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Mercer, the man

The legendary Johnny Mercer is the honoree of this year’s Georgia Days festival. The kickoff event this Tuesday features songs, stories, and even some paintings by the great Savannahian.

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Wednesday StoryCorps

What: The nation’s

largest history project collects oral histories.

Conversations recorded on a free CD to take home and archived at the Library of Congress. Reservation only.

When: Jan. 28-Feb. 21 Where: Telfair Square Info: 800-850-4406.

Market at Trustees Garden

What: Events vary from

week to week, but can include a farmer’s showcase, organic gardening presentations, films and more. Held every Wednesday from 4-7 p.m.

When: Wed. Jan. 28, 4-7 p.m. and Wed. Feb. 4, 4-7 p.m.

Where: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Cost: Free Info: trusteesmarket.com

PULSE: Art and Technology Festival

What: Lecture by sculptor/ filmmaker Elizabeth King.

When: Wed. Jan. 28, 6 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 York St. Cost: Free Info: telfair.org

6th Annual Psychotronic Film Festival Continues

What: Rare indie flicks.

When: Wed. Jan. 28 through

Wed. Feb. 4, screenings at 8 p.m., seating begins at 7:30 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Cost: $6 each film Info: 232-4447. myspace. com/psychotronicfilms

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events in SSU’s KingFrazier Student Center Ballroom.

When: Fri. Jan. 30, 7 p.m.

Where: Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Cost: Free Info: www.savstate.edu/

Thursday

Savannah Reads

What: Stephen Berry will

PULSE: Art and Technology Festival

discuss his book House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, A Family Divided by War, followed by a Q&A session. A preview of the exhibit “Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America” will precede the lecture.

When: Thu., Jan. 29, 6 & 7 p.m.

Where: Massie Heritage Center, 207 East Gordon St. Cost: Free Info: www.georgiahistory. com

Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus What: All the thrills of the

Big Top, with the All-Access Pre-Show one hour before each performance.

When: Thu., Jan. 29, 7 p.m., Fri. Jan. 30, 7 p.m., Sat. Jan. 31, 11 a.m., 3 & 7 p.m. and Sun. Feb. 1, 1 p.m.

Where: Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Avenue.

Cost: $32, $25, $17, $15 and $7 Info: 651-6556. www. savannahcivic.com

Savannah Music Festival Benefit Concert

What: The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.

When: Thu., Jan. 29, 7 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn Street.

Cost: $65-$250 Info: 525-5050. www.lucastheatre.com

Little Theatre of Savannah: Love Letters

What: A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” is told through lifelong correspondence When: Thu., Jan. 29, 8 p.m., Fri. Jan. 30, 8 p.m., Sat.

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What: “Phantasmagoria: A Site-Specific Video Installation” will feature artists Alessandro Imperato and Kelley McClung.

When: Fri. Jan. 30, 7 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 York St. Cost: Free Info: 912-790-8800. telfair. org

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music

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

Savannah Community Theatre: Company

Wynton Marsalis headlines a Savannah Music Festival fundraiser at the Lucas Theatre

Jan. 31, 8 p.m. and Sun. Feb. 1, 3 p.m.

Where: Seaboard Freight Station Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 for seniors, military and students with valid ID, and $10 for children Info: 631-3773. www.littletheatreofsavannah.org

A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline

What: A tribute to the country music legend Patsy Cline.

When: Thu., Jan. 29, 8 p.m., Fri. Jan. 30, 8 p.m. and Sat. Jan. 31, 3 & 8 p.m.

Where: Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull Street.

Cost: Adults $35, Youth 17 and under $16 Info: 233-7764. www. savannahtheatre.com

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2009 JEA Shabbaton What: A joint Shabbat

service, a gourmet kosher dinner and guest speaker Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul. Shabbat service 6pm, dinner 7pm, guest speaker 8 pm.

When: Fri. Jan. 30.

Where: Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Cost: $18 adults and $5 ages 12 and under Info: 355-8111. www.savj. org/

Savannah Black Heritage Festival: Youth Talent Fest

What: Area youth compete

to perform in upcoming

What: A musical comedy by Stephen Sondheim.

When: Fri. Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m. and Sun. Feb. 8, 3 & 7:30 p.m.

Where: Savannah Community Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Driv.

Cost: $30, $25 and $20.

Limited VIP front row seating $45.

Info: www.savannahcommunitytheatre.com

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Savannah Children’s Theatre: The Hobbit

What: Tolkien’s classic stor

in a live musical.

When: Fri. Jan. 30, 8 p.m., Sat. Jan. 31, 3 & 8 p.m. and Sun. Feb. 1, 3 p.m.

Where: Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Drive.

Cost: $15-$20 Info: www.savannahchildrenstheatre.org

Cocktails and Comedy for Equality

What: Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer will present her one-woman show to raise funds for Georgia

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| PULSE: Art and Technology Festival: Technology Family Day

Children’s activities and demonstrations by guest artists Chito Lapena and Christian Cerrito as Brushbots. Beatrix JAR will present an electronic concert with live video by Allesandro Imperato.

When: Sat. Jan. 31, 2-5 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 York St. Cost: Free What:

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Sunbury and the War Between the States

What: The 8th Georgia Infantry and the 25th Georgia Altamaha Scouts will interpret the life of a Civil War soldier.

When: Sat. Jan. 31, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Fort Morris Historic Site, 2559 Fort Morris Road.

Cost: $4 adults, $3.50 seniors 62 and up, $2.75 ages 6-18, free children 5 and under Info: gastateparks.org

Gourmet Mushrooms Workshop

Saturday

Savannah Black Heritage Festival: A Festival of Hymns and Hymn Stories

What: Experience traditional African-American hymns in a participatory workshop with Rev. Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones.

When: Sat. Jan. 31, 10 a.m.12:30 p.m.

Where: St. Philip AME Church, 613 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Cost: Free

‘Cops, Race Cars, Motorcycles, Soldiers and Firemen, Oh My!’

What: COPS-CAIR (Cops Against Illegal Racing) will present a car and motorcycle show with music, food and information about driver safety outside the Bass Pro Shops.

When: Sat. Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Savannah Mall, 14045 Abercorn Street.

Cost: Free to watch, $30 to enter, proceeds to COPS CAIR. Info: copscair.org

What: Daniel Parson will conduct a class on growing shiitake mushrooms on natural logs in the Southeast.

When: Sat. Jan. 31, 12-4 p.m.

Where: Trustees Garden, 88 Randolph St. Cost: $65 Info: www.georgiaorganics.org

Dance Up The Praise What: Several Christian

performing arts groups will gather to praise God through dance.

When: Sat. Jan. 31, 7-9:30 p.m.

Where: Fresh Fire From Heaven Christian Church, 912 Drayton St. Cost: Free Info: 925-1149

Old School Skate Night Party What: Must be at least 25 to

participate.

When: Sat. Jan. 31, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

Where: Star Castle, 550 E. Mall Blvd.

Cost: $12

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20th Annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival Meet and Greet

Pardon My Southern Accent: The Life and Legacy of Johnny Mercer

Sunday

Proud Sponsor of the Savannah Music Festival

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What: Robert Mickles, author of Blood Kin and Isaiah’s Tears, and Johnny Brown, conductor of Savannah Freedom Tours, will discuss the AfricanAmerican experience during the Civil War. When: Sun. Feb. 1, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island.

Cost: $3; 15 and under free Info: www.nps.gov/fopu/

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What: Jim Vann performs some of Mercer’s music for Georgia Days 2009.

When: Tue., Feb. 3, 6 p.m.

Where: Wesley Monumental UMC, 429 Abercorn St. Cost: Free Info: www.georgiahistory.com

St. Olaf Choir

What: One of America’s

finest a cappella choirs.

When: Tue., Feb. 3, 8 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre, 32

Abercorn Street.

Cost: $25 adults, $15 students Info: www.lucastheatre.com

Monday The Future of Jazz Celebrates Johnny Mercer

What: The Spelman College Women’s Jazz Ensemble and Future Jazz instrumentalists and vocalists pay tribute to Johnny Mercer and the African American female jazz vocalists who sang his songs.

When: Mon. Feb. 2, 7 p.m.

Where: Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Cost: Free Info: 675-5419. www.coastaljazz.org

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Wednesday The Juice Play Cycle

What: Written and directed by

Ja A. Jahannes, includes the musical “Juice” and sequels, “From Young Black Men Who’d Never Consider Suicide” and “Sisters Going Through.”

When: Wed. Feb. 4, 7 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn Street.

Cost: Free.

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Equality. Cocktails at Bryson Hall on Chippewa Square follow.

When: Fri. Jan. 30, 8 p.m.

Where: Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, 460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

Cost: $25 show, $15 cocktail party or $40 for a combo ticket Info: GeorgiaEquality.org

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Pardon his Southern accent

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politics: Our

intern was at the inauguration of Barack Obama last week and filed this report. by ben gaugush

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It’s puzzling to me that Johnny Mercer is not a bigger deal in the United States.

Even locally, most events surrounding the great singer/lyricist from Savannah tend to be attended by not just senior citizens, but very senior citizens.

Young people here and elsewhere just don’t seem to get Johnny Mercer — that is, if they have any idea who he is.

It might be no-brainer that an artist whose best work was in the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s would not be beloved by young people today, who for the most part have an appallingly bad knowledge of history. Still, modern pop culture has plenty of room for other figures from that era, from James Dean to Marilyn Monroe.

Mercer’s music and lyrics are not only timeless, but timelessly young. They have aged not one bit, and his facility with words — often surprisingly subtle — has a beguiling, vaguely hipster quality about it even today.

Mercer is also a great role model because of his relationship with and appreciation of African-American musical culture. Unlike many Southerners of his time, Mercer grew up with many black friends as a child. Later this familiarity would manifest in his singing style, which took directly from the Geechee/Gullah dialect and delivery that he knew so well.

(In fact, foreshadowing what would later happen with Elvis Presley, many people on hearing a Mercer recording for the first time assumed he was black.)

In any case, to mark the centennial of his birth, Mercer is the honoree of this year’s Georgia Days celebration. Learn more about the great Savannahian at the kickoff event for Georgia Days this Tuesday at Wesley UMC downtown, featuring the words and music of Jim Wann.

In future issues we’ll continue to cover the events and happenings involved in this year’s Georgia Days Festival.

So Bush is history and we have a new president, who right on cue is being blamed for all the nation’s problems despite being in office exactly one week as of this writing. What a buzzkill.

The story has been on our website for several days, but in this week’s print edition we give you

a first-person account of the inauguration in DC from our new intern, Ben Gaugush of the SCAD writing program.

Columnist Robin Wright Gunn also weighs in with her own take this week, quite different in style but just as enlightening.

A web-only story this week by Linda Sickler continues to explore the Psychotronic Film Festival, held this week and next at the Sentient Bean. Organized by our own music editor Jim Reed, the event brings rare and/or offbeat films to town — and I’m talking about stuff you can’t find on Netflix.

For more detailed info on upcoming screenings in the festival, see “Special Screenings” on page 30.

In last week’s music section we referred to a situation involving the Wild Wing Cafe and the local band Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love.

As is often the case with situations like this, we’ve since learned that the story is a good bit more complicated than we originally surmised.

Our somewhat cryptic reference should either have been fleshed out more fully or simply rendered even more cryptic, i.e., nonexistent.

We regret any hard feelings we may have caused and will look more closely at such situations in the future as they arise. cs

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What the world needs now is Bush

Editor, Regarding your recent column on the departure of George W. Bush: Just thought I’d pass on a few words of enlightenment to you. You are certainly not alone in feeling “I thought the end would never come.”

You seem to be unaware that our enemies, the Muslim nuts, are more relieved than you or your liberal, left-wing nuts that President Bush is gone.

Now! Finally, they can get back to their planning, as they did under “Bill,” to doing a better job of bringing down the Twin Towers.

It will be especially great now that we’ve elected a passivist [sic] who will remove the things put into place to disrupt their plans and kill or capture them.

I’m pretty sure we, before too

long, will have another disaster.

When that time comes will you say to yourself, “Wow! Wish we had George W. back.”

No, knowing you and your peace-loving friends will blame that on Bush, also. After all, George caused global warming and this global economic meltdown.

Oh, and another thought — if you think Jefferson, Adams, Lincoln and FDR weren’t bigger fuckups than George, you need to read a few more books. I mean books not written by history-changers.

PS — Why don’t you run a lottery and have people guess what great structure or venue will be hit next. I’m betting the Empire State Building, since they obviously like to go after our greatest landmarks.

The winner gets to burn your establishment to the ground. OK? Wayne Conley

Editor’s Note: No, Wayne. Arson is really not OK.

Kill new reactors before they kill us

Editor, The state General Assembly is considering the “Georgia Nuclear Energy Financing Act” (SB 31) that would let Georgia Power raise our rates to build two new reactors at Plant Vogtle on the Savannah River.

Senators Lester Jackson and Eric Johnson and Chatham County’s House delegation should stand as one and lead the fight to send this bill straight to the legislative scrap heap.

We need to tell them to make like Uma Thurman and kill this bill. The plans of the bill’s sponsors are most disturbing and insidious.

Why should we be forced to

help fund Rube Goldberg-esque technology that gulps too much water, leaves behind long-lasting contaminants as waste, increases the risk of terrorism and does not alleviate global warming?

The legislature might as well pass a rate hike with all the money going to Bernard Madoff.

If Georgia Power and similar companies insist more nuclear power is the only answer, then there’s only one appropriate financing plan: a bake sale.

When the utilities have to hold one to buy a nuclear reactor and our schools get all the money they need, it will truly be a great day.

Jody Lanier

ben gaugush

I was there

Chronicle of an inauguration, experienced

What can one say about a moment in history as it happens? That is the question I had to ask myself. There really isn’t much to say yet. We haven’t seen what the Obama catalyst is really going to do to for our country, but there’s hope.

It all was kicked off with the “We Are One” concert on Sunday. The concert consisted of speakers from Jack Black to Denzel Washington and performers including The Boss, Stevie Wonder, and Garth Brooks. Every capable location was utilized as a vantage point in hopes to get a better view than the numerous Jumbotrons.

One can only imagine what Bruce Springsteen saw as he stood in front of that memorial with a choir at his back and he sang to the millions who were one. Trees were filled with adults and children and resembling the masses on top a train in India, the Porta-Potties gave a new meaning to sitting on the john.

At the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the mass of Americans reflected on the history of that place. All the people who had once been unified and all the hopes and dreams that have been voiced were relived. Queen Latifah said, “Through the decades those looking for the meaning of America have gathered here.”

There was no looking. It may not be able to be defined by words, but everyone who stood around that reflecting pool knew exactly what it meant to be American.

As Barack Obama himself stated, “Welcome to this celebration of American renewal.” It very much felt like it was. “And yet, as I stand here tonight, what gives me the greatest hope of all is not the stone and marble that surrounds us today, but what fills the spaces in between.”

Obama’s words received a constant confirmation of applause. Overall, the key point of all the speakers and performers was a reminder of that golden rule of this country: Government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

The morning of Inauguration was a

cold one. Millions had gathered early along the mall -- 1.8 million is the estimate. The crowd stretched for the first time from the steps of the Capital to the Lincoln Memorial.

And like something out of March of the Penguins, the crowd huddled together, shoulder to shoulder, waiting hours for the ceremonies to start. There were families old and young, field trips, and friends; everyone that day was a photographer (even if their only camera was their cellphone).

As the dignitaries and House and Senate leadership took their seats the crowd was filled with anticipation. Babies weren’t crying and children weren’t begging to leave already, but everyone waited patiently, ignoring the 18 degree weather.

Things went very much like every other inauguration, if this is like any inauguration before it. Obama was sworn in on the same Bible Abraham Lincoln on which took his first oath of office, and reflected on the similarities between the two. Obama stressed that the crisis before us is a large one, but that America has always faced such crises head on and still will face them with the same courage and tenacity of our forefathers. His powerful speech touched on every concern and fear in the hearts of Americans.

He did not claim victory, but asked for the hand of our enemies in the name of peace. Nor did he blame or criticize, but defined what will be different. “Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end,” Obama said ending his address.

The night followed with celebrations across D.C. and the nation. Of course there were the standard balls filled with tuxedos and debutantes, but a much more interesting event was going on just across the street. Art of Change

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Above, the crowd watches and records the moment; below, the scene by the Washington Monument

gathered together D.C. artists and the youth that so strongly backed Obama during his campaign. Works covered all the topics familiar from the years of campaigning. Some captured the moment Obama became President-elect, and others predicted the presidential daughters running Clinton/Obama for 2044.

They were all a celebration. This wasn’t a black tie event, but a fire dancer/creative attire recommended event. It was a celebration of so many things; American things.

This is the marker of the new century.

Not Y2K or 9/11, and not even the first black president, but that this nation, as one, takes its first step as a new nation into the future. Whether you were in D.C. or Savannah, we can all say I was there.

I was there when it happened, because from this day on America will be renewed. The world will be renewed. cs

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environment by erica gies

Rebuilding Green: the next revolution

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When a tornado flattened Greensburg, Kansas, in May 2008, the city vowed to rebuild -- with a twist. All new municipal structures would be built “green,” with businesses and homeowners encouraged to follow suit. Likewise, in New Orleans, where Brad Pitt’s Make It Right foundation is constructing affordable green homes for Ninth Ward residents displaced by Katrina.

Such projects have decisively moved green building from the realm of the wealthy into the affordable mainstream.

But you don’t have to see your home flattened by disaster or be part of an initiative to build green.

Many Americans -- spurred by the need to save money and energy or to create a healthier indoor environment -- are incorporating green building concepts into existing homes and businesses, either through small upgrades or major renovations.

The truth is that most of our buildings just aren’t very efficient. Forty percent of all U.S. energy goes to heat, light, and cool buildings, hitting all of us in our wallets and generating 43 percent of our nation’s carbon dioxide emissions.

So how does each one of us join the green rebuilding revolution? An energy audit -- often offered free by a local utility -- is the place to start. It shows where air and energy dollars are leaking from your building and makes recommendations to staunch that flow.

Surprisingly, you can improve energy efficiency by at least 30 percent with minor upgrades whose costs are recovered within a single year, according to Brendan Owens, a vice president at the U.S. Green Building Council.

Such upgrades include resealing seams around doors and air ducts, tuning up mechanical systems, and compact fluorescent light bulbs. You can see additional savings from installing double- or triple-paned windows, good insulation (using recycled materials), or energy-efficient appliances.

These paybacks start immediately: when I replaced my old, inefficient windows with double-paned glass, I saw a 40 percent reduction on my next energy bill.

Conserving water is also vital to our communities and saves money. Flow restrictors on showerheads and faucets,

while not very glamorous changes, are cheap and reduce water consumption dramatically. Newer dishwashers, low-flush or dual-flush toilets (offering half-flush and whole flush options), and front-loading washing machines save multiple gallons. On demand water heaters can also save water and energy.

Family health concerns are another reason to go green. Indoor environments frequently exude toxic chemicals found in many modern building materials. Even small projects like painting or replacing carpet or furniture are opportunities to make less toxic choices and to protect children who like to taste-test their surroundings.

As you tackle green projects, consider construction waste disposal. Doors, windows, cabinets, shutters, appliances and more can be reused, recycled, or given to neighbors, salvage yards, antique dealers, or groups like Habitat for Humanity.

There are many more green retrofit possibilities. The U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED checklist (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) can help guide you. You don’t need to pay for LEED certification; simply look at USGBC’s web site and take tips that make sense for your project.

Or read Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life, a book by actor and activist Ed Begley Jr. that conveniently catalogs green retrofits, starting with the easiest and least expensive, and progressing from there.

How much will your personal effort benefit our nation and world? Green architect Ed Mazria, founder of the nonprofit group Architecture 2030, estimates that for every $21 billion invested in the energy efficiency of our buildings, we could close 22 coal-burning power plants, reduce natural gas use by 204 billion cubic feet per year, cut oil use by 10.7 billion barrels a year, and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 86.7 billion metric tons. We’d also save consumers $8.46 billion a year, and create about 216,000 jobs.

If that sounds like a lot of light-bulb changing and window replacing, don’t be daunted. Just remember: You don’t have to do it all at once. Start small.

Learn by doing. Every little bit helps. cs Erica Gies has been published by the New York Times, Wired News, Grist, and E/The Environmental Magazine.

Just another day in the U.S.A. On Inauguration Day, the Obamas looked stunning — the President in his subdued topcoat, Michelle in her gold coat-dress, the first daughters in joyful color.

I noticed this from my living room floor, feet elevated on the hassock to alleviate a knife-like lower back pain, a fashion icon of a different sort in my brown plaid flannel pj’s and periwinkle fleece bathrobe.

Of the many offerings available in Savannah to watch last Tuesday’s historic event, experiencing it at home, alone, was not on my list until Inauguration morning, when a creaky hobble into the kitchen to make coffee took away my breath, as well as all “leaving the house” viewing options.

So much for a community Inauguration-watching experience at the Johnny Mercer Theater surrounded by hundreds of random fellow locals. So much for using my quasi-media member status to crash a viewing at a local school and capture the reaction from the next generation of leaders. So much for a small gathering of friends on the Eastside, fortified by home made chili.

So much for my original plan for a column about the Inauguration.

And so I was stuck watching it alone on TV, punctuated by a few text message exchanges and a longish phone call with a friend trapped in her office, comparing what she could see streaming on her computer with what I saw on CBS and NBC. It turns out I was not alone in watching the inauguration while home, alone.

According to The Nielsen Company, nearly 37.8 million people watched the day unfold on television sets in nearly 29 million private homes. Those numbers exclude people watching via online streaming, as well as “viewing that occurred in offices, schools and other public spaces.”

Viewing the inauguration in my bathrobe didn’t dampen my fascination with the proceedings, but it won’t make good telling in the decades to come.

After the ceremony was over, the TV stayed on but the routine weekday returned. Tuesday afternoon became business as usual, interrupted more by the inconvenient back problem and an

online Scrabble game than by breaks to watch the luncheon, the parade, and the pundits’ comments about history being made.

The data from The Nielsen Company lead me to believe that “business as usual” was the most common way that Americans celebrated President Obama’s inauguration. With US population hovering near 304 million, (2008 estimates, factfinder.census.gov) even if we add in all the non-household viewers, all the computer-streamers, and the 1.8 million seeing it live in Washington, there’s no getting around it—during Obama’s swearing-in ceremony, most Americans were doing something else.

Delivering mail, driving a bus, going to the bank, making a sandwich in the lunch rush, examining a patient, patrolling a neighborhood beat, ringing up toilet paper and milk in the “8 item” check out line, changing a diaper, filling a gas tank, filling out unemployment paperwork, meeting a deadline.

No flag waving, no fanfare.

Millions of Americans are thrilled that Barack Obama is president, whether for his policies, his ancestry, or both. Millions of other Americans are not too happy that Obama is president, probably for the same reasons.

Either way, Americans watched, or didn’t, and then went back to whatever they were doing before. Or maybe they thought about trying something new.

No one lost their composure. No out of control behavior on either side.

Pretty dull stuff.

Obama’s inauguration was history, but it wasn’t so shocking to our system that as a nation we couldn’t keep going in our normal manner.

Late on Tuesday, I scheduled a therapeutic massage and a corrective back training session. The trainer is either a genius or a magician — I’m back to normal and have some new routines to keep me that way.

On Wednesday morning, President Obama went to church and then went to work. Like him or not, there’s no arguing that he has been busy during the first week in his new job. Head down, moving forward, getting things done.

Pausing a moment to acknowledge the moment and its historic implication, and then getting on with the business at hand, just like the rest of America did.

It was a routine day that was deserving of the waving of a flag. cs

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Classic Blotter Editor’s Note: According to Georgia Code (50-18-70), “All public records of an agency… shall be open for a personal inspection by any citizen of this state at a reasonable time and place; and those in charge of such records shall not refuse this privilege to any citizen.”

Saying the move is necessary in order to put department records online, Savannah/ Chatham County Police Chief Michael Berkow has limited media and public access to the daily police incident reports that are the core of The Blotter. Citizens and the media must now request specific reports rather than having full access, as mandated by state law.

We believe the move is in conflict with both the letter and the spirit of state open records law. The matter is currently in mediation with the state Attorney General’s office. Until the issue is resolved, please enjoy these “classic” Blotter reports from previous issues.

• Two brothers began arguing over the use of the telephone and television in their home so violently that police were called.

One brother wanted to watch religious programming, and the other wanted to watch football. The fight escalated when one decided to call their mother and the other wanted to call their uncle.

The two admitted to police that they did wrestle, but neither one was injured.

Police called their mother, who said she was on her way home to settle the matter.

• Police were clearing patrons from a Congress Street bar that had just closed, but the patrons weren’t dispersing. They were arresting one man who refused to leave when a second man approached.

One of the officers stepped between the other patrons and the man and ordered him to leave. The man refused, saying the arrestee was his “buddy” and he wasn’t leaving without him.

The man was asked to leave again, and again refused to go, so the officer asked one last time. This time, the man stepped up to the officer and told him that to move him, police would have to arrest him.

The man was frisked, put into a squad

car and then taken to the police command post, where he told an officer, “You know, you are fucking up my career.” He then apologized and asked for another chance, but was taken to jail.

• An officer on patrol was flagged down by a man at the corner of Bryan and Lincoln streets. The man said his car, which had been parked at a city garage, had been damaged.

Someone had been broken off a piece of metal on the driver’s side door lock, then pried open the driver’s side rear door and window. The suspect also removed the rear hatch lock, damaged the paint on the rear hatch, removed a door handle and tried to pry open the rear hatch glass.

The officer inspected the car and saw that the damage hadn’t been done during an attempt to break into the car. He asked the man if he had any enemies.

The man replied that he had no enemies, but said he had fired an employee earlier that day.

• Two men were reported walking in traffic on the Talmadge Bridge.

When an officer arrived, he saw one man with blood on his shirt from a laceration on the right side of his face and a second man who appeared to be uninjured.

Both men were heavily intoxicated. Their initial story was that a friend drove them to get cigarettes from one of their cars, but when they left the car, some black males in the area began to heckle them.

One of the men said he called the hecklers “Goddamn n----s,” at which point four of them jumped him. Both men changed their stories and the number of assailants several times, and the officer told them it was evident they were lying.

Medstar responded to the scene, but the injured man refused treatment. cs

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My friend says Christians weren’t actually thrown to the lions in ancient Rome, but when I was at the Colosseum, I saw a big cross there in honor of all the Christians martyred at that spot. He insists this was just made up by the church to perpetuate their religion. What gives?

—vbunny The story has its suspicious aspects, I guess. According to the historian Tacitus, Christians during Nero’s time (at least) were mainly torn apart by dogs, crucified, or burned alive — no mention of lions. The Romans did throw people to lions on occasion, and Tertullian, writing later, remarks that the Romans were always ready to exclaim “Away with the Christians to the lion!” whenever times got tough. However, Tertullian doesn’t claim he witnessed any martyrdoms-by-lion personally, and anyway he was a Christian himself.

Fact is, while the Romans evidently fed Christians to animals, and people to lions, we have no source stating directly that they specifically fed Christians to lions.

The Romans did a big business in mass slaughter by and of animals, showing great enterprise in arranging dramatic forms of killing, so if they didn’t throw any Christians to the lions, it was likely an oversight. While record keeping at the time wasn’t the best, and many early Christian texts have their implausible moments, here’s what we can say with reasonable certainty: 1. During the early Christian era, the Romans executed some prisoners using animals, sentencing them ad bestias, “to the beasts.” The beasts in question included dogs, bears, boars, and lions.

2. Christians were executed by the boatload during that time, often in cruel and unusual ways, with animals regularly playing a role. Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, wrote letters en route to execution in Rome predicting he’d be thrown to the beasts. Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, was threatened with being

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thrown to the beasts but as it turned out was finished off by the sword.

Speaking of Nero’s persecutions, Tacitus adds the detail that the emperor had Christians dressed in the skins of animals before throwing them to the dogs, possibly to help overcome any performance anxiety on the dogs’ part.

3. Animals weren’t used just for execution in ancient Rome; animal combat, usually ending in the animals’ demise, was unfailingly popular. Sometimes armed men fought beasts; sometimes the beasts were made to fight one another. One well-loved event was the venatio, or hunt, often conducted amid elaborately constructed scenery, including real trees, rocky hills, artificial lakes, and the like.

4. Roman executions typically were considered a form of public spectacle.

When coinciding with a game day, they usually took place during the midday break between the morning animal hunts and the afternoon gladiator matches. A favored method was exposing an unarmed criminal to lions or bears. Since it’s pretty clear that Christians were at times sentenced to death by beast (see 1 and 2 above), one may surmise that some of them met their end via lion in front of a Colosseum crowd, but we have no sure knowledge.

5. Over time more exotic animals were introduced to hold the crowd’s interest: lions and panthers turned up in 186 BC, bears and elephants in 169 BC, hippos and crocodiles in 58 BC. Pompey brought rhinos to Rome; Caesar wowed ‘em with giraffes. In his Natural History Pliny the Elder tells us lions were originally hard to catch (the idea was to chase them into covered pits), but later it was discovered they could be subdued by throwing a cloak over their heads. Elephants were captured and tamed by beatings and starvation. A major source of animals was the Roman army, which had a special rank (venator immunis) for those in charge of animal procurement.

A sorry business for sure, but Roman animal sports did at least provide an answer to one perennial question: Which is tougher, a bull or a rhino? Answer: Never bet against a rhino, which according to the writer Martial had no problem getting its horn under a bull and flipping it like a flapjack. cs

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Saudi Arabia is host to several camel beauty pageants each year (condemned as religiously fatuous by Muslim clerics), but the country’s first goat beauty pageant was held in September in Riyadh, with the distinctive Najdi breed, featuring high nose bridges and silky, shaggy hair, taking top prizes. In fact, most of the goats in the competition had the same father, Burgan, whose progeny typically fetch the equivalent of $25,000 and up. Still, prize-winning show camels can bring 10 times that amount for the greater status they convey to their owners. Burgan himself did not appear at the pageant, according to a Reuters dispatch, because his owner feared that a jealous competitor would have an “evil eye” cast upon him.

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badly. (The 18-year-old himself is serving a 10-year sentence for the crime.)

• Twenty million Chinese have their residences in caves, but that is often not a bad deal, according to a December McClatchy Newspapers dispatch from Miaogou Village. In addition to the obvious advantages (e.g., no mortgage), some caves have been in the family for generations and have electrical wiring, plumbing and cable television, and some are part of communities of connected caves. Researchers said that earthen insulation keeps the inside temperature from dropping below about 55 degrees Fahrenheit even in the dead of winter.

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• Political Correctness Update: (1) In November, the student association at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, voted to eliminate a cystic fibrosis organization from the list of charities it supports, explaining that since the condition almost exclusively afflicts white people, it was not “inclusive” enough to merit student funding. (2) In December, Britain’s Oxford University Press announced the latest changes in its highly selective Junior Dictionary, finding room to add dozens of words, including trapezium, alliteration and incisor but eliminating, for example, bishop, chapel, christen, minister, monk, nun, parish, psalm and saint. The publisher said the changes reflect Britain’s “multicultural, multifaith” society.

• The Rental Society: Among the services available by the clock in Japan (according to a January BBC dispatch) are (1) quality time with a pet (about $10 an hour at the Ja La La Cafe in Toyko, usually with dogs or cats but with rabbits, ferrets and beetles available); (2) no-sex quality time with a college coed (flattering conversation by the hour at the Campus Cafe, less expensive than the geisha-type houses); (3) and actors from the I Want To Cheer Up agency in Tokyo, to portray “relatives” for weddings and funerals when actual family members cannot attend, or to portray fathers to help single women with their parenting duties, or to portray husbands Family Knows Best to help women practice for the routine (1) Evelyn Poynter, 86, had refused of married life (except for sex). for months to leave her apartment in • In January, a federal judge disPittsburgh and move in with her sister, missed the last lawsuit standing in Laura Stewart, 72, who had offered to the way of a new Indian casino for take care of her. In December, accordCalifornia’s Amador County, where ing to police, a fed-up Stewart forcibly the federally recognized Me-Wuk tribe wrapped Poynter’s arms, legs, neck of the Buena Vista Rancheria has its and body in duct tape, tossed her in 67-acre reservation. The tribe consists the back seat, and drove her home to of Rhonda Morningstar Pope and her Shaker Heights, Ohio. “There was five children, none of whom lives nothing sinister,” said Stewart’s on the tribal land. daughter, but still, Stewart • Parental Responsibility: Can you feel was arrested. (2) In October, (1) A father took his 20-yearthe change police in Elgin, Ill., said they old son to an Islamic court in yet? were investigating an accusaBauchi, Nigeria, in October, tion that after a 13-year-old demanding that he be jailed boy and girl broke off their for idleness, which he said has relationship, the girl’s mother shamed the family. (The court ordered the boy to reconcile immediately sentenced the son with her daughter by threatening to 30 lashes and six months in to release nude photos of him that prison.) (2) In December, a court her daughter had taken. in Seoul, South Korea, fined the parents of a teenage rapist the Creme de la Weird equivalent of about $60,000 for Among the medical oddities their negligence in raising the boy

mentioned in a December Wall Street Journal roundup was “Jumping Frenchmen of Maine Disorder,” in which a person, when startled, would “jump, twitch, flail their limbs and obey commands given suddenly, even if it means hurting themselves or a loved one.” It was first observed in 1878 among lumberjacks in Maine but has been reported also among factory workers in Malaysia and Siberia. It is believed to result from a genetic mutation that blocks the calming of the central nervous system.

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(1) In January, police in Cape Coral, Fla., were seeking LaKeitha Watson-Atkinson for shoplifting from a TJ Maxx.

The thief escaped after running from store security, but not before she was knocked down twice by her getaway car.

In the commotion, a check made out to Watson-Atkinson fell to the ground.

(2) Luke Radick, 21, was charged with attempted robbery of the National Bank of Palmerton in Sciota, Pa., in January.

Bank employees refused to buzz Radick in for the simple reason that he stood at the door, covering his face and holding a shotgun.

Recurring Themes

An exceptionally cold winter brings more instances of the annual tragedy of young boys (rarely, girls) who could not resist the age-old physics experiment to see what would happen if, in sub-zero temperatures, they tried to lick a metal pole. In fact, it happened on successive days: a 10-year-old in Hammond, Ind., on Jan. 14 and a 6-year-old in Omaha, Neb., on the 15th. Both episodes ended badly with traces of the boys’ tongues left on the poles.

Grudges

(1) Marie-Eve Dean, 23, was ordered into intensive therapy in December by a judge in Ottawa, Ontario, after her conviction for mischief in making more than 10,000 crank phone calls to the city’s 911 line, apparently just to protest the legal system’s treatment of her former brother-in-law in a child-custody case. (2) A South Korean man identified only as Kim, wanted in Seoul for murder, had a more enduring grudge. Police charged the 37-year-old man with the November slaying of his high school music teacher after stewing for 21 years over the teacher’s 1987 accusation that Kim cheated in class. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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Growing more reflective crops would help combat the predicted rise in temperatures due to greenhouse gasses this century, according to a new study by British researchers. Andy Ridgewell and colleagues at the University of Bristol say that growing crops already cools the planet because many cultivated plants reflect more sunlight into space than natural vegetation.

Using a global climate model, they found that by being more selective in which crops to grow, and genetically altering some to reflect more light, summertime temperatures could be kept down by 2 degrees Fahrenheit across much of the American Heartland and middle latitudes of Eurasia.

Swarms of Australian fruit bats, known as flying foxes, have caused more than $4 million in damage to the country’s Granite Belt crops so far this year, according to agricultural officials. Some growers say they haven’t seen such large numbers of the flying foxes for about 20 years. The Queensland Farmers Federation says up to half of the plums, peaches and nectarines were destroyed by the pests, and the region’s $20 million apple crop was in jeopardy. The group blasted the government for not allowing farmers to shoot the bats, as well as not compensating them for damages. A ban on shooting the flying mammals was imposed last September after an Animal Welfare Advisory Committee declared the practice was inhumane, since wounded bats were often left to die a slow and painful death.

Thai Chill The coldest wintertime conditions to strike normally temperate Thailand in 10 years have killed some of the country’s wildlife and human population unaccustomed to such a chill. Officials say that at least two people have died of exposure in the north of the tropical country, where the mercury in some neighborhoods dipped to only 43 degrees Fahrenheit.

Crawling Invasion The West African nation of Liberia declared a state of emergency as hordes of army worms attacked crops in a leading agricultural area. The infestation has become so acute that some residents report the worm-like

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Earthquakes Earth movements were felt in Australia’s Northern Territory, New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay and around Alaska’s Denali National Park.

Gastronomic Extinction Some species of frogs could be on their last legs because of a growing demand for the amphibians by gourmets around the world,

researchers warn. “Frog legs are on the menu at school cafeterias in Europe, market stalls and dinner tables across Asia and high-end restaurants throughout the world,” said University of Adelaide ecologist Corey Bradshaw. He warns that the annual consumption of between 200 million and 1 billion frogs may be resulting in an overexploitation similar to that causing the collapse of fisheries around the world. He writes in Conservation Biology that frogs play a vital role in ecosystems because they eat insects. cs by steve newman, universal press syndicate

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Anitra Opera Diva

It’s not often that someone who bills themselves as an operatic diva gives a half-hour recital in a small bar known primarily for booking fledgling metal and indie-rock groups, yet that’s just what this midnight show promises. Anitra Warren’s resume includes a stint as principal dancer with New York’s Harkness Ballet Co. and the Geneva Ballet, plus roles in Australian stage productions and a decade-and-a-half as lead vocalist for the gothy industrial duo Men Smash Atoms. For this “gig,” she’ll perform select arias from Samson and Delilah, Nessun Dorma and Una Fertiva La Grima. Listen & Learn: anitraoperadiva.com, myspace.com/mensmashatoms. $10 cover. Sat., midnight, Guitar Bar.

Dead Confederate

It’s hard to believe this Athens buzz-band used to be known as Redbelly, as anyone who recalls that fairly pedestrian group will likely be amazed they have morphed into an anthemic powerhouse of grunge-smothered psych-twang melodrama. Though their recent debut CD is drawing comparisons to both Nirvana and My Morning Jacket, these guys sound much more like a Southeastern version of The Catherine Wheel or The Screaming Trees.

Fellow Athenians Twin Tigers open. Listen & Learn: myspace. com/deadconfederate, myspace. com/thetwintigers. $8 cover.

Wed., Feb. 4, 9 pm, Live Wire Music Hall.

The Turkey Callers

What do you get when you mix two fingers of local houserockin’ garage-blues band extraordinaire Bottles & Cans (singer/guitarist Ray Lundy and bassist Mike Walker) with the preternaturally grizzled outlaw country warbler Tony “Whiskey Dick” Beasley and punk-schooled pedal steel guitarist Igor Fiksman?

You get this hoary roots-rock and old-school C&W combo that pops up sporadically whenever the busy schedules of all involved converge.

With close to three hours worth of twangy, tried and true covers and like-minded originals, this band exemplifies the kind of interesting musical cross-pollination that’s becoming increasingly common in our downtown scene. Walker

SMF presents: Wynton Marsalis & The JLCO

This intimate show finds the world-famous trumpeter and his 15-piece, all-star band of killer musicians playing the smallest venue on their entire tour as the sole fund-raising event for the 2009 Savannah Music Festival.

Their setlist includes “Nursery Song Swing,” a “collection of jazz for all generations,” plus rarely heard big-band arrangements of Thelonious Monk tunes, and the official debut of a brand-new take on Johnny Mercer’s “Blues In The Night” (commissioned specifically

(who’s also known for stints in such esteemed local projects as GAM and Blackwürm) says the band hopes to actually roast a whole pig in the alley behind this bar (!) and serve it up gratis to the audience. Bring a bib. Listen & Learn: myspace. com/bottlescanssav, myspace.com/thewhiskeydick. $5 cover. Sat., 11 pm, The Jinx.

for the SMF). Much of the admission cost is tax-deductible, and those in the highest price ranges include access to a cocktail reception with Marsalis and bandmates afterwards at chi-chi Bull St. eatery Local 11 Ten. Listen & Learn: savannahmusicfestival.org. $65 $250. Thurs., 7 pm, Lucas Theatre.

Monroe Crossing

Known as “Minnesota’s Bluegrass Ambassadors,” this prolific acoustic quintet (boasting a singing fiddler named Female Vocalist of the Year by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Assn.) has released six indie CDs in their

first five years together. They’re also the hosts of BluegrassForum. com and The St. Croix Valley Bluegrass Festival. Their sound draws on traditional icons like Bill Monroe and Jimmy Martin, but they also cite Etta James and The Temptations as key influences, saying that’s what the “crossing” part of their name signifies: blending American soul with the fabled drive of bluegrass. Listen & Learn: myspace.com/monroecrossing. $20 adv. tix at randywoodguitars. com or 748-1930. Fri., 7:30 pm, Randy Wood’s Concert Hall (1304 E. Hwy 80, Bloomingdale) - ALLAGES. cs

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

The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head) The Earl Williams Quartet (Live Music) Jazz and blues (covers & originals). Jan 28, 8 p.m.

Jepson Center for the Arts “PULSE: Art & Technology Week” (Other) Lecture by Artist Elizabeth King (sign interpreted)in conjunction with her Jepson Center exhibition of sculptures, films and installations of meticulously crafted human figures utilizing highly specialized fabrication processes and older technologies such as stopframe animation. 6 p.m. continues on p. 16

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continues from p.14 The Jinx Rock & Roll Bingo w/DJ DrunkTank Soundsystem (Other, DJ) Just what it sounds like: Bingo plus a wild mix of punk. soul, rock and ska tunes. 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Fran Doyle (Live Music) Acoustic Celtic-style balladry (covers & originals). Jan 28, 8:30 p.m., Jan 29, 8:30 p.m., Jan 30, 8:30 p.m., Jan 31, 8:30 p.m. Feb 1, 8:30 p.m.

King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m., 9 p.m., 9 p.m. 9 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall Turtle & Friends (Live Music) Jam-oriented organic blues-based rock & roll from the frontman of popular local act Turtle Folk (covers & originals).

9 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.

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

Pour Larry’s (formerly John’s Bar) Live Trivia with Marcia (Other) Live Team Trivia Game. 9 p.m.

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

Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a

wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m.

Scandals TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

The Sentient Bean 6th Annual Psychotronic Film Fest: DOLEMITE 2 - THE HUMAN TORNADO (Other) Raunchy 1976 Blxploitation kung-fu comedy starring Rudy Ray Moore. For Mature Audiences Only.

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.

Tantra Lounge Open Mic Night (Live Music) Weekly showcase for singer/songwriters, both amateur and pro. 10 p.m.

Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Venus De Milo Open DJ Night (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 Wormhole FunksG; Change Your Zero (Live Music) Fast, melodic power-rock trio influenced by The Offspring and MxPx; New local act feat. exmembers of I Am Sound, among others. Inspired by The Jesus & Mary Chain, Sneaker Pimps and My Bloody Valentine. 9 p.m.

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THURSDAY American Legion Post 184 Rick Elvis (Un-

dressed) (Live Music, Other) Locally-based Elvis impersonator, performing without his costume. 4 p.m. 8 p.m.

Augie’s Pub (Pooler) TBA (Live Music) 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.

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 The Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Internationally-acclaimed, Savannahbased electric Chicago and Memphis style blues guitarist and singer with a tight rhythm section (covers/originals) 10 p.m.

Grapevine Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Local piano/vocal legend playing jazz, country, Latin and standards. 6:30 p.m.

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

The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head) The Lavon Stevens Quartet feat. Lousie Spencer (Live Music) Jazz, Broadway & blues (covers & originals) with female vocals. 8 p.m.

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continues from p.16 The Jinx Fever! Dance Party w/DJ D-Frost & Friends (DJ) 9 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Fran Doyle (Live Music) Acoustic Celtic-style balladry (covers & originals).

Jan 28, 8:30 p.m., Jan 29, 8:30 p.m., Jan 30, 8:30 p.m., Jan 31, 8:30 p.m. Feb 1, 8:30 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall Junior League Band (Live Music) Washington, D.C.-based, female-fronted indie-rock band heavily inspired by old-time fiddle music that has toured with Blueground Undergrass and shared bills with Lucinda Williams, Donna The Buffalo, Jason Isbell and former Savannahian Danny “Mudcat�

Dudek. 9 p.m.

Loco’s Deli & Pub (Southside) Five Points Productions’ Extreme Trivia w/ Kowboi (Other) Live trivia game. 8 p.m.

Myrtle’s Bar & Grill J. Howard Duff (Live Music) 7:30 p.m.

Night Lights “Rock Star Karaoke� (Live Music, Karaoke) Kraoke featuring a live band, rather than pre-recorded music. 11 p.m.

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

Robin’s Nest Karaoke (Live Music, Karaoke) 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos� (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests.

-8:30 p.m.

The Sentient Bean 6th Annual Psychotronic Film Fest: MONSTER ROAD (Other) Awardwinning 2004 documentary on infamous stop-motion animator Bruce Bickford, known for his work in Frank Zappa’s films and videos. Live Q & A with the director afterwards.

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

Slugger’s Trivia w/ Charles & Mikey (Other) 10 p.m.

Spanky’s TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Tubby’s Tank House (Thun-

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

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

The Wormhole Only Living Boy (Live Music) Newish rock trio weaned on their parents psychedelic and classic rock albums, plus their own jam, blues and punk leanings. 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 TBA (Live Music) Live rock, blues and Southern rock cover bands. 9 p.m.

Bernie’s on River Street

Happy Hour Mon–Sat 4pm–8pm S.I.N. Night Mondays 50% off Select alcohol, 8pm until $2.50 house liquor – $2.50 house wine $2.50 dom. bottles – $1 16oz. dom. draughts $1 off micro & imported draughts

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Connor Christian & Southern Gothic w/Trainwrecks, $7

Junior League, $5

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Shows 1/2 price w/ Student or Military ID (except*)

Thurs. Jan 29

College Night (must have college ID) $2 Domestics $2 Wells all night after 7pm!

Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Black Box at S.P.A.C.E. The Listening Room Concert Series: Dare Dukes & Stan Ray (Live Music) Debut installment of a new monthly smoke and alcohol-free, family oriented live music series feat. standout local and regional artists. Dukes recently dropped an acclaimed alt. roots-rock CD and tours the East Coast. Singer/songwriter Ray moved here from Nashville and plays acoustic guitar backed by loops and samples - ALL-AGES. 8 p.m.

Club One Local Cast, DJ Jason Hancock (Main Floor) (DJ)

*Wagatail Presents Dead Confederate w/Twin Tigers, $8 advance tix at

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Lucas Theatre SMF presents: Wynton Marsalis & The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (Live Music) The 2009 Savannah Music Fest’s sole fund-raising event is a rare, intimate show by this living legend of jazz trumpet and his All-Star big band, playing Monk tunes as well as the debut of a new Johnny Mercer arrangement commissioned just for this show. Top-tier tickets get you in to a private cocktail reception afterwards with the bandmembers... 7 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Metro Coffee House Lobster Newberg (Live Music) Upstart Chicago-based prog-rock quartet, drawing on the complex rock and jazz fusion of seminal acts such as the Dixie Dregs, Frank Zappa, yes and King Crimson. This is their first lengthy tour - 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.

Murphy’s Law “Live Jukebox� w/DJ Sweaty Sock (DJ) 11 p.m.

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Friday

continues from p.17 Coach’s Corner Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m.

Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) 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) 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). 10 p.m.

Gayna’s Bar Karaoke (9 p.m.) (Karaoke) Hercules Bar and Grill Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Josh Maul Blues Band (Live Music) Versatile, regional electric blues combo featuring former members of Bluesonics and Deep Blue 3 (covers & originals). Jan 30, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Great White Lion Snake (Karaoke) ‘80s hairMetal cover band (as if you couldn’t tell). 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Fran Doyle (Live Music) Acoustic Celtic-style balladry (covers & originals). Jan 28, 8:30 p.m., Jan 29, 8:30 p.m., Jan 30, 8:30 p.m., Jan 31, 8:30 p.m. Feb 1, 8:30 p.m.

King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m., 9 p.m., 9 p.m. 9 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall I Scream Entertainment presents: Zach Deputy (Live Music) Increasingly popular singer/songwriter with a Caribbean flair known for intense acoustic guitar shows backed by elaborate layers of improvised percussion and melodic samples and loops. 10 p.m.

Mansion on Forsyth Park Silver Lining (Live Music) Jazzy local trio (funk, blues, Latin, exotica) of guitar, bass and drums with female vocals (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub William & Alex (Live Music) 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) TBA (Live Music) 8:30 p.m.

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

Murphy’s Law Cutthroat Shamrock (Live Music) Upand-coming Celtic punk band from Northeast Tenn.

10 p.m.

Pepino’s #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m.

Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum “Cocktails and Comedy for Equality” w/Comedienne Suzanne Westenhoefer (Other) One-woman show from a groundbreaking and award-winning openly gay standup comic who’s appeared on the Logo, Bravo and HBO networks and toured with the Indigo Girls. Optional post-show cocktail party takes place at Bryson Hall on Chippewa Square. All proceeds benefit Georgia Equality Savannah Chapter. 8 p.m.

Randy Wood’s Concert Hall Monroe Crossing (Live Music) Prolific acoustic bluegrass quintet (boasting a singing fiddler named Female Vocalist of the Year by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Assn.) “crossing” American soul with oldrime country - ALL-AGES. 7:30 p.m.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House Kim Michael Polote & Friends (Live Music) Award-winning area vocalist singing jazz and blues standards backed by piano and bass in this eatery’s bar area. 7:30 p.m.

Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m.

The Sentient Bean 6th Annual Psychotronic Film Fest: ISLE OF THE DAMNED (Other) Ga. premiere of a low-budget spoof of early ‘80s Italian “cannibal horror” films.

Mature Audiences Only.

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

Steed’s Tavern @#! Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m.

Stingray’s TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m. 6 p.m.

Venus De Milo DJ Moustache (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. TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. 7 p.m.

The Warehouse Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Hardswinging, house rockin’ garage-blooze and old, weird, Americana (covers & originals). Jan 30, 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.

The Wormhole Star FK Radium; The Differents (Live Music) Ambient-yetmelodic indie rock feat. violin, which cites Sigur Ros and Radiohead as influences; D.C.-based alt. rock inspired by Modest Mouse and Bloc Party. 10 p.m.

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

Bayou Cafe TBA (Live Music) Live rock, blues and Southern rock cover bands. 9 p.m.

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

Bogey’s Five Points Productions’ Karaoke w/Keith (Karaoke) 10 p.m.

Captain’s Lounge #@*!

Karaoke (Karaoke) Chuck’s Bar #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Club One DJ Hancock (DJ) 10 p.m.

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

Doc’s Bar Roy & The Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Long-running party band specializing in disco, 60s rock, Motown and vintage soul (covers).

Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Fannie’s on the Beach TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House WormsLoew (Live Music) Up-and-coming local roots-rock and modern pop band often likened to Train and The Drive-By Truckers (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

continues from p.18 Gayna’s Bar Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Grapevine Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Local piano/vocal legend playing jazz, country, Latin and standards. 6:30 p.m.

Guitar Bar Anitra Opera Diva (Live Music) 30-minute recital by a Savannahbased vocalist who’s sung with a number of established opera companies in the U.S. and abroad and also fronts the industrial duo Men Smash Atoms.

Feb 1, midnite Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Jeff Beasley Band (Live Music) Swinging R & B, old-time rock and roll, Cajun-tinged Americana and boogiewoogie feat. drums, sax, bass and guitar (covers & originals). Jan 31, 9 p.m.

Juarez Mexican Restaurant (Waters Ave.) Karaoke (Karaoke) Jukebox Bar & Grill TBA (Live Music) 9 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Fran Doyle (Live Music) Acoustic Celtic-style balladry (covers & originals). Jan 28, 8:30 p.m., Jan 29, 8:30 p.m., Jan 30, 8:30 p.m., Jan 31, 8:30 p.m. Feb 1, 8:30 p.m.

King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m., 9 p.m., 9 p.m. 9 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall The Domino Effect (Live Music, DJ) Local funk/reggae/soul-based jam act feat. singing guitarist Josh Wade (covers & originals).

10 p.m.

Mansion on Forsyth Park Hear and Now (Live Music) Brand-new local smooth jazz group feat. trumpeter/ vocalist John Tisbert, bassist/vocalist Maggie Evans (of Silver Lining), keyboardist/vocalist Eddie Wilson and drummer Jason Ussery. 9 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (Live Music) Locally-based acoustic string musician singing and playing folk, country, blues and bluegrass (covers & originals).

8:30 p.m.

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

Paradiso at Il Pasticcio DJ Matthew Gilbert & DJ Kwaku (DJ) House Music 11:30 p.m.

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

Quality Inn American Pride Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House Kim Michael Polote & Friends (Live Music) Award-winning area vocalist singing jazz and blues standards backed by piano and bass in this eatery’s bar area. 7:30 p.m.

Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m.

Savannah Station The South Magazine’s 3rd Anniversary Celebration (feat. Caroline Herring) (Live Music) Cocktails and cuisine, with music by acclaimed singer/songwriter Caroline Herring. 7 p.m.

St. Philip AME Church Savannah Black Heritage Festival: A Festival of Hymns and Hymn Stories Used in the African American Church (Live Music) Experience traditional African-American hymns in a participatory workshop with Rev. Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones. 10 a.m.

Steed’s Tavern #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Hosted by Sam Johnson. 8 p.m.

Stingray’s TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m. 6 p.m.

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

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

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

-noon -7 p.m. TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. 7 p.m.

The Warehouse The Magic Rocks (Live Music) Oddball upbeat rock, alternative, pop, country and soul covers (w/members of Superhorse and Hot Pink Interior). Jan 31, 8 p.m.

WG’s The Tenderloin Trio (Live Music) Local act playing hillbilly jazz, Old-Time country, rural blues and string band covers & originals on acoustic guitar and singing saw. 10:30 p.m.

The Wormhole Endway; Mexico Electric; Holy Honey; J. Zager (Live Mu-

sic, DJ) Rising, commercial rock quintet from Boston mixing soul, pop, funk and reggae; Charleston-based indie alt.country combo; Regional female alt.rock duo known for strong live shows; Local DIY anti-folk artist interpreting Carter Family tunes. 9:30 p.m.

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American Legion Post 184 Rick Elvis (Undressed) (Live Music, Other) Locally-based Elvis impersonator, performing without his costume. 4 p.m. 8 p.m.

Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) Ben Tucker & Bob Alberti (Live Music) Veteran Jazz Duo (piano & bass) playing standards 11:30 a.m.

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

Bogey’s Five Point Productions’ Karaoke w/Keith (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Doc’s Bar Roy & The Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Singer/guitarist (with sequenced backing) plays pop/rock/soul/beach hits and originals.

Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Driftaway Cafe TBA (Live Music) Acoustic Rock, Pop, Country, Blues & Soul covers El Potro Mexican Restaurant Karaoke w/Michael (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

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

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ray & Mike from Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Guitar and bass duo from a popular local blues/swing/Americana combo (covers & originals). 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Fran Doyle (Live Music) Acoustic Celtic-style balladry (covers & originals). Jan 28, 8:30 p.m., Jan 29, 8:30 p.m., Jan 30, 8:30 p.m., Jan 31, 8:30 p.m. Feb 1, 8:30 p.m.

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McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

Murphy’s Law Irish Pub Session (Live Music) Local and regional Irish musicians playing both trad and contemporary Celtic music. 6 p.m. “Hitman Karaoke” (Karaoke) Standard Karaoke hosted by local blues guitarist and singer Brett “Hitman” Bernard.

9 p.m.

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

Red Leg Saloon Karaoke w/Frank Nelson (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

Savannah Smiles “PianoPalooza” (Live Music) Crowd members get a chance to add vocals to their favorite tunes played live by professional pianists. 8:30 p.m.

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

Tantra Lounge Five Points Productions’ Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m.

The Tailgate Five Points Productions’ Butt Naked Trvia w/Kowboi (Other) Live trivia game. 10:30 p.m.

Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) Acoustic Blues, Country, Rock, Bluegrass & Pop acts Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers.

-noon -7 p.m.

The Warehouse Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist/singer playing rock and pop (covers & originals). Feb 1, 7:30 p.m.

Feb 22, 7:30 p.m.

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

Blueberry Hill Karaoke (Karaoke)

Doubles Lounge Live DJ (DJ) Beach Music Fiddler’s Crab House Eric & Kris (Live Music) 10 p.m.

Hang Fire DJ Kane (DJ) Jewish Educational Alliance The Future of Jazz Celebrates Johnny Mercer (Live Music) Spelman College Women’s Jazz Ensemble and Future Jazz instrumentalists and vocalists pay tribute to Mercer and the African American female vocalists who sang his songs. 7 p.m.

The Jinx DJ KZL’s Kaleidoscope (DJ) Wild mash-up of soul, garage rock, dub, psych, funk, electro, disco and punk from GAM frontman Keith Kozel. midnite King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m., 9 p.m., 9 p.m. 9 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall Open Mic & Recording Session (Live Music) Participants can choose to have their Open Mic set professionally recorded for a $40 fee.

9 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m.

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

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

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

The Sentient Bean 6th Annual Psychotronic Film Fest: MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH (Other) Rare, violent 1976 teen drama that pre-dated Columbine by 20 years and influenced the black comedy HEATHERS. Seating begins at 7:30 pm for ALL-AGES. 8 p.m.

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Fiddler’s Crab House All-Star Jam with Voodoo Soup (Live Music) Open jam session featuring many of the area’s best players sitting in with a hard-jamming funk/soul/ rock/fusion group (covers & originals). 10 p.m.

Hang Fire Live Team Trivia (Other) The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head) The Jazz Corner Quartet feat. Bob Masteller (Live Music) New Orleansstyle “Hot Jazz” (covers & originals). 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar 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). 7 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall Open Jam Session (Live Music) Geared toward “all musicians”. Sign-up from 8 pm - 9 pm. 9 p.m.

Lucas Theatre St. Olaf Choir (Live Music) 75 mixed voice troupe, formed in 1912 and considered one of the finest college a cappella choirs in the USA. Their annual international tour provides spiritual inspiration for listeners worldwide. 8 p.m.

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

Roof Top Tavern Open Mic hosted by Markus & Hudson (Live Music) 10:30 p.m.

Saya Lounge DJ Blue Ice (DJ) Spinning “one hit wonders” all night long.

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Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay, Team Trivia w/The Mayor (Live Music) Solo acoustic guitarist/ singer playing Pop, Country & Rock hits, followed by a live trivia match 6 p.m.

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

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Grapevine Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Local piano/vocal legend playing jazz, country, Latin and standards. 6:30 p.m.

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

The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head) The Lavon Stevens Quartet feat. Lousie Spencer (Live Music) Jazz, Broadway & blues (covers & originals) with female vocals. 8 p.m.

The Jinx Fever! Dance Party w/DJ D-Frost & Friends (DJ) 9 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.

Moon River Brewing Co. Eric Britt (Live Music) Acoustic guitarist/singer playing alt.rock and pop 8:30 p.m.

Murphy’s Law “Live Jukebox” w/DJ Sweaty Sock (DJ) 11 p.m.

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

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Pour Larry’s (formerly John’s Bar) Live Trivia with Marcia (Other) Live Team Trivia Game. 9 p.m.

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

Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m.

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Steamer’s Five Point Productions’ Extreme Trivia w/Jeremy & Ben (Other) Live trivia game. 8 p.m.

Tantra Lounge Open Mic Night (Live Music) Weekly showcase for singer/songwriters, both amateur and pro. 10 p.m.

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Over the past few years, the Savannah area has begun to re-establish itself as a worthwhile destination for touring music acts. Much of that longoverdue and welcome progress has resulted from the efforts of a handful of locally-based, independent concert promoters.

SCAD has thrown ticketed shows by the likes of They Might Be Giants and Cat Power — and soon presents Citizen Cope. Wagatail Productions (an L.A.based outfit with strong ties to our city) has brought Hanson and The Dropkick Murphys — and soon the Cowboy Junkies. Tiny Team Concerts (which I am affiliated with) has booked Daniel Johnston and the Pixies’ Frank Black (The Fleshtones headline their next event), and I Scream Entertainment nabbed Chronicles of The Landsquid and soon welcomes back Zach Deputy.

Not surprisingly, each of the above entities routinely hold their events in bars and large theaters. The only place in our area that would qualify as a “listening room” (where the crowd is expected to give their undivided attention to the stage) would be Randy Wood’s Concert Hall, a 100-seat showcase venue in Bloomingdale specializing in acoustic bluegrass, country and jazz.

That’s all about to change, as this Friday night the married duo of Jake and Miriam Hodesh present the first installment of what they hope will be a regular, monthly concert series — one designed to offer a new and unconventional (around these parts, anyway) manner in which to enjoy live shows.

Since the young couple relocated to Savannah a couple of years ago, they have provided the city with cultural —and economic— options they felt were lacking. Now, these passionate community activists hope to provide a viable, family-friendly option to late nights and loud, smoky bars.

“Personally, I like to go see music at a club where it’s dark and smelly,” admits Jake with a laugh. “But there’s a large population that doesn’t go hear music because of those attributes. I’ve seen shows on PBS and VH1 where there was live music in front of an intimate, quiet crowd.”

It’s that intense and reverential vibe

the couple (as New Moon of Savannah) hope to replicate in the city’s own Black Box Theater at S.P.A.C.E. near Forsyth Park. Their monthly series, The Listening Room, is geared toward kids as well as adults, and is smoke and alcohol free (although refreshments will be sold).

In other words: it’s all about the music.

Friday’s show features two Savannahbased acts with broad appeal: Dare Dukes got his start in the early ‘90s Minneapolis rock scene that begat The Jayhawks, but moved here from NYC, where he’d forsaken a music career for work in theater. His recently released DIY album Prettiest Transmitter of All has earned almost unanimous praise in the indie-rock underground.

Local guitarist Kevin Rose (Superhorse, GAM) joins Dukes’ band for the first time at this show.

Stan Ray, a transplanted Nashville singer/songwriter, accompanies himself on acoustic guitar and a looped and sampled percussion and harmony tracks. His infectious enthusiasm was key in Jake and Miriam deciding to try this series.

“This is a combination of his energy and our organization,” explains Jake. “I think Stan would be the first to admit it’s a good match. (laughs)” “People have doubted much of what we have done here in Savannah,” he says — noting that their efforts have succeeded.

“But I want a setting where people can enjoy music without coughing because of cigarette smoke. I want a place where kids and parents can enjoy live music without drunks bugging them, and I think this can be that place.” cs Full interview at connectsavannah.com.

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Legendary Johnny Mercer to be honored at Georgia Days 2009 by linda sickler | linda@connectsavannah.com

Even after winning four Oscars, songwriter Johnny Mercer never forgot his roots in Savannah.

Memories of the sultry South followed Mercer throughout his lifetime, and inspired hits such as Moon River and In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening. Savannah never forgot Mercer, either, and continues to honor him long after his death in 1976.

The Georgia Historical Society is honoring Mercer during Georgia Days 2009, which will be held Feb. 3-14.

“This year is the centennial of Johnny Mercer’s birth,” says GHS President and CEO Dr. Todd Groce. “We are pleased and proud to join others across the state as we honor this native son whose remarkable 50-year career was deeply grounded in and influenced by his Savannah and Georgia roots.”

The kickoff event for Georgia Days 2009 is Pardon My Southern Accent: The Life and Legacy of Johnny Mercer in Word, Song and Art. This free program will be held Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 6 pm at Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church.

While many people remember Mercer as a songwriter, not many realize he also was an artist, says Christy Crisp, GHS Director of Programs.

“Following the event itself will be a reception in the square which will feature exhibits of some Johnny Mercer original watercolors, as well as a portrait of him,” Crisp says.

Painting was Mercer’s hobby. “We want to point out the many creative sides of Johnny Mercer,” Crisp says.

“Most all of the works that will be displayed are landscapes. They include scenes that are reminiscent of Savannah, but also of California and the West, the different places he probably lived and traveled.”

Jim Wann has recorded a CD of Mercer covers and has done research on Mercer at Georgia State. He not only

will perform some of Mercer’s songs, he’ll talk about Mercer’s life and share stories about Mercer received from Savannahians who knew him.

“We’ve gotten stories from people both local or who have been out of town a while,” Crisp says. “There also are stories passed on by older people to family members. These are good and often funny memories.”

Mercer joins Flannery O’Connor as a more contemporary honoree for Georgia Days. Last year’s celebration honored Gen. James Oglethorpe, Savannah’s founder.

Wann is a professional composer/ lyricist and performer in musical theater and in concert. He is the principal author/composer of the Broadway hit, Pump Boys and Dinettes, and sang and acted the role of “Jim” in its original New York incarnations.

Pump Boys was nominated for several awards, including the Tony, and is the longest-running musical in Chicago theater history. Wann also has had several Off-Broadway successes, the most recent being The People vs. Mona, co-written with his wife, Patricia Miller.

Wann is a part-time resident of Tybee Island, and when the GHS approached him about the Mercer show, he readily agreed. “As a songwriter myself, I explore the way he does things in songs, how he tells a story and the grace and style his music seems to have,” Wann says.

Wann and Miller read some stories about Mercer as part of a lecture series held at the Unitarian Church of Savannah a few years ago. Many people there had their own memories of Mercer.

“Sharing their stories is the most fun part of these kinds of occasions,” Wann says. “I enjoy singing and playing, but it is exciting to get people talking.”

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Miller is originally from Vidalia, and introduced Wann to Georgia after the couple met in New York in 1994.

“I had lived a lot in New York and a lot in North Carolina since my college days, but had never spent any time in southeast Georgia,” Wann says. “When

we got serious about each other, I visited her. We went to Savannah and came to Tybee. I was fascinated with the landscape and taken by the beauty of the place.”

Wann also was taken by Mercer’s music. “One of the first things I heard

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was an old Emma Kelley cassette tape,” he says. “I really liked the way she sang those songs.

“We went to see Miss Emma. She played You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To because we were still engaged at that point. Through her and then just realizing the way you start to realize when have you have a mild interest in a subject, I became interested in Johnny Mercer.

“You hear the phrase ‘I’m an old cowhand,’ Wann says. “Who knew it was a song by Johnny Mercer and not something that just emerged from the folk songs of the West?”

Mercer slipped from style to style.

“Songs like Days of Wine and Roses and Charade are so poignant,” Wann says.

“He had amazing range as a songwriter.”

The Savannah landscape and the natural beauty surrounding it inspired Mercer, Wann says. “Everything that really built Johnny Mercer as a kid came out in the form of Moon River,” he says.

“One of the reasons people love Johnny Mercer so much is because they love the same things so much,” Wann says. “They can see them right outside their window - the water, the light, the slow Southern way of life.”

Wann decided to do a CD of Mercer’s music. “It was part of having come down here,” he says.

“I always liked the way Audrey Hepburn did Moon River,” Wann says. “It’s in between parts of the story, while she’s sitting on the fire escape with a small guitar, reflectively singing Moon River.

“I started singing it and played it at a concert with a group of mine,” he says.

“We do coastally themed material and slipped Moon River in there. The audience liked it so much.”

Wann began doing research on Mercer in earnest to prepare for recording.

“I was a teen in the ‘60s. I heard a lot of folk music, a lot of soul, a lot of rock music. Some of those styles made it onto the album with kind of a delicate touch. The song always comes first,” he says.

“I tried to do them as he might have done if he had grown up in the ‘60s instead of the ‘20s,” Wann says. “Not as if he was surrounded by big bands and energetic jazz, but if he’d been surrounded by folk musicians and soul music from Motown and Memphis, and rock music from great American and British bands.”

The CD was recorded in a church in Charlotte, N.C. “I really do associate a lot of his lyrics with a sense of spirituality,” Wann says.

“It’s obvious in his lyrics of Accentuate the Positive. It’s kind of what our new president is trying to tell us. It’s timeless, like reading from the Bible if it had been written by a hipster like Johnny Mercer.”

Wann particularly looks forward to sharing the stories about Mercer that were submitted to the GHS. “I hope that people who come to the show and have stories about Johnny Mercer will get up and tell them,” he says.

“Sandy West from Ossabaw sent in a great story of dancing with Johnny during the ‘30s,” Wann says. “Someone else sent in a story about Johnny Mercer telling an impromptu story in an old Gullah-Geechee dialect about alligators and rabbits, like he was making it up on the spot. Apparently, he was a really charismatic man, as well as an incredible songwriter.”

The kick-off is just one of many events planned for Georgia Days 2009, including the parade on Feb. 12 and the annual awards gala on Feb. 14.

“Our inaugural gala was a wonderfully well received success,” says Laura García-Culler, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Society. “Magic in the Moonlight will provide our members and friends with a memorable, very romantic night out on February 14, Valentine’s Day.” cs Pardon My Southern Accent: The Life and Legacy of Johnny Mercer in Word, Song and Art When: Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m.

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“Come check it out, see if it’s hittin’”

Ja Jahannes teaches and preaches in his latest dramatic triptych, the Juice cycle by jim reed | jim.r@connectsavannah.com

Savannah’s own Dr. Ja A. Jahannes is an internationally recognized, award-winning author, psychologist and social critic whose written works range from poetry and symphonic librettos to essays and academic papers.

At 66, he has recently retired from his position as professor of psychology at SSU to concentrate on running his own repertory company and pastoring to his congregation at the Abyssinia Baptist Church.

This year’s Savannah Black Heritage Fest showcases three of his original plays — all of which deal in a frank manner with the realities of living with HIV/AIDS. I caught up with this industrious Renaissance man for an extended chat about these upcoming performances.

Full interview at connectsavannah. com.

three times in both April and September and still we were turning away hundreds. I was asked to direct it again at the Lucas in February. People who had attended performances stopped members of my repertory company, J-Rep, and me everywhere asking what happened to the characters. I realized there were other issues we could bring out if we brought those characters back and added a couple of others. So From Young Black Men Who’d Never Consider Suicide and Sisters Going Through were born to give the characters and HIV/ AIDS a broader social, emotional and moral context.

How did you come to write Juice?

Was there any initial resistance to a play about the complexities of the AIDS crisis?

Ja Jahannes: After looking at how uninformed, cavalier sexual behavior affected so many young people, I felt it a ministry to write something that was edu-tainment — that is, both educational and entertaining. It’s an urban play, with the kind of language and situations young adults experience every day.

At what point did you decide to pen its sequels?

Ja Jahannes: Juice had been performed

Ja Jahannes: Fortunately, I have a pretty good reputation in terms of theater. All the plays I’ve produced in Savannah have had overflow audiences.

Juice features 13 songs. What’s the ratio of dialogue to music in these plays?

Ja Jahannes: The songs in Juice average about three minutes each. From Young Black Men opens with a powerful hip-hop song, “Prison Soul,” and dance

Ja Jahannes: I never find it difficult to relate to the culture of young people of any race or ethnicity. I believe you cannot effectively teach people whose culture you do not understand. One of the reasons people get old so fast and miss out on so much of life is because they become fixed in time as time and culture changes. I am invigorated by the talent, perceptions, insights and issues which young adults present. They teach me something every day; in return, I try to share with them something of what I think is of value in living.

What is your most fervent wish for audiences who see these plays?

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by powerful young actors/singers, Stephenn Dorn and Rashard Russell. My actors said, “Doc, are you gonna write some old-school funk?” I said “No, I’m gonna write like my boy T Pain.” Come check it out, see if it’s hittin.’ I promise this music will move you.

Ja Jahannes: I hope that people would be more cautious about their sexual behavior and consider that what they do not only affects them and their lives, but also those who love them. cs 20th Annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival presents: Three Plays Written & Directed by Ja A. Jahannes When: 7 pm, Wed., Feb. 4 Where: Lucas Theatre Cost: Free to all ages (recommended for ages 15+) Info: savannahblackheritagefestival.com

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8th Annual New Beginnings Youth Art Exhibition — Feb. 4-27 in conjunction with the Savannah Black Heritage Festival. Opening reception Feb. 4, 6 pm. at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Abraham Lincoln: Self Made in America — Learning station exhibit Jan. 30-Feb. 19. Preview Jan. 29, 6pm, followed by a lecture. Through Feb. 19. Free. Massie Heritage Center, 207 E. Gordon St. Angelo Filomeno — A solo exhibit through March 15 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E Liberty St. Filomeno will present a gallery talk in conjunction with the exhibition prior to a reception on Feb.13.

Anthropology of Spirit — Photographs by Hillary Quella. Reception Jan. 30, 6-8pm. Through Feb. 10 at Alexander Hall Gallery, 668 Indian St.

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Everything Matters — South African artist Deborah Poynton’s paintings thru Feb. 13. Gallery talk Feb. 13 at 5pm, followed by reception.

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Gihon Fractured: New Paintings — Work by Chris Kienke through Feb. 17 at 2CarGarage, 10 E Broughton St.

Old Print, New Tricks — A variety of work by guest printmakers from across the nation Jan. 12-30 at AASU Fine Arts Gallery, 11935 Abercorn St.

Stitch Spectacular — An exhibition of hand-embroidered art from Savannah and the rest of the country through Feb. 3 at Dimensions Gallery, 412 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Palliser — Water colors and art studies by Anthony Palliser, plus the detailed drawings and oil and acrylic paintings for which he is best known. Through Jan. 28.

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The Art Show at the JEA — The works of Mordechai Rosenstein Feb. 2-27 at Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

Path — Work by Laurie Darby throughout January and February at Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr.

Work by Angelo Filomeno is at Pinnacle Gallery on Liberty St.

Heart and Soul — Work by Gerome Temple, David Duckworth, and more at Grand Bohemian Gallery inside Mansion on Forsyth.

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The Reader, Benjamin Button edge out many better flicks for Best Picture nomination

by Matt Brunson | myeahmatt@aol.com

For most people, thoughts of the Holocaust are unpleasant ones. But for members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, thoughts of the Holocaust presumably lead only to thoughts of Holocaust pictures.

And if there’s one thing that Oscar history has taught us, it’s that nothing arouses Academy members quite like Holocaust pictures.

Just think of it as Nazi porn.

Certainly, Spike Lee nailed it back in a 1998 interview with Entertainment Weekly. Reflecting on when his 1997 effort 4 Little Girls lost the Best Documentary Feature Oscar to the Holocaust film The Long Way Home, Lee commented, “I’d rather be the Knicks playing the Bulls at the United Center down by 20 with 10 minutes left -- those odds are better than going against a Holocaust film.”

I was reminded of that quote as the nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced early Thursday morning. While many Oscar prognosticators were predicting -- nay, guaranteeing -- that The Dark Knight would be up for Best Picture, I figured its slot would go to The Reader (and, yes, I have the Oscar pool ballot to back my claim!).

Never mind that The Dark Knight was both a critical and commercial darling; never mind that it soared far above its designation as a “superhero flick”; never mind that it scored nominations from the Producers Guild, the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild.

It simply stood no chance against a lesser film that touched upon the evils of the Holocaust. And sure enough, while The Dark Knight managed to score an impressive eight nominations, all but one (Best Supporting Actor for the late Heath Ledger) were in the technical categories; in the major categories of Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay, it was shoved aside to make room for The Reader.

But The Reader isn’t the only nominee unworthy of its lofty status -- at least according to the critics. Audiences who eye reviewers with disdain might soften their stance after glancing at these numbers from Rotten Tomatoes, a critical compilation site that awards “Fresh” and “Rotten” ratings based on the percentage breakdown of reviews across the nation.

Here’s how the Best Picture roster stacks up: Slumdog Millionaire, 95% Fresh; Milk, 92%; Frost/Nixon, 91%; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 72%; The Reader, 60% (one percentage point away from a “Rotten” designation).

Clearly, the first three titles deserve their perches; the last two do not.

Now let’s look at the numbers for some other films that the Academy could have nominated: The Wrestler, 98%; WALL-E, 96%; The Dark Knight, 94%. Even Gran Torino (77%) and Doubt (77%) score higher than Benjamin Button and The Reader.

So let’s face it: Wouldn’t the Best Picture lineup look a lot better if The Dark Knight and WALL-E had made the cut instead of Benjamin Button and The Reader? Yeah, we figured most of you would agree.

Here, then, are some more observations regarding this year’s crop of contenders.

Highlights:

• The eight nominations for Milk.

The best movie of the year was a near-lock for its five nods in the major categories -- Picture, Director (Gus Van Sant), Actor (Sean Penn), Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin) and Original

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Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black) -- but its additional three bids in secondary categories (Film Editing, Original Score and Costume Design) indicate that it had strong support across the board.

• Taraji P. Henson for Best Supporting Actress. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is hardly a favorite of mine, but I fully support the nod for Henson, who was excellent as Benjamin’s adoptive mother. Henson first impressed me in Hustle & Flow (and later in Talk to Me), so it’s gratifying to see that she’s finally being honored. And how about Marisa Tomei, nominated in the same category for The Wrestler? After winning for 1992’s My Cousin Vinny, it was long felt that she was nothing more than a fluke winner, never to be heard from again (see: Mira Sorvino, F. Murray Abraham). But with two additional nods for 2001’s In the Bedroom and now The Wrestler, Tomei has demonstrated that she’s an actress of unlimited potential.

• The two major nominations for Frozen River. I missed this one during its brief theatrical run, only catching up with it when the studio sent the for-your-consideration screener at the end of the year. Although it fell just shy of making my Top 20, I was impressed by this low-budget indie effort that featured confident filmmaking by writer-director Courtney Hunt and a strong performance by Melissa Leo. Apparently, the Academy liked it, too, handing it nods for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay.

• The Best Original Screenplay category. While I’m massively upset that Robert Siegel wasn’t nominated for his insightful script for The Wrestler, I can’t argue with the titles that were chosen: the aforementioned Frozen River, Happy-Go-Lucky, In Bruges, Milk and WALL-E. That’s a blessedly diverse lineup.

• The one-shot nominees. Several pictures received only one nomination,

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but in most instances, they represented the single best aspect of the production. Along with Happy-Go-Lucky and In Bruges for Best Original Screenplay, these one-hit wonders include The Visitor for Best Actor (Richard Jenkins), Rachel Getting Married for Best Actress (Anne Hathaway), Tropic Thunder for Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Vicky Cristina Barcelona for Best Supporting Actress (Penelope Cruz), Kung Fu Panda for Best Animated Feature Film, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army for Best Makeup.

Lowlights:

• The 13 nominations for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I predicted this self-important piece of tedium to earn 14 nominations, which would have tied it for the Academy record with All About Eve and Titanic. Luckily, my predicted nod for Best Sound Editing failed to materialize, but it still leads the field of contenders, which means it

presently can be considered the frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar. Yet while it deserves most of its technical nods (though not all; those visual effects look awfully rocky at times), it hardly deserves to be in the running for the big ones. And in the Battle of the Pretty Boys, the non-nominated Leonardo DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road gives a far more complex performance than Brad Pitt’s blank turn here. Pitt’s a highly underrated actor -- had he been nominated for his goofy supporting stint in Burn After Reading, that would have been OK with me -- but this isn’t his best work, and I’m cynical enough to suggest that Academy members nominated him so he and Angelina Jolie (Best Actress for Changeling) could both be up in the same year.

• Kate Winslet’s Best Actress nomination for the wrong film. First off, congrats to the Academy for ignoring all that nonsense (promoted by the studio, the Golden Globes and some critics’ groups) that Winslet’s perfor-

mance in The Reader is a supporting one. Voters dismissed this shameless stunt and nominated her in the correct category. Unfortunately, although she’s fine in The Reader, she’s exceptional in Revolutionary Road, and her slot should have been for that picture.

• No Best Original Song nomination for Bruce Springsteen’s title tune from The Wrestler. This is arguably the biggest WTF? of all the snubs, although those of us who have long tracked the general laziness of the music branch members can’t be too shocked. Rather than do their jobs and sample all of the eligible song contenders, the members love to bunch up tunes from the same picture (that way, they don’t have to watch as many movies, see?), resulting in three Best Song nominations last year for Enchanted and three the previous year for Dreamgirls. Catching wind of this sham, the Academy board this year designated that no individual film can have more than two songs nominated. continues on p. 28

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No problem: After nominating two songs from Slumdog Millionaire and the obligatory one from an animated flick (in this case, WALL-E), the old fogies called it a day, ensuring that Springsteen’s lovely song was left out in the cold. Oh, and a nomination for Hamlet 2’s catchy “Rock Me, Sexy Jesus” would ha ve also been sweet!

• No Best Supporting Actor nomination for Ralph Fiennes. Apparently, the Academy has cooled on this oncehot actor. After failing to nominate him for 2005’s The Constant Gardener, they again skip him, even though he had three eligible performances this year: The Duchess, In Bruges and The Reader.

• No nominations for The Love Guru. Kidding! Actually, Mike Myers’ cinematic abomination is well-rewarded with seven nominations... for the Golden Raspberry Awards.

Other points of interest:

focused on Bush’s disastrous war in Iraq. This year, none of the five finalists touch on the subject. That’s not to say Bush’s crimes against humanity aren’t represented: One of the nominees, Trouble the Water, centers on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and covers the government’s bungled response.

Don’t let the White House door hit you on the way out, George.

How they compare

Oscar’s 5 Best These were the films nominated by the Academy for Best Picture.

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (13 nominations) 2. Slumdog Millionaire (10) 3. Milk (8) 4. Frost/Nixon (5) 5. The Reader (5) Critics’ 5 Best Based on a national sampling of 286 reviewers, these were the films that appeared the most frequently on critics’ 10 Best lists.

1. WALL-E 2. The Dark Knight 3. Milk 4. Slumdog Millionaire 5. The Wrestler (Source: www. moviecitynews. com)

• Doubt star Meryl Streep builds on her record number of acting nominations, upping her total to 15. In second place, Jack Nicholson remains Brunson’s tied with 5 Best the late These Katharine were my Hepburn picks for at 12. the year’s best • For only movies.

WALL-E was one of 2008’s most the second 1. Milk critically-acclaimed films time since 2. The Wrestler 1981 -- and 3. The Dark the fifth time Knight in Oscar his4. In Search of a Midnight Kiss tory -- the Best Picture and Best Direc5. Elegy tor nominations line up perfectly.

• Of the year’s superhero flicks, The Moviegoers’ 5 Best Dark Knight obviously fared the best These were the year’s biggest moneywith eight nominations. Iron Man making releases. earned two, Hellboy II: The Golden 1. The Dark Knight Army snagged one, and Hancock, The 2. Iron Man Incredible Hulk and The Spirit were shut 3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of out. the Crystal Skull • The Oscar nominations were an4. Hancock nounced on Jan. 22. Best Supporting 5. WALL-E Actor nominee Heath Ledger passed (Source: www.boxofficemojo.com) cs away last year on Jan. 22.

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Adapted by Zwick and co-scripter Clayton Frohman from Nechama Tec’s fact-based novel Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, this centers on three siblings who battle the German threat from within the Belarus Forest. The eldest, Tuvia Bielski (Daniel Craig), is hardly a natural born leader but always manages to keep things in perspective. Middle son Zus (Liev Schreiber) is far more tempestuous, eventually breaking from his brother to fight alongside the Soviet Red Army. And youngest lad Asael (Jamie Bell) is initially a naïve greenhorn but quickly gets his initiation under fire. The Bielskis soon earn a reputation for their guerilla

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But Robert Siegel’s screenplay fleshes out the basic storylines in unique ways, and Aronofsky and Rourke add a rich palette to the proceedings, resulting in a movie that’s frequently as colorful as it is meaningful. If Milk touches on America’s prejudices and The Dark Knight examines America’s fears, then The Wrestler explores America’s regrets. Rourke stars as Randy “The Ram” Robinson, who was quite the big deal in the wrestling world back in the 1980s. Twenty years forward, however, and Randy is now long past his glory days. Two decades of hard partying have wiped him out, and if he has any emotional reservoirs to tap, he wants to make sure to save them for the two women in his life. The first is Cassidy (an excellent Marisa Tomei), a stripper at the club he frequents who is always there to lend Randy a sympathetic ear (usually in the middle of a lap dance).

The other female on Randy’s mind is his daughter Stephanie (Evan Rachel Wood); because he was never there for her while she was growing up. Yet much of the best material revolves around Randy’s career as a wrestler. Aronofsky and Siegel do a remarkable job of treating its practitioners with respect, so much so that it’s softened my stance toward these athletes (dare we call them artists?) who give so much of themselves for the entertainment of others.

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American beauty, this one a powerful examination of a young couple trying to deal with the plasticity of 1950s suburbia. Set in Connecticut, the story (adapted by Justin Haythe) concerns itself with Frank and April Wheeler, who view themselves as being different from everyone else in their pristine neighborhood. But time spent toiling away within the boundaries of the socalled American dream quickly takes its toll, so in an effort to revitalize their dreams as well as salvage their marriage, April suggests that they move to Paris and start a new life. Flush with excitement, the couple start to make plans, only to find that old routines – no

(Madhur Mittal). Initially, the movie’s structure is ingenious in how it feeds on incidents from Jamal’s past to allow him to get the right answers on the TV game show, suggesting that what’s most important in this life is what we learn firsthand. As for the sequences revolving around the characters’ rough childhoods, they’re refreshingly raw and uncompromising. It’s a shame, then, that Boyle and scripter Simon Beaufoy toss aside all innovation in order to bind the final half-hour into a straightjacket of rigid formula plotting.

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I’m not entirely sure how a film in which a small boy gets permanently blinded by someone deliberately pouring hot liquid onto his eyeballs while he’s unconscious ends up being hyped (by critics and audiences alike) as the “feel-good” movie of the year, but that’s the strange case with Slumdog Millionaire, the latest from director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting). The modern-day sequences find lanky, likable Jamal (Dev Patel) working his way through the questions on India’s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Jamal is a struggling kid who’s coped with poverty all of his life -- a “slumdog” -- and it’s his unlikely ascension that has the entire nation rooting for him to win it all. But Jamal isn’t doing this for money; he’s doing it for love -- namely, for the beautiful Latika (Freida Pinto), who, as we see in the film’s ample flashbacks, grew up on the streets alongside Jamal and his hotheaded brother Salim

If all high school history classes were as grandly entertaining as the historical flicks penned by Peter Morgan, no student would ever again be caught slumbering in his seat. Morgan, who previously wrote The Queen, here adapts his own play, and together he and director Ron Howard open it up so that the end result feels much more vibrant than merely a constricted stage piece plunked do wn in front of a camera. Set after the Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon’s resignation, the picture concerns itself with the attempts of Nix-

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Several actors have played Tricky Dick on celluloid (Anthony Hopkins among them), but Langella bests them all with an riveting portrayal that goes beyond mimicry. He depicts the former president as a haunted man struggling to salvage his legacy, a scrappy fighter who refuses to yield even a square inch to his challengers.

Gran Torino Clint Eastwood has stated that Gran Torino might mark his final appearance as an actor (he plans to keep directing), and if he sticks to his guns, it’s an appropriate way to end a magnificent career.

In that respect, it brings to mind John Wayne’s swan song, the elegiac Western The Shootist (directed, incidentally,

by Eastwood’s mentor Don Siegel), as both movies deal with aging men – the

actors as well as the characters they’re portraying – whose lifelong dalliances with violence finally lead to both an understanding and acceptance of sorts.

It’s not necessary to be familiar with Eastwood’s career arc to enjoy Gran Torino, but it does amplify the appreciation for the manner in which the topic of violence is approached. From the glorified gun battles in the Dirty Harry franchise to the ruminations about the impact of taking a man’s life in Unforgiven, Eastwood has clearly given much thought to the subject, and he takes another step with this latest picture. To describe how he has continued to modify his beliefs would spoil the film’s ending, but suffice to say that his character, Walt Kowalski, is no stranger to killing. A Korean War vet, the recently widowed Walt lives in a Detroit neighborhood in which he’s clearly in the minority.

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matter how detested – die hard. Those with a willingness for navel-gazing will be receptive to this material far more than those who prefer to keep blinders fully attached, but there’s no denying that Mendes and company have created an unsettling piece that gets under the skin. “You jump, I jump,” the lovers in Titanic told each other. Here, the two aren’t as united, each standing on the brink of uncertainty, peering into the dark abyss of an unknown future, and trying not to tumble into the chilly depths of American ennui.

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ence begins to crack once he comes into reluctant contact with the two Hmong kids who live next door, teenage siblings Thao and Sue (appealing newcomers Bee Vang and Ahney Her). Lazily dismissed in some camps as merely a simplistic riff on racism, Gran Torino is far more complicated than that, not only in its aforementioned exploration of violence but also in its affecting look at a rigid individual who slowly comes to realize that the world has moved on without him.

The Reader

Adapted from Bernhard Schlink’s bestseller, this arrives with all the obvious trappings of a year-end “prestige” picture. But since more time is spent exposing the milky white breasts of Kate Winslet than exposing the horrors of the Holocaust, viewers might be forgiven for thinking they stumbled into a big-budget remake of Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS. Winslet’s Hannah Schmitz is a streetcar conductor in post-WWII Germany who enters into an affair with 15year-old Michael Berg (David Kross); as a form of sexual foreplay, she likes him to read to her from the classics. She soon drops out of his life, and it isn’t until a few years later, while he’s attending college, that she reappears -- as a former Nazi guard on trial for the atrocities she allegedly committed during the war.

The Reader is a thorny story, and its failing isn’t because it elects to answer key questions about its characters in shocking fashion -- after all, many great movies are about less-than-admirable

figures -- but because it waves off these revelations with all the impatience of a restaurant patron shooing away a waiter attempting to remove the soup bowl before it’s drained.

Last Chance Harvey Last Chance Harvey is the sort of insipid romantic comedy that, had it starred a pair of 20somethings or 30somethings, would be instantly dismissed by one and all. But because it stars two seasoned performers – Oscar winners, both – it will be championed in some quarters as a sweet look at how older folks can actually – are you ready?

– enjoy many of the same things as the young’uns. The 71-year-old Dustin Hoffman stars as Harvey Shine, while 49-year-old Emma Thompson plays Kate Walker. He’s an American arriving in London for the marriage of his estranged daughter (Liane Balaban); cut from the same cloth as the salesmen from Glengarry Glen Ross, he’s a self-absorbed loser who rubs practically everyone the wrong way. She’s a Brit whose single status worries her busybody mom (Eileen Atkins) and lands her on blind dates with doofuses.

doubt Adapting his own Pulitzer Prize-winning theatrical triumph, John Patrick Shanley doesn’t possess Howard’s instincts in front of the camera, resulting in a movie that remains stage-bound.

Set in 1964, the film examines a battle

of wills between the holy rollers at St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) is the (mostly) humorless head of the school, striking fear not only in the students but also in some of the more timid nuns like Sister James (Amy Adams). Sister Aloysius isn’t crazy about Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), whose desire for a more progressive and open-minded direction within the Catholic church flies in the face of her old-school ideology.

The Curious Case of Benjamin button David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is this year’s equivalent of Tim Burton’s Big Fish: a desperate lunge by a normally exciting genrefilmmaker to earn some year-end accolades. Drastically altering a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, scripters Eric Roth and Robin Swicord move the setting from Baltimore to New Orleans, thereby allowing the modernday framing sequences to occur in the midst of Katrina. The bulk of the story deals with Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt), who’s born as an 80-year-old man but becomes gradually younger. Like the title character in Forrest Gump (a far more interesting film also written by Roth), Benjamin leads a rich and varied life, although his heart always belongs to Daisy (Cate Blanchett), who, like Forrest’s Jenny, is a callow free spirit who doesn’t realize the depths of her fondness for Benjamin until it’s almost too late.

Valkyrie Based on a true event that occurred in 1944, this handsome yet emotionally distant film centers on the efforts of a

group of proud Germans to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Chief among these conspirators is Colonel Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise), who’s aided by a mix of officers, soldiers and politicians (among the familiar players are Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Izzard and Terence Stamp).

Valkyrie is defeated by a thin script that fails to flesh out a single character.

Marley & Me Welcome to one of the season’s most pleasant surprises, as this family film proves to be far more thematically rich than its simplistic trailer reveals.

Screenwriters Scott Frank (Minority Report, Get Shorty) and Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex) adapt John Grogan’s novel about his family’s pet, a Labrador retriever named Marley. Both journalists, John (Owen Wilson) and wife Jennifer (Jennifer Aniston) agree that Marley is “the world’s worst dog.” Ultimately, though, the film makes a point that every pet owner long ago took as gospel: A family doesn’t begin and end with merely its two-legged members.

Milk Like Good Night, and Good Luck (another movie exploring right-wing zealots and their scapegoats), Milk expertly mixes archival footage with the dramatic recreations, and the climactic candlelight vigil is so expertly handled that it’s inspiring in both its artistic expression and emotional impact. As Milk, Sean Penn delivers the performance of his career, and he’s backed by a superlative cast containing only one weak link: Diego Luna as Milk’s insecure lover, Jack Lira (James Franco fares much better as Harvey’s previous lover, Scott Smith). cs

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Activism & Politics AMBUCS

is dedicated to creating mobility and independence of the disabled. Meets first and third Monday at noon. Ann Johnson, 897-4818. First and Third Mon. of every month. Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Midtown, 6711 Abercorn St.

Chatham County Campaign For Liberty

A group that is carrying the torch that Ron Paul lit for freedom and liberty. Mitch Anderson, 695-7746, or visit www.campaignforliberty. com/usa/GA/Chatham/ for dates, time sand meeting place.

Coastal Democrats

Contact Maxine Harris at 352-0470 or R1999MHAR@aol.com. Chatham County Democratic Headquarters, 109 W. Victory Dr. 912-7908683. www.chathamdems.com/

Drinking Liberally

An informal gathering of left-leaners. august1494@excite.com or www.DrinkingLiberally. org.

League of Women Voters

meets first Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in Room 3, Candler Heart and Lung Building.

Must be 18 or older. First Mon. of every month.

Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

Savannah Area Young Republicans

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

Classes & Workshops 700 Kitchen Cooking School

will offer hands-on educational/entertaining cooking classes at the Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St. The cost of each class is $90 per person. Call 238-5158 or visit http:// www.700kitchen.com. Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton Street. 912-238-5158. www. mansiononforsythpark.com

AARP Driver Safety Class

Feb. 1 and 2, 1-5pm. Participants must attend both classes. $10. 355-8111. Through Feb. 1.

Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. 912-355-8111. www.savj.org/

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

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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.

African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers. Classes are held every Sunday - drums at 4pm, dance at 5pm at 607 W. 37th St. $10/class. ayoluwa.org, 844-2582. Rhythms of West Africa, 607 W. 37th St.

An Irish Barbershop Sampler

The Moon River Chorus is sponsoring a free 8-week barbershop music seminar for area ladies who enjoy singing Thursdays 6:30-7:30pm Jan. 15 to March 5. 927-2651. Through March 5.

Whitefield United Methodist Church, 728 E. 55th Street. 912-355-8420. www.whitefieldumc.com/

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.

Classes, 5225 Skidaway Rd.

Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching

for all age groups, beginners through advanced, classic, modern, jazz improvisation and theory. Serious inquiries only. 961-7021 or 667-1056.

Artist’s Way Workshop

Explore your creativity Tuesdays 5-6:30pm in a 12-week program. Ongoing Enrollment.

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Beading Classes

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. Bead Dreamer Studio, 407 A East Montgomery Crossroads. 912-920-6659. www.beaddreamer.com

Careers in Transition: Practical Strategies for Tough Economic Times Practical help and hope for those looking for or changing jobs Friday and Saturday, Jan. 16-17.

Friday evening 6-9pm and Saturday morning 9 a.m.–12:30pm. Free and open to the public. www.savannahchristian.com, 629-3356. Through Feb. 16. Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson B;vd.

Children’s Art Classes

for grades 1-5 offer basic art, clay and mixed media on Wednesdays from 4-5:30 p.m. Cost is $65 per 5 weeks, basics supplied. Teen Class meets Thursday 4-6 p.m. Cost is $75 per 5 weeks, most supplies furnished. Savannah Art and Clay Creations, contact carolynegraham@ aol.com or 925-7393.

Construction Apprentice Program

is a free 16-week training program for men and women interested in gaining construction skills for career level jobs in construction. Earn a technical certificate of credit with no cost for trainingk, books or tools. Provided t hrough a collaboration of Chatham County, the Homebuilders Association of Savannah, Savannah Technical Eollege and Step Up Savannah’s Poverty Reduction Initiative. To apply, call Tara H. Sinclair at 604-9574.

Conversational Spanish

Do you want to practice your Spanish? Come to the mesa de espanol the second Thursday and last Friday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For information, send e-mail to cafecontigo@gmail.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. 912-232-4447. www.sentientbean.com

Credit and Money Management 12 Hour Seminar

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Contact Carmen at 826-6263 or 484-1266.

Effingham YMCA, 1224 Patriot Dr.

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

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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.

Financial Peace University

Dave Ramsey’s 13-week money management course Sundays at 4pm. $100. 412.8080.

Through Jan. 28. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St.

Free swimming lessons

The Savannah Storm Swim Team is giving free swim lessons to any child between the ages 7 to 18. An adult must accompany any child or children under 10. Send e-mail with contact info to: thesavannahstorm@gmail.com.

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 352-3862 or visit www.libertytax.com.

French Conversation Group

Forming group to practice conversational French over dinner once a month, determined according to group preferences. Only cost is the meal. 224-2120.

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.

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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.

Introduction to (Vipassana) Mindfulness Meditation

An ongoing class for beginners and experienced practitioners that offers a weekly interactive talk on the foundations of the practice of Mindfulness Meditation, followed by a period of meditation. Mondays 6-7:30pm.

307 E. Harris St. Drop-ins, $14, 8-week package $80. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach. 429-7265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com.

Lost Ancient Art of Essential Oils, Aromatherapy and Plant Medicines

will be held at Southern Hemisphere, 41 Habersham St. Donation. meetup.com/SavannahEnergyHealers/. Southern Hemisphere, 41 Habersham St.

Mrs. Claus

A retired school teacher, Mrs. Claus is available for the holidays to all retirement centers, hospitals, day-care centers, churches, schools and private parties. Linda Luke, 349-0521.

Oatland Island Wildlife Center

Oatland island Wildlife Center has a new name, but still offers 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 Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. www.oatlandisland.org. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. 912-898-3980. www.oatlandisland.org/

One Party for Everything

One party for makeup, lingerie, candles and toys. Refreshments served. Free consults.

604-5639. mimi5639@gmail.com.

Georgetown Playgroup

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Professional MBA Cohort

Meet the first and third Thursday of the month from 9:30-11am at the Northside clubhouse in Georgetown. Free.

BOAN Consults, LLC sponsors monthly workshops. Call 398-8148 or email info@ boanconsults.com.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let the recession get you down. Meet with others from all industries, to learn & implement a 28-day marketing program.

Tuesdays 7:30-8:30am or 4:30-5:30pm. $25 per week. 1st meeting free. RSVP 912-2363660. International Center for Leadership & Coaching, 236-3660. 236-236-3660. www. internationalcoach.org/

Mercer Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics will hold sessions about the 16-month Professional Master of Business Administration degree. The first is Jan. 31, 10am, the second is Feb. 2, 2-5 pm.

RSVP to the Maritza Ferreira,(678)547-6421 or ferreira_me@mercer.edu, or online at www. mercer.edu/adultprograms. Through Feb. 2.

Desoto Hilton, 15 E. Liberty St. 912- 232-9000.

Golf Instruction

Reasonable hourly rates and lesson packages for individuals and groups. Anthony Tavernier, USGTF Certified Instructor, 247-8687.

Growing Shiitake and Other Gourmet Mushrooms Workshop

Daniel Parson will conduct a class on growing shiitake mushrooms on natural logs in the Southeast. Jan. 31, noon -4 pm. The Trusteesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Garden, 10 East Broad St. $65. www.georgiaorganics.org. Through Jan. 31. Trustees Garden, 88 Randolph St. www.trusteesgarden. com

Highest Praise Dance and Piano Classes Classes offered in piano and dance for Pre-K - 6th grade beginning Jan 20 at 5pm. 9278601. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd.

Highest Praise School of the Arts Winter 2009

Classes in piano and dance for Pre-K-6th grade Tuesdays and Thursdays. Piano classes Wednesdays at 6 p.m. 927-8601, www.overcomingbyfaith.org. Through April 2. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd.

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

Puppet Shows

are offered by St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center for schools, day cares, libraries, churches, community events and fairs. Call 447-6605. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. 912-447-6605. www.sjchs.org/1844.cfm

Savannah Conservatory for the Performing Arts

Low cost instruction in a group lesson format.

Classes in drama, dance, percussion, woodwinds, brass, strings, piano, vocals, guitar, visual arts and music theory Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30, 6:30 or 7:30pm. $60 per quarter. 352-8366, tsaconservatory@bellsouth. net. Salvation Army Community Center, 3000 Bee Rd.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

offers a variety of business classes. It is located at 801 E. Gwinnett St. Call 652-3582.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street. 912-652-3582.

Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes

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

“Handmade at SCAD” is a series of community education workshops open to the public ages 15 and up Jan. 24-March 21. Costs range from $55 to $145 depending on materials, with all materials provided. 525.5123, www.scad.edu/ce.

Through March 21.

Spanish Basic Classes

Overcoming by Faith Ministries offers 6-week classes open to all ages. Classes fill fast so register at www.overcomingbyfaith.org or call 927-8601. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd.

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 Space as Needed

for teachers, instructors, trainers, body-work therapists or organizations. Available by the class/session, day, week or Tony, 655-4591.

Teen Art & Clay Classes

Explore a variety of materials in this class specifically designed for teenage art students, taught by former middle school art teacher Carolyne Graham Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

The cost is $75 for 5 weeks of instruction. Call 925-7393 or 925-5465.

The Creative Coast IT Connection

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. Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E Liberty Street. 912-2324700. www.sbacsav.com/

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/

Upward Co-ed Basketball Clinic

Free for kids Pre-K-6th grade, Jan. 31, 10am.

927-8601. Through Jan. 31. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd.

Vocal Classes

The Highest Praise School of the Arts is accepting applicants for the 2008 Vocal Basics Classes.

To register visit overcomingbyfaith.org or call 927-8601 for more info. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd.

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. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St. 912-651-7700. www.uwce.org/

Weather Spotter Training

The Chatham Emergency Management Agency and The National Weather Service will offer a class February 19. Contact Dustin Hetzel at djhetzel@chathamcounty.org by February 18.

Through Feb. 18.

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. The Freight Station, 703 Louisville Rd.

Wicca 101

An introductory class every Thurday at 7pm at Southern Hemisphere Metaphysical Books, Gifts & More, 41 Habersham St. $15. 234-6371.

Southern Hemisphere, 41 Habersham St.

Beginners Belly Dance Class

Classes are ongoing and all ages and skill levels welcome. Sunday. 11:40-12:40am. $10 per class, walk-ins welcome. Nicole Edge, kleokatt@ gmail.com or 596-0889. Tantra Lounge, 8 East Broughton Street.

Belly Dance Classes

Taught by Nocturnelle. Contact Maya,313-1619, nocturnellegbd@yahoo.com or www.nocturnelle. org.

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. com.. Life Moves Dance Studio, 10747 Ford Ave. 912-756-8482. lifemovesdancestudio.com

C.C. Express Dance Team

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.

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. Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Windsor Forest.

Dance

Every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Also learn new line dances. Contact Tunya Coleman at 6316700.

Youth Art & Clay Classes

African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers. Classes are held every Sunday - drums at 4pm, dance at 5pm at 607 W. 37th St. $10/class. ayoluwa.org, 844-2582. Rhythms of West Africa, 607 W. 37th St.

Chicago-Style Steppin’ Lessons

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.

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Thursday, Feb. 5, 5:30-7:30pm, an evening of networking, IT style. Through Feb. 5. Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 111 West Bay Street. 7214800.

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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.

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Classes in piano and dance for Pre-K-6th grade Tuesdays and Thursdays. Piano classes Wednesdays at 6 p.m. 927-8601, www.overcomingbyfaith.org. Through April 2. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd.

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. Nassau Woods Recreation Building, Dean Forest Road.

Islands Dance Academy and the Savannah Danse Theatre

Adult Ballet technique class, Tuesday and Thursday 10-11:30am. $15 a class or $95 for 8 classes. Men’s technique ballet class ages 12 and up, Fridays 4-5:30pm. $15 a class.

Scholarships available. Partnering class Friday 5:30-6:30pm, free for men who take the technique class. Other classes: Adult Beginner- Intermediate Ballet, 7:30-8:30pm Monday and Thursday; Ballet, tap and jazz classes. 897-2102. Islands Dance Academy, 610 Quarterman Dr. 912-897-2100.

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Kelly/Creek Studio

Ballet, pointe, tap, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, musical theater, partnering, and contemporary movement. Offering classes to all, ages 3 and up. 756.7426. kellycreekstudios.com

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes.

All ages and all levels are welcome. Call Mahogany B. at 272-8329.

Pole Dancing Class

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 off is your shoes. Classes are held Wendesdays at 7:30pm and on Fridays by request. Private parties available. Space is limited call in advance to make your reservation. $70 per month or $22 per class. Please call for further details 912-224-9667 or visit www.fitnessbodybalance.com. Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio, 2209 Rowland Ave, Suite 2.

Savannah Shag Club

offers shag music every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 36 on Victory Drive. American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. 912-351-9033. www.legion.org/

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.

Swing Dancing by Savannah Swing Catz www.toothpastefordinner.com

Free lesson and dance every Monday, 7:308pm lesson, 8-10pm open dancing. Tantra Lounge. 220-8096, info@SavannahSwingcatz.

com. Free swing dance lesson and dance every Monday, 7:30-8pm, dancing from 8-10pm.

Tantra Lounge 8 E. Broughton St. Free. 2208096, info@SavannahSwingcatz.com. Tantra Lounge, 8 East Broughton Street.

The STUDIO

offers Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Tap and Contemporary. Now accepting applications.

Ages 7 and up must arrange a placement audition class. Adult Ballet with Karen Burns is Mon.Thurs. at 11 a.m. and Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and Adult Tap with Pat Alley is now signing up. Veronica Niebuhr, 695-9149, www. thestudiosav.com or thestudidosav@aol.com.

The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Avenue. 912-3568383. 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.

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/

Acupuncture for Health

is available Monday thru Saturday at Hidden Well Acupuncture Center downtown.

Traditional Chinese medical consultations and treatments are available with Fawn Smiley and Nicole Coughlin Ware. 233-9123, www.hiddenwellacupuncturecenter.com or hiddenwellacupuncture@gmail.com. Hidden Well Acupuncture Center, 318 East Huntingdon Street.

Ashram Savannah Yoga Co Op

Discounted class prices, open studio time and special events. www.ashramsavannah.com.

Ashram Savannah, 2424 Drayton St.

Belly Dance for Fitness

Every Sunday from 12:50-1:50pm. $10 per classe, walk-ins welcome. Nicole Edge 5960889, kleokatt@gmail.com Tantra Lounge, 8 East Broughton Street.

Belly Dancing for Fun and Fitness

Colorful veils, jangling coin hip scarves, jingly rattling bracelets, exotic music are provided.

Held Tuesdays at 1 pm and Saturdays at 3pm, cost is $20 per class. consistantintegrity@ yahoo.com.

Cardiorespiratory Endurence Training

will be offered by Chatham County Park Services for persons 18 and up at Tom Triplett Park on Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 8-9 a.m. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and will be required to sign a waiver form before participating. All classes are free. Call 652-6780 or 965-9629. Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West. 912-652-6780.

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes

are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 8196463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

Crossfit Hyperformance

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meets mormings at 6:30am at Crossfit Hyperformance. Visit www.crossfirhyperformance.com. or call Jennifer at 224-0406 or Drew at 541-0530.

Crossfit Hyperformance, 904 E 70th Street.

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.

Extreme Makeover Challenge

Dr. Mark Domanski, Jan. 31, 9:30am-1pm. Topics will include exercise, the 5 Essentials, lower cholesterol and decrease blood pressure and more. $25. 353-7611, 441-7611, maximizedlivingdrdomanski.com. Through Jan. 31. Holiday Inn Savannah Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St.

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. Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio, 2209 Rowland Ave, Suite 2.

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

Hip Hop Cardio

Monday and Thursday from 5:30-6:30pm. Taught

by Mahogany. Registration is $40. $20 per month for members and $30 per month for non-members. West Broad Street YMCA, 1110 May St.

Kidz Fitness

an ongoing aerobic fitness class for children 6-13 with weight concerns. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-5:45 p.m. at the Candler Hospital Wellness Center. Children must be members of the Candler Wellness Center.

819-8800. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www.sjchs.org/

Ladies Livin Smart fitness club

provides nutritional education and exercise to encourage lifestyle changes at the St. Joseph’s/ Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. at 5:30 p.m. Call 447-6605. Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. 912-447-6605. www.sjchs.org/1844.cfm

Learn Kung Fu Today

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, 4299241, youtube.com “Kung Fu in Savannah.” The Temple of Martial Arts, 407 E Montgomery Cross Rd, Ste B.

Martial Arts

For ages 7 to adult, taught by S.T. Morgan Wednesday and Friday 5:30-6:30pm and 6:307:30pm. Registration, $40. $20 per month for

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ARIES

(March 21-April 19) Don’t tell me you have nothing to be thankful for, Aries. Your parents could have named you “Hooligan” or “Lightsaber” or “Flu,” and they didn’t. There are no photos floating around the Internet that show you riding a pig in the nude. No one has ever broken up with you via text message. Now please keep going in the direction I’ve pointed you. Count your blessings up to at least 101. Create an ongoing list of all the things in your life that work pretty well and make you feel at home in the world. Why do this now? Because it’s Massive Explosions of Gratitude Week for you -- a time when you can attract even more good fortune into your life by aggressively identifying the good fortune you already enjoy.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20) Sometimes a great idea whose time has come springs up in two or more places at once. In the 1850s, for instance, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace independently happened upon some of the key concepts of evolution. And in the 1840s, mathematicians Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams virtually duplicated each other’s predictions of the previously unknown planet Neptune, although they knew nothing about each other’s work. I suspect a similar phenomenon is about to happen in your own sphere, Taurus. Act fast if you’d like to get as much credit as you deserve, like Darwin and Le Verrier, and not suffer the fate of Wallace and Adams, whose efforts were more invisible.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20) Before she died at the age of 101, photographer Ruth Bernhard attributed her longevity to her restlessness. “Never get used to anything,” she advised. I recommend that approach to you right now, Gemini. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when thinking big and wild and free will be rewarded. To improve your physical health and boost your mental hygiene, unfamiliarize yourself with the people and things you’ve grown accustomed to. Sneak away from your habits. Disrupt and tamper with your normal responses. Find

good excuses to be unpredictable.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22) “We are all stupid,” wrote Mark Twain, “just on different subjects.”

Ain’t that the truth? Sometimes I get overwhelmed when I think about all the blanks in my education and the ignorance that pockmarks my understanding. The good news for me -- and for all of you, my fellow Cancerians -- is that we’re now in an astrological phase that’s ideal for getting a crash course in any subject we’re dumb about. If you’re brave and humble, you could fix several holes in your intelligence.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22) You should definitely not attempt to re-route a mighty river anytime soon. I don’t recommend trying to change the location of a mountain, either, or commanding the wind to obey you, or shooting a flaming arrow at the sun. On the other hand, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to turn one of your so-called liabilities into an asset or use a stumbling block as a shield. And you might have pretty good luck if you try to convert an adversary into an ally or move sideways in order to advance your pet cause. In conclusion, Leo, seek modest gains that involve reversals and switcheroos.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture,” said author Fran Lebowitz, “you would pretty much be left with [the TV game show] ‘Let’s Make A Deal.’” That’s an exaggeration, of course, but it contains a large grain of truth.

I offer this as a prod for you to deepen your understanding of the complexities of gender, Virgo.

Astrologically speaking, it’s an excellent time to do so. If you identify yourself as a heterosexual, meditate on the qualities you express that are commonly thought of as the specialty of the opposite sex.

Consider the possibility that you are actually 65 percent female, 25 percent male, and 10 percent neither, or maybe 15 percent female, 70 percent male, and 15 percent transgender. If you regard yourself

as gay, explore the hypothesis that a part of you is secretly kind of straight. Open your mind to the possibility that human beings come in hundreds of different genders.

a lot of ideas and feelings in order to uncover the understandings that should be at the root of your next moves.

HAPPENINGS

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Studies suggest that one out of every 10 men and one out of every 20 women carry around an excess of anger -- so much so that they’re capable of damaging property in an outburst.

If you’re one of these rage-aholics, Capricorn, you now have a window of opportunity to calm way, way down. The cosmos is conspiring to relieve you of a significant amount of your chronic aggravation. And even if you’re not among the world’s most furious people, I hope you will take advantage of this grace period. You have the power to purge at least 20 percent of the ever-simmering agitation that you accept as normal. How to begin?

Meditate on what it would mean for you to love yourself better.

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(Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Poet Jack Spicer was a native Californian who wrote most of his poetry while living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He did, however, spend a short time on the East Coast. “Like most primitive cultures,” he reported after returning home, “New York has no feeling for nonsense.” I don’t agree with that assessment. Some of the best nonsense I ever experienced transpired during a November night in 2005 on New York’s West 23rd Street. In any case, Libra, your assignment in the coming week is to avoid primitive environments that have no feeling for nonsense.

You need a maximum dose of silly, goofy, loopy bursts of diversion.

I promise it’ll make you both smarter and wiser.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your world is going to get very wet in the coming days. At least I hope it will. There are wrong moves you could make that would keep things pretty dry, or else move you away from the imminent deluge. But I hope you will go with the cosmic flow and allow yourself to get the full benefit of the replenishing flood.

In my astrological opinion, you need to feel the deep moisture that’s beyond language. You need to be carried along in the fertile surge and returned to the source of your emotional life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

“If your actions speak louder than words,” rants TV pundit Stephen Colbert, “then you’re not yelling loudly enough.” That’s a funnier variant of the advice I have for you, Sagittarius, which is as follows: The coming week is a time for crafty talk, not impulsive deeds; a time for intense discussion, not brash exploits. Engaging in almost any kind of negotiation, even if it’s heated and convoluted, is better than leaping into an adventure prematurely. It’s my opinion that you and yours will have to express

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “The seed cannot sprout upwards without simultaneously sending roots into the ground,” says an ancient Egyptian proverb. Keep that thought in mind as you head into the thick of your new phase of growth, Aquarius. What part of you needs to deepen as you rise up? What growth needs to unfold in the hidden places as you gravitate toward the light? How can you go about balancing and stabilizing your ascension with a downward penetration?

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20) According to Harper’s Index, an Iowa farmer can generate an annual revenue of $300 per quarter acre by growing corn to produce ethanol. If the farmer instead puts a wind turbine on that same patch of land, however, he could earn $10,000 per year. I urge you to meditate on that scenario as a metaphor for your own life, Pisces.

Are you underutilizing one of your resources? Are you failing to fully capitalize on your potentials? Have you accepted a low-yield reward in a situation that could bring you much, much more? If so, what are you going to do about it?

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members and $30 per month for non-members.

West Broad Street YMCA, 1110 May St.

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, 1321 Bull 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/

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/

Private Kung Fu Classes

offered at the Temple of Martial Arts, Savannah’sonly Wing Chun and Tai Chi Kung Fu School. SiFu Michael,429-9241, www.youtube. com “Kung Fu in Savannah” . The Temple of Martial Arts, 407 E Montgomery Cross Rd, Ste B.

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Tai Chi Classes

Reiki Treatments

Tai Chi Relaxation Class

Reiki can assist in healing the emotional, mental, physical and spiritual bodies, increase connection and awareness with the higher self and the universe. Classes are 1-6 pm at Southern Hemisphere, 41 Habersham St. $200.00. 2346371. Southern Hemisphere, 41 Habersham St. 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

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 is held Sundays from 3-4:30 p.m. at The Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Rd., Whitemarsh Center.

898-0361 or www.thesavannahyogaroomm. com. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr. 912-898-0361. www.thesavannahyogaroom.com/

for posture, chronic pain and alignment of body/mind/spirit. Jeannie Kelley, LMT, certified advanced Rolf practitioner. www.islandsomatherapy.com, 843-422-2900. Island Somatherapy, 127 Abercorn Street.

The Yoga Room

Learn Salsa “Rueda de Casino” style every Wednesday, from 6-7pm Beginner, 7-8pm Intermediate, at the Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. Grace, 234-6183 or Juan, 330-5421. Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St.

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.

North Beach, Tybee Island.

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/

Effective for everyone, regardless of size, strength or gender. Developed by women, for women, and geared for smaller or weaker individuals to enable themselves to defend against strong or aggressive attackers. Temple of Martial Arts, $75 a month for 12 sessions.

429-9241. youtube.com “Kung Fu in Savannah.”

The Temple of Martial Arts, 407 E Montgomery Cross Rd, Ste B.

Salsa Classes

Savannah Yoga Center

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.

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

Wing Chun Kung Fu

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 at the Telfair!

will begin Jan. 17. Savannah Yoga Center director Kelley Boyd will guide the class through beginner and intermediate yoga positions while incorporating various aspects of the artwork on display. Bring a yoga mat and towel, and dress appropriately. Saturdays at 9:45am. Drop-ins welcome. $14 per session. 790-8823. will begin Jan. 17. Savannah Yoga Center director Kelley Boyd will guide the class through beginner and intermediate yoga positions while incorporating various aspects of the artwork on display. Bring a yoga mat and towel, and dress appropriately.

Saturdays at 9:45am. Drop-ins welcome. $14 per session. 790-8823. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 York St. 912-790-8800. www.telfair.org/

Yoga In the Park

Presented by the Savannah Food Coop, a paywhat-you-can yoga class in the south field of Forsyth Park. Bring a large towel or yoga mat.

Wednesdays 9:30-10:45am. Pay-what-youcan/$12 suggested, www.savannahcoop.com.

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

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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. Gay AA, 311 E. Macon St.

Georgia Equality Savannah

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

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. org. First City Network, 307 E Harris St. 912236-CITY. www.firstcitynetwork.net/

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.

Religious & Spiritual 2009 JEA Shabbaton

A joint Shabbat service, a gourmet kosher dinner and guest speaker Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul.

Jan. 30, Shabbat service 6pm, dinner 7pm, guest speaker 8 pm. $18 adults and $5 ages 12 and under. 355-8111. Through Jan. 30. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. 912-3558111. www.savj.org/

Calling All Christians

Open prayer will be held the second Thursday of the month from 4-4:20 p.m. at the Forsyth Park fountain. Call Suzanne at 232-3830. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. 912-233-6800.

Chanted Office of Compline

The Service of Compline, ”Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ Church Savannah, located on Johnson Square. Christ Church, 28 Bull St. 232-4131.

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/

Dance Up The Praise

Several Christian performing arts groups will gather to praise God through dance. Jan. 31, 7-9:30pm. Fresh Fire From Heaven Christian Church, 912 Drayton St. Free. 925-1149. Through Jan. 31. Fresh Fire From Heaven Christian Church, 912 Drayton St.

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DrUUming Circle

is held the first 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 (Vipassana) Mindfulness Meditation

An ongoing class for beginners and experienced practitioners that offers a weekly interactive talk on the foundations of the practice of Mindfulness Meditation, followed by a period of meditation.

Mondays 6-7:30pm. 307 E. Harris St. Drop-ins, $14, 8-week package $80. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach. 429-7265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com.

Mindfulness Meditation, 307 E. Harris St.

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 o advanced meditators unite to practice meditation and discuss metaphysics, holistic approach to healing, Reiki, Chakras, energy work and Spirit Connection. www.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/

Music Ministry for Children & Youth

at White Bluff United Methodist Church is now known as Pneuma, the Greek work for breath.

“Every breath we take is the breath of God.” The children’s choir for 3 years through second grade will be known as Joyful Noise and the youth choir grades 3-5 will be known as Youth Praise. Joyful Noise will meet Sundays from 4-5 p.m. and Youth Praise will meet Sundays from 5-6 p.m. Call Ronn Alford at 925-9524 or visit www.wbumc.org. White Bluff United Methodist Church, 11911 White Bluff Rd. 912-925-5924. www.wbumc.org/

Nicodemus by Night

An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St. Nicodemus by Night, 223 E. Gwinnett St.

Noonday Downtown Bible Study

with Pastor Ricky Temple every Wednesday at noon. Free lunch provided. 927-8601, www. overcomingbyfaith.org. 927-8601 , Through May 27. Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull Street. 912-2337764. www.savannahtheatre.com

Psych-K Workshop

Learn a technique through hands-on practice that you can apply to relationships, productivity, prosperity, health, grief and more. Saturday April 4, 9am–4pm and Sunday April 5, 9am–10:30am and 1:15pm–5pm at Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. $350 or $250 with “bring a buddy” discount. 355-4704, www.unitysavannah.org, http://home.hiwaay.net/~north/ or Marguerite Berrigan at 247-6484. Through April 4. Unity

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18 It may take many people to clean them up 19 Supervisor 20 Punch-to-the-gut noise 21 Lawn ornaments with hats 23 Gorbachev was its last leader: abbr.

25 Keep in place, like an article of clothing 29 Maine resident’s swamps?

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40 Annual plant that produces many future plants, as its name would suggest 41 Home theater component, maybe 42 Quaint, in a rural kind of way 45 No. on a business card 46 Green movement’s concern: abbr.

47 Sweep up, say 53 Lazy place to store your tools in the kitchen?

56 Dinner mix with a glove on the box 57 Barely manages, with “out” 58 Flat boats 59 ___-cone (carnival treat) 60 Airport security org.

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47 WWW address 48 Doesn’t guzzle 49 Fifty-fifty 50 Inflatable bed company 51 “I ___ debt of gratitude to...”

52 Chivas USA’s sports org.

54 Monogram of the United States’ fattest president 55 ___ Moines, Iowa

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certificate and be eligible for certification by the alliance. The cost for the entire course is $1,500.

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Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. 912-3554704. www.unityofsavannah.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/

Realizing The God Within

A series of Metaphysical/New Thought classes presented by The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, featuring metaphysical minister and local author Adeeb Shabazz. Mondays at 8pm.

Suggested donation $10. The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, 619 W 37th St. 877-4948629. www.freedompathonline.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 Black Heritage Festival: A Festival of Hymns and Hymn Stories Used in the African American Church

Experience traditional African-American hymns in a participatory workshop with Rev. Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones. Jan. 31, 10 am-12:30pm. Free.

Through Jan. 31. St. Philip AME Church, 613 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Seek with your Own Eyes

Help in matters of money, love, health and life.

604-5639 or caraleri5@gmail.com.

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.

Stand for Peace

A sllent witness for peace that will be held in Johnson Square the fourth Sunday of every month from 1-2pm until the occupation ends.

Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Social Justice and Action Committee. 224-7456, 231-2252, 234-0980, uusavannah.org Johnson Square, Bull & Abercorn Sts.

The Savannah Zen Center

Located at 307 E. Harris St. Soto Zen Meditation offered weekday mornings 7:30-8:30am; Tuesday evenings 6-6:30pm with Study Group following from 6:30-7:30pm; Friday evenings from 6-6:30pm. Sundays from 9-10:30am which includes a Dharma talk. Donations accepted.

Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, 429-7265, cindy@ alwaysoptions.com. The Savannah Zen Center, 307 E. Harris St.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved

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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. Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church, 707 Harmon St.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Sunday, 11 am, Troup Square Sanctuary.

234-0980, admin@uusavannah.org or www. uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www. uusavannah.org

Unitarian Universalist Men’s Group

An opportunity to meet with men and as a group explore men’s spirituality while offering social support in a safe atmosphere. Meets weekly to discuss a predetermined topic. Also plans outside activities or participates in activities as a group. Refreshments or dinner is served at each meeting. Visit http://men.meetup.com/46/ or contact Mike Freeman at 441-0328 or Dicky Trotter at 665-4488. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www. uusavannah.org

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.

Spiritual Tapas offers something different every Saturday at 6:15 p.m.: spiritual movies, discussion groups, guided meditations, great music and all things metaphysical. www.unitysavannah.org Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. 912-355-4704. www.unityofsavannah.org/

Wicca 101

An introductory class every Thurday at 7pm at Southern Hemisphere Metaphysical Books, Gifts & More, 41 Habersham St. $15. 234-6371.

Southern Hemisphere, 41 Habersham St.

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/

You ARE All That! Realiziing The God Within

A series of metaphysical/New Thought classes at The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, 619 W 37th St., Mondays 8pm, with Adeeb Shabazz. $10, 1-877-494-8629, www.freedompathonline. org, freedompath@yshoo.com. The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, 619 W 37th St.

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Visit www.alzga.org or call 920-2231. Skidaway United Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway. 912) 598-8460. www.siumc.org/

Savannah Disc Golf Club

Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers. Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.

Lessons and games every Saturday, 10am in Bluffton, SC. Horses and all equipment provided. $75. Bryce Gill, 843-442-7963. holds an Open Doubles Tournament at 1 p.m. each Saturday at Tom Triplett Park on U.S. 80 between Dean Forest Road and Interstate 95.

New players a Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West. 912-652-6780.

Support Groups Abstinence Program

Hope House of Savannah provides support for students between the ages of 13 to 19. Snacks and transportation provided. Call 236-5310.

Hope House of Savannah, 214 E. 34th St.

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. Ranicki Chiropractic Complex, 1147 W. Highway 80.

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. Goodwill Industries, 7220 Sallie Mood Dr.

Al-Anon Meetings

Meetings for families and friends of alcoholics are held every Monday and Wednesday at 5:30pm and Saturday at 11am. Melissa, 8444524. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. 912-354-7615. www.fpc.presbychurch. net

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. Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd.

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.

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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 Surgery Post-Operative Band Support Group

Call 350-3438 or visit bariatrics.memorialhealth. com. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue. 912-350-8000. www. memorialhealth.com/

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/

Better Breathers support group

meets to discuss and share information on C.O.P.D. and how people live with this disease.

Contact Dicky at 665-4488 or dickyt1954@yahoo. com.

Bipolar Support Group

John J. Dunn, Ph.D., is interested in hearing from people who want to participate in a bipolar support group. Call 692-1230 after 6 p.m.

Cancer support group

meets every third Tuesday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. The group is open to anyone who is living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-3360. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave.

Caring for Us

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

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Washer/Dryer Connections: 475/month deposit required. Washer/dryer furnished: $500/month, deposit required.

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Spacious, clean 3BR, 1.5 BA, large kitchen, living room with gas logs, CH&A, laundry, double garage, new carpet, storage, large yard, great area, no pets, $775/rent+deposit.

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HALCYON BLUFF SUBDIVISION -Available Now!

with fireplace and vaulted ceiling, separate dining area and eatin kitchen, screened porch, 1 car garage. $1000/month. Call Linda Kelly, ERA Kelly & Fischer 660-8777 or 927-1088, Owner/agent.

Unique executive style 3 bedroom/2 bath home with sunken living room, new wood floors, new interior/exterior paint, dishwasher, ceiling fans, garage, Central H & A/C. $1149/per month, $1399/security deposit.

No indoor pets. No smoking. 920-1936 House for rent 4BR/2ba, 2-story, 1123 E 32nd St. $700/month, $700/deposit, Call anytime, Tammy: 224-0985 HOUSE FOR RENT: 643 West 40th Lane (between Burroughs & Florence). 3 bedrooms with central heating & air. $730/month.

Call 912-844-0694 or 508-2397 LANDINGS: 3BR/2.5BA Contemporary on golf course. Immediate possession. $1500/month plus deposit.

Call 912-660-7773

LEWIS PROPERTIES

897-1984, 8am-7pm HOUSES/DUPLEXES:

Lamarville

NEAR LIBERTY CITY (WESTSIDE) *1924 & 1934 Fenwick Ave: 2BR/1BA duplexes $550/month *1921-A Fenwick Avenue: 3BR/1BA. $650/month The above have CH&A, washer/dryer connections, carpet, fenced yard. None total electric. Application-$20, References and 1yr. Lease and Option to Buy. Pets negotiable. 897-1984 MOBILE HOMES: Available for rent. Located in mobile home park.

Starting at $450 per month and up.

912-658-4462 or 925-1831.

MONTHLY SPECIALS

One, two and three bedroom apt & houses, located throughout Savannah. Monthly special.

Section 8 welcome.

272-6820

NEW 3-BEDROOM, 2 BATH HOME on Southside. 7304 Garfield Street for Rent, Lease Purchase or Sale.

Call: 706-742-5465 or 706-247-5057

Newly Renovated Bungalow

Two bedroom/one bath.

Central heat/air. Fenced yard. Detached garage.

Washer/dryer hookups.

Convenient location. $775/month. 927-7565.

NEW YEAR’S SPECIAL!

With deposit and 1st month’s rent paid, January is Free!

Oak Forest Apts. 2BR/1 Bath Semken Street 2BR/1 Bath 209 Wesley St. 3BR House

Call 927-4383

NICE 3BR HOME, 1 acre lot, new carpet, appliances, mini-blinds, porches, heat & air, total electric. $700/month.

912-884-5359 or 912-977-1416 NICELY FURNISHED APARTMENT on bus line, private entrance, adjoining bathroom, mini-kitchen, phone, cable, internet, washer & dryer. $145/week $522/month.

Other Rooms and Apartments available.

Mon-Sat. 912-231-9464.

OFF MONTGOMERY CROSSROADS: 1203 Amy Street. 2BR/1BA, central heat/air, furnished kitchen, w/d hookup. $600/month, $600/security dep.

Call 912-308-0957

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ONE AND TWO bedroom apartments. $390-$600.

Southside, island, midtown.

Hassell Realty.

912-234-1291

MOVE-IN SPECIAL Great Southside Location - 8 Sycamore Court, located off Whitfield Ave on a quiet culde-sac with a large backyard, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, totally remodeled with new paint and flooring throughout. Living area

Loft-style apt only $570 a month! Convenient southside location. Dishwasher & W/D connections. MOVE IN NOW. Moss Gate Apts., 10600 Abercorn St., 920-8005.

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for rent 855 ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH on Beech Street, Off of Pennsylvania. All utilities and cable included. $550/month.

Call 912441-6808.

On the Westside off Haslam. RENTAL SPECIAL: 3BR/1BA ceramic tile throughout, central heat/air, total electric.

Country setting, large fenced-in yard, washer/dryer connection, stove and refrigerator included. 1/2 off 1st month’s rent. Section 8 welcome. Call for more information, 272-6820 or 844-5996

PARADISE PARK AREAAvailable Now! Conveniently located 3 bedroom/2 bath home with lot of closets - living room, dining room, eat-in kitchen, laundry room, garage, and utility room. Newly painted, new wood floors, plus ceiling fans and Central Heat & A/C. $949/per month, $989/security deposit.

Min. 1yr lease required.

Military or police discounts available. Near schools & HAAF. No indoor pets. No smoking.

920-1936 RICHMOND HILL: 314 Rice Gate Drive.

3BR/2BA, 1-car garage, new carpet, fresh paint. $1000/month plus dep. 727-3106 RINCON: 3BR/2BA w/fireplace, island kitchen, 2-car garage, all appliances. Very clean, nice yard. In subdivision, close to schools and shopping $900/month, $900/deposit. No Section 8.

912-667-7280.

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SECTION 8, 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. $500 PLUS WATER. CALL 925-3471 OR 596-7021

ONE BEDROOM

Section 8 3BR/2BA, 221 W 39th St, total of 7 rooms + kitchen and 2 b at h s, CH&A $850/month.

843-384-0328

Southside townhouse, 3BR/2.5BA, fenced patio, Largo Villas at corner of Largo & Tibet, $850/month 1-yr lease+ deposit. 925-4393

WELCOME SECTION 8

6 ABBEY COURT-Wilmington Park 3BR Split Plan for Rent $1175/mo. or Roommate needed for $400/month. Call Michele Gutting 912-663-8592 or Re/Max Savannah 912-355-7711.

CLEAN SUPER Nice Furnished Rooms. Refrigerator in room. Central heat/air, HBO, Washer and Dryer. $100-$150 weekly. No deposit. Call 912-507-8733.

912-507-8733

STUDIO BEDROOM

5613 Betty: 3BR, new rehab $825.

2221 Mississippi: 2BR $630.

22A Mastick: 3BR/2BA, reduced $725. Call 912-257-6181

HOUSES

WILMINGTON ISLAND

$150 A WEEK, UTILITIES INCLUDED *2 BEDROOM $550 to $650 *3 BEDROOM $700 to $750 912-306-0721, FRANKI

SECTION 8 WELCOME

2 Bedroom apartment at 6708 Johnny Mercer Blvd, Unit #2. CH&A, w/d hook-up, dishwasher, hardwood floors, carpeted rooms, ceramic kitchen and bathrooms.

Off street parking. $695/month.

Call:912-441-3087

The Merritt

2BR/2ba apartment.

1100 square feet. 2731 Whitemarsh Way. Screened porch, gated, many amenities, $1200/month.

912-704-6665 THUNDERBOLT/SANDFLY **2 efficiency apts, utilities included.

Near marina. $600 -$700/month. **3 bedroom house, large yard, nice area $500/month + deposit. 691-2368

TWO & THREE Bedroom Apartments for rent.

Call 912-232-3355.

TYBEE - 2BR/1BA Apt., central-heat/air. Walk to beach, 1 block from AJ’s. $850/month, $850/deposit.

912-507-4637.

VERY NICE!

2Bedroom, 1 bath. 108 Palm Avenue. $695.

2Bedroom, 2Bath trailor.

Nassau Woods. Lot C-37. $600.

Call 507-7934, 927-2853 VERY NICE 2BR/2BA on private lot, mini-blinds, appliances, heat & air, washer/dryer hookup, storage shed, decks. $600/month.

912-884-5359 or 912-977-1416 VICTORIAN DISTRICT: 527 E. Park Ave. Renovated 1900’s house, 3BR/2BA, off-street parking, central heat/air, deck, washer/dryer & dishwasher. $950/monthly.

912-507-4637.

WILMINGTON ISLAND 4BR/2BA house with living-room, dining-room, den, & large fenced-in backyard, 7001 Sand Road. $1500/month.

Call 897-6789 or 344-4164

WILMINGTON ISLAND

Beautiful 3BD/2BA ranch, 2-car garage, fenced yard, hardwoods.

Discount rent $1250. Call 912-656-1041 WINDSOR FOREST: Available early January!

3BR/1BA, LR, DR, family room, long kitchen w/new dishwasher, washer/dryer connection, central heat/air, large shed in backyard, new wood laminate floors in LR, DR and hall.

Close to schools & HAAF. No s m o k i n g. $929/month plus deposit. Section 8 not accepted. Military and police discounts available.

912-920-1936. rooms for rent 895

ROOMS FOR RENT

Southside-Eastside Westside New Large Clean Carpeted Rooms, only 3-5 rooms per house.

Quiet Areas, Bus line.

Free HBO. Furnished or Unfurnished. Rooms with PRIVATE BATHROOMS available. $115/Week & Up. EFFICIENCY APTS No sharing, own bath & kitchen. All Utilities included, Cable (MB).

Furnished or Unfurnished. $159/Week & Up.

912-507-1489/912-3 41-6122

EAST SAVANNAH:

ROOM FOR RENT: Clean w/central heat/air, stove, refrigerator, cable, washer/dryer. On busline. Starting @ $125/week.

Call 912-272-6919.

FURNISHED EFFICIENCY: 1510 Lincoln St. $145/week or $155/week for double occupancy. Includes utilities! Call Mike at 912-655-4444

Move-In Special

ROOM FOR RENT: All utilities included with cable, microwave, mini-refrigerators, internet. $100-$125/weekly.

Call 912-844-7274 or 912-507-7174.

NO DEPOSIT, ONE WEEK ONLY

Furnished Room includes utilities, washer/dryer, cable central HVAC. Savannah area. Shared kitchen and bath. $100-$120 weekly.

Call 912-210-0181.

ROOM FOR RENT: Safe Environment.

Central heat/air, cable, telephone service. $400/$500 monthly, $125/security deposit, no lease. Immediate occupancy. Call Mr. Brown: 912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177.

ROOMING HOUSE in Business for over 20 years-2 freshly painted rooms for rent. $80 &$ 90/week, 912-234-9779, Utilities included.

ROOMS FOR RENT: $125/weekly. Washer/dryer, cable, central heat/air.

Call 912-596-0847 ROOMS FOR RENT

$85 to $115 per week.

East side, on busline.

Clean, central heat/air, appliances. No deposit. 912-272-3247.

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ROOMS FOR RENT

$95 to $165 PER WEEK. Refrigerator, Microwave, Cable, TV, Telephone, Central Heat/Air, Washer/Dryer, on the Bus line.

912-507-1549.

ROOMS FOR RENT

Central heat/air, cable, washer/dryer, furnished, located on busline, $130 weekly- no deposit.

Call 344-7623

ROOMS FOR RENT

Westside. $85-$130/weekly, Utilities and cable included.

Call 844-5655.

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Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

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Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

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Safe, quiet, Christian environment in new home.

Utilities included. On busline. $135/wkly, $75/deposit. Male Preferred Call:912-484-1347

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1991 OLDS REGENCY ELITE

Clean, cold A/C, loaded! $1,925 OBO. Call 912-441-2150

1995 MAZDA

Cold A/C, 5-speed, very clean. Runs great. $1,950 OBO. Call 912-441-2150 1997 Cadillac Seville SLS, 4-door sedan, CD Changer, tires less than 1-year, tint, On Star, good condition. $4000 OBO. 912-665-1488

2003 SATURN VUE

V-6, 5-speed, automatic, power package, sunroof, A/C, new tires.

53,000 miles. 1-Owner.

Excellent condition.

Asking $8,000.

912-898-8701.

AUTO REPAIRS Need service - Reasonable. Mobile. Call 912-441-2150 for details.

1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Fully loaded, only 77,000 miles, Asking $3000 firm. Call 912-236-1319.

HARD TO FIND PARTS Call 912-441-2150 POLICE IMPOUNDS! Cars from $500! For listings, 1-800-536-8309 x4647 VW JETTA 2003 TDI. Metallic grey, leather seats, sunroof, CD player. No scratches, no dents. $6500 OBO. Call 912-414-4470.

Boats & accessories 950 Free 1970 Steury Trihull Boat 1970 Steury boat with a 1972 Mecury 65 HP outboard. This boat has no interior or trailer. Call for more information.

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