912) 233-2600 www.ladyandsons.com

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New South Cafe 2601 Skidaway Rd./233-7558 Coffee Encrusted Tenderloin of Beef. Truffle Injected Chilean Sea Bass Pappllote.

Cast-Iron Skillet Blackened Red Fish with a Coconut-Leek Risotto and a Blood Orange Reduction.

Tuesday through Saturday, Savannah’s Best Chef Matt Cohen collaborates with his longtime friend and business partner Chef Scott Gordon to fulfill these culinary fantasies at the New South Café, their award-winning Eastside restaurant.

“I really have to tell you, I am not the chef of the year by myself,” says Cohen.

“Without Scott I wouldn’t be here. He is the chef who created all the presentations of the dishes that we’ve come up with.”

Cohen, a native Savannahian, puts the “south” into the New South Café. He and Gordon, raised in Philadelphia and New Jersey, met in New York as roommates at the Culinary Institute of America 18 years ago.

After going their separate ways they reunited in 2005 to open New South Café in a storefront on Skidaway Road, offering lunch, dinner, and catering. Late last year they launched the Express Kitchen, serving weekday meals for folks on a tight schedule.

Ron Higgins, CEO of Savannah Movie Tours, features New South Café on his Foody Tour.

“We go to seven places. They are stop number three,” says Higgins. He cites “the presentation, the ingredients, the dishes, and Matt and Scott” that make New South a stop worthy of his tour.

Higgins’s favorite New South offerings? “Sushi grade yellow fin tuna, as a tuna burger or as sashimi. The sour cherry flounder. The Vidalia onion soup, prepared like French onion soup.”

Higgins and the readers of Connect are not the only fans of Cohen and Gordon’s work. Earlier this month New South Café received the 2008 Small Business of the Year award from the Small Business Chamber of Commerce. - RWG Runner-up: Matt Rohen (ChaBella) Best Downtown Restaurant

Sapphire Grill

110 W. Congress St./443-9962 A little bit of Manhattan (or is it Milan?) near City Market, Sapphire Grill combines big-city cool with an adventurous take on Lowcountry cuisine.

Runner-up: Vic’s on the River

Best Southside Restaurant

Chef Matt & Chef Scott

2601 Skidaway Rd Savannah (912) 233-7558 www.thenewsouthcafe.com

Tangerine Fusion and Sushi Bar

11215 Abercorn St./920-5504 The owners of the popular King & I Thai place bring you their hip take on Asian fusion.

Runner-up: Spanky’s

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Best Chef Matt Cohen; at right, another satisifed Jalapeno’s customer

Best Mexican, Best Cheap Meal

Jalapenos

Several Locations My young daughter has a ritual at the always-busy Whitemarsh location of this popular local chain. She orders nachos with chicken and lettuce, queso on the side.

She loads up a tortilla chip with chicken and lettuce, then takes another chip — often one from the basket that greets you, with salsa, within seconds of sitting down — and dips it in the queso sauce. Intense look in her eye, she then drips the queso all over the loaded chip, and eats both chips. She’s tried all the nachos at all the other Mexican places in town, but swears by Jalapeno’s. - JM Runner-up, Best Mexican: Carlito’s Runner-up, Best Cheap Meal: Taco Bell Best Pub Food

Six Pence Pub

245 Bull St./233-3151 Just look for the big red phone booth out front.

Runner-up: Churchill’s

Best Westside Restaurant

Cheddar’s Casual Cafe

Benton Blvd., Pooler This franchise chain just opened and is already getting rave reviews.

Runner-up: Applebees Best Italian

Bella’s

4420 Habersham St./354-4005 One of the most perennially popular and consistent neighborhood restaurants in all of Savannah, Bella’s has been a reliable stop for both casual and business lunches and moderately upscale dinners for a decade and a half.

Located one mile north of Derenne near both the Red & White Grocery and Habersham Beverage Warehouse, the business expanded about six years ago, effectively doubling its seating capacity. That made it easier for folks to get in on weekend nights, as it was not uncommon back in the day to find long lines waiting for tables to open up. The menu focuses on bountiful pasta dishes and gourmet pizzas, as well as chicken, turkey, veal, steak and seafood specials.

They’re also somewhat famous for their homemade house salad dressing and sinfully good fried breadsticks. Manager Chase Townsend says owners Joyce and Jim Shanks have made a concerted effort to keep their menu consistent over the years, and it has won them a legion of diehard repeat customers, most of which live nearby.

“We want people to know what to expect when they come,” he says. “We also pride ourselves on versatility. Our atmosphere is relaxed, but we’re serious about the food.” Learn more at bellascafe.com. - JR Runner-up: Il Pasticcio

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Best Tapas

Jazz’d

52 Barnard St./236-7777 The tapas here bring a whole new attitude to finger food.

Runner-up: Tapas (City Market)

Best Islands Restaurant

Barbara Jeans

138 Johnny Mercer Blvd./898-4424 Casual atmosphere and a tasty emphasis on seafood make this Wilmington spot continually popular.

Runner-up: Jalapenos

Best Tybee Restaurant

North Beach Grill

41 Meddin Dr./786-9003 George Spriggs, who has recently reopened Georges’, continues to serve up tasty Caribbean fare at this favorite north end spot.

Runner-up: A.J. ‘s

Best Breakfast and Best Brunch

J. Christopher’s

122 E. Liberty St./236-7494 Open for breakfast and lunch, the Savannah branch (a renovated downtown garage in the shadow of the Drayton Tower) of this regional chain offers a wide-ranging menu that’s heavy on traditional staples such as pancakes, eggs, soups, salads and sandwiches — but which also boasts some quirky signature dishes and culinary twists as well.

Its close proximity to both the cathedral of St. John The Baptist (among other houses of worship) as well as many SCAD buildings and dorms and scores of bars and nightclubs has made J. Christopher’s popular with both the church and hangover crowds — which in the South are not always mutually exclusive. - JR

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North Beach Grill, Best Tybee Restaurant

Runner-up, Best Breakfast: Clary’s Runner-up, Best Brunch: Firefly Cafe Best Family Restaurant

Carey Hilliard’s

Several locations Sweet tea, BBQ, fried fish and Brunswick stew -- lordie!

Runner-up: Chili’s

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Best Desserts

13 E. Broughton St. • 231-0986

Lulu’s

42 MLK Jr. Blvd./238-2012 This chic, stylish and —most of all— deliciously decadent dessert bar on the corner of MLK, Jr. Blvd. and Congress Sts. (next to Venus Di Milo) celebrates its one-year anniversary this week. Completely unique in our market, it serves a rotating selection of delectable hand-made cakes, tarts, mousses, truffles, brownies and cheesecakes, along with cookies, crème brûlée, fondue and sorbet.

Proprietors Rebecca Freeman and Janine Finn parlayed their friendship and shared passion for both baking and libations into what many feel is the premiere stop for fresh desserts in all of Savannah. In addition to the aforementioned sweets and, Lulu’s is also known for a most impressive selection of imported and domestic beers, fine wines by the glass, and specialty cocktails — including esoteric dessert liqueurs and several signature martinis.

While their dessert selections are made fresh daily, specific flavors and configurations usually change on a weekly basis. Expect to find between 15 to 20 different varieties of sweets and pastries on hand at all times. Says Freeman, “We’re thrilled so many people know about us, but it’s a small town, so we’re still surprised to learn there are locals who don’t know we exist. We couldn’t be any busier on the weekends, and the weekdays are picking up as well.”

If you go, make sure to peruse their fantastic jukebox stocked with out-of-the-ordinary jazz, exotica and indie-rock. Learn more at: luluschocolatebar.net. - JR Runner-up: Back in the Day Best Chinese

Wangs II

7601 Waters Ave./355-0321 This southside institution is one of the longest-running winners in our Best of Savannah competition.

Runner-up: Yummy House

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Best Vietnamese

Saigon Flavors

6604 Waters Ave./352-4182 This modest little place has been one of Savannah’s best-kept secrets for awhile now.

Apparently the secret is out!

Runner-up: Little Saigon

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Homespun Desserts Cupcake Heaven Artisan Breads Espresso Coffee & Tea Lunch Happiness

2403 BULL STREET SAVANNAH GA 31401 912.495.9292

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Best Bakery

Back in the Day

2403 Bull St./495-9292 The bakery has been featured on MSN, AOL, the Food Network and in magazines as diverse as Adorn, Paula Deen, Chocolatier, Southern Living, Vanity Fair and the Boston Globe magazine. Owners Cheryl and Griffith Day are particularly proud of a mention in the New York Times.

“Our motto is ‘slow down and taste the sweet life,’” Cheryl says. “We make everything from scratch. Both my husband and I are self-taught. We learned from our mothers and grandmothers. We use the best ingredients. Nothing is out of a bucket.”

Cheryl says they use artisan-bread baking, which requires a long fermentation. “All of our breads take up to 24 hours to ferment. It’s kind of an old-world method.”

Everything else is done the way grandma might have done it. “We’re American bakers and proud of it,” Cheryl says.

In addition to luscious desserts, the bakery sells breads and serves soup-and-sandwich lunches. “We do a lot of Southern traditional recipes,” Cheryl says. “My grandmother was from the South. I grew up in California, but I learned to bake in the South.”

Because of the publicity it’s received, Back in the Day is now a tourist destination.

Recently, a woman in Los Angeles called to see if she could take food back home on the plane. “She wasn’t even here yet, and she was already planning to take something home,” Cheryl says with a laugh.

Such popularity comes at a price. “We haven’t had a day off in years,” Cheryl says.

“We work 12 to 19-hour days during holidays.” - LS Runner-up: Baker’s Pride

Best Coffeehouse

Sentient Bean

13 E. Park Ave./232-4447 Even though it’s only been open since late 2001, this eclectic Free Trade java outlet and popular vegetarian and organic restaurant has become such an integral part of the local art, culture, political, music and film scenes that it’s actually hard to imagine life in Savannah without it.

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Back in the Day Bakery is gaining a national reputation

Whether serving as a meeting place for local civic activists and spoken word societies (such as the Spitfire Poetry Group and A.W.O.L.), a DIY screening room for littleknown, foreign and cult films (it was again named best Indie Film Venue), or one of the only places in town that regularly presents established and rising acoustic singer/ songwriters as well as jazz combos, bluegrass and Americana acts —and the kind of underground rock bands which don’t fit the more rigid booking policies of other local bars and clubs, The Bean is the closest thing in town to an all-purpose meeting and entertainment place for all ages. - JR Runner-up: Starbucks

Best Japanese

3017 E. Victory Dr./691-2080 This delightful little place in Thunderbolt serves reasonably priced gourmet Thai in a fun and visually appealing environment.

Runner-up: King & I

Best Greek

7805 Abercorn St./355-9800 Sometimes in life you just need to go to a Japanese steakhouse, and that’s all there is to it.

Runner-up: Hirano’s

Best French

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Olympia Cafe

5 E. River St./233-3131 Quite simply, one of River Street’s favorite institutions — an experience made all the more fun because it has the same name as the restaurant in the immortal Belushi/ Aykroyd/Murray “cheeburger” sketch on SNL. Runner-up: Grapevine Best Indian

Taste of India

401 Mall Blvd./356-1020 The popularity of Indian cuisine is on the rise as people realize it doesn’t only taste good — it’s really good for you.

Runner-up: Madras

Best Sushi & Best Late-Night Hangout

Sushi Zen

41 Whitaker St./233-1188 A perennial winner in the sushi category, Sushi Zen is also a great place to get a tasty bite late at night. We’re talking 4 a.m. late.

Runner-up, Best Sushi: Wasabi Runner-up, Late Night: Waffle House

Masato of Japan

1790

225 E. President St./233-1600 Continental cuisine has long been a specialty at one of Savannah’s original fine-dining spots.

Runner-up: 45 South

Best Ice Cream

Leopold’s

212 E. Broughton St./234-4442 Stratton Leopold himself can often be found doling out scoops at this downtown institution.

Runner-up: Cold Stone Best Gourmet Pizza & Best Outdoor Dining

Vinnie Van GoGo’s

317 W. Bryan St./233-6394 What would Savannah be like without Vinnie’s? One of City Market’s original and most popular eating spots is still packin’ ‘em in, local and tourist alike.

Runner-up, Pizza: Mellow Mushroom Runner-up, Outdoor: Crab Shack

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Sticky Fingers

7921 Abercorn St./925-7427 The Rolling Stones’ zealous staff of lawyers might disapprove of the name — same as a classic Stones album — but truth is an absolute defense. And these ribs will make you lick your digits for sure.

Runner-up: Blowin’ Smoke

Best Barbeque

Angel’s Bar BQ

21 W. Oglethorpe Lane/495-0902 This tiny, funky downtown BBQ joint hidden on quiet Oglethorpe Lane between Bull and Whitaker has been open for almost three years, but its odd location and miniscule seating capacity has kept it off the radar of most folks, save those who endlessly search for great examples of “cue”.

Lately, however, its profile has risen tremendously, thanks to raves in numerous Southern and national travel guides —most of which have singled out Angel’s as one of the most unique and colorful local eateries in a town fairly famous for such things. Co-owner Andrew Trice has a fine dining background (and a degree from the California Culinary Academy). He based his menu on Memphis-style pulled pork and sliced beef brisket sandwiches, but throws in a few quirky curve balls, like tangy mustard-based cole slaw, deep-fried bologna sandwiches, and peanutinfused greens which take most Georgians by pleasant surprise.

They’ve just launched their own line of bottled “Screaming Pickle” hot sauce, made in small batches from Andrew’s recipe. Says Trice, “Thanks to your readers for supporting small, local mom-and-pop businesses.” Learn more at angels-bbq. com. - JR Runner-up: Blowin’ Smoke Best Salad

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1 E. Broughton St./233-6044 This Broughton Street hotspot is a great place for a quick and tasty lunch.

Runner-up: Ruby’s

Best Buffet & Best Fried Chicken

Lady & Son’s

102 W. Congress St./233-2600 The tourists tell us it’s all well worth the wait.

Runner-up, Buffet: Asian Buffet Runner-up, Chicken: KFC

Best Place to Buy Local Seafood

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201 E. 40th St./234-5196 The whole restaurant thing may not have worked out quite as smoothly as planned , but Russo’s is certainly where you like to go when you’re going to cook up some fresh seafood at home.

Runner-up: Matthews

Best Seafood Restaurant

Crab Shack

40 Estill Hammock Rd./786-9857 Another perennial winner, the Crab Shack remains one of those Savannah favorites that has strong appeal to locals and tourists.

Runner-up: Love’s

Best Bagels

Panera Bread

1 W. Broughton St./236-0275 8108 Abercorn St./961-0905 With an emphasis on good food delivered quickly, Panera’s two locations in town are ably filling the niche between fast food and gourmet fare.

Runner-up: Midtown Deli

131 W. River St 644-7172

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Best Deli

Midtown Deli & Bagel Shop

7805 Abercorn St./355-8717 This popular spot is a southside favorite.

Runner-up: Precinct Deli

Best Steak and Best Place for a Diehard Meat-eater

Outback Steakhouse

7 Drayton St./232-1611 11196 Abercorn St./920-0555 The wait can get long at both locations, but once you’re tasting their uniquely robust and spicy steaks, you won’t mind.

Runner-up, both: Longhorn

Best Wings

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27 Barnard St./790-9464 Kind of a no-brainer given the name, but the Wild Wing delivers with a wide variety of the tasty snacks, in a fun environment.

Runner-up: Locos

Best Sub Shop

Larry’s Giant Subs

Six locations in the area This popular franchise chain is a definite cut above the usual mass market sub places.

Runner-up: Subway

Best Burger

B&D Burgers

13 E. Broughton St./231-0986 11108 Abercorn St./927-8700 No need to mess with fast-food joints when you can stop in a B&D downtown or on the southside.

Runner-up: Loco’s

Best Pancakes

IHOP

110 Mall Blvd./355-2749 A Savannah institution, IHOP continues to pack ‘em in morning, noon and late night.

Runner-up: Cracker Barrel

Best Vegetarian Restaurant

Ruan Thai

17 W. Broughton St./231-6667 This delightful Broughton spot is another in Savannah’s growing portfolio of really good Asian places.

Runner-up: Firefly Cafe

Most Romantic Restaurant

Il Pasticcio

2 E. Broughton St./231-8888 Savannah’s first truly hip eating spot remains one of the swankiest, sexiest in town.

Runner-up: Pink House

Best Caterer

Susan Mason

3109 Habersham St./233-2560 This local culinary legend recently released a coffeetable book, Susan Mason’s Silver Service: Elegant Savannah Cuisine.

Runner-up: Creative Catering

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Best Overall Bar, Best Downtown Bar & Best College Bar

Hang Fire

37 Whitaker St./443-9956 A comparative newcomer to the downtown scene, Hang Fire has already done what some places take decades to do: Become a true Savannah institution.

Runner-up, Overall: Murphy’s Law Runner-up, Downtown: Wild Wing Cafe Runner-up, College: Loco’s

Best New Bar and Best Wine Selection (Bar or Restaurant)

Bacchus Wine Lounge

102 E. Liberty St. Bacchus Wine Lounge may have been open for just three months, but it’s already a popular gathering place. Owner Brian Kight chose to open his upscale wine lounge outside the City Market area, a decision that is paying off handsomely. “We specialize in boutique wines,� he says. “On average, we have 200 of them. Our list changes every month. I always keep something new for people to try.�

Kight says the lounge is different from every other bar in the city. “We’re really trying to represent a post-college crowd,� he says In designing the lounge, Kight chose to make it a place he would want to go. He decided to open the bar after realizing there wasn’t such a place in Savannah. “There weren’t a whole lot of places for people to go,� Kight says. “My other friends and I couldn’t find a place where we would enjoy hanging out.�

Bacchus even looks different from most bars. “It’s not the standard 1800s, old-brick building,� Kight says. “There are tons of windows, so the lighting is nice and bright. “There is an open-area type of feeling,� he says. “People don’t have go all the way into town and fight for parking. It’s close to downtown, but just out of the downtown area.�

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Having worked in sports bars, Kight had a good idea of what people would want. “It turned out well,� he says. “We get some tourists, but probably 90 percent of our business is local.�

Bacchus was popular almost before it opened. “The city okayed us three months ago at 6 p.m., and by 8 p.m. we were at full capacity,� Kight says. “It took everybody by surprise. “Every Saturday night, we always have at least two wedding parties come in,� he says. “They’re already all dressed up and they feel like this is a nice environment. I’m very thankful for everyone supporting me and overwhelmed by that support.� - LS Runner-up, New Bar: John’s & Friends Runner-up, Wine: Avida

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Best Dance Club & Best Gay and Lesbian Club

Club One

1 Jefferson St./232-0200 Despite a seemingly neverending wave of watered-down booty-shaking pretenders on the scene, Club One remains one of Savannah’s most beloved party spots — for both gay and straight customers.

Runner-up, Dance: 309 West Runner-up, Gay & Lesbian: Chuck’s Bar

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Best Pool Hall

B&B Billards

411 W. Congress St./233-1107 B&B has been racking ‘em up —awards as well as billards balls —since we’ve been doing Best of Savannah issues.

Runner-up: Southside Billards

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Best Irish Pub

Kevin Barry’s

117 W. River St./233-9626 Holding down the west end of River Street for several decades, K.B.’s is named after an honest-to-goodness Irish freedom fighter, who was hanged by the British in 1920 at the age of 18.

Runner-up: Murphy’s Law Best Islands Bar

The Britannia

140 Johnny Mercer Blvd./898-4257 Actually a pretty hip joint in the heart of Soccer Mom Land, Britannia gives downtown pubs a run for their money in terms of fun and exuberance.

Runner-up: Shamrocks Best Karaoke

McDonough’s

21 E. McDonough St./233-6136 The tunage is back in operation after a hiatus due to a recent fire, at an often-surprisingly high level of skill.

Runner-up: John’s & Friends

Best Martini

Jazz’d

52 Barnard St./236-7777 Located in the basement of the old Kress department store building (now home to The GAP) on the corner of Barnard and Broughton Sts., this hip and postmodern restaurant and bar is know for three things: a wide-ranging selection of reasonably priced, upscale appetizers, an industrial chic bar area with an impressive selection of beers, wines and liquors, and for hosting live jazz, blues and lounge entertainment most every night of the week.

Owned by Brian and Julie Curry, the team behind Orleans Brick Oven, a sorelymissed Southside eatery that enjoyed a loyal following for years, Jazz’d offers everything from Mussels with Saffron Broth and Pernod to Potato Leek Frittata with Fig Chutney, and nothing on the menu is over $13. Martini-wise, they have 24 different exotic and original varieties to choose from, including: the Windmill (vanilla vodka, pineapple rum, banana liqueur and pineapple juice with a floater of Grenadine) and the plumsake Tini (plum sake, vodka and Chateau Monet with a squeeze of lemon).

Opening for dinner every day at 4 pm, it’s an extremely popular destination and one of the more unique dining experiences in town. That may be why it was just named Hospitality Small Business of The Year by the Savannah Chamber of Commerce. Learn more at: jazzdsavannah.com. - JR Runner-up: Lulu’s Chocolate Bar

Best Sports Bar

Coach’s Corner

3016 E. Victory Dr./352-2933 Very few places in our competition have locked up a category year after year as thoroughly as Coach’s has locked up the sports bar segment.

Runner-up: Wild Wing Cafe

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Best Neighborhood Bar and No-Frills Bar

Pinkie Masters’

318 Drayton St./238-0447 Pinkie himself might be rolling over in his grave at the Ben Crystal for Congress sign in the window of the bar he began back in the days of the solid Democratic South. But hey, at the end of the day everyone is welcome at Pinkie’s.

Runner-up, Neighborhood: Britannia Runner-up, No-Frills: The Rail

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Churchill’s

13 W. Bay St./232-8501 Popular with locals and tourists alike, this Bay Street hotspot is not only an authentic Britpub experience, they have some excellent food to boot.

Runner-up: Six Pence

Best Beer on Tap

Moon River

21 W. Bay St./447-0943 Hint: Try the sampler first to figure out which batch of beer, which is all crafted onsite, you prefer.

Runner-up: Churchill’s

Best Beer Selection (Bar or Restaurant)

John’s & Friends

206 W. St. Julian St. A brand new winner in an always competitive category.

Runner-up: Wild Wing Café

Best Beer and Wine Selection (Retail)

Habersham Beverage

4618 Habersham St./354-6477 7927 Abercorn St./961-6744 Providing for the party needs of legions of midtown and southside residents for years.

Runner-up, Beer: Moon River Runner-up, Wine: Johnny Ganem

Best Happy Hour

Chili’s Grill and Bar

7805 Abercorn St./352-3636 They keep winning this year after year, so they must be doing something right.

Runner-up: Johns & Friends Best Westside Bar

Robin’s Nest

101 Godley Station Blvd./450-0900 A new winner for a brand-new category.

Runner-up: Island Grille

Doc’s Bar

10 16th St./786-5506 Known far and wide as the oldest bar on Tybee that’s still in business, this is a laidback watering hole and restaurant just a quick walk from the sand of the beach that can be known to get more than a little wild as the nights go on. The clientele is overwhelmingly local, but that’s not to say that tourists don’t find much to like about this friendly and accommodating place.

The staff is fond of reminding folks that it’s a place where folks can feel free to be themselves, rather than putting on airs. Doc’s draws its fair share of area characters, most of whom have been hanging out there for longer than they —or others— would care to admit, if they could even remember!

Area singer and guitarist Roy Swindelle is a featured house musician who can often be found performing boogie, rock, shag, pop, blues and Americana tunes in the bar, either as a solo act (using pre-programmed backing tracks to flesh out his arrangements) or fronting a small live band of talented locals. Dancing and full-bar sing-alongs are not uncommon at Doc’s. If you’ve lived in this area for any substantial period of time and have never made the trek to this unpretentious establishment, it’s high time you did. - JR Runner-up: North Beach Grill

Best Southside Bar

Spanky’s Pizza Galley and Saloon

from Memphis to South Beach, Savannah’s River Street location is the first and original location.

Assistant Manager Anton Withington says the most popular frozen drink by far at this location is the provocatively named concoctions “Call A Cab”, but other customer favorites include the “Mudslide” (a mixture of two flavors — a traditional White Russian and something called Chocolate Thunder) and the potent “Triple Play”, which blends “Call A Cab”, “Attitude Adjustment” and “Sex On The Beach”.

Withington says that since the company’s corporate offices are based here, River Street customers often wind up being the first in the country to taste and rate new frozen drink flavors, such as Kiwi and Mango. He also says this location is proud to have literally hundreds of loyal customers who have been coming there regularly for well over a decade — despite the growing number of frozen drink specialty bars that have sprung up in their wake. - JR Runner-up: Warehouse

Best Bar Staff

Wild Wing Café

27 Barnard St./790-9464 It’s not just wings that get served in style here.

Runner-up: Locos

Best Bartender

Patrick @ The Rail Pub

405 W. Congress St./238-1311 Friendly service at a friendly downtown joint off Franklin Square.

Best Adult Entertainment

308 Mall Way/355-3383 A longtime favorite of partiers south of Derenne.

Runner-up: Fiddler’s

Best River Street Bar

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Wet Willie’s

101 E. River St./233-5650 While there are eight locations of this no-frills bar and restaurant chain which stretch

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Best Veterinarian

Case Veterinary Hospital

Carla Case-McCorvey

111 Eisenhower Dr./352-3081 Carla Case-McCorvey’s great-grandfather began Case Veterinary nearly a century ago, in 1909. When it came time for her to choose a career, did she have much angst about the decision?

“Not really,” she says. “There was no pressure put on me to go into the family business, but it did seem like the natural thing to do.”

As far as Case-McCorvey can tell, Case Veterinary might be the oldest vet clinic in the nation. “It’s stayed in the same family through four generations,” she says. “We think no one else has done that.”

They’re not content to rest on those laurels, however. Case has joined a handful of clinics in the country that offer full laparoscopic and endoscopic surgeries for pets. The former procedure, common in human surgeries like gallbladder removal, eliminates the need for a broad incision. The latter uses tiny cameras which snake their way to the right place in the body.

Case-McCorvey says a lot has changed in other ways through all the decades her family has run the hospital.

“Just about gone are the days of backyard dogs,” she says.

“Nowadays they’re inside sleeping with the family, eating with the family, taking a vacation with the family.”

Veterinary care has evolved with the trend of treating pets like people, she says.

“A big thing today is pain management. In my dad’s day, vets generally didn’t offer pain relief. There was a sense that if animals are pain-free, they might reinjure themselves. It’s dramatically different now.”

Case-McCorvey says the single most important thing a pet owner can do for the health of their animals is a twice-yearly exam.

“It sounds like a marketing thing, I know. But you’ve got to remember that pets age much more quickly than humans do,” she says.

“Things can change on a dime. We’re always surprised at what we pick up just in that six months’ time — heart murmurs, masses, arthritis. We’re really promoting ‘twice a year for life.’” - JM Runner-up: Central Animal Hospital Best Yoga Studio

Savannah Yoga Center

1321 Bull St./232-2994 Now in a space near Anderson and Bull, Kelley Boyd has finally found her niche in Savannah. Recently she went to New Orleans to give free yoga lessons to local women as part of the V-Day observance.

Runner-up: The Yoga Room

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Best Massage Therapist

Dawn Wasserman

Dawn wins a close one in this generally competitive category.

Runner-up: Natalie Scott

Best Pilates Studio

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Momentum Pilates Studio

539 E Liberty St, #B/238-0018 No longer an underground, quirky pursuit, Pilates is well into the American mainstream.

Runner-up: Downtown Athletic Club

Best Personal Trainer

Cindy Beauchamp

Islands Spine and Spa 463 Johnny Mercer Blvd./898-7714 One of the great growth industries of the past few years, personal trainers are becoming mandatory for anyone interested in long-lasting results.

Runner-up: Scott Nohejl

Best Doctor

Dr. Karen Turner

11133 Abercorn St. #10/925-3382 Fully trained in osteopathy — the science of manipulating the musculo-skeletal system to bring the body into balance — Dr. Turner is a perfect blend of classic Western medicine and more alternative, holistic techniques.

Runner-up: Dr. Ramon Ramos

Best Chiropractor

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Dr. Bart Weatherington

5602 Waters Ave, #B/351-0005 Keeping your spine in line is the name of his game.

Runner-up: Voss Chiropractic

Best Dentist

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Dr. Ronald Smiley

920 E 71st St./355-5191 Once again, this aptly-named dentist wins in this category.

Runner-up: Dr. Julie Howard

Best Eye Doctor

Dr. Donald Watson

7203 Hodgson Memorial Dr./352-9356 This optometrist is always a big vote-getter.

Runner-up: Dr. Judith Piros (opthalmologist)

Best Tanning Salon

Tan Tastic Tanning Salon

806 E. DeRenne Ave./352-3111 Just don’t over do it, y’all!

Runner-up: Bronze Tanning Salon

Best Outdoor Outfitters and Best Sporting Goods

Bass Pro Shops

14045 Abercorn St, #7/961-4200 Since its arrival at the Savannah Mall, this megastore has been big in these categories.

Runner-up, Outfitter: Half Moon Outfitters Runner-up, Sporting Goods: Russell’s Best Golf Course

Westin Savannah Harbor

1 Resort Dr./201-2000 The Westin hosts the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Tournament each April.

Runner-up: Tie, Bacon Park and Southbridge

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Best Tennis Courts

Bacon Park

6262 Skidaway Rd./351-3850 A longtime southside institution.

Runner-up: Daffin Park

Best Bowling Alley

AMF Victory

2055 E. Victory Dr./354-5710 If you haven’t visited a bowling alley lately, they’re not your granddaddy’s lanes.

Runner-up: AMF Tibet

Best Place to Kayak

Little Tybee

Not much of a run actually, just a quick shot across the Back River. But the pleasure is in the pristine wildness of Little Tybee itself.

Runner-up: Tybee

Best Local Sports Team

Savannah Sand Gnats

1401 E. Victory Dr./351-9150 They’re in the middle of an ownership change, but this New York Mets single-A affiliate is prospering from recent high-dollar renovations to the city-owned Grayson Stadium.

Runner-up: Savannah Derby Devils Best Bike Shop

Bicycle Link

408 MLK Jr Blvd/233-9401 211 Eisenhower Dr./355-4771 Don’t do it yourself people — that way lies madness.

Runner-up: Quality Bike

Best Coach

Scott Nohejl

Chatham Area Rowing Association 441-9839 This well-regarded coach is the program director for the Chatham Area Rowing Association, which describes itself as an umbrella group with the goal of uniting members of the community in the pursuit of crew, or competitive rowing. Scott first came to town as a rower for the fledgling SCAD crew in 1989, a program the college no longer offers. Nohejl, anxious for the future of the sport locally, actually purchased some of the college’s equipment in a bid to keep the paddles moving in Savannah.

Runner-up: Radek Parnica

Best Hair Stylist

Wade Calhoun @ Salon 67

604 E. 67th St./352-1967 Wade is a repeat winner from last year. He must be doing something right.

Runner-up: Niki Suszynski

Best Hair Colorist

Charles Rudd

7601 Waters Ave./353-8555 Another longtime favorite wins again.

Runner-up: Leslie Gideon

Best Barber Shop

The Barber Pole

110 Bull St./234-3831 It’s really hard to find a good hair-cutting place anymore. This is one of them.

Runner-up: Christy’s

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Best Hair Salon

B Street Salon

418 E Broughton St./443-0043 A perennial favorite downtown spot.

Runner-up: Color Box

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Forsyth Park

No-brainer if there ever was one.

Runner-up: Daffin Park

Best Park for Sports

Daffin Park

In a typical eight-hour span on a typical warm-weather day, Daffin will host soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, basketball, RC aircraft, to name a few.

Runner-up: Forsyth Park

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Best Marina

Hogan’s Marina

36 Wilmington Island Rd./897-3474 A full-service location tucked into Turner’s Creek.

Runner-up: Isle of Hope

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Best Fitness Club

Downtown Athletic Club

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1 E. Broughton St./236-4874 A busy downtown hotspot.

Runner-up: 24 Hour Fitness Best Day Spa

Vanilla Day Spa

1 E Broughton St./232-0040 Another repeat winner in this category.

Runner-up: Savannah Day Spa

Best Piercing Parlor

Planet 3

1702 Abercorn St./236-7772 Another win for this favorite Savannah institution.

Runner-up: Smiling Buddha

Best Tattoo Shop

Anonymous Tattoos

9 E Bay St./234-3900 It takes more than a steady hand to be a tattoo artist.

“It certainly helps to be an artist,” says Ricky McGee, owner of Anonymous Tattoos. “If you plan to do anything other than designs off the wall, you definitely should be an artist.”

McGee is such an artist, as are his employees Clay McCay, Kimberly Reed, Zack Spurlock and Ron DeCosta. Anonymous Tattoos, which is located directly above Tony Roma’s on Bay Street, opened Jan. 1, 2005.

The best tattoo artists apprentice with an experienced artist, McGee says. “You find someone who can teach you the ropes,” he says. “You don’t have to do it that way, but it’s a more efficient way to go. Otherwise, you have to unlearn a lot of things you are doing the wrong way.”

McGee chose to become a tattoo artist after being tattooed himself. He has a fine arts degree, and after seeing lots of tattoos, thought it might be a good way for an artist to make a living.

With its location on Bay Street, Anonymous Tattoos attracts a lot of business. “I would say the majority of our customers are local but being downtown, we definitely get tourists who are walking around and see our sign,” McGee says.

Those planning to get a tattoo will have thousands of designs to choose from.

The amount of time required to get a tattoo varies. “It could be anywhere from 60 seconds to 6 hours, depending on what’s going on,” McGee says.

The big question is, “Does it hurt?”

“Everyone has a different tolerance for pain,” McGee says. “Some spots hurt more than others.” - LS Runner-up: California Tattoo

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815 E. 63rd St./352-2297 Savannah is blessed with excellent health care systems, says Paul Hinchey, president and CEO of St. Joseph’s/Candler -- but it’s still nice to be recognized as the best by Connect readers.

“We were thrilled, very honored and very humbled for a number of reasons,” Hinchey says. “The health care from all hospitals in this community is excellent, and to be recognized among the group is very gratifying for us. We’ve tried, in spite of how fast we’re growing and all the technology here, to maintain a community hospital environment,” he says. “ “We’ve really been striving for a holistic view of the patient, not only focusing on the physical needs of patients, but the psychological and spiritual needs, as well,” Hinchey says. “Apparently, that is resonating with people in the community who come here.”

Patient care is the most important duty for hospital employees, Hinchey says.

“We’re especially proud of the care at the bedside because it is the platform upon which the system is built. The care at the bedside means not only the nursing care, it’s all the components that touch the patient. It starts with the time you register, goes through X-ray, through care on the floor until a transportation worker takes you out the front door. We can’t fix everything all the time, but we can care all the time.”

Every employee plays a part in a patient’s care, Hinchey says. “We have more than 80 different licensed and certified people, and during a patient’s stay, the patient probably comes in contact with 60 or 70 different disciplines. It’s dietary, transportation, the lab person who comes in to stick you with a needle and pastoral care coming in to see if the patient’s spiritual needs are being addressed.” - LS Runner-up: Memorial Health Best Pet Grooming

Petsmart

11132 Abercorn St./925-1116 This megastore gives you a one-stop shop for this booming segment of the pet industry.

Runner-up: Marka Barkstar

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Runner-up: Joker’s Novelties

Best Nail Salon

Golden Nails

4741 Waters Ave./353-7040 A big win in this very competitive and growing category.

Runner-up: Angel’sNails

Best Wedding Planner

Tricia Windom

285 Center Dr./356-0488 Tricia is the only winner in this relatively new category, introduced last year.

Runner-up: Rhonda Martinez

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Best Musical Instrument Store

Portman’s Music Superstore

7650 Abercorn St./354-1500 The Portman family has been selling and renting musical instruments, PA systems, recording equipment and accessories in Savannah for over 70 years. For decades, their West Broughton location (now home to Welsh Pawn Shop) was a hub of the downtown scene.

However, since moving their operations to a specially-constructed “Superstore� on the Southside several years ago, the scope of their business has changed somewhat.

Now, under the leadership of CEO Bruce Chapman (a musician and music retailer who moved here after years in his homeland of Canada), they are slowly re-branding themselves as a more competitive brick and mortar establishment. A large potion of their annual business still comes from supplying local school kids with band and orchestra instruments, but more and more, Portman’s is matching the discounted prices offered by major online and mail-order firms. “We’ve also worked very hard on improving our customer service,� says Chapman. “And we’re excited to be bringing some new guitar lines in, such as E.S.P. and Jackson.�

They’re also presenting more public demonstrations and clinics, many of which raise money to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. “We’re trying to give back to the community,� says Chapman. “It’s what we should be doing, and we are.� Learn more at: portmansmusic.com. - JR Runner-up: Annie’s Guitars

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Best Place to Use a Military Discount

Savannah Mall

The Savannah Mall’s proximity to Hunter’s Rio Gate makes this a no-brainer.

Runner-up: Bass Pro Shops

Best Video Rental Store

Block Buster

Several locations The chain has upped the ante in its competition with Netflix.

Runner-up: Hollywood Video

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Best Cigar Tobacco Shop

Savannah Bulldogs Cigars

244 Bull St./232-2650 One thing you don’t expect to find in a cigar shop is a truly romantic love story. Savannah Bulldogs Cigars is an exception.

The shop was opened by John Patterson. “My husband was a corporate attorney in Richmond and was moving this way,� says Elizabeth Patterson. “He saw an ad for a tobacconist in the Wall Street Journal and thought it sounded more fun than practicing law. He opened the store 11 years ago in Savannah. “I moved down here in 2000 from upstate New York,� Elizabeth says. “I moved to the same block where the store is. I had a consulting retainer for a 3-year project.�

When the project ended, Elizabeth was looking for something to do. “I decided to open a music store,� she says. “When I checked out rents, I realized why there wasn’t one downtown. I found a guy with a cigar store who had plenty of space for CDs. I came up with a business plan and approached him. He agreed to put CDs in the shop as a partnership deal.�

The Pattersons got a lot more than a business partnership. “Five years ago, we got married on the Fourth of July,� Elizabeth says. “I certainly have learned a lot about cigars since then.�

But cigars and other tobacco products account for only about 50 percent of Savannah Bulldogs sales. The store also offers Franklin Mint cars, aircraft and collectibles, chess sets, and, of course, music CDs. “We’re shipping all over the place,� Elizabeth says. “We’re on Bull Street near the intersection of Bull and Liberty, and that is a prime pathway for tourists going to river and coming back. Our job is to attract them with windows and get them in here.�

Savannah Bulldogs has standard chess sets and novelty ones. “They range from $30 to $500,� Elizabeth says. “The most popular is the Civil War chess set. We also have a number of other wars, plus dogs, cats, sea birds, King Arthur and pirates against the British navy. We even have a football chess set where people can order the two colors they want and set them up with their own favorite rivals.� - LS Runner-up: Ye Old Tobacco Shop

Best Book Store

Barnes & Noble

Oglethorpe Mall/353-7757 All that and Starbucks, too.

Runner-up: E. Shaver

Best Record/CD Store

Best Buy

7929 Abercorn St./920-9240 When you’re not downloading tunes to your computer, you’re buying ‘em here.

Runner-up: Tie, FYE/Silly Mad CDs

Best Motorcycle/Scooter Dealer

Savannah Harley Davidson

6 Gateway Blvd./925-0005 Born to be wild? Check out the models at Savannah Harley Davidson.

Runner-up: Coastal Scooters Best Women’s Clothing

Bleu Belle

205 W. Broughton St./443-0011 A perennial favorite with our readers, Bleu Belle Boutique has style and the clothes to match.

Runner-up: Civvies Best Men’s Clothing

J. Parker LTD

19 W. Broughton St./234-0004 4813 Waters Ave./352-9995 Longtime local favorite J. Parker has everything from casual to formal.

Runner-up: Civvies

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The view from upstairs at Civvies

Best Thrift/Vintage Clothing

Civvies New & Recycled Clothing

20 E. Broughton St./236-1551 While Savannah has long had its share of consignment clothing and resale stores where one could easily find used or retro wear at reasonable prices (such as Goodwill Industries or The Humane Society Thrift Shop), we’ve had a spottier history as far as dedicated vintage clothing boutiques go. In general, they’ve been few and far between and have had a hard time making a go of it in the downtown area — which is where such establishments would most naturally fit, but where exorbitant property values ironically make leases cost prohibitive for funky businesses of that sort.

This upstart endeavor, owned by the same folks behind Primary Art Supply, has not only been successful, but seems to be growing. Based in no small part on similarly-themed NYC shops which stock a mix of both “recycled” clothing and new, unworn stock from hip and trendy punk and rock-oriented designers not otherwise found in our area, Civvies is a one-of-kind in Savannah, and is as much about selling attitude and vibe as it is couture.

Look for jeans by Cheap Monday, Rock Revolution, and Tripp NYC, as well as t-shirts by Impact, Peg Leg, Uzi and Teen Hunk. They’re choosy when it comes to buying used clothes outright, but that’s because they know what they want. You can receive cash or a higher amount in store credit for your used duds, and browse a growing selection of local band merch as well. Learn more at: myspace.com/civviessav. - JR Runner-up: Goodwill

Best Shoe Store

Globe Shoe Co.

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17 E. Broughton St./232-8161 A true local institution if there ever was one.

Runner-up: Rack Room Best Place to Buy a Used Car

Grainger Honda

1596 Chatham Pkwy./790-5444 When you want something as nice as new, our readers say Grainger is the best.

Runner-up: JC Lewis Ford

Best Japanese Restaurant!

Best Place to Buy a New Car

Southern Motors

10300 Abercorn Dr./927-0700 Nothing beats that new-car smell, and Connect readers say Southern Motors has the best deals in town.

Runner-up: Grainger Honda

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7805 Abercorn St (Across From Oglethorpe Mall)

912-355-9800

Best Automotive Repair

Best Antique Shop

Savannah Tire

Several locations When the clunker needs a tune-up, check out Savannah Tire. They do more than sell tires.

Runner-up: Mall Auto Repair

Best Day Care

Calvary Baptist

Best Arts/Craft Store

Michael’s Arts and Crafts

Best Eyeware Store

Lenscrafters

Best Jewelry Store

Several locations A diamond may be a girl’s best friend, but Levy Jewelers has something special for everyone.

Runner-up: Harkleroad Jewelers

Acme Costume

2604 Hwy 80/966-0201 You can become a real character at Acme Costume in Garden City.

Runner-up: Party City

Publix

Several locations Publix has one of the finest delis, some of the freshest produce and lots of friendly cashiers.

Runner-up: Kroger

The Fresh Market

5525 Abercorn St./354-6075 Try walking into The Fresh Market and walking out with just one item. It’s impossible!

Runner-up: Parker’s Market Best Health Food Store

5500 Abercorn St./352-2020 Oglethorpe Mall/351-0137 If you’re having trouble reading this, a visit to Lenscrafters may be overdue.

Runner-up: Islands Eye Care

Best Costume Store

9 N. Jefferson St./236-2815 Jere’s features a 33,000-square-foot showroom stocked with rare English and Continental furniture from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

Runner-up: Habersham Antiques

Best Gourmet Grocery Store

8108 Abercorn St./927-3806 Michael’s has all the tools and materials you need to express your artsy, crafty side.

Runner-up: Primary Arts

Levy Jewelers

Jere’s Antiques

Best Grocery Store

4625 Waters Ave./351-0700 They say only a mother’s love is better than the child care provided by Calvary Day Care.

Runner-up: Maggie’s Morning School

Brighter Day Natural Foods

1102 Bull St./236-4703 With a certified nutritionist on staff and clerks who are trained to answer health questions, Brighter Day Natural Foods is dedicated to full service and education.

Runner-up: The Fresh Market Best Lighting Store

Johnson Lighting

7601 Waters Ave./355-3852 Johnson Lighting will light up even the darkest corners of your world.

Runner-up: Circa Lighting Best Cleaning Service

Merry Maids

1200 Shannon Ave./356-3366 Not only do they clean houses, they’re so darned cheerful about it.

Runner-up: Carmen’s Cleaning

what’s on at Lulu’s? may 22 1 year anniversary party Complimentary appetizers, drink specials & free t-shirts for first 10 people. Live jazz guitar

by Jackson Evans of Silver Lining 7-10pm

Best Shopping Center/Mall

Oglethorpe Mall

With its huge food court, Oglethorpe Mall is close to the heart of Savannah.

Runner-up: Savannah Mall

Best Photography Service

Erin Adams Photography

Mon-Wed: 5pm-Midnight Thurs-Sat: 5pm-1am

Mopper-Stapen Realty

31 W. Congress St./238-0874 When it comes to real estate, MopperStapen Realty has Savannah covered.

Runner-up: Keller-Williams Realty Best Real Estate Agent

Don Callahan

Best Pawn Shop

Beacon Builders

Welsh Pawn Shop

Several locations A local institution, Welsh is a great place to look for bargains.

Runner-up: Cash America

Petsmart

11132 Abercorn St./925-1116 Smart pets drag their owners to Petsmart for the latest in kibbles and bits.

Runner-up: Tails Spin

Ballastone Inn

14 E. Oglethorpe Ave./236-1484 The Ballastone is a four-story antebellum mansion built in 1838 that combines old-fashioned elegance and charm with modern-day convenience.

Runner-up: Azalea Inn Best Hotel

Mansion on Forsyth Park

700 Drayton St./238-5158 Built around a Victorian mansion in the Historic District, Mansion on Forsyth Park is an intimate yet opulent hotel that boasts a spa, art gallery and its own cooking school.

Runner-up: Westin Savannah Harbor

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Best Local Home Builder

7370 Hodgson Memorial Dr./356-1791 Connect readers say Beacon lights the way when building a new home.

Runner-up: JT Turner Best Cell Phone Service Several locations Verizon claims to be America’s most reliable network -- and Connect readers agree.

Runner-up: Alltel Best Bank

Wachovia

Best Bed and Breakfast

$9.

This veteran, now with Keller-Williams, is happy to meet your real estate needs.

Runner-up: George Cohen

Verizon Wireless

Best Pet Store

Happy Hour SpecialS 5-7pm daily $3 wells | $7 martinis w/ free Cookie Bites 42 MLK Blvd. | Savannah, GA | 238-2012

Best Real Estate Agency

212 E. Gaston St. An eye for beauty in everyday objects resulted in Erin Adams being chosen by Connect readers.

Runner-up: Russ Bryant Photography

Thanks for Voting us Best dessert!

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Several locations Need a good place to keep all your money? Bank on Wachovia.

Runner-up: Bank of America Best Rental Car Company

Enterprise

Several locations A winner in past Connect polls, Enterprise is prized for it’s clean, well-maintained fleet.

Runner-up: Tie, Budget/Avis Best Taxi Service

Yellow Cab

236-1133 Need a lift? Yellow Cab is happy to provide one.

Runner-up: Adams Cab

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Best Florist

2430 Abercorn St./233-6077 John Davis isn’t your typical florist. He opened his shop, John Davis Florist & Balloon Fair, 21 years ago, and says customers are comfortable in his shop.

“We’re dog-friendly,” Davis says. “We have a shop dog, a boxer named Bear. Everybody enjoys the dog and brings him dog treats.”

There’s also a cockatoo named Merlin. “He usually screams at the dog,” Davis says.

“Every now and then, we hear him say ‘Bear!’ Everyone brings the bird treats.”

Soon, even the delivery vehicle will be unique. “We just got a Smart Car for deliveries,” Davis says. “We’re going green. We’re fixing to have ‘John Davis’ put all over it -- and pink rubber daisies.”

The shop may not be typical, but it does provide the same services other florists do. “Our busiest times are Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day,” Davis says.

“The wedding season is busy,” he says. “The most fun is the wedding season because every wedding is different.” - LS Runner-up: Madame Chrysthanthemum Best Toy Store

Toys R Us

Happy Hour Mon - Fri 4pm - 7pm

Live Music Fri. & Sat. Nights 7pm-11pm Fri., May 23rd & Sat., May 24th

Best Lawyer

One

Claire Frazier & Frank Bright

Fri., May 30th & Sat., May 31st

7400 Abercorn St./354-5222 Still playing around at Eisenhower and Abercorn.

Runner-up: KB Toys

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James Furshon

Integrated Healing Center

Joe Steffen

Kylene Baylis

This tireless advocate for local Democratic causes was runner-up this year for Best Liberal, in the City Life section.

Runner-up: Josh Walker

Best Place to Work

26 East Bay Street or 15 East River Street 912.721.1000 vicsontheriver.com

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Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Personal Trainer and Pilates Instructor Specializing in deep tissue, sports and relaxation massage.

141 Knowlton Way/966-0825 Gulfstream employees say the business jet manufacturing company is the best place to work in Savannah, and it must be true. It beat out the second-place finisher -- working at home.

Runner-up: Home

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Blue Mountain

When this pioneering alt.country group called it quits in 2003 after a handful of releases and countless live dates that cemented their reputation as one of the finest groups to emerge from the early ‘90s No Depression scene, it was their fans turn to be blue. However, since unexpectedly reuniting in the middle of last year and throwing themselves back into regular touring, they’ve been racking up positive reviews. Better yet, they’re not only reconnecting with their old supporters, they seem to be slowly winning over new converts — most of whom are probably dragged to the shows by longtime enthusiasts.

This local club gig is several months in the making, as an old friend of the group has been lobbying to bring them through town on a couple of swings through the Southeast. After a few misfires and at least one last-minute cancellation, they’ll finally take the stage at our best-known indie-rock, metal and alt.country venue.

The formerly married duo of Cary Hudson (guitarist) and Laurie Stirratt (bassist and, coincidentally, twin sister of Wilco bassist John Stirratt) are joined by longtime drummer Frank Coutch.

This lineup will also appear on the group’s reunion CD of new material and a separate retrospective CD featuring newly recorded versions of their older fan favorites, both set for release this summer.

General consensus is the band sounds every bit as powerful and resilient as in their heyday, so now’s your chance to see what all the fuss was/is about. Listen & Learn: bluemountainbandoxfordms.com. Fri., The Jinx.

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

This marks the former Drive-By Trucker’s second appearance at this casual restaurant and bar with his current road band of young, Muscle Shoals, Al. ringers. The first show as an unmitigated success which found him burning through new tracks from his recent solo debut, as well as rearranged versions of tunes of his made famous by the Athens’ Truckers. Anyone interested in the

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WEDNESDAY B & D Burgers (Southside) Trivia w/ Artie & Brad (Other) Starts at 10 p.m.

Bahama Bob’s (Pooler) Karaoke (Karaoke)

The Bamboo Room “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (Live Music) Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m.

Cheers to You Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m.

Laura Reed & Deep Pocket In musicians’ parlance, playing “deep in the pocket” intimates that a rhythm player such as a bassist or percussionist is so intensely into the groove of whatever type of tune they’re performing —especially funk or rock— that they’re locked onto the pulse of the song and riding it for all it’s worth. When more than one musician feels that pulse and can fall in step with the others, a magical sort of interaction occurs that is the foundation of R&B, and —for that matter— dance music of most any type.

This Asheville-based neo-soul combo has groove to spare, as well they should if they have the nerve to claim that moniker. Led by the stone to the bone vocals of Reed —who was born in Johannesburg, South Africa but moved to rural N.C. in the early ‘90s— their latest album offers up a decidedly reverent, yet intoxicatingly contemporary take on vintage Southern R & B of the kind developed and typified by the likes of Aretha Franklin, James Carr, Howard Tate and Bettye LaVette.

Reed and her trio (which features bass, drums and a vintage 1936 Hammond organ, but surprisingly no electric guitar) admit a fondness for those kinds future of straight-up, gut-wrenchingly cathartic country and soulinfused Americana should take in this gig. But get their early for the

of records, but are just as apt to cite Bob Marley, Erykah Badu and Fiona Apple as key influences on their own sound. Make no mistake, this band is about songs, but its members have spent enough time in jam-oriented bands to stretch out and improvise on point when they feel like it. They’re eying a tour of Japan, as well as Europe, Australia and South Africa in the near future. If the group’s studio recordings are any indication of the power and subtlety of their live shows, this may prove one of the most exciting local debuts of the year. Listen & Learn: laurareedanddeeppocket.com. Thurs., 9 pm, Live Wire Music Hall.

best view of the stage, as it’s hard to see from the back of the room.

Presented by L.A.-based Wagatail Productions. Exact cover charge

unknown at press time, but expect around $10 - $15. Listen & Learn: jasonisbell.com. Sat., 11 pm, Locos (downtown).

Club 51 Degrees DJ Blue Ice (DJ) Club One #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Daiquiri Beach Jeremy & Stephen of Argyle (Live Music) Acoustic duo set of classic rock, modern rock and reggae (covers/originals).

Doubles Lounge DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Driftaway Cafe Chuck Courtenay & Bucky Bryant (Live Music) Acoustic guitar and vocals duo known playing pop, rock and country (covers/originals) 7 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House Hazel Virtue (Live Music) Southern-tinged alt.rock combo led by regional singer/songwriter Eric Britt. Feat. members of The Train Wrecks (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

Guitar Bar Open Mic night hosted by Caesura (Live Music) Open Mic Night led by a young local melodic metalcore/indie-rock combo. 10 p.m.

Hang Fire Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

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The Jinx The Sword; Torche; Stinking Lizaveta (Live Music) Metal sensation from Austin, Tx., that actually lives up to the hype with crushing riffs, relentless jackhammering, and guitar tone heavier than a yacht full of anvils; Stoner/sludge band (with melodic pop undertones) from Miami with a loyal cult following; Instrumental “doom jazz” trio (with a wicked female drummer and influences ranging from King Crimson to Black Sabbath) that’s something of a stoner/math-rock legend. 11 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Frank Emerson (Live Music) Longtime acoustic guitarist and singer playing Celtic ballads, pop, and folk (covers & originals). May 21, May 22, May 23, May 24 May 25 King’s Inn Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Mercury Lounge The Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Internationally-known electric blues trio (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Open Mic (Live Music) With Markus & Hudson. 10:30 p.m.

Murphy’s Law Celtic Karaoke with Kerr (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m.

Robin’s Nest Team Trivia (Other) 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30 p.m.

Scandals TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Psychotronic Film: NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER (1960 U.K.) (Other) The Psychotronic Film Society of Savannah presents a weekly series of overlooked, rare, foreign and/or critically-acclaimed

cult cinema: This ultra-rare b/w dramatic thriller was years ahead of its time. In it, a public school principal is ostracized for accusing a wealthy small-town businessman of child molestation.

Seating begins at 7:30 pm for ALL-AGES. 8 p.m.

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Slugger’s 5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m.

Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Tantra Lounge Open Mic Night (Live Music) 9:30 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m.

Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke)

Wild Wing Cafe Karaoke (Karaoke) 8:30 p.m.

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Tropicana Night Club Spitfire Poetry Slam (Other) Spoken Word showcase and competition 8 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) TBA (Live Music) Pop, rock, country and blues acts 6 p.m.

Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Blaine’s Back Door #@*!

Karaoke (Karaoke) Chuck’s Bar #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke)

Venus De Milo DJ In Coma (DJ) 9 p.m.

Club One Industrial Resurrection w/ DJ Shrapnel (DJ) 10 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers. -noon -6 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.

The Warehouse Craig Johansen (Live Music) Popular and obscure rock, soul, pop and country covers on acoustic guitar from a member of Hot Pink Interior and The 8Tracks. 8 p.m.

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combo playing a wild mix of hard-swinging, house rockin’ garage-blooze and old, weird, Americana (covers & originals). 10 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 Skypager w/ Zone D (DJ) Dancehall tunes.

Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) Rock, Blues, Soul and Pop 8 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.

Live Wire Music Hall Laura Reed & Deep Pocket; Jack Cadillac (Live Music) Intense, unabashedly retro Southern soul/funk group based around Reed’s passionate vocals and a swirling Hammon organ; Rootsy Americana act from Waycross that cites hometown hero Gram Parsons as a strong influence. 9 p.m.

Loco’s Deli & Pub (Southside) Team Trivia w/ Kowboi (Other) 7 p.m.

Lulu’s Chocolate Bar Jackson Evans (Live Music) One-year Anniversary party for this hip desert, wine and cocktail bar - featuring live jazz guitar from local sensation Jackson Evans of the trio Silver Lining.

7 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Mercury Lounge Wolling & Wise (Live Music) Acoustic bluegrass/country/folk/pop duo of extremely talented area singer/songwriter/guitar-

ist Darryl Wise and regional banjo master Jimmy Wolling (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

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Metro Coffee House Brett Harris (Live Music) Loxcal debut of this indie songwriter from Durham, N.C. touring behind his DIY EP. He’s played NYC’s Knitting factory among other notable showcase venues. 8 p.m.

Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke)

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 pre-recorded 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.

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Tantra Lounge Live DJs TBA (DJ) 10 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House Chuck Courtenay & Bucky Bryant (Live Music) Singing acoustic guitar duo playing popular country, pop and rock hits.

6 p.m.

Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m.

Venus De Milo DJ Nahah Mean (DJ) The Warehouse Electric Cheese (Live Music) Twopiece guitar and vocals offshoot of quirky local party band Rhythm Riot, playing well-known tunes to sequenced backing. 8 p.m.

Wasabi’s Live DJ Frankie Spins Hip-hop & Electric Fusion (DJ) 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Barry Johnson; Street Circus Symphony (Live Music) Atlanta-based guitarist (covers & orignals) - outdoor ALL-AGES show; Soulful, smooth local jazzrock and pop-funk combo combining elements of R & B, hip-hop and indie-rock (covers & originals)- indoor 21+

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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.

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Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Beach, Shag and Soul covers 8 p.m.

Baja Cantina TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m.

Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ)

The Bamboo Room TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

El Picasso Karaoke (8 p.m.)

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Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Fannie’s on the Beach TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House Jon Doe (Live Music) Female-fronted hard-rocking, dance-oriented funk party band known for screaming electric leads and extended jams (covers & originals). May 23, 10 p.m.

May 24, 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.

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Isaac’s on Drayton Silver Lining (Live Music) Jazzy local trio (funk, blues, Latin, exotica) of guitar, bass and drums with female vocals (covers & originals). 9 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Bernie Kenerson Group (Live Music) Rising contemporary jazz group from S.C. featuring composer and frontman Kenerson, who specializes in the EWI - a synthesized wind instrument which allows him to coax virtually limitless sounds from his “horn” (covers & originals). May 23, 9 p.m. May 24, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Blue Mountain (Live Music) PRare local club show by a pioneering, Miss.-based alt.country band featuring the twin sister of Wilco bassist John Stirratt. Theiy broke up in 2003, but surprised their fans by reuniting late last year. 11 p.m.

John’s & Friends The Greg Williams Band (Live Music) Full electric band led by prolific local singer/songwriter Wiiliams, who has released critically acclaimed indie CDs of original rock with blues, folk and psychedelic influences (covers & originals).

10 p.m.

Jukebox Bar & Grill Done 4 The Day (Live Music) Dynamic area party band featuring four veterans of the East Coast club circuit, playing hard and classic rock (covers & originals).

9 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Frank Emerson (Live Music) Longtime acoustic guitarist and singer playing Celtic ballads, pop, and folk (covers & originals).

May 21, May 22, May 23, May 24 May 25 Live Wire Music Hall The Joe Pitts Band (Live Music) Ak.-based rock/jazz/funk fusion trio led by a guitarist who studied at Berklee and is often compared to the likes of Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes, Walter Trout and the late, great Roy Buchanan. His band is capable of limber, sultry blues as well as fiery Southern rock explorations. 9 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Mercury Lounge The Josh Maul Blues Band (Live Music) Funky and tight Richmond Hill-based electric blues trio influenced

by Albert Collins, SRV and Tab Benoit, led by a former member of Bluesonics (covers & originals). May 23, 10 p.m. May 24, 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Annie Allman (Live Music) Versatile, veteran player offering well-known rock, blues and jazz tunes played on guitar to sequenced backing. 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Caleb Grimes (Live Music) Macon-based acoustic singer/songwriter -with a Savannah connectionplaying modern folk-pop (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m.

Mulberry Inn The Champagne Jazz Trio (Live Music) 8 p.m.

North Beach Grill Wolling & Wise (Live Music) Acoustic bluegrass/country/ folk/pop duo of extremely talented area singer/songwriter/guitarist Darryl Wise and regional banjo master Jimmy Wolling (covers & originals). 4 p.m.

Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m.

Randy Wood’s Concert Hall The Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show (Live Music) Chart-topping quintet that’s been a mainstay on the bluegrass scene since their 1999 debut CD on famed label Rebel records. This is an alcohol and smoke-free show in a 100-seat listening room.

8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30 p.m.

Shoreline Ballroom Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band (Live Music) Highenergy funk and groove septet (with a horn section) from Asheville that dons outrageous costumes and has won all sorts of hometown awards. 9 p.m.

Stogie’s DJ Paynt & DJ Mself (DJ) Tantra Lounge The Permanent Tourists (Live Music) Tight and polished regional R & B/soul/funk/

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rock cover band (feat. Voodoo Soup’s bassist) known for impressive vocals and a killer setlist. 9:30 p.m.

Terrapin Station Bonobos Convergence (Live Music) “New Earth Funk Jam Trio” from Roswell (Ga., not where the Greys R.I.P.).

10 p.m.

Venus De Milo DJ Chad (DJ) Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers.

-noon -6 p.m. Claire Frazier & Frank Bright (Live Music) Duo of a veteran female jazz vocalist and an experienced pianist, playing standards and showtunes. May 23, 7 p.m.

May 24, 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)

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Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry; Radio Cult (Live Music) Local acoustic guitar duo playing pop, country, soft and Southern rock hits - outdoor ALL-AGES show; Campy, costumed ‘80s retro-rock and metal party band (covers & originals).

May 23, 6 & 10 p.m.

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Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

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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 ranging from AC/Dc to LL Cool J. 9 p.m.

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Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Deb’s Pub & Grub Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Dewey’s Dockside The Train Wrecks (Live Music) Hard-rocking local roots-a-billy and Americana act led by Texas-born songwriter Jason Bible (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).

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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 Jon Doe

(Live Music) Female-fronted hard-rocking, dance-oriented funk party band known for screaming electric leads and extended jams (covers & originals). May 23, 10 p.m.

May 24, 10 p.m.

Jukebox Bar & Grill TBA (Live Music) 9 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Frank Emerson (Live Music) Longtime acoustic guitarist and singer playing Celtic ballads, pop, and folk (covers & originals).

May 21, May 22, May 23, May 24 May 25

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.

Live Wire Music Hall The Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Internationally-acclaimed, Savannah-based electric blues guitarist and singer with a tight rhythm section (covers/originals) 9 p.m.

Loco’s Deli & Pub (Downtown) Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit (Live Music) Young guitarist and singer who rose to fame as a key member of Athens Drive-By Truckers before going solo and fronting a band of top-notch sidemen from the famed Muscle Shoals area of Alabama. he plays material from his own CDs, as well as new interpretations of songs he wrote for the Truckers. 21+ only w/ID. 11 p.m.

Hang Fire DJ Jake The Snake (DJ) 10 p.m.

Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Bernie Kenerson Group (Live Music) Rising contemporary jazz group from S.C. featuring composer and frontman Kenerson, who specializes in the EWI - a synthesized wind instrument which allows him to coax virtually limitless sounds from his “horn” (covers & originals). May 23, 9 p.m. May 24, 9 p.m.

Jen’s & Friends TBA (Live Music) Acoustic Pop, Rock, Country, Blues & Soul covers/originals 10 p.m.

Mansion on Forsyth Park Tradewinds (Live Music) Local sextet playing Stax and Motown hits of the ‘60s and ‘70s, along with shag favorites and assorted R & B, soul and classic rock tunes. 8:30 p.m.

The Jinx Sandanistas! - a Tribute To The Clash (Live Music) Newly-formed Charleston-based tribute to the entire back catalog of the famed British political punk/reggae/ dub/rock pioneers. 11 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Mercury Lounge The Josh Maul Blues Band (Live Music) Funky and tight Richmond Hill-based electric blues trio influenced by Albert Collins, SRV and Tab Benoit, led by a former member of Bluesonics (covers & originals). May 23, 10 p.m. May 24, 10 p.m.

Phantom Wingo (Live Music)

John’s & Friends The Hitmen (Live Music) Electric blues band led by guitarist Brett Bernard and feat. Silver Lining’s rhythm section of Maggie Evans and Mark Cordray (covers & originals).

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Guitar-oriented, soulful Southern jam-rock band influenced by the Allmans, Panic and Gov’t Mule (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Caleb Grimes (Live Music) Macon-based acoustic singer/songwriter -with a Savannah connection- playing modern folk-pop (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) The Domino Effect (Live Music) Local funk/reggae/soul-based jam act feat. singing guitarist Josh Wade (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 Texasborn songwriter Jason Bible (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

North Beach Grill Kurtis & Kody (Live Music) Tybeebased acoustic pop-rock brother duo (by way of Nashville) that crafts catchy, emotional songs with infectious grooves (covers & originals).

4 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.

Stogie’s DJ Aushee Knights (DJ) House Music & ‘80s hits 10 p.m.

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continues from p.65 of Funk (Live Music) Local, dance-oriented, femalefronted funk/soul/R & B combo with a strong gospel influence (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

Terrapin Station Scott Baston & The News Architects w/David Blackman (Live Music) Contemporary, acoustic guitar-based, low-key jam-oriented rock from exMoonshine Still members.

10 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m.

Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah “Classical Bash Concert” (Live Music) Vocalists and musicians mix madrigals and Mozart. 3 p.m.

Venus De Milo DJ Nick (DJ) 10 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers.

-noon -6 p.m. Claire Frazier & Frank Bright (Live Music) Duo of a veteran female jazz vocalist and an experienced pianist, playing standards and showtunes. May 23, 7 p.m.

May 24, 7 p.m.

The Warehouse Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Local combo playing a wild mix of hard-swinging, house rockin’ garage-blooze and old, weird, Americana

The Flying Fish Barry Johnson (Live Music) Acoustic Rock, Country, Blues & Pop covers 6 p.m.

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Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ray from Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Solo set from the eneregetic, swinging guitarist/frontman of a popular local blues/garage/Americana combo (covers & originals). 7 p.m.

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Jepson Center for the Arts “Gospel Brunch” (Live Music) Traditional Southern buffet lunch accompanied by a live performance from the St. John Baptist Church Gospel Choir. 12:30 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)

Kevin Barry’s Frank Emerson (Live Music) Longtime acoustic guitarist and singer playing Celtic ballads, pop, and folk (covers & originals).

May 21, May 22, May 23, May 24 May 25

Bernie’s (Tybee) Karaoke w/DJ Levis (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

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Mansion on Forsyth Park Eat Mo’ Music (Live Music) Instrumental, dance-oriented soul-jazz combo of trumpet, drums, bass and wah guitar featuring area music educators (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m.

Marlin Monroe’s Surfside Grill TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m.

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.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ)

Mercury Lounge 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.

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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. 4 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.

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Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers.

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The Warehouse Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist/singer playing rock and pop (covers & originals).

7:30 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe The Courtenay Brothers; Sun Domingo (Live Music) Singing sibling duo of guitarists Chuck & Jason Courtenay, playing country, Southern rock, and pop favorites to sequenced backing - outdoor early ALL-AGES show; Buzzworthy Atlanta modern-rock/power-pop trio with anthemic tendencies that will soon release a new indie CD - indoor late 21+ show. May 25, 1 & 9 p.m.

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Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m.

Blueberry Hill Karaoke (Karaoke)

Doubles Lounge Live DJ (DJ) Beach Music Fiddler’s Crab House Absylom Rising (Live Music) Powerhouse funk-rock group from Miss. known for vocal harmonies and high-energy improv (covers & originals). May 25, 10 p.m. May 26, 10 p.m.

Hang Fire DJ Kane (DJ) Kevin Barry’s Tom O’Carroll (Live Music) Dublin born folklorist, folksinger and instrumentalist known for his wit and musicality. He plays the bodhran, acoustic guitar and tin whistle and tours internationally. May 26, May 27, May 28, May 29, May 30, May 31 Jun 1 King’s Inn Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall The Mayhem String Band (Live Music) “Outlaw Bluegrass” quintet from Oxford, MS., that’s knwon for a stage show that mixes raucous, blazing solos and high vocal harmonies with wacky humor. 9 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Murphy’s Law Open Mic Night (Live Music) Hosted

by Markus from The Train Wrecks. 10:30 p.m.

Savannah Actor’s Theatre “The PBR Show” (Other) Live, weekly, old-fashioned “Radio Drama” w/music, sound effects and improvisation 8 p.m.

Scandals DJ Marty Corley (Karaoke) 9:30 p.m.

The Sentient Bean OldTime Music Jam Session (Live Music) Free open class/jam session hosted by string-band member Joe Nelson (guitar, bass, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, ukulele, etc...). Beginners welcome. 7 p.m.

Stingray’s Chuck Courtenay (Live Music) Established area acoustic guitarist/singer playing country, Southern rock and pop hits and originals.

6 p.m.

Tantra Lounge DJ In Coma (DJ) 10:30 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers.

-noon -6 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

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Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m.

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Daiquiri Beach BN Trivia w/Artie & Brad (Other) 10 p.m.

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Fiddler’s Crab House Big Ass Green Pen (Live Music) 10 p.m.

Hang Fire Pub Quiz with TTL (Other) Live pop culture team trivia game.

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Jazz’d Tapas Bar Diana Rogers (Live Music) Longtime solo pianist playing Jazz, Showtunes & Standards 7 p.m.

The Jinx Alternative Hiphop Night w/DJ D-Frost & Basik Lee of Dope Sandwich Productions (Live Music, DJ) In addition to the usual underground rap and Top 40 hip-hop, plus late-night Freestyle and Breakdancing battles, this night also marks local rapper Life’s mix-tape release party. 11 p.m.

John’s & Friends Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. 9 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Tom O’Carroll (Live Music) Dublin born folklorist, folksinger and instrumentalist known for his wit and musicality. He plays the bodhran, acoustic guitar and tin whistle and tours internationally. May 26, May 27, May 28, May 29, May 30, May 31 Jun 1 Live Wire Music Hall Open Jam Night (Live Music) Sounds like amateurs and pros alike can sit in and play... 9 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

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Jeff Beasley vividly recalls the moment he first developed a love for playing guitar.

“When I first picked up a guitar that my uncle Joe gave me, I knew I’d be playing guitar the rest of my life,” says the Savannah-based singer, songwriter and band leader. According to Beasley, he experienced a somewhat similar epiphany upon graduating college.

“That was the very moment I decided that selling insurance was not my life’s ambition,’ he recalls.

Instead, Beasley moved to the music hub of Athens, Ga., where he took a cooking job in a restaurant for minimum wage and spent most of his free time in a fledgling, now forgotten band called Blue Groove, (which featured none other than Sanders Brightwell, who’d later spend a decade and a half as bassist for acclaimed Southern jam-pop band Jupiter Coyote).

“Those five years in Athens, I call my lost period,” the Savannah native reflects.

“I polished my partying skills more than anything else in that jam scene. Groups like Hootie (& The Blowfish), the Dave Matthews Band, Phish and Widespread (Panic) were just taking off, and it was cool to see them at a place like The Georgia Theater before they really hit it big.”

“It wasn’t till I moved to Nashville that I full-on decided to make music my career.”

The notion of packing up and relocating to a songwriter mecca like Music City USA to get serious about your craft is an age-old story that’s been told countless times over — much like the aspiring actors and actresses that flood the bus stations of L.A. year-round. Occasionally, these tales have storybook endings, but infinitely more often than not, they wrap up with more of a wimper than a bang.

Not surprisingly, despite playing plenty of shows and writing no small amount of original material, the budding full-time artist fell through the cracks in that “broken promise land”, eventually returning to his childhood home of Savannah. However, in what may have been completely unexpected, it is here that Jeff Beasley would ultimately find his muse, hone his craft, and make the connections required to carve out a promising life for himself as a full-time professional entertainer.

“I was very fortunate upon my return,” explains Beasley. “The Bluesonics were looking for a lead guitarist and I already knew their drummer, Ken Harrison. He runs a tight ship and he showed me how to be professional. He also reintroduced me to the blues. We did 100 shows together in 2002, and that helped me shake off the twang I inherited from living in Nashville.”

Before long, Beasley and the Bluesonics’ standout harp player and vocalist Daniel Valentino had formed the “power duo” Two Blue, which found Beasley doing double duty, keeping time on a bass drum and high-hat cymbals with his feet while simultaneously playing rhythm and lead guitar. Their repertoire of old-time, feel-good blues and frenzied, over-the-top performances were quite unlike most other party and cover bands in this market, and the pair quickly became a sought-after attraction at local bars, restaurants and private functions.

When Valentino’s day job forced a move to N.C., singing guitarist Ray Lundy (now known the charismatic frontman for popular blues-rockers Bottles & Cans) took over the role of Beasley’s foil, and the group continued on as the shrewdly renamed “Too Blue”. Under that name, Jeff and Ray would go on to play close to 200 regional shows as well. However, by the time 2005 rolled around, the two men were leading their own bands, each of which serving as a forum for their own uniquely individual takes on blues, rock and R & B. Beasley learned quickly that if he wanted to stay busy as a working musicontinues on page 60

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cian in this town, he’d have to emphasize well-known cover tunes over his own originals.

“To get work in Savannah, I had a choice: learn tons of blues or Jimmy Buffet,” he says with a resigned sigh.

“That was an easy decision. In my heart, I’ve always been into ‘50s music and R & B, so I eventually expanded my set list by incorporating songs by people like Fats Domino, Buddy Holly and Delbert McClinton. Now, I play a mixture of music from the ‘50s through the ‘80s with my band and solo. It’s simple.

The more diverse you are, the more gigs you can play.”

That’s certainly true, and the versatility Beasley has honed surely plays a great part in his emergence as one of the area’s most in-demand acts.

A quick perusal of Beasley’s current repertoire finds both well-known and borderline obscure tunes by a wide array of roots, rock and soul-related artists, such as Roy Orbison, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Hank Williams, Sr. and Taj Mahal. However, these days, one is just as apt to find him throwing in one of his own increasingly impressive original compositions alongside these crowd-pleasing favorites.

And the odds are, few even notice.

That’s because over time and countless gigs, Beasley and his current backing band (featuring drummer Billy Hoffman, upright bassist Mike Perry and saxman James “Jiggy” Moody) have gelled into a formidable, sympathetic unit. To a man, they’re all versatile, professional players with decades of experience under each of their belts. The combination of their nuanced skills and Beasley’s ability to craft melodies and lyrics which respectfully reference and pay tribute to songwriting conventions of the past without lapsing into outright mimicry, has resulted in an almost can’t-miss formula.

The singer is quick to praise his fellow bandmates for bringing these songs to life.

“I have to say that it wouldn’t be the same at all if I didn’t have this exact group of musicians in my band,” he enthuses.

“We’re all from here, and we all enjoy

blues, R & B and ‘50s rock. James is 64.

Mike is 54, I’m 41 and Billy Hoffman is 36. So we were all exposed to different music growing up. That adds texture and flavor.”

“James is the driving force behind the group. When he cuts in on a solo, you can tell he was playing this style of music when it originally came out in the ‘50s! Mike played in bands through the ‘70s, and he has a built-in groove just from being alive during that decade.

Billy is the most accomplished of us all.

What a luxury to have a drummer that can deliver whatever I want live and in the studio, whether it be blues, jazz or classic rock.”

“It took me five years to have enough good gigs to garner the loyalty of these major cats. Arranging is always the toughest part for me, and they also helped throw it all together in the studio.”

The studio he speaks of is his own living room. There he maintains a digital home recording setup in a quiet Thunderbolt neighborhood. It’s where he and his bandmates cut their brand-new, fulllength CD, Down To The River.

Released completely independently on his own label, it features ten original songs performed by The Jeff Beasley Band with guest appearances by local musicians Gordon Perry, Ricardo Ochoa and Gary Swindell. Beasley says he spent all of 2006 writing and arranging the album’s songs, and spent an additional eight months tracking, overdubbing, mixing and mastering the album.

“The whole process took almost two years, and it shows,” he says with understandable pride.

Understandable, because this collection of songs is an impressive feat no matter what lens it is viewed through.

Owing to their genesis as Beasley’s own takes on an art form with long-established rules and guidelines, the songs themselves are at once both new and somehow familiar.

The performances themselves are as spry as can be. They bristle with a sense of immediacy that instantly brings to mind a funky Louisiana dance hall party or a late-night jook-joint a few

miles off the highway, down a dusty Southern back road.

They rock, they roll, and they chug along as only keenly observed (and well-played) American R & B can. Beasley credits the thriving restaurant and bar scene here with affording him the ability to hone these tunes to as close to perfection as he felt capable of.

“Savannah has been very good to me because of the constant influx of tourists,” he explains. “With constant turnover, a musician can play the same clubs over and over and not have to worry about burning anyone out — except the staff! It’s an incredible advantage to get that much playing time on your instrument in front of different and diverse groups of people. What a way to test market original songs! That’s exactly how I fine-tuned all the arrangements on Down to the River.

For now, the record is available directly from the band at their numerous live gigs, and online through jeffbeasleyband.com as well as the enormously popular indie music retailer CDBaby. com. It can be purchased as both a physical CD, and as high-quality digital downloads for those who prefer bits to plastic.

Beasley says that of all the records he’s been involved with over the course of his life, this is the one he would not hesitate to play for someone interested in his music.

“I did an album with Two Blue in 2003, Too Blue in 2004 and The Jeff Beasley Band in 2005, and all of them were basically slammed together just to have some product to sell. But I was so unhappy with the end results, that I didn’t really try to push them because I knew I could do better. This time I took my time and did it right.”

“I feel like every song on this album is good and written from the heart.

There are zero filler songs. By doing this, I feel that I didn’t compromise my integrity as an artist. That behavior is what has destroyed the music industry.”

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Alternate Memories — Recent works by Clayton M. Koffler can be seen through May 23 at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar, 42 MLK Jr Blvd.

Destiny Manifested — Paintings by Alexandro Santana, Daniel Smith and Veronika Varner can be seen through June 2 at 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery, 30 W. Broughton St.

Black Orchid Gallery — “Walking the Landscape,” oils on canvas by Gerald Cournoyer, can be seen through May 31 at Black Orchid Gallery, 131 Drayton St. Coin — Photography by Matthew Propst can be seen June 6-11 at Dimensions Gallery, 412 MLK Jr Blvd. A reception will be held June 6 from 7-10 pm.

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Coming to Terms — Photographs by Robert Wilson can be seen May 23 to June 4 at TruSpace Gallery, 2423 DeSoto Ave. in the Starland Arts District.

An artist’s reception will be held May 23 from 7-10 p.m. and an artist’s talk will be presented May 30 at 6:30 p.m. 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. conFusion — A photo exhibition by William Joos can be seen at both TruSpace and DeSoto Row

Bruno can be seen at Gallery 440, 440 Bull St. 790-1144. Open Wed-Sat 11-5. Through May 31.

Gallery Talk — Fiona LeBrun will present “Liberating Artistic Consciousness as an Act of Survival and Celebration in Bronte’s Jane Eyre” on Sunday, May 25 at 1:30 p.m. at the SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd.

525-7191. Through May 25.

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.

Impasto — New paintings

by Andy Cherewick and Hannah Jones can be seen June 6-30 at 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery. 30 W. Broughton St. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. and by appointment. 236-0221 or 2cargallery.com. Through June 30. 2CarGarage Gallery, 30 W Broughton St. 912-236-0221. www.2cargallery.com/

Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray — can be seen through June 15 at the Jepson Center for the Arts. 7908800 or www.telfair.org.

John Galliano — Photographs about the career of the fashion designer and style icon can be seen May 2-June 3 at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton.

Friedman’s Fine Art — The work of J. Mitchell Scott, an oil painter, can be seen throughout May at Friedman’s Fine Art, 28 W. State St. Monday- Friday 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

NoYxZ -- Exploration in Visual & Acoustic Space — The works of 10 SCAD students can be seen May 24-27, with an opening reception and performance on May 24 at 2 p.m. at Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Water Ave. Hours Saturday and Sunday, 11 am-5 pm. 233-7659.

Elemental: Paintings by Luther Vann — can be seen through Aug. 17 at the Jepson Center for the Arts. 790-8800 or www. telfair.org.

Gallery 440 — Paintings on glass by artist Andrea

Panhandle Slim — Folk art by this well-known craftsman is on display at Hang Fire, 37 Whitaker St., beginning May 24. Reception is Saturday, May 24, beginning at 7 p.m. featuring food, drink, and P.J.’s country piano in the old Pentecostal honkytonk style.

Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry — More than 60 past and present works by this Alabama-born artist can be seen May 14-Sept. 28 at the Jepson Center for the Arts. 790-8800, www. telfair.org.

Picturing Savannah – The Art of Christopher A. D. Murphy — Christopher Aristide Desbouillons Murphy is one of Savannah’s most accomplished and beloved artists. His work can be seen Feb. 6 through June 1 at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. 790-8800 or www.telfair.org.

Reincarnated — Collaboration between the city’s recycling complex and artists who use art or reused materials can be seen May 2-June 27 at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Sacred Geography — Work by Eric David Wooddell can be seen through May at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. SCAD Spring Exhibitions — “Across the Divide III” features work by Chinese-

American artists serving as faculty members in American colleges and universities. It can be seen April 17-June 14 at Pei Ling Chan Gallery and Garden for the Arts, 324 MLK. “Remapping Savannah (and other stories)” with cartography

by Janice Caswell can be seen through June 1 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. 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.

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 held May 23 from 7-10pm. 236-4993.

Too Many Tangents — An open thesis exhibition from SCAD’s sequential art department can be seen through June 5 at May Poetter Gallery, 342 Bull St. A reception and book release will be held May 30 from 6-8 p.m.

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British playwright Sandy Wilson set his musical The Boy Friend in the 1920s on the French Riviera.

First performed in London in 1953, The Boy Friend is a comic pastiche of shows of the Roaring 20s, and was immediately popular with audiences. The show opened on Broadway on September 30, 1954. It continues to be a favorite with repertory companies -- and audiences.

It tells the story of Polly Browne, an heiress who arrives at Madame Dubonnet’s School for Young Ladies. When her widowed father, Percy, arrives at the school, he realizes that the headmistress is an old flame of his.

Polly feels left out because she is the only one of her set who doesn’t have a boyfriend, and she needs a partner for the fancy dress ball. When an errand boy, Tony, arrives to deliver her costume, they are immediately attracted to each other.

Of course, there’s a lot more action that takes place, and of course, Polly and Tony’s love is endangered. But it’s not exactly ruining the suspense to say that it all has a happy ending -- for everyone involved.

The Boy Friend will be presented by the Little Theatre of Savannah, Inc. beginning May 22. The production is being directed by the venerable DJ Queenan, recently chosen by Connect Savannah readers as Best Director of 2007.

You’re guest directing. How’d that happen?

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DJ Queenan: Recently I was made aware that the Little Theatre was in need of a director for The Boy Friend. I had just finished directing A Midnight Cry for the Cultural Arts Theatre and happened to have a little room in my schedule. I asked board member Mark Rand if they might consider using me. The rest is history.

What is the show about?

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DJ Queenan: The Boy Friend is a jolly 1950s spoof of the old, English, 1920s musicals. You have your romantic couple, your comedic couple and a gang of adorable young men and women dancing their hearts out. It’s a lot of fun.

Is this the musical that launched Julie Andrews’ career?

DJ Queenan: The Boy Friend is indeed the musical that launched everyone’s favorite: Julie Andrews. When you listen to the original cast album, you can’t help but think how young she was.

Rehearsal shots as the cast prepares for this weekend’s opening

Who is playing the lead roles?

DJ Queenan: The romantic couple is played by the wonderfully talented Nick Bushcar and Jonette Page. They are adorable together and their voices will make your heart melt. The comedic couple are played by veteran stage performers Carol Melton and Jeroy Hannah. Carol and I have been working together quite a bit over the past few years. She is a joy to be around and her talents just keep multiplying. Jeroy Hannah is a newcomer to the Savannah theatre scene, but has spent most of his time on the boards in Atlanta.

Simply said, he is hysterical.

What’s the hardest part about staging this?

DJ Queenan: The hardest part of staging this show has been making enough time for all the dance rehearsals. Our choreographer is none other than the multi-talented Karen Burns. In so many ways this

production belongs to her. She has put these young actors through their paces.

But as she and I continue to discover, this cast is up to any challenge we provide.

Karen Burns has truly been this show’s greatest gift!

What would you tell people to get them out to see this show?

DJ Queenan: It’s jam-packed with music, dance and most importantly, laughter.

Frankly, it a really fun and funny night at the theater.

The Boy Friend, When: May 22, 23, 24, 30 and 31 and June 1, 5, 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. and May 24 and 25 and June 7 and 8 at 3 p.m.

Where: Seaboard Freight Station Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: $20 general admission, $15 seniors, military and students and $10 children.

Info: 642-4774, littletheatreofsavannah.org

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Iron Man. Made of Honor. Speed Racer. What Happens In Vegas. Four summer movies down, approximately 50 to go.

The official start of the summer movie season has been holding steady the past few years as the first weekend in May -- even Hollywood suits know that hotweather blockbusters would look absurd being released in the midst of April showers. But as always, they’ve been careful to spread out their big-ticket items, generally allowing no more than two heavily hyped flicks per week. Here, then, is how the rest of the season pans out, with my guesses (based on trailers, general buzz and other extremely dubious factors) on what looks good, what looks grasping, and everything else in between.

10 Most Promising INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. After all these many years that we’ve been laughing at Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford for planning to make another Indiana Jones yarn even though the initial trilogy was successfully wrapped up back in 1989 (would an aged Indy replace his trusty whip with a walker?), it only took one look at the trailer to turn around everyone’s expectations. The 65-year-old Ford seems as if he’s up to the challenge, Cate Blanchett looks to be absolutely wicked, and it’s great to see Indy’s best gal pal, Karen Allen, back in the co-pilot’s seat.

If Spielberg doesn’t go overboard with the CGI and instead relies more on old-school charm, this could be the summer’s great escape. (May 22) SEX AND THE CITY. As proven by (among others) My Best Friend’s Wedding way back in 1997 and The Devil Wears Prada a couple of years ago, it’s a no-brainer to always include one female-centric project on the other otherwise testosterone-driven

summer schedule. This year’s counterprogramming option appears to be this big-screen transfer of the hit series that ran for six seasons (1998-2004) on HBO. The series regulars (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis) have all returned, and so has the sex: According to the MPAA, this will be rated R for “strong sexual content, graphic nudity, and language.” (May 30) GET SMART. For five seasons (19651970), the critically acclaimed comedy series Get Smart, created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, focused on the adventures of bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and his more accomplished partner, Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon). Adams reprised his role in the 1980 theatrical bomb The Nude Bomb and a short-lived FOX reboot in 1995; now, it’s Steve Carell who steps into Maxwell’s shoes (and presumably, the shoe phone will make an appearance), with Anne Hathaway on board as Agent 99. Carell’s channeling of Paul Lynde was the best part of the disastrous film version of Bewitched, so here’s betting he can nail another iconic 60s performer. (June 20) WALL-E. The teaser for WALL-E, about a lonely robot, did nothing for me, but the new, longer trailer holds more promise. At any rate, I’m not about to bet against Pixar, whose formidable run continued with last summer’s Oscar-winning Ratatouille and looks to be extended with this guaranteed family favorite. (June 27) THE DARK KNIGHT. 2005’s Batman Begins is merely one of the best superhero movies ever made, so there are high hopes for this equally dark follow-up, more so since it reunites the original’s director, Christopher Nolan, with Bat-star Christian Bale. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman

and Gary Oldman also return, Maggie Gyllenhaal replaces Katie Holmes as the love interest, and Aaron Eckhart turns up as Harvey Dent (later to become the villainous Two-Face, probably in Part 3).

The biggest news, of course, is that this will feature the final full performance from the late Heath Ledger, who, if the previews are any indication, looks to be absolutely amazing as The Joker. (July 18) MAMMA MIA! This appears to be this summer’s Hairspray: a smash stage musical that’s brought to the big screen dripping with A-list actors. Here, it’s Meryl Streep who heads the cast, as a once-promiscuous mother whose daughter (Amanda Seyfried) is trying to figure out before her wedding day which of three guys (Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard) is her father. Like the stage version, this will be filled to the rafters with ABBA tunes. (July 18) SWING VOTE. It’s the simple premise that hooks me: The presidential election is at a standstill on Election Day, since both candidates are evenly tied. The White House will be decided by the vote of one man, a deadbeat (Kevin Costner) living in a small Southwestern town. Bill Maher, Arianna Huffington, Willie Nelson and man-whore Larry King are reportedly among those appearing as themselves.

(August 1) AMERICAN TEEN. The jock. The geek.

The rebel. The princess. The heartthrob.

Sounds like The Breakfast Club, right? But it also describes the documentary American Teen, a Sundance Film Festival hit about high school kids in a small Indiana town. (August 15) HAMLET 2. This has all the makings of an indie smash, as a high school drama teacher (Steve Coogan) decides to stage his own wayward sequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet; among the added ingredients not found in the Bard’s original are lightsabers,

a smooch between Satan and the U.S. President, and a song called “Rock Me, Sexy Jesus.” (August 22) TOWELHEAD. Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball wrote and directed this adaptation of Alicia Erian’s novel about a 13year-old Arabian-American girl (Summer Bishil) who must contend with her strict Lebanese father (Peter Macdissi), her black boyfriend (Eugene Jones III) and her lecherous neighbor (Aaron Eckhart). This reportedly disturbing picture inspired an outraged commentary from FOX’s film critic when it screened at the Toronto Film Festival (“the worst and most offensive movie I’ve seen in a while”), which automatically makes it at least worth checking out. (No local date set)

10 Least Promising THE STRANGERS. Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman are terrorized by creepy people in their own home. Didn’t this just come out under the title Funny Games? At any rate, I wrote about this for last summer’s preview guide, so it’s been sitting on the shelf for a while. (May 30) KUNG FU PANDA. Jack Black (as the title bear), Jackie Chan and Dustin Hoffman lend their vocals to this animated martial arts comedy. If you thought the Pokemon-inspired sequence was the highlight of Horton Hears a Who!, then you should love this one (if the trailer is any indication); if, like me, you were pained by that segment, proceed with caution. (June 6) THE LOVE GURU. Mike Myers plays a goofy guru with a penchant for ringing gongs with his penis and manhandling a dwarf (Verne Troyer, the Mini-Me to Myers’ Austin Powers). No wonder Hindu groups have already been protesting this film’s very existence ... (June 20) continues on page 70

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MEET DAVE. Eddie Murphy plays a tiny alien captain whose spaceship has taken on the form of a normal-sized Eddie Murphy. Come back, Norbit; all is forgiven! (July 11) SPACE CHIMPS. An animated tale about monkeys in space, presented in the ADD Shrek style. Any movie that includes the long-overexposed line “That’s gotta hurt” (as seen in the trailer) automatically deserves inclusion here. (July 18) STEP BROTHERS. Will Ferrell (again) and John C. Reilly (again) team up (again) to play dimwitted stepbrothers who hate each other. Enough already. (July 25) THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR. Brendan Fraser is back as adventurer Rick O’Connell, again finding ancient evil buried under all that sand, but former co-star Rachel Weisz, Oscar grasped firmly in hand, smartly decided to bail. She’s replaced by the extremely talented Maria Bello, probably using this project’s fat paycheck to help her forget that the Academy cheated her out of nominations for The Cooler and A History of Violence. (August 1) PINEAPPLE EXPRESS. Yet another comedy sanctioned by Judd Apatow (serving as producer and co-writer), this one’s about a process server (Seth Rogen) and a pothead (James Franco) who witness a

murder. Quality-wise, the trailer makes it look more like Drillbit Taylor than Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (August 8) WILD CHILD. A Malibu brat learns about responsibility after she’s sent to a strict boarding school in England. Sounds inoffensive enough until you realize the star is Emma Roberts, who helped turn Nancy Drew into one of last summer’s most insufferable flicks. (August 22) COLLEGE. Three high school nerds visit a college campus hoping to get laid.

Movies like this are a dime-a-dozen, but in the wake of Superbad’s success, look for them to become a dime-a-hundred.

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Three Somewhere In Between THE HAPPENING. It’s the end of the world as we know it, and Mark Wahlberg doesn’t feel fine -- at least that’s the suggestion put forth in the trailer for the latest yarn from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan. Starting with his breakthrough smash The Sixth Sense, each of Shyamalan’s films has been progressively worse than the one preceding it. Yet given the train wreck that was Lady in the Water, we have to assume that the roller coaster again begins its ascension with this picture. (June 13)

THE INCREDIBLE HULK. 2003’s Hulk was a burp in the otherwise stellar career of director Ang Lee, a lumbering bore that provided none of the thrills of the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises. So for this sequel, Lee’s been booted for Louis Leterrier (The Transporter and its followup), guaranteeing more action this time around. But if we’re still stuck with the dreadful CGI effects that crippled the first film, it’s all to no avail. On the acting side, Edward Norton replaces Eric Bana, while Tim Roth plays the baddie (who also gets turned into a CGI brute). Also look for a cameo from Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark (without his Iron Man getup, I would assume). (June 13) THE HOUSE BUNNY. Screenwriters Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith penned Legally Blonde, and this indeed looks like a tepid blend of that Reese Witherspoon hit and last year’s Amanda Bynes flop Sydney White, as a ditzy ex-Playboy bunny ends up tutoring a gang of college sorority outcasts. What might make this watchable, though, is the casting of Anna Faris, who bared her formidable comic chops in Lost in Translation and the Scary Movie franchise. (August 22)

Also on Tap: • Those proper British kids (no, not Harry, Ron and Hermione) head back to the mystical world in THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN. (May 16) • Two kids try to film their own action extravaganza in the indie offering SON OF RAMBOW. (May 23) • An injured man (Lee Pace) regales a little girl (Catinca Untaru) with a magical tale in THE FALL. (May 30) • A Middle Eastern assassin (Adam Sandler) decides he’d rather work in New York as a hair stylist in the comedy YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN. (June 6) • Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris (The Fog of War) examines the events surrounding the notorious photos that came out of Abu Ghraib in STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. (June 13) • An Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film (the first such nod for Kazakhstan), MONGOL focuses on the early years in the life of Genghis Khan.

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ended and 10 years since the last theatrical release, but the FBI’s paranormal investigators Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are back on the case in THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE. (July 25) • Evelyn Waugh’s BRIDESHEAD REVISITED hasn’t been revisited on film since the wildly popular miniseries back in 1981; here, director Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane) gives it a shot, with Matthew Goode and Ben Whishaw as the British lads of different social standings and Emma Thompson on hand to add that touch of Brit-lit class. (August 1) • The controversial dating manual HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU has been transformed into a motion picture starring Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly and Ben Affleck. (August 1) • A photographer (Bradley Cooper) attempts to track down a killer who haunts New York’s subway system in THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, based on a Clive

Barker story. (August 1) • THE ROCKER stars Rainn Wilson (The Office, Juno’s “home skillet” clerk) as a drummer who, two decades after getting kicked out of an 80s hair band, lands a gig playing for a high school rock group.

(August 1) • Three houseflies stow away on an Apollo mission in the animated tale FLY ME TO THE MOON. (August 8) • Having graduated from high school, Tibby (Amber Tamblyn), Carmen (America Ferrera), Lena (Alexis Bledel) and Bridget (Blake Lively) are now ready to experience college life in THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2.

(August 8) • HENRY POOLE IS HERE stars Luke Wilson as a lonely man who’s perturbed when his neighbors believe that the water stain on the side of his house contains Christ’s visage. (August 15) • George Lucas milks his franchise some more with the animated offering STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS. (August 15)

• Three actors (Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.) filming a war movie get involved in a real-life battle in the comedy TROPIC THUNDER. (August 15) • After a radio talk show host (Uma Thurman) ruins his life by telling his fiancée to call off the wedding, a fireman (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) exacts his revenge in THE ACCIDENTAL WIFE. (August 22) • Based on a 1999 Thai thriller about a deaf-mute hitman, BANGKOK DANGEROUS Americanizes it with Nicolas Cage in the lead -- and, oh yeah, he can hear and speak. (August 22) • Shades of the Clive Owen features Children of Men and Shoot ‘Em Up: A loner (Vin Diesel) tries to protect a woman from bad guys who want her baby in BABYLON A.D. (August 29) • Someone is apparently providing terrorists with classified info in TRAITOR, an espionage yarn starring Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce and Jeff Daniels. (August 29).

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Fantasy fans who felt the void created by the wrap-up of the Lord of the Rings flicks in 2003 could take comfort in the identical elements -- magical creatures, large-scale battles, simplistic delineation of good versus evil -- that were on display in 2005’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

With that film proving to be almost as potent at the box office as the LOTR trilogy, we now get The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, which turns out to be that rare sequel which improves upon the original. Prince Caspian is decidedly a darker picture than its predecessor, which seems to be the path taken by many second installments in film franchises (The Empire Strikes Back, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Back to the Future Part II, The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation). In this one, the four Pevensie kids -- Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy (Georgie Henley) -- find themselves at a London subway station one minute and back in the magical land of Narnia the next. But this isn’t the lovely, bright Narnia they left behind; now 1,300 years later (in Narnian time, of course), they’ve returned to find a gloomy environment in which humans (the Telmarine race) have taken over and all mystical creatures

are believed to be extinct. One of the Telmarines, the dashing Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes), is the rightful heir to the throne, but after an assassination attempt by his uncle (Sergio Castellitto), he elects to hightail it to the woods, where he discovers that talking animals and other enchanted Narnia denizens still exist after all. Eventually, the prince, the woodland inhabitants and the Pevensie siblings band forces to restore Narnia to its previous glory. A couple of familiar faces from the previous picture return in small roles, yet it’s cast newcomer Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent) who walks away with this film; he’s excellent as Trumpkin, a surly dwarf who slowly warms up to the four children who invade his territory. As for the kids, this is clearly a case where girls rule, boys drool.

Susan cuts a fierce figure as a warrior queen, while Lucy is allowed to establish the strongest bonds with the Narnians. On the other hand, the interesting Edmund is given too little to do, while Peter is only slightly less generic than fellow pretty-boy Caspian.

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My Blueberry Nights is a movie of firsts. It’s the first English-language picture helmed by acclaimed Hong Kong director Wong KarWai (In the Mood for Love); it’s the first acting role for music star Norah Jones (landing the leading role in her maiden on-screen voyage); and it’s the first flick to manage the difficult feat of wasting the considerable talents of both Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman. Jones stars as Elizabeth, a New Yorker distraught over the breakup with her cheating boyfriend and pouring her sorrows out to sympathetic cafe owner Jeremy (Jude Law). One night, she elects to bolt from the city to find herself; her travels take her first to Memphis, where she befriends an alcoholic cop (David Strathairn) separated from -- but still in love with -- his flirtatious wife (Weisz), and then to a Nevada town, where she hooks up with a gambler (Portman) with daddy issues. As we can expect from master visualist Wong (working with ace cinematographer Darius Khondji), the dreamy, color-coordinated look of the film is the real star; it certainly has more presence than Jones, who’s merely adequate in her film debut. Her monotony stands in stark contrast to the broad turns by Weisz and especially Portman, both defeated by poorly defined caricatures. In fact, considering Wong’s reputation for creating memorable and sensitive female characters, it’s odd that the ones on view here aren’t especially noteworthy. Odder still is the fact that Elizabeth’s soul-searching is the direct result of -- of all things -- being dumped by a guy. Wong’s Hong Kong efforts are steeped in romanticism, but here, something clearly got lost in translation.

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sors: It’s less obnoxious than Fool’s Gold, less forced than Made of Honor and less formulaic (well, by a sliver, anyway) than 27 Dresses. Cameron Diaz plays Joy, an ambitious Wall Street trader who’s just been dumped by her fiancé (Jason Sudeikis); Ashton Kutcher is Jack, a slacker who’s just been fired from the company business by his own dad (Treat Williams). They both decide to head to Vegas, where they meet, get drunk and wind up married.

After sobering up, they realize they don’t even like each other, so once they’re back in New York, they try desperately to get a divorce. Instead, the judge (Dennis Miller) sentences them to six months of marriage, requiring them to visit a counselor (Queen Latifah) weekly to monitor their progress.

Diaz is typically winning, while Kutcher doesn’t blend in with the furniture as much as he usually does. But those attending the film hoping to scope out the title city will be disappointed, since most of the action takes place in New York City.

Speed Racer To complain about the excesses of Speed Racer would be like bitching that there are too many rib eyes kept on ice at your local steakhouse, or that there are too many references to God in the Holy Bible. Anyone who ever watched the original 1960s cartoon series (which, along with Kimba the White Lion, largely introduced Americans to Japanese anime long before it became the mainstream rage) can recall that show’s frenetic pace, often zippy visuals and gaudy color schemes. In fact, those were the reasons kids tuned into the series in the first place; certainly, it wasn’t to marvel at the flat characterizations or infantile dialogue.

The Wachowski Brothers, who created a whole new world with The Matrix, have now decided to push the envelope once

again, this time by transforming the cheesy, on-the-cheap cartoon into a gargantuan, all-expenses-paid summer blockbuster. It’s clear that one of their goals was to introduce a new visual vocabulary to cinema, perhaps even influencing the direction of the medium itself. That’s not likely to happen. Love it or hate it, there’s no denying the visual wizardry behind Speed Racer. But visual wizardry is about all that the movie has going for it, and it’s hard to rally the troops behind so chilly a leader. Not that the film doesn’t eventually warm up a degree or two. At first, though, it’s all bombast, as we see how Speed Racer (Into the Wild’s Emile Hirsch), part of a loving family whose members include Pops (John Goodman), Mom (Susan Sarandon) and kid brother Spritle (Paulie Litt) and his pet monkey Chim Chim (older brother Rex is thought to have been killed in a car crash), dreams of nothing but racing and gets behind the wheel every chance he gets. His automotive prowess earns him an invitation to join the team owned by filthy-rich industrialist Mr. Royalton (Roger Allam, channeling Ian McDiarmid’s Chancellor Palpatine from the Star Wars flicks); he declines the offer, causing an angry Royalton to retaliate by smearing the Racer family name. Determined to do the right thing, Speed joins forces with the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox) in an attempt to bring down Royalton and his corrupt empire. Much as Francis Coppola did with his audacious interpretation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the Wachowskis use vintage or off-kilter cinematic techniques to tell their tale -- note the frame-wipes designed to segue from one sequence to the next. Moving far beyond Coppola, though, the siblings soup up the old-school ideas with cutting-edge CGI. Because their use here is largely relegated to inanimate objects like cars and racetracks, the result is frequently stunning. It’s also something of an artistic mind-meld: Peter Max by way of

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Then She Found Me Before Then She Found Me, it appeared that only two reactions to the soft-spoken Colin Firth were at all possible. Either audiences found him charming in that brooding sort of way (as did the legions of women who swooned over him in Bridget Jones’s Diary and the miniseries Pride and Prejudice) or they found him on the dull side in that drowsy-Brit sort of way. But with this picture, Helen Hunt successfully turns Firth into something new: an annoyance. Firth delivers such an aggravating performance that you just want to separate him from his character and slap them both. Then again, everything about Hunt’s directorial debut -- she also co-wrote the script and served as one of the 13 producers -- is similarly obnoxious, to say nothing of arch and artificial. Hunt stars as April Epner, an elementary school teacher who, at 39, is desperate to have a baby. Having been adopted, she’s insistent on giving birth herself, a problem when her newly anointed husband Ben (Matthew Broderick, becoming less interesting all the time) abandons her. She does strike up a relationship with the dad (Firth) of one of her students, but even that romance is fraught with tension. Most of her troubles, however, come from the fact that her natural mother (Bette Midler) shows up after all these years hoping to get to know the daughter she gave up decades earlier.Hunt, an overrated actress (her Oscar for As Good As It Gets should be classified as a felony on the part of the Academy), directs as unimaginatively as she performs, which is to say in the traditionally limiting manner of the TV sitcom genre in which she garnered her fame and fortune.

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Iron Man Given their general status as popcorn flicks heavier on the decadent calories than on the nutritional value, I’m always pleasantly surprised by how much care Hollywood studios take when it comes to casting their superheroes in franchise flicks.

Otherwise, we’d have had to endure such box office draws as Adam Sandler as Superman, Will Ferrell as Spider-Man and Mike Myers as Wolverine. Instead, we’ve been lucky enough to have been privy to (for starters) Christopher Reeve as Superman, Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine (George Clooney as Batman, not so much). With Iron Man, Paramount Pictures settled on an actor who turned out to be both unexpected and just right. Robert Downey Jr. is hardly an unknown, yet any baggage he brings to the role only serves to enhance the character, not diminish him. Centering on the Marvel Comics character created back in 1963, Iron Man smoothly updates the action from the Vietnam War era to the Iraq War era without missing a beat. Swaggering, self-centered inventor and industrialist Tony Stark (Downey) has attained both fame and fortune by providing the U.S. military with its most reliable weapons of mass destruction. While in Afghanistan to show off his latest invention, Stark is captured and injured by a group of insurgents who drag him off to their mountainside lair. There, a fellow prisoner (Shaun Toub) creates an electromagnetic device that prevents shrapnel from reaching Stark’s heart. Realizing that this is only a temporary fix, the two set about working from Stark’s designs on how to build a special suit of armor. Back home, Stark re-evaluates his life and realizes that instead of continuing to build instruments of death, he wants to dedicate himself to fighting for peace. This decision perplexes

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The second underachieving rom-com of the year to headline a Grey’s Anatomy player (the first was Katherine Heigl’s 27 Dresses), this cribs from the vastly superior My Best Friend’s Wedding in its portrayal of two longtime pals -- one male (Dempsey’s womanizing Tom), one female (Michelle Monaghan’s brainy Hannah) -- who have always been afraid that intimacy would ruin their perfect camaraderie. But once Hannah goes to Scotland for six weeks, Tom realizes that she’s been the right one all along; unfortunately, when she returns stateside, it’s with a fiancé (Kevin McKidd) in tow. Comic desperation can be seen at alarmingly frequent intervals. The fellating-female-bobblehead gag was handled far more wittily in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (is this 2008’s unexpected movie trend?), while other dim comic bits include such Hail Mary desperation passes as Hannah’s grandmother mistaking glow-in-the-dark anal beads for a necklace (and of course wearing them throughout the film) and a Scottish relative’s name, Athol, being misunderstood by the Americans as -- well, take a guess.

Redbelt If there’s one thing that Tom Cruise proved with his race-car lovefest Days of Thunder, it’s that it can be dangerous for filmmakers to lovingly place their hobbies right up there on the big screen for all to see. The latest case in point is Redbelt, writer-director David Mamet’s salute to jiujitsu. Mamet, a real-life practitioner of the martial art, has cobbled together a samurai flick, a sports yarn and a con game (his specialty) in order to pay service to this noble undertaking. The result is as schizophrenic as any movie certain to open in 2008, as an interesting character study finally sinks under the weight of the plot’s predictable twists as well as a climactic fight so absurd, it makes the matches between Rocky Balboa and Ivan Drago seem as realistic as the real-life Ali-Foreman championship bout.

The fine actor Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in the leading role of jiu-jitsu instructor Mike Terry, who teaches both cops and citizens alike in his Los Angeles studio. Presented as a cross between Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi and Mr. Miyagi, Mike prizes honor above all else, and he refuses to enter martial arts competitions because he feels they’re degrading. But his trusting nature proves to be a detriment as he’s duped by several shady characters and unwittingly dragged into a major sporting event riddled with corruption. As a gruff movie star, Tim Allen lands the first interesting role of his 14-year screen career (the animated Buzz Lightyear excepted), and the movie could have used more of him.

Baby Mama With Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler and other comedians routinely hoarding the screens in our nation’s multiplexes, here come Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to remind audiences that, like their male counterparts, girls just want to have fun. Indeed, the Cyndi Lauper hit of that name is granted its own karaoke-set scene in Baby Mama, and its inclusion is fitting in a movie that’s similarly pointed, joyous, and light on its feet.Even funnier than the current Forgetting Sarah Marshall (which itself is pretty damn funny), Baby Mama stars Fey as Kate Holbrook, a successful businesswoman who finds out that she only has a one-in-a-million chance of getting pregnant. Wanting a child more than a man (but open to both), this news hits her hard, and she turns to an agency to provide her with a surrogate mom. She ends up getting Angie Ostrowiski (Poehler), who clearly resides several rungs down the social ladder. After Angie becomes pregnant, circumstances force her to move in with Kate, and it’s not long before Angie’s slovenly lifestyle clashes with Kate’s obsessive-compulsive behavior, and vice versa. The plot complications arrive with clockwork precision, and it’s this rigid formula (along with a ludicrous development

at the end) that prevents a fine movie from being even better. Yet judging it strictly on its comic merits, Baby Mama delivers (pun not intended, I assure you). Scripter Michael McCullers (who also directed) serves up several killer quips guaranteed to remain among the year’s freshest, and the two perfectly cast leading ladies are backed by an engaging mix of emerging talents and seasoned veterans. Among the relative newcomers, Romany Malco is a bright presence as a straight-talking doorman, while Dax Shepard holds his own as Angie’s doofus boyfriend. Yet it’s the old pros who really shine: Sigourney Weaver is suitably smug as the head of the surrogate center, gamely being shellacked by some of the script’s best zingers. And then there’s Steven Martin, spot-on as the creator of the organic health food chain for which Kate works.

Mocking New Age-y tendencies is a moldy idea long past its expiration date, yet in his portrayal of the ponytailed Barry, Martin positively makes it seem like a notion that’s never been tackled before. Whether namedropping celebrities with delicate precision or “rewarding” Kate with five minutes of uninterrupted eye contact, Barry is a real piece of P.C. work.

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Back in 2004, I gave Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle 2-1/2 stars, and I’d be a hypocrite if I elected to stick with that rating. That’s because I’ve since been compelled to see the movie twice more, and what originally struck me as a fairly even mix between sharp satire and sophomore humor has proven itself to clearly be a clever comedy in which even the bawdy gags display a certain degree of ingenuity in their conception and execution. It’s pretty much guaranteed that Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay won’t be enjoying a similar critical ascension in the years to come. Aside from a crack involving Osama bin Laden’s beard, the gross-out gags aren’t particularly fresh, and because the satire is less subversive and more overt than before, what you see is basically what you get. As the brash and impulsive Indian-American Kumar and the more sensible and sensitive Korean-American Harold, Kal Penn and John Cho again deserve the lion’s share of the credit for making these pictures work.

They’re an engaging team, and here, the plot requires their characters to get mistaken for terrorists while on an international flight; soon, they’re being interrogated by a moronic Homeland Security honcho (Rob Corddry) who decides to send them to Guantanamo Bay to enjoy a steady diet of “cock-meat sandwiches.” But before long, the boys escape and find themselves on a cross-country odyssey that involves in-bred Southerners, a “bottomless” party, dimwitted Klansmen (or is that a redundancy?) and even George W. Bush himself. And yes, Neil Patrick Harris returns, again playing

himself as a sex-crazed, foul-mouthed party animal. Kumar’s pursuit of a former college flame provides the film with more plot than its predecessor, and that’s not necessarily a good thing. And bringing back Harris was wise, but did we really need a replay of Kumar’s fantasy sequence involving an anthropomorphic bag of pot? More amusing is the dead-on parody of Red State twits (repped by Corddry’s government agent, who literally wipes his ass with a copy of the Bill of Rights) who question the patriotism of everyone who isn’t exactly like them (i.e. white and pseudo-Christian); these scenes aren’t exactly subtle, but they do point out the line that can barely divide satire from reality (just ask Barack “Do you believe in the American flag?” Obama).Curiously, the movie’s portrayal of Dubya is a sympathetic one. As played by frequent Bush impersonator James Adomian, the president turns out to be a congenial, simple-minded pothead who isn’t evil, just misunderstood. Coming from Hollywood, that’s high praise indeed.

Nim’s Island If your kids have been totally weaned on ADD-addled animated flicks that mostly coast on crude humor and instantly dated pop culture references, then this clearly isn’t the film for them. If, however, said children still find as much enjoyment (if not more so) in opening a book as in piloting a video game’s remote control, then this delightful family film will satisfy them in no small measure. Like last year’s Bridge to Terabithia, it views a child’s imagination as a tangible playground, and this angle is sharply delineated by the colorful flourishes of directors Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin. Jodie Foster, the most prominent child actress of the 1970s, here hands the torch to Abigail Breslin, with the latter playing Nim, a precocious girl who lives on a remote island with her scientist father (Gerard Butler). When she’s not frolicking with her animal friends, Nim enjoys reading adventure novels featuring the Indiana Jones-like Alex Rover, so when her dad goes missing and strangers invade the island, she naturally e-mails Alex Rover to help her. What her young mind doesn’t grasp is that her hero doesn’t actually exist; instead, the books are written

by Alexandra Rover (Foster), an eccentric agoraphobe who carries on conversations with her fictional creation (also played by Butler) and who reluctantly sets out to help Nim in her hour of need.

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.

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his faithful right-hand woman Pepper Potts (a game Gwyneth Paltrow), his best friend Rhodey (Terrence Howard, asked to coast until the next film) and his business partner Obadiah Stane (an imaginatively cast Jeff Bridges). Nevertheless, Stark won’t be swayed, and to accomplish his goal, he sets about building a sleeker, more efficient and infinitely cooler outfit. Stark’s difficulties provide the film with many of its most amusing moments, as do the flirtatious interludes between Stark and Pepper (Downey and Paltrow work well together).

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Activism & Politics Chatham County Young Democrats

for ages 14 to 39. stepsavannah@aol.com, 631-2674.

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

Coastal Democrats

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

Drinking Liberally

An informal gathering of left-leaners. august1494@excite.com or www.DrinkingLiberally.org.

Friends of Music Parties

try Club. The entry fee is $20. Additional hands are $5. Stops include Renegade Cycles, Harley Davidson, and Augie’s Pub in Richmond Hill. After the ride, there will be entertainment, food, a 50/50 drawing, door prizes and more. Open to bikes, cars and trucks. 920-2231 or www.alz.org/georgia. Rain date is June 28. Through June 28.

Home and Heart Warming Program

Second Annual Police Foundation Golf Tournament

Held by Savannah Friends of Music: Kentucky Derby Party, May 3; High on Art in Ardsley Park Party, May 6; Shall We Dance? party; May 12; This Side of Paradise Party, May 18; Croquet and Chardonnay Party, May 25. 598-8113. Through May 25.

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

Hope House of Savannah

16th Annual United Way Golf Tournament

is a nonprofit housing program for homeless women and their children. Hope House is requesting donation of new or gently used furniture for its transitional housing program, Peeler House. Pick-up can be arranged and a tax deductible letter will be provided. Call 236-5310.

2008 Ride for Ronald Poker Run

I Sold It on eBay for Coastal Pet Rescue

Benefits Monday, June 2 at 11:30 am at Savannah Quarters Golf Club. Rex Cress, 450-2788.

Through June 2. will be held Saturday, May 31. Registration 9-11 a.m. at the Armstrong Center, 12033 Abercorn St. $15 per person. Will benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire. 356-5520 or www. rmhccoastalempire.org. Through May 31. Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 912-927-5277. about. armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html

3rd Annual YPS Luau

Proceeds will go to the YPS Jump Start Program, which helps young professionals make the transition from college to the real world. Saturday, June 14 7-10 pm at Bonna Bella Yacht Club. $45. www.ypsav. net. Through June 14.

5th Annual 5K Father’s Day Race

5K and 1 mile walks and runs will be held to benefit Fathers Helping Mothers Sunday, June 15 at Daffin Park. For entrance fees and info, call 232-0334, 236-1389 or 695-5628. Through June 15.

Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Memory Walk

Saturday, September 27 at Johnson Square. www.georgiamemorywalk.org or call 920-2231. Through Sept. 27.

Dance to the Music IX

Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah will present a fundraiser for The R.O.C.K., Raising Our Children Kindly, July 17-20 in Pooler.

Events will include an auction, kick-off party, The Carolina Beach Boyz in concert, four deejays and dancing, plus five dance workshops, vendors, pool parties and more. Advance tickets are $55 if purchased

by June 15 and $60 after that. www. shagbeachbop.com, 927-4784 or 398-8784.

Through July 20.

Feral Cat Program Needs Supplies The Milton Project needs supplies and donations. Sherry Montgomery, 351-4151 or sherry@coastalpetrescue.org.

I Sold It on eBay is accepting items on behalf of Coastal Pet Rescue. Donors may bring any item valued at more than $40 to the I Sold It On eBay store located next to TJ Maxx in Savannah Centre. The item will be listed and proceeds will go directly to Coastal Pet Rescue. Call 228-3538 or 3537633 or visit www.coastalpetrescue.org or www.isolditsavannah.com.

Karaoke for Ronald

This fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House is Sunday, May 18 at 4 p.m. at Huc A POO’s on Tybee Island. Contests and prizes. Heather Kohn, 856-1083, heather@ surfergirlchicweddings.com. Through May 28. Huck-A-Poo’s, Highway 80 East.

Looking for 35mm Analog Cameras A non-profit that teaches photography to at-risk yout is seeking donations of old 35mm Analog SLR cameras, darkroom equipment, other camera equipment and black and white film. Call Anthony Faris at 224-8296.

Prince Hall Masonic Building Association Gala

will be held Saturday, May 24 at the Savannah Riverfront Marriott with State Rep. Al Williams. $65. 596-5491. Through May 24.

Recycle, Reduce and Reuse for Coastal Pet Rescue

Coastal Pet Rescue is asking area businesses to collect ink and toner cartridges at their offices. This fund-raiser will help with regular vet care for rescued pets.

Contact Christy at 354-3021 or ecycle@ coastalpetrescue.org to arrange for cartridge pickup.

Ride to Remember Poker Run

This event to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association will be held Saturday, June 14, 2008 at Low Country Customs in Garden City. Registration:, 9 am. First Bike Out, 9:30 am. Last Bike In, 2 pm at Yong’s Coun-

will be held June 18 at The Club of Savannah Harbor. 201-2018. Through June 18.

Second Chance Toys

Recycle your children’s old toys. Second Chance Toys collects clean used toys, which are sanitized and donated to needy children. Pickup service is available. Call Carol at 356-3281 or e-mail carol268@ comcast.net. For info, visit www.secondchancetoys.org.

Sugar Refinery Family Support Fund

Donations can be made to the United Way of the Coastal Empire. All proceeds will go to affected victims and their families.

Credit-card donations may be made calling 651-7701, and checks and money orders made payable to the United Way of the Coastal Empire, with “Sugar Refinery Family Support Fund” written in the memo line, can be mailed to: United Way of the Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St., Savannah, 31401.

Call for Entries 5th Annual Mr. Black Teen

My Dream Productions, Inc. is accepting applications for its 5th Annual Mr. Black Teen of Savannah Scholarship Competition, which will be held in April. The winner will receive $1,000, a shopping spree, an honorary banquet and a trophy. Young men ages 13-19 who are attending middle or high school are eligible to enter. This year’s theme is “Standing on the Shoulder of Great Men!” Call 351-6159.

Actors/Models Sought

The Savannah Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is looking for actors/models for various photo andx video shoots. Talent of all ages, especially mid-20s through early 50s, is sought. Scheduled models will be completation. Send headshots and pertinent information to Erica Backus, Director of Public Relations at ebackus@ SavannahVisit.com.

Busy Woman of the Year Award

In 250 words of less, say why your nominee should be given this award. Nominationa can be submitted online at www.verveffect. com/busywoman or by mail at 648 Henry St., Savannah, 31401. For info, visit Savannah.EveryBusyWoman.com.

Call for Proposals

Proposals for 2009 Contracts for Cultural Services program should be submitted to the City of Savannah’s Cultural Affairs Commission. Deadline July 5 at 5 p.m.

Michelle Hunter, 525-3100, Ext. 2847 or mhunter@savannahga.gov. Through July 5.

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

Submissions for 2008 Savannah Film Festival

Professional and student film submissions are being accepted for the 2008 Savannah Film Festival, which will be held Oct. 25 to Nov. 1. No works in progress will be accepted. Categories include animation, documentary feature, documentary short, narrative feature, narrative short and student. The entry fee is $40 for professional films and $20 for student films. Visit www. withoutabox.com or www.scad.edu/filmfest. All entries must be postmarked by June 16 and selected entrants will be notified by Sept. 15. Through June 16.

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.

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 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.

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.

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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 are $250. An introductory half-day camp for ages 4-6 costs $75. Visit www.savannahga.gov/arts or call 651-6783. Through Aug. 29.

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. 6523582 or 236-0631. Through Oct. 24.

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

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1 It’s loud on lakes 7 Likely 10 Drain 13 Brody of “The Darjeeling Limited” 14 “In the Valley of ___” (2007 movie directed by Paul Haggis) 15 Christina Aguilera’s “___ Siempre Tu” 16 “Amadeus” setting 17 Butt naked 18 Runaway ___ Cart (former roller coaster in Branson, Missouri) 19 Took in 20 1992 Tim Robbins title role 23 Word before job or tube 25 Nile and Mississippi 26 Outfielder inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987 31 Run ___ of the law (commit a crime) 32 At any time 33 Director Luhrmann 36 Taunt 37 Diarist Nin 39 “___ Bonita” (“South Park” episode) 40 Rds. 41 Women of Spain: abbr.

42 You are here 43 Unsuccessful 2008 Republican candidate for president 47 Restrictive street sign 49 ___ impasse 50 “Everlasting Love” singer 53 By way of 56 Music hall restaurant chain co-founded by Dan Aykroyd, for short 57 Get in the groin, perhaps 58 Unwilling revelation of gayness 60 ___ Latin (noted record label) 61 Volcano on Sicily 62 Simple shelter 63 Word after spare or floating 64 Q followers 65 One of the Blues Brothers

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1 Coffee 2 Fix a manuscript 3 Orange or oak 4 ___ bin (nickname for the penalty box in hockey) 5 Late Enron CEO Lay 6 How some presents are wrapped 7 Chemical sprayed on fruit until 1989 8 Weird Al Yankovic works 9 1988 movie based on the novel “The Grizzly King” 10 They’re crowded on Sundays 11 Big, bloody tube 12 Media 14 One of the tides 21 ___-Wan Kenobi 22 Dutch ___ disease 23 Sad 24 Olive ___ (Shelley Duvall role) 26 Cancels, as plans 27 “___ bleeds...” (start of a journalist’s saying) 28 Seafood restaurant cover 29 Part of LCD 30 56, in Rome 34 Concerning 35 Former CNN host Paula 37 Little fighters 38 Senatorial vote 39 ___ Crunch 41 Dollar, slangily 42 Manu Ginobili’s full first name 44 Bird that’s a Masonic symbol 45 Monopoly token 46 “Lawrence of Arabia” actor 47 Earth tone 48 Wolf or Campbell 51 Monthly money 52 “X-Files” actor Nicholas ___ 53 Wine, casually 54 Digging 55 “He’s ___ among men...”

59 “I ___ a Putty Tat” (1948 animated short)

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Free will astrology

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

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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/

Personal Money Management

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, libraries, churches, community events and fairs. Call 447-6605.

Rising Star

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 High Class of 63 Reunion

is set for June 6 and 7. Contact Brenda Sutton at savannahhigh1963classreunion@ yahoo.com or Linda Combs at glitter1963@ comcast.net. Through June 7.

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.

Shapedown Summer Camp

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.

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ARIES

March 21-April 19 After working for years in various jobs at San Francisco TV station KTVU, Frank Sommerville was promoted to the top of the heap -- lead anchorman of the 10 o’clock news program.

He promised that his new power wouldn’t make him lazy or complacent. “Nobody will outcurious me,” he bragged. I hope you will adopt the same motto for the foreseeable future, Aries.

Your world needs you to be intensely inquisitive about what’s transpiring. Uncoincidentally, asking lots of smart questions (and even some dumb ones) will also be the best possible thing you can do for your mental health.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20 “The Irish don’t know what they want and are prepared to fight for it,” said British attorney Sidney Littlewood. I don’t endorse that assertion, since it’s an offensive ethnic stereotype, but I do want to borrow it to create a cautionary message for you.

Please make sure that in the upcoming weeks no one can say to you, “You don’t know what you want and yet you are prepared to fight for it.” I definitely hope you aggressively champion an idea you believe in or a dream you care about, but you should get clearer about what exactly it is.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20 Giuseppe Rebaudi and Silvie Basain started dating in 1952.

This year they finally decided to take the next step. After a 56-year courtship, the 101year-old Italian man wed his 98- year-old girlfriend. I predict that a comparable event will bless your love life in the second half of 2008, Gemini. Some romantic development that has been in the works for a long time will finally ripen into its full expression. Expect news about this soon.

CANCER

June 21-July 22 If you’re normal, you periodically feel little surges of anger that you don’t express. Over time they may accumulate into a mass of blind rage that can hurt innocent bystanders, damage

your relationships, and tempt you to punch holes in walls. Is there a way to keep this from happening? Yes, there is: It’s my patented Laughing Tantrum Release Therapy, a five-minute ritual that you perform once a week in a private place with no witnesses. For four minutes, you fume, seethe, curse, and yell. For the final 60 seconds, you compel yourself to laugh uncontrollably. This week would be an excellent time to start integrating Laughing Tantrum Release Therapy into your routine.

transform what’s pretty good about your life into something that’s really great; the kind that will super-animate your merely average efforts and blast you free of any lackadaisical attitudes you’ve come to accept as reasonable. This medicine won’t come in the form of a pill or a potion, but rather will be produced by your own body if and when you slip away from your comfort zone and go out to play in the frontier. Be your own doctor, Libra. Break your own trance. Crack your own code.

Escape your own mind games.

LEO

SCORPIO

Guerrilla gardening is my favorite kind of prank: a benevolent one. The practitioners of this growing global movement are fertility agitators who sneak onto unused fields under cover of broad daylight, often in urban landscapes, and cultivate flowers, herbs, and food crops. In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend that you experiment with a metaphorically similar project in the upcoming weeks. Without necessarily seeking permission or expecting appreciation, cultivate beauty and value in a place that’s neglected or going to waste.

Your life in the coming weeks may resemble a dream of sailing deep beneath the waves in a yellow submarine where a nonstop party is going on. It’ll be as if you’re plowing through deep, heavy, murky waters inside a brightly-lit high-tech vessel that is controlled by slightly chaotic connoisseurs of fun. You may feel a bit claustrophobic, but that could encourage your imagination to run wild, which will be a good thing as long as you don’t believe everything it tells you. In conclusion, Scorpio, get ready for entertaining adventures that will range from being a bit creepy to totally delicious.

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VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22 “Dear Star-Reader Brezsny: You are the only wizard who can save me. I have a bad job -- just $72,000 a year -- plus a lover who’s not all that cute and a home that’s not worth as much as it used to be. My health is good but I hate my nose and ass. Can’t afford a BMW or a vacation to Spain. My world is unraveling! Hope is fading! Please tell me what to do! - Virgo on the Verge.” Dear On the Verge: I suggest that you temporarily suspend your strident yearning. This is one time when it’s important to cultivate more appreciation for what you actually have. I urge you and all Virgos to turn your attention away from what you think you lack, and devote your psychic energy to loving what is.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Even if you’re not sick, you need some medicine. What kind of medicine? The kind that can

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21

During America’s first war on Iraq in 1991, I prophesied that one day there’d be a Disneyland in Baghdad. It was a surrealistically sardonic send-up of my native country’s imperialism.

But now, 17 years later, my absurd prediction is coming true. The same American company that designed the original Disneyland has announced plans to build the Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience.

If workers survive bombing, looting, and sniper fire, the first part of the 50-acre amusement park will open this year. While I question whether building a monument to fun is a good idea in an actual war zone, it’s an excellent metaphor for you to apply to your personal life. Even if you can’t extinguish a certain conflict that has been raging, try to introduce a spirit of play into

the proceedings.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19 I’m issuing a too-much-of-agood-thing warning. Soaking up too much pleasure could dilute the value of your bliss. Expressing too much personal power could scare away valuable allies who are competent but not entirely confident. Pushing too hard on behalf of your creative pragmatism could subtly undermine the labor of love you’ve worked so hard on. Therefore, Capricorn, please accept my invitation to enjoy a period of rest and assimilation. You can return later for another round of pure intensity.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Studies show that at least half the population would give up sex for a few months if they’d be rewarded for their abstinence with a free 60-inch plasma TV. But if you’re offered a deal like that anytime soon, Aquarius, I suggest you reject it. According to my analysis of the omens, it will be crucial to your mental, physical, and spiritual health to have regular erotic experiences during the coming weeks. If you don’t have a partner, have fun with your invisible muse, the angel in your dreams, or your personal version of God or Goddess.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20 A professional dominatrix I know says that many of her clients are men whose jobs give them excessive authority over other people. When she’s bossing around these honchos, she sees herself as an agent of karmic correction, counteracting a dangerous lopsidedness in their psyches. I bring this up, Pisces, because you’re in a phase when you should rectify any imbalance of power that exists in your own sphere. If you’re a swaggering alpha male or female, put in a stint as a humble servant. If you’re normally a timid soul, flex your willpower with feisty abandon.

If you’re neither a control freak nor a doormat -- and thus have no karma to balance -- spend quality time meditating on how to gain more power over the wild ebbs and flows of your imagination.

Studio or Space by the Hour

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.

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 Center, 1510 Strand. 912-786-5917. www. tybeemsc.org/

Volunteer 101

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

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

HandsOnSavannah.org.

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

West Broad Street YMCA Summer Day Camp 2008

will be held June 16-Aug. 22 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday for children ages 2-15. $40 registration fee, plus $55$85 per week per child. Deborah Enoch, 233-1951. Through Aug. 15.

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.

Clubs & Organizations AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

This is an official student club of Armstrong Atlantic State University that accepts non-students as associate members. It is devoted to the exploration and enjoyment of the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Activities include book discussions, movie screenings, role playing game sessions, board and card games, guest speakers, episode marathons and armor

demonstrations. Provides guest speakers to educators upon request. Call Michael at 220-8129, send e-mail to lightmagus@ yahoo.com or mccauln1981@hotmail. com. or visit http://aasuscifi.proboards105. com/index.cgi.

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

Bike Night with Mikie

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association

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/ChiSavannah/.

Civil Air Patrol

is the civilian, volunteer auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and is involved in search and rescue, aerospace education and cadet programs. Meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. for cadets (12-18 years old) and 7 p.m. for adult members at the former Savannah Airport terminal building off Dean Forest Road. Visit www.gawg.cap.gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt. Jim Phillips at 412-4410.

Clean Coast

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

Code Pink

is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities. Meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Queenies To Go-Go, 1611 Habersham St. Contact mimi.thegoddessfactory@gmail.com or visit http://fearnoarts. com. Queeny’s To Go Go, 1611 Habersham St. 912-447-5555.

Creative Coast Alliance Ambassadors

meet Tuesday mornings at Cafe Ambrosia, corner of Abercorn and Broughton. Jamie Wolf, jwolf@thecreativecoast.org.

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.

meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Restaurant.

The cost is the price of the meal. RSVP to 660-8257. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. 912-354-9040. 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.

Visitors are welcome. Call Sylvia at 9272651 or sylviapf@aol.com.

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 898-8316 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 oldtime 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 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.

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 447-0943 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. 912-354-9040.

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

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John Findeis at 748-7020. Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neat St. 912-3551060. www.stewart.army.mil/

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 Friends of Music

will hold their general meeting followed by entertainment and lunch May 23 at 11am at the Plantation Club at the Landings. $25. 598-5311. Through May 23. will hold their general meeting followed by entertainment and lunch May 23 at 11am at the Plantation Club at the Landings. $25. 598-5311. Through May 23. will hold their general meeting followed by entertainment and lunch May 23 at 11am at the Plantation Club at the Landings. $25.

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598-5311. Through May 23. will hold their general meeting followed by entertainment and lunch May 23 at 11am at the Plantation Club at the Landings. $25. 5985311. Through May 23.

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 Mustang Club

meets the third Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at J.C. Lewis Ford, 9505 Abercorn St. An open cruise-in is held the third Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at Kroger/Krystal across from the Savannah Mall on Abercorn Ext. Kenneth Brabham, 772-8362 or Leonard Kantziper at 354-1826.

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

Stitch-N’s

Knitting, spinning and crocheting Monday and Tuesday from 5-8pm and occasional Sunday 2-4pm at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty.

Jennifer Harey, 238-0514.

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.

Tybee Performing Arts Society

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

Urban Professionals

meets first Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Vu at the Hyatt on Bay Street. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@hotmail. com. Hyatt Regency, 2 W. Bay St.

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.

Young Professionals of Savannah

offers access for young professionals to be active members within the local business, commercial and civic community.

AfterHours networking held monthly, plus annual and charity events. $40 per year. www.ypsav.net.

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. Islands Dance Academy, 610 Quarterman Dr. 912-8972100.

Argentine Tango Practice and Lesson

Learn the dance while having fun Sundays from 1:30-3:30 at the Doris Martine Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. $2 per person.

Call 925-7416. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. 912-354-8089.

Breffni Academy of Irish Dance

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

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.

Dance to the Music IX

Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah will present a fundraiser for The R.O.C.K., Raising Our Children Kindly, July 17-20 in Pooler.

Events will include an auction, kick-off party, The Carolina Beach Boyz in concert, four deejays and dancing, plus five dance workshops, vendors, pool parties and more. Advance tickets are $55 if purchased

by June 15 and $60 after that. www. shagbeachbop.com, 927-4784 or 398-8784.

Through July 20.

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. 912-350-8000. 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 hiphop 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 748-0731.

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...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

Salsa “Rueda de Casino” Style

Learn a salsa dance that originated in Cuba every Wednesday from 6 pm-8 pm starting May 28, and ending on July 30. Grace, 234-6183 or Juan, 330-5421 Through July 30.

Savannah Shag Club

offers shag music every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 36 on Victory Drive.

Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah

hosts Magnificent Mondays from 6:30-11 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free basic shag, swing, salsa, cha cha, line dance and others are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered.

The lesson schedule is posted at www. shagbeachbop.com and announced each Monday. The dance lessons are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Special cocktail prices are from 6:30-10 p.m. and their are hors d’ouerves. There is no cover charge.

Everyone is invited and welcomed into club membership. Call 927-4784 or 3988784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com.

Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn Street.

912-352-7100.

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.

Fitness A balanced life

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

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Belly Dancing for Fun and Fitness A workout and a party, each class is an event. Provided are big colorful veils, jangling coin hip scarves, jingly rattling bracelets, exotic music from India, Turkey, Morocco and around the world, jeweled bindis to stick on your forehad and an assistant to make sure everyone gets personal attention. Held Sundays at 4 p.m., cost is $20 per class. Call 6607399 for location.

Cardiorespiratory Endurence Training

will be offered by Chatham County Park Services for persons 18 and up at Tom Triplett Park on Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 8-9 a.m. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and will be required to sign a waiver form before participating. All classes are free. Call 652-6780 or 965-9629. Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West. 912-652-6780.

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes

are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 8196000. www.sjchs.org

Detox and De-Stress

Easy and simple yoga followed by meditation, helping the body to throww off toxins and stress. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at Yoga Hause, 1203 E. 72nd St. Suggested donation $5.

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The Yoga Room will hold a dog yoga class every first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. at Forsyth Park. The cost is a $10 donation, with all donations given to Save-A-Life. Bring a mat or blanket and a sense of humor. Yoga for dogs is a fun way to relax and bond with your four-legged pet. Great for all levels and all sizes. 898-0361 or www.thesavannahyogaroom.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. 912-233-6800.

Energy Share

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

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booking required. Please call for further details 912-398-4776 or 912-224-9667. www.bodybalance.com.

Fountain of Youth

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

Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga with Mary Ann is offered Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Participants must be 18 or older. Mat and blanket are required. Limited to 12 participants. Preregister at adultenrichment@uusavanah. org or call 234-0980. Held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah upstairs in Phillippa’s Place. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912234-0980. www.uusavannah.org

Kidz Fitness

an ongoing aerobic fitness class for children 6-13 with weight concerns. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-5:45 p.m. at the Candler Hospital Wellness Center.

Children must be members of the Candler Wellness Center. 819-8800. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www.sjchs.org/

Ladies Livin Smart fitness club

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

Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. 912447-6605. www.sjchs.org/1844.cfm

Learn to Run and Swim

Learn to Run & Swim ...offered Tuesday from 5pm to 7pm at Lake Mayer. Classes are for ALL, beginners to advanced.

Running offered from 5pm to 6pm at Lake Mayer followed by Swimming at the Aquatic Center from 6pm to 7pm. Join us for both activities or chose just one. Sessions are organized and led by a Certified Personal Trainer & Triathlete. Please call for more information & pricing 912-6751104 or visit www.coastaltriathlon.com. \

Mindful Fitness Membership Price Plan

$25 per month includes entry into all the Center for WellBeing classes. Pre-register in Suite 120 in the Candler Heart & Lung building. 819-6463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912819-6000. www.sjchs.org

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

are held Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Yoga Center, 25 E. 40th St. Infants must be 6 weeks to 6 months, pre-crawling. The cost is $13 per class. Multi-class discounts are available.

The instructor is Betsy Boyd Strong. Walkins are welcome. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 912-232-2994. www. savannahyoga.com/

Moms in Motion

A pre and post-natal exercise program is offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing. The cost is $30 per month. Call 819-6463. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www.sjchs.org/

National Gymnastics Day

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

YMCA Whitemarsh Island, 135 Whitemarsh Island Rd. 912-897-6158.

Outdoor Fitness Bootcamp

Now offering evening classes. Classes meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Forsyth Park. Morning classes begin at 6 a.m. and evening classes begin at 5:30 p.m. The first class is free. Visit www. structurefitness.net or call Jennifer at 224-0406. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. 912-233-6800.

Overcoming by Faith Ministries Aerobics and Exercise Classes

Free classes are offered every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. at 9700 Middleground Rd. in Savannah. All classes are open to the public. For more information, call 927-8601.

Pilates Classes

are offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7 p.m. at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing. Pre-register by calling 819-6463. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www.sjchs. org/

Reiki Treatments

Reiki master Dante Santiago is trained in Usui Reiki Ryoho. Fifty-minute sessions are $60 and 50-minute in-studio sessions are $45. Call 660-1863 for times and appointments.

Savannah Yoga Center

Located at 1321 Bull St. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com for schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 912-232-2994. www. savannahyoga.com/

Senior Power Hour

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

Tai Chi Classes

St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Wellbeing offers classes Mondays and Fridays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 8196000. www.sjchs.org

Tai Chi Relaxation Class

is held Sundays from 3-4:30 p.m. at The Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Rd., Whitemarsh Center. 898-0361 or www.thesavannahyogaroomm.com. Ancient Chinese exercises that were specifically developed to heal body, mind and spirit together. Held Saturdays from 3-4:30 p.m. at The Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Rd. Call 898-0351.

Tai Chi Yang Style Short Form

Slow and relaxed for all ages. Ongoing class. 7 p.m. Thursdays at Turtle Dragon Herbs and Teas, 1201 Highway 80, Tybee Island. $10 per session. Private lessons also available. Instructor is Tom Wilke. Call 707-616-1200.

The Yoga Room

Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr. 912-898-0361. www.thesavannahyogaroom.com/

Tybee Island Sunrise Boot Camp

is held Monday – Friday from 6-7am. Park at North Beach parking lot and go over first crossover. Bring a mat. Three days of strength training and two days of cardio.

Vicki Lyn, 596-3009. No prices at this time, but contributions accepted.

Women on Weights

Spine & Sports Personal Training offers the Women on Weights (WOW) Program.

The WOW Program is designed to meet the specific needs of women. It is a series of one hour training sessions led by a Certified Personal Trainer who develops different routines throughout the month. The routines may include but are not limited to, Strength Training, Cardio Training for the Heart, Flexibility, Balance and Weight Management. The group meets two times a week for one hour each session. For pricing call 898-7714.

Yoga Teacher Training Institute

A 200-hour Basic Yoga Teacher Training program is offered at Savannah Yoga Center. It meets Yoga Alliance standards, and graduates will receive a certificate and be eligible for certification by the alliance.

The cost for the entire course is $1,500.

Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga. com. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 912-232-2994. www.savannahyoga.com/

Yogalates Classes

are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing on Thursdays from 5:45-6:45 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. The cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for eight sessions. Call 819-6463. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www. sjchs.org/

Zumba Fitness

Classes are being held every week in the Pooler and Rincon areas. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international music, dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting and effective fitness system. No dance partner is required. Participants of all ages and shapes are encouraged to attend. The cost is $7 per class. For location and info, contact Carmen at 484-1266 or calexe@ comcast.net.

Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor.

236-CITY or www.firstcitynetwork.org.

First City Network, 307 E Harris St. 912236-CITY. www.firstcitynetwork.org/

Gay AA Meeting

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 311 E. Macon St. For information, contact Ken at 398-8969.

Georgia Equality Savannah

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

Savannah Pride, Inc.

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

First City Network, 307 E Harris St. 912236-CITY. www.firstcitynetwork.org/

Stand Out Youth -- Savannah

A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at the FCN building located at 307 E. Harris St. Call 657-1966, email info@standoutyouth.org or visit www. standoutyouth.org. First City Network, 307 E Harris St. 912-236-CITY. www.firstcitynetwork.org/

What Makes A Family

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

Health Am I at Risk for Heart Disease?

will be presented Thursday, May 22 at 5:30 p.m. at Mercer Auditorium at Memorial University Health Center. Through May 22.

Better Breathers of Savannah

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

Community Cardiovascular Council, Inc. Control your high blood pressure. Free blood pressure checks and information at the Community Cardiovascular Council at 1900 Abercorn St. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 232-6624.

Community HealthCare Center

is a non-profit organization that provides free medical care for uninsured individuals who work or live in Chatham County and do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid.

All patients receive free examinations, medicine through the patient assistance program and free lab work. Women receive free pap tests and mammograms. Call 692-1451 to see if you qualify for services.

Located at 310 Eisenhower Dr., No. 5, Medical Center. Community Health Mission, Inc, 310 Eisenhower Dr., Suite 6.

Dual Recovery Anonymous

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

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group

A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

Every Step Counts Survivor Walk

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

Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings

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

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

Free hearing & speech screening

Every Thursday morning from 9-11 a.m. at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. 912-355-4601. www.savannahspeechandhearing.org/

Free Vision Screenings

are offered to the public Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sam’s Club Optical-Savannah. No membership is required. Call 352-2844.

Persons whose lives have been touched by cancer can participate in this program Thursday, May 22 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Anderson Cancer Institute Conference Room, Memorial University Medical Center. Jennifer Currin, 350-7845. Through May 22.

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training

My Brothaz Home, Inc., a local nonprofit HIV/AIDS organization, offers free HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training, risk reduction counseling and prevention case management to individual males and groups of males. Upon completion of the training, a monetary incentive and educational materials will be given to each participant. Call 231-8727. My Brothaz H.O.M.E., 211 Price St. 912-231-8727. www.mybrothazhome.org/Welcome.html

Hypnobirthing Childbirth Classes

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

Classes run monthly, meeting Saturdays for three consecutive weeks. To register, call The Birth Connection at 843-683-8750 or e-mail Birththroughlove@yahoo.com.

Family Health & Birth Center, 119 Chimney Rd. 912-826-4155. www.themidwifegroup. com/

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Clinic is offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler and Emory. Patients can receive pre and postoperative care at the clinic rather than travel to Atlanta. Call Karen Traver, R.N. Transplant Coordinator, at 819-8350.

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

Lose Weight Through Hypnosis

No pills, laser or surgery. Change your attitude about yourself and the food you eat for life. 15 years experience. For info, call 927-3432.

Mammograms

St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. Mammograms will be perform/C Medical Group in Garden City, May 23 at Senior Citizens Center in Pooler, May 27 at SJ/C Medical Group in Pooler, May 28 at Largo-Tibet Elementar.

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

Meditation and Energy Flow Group Meet with others who practice meditation or want to learn how. Discuss techniques and related areas of holistic health and healing, Reiki and CAM. Reduce stress and increase peace and health. Call Ellen at 247-4263 or RSVP at http://meditation. meetup.com/490.

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

Narcotics Anonymous

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

Planned Parenthood Hotline

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

Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800264-7154.

Smoke Stoppers

St. Joseph’s/Candler group-facilitated smoking cessation program offers an intensive class in 7 sessions over 3 weeks featuring a wide range of proven-effective strategies to help smokers control their urges, manage nicotine withdrawal and stress and avoid weight gain. The cost is $100. Call 819-6718.

Stop Smoking Through Hypnosis

No pills, patches, gum, lasers, weight gain, withdrawal or side effects. 15 years expereince. 927-3432.

Stress Reduction

Individual introductory session to The Work of Byron Katie includes a short DVD, several handouts and trying these tools out. Introductory fee is $40. Contact Ursula Sterling at 598-2821 or sterlingu@ bellsouth.net for an appointment.

Tree Planting Sites Needed

The Savannah Tree Foundation is seeking input from residents of Chatham County in identifying future tree planting sites in Savannah and throughout the county.

Residents wishing to have canopy trees planted on public, non-profit or goverhment-owned land within the physical boundaries of Chatham County can mail site suggestions to: Patrick Grant, Project Director, The Savannah Tree Foundation, 3025 Bull St., Savannah, 31405. Suggestions also can be phoned in at 233-8733, faxed at 233-8799 or e-mailed at info@ savannahtreefoundation.com.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

Visit the center to discover the Georgia coast. The exhibits and aquariums are home to more than 100 species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, corals and other interesting sea creatures. The 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 3-16.

Senior, military and AAA discounts are available. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org. Tybee Island Marine Science Center, 1510 Strand. 912-786-5917. www. tybeemsc.org/

Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. 912-447-6605. www.sjchs.org/1844.cfm

Tea time at Ola’s

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

232-5488 or 652-3660. Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E Bay St. 912-232-5488. www. liveoakpl.org/

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 Blue Jeans for the Soul

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The Quit Line

a toll-free resource that provides counseling, screening, support and referral services for all Georgia residents 18 or older and concerned parents of adolescents who are using tobacco. Call 1-877-270-STOP or visit www.unitegeorgia.com.

Weight Loss Through Hypnosis

Take the stress out of weight loss. Studies have shown that people who use hypnosis lose 60 percent more weight than with any other method. For info, call 927-3432.

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Nature and Environment Dolphin Project of Georgia

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

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Call 355-4704. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. 912-355-4704. 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

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, located on Johnson Square.

Christian Businessmen’s Committee

meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Piccadilly Cafeteria in the Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn St. Call 898-3477. Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn Ext. 912-354-7038. www.oglethorpemall. com/

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. 912-234-0980. 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 3554704. 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. 912-355-4704. www. unityofsavannah.org/

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 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

Meditation and Energy Flow Meetup Group

First meeting Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. Meets once a month. Meet others to practice meditation and discuss spirituality, metaphysics and related topics of Reiki, energy work, etc. www.ellenfarrell.com or 247-4263.

Meditators Unite!

Beginner and advanced meditators unite to practice meditation and discuss spirituality, metaphysics, holistic approach to healing, Reiki, energy work. Call 247-4264 or visit see_the_light@ellenfarrell.com or read more at http://meditation.meetup. com/490.

Midweek Bible Study

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. 912-352-4400. www. montgomerypresbyterian.com/

Midweek Noonday Bible Study

Join Pastor Ricky Temple for Midweek Noonday Bible Study at the Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. Free lunch provided.

Service time is every Wednesday from noon to 12:45 p.m. For more info call 9278601. Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull Street.

912-233-7764. www.savannahtheatre.com

Music Ministry for Children & Youth at White Bluff United Methodist Church is now known as Pneuma, the Greek work for breath. “Every breath we take is the breath of God.” 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. 912-925-5924. www.wbumc.org/

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 Goshen Rd. Call 927-8601 or visit overcomingbyfaith.org.

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/

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 (SGI-USA)

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

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 233-6284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@ aol.com. Celebrating diversity. Working for justice.

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Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. “A Celebration of Religious Education” will be presented May 25, 11 am, 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. Youth church and childcare also are at 11 a.m.

2320 Sunset Blvd. Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. 912-3554704. www.unityofsavannah.org/

Women’s Bible Study

at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 or Wesley Community Center, 1601 Drayton St. 912232-0965. www.wesleyctrs-savh.org/

Sports & Games 8th Annual Southern Isles Bodybuilding and Figure Championships

will be held Saturday, June 28 at the Johnny Mercer Theatre at the Savannah Civic Center. Pre-judging begins at 10 a.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m. There will be guest posers, a martial arts demo, door prizes and more. Mary Ann, 897-1263, www. southernislesbb.com or southernislesbb@ comcast.net. Through June 28.

Savannah Disc Golf Club

holds an Open Doubles Tournament at 1 p.m. each Saturday at Tom Triplett Park on U.S. 80 between Dean Forest Road and Interstate 95. New players a Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West.

912-652-6780.

Support Groups ADD and Behavior Support Group

meets the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Mindspring Center in the Ranicki Chiropractic Complex, 1147 W. Highway 80 in Pooler. RSVP is requested.

Call 748-6463 or frontdesk@mindspringcenter.com.

Al Anon Family Groups

A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics meets Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. at 1501 Eisenhower Dr. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Goodwill on Sallie Mood Drive. Call 598-9860 or visit http://al_anon_savannah. freeservers.com.

Alcoholics Anonymous

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

Alzheimer’s Caregiver’s Support

Group

The group is for caregivers, family members and friends of persons affected

by Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementia-causing illnesses and meets the first Monday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Room 111 of the Skidaway Island Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway.

Visit www.alzga.org or call 920-2231.

Amputee Support Group

Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers. Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.

Backus Children’s Hospital Support Group for Parents

who have a seriously ill child receiving treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A case manager facilitates the meetings, and a child life specialist provides an arts and crafts activity Meets once a week. Call Donna at 350-5616. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Avenue.

912-350-1KID. www.memorialhealth. com/backus

Backus Children’s Hospital Support Group for Parents of Children with Bleeding Disorders

meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Memorial Health. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-3501KID. www.memorialhealth.com/backus

Bariatric/Gastric Bypass Support Group

for past and potential obesity surgery patients and their families. For information, call Cheryl Brown at 350-3644. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www. memorialhealth.com/

Better Breathers support group

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

Bipolar Support Group

John J. Dunn, Ph.D., is interested in hearing from people who want to participate in a bipolar support group. Call 692-1230 after 6 p.m.

Cancer support group

meets every third Tuesday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. The group is open to anyone who is living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-3360.

Caring for Us

is a support group for caregivers of ill or injured family members or loved ones. Call Kimberlee Mitchell at 350-3399.

CASA Support Group

This support group is for parents and extended caregivers whose child or children have been involved with DFCS and/or returned to your custody after being in foster care, or who have been given custody of a family member’s child who has been involved with DFCS and/or has been in foster care. The group meets the first Thursday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at Youth Futures Family Resource Center at 705 Anderson St. For information, call Madison at CASA at 447-8908 or send email to madison@savannahcasa.org.

Celiac Support Group

for anyone with celiac disease who is allergic to products containing gluten, their family or friends. For information, call

398-1720 or visit draonline.org.

Citizens With Retarded Citizens

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group

Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 355-7633.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at the Candler Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. Call 355-1221 or visit www.coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 8196000. www.sjchs.org

Compassionate Friends Support Group

offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents. It meets the first Thursday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Candler Heart & Lung Building, Conference Room 2, 5356 Reynolds St. 925-5195.

Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs. org

Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges

meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, Room 250.

This is a group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether they have been on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@hotmail. com.

Debtors Anonymous

meets Mondays at 5:30 p.m. at Trinity Church, 225 W. President St. in the third floor New Beginnings Room. Enter on President Street through the left-hand set of glass doors between Whitaker and Barnard streets. Arrive early, as the entry doors are locked promptly at 5:30 p.m. For information, e-mail DAsavannah@yahoo. com. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. 912-233-4766. www. trinitychurch1848.org/

Depressive/Manic support group

Open to persons diagnosed with depression. Meetings are held in classroom B in the Surgery Center Building of Memorial Hospital every Tuesday at 7 p.m. 920-0153 or 927-2064. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912350-8000. www.memorialhealth.com/

Diabetes support group

meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Health in Conference Room A. Call Robin at 350-3843. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www.memorialhealth.com/

Domestic violence community support group

SAFE Shelter provides a domestic violence support group every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Building at 325 Bull St. Call Brenda Edwards, 6298888.

Domestic Violence Hotline

The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence, have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-800-33-HAVEN.

Dual Recovery Anonymous

is a fellowship of men and women recovering and seeking to recover from phsychiatric and emotional illnesses as well as chemical dependancy. Contact Katrina Moore at kamamoore@hotmail.com or call

A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

Every Step Counts

This support group for cancer patients and survivors advocates walking and exercise as a way to fight back and feel better. Call DeDe Cargill at 398-6554 for info or e-mail everystepcounts@comcast.net. The next walk will be held Saturday, Feb. 23 at 9 a.m. at the Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, 2 Canebrake Rd. off U.S. 17 south between Savannah and Richmond Hill.

Meet at the gazebo near the parking lot.

Fecal Urinary Diversion Support Group

The group is for patients who have had a colostomy, deostomy, urostomy (ileoconduit) and continent fecal or urinary diversion surgery. Call 819-3466.

Fibromyalgia support group

meets the second Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St.. 8196743. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www. sjchs.org

First Line

is an after-hours referral and information line to talk confidentially about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy options. A free service from Planned Parenthood, available nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1-800-264-7154.

Full Circle Grief and Loss Center

a program of Hospice Savannah, offers the free counseling services for anyone dealing with loss. Call 355-2289. Grief 101 is a seven week support group for individuals who have suffered a loss by death. Preregistration required.

Huntington Disease Support Group

meets the last Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital, second floor, Room 2. Call Sandra at 964-0455. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

Keeping hope alive while living with cancer meets the fourth Monday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Women’s Services Conference Room at the Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial Health. Call 350-7845. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www. memorialhealth.com/

KidsNet Savannah Parent Support Group

meets on the first Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at the Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave. Call Carole Kaczorowski at 598-7001, Lorr Elias at 351-6375 or Bruce Elias at 644-5916. Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave.

Koolostomy Accessories

is a support group open to anyone who has an ostomy and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

Each month, the group focuses on a specific topic related to blood-related cancers and also discusses ways to improve quality of life. Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

Living without Violence

The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship. Meets every Thursday from 78:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 234-9999.

Lowcountry Huntington’s Disease Group

Call 748-8808 or visit www.LowcountryHD. com.

Lung Cancer Support Group

Lung Cancer Support Group is for families who are going through lung cancer treatment and survivors of lung cancer. It meets the fourth Thursday of the month at the Lewis Research Center Pavilion from 5-6 p.m. Call Kay Denham at 651-5712..

Lupus Encouragement Group

A support group that is open to patients with lupus, their family members and friends. 447-6605.

Memorial Health Cancer Challenges Support Group

Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

Memorial Health Diabetes Support Group meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Error Prevention Conference Room. A variety of guests discuss ways to improve health. Call Glenda at 350-3690. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www. memorialhealth.com/

Memorial Health Pancreatic Cancer Support Group’ For information, call Jennifer Currin at 350-3988. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912350-8000. www.memorialhealth.com/

Memorial Health POPPS! Group

for children with cancer and their parents and caregivers. Call Donna at 350-5616.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www.memorialhealth.com/

Memorial Health PRIDE Bleeding Disorders Support Group

Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www. memorialhealth.com/

Memorial Health SET Focus

SET Focus is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents and caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. For information, call Saundra at 350-3396. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700

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Mommy and Me: Life With Your Little One

is a support group that meets the first Thursday of the month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Candler Professional Building, Room 508A, 5354 Reynolds St. Call 8196171 for information. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www. sjchs.org/

Multiple Sclerosis support group

Call 653-5878. discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 3551523. St James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. 912-355-1523.

Muscular Dystrophy support group

meets Jan. 28, April 19, July 19 and Oct. 18 from noon to 1 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. 354-9576. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912819-6000. www.sjchs.org

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

meets the third Sunday from 3:30-6 p.m. at the Armstrong Atlantic State University Sports Education Building, Room 226.

351-7035 or 353-7143. Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 912927-5277. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html

Overcoming the Stigma of Seizure Disorders

meets the fourth Thursday at the Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church at Abercorn and Gordon streets. A free story/ coloring book, I’m Feeling Just Ducky!, is available for children to better explain seizure activity.. Call Pam Steadman at 233-1006. Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn St. 912232-0191. www.wesleymonumental.org/

Pancreatic Cancer Support Group Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

PRIDE Support Group

This is a support group for parents of children with bleeding disorders. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

Rape Crisis Center

assists survivors of rape and sexual assault. The Rape Crisis Line is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 233-7273.

The center offers free, confidential counseling for victims and their families. Call 233-RAPE.

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6523 Concord Rd. JUST LISTED! 3BR/2BA; 1714sf $1495

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3 bedroom, 2 bath 444 S. College $789 Monthly for 3 people 912-764-6076 or 682-7468

HISTORIC DISTRICT HOME. Open Floor Plan LR DR K with high ceilings, ceiling fans. 2BR 1B, off-street pkng, fenced paved courtyard with gas grill and outdoor dining set, central A/H, wood floors. Side-by-Side F r i d g e , D W, J e n n - A i r e Stove, Washer and Dryer, security system and yard maint included. $1350 per month lease + util + $900 dep. Pets ok w/deposit.

505 Hartridge Street. Jo at 912-257-0916

Full time position to work at Union Mission’s Starfish Café. Under close general supervision, performs the operation of cash register and receipt of cash and charges; prepares daily cashier reports; provides excellent customer service to patrons of the café as well as monitoring the condition of dining room and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: Twelve months full time experience in the operation of a cash register in full service restaurant; completion of program in customer service, and excellent skills in dealing with the public.

Interested candidates may apply at: Union Mission, 120 Fahm St, Savannah, 912-236-7423 or cheil@unionmission.org.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

“Move-In Special” 1st Month Rent Free *NEW Carpet *NEW Paint *NEW Kitchen * NEW HVAC *W/D Connection *Refrigerator w/Icemaker *Large Closets *Cable Access

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Andover Crossing 10612 Middleground Road

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www.Lanier Realty.com place, DR, Kitchen, Appliances incl, Covered Porch REDUCED $1495.

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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.

17 East 33rd St.

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Office Space 1 block from courthouse, 1250sqft 3 large offices, 1 bath, 1 kitchen, 1 lobby, 4 closets. Plenty of parking

$900 MonthBest offer (912)531-1534

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