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Property assessments are finally completed for the year, and people are wondering what they’re worth | 7

Rasheed Akbar makes beautiful music on River Street. But today, he needs more than tips. | 14

California’s tasty Fume Blanc, a far cry from those grassy New Zealand wines. | 17

‘Field of Dreams’: It’s not really a baseball movie it’s a two-hankie chick flick for guys. | 21

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Wednesday

What: Catch dinner and

Historic Steam Train and Hand Car Rides What: Take a ride on a

vintage steam locomotive at 11am, 2pm and 4pm.

Rides on its human-powered hand car are available throughout the day, along with tours of restored office cars at 10:30am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm.

When: July 29-30 Where: The Roundhouse Museum Cost: $10/adults, $4/kids Info: 912-651-6823

Combat Paper: Papermaking Workshop

What: A workshop with

armed service veterans that takes service uniforms and transforms them into paper to make art and help the healing process.

When: July 29-Aug.01, 10am-4pm Where: nineonetwo art space, 114 E. 40th St. Cost: Free Info: www.combatpaper.org

The African Children’s Choir performs at the Isle of Hope Baptist Church on the 29th entertainment.

When: July 31, 11am-2pm Where: Coastal SCLC, 19 Travis St. Cost: Free Info: sclcsavannah.org/

Summer Concerts in the Squares

What: Enjoy a break outside

with some live music for lunch. Presented by the Dept. of Cultural Affairs.

When: July 29, 31 11:30am Where: Wright Square Cost: Free

Free Family Film Festival

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family friendly films. This week’s selections are Kit Kittredge: An American Girl and Shrek The Third. Doors open at 9am. Seating is first come, first serve up to theater capacity.

When: July 29-30 10am Where: Regal 10 Cinemas, 1132 Shawnee St. Cost: Free Info: 912-961-1535

farmer’s showcase, organic gardening presentations, films and more.

When: Every Wed. 4-7pm Where: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St., Cost: Free Info: trusteesmarket.com

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Peruvian Cultural Festival

What: Experience the culture and cuisine of Peru and celebrate the 188th anniversary of Peru’s independence. Event will feature a photo exhibit documenting the Inca Trail, a showcase of traditional dance, film screenings and more. For more info: 912228-9275.

When: July 29-31 5:30 p.m.10 p.m.

Where: AASU University Hall #156, 11935 Abercorn

Free Concert: African Children’s Choir

What: This acclaimed Chil-

dren’s Choir has performed on American Idol, The Ellen Show, Good Morning America and at events around the world in order to raise awareness about the plight and potential of children in Africa.

When: July 29, 7pm Where: Isle of Hope Baptist Church, 22 Rose Ave. Cost: Free

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Downtown Community Blood Drive What: Donate some blood

to help save lives, get a free cookie and enter a raffle for some Sand Gnats tickets.

For more information contact The Blood Alliance When: July 30, 9:30 am12pm Where: In front of the Chamber of Commerce Building, 101 E. Bay St. Info: 912-355-0271

Film: Captive’s Island (Japan 1966)

What: This beautifully

shot film tells the haunting story of a mysterious stranger who travels to a remote island off the coast of Japan searching for the former warden of a brutal, wartime penal colony for young boys. Japanese with English subtitles.

When: July 30, 6pm Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St.

a show during the Isle of Hope United Methodist Church’s summer dinner theater, which will present the amusing, murder-mystery musical “Something’s Afoot.” The play is a spoof of Agatha Christie’s play, Ten Little Indians. Ten people are stranded in an isolated English country house on an island during a raging thunderstorm when murder occurs. All the proceeds from the show will benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Coastal Georgia.

When: July 30-Aug. 1, 7pm Where: Isle of Hope Methodist Church, 412 Parkersburg Road, Savannah Cost: $25 Info: 912-355-8519

Theater: Urinetown What: The Tony Award-

winning play Urinetown is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. A terrible water shortage, caused by a 20year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets.

When: July 30-Aug. 1, 8pm, Aug. 02, 3 pm Where: Little Theatre of Savannah Cost: $15-20 Info: www.littletheatreofsavannah.org/

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Savannah Children’s Choir Free Concert

The Savannah Children’s Choir Summer Camp Program is coming to an end, and they will be celebrating with a free public concert. Come see what the kids have learned and hear how amazingly they sing. When: Friday, July 31, 7 pm Where: Jelks Auditorium at Savannah Country Day School Cost: Free and open to the public

Corner of Whitaker and Gaston Cost: $20 Info: www.georgiahistory. com

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See the Sand Gnats take on the Bowling Green Hot Rods.

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and performing arts entertainment for the entire family. Special guests to perfom include: All Walks of Life (AWOL, Inc.), a fashion show with Sirens Imaging Group, radio personality “The Lady Mahogany”, and DJ Mike Fresh.

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Saturday Rod-A-Billy Riot 2009

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When: Aug. 01 Where: Yong’s Country Club, 5115 Ogeechee Rd. Cost: $15

Sevens Rugby Exhibition What: Check out

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featuring seven players per side instead of the usual 15. Matches all day, followed by a social at Murphy’s Law. When: Sat. Aug. 01 Where: Forsyth Park Cost: Free

First Saturday on the River What: It might be hot out,

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Arts & Crafts, entertainment and family fun abound.

When: Aug. 01, 9am-7pm Where: River Street Cost: Free Info: www.riverstreetsavannah.com/

Forsyth Farmers’ Market What: The Savannah

Local Food Collaborative has joined forces with Starland Farmers’ Market for an event that will be held weekly through Nov. 21 to feature regionally grown, fresh food and food products.

Every second Saturday, a health pavilion with lectures and gardening information will be presented.

When: Aug. 01, 9am-1pm Where: South end of Forsyth Park Cost: Free

Yoga at the Telfair What: Savannah Yoga

Center director Kelley Boyd guides the class through beginner and intermediate yoga positions while incorporating various aspects of the artwork on display. Bring a yoga mat and towel.

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When: Sat. Aug. 01, 9:45am Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, York Square, Cost: $14

Music in the Parlour What: Step into the past

with jazz pianist Diana Rogers for an intimate view of Victorian life in Savannah. An afternoon of music, history and refreshments. Reservations required.

When: Aug. 01-02, 1pm3pm Info: 912-236-2866

Sand Gnats Blood Drive

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help save lives, and get a little something back for your hemoglobin, like free admission to that night’s Gnats’ game and a t-shirt. For more information contact Savannah Community Blood Bank at 355-0271, or visit www. igiveblood.com When: Aug. 01, 5 pm8 pm Where: Grayson Stadium

Prince Hall Masonic Building Association Gala

What: Annual fundraising

event featuring a silent auction, dinner, music and dancing. Proceeds benefit the Masonic Building Association.

When: Aug. 01, 7 pm Where: Savannah Riverfront Marriot, 100 General Macintosh Blvd., Cost: $65

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Tuesday Telling Our Stories: Writing Workshop

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Wednesday Downtown Business Association Luncheon

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The whim of steel

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editor’s note

A TAXING SITUATION:

7 New state legisla-

tion changes property assessments in Chatham County. by patrick rodgers

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We have a very interesting story by Patrick Rodgers this week on property taxes in Chatham County. None too soon, either – the current round of assessments should be in your mailboxes soon, if they haven’t come already.

While currently your home property tax assessments are capped for three years – due to action by the state legislature – don’t rest easy.

Critics of our local system, like former County Commissioner John McMasters, have long said it doesn’t pass the smell test.

The most recent shock to the public came in the last round, when many properties saw a 40 percent increase in valuation in the middle of the worst economy in 80 years. The answer they got back at the time was that each assessment is essentially a year in arrears, meaning that the catastrophic economy has not yet had a chance to weigh in on local assessments.

But who believes assessments will go down locally, regardless of the global economy?

Anyone who’s been paying property taxes in

Savannah, as I have for the past 12 years or so, knows this is highly unlikely to say the least.

As in all things, it behooves us to stay informed and never let our guards down.

I did want to address a cogent comment a reader posted on our website soon after one of my recent columns skewering our local Democratic majority city and county government.

While the reader essentially agreed with me, he wondered why I wasn’t also making the same points about the current Democratic president and Congress in Washington –– who according to the reader are engaged in a similar kind of intrusive and unaccountable government expansion.

It’s a very good and valid question, and I felt a need to address it in this space.

The prime difference between Capitol Hill in D.C. and City Hall on Bay Street is that our local government is not trying to dig itself out from under eight years of egregious and irresponsible misrule. President Obama is undertaking a Herculean task: Mucking the Augean Stables of the Bush era, while simultaneously trying to realize his own vision for a more progressive America.

Whether he will succeed or not is very much an open question, and almost entirely dependent on the patience and critical thinking skills of the American people (i.e., he pretty much hasn’t got a snowball’s chance in hell).

Agree with Obama or not, he is clearly facing a massive challenge with much at stake.

Our local government, on the other hand, seems to be governed by a whim of steel. There seems to be no compelling reason for their often selective micromanagement other than the ease with which they can do it.

There’s my answer, for what it’s worth. I do hope to be proven wrong in the future. CS

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Editor, As a resident of Georgia, a senior citizen and a property owner in both the City of Savannah and Chatham County, I would like to share my experiences over the past four and a half years. Little did I know when I purchased my personal residence in Chatham County, the Inspections and Code Departments were different. The County and the City operate under different guidelines and procedures.

Each business card from the County reads as follows: “To safeguard the general welfare of citizens of Chatham County through the timely issuance of permits, inspections.” What a joke!

From the “Mark of Excellence” of the developer and builder to the so–called “cross–trained” inspectors, it seems everyone was asleep at the switch when my home was built. No one admits to guilt and

the County will not accept or take responsibility.

They all say “get a lawyer.” Been there and done that. Obviously the developer and builder have more money to pay lawyers than you or I do. It’s a no–win for homeowners!

I would not have purchased my home if I had known the Code Departments were different and did not follow the same guidelines for construction, renovation and building safety. The County has not safeguarded me nor have they been concerned about my general welfare.

Quite the opposite response!

My inquiries and request for assistance have been met with disdain and condescension. I have been disregarded and ignored.

Now, I would like to talk about the City. The City isn’t perfect.

However, their employees do not treat you as if you’re stupid. They try to work on and correct their problems.

If you walk into the City’s Code

Office at 7:30 a.m. Monday–Friday, you are treated with respect.

If they cannot give you an answer to your problem immediately, they will at least call you back within 24 hours with some type of solution.

With the County, not one employee can even tell you who inspected your property. If you call the City because you can’t read their handwriting, they will tell you over the phone. If my private residence had been built in the City, it would never have passed the required inspections to receive a Certificate of Occupancy.

I feel my tax dollars are well spent by the City in most of their public service departments.

The City’s employees all try, even the garbage collectors.

If you’re lucky enough to find an answer to one of your County problems and the City initiates the resolution, watch the County pass the buck!

As a taxpayer in the City, I don’t feel the City should take the brunt of responsibility for substandard

developers and shoddy code inspections, covered by the County and then turned over to the City to maintain.

Where is Chatham County’s responsibility? I feel the people and residents of the County should demand better use of our tax dollars.

Jacky Kelley

Movie missed an opportunity Editor, Regarding Bill DeYoung’s “Extra, Extra”: Anybody could accuse anybody of anything for any reason. Bill DeYoung should have been allowed to face his accuser.

Security clearly over–reacted by ejecting him from the set of The Last Song without seeking the full story. His rights were violated.

And what’s wrong with having a writer as an extra? That’s free publicity for the movie.

Jean Brown

CS

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Richard Lambeth teaches people how to fight their property assessments.

Prescribing value

Recent state legislation for property assessments impact the county and homeowners

by Patrick Rodgers | patrick@connectsavannah.com

Most homeowners in Chatham County will finally receive their annual property assessments, which were approved this past Friday, after delays caused by changes in state legislation passed in April and May. Homeowners in 44 neighborhoods will have to wait another week for their assessments, which won’t be approved until after the Board of Assessors meeting on August 4. Property assessments are usually delivered each year in May. The two acts responsible for the delay, SB 55 and HB 233, which were touted as much needed help for imperiled homeowners during difficult economic times, will have a significant impact locally.

SB 55, which was signed into law in April of this year, asks Assessors across the state to “consider” the effects of foreclosed homes on neighboring property values. HB 233 places a freeze on increasing assessed values of property, but does not prevent them from being lowered.

“From our standpoint, we wish they wouldn’t have done this,” says Larry Lower, the Vice Chairman of Chatham County’s Board of Assessors. “The market is going to correct itself, and it’s already started to correct itself.”

Although the state’s legislation was aimed at helping homeowners by keeping their assessments down – effectively leveling or reducing the amount of

property taxes they pay – most homeowners in the state will see an increase in the amount that they owe this year, because the state has also stopped subsidizing a portion of the millage.

“Homeowners will be paying that money that the state is not funding, somewhere between $200–300,” says Pete Liakakis, Chairman of the County Commission. “The state has taken away what they were paying for those property taxes.”

While assessments won’t go up because of the legislated freeze, there are some people who feel that values assessed by the county aren’t fully realizing the impact of the recession.

Two weeks ago, Richard Lambeth, a local real estate agent with Keller–Williams, co–hosted a workshop called “How to Fight Your Property Tax Assessment.” The point of the workshop was to educate the average person about tools and information available to them if they feel their property has been over–valued.

“We thought people would be upset about finding out the tax digest went up last year,” explains Lambeth.

Although the digest will increase slightly this year, the inclusion of qualified foreclosure sales in calculating the assessed value of property will result in over $42 million in lost value on this continues on p. 8

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The number of foreclosures more than doubled in the county between 2007 and 2008.

The Board of Assessors initially expected that forceclosures would have a negligible impact on local market values, and only 1% of property was expected to be reduced in value.

“The sale of our foreclosures, the bulk of them, has been above our assessed values,” Lower says. “As much as some individuals in Chatham County would like to portray the fact that our property values are the same as property values in Atlanta, they are not.”

After a meeting on Friday morning, the Board of Assessors announced the increase in reductions.

Lambeth, who helps banks price foreclosure properties before they go back on the market, disagrees that property value in the county is rightfully so buoyant.

“I have not found any neighborhood that I have done an evaluation on, and that’s over 200 of them, where property values have increased in the past 12 months,” he explains.

Additionally, the amount of property on the market in Savannah is at a recent high, another factor which should lower price. According to the Multi–List System (MLS), a realty database of all the available property in the area, there is currently a 40 month supply of property in downtown Savannah. Anything over a six month supply is considered downward pressure on pricing in the market.

“The average downtown list price according to the MLS is around $660,000” says Lambeth. “The average sales price is around $250,000.”

Freezing assessed values could potentially hurt the County’s budget, which relies heavily on property tax revenue.

In the county’s budget for the past fiscal year, the amended total revenue from tax on real property alone represented over $87 million of the total $129 million expected from all taxes collected by the county.

In the budget for 2007–08 fiscal year, tax collection represented about 81% of the county’s revenue, and in its most recent budget, 2009–10, taxes are expected to comprise around 88% of total revenue.

During the same period of time, collections of real property tax climbed from $78 million in FY 2007–08 to a recommended $90 million in the current year’s budget, despite the declining real estate market, and the freeze on assessment increases.

“This year, what helped out was that there was a lot of commercial property built and the monies received from commercial property taxes helped stabilize the budget,” explains Liakakis.

“There were a number of tax exemptions that went away. A lot of properties that were sold, the higher cost factor for those went to the new owner.”

Because of protections provided by the Stephens–Day Bill in Chatham County, homeowners are exempt from higher taxation on their primary residence, but when a house is sold, the buyer must pay the millage based on the higher value.

Lambeth has had problems with properties being over–valued in the past, and last year appealed the assessment of a property that resulted in a reduction of $11,000.

“I have battled a lot of my own as-

sessments because I own investment property,” he says. “I’ve seen so many homeowners coming out frustrated because they really didn’t know how to fight their assessments.”

For homeowners who are afraid that their property values may be too high, the new legislation could make the appeals process more complicated. If your property value is unchanged from last year, then the value can’t be appealed.

“In January or February of each year, you have go down to the courthouse and strike your return,” explains Lambeth. “That automatically gives you a right to appeal whether they change the value or not.”

It is already too late to “strike a return” for this year. However, homeowners will be able to appeal any changes later this year.

“The biggest thing I see is that we live in a democracy, but part of living in a democracy is you have to hold government accountable and this is a way that you can do that,” says Lambeth. “You can make them prove that their taxation is fair.” CS

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Behind the scenes at the 48 Hour Film Festival

In late June, brothers Eric and Nate Nauert asked me to join their team, Perpombellar Productions, for Savannah’s first 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP), a two–day film competition that’s held in dozens of cities across the U.S. I felt like I’d been asked to the prom by the most popular boy in the senior class.

A few days before the July 17– 19 contest, Nate asked me to take on “producerly duties” for the weekend —keeping track of forms, coordinating locations, keeping things on schedule.

At the Friday night 48HFP kick off, each participating team draws a different movie genre out of a hat and has 48 hours to write, film, edit and submit a movie in that genre. All films must include a common character, prop and line of dialogue—also assigned at the kick off.

Films must be turned in by 7:30 p.m. on Sunday to be eligible to win local prizes and move on to a national competition. Films late by even one minute are disqualified.

Here’s a synopsis of the making of our film, “Renfield’s Syndrome.”

Scene One. Thursday, July 16.

The IHOP on Victory Drive. I join Nate Nauert and crew member Pieter Ribbens for a pre–production meeting, discussing the schedule, how the process works, what we can and cannot do before the official start time.

Nate has a spiral notebook with him.

He’s impressed that I brought a file folder. I ask a question about something and he flips through his notebook.

“I think I wrote that down somewhere.

Oh, wait!” He pulls a wadded slip of paper out of his wallet. I realize that I might be helpful to this operation.

Scene Two. Friday, July 17. 6 p.m.

Blowin’ Smoke BBQ, the kick off site for 48HFP. About 60 people are mulling around. All but five of them are white men, mostly aged 25 to 35. Over half are wearing black T–shirts.

We receive our City of Savannah filming permit and a list of city property where we can and cannot film.

Cemeteries are off limits, as are squares

Left: Michael Holmes of Porkroll Productions.

Above: Filmmakers Nate Nauert, Pieter Ribbens and David Lavery.

when in use for weddings.

Tyler M. Reid, Savannah Producer for 48HFP, announces the three key ingredients for the films. Molly or Michael Murray, Instructor. Cell phone.

Line of dialogue: “She said she would be right back.”

We draw our film genre from the basket, where all categories are on slips.

Confusion ensues when our team (and at least one other team) selects a genre that is not on the list that was published on the website.

On the way to our brainstorming site, Metro Coffee House, Reid calls Nate and confirms that our genre is from a previous year’s list. We are given a new genre from the 2009 list. For the next two days our team will be filming a “mockumentary.”

Scene Three. Metro Coffee House. 8 p.m. 47 hours to go.

We decide to film a mock expose’ of the vampire culture in Savannah—a look into the lives of people who enjoy drinking blood, and the social and stylistic aspects surrounding the blood drinking lifestyle. We determine a shooting schedule, even though we have no script. At 9 p.m. we start phoning—friends of the Nauerts who are on standby—actors, camera people, wardrobe and makeup experts. We need a lot of extras to play vampires and civilians. “Can you call some people?” asks Eric.

Scene Four. Eric’s Midtown Apartment. Midnight. Over delivery pizza, filmographer Biff Flowers works with Eric on coordinating equipment, while the rest of us continue to plan for Saturday. At 1:30 a.m I head for home. Eric and Nate begin writing the script, which must be finished by 9 a.m.

Scene Five. My house. 2:30 a.m. Too much coffee, even for me. Where are

we going to get all these extras? I send out a blanket text at 2:45 a.m. and post a request for actors in the status section of my Facebook page. Time for three hours of quality sleep.

Scene Six. Nate’s midtown apartment. 9 a.m. 34 hours left. Up since 6 a.m., I’ve shopped for food and props.

Extras are coming out of the woodwork, thanks to Facebook and that text. The script is finished—a page and a half long, relying heavily on ad libbing by the actors. From 9 to 12 we cast all the major roles and secure two offsite shooting locations. Normal human beings are transformed into vampires by the makeup team. The first team leaves for location shoots at Designer Consigner clothing store, and under the Talmadge Bridge. The second team grabs a group of extras to go downtown and shoot “B Roll,” whatever that is. I call extras, collect waiver forms. My cell phone beeps every five minutes.

Gallon jugs and pint containers of fake blood are stashed all over Nate’s apartment, along with a mike boom, a rolling rack of costumes, a small human skull, and a supply of granola bars and sodas to fortify the crew.

I blink and it’s 4 p.m. and we haven’t stopped for lunch yet.

Scene Seven. Metro Coffee House. 7 p.m. 24 hours left. Over a dozen extras have turned up to be in the tarot-reading, blood-drinking scene. In the middle of filming, a customer enters the side door and crosses the back of the scene while the camera is rolling. I grab a waiver form and sign him up as an extra.

Scene Eight. Factors Walk next to City Hall. 9 p.m. In the midst of a typical tourist-filled Saturday night, vampires surface one by one at our rendezvous point. No revelers seem

to notice until we begin rehearsing the scene, and the screaming draws a crowd. This final shot must be right the first time; it involves covering our cheerful actress-turned-victim with fake blood. Once she’s blood soaked, the blood won’t come off, so second takes can’t happen.

At 11 p.m., I hear my cell phone ring, over and over, yet when I check it there are no calls, no texts. I mention this to Biff and his cameraman cohort, Clif Rhodes. They both nod. “Yep. It’s the phantom phone vibrate,” says Biff.

I know that I’ve crossed over to full fledged team member.

Scene Nine. Nate’s Apartment. 1:30 a.m. After a token “wrap party,” the cast and crew leaves. The brothers head to Eric’s, to edit down the hours of footage they’ve shot into a seven minute film.

Scene Ten. Sunday. Eric’s Apartment. Noon. Eric and Nate have been up all night editing. We have seven hours to go and the tension is building.

The rough cut is two minutes too long.

Pieter Ribbens and I have forms to collect from all over Chatham County that somehow got missed on Saturday. Kelly Rogers writes and records a tune on the keyboard that lends an “Adams Family” lightness to our grisly film.

Our film is due at 7:30 p.m at Leopold’s on Broughton Street. At 6:45, the editing is completed, but the film has disappeared into Eric’s computer.

The Nauerts spend precious minutes looking in files. Dread and panic set in.

Just after 7 the film is found, but it still must be downloaded onto a flash drive and delivered before the deadline.

We leave Ardsley Park at 7:10 p.m. I pray that there are no trains on Sundays to stop the traffic.

Scene Eleven. Sunday. Leopold’s.

7:20ish p.m. We pull up in front of Leopold’s. Kelly and the Nauerts jump out and head inside while Pieter and I park. Several more teams arrive, dropping their films off after us.

All fourteen teams submit their films on time, with the final submission arriving 13 seconds before the deadline.

We can’t believe we made it. We feel good about our film. I can’t wait for the 48 Hour Film Project of 2010. CS Guess which film won “Best of Savannah”? Find out - and read more about the 48 Hour Film Festival exclusively on connectsavannah.com!

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The Great Sandal Scandal

• Police were called to respond to a fight in progress behind a Bay Street hotel early one morning, and found a group of shouting females. One of the ladies was arguing with the first officer to respond to the scene when a second officer advised her that there was nothing to discuss and she needed to leave hotel property because she was not a guest. The woman replied that she wasn’t going anywhere “until I fix my sandal.” She refused to leave the premises because she was waiting for her sister and needed to fix her footwear.

At that point the officer noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from her

and that she was slurring her speech. She was arrested for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. While sitting in the back of the police car, one of the arrested girl’s friends arrived and asked if there was anything she could do. She was advised that there was nothing she could do, and to please leave the area. The woman in the back of the car began to scream that what she could do was fix her sandals. The friend went to find and repair the sandals rather than obeying the officer’s order to leave and was arrested for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

• Police were dispatched to the eastside after receiving a report that an injured person was bleeding from his head. Police found the man several blocks away, still bleeding, and accusing two nearby youth of stealing his bicycle. A second officer went and spoke with the young men, who said they saw the injured man walking down the middle of Victory, and that he called to them for help, then dropped his bicycle and kept walking. They had been following him, trying to get him to take his bicycle. The injured man was observed to be very intoxicated. He had a strong odor

of alcohol coming from him and was unable to form coherent sentences.

The officer saw that his injuries had tiny rocks in them, like he had fallen over at some point. EMS arrived and took him to the hospital. His bike was logged into the property room for safekeeping.

• While on patrol an officer noticed a car driving down Anderson Street playing very loud music. After making a traffic stop, the driver exited the vehicle and looked like he was about to flee so officers instructed him to get back into the vehicle, which he did.

When they approached the vehicle, officers saw a loaded clip on the car floor, and asked where the gun was. Officers found a .22 caliber handgun under the driver’s seat, and after a more thorough search of the vehicle, also found over two ounces of marijuana, as well as various pipes, rolling papers and plastic baggies. The driver informed police that his license was expired (it was also suspended, they would later discover), that he had paid $15 for the gun,

and was a previously convicted felon. He was charged with several crimes, including possession with intent to distribute, possession of a concealed weapon, driving with a suspended license and a noise ordinance violation.

• A father and son reported that they had been threatened, and an officer responded to the scene. The son stated that a white male had ridden by on his bicycle shouting “Y’all suck,” and “I’m gonna get y’all,” then continuing on his way. They had previous encounters with the man, and there was a restraining order filed that he was not to be on their block. The son stated the man was “a pedophile” and expressed concern about being assaulted.

A search of the area was conducted but the man wasn’t found. cs

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I’ve seen pictures of Pangaea, the giant land mass that eventually separated into the continents we know today. But why were the continents smushed together like that in the first place? What made the land higher on that one side of the earth? Were there other continents we can no longer account for? Is it related to the asteroid that may or may not have smashed into the earth and helped form the moon?

—Chris D., Cranston, Rhode Island Careful, bud. Thinking outside the box is great, but we don’t want to cross the border into the completely insane.

That’s a chronic risk with continental drift, talk of which was a sure way to clear out your end of the bar at scientific conferences until the 1950s and which still inspires wacky theories. Asteroids don’t figure in any of those I’ve heard about—but wait till you get a load of the expanding earth.

The most famous early proponent of continental drift, German geophysicist Alfred Wegener, was received skeptically when he proposed his theory in 1912, partly because he couldn’t explain what might cause giant landmasses to move around. Expanding-earth advocates thought they could. They posited that once upon a time the earth had been much smaller and was completely encased in the supercontinent we now call Pangaea. Volcanic activity caused the planet to expand, cracking Pangaea apart like the shell of a boiled egg and leading to the eventual scattering of the continents.

Obvious objection: Where was all the extra volume that went into the expanding earth supposed to be coming from? Was the earth rising like a cake in the oven? Some proponents claimed the expansion was a result of a reduction in the universal gravitational constant or of the creation of new matter in the planet’s core by some strange subatomic process; others just insisted by various proofs that the earth was expanding

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for reasons unknown. But it wasn’t, and isn’t. Precise measurements have now established that the earth hasn’t enlarged appreciably since the era of the dinosaurs.

If a once-smaller earth doesn’t explain why the continents were all smushed together at one point, what does? We’ll get to that. The main thing to understand is that the earth has been in a constant if extremely slow froth for much of its 4.6 billion-year existence—Pangaea, thought to have existed 250 million years ago, wasn’t the first supercontinent and won’t be the last. Conjectured predecessors include Ur (3 billion years ago), Kenorland (2.7 to 2.5 billion), Columbia (1.9 to 1.8), Rodinia (1.1), and Gondwana (540 million years ago). The constant shuffling arises from the fact that the hard outer shell of our planet floats atop a region of flowing molten rock, allowing the continents to skate along at the rate of 1 to 2 inches per year. The chief engine of plate tectonics, as this process is called, is the seafloor. At the midocean ridges, molten rock pushes up from below, causing the floor to expand laterally.

Meanwhile, closer to the coasts, the edges of the floor get shoved below the continental plates in a process called subduction.

Why do we get supercontinents periodically? Some suggest that the continents are drawn together by zones in the earth where the seafloor is pulled down into the lower mantle in a process called superdownwelling, drifting toward the suction like rubber ducks in a draining bathtub till they collide.

Why do supercontinents later break apart? One theory is that the oversize landmass traps so much heat beneath it that the crust ultimately cracks open.

What next? I found maps offering one vision of the future on the Web site of Christopher Scotese, a geologist at the University of Texas at Arlington.

The highlights: about 50 million years from now Africa plows into Europe, and by about 250 million years from now another supercontinent has formed, with North and South America, Eurasia, and Africa in one giant clump.

In short, the earth will stay lively, not that it’ll matter to us. CS

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71 apprehensive passengers refused to -- Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Toughest Job: Farah board. (Also, some incoming passenAhmed Omar was appointed recently as gers on that same aircraft, which expechief of Somaliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s navy, which ordinarrienced a similar balance problem, had ily would be on the front lines against dramatically dropped to their knees in the throng of pirates operating off the the terminal, kissing the ground, calling countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coast. Omarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job is difficult, the flight their worst ever.) though, because the Somalian navy has not a single boat nor a single sailor, and The Continuing Crisis Omar himself has not been to sea The New Age movement in 23 years. However, he told a might be growing too inclusive, reporter he was optimistic that according to a July report in the the piracy could be stopped.

St. Paul Pioneer Press (published Sarah Palin: Free At Last! in a city where the concept of Fine Points of the Law â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Ageâ&#x20AC;? is already highly -- An 18-year-old, severely nuanced). â&#x20AC;&#x153;(P)agans feel mentally challenged, Paris, jilted,â&#x20AC;? wrote the reporter.

Texas, man was sentenced in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chiropractors want out February to 100 years in prison (of consideration),â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;channelfor a single act of what might ers wonder if they belong,â&#x20AC;? and amount to the childhood sex â&#x20AC;&#x153;organic farmers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be game of â&#x20AC;&#x153;doctorâ&#x20AC;? with a 6-year-old near pet psychics.â&#x20AC;? Said one St. neighbor. The man has an IQ of 47, Paul merchant, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have customers and no coercion or violence was who completely believe in fairies involved, but the jury was not and will laugh at you if you be-

given the option to send the man to a care facility in lieu of prison. In fact, his original lawyer failed even to argue his clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incompetency as a defense because, he said, he thought the man obviously would get probation. In a final touch, Lamar County judge Eric Clifford, able to punish the man on just one count with four other counts running concurrently, instead chose to stack the five counts to total 100 years, and in April, after listening to a parade of witnesses beg him to reconsider the sentence, he refused.

-- Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Shoes: Palm Beach County, Fla., defense lawyer Michael Robb resisted a courtroom motion in June to force him to discard his well-worn Cole Haan loafers and go buy a new pair. The plaintiff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer Bill Bone had complained that jurors would see the holes in the bottoms of Robbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shoes and be unfairly sympathetic to Robbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clients as humble and frugal and therefore more deserving to win. The motion was denied. According to a Palm Beach Post story, Robb said later that he has a renewed enthusiasm for the shoes.

People With Issues

(1) Todd Hall, 36, was sentenced to a year in prison after his conviction in Bentonville, Ark., in June for habitually biting the toes of his son, which Hall said he did up to age 6 as routine discipline. (He had earlier been on probation for the disciplinary biting of his 10-month-old daughter.) (2) In June in Muncie, Ind., in his second such conviction in seven months, Robert Stahl, 64, was found guilty of resolving disputes with men in their 50s by reaching into their mouths and yanking out their dentures.

Least Competent Criminals

(1) A Polynesian man in his 20s was being sought as the robber of the Black Diamond Equipment store in Salt Lake City in June. He made off with some gear from the ski and climbing accessory store, but had originally demanded jewelry, as he apparently thought he was knocking off a â&#x20AC;&#x153;diamondâ&#x20AC;? store. (2) Motorist Zackary Johnson was arrested in Athens, Ga., in June after pulling over a passing police car to inquire whether he had any warrants outstanding against him. No, answered the officer after a computer check, but he noted that Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license is under suspension, and he was arrested. CS By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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MOUNTAIN HEART

If you’ve been reading about the “new directions” in bluegrass music, but remain a touch leery of the electric innovations of bands like Blueground Undergrass (elsewhere in this issue of Connect), Mountain Heart is the group you want to investigate. This is pure, mountain–stream acoustic bluegrass (albeit with touches of jazz, blues and rock), played with youthful energy, a bit o’show and crack musicianship. Since 2007, the band has included singer, songwriter, guitarist and piano player Josh Shilling, who’s recently been recording with Tony Rice, perhaps the best flat–top picker of today’s generation. Fiddler Jim Van Cleve comes on like a wild wind out of the south. Listen & learn: http://www.mountainheart. com/. At 8 p.m. Friday, July 31 at Randy Wood Guitars, 1304 E. Highway 80, Bloomingdale. $30.

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ERIC CULBERSON BLUES BAND

Savannah’s amazing EROK boy Eric Culberson has been smokin’ the room with his electric blues for two decades; this main takes a fierce mainline hit of hardscrabble electric guitar and breathes out an intoxicating fire. Culberson’s so good that he was voted Top Blues Artist (and Best All–Around Local Musician) in our 2009 Best of Savannah poll. A new CD, recorded at Electric Basement Studios, is in the works. “We’ve been really, really fortunate to be able to play in our hometown for all these years, for a great crowd,” he told us a while ago. “I don’t ever want to take that for granted.” Listen & learn: http://www.ericculberson. com/. July 30 and 31 at Fiddler’s Crab House, 131 W. River St.

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Right away, you know you’re in for something different when the lead singer sits at an electric piano, and the band includes a saxophone. This is the first Savannah appearance for the Jacksonville–based brainchild of Kip Kolb

Descender

“We like to just say we play loud/heavy/aggressive music that really doesn’t fit neatly into any one specific genre,” says Descender guitarist Eric Palmerlee, who creates a sonic tidal wave with his co–axeman, Angelo Pournaras. “Think Fugazi, Snapcase and Slayer in a pit fighting it out to the death.”

Based in New York City, this hardcore band has rock–solid roots in Savannah. Pournasas was a SCAD student from 1992 to ’97, and bassist Jay Morris did the same, from 1999 to 2006. All four Descenders (including drummer George Manolis) are graphic designers, which is where the moniker came from (in typographical terms, a descender is the portion of a letter in a Latin alphabet that extends below the baseline of a font).

The band’s debut EP is hot of the presses, and will be available at Saturday’s Jinx show, with Athens’ The – the piano guy – who writes all the songs and sings in a sort of strangled Dr. John bark. The music is 12–bar blues, funky soul, and

Jack Burtons and The Dumps.

In fact Descender plays Atlanta Thursday night, and Athens the next. “The tour will be a bit of a homecoming in that we are playing cities most of us lived in at different points,” says Palmerlee, who studied graphic design at UGA. “And while the main point of this tour is to play to new audiences, we’re also looking forward to seeing old friends and family along the way.” Listen & learn: www.myspace. com/descendernyc. At 11 p.m. Saturday at the Jinx, 127 W. Congress St.

something straddling (comfortably) the fence between between Billy Joel and Tom Waits. Listen & learn: http://www.myspace.

com/klobsong. With Nickel Bag of Funk. At 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 28 at the Wormhole, 2307 Bull St. cs

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

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J.J. Bonerz Ribs & Wings Bar Electric Cheese (Live Music) Kevin Barry’s Pat Garvey (Live Music) Irish music King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

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Mercury Lounge The Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) 10 p.m.

Original Smoke Station TBA (Live Music) 7 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) 9 p.m.

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

Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) 8:30 p.m.

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Tantra Lounge Open Mic (Live Music) 10 p.m.

The Boathouse TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m.

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Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Venus De Milo Open DJ Night (DJ) 9 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy James (Live Music) Solo piano. 7 p.m.

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Augie’s Pub (Pooler) TBA (Live Music) 9 p.m.

AVIA Hotel Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Piano & vocals. 6 p.m.

Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 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.

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Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Fiddlers Crab House (River Street) Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) J.J. Bonerz Ribs & Wings Bar Blues Reunion (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Johnny Harris Restaurant Nancy Witt, piano (Live Music) 6 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall Gringo Star (Live Music) 10 p.m.

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

Molly McPherson’s Scottish Pub & Grill Open Mic w/Marcus & Hudson (Live Music) 10 p.m.

Molly McPherson’s Scottish Pub & Grill (Richmond Hill) Open Mic w/Steve (Live Music) 9 p.m.

Moon River Brewing Co. Eric Britt (Live Music) 8:30 p.m.

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

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

El Potro Mexican Restaurant Karaoke w/Michael (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

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The Chairman of River Street

Rasheed Akbar makes beautiful music. But he needs a little help

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by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

On the west end of River Street, tourists in T–shirts and sunglasses shuffle along, snapping pictures of each other with the river as a backdrop. Huge freighters with foreign names glide under the majestic Talmadge Bridge, and on the air is a cacophony of sounds: Laughter, car horns, restaurant noise, the loud blasts of the tugboats chugging along to one tugboat task or another.

And then, there it is, a sweet, melodious soprano saxophone, wafting in and out like the unmistakable scent of something good cooking on a nearby grill. It’s “Moon River,” and it’s a thing of beauty. People stop to listen.

The man with the silver horn sits in a deck chair on the promenade, his back to the water, a tip jar at his feet. He’s Rasheed Akbar, and he’s been a street musician for half of his 57 years.

Akbar spent most of that time in New Orleans, playing for tips outside the Caf Du Monde in the French Quarter, for up to 14 hours a day. In the Big Easy, he’d earned the title The Ambassador of Decatur Street.

Then came Katrina, and the virtual eradication of the only life he knew. So Rasheed Akbar, newly married, decided to start all over in his hometown, Savannah.

Six months ago, he was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver, brought on by Chronic Hepatitis C. His doctor says he won’t survive without a transplant.

“There was a time when I could miss a couple of days and the pain wouldn’t happen,” the soft–spoken Akbar says.

“But now the pain just happens on its own. And it’s so strong, the pills take longer to work. I’ve been in tears a couple of times. It really wreaks havoc on me now.”

His wife, Patricia, is spearheading a donation drive to help with Rasheed’s medical bills. Local jazz musicians are planning a benefit concert, and money is being raised, bit by bit, in New Orleans.

“All the musicians I played with there for 25 years want to help and want to be involved,” he explains. “But it’s not an easy task when they’re there, and we’re here.”

As Carlton Floyd, Akbar was born in Texas on Feb. 5, 1952, but his family relocated to Savannah when he was still a baby. He embraced Islam in 1970, the year of his graduation from Beach High School, and changed his name legally a dozen years later.

He discovered his gift for music at 19, and was rarely without a sax in his hands. That sort of work was hard to find, though, and to help pay the bills he took a job as a longshoreman with the Port of Savannah.

Because his mother had relatives in New Orleans, Akbar visited every summer and grew to love the city’s unique character, and the decidedly musical atmosphere of the French Quarter.

He moved there for good in 1983, and worked on the docks.

“I became a single parent, so my priorities changed,” he recalls. “I did what I had to do to maintain three kids.

I was staying with my mom, fortunately – bless her soul – and eventually I got a job at the Intercontinental Hotel. And they laid me off.

“I said ‘I’m in New Orleans, man.’ I picked up my horn, and from that point on I never looked back. Music became my livelihood.”

Even though he developed a repertoire of hundreds of songs, from Coltrane to Parker, to pop standards and chestnuts from the Great American Songbook, Akbar was eager to absorb as much authentic New Orleans music as he could.

So he enrolled at Southern University and learned to sight–read. He played with dozens of brass bands and combos, all over the city, and before long was speaking the same language as his fellow jazzmen.

“Everybody knew everybody else,” he

explains.

“Somebody would say ‘I got these two gigs, could you take this one for me?’ I got into that environment, and cats knew I could handle it. So that put Rasheed Akbar, blowin’ for tips on River Street. me on point with the circle of musicians that I needed Rasheed re–acquainted himself with the to be hooked up with.” top jazz players in town, including Ben He traveled the world as a member of Tucker, Teddy Adams and the Equinox the New Orleans All–Stars Brass Band.

Jazz Orchestra, and set up his tip jar on The 1980s and ‘90s were golden. AkRiver Street. bar would sometimes make $300 a day He was delighted to discover that on the street, and never had to look for his old job at the port was still available a “real” job. “The street is where every– he was grandfathered in at a decent body got their chops together,” he says wage – and until last February, when proudly. “Even Louis Armstrong did a his flu–like symptoms were diagnosed stint there. It’s all a part of the journey as cirrhosis, he was working the docks in New Orleans.” every day.

The arrival of the big casinos changed He’s on disability now, and his health the picture. “That took a lot of the tourinsurance will run out in December. It’s ists away, so when they hit the French doubtful he’ll be able to move up on the Quarter, they was just lookin.’ And the liver donor list – much less afford the big limos would just pass by.” procedure – before then.

Still, he survived.

On a good day, he can work for three When Katrina pummeled New Oror four hours and bring in a few bucks. leans in 2005, Akbar was in Savannah Akbar hates having to sit while he plays visiting his son. He and Patricia drove – he likes to move and bop with the to Memphis to watch the TV news and music – but he tires easily, and when the wait the storm out. sun is bright overhead he has to strap a “The first picture they showed on wide umbrella on his chair. the news was the Circle Food Store,” he Still, he’s happy to be back in Savanremembers. “The Circle Food Store was nah, which has always been – in his like five or six blocks from where I was heart – home. “We would still have staying. And when I saw that, I thought been struggling in New Orleans,” he ‘New Orleans is gone.’ My whole heart says. “We would never be where we are just dropped.” now.

His house was a near–total loss, and “We are really blessed to be here. he had the usual FEMA headaches.

Plus I have the opportunity to do just “The people who were stuck there all what I did in New Orleans. Now I’m that time – I could see the despair in the Chairman of River Street, because I their eyes,” he says. “And every time I sit in the chair! This is my new domain, went back from that point on, I’d get and I love it.” CS the same feeling: ‘I don’t want to come back. It’s going to be too hard.’”

The Rasheed Akbar Liver Transplant So in May of 2007, after finding Fund: http://rasheedakbarlivertransplantMemphis not quite their cup of gumbo, fund.bbnow.org/ the Akbars bought a home in Savannah.

It’s all about freedom from labels

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

It was in 1981 that New Grass Revival, the most “out there” bluegrass band in America (“out there” meaning a far cry from traditional porch–picking acoustic bluegrass) added a young banjo virtuoso named Bela Fleck to its lineup.

Fleck, and his unconventional take on the instrument – why, you can play just about anything on the banjo!

– turned on an entire generation of players who felt the giddy liberation from time–worn musical bondage.

Of course, traditional bluegrass didn’t die out – how in God’s name could it?

– and to this day, there are “progressive” bluegrass bands who simply add high energy (and maybe a bit of clogging) to the Appalachian cake mix.

There are some, like Jeff Mosier of Atlanta’s Blueground Undergrass, who took the hint from Fleck and freed the ol’ 5–string to go wherever they wished it to.

Blueground Undergrass, playing Friday at the Live Wire Music Hall, has become a fixture on the jam band circuit – the six–member ensemble includes banjo, electric guitar, fiddle, bass, drums and pedal steel, plus the occasional dobro and mandolin, and they can twist a tune into a 12–minute psychedelic hypnotic haze. Or not.

At the center of it all is Mosier. He put this band together 11 years ago, after a stint in the fabled Aquarium Rescue Unit with Col. Bruce Hampton, and swears he hasn’t had a single regret since.

How do you explain to people what Blueground Undergrass does?

Jeff Mosier: Well, that’s always a problem when you’re doing original music. That’s because you’re not associating with something that some genre–driven radio station has already put a label on. Most of my heroes are hard to label.

It melds my true bluegrass roots, Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, and Hot Rize, and my interim, which would be New Grass Revival. They were my template, they were my Beatles. I would scream like a teenager when I’d go see ‘em. It was the first time I’d seen any sonic music – I wasn’t a big rock fan

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Jeff Mosier, second from left, founded Blueground Undergrass 11 years ago.

– so when I saw Bela for the first time in ’82, my head came off.

In 1988, the nail in my mental coffin was probably meeting Col. Bruce Hampton. And instead of running for my life, I went with it. It allowed me to play the banjo for the first time as a musical instrument, and not as a bluegrass instrument.

I really wanted to start putting in ideas that weren’t just boom–chick, boom–chick, two–beat, two–beat, hillbilly get the pig, get the pig. I really wanted to take those poly–rhythms and put ‘em in my right hand.

Bruce has that effect on people, doesn’t he?

Jeff Mosier: He does. I call him the Great Permission–Giver. One of the wonderful attributes of playing with Bruce is that he only has one rule, but he’s very committed to it: His rule is that you play yourself, that you’re not up there for the beer pot and the chicks.

You’re there to be affected by your experience of your own self, on your own instrument, in the context of a band. It changed my life.

We didn’t know we were a jam band.

There wasn’t a “jam band scene” at that time. It was just us, Widespread, Phish – they were just a small band out of Vermont – Little Feat, the Allman Brothers, the Dead. And the Dead were their own thing. Even though I saw hippies spinnin’ around, I didn’t really know what it was. I’m a recovering

Southern Baptist; I grew up in a very religious home, and I didn’t really think very much until I was about 28.

So Blueground Undergrass was my first attempt, at 39 years old, to put together a configuration that would allow me to do, sonically, everything that had affected me up to that point.

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If you’re not really excited right before you play, if you don’t have that Oh boy, I can’t wait for them to hear what we’re gonna do tonight – instead of We’re gonna do a Diamond Rio cover or We’re gonna fuck up this tune by Alison Krauss – that’s two different paths. I think some people are happy on that second path.

I would have a gun barrel in the roof of my mouth if I had to do that. CS

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When soft drink giant Coca–Cola sold its wine business in 1983 two things happened.

Competing California wine makers breathed a sigh of relief that the big budget onslaught of the Coke marketing machine had ground to a halt — and the properties passed to new owners who made far better wines than Coke’s leading West Coast brand — Taylor California Cellars.

One of those winners was Ferrari–Carano Vineyard and Winery, a stunningly beautiful Sonoma County property that, since its first vintage in 1987, has built a solid reputation as a go–to wine for restaurant lists and offers a well–balanced range of great wines with good values for retail consumers.

I tasted through a range of Ferrari–Carano wines last week and detected a remarkable central theme to the wine maker’s work — beautifully well–balanced wines that present as immediately drinkable and palate pleasing.

If I was forced to pick just two wines from this line–up, I would have to select the Sangiovese–Malbec blend labeled as “Sinena.”

Again, balance presented paramount in this easily drinkable wine. It is rich with the tastes of red and black fruits and finishes with notes of caramel, vanilla and spice. The oak program insures nice tannins and plenty of acidity on the finish but with, here I go again, balance.

Complex and satisfying enough to drink alone — it would be equally enjoyable paired with foods like pasta in tomato sauce, pork, lamb or beef.

The blockbuster for me though was Ferrari–Carano Fume Blanc.

Fume Blanc (pronounced: foo–may) is a term invented by Robert Mondavi in the 1970s to help sell Sauvignon Blanc — they are the same wines. Today, wine savvy consumers are comfortable with Sauvignon Blanc thanks in part to the grassy New Zealand varieties. But this Fume Blanc is far from grassy and a world away from the herbaceous New Zealand cousins.

Part of what sets this wine apart from the NZ Sauv Blancs is the fact that it’s partially aged in oak instead of an all–stainless steel slumber. That added bit of flavor tweaking adds complexity, character and has made Ferrari–Carano Fume Blanc an award–winning, food–friendly wine.

While grassy tendencies of the varietal can’t completely be left behind, the forward elements of this wine brings suggestions of honeydew melon, grapefruit and floral tones. It is crisp and clean in the mouth and a brilliant acidic finish makes it a winner with foods — particularly seafood or chicken.

Quite serendipitously, I found it on the list at Hunter House Inn on Tybee Island last weekend. I ordered a bottle to share with friends — all of whom had chosen a different fish entr e.

For me, it was a dead–on winner with my Red Snapper. It allowed the subtleties of the fish to shine through — but didn’t dull the beautiful soffrito of the black beans in the recipe.

Savannah area retailers are on board with this wine — and it’s easily accessible for around $15, give or take a buck or two. cs

Three Bites

Tim’s restaurant hopping turns up intriguing and satisfying meals.

He picks three experiences every week to share:

Moon River Brewing Co.

My craving for an excellent burger once a week continues. I fled my meeting on Bay Street and headed for the nearest juicy burger — which just so happened to go great with a hand–crafted beer!

The Moon Burger is big and cooked to order — I chose mine with lettuce, tomato and a healthy squirt of mustard. It’s a nicely flavored patty that does it best to fill a fresh,. over sized bun. There are a variety of sides to choose from — I went old school with French fries, nothing revolutionary mind, but comforting. A crisp, giant quarter pickle sear accompanied. I selected the lower alcohol, session Moon River Brew dubbed Slow–vannah, a pale ale that registers a meager 4 percent ABV. 21 W .Bay St./447–0943

Lighthouse Pizza

Hmmm, Tybee Island and pizza — I usually set any expectations aside. Which is why I was delighted to experience a nice doughy crust, plenty of toppings and attentive, cheerful service at this joint near the beach. Small green salads ordered by some in the group were so–so, but the pie delivered lots of flavor, plenty of satisfaction and showed attention to detail.

There is an awesome selection of craft beers, too. The barbecue is a favorite of some of my friends, but the pulled pork is a pre–cooked, packaged product. However, ribs are smoked fresh on site.

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Miyabi Japanese Steak House and Sushi Bar

This teppanyaki, or hibachi, Japanese restaurant isn’t Savannah’s only version of the festive communal table — but it’s certainly the largest! That’s pretty much where the difference ends. Very good attentive service, a fun table side show and ample portions rule — but you’ve had the food before. All entrees are accompanied by Japanese Onion Soup, which is hot, savory and enjoyable. A crisp, fresh salad of lettuce and cucumbers also accompanies. The soy dressing is refreshing with a hint of citrus and much more interesting than the ginger dressing. The Hibachi Scallops, 8 medium sized scallops that are beautifully caramelized, are served piping hot from the big, steel cooktop. Frankly, I left a couple on the plate because the portions are so generous.

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The thing about Copperfield, whose January 14 appearance at the Savannah Civic Center has just been announced, is that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first and foremost a showman. His act is peopled with beautiful, longâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;haired women dressed in flowing white nightgowns â&#x20AC;&#x201C; very dreamâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;like â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pulling a fast one (as he most definitely is) guys like me never notice.

Sure, he looks like a dork, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really, really good. In fact, Copperfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arguably the finest illusionist on the road today (donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t call him a â&#x20AC;&#x153;magician,â&#x20AC;? he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care for that word), and the show, with its largeâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;scale, highâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;tech â&#x20AC;&#x153;tricksâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is a jawâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;dropper.

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 The 2009 Savannah Folk Festival, Oct. 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11, will feature legendary singer/songwriter Janis Ian, whose was just a teenager when â&#x20AC;&#x153;Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oct Childâ&#x20AC;? caused such a stir back in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;67. Ian, of course, had a string of hit albums in the 1970s, and a pretty big hit with â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Seventeenâ&#x20AC;? (her albums Stars and Between the Lines are excellent, and still hold up today).

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll headline the traditional â&#x20AC;&#x153;closing nightâ&#x20AC;? concert Oct. 11 at Grayson Stadium.

The big show is free, which is great because it also features the legendary acoustic duo Jay Unger and Molly Mason, guitar and fiddle, playing Appalachian, Celtic, bluegrass and classic folk tunes. Their music was featured prominently in the Ken Burns miniseries The Civil War. David Jacobsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Strain and Osalimi Amoke will also perform. For details on the entire threeâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;day event, see http://www.savannahfolk.org/festival. cs

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Melange D’Art Select: Recent Aquisitions at the SCAD Museum of Art — A new exhibit featuring a selection of newly acquired items at the museum, including new and vintage couture from several legendary designers as well as paintings by Surrealist Joan Miro and pop artist Jim Dine, among others. SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Ocean Blue: New Work by Wendy Cooper and John Olenyik — An exhibition of sensitive oil paintings by John Olenyik and largescale photographs by Wendy Cooper, which depict various meditations of the ocean.

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It’s not just a baseball movie. Really.

OK, so I’m a sentimental fool.

I’ve been around the block a few times, and like most heterosexual men I’ve had the uncomfortable experience of sitting through some dreary chick–flick like Beaches or Stepmom while the lady on my arm blubbered into her Kleenex.

My Achilles’ heel is Field of Dreams.

Directed by Phil Alden Robinson, who adapted it from a book by W.P. Kinsella, Field of Dreams is being screened Friday afternoon at the Lucas Theatre, as part of their summer movie co–promotion with the Savannah Sand Gnats.

That’s right, it’s a baseball movie. You know it: It’s the one where Iowa farmer Kevin Costner, at the command of a mysterious voice on the wind, plows under his cash crop of corn – spending the family nest egg in the bargain – to build a state–of–the–art baseball diamond.

There’s magic in them thar cornfields, as it happens, and before you can say “Henry Hill” you’ve got Ray Liotta, playing long–dead ballplayer Shoeless Joe Jackson, who’d been banned from professional play after throwing the 1919 World Series.

(Liotta’s New Yawk accent, as my friend Jim Morekis points out, doesn’t help the credibility factor, since the real Jackson was from rural South Carolina.)

Soon Joe – he’s a ghost, duh – is joined by his teammates from the blackballed Chicago White Sox. What Ray Kinsella (Costner) discovers, while other–worldly music plays and shooting stars streak across the Iowa sky, is that these guys never got to fulfill their baseball destiny. Ray’s cornfield of dreams is where God (or somebody) has sent their restless spirits to play a few final games, just for the sheer fun of it.

OK, right now there’s a lot of sap in the air. But it’s done well, and if you employ what filmmakers call “suspension of disbelief ” (i.e. just go with it) it’s a nice little fantasy. This was before Costner became a dependably obnoxious actor.

But Field of Dreams doesn’t end with the “Black Sox.” The voice tells Ray to search out reclusive 1960s radical Terence Mann (James Earl Jones), which Ray does, not having the slightest idea why – but hey, the voice was right about the cornfield.

What follows is a series of totally unbelievable but engrossing (and well–acted) scenes involving visions, gut instincts, subtle metaphors, and a dead doctor named Moonlight Graham (who comes to life in the form of Burt Lancaster).

What you don’t realize is that Robinson has been dropping clues all along as to what the story is really about.

As a teenager, Ray had become estranged from his father; they’d said some angry things and Ray ran off to pursue the hippie dream, never to see him again. The old guy had died before Ray “got the chance to take it all back.”

The ending makes me choke up every

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“Man, I loved this game.” Shoeless Joe (Ray Liotta) out standing in his Field.

time, and I’ve owned Field of Dreams since it first appeared on VHS way back in 1989.

Now, I can’t catch or throw a baseball to save my life, never could. My dad and I never once “had a catch,” as Ray would say. Oh, Dad would have if I’d asked him, but sports never interested me in the slightest. I was a guitar player.

When my father died at age 81, three years ago, we’d never had a (terribly) cross word between us.

When I see the ghost of Ray’s dad, as a young man, make his first appearance silhouetted against the backstop, I get the shivers. Turns out he, too, had unfulfilled dreams.

I cry when Doc Graham says “If I’d only been a doctor for five minutes, now that would have been a tragedy.” I cry when Terence Mann says “People will come.” I cry when Shoeless Joe says “No, Ray. It was you.” I’m getting all

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goosebumpy as I write this.

That’s because Field of Dreams isn’t really a baseball movie at all. It’s about the connection between fathers and sons, fused by blood and love and loss and experience, that can never be un– made. No matter how many baseballs – or epithets – have been tossed.

No matter how much corn has gone under the bridge.

Field of Dreams Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. When: 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 31 Tickets: $8 public, $6 seniors and military, $4 SCAD students Phone: (912) 525–5050 Sand Gnats: $17 includes movie ticket, round–trip transportation to and from Grayson Stadium for Friday night’s game, and one general admission game ticket.

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The Hurt Locker Who knew that director Kathryn Bigelow was anything other than a Hollywood hack? Sure, sure, she’s had her supporters, but practically all of her past projects have favored cold style over warm substance. The justly forgotten Blue Steel was one of the worst films of the 1990s, Point Break was merely daft masturbation fodder for fans of Patrick Swayze and/or Keanu Reeves, and the Harrison Ford dud K–19: The Widowmaker was so dull that just writing about it makes me... zzzzzz.

Where was I? Oh, yes, getting ready to praise Bigelow for a tightly wound film whose few flaws can be found in Mark Boal’s screenplay rather than in her own potent direction. Boal, who co–wrote the only other worthy Iraq War film to date (In the Valley of Elah), has elected this time to focus all his attention on the soldiers who are placed in

the line of fire, never allowing any political discourse to enter the conversation. It’s an acceptable decision in that it pays sincere tribute to Americans willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for their country, although it’s also a timid move in that it steadfastly refuses to challenge warhawks in the audience, many of whom will be idiotic enough to view this as a “pro–war” flick.

The Hurt Locker follows the three members of a bomb squad plying their trade during the last six weeks of their tour of duty in 2004. Staff Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) is the leader of the outfit, a man as reckless as he is efficient when it comes to defusing bombs (it’s believed he holds the record in this unenviable category). Sergeant J.T. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) is the most professional –– that is to say, most stable –– member of the team, anxious to get away from a job he despises. And Specialist Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) is the young pup of the outfit, a clean–cut kid terrified that Bigelow and Boal follow the trio around as an on–screen marker counts down the number of days left in their rotation. Maximum suspense is not only gained through their encounters with specific bombs but also through the big picture that strains at the fabric of the film: Will all three make it out alive? It’s a testament to the performances of all the actors (specifically Renner and Mackie) that we invest so strongly in characters that truthfully aren’t fully developed.

The movie works best when its storytelling remains shaggy; it gets into real trouble when it introduces a forced subplot in which James sets out to avenge the death

of a friend. But never does Bigelow falter in her direction, which, by adroitly alternating between muscular and sensitive, reapplies a recognizable face to a conflict that is already slipping from the American public conscious with all the wispiness of a bad dream.

THE UGLY TRUTH Look, it’s only fair. If impressionable frat boys can enjoy The Hangover this summer and impressionable teenagers can enjoy Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, then why not give impressionable women their own imbecillic film? An abhorrent romantic comedy, The Ugly Truth is so inept and ill–conceived on so many levels that mandatory sterilization seems to be the only punishment suitable for everyone involved in this mess. We wouldn’t want these folks breeding like rabbits.In a typically bad performance consisting primarily of exaggerated reaction shots, Katherine Heigl (also serving as executive producer) plays Abby, a TV news producer who’s also a frigid control freak loved only by her cat. Into her world enters Mike (Gerard Butler), a chauvinist whose cable access show (The Ugly Truth) gets absorbed into Abby’s news program in an effort to boost ratings. Mike’s segment, in which he claims that men can’t be taught anything once they pass toilet training and that there’s no such thing as a romantic male, offends Abby, but eventually she finds herself turning to Mike for help on how to land her hottie neighbor, Colin (Eric Winter). He’s only too happy to assist her, until he begins to fall for this pill himself. It’s inconceivable that a movie with such continues on p. 26

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an unsympathetic female lead was written by three women; is it stepping out of line to suggest that they themselves must possess low–self–esteem issues or, at the very least, subscribe to the GOP vision of a woman’s place in the world?

(Tellingly, the most right–wing critic on Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 10 out of 10, stating that “every guy should drag his girlfriend/wife to this movie (not necessarily by the hair)” and that Mike “makes sense and describes how a man reacts to a woman so perfectly that it should be emailed to every woman around the world.”) The male characters don’t come off much better, but they do come off better. While Abby is painted as a repugnant caricature to her very core, Mike is revealed to only be a misogynist when the script calls for it; the rest of the time, he’s nursing a broken heart caused by past relationships or lovingly hanging out with his sister and his nephew. I’m no fan of The Hangover, but that film at least made some attempt at comic innovation. Everything in The Ugly Truth is merely recycled from past rom–coms, from Abby accidentally glimpsing Colin’s penis (giggle giggle) to the pathetic character of Abby’s lonelyheart sidekick (Bree Turner) who’s unable to land her own man. I could go on, but I’d rather start laying the groundwork for next week’s review of (500) Days of Summer, a romantic comedy that’s as smart, perceptive and charming as this one is stupid, clueless and, well, ugly.

Harry Potter and The Half–Blood Prince Chris Columbus was unfairly lambasted in some quarters for the first two Potter pics, but I think his comparatively lighthearted approach worked since the early chapters were as much about the Disneyland appeal of the Hogwarts school as anything else. But as J.K. Rowling’s books progressed, the child actors matured, and the directors changed, the franchise began to take on a decidedly darker tone, with a likable character killed off in each of the three most recent works and teen protagonists Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) continually having to contend with raging hormones that prove to be as challenging to conquer as any Dementor.

The evil Lord Voldemort was finally given human form in the previous two pictures (Ralph Fiennes oozed slithery menace in the part), but in Half–Blood

Prince, he’s never seen, only felt (Tom Riddle, who became Voldemort, is spotted as a student in flashbacks, however).

But as in the last movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, there’s the feeling that the bad guys are winning, and Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) needs to quickly come up with some sort of game plan. He enlists the unwitting aid of a former professor, the jovial if distracted Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent), and instructs Harry to discreetly probe him for information that might help them defeat Voldemort and his minions.

Harry takes on the task, albeit not at the complete expense of a social life.

He finds himself becoming increasingly attracted to Ron’s younger sister Ginny (Bonnie Wright, the weak link in the cast), even as the once–spindly, now–buff Ron finds himself the object of attraction for the mature Hermione and the hyperactive Lavender Brown (Jessie Cave).

Yates, the first director since Columbus to helm more than one installment, picks up where he left off with Phoenix, mixing personal scenes involving the students with more weighty material that furthers the blackest aspects of the saga. These latter–named segments are suitably moody — and often allow the FX team to show off their handiwork — yet the heart of the piece remains the interactions between the characters, both teen and adult. Indeed, if there’s a problem with the newer flicks, it’s that there’s no longer any quality time to be afforded to most of the grownups in the cast. The gentle giant Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane), my personal fave, now puts in what basically amounts to cameo appearances; ditto the droll Professor McGonagall (Maggie Smith). On the other hand, the intriguing Professor Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) continues to figure in the proceedings, and, among the kids, it’s nice to see the delightfully airy Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch) again.

BRUNO To paraphrase Senator Lloyd Bentsen’s smackdown of Senator Dan Quayle during the 1988 Vice Presidential Debate: “Bruno, I screened Borat; I knew Borat; Borat was a review of mine. Bruno, you’re no Borat.” Perhaps not, but there’s still plenty of laughs to be found in Bruno, which finds creator Sacha Baron Cohen employing the same guerilla tactics and faux–documentary style that made Borat: Cultural

primed to see, and the actor doesn’t disappoint as he places his character in situations (some genuinely scary) with monosyllabic Alabama hunters, extreme–sports–loving rednecks, and, most reprehensible of all, two Christian counselors who bill themselves as “gay converters” (these vile creatures prove to be as misogynistic as they are homophobic). These scenes provide the film with the clarity of mission lacking in the earlier segments, as Cohen expertly alternates between subtly mocking his subjects and outright infuriating them.

But never enlightening them, sorry to say — that’s probably too much to ask from any major–studio summer outing.

MOON With Ziggy Stardust for a father, Major Tom for an uncle and, presumably, the spiders from Mars for assorted in–laws, is it any wonder that Duncan Jones chose a science fiction project to mark his feature film debut? Jones, of course, is the son of rock legend David Bowie, but after Moon, it’s guaranteed that he’ll be recognized as a talented art-

ist in his own right. Serving as director and coming up with the original story (Nathan Parker wrote the actual screenplay), Jones has crafted a unique sci–fi yarn that pays tribute to such works as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Silent Running while also heading off in its own giddy direction. Sam Rockwell, an actor whose twitchy turns generally drive me up the wall, tones down the quirks to deliver an excellent performance as Sam Bell, an astronaut and employee for the futuristic corporation Lunar Enterprises. It’s long been discovered that the moon can provide Earth with its energy; Sam is the man on the moon, tasked with overseeing this operation.

But he’s mighty lonely up there, talking to himself as much as he talks to the base’s mobile computer GERTY (voiced

by Kevin Spacey). Fortunately, his three years in space are nearly up, and he’s anxious to get back to Earth and, specifically, to the wife (Dominique McElligott) and baby girl waiting for him. But with only weeks left before his departure, he begins to feel poorly, a condition that in turn leads him to have an accident. Upon awakening,

he senses that something’s not quite right, and GERTY, for one, isn’t talking.

The resultant twist (which for some reason is included in the trailer) is an intriguing one, and it solidifies the film’s initial promise as a heady piece of sci–fi cinema. The prevalent theme is one of identity, and this extends beyond the character of Sam Bell to also involve GERTY, who proves to be one of the most fascinating robots in many a, uh, moon. Working with cinematographer Gary Shaw and production designer Tony Noble, Jones has created the perfect antiseptic look for the film, while composer Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream) contributes a dazzling score that taps into the movie’s otherworldly setting. Yet despite its impressive tech credits, Moon chiefly succeeds because of Jones’ ability to take an idea that could have remained as sterile as the moonbase decor and inject it with all sorts of messy emotions. “I’m only human” may be an excuse when uttered in real life, but in Moon, it becomes a declaration of defiance. continues on p. 28

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Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan such an unlikely box office winner back in 2006. This time, the uncompromising comedian adopts the personage of Bruno, a gay Austrian model who, after his career flames out in his homeland, comes to America — specifically, Hollywood — to reinvent himself as an A–list celebrity. That’s easier said than done, as Bruno’s flamboyance repels practically everyone he meets.

The first half of the picture provides some hysterical material, but what’s the target being punctured? Bruno’s antics would seem outrageous to folks even if they were coming from a straight man, so, for example, you can’t really fault the talk–show audience who finds his (fictionalized) treatment of his adopted baby reprehensible. Cohen is at his best when nailing specific people but he’s less successful when trying to shock viewers with naughty gay routines that encourage the audience to laugh at him rather than with him. Fortunately, the picture hits its stride in the second half, when Cohen exclusively sets his sights on various bigots. This is what we’ve been

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This period gangster saga may be filled with exciting gun battles yet can’t deliver the firepower in ways that matter the most: empathy, originality, and a willingness to burrow beneath the legend. While real life might have dictated that the vicious bank robber Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) did in fact die four months after the imminently more likable John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), the filmmakers understand that our own sense of fair play (or narrative pacification; take your pick) demands that we see Nelson go down in a hail of bullets well before Dillinger has his own date with destiny. At any rate, director Michael Mann and fellow scribes Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman (adapting Bryan Burrough’s book Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–1934) capture what’s most important about Dillinger: his folk–hero appeal, and the way many Depression–era citizens would have found it possible to cheer an outlaw who spent his time sticking it to the banks. Naturally, an actor of considerable charm would be required to play such a dashing rogue, so it’s obvious that the short list of candidates would basically consist of Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio (who was briefly involved with the project several years ago). Depp possesses the right demeanor for the role, and if he doesn’t register as powerfully as we would expect, that’s the fault of the writers, who make Dillinger more of an enigma than necessary. Still, the actor fares better than his two co–stars. As Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who pursues Dillinger with single–minded determination, Christian Bale is playing a character even more one–dimensional than his John Connor in Terminator: Salvation.

Then there’s the case of La Vie en Rose Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, cast as Dillinger girlfriend Billie Frechette.

Unless we’re discussing Bonnie and Clyde or Roger Corman cheapies, no film genre is less friendly to women than the gangster flick (not even the Western, which allowed the likes of Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Crawford to carve out memorable legacies). So until one brutal sequence toward the end, Cotillard has little to do but fret and fuss over her man’s line of work. Yet what Public Enemies lacks in emotion,

it makes up for in artfulness. Because the movie is lucky enough to have someone as skilled as Mann at the helm, it’s often able to camouflage its narrative limitations with stunning stylistics that, crucially, aren’t of the distant, hermetically sealed variety but rather infuse the piece with a different sense of purpose.

Elliot Goldenthal’s soaring score, Dante Spinotti’s camera angles, and the sound team’s snap–crackle–and–pop approach (gun shots are frequently delivered with stunning clarity, a far cry from the sonic overkill of that infernal Transformers sequel) support the costume and set departments to fully immerse us in an era in which a man’s best friend is his weapon, and the manner in which he tips his fedora is as important as what’s in his heart or on his mind. That’s a remarkably shallow outlook, but with Public Enemies, that’s usually about as deep as it gets.

Away We Go One of the best films of 2008, director Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road offered a powerful and penetrating study of a bickering couple trapped by the conformity they felt defined — and controlled — their lives. Mendes’ latest picture takes a different tack, examining a loving pair who forge their own path in an attempt to find their place in the world. It’s a nice about–face for the director, even if the results prove to be wildly uneven. Working from a script

by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, Mendes focuses on Burt (John Krasinski) and his pregnant girlfriend Verona (Maya Rudolph), who visit friends and family members in various parts of the country (plus Canada) in an attempt to figure out the best place to raise their child. Initially, they’re mainly forced to contend with folks who behave outrageously — Burt’s parents (Catherine O’Hara and Jeff Daniels) and Maya’s former boss (Allison Janney) among them — but calmer visits to old college chums (Chris Messina and Melanie Lynskey) and Burt’s brother (Paul Schneider) allow them to take stock of their situation in a more clearheaded manner.

Similar in tone (if not degree of success) to Zach Braff ’s Garden State, Away We Go is an introspective piece about young people wrestling with the notion of what truly constitutes the cherished notions of “home” and “family.” cs

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Activism & Politics AMBUCS

Dedicated to creating mobility and independence of the disabled. Meets first and third Monday at noon. Ann Johnson, 897-4818. Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Midtown, 6711 Abercorn St. Savannah

Coastal Democrats

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

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. 5354 Reynolds Ave. Savannah

National Council of Negro Women

Meets the first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum.

460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Savannah http://www.sip.armstrong.edu/CivilRightsMuseum/Civilindex.html

Progressive Action for Savannah

Group interested in progressive politics in Savannah. Contact Claudia Collier 912-748-0731 or ccollier376@yahoo.com.

Benefits Home and Heart Warming Program

The United Way of the Coastal Empire is taking applications for this Atlanta Gas Light Co. program. United Way was given a grant to help low-income homeowners with free repair or replacement of gas appliances, such as hot water heaters, furnaces, space heaters and stoves. Qualified customers also can apply for free weatherization of their homes. The program is open to residents of Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Liberty and Glynn counties. Call 6517730. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St Savannah http://www.uwce.org/

Sugar Refinery Family Support Fund

Donations can be made to the United Way of the Coastal Empire. All proceeds will go to affected victims and their families. Credit-card donations may be made calling 651-7701, and checks and money orders made payable to the United Way of the Coastal Empire, with “Sugar Refinery Family Support Fund” written in the memo line, can be mailed to: United Way of the Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St., Savannah, 31401. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St , Savannah http://www.uwce. org/

United Way 2-1-1

An information and referral service in Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Bryan, Glynn abnd McIntosh counties is available by calling 2-1-1. Services include food pantry programs, bill payment assistance, rent assistance, foreclosure prevention, job search and training programs, childcare programs, housing solutions and financial education. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St , Savannah http://www.uwce.org/

Call for Entries Creative Flag Design Competition

Artists will be able to choose a specific art period on which to base their designs. Materials will be provided, or you may provide your own.

Maximum 2 entries per artist. Deadline for

submissions is September 14th. Winners will be announced September 18th. Cash prizes.

Horizon Gallery, 206 E. Bay St. ,

TCCa’s 2009 Innovation Awards

The Creative Coast is accepting applications for its Second Annual Innovation Awards. Deadline is Aug. 21. To apply, visit http://innovation. thecreativecoast.org/apply or for more info contact Leigh Acevado, lacevado@thecreativecoast.org

Classes, Camps & Workshops 700 Kitchen Cooking School

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 , Savannah

Abstinence Education

Hope House and Savannah State University are providing an after-school program for youth and young adults ages 12 to 29. Program activities last for about 2 hours every Wednesday at SSU. Transportation is provided. Snacks, field trips and supportive services are provided at no charge. 236-5310. Savannah State University, 3219 College St , Savannah http://www.savstate. edu/

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. www.ayoluwa.org, 844-2582.

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. , Savannah

Artist’s Way Workshop

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

236-3660 International Center for Leadership & Coaching, 236-3660 , Savannah http://www. internationalcoach.org/

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 , Savannah http://www.beaddreamer.com

Computer Workshop: Let the Games Begin

AASU offers week-long computer workshop on creating 3-D animation and games, for boys only, ages 11-13. Registration required. University Hall, rm 128, 11935 Abercorn St. , http://ettc. armstrong.edu/

Conversational German, Advanced and Beginners

Two ongoing classes for beginners and experienced adults. Everybody who wants to learn German or needs to brush up is welcome. Beginners meet Monday 6-7 pm, advanced 7-8 pm.

Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. ,

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. For information, send e-mail to cafecontigo@gmail.com.

The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Savannah http://www.sentientbean.com

Credit and Money Management 12 Hour Seminar

This ongoing course is held every month at the Effingham YMCA in Rincon. This seminar is the first standardized credit education program in the nation. Topics covered are the steps to improve your credit rating and raise your credit scores, budgeting, managing your debt, what lenders require when you borrow money, how to spot looming money problems and how to deal with them before it’s too late. The fee is $99 per person or $169 per couple. Space is limited and registration is required in advance. Contact Carmen at 826-6263 or 484-1266. Effingham YMCA, 1224 Patriot Dr. , Rincon

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register. Fany’s Spanish/English Institute, 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. , Savannah

Get Clients Now!

Don’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 912-236-3660. International Center for Leadership & Coaching, 236-3660 , Savannah http://www.internationalcoach.org/

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 Year’s Day. www.oatlandisland.org. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd , Savannah http:// www.oatlandisland.org/

Oh the Places You’ll Go

AASU offers computer workshop where youth learn to create virtual worlds using Google Sketchup. Ages 9-11. Registration required.

University Hall, rm 128, 11935 Abercorn St. , http://ettc.armstrong.edu/

Porcelain Painting

Ongoing beginner, intermediate and advanced 4-day class. $250 includes supplies, brushes, porcelain and firing of art. 706-495-6724, www.

GaSeminarsbytheSea.com. Internationally renowned teachers. Tybee Island, Tybee Island , Tybee Island

Puppet Shows

are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center for schools, day cares, libraries, churches, community events and fairs. Call 447-6605. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St , Savannah http://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

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 , Savannah

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 a.m. - 1 p.m. Savannah Learning Center, 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Savannah

SCAD Art & Design Workshops

SCAD offers hands-on, creative workshops on a variety of subjects, including: Quilt a Village in 3-D, Mosaic Sculpting, and Dog Bed Making http://scad.edu/ce

SCAD Workshop: Quilt a Village in 3-D

Construct 3-D forms of colorful houses and huts, a fun way to make gifts and toys for all to enjoy. Call or visit website for more info. Early registration recommended. http://scad.edu/ce

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 , Savannah http://www.thestarfishcafe. org/

The Art of Clay

Classes in pottery and sculpting will start this fall. Call Carolyn Graham for more info: 912925-7393

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 , Savannah http://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 , Tybee Island http://www. tybeemsc.org/

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. , Savannah

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 , Savannah http:// www.uwce.org/

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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. , Savannah

Clubs & Organizations Bike Night with Mikie

is held every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at The Red Zone Bar and Grill in Richmond Hill. Half of the proceeds of a 50/50 drawing go to the military for phone cards and other items. The Red Zone Bar and Grill, 3975 Highway 17 , Richmond Hill

Civil Air Patrol

Offers aerospace education porgrams and activities for adults and teens ages 12-18. Meets every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the Savannah Flying Tiger Composite Squadron off Dean Forest Road. Visit www.gawg.cap.gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt. Jim Phillips at 412-4410.

Clean Coast

Meets monthly on the first Monday at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Check www.cleancoast.org for event schedule.

Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.savj.org/

Coastal Bicycle Touring Club of Savannah

Visit www.cbtc.org for meeting schedule and more information. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. 728-5989.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr Thunderbolt

Coastal MINIs

is a group of local MINI Cooper owners and enthusiasts who gather on the first Sunday of the month at 10 a.m. to meet other MINI owners and go on motoring adventures together. Visit coastalminis.com. Starbucks, Victory Drive and Skidaway Road , Savannah

Creative Coast Alliance Ambassadors

Meet Tuesday mornings at Cafe Ambrosia, corner of Abercorn and Broughton. Jamie Wolf, jwolf@thecreativecoast.org. Cafe Ambrosia, 202 E. Broughton St. , Savannah

Geechee Sailing Club

Meets the second Monday of the month (except for November) at 6:30pm. Open to all interested in boating and related activities. www.geecheesailingclub.org. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr , Thunderbolt

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Restaurant. The cost is the price of the meal. RSVP to 660-8257.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr Thunderbolt

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association

Meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street.

Call 236-8546. American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. , Savannah

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at American Legion Post 184 in Thunderbolt.

Call 786-4508. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. , Savannah

Moon River Chorus

A ladies’ barbershop chorus. Rehearsals are Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. Visitors are welcome.

Call Sylvia at 927-2651 or sylviapf@aol.com.

Whitefield United Methodist Church, 728 E. 55th St. Savannah http://www.whitefieldumc.com/

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)

Join other moms for fun, inspiration, guest speakers, food and creative activities while children ages birth to 5 are cared for in a preschool-like setting. Meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 9:15-11:30

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 am at First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Call 898-8316 or 898-5086 or visit www.mops.org. First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd , Savannah http://www.fbcislands.com/

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at Books-A-Million and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 692-0382, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org. Chen’s Chinese Restaurant, 20 E. Derenne Ave , Savannah

Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association

Learn to be a real estate investor or landlord.

Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Spiva Law Group, 12020 Abercorn St. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Spiva Law Group, 12020 Abercorn St. , Savannah

Savannah Art Association

Enjoy classes, informal “playshops” and shows on River Street and area businesses.

Now accepting applications for new members.

232-7731. Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St. , Savannah

Savannah Brewers’ League

Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. 447-0943. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb. org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. , Savannah

Savannah Browns Backers

This is an official fan club recognized by the Cleveland Browns NFL football team. Meet with Browns fans to watch the football games and support your favorite team Sundays at game time at Tubby’s Tank House in Thunderbolt.

The group holds raffles and trips and is looking into having tailgate parties in the future.

Call Kathy Dust at 373-5571 or send e-mail to KMDUST4@hotmail.com or Dave Armstrong at Darmst0817@comcast.net or 925-4709. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr , Thunderbolt

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

has a dinner meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club, Hunter Army Airfield. Call John Findeis at 748-7020. Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neat St , Savannah http://www.stewart. army.mil/

Savannah Jaycees

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First City Club. First City Club, 32 Bull St , Savannah http://www.firstcityclub.com/

Savannah Toastmasters

helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 352-1935. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http:// www.memorialhealth.com/

Savannah Writers Network

meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm at Books a Million to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories. A meet-and-greet precedss the meeting at 6:30pm. Melissa Sanso, 441-0030.

Books-A-Million, 8108 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.booksamillion.com/

Stitch-N’s

Knitting, spinning and crocheting Monday and Tuesday from 5-8pm and occasional Sunday 24pm at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty. Jennifer Harey, 238-0514. wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty St. Savannah

Sweet Adeline Chorus

rehearses weekly on Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Hopsital’s meeting rooms.

Contact vicky.mckinley1@comcast.net. St. Joseph’s Hospital, 11705 Mercy Blvd. Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

The Armstrong Center

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

TriUnity Opportunity Meeting

meets the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7 p.m. at the Best Western at I-95 and 204. Learn how to start a business from home.

Free. Ask for Chris and Sandy Benton. Best Western, I-95 and Highway 204 , Savannah

Tybee Performing Arts Society

meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested, please attend or send e-mail to ried793@ netscape.com. Old Tybee School, Tybee Island

Urban Professionals

meets first Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Vu at the Hyatt on Bay Street. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@hotmail.com. Hyatt Regency, 2 W. Bay St. Savannah

for young professionals ages 21 to 39 is a Junior Chamber of Commerce that focuses on friendship, career development and community involvement. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is included and there is no charge for guests. Call 961-9913 or visit www.savannahjaycees.com. Jaycee Building, 101 Atlas St. , Savannah

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

meets every fourth Monday of the month from September through May at 7:30 p.m. at Ryan’s restaurant on Stephenson Avenue. It is an education organization dedicated to informing the public about current events in the world of dogs and those who love them.Those wishing to eat before the meeting are encouraged to arrive earlier. For details, visit www.savannahkennelclub.org. Ryan’s, Stephenson Ave. , Savannah

Mondays & Wednesdays. Beginner 6pm, Intermediate 7pm. Upcoming Fall classes include all levels of Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Tap, HipHop, Zumba begin Sept. 14. For more information call 912-921-2190. The Academy of Dance, 74 W. Montgomery Xrds ,

Savannah Kennel Club

Savannah Mustang Club

meets the third Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at J.C. Lewis Ford, 9505 Abercorn St. An open cruisein is held the third Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at Kroger/Krystal across from the Savannah Mall on Abercorn Ext. Kenneth Brabham, 772-8362 or Leonard Kantziper at 354-1826. J.C. Lewis Ford, 9505 Abercorn St. , Savannah

meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 9273356. American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Savannah

Dance Adult Ballet & Yoga

Basic Ballroom Class

Learn the Cha Cha and Bolero! Beginners and singles welcome. Call 655-4985 or 961-9960 for more information. St. Frances Cabrini Church, 11500 Middleground Road ,

Beginner’s Belly Dance Class

Classes teaching the basics of belly dancing.

Walk-ins welcome. Sundays 11:40am-12:40pm.

Contact Nicole Edge: 912-596-0889. kleokatt@ gmail.com Tantra Lounge, 8 E. Broughton St. ,

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 , Richmond Hill http://lifemovesdancestudio.com

C.C. Express Dance Team

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

Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Windsor Forest , Savannah

Everybody Can Dance

The Highest Praise School of the Arts presents a workshop every 3rd Saturday at 10am for all ages. Free. 927-8601, overcomingbyfaith.org.

Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd. , Savannah

Flamenco Enthusiasts

Dance or learn flamenco in Savannah with the Flamenco Cooperative. Meetings are held on Saturdays from 1 to 2:30 or 3 p.m. at the Maxine Patterson School of Dance. Any level welcome.

If you would like to dance, accompany or sing, contact Laura Chason at laura_chason@yahoo. com. Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St , Savannah

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 , Savannah

Islands Dance Academy Open House and Registration

Islands Dance Academy’s Open House and Registration will be held August 15 from 10am -1pm at the IDA Studio. Fall classes offered: -pre-ballet (3year olds) through Adults including, partnering, and Martha Graham Core strengthening, tap and jazz, adult hip hop. Islands Dance Academy, 115 Charlotte Dr. Whitemarsh Island,

Pole Dancing Class

POLE DANCING...for exercise. Learn dance moves and spins while working your abs, tone your legs and arms, a total body workout. Ladies Only! The only thing that comes 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

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 , Thunderbolt http://www.legion.org/

Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah

Free basic shag, swing, salsa, cha cha, line dance and others are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered. The lesson schedule is posted at www.shagbeachbop. com and announced each Monday. The dance lessons are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Special cocktail prices are from 6:30-10 p.m. and their are hors d’ouerves. There is no cover charge. Everyone is invited and welcomed into club membership.

Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com. Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn Street , Savannah

Swing Dancing by Savannah Swing Catz

Free swing dance lesson and dance every Monday, 7:30-8pm, dancing from 8-10pm. Tantra Lounge 8 E. Broughton St. Free. 220-8096, info@ SavannahSwingcatz.com. Tantra Lounge, 8 East Broughton Street , Savannah

The STUDIO

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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 , Savannah http://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 9257416. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd , Savannah

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 , Savannah

Events

ARIES

(March 21–April 19) Are you a gelatinous pool of longing yet?

Are you a perfumed garden of madly blooming purple explosions?

Are you throbbing and gooey and half–nauseous with that delicious sickness some people called love?

If not, I don’t know what to tell you.

By all astrological reckoning your gut should be swarming with drunk butterflies and the clouds should be taking on the shapes of mating horses. If you’re not half–drowning in these symptoms, I implore you to find a way to pry open the floodgates.

TAURUS

Daily Cannon Firings

Have a blast at Fort Jackson’s daily cannon firings. Fort Jackson,

Indoor Garage Sale

The George Balmer Sunday School class is sponsoring a large, indoor garage sale. All proceeds go to the Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2020 Tennessee Ave. ,

Market at Trustees Garden

A weekly event serving up fresh, local produce, gardening showcases and much more. www. trusteesmarket.com Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St. , http://www.charleshmorriscenter.com/

Tacos on Tuesdays

All you can eat tacos for $5 every Tuesday, 6-9pm. Bar available. Open to everyone. 3986732 or 354-5515. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. , Savannah

The Market at Trustees Garden

Events vary from week to week, but can include a farmer’s showcase, organic gardening presentations, films and more. Every Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad Street , Savannah http://www.charleshmorriscenter.com

Who Wants to Kill a Millionaire?

A performance that lets the audience solve the crime. The cost includes the show and a choice of three dinners. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Seating begins at 7:15 p.m.

The Pirate’s House, 20 E. Broad St. Savannah http://www.thepirateshouse.com

Film & Video Film: Captive’s Island (Japan 1966)

This beautifully shot film tells the haunting story of a mysterious stranger who travels to a remote island off the coast of Japan searching for the former warden of a brutal, wartime penal colony for young boys. Japanese with English subtitles.

Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St. , http://myspace.com/psychotronicfilms

Fitness

(April 20–May 20) You’re primed to cancel a jinx in the coming days, Taurus. You could help someone (maybe even yourself) escape a bewitchment, and you might be able to soothe a wound that has been festering for a long time. In fact, I’m playing with the fantasy that you are now the living embodiment of a lucky charm.

At no other time in recent memory have you had so much power to reverse the effects of perverse karma, bad habits, and just plain negative vibes. Your hands and eyes are charged with good medicine. Other parts of you are, too, which means sexual healing could be in the works. But as you embark on your mission to cure everyone you love, remember the first law of the soul doctor: “Physician, heal thyself.”

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) The Norwegians used to have a concept called *svoermere,* which meant something sweetly futile or deliciously unprofitable. While I can see the appeal that your particular version of *svoermere* has had for you, Gemini, I think it’s time to think about moving on. According to my reading of the omens, you have both a right and a duty to seek out more constructive pleasures that not only make you feel really good but also serve your long–term goals.

CANCER

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.

Acupuncture for Health

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(June 21–July 22) It’s Freedom from Want Week!

For Cancerians only! During this uncanny grace period, you might actually feel perfectly contented.

It’s quite possible that you’ll be free from the obsession to acquire more security, more love, more proof of

your greatness, more chotchkes, more everything. You may even make the shocking discovery that you don’t need nearly as much as you thought you did in order to be happy; that maybe you have a lot to learn about getting more out of what you already have.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) Would you like to spend the next 30 years working your assets off to make your bosses rich? If not, I suggest you start formulating Plan B immediately. The astrological time is not exactly ripe to extricate yourself from the wicked game, but it’s ripe to begin scheming and dreaming about how to extricate yourself. Here’s a tip to get you in the mood. Assume that there’s some validity in the meme that mythologist Joseph Campbell articulated: “Follow your bliss and the money will come.” Then ask yourself, “Do I even know what my bliss is? Not my mild joy or diversionary fun but my unadulterated bliss?” Once you know that, you can follow it. And then, inevitably –– although it may take a while –– the money will follow.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) As the season of riddles and paradoxes kicks into high gear, I present you with a two–part quiz.

Question 1: Since it has taken you your whole life to become the person you are today, is it reasonable to expect that you can transform yourself in a flash? Question 2: On the other hand, since you are more creative than you give yourself credit for, and are also in an astrological phase when your ability to change is greater than usual, is it reasonable to assume that you must remain utterly stuck in your old ways of doing things?

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) So much to say and do. So little time. Is it OK if I pepper you with pithy hints? It’s the only way to fit everything in. Here goes. There’s strength in numbers, Libra. So travel in packs. Round up support and whip up group fervor. Always say “we,” not “I.” Add at least one new friend and bolster at least one old friendship. Think before you act, but always act instead of watching from afar. Avoid doing stupid things in smart ways. To court good luck, do charity work. To ensure that extra favors will come

your way later this year, do extra favors now.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) The Biblical book of Isaiah prophesies a future time of undreamed– of harmony and cooperation. “The wolf will romp with the lamb,” reads one translation. “Cow and bear will graze in the same pasture, their calves and cubs will grow up together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.” I have it on good astrological authority that you’re now eligible for a preview of this paradisiacal state. To receive your free introductory offer, you need only meet one condition. You must vow not to harm any living thing –– not even a cockroach. Not even the person you love best.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

You Sagittarians are famous for filling your cups too full. Sometimes this is cute. Sometimes it’s a problem for those who don’t like Cabernet Sauvignon sloshed on their handwoven Persian rugs.

This week, however, I predict there will be little or no hell to pay for overflowing. So go ahead and transcend your containers, you beautiful exaggerators. Feel free to express yourself like a fire hose.

Now enjoy a few gems from your fellow Sagittarius, the extravagant poet and painter William Blake. 1.

“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” 2. “Exuberance is beauty.” 3. “The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.” 4. “You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

Constant vigilance, my friend.

That’s what I advise. Be attentive to details you sometimes gloss over. Wake up a little earlier and prepare for each encounter with greater forethought. Stare a little harder into the hearts of all those whose hidden motivations might detour your destiny. Monitor every communication for hints that all is not as it seems. Most importantly, guard against the possibility that you may be overlooking a gift or blessing that’s being offered to you in an indirect way.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) “Keep exploring what it takes to be the opposite of who you are,” suggests psychologist Mihaly

Csikszentmihalyi, author of the book *Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention.* This advice is one of his ideas about how to get into attunement with the Tao, also known as being in the zone or getting in the groove or being aligned with the great cosmic flow. How would you go about being the opposite of who you are, Aquarius? According to my reading of the omens, that will be an excellent question for you to muse about in the coming weeks. As you stretch yourself to embody the secret and previously unknown parts of you, I think you’ll be pleased with how much more thoroughly that allows you to be in sync with the rhythms of life.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20) Internet addiction has risen to epidemic proportions in China. In early 2009, psychologists in Shandong province began offering an alleged cure that involved the use of electro-shock therapy. Parents of 3,000 young people paid Dr. Yang Yongxin and his team over $800 a month to hook their anesthetized teens up to machines that sent electricity through their brains to induce artificial seizures. After four months, the Chinese government intervened and halted the treatment, noting that there was no evidence it worked. This practice might sound comically barbaric to you, but I think it has a certain resemblance to the way you have been dealing with your own flaws and excesses: with inordinate force. In the coming weeks, I really think it’s important not to punish yourself for any reason, Pisces, even if it’s in a supposedly good cause. The lesson of the Chinese experiment is: not only is it overkill, it also doesn’t even have the desired effect. cs

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

Ashram Savannah, 2424 Drayton St. Savannah

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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 Pooler

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes

are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. Savannah http://www.sjchs.org

Crossfit Hyperformance

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 Savannah

Fit Lunch

Join us for a 30-40 Minute workout on your lunch hour. Classes offered Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 10:45am until 2:00pm. 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 912-2249667. www.bodybalance.com. Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio, 2209 Rowland Ave, Suite 2 , Savannah

Fitness Classes at the JEA

Spin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary.

Call for days and times. 355-8111. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.savj.org/

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. , Savannah http://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. , Savannah

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. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Ladies Living Smart fitness club

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

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 , Savannah 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 members and $30 per month for non-members.

West Broad Street YMCA, 1110 May St. , Savannah

Men On Weights

Designed for those who want to work out in a group setting with family and friends. For pricing call 898-7714. Spine & Sport, 22 West Oglethorpe Ave , Savannah

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. , Savannah http://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 , Savannah http://www. savannahyoga.com/

Moms in Motion

St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Center for WellBeing is offering a pre- and post-natal exercise program, on July 1 and every Wednesday at 5:30 PM. The class, which is led by an Exercise Specialist certified in maternity fitness, will highlight specific exercises that will improve a mother-to-be’s balance, functional strength and flexibility. Each one hour session will conclude with a stressrelieving cool down and relaxation component.

For more information and to pre-register, call 819-MIND (6463). St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

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. , Savannah http://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 , Savannah

Reiki Level II Training

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.

234-6371. Southern Hemisphere, 41 Habersham St. , Savannah

Rolf Method Bodywork

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

Salsa Classes

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, 3305421. Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. , Savannah

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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 St. Savannah

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PSYCHO SUDOKU -- “Greater-Than Sudoku” For this “Greater-Than Sudoku,” I’m not givin’ you ANY numbers to start off with! Adjoining squares in the grid’s 3x3 boxes have a greater-than sign (>) telling you which of the two numbers in those squares is larger. Fill in every square with a number from 1–9 using the greater-than signs as a guide. When you’re done, as in a normal Sudoku, every row, column, and 3x3 box will contain the numbers 1–9 exactly one time. (Solving hint: try to look for the 1’s and 9’s in each box first, then move on to the 2’s and 8’s, and so on). psychosudoku@hotmail.com

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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 , Savannah http://www. savannahyoga.com/

Squats N’ Tots

This class will help you stretch and strengthen overused body parts, as well as focus on muscle endurance, low impact aerobics, and abdominal work. Your baby (age 6 weeks to one year) can get in on the fun, or simply stay close to you on your mat. Call to pre-register St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

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Tai Chi Classes

Evenings every Tuesday and Thursday. Tai Chi is an exercise derived from the ancient Chinese martial arts. Call to pre-register by calling 819-6463. St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

The Yoga Room

Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr , Savannah http://www.thesavannahyogaroom. com/

Tybee Island Sunrise Boot Camp

is held Monday – Friday from 6-7am. Park at North Beach parking lot and go over first crossover. Bring a mat. Three days of strength training and two days of cardio. Vicki Lyn, 5963009. No prices at this time, but contributions accepted. North Beach, Tybee Island , Tybee Island

Wing Chun Kung Fu

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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 , Savannah

Yoga at the Telfair

Savannah Yoga Center director Kelley Boyd guides the class through beginner and intermediate yoga positions while incorporating various aspects of the artwork on display.

Bring a yoga mat and towel. Saturdays at 9:45am. Drop-ins welcome. Jepson Center for the Arts, York Square ,

Yoga Teacher Training Institute

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

It meets Yoga Alliance standards, and graduates will receive a certificate and be eligible for certification by the alliance. The cost for the entire course is $1,500. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St , Savannah http://www. savannahyoga.com/

Yogalates Classes

are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing on Thursdays from 5:45-6:45 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. The cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for eight sessions. Call 819-6463. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

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 , Savannah http://www.firstcitynetwork.net/

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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. , Savannah

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

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 , Savannah http://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 , Savannah http://www.firstcitynetwork.net/

Health Breastfeeding Roundtable Discussion

The Chatham County Health Department Lactation Program will celebrate World Breastfeeding Week by offering educational events for mothers and mothers-to-be interested in learning more about breastfeeding.

Chatham County Health Department, 1602 Drayton St. ,

Community Cardiovascular Council, Inc. Control your high blood pressure. Free blood pressure checks and information at the Community Cardiovascular Council at 1900 Abercorn St. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 232-6624. Community Cardiovascular Council, 1900 Abercorn St. , Savannah

Community HealthCare Center

is a non-profit organization that provides free medical care for uninsured individuals who work or live in Chatham County and do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. All patients receive free examinations, medicine through the patient assistance program and free lab work. Women receive free pap tests and mammograms. Call 692-1451 to see if you qualify for services. Located at 310 Eisenhower Dr., No. 5, Medical Center. Community Health Mission, Inc, 310 Eisenhower Dr., Suite 6 , Savannah

Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings

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

Checks will be offered Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578.

African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/1844.cfm

Free hearing & speech screening

Every Thursday morning from 9-11 a.m. at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St , Savannah http://www.savannahspeechandhearing.org/

Free Vision Screenings

are offered to the public Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sam’s Club Optical-Savannah. No membership is required. Call 352-2844. Sam’s Club Optical, 1975 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. , Savannah

St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Center for WellBeing offers Hatha Yoga Classes on July 1 and every Monday and Wednesday St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training

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

Call 231-8727. My Brothaz H.O.M.E., 211 Price St , Savannah http://www.mybrothazhome.org/Welcome.html

Hypnobirthing Childbirth Classes

are being offered at the Family Health and Birth Center in Rincon. The group classes offer an opportunity for couples to learn the child birthing process together, while providing a very integral role to the companion participating. Classes provide specialized breathing and guided imagery techniques designed to reduce stress during labor. All types of births are welcome. Classes run monthly, meeting Saturdays for three consecutive weeks. To register, call The Birth Connection at 843-683-8750 or e-mail Birththroughlove@ yahoo.com. Family Health & Birth Center, 119 Chimney Rd , Rincon http://www.themidwifegroup.com/

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Clinic

is offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler and Emory.

Patients can receive pre and post-operative care at the clinic rather than travel to Atlanta. Call Karen Traver, R.N. Transplant Coordinator, at 819-8350. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

La Leche League of Savannah

Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm. La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers.

La Leche League Leaders of Savannah are also available by phone or email for anyone who needs more information. 897-9261, www.lllusa. org/web/SavannahGA.html. Family Health and Birth Center, 1692 Chatham Parkway , Savannah

Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group

meets the second Wednesday of the month at 6pm on the 2nd floor of the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. 355-5196. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. , Savannah

Meditation for Relaxation and Stress Relief

Learn to relax through non-religious meditation.

Instruction and practice followed by Q&A. Thursdays, 6-7pm. $5. Small World Therapeutic Massage on Whitemarsh Island (next to Jalapeno’s).

897-7979. Small World Therapeutic Massage, 115 Charlotte Dr , Savannah

Memorial Health blood pressure check

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

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/

Memorial Health CPR training

FitnessOne provides American Heart Association courses each month to certify individuals in infant, child and adult CPR. The cost is $30.

Call 350-4030 or visit www.memorialhealth.com.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/

Smoke Stoppers

St. Joseph’s/Candler group-facilitated smoking cessation program offers an intensive class in 7 sessions over 3 weeks featuring a wide range of proven-effective strategies to help smokers control their urges, manage nicotine withdrawal and stress and avoid weight gain. The cost is $100.

Call 819-6718. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Readings & Signings

A group dedicated to imrpoving the quality of lives in the Five Pillars of Health: mind, body, family, society and finances. Meets every second and fourth Tuesday at 5:30pm in the meeting room of The Woods Complex on Hodgson Memorial Drive. 656-2952, www.chaienergy@ bellsouth.net. The Woods Complex, Hodgson Memorial Drive , Savannah

meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www. sjchs.org/1844.cfm

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Nature and Environment Take a walk on the wild side

The Oatland Island Wildlife Center offers a 2-mile Native Animal Nature Trail that winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats, and features live native animal exhibits. Located 5 miles east of downtown off the Islands Expressway. Open daily from 10-4 except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. Admission is $5 over 17, and $3 seniors/military/children ages 4-17. 898-3980, www.oatlandisland.org. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd , Savannah http:// www.oatlandisland.org/

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

Visit the center to discover the Georgia coast.

The exhibits and aquariums are home to more than 100 species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, corals and other interesting sea creatures. The center offers Beach Discovery and marsh walks.

Aquarium hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children, ages 3-16. Senior, military and AAA discounts are available. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org. Tybee Island Marine Science Center, 1510 Strand , Tybee Island http://www. tybeemsc.org/

Pets & Animals

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

Tea time at Ola’s

is a new book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Call Beatrice Wright at 652-3660. Bring your ideas and lunches. Tea will be provided. 232-5488 or 652-3660. Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E Bay St , Savannah http://www.liveoakpl.org/

Religious & Spiritual Calling All Christians

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

Celtic Evening Eucharist

Deeply rooted in Celtic spirituality and hospitality. Find a welcoming space, a sense of belonging, a loving encounter with God where everyone has a place at the table. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 34th and Abercorn ,

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. ,

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 , Savannah http://www.oglethorpemall.com/

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. , Savannah http://www.uusavannah. org

Live Web-streaming

Attend church from home Sundays at 9 and 11am with Pastor Ricky Temple and Overcoming

by Faith Ministries. Log onto www.overcomingbyfaith.org, click ’Watch Now’. 927-8601. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd. , Savannah

Metaphysics For Everyday Self-Mastery

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 suggested donation, 1-877-494-8629, www. freedompathonline.org, freedompath@yshoo. com. The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, 619 W 37th St. , Savannah

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.

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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 fourlegged pet. Great for all levels and all sizes.

898-0361 or www.thesavannahyogaroom.com.

Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St , Savannah

Low-cost Spay Neuter Clinic

with free transport. Vaccines are available.

Service is provided 11 counties in Georgia, including Chatham and Effingham, and South Carolina. Call the Spay/Neuter Alliance and Clinic at 843-645-2500 or visit www.snac1.com.

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Savannah Kennel Club

The club meets monthly on the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. from September through May at Fire Mountain restaurant on Stephenson Avenue.

Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to come earlier. Call 656-2410 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org. Fire Mountain, 209 Stephenson Ave , Savannah

St. Almo

The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays (weather permitting). Meet at 5 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. Time changes with season. Call for time change. Call 234-3336. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.caninepalacesavannah.com

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Music Ministry for Children & Youth

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

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

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 Method-

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.

The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, 619 W 37th St. , Savannah

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. , Savannah

The Savannah Zen Center

Located at 2424 Drayton 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

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Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service.

Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 233-6284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com. Celebrating diversity. Working for justice. Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church, 707 Harmon St. , Savannah

Come join our team and help us grow!

Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith.

Sunday, 11 am, Troup Square Sanctuary. 2340980, admin@uusavannah.org or www.uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. , Savannah http://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. , Savannah http://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 , Savannah http://www.unityofsavannah.org/ at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 or Wesley Community Center, 1601 Drayton St , Savannah http:// www.wesleyctrs-savh.org/

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947 STALEY AVENUE: Convenient location, Remodeled 3BR, 2BA, Light and Airy Floor plan, Vaulted ceilings. Priced at $99,900.

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HOmes fOr sale 815 FSBO! 3 Bedroom, 2 bath brick home on .93 acre in established neighborhood. 2 car attached garage w/ 2 car matching garage detached. 10X12 matching shed. Fenced, sprinkler system, real wood floors in living, foyer and hall.

Neutral carpet in bedrooms. Designer paint, ceiling fans in all rooms, all kitchen appliances convey. South Effingham. Call owner at 912-856-3859 or 912-772-8687. Priced to sell! $159,900. Can be shown anytime.

FORREST HILLS: Incredible outdoor living area, hardwoods, formal dining, screened porch, ADA access. $139,900.

Call Tom Whitten, Realty Executives 912-663-0558

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3BR/2BA, open greatroom, fireplace, kitchen dining area, must love flowers! Privacy wood fence. $178,000. Prime Properties 925-6870/897-2272.

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FSBO - 2 Bedroom, 2-½ bath. Gated Waterfront Condo. Swimming Pool, Boat Shed, Boat Dock.

Southside Savannah, $235,000.

Call 912-663-4073.

LOTS FOR SALE: 40X100, 64X100, off Montgomery & Staley. Near HAAF. Ready for quick claiming.

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Wilmington Island Home For Sale FOR SALE BY OWNER 12 Calibogue Road OPEN HOUSE 08/01/2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

08/02/2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m 08/08/2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. m 08/09/2009 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m 1,536 sq. ft. Affordable & spacious brick ranch. Minutes from downtown and the beach. Open floor plan, living room with fireplace, dining area open to kitchen, separate laundry room. Pergo wood floor in living room, new ceramic tile in kitchen, dining room and both bathrooms.

Sunroom, fenced in back yard, storage building, Tikki Bar. Pictures and info go to http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/12-Calibogue-RdSavannahGA-31410/14129375 _zpid/ ALL REASONABLE OFFERS CONSIDERED (912)257-2055 Townhomes/ condos for sale 820

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BRICK 3BR/2BA w/In-law Suite(2BR/1BA), Bonna Bella area. Selling as is $170,000 or will lease w/option-to-buy. Call Jimmy, 912-507-4609, for appt.

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POOLER: 513 Herrin Court. 4BR, 2BA brick, cul-de-sac, spacious kitchen, DR, LR, huge den, storage bldg, shallow well. $179,900.

912-713-2314 RENT-TO-OWN: 3yr. option to buy. Large 3BR/2BA all brick home, 2-car garage. Desirable location.

Call 404-826-0345 for appt.

$110,000, $900/rent per month. 3103 Bull Street.

Call 257-3000 or 352-3080 WELL-ESTABLISHED SUB SHOP, Southside Savannah. Near schools, hospitals and business offices.

Team in place. Owner’s retiring; Price negotiable.

Call 912-547-7115/912-547-6 811 for rent 855 101 WISTERIA COURT: Sandfly. 2BR/1BA Duplex, new carpet, fresh paint, kitchen furnished, fe n c e d y a rd $700/month. No pets.

925-5678.

1126 EAST 39TH Street, 3BR house w/heat & air. $600/month.

8 EAST 38TH (Bull & 38th) 3BR/2BA Apt. $600/month.

Call 925-1992 1/2 OFF 1ST MONTH’S RENT! Rent A Manufactured home, 14x70, on a high/wooded lot. 3BR, 2BA, save $$$, Gas, heat and stove, central air, refrigerator, full miniblinds, carpeting and draperies, washer/dryer hookups, 48sqft. deck w/hand rails and steps, double car cement parking pad. Swimming pool, recreational areas, onsite garbage service (twice weekly) and fire protection included, cable TV available, guest parking. Starting at $500/month, including lot rent. 800 Quacco Road. 925-9673.

GATED SOUTHSIDE CONDO!

2BR/2BA near AASU. Lovely dock views.

12300 Apache Ave, #918. Linda Hawk, 270-4778, 354-9314.

Konter Realty Co. $179,900.

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1309 EAST ANDERSON St. Upper apartment.

3BR, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer connections, CH&A, $500 deposit. $650/month.

354-1453

for rent 855 130 EAST 48TH STREET. 4BR/2BA w/bonus room, large BRs. Remodeled baths and kitchen.

Fireplace and porch. $1595/month. Water, Trash, Sewer additional $100.

912-713-4581 *13 HIBISCUS AVE 4BR/1-Bath, $800/month. *NASSAU WOODS MOBILE HOMES, C-37 2BR/2BA, Central Heat & Air, $575/month, $400/deposit.

Call 912-507-7934 1600 HABERSHAM STREET #5, 2 BR/ 1BA apartment. $600 per month $600/deposit.

221 CHATHAM AVENUE 3BR/2BA, brick home on southside, privacy yard, completely remodeled, $850/mo, $850/deposit.

Available Now! 203 JASPER DRIVE 3BR family room, or possible 4 th bedroom, 1.5 bath, covered parking, conmpletely remodeled, corner lot, Garden City. $1050/month, Deposit $535/ Available Now! Call: 844-3990 or 655-9121 204 BAKER STREET, West Savannah.

2BR/1BA House for rent. $550/month, $300/deposit. Call Mitchell at 912-323-8334 2508 Oak Forest, Apt D, 2 Bedroom, 1 bath. $585/month, $585/deposit. Call for more info.

912-342-4085

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT, 1-full bath, living room, kitchen, vinyl floors, electric heat, range, refrigerator furnished, washer, dryer, cable TV, telephone and computer connection.

204 Carolan Street, (Bay View) West Savannah. $500/month, $300 deposit. Call 912-754-7923.

2BR/1BA APT. Largo Tibet area, Southside. $595/rent $595/dep.

No Section 8. Call 656-7842 or 704-3662

for rent 855 3612 DUANE COURT: Large 2-bedroom, 1bath apartment, newly painted. Huge kitchen, washer/dryer connections.

Available NOW. $625/month, $625/deposit. Call 912-655-4303.

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3BR/1BA HOUSE, separate DR, hardwood floors, wooden deck, utilities included. Dead-end road, quiet neighborhood. $900/month.

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3BR +Bonus room, 1.5/BA duplex.

Southside home. with fenced yard, carpet and tile. No smoking, no pets. $795/month.

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414 EAST 50TH 1BR Apt. appliances, CH&A, water & garbage included $575/month.

2219 FLORIDA AVENUE 2BR House, CH&A, washer/dryer connections, $700/month.

216-1/2 SCREVEN AVE. Very large garage apt, central heat/air, new kitchen $550/month.

RENT-TO-OWN: 808 E. Waldburg 4BR/2BA, separate LR, DR, large fenced yard. $2475/Down, $825/month.

RENT-TO-OWN: 2319 E. 42nd Street 3BR/2BA, sunroom, large storage bldg. fenced yard. No credit check. $2325/Down, $775/month.

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4401 Rockdale St. 3BR House, 2BA, Living Room, Kitchen, Large Den, window a/c. $750/mo +security.

1202 E. 37th ST 3BR apt, Living room, dining room, kitchen, bath, $600 +security.

920 E 39th ST 3BR House, fenced yard, parking $650 +security 612 1/2 West 44th ST 2BR upstairs apt, kitchen with appliances. $550 +security 1021 West 41st ST 3BR house, living room, dining room, kitchen, bath. $700 +security LANDLORDS If you are in need of a good property manager, CALL US. Managing property is what we do best!

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4BR/2BA House for Rent.

2-story, 1123 East 32nd Street. $700/month, $700/deposit, Call Tammy a ny t i m e, 912-224-0985.

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

AVAILABLE NOW! Three Bedroom Houses 201 Fiddlers Bend $1800 135 Summer Winds $1595 108 Glenmary W $1500 26 Full Sweep Dr. $1100 2 Soling Ave. $850 Two Bedroom Houses 4 Woodard Ln. $1400 426 Screven Ave. $700 APARTMENTS 1 Bedroom 740 E. 45th St. #3 $695 1408-1/2 E. 49th St. $475 2 Bedrooms Windsor Crossing $725 1210 E. 54th St. $600 1132 E. 53rd St $575 3 Bedrooms 62 King James Blvd. $995 Commercial 11202 White Bluff Rd. $2000 offices, kitchen, bath, 2000sqft.

FOR DETAILS & PICTURES VISIT OUR WEB PAGE WWW.PAMTPROPERTY.COM Pam T Property 692-0038 **East 67th 2BR/1BA, stove refrigerator, CH&A, Washer/dryer hook-up. $690/month. **Amy Street 1BR/1BA, stove, refrigerator, CH&A, washer/dryer hookup. $500/month.

Call 912-308-0957

Efficiency Apt. $170/week & up No Dep. Required

Nicely furnished. All utilities and cable furn i s h e d.

Call 912-695-7889 or 912-292-0969.

Exceptional, completely furnished one bedroom carriage house apartment in downtown Historic District. All utilities paid, in-garage parking space, skylight, security system, fully equipped kitchen.

Within easy walking distance of many SCAD buildings.

Please call 238-3171 or 656-0557 for details.

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ONE BEDROOM fully furnished Apt. Tybee Island, Oceanside. $825 per month.

Call 912-786-4147

HIGHLAND WOODS 800 QUACCO ROAD 925-9673

Mobile Home lots for rent. First month rent free! Wooden deck, curbside garbage collection twice weekly, swimming pool and playground included.

Cable TV available.

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HISTORIC DISTRICT Apt. For Rent. 2BR/1 Bath.

Washer/dryer, full kitchen w/dishwasher, small patio. Please inquire at 912-356-1009 or email: moon.charlene@yahoo.com

HOUSE FOR RENT, 2031 Causton Bluff.

2BR, CH&A, washer/dryer connection, total electric, $620/month.

912-238-5323 HOUSE FOR RENT: on Ebenezer Creek, Rincon.

2BR/1BA, washer/dryer included. $550/month, $550/deposit.

Call 912-657-0224.

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CAROLINE DRIVE: 2BR/1BA Unfurnished Apartment. Kitchen furnished w/washer and dryer connections, newly renovated. $675/month.

Call 897-6789 or 344-4164

NEW FACILITY! VALUE PLACE Furnished Studios Available

From $179/week & $699/month.

No Lease. Free Utilities.

Full Kitchens. 4912 Augusta Road. New Guests only, bring this ad, limited space available at this rate.

912-966-1212.

NEWLY REMODELED 2BR/1BA Home. 628 West 39th. Large living area $600/month.

COZY 3BR/1BA Duplex.

1616 MLK Blvd. $700/month.

Call 354-7023 ONE & TWO BEDROOM APTS at 1006 East 34th Street. New kitchen, hardwood floors, HVAC, washer/dryer included.

Call 706-338-9611.

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

RENT: DUPLEX 1218 E. 53RD Garage Apt. upstairs, behind duplex. 1BR, 1BA $595/month, utilities paid by landlord, plus $595/deposit. CALL ADAM @ 912-234-2726 RENT: DUPLEX 1225 E. 54th. 2BR/1BA $475/month plus $475/deposit. Two blocks off Waters Ave, close to Daffin Park.

CALL ADAM @ 912-234-2726 DAYS/NIGHTS/WEEK ENDS

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3BR/3BA HOUSE on Tidal Creek w/Guest house. Newly remodeled, private, Dining Room & Living Room w/fireplaces, 5 sitting areas, huge deck, ceiling fans, CH&A, heartpine and tile flooring, sunroom w/fireplace, landscaped and fenced, floating boat dock. Close to park. $1800/month furnished.

Call 912-257-0955 RENT-TO-OWN: 3yr. option to buy. Large 3BR/2BA all brick home, 2-car garage. Desirable location.

Call 404-826-0345 for appt.

ROOM FOR RENT: Very nice home on Lavida Golf Course, Southside.

All house privileges, everything furnished, off-street parking. $450/rent, $350/deposit.

925-6940 or 844-4211 ROOMS FOR RENT: $100/week and up. HBO, cable included. Nice, quiet neighborhood. All utilities included. Call 912-376-7520 ask for Doug.

SILK HOPE ROAD 3BR/1BA house. $600 deposit. $600 rent.

Call 912-964-4451 SOUTHSIDE Apt. For Rent. 3BR/1BA, LR, kitchen furnished, washer/dryer hookup. No pets. $525/month plus deposit. Call 727-2596

SUNRISE VILLAS

Lovely 2BR Duplex Home now available to rent. Your own front and backyard.

Total electric, spacious eat-in kitchen, much more! We now accept Section 8 voucher and certificate holders. Call 912-234-3043 TOWNHOME: 1600 Habersham St. between 32nd & 33rd St., Savannah. Thomas Square area. Spacious 2BR/1BA, kitchen and living room, central heat/air, total electric. $575/month plus $575/deposit.

Virtual tour at www.habershamplace.com. Call Adam @ 234-2726.

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED AND ROOMS for RENT at Waters and Anderson St. (1020 East Anderson) on busline. Call 912-341-7420 X201

ROOMMATE WANTED NEAR DOWNTOWN (SUBLET). Huge apartment in walking distance from Forsyth Park and downtown.

2BR/2BA, LR, DR, hardwood floors, high ceilings, backporch, yard, free internet, free cable, washer/dryer.

Live with artist.

Available Aug 1st or 15th. $600/mo./neg.

Call 646-337-4471

UPCHURCH ENTERPRISES 912-354-7737

HUNTER’S CHASE SUBDIVISION 3BR/2BA, single car garage, fenced backyard $1000/month, $1000/deposit.

32 GOEBEL AVENUE 3BR/1.5BA, $700/mo., $700/dep.

1210 STILES AVENUE 4BR/1.5BA $800/month, $800/deposit.

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WINDSOR CROSSING Condo Total electric, 2BR, 2BA, water & trash included $675.

FLOWERING PEACH CT. 2BR, 2BA, furnished kitchen, fireplace, washer & dryer $750.

OAK FOREST Renovated, 2BR/1BA Apt, furnished kitchen $525.

DUANE CT. Nice 2BR/1BA Apt, furnished kitchen $625.

2102 DELESSEPS 2BR/1BA home $625.

Frank Moore & Co. 920-8560 CommerCial ProPerty For rent 890 5400 SQ FT Commercial building, office and shop, Hassell Realty Company.

234-1291

COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR LEASE

on the southside.

6,000 sq ft or more.

Lease with option to purchase. $5,000/month.

For more information, Call 912-658-0240

CHRISTIAN PROFESSIONAL

has lovely room.

Large, clean, quiet, separate bath, free cable& utilities, CH&A. Verifiable income required. $500/month.

912-344-5884

DOWNTOWN & SOUTHSIDE:

1st week $100. 2nd week until starting at $125/week. Furnished rooms w/cable tv,wi-fi, free laundry & off street parking. All utilities included. Minimum deposit $50 required.

See online at: http://savannahrooms.cjb.net CALL 912-220-8691 FURNISHED EFFICIENCY: 1510 Lincoln St. $145/week or $155/week for double occupancy, Includes utilities! Call 912-231-0240 HUGE FURNISHED room with private bath. Includes: TV (cable), internet/Comcast, washer/dryer, utilities.

Extremely nice! $575/month.

Call 912-988-3220

ROOMS FOR RENT: Cable, refrigerator, total electric. $140/weekly.

Call 912-313-0227 or 912-306-6776.

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ROOMS FOR RENT Staley Avenue. Cable, mini-refrigerator, all utilities included. $125-$150/weekly. Call 844-7274 or 272-4192

ROOMS FOR RENT

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

Call 844-5655.

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LARGE VICTORIAN with windows on two sides, across from library, nicely furnished, all utilities.

TV/cable/internet, washer/dryer, $160/week. $576/month.

912-231-9464

1996 CHEVY SILVERADO 350, V8, automatic, cold A/C, single cab, 2WD, tint and toolbox. $2400.

Call 912-604-5552

LEGAL Rooming House in business

1999 Sebring JXI convertible. Great condition power windows and locks. Great A/c & heat. black leather interior. mileage 153K. $3600.

441-8531

over 20 yrs. Freshly painted Apts $150/wk.

Rooms $70-80/wk. Furnished and utilities included. Call 234-9779

NO DEPOSIT, REDUCED RENT!

Room for rent in Bloomingdale.

All utilities, everything included. Call Tony at 912-210-0181 ROOM FOR RENT w/private bath and entrance.

Refrigerator, microwave, a/c, cable. $115-$135/weekly. Call 912-428-0290

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2004 HONDA ELEMENT LX Automatic, cold AC, PW, remote locks, CD, 70K miles, factory alloys, 27MPG. $8500. Call 727-4159 Art PAtrol for the Latest Openings & Exhibits connectsavannah.com

Car for sale. Must see to appreciate. 1986 4-door Cutlass Supreme. 8-cyl, electric windows, runs good. $2200. 484-1124

Cash Cars or Finance $2950 or less...

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$1950 or less...

• ‘89 LeSabre • ‘95 Accord • ‘95 Saturn

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$1450 or less ‘93 Corolla and more...

Call:912-964-244 0 FENDER BENDER? Paint & Body Work.

Reasonably Priced.

Insurance Claims.

We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

FORD EXPLORER 1998, white, 4-door, Ford Explorer XLT, 100,400 miles, good condition, asking $2950.

912-897-6156 LEXUS LS400, 2000, Luxury Sedan. Fully loaded, good condition. Only $11,500.

Call 912-269-6426 Boats & accessories 950

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15’ center console SailFish. 60HP Mariner with trailer $3500.

Call 912-897-1135 or 912-655-6351 Outboard Motor 2000,2.5,280hp Mercury Outboard Motor for sale (912)656-6239

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TRAILER FOR RENT. Trailer Park For Sale. For Rent weekly/Rent-ToOwn/or for sale. 2BR and 3BR available.

912-224-0316 or 912-631-2279.

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

Monthly special. Section 8 welcome.

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HERITAGE PLACE APARTMENT HOMES SUMMER MADNESS SPECIAL! It’s a Summer Madness 2 Bedroom Summer Closeout Special at Heritage Place/ Corner & Row Apartment Homes, located at 1901 Florence St., Savannah, GA 31415. Prices starting at $474.00! Call us today at 912-234-8420 and apply for your new home today. Pamper yourself with our affordable city living and enjoy a spacious 2 Bedroom with Controlled Access, Media Center & Fitness Center, Centrally located and CAT Accessible, Resident Services, After School Program, Playground, Washer Dryer Connections, 24 Hour Maintenance and Clothes Care Center. Affordable Style, Perfect Location. Hurry, we’re almost FULL. Income restrictions Apply.

RECENTLY RENOVATED FOR RENT. 2br/1ba, 3br/1ba, OR 5br/2ba.

CALL 912-441-2242 or 912-660-6477

Newly Renovated Rose of Sharon Senior Residences, 322 East Taylor St., Savannah, GA 31401 has the perfect apartment for your Active Senior Lifestyle. The Rose of Sharon captures the essence of Savannah living. Located in the heart of Savannah’s, most prestigious shopping, entertainment and dining district.

We offer Resident Services & Activities, On-site Transit, Controlled Access, and Media & Fitness Center. We are located 5 minutes from the Hospital and Pharmacy. The Rose of Sharon is quite simply the place to be! Hurry, apply today as our apartments are extremely limited for our senior subsidized units starting at $495.00*.

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2BR/1 Bath, furnished kitchen $550/month, $500/deposit.

ZENO MOORE CONSTRUCTION. 409 E. Montgomery Xrds.

927-4383

LEASE OPTION OR RENT: 3-4BR, 2.5BA, Effingham County. All appliances furnished. 3/4 of an acre.

Call Jim, 912-661-3331 MOBILE HOMES: Available for rent. Located in mobile home park.

Starting at $450 per month and up.

912-658-4462 or 925-1831.

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2BR/2 Bath, breakfast area, fireplace, W/D included. $795/month, $500/deposit.

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