Connect Savannah July 23, 2008 by Connect Savannah

city council talks trash, page 9 | an interview with a bail bondman, page 10 rachael sage’s buzzworthy piano pop, page 16 | Matt toole is ‘kinetic’ as heck, page 21

Jul 23- jul 29, 2008 news, arts & Entertainment weekly free connectsavannah.com

visual arts

New moon rising

A young couple brings talent and creativity to the table, uniting business with passion and, oh, yeah, bringing about a great art show this weekend. Their creation is New Moon of Savannah, and the art show is the ‘Summer Art Revue.’ image: work by summer wheat

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Music

Theatre

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Effingham County organic farmer and developer Michael Maddox is bringing his “Green Dream” to vibrant life | 8

In-demand bassman Will Goble comes to town, courtesy of the Coastal Jazz Association | 17

AASU’s 2008 summer theater season closes with the suspenseful, prize-winning drama, Proof | 19

Heath Ledger’s final role as The Joker is drawing record-breaking numbers out to theaters for The Dark Knight | 30

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Summer Daily Cannon Firings at Old Fort Jackson

Murder Afloat

Wednesday

What: Nothing brings history to life more than the thunderous boom of a cannon blast. Daily at 10am, 2pm and 4pm. When: Through July 31, 2 & 4 p.m. Where: Old Fort Jackson, 1 Fort Jackson Rd. Cost: $4.25 general admission, .$3.75 for students, seniors 55 and up, military, and AAA, Children 6 and under are admitted free. Info: 232-3945. www.chsgeorgia.org/jackson/home. htm

Psychotronic Film Society: Kill Baby Kill

What: Gothic horror classic about a small Transylvanian town paralyzed with fear from a violent curse. Can a visiting doctor solve the ghostly mystery and break the witch’s spell? When: Wed. July 23, 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Cost: $5 Info: 912-232-4447. www. myspace.com/psychotronicfilms

Return to the 50’s

What: Return to America’s most beloved decade of music, when every song on the radio was a hit. When: Wed. July 23, 8 p.m., Fri. July 25, 8 p.m., Sun. July 27, 3 p.m. and Wed. July 30, 8 p.m. Where: The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull Street. Cost: $33 adults, $16 17 and under Info: 233-7764. /www. savannahtheatre.com

Thursday

What: 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. Boarding next to the Hyatt on Riverstreet. When: Each Thurs.. Through Aug. 28. Where: River Street Riverboat Co., 9 East River Street. Cost: $26.95 adults, $18.95 children under 12. Info: 1-800-786-6404, 2326404. www.murderafloat. com

A Tale of Two Georgias

What: The premiere of a documentary created by local filmmaker Michael Jordan that profiles two ships with the same name -- the Civil War ironclad CSS Georgia and the newly relaunched nuclear submarine USS Georgia. The Coastal Heritage Society is sponsoring the screening at the Savannah History Museum, 303 MLK Jr. Blvd. It will reveal some surprising similarities between the vessels, their crews and the people responsible for their existence. A short CHS meeting will precede the screening, and the museum’s exhibits will remain open until the screening begins. When: Thu., July 24, 6 p.m. Cost: Free Info: 651-3673.

AASU’s Department of Art, Music & Theatre: Proof What: The final production

of the summer season will be David Auburn’s suspenseful drama, which was

Freebie of the Week |

Work by Imke Lass is among that featured at the Summer Art Revue at New Moon Gallery

presented both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award in 2001. This may be the last production in the Masquers Chinese Theater (MCT), located in Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn Street.| When: Thu., July 24, 7:30 p.m., Fri. July 25, 7:30 p.m., Sat. July 26, 7:30 p.m., Sun. July 27, 3 p.m., Thu., July 31, 7:30 p.m., Fri. Aug. 1, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m. and Sun. Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m. Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: $10 general admission Info: 344-2801. www. finearts.armstrong.edu

Historic Savannah Theatre: The Beat Goes On

What: A look back at the rockin’ 60s, 70s and 80s, with plenty of singing and dancing. When: Thu., July 24, 8 p.m., Sat. July 26, 3 & 8 p.m. and Thu., July 31, 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull Street. Cost: Adults $33, youth 17 and under $16. Info: 233-7764. www. savannahtheatre.com

Heart

Little Theatre of Savannah: Crimes of the

What: Beth Henley’s

Pulitzer Prize-winning play about three sisters in Mississippi and their reunion after one of them is accused of murder. When: Thu., July 24, 8 p.m., Fri. July 25, 8 p.m., Sat. July 26, 8 p.m., Sun. July 27, 8 p.m., Thu., July 31, 8 p.m., Fri. Aug. 1, 8 p.m., Sat. Aug. 2, 8 p.m. and Sun. Aug. 3, 3 p.m. Where: Cardinal Rep, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: $20 general admission; $15 seniors, military, students; $10 children Info: 631-3773. www.littletheatreofsavannah.org

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Free Concerts in the Squares

What: The David Duckworth Trio will perform. When: July 25-June 27, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Johnson Square, Bull & Abercorn Sts. Cost: Free

What: The Sand Gnats face the Asheville Tourists for four games, then play the Hickory Crawdads in a four-game series. When: July 25, 26, 28, 29, 30 and 31 at 7 p.m. and July 27 at 2 p.m. When: Fri. July 25, 7 p.m., Sat. July 26, 7 p.m., Sun. July 27, 2 p.m., Mon. July 28, 7 p.m., Tue., July 29, 7 p.m., Wed. July 30, 7 p.m. and Thu., July 31, 7 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Drive. Cost: Box seats, $10; reserved, $8; general admission, $7; and seniors/ military/ kids 4-12 $5. Info: 351-9150. www.sandgnats.com

Savannah Film Society: The Birds

What: Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1963 thriller is the story of a world gone wrong as birds of all kinds begain attacking humans and wreaking havoc. When: Fri. July 25, 7 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton Street. Cost: $8 general admission, $6 senior/military Info: 525-5050. www.lucastheatre.com

Cynergy - Celtic to Folk Rock Concert

What: An upbeat performance of traditional Celtic and Folk rock music, hosted by the Friends of Skidaway Island State Park. When: Fri. July 25, 8 p.m. Where: Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. Cost: $5, 10 and under free Info: 598-2300. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/

26 Saturday

5K in Forsyth Park

What: A 5k run will be held. When: Sat. July 26, 8 a.m.

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Events marked with this symbol are things we think are especially cool and unique.

music

for a complete listing of this week’s live music go to: soundboard.

art

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

Movies

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go to: happenings for even more things to do in Savannah this week

Art Squared: Arts in the Summer

What: The series concludes with the Outdoors Arts Festival, a day-long event with arts and crafts for children, face paint-

ing, food and a performance by sculptural artist Matt Toole, who will cast molten metal to music.

When: Sat., July 26, 2-9 p.m. Where: Roundhouse Railroad Museum, 601 W. Harris St. Cost: Free

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THaNK YOU!

AfricAn AmericAn AncestrAl legAcy initiAtive sAvAnnAh:

looming change in american society requires a public record that accurately serves the diverse resources of democracy. Attention given to those resources will have a beneficial effect on issues such as business, quality of life, and education. They make unity a true vision in equality. The A.A.A.L.I.S. provides websites, blogs, plays, events, videos, workshops, forums, and meetings. These and other instrumental resources highlight little known and/or undisclosed studies in regional Savannah history. We are pleased that those resources have been well used as a guide and tool to prompt more urgent and prolific activity in Savannah. Our recent and upcoming season includes events that elevate and celebrate African American heritage: PLEASANT’s ‘CHasEs ME 1968’ a solo art exhibit and performance… NYC and upcoming events in Europe “Jazz is more than jazz” – David Pleasant; featured article in internationally distributed All About Jazz Magazine “DEEGaH” -- featured music and culture video Nickelodeon/NOGGIN-MTV and Artistic advisor sundance film/ theater Festival- African American presence and influence in American theater. Gary Swindell, Georgia State University

Stay tuned for our soon-to-come recordings, performances and upcoming local events.

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FREE Home Buyer’s Seminar Meet and hear local experts speak and answer your questions… • What is the tax benefit of owning a home? • Can you qualify? • What has changed in the process? • Why is it important to have a home inspection? Thursday, July 31st | 7:00 – 8:30 pm (6:45 pm registration) Savannah Marriott Riverfront | 100 General McIntosh Blvd RSVP by July 29: 912-355-8555 ext.610 WIn FREE DooR PRIzES!

Cost: $20 adults, $10

Whitaker St. Cost: $20 adults, $10 children Info: 355-5198.

ages 12 and under Info: 651-6556. www. savannahcivic.com

Blackwater Paddle

The Will Goble Group

What: After basic

canoeing instruction, a Wilderness Southeast guide will lead the way down Ebemezer Creek near Rincon, past tupelo and cypress trees, as participants look for turtles, herons and kingfishers. There is beauty around every bend. The fee covers canoe rental and instruction. Reservations are required. When: Sat. July 26, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $35 Info: 236-8115.

Habersham Village Sidewalk Sale

What: Summer deals at many of the shops at Habersham Village, located at Habersham and 61st streets in Midtown. When: Sat. July 26, 9 a.m. Cost: Free.

Summer Art Revue

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Where: Forsyth Park, 501

What: Presented by New Moon of Savannah at 11 W. Park Ave., this art event features the work of eight collectible Savannah artists -Betsy Cain, Lorie Corbus, Julio Garcia, Scott Griffin, Imke Lass, Deb Oden, Gerome Temple and Summer Wheat - who will come together for a one-time only affair. The show will continue into Saturday night with drinks, food and entertainment by Stan Ray, Tenderloin Trio, Curl & Crockett, Dare Dukes, and a late night set by DJ Valis. A casual brunch will be served on Sunday. When: Sat. July 26, 12-10 p.m. and Sun. July 27, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Info: 704-8446. miriam@ newmoonofsavannah. com

2nd Annual Peruvian Festival 2008

What: Peruvian folk music and dance, Peruvian food, drinks, desserts, a dance contest, raffles, prizes and Latin music. When: Sat. July 26, 2-10 p.m. Where: Memorial Park, 403 Butler Ave. Cost: Free Info: www,tybeefest.com

The poster for a documentary film by local filmmaker Michael Jordan

Haunted Oatland Island

What: Tour 50,000 square feet of 1920’s hospital creepy after dark on a mysterious island surrounded by exotic creatures hunt for ghosts. EMF meters, etc provided amd a commemorative gift is included. When: Sat. July 26, 9:30 p.m. Where: Oatland Island Education Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Cost: $36.50 Info: 1-866-666-DEAD. www.hauntedoatlandisland.com

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A Gospel Brunch

What: Enjoy brunch at the Jepson Center and the musical talents of the Temple of Glory Community Church Choir. The afternoon includes access to the Jepson galleries. When: Sun. July 27, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 York St. Cost: $10 adults, $5 children 6-12, children under 6 admitted free. Info: 790-8800. www. telfair.org

Comedy Basketball Fundraiser

What: A benefit for the Sugar Refinery Relief Fund with Meadowlark Lemon and the Harlem Allstars playing local celebrities and emergency personnel in the Martin Luther King Jr. Arena. When: Sun. July 27, 5 p.m. Where: The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West

What: Presented by the Coastal Jazz Association, this concert will feature a North Carolina-based trio that has been captivating audiences with a sultry and seductive jazz that pours out onto the city streets and fills in the gaps between various jazz genres. When: Sun. July 27, 5 p.m. Where: Four Points by Sheraton Historic Savannah, 520 West Bryan St. Cost: $10 Info: 675-5419. www. coastal-jazz.org

Wednesday Free Concerts in the Squares

What: Vocalist Claire Frazier will perform. When: Wed. July 30, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Wright Square, Bull & York Sts. Cost: Free

Psychotronic Film Society: TNT Jackson

What: Big Afros meet feminism and chopsocky in this fun, fast and furious 1975 pic about a sexy, tougher-than-nails female black martial arts expert (TNT Jackson, naturally) who travels to Hong Kong to find her brother’s killer -- kicking ass and being ultra foxy all the way. When: Wed. July 30, 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Cost: $5 Info: 912-232-4447. www.sentientbean.com

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Mike’s movie One of the more underrated local talents is Michael Jordan, former WSAV anchor and current PR director for the Coastal Heritage Society, who is also quietly building quite a portfolio as an independent documentary producer.

Jordan’s old-school love of history blends with his modern style and willingness to throw himself into a story to make his work particularly compelling. His previous indie credits include Ships for Victory, chronicling coastal Georgia’s role in building World War II’s Liberty ships, and Friends in the Fight, about the cooperative effort Anyway, check out his newest release, The Two Georgias, this Thursday night at the Savannah History Museum on MLK Boulevard. The free showing starts at 7 p.m., with a cash bar at six, with a short Coastal Heritage Society meeting in the middle. The film compares two chapters in regional military history by telling the story of the ironclad CSS Georgia (set to be raised from the

Savannah River in advance of a planned harbor deepening) and the nuclear submarine USS Georgia, based at Kings Bay, a former Trident nuclear missile sub which has been retrofitted for a new career in the post 9/11 era. Except for a couple of runoffs August 5, the primary election season is over. And any true political junkie with a taste for weirdness is bound to be a little disappointed at the results. How much fun would it have been to watch a debate this fall between Pete Liakakis and James Dewberry for county commission chairman? They could sell tickets to that thing. Or how about a smackdown between Regina Thomas and Ben Crystal for U.S. Congress? They could make that one pay-per-view and plenty of people would watch it. Alas, such delicious drama is not to be, and we’ll have to settle for a far more hum-drum assortment of combatants. Oh, well, no one ever said democracy would be easy, or fun....

environment:

8 Michael Maddox’s

green dream for sustainable living in Effingham comes closer to reality. by summer teal simpson

city notebook: It ain’t easy being a bail bondsman, says Darryl Hansley. But it’s not that bad, either.

by lanie lipincott peterson

feedback | letters@connectsavannah.com | fax (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404

Beware of Barrow Editor, The good news is that Regina Thomas, a progressive Democrat, managed to bring in 24 percent of the vote in her bid for Congress. The bad news is that her opponent John Barrow got 76 percent, especially since Barrow is a “blue-dog Democrat.” Barrow’s voting record has been far more Republican than Democratic. When he does on occasion happen to vote Democratic, he does so unthinkingly following orders from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, herself not well noted for being soundly Democratic either. One time Barrow did vote for democratic principles by opposing telecom immunity in the FISA bill. Later however, once he had received $8,100 from telecom lobbying for his campaign fund, he reversed his vote by approving of telecom immunity. He wasn’t alone in this sell-out, though, since a large number of other Congressmen followed suit by reversing their votes on FISA, campaign donations in hand. There is speculation of a Republican cross-over vote for Barrow. I’m not too sure what such a strategy would entail, whether Republicans are thinking that Barrow would prove to be a weaker

candidate against their nominee or if they just like the way Barrow votes their way, a Republican in Democratic clothing. If it were only Democrats out voting for Barrow, then those Democrats need to wake up to the facts about Barrow’s voting record. They need to wake up to his political expediency and Republican leanings. And they need to start voting for progressive candidates like Regina Thomas whose positions favor the majority of people, not Republican elitists. William H. Strong

Crack: Still wack Editor, Crack has planted its flag deeply into the broken, beating heart of my neighborhood for years. While I’m pretty libertarian about most personal conduct issues, crack crosses the line because it drives people to desperation the likes of which most concerned citizens have rarely seen. When it hit town, porch furniture began disappearing as appetites for more crack drove people to steal any and every thing that could be stolen and sold. Gangs began waging warfare in broad daylight with no rules of engagement and too many innocent bystanders fell in the crossfire.

Crack is the mastermind behind so many bad headlines. Can we as concerned citizens afford not to question whether more jail/ less drug treatment strategies solve this problem? Please consider that most policy makers don’t live where furniture takes flight or in-your-face encounters are part of the hazard of venturing outside. Crack defies even the most aggressive policing because displacing dealers does nothing to cure users. Where non-crack related arguments can turn violent, their frequency is wildly overshadowed by the inflationary influence Crack has in creating crisis where none previously existed and pushing existing tensions beyond the point of no return. It is a weapon of mass destruction whose identity isn’t a mystery and whose effectiveness is immediate! When crack comes to town, it’s a whole new ballgame and few in public safety are ready to treat as it is: a major public health issue with major public safety overtones. Cure crack users and the urban warfare it brings dries up. That does also mean police budgets may dry up some, but remaining resources can then be dedicated to other problem areas. There was crime before crack, but less of it.

Nadra Enzi

A letter from Joyce

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Editor, I would like to thank all of my former patients at Effingham Hospital for letting me care for them and their loved ones. We have always prided ourselves in giving extra care to our friends, family, and neighbors. Due to changes made by “upper management” they will no longer employ CNA’s(certifided nursing assistants)in the hospital section, but will continue to use them in the nursing home. They offered us the same position in the nursing home or they gave us a two week notice. I am physically unable to do the heavy lifting in the nursing home so I have to resign. I loved my job and I took great pride in what I did. I loved caring for the people that I knew and loved. That is what is so special in a rural hospital--knowing everyone. My last day was June 6, 2008. Thanks again for letting me help with your care. I will miss all of you. The caring nurses will be doing total patient care now, so give them your support as they will need it.

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Joyce Brannen

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art: The Summer 22 Art Revue features

work by many noted local artists, including Gerome Temple, above. by linda sickler

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of the American and British military in the Middle East. I’ve always gotten along well with Michael, because we’re alike not only in our shared interest in military history but in the fact that both of us are sort of in-betweeners: We’re neither part of the old-boy network nor are we part of the new wave of hipsters in town who act like they’re the first to discover the place.

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Michael Maddox’s green dream

Organic farmer works toward a vision of sustainable living in Effingham County by Summer Teal Simpson | sumrteal@gmail.com

Farmers smell different from the rest of us. They do. They smell like earth, sweat, the sweetness of berries and the tang of onions, garlic and leeks. It’s a way of life. For the past 20 years Michael Maddox has gladly smelled different, being slave to fork and spade on his farm in the heart of Effingham County. Green Bridge Farm, as it is known, was family land from the 1700s that Maddox purchased over twenty years ago. And he’s been “roughin’ up the garden” ever since. While most of the property is wooded, the organic farm rests on four of his total 25 acres. He cultivates a mouthwatering array of fruits and vegetables including blueberries, grapes, cucumbers, potatoes, blackberries, figs, peaches, leeks, basil, red okra, squash, zucchini, rosemary, corn, apples, onions, broccoli, arugula, lettuce, melons, peanuts, garlic, green beans, edamame and eggplant. And his farming techniques are all organic. He reuses newspaper as mulch, composts garden waste and kitchen scraps, uses advanced drip irrigation to conserve water and good old-fashioned sweat and muscle to plow, till, plant, fertilize, grow and harvest his crops. He’s conscious of the inter-connectivity of a garden. He grows shade crops between the stalks of corn and leaves the arugula to flower to help the ailing bee population. “All these years I’ve been out here by myself,” says Maddox, a landscape supervisor with the City of Savannah. “People ask me, ‘Why do you do that?’ It’s important to me to set an example, to show people that this can be done and can be enjoyed. You can get away from the grind.” Green Bridge Farms — named for the symbiotic bridge between plants and the sun, converting light energy into food energy for humans — represents the past, present and future for Maddox. He hopes his simple farming lifestyle will serve as the foundation of a community — a green community. “This land has been in my family for seven generations,” he explains. “Back then, people helped one another survive. They relied on one another. What I’m trying to do is show that people acting col-

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environment

Michael Maddox, right, and some of the bounty of his Effingham farm

lectively are stronger than they would be individually.” He has drafted plans and taken initial steps to subdivide his land into nine lots on 1.2-1.6 acres each. The four acres presently farmed organic vegetable gardens and orchard would constitute community space, open to families living in the small, rural community. A pond and performance stage would sit on another three acres of community property, to be maintained by the neighborhood association. To protect the environmental integrity of his vision — and adhering to Tom Waits’s sentiments, “You can’t chase out nature with a pitchfork” — Maddox is encouraging sustainable development practices on the lots. Covenants include provisions for Earthcraft or LEED-certified homes (encouraged but not mandatory), natural looking facades, maximum 10 percent loss of woodland for house sites and setback stipulations to ensure privacy and aesthetic appeal to entire project. Maddox’s own home serves as an example of what he’d like to see for his neighbors. He designed and built the twostory home himself with much recycled material. Most of the wood used in construction was grown in Effingham County and was milled in Chatham County. Maddox hopes Green Bridge community will serve as a template for future development. “People have become isolated from one another and from their environment,” he says. “I’d like this farm to serve as a bridge

uniting disparate people behind a common cause. By circling our wagons, so to speak, I hope we as a community can prosper and provide a model for future sustainable communities.” His organic garden has already contributed to a larger movement, adding to and thriving off of the support for locally grown, organic produce. Restaurants like Cha Bella, aVida and Alligator Soul have made a reputation for their high-quality, organic and locally-flavored dishes. Now even catering and food distribution companies are getting into the mix. Chef Nick Mueller & Company and Green Tomato Concepts are two locally owned and operated food service companies that utilize solely organic and mostly local products. Robbie Wood, chef/owner of Green Tomato Concepts (www.greentomatoconcepts.com, recently visited Green Bridge Farms, harvesting fresh vegetables to take back to his company kitchen. Green Tomato Concepts is an organic food marketing and distribution company founded on Wood’s desire to use the best local ingredients, which led to an extended passion for the local, sustainable movement. “We strive to turn peoples’ focus back to the source of their food in an effort to encourage the Sustainable Movement,” says Wood, which is precisely why he supports efforts like Maddox’s. At Green Bridge it is not uncommon for Saturday and Sunday morning to be spent laboring among the rows and afternoons to

be passed on the front porch, Sam Adams in hand, talking farm talk. A conversation between farmer and chef reveals that Maddox should try growing ginger, chilis and artichokes — produce in high demand for Woods. “This is my solution to the food crisis,” Maddox jokes. “Instead of working to get the food to market I’m working on how to get people here, to the food.” After decades of going it alone, Maddox is ready to share his dream and fertile plot of soil. He’s been before the Effingham County Commission numerous times for approval on his development. A major holdup, and near deal-breaker, centered around a county requirement that the dirt road extending to his property from Zittrouer Road be paved at Maddox’s expense. Lots at Green Bridge are being sold for a modest $40,000-$50,000. With the added cost of paving the road, Maddox feared he’d have to charge more for the lots making the project less affordable and accessible to interested buyers. “I’ve been lucky to be able to do this,” Maddox says of his farm and development project. Maddox owns his land so he can set his own rate, absorb much of the financial burden in an effort to promote a green dream. But he recognizes that it’s just not that easy for the average local developer. “We need tax incentives to make this work outside of here because for me it’s a labor of love. I’m not in it for the money.” Maddox won a huge victory when the commission, with great overall support for his development project, passed a variance that would allow Maddox to surface his road at a lesser cost while utilizing green techniques. Road construction will begin in several weeks. After that, the property will be surveyed and Maddox will be collecting earnest money on lots. Of the nine lots, three are promised. “I always wanted this land to be a learning center,” he says. “I knew I wouldn’t keep it for myself because that’s stupid. It’s stupid to keep all this for myself.” And so, share he will. Until the land is sold and ground is broken on the Green Bridge Farms community, Maddox is content to tend to his crops and play host to area schoolchildren and visitors interested in his sustainable, and delicious, vision. He welcomes you to come be a part of his “pickin’ project.” Visit his new website to find out how: greenbridgefarm-com. doodlekit.com/home.

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Trash talk

City council says illegal dumping won’t be tolerated

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Savannah City Council has been discussing the problem of illegal trash dumping for some time, but Alderman Tony Thomas said a recent incident convinced him that the issue should be acted on as quickly as possible. “Last week, an illegal truckload of trash was dumped at Rose Dhu (Island),” Thomas said at the July 17 council meeting. “It was household trash, including paint, a broken aquarium and a large array of items.” The trash was dumped into a marsh. “It was next to a creek where you could see fish,” said Thomas, who went to the site. “Talk about environmentally friendly.” Some of the paint entered the water, Thomas said. “We were able to locate an address and turned it over to the city manager’s office and the police department,” he said. “I believe a home was being cleaned after a renter moved out. I know we have an initiative we’re working on, but I’d like to see staff work on it immediately.” Thomas said he and aldermen Van Johnson and Cliffton Jones attended a seminar on dumping where they learned some counties are punishing people who dump trash by posting images of them cleaning up their own messes. “I’m not against public shaming on these types of issues,” Thomas said. “To dump trash is the lowest insult.” Alderman Edna Jackson agreed. “I hope if they find the person responsible for this, they will be given the bill,” she said. “This can become very costly and we have to pay for it with taxpayers’ money. People dumping should have to pay.” On a motion by Thomas, the council postponed approving a 20-year contract with Pratt Recycling of Conyers to begin a city-wide curbside recycling program. The matter will be addressed at the next council meeting on July 31. Thomas said the council has questions about the contract that need to be addressed before it is approved. The council also agreed to continue a public hearing for a liquor license transfer. Elmore H. Young, doing business as Phat Cats Sports Bar, has requested the transfer of a liquor, beer and wine license from Carey Macon, doing business as Carey’s Jazz and Blues Lounge on Waters Avenue. VerLynda Slaughter, president of the

Midtown Neighborhood Association, expressed concern about the transfer. “The last three murders were all in that block,” she told the council. “This lounge will be detrimental to the whole area. It’s like we’re going backwards.” City Manager Michael Brown said there are no legal grounds to deny the transfer, because Young has no criminal record. “We’re a nation of laws,” Mayor Otis Johnson said. “The law governing this says if an applicant does not have any prior felonies or arrests or a record that would give us an indication he would not be a good operator, there is no grounds for us to deny it. I personally wouldn’t want any more alcohol-serving establishment on Waters Avenue, but I’m a sworn official of this city and we cannot deny this license.” Tyrone “Hollywood” Brown met with the council to update them on a fundraising comedy basketball event set for July 27 at 5 p.m. at the Savannah Civic Center. A native of Savannah, Brown is a professional player who has spent 11 years with the Harlem Globetrotters. “I got the chance to travel around the world three times,” Brown said. “I guarantee there’s no place like home.” Brown plays in about 40 fundraisers a year. “Out of all the fundraisers I’ve ever done, this is the most important I would ever do because this is my hometown,” he says. “When I first heard about the explosion, I called Meadowlark Lemon and told him friends of mine were killed in the explosion. “A lot of you probably ask, ‘How old is Meadowlard Lemon?’ He’s about 75 years old,” Brown says. “He gets up at 5:30 a.m. every morning to work out. He can still hit a hook shot. His comedy is still great. At a game in Portland, Ore., he hit three hook shots in a row.” Brown said he’s been working on the fundraiser for the past three months. He asked the council for its support, and gave council members comp tickets so they can attend. Bill Zieburtz, a board member of the Georgia Association of Water Professionals, presented several awards for the operation of both the water supply and wastewater treatment systems. “The City of Savannah’s utilities are setting the mark other utilities are trying to achieve,” he told the council.

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On the side of city buses, large ads show the photograph of a bail bondsman—a big man fiercely scowling at the world. But in his office on Chatham Parkway, bail bondsman Darryl Hansley smiles. The owner of A Bright Day Bail Bond Inc., looks relaxed. He wears a multicolored shirt and a cheery yellow cap, and he calls his business style upbeat. Could you describe your business?

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I write bonds for people when they go to jail. No limit. It can be from $400 or $300 up to a million dollars. I take cash, credit, property for collateral. My clients can be anybody. They can be arrested for traffic violations, for shoplifting, for DUI, for being a drug offender, for child molesting, for murder. My staff isn’t that big — just an office manager, three different people writing bonds and six doing bail recovery. We have to do recovery when a person doesn’t show up in court. In most cases, we retrieve that person and put him back in custody. We work seven days a week. Everyone works eight hour shifts except me. I work all of them. How dangerous is your business? Sometimes, it can be very dangerous. Recently, we got a woman in the car and she tried to kick the windows out. She actually bit me. I had to have a tetanus shot. The smallest bonds can be the most dangerous ones. People get out of jail. They don’t want to go back in jail. And every day, a person goes negative on the bond. And five percent of the time, they leave the state. We’ll go to California. If the bond is big enough, we go wherever we need to go to retrieve the person. How did you get into this business?

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This was something I always wanted to do. In my neighborhood, right across the street from me, there was a bail bondsman. At first, my background was in life insurance. But really got things up and going in 2001. It was the opportunity to be self-employed and have no limits on income. And this is where you can actually help people. You take the child that comes in here and got off on the wrong side of the track. You talk to him. And some of them will listen. You give them words of wisdom — a pep talk.

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I’ve had some satisfying cases. I had a case where a young boy was on bond for murder. He said he didn’t do it. And we believed what he was saying. He went to court and was exonerated of the charges. What is your most dangerous case? I’ve been blessed. We haven’t had one where someone is getting shot. But there are situations where we’ve had to draw weapons on people. When you pick a person up, depending on where it’s at, you’ve got to pull your weapon so you’ve got the upper hand on that person. You could have a gun — or a stun gun. The recovery people carry both. I’ve had to bond my bail recovery people out. We had a situation where they were chasing someone. And they were riding down the street pointing guns out the window. They didn’t retrieve the person. And they ended up going to jail. They should have just let it go and try to get him another day. What’s the best part of this business? Being in control of your own interests. You can do six figures easy. Some folks are doing seven figures. Are you afraid of your clients? I think so. But it’s wise to be afraid. Because if you weren’t afraid, you’re not being careful in what you’re doing. You’re not covering yourself. Do you carry a weapon? Yes, ma’am. Do you carry a handgun? Two or three of them.

Where Emma’s been: Journeys of a Savannah counterculture icon In 55 years of marriage, Lee and Emma Adler have established their place in Savannah history as the dynamic duo of the historic preservation movement. When it comes to taking up causes, it can be said that “they wrote the book,” figuratively and literally, on how to stay the course in advocating for community change. In 2008 it’s hard to fathom that in its infancy, historic preservation in Savannah was a counter-culture value, mostly advocated by progressive young people in their late 20s and early 30s. They joined forces with a few Savannahians of their parents’ generation willing to lobby against the policies of the Chamber of Commerce and city hall. One of the Adlers’ first counter-culture moves was to take up residence downtown, while most young marrieds were moving to newer areas like Wilmington Island or Magnolia Park. In a lecture last week, “The Places Preservation has Taken Me” Emma recalled that in the 1950s, with Savannah’s downtown languishing, the local business community considered Jacksonville, Florida’s boom of center city construction as a model worth emulating. Few saw economic benefits to preserving history. In addition, “there was great interest in Savannah grey brick. It was in great demand for building new ranch houses” in suburban developments south of downtown, said Emma during her remarks. “I remember an electricity was in the air. A sense of ‘if something isn’t done…’” said Emma in her lecture at First Presbyterian Church, sponsored by The Learning Center at Senior Citizens, Inc. For most of the Adler’s advocacy career, Lee has served in the formal historic preservation roles: president of Historic Savannah Foundation, founder of Savannah Landmark Rehabilitation (a shortlived affordable housing non-profit), and as trustee and trustee emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. “This talk ought really to be called ‘The Places Preservation has Taken Lee,’ said Emma, noting that of the 36 countries they’ve visited in their life together, at least half a dozen—Japan, Peru and Thailand among them—directly resulted from Lee’s preservation roles. Despite her deference, Emma has hardly hovered in Lee’s shadow, instead focusing her individual efforts on public schools and history education. She served on the board of the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System; was the

engine behind saving and creating Massie Heritage Education Center; and championed Savannah’s Georgia Day events. Although few today would consider the Adlers counter-culturalists, their advocacy roles have always included support of so-called left-leaning ideals, like livable affordable housing and quality public education. Lee and late civil rights activist W.W. Law joined forces and became friends in their work to preserve historically African American neighborhoods. Emma’s lecture on Wednesday focused mostly on her international travels, sprinkled with details culled from her stacks of spiral-bound journals. Describing afternoon tea in the United Kingdom, “she knows how to cut a castle down to size,” said Emma about Betty Hussey, the widow of international art historian Christopher Hussey. A conference in Japan included Lee’s presentation to a team of preservationists, using maps of Savannah translated into Japanese. Emma recalled a visit with a Japanese official — “Mr. Hiyashi’s cat sat on my lap. His name was Tomas” — and a meal that included “a little maple leaf with a carefully arranged slice of melon. It was the most poetic thing. You hardly thought you were supposed to eat it.” Omitted from Wednesday’s remarks were some of the less exotic places Emma has been taken by her preservation efforts: City Hall’s council chambers, the Metropolitan Planning Commission hearing room, the Letters to the Editor section of the daily newspaper, and countless institutional conference rooms to graciously but forcefully resist erosion of James Oglethorpe’s downtown plan. Not every battle has been won. In their 2003 book, Savannah Renaissance, Emma and Lee pull few punches as they describe the loss of the old Desoto Hotel, demolished in 1966 by C&S Bank. “I’m sure they’ve regretted it,” said Emma last week, bemoaning the loss of the old hotel’s Romanesque design. As for today? Many of us would think that Emma and Lee have succeeded in their lifelong campaign. Historic preservation is clearly a part of Savannah’s established way of doing things. Yet Emma isn’t resting on her laurels. “I think we’re building too many hotels. I think our sense of building in scale is probably gone,” she said. When asked what success she was most proud of, Emma was uncharacteristically at a loss for words; but from his seat in the audience, Lee did not hesitate. “You and me,” he called out. Based on what they’ve done for our city, I have to agree.

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Security video that captured a burglary at the Bull Street CVS also shows that a number of people on foot and in cars passed by the pharmacy’s front door before, during and after the burglary. The Savannah-Chatham Metro Police are looking for the public’s assistance in helping identify the two men, who used a brick to break through the door. The burglary occurred July 14, just after midnight, in full view of passersby. The men got in and out of the store very quickly. Investigators are asking that anyone who was passing by and saw the men or anyone who has information about them to contact the Metro Police Criminal Investigations Division at 651-6694 or call CrimeStoppers at 234-2020. Both suspects are white males. The first suspect has a stocky build and was wearing a tan hat, black T-shirt, tan pants and carried a tan back pack. The second suspect is tall and slender, and was wearing a mask,

black shirt and blue jeans and carrying a black back pack. • An officer on routine patrol was driving down Drayton Street and observed a man riding his bicycle without a light. The officer initiated a traffic stop and approached the cyclist, who reached into the pocket of his sweatshirt and removed a bike light from it. When the officer told the man why he was being stopped, the man replied that he had fallen from his bike and the light had broken off. Just after the officer got the man’s information, a second officer arrived on the scene and said the man had a gun. When the officer asked the man where the gun was located, he said his right front pants pocket. A loaded Glock was found in his pocket, so the man was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed weapon. • Two men were charged with intent to distribute cocaine after a routine traffic stop. Two officers on patrol in the area of Henry and East Broad streets saw a car without a tag light and stopped it. An odor of marijuana was coming from inside the car. When the driver was asked for his license, he said he didn’t have a license. When asked if the license was suspended, he replied that it was.

There were two passengers in the car, a man in the front and a woman in the back. The male passenger appeared to be nervous and was having a hard time sitting still. At one point, he subtly removed his seat belt and seemed to be looking for an opportunity to run from the car. Because of his suspicious behavior, the driver was asked if he had a problem with police searching his car. The driver gave his consent for the search. The driver had a suspended license and the passenger was wanted on a warrant for probation violation. When the area where the passenger had been sitting was searched, a black purse was found in the passenger door side pocket. Inside the purse were five plastic baggies of white powder, believed to be cocaine, and one plastic baggie with a green leafy substance, believed to be marijuana. A black digital scale with cocaine residue also was found. Inside another pocket of the purse, an officer found two $100 bills and a $1 bill. The driver was arrested. The cocaine was measured at 22 grams.

• Someone stole a fast-food restaurant employee’s paycheck and fraudulently cashed it at a liquor store. The man told police he was out of town when the paychecks were released. When he got back, he asked the manager about his check and was told it couldn’t be found. The manager called police, who told him the check had been cashed at a liquor store. The man said he signed a notarized affidavit for forged endorsement, which indicated the signature isn’t his. The manager said when the checks were issued to the employees, the man’s check was left on the desk. He said the suspect has to be an employee of the restaurant because customers don’t have access to the office where the checks were kept. The manager went to the liquor store to view a video surveillance tape, but was told the computer wasn’t operable. Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

I’ve read that elephants are now exhibiting aggression previously unseen —including raping rhinos on the African savannah. Have we truly screwed up the elephants that much, or is this merely one of those media myths? —K. Honey, Georgetown, Ontario As far as I’ve seen, the most unambiguous claim that male elephants do with some regularity rape rhinoceroses appears in an October 2006 New York Times Magazine article titled “An Elephant Crackup?” In opening his argument that a specieswide breakdown in social cohesion has led to an upsurge in violence by elephants, author Charles Siebert offers evidence that aggression by elephants has been marked by what he calls a “singular perversity”: “Since the early 1990’s, for example, young male elephants in Pilanesberg National Park and the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa have been raping and killing rhinoceroses; this abnormal behavior, according to a 2001 study in the journal Pachyderm, has been reported in ‘a number of reserves’ in the region.” That’s an assertion guaranteed to catch the eye of even the most inattentive reader, and it’s since appeared in other discussions of animal behavior, often phrased in ways suggesting the NYT article was the source. But is it true? Sitting down with the Pachyderm study Siebert cites —Slotow et al, “Killing of Black and White Rhinoceroses by African Elephants in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, South Africa” —we learn that between 1991 and 2001 the park’s elephants dispatched 63 rhinos, mainly by goring. The authors suggest that the animals responsible were young males who had grown up in social groups from which older males had been “culled” (read: slaughtered by government-commissioned hunters as a population-control measure) and as a result entered a state of heightened, testosterone-fueled aggression called musth much earlier in life than they ordinarily would have. Since similar incidents at Pilanesberg stopped after large adult males were reintroduced into the population, thus reestablishing the natural male hierarchy, the authors advocate trying the same thing at

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Hluhluwe-Umfolozi. Wait a minute, you say —what about the raping part? That’s what I said too. I went back through the article a second time, then a third. The reference to abnormal behavior seen in “a number of reserves” has only to do with elephants killing rhinos; nowhere is any mention made of rape. I had my assistant Una get in touch with one of the article’s authors, Rob Slotow, director of the Amarula Elephant Research Program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Professor Slotow’s reply was straightforward: the young elephants seemingly got into ritualized combat situations with the rhinos, but having no experience being in the musth state, didn’t know they were supposed to back off when the rhinos backed down, with the result that the rhinos wound up dead. “There was,” Slotow concluded, “nothing sexual about these attacks.” It looks, then, as though there’s something wrong with that NYT quote above. Best case, I suppose, is that the article got the underlying facts right — i.e., elephants really were raping as well as killing rhinos at the parks in question —but relied on the wrong study. This seems unlikely, though: (a) you’d figure that if anything like that was going on, Slotow and colleagues would have been aware of it, and (b) where’s the research Siebert meant to cite instead? I’d be interested to hear the Times Magazine’s take on this, but our friendly attempts to quiz the periodical on the subject have met with no response to date. For now I won’t say that elephant-rhino rape never occurs, but before I sign on, I’d like to see some reporters get their notes organized a little better.

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The European Union allows fruits and vegetables to be sold only in prescribed sizes and colors (such as its 35 pages of regulations governing 250 varieties of the apple, or rules that cucumbers must be straight and bananas curved). In June, British marketer Tim Down complained that he was forced to discard 5,000 kiwi fruit because they were 1 millimeter in diameter too small and one-fourth ounce too light. (It is illegal even to give them away, as that would undermine the market price.) “Improvements” in the EU system continue, according to a July Washington Post dispatch from Brussels: Despite 10 pages of standards on the onion and 19 amendments, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture recently issued a report urging further refinements, using 29 pages and 43 photographs.

exposure (a “perp walk”) would embarrass him, in violation of his “human rights.” The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has a longstanding policy of not cooperating with the federal government’s enforcement of immigration laws, but in June that stance abruptly backfired, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report. Illegal immigrants who are minors and who committed felonies such as drug-trafficking in San Francisco have not been bound over for federal deportation but have either been quietly flown home, with an escort, at city expense, or placed in California group homes. In June, when San Bernardino County officials realized that one of its youth group homes contained drug dealers, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom halted the program and promised the city would improve its relationship with immigration officials.

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Artist Michael Fernandes’ exhibit in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in June caused a commotion because it was merely a banana on a gallery’s window sill, and Fernandes had it priced at $2,500 (Cdn) (down from his original thought, $15,000). Actually, Fernandes changed bananas every day (eating the old one), placing progressively greener ones out to demonstrate the banana’s transitoriness. “We (humans) are also temporal, but we live as if we are not,” he wrote. Despite the steep price, two collectors placed holds on the “work,” requiring the gallery’s co-owner, Victoria Page, to get assurance from callers. “It’s a banana; you understand that it’s a banana?”

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Police, including SWAT officers, were called to an apartment in Mesa, Ariz., in June after neighbors reported a fight between a man and woman that included yelling and breaking things inside. When they arrived, they found only a 21-yearold man, conducting the fight by himself, alternating a high-pitched voice with a low-pitched one. He was referred for a medical exam. Need for Speed: (1) Ontario’s recent law against street-racing snared two noteworthy drivers in April: a 26-year-old man who was cited when he passed a marked police car while doing 178 km/hr (106 mph) and the driver of a garbage truck, racing at 112 km/hr (double the posted speed limit). (2) A 3-year-old girl was seriously injured in Huntsville, Ala., in May in a collision caused, said witnesses, by a speeding contest between two men, both employees of Comcast Corp., driving company vans.

In May, the school board in Barrie, Ontario, notified Children’s Aid Society to intervene with mother Colleen Leduc and her daughter Victoria, 11, because of suspected sexual abuse, angering the Questionable Judgments conscientious Leduc, who until that point had taken extraordinary measures In March, a jury acquitted the former to protect the girl, who is autistic. Upon parking manager for Fresno, Calif., Bob investigation, it was revealed that the Madewell, of all misuse-of-funds charges, suspicion came from a teaching assistant including one count for reducing the miwho said her psychic had told her that nor league baseball Grizzlies’ parking a girl with a “V” in her name was fees in exchange for tickets for his being abused by a man aged 23 brother and himself, and another to 26. Leduc now refuses to trust count in which he paid a female It never rains Victoria to public schools because worker $300 in city funds to let but it pours “they might want to take out a (in Savannah). him touch her breasts. Juror Ouija board or hold a seance.” Trish Riederer, in an interview The June transfer of a priswith the Fresno Bee, said she oner from lockup to Britain’s and her fellow jurors believe Northampton Crown Court, that Madewell did everything just across the street, required that prosecutors say he did but summoning the closest prison van that the city did not have clear pro(57 miles away) to come give him cedures in place about Madewell’s a ride. The prisoner (accused thief scope of authority. Mark Bailey) could not simply be Teachers Out of Control: (1) walked across the street because Fifth-grade teacher Susan Romaofficials feared that public, custodial

nyszyn, 45, was arrested in Bucks County, Pa., in January and charged with 17 counts of threatening bombings and gun violence after she was assigned to teach fourth grade, instead. (2) Sixth-grade teacher Roshondra Sipp of Jackson, Miss., aroused parents’ ire in May for forcing the class to vote on who among them would be most likely to die young or get pregnant while still in school or get HIV or go to jail. Then, Sipp posted the results, enraging parents whose little charmers made the lists.

Creme de la Weird “(A) person with a sneeze fetish can find erotic pleasure in those few seconds,” according to the ABC News Medical Unit, in an April report, when “the eyes close as the body prepares to forcefully expel air,” but “experts are stumped as to why.” An Internet “sneeze fetish forum” allows members to wax rhapsodic (“She has the cutest sneeze ever”) and recall pleasurable experiences (such as the thrill of discovering that one’s new college roommate has allergies and will be sneezing frequently), and many use language and suggest visions that mimic sexual behaviors.

Least Competent Criminals Failure to Communicate: (1) The man who tried to rob the Cafe Treo in Salt Lake City in April likely told the employee to “fill” the bag, but when the employee reached over and earnestly started to “feel” the bag (according to police), the robber said, “You’ve gotta be kidding me” and ran out of the store. (2) Another man who came away empty-handed had tried to rob a Walgreens in Port Richey, Fla., in July, handing a clerk what appeared to be a holdup note, except that nothing was written on it. The clerk, sensing the forgetful robber’s cluelessness, boldly dialed 911 right in front of him, causing the man to flee.

Recurring Themes Ronald McDade, charged with raping a teenager in Lansdale, Pa., in January, petitioned to be allowed to submit a plaster cast of his penis to the jury, to demonstrate that, since he is an “extremely large” man (according to his lawyer), he could not physically have penetrated the girl without causing genital injury (and no such injury was found). News of the Weird has reported previously on rape defendants offering to give the jury either a photograph, or a live exhibition, to make the same point.

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Alaskan Blast A handful of cattle ranchers who live on Alaska’s Umnak Island were quickly evacuated as the island’s Okmok volcano erupted with one of the mountain’s most powerful explosions in recorded history. About 50 residents of a small native Aleut village appeared to be out of danger on the other side of the island from Okmok’s crater. A plume of ash and sulfur dioxide soared 50,000 feet above the Aleutian Islands, with some of the debris falling on nearby Unalaska/ Dutch Harbor.

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Climate Construction One of Canada’s most honored experts in atmospheric science is encouraging city planners across the Prairie provinces to modify building codes to accommodate a changing climate that is likely to bring more tornadoes and other severe storms. Gordon McBean told a gathering of municipal ministers in Halifax that global warming is bringing new challenges to protecting the population from

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Tropical Cyclones Hurricane Bertha churned the Atlantic for a second week, lashing Bermuda with stormforce winds and heavy rains before losing force over cooler waters. The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season knocked out power to around 7,500 homes, but the island escaped significant damage from the storm.

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• Tropical Storm Kalmaegi drenched the Philippines’ Luzon Island before slamming into northern Taiwan as a Category 2 typhoon. • Hurricane Elida formed off Mexico’s Pacific coast.

Earthquakes A powerful earthquake near the Greek island of Rhodes killed one woman and was felt widely across the Mediterranean from southern Italy to Israel and Egypt. • Earth movements were also felt in northwest Sumatra, the southern Philippines and northwest Pakistan.

A Real Pool Shark Pre-dawn swimmers in one of the pools at a popular Sydney area beach were apparently unaware they were swimming laps with a 3-foot shark that had been washed into the pool overnight by a freak wave. “It’s funny, though, because we have swimmers who come here at 6 a.m. every morning,” said Cronulla Surf Lifesaving Club spokeswoman Robyn Cole. “It’s still dark then and they mustn’t have even noticed it was there.” The shark appeared to be happily swimming up and down at one end of the pool before it was netted and released unharmed back into the Pacific Ocean. by steve newman, universal press syndicate

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A deadly facial cancer that has decimated Australia’s Tasmanian Devil population is prompting surviving members of the species to breed at a much earlier age in order to produce offspring. The spreading epidemic of facial tumors has wiped out as much as 60 percent of the devil population, and the disease can often kill within months. Researchers from the University of Tasmania say that there has been a 16-fold increase in the number of animals breeding at the age of only one year. “Before the disease, the modal female began seasonal breeding at age 2 and produced a litter annually for three years, with ... death occurring in her fifth or sixth year,” they wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team says females now generally have only one opportunity in their lives to breed, and may not survive long enough to rear that litter.

Chinese officials appear to have been victorious in their effort to rid China’s Olympic sailing venue of foul-smelling green algae that clogged about a third of the waterway over the past month. About 10,000 soldiers, working alongside local volunteers, had raced against time to scoop up the algae with shovels, rakes and their bare hands. Huge piles of the damp green microorganisms were dumped along the shore of Qingdao, a major resort city. Environmentalists say the algae grew to such a scale because of the sewage and agricultural waste that flows into the Yellow Sea. But Chinese officials downplayed the link to pollution, saying instead that this year’s unusually large bloom was due to heavy rain and hot weather.

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jim.r@connectsavannah.com Events marked with this symbol are things we think are especially cool and unique.

Oicho Kabu, The Floorboards, Aux Arc

Lately, Savannah has seen its fair share of adventurous triple-bills, and this time it’s a trio of ultraindie regional acts on the fringe of the rock, psych, pop and anti-folk genres. Headliners Oicho Kabu (sax, cello, viola, bass, drums, guitar) hail from Charleston. Their multi-lingual lyrics augment an eclectic sound they describe as a mix of late-’70s British doomdance (think Factory Records) and the Northeast’s seminal, low-fi cassette label K Records. The Floorboards is the name of local Paul M. Goerner’s oneman pop project based around natural soundscapes, looped and sequenced samples of his own original music and foundsound recordings. He’s kicking off his first tour and will soon release a full-length debut. Aux Arc is the stage name of Savannah resident Marshall Trotter, who draws sparse psychedelic folk from just an acoustic guitar and applied electronic effects. Listen & Learn: myspace.com/ oichokabu,myspace.com/thefloorboardz, myspace.com/sundaesailor. Sun., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean - ALL-AGES.

Sleepy Horses

Described pithily (and aptly) by one journalist as “West Texas Yo La Tengo”, this Athens-based ( by way of Lubbock) trio’s sprawling, dreamlike melange of atmospheric electric guitar soundscapes and alt.country influences is both mesmerizing and invigoratingly gloomy. It helps to know that frontman Nic Goodson claims to have been certified dead in a hotel room in late 2006, only a week into the band’s first major tour. After being revived and enduring a long recuperation, he’s reformed the group with a

Rachael Sage

With a growing international following for her exquisitely arranged and beautifully performed original, melodic, piano-based pop, a brandnew album (Chandelier) mixed by Grammy-winning engineer Kevin Killen (who’s been behind the boards for some of Elvis Costello’s best albums of the past 20 years), and featuring backing musicians who’ve recorded with the likes of Coldplay and Cyndi Lauper), this buzzworthy songwriter is one to watch. She mostly tours solo in this part of the country, because that’s about the only way an indie act of this sort can stay afloat, and this return to Savannah is —believe it or not— free. She’ll just pass the hat like in the old days. Anyone interested in seeing what many perceive to be a star on the rise in about new lineup and a renewed sense of purpose. Lubbock pals Thrift Store Cowboys open with a set of sensual, violin and pedal steel guitar-infused Americana that some term “gypsy desert music” and one reviewer likened to an imaginary soundtrack for “an Italian bisexual porn Western”. Laws have mercy. Listen & Learn: myspace. com/sleepyhorses, myspace. com/thriftstorecowboys. Fri., 11 pm, The Jinx.

Jack Williams

This off-the-beaten path venue near Pooler is a hidden gem in our area — a smoke and alcohol free acoustic listening room with a shallow, small stage,

as laid-back a setting as one might imagine should consider catching this up close and personal gig. Listen & Learn: rachaelsage.com. Free with a suggested donation. Thurs., 9 pm, Metro Coffee House - ALL-AGES.

great little PA system and just enough room for about 100 folks of ALL-AGES to enjoy bluegrass, country, folk, blues and even jazz music in an environment that’s respectful to both the audience and the performers. Owner Randy Wood is a famed mandolin and guitar maker who’s known around the world for finely crafting sweetsounding instruments by hand, and those connections allow him to book internationally acclaimed artists such as John Jorgenson, Doyle Lawson, David Bromberg and others for special, intimate shows. Although he may not be a household name, this Columbia, S.C.-based singer/songwriter’s nuanced tenor vocals and exemplary

guitar skills have made him something of a musician’s musician. Of late, he’s toured extensively with the legendary Mickey Newbury (writer of numerous country hits), and opened for the likes of Dar Williams, Guy Clark and Kevin Welch. Regardless of his profile in the mainstream, I’m assured by those who saw him the first time he was here that this is a show not to be missed. Listen & Learn: jackwilliamsmusic.com. $20 adv. tix at randywoodguitars.com or 748-1930. Fri., 8 pm, Randy Wood’s Concert Hall (1304 E. Hwy 80, Bloomingdale) - ALLAGES.

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. The Boathouse Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist/singer playing rock and pop (covers & originals). 6 p.m. Cheers to You Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m. Club 51 Degrees DJ Blue Ice (DJ) Club One #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Doc’s Bar Roy & The Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Solo singer/guitarist with sequenced backing playing pop/rock/soul/beach hits and originals. 9 p.m. 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 Voodoo Soup (Live Music) Local hard-jamming funk/ soul/rock/fusion group with a wide repertoire (feat. members of The Permanent Tourists & Phantom Wingo). Jul 23, 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. Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Eddie Wilson (Live Music) Singing solo pianist playing a variety of styles from swing to classic rock to jazz. 7 p.m. John’s Bar (formerly John’s & Friends) DJ Valis (DJ) A member of the local hip-hop/funk collective Dope Sandwich, spinning live wax. 10 p.m. continues p.27

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Augie’s Pub (Richmond Hill) Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist/singer playing rock and pop (covers & originals). 9 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m. Benny’s Tybee Tavern Karaoke (Karaoke) w/DJ Levis 9:30 p.m. Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Blaine’s Back Door #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Bogey’s Five Points Productions’ Karaoke w/Keith (Karaoke) 10 p.m. Chuck’s Bar #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Club One Industrial Resurrection w/ DJ Shrapnel (DJ) 10 p.m. Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Fannie’s on the Beach “Georgia Kyle” Shiver & Fiddlin’ Scott Holton (Live Music) 7 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Ricky Standard (Live Music) Rock, pop, beach and blues singer/guitarist, known for a longstanding gig on River Street’s paddleboats (covers & originals). 6:30 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Bottles & Cans (Live Music)

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Local bass, drums, guitar and mouth harp combo playing a wild mix of hardswinging, 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 Bar (formerly John’s & Friends) Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. 9 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Carroll Brown (Live Music) Charleston-based troubadour/guitarist singing and playing trad and contemporary Celtic tunes as well as his own “Coastal Country” to sequenced backing tracks. Jul 23, 8:30 p.m., Jul 24, 8:30 p.m., Jul 25, 8:30 p.m., Jul 26, 8:30 p.m. Jul 27, 8:30 p.m. Live Wire Music Hall Milhouse (Live Music) Up-and-coming melodic Charleston alt.rock/jamband sextet boasting electric cello, electric mandolin, acoustic guitar, homemade drum kit, congas, and percussion - touring behind an impressive new indie CD. 10 p.m. Loco’s Deli & Pub (Southside) Five Points Productions’ Extreme Trivia w/ Kowboi (Other) Live trivia game. 8 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m. Mercury Lounge Wolling & Wise (Live Music) Bluegrass and Americana duo of banjo master Jimmy Wolling and veteran singing pop/folk guitarist and songwriter Daryl Wise (covers & originals). Jul 24, 10 p.m. Metro Coffee House Rachael Sage (Live Music) Low-key acoustic show by an acclaimed, award-winning touring singer/songwriter with a buzzworthy new indie CD - ALL-AGES. 9 p.m. Moon River Brewing Co. Eric Britt (Live Music) Acoustic guitarist/singer playing alt.rock and pop 8:30 p.m. Myrtle’s Bar & Grill J. Howard Duff (Live Music) 7:30 p.m. Night Lights “Rock Star Karaoke” (Live Music, Karaoke) Kraoke featuring

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Kevin Barry’s Carroll Brown (Live Music) Charleston-based troubadour/guitarist singing and playing trad and contemporary Celtic tunes as well as his own “Coastal Country” to sequenced backing tracks. Jul 23, 8:30 p.m., Jul 24, 8:30 p.m., Jul 25, 8:30 p.m., Jul 26, 8:30 p.m. Jul 27, 8:30 p.m. King’s Inn Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Live Wire Music Hall Straw Widower (Live Music) Alternating solo sets (with occasional collaboration) by Athens-based indie-rock/alt.country/ Southern rock/psychedelic banjo artists Matt Stoessel and Don Chambers (whose band GOAT is soon to tour as opener for the Drive-By Truckers). 9 p.m. Loco’s Deli & Pub (Downtown) Five Point Productions’ Extreme Trivia w/Kowboi (Other) Live trivia game. 8 p.m. McDonough’s 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: KILL BABY KILL (1966, ITALY) (Other) The Psychotronic Film Society of Savannah presents a weekly series of overlooked, rare, foreign and/or critically-acclaimed cult cinema: Creepy, atmospheric Gothic horror classic from legendary Italian director MARIO BAVA (dubbed in English). Seating begins at 7:30 pm for ALL-AGES. 8 p.m. Slugger’s 5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m. Steamer’s Five Point Productions’ Extreme Trivia w/Jeremy & Ben (Other) Live trivia game. 8 p.m.

Stingray’s Jason Courtenay (Live Music) Local solo acoustic C & W/southern rock guitarist & singer (covers & originals). Jul 23, 6 p.m. Jul 30, 6 p.m. Tantra Lounge Open Mic Night (Live Music) 9:30 p.m. Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) 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. Venus De Milo DJ In Coma (DJ) 9 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers. -noon -7 p.m. 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. Jul 23, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Karaoke (Karaoke) 8:30 p.m.

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continues from p.27 a live band, rather than prerecorded music. 11 p.m. Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m. Robin’s Nest Karaoke (Live Music, Karaoke) 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30 p.m. The Sentient Bean Frantic Rabbit Poetry Slam (Other) Local spoken word showcase and competition. 8 p.m. Slugger’s Trivia w/ Charles & Mikey (Other) 10 p.m. Spanky’s TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. Stingray’s Bob Erickson (Live Music) Solo singer/guitarist playing Texas blues, rock and pop (covers & originals). Jul 24, 6 p.m. Jul 31, 6 p.m. Tantra Lounge Live DJs TBA (DJ) 10 p.m. Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. Venus De Milo DJ Nahah Mean (DJ) The Warehouse Jeff Beasley (Live Music) Savannah guitarist who doubles on percussion playing swinging R & B, old-time rock and roll and Cajun-tinged Americana (covers & originals). Jul 24, 8 p.m. Jul 31, 8 p.m. Wasabi’s Live DJ Frankie Spins Hip-hop & Electric Fusion (DJ) 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Barry Johnson; The Chris Mitchell Band (Live Music) Singing guitarist playing popular covers and originals. - early outdoor ALL-AGES show; Statesborobased modern rock covers and originals - late night, indoor 21+ show. Jul 24, 6 & 10 p.m.

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A.J.’s Dockside “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (Live Music) American Legion Post 36 Karaoke (Karaoke) Baja Cantina TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist/singer playing rock and pop (covers & originals). 9 p.m. Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Blowin’ Smoke BBQ “Live after Five w/The Roger Moss Quintet” (Live Music) Outdoor, courtyard gig from a classically-trained vocalist performing sassy cabaret versions of showtunes, jazz standards and modern pop, backed by top area players. Jul 25 Captain’s Lounge #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Club One Local Cast, DJ Jason Hancock (Main Floor) (DJ) Coach’s Corner Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m. Crystal Beer Parlor The Beer Parlor Ramblers (Live Music) Old-fashioned Dixieland jazz combo plays in the corner of this local landmark restaurant. 7:30 p.m. Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Dewey’s Dockside Robert Willis (Live Music) Solo singer/guitarist playing rock, country and pop (covers & originals). Jul 25, 6 p.m. Jul 26, 6 p.m. Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Beach, Shag and Soul covers 8 p.m. Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) El Picasso Karaoke (8 p.m.) (Karaoke)

Fannie’s on the Beach TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Bucky & Barry (Live Music) Longtime local acoustic guitar cover act with tight vocal harmonies playing pop, rock, country and beach hits to sequenced backing. Jul 25, 6:30 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Listen 2 Three (Live Music) Pop-oriented modern guitar rock power trio with a strong blues and funk influence (covers & originals). Jul 25, 10 p.m. Friendly’s Tavern 2 #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Gayna’s Bar Karaoke (9 p.m.) (Karaoke) Hang Fire Dope Sandwich Productions (Live Music, DJ) Live hip-hop and rap from a local collective with numerous DJs and MCs. 10 p.m. Hercules Bar and Grill Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m. Isaac’s on Drayton Rythameen (Live Music) 8:30 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Bluesonics (Live Music) Long-running, dance-oriented local electric shuffle blues combo (covers & originals). 9 p.m. The Jinx TBA (Live Music) 10 p.m. John’s Bar (formerly John’s & Friends) Liquid Ginger (Live Music) Acoustic trio lineup of Ginger, Rick and Barr from this popular local modern rock party band (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Johnson Square The David Duckworth Trio (Live Music) Locally-based jazz pianist who’s released over 11 indie CDs (standards & originals). Part of the City’s Free Summer Concert Series. Jul 25, 11:30 a.m. Kevin Barry’s Carroll Brown (Live Music) Charlestonbased troubadour/guitarist singing and playing trad and contemporary Celtic tunes as well as his own “Coastal Country” to sequenced backing tracks. Jul 23, 8:30 p.m., Jul 24, 8:30 p.m., Jul 25, 8:30 p.m., Jul 26, 8:30 p.m. Jul 27,

8:30 p.m. Live Wire Music Hall Dope Sandwich Productions (Live Music, DJ) Local, positivethemed alternative hip-hop collective of rappers, DJs, singers and live funk and soul musicians. 10 p.m. Loco’s Deli & Pub (Downtown) Col. Bruce Hampton & The Quark Alliance (Live Music) The latest acclaimed improv-friendly blues fusion project anchored by legendary Atlanta-based freak-rock purveyor (and jam-band icon)blue Col. Bruce Hampton (of the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Codetalkers and Fiji Mariners). 21+ w/ID. 11 p.m. Marlin Monroe’s Surfside Grill Mary Davis & Co. (Live Music) Solid local acoustic soul/rock/shag/pop/country combo feat. members of Band In The Park (covers & originals). Jul 25, 8 p.m., Jul 26, 8 p.m., Aug 1, 8 p.m., Aug 2, 8 p.m., Aug 8, 8 p.m., Aug 9, 8 p.m., Aug 15, 8 p.m., Aug 16, 8 p.m., Aug 22, 8 p.m., Aug 23, 8 p.m. Aug 30, 8 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m. Mercury Lounge Jubal-Kane (Live Music) High-energy N.C. blues/boogie band with a British revival influence and ace harp player (covers & originals). Jul 25, 10 p.m. Jul 26, 10 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub TBA (Live Music) 10 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Night Rhythms (Live Music) Longtime area cover band playing shag, country and oldies covers. 8:30 p.m. Mulberry Inn The Champagne Jazz Trio (Live Music) 8 p.m. Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m. Randy Wood’s Concert Hall Jack Williams (Live Music) Highly acclaimed Columbia, S.C. singer/songwriter/acoustic guitarist who’s played with Dar Wiiliams, Tom Paxton, Guy Clark and others, and often tours with the famed

Mickey Newbury. 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30 p.m. Savannah Technical College Savannah Children’s Choir - End-of-Camp Concert (Live Music) Culmination of an 11day camp experience uniting local kids (age 4 -17) through the power of song. Held in the Goodman Bldg. 7 p.m. The Sentient Bean Psychle (Live Music) 8 p.m. Skidaway Island State Park Cynergy (Live Music) Upbeat traditional Celtic and folkrock music hosted by the Friends of Skidaway Island - ALL-AGES. 8 p.m. Stingray’s Randy “Hatman” Smith (Live Music) Beach, boogie and blues with from a singing guitarist using sequenced backing (covers & originals). Jul 25, 7 p.m. Jul 26, 7 p.m. Stogie’s DJ Paynt & DJ Mself (DJ) Tantra Lounge The Permanent Tourists (Live Music) Tight and polished regional R & B/soul/funk/rock cover band (feat. Voodoo Soup’s bassist) known for impressive vocals and a killer setlist. Jul 25, 9:30 p.m., Aug 8, 9:30 p.m., Aug 9, 9:30 p.m., Aug 29, 9:30 p.m. Aug 30, 9:30 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 -7 p.m. The Warehouse The Train Wrecks (Live Music) Hardrocking local roots-a-billy and Americana act led by Texas-born songwriter Jason Bible (covers & originals). Jul 25, 8 p.m. Wasabi’s DJ Frankie -C Spins Hip-hop an Electric Fusion (8 p.m.) (DJ) Ways Station Tavern Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Wet Willie’s Live DJ (DJ) 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe The Positions; Simplified (Live Music) Long-

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One of the most promising upright bassists on today’s Southeastern jazz scene, Will Goble is seemingly in almost constant demand as a sideman — and for noteworthy players at that. Over the past few years, he’s gigged with Grammy-winning pianist Marcus Roberts, and worked alongside such established artists as Jason Marsalis, Barry Greene, Kevin Bales, Vincent Gardner and Wycliffe Gordon, from North Florida to Lincoln Center. This Sunday, he brings his longtime Trio (consisting of drummer Dave Potter and pianist Austin Johnson) back to downtown Savannah for a special early evening all ages show sponsored by the Coastal Jazz Association. I caught up with Goble the day after a gig for a lengthy discussion of jazz education, the difficulties of growing a thriving jazz scene in a town of our size, and what keeps his band together as a creative unit. Read our full conversation at connectsavannah.com.

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Will Goble: Jazz involves a certain element of spontaneity with a unique rhythmic feeling. What other music swings? And swing is an optimistic, elevating force.

Will Goble: We’re all serious about making great music, and trying to constantly improve. We spend a lot of time woodshedding, and we’ve always been productive when we rehearse. You’ve worked with several heavyweight cats over the past few years. How does one get on the preferred call list of someone like Jason Marsalis or Kevin Bales? Will Goble: I’ve been lucky to have great teachers, and I try to put the sound of those group over my personal needs. But really, I think these older, greater musicians hire guys like Dave, Austin and myself because they see we work hard, love to play, and are always pushing to get better. We take chances, and try to reach people with the music. I think certain players are taking us under their wing because we share specific

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musical values. You’ve played Savannah many times, often in Jason Marsalis’ Vibes Quartet. What’s your take on this city’s jazz scene? Will Goble: Savannah has a very engaging listening audience — meaning no matter how many people are there, they’re going to give you energy and attention and treat you kindly afterwards. One thing lacking now, however, is a true jazz venue. When Kokopelli’s recently shut its doors, we lost our only dedicated jazz club. Did you see that coming, or was it a surprise? Will Goble: I did see that coming. It’s a sad truth about jazz in 2008. It’s just not a part of many peoples’ lives, so it’s very difficult to build an audience for a new club. I’m thankful for the chances

I had to perform there. It was a great place to present our trio’s music to a different audience. I’m glad (owner) Rory McKenzie fought to keep a jazz venue open in Savannah, and I’m quite thankful to him. This is why it’s important for younger jazz musicians to think about reaching beyond other musicians. Jazz can be sophisticated and intellectual — but it can also draw regular folks. Is there anything you enjoy about Savannah not directly related to your gigs here? Will Goble: Saigon Restaurant! The Will Goble Trio Where: Four Points by Sheraton, Historic District (520 W. Bryan St.) When: 5 pm, Sun., July 27 Cost: $10 (free for CJA members and those who join at this show) Info: coastal-jazz.org, willgoble.com

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Will the real genius please stand up

AASU’s 2008 summer season closes with the Pulitzer-prize winning play Proof by linda sickler | linda@connectsavannah.com

Mellon is happy he has a major part in Proof, a suspenseful drama that opens July 24 at AASU. “I’m having a delightful time with it,” he says. “This is actually quite a treat. “I play Robert, the father of two daughters, Catherine and Claire,” Mellon says. “Apparently, my wife passed on a while ago. I’m apparently a mathematical genius or was at some point in my life.” Mellon’s character has gone mad and died, but is seen in flashbacks throughout the play. He was cast as Robert by the play’s director, Pam Sears. “Pam told me I had to audition,” Mellon says. “I was directing T-bone and Weasel. She asked me if I would go up and fill in for the readings. She wound up casting me. “Pam’s really very good because she knows what she wants and guides you rather gently to it,” Mellon says. “So far, she hasn’t thrown anything at us -- at least physical things. She has a nice way of getting you to do it.” The plot concerns a brilliant mathematical proof supposedly written by Robert before his death. However, his daughter Catherine insists she actually wrote the proof -- but no one believes her. The play was written by David Auburn. It won both the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 2001. “It’s a terrific show,” Mellon says. “Surprisingly, there’s a great deal of humor. It’s also rather poignant. Anybody who’s had any sort of family relationship is going to be able to relate to at least one character. One of the more interesting situations is the tension between the two sisters.” The play will be presented in the Masquers Chinese Theater (MCT), which has served as the temporary home for the AASU theater program. Mellon says renovations are nearly complete at Jenkins Theatre, so this may very well be the last performance put on at the MCT. The other three cast members are all AASU theater majors. “Catherine is 25 at the start of the play,” Sears says. “She’s being visited by her deceased father. She

confides in him and summons him because she doesn’t have a close relationship with anyone else. “She can talk with him about things she can’t discuss with anyone else,” Sears says. “Yet she’s fearful she might inherit the trait of insanity that he had. She was studying in college and quit school to stay and take care of him once he started deteriorating. “Her sister Claire comes in for the funeral and announces she’s going to sell the family home,” Sears says. “She tries to persuade Cathy to move to New York with her, so there is conflict between the two.” Into this mix comes Hal, a grad student and protege of Robert’s, who wants to go through Robert’s notebooks. “A relationship develops between Catherine and Hal,” Sears says. “She doesn’t have any friends and the people closest to her assert they don’t believe her,” Sears says. “She’s left feeling very isolated. It’s got some comedic moments for sure, but it’s very suspenseful.” The play was made into a 2005 film that starred Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hope Davis and Anthony Hopkins. “The play is better than the movie,” Sears says. “When a play is made into a film, they usually broaden the location. Sometimes it enriches the story, but in this case, the microscopic focus of everything happening on the porch of a house in Chicago intensifies the effect.” Lindsey Woo plays Catherine, and somewhat identifies with her. “I kind of struggle with depression myself,” she says. “My husband is in Iraq, and I do understand the notion of kind of going crazy.” The play’s theme makes it difficult to play the part, Woo says. “I’m a theater/arts person, not a math/science person,” she says. “Some of the things are way above what I would ever understand about math.” Woo moved to Savannah from Los Angeles to be closer to her husband, Jacob. “He’s got six months left in Iraq,” she says. In the meantime, Woo is working towards a degree in theater and plans to pursue acting full-time. “I think Proof is a

Photo courtesy of Katherine Arntzen, AASU University Relations

He may head Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Theatre Department, but Dr. Peter Mellon doesn’t get many chances to act.

(l-r) Lindsey Woo, Pete Mellon, John Martin, and Carmel Futrell star in AASU’s production of Proof opening July 24

very intellectual drama, a very psychological experience,” she says. “It gets the brain going and makes you think.” John Martin, who plays Hal, originally is from Pennsylvania and is a junior at AASU. “I’ve gotten a lot of good roles here,” Martin says. “Everyone’s nice and they’re all hard workers. This is the first time I’ve ever played the love interest, so that’s been a little different. “It’s a great night of theater,” he says. “There’s a lot of suspense, with a lot of twists and turns in the plot. It’s been a lot of fun working on it. “ Carmel Suttrell plays Claire. “She’s very independent,” Suttrell says. “She’s very mothering to her sister. “I come from a big family with four siblings,” she says. “I have a younger sister and an older sister, and Claire is interesting to me because I have the experience of being an older sister to someone else, and I’ve also been on the receiving end of that.” Yet Claire isn’t anything like Suttrell. “It’s been very challenging for me,” Suttrell says. “I don’t think I’ve ever played a character so unlike me. I’m more laid back. I’m a leader, but don’t care to have control. Claire has to have it.” Someday, Suttrell hopes to have her own theater. “My boyfriend is in Portland. Ore. at a seminary,” she says. “We hope to open our own community theater one day and do ministry that way.

“I was born and raised here,” Suttrell says. “I started doing theater when I was in elementary school. There was a storytelling troupe, and I got involved in that and then started doing solo things. “We would do competitions, and we went on to the national competition. That’s what got the theater bug in me. All through middle school and high school, I did all the plays I could, the majority at the Savannah Christian Church.” Proof will keep audiences guessing. “It’s the sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat kind of show,” Suttrell says. “It has comedic moments, but it’s very intense.” AASU’s Department of Art, Music & Theatre: Proof The final production of the 2008 Summer Theater Season will be David Auburn’s suspenseful drama, which was presented both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award in 2001. When: July 24, 25, 26 and 31, and August 1, 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. A matinee will be presented July 27 at 3 p.m. Where: The Masquers Chinese Theater (MCT), located in Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn St. Cost: $10 general admission. Limited Seating. Info: 344-2556 or www.finearts.armstrong. edu.

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Matt Toole’s ‘Kinetic’ Through Aug. 8@S.P.A.C.E. Gallery

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by Bertha Husband | b.husband-coyne@comcast.net

The alchemist is a Master of Fire. It is with fire that he controls the passage of matter from one state to another. –Mircea Eliade In ancient cultures, before the spiritual and the practical were forever separated, before Descartes told us that matter is only mass and extension in space, matter was also an aspect and function of God, not something divorced from spirit, but its necessary complement. By itself, matter had the mysterious potential for taking on form. And when it did so, those perceptible objects retained the stamp of its active counterpart, the Spirit. But now we have a science based totally on quantitative analysis which is blind to the many-sided essence of things. This is the reason, Titus Burkhardt (Alchemy), tells us that science and art, which at one time were almost synonymous, are now completely at odds, and why beauty, for modern science, offers not the smallest avenue towards knowledge. Kinetic sculpture has always been marginal to the mainstream contemporary art world. The word “kinetic” does not even appear in the index of “Art in Theory 19001990” an overall coverage of 20th century art movements and ideas. When mention is made of kinetic art it is usually to Jean Tinguely’s machine sculptures but in the 1960s there were many practitioners of this art the majority of whom came from South America and Asia. One of the most important kinetic artists I knew was the Filipino, David Medalla, who created Bubble Machines, sculptures from soap bubbles, and “Mud Machine”1967 in which sponges on revolving discs created paintings with mud. Museums exist to display the static work of art and obviously, these kinds of “ephemeral” works are awkward if not impossible for museums and galleries to handle – thus making them very attractive projects for those who desire an avant-garde presence outside of such cloistered and rigid environments. And, importantly, a kinetic work is a collaboration between art and science with its processes of material transformation and the use of the elements of fire, electricity and magnetism. In this interdisciplinary approach, it undermines the rigid separation and specialization of several centuries of European thought. In proposing a unification of art and science, this show takes us back to previous global

practices of alchemy and shamanism. Matt Toole’s exhibition is divided into three parts: his own kinetic sculptures, the sculptures of his young students in the summer art camp, and the photo and video documentation of his performances in Scotland, Illinois, Georgia and Minnesota. His kinetic sculptures are beautifully constructed, very elegant, polished assemblages of found objects – bones, roots, driftwood, brass fittings, steel cogs, wheels and gears – all assembled and welded seamlessly into new forms that are both familiar and mysterious. The wall sculptures resemble propellers with two or three blades on a central axis, and the works on pedestals have the qualities of pendulums or balances. Although the viewer is constantly admonished “Do Not Touch,” there’s a real desire to see how the sculptures look in flight. “Dipper,” one of the wall works, is a three-bladed form radiating from a small metal triangle fixed to a vertical piece of found wood. In alchemy, the triangle that points down is a chalice, representing water and the one that points upward is the blade, representing fire. In “Dipper,” the triangle is in the fire position. The protrusion from the top point of the triangle ends in a leaf that becomes the dipper; the one from the bottom right ends in a cogged wheel; and the one at the bottom left ends in a solid metal ball. Surely this work is meant to reference the ancient triskelion symbol often associated with the Greek God of fire and metallurgy, Hephaestus. Looking at the works of his students, it seems that teaching is, for Toole, of equal value to art making. “To be a teacher,” said the artist, Joseph Beuys in 1969, “is my greatest work of art.” And, like Beuys, Toole teaches, performs and makes sculptures from found objects. Toole’s students represented here range in ages from 6 to 14, and from a supply of such disparate objects as pine cones, ceiling fan pulls, computer keyboard letters, clothes pegs, etc., they have assembled works that recall the Surrealist object-poems with their surprising titles charged with wit and meaning. Toole probably finds working with them an inspiration. It is possible that Toole regards his teaching, sculpture and performing as of

An example of Toole’s performance art in action

equal importance, but I cannot help but feel that his greatest passion must be his performances with fire and iron. The photos and the video show the performance site after dark, with the artist pouring molten iron from a tower into a receptacle, creating a kind of Mephistophelean fireworks against the black sky. We are reminded how mining and metallurgy has altered our existence, and with what trepidation man must have first approached the sacred earth to extract the ores he needed. Which brings us round to recognizing reference in the kinetic sculptures to the position of sexuality in ancient thought. Two thoughts occur in looking at these sculptures. First, that everything IS nature - vegetable species were divided into male and female, as were the metals and stones, including the objects made by man - and that because of that, all is sexually charged. The second thought is that if everything is living, then everything is in constant motion. (kinetic, whether actually “moving” or not). The sexual classification was based on the resemblance to human genitalia. In the pedestal sculpture, “Root Bobber,” with its penis shaped root, the resemblance to male genitalia is unmistakable. Here we see an object made “living” by its relationship to

human generation. The mine, itself, was often denoted as the “womb” which explains the fear of man’s transgression into the body of the Great Mother, Earth. All of these metaphors enrich and deepen the experience of the viewer, whether they are all seen at the moment consciously or not. And we have an opportunity to view/ participate in a Matt Toole performance on Friday, July 26, at the area outside the Roundhouse on MLK Boulevard. He has given it the working title, “Stairway to Hephaestus – or – the Heart of Vulcan’s Furnace” and there will be all-day events leading up to the 7:00 performance. It is not often Savannah gets performance of this complexity and discipline. And the sculptures alone, beautiful as they are, require the performance to set their context. For it is within the ancient human gestures of forging and smelting that the archaic memory of the mythic and spiritual meanings embedded in the act of transformation is experienced. This may be your one chance at alchemy. ‘Kinetic’ exhibit and performance What, When, Where: Performance art 7 p.m. July 26 outside the Roundhouse; exhibit through Aug. 8 at Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. henry St.

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A New Moon rising

Social venture combines business, creativity and passion to make positive changes by linda sickler | linda@connectsavannah.com

Miriam and Jacob Hodesh are on a mission. The two have founded New Moon of Savannah, a social venture that mixes business strategy with community awareness and passion. In their short time in Savannah, they’ve made a big impression. “It’s really a testament for Savannah that we’ve got people like them moving here,” says Daniel Dodd, project director for Step Up Savannah. “Miriam has tons of background working with nonprofits and Jake was working at Tulane University with their business department and really understands that world,” Dodd says. “What they were interested in was helping start a community center for nonprofits. That’s something I’m working on with Step Up Savannah and our poverty-reduction program.” The Hodeshes told Dodd they wanted to make sure the neighborhoods are involved. “They want to make sure they’re really propping up the neighborhood,” he says. The Hodeshes are quickly overcoming any perceptions they are outsiders who are just butting in, Dodd says. “In any community, people get really used to the people they’ve got there, they trust the people they know,” he says. “Jake and Miriam have the right ideas and great intentions. They’re go-getters and they’re going to make it.” One of New Moon’s first ventures was the establishment of the Savannah Market Bazaar at the old Sears building parking lot. Vendors pay a $25 fee for two parking spaces and sell their wares to customers, who are admitted to the bazaar for free. Up next is the Summer Art Revue, a show featuring eight local artists whose work has become collectible. It will be held Saturday, July 26 from noon to 10 p.m. and Sunday, July 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a Victorian house at 11 W. Park Ave. “What they’re doing with the Sears building is phenomenal,” Dodd says. “They put together an impressive presentation for St. Pius. They were willing to commit to the project for 10 years to run it and come in with their own money. The business folks asked them tough questions,” he says. “They’re young and not from here, but they know their stuff. We’re very fortunate to have them here.” Connect recently caught up with Miriam Hodesh to talk about New Moon and the upcoming art revue.

Miriam Hodesh

What is New Moon? Miriam Hodesh: We launched our business in April. I feel like we’ve already made an impact in the community. We’ve learned a lot about what’s going on in Savannah and hope to make more strides. New Moon of Savannah is a social venture. A social venture means the development of projects, organizations or businesses that address real social needs and provide sustainable outcomes. New Moon of Savannah really has two different issues we address. We plan and organize community-oriented programs. We host programs in the community, such as the Savannah Market Bazaar, which is held the second Saturday of the month. Our next bazaar will he held Sept. 15 with 40 to 50 vendors. We really try to find a niche in the community and address an issue that hasn’t been done before. There is lots of creative energy, lots of talented artists, who don’t necessarily have a storefront to represent them. This marketplace is a place for them to come together and show their work and see how sales go. It’s a sustainable way for them to get their names out. We’re working with the Starland Farmers Market so we don’t take away what’s already great in the city. They know what continues on page 25

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Left, work by Scott Griffin; right, work by Lorie Corbus

What is the Summer Art Revue and how did it come about? Miriam Hodesh: We were approached by Scott Griffin, a friend of ours who is a local collectible artist. He wanted to know if we were interested in organizing local collectible artists for a summer show. We know summer isn’t most the popular time for an art show, but we have eight different artists. All of these people are going to be showing their work and selling their backlog inventory. It’s a great opportunity for collectors who want to grab something they haven’t seen before or young buyers looking for something by a collectible artist. It will be held in an old Victorian house that happens be for sale. You’re walking in an actual home where artwork is over the fireplace, so you can say, ‘That would work in my home.’ So you have events in several locations? Miriam Hodesh: That’s what’s keeping us unique. We don’t have a specific venue. We’re using the community as our venue. We came in with the idea of finding a building and fixing it up, but the numbers didn’t work for us. Depending on the program, the event, we will utilize all buildings and spaces that are available. It’s a win-win situation. What brought you to Savannah? Miriam Hodesh: I was finishing my MBA in nonprofits at Brandeis University in Boston. We got married in November 2007 and made a road trip from Boston to Florida, looking for a place to settle. We went to Wilmington, Charleston, all the way down to Miami. Our first time in Savannah, we met with Mayor Otis Johnson. We met some amazing people, people who have their ears to the ground. They felt our energy and passion and said, “You have to move here.” It’s a great city and whatever you want to do, you can make it happen. What’s up next? Miriam Hodesh: We have lots of projects on the table now. We want to work with the public school system to bring awareness to healthy lunches, like maybe have a lunch plate special and ask a local chef to take the current ingredients and create a lunch that would be sampled at a fund raiser by students, faculty and community

people. We came up with the idea of the Savannah Paper Project. We’re approaching architecture firms in the city and asking them what they do with their oversized paper. We’re collecting it and compiling it and cutting it down and creating notebooks. We’re selling them in stores, giving some note pads to the public schools. We’re trying to create one more use out of a product to offset the paper we’re using. I think my husband and I both have had great experiences in the working world, but we both are driven people and felt like could do this on our own. We have so many different ideas. We’re always trying to network and bring people together. Summer Art Revue Eight collectible Savannah artists come together for a show that will continue into the night with drinks, food and entertainment by Stan Ray, the Tenderloin Trio, Curl & Crockett, Dare Dukes and a late night set by DJ Valis. A casual brunch will be served on Sunday 11a.m.-4 p.m. When: July 26 noon-10 p.m. and July 27 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: 11 W. Park Ave. Info: 704-8446 or miriam@newmoonofsavannah.com

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Art Squared — Sacred Cartography: Maps and Mandalas by Eric David Wooddell and Sur le Toile: Paper on Canvas by Debi Yawn can be seen through July 31 at Los Robles Wholeness Center, 101 E. 34th St. Art Squared: Arts in the Summer — The series concludes with the Outdoor Art Festival, a day-long event that includes arts and crafts for children, face painting, food and a performance by sculptor Matt Toole, who will cast molten metal to music. Festival is July 26 2-9 p.m. and Toole’s performance is at 7 p.m. at the Roundhouse Railroad Museum. Free. Call for artists — The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is seeking artists to exhibit at Gallery S.P.A.C.E. in 2009. All media will be considered. Include a cover letter; resume; artist statement; previous exhibition record; 10-12 digital images of work; and a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The deadline is Aug. 1 at 4 p.m. Send to Debra Zumstein, 9 W. Henry St., Savannah, 31401. Proposal guidelines at www.savannahga.gov/arts. Call for Entries — Artists sought to provide handson arts activities or arts demonstrations at Union Mission’s Arts & Wellness Expo. The theme is Rediscovering and Reclaiming and artists are encouraged to showcase art using recycled materials. Artists are welcome to sell art Expo day Aug. 23 and display in a group show at the Starfish Café. Reception Aug. 22. Teri Schell, 495-8887 ext. 1219. Crossing Timelines — Work by SCAD professor Joy Flynn through Aug. 17 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St.

Elemental: Paintings by Luther Vann — through Aug. 17 at the Jepson Center. Hidden View — New work by Fran Thomas at Gallery 440, 440 Bull St. Hospice Savannah Art Gallery — will present palette kinfe paintings by David Ryden and Raku ceramics by potter Neil Austing during July and August. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. Independence — Work by Wadie Longmore through Aug. 4 at Dimensions Gallery, 412 MLK Jr. Blvd. Israel Land — Work by Ian Aleksander Adams at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave., through July 31. Junk in Da Trunk Show — Artists and crafters are invited to participate in this indie craft show with local arts and handmade goods on Friday, Sept. 12 7-10 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 13 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Digital images can be sent to info@desotorow.org by Sept. 1. Include name, phone number, e-mail address, web site, price range and if you wish to share a booth. Kinetic — A series of sculptural works and a video installation of a performance piece by Matt Toole, professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Through Aug. 8 at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Kirk Varnedoe Collection — through Sept. 14 at the Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts. Works by Jasper Johns, Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Richard Serra, Richard Avedon and others. Oil Paintings by Tukam Dixon — at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St., through July 31. Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry — More than 60 past and present works by this Alabama-born artist can be

seen through Sept. 28 at the Jepson Center for the Arts. SCAD Museum of Art — Seven exhibitions, including “Hogarth’s Tale of Two Cities: Rich and Poor in 18th Century London,” are displayed. Weekdays 10am5pm. Through Nov. 30. Silhouettes and Savannah Scenes — Works by Helen Hatch Inglesby can be seen through Nov. 2 at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. www.telfair.org. Through Nov. 2. Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St. The Best of 2Car: The Collector’s Exhibition — Work by Savannah-area artists Patrick Kelly, Chris Kienke, Elena Madden, John Olenyik, Katherine Sandoz, Todd Schroeder, Daniel Smith, Veronika Varner and others can be seen during July and August at 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery, 30 W. Broughton St., Suite 205, above the Paris Market. The M.F.A. Experience — with work by SCAD students can be seen through Aug. 24 at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. The Summer Art Revue — This event will showcase work by Betsy Cain, Lorie Corbus, Julio Garcia, Scott Griffin, Imke Lass, Deb Oden, Gerome Temple and Summer Wheat, with music will by Stan Ray, Tenderloin Trio, Curl & Crockett, and a late night set by DJ Valis. The show will be on view at 11 W. Park Ave. on Saturday, July 26th from noon-10 p.m. and Sunday July 27th from 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Urban Tree and Tree—Echo — Videos by Lee JongSuk can be seen through September 28 At the Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts. Utopia Subdivided — A collection of oil paintings and drawings of suburban landscapes by Janet Onafrey July 18-31 at the Hall Street Gallery, 212 W. Hall St.

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Christian Bale, a talented thespian who makes humorlessness look less like a performer’s choice and more like an established school of acting, was a logical choice to play millionaire Bruce Wayne and his masked alter ego. In this outing, Batman and his ally, Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman, like many others a returning cast member), have done a fine job of tightening the reins around the mob bosses who control Gotham City. They’re aided in their efforts by a newcomer: Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), an idealistic district attorney who’s championed as the one man who can save the city from its criminal elements. Batman/Bruce Wayne initially has his doubts -- and his jealousies, as Dent’s dating his longtime love Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, thankfully replacing Batman Begins’ Katie Holmes in the role) -- but he soon realizes that the D.A.’s intentions are on the level. But their combined attempts to corral the city’s crooks are hampered by the presence of The Joker (Heath Ledger), a psychopath whose lack of a master scheme is what makes him an especially potent villain; Bruce’s faithful butler Alfred (Michael Caine) sums up the mindset of such

men by declaring how some people commit evil just because they “want to watch the world burn.” Eckhart stands out in what proves to be the picture’s most fully realized characterization. Still, we all know who’s the MVP of this particular show. Even if he hadn’t tragically died this past January, Ledger would have been the talk of the town -- any town -- for his remarkable turn as The Joker. Deprived of a back story and thus denied any possibility for even an ounce of audience sympathy, this lunatic is a whirling dervish of cackling, lip-smacking, cheek-sucking sin. Ledger makes the character as scary as possible, and if we laugh at the manner in which he, say, slicks back his hair as he prepares to tangle with Rachel or performs a magic trick by making a pencil disappear (in gruesome fashion), it’s a laugh of sweaty unease, an involuntary chuckle designed to convince the character that we’re as cracked as he is, lest he leap from the screen in disapproval and practice his chaos theory on us. Ledger’s work is so mesmerizing that he has us believing The Joker could indeed penetrate that fourth wall. Now that’s a great performance.

Meryl Streep fans and ABBA fans can at least count on those two components firing on all cylinders in this adaptation of the Broadway smash. Everyone else, though, may be forced to rummage through the debris that constitutes the rest of the picture to find anything worth salvaging. Anybody who saw Streep’s terrific, Oscar-nominated performance in 1990’s Postcards from the Edge knows she can belt out a tune (she also tackled some songs in A Prairie Home Companion), and here she’s aptly cast as Donna, a former singer raising her daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) at her hotel property located on a lovely Greek island. Sophie’s about to get married to hunky Sky (dull Dominic Cooper), but first she’s determined to learn the identity of her father. After sneaking a peek at her mom’s old diary, Sophie invites to her wedding the three men who all had carnal relations with her mom two decades earlier, hoping to ascertain which one is actually daddy dearest. The three men are suave Sam (Pierce Brosnan), uptight Harry (Colin Firth) and rascally Bill (Stellan Skarsgard), and as long as the actors essaying the roles stick to walking and talking, they’re fun to watch. But whenever one of them is called upon to sing, be prepared to duck and cover as their aural ineptitude bombards our eardrums. In fact, Streep is one of only two people who can apparently hold a note in this film. The other is Broadway star Christine Baranski, but her musical appeal is negated by the fact that she’s insufferable as Donna’s perpetually horny friend Tanya. Director Phyllida Lloyd helmed Mamma Mia! on stage, and bringing her to the screen as part of the package deal was the worst thing that could have happened to this production. There’s no reason this motion picture couldn’t contain all the effulgence and expertise of other musical adaptations like Hairspray and Chicago, but Lloyd appears to be so blissfully ignorant of the dynamics of moviemaking that, aside from the songs themselves, there’s little joy to be found in the musical numbers. The

clumsy camerawork, editing and staging all diminish rather than enhance the perceived showstoppers, and the choreography ranks among the most dreadful I’ve ever witnessed in a big-budget musical -- especially check out the dance steps of the hunky boys on the pier and tell me if a sixth grade theater class couldn’t have produced the same herky-jerky moves for their annual fundraising musical held in the school gym. Mamma Mia! registers as the biggest disappointment of the summer movie season, though that probably won’t stop it from raking in plenty of (to lift an ABBA song title) “Money, Money, Money” at the box office. Meanwhile, one of last year’s best films, the Beatles-catalogue musical Across the Universe, failed to find much of an audience during its theatrical run. Them’s the breaks in this business, of course, but these results nevertheless strike me as decidedly off-key.

Hellboy ii: The Golden Army Among the more disappointing of these countless comic book adaptations that, if nothing else, have given purpose to the lives of fanboys across the country (that purpose, of course, being to bash anyone who doesn’t completely share their views). That Hellboy II fails to deliver the goods is a real shame: While most of writer-director Guillermo del Toro’s earlier titles have been noteworthy (including The Devil’s Backbone and the underrated Mimic), his Oscar-winning Pan’s Labyrinth suggested that he had firmly entrenched himself in the ranks of the toptier filmmakers working today (not at the level of Spielberg or Scorsese, of course, but certainly equal to Peter Jackson). Yet while this sequel to the 2004 feature (itself based on Mike Mignola’s comic series) doesn’t lack for visual wonders, it’s utterly clumsy in the storytelling department, a genuine shock given del Toro’s usual ability to spin a tall tale. Here, Hellboy (Ron Perlman), the satanic emissary who fights on the side of right, must face off against Prince Nuada (Luke Goss), an albinotic, ancient leader who hopes to revive the Golden Army to destroy humankind. The lumbering brutes who comprise the army are pretty cool,

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JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH Ever since the 3D process first appeared in cinema in 1952’s Bwana Devil (advertised with the tagline, “A lion in your lap! A lover in your arms!”), filmmakers have attempted to turn this innovative technique into more than just a fad that appears at regular intervals over the years. 1953’s Vincent Price chiller House of Wax arguably remains the most famous of all three-dimensional efforts (further containing the most iconic of all 3D images, that of the street barker bopping his paddleball right into moviegoers’ faces), though I imagine the 1969 softcore smash The Stewardesses 3D also has its ardent supporters. But poorly produced movies like Jaws 3-D and Friday the 13th Part III did little to advance the cause -- donning the requisite spectacles only resulted in muddy colors bleeding on the screen -- and it wasn’t until last year’s Beowulf that the technology was finally perfected. Seeking

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posite stance: Based on the preview, this vehicle for Eddie Murphy looked as if it would compete with The Love Guru in the sheer awfulness department. And make no mistake: Whatâ€™s presented is still pretty bad. But compared to Mike Myersâ€™ toxic effort, this almost comes off as Annie Hall by comparison. What the trailer doesnâ€™t convey is that Murphy actually delivers a sharp comic performance as Dave, a human-shaped-and-sized spaceship powered by the tiny aliens within. He also plays the diminutive captain of the spacecraft, but he isnâ€™t especially memorable in this dry role, spending much of the time alternately wooing a fellow shipmate (Gabrielle Union) and a friendly Earthwoman (Elizabeth Banks, who earlier this year co-starred in the similarly titled Meet Bill), as well as slowly learning that our planet and its inhabitants are capable of offering compassion and beauty and great movies like Itâ€™s a Wonderful Life. Itâ€™s Murphyâ€™s work as the walking, talking spaceship thatâ€™s inspired, as the character amusingly reacts to the surplus of confusing information flooding his system (as when Banksâ€™ Gina announces that theyâ€™re eating meatloaf for dinner and the shipâ€™s computer brings up images of the burly rocker). Unfortunately, Murphy far outshines the material, which mixes the usual bodily-

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Hancock The idea behind Robert Frostâ€™s soul-stirring poem â€œThe Road Not Takenâ€? can be applied to Hancock, a summer sci-fi outing that, somewhat surprisingly, ends up taking the path â€œless traveled by.â€? Yet equally surprising is the fact that this enjoyable film would have been even better had it played out as expected. The premise is irresistible, a counterpoint to all the more seriousminded superhero flicks that have been invading multiplexes in recent years. Hancock (played by Will Smith) is an alcoholic, antisocial superhero whose crimefighting exploits usually end up causing millions of dollars in damage to the city of Los Angeles). The residents have had enough of him, and the police even have a warrant out for his arrest. Hancock couldnâ€™t care less until the day he meets -- and saves the life of -- public relations guy Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman). The sensitive and progressive Ray decides that heâ€™s going to help Hancock overhaul his public image, transforming him from a menace to society into a hero worthy of love and respect. Rayâ€™s wife Mary

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WALL-E The dialogue of the title robot mostly consists of beeps and chirps and the occasional electronically altered word -- just get Jim Carrey or Bruce Willis for one dayâ€™s work, right? Well, except that even here, Pixar suits followed their own instincts instead of the bottom line. It thrilled me to no end to learn that they settled on Ben Burtt, the multi-Oscar-winning sound designer responsible for creating the creature effects heard in 1977â€™s Star Wars (yes, including R2-D2). Whatâ€™s even more gratifying is that Burttâ€™s shining moment is at the center of a worthy motion picture, a

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delightful film that so far earns the crown as this summerâ€™s best release. Ultimately WALL-E is about nothing less than one of the tenets of human existence: the need to find a partner with whom to share lifeâ€™s experiences. Of course, the switch here is that itâ€™s a robot, not a human, whoâ€™s in need of companionship. WALL-E is the last of his type, a Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class robot who rumbles around a deserted Earth collecting and compressing trash. All of the human inhabitants has long since abandoned the polluted planet to take up residence in a gargantuan spaceship (named Axiom) light years away, and whatâ€™s left down here is a wasteland seemingly unable to sustain any form of life. For his part, WALL-E carries on his prime directive of cleaning up, yet heâ€™s developed enough human-like traits to know what he likes. And what he likes is collecting interesting knickknacks (like a Rubikâ€™s cube, a spork and lighters -- lots of lighters) and watching an old videocassette of Hello, Dolly! The musical teaches him about the concept of love, so when a sleek robot named EVE (Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) is dropped off on the planet to search for signs that it might be inhabitable again, WALL-E pursues her. Initially, EVE is allbusiness, but she eventually warms to his considerable charms, and once sheâ€™s ferried back to Axiom, our intrepid little Romeo determines not to let her get away.

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Get Smart, the now-cult TV sitcom that aired from 1965 to 1970, was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, and these legendary funnymen are listed in the credits of the new motion picture spinoff Get Smart as â€œcreative consultants.â€? The word is that neither of them actually had any input in what turns up on the screen, which probably explains why major facets of this motion picture differ from what fans fondly recall about the show. But in at least one respect, thereâ€™s a striking similarity: Both have no problem providing the laughs. This new version does away with the Cold War backdrop. Instead, the well-worn plot finds K.A.O.S. head Siegfried (Terence Stamp, taking over Bernie Kopellâ€™s role from the series) threatening to destroy the world unless he gets paid a substantial sum, and the movie seems as much a Bond spoof as a Get Smart homage. Carell, whose Maxwell Smart is (slightly) more intelligent than Don Adamsâ€™, and Hathaway are well-paired, and there are choice supporting stints by Alan Arkin as The Chief and Dwayne â€œThe Rockâ€? Johnson as the macho Agent 23. In between all the gags and all the action scenes, thereâ€™s an identifiable human element at work, and this empathy prevents this from becoming just another big, dumb summer comedy.

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Chatham County Young Democrats

for ages 14 to 39. Will hold a Meet and Greet for Democratic candidates on Thursday, June 12 from 6:30-8 pm at the Bull Street Library. stepsavannah@aol.com, 631-2674.

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.

Savannah Area Young Republicans

For information, visit www.savannahyoungrepublican.com or call Allison Quinn at 308-3020.

Auditions 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.

Casting Call for Great American Beauty

An ABC reality show that will give “gorgeous” people ages 18-30 the opportunity to show America just how beautiful they really are will hold a casting call in Savannah. On-camera interviews are Thursday, July 24 by appointment. Submit name, age, a little about yourself and a photo to updyke.brian@gmail.com, or call 310482-7225. Through July 24.

Little Theatre of Savannah

Auditions will be held Tuesday, July 29 and Wednesday, July 30 at 7 p.m. at Cardinal Rep, 703 Louisville Rd. Show will run mid-September to early October.Roles are available for 2 women in their 30s/40s, 1 woman 60s, 1 man 30s/40s and one boy, late teens. www.littletheatreofsavannah.org.

Benefits Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk Festival 2008

will be held Saturday, Sept. 27 10 am-2 pm at Johnson Square. www.georgiamemorywalk.org or 920-2231. Through Sept. 27.

Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Memory Walk Saturday, September 27 at Johnson Square. www.georgiamemorywalk.org or call 920-2231. Through Sept. 27.

Feral Cat Program Needs Supplies

The Milton Project needs supplies and donations. Sherry Montgomery, 351-4151 or sherry@ coastalpetrescue.org.

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.

Hope House of Savannah

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.

I Sold It on eBay for Coastal Pet Rescue

I Sold It on eBay is accepting items on behalf of Coastal Pet Rescue. Donors may bring any item valued at more than $40 to the I Sold It On eBay store located next to TJ Maxx in Savannah Centre. The item will be listed and proceeds will go directly to Coastal Pet Rescue. Call 228-3538 or 353-7633 or visit www.coastalpetrescue.org or www.isolditsavannah.com.

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.

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 Wendy at wendy@ coastalpetrescue.org to arrange for cartridge pickup.

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.

The Goodwill SMILE Campaign

This fundraiser in Goodwill’s retail stores is being held in honor of those serving in the Armed Forces. Shoppers can buy a “Smiling G” that will be placed somewhere in the store. the campaign runs through Aug. 17. Through Aug. 17.

United Way 2-1-1

An information and referral service in Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Bryan, Glynn abnd McIntosh counties is available by calling 2-1-1. Services include food pantry programs, bill payment assistance, rent assistance, foreclosure prevention, job search and training programs, childcare programs, housing solutions and financial education.

Classes & Workshops 2008 Sea Camp

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 236-1122. Private lessons are available.

Alpha and Omega Pre-K

Slots are available for this year’s free Pre-K 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 667-1056.

Basics of Resource Development, Part 2

is a workshop offered by the Georgia Center for Nonprofits on Thursday, July 24 from 1-5 p.m. Cost is $70 for non-members. www.gen.orgServices/NonprofitUniversity/CurrentCourses. asps. Advance registration is required. Rasheed Green, 234-9688. Through July 24. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St. 912-651-7700. www.uwce.org/

Hands-on activities and learning activities for rising Pre-K to 5th grde. 786-5917 or www. tybeemarinesciece.org. Through Aug. 11. Tybee Island Marine Science Center, 1510 Strand. 912786-5917. www.tybeemsc.org/

Beading Classes

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.

Children’s Art Classes

700 Kitchen Cooking School

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.

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. 912-920-6659. www.beaddreamer.com 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

Cooking Classes

Upcoming classes include Summer Soups & Salads, Cuisines of Greece, India, Mexico, Thailand and the Mediterranean. Monday and Tuesday 6:30-8:30 pm, Turtle Dragon Herb and Tea Co., US 80. $55. 792-8965 or tiffanyjkelly@ gmail.com.

Credit and Money Management 12 Hour Seminar

This ongoing course is held every month at the Effingham YMCA in Rincon. This seminar is the first standardized credit education program in the nation. Topics covered are the steps to improve your credit rating and raise your credit scores, budgeting, managing your debt, what lenders require when you borrow money, how to spot looming money problems and how to deal with them before it’s too late. The fee is $99 per person or $169 per couple. Space is limited and registration is required in advance. Contact Carmen at 826-6263 or 484-1266.

Cultural Affairs Summer Art Camp

Registration for the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs Summer Art Camp will begin April 14. Nine camp sessions will be offered June 9 through Aug. 29 for children in painting, ceramics, metalwork, mixed media and performing arts. One-week full-day sessions cost $125 per child and two-week intensive sessions 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.

Each Other’s Muse Arts Camp

for ages 6-16 interested in both visual and performing arts will be held Aug. 4-8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 843-321-2256 or www.eachothersmuse.com. Through Aug. 4.

Family Assistance Seminar

The Metropolitan Community Organization will host this free seminar Monday, July 28 from 6-8 p.m. on family management skills, including parenting skills, time management and communication. Registration is required. 447-5590 or education@vcline.com. Through July 28. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. 912-652-3600. www. liveoakpl.org

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.

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Classes

Human Resource Management for Executives

will be presented April 29, July 24 and Oct. 24 from 6:30-8 pm at Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett St. 652-3582 or 2360631. Through Oct. 24.

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

A meditation period will be followed by instruction in the application of the foundations of Mindfulness practice to daily life. Beginner’s and experienced practitioners welcome. Ongoing weekly sessions held Monday from 6-7:30 p.m. at 313 E. Harris St. Call Cindy Beach, Buddhist nun, at 429-7265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www.uusavannah.org

Oatland Island Wildlife Center

has a new name, but still offcers environmental education programs and weekend events. It is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. www.oatlandisland.org. Oatland Island Education Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. 912898-3980. www.oatlandisland.org/

Perfecting the Arts Academy Summer Institute

Presented by Chatham Savannah Youth Futures Authority June 23-Aug. 22 at St. Pius X Family Resource Center, 705 E. Anderson St. A summer series of enrichment classes for ages 4-16 that includes: Music Theory, African American Music, Piano, Dance, Arts and Crafts, Basketball, Theatre, Chess, Spoken Word, Poetry and Computer Technology. Free and Open to the Public. 6516815 | www.youthfutures.com Through Aug. 22.

Personal Money Management

BOAN Consults, LLC sponsors monthly workshops. Call 398-8148 or email info@boanconsults.com. BOAN Consults, LLC sponsors monthly workshops. Call 398-8148 or email info@boanconsults.com. offered at the Temple of Martial Arts, Savannah’s only Wing Chun and Tai Chi Kung Fu School. One-on-one classes are designed to equip you with self-defense skills. SiFu Michael, 429-9241 or www.youtube.com at “Kung Fu in Savannah.” Through Sept. 11.

Puppet Shows

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

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. offers a variety of business classes. It is located at 801 E. Gwinnett St. Call 652-3582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street. 912-652-3582.

Savannah Learning Center Spanish

Space by the Hour, Day, or Week

Two private 12’ X 12’ spaces available on Tybee for practitioners who require a tranquil setting. Space includes closet,& shared restroom, waiting area & porch. $15/hr, $50/day, $175/wk. 786-6063.

Starfish Cafe Culinary Arts Training Program

This 12-week full-time program is designed to provide work training and employment opportunities in the food service industry, including food preparation, food safety and sanitation training, customer service training and job search and placement assistance. Call Mindy Saunders at 234-0525. The Starfish Cafe, 711 East Broad Street. 912-234-0525. www.thestarfishcafe.org/

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.

Summer Day Camp Program

Burton 4-H Center on Tybee Island will hold summer day camps during the weeks of July 7, 21 and 28 for children ages 8-13. Camp is Monday through Friday from 8:30-11:30am for 8-10 year olds and 1-4:30pm for 11-13. Amy Capello or David Weber, 786-5534 or www.burton4h.org. Through July 28.

Teen Art & Clay Classes

Private Kung Fu Classes

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

Be bilingual. The center is located at 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Call 272-4579 or 3083561. e-mail savannahlatina@yahoo.com or visit www.savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Savannah Learning Center, 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr.

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.

Thinking of Starting a Small Business

is a course offered twice a month atthe Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E. Liberty St. $50 in advance or $60 at the door. 651-3200, www.savannahabdc.org.

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. Cardinal Rep, 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 215. $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 2208129, send e-mail to lightmagus@yahoo.com or mccauln1981@hotmail.com. or visit http://aasuscifi.proboards105.com/index.cgi.

Bike Night with Mikie

is held every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at The Red Zone Bar and Grill in Richmond Hill. Half of the proceeds of a 50/50 drawing go to the military for phone cards and other items.

Buccaneer Region SCCA

is the local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America. It hosts monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. Visit http://buccaneerregion. org/solo.html.

Chihuahua Club of Savannah

A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets one Saturday each month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http://groups. yahoo.com/group/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. 912-3558111. 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.

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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.

eWomenNetwork

Accelerated network dinner July 29 5:307:30pm, Hilton Garden Inn, 5711 Abercorn St. $45. 927-2838, lisacree@eWomenNetwork.com, www.eWomenNetwork.com. Through July 29.

Geechee Sailing Club

meets the second Monday of the month (except for November) at 6:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr. in Thunderbolt. Open to all interested in boating and related activities. Call 234-1903 or visit www.geecheesailingclub.org. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. 912-354-9040.

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Restaurant. The cost is the price of the meal. RSVP to 660-8257. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. 912354-9040.

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association

meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street. Call 236-8546. American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. 912-233-9277.

Low Country Turners

This is a club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Hank Weisman at 786-6953.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at American Legion Post 184 in Thunderbolt. Call 786-4508. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. 912-354-5515.

Moon River Chorus

is a ladies’ barbershop chorus. Rehearsals are Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. in the social hall of Whitefield United Methodist Church, corner of 55th Street and Waters Avenue. Visitors are welcome. Call Sylvia at 927-2651 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 old-time radio broadcasts from 1926 to 1962. Send e-mail to Jim Beshires at beshiresjim@yahoo.com or visit www.otrr.org.

Philosophy Reading Group

This group will focus on various philosophical themes and texts, culminating in facilitated discussions with an open exchange of ideas within a community of inquiry. Meeting locations will change to reflect the current issue. Contact Kristina at 407-443-1571 or ktina697@hotmail. com.

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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. 912354-9040.

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

has a dinner meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club, Hunter Army Airfield. Call John Findeis at 748-7020. Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neat St. 912-355-1060. 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

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ARIES

(March 21-April 19) Anna Renalda Hyatt, a reader from Colorado, bragged to me about her prowess. “My capacity for expressing love far surpasses that of anyone I have ever met,” she wrote. “I am a Sublime Genius of Love, a Master of Unconditional Compassion, a Virtuoso of Deep Empathy.” Your assignment in the coming days, Aries, is to compete with her: Unleash a perfect storm of ingenious passion that will ignite subtle revolutions everywhere you go. Explore the frontiers of smart love.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20) Your teeth aren’t white enough. Your laugh sounds weird. Something’s amiss with the way you solve problems; I’m not sure what, I just know you’ve got a disability there. And as for your hair: Could you please change it so it doesn’t make you appear so out of touch with reality? OK, now relax. Everything I just said was a bad joke -- it wasn’t true at all. I wanted to show you how susceptible you are to believing the lie that you should be different from what you actually are. The fact is, Taurus, this is an excellent time for you to practice feeling a total acceptance of and curious fascination with yourself. Try saying this out loud: “I am perfectly myself.”

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20) At the end of a recent school year, only 37 percent of New York’s high school students passed the stateadministered math exam. Instead of withholding diplomas from the other 63 percent, officials nullified the results and eased the standards for future tests. Normally I’m queasy about lowering the criteria for success, but in this case I approve. Math is absurdly overvalued as an educational necessity. There are many other subjects that should get more emphasis in the high school curriculum. Teach logic, not algebra! Teach critical thinking, not trigonometry! My rant is a prelude to the climax of your horoscope, which is this: Stop pushing so hard to accomplish a task that’s really not all that important in the long run.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22) During a trip to India, my friend Jeff

paid a boatman to row him out into the Ganges River for a little recreational cruise. When they got there, the boatman stopped and refused to move, let alone row him back to shore, unless Jeff forked over a surcharge. Don’t let something like that happen to you in the coming week, Cancerian. Always have a well-planned arrangement, agreed on in advance, to come back from wherever you’re brave enough to go. Be experimental, yes. Explore new territory, yes. Be willing to surrender some control, yes. But make sure you’ve got a return ticket.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22) “Everybody experiences far more than he understands,” said philosopher Marshall McLuhan. “Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior.” This is always true, but it will have special meaning for you in the coming days. You’re about to be inundated by a flood of raw perceptions, sensations, and feelings, and only a fraction of it will be namable, let alone comprehensible. That shouldn’t be a problem, though. Your job is simply to marvel at all the novelty that’s flowing in, not to be in an anxious hurry to define it.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your life story is about to deepen and sweeten and get more interesting -if, that is, you follow the trail of clues into the dark forest, and if, as you travel, you hum songs that are both sad and happy, and if you call on the spirit of your favorite dead person to accompany you. Of course, you’re perfectly free to refuse the call of your destiny, and never even take a glance into the dark forest. But in my opinion, that would cheat you out of some profound fun that has the potential to teach you and tune you for many years to come.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22) I came across a website called The Common Man’s Book of World Records. It lists triumphs that have been ignored by the more famous Guinness Book. It tells us that Basel Nevins licked an asphalt road for 77 minutes straight, establishing an unsurpassed benchmark. Melissa Lassitter set the world record for number of hoagies crammed into a

bra, with eight; Glen Schlacknik did an astounding 5,216 squat-thrusts on an escalator in one session; and Charles Zenk threw a mailbox 33 feet. In the coming week, I invite you to be inspired by these unsung masters, Libra. According to my reading of the omens, you’re primed to achieve peaks of accomplishment that few others have even attempted.

it, of course. But if you do, it could help you smite dream adversaries, from stupid giants to evil ducks to rash-covered devils. You could also take advantage of it to build things, like a dream house or a dream boat. The proper use of the hammer will be a constant test, since you’ll have to be ever-alert and adaptable as you decide whether to employ it for destruction or creation.

SCORPIO

AQUARIUS

According to Jewish legend, there are in each generation 36 righteous humans who prevent the rest of us from being destroyed. Through their extraordinary good deeds and their love of the divine spark, they save the world over and over again. They’re not famous saints, though. They go about their business anonymously, and no one knows how crucial they are to our well-being. Might you be one of the 36? I bet you’ll be acting like one of them in the coming week. Your capacity for disseminating blessings will be astounding. The ripples of benevolence you initiate could ultimately go around the planet and return to you.

“Why, I don’t even respect myself, I tell ya,” said comedian Rodney Dangerfield. “When I make love, I have to fantasize that I am somebody else!” Your assignment, Aquarius, is to experiment with just the second half of that formulation. In other words, while you’re making love, fantasize that you’re somebody else. But do it because you care deeply about yourself -- so deeply that you want to transcend your customary reactions and expand your identity. Do it because you dare to awaken to previously unknown possibilities of who you might be. By the way, this exercise will yield even better results if you not only play with experimental self- images when you’re doing the wild thing, but all the rest of the time as well.

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

In his book The Medusa and the Snail, science writer Lewis Thomas said that the English word “error” developed from a root meaning “to wander about, looking for something.” That’s why he liked Darwin’s idea that error is the driving force in evolution. I think this wanderingabout-looking-for-something approach should be the driving force in your personal evolution, Sagittarius. The coming weeks will be a great time to meander and get distracted and stumble upon unexpected opportunities. May all your mutations have a positive spin! (P.S. Lewis also wrote this: “The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.”)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

I predict you will have 32 dreams as you sleep in the coming week. In at least five of those adventures, you will be offered a chance to wield a magic hammer like the one that belonged to the Norse god Thor. You’re under no obligation to use

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20) In her book Zen Miracles, Brenda Shoshanna defines the “shadow” as being the unacceptable aspects of ourselves that we dump into our unconscious minds. As we avoid looking at that hidden stuff, it festers. Meanwhile, we project it onto people we know, imagining that they possess the qualities we’re repressing. The antidote to this problem, says Shoshanna, is to “eat our shadow” -- haul it up from out of the pit and develop a conscious connection with it. Doing so not only prevents our unacknowledged darkness from haunting our thoughts and distorting our relationships; it also liberates tremendous psychic energy. I’m telling you this, Pisces, because it’s an excellent time to eat your shadow.

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fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Jaycees

for young professionals ages 21 to 39 is a Junior Chamber of Commerce that focuses on friendship, career development and community involvement. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is included and there is no charge for guests. Call 961-9913 or visit www. savannahjaycees.com.

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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 cruisein 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

“Bizarro World”— everyone’s against me

Savannah Parrot Head Club

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1 Series of shots 6 Curvy letters 11 “Gone Country” network 14 Add, like sound effects at an editing board 15 Expressed viewpoint 16 Bread for a pastrami sandwich 17 Street where tires never slip? 19 Bullring cheer 20 Adirondacks components: abbr. 21 It can be ordered soft or crunchy 22 James T. Kirk, by state of birth 24 Nintendo DS competitor, for short 25 People who cross out a substance that causes an immune response? 28 Ample-sized property for a home 30 Therefore 31 Cell phone display items 33 Japanese horror film series about a cursed videotape that inspired a similarly-titled American remake 35 ___-pitch softball 38 What opposites are written down on? 42 “Unsafe at ___ Speed” (Ralph Nader book) 43 Berry of “Things We Lost in the Fire” 44 Schedule an engagement 45 One may carry the best of the wurst 46 With 48-down, Oscar category 48 Where to store a type of brakes? 53 Sounds of “I get it” 56 Four-door alternative 57 When repeated, a song-like taunt 58 Kicks 59 Johnson of “Plan 9 From Outer Space” 60 “Hey, toss over that pamphlet on breaking up monopolies”? 64 Yoko who funded the Central Park Strawberry Fields memorial 65 “SNL” cast member Will 66 “Keep on whispering in ___” (line from “What I Like About You”) 67 Button on a DVD player: abbr. 68 Like some chard or steak 69 African antelope

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.

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1 Rapscallion 2 Women in a tree? 3 Celebratory shout 4 Seven, on some watches 5 GM emergency service 6 Vote off, a la “Big Brother” 7 Words of agreement 8 Honorary title given to Bill Gates 9 Earth Day prefix 10 Stitching closed 11 Director Cameron 12 Birthday balloon material 13 Cold temperature range 18 “Damaged” girl group Danity ___ 23 Tic-tac-toe line 26 Bottle resident 27 Rowing machine units 29 Series set in Las Vegas 31 Merino noise 32 “Raggedy” doll 33 Big find at an archaeological dig 34 Manhattan, for one: abbr. 35 Just a little cupful, in Britain 36 Affectionate sign, so it’s said 37 Planet where Orson was often heard 39 Toronto NHL team, to fans 40 Ring around the holy? 41 Crunch targets 45 Easy addition to a potluck party 46 Male guinea pig 47 Return from the grave? 48 See 46-across 49 Hardly a packed house 50 Lawyer/author Scott 51 Makes a scarf 52 8-bit units 54 Earthling 55 Edgar Bergen dummy Mortimer ___ 61 When brats want something 62 Prefix for lateral 63 Word part: abbr.

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 24pm 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 Armstrong Center

The Armstrong Center is available for meetings, seminars, workshops or social events. Classrooms, meeting space, auditorium and 6000-square-foot ballroom. 344-2951. Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 912-927-5277. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/ index.html

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.

Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts

A club for enthusiasts of electronic music and instruments, including the theremin, synths, Mooger Foogers, jam sessions, playing techniques, compositions, gigs, etc. Philip Neidlinger, theremin@neidlinger.us.

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. 912233-9277.

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 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 e-mail to Dance@BreffniAcademy.com. Visit www.IrishDanceClasses.

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meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731.

Chicago-Style Steppin’ Lessons

Every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Also learn new line dances. Contact Tunya Coleman at 631-6700.

Disabled Ballroom Class

Classes are held at Memorial Health’s The Rehabilitation Institute, 4700 Waters Ave. The classes are free and open to anyone. The next class will be held Saturday, Jan. 26. Contact Charleen Harden at 308-7307 or cwh0869@yahoo.com. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. 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 hip-hop for ages 3 and up. Adult tap classes are held Tuesday from 7:30-8:15 for beginners and Monday from 7:15-8 p.m. for intermediate. Call 897-4235 or email ggsod.com.

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

meet every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Nassau Woods Recreation Building on Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes are being held at this time, however help will be available for those interested in learning. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731.

Islands Dance Academy

Summer class schedule includes Zoomba Fitness, Beginner Adult Ballet, Intermediate Adult Ballet, Beginner Adult Tap and Beginner/Intermediate Hip Hop. Children’s fall classes will begin Sept. 8. 115 Charlotte Rd., 897-2100. Through Aug. 31.

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.

Pole Dancing Class

POLE DANCING...for exercise. Learn dance moves and spins while working your abs, tone your legs and arms,a total body workout. Ladies Only! The only thing that comes of is your shoes. Classes begin Friday February 15th from 7:30 to 9:30. Space is limited call in advance to make your reservation $70 per month or $22 per class. Please call for further details 912-398-4776 or email fitnessconnection1@yahoo.com

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, 2346183 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 9274784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop. com. Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn Street. 912-352-7100.

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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.

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Tangroove Performance Dance Classes

are held weekly in Pooler and Rincon. No dance experience required. Three age groups: 6-10, 11-15 and 16 and up. Classes are for girls and women of all ages and shapes and implement Lain dances such as Salsa, Mambo and Tango. Each class is 90 minutes. The cost is $40 per month. Classes start in August and the enrollment deadline is July 31. Carmen, 826-6263 or calexe@comcast.net.

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/

Two to Tango - Savannah Tango Group

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.

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. 912-233-1951.

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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. Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc, 6413 Waters Avenue. 912-355-3011. www. ssomt.com/

Belly Dance for Fitness

Every Monday 5-6pm beginning Aug. 25 and ending Oct. 6. Focuses on aerobic workout for all ages and skill levels. $12 per class or $80 upfront for all eight. Nicole Edge, kleokatt@ gmail.com or 596-0889. Through Oct. 6.

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 660-7399 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.

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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- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

Dog Yoga

The Yoga Room will hold a dog yoga class every first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. at Forsyth Park. The cost is a $10 donation, with all donations given to Save-A-Life. Bring a mat or blanket and a sense of humor. Yoga for dogs is a fun way to relax and bond with your four-legged pet. Great for all levels and all sizes. 898-0361 or www.thesavannahyogaroom.com. 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.

Fit Lunch

FIT LUNCH - Join us for a 30 to 40 Minute workout on your lunch hour. Classes offered Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 10:45am until 2:00pm by Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio. Classes are organized and led by 2 Certified Personal Trainers and will utilize a variety of training techniques which may include strength training, interval and cardio as well as core, balance and flexibility. Advanced booking required.

Please call for further details 912-398-4776 or 912-224-9667. www.bodybalance.com.

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. Pre-register 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. 912-234-0980. 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/

Kung Fu

The Temple of Martial Arts is a Kung Fu school where men and women of all levels of martial arts experience come together to learn the art of Wing Chun and Tai Chi. SiFu Michael, 429-9241. Through Sept. 11.

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. 912-447-6605. www.sjchs.org/1844.cfm

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. 912- 819-6000. 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, precrawling. The cost is $13 per class. Multi-class discounts are available. The instructor is Betsy Boyd Strong. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 4416653 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. 912-8196000. www.sjchs.org/

Raw Beginners Yoga Basics Workshop

will be held July 26 1-4 p.m. To pre-register, call Kelley at 441-6653 or kelley@savannahyoga.com. Through July 26. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 912-232-2994. www.savannahyoga.com/

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 6601863 for times and appointments.

Rolf Method Bodywork

for posture, chronic pain and alignment of body/mind/spirit. Jeannie Kelley, LMT, certified advanced Rolf practitioner. www.islandsomatherapy.com, 843-422-2900.

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 898-7714.

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 5:306:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. 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. 912-2322994. 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. 912-236-CITY. www.firstcitynetwork.net/

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. 912-236-CITY. www.firstcitynetwork.net/

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.

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 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. 912-3554601. 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.

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

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

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 performed June 16 at the Chatham County Health Department, June 23 at St. Thomas Church-Isle of Hope, June 24 at SJ/C Medical Group in Pooler, June 25 in Sun City, Bluffton, and June 30 at The Landings Club on Skidaway Island. 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.

Meditation for Relaxation and Stress Relief

Learn to relax through non-religious meditation. Instruction and practice followed by Q&A. Thursdays, 6-7pm. $5. Small World Therapeutic Massage on Whitemarsh Island (next to Jalapeno’s). 897-7979.

Memorial Health blood pressure check

are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 350-7587.

Memorial Health CPR training

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

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. 1-800-264-7154.

Positive Healthy Appraches to Better Nutrition

Customized motivational programs that incorporate focus, fitness and enjoyment of food based on individual’s vision for optimal health and wellnett. www.phabnutrition.com.

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.

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.

Call the Spay/Neuter Alliance and Clinic at 843645-2500 or visit www.snac1.com.

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.

Readings & Signings

Weight Loss Through Hypnosis

Nature and Environment Blackberry Picking

from 9-4 weekdays and until 2 on Saturday at the Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens. $3 per pound. Buckets are provided. Through Aug. 31.

Blackwater Paddle

After basic canoeing instruction, a Wilderness Southeast guide will lead the way down Ebemezer Creek near Rincon, past tupelo and cypress trees, as participants look for turtles, herons and kingfishers. There is beauty around every bend. The fee covers canoe rental and instruction. Reservations are required.July 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Through July 26. $35. 236-8115.

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 2326572 or visit www.TheDolphinProject.org.

Take a walk on the wild side

at the Oatland Island Education Center. The “Native Animal Nature Trail” features a variety of live animals and landscapes and winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats. Located 5 miles east of downtown off the Islands Expressway. M-F:9 a.m.-4 p.m. and most Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $3 per person for everyone over 4. 898-3980 or visit www.oatlandisland.org. Oatland Island Education Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. 912-898-3980. www.oatlandisland.org/

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 emailed 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/

Pets & Animals Discount Vet Services

will be offered for seniors, students and military on Friday, July 25 from 11am to 3pm at TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store. Exams, tests and vaccinations available. Dr. John Schoettle of Innovative Veterinarian Medicine wil provide care. 238-8848 or jusak@tailspin.com. Through July 25.

Dog Yoga

Low-cost Spay Neuter Clinic

with free transport. Vaccines are available. Service is provided 11 counties in Georgia, including Chatham and Effingham, and South Carolina.

Barnes & Noble Events

June 20, 6-8 pm Local authors’ signing with Gwen McKee and Kasey Ratterree, “Around Savannah -- Where to Go and What to Do with Children.” June 21, 1-4 pm author signing Michelle Taylor, “Troubles Don’t Always Last.” June 24, 7 pm Author signing, Julie Compton, “Tell No Lies.” June 25 10 a.m. Storytime “Read All About It” by Laura Bush and Jenna Bush, and June 28 from 1-3 p.m., author signing, Patrica T. Joshson, “Looking for Papa.”

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the AfricanAmerican 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/

Religious & Spiritual 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. 912-3547038. 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

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/

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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/

New Life Fellowship Vacation Bible School Children in grades 1-6 can attend VBS Jungle Jaunt Aug. 10-14 from 6-8:30pm at New Life Fellowship, 12915 White Bluff Rd. Crafts, music, refreshments, stories and more. Through Aug. 14.

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/

Recruiting Church Launch Team

If you are interested in becoming part of an innovative multi-cultural church startup in West Chatham, contact Steve at 748-6439 or see www. ekklesiasavannah.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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Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On Sunday, July 27th at 11am, GenXer Kat Hamilton will present “Is there a God, does it matter and why do I care?” 11 am, Troup Square Sanctuary. 234-0980, admin@uusavannah.org or www.uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-2340980. 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. 912-355-4704. 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. 912-232-0965. www. wesleyctrs-savh.org/

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 Association Support Group

meets every second Monday at 10am at the Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. Call Tara Redd and Lauren Dutko at 631-0675.

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.

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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 3505616. 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. 912-350-1KID. 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. 912-3508000. www.memorialhealth.com/

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. 912-350-8000. 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/

Better Breathers support group

Domestic violence community support group

Bipolar Support Group

Domestic Violence Hotline

Cancer support group

Dual Recovery Anonymous

Caring for Us

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group

CASA Support Group

Every Step Counts

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. 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. 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. is a support group for caregivers of ill or injured family members or loved ones. Call Kimberlee Mitchell at 350-3399. 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 507-2592.

Citizens With Retarded Citizens

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- 819-6000. 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- 8196000. 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

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, 629-8888. The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence, have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-800-33-HAVEN. is a 12-step program for people recovering from drug/alcohol addictions and a psychiatric/psychological illness. Contact Katrina Moore at kamamoore@hotmail.com, call 398-1720 or visit draonline.org. A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324. 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.. 819-6743. 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.

Hope House

provides housing and support services such as life skills, resources and referrals, follow-up care and parent-child activities funded by DHR Promoting Safe and Stable Families. Please call 236-5310 for information.

Huntington Disease Support Group

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3 Kingslan Ct. 2BR, 2BA, LR w/fireplace, dining area, furnished kitchen, screened porch $950/month. 808 Park Ave. 2BR, 1BA, office/3rd BR, LR, furnished eat-in k itchen, upper unit $750/month. 224 W. Park Ave. 1BR, 1BA, LR, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer included $700/month. 12510 White Bluff 2BR, 2BA, LR, furnished kitchen, screened porch, water/trash incl. $685/month. 654 E. 36th St. 2BR, 1BA, LR, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer connection, hardwood floors, lower unit. $595/month. 730-1/2 E. Anderson St. 2BR, 1BA, LR, furnished eat-in kitchen, CH/A, washer/dryer included $550/month. Ask about SPECIALS! Pam T. Property 692-0038 www.pamtproperty.com

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595 WEST 54th STREET: 2 Bedroom Apartments, 1.5 baths, washer/dryer connection, total electric, deposit $630, $630 monthly. Section 8 Welcome. Call 912-232-7659.

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Colony Park Condo 2BR/2BA, Washer+Dryer, Furnished Kitchen, Po o l, 1 YR . Le a s e, $950/mo+ $300/dep 912-352-9359 www.ConneCtsavannah.Com online listings and Content

ONE BEDROOM FOR RENT: 115 Hibiscus. Central heat/air. $500/month, $450/deposit. 912-224-2360 Rent, Elect. $150 a l l

3BR +Bonus room, 2.5/BA duplex. Isle of Hope Area. Jacuzzi tub in Master Bath, New Tile/carpet. $925. Call Eric:220-1566

Mobile HoMes For rent 875 Southwest Savannah, double wide 3BR/2BA, hardwood floors, yard, 106 Zipper dr. $800/mo 484-1476.

Room FoR Rent 895

EAST SAVANNAH: ROOM FOR RENT

Clean w/central heat/air, stove, refrigerator, cable, washer/dryer. On busline. Starting @ $125/week. Call 912-272-7510. No Deposit Furnished Rooms $70-80 a week at the corner of 38th and Drayton. Friday evening 6:30-7:30.

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Private furnished room available. Located in midtown Savannah. Micro kitchen, all utilities, inter net, phone, cable. $140/week or $504/mo. Call 912-231-9464. www.ConneCtsavannah.Com

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Small Apar tment for Cable, A/C,, Water and included. $600mo or w e e k l y . C 912-412-0177/233-4915

1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms $595 - $895

duplexes for rent 870

SOUTHSIDE 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, great room eat-in kitchen, washer/dryer connections, . No pets. References. $650/month plus deposit. Call 912-355-8569/507-4772

SUNRISE VILLAS $150 DEPOSIT!

Newly Remodeled 2 bedroom duplexes, total electric, washer/dr yer connections, appliances, carpet/hardwood floors, mini-blinds, c e n t r a l h e a t / a i r, cable ready! On bus line. Unit ready for I M M E D I AT E o c c u pancy! Fast approval time! 912-234-3043. TYBEE - 2BR/Apt., 1-indoor bath, 1-outdoor bath, carport, central-heat/air, d/w. Walk to beach, 1 block from A J ’s. $900/month, $900/deposit. 912-507-4637.

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L a u r e l Lo d g e . Fu r nished efficiency apartment. All utilities paid, free cable, full size refrigerator. Starting at $160 weekly. No P e t s . C a l l 912-660-2848, 912-507-4595 or 912-355-2831.

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One Bedroom, Large rooms, Hardwood floors, Off-street parking. N ice area near park, furnished kitchen, A/C. $575/month plus deposit. 912-691-2368. duplexes for rent 870 2BR $550/mo plus deposit 3BR possible 4BR $750/mo plus deposit, Studio Apartment $300/mo plus Deposit, all total electric HAVC washer and dry connection, except for Studio, all are Newly Renovated, located on 2211 Florence st. 912-398-8797 or 912-247-3989. Section 8.

*2 LOCATIONS* Hwy. 17 / Georgetown Lot C25 2BR/1BA $425 dep/$425 Rent $9,900 / $459-Buy Lot C28 2BR/1BA $465 Dep/$465 Rent $9,900 / $459-Buy Lot C19 2BR/2BA $475 Dep/$475 Rent $13,900 / $476Buy Lot G72 3BR/2BA $14,900 / $568Buy Lot G29 3BR/2BA $22,900 / $665Buy Lot G54 2BR/2BA $495 Dep/$495 Rent $13,900 / $476-Buy Lot G65 2BR/2BA $14,900 / $515Buy *WATER/TRASH *SETUP INCLUDED *CASH DISCOUNT *OWNER FINANCING *ONLY $2500 DOWN

Call Today! 912-352-0983 CommerCial ProPerty For rent 890 Building For Lease Richmond Hill Near Exit 86 and I-95, 10,800sq ft. Metal Building with 24ft eve Height, 10 Ton overhead Crane, 1200 sq ft. separate office, 1/2 acre yard. 912-844-5554 Ogelthorpe Mall Area -1200sq ft with 3 Offices, Conference Rm, Reception Area, Restroom and Breakroom. $1100 mo Call Tr i C o u n t y C o m m e r c i a l 912-629-0445

Room FoR Rent 895 2 ROOMS in Private Restored Victorian Homes Satellite T.V, W/D Kitchen Privileges Near Public Library, Bus Line $130 weekly, Utilities included. NO A.D.S. 2 Cute cats on premises. Two 1BR Apar tments also available. 912-231-6682.

CLEAN, FURNISHED Room, on busline, $85-$115/week plus deposit. Call 236-1952 or 210-1327. What’s happening?

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ROOM FOR RENT All utilities included. Large & small rooms available. $95 & up weekly. Monthly rates available. Call Doug 912-704-8665.

Daycare for rent Call Doug at 912-704-8665 for more info.

ROOM FOR RENT in beautiful brick home. Nicely furnished, king bed, private bath, laundry room, includes utilities, cable/HBO, internet access. No smoking. $560/monthly. Call 912-748-1629

ROOM FOR RENT: In ver y nice home in Wi n d s o r Fo r e s t o n LaVida Golf Course. Everything furnished, non-smoking home, complete house privileges. Off-street parking. Female preferred. $400/rent, $390/deposit. Call 925-6940 or 844-4211 www.ConneCtsavannah.Com online listings and Content

ROOMS FOR RENT: $125/weekly. Washer/dryer, cable, central h e a t / a i r. C a l l 912-596-0847. ROOMS FOR RENT $85 to $115 per week. East side, on busline. Clean, central heat/air, appliances. No deposit. 912-398-3241.

ROOMS FOR RENT

$95 to $165/PER WEEK. Refrigerator, Microwave, Cable, T V, Te l e p h o n e, Ce nt ra l Heat/Air, Washer/Dryer, on the Bus line. 912-507-1549. ROOMS FOR RENT: East 39th Street. Nice spacious, furnished rooms with central heat/air, refrigerator, cable, W/D. $125/weekly. Call Corey 912-844-9837

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cars 910 1992 Lincoln town car in fair condition $950 OBO. Call 912-441-4458. 1998 FORD CONTOUR, good motor and transmission, 4 good tires, body in good shape $600. Call 728-9513.

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1989 Ford Bronco2 4X4 5spd. Blue, new brakes/tires $1850. Call 756-4293.

‘87 BENTLEY: Great shape, 90K, Black, peanut butter interior. Asking $27,500 OBO. ‘97 CADDY: Great shape, 61K, Burgundy, white leather interior. Asking $4,500 OBO.

1995 FORD EXPLORER. One owner, never wrecked, excellent condition! All leather, power windows, power doors, power seats, trailer towing package new tires, new A/C c o m p re s s o r. $ 2 8 0 0 . C a l l 912-441-6805.

STEAL! ‘06 Ford Expedition

XLT. 47K miles, 3rd seat, rear air, tow. Owner, no tax, silver, cloth. $15,900. Call 912-657-2344.

Need service but low on cash? Call 912-441-2150 for details. Bad credit car loans. $1500 minimum down, discharge bankruptcy ok. Call Patricia Akbar: 912-398-0678.

FENDER BENDER? Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

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2000 Buick Century, Black. Selling “As Is”. $3000 or will negotiate. Call Shanelle a n y t i m e @ 912-507-2017. HARD TO FIND PARTS

Foreign and Domestic. Call 912-441-2150 White 1998 Buick LeSabre great cond, new tires, PW, PL, $3500 355-5552.

Trucks & Vans 920 1987 Chevy Van. Needs work. $900 Or B est O ffer. 912-655-5107

‘93 FORD F-150 XLT

Lariat, Ext. Cab Pickup. 302 V-8, One owne r. $ 2 , 0 0 0 . Ca l l 912-655-3070. ‘98 Dodge Ext cab truck & ‘99 Dodge 1500 for sale. ‘98 has good body, bad transmission. ‘99 has good motor and transmission, new tires, but has wrecked bed. Parts truck will make one good truck. $3000 OBO 912.826.7465 912.659.5275

Two 2005 Yamaha FX Waverunner Jet Ski’s Both are like New Rarely Used. $7000, & $ 8 0 0 0 F X C r u i s e r. C a l l 912-660-2848

Campers/rVs 960 2001 31’ Winnebago Miniwinnie, Mint condition, 450 heavy duty V-10 Triton. 21,000 miles, 1 slideout, split bath, CB, gene r a t o r, s l e e p s 7 , V C R / C D Player. $45,000. Selling Due To Illness. 912-354-2593 2006 18 ft Pioneer TT Like New all the Extras used 4 times, Selling due to health Probl e m s . $ 1 0 , 5 0 0 O B O. C a l l 912-355-6337 SunLine Solaris 17, dual axle, A/C, heat, Separate bathroom, fridge, oven, range, double stainless sink, water heater, microwave, sleeps five. $2600 Call:786-6953

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1986 chevy blazer full size 4X4 New Crate motor 350hp/40,000miles, PW, rebuilt trans.W/extra cooler, 8000lb/winch wrecked front e n d / d r i v e a b l e . $1500 313-3768

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