Connect Savannah November 4, 2009

Mutts strut in forsyth park, page 12 | a look at the new southwest branch library, page 13 to kill a mockingbird opens, page 28 | michael jackson’s this is it reviewed, page 39

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Becoming Precious A frank and insightful talk with Lee Daniels, director of the buzzworthy, Oscar-likely film Precious, plus the second part of our extensive Film Festival coverage.

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Weddings for Warriors stages nuptials for departing soldiers | 11

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Wednesday

Savannah Film Festival Continues What: For a complete

schedule of remaining events, go to page 25.

The Market at Trustees Garden What: Events include a

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

When: Nov. 4 and Nov. 11 4 p.m.-7 p.m.

Where: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St., Cost: Free.

Film: Prisoners of the Lost Universe (USA, 1983) What: When three people

accidentally fall through an experimental teleporter machine, they wind up in a prehistoric world in a parallel universe.

When: Wed. Nov. 4, 8 p.m., Wed. Nov. 04, 8 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5

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Thursday Alligators & Anhingas

What: Learn about adapta-

tions and secrets of survival for both predator and prey species. Reservations required.

When: Nov. 5, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Where: Savannah National Wildlife Refuge Cost: $20/person, $10/children under 12 Info: www.wildernesssoutheast.org/

Forsyth, 700 Drayton St. Cost: $99/person

Soul of a People: Voices from the Writers’ Project

3rd Annual Museum in the Moonlight

What: AASU professor

June Hopkins will discuss the impact of the Federal Writers’ Project on the New Deal era America.

When: Thu. Nov. 5, 6 p.m.

Where: Neises Auditorium at the Jepson Center, 207 W. York St.

What: Thereminist Philip

Neidlinger sets the mood.

When: Fri. Nov. 6, 7 p.m.

Where: Ships of the Sea

Museum, MLK Jr. Blvd.

Cost: Free

Theatre: The Katrina Project

Theater: Godspell

What: The Epworth Com-

What: The Savannah

munity Players present the popular musical based on the Gospel of Matthew.

Ticket includes dinner before show. Dinner at 6pm.

When: Thu. Nov. 05, 7 p.m., Fri. Nov. 06, 7 p.m., Sat. Nov. 07, 7 p.m.

Where: , 2201 Bull St. Corner of Bull & 38th, Cost: $18

Comedy: Eddie Sarfaty What: Comedian Eddie

Sarfaty, who’s appeared on Comedy Central and the Today Show, stops in Savannah for show benefiting the First City Network and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

When: Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $20

Theatre: Diary of Anne Frank What: The Little

Theatre of Savannah stages this production based on newly discovered writings from the diary of Anne Frank, are interwoven to create a contemporary impassioned story of the lives of people persecuted under Nazi rule, hiding in a concealed storage attic.

When: Thu. Nov. 5, 8 p.m., Fri. Nov. 6, 8 p.m., Sat. Nov. 7, 8 p.m., Sun. Nov. 8, 3 p.m.

Where: Freight Station Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. 1/4 mile west of Visitor’s

Freebie of the Week | What: Roseane

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

Cultural Arts Theatre’s To Kill a Mockingbird features Bailey Keith and Connect’s own Bill DeYoung Center, Cost: $22/general admission, $17/seniors & military Info: http://www.littletheatreofsavannah.org/

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Friday Geekend Conference 2009 Opens

What: Get your geek on at

this 3-day event filled with the best and brightest in the fields of tech, social media and graphic design.

When: Fri. Nov. 6, 12 p.m., Sat. Nov. 7, 9:30 a.m., Sun. Nov. 8, 10 a.m.

Where: Hyatt Regency, 2 W. Bay St. , Info: http://www.geekend2009.com/

Lecture: Earthquakes and Tsunamis What: Dr. Liz Screaton will

discuss new research in the search to understand how underwater subduction zones can create earthquakes that often lead to devastating tsunamis.

When: Fri. Nov. 6, 6 p.m.

Where: UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, 30 Ocean Science Circle, Cost: Free Info: http://www.marex. uga.edu/aquarium

Wine Dinner with Thomas Arvid

What: The Mansion on

Forsyth’s Grand Bohemian Gallery hosts a special dinner (4 courses plus wine pairings) with renowned American realist painter Thomas Arvid. Free reception with the artist at 5pm will precede the event.

When: Fri. Nov. 6, 6 p.m.

Where: The Mansion on

Arts Academy’s Theater Department presents this emotional journey into the hearts and souls of Hurricane Katrina survivors.

Tickets can be reserved by calling 912-201-5528.

When: Fri. Nov. 6, 7 p.m., Sat. Nov. 7, 7 p.m., Sun. Nov. 8, 2:30 p.m.

Where: Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. Cost: $10/general admission, $6/discounted

Theatre: Revenger’s Tragedy

What: A 17th century tragic

drama re-interpreted as an homage to modern action thrillers, with a striking similarity to Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” series, where a woman’s wedding ends in murder and she seeks revenge.

When: Fri. Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m., Sun. Nov. 8, 2 p.m., Tue. Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.

Where: GSU Black Box Theater, Statesboro Cost: $15/general admission, $10/discount, $5/students Info: 912-GSU-5379.

The Savannah Comedy Revue What: A veritable buffet of

stand up comics.

When: Fri. Nov. 6, 8 p.m.

Where: Bay Street Theatre/ Club One, 1 Jefferson St. Cost: $5

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Movies

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An Unashamed Defense of Coffee

Santos presents her recently published book that is sure to percolate interest by exploring the facts, fallacies and history of coffee.

When: Thu. Nov. 5, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: South University , 709 Mall Blvd Cost: Free and open to the public

Daufuskie’s 5th Annual Fall Festival

Lee’s classic novel, performed by Cultural Arts Theatre.

When: Fri. Nov. 6, 8 p.m., Sat. Nov. 7, 8 p.m., Sun. Nov. 8, 3 p.m.

Where: The Black Box Theater, 9 W. Henry St. Cost: $7-10 Info: www.savannahga. gov/arts

author Sallie Ann Robinson who will sign her new cookbook and give cooking demos, and live music from the Chilly Willy Band.

When: Nov. 7, noon-5 p.m.

Where: Freeport Marina Cost: $5/admission, free for kids under 12 Info: www.Daufuskie360. net/

What: Based on Harper

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What: Includes Gullah

The Met Live in HD presents “Turandot” What: Franco Zeffirelli’s

Saturday Barrier Island Birding

What: Take a mo-

tor boat ride out to one of Georgia’s wild barrier islands to discover birds that winter on the coast or pass through during Fall migration. Reservations required.

When: Sat. Nov. 7, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Where: Wilderness Southeast Cost: $50, includes boat trip and use of binoculars Info: www.wildernesssoutheast.org/

7th Annual Mutt Strut

What: Dog walking event

and fundraiser benefiting the Humane Society.

When: Sat. Nov. 7, 9 a.m.

Where: Forsyth Park Info: www.humanesocietysav.org/

First Saturday on the River What: Arts & crafts, en-

tertainment and fun.

When: Sat. Nov. 7, 9 a.m.7 p.m.

Where: River Street Cost: Free Info: www.riverstreetsavannah.com/

Forsyth Farmers’ Market

What: Regionally grown,

fresh food and food products.

When: Sat. Nov. 7, 9 a.m.

Where: South end of Forsyth Park Cost: Free

production of Puccini’s Turandot features the debut of Maria Guleghina in the title role.

When: Sat. Nov. 7, 1 p.m.

Where: Regal 10 Cinemas, 1132 Shawnee St., Cost: $7.50

Poetry Reading: Chad Faries

What: Faries is a poet and

professor at SSU. When: Sat. Nov. 7, 7 p.m.

Where: Gordonston Park Cottage, Edgewood and Skidaway Cost: Free

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Sunday 2009 Tybee Ta-Tas Fundraiser

What: Food, live music,

Will Bellais and “The Marsh Hen”

What: Bellais’ new book “The Marsh Hen”, is set at the end of WWI and takes its name from the old train from Savannah to Tybee. Call Robert Crockett 912-713-5547 for more info.

When: Sun. Nov. 8, 4 p.m.

Where: Los Robles, 101 E. 34th St. Cost: Free

Sunday Supper & Serenade What: The Savannah

Children’s Choir’s Senior Choir will perform. Event includes dinner.

When: Sun. Nov. 8, 6 p.m.

Where: Savannah Square Retirement Community, 1 Savannah Square Dr. , Cost: $25

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Monday

Lecture: “The Universe of Camps and Ghettos” What: Dr. Geoffrey P.

Megargee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the author of “Inside Hitler’s High Command” and “War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941.”

When: Mon. Nov. 9, 7 p.m.

Where: University Hall, rm. 156, 11935 Abercorn Cost: Free and open to the public

raffles and silent auction to benefit the Young Survival Coalition of Savannah.

When: Nov. 8, 3-7 p.m.

Where: Marlin Monroe’s, Tybee Island Cost: $15-25 (the extra $10 is for an oyster roast)

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J. Harry Persse Memorial Concert

Lecture: Advances in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

What: The AASU Depart-

ment of Art, Music & Theatre pays tribute to lifelong Savannah musician, composer, and educator J. Harry Persse.

When: Sun. Nov. 8, 3 p.m.

Where: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1707 Bull St. Cost: Free

Tuesday

What: Steven Brower,

M.D., a renowned pancreatic cancer surgeon and director of the Anderson Cancer Institute, speaks. For more info, call 350-7845.

When: Tue. Nov. 10, 6 p.m.

Where: Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial Cost: Free. cs

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Editor, I am going to keep this brief. I was recently in a coffee shop in town and overheard an appalling conversation taking place between a man and a woman.

The man I make reference to made the following statements: “You wait and see, Obama is going to be just like Hitler. He is getting the masses to follow his word.” This guy went on and on about his hate for Obama.

I have no problem with someone having an intelligent discussion about politics with another person. I do have a problem when someone dishonors the over six million Jews, disabled, gays, Muslims and others who were exterminated by comparing Obama to Hitler.

I have a distant living relative from Germany who still denies much of what went on in Germany in the 1930s ever took place. Her belief is that the black and white footage was from the U.S. and British propaganda filmmakers.

I am sorry this guy had to share such ignorant thoughts in a public setting, one where kids could overhear him.

Anyone who knows me, knows I am open-minded enough to question Republican/Democratic views in this country and I do not support one person over another.

I am proud to be an American, but disappointed when such ignorant comments are made in a country where we have such an accessible education system.

Harvie Dent

Hubbub at Creative Coast awards show Editor, Savannah police threatened 20 gay leafletters with handcuffs, arrest, and a ride in a paddy wagon for passing out fliers on a public sidewalk in front of the Trustees Theater (owned by the Savannah College of Art & Design), in downtown Savannah.

Savannah’s well–dressed and powerful were attending the “Innovation Awards,” patting themselves on the back for being a progressive city.

Outside, a swarm of police scattered the leafletters, claiming the sidewalks on both sides of the street were private for the evening, and that they would be arrested for just walking on the sidewalk.

The city has since confirmed that the event permit did not make the public sidewalks “private”, giving only the right to keep cars off a one block stretch of Broughton Street.

We appreciate having received apologies from The Creative Coast and the City of Savannah, and we appreciate the meeting Alderman Van Johnson has arranged with the interim Police Chief.

We have yet to hear from the person who used his “great power” to summon a large number of police to commit a crime, i.e. throwing U.S. citizens off public sidewalks because he didn’t agree with their opinions.

Moreover, why did prominent politicians, including Alderman Tony Thomas and County Commission Chairman Pete Liakakis, who were in attendance, stand by and watch as their Police committed this embarrassment?

The incident is a reminder that innovation exists in many American cities, but beautiful and romantic Savannah is not yet on the list.

Kevin Clark

Editor’s Note: I ordinarily refrain from lengthy responses to reader letters on the basis that the letters page is the place where everyone gets a free shot to have their say. In this case, however, because of the serious nature of the charge and the paper’s relationship to the event, I do feel obliged to offer a response.

The Creative Coast Innovation Awards event was proudly cosponsored

by Connect Savannah, and I was one of the “well–dressed and powerful” people you mention that were in attendance.

Because I am rarely, if ever, described in that fashion, I do appreciate your letter — though I certainly don’t recall patting myself on the back for anything.

Since I’m indirectly referenced in your letter, I’ll also take the liberty of differing with your statement that Savannah “is not on the list” of progressive cities on the basis of this isolated, unfortunate incident.

It seems counterproductive to decry the lack of progressivism in Savannah while simultaneously choosing to protest one of the few truly progressive organizations — or even somewhat progressive organizations — in town.

As for the behavior of those gathered on Broughton Street, from the vantage point of most people in attendance the incident was not clearly identifiable as having anything to do with leafleting or access to public sidewalks. I certainly did not identify it as such at the time. cs

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

Who let the dogs out?

A woman called police to report that her neighbor was threatening to her with a shovel. The responding officer was met by the complainant who, according to the officer, “was also an obvious mental patient.”

The woman said that earlier in the day several of her dogs ventured into her neighbors’ yards, whereupon two of their neighbors – one wielding a shovel, the other an umbrella – tried to chase the dogs out of their yards. The woman said both neighbors were cursing and using abusive language toward her, then denied complaining that she was actually threatened with the shovel. The neighbors told her they would call Animal Control if she couldn’t keep her dogs out their yards.

The officer noted that she had nine dogs of varying sizes and breeds wandering unrestrained. The officer explained the city and county ordinances regarding unre-

strained dogs and told her that if she could not improve the situation, Animal Control would need to be called. At that point, the woman become “disorderly and belligerent,” called 911 and told the dispatcher that if Animal Control came to her house, she was “going to kill herself.” EMS responded and the woman was transported to Memorial Medical Center.

robbery of pizza delivery man on 45th Street a week earlier. The officer located the man’s step–son, who denied any knowledge of the gun or the incident as it was reported. The gun was logged as evidence at headquarters.

• An officer responded to a Disorderly Person call and discovered that it was actually a Threat to Injure Person call. A man got into an argument while they were packing up to move and the man discovered a gun in his step–son’s room. The man took the gun and hid it so his son couldn’t access it, then called police because he was a previously convicted felon and didn’t want to get in trouble for possessing the weapon. The officer found a .38 caliber chrome automatic pistol, unloaded. The man said his step son had called him to ask for the gun, and when he told him he “threw the gun away,” his step–son told him, “when you get home, you’re gonna get yours,” because he would shoot him in the head. The man told the officer that the gun might have been involved in the

• While on patrol, an officer saw a woman sitting in a square holding a brown paper bag which appeared to have a large glass bottle in it.

When the officer approached to ascertain the contents of the bottle, she threw it into the bushes behind the bench. The officer asked her and her male companion for identification. Now lying on the ground, it was clearly visible that it was a beer bottle she had thrown behind her. The officer wrote a ticket for a violation of a city ordinance, which comes with a fine, and asked her to sign it. She refused to sign it and was placed under arrest. Her friend picked up the bottle and put it in a nearby garbage can so that she wouldn’t also be charged with littering.

• A store manager called police to report a possible theft of $2,746.50 by one of his employees. The manager was called by the corporate office to advise that one of four bank deposit bags had not been received when it should have been deposited a week earlier. The manager suspected that the shift supervisor, who was responsible for making the deposit, took one of the four bags. Surveillance video from the bank was obtained, and it was confirmed that a deposit had been made, but it was unclear whether three or four bags were deposited. The manager was given a CRN.

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I’ve often heard people say “the camera adds ten pounds” when they’re photographed. Is that just an excuse or is there any truth to it? —Emma No question there’s an element of denial here. Since you’re not looking at yourself most of the time, it’s easy to maintain a self-image reflecting the svelte physique you had ten years ago.

But that’s not the whole story. For reasons having to do with optics and the way your brain works, the camera can make you look heavier than you are.

The main difference between a camera’s view of the world and yours is that the camera has a single “eye” whereas you have two. That subtly changes the way things look.

Pose a round object in front of a varied background—a coffee cup in front of the computer monitor worked well enough for me. From a distance of two or three feet, look at the object alternately with both eyes, then one.

You’ll notice that, seen with one eye, the object looms larger in your field of vision, and obscures more of what’s behind it. In other words, it looks fat.

To find out why, look at the object first with your right eye, then your left.

Notice the familiar shift in perspective known as parallax—background features hidden from one eye can be seen by the other. When you look at the object with both eyes, the brain blends the two views together. You see more of what’s behind the object, making it seem smaller. Result: binocular vision is slimming, monocular the opposite.

There are ways to compensate for the fattening effect of the camera. One is to use a telephoto lens when shooting portraits. Step back from the subject and zoom in—parallax, and thus the addition of pounds, diminishes with distance. (I knew a photographer who swore by the rule “Never use a lens whose focal length, in millimeters, is less than the weight of the woman.”)

If you don’t have a telephoto lens

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but you do have digital photo-editing software, you can still step back when taking portraits and crop out the extra background later. If you’re on the other side of the camera, here’s some advice: watch out for amateur photographers who feel they need to have the subject fill the frame. They tend to take portraits three feet away, making it appear your face has been painted on a balloon.

You say you’ve figured out how to compensate for the ten pounds added by the camera, but your subject is 20 pounds overweight? Still not a problem.

• “Short lighting” can make a broad face look thinner. The subject turns one side of his or her face toward the camera and the photographer shines a studio light on the other side. Bright lighting on only half the face tends to elongate it.

• Dress your subject in black and put him against a dark background, thereby concealing excessive circumference.

• Have the subject turn at an angle, creating a narrower silhouette.

• Don’t forget vertical stripes.

• Get Mister Chubs to lay off the chimichangas.

How much nutrition do you get from eating corn? I know the day after I eat corn, what appear to be full kernels are released back into the wild. Does everyone have this condition? —Just Being Corny, Reno It’s not just you, my friend. A lot of us have had occasion to think, as one thinks of certain relationships: corn is just passing through. A corn kernel has a tough outer hull that’s about 90 percent crude fiber and none too digestible.

However, the human body’s capabilities include an amazing process that enables us to get the most out of stubborn foods. It’s called chewing. Thus exposed, the inside of the kernel is loaded with nutritionally useful stuff—starch, sugar, protein, and oil. Think of the hull as a wrapper around a natural candy bar.

Even if you don’t chew it enough, corn probably still does you some good.

My assistant Una calculates that at most 10 percent of corn’s bulk is truly indigestible. We’re assuming, of course, that your digestive juices manage to breach the hull, and I’m sure not going to say they don’t. To be on the safe side, though, listen to Unca Cecil: sit up straight, get lots of fresh air, and chew your food. cs

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With lawsuits piling up on Bank of America during the current economic downturn, Dalton Chiscolm found a new angle. In September, he sued the bank in federal court in New York City for inadequate customer service concerning his checks’ routing numbers and asked for damages of “1,784 billion, trillion dollars” plus an additional “$200,164,000.” Judge Denny Chin gave Chiscolm 30 days to better explain his complaint but dismissed it finally on Oct. 23. (BBC News reported that the first amount is more money than exists on the planet.)

• “Therapeutic” Sex: (1) The U.S. Tax Court ruled in September that William Leadership in Action Halby, 78, owes back taxes because he • New Jersey’s Least-Savvy Politiimproperly tried to deduct $300,000 cian: In a courtroom in October, over a five-year period for “medical” Atlantic City (N.J.) Councilman (and expenses that were merely purchases Baptist minister) Eugene Robinson, 67, of sex toys and pornography and payexplained that he had no intention of ments to prostitutes. Halby said the having sex that night in November 2006 activities relieved his “depression,” in when a prostitute tricked him into a that he had no other sexual outlets. The motel tryst (as a set-up by his political court reminded Halby (a retired New enemies). “I was waiting for God to York tax lawyer) that prostitution is send me the (woman) that’s (destined) illegal in New York. (2) James Pacenza, to be my Christian wife,” he said, and 60, of Montgomery, N.Y., who was fired since he hadn’t had sex “since 1989,”

by IBM in 2003 after he continued to he said he thought this was the chosen visit an Internet sex-chat room during woman. Robinson, now in poor health, work hours, renewed his challenge to did not run for re-election. the termination in September, telling a • In his campaign for election to the federal appeals court that his Internet school board in Birmingham, Ala., Ansex “addiction” is a result of post-trautwon Womack, 21, issued biographical matic stress disorder from combat in materials claiming to be 23 years old; the Vietnam war. to be a graduate of a local high school • Robin Magee, a law professor at and of Alabama A&M; to be a bona fide Minnesota’s Hamline University, was resident of Birmingham; to be properly charged with state income tax evasion addressed as “Dr.”; and to have chaired in September for failing to file in 2007 three previous political campaigns. Afand for filing returns for 2004, 2005 ter inquiries by the Birmingham News, and 2006 only very recently. Magee told Womack acknowledged in August that the St. Paul Pioneer Press that she was none of those claims is true. However, “unable” to file on time because she he defended his campaign and his has “extreme” attention-deficit principles: “My values are not disorder. Among the lapses of lies. It’s just (that) the informaGo see attention, according to prosecution I provided to the people is a movie at tors, was Magee’s claim of eight false. ” the Savannah tax exemptions, even though she Film Festival is single and has no depenSomething in the dents.

Darwin Water Sup• Parenting Made Simple: ply?

The father of the baby is only 13 years old, but his own dad During a three-week period told reporters in Manchester, in September and October, three England, in October that the kid couples in the Darwin, Australia, “will make a good father” and “is area aroused police attention for taking his responsibilities very sehaving uninhibited sex in public. riously.” He is “mature for his age” On Sept. 13, a 29-year-old man and “knows what he’s about.” The and a 23-year-old woman were

fully engaged in their vehicle (stolen, said police) at a gas station in full view of passers-by. They persisted, ignoring a police officer’s order to stop. Two weeks later, an intoxicated couple taken into custody by police were seen having sex by the motorist following directly behind the police paddy wagon. On Oct. 6, 25 miles south of Darwin, a 33year-old man was charged with reckless driving after he crashed his car into a concrete drain while having sex with a 34-year-old woman in the front seat.

Least Competent Criminals

• Michael Spagnola, 38, of Colden, N.Y., was charged with DUI in October after a sheriff ’s deputy stopped Spagnola’s car and noticed the man climbing from the driver’s seat into the back.

Spagnola then told the deputy (from the back seat) that, though he had been drinking, he was not the one driving.

However, the deputy noted, there was no one else in the car.

• Cesar Lopez, 29, was arrested at the Turkey Hill Minit Market in Lebanon, Pa., in October when he emerged from a restroom looking for something inside the baseball cap he was carrying. A police officer noticed that a small baggie was stuck to the top of Lopez’s forehead and speculated that Lopez had stowed the baggie (found later to contain marijuana) inside the sweatband of the cap but that when he removed the cap in the restroom, the baggie remained stuck to his head.

No Longer Weird

Adding to the list of stories that were formerly weird but which now occur with such frequency that they must be retired from circulation: (91) The apparently irresistible urge of curious men to tinker in workshops with live ammunition, such as the attempt by a 57-year-old man in Charleston, W.Va., in August to drill through a bullet in order to make a keychain ornament.

(The resulting explosion tore up his left hand, but he was not expected to lose it.) (92) The “Lysistrata”-style organized withholding of sex by wives in maledominated third-world countries as a means of influencing their husbands’ behavior. (However, in Kenya, one husband fought back in May by filing a lawsuit in Nairobi High Court against the women’s group whose recent strike was somewhat successful. The man asked for compensation for his “anxiety” and “sleepless nights.”) cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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by Patrick Rodgers | patrick@connectsavannah.com

If you think planning one wedding is stressful, then just imagine what it might be like to plan 42 weddings that will all happen on the same day, in two hours. That’s what James and Becky Byous are doing as a way to thank some military families, present and future, on Veteran’s Day this year.

Local wedding professionals who run An Affair to Remember, the Byouses formed the Savannah Wedding and Tourism Council earlier this summer.

They decided that giving back to the community was something that would be an important part of the organization’s bylaws.

“With the military, we wanted to thank them for what they’re doing,” says James Byous. “We decided we’d do a few weddings.”

What started out as a plan to do a half dozen weddings for a couple of local military families quickly grew to more than 40 once word started to spread and interest, both from local businesses and service members, started pouring in.

“When it hit, it took off like wild fire to use a cliche,” he says. “People wanted to help so quickly and so much that it really took on a life of its own.”

Although initial plans were to recruit a few businesses from the community to help with supplies, the definition of “community” soon spread out to include most of the Southeast.

Now, in addition to contributions from numerous local florists, bakers, tour companies and photographers, there are volunteers and contributions coming from Florida, North and South Carolina, north Georgia, and as far away as Washington D.C. Even the City of Savannah got involved, and waived fees for the use of Forsyth Park and Monterey and Madison Squares, the three sites where the weddings will all take place. There will be 11 stations set up at the three locations, and there will be a wedding every 30 minutes for two hours — the only way they could accommodate all the couples in time.

“It’s gonna have to come off like clockwork, but I think it will,” says

Byous.

After the weddings, the couples will all be shuttled down to the river front for a reception, first dance and to cut cakes — each couple will have their own individual cake, thanks to Rum Runners — and then they will all go out on a riverboat cruise, where they will start what Byous hopes will become a new tradition: Each bride will pull the petals off a rose and scatter them from the boat as it departs.

“They’ll throw the roses toward the dock,” he explains. “Some will go in the water and some will go on the dock, and that signifies air, land and sea, the branches of the military and all the petals represent the spouses of all the military from now back through history.”

It wasn’t just the ladies who took interest in tying the knot or renewing their vows on Veteran’s Day this year. Byous was pleasantly surprised that there were a few romantics hiding behind the tough military exteriors.

“You’d think the women, with the weddings, would be the ones who wanted to do this,” says Byous. “Most of the men who are getting deployed, the majority, have called and set this up for their wives and families.”

Even though it’s taken a lot of work — so much that while I’m talking to James, he explains that his wife is working on logistics in the hospital, where their daughter just had a baby – what they are sure about is that the hard work is appreciated, and they are on the verge of pulling off a truly one–of–a–kind event.

“This has never been done before,” he says. “As far as we can tell, no one has ever put together something of this size by a city or by the businesses and individuals of a city.” cs

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Some shots from previous early deployment weddings; for the next round, 11 stations will be set up at three locations: Forsyth Park and Monterey and Madison Squares.

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Humane Society fundraiser happens Saturday in Forsyth Park

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Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when the Humane Society will be hosting a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mutt Strutâ&#x20AC;? in Forsyth Park from 9 a.m. to noon, its largest and consequently most important fundraiser of the year.

This dogâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;walking event will be filled with fun and festivities including bands to listen to, contests for you and your pet, and prizes for the top three people who donate or raise the most money.

Due to the economy, the surrendering of animals to the Humane Society has become more and more frequent.

A recordâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;breaking 434 pets were surrendered to the Humane Society in the month of June alone.

Nancy Richards with the Humane Society says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because the Humane Society is an open admission shelter, they do not turn away domestic animals even if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re aggressive or sick. So, we took in all of the animals that were surrendered in the month of June, even though the shelter is only equipped to hold about 150 animals.â&#x20AC;?

Richards also mentions, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had never seen that many animals surrendered in one month.â&#x20AC;?

Needless to say, with more and more animals to tend to, expenses for the shelter have also skyrocketed. It costs $65 a day to keep the animals, and the shelter currently contains about 150 animals.

Savannah Arts Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MAD (Making a Difference) club is getting involved to help the cause. The club is spearheading a school wide fundraiser to raise money for the Humane Society.

Elle Karbassi has played a key role in raising funds for the Humane Society.

Elle is not only a student at Savannah Arts, but also interns for the Humane Society. She has orchestrated Savannah Arts Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involvement in the charity and will be encouraging students to give donations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are encouraging people to sign up for the Mutt Strut because if enough people sign up, we have a Savannah Arts Academy banner for us to walk behind in the Mutt Strut,â&#x20AC;? she says.

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Lucy Kohler, SAA student, is in the Making A Difference (MAD) Club.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fundraiser will include bake sales that will are held twice a week for two weeks. The baked goods will be provided by local bakeries. The bakeries will give the students at Savannah Arts Academy their day old goods to be sold in the bake sale.â&#x20AC;?

Students and faculty will be encouraged to participate. The MAD club has placed donation jars throughout the school, making it easy for people to donate. Mutt Strut pins are also being sold.

For only a couple of dollars, Savannah Arts students can sport decorative pins that promote the Mutt Strut. This is a good way for the MAD club to advertise and encourage others to donate.

Savannah Arts Academy has also created their own website for donation making (www.firstgiving.com/savannaharts). â&#x20AC;&#x153;By having students donate to this page rather than to the Humane Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, it will be easy to tell how much money was donated from just Savannah Arts Academy,â&#x20AC;? Karbassi says. cs Mutt Strut happens this Saturday from 9 a.m.-noon in Forsyth Park.

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By the end of my first visit to the new Southwest Chatham Branch of the Live Oak Public Library system, I half expected the library staff and the patrons to break into a dance routine.

Perhaps that expectation was a residual effect of watching my favorite musical, The Music Man, on a Live Oak Library DVD the night before. (I returned it, along with four other overdue items, as part of that first visit. In our library system, checked out books can be returned to any branch.)

One of The Music Man’s biggest dance numbers takes place in the River City Public Library. Patrons twirl across study tables, tap dance between book shelves and slide down banisters while Professor Harold Hill woos Marian the Librarian. In the film, Marian tries at first to ignore the professor and to keep the patrons quiet, but before the scene ends she’s dancing along with the rest of them.

At the new library branch, if a dance number breaks out, I’m betting that the librarians will be the first to leap onto the desks. During all three of my visits last week, the staff seemed practically giddy about their new workplace, a 50,000 square foot LEED–certified building next door to Savannah Mall.

Maybe that giddiness is fueled by the spacious interior, the natural light infusing nearly every corner, or the vivid green and blue color scheme in the children’s section. Perhaps it’s the 100 new computers available for public use, or the $2 million worth of new books, CD’s and DVD’s shelved and ready for check out.

A quiet but upbeat energy seemed to infuse the library–appropriate behavior of the hundred or so patrons as well.

Five young adults, looking like a college study group, were deep in discussion in a conversation area on the second floor.

Three gray haired patrons read newspapers in upholstered chairs backed up to floor–to–ceiling windows in the first floor periodicals section.

In the Children’s Section, a grandmother propped her chin with her hand, elbow on top of a bookshelf, chatting with her granddaughter who crawled the floor between shelves of toddler’s board books. In her pink

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velour outfit and matching pigtail bobs, the girl pulled out book after book, holding each one up to Grandma with descriptions — Kitty cat! House!”

— before moving on.

On a quick tour with Branch Manager Judy Strong, all that was missing was a soundtrack as she pulled open door after door, revealing the auditorium, its adjacent catering kitchen, and the AV set up.

In the Children’s Storytime Room, Strong showed off the built–in puppet theater and the activity room next door.

Her toe tapped a bit on the bamboo flooring, one of the renewable building materials used to help the building achieve its LEED certification (signifying the building’s environmentally friendly design and construction.)

Strong says that the Southwest Chatham Branch is drawing a huge crowd of both regulars and new library users.

“We are having lots of people apply for library cards. Hundreds,” said Strong. “I had to ask the central library office for more applications, and more library cards.”

Many of the new cards are for enlisted people and their families affiliated with Hunter Army Airfield, next door to the new branch. “The people at Hunter are thrilled,” she said. “We met the commander. He came to our open house.”

Like most Hollywood musicals, the opening of the Southwest Chatham Branch library is not without a few bits of trouble. Access to the drive up book drop, and also to a wheelchair ramp close to the library entrance, is blocked by a plywood and concrete planter that Strong says was installed by the Savannah Mall, out of concern for traffic hazards.

The Chatham County budget has created other Live Oak Library worries, with no increased funds for staffing the new branch. System wide, staff has shuffled and branch hours have been reduced in order to open the new branch, adding only 19 additional staff hours per week system wide.

While the new branch has stretched staffing a bit thin, it’s been a well–timed boost to the system’s inventory. Because this branch was budgeted before the county budget took a nosedive, “There was money for books here, but the other branches’ budget for books was cut.”

In the Live Oak Library system, all the inventory floats, so the $2 million in materials can be requested and checked out from any branch in the library system.

That’s two million more reasons to dance through the bookshelves, in this new library and system wide. cs

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Bound for glory:

Lee Daniels and Precious ‘Illiteracy does not implicitly apply to the African-American’

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

Unless there’s a last–minute gold rush of five-star movies between now and the end of the year, the 2009 Oscars belong to director/producer Lee Daniels and his film Precious – Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire.

Precious, as it’s known, is a brutal, unflinching drama about 16–year–old Claireece “Precious” Jones, who lives in a squalid Harlem apartment with her unemployed, chain–smoking monster of a mother, Mary.

Played by newcomer Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe, Precious is in a world of hurt — she’s illiterate, obese, and pregnant (for the second time) by Mary’s boyfriend — who happens to be Precious’ own father.

Her mother abuses her, too — physically, verbally and sexually. “Get your fat ass down to the Welfare,” she screams at Precious, between calling her stupid and worthless, and hitting her with whatever household object she can get her hands on.

Pretty grim stuff. But the brilliance of Daniels’ film is the way he balances such poverty and pain with light–hearted moments (Precious often fantasizes about starring in glamorous music videos, and being wooed by a handsome young boyfriend) and a rising sense of hopefulness.

Both Daniels and Sidibe will attend Saturday’s Special Screening of Precious at the Trustees Theater, and take questions from the audience. Distributed by Lionsgate, the film goes into limited national release Friday.

Sidibe, tight–lipped and almost emotionless as Precious — who’s operationally numb to the life she’s inherited — is a wonder in the movie. So, too, is the comedienne Mo’Nique, who turns Mary into one of moviedom’s most pitiable villains.

Precious also includes a bravura performance by pop singer Mariah Carey — her laughable Glitter days behind her — as a social worker who tries to look out for Precious and her babies.

Rocker Lenny Kravitz appears, too, as a male nurse in the maternity hospital.

Ultimately, though, Precious belongs to Daniels, who took on the unenviable task of translating the poet/novelist’s stream–of–consciousness prose into an eminently sweet, and watchable, film.

As in Sapphire’s book, Precious’ salvation arrives when

You’ve said that in making Precious, you overcame some of your own prejudices. What did you mean?

Lee Daniels: I meant that I was of a certain way of thinking before making this film. I felt a certain way about people with darker skin, and about people that were fat, you know?

I never look at my films the way other people do. I look at how I grew as a man, how it affected me. I look at what I did to grow, and to become a better person: “What did I learn from this?”

Because I know I’m going to like my movie at the end of the day. They’re like children to me. So every one of my kids, I love, whether it has four fingers or five fingers. I hope people love it, but “what is it I’m going to learn from it,” that’s what’s key on the journey.

What I learned on this, really, was that I was prejudiced. I had pre–disposed feelings about a specific person.

And I was really upset with that, when that truth hits you in the face.

People find my truth so unbearable they think it’s a lie. But I don’t have a problem with that.

When you read Sapphire’s novel, were you seeing it cinematically, in your mind?

Lee Daniels: You’re the first person that’s asked me that, and yes, I had a very clear vision of what this movie was going to be like. I knew. The book affected me so much. That book threw me into another stratosphere. I just sat there gasping. Gasping. Gasping.

I didn’t own the rights, but it didn’t

matter. I dared to dream that I would. I stalked her.

People crack me up — I’m reading these articles and they say “Oh, he raises money really good.” You know what?

Try doing a movie — the money’s the easy part! The hard part is trying to make the art. The hard part is stalking someone down until you get the rights. That was the hardest part of this journey. It took me eight years of stalking her.

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she’s signed up for a special–needs class, a small group peopled with other outcasts, misfits and victims. She slowly comes to understand she isn’t necessarily alone.

Daniels, 49, developed and produced the 2002 indie hit Monster’s Ball — which brought Halle Berry an Academy Award — and 2004’s The Woodsman, with Kevin Bacon. His previous directorial effort was the controversial Shadowboxer in 2006.

Precious took this year’s Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize for best drama at the Sundance Film Festival, and the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.

Both Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry have championed the film, and their involvement has propelled Precious into that golden circle of “must–see” movies.

A fact which both thrills and annoys Daniels, as you’ll see in our interview.

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What finally convinced her that you were the right person?

Lee Daniels: She didn’t want anybody to do it! It wasn’t about me. I think that in her head she really believed that if anybody made a movie of this, and it was bad, it would affect her book. And I think once she realized that even if I’d made a bad movie, it wouldn’t have affected her great piece of literature, she did embrace the idea of me directing her piece.

Was that because you’re a smooth talker, or that she loved Shadowboxer, or what? What do you think tipped the scales there?

Lee Daniels: I guess I’m a smooth talker with a lot of passion. I don’t know. I mean, I read that I’m a smooth talker! I think that people find charm either full of shit, or you’re completely embraced.

And I guess I have something that they say I do, called charm. And whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean, it’s guided me through many a set, and made many a movie. I don’t know what that means; all I know is I’m trying to become a better man and become a better filmmaker each film I make.

Casting, obviously, was crucial. How did you know Mo’Nique was absolutely the right person?

Lee Daniels: She’s my best friend. Well, she’s one of my best friends. I mean, Lenny’s my best friend, Mariah’s a really good friend ... they’re my buddies. I like working with buddies because I know that they got my back.

You auditioned more than 400 girls for the role of Precious. What did Gabby have that the others didn’t?

Lee Daniels: She talked like a white girl after her audition. I’m always looking for truth in my movies — I’m looking for grit and honesty in this world. And so while looking for Precious I was really looking for an authentic Precious.

And we had some great ones.

But then Gabby came in. And she

Above: Producer/director Daniels taking charge on his set. Right: Gabourey Sidibe as Precious Jones.

jumped out of the character and started talking like herself — which is like this white girl from the Valley — I realized that if I had used one of these authentic, so called Preciouses, that I would have been exploiting this girl.

That I would have been taking advantage of her, and she would not be able to articulate this journey the way Gabby has done.

You got Mariah Carey to work without makeup. She’s virtually unrecognizable. Was that a hard sell to her?

Lee Daniels: No, because we readily agreed. But once she left the bubble it became very difficult, and you knew ... I didn’t realize that I was treading on something that was really fragile, because she’s very safe in her cocoon.

With her bodyguards and her people, the masseur and the whole posse.

When I told her to show up on set in a taxi, alone, I saw a different person. I see her as a different person anyway, because when we’re behind closed doors she really is like the social worker. Not like her, like her, but her spirit. And the minute she puts on those pumps, and

she puts on that makeup and she hits that door, she’s a different person. She’s selling Mariah Carey. And that’s not really who she is — she’s a cross between the character she plays and the woman that is the persona of Mariah Carey.

So when she came up out of that taxicab, she was nervous. I knew that she had left her bubble, and I felt very protective of her. Because I felt for her — she hadn’t left that bubble in 20 years.

Were you concerned at any time that the depictions of this really hard life in Harlem might be too much for people?

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Savannh Wiltfong, left, plays Vanessa Lemor in the charming independent film “Dear Lemon Lima.”

Life, love and Lemon Lima A conversation with filmmaker Suzi Yoonessi

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

Winner of the Outstanding Narrative Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the Woodstock Film Festival, writer/director Suzi Yoonessi’s Dear Lemon Lima is a warm, tender drama about a young girl’s coming of age in Fairbanks, Alaska.

It’s one of the competition films at the 2009 Savannah Film Festival.

Vanessa Lemor (played by Savanah Wiltfong) is 13 and heartbroken because her boyfriend, the uber–intelligent but impossibly snobby Phillip Georgey, has dumped her. She pours out her feelings in letters to her imaginary friend, Lemon Lima (it’s pronounced LIME–uh, and not like the capital of Peru).

Dear Lemon Lima tells the story of Vanessa’s growth from a slump–shouldered misfit into a strong young woman who accepts – and learns to cherish – the things that make her different.

The plot turns on an annual school tradition – the Snowstorm Survivor Games, which involve the students demonstrating Eskimo tribal skills.

(Because her long–absent father was Eskimo, everyone assumes Vanessa will be a whiz at such things. In truth, she doesn’t know much about traditions at all, and most of her thoughts revolve around Phillip. This will soon change.)

She falls in with a group of “losers,” all of them banished to the school’s dank weight room during gym class because they have no physical abilities whatsoever.

One of these is a young boy named Hercule, whose over–protective parents have convinced him he’s allergic to everything, including air. So he stays inside all the time.

Vanessa, Hercule and the others decide to form a team and compete in the Games – calling themselves Team FUBAR, until the principal realizes what it means and makes them change the name.

Sweet, touching, funny and heartbreaking, Dear Lemon Lima does not go where you think it will, does not end the way you’d expect.

We spoke with Yoonessi by e–mail this week, while she was screening her film in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

How did you get such natural performances out of children? Was it a challenge finding your young cast?

Suzi Yoonessi: I worked with casting directors Meg Morman and Sunny Boling to assemble a cast of provocative, young actors with an incredible emotional range. My first concern was building trust with the actors. I let them know that I wanted to craft the performances in the film together, as colleagues and friends, so I never

patronized them because of their young age – some of the greatest moments and lines are improvised. I believe it’s important to encourage young actors to trust their instincts, so the performances come from an honest place and don’t feel affected. My job was to help each actor make a discovery and find a piece of themselves in their characters.

I worked with production designer Kay Lee to create a candy–colored environment that captured the magical spirit of Dear Lemon Lima, so the actors were working in a space that captured the tone of the film.

The greatest casting challenge was finding an Alaskan Native teenager to play Vanessa Lemor. The film had a very modest budget, so we couldn’t afford tickets to Alaska. With the support of the local community, fliers and e-mail blasts were circulated, encouraging Alaskan Native girls from all parts of Alaska to upload audition tapes to YouTube and attend a local casting sessions.

The final two girls were flown to Seattle, so I could work with them for a couple of days. Savanah Wiltfong had a fiery strength and seemed to be very in touch with and proud of her “inner fubar.”

As a writer, how did you put yourself so accurately into Vanessa’s thoughts, feelings and actions? All the things she writes and draws feel so appropriate for that age.

Suzi Yoonessi: Re–reading passages from my rainbow–studded, childhood

diary inspired me to create a story that encourages love and kindness. The voice of Vanessa Lemor is a faint echo that I was familiar with many years ago.

Channeling my inner 13–year–old girl, I built a library of images, stickers and music that informed the artistic vision.

I turned to the mix CD, sticker–clad pages or a stack of my sister’s childhood diaries when I hit any speed bumps.

The writing process was incredibly painful for me (and everyone around me) because I was making myself very vulnerable, letting down walls that I have built for years and exposing myself to traumatic childhood memories and humiliations.

Is Vanessa you? How much of your own story made it to the script? Were you “different”?

Suzi Yoonessi: A couple of years ago, my ex–boyfriend stopped talking to me because he was scared that everything he said would end up in Dear Lemon Lima. He was probably right. I find it’s cathartic to write from life experience.

Dear Lemon Lima is a collection of my emotional truths, servicing a story that is essentially about learning the true meaning of heartbreak.

Many of the relationships in the film are autobiographical, plucked from both my own life and the life of those closest to me. My sister’s ex–boyfriend literally said (as it’s repeated in the movie), “Say See LEMON LIMA, page 23

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Duck Heart Teslacoil Written and Directed by: Tyler J. Kupferer Produced by: Tyler J. Kupferer, Elias Glasch and Alysha Kupferer

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The film succeeds in being a wonderful viewing experience unique unto itself. Like the best Looney Tunes sketches or Pixar’s memorable short films, Duck Heart Teslacoil nails the mark for the one thing all of those cartoons have in common: They strove for nothing less than pure simplicity in style, humor and story. We watch films like these to celebrate the beauty of great filmmaking through animation, and how that is often done by stripping away all pretentious and trusting the story and characters to shine through.

Connect Savannah: What was the genesis of Duck Heart Teslacoil?

Tyler J. Kupferer: It was originally inspired by a piece of vector artwork featuring a monster and a bunny. The instant I saw the flat style, I wondered: “What would that look like animated?”

Several months later, while at an ideas pitch session, I thought up the concept of DHT in about five minutes, based on the idea I thought Tesla coils were under–represented in modern cinema.

After that, the idea seemed more and more plausible.

Clockwise from above: Tyler J. Kupfererm, Shane Ladd and Evan Watkins

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In addition to writing, directing and producing the film you also did the animation and provided one of the voices.

Between all of those jobs do you have a preference?

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Tyler J. Kupferer: Of all the hats I wear when producing my short films, directing is by far my favorite. I think one of the reasons I enjoy directing so much is because I take an interest in all other aspects of production, and directing challenges me to address the unique tasks of each role in a way that must lead to a single cohesive piece. The directing role is what keeps me concentrated on every aspect of storytelling and how it relates to my audience.

What’s next for you?

Tyler J. Kupferer: I’m already well into pre–production of my next animated short film, which should be done by Spring 2010. As soon as that’s done, I’ll launch into production of my MFA thesis film, which hopefully will be the crowning piece of my SCAD career.

In the meantime, I post all my mini projects and experimental films to my

The Fakers Written and Directed by: Evan Watkins A lot of energy and strange circumstances tear their way through 13 minutes of performances and story. A married couple, Jerry and Jill Tamlin

(Phil Morales and All Mohr, both of whom are excellent) keep the romance alive by participating in (either as the victims or perpetrators) staged burglaries. They’re not crazy; in their minds everyone does something to keep the day–to–day world interesting, and this is just what they do. Things only begin to go awry when Jerry’s mildly deranged boss (JT Chinn, in a performance that steals this whole thing) hears about the whole concept and arranges for

a “show” meant to impress his very young, empty–headed wife (good work from Aurora Heimbach).

What gives The Fakers its strong footing is Watkins’ attention to comedic detail. He gets a lot of help from a cast who has no trouble understanding what he’s after. In even the most inspired moments of lunacy, everyone involved remains perfectly low–key in their reactions and motivations.

Connect Savannah: What was the first idea or image you had that eventually led to the production of The Fakers?

Evan Watkins: The initial spark of inspiration for The Fakers was an idea that came to me, like many of them, late at night when I’m trying to sleep and can’t shut my brain off. It was just a small idea for an opening scene where people are getting robbed, and it’s really Continued on page 22

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intense, shot like an action movie and everything, and then we reveal the joke, which is that these thieves are friends of the victims and it was all planned out from the start. That’s pretty much the first scene of the film.

The dialog sounds improvisational in some places. Was that the case?

Evan Watkins: I’m a big believer in improvisation. Obviously some lines are pivotal to plot and tone, but I really wanted my cast to add or change lines within the guidelines of the character.

Instead of holding rehearsals based off the script, I got my actors together and had them improv scenes that would have taken place before the story begins. Comedy is a surprise, and I find that flying off the script can sometimes produce way better jokes than the ones I think of alone at a computer.

Can we look forward to similar absurd–comedy projects in the future?

Or do you have something different in mind?

Evan Watkins: I wouldn’t feel honest doing a drama yet. There are people way more qualified for that job than I am. Besides, I think satire/comedy is one of the few places in the entertainment world that you can slip in a point of view or a philosophy without hitting people over the head with it. The main problem I face now, being out of college, is to write something that is marketable, something people want to see. Right now I’m working on a few television pilots and a feature screenplay. A good script is the first step to a great film.

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That and money, lots and lots of money.

Still have yet to get that.

Farewell to the Sparrow Directed by: Shane Ladd Written by: Shane Ladd and Zach Cutler In just a little under 16 minutes, Ladd uses the talents of a phenomenal cast and crew to hit every technical and storytelling mark. She takes us right into the heart of a story of a young writer named Sable (Lilly Rains), who has come back home for her mother’s funeral. Not a lot of complicated, wasteful back story is needed to tell us what her relationship with her parents was like prior to the death of her mother. Ladd, editor Rodrigo Zozoya and director of photography Joseph Harold Page show us in just a couple of scenes. There’s also a flashback sequence in which Sable and her mother (an affecting, sad performance by Dey Young) discuss family things of seemingly minor importance.

It’s only later in the film do we understand what that supposedly unimportant conversation really meant.

The early moments of Farewell to the Sparrow are poignant, but there’s nothing too shocking. However, this changes around the middle when the story suddenly takes a sharp turn into a territory that can be downright unsettling. A lesser filmmaker might not know what to do after suddenly changing the tone and pacing so dramatically. Farewell to the Sparrow accomplishing this in a fraction of the time is a worthy victory

— not only for Ladd and the careers of all involved, but for the idea that a short film can do anything a feature can.

Connect Savannah: What is the single most important thing a person should take away from the story in Farewell to the Sparrow?

Shane Ladd: As morbid as it sounds, there is more closure and permanence in death than the feeling of being abandoned.

Who are some of your most significant influences as a filmmaker?

Shane Ladd: My grandparents introduced me to storytelling and being practically an only child has forced me to have a very imaginative mind. I’ve also been influenced by my father’s love of movies and the history he tells me behind them. My mother’s talent and passion for acting has always made me knowledgeable of actors and they way they work. I’ve also been very inspired by many filmmakers such as Truffaut, Malle, Scorsese, Tarantino, Coppola, and of course there are movies I watch that make me realize I couldn’t see myself doing anything else but film. cs SCAD Student Film Screenings STUDENT FILMS BLOCK A: 11:30 a.m.

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I liked that the weight room was sort of like a dungeon where misfits go to die.

Did you deliberately shoot it dark and dingy so it would feel that way?

Suzi Yoonessi: Exactly. Most of Dear Lemon Lima is lush and vivid, so my director of photography and I wanted the scenes in the weight room to be a steep contrast with Vanessa’s conventional candy–colored perspective.

Through Vanessa’s eyes, the weight room represents the ultimate humiliation and isolation from her true love, so the bland color palette, so beautifully crafted by our production designer Kay Lee, evokes this mood.

I also liked that the Snowstorm Survivor Games aren’t really the be–all and end–all of the children’s lives, nor of the movie. It didn’t end the way I expected it would. What do you hope people take away, as a message, from the film?

Suzi Yoonessi: My hope is that this family film inspires the notion that every human connection deserves the honesty, love and compassion with which a 13–year–old girl embraces the world. The film is about people coming together and celebrating each other’s differences, not winning, so it was important for the Vanessa to walk away because she chooses the priceless gift of friendship.

From conception, Dear Lemon Lima’s mission is to give girls the confidence to embrace their individuality and express themselves in writing. Over the course of the shoot, Zoe, the adorable 7–year– old sister of one of the lead actors, became Dear Lemon Lima’s set mascot.

Bubbling with love and kindness, she

embodied the spirit of the film.

On the last day of the shoot, I gave personalized diaries to each of the young actors. The diaries were passed around like yearbooks, so cast and crew could write in each other’s pages. Not to be outdone, Zoe also passed around her personal diary. Flipping through

the journal, one of my producers saw a familiar “Dear Lemon Lima,” scribbled throughout the pages.

It felt like everything had come full circle, knowing that my imaginary childhood friend had a new best friend. cs

Dear Lemon Lima screening Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. When: At 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 Tickets: $5 for the general public $3 for students, seniors and military Free for SCAD students, faculty and staff with a valid SCAD ID

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you are a baker, and you make cupcakes for a living. And then you quit. And then you make them again. And then you quit again. You are still a baker.”

Neither of us still really knows what he meant, but Philip Georgey certainly does. Hercules’ relationship with his pet is also autobiographical, drawn from a forced adoption of one of our cats and a rabbit that bit too often rolled into one animal.

Growing up, I was certainly different, being a first generation Iranian American in the suburbs of Buffalo, N.Y. I faced endless taunting and teasing.

When I came home drippy–eyed, my mother was a broken record, scolding me for being overly sensitive. Fortunately, I found a community of people who were “special and different,” so I learned how to embrace my differences and channel my unique worldview and perspective in my work.

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Lee Daniels: No, never. No, no, no. It’s interesting that you say that, because people that see it, love it. I don’t hear anybody saying “I can’t handle this.”

Maybe it is too much for people, I don’t know, but everybody walks out saying “Oh my God, I want to see it again.”

But soon Middle America will get a look at it. Will they think “Is life for some people really like that? Oh my God!”?

Lee Daniels: I think that life is like that for some people in Middle America.

This is the universal story. It’s told from the black perspective. This was done in London as a play, in the West End, with an all–white cast. Illiteracy does not implicitly apply to the African–American. Nor does obesity, nor does abuse, nor does incest.

That was the other thing I learned on my journey. That this wasn’t just my story – how dare I think that this was an African–American story!

When Sapphire told me it was a play in London, with an all–white cast, I was like “What?”

And I understand now why, when I took it to Germany, even without

subtitles people were understanding it. They didn’t understand that it was a universal story.

So yeah, I think that Middle America is more than ready for it.

You got endorsements from Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, and they’re executive producers. What does that mean for you and the film? Money? Prestige?

Lee Daniels: I love Oprah, and I love Tyler. I make independent cinema, and at the end of the day you read these things about me and it’s hard to really embrace it, you know? I begin to believe it myself: “He’s a shaker and a mover and a charmer.”

You know what? I’m a filmmaker!

What the fuck are you talking about?

I’m a filmmaker, and I have to do what I have to do so that we can get a movie off the ground.

I think that Hollywood is not used to this: How does this African–American man, openly gay, from Harlem, get these types of movies made? Wins an Oscar on his first movie, wins at Cannes on his second movie ... how does he do this, when we’re in Hollywood doing

this day in and day out? I think it’s confusing to people and so they make these things up.

Regardless, it doesn’t really matter because at the end of the day, not many people see my movies, and I continue.

It’s like putting on a play. So I don’t have a big fan base. I have a support base of filmgoers that like independent cinema.

But just because Oprah puts her name on something ...

Lee Daniels: Well, I’ll be damned, I know that with the big “O,” at least 10 people are going to see it this time!

My mother’s always telling me, “Miss Maybelle down at church says something happened to you ... why can’t you make a movie like Tyler Perry?” I made this movie for my mother’s church folk.

I knew that if Tyler was associated with this film that my mother’s church folk would go see it. And that would get her off my back.

The buzz is amazing. Are you feeling that wind blowing your way?

something — and I don’t know what my luck is, man, but whenever I read something it’s bad. I look at the bad in it. I can’t figure this shit out.

I finally had to ask my friends to stop sending me stuff to read. Because I don’t like to be told what to see. I don’t like buzz; buzz means that you gotta see it.

Maybe I’m just an outsider, and I don’t believe the buzz. I like finding and stumbling and discovering things on my own. So the concept of buzz frightens me a lot. Because then you have to live up to something. And we’re just a little movie. CS Screening: ’Precious – Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire’ Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. When: At 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 Tickets: $10 for the general public, $5 for SCAD students, faculty and staff with a valid SCAD ID Followed by a Q&A with Lee Daniels and Gabourey Sidibe Online: http://www.filmfest.sdcad.edu/

Lee Daniels: No, I don’t. I’m at the epicenter of it all. Occasionally I read

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Judy Maltz, a journalism professor at Penn State University, had an amazing story to tell. Maltz, who produced and co–directed the film No. 4 Street of Our Lady, descends from a family of Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust thanks to the efforts of a woman who almost single–handedly saved the lives of 15 people by hiding them in her small home for two years — risking her life by feeding and caring for them all during the Nazi occupation of their small town.

The details of their dramatic story of survival had been preserved in Maltz’s grandfather’s diary, which he had kept during the two years hiding in Francisca Halamajowa’s hay loft, as well as by four members of the group of 15 who were still alive today.

When Maltz shared the story and the diary with two film professors at Penn State, Richie Sherman and Barbara Bird, the trio set out on a three year journey together to document the story. Returning with the remaining survivors to the town of Sokal, now part of the Ukraine, they captured a tale of courage in one of humanity’s darkest hours.

The documentary, which has already won awards and critical praise at several film festivals, was shown once last week, and will screen again on Friday. We spoke with Bird and Sherman about the film, their experiences, and the importance of film festivals for independent filmmakers.

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How did the three of you meet and decide to start working on this movie?

Richie Sherman: A couple of us in the faculty had a show with some of our recent short films and Judy was one of the audience members. She talked to Barbara, Barbara talked to me, and we decided it was something the three of us were interested in collaborating on.

Barbara Bird: Judy had the idea of turning story of her family’s rescuer, Mrs. Halamjowa, into a documentary for some time. She also had her Grandfather, Moshe Maltz’s diary, which he kept from 1939 thru 1945, recounting the Holocaust experiences of the people of Sokol, Poland. Moshe Maltz’s diary had been translated into English, and as soon as I read it I knew that the historical events had all the narrative and drama for a compelling film.

How difficult was it to track down all the people who appeared in the film?

Barbara Bird, Judy Maltz, and Richie Sherman, accompanied by captures from the film

Barbara Bird: Two of the families, Maltz and Kindler kept up with each other in the U.S. and Israel, and Mrs. Halamajowa and her relatives in Poland, so people had been in touch. A third family, Kram, we only located toward the end of the production period.

Richie Sherman: We contacted all of the families, but we also decided we needed to go back to this place, visually we wanted to be able to take the audience to Ukraine. We found a guide who we hired to scout locations and look for people in that region who might be able to help us. He was the one who was able to track down what we believe are the last two adults left in the town who

were around during that time.

With the international travel and the length of the production, was it a challenge to get the funding necessary to make the whole project happen?

Barbara Bird: People were fascinated by the story, which we don’t think of as just a Jewish story because the hero is a Polish Roman catholic single mother...

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so while we spread the word very vigorously, funding came to us steadily.

Richie Sherman: That really was one of the most difficult things, and one of the reasons it took us so long. The three of us have full time jobs as well. We’re not film industry people, we’re teachers, so it really took us a long time to get through that part of having enough money to do what we thought was best for the film.

How important is the festival circuit to independent filmmakers?

Richie Sherman: It’s extremely important. Part of this is just getting the word out, getting people to see the film, but also making contacts with people.

When distributors start getting involved, which was our goal was to get a distributor, we knew we needed to have a track record. We know that they want to see that the film has been externally validated, that film festivals recognize that it is a successful film. It’s an interesting thing. On one hand you’re there with your film, and you want to meet

people to talk about your project, but on the other hand, it’s exciting to be at a film festival because there are other people making their films, and you get exposed to that. The film festivals create a community that you follow.

What has the response been to your film so far?

Barbara Bird: Our audiences, from the very first screening, have been emotionally very moved by this story of ordinary people pushed into extraordinary circumstances by history and the outrages of the Holocaust. The survivors in the film – and people after seeing the film – can’t help but ask themselves, “what would I do?”

Richie Sherman: One of the things to get used to as a filmmaker is how often you get rejected from film festivals, but we’re doing well. We’ve been in at least 20 or so festivals and we’ve won five or six prizes.

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Barbara Bird: We have an international distributor, Seventh Art Releasing who is handling promotion and sales of the film worldwide.

Richie Sherman: We worked really hard to get ourselves in a position where we could get all the way to the end, and then if we got a distributor, we’re just basically handing them the discs. They can go promote the film,

look for television in international and domestic markets. We’re just starting the process with them, and it’s new to all of us at this point. cs No. 4 Street of Our Lady will be shown at the Lucas Theatre Nov. 6 at 11:30 a.m. You can find out more about the film at www. streetofourlady.org.

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Savannah film festival And then there was this secret: If you shoot in L.A., you approach certain actors who get to stay home and make a film — and they work for just a certain block of days. And it’s very appealing.

So it was a pleasure, I think, for all of them to come, do their three or four days, and go home to their babies, to their husbands.

Where did this story come from? Was this something you’d seen happen?

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Son and father: Johnny Pacar and Richard E. Grant in a scene from “Love Hurts.”

Proudly independent: Love Hurts

Writer/director Barra Grant on her award-winning comedy

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

Make no mistake, word of mouth plays a key role in the success of a film, whether it’s a low–budget independent feature, or a studio behemoth with tons of marketing muscle behind it.

A good movie is a good movie, and once people get a look at your work, they’ll start talking about it.

That’s word of mouth, and if it’s positive, you just might have a hit on your hands.

Barra Grant wrote and directed Love Hurts, screening this week at the Savannah Film Festival. It’s her second feature, but it’ll probably be the first one anybody’s seen because its cast includes British comic actor Richard E. Grant (no relation), Carrie–Anne Moss, Jenna Elfman, Janeane Garofalo, Rita Rudner and Camryn Manheim.

A bittersweet comedy about an egocentric, middle–aged doctor (Grant) reeling from the unexpected defection of his long–suffering wife (Moss), Love Hurts took Best Comedy and Best Director prizes at the Boston Film Festival, and was named Best Feature at Los Angeles’ La Femme Film Festival.

There are several wonderfully

touching moments in the film. Dr. Ben Bingham’s teenage son Justin (Johnny Pacar), who’s a let’s–hang–out–and– party kind of guy, falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful Russian ballerina (Olga Fonda) and looks to his dad — who’s newly single and loving it — for advice on real, true romance.

Grant and her movie are making the rounds — Love Hurts bows this week at festivals in New York City and Orlando, before opening nationwide with distribution by tiny Lantern Lane — on Nov. 13.

Do you hope at this point that a big distributor will still buy your film so you can open wider, and louder, and reach more people?

Barra Grant: Once you put out all this effort, and you have a wonderful deal where you own a lot of your film, you don’t really need them to come in at this late date and profit with you. Because as

you know studios take almost everything. This way, when we go wider, the profits will come back to us, which is terrific, and we share the revenue with the theater chains themselves.

If you grow by word of mouth, like Sideways or My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and you hold on to a big percentage of your film, that’s when you become very wealthy! At big studios, the definition of “net profit” is “go home.” You’re never going to profit from your film.

Isn’t it easier to attract top actors when you can say you have big studio money behind you?

Barra Grant: It depends. They don’t make your film because Universal is producing it; that’s for Freddie and the Chainsaw Massacre 7. For very, very big movies that are going to cost 50, 70 million dollars. And of course they’re attracted to it, because they get paid 15 to 20 million.

The only reason to make a film that’s small is because of the script.

Was that the case here?

Barra Grant: Yes, but we figured out a strategy. First, we got Richard. Now, actresses who are kind of film cognoscenti all know him, from his extraordinary body of work. You know, he did Withnail and I when he was a kid, and it became a cult film. But he’s been in 50, 60 films. And always is impeccable.

The actresses that I attracted wanted to work with him. And that’s a great thing, because he is at the center of the energy of the movie. And when we approached these actresses, two things were true: One, they loved the parts.

Two, Richard.

Barra Grant: I love men, and I like writing about men. Because emotionally they’re so withheld. I love writing men because when you put them in crisis situations, they’re lost. Ben goes completely crazy. Fortunately, I had an actor who could do it. But toward the end, when it comes heartfelt, and a little more dramatic, he sits on the lawn and cries.

And I loved writing Ben’s son, because he goes from a fairly studly young man to a boy in love with absolutely no concept of how you win the heart of a girl.

You’ve done well at bigger film festivals.

Why come to a little one like Savannah?

Barra Grant: What we’ve learned at these festivals is that it’s a movie for the people. That sounds odd to say, but it’s very different when you screen your film in communities like Savannah or Orlando. You get a range of people that are not Hollywood, they’re not your effete people who sit back and judge based on criteria that a small film could never meet. And you learn that people love the experience of the film, and that’s extremely encouraging.

Once the film is locked down and finished, do you still watch it and wish you could re–edit certain things?

Barra Grant: Well, not re–edit. But you make a lot of choices in the editing room, particularly in terms of, let’s say, “should it be a three–shot or a single?”

And that’s the thing that I see: I see a single and I say “You know what?

I should have kept it a three–shot.” I worked very hard cutting the film, and it is very well edited ... you make a decision and it’s very subjective. You can’t listen to your editor, or your producer, particularly when you make an indie film. It is on your shoulders. CS Love Hurts Screens: At 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 at the Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Followed by a Q&A with writer/director Barra Grant

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Remaining schedule “Grey Gardens.” At 11:30 a.m., Trustees Theater.

“Mercy.” At 11:30 a.m., Lucas Theatre.

The Future of Entertainment. At 11:30 a.m., Gutstein Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Panelists: Justine Bateman, Illeana Douglas, Eric Mortensen, Stephanie Sarofian, Christine Beardsell.

“Bomber.” At 2:30 p.m., Lucas Theatre.

“Whatever Works.” At 2:30 p.m., Trustees Theater.

Visual Effects Superstars. At 2:30 p.m., Gutstein Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. “Broken Embraces.” At 7 p.m., Trustees Theater. Preceded by honors for Patricia Clarkson.

Nov. 5:

“Dear Lemon Lima.” At 9:30 a.m., Lucas Theatre.

SCAD Student Showcase. At 9:30 a.m., Lucas Theatre.

“45365.” At 11:30 a.m., Trustees Theater.

Animated Films. At 11:30 a.m., Lucas Theatre.

Apple Final Cut 7 Workshop. At 11:30 a.m., Gutstein Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Diana Weynand, author of the Apple Pro Training Series book Final Cut Pro 7, and creator of the new iKeysToGo for Final Cut Pro 7 iPhone/iPod Touch application, will demonstrate some of Final Cut Pro’s functions.

“So Right, So Smart.” At 2:30 p.m., Lucas Theatre.

What Do Films Mean? At 2:30 p.m., Gutstein Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Image: Reality Presentation by Syd Mead. At 2:30 p.m., Trustees Theatre.

Directors Choice (film TBA). At 7 p.m., Trustees Theater.

“Telstar.” At 9:30 p.m., Trustees Theater.*

Nov. 6:

STUDENT FILMS BLOCK B. At 9:30 a.m., Lucas Theatre.

STUDENTS FILMS BLOCK A. At 11:30 a.m., Lucas Theatre.

Casting Director, Agent, Actor. At 11:30 a.m. Nov. 6, Gutstein Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. “No. 4 Street of Our Lady.” At 11:30 a.m., Lucas Theatre.

“An Unlikely Weapon.” At 2:30 p.m., Trustees Theater.

“Love Hurts.” At 2:30 p.m., Lucas Theatre.

Mastering the Art of the RED Camera. At 2:30 p.m. Nov. 6, Gutstein Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Obin Olson, director, editor and DP, DV3 Productions, and Amariah Olson, VFX supervisor and compositor, have built an editorial and visual effects workflow around Adobe’sTM new, improved RED Camera RAW plug–in for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects CS4. See how they work on set and in the cutting room using a 4K tapeless approach.

“An Education.” At 7 p.m., Trustees Theater.

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A new look at Anne Frank Updated version of the script makes the classic more accessible to modern audiences

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

When Benjamin Wolfe learned he had the opportunity to direct the Little Theatre’s upcoming production of The Diary of Anne Frank, he was a little hesitant.

“I thought it was a little dated — like, this has been done, we all know it, everybody’s going to walk in knowing how it’s going to end,” laughs Wolfe. “This is Anne Frank — there are no surprises with Anne Frank!”

What changed his mind was the fact that this script is a recent adaptation, first seen on Broadway in 1997 with Natalie Portman in the title role.

“This new adaptation really brings more of Anne’s actual diary into play,” says Wolfe. “It uses more pieces from her diary that Otto Frank initially didn’t allow released to the public.”

The things that Anne’s father didn’t want to see the light of the day include her comments about her advancing puberty.

“Anne spoke about things that weren’t appropriate for a 13 or 14–year–old girl to be speaking about on stage during the ’50s when this was first staged, and Otto until his death didn’t allow their release,” he says. “This new script also modernizes arguments they have — the dialogue is sharper, it’s got a very modern feel to it. It’s not antiquated dialogue. It’s really much more powerful than the original version.”

Nicole Pearlman, a freshman at Savannah Country Day, plays the title role. She says the new script rings true.

“The things she says are really what a teenage girl goes through,” Pearlman says.

“People don’t realize how hard it is for teenage girls to come out of that awkward stage, and this script really shows that it’s awkward and it’s hard.”

While Pearlman is no stranger to theatre, she says playing Anne is “a little scary. This is the biggest challenge I’ve had in a play before, but I like the role.

It’s hard in the sense that Anne was such a little girl, not mature, in the beginning of the play.

And she really grows up into a young woman.”

“This new version of the script really plays up her silliness and immaturity,” echoes Wolfe.

“You see her evolve from 13 to 15, and you really see that in Nicole’s performance.”

Wolfe says that even in a Holocaust–themed play, it’s important to bring out the fact that people are people no matter the situation. They laugh, they joke, they play — even in the middle of unparalleled disaster.

“These are real people — they were quirky, they were funny.

We don’t want the audience to come in with a tissue in their hand ready for the journey,” he says. “And I’m casting funny people, too, which helps. These are the people who made me laugh at an Anne Frank audition, which is not easy to do!”

Pearlman adds, “Anne is the kind of girl who looks at the brighter side of things, so it’s kind of easier to see things she

can laugh at, because she’s a glass half-full kind of person.”

While Wolfe is best known locally for his work on such flashy musicals as The Full Monty, he’s stretching his wings a bit on Anne Frank.

“We’re going to have a thrust stage configuration, so the audience is on three sides. At times we have as many as 11 people on stage,” he says. “Trying to stage those sight lines, I had a magnet board and it was like John Madden, where I’m circling who’s going what direction and where.”

So in this current civics–challenged environment — where people routinely compare U.S. presidents to Adolph Hitler — are young people in America really growing up with a sense of how almost unspeakably evil Hitler and the Nazi movement really were?

“I don’t think they can really show that in school,” Pearlman says. “When I read this play, that’s what showed me how cruel the Nazis and Hitler were.

“I don’t think people can really know what it was like with someone just telling you how it is. You have to actually experience it. And this play is the closest thing to doing that.” cs Little Theatre performs The Diary of Anne Frank When: Nov. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m., Nov. 8 and 22 at 3 p.m.

Where: Freight Station, 703D Louisville Road (in former Seaboard Freight Station, 1/4 mile west of the Savannah Visitors Center).

Cost: $22, $17 seniors, students & military, $12 children 12 and under

Top, Nicole Pearlman (Anne Frank) with Hannah Hyde as her sister Margot; bottom, the cast rehearses

A scene from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Katrina in Scotland

Savannah Arts Academy performs show in advance of summer trip overseas

by Augusta Statz

With a performance of The Katrina Project: Hell and High Water, the Savannah Arts Academy Theatre Department will perform in the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland next summer.

In order for a school to be entered into the contest — the American High School Theatre Festival (AHSTF) — the school must first be nominated by a professor of theatre. Andrea Verdis, the theatre department chair, received notice of the department’s nomination to enter the contest. Next, an extensive application process must be completed.

“I found out that we had been nominated by not one, but three professors,” says Verdis. “Two of the nominations were from Dr. Miller and Dr. Mellen from Armstrong Atlantic State University. The third came from Dr. Freidenburg at Wake Forest University.

“I knew who Dr. Miller and Dr. Mellen were,” she admits, “but I’d never met Dr. Freidenburg.”

When given the opportunity to meet Dr. Freidenburg at a thespian conference, she asked him why he nominated Savannah Arts Academy for the festival.

He said that he had seen Savannah Arts Academy at previous conferences, and “I’ve seen what you can do,” repeats Verdis.

“Savannah Arts Academy was one of 43 schools in the nation to be accepted into the festival,” she says. “It is a huge honor.”

Verdis got to choose which piece the department would perform in the festival. She describes why she went with The Katrina Project: “I was lucky enough to go to Scotland in May,” she explains. “I stayed at the University of Edinburgh, which is where the students will stay. I got to stay in the same dorms they’re going to. I got to eat the same food as they’re going to eat.

“And while I was there, I got the chance to ask the AHSTF Board of Advisors what type of performance we should do.”

They told her, “Do what you do best.”

That got Andrea thinking.

“Theatre is meant to be thoughtprovoking, and The Katrina Project is definitely thought-provoking,” she says.

The play focuses on Hurricane

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Katrina and its survivors. The piece is based on actual interviews with survivors and people who helped, such as Kanye West. It focuses on the trauma of the event, but ends on a hopeful note.

Verdis says, “If the play raises awareness of the importance of being prepared for disaster on a national level, then it has done its job.”

Terresa Kizer, technical manager, points out that “The piece is studentgenerated. They do everything from build the set to handle the stage lighting. The set for the fall production will be elaborate, including a house and a boat.”

Obviously, the students cannot bring this elaborate set with them to Scotland, but while there, “They’ll rent two ramps and a platform that will represent the house and the boat.”

Kizer says, “Two of the students that are going on the trip are designated as

technicians, and they’ll handle the set.”

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The play is performed at Savannah Arts Academy Nov. 6–8. Dinner theatre tickets for sale through Nov. 4 for $25 each. Nov. 6-7 dinner is at 6 p.m. and the performance is at 7 p.m. Nov. 8, dinner is at 1:30 p.m. and the performance is at 2:30 p.m.

To attend the performance and not the dinner, tickets cost $10 and can be purchased at the door. All proceeds go to help pay for the expenses of traveling to Scotland. The theatre department will also be having an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at Applebee’s on Abercorn Nov. 14 from 7:30–9:30 a.m to raise funds for the trip. The department will also accept any donations.

For more info, call Andrea Verdis at (912) 201–5528 or e–mail her at Andrea.verdis@ sccpss.com.

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Ellie Pyle: When we were coming up with our season, we were looking for a fall show that did a few things. First, we wanted a show that would involve a wide range of actors, including some children. We wanted to do a show that would fit into the curriculum of the schools so we could do some school shows — we will be having two. And we wanted to do a show that had some social significance.

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The script is very frank in its language regarding race relations. How have you approached that controversial material?

The cast of “To Kill a Mockingbird” includes Bailey Keith, left, and Bill DeYoung.

To stage a Mockingbird

Cultural Arts Theatre takes on landmark drama

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

In 2003, the American Film Institute ranked Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th Century.

The protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird — memorably portrayed in a beloved 1962 film adaptation starring the late Gregory Peck, who won on Oscar for the role — embodies the spirit of the Southern liberals who, at great personal cost and little personal credit, helped spearhead the Civil Rights movement in the American South.

Portrayed in this production by none other than Connect Savannah Arts & Entertainment Editor Bill DeYoung, Finch is a widowed attorney in a Depression–era Alabama town given the difficult task of defending a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Soon, Finch’s nemesis emerges in the form of the abusive Bob Ewell.

The whole ordeal, including the final confrontation with the dastardly Ewell,

represents not only the heroism of Finch but the loss of innocence of his children Scout and Jem. Originally a novel by Harper Lee, it was later adapted for the stage, and the City of Savannah’s Cultural Arts Theatre performs the play beginning this weekend at the S.P.A.C.E. Black Box Theatre on Henry Street.

Other members of the cast include Bailey Keith as Scout, Matthew Sparks as Jem, Charlie Ippolito as Dill Harris, Walter Magnuson as Boo Radley, and Gabriel Ricard as Bob Ewell.

We talked with the director of the production, Elizabeth “Ellie” Pyle, theatre arts coordinator with the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs.

Ellie Pyle: We sat down very early in the rehearsal process to talk about that.

I invited some guests in who’d worked on previous productions of the show.

And we had a big discussion about the show, about the story, about content that made people uncomfortable. About why that content makes people uncomfortable and why that discomfort makes the point the play is trying to make.

So the script does a really good job of justifying its content in that these things are here to make you uncomfortable, because they’re ugly truths that need to be faced.

I’m not sure you should even attempt the play if you’re not willing to go all the way with it.

Ellie Pyle: I agree entirely. And I think the script does a wonderful job of working that point into the story. Within the first couple of scenes we have Scout and Atticus discussing how there are words that people use that they shouldn’t. At the end of Act 1 there’s a wonderful speech by the judge after Bob Ewell says something incredibly inflammatory, and the judge asks to clear the courtroom of women and children. And he says you have to decide what’s appropriate for you and your family, and you have to decide if you want to address these issues. And I’ll give you a chance right now to make that decision, so we’ll take a ten-minute intermission.

We’re so used to seeing courtroom scenes now, such as the ones throughout Mockingbird. How do you keep that fresh and not cliched?

Ellie Pyle: The way the script is set up, it specifically requests that the audience serve as the jury. We’ve taken that a step farther in terms of our staging. The way the stage is set up ther’es a section of the audience that is the jury, and there’s a section that is where other spectators in the courtoorm would be. The whole

play is not in the round, but the blocking was almost like blocking a show in the round, because the audience is totally incorporated into what’s going on. At any given moment you might be looking at somebody’s back, but you will see what’s going on with other people.

There are cast members who are going to be sitting in front of or alongside audience members. There’s a point where the sheriff pulls his chair over and sits down right next to audience members.

I hear you have some dude named Bill DeYoung playing the lead adult role.

That name rings a bell.

Ellie Pyle: That’s true, and he’s doing a wonderful job. We’re so pleased to have him here. He brings an incredible sense of professionalism that is just wonderful. It’s not unusual for me to come to rehearsal and for Bill to be the first one to show up and for him to be grabbing actors saying, hey let’s run our scene. It’s a very intimidating role to take on and I know he feels a little of that, but he’s really making it his own.

There are child actors in this as well, including a 7–year–old. How in the world do you direct a 7–year–old in a cast of adults?

Ellie Pyle: There are certainly challenges involved in that. And I have an advantage in that while I started doing theater slightly older than that, I have a younger brother who started doing theater at exactly that age. Charlie (Ippolito) is brilliant, and that helps.

It seems like everyone already knows this show, but maybe I’m being optimistic about people’s knowledge of American theatre standards.

Ellie Pyle: There are people who don’t know the story. There are people who’ve read the story in high school and never revisited it. So there are people for whom the play will essentially be a first time experience.

There are many other people who love this story so very, very much, and it holds such an important place in their heart. They’re going to come, and we’re either going to live up to it or get it wrong! CS Cultural Arts Theatre performs To Kill A Mockingbird When & Where: Nov. 6, 7, 13, 14, at 8 p.m. and Nov. 8 and 15 at 3:00 p.m. in the Black Box at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Cost: $10, $7 seniors and students with ID Info: www.savannahga.gov/arts

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we’ve ever done,” Richard Seng, a longI’m not what you’d call a regular churchtime member of the group, tells me. “So goer — I’m not really an irregular Pat decided this would be a good show churchgoer, to be honest — but there’s to do, and also to go out with.” something about Godspell that has resoAccompanied by a three–piece band, nated with me since the very first time I the small cast will perform the Tebelak/ saw it back in 1972.

Schwartz musical five times — the first Maybe it’s the songs by Stephen one a straight–ahead performance for Schwartz, who went on to write the students and young people, the others music for Pippin, Enchanted, Wicked as dinner theater. and a bunch of Disney cartoon movies.

And then, after 12 seasons, the final They’re bright and poppy, sure, but curtain will come down on the Epworth there’s a little something more there — a group. feeling of euphoria, of brotherhood, of “Auditions aren’t as well–attended certainty and bliss and hopefulness, that these days as they were in the past, I never felt during my boyhood days because there’s so much to choose from sitting on a hardwood pew and listening now,” says Seng. “We kind of feel like to some droning sermon. we’ve met our limit — and we feel That might be the vibe that playvery proud that we’ve gone this wright John–Michael Tebelak was long.” going for when he put the Godspell In Seng’s view, the theater script together, using a circus clown group’s association with New (Jesus) and a rag–tag band of beCovenant has been something of a costumed followers (the disciples). double–edged sword.

Godspell is a series of parables “The thing is,” he explains, “Pat (mostly from the Book of Matis a member of the church, and she thew) done as pantomimes, jokes did start it with the minister at the and songs, infused with energy and time, but over the years it really good humor but never losing sight became a fundraiser for the church of its source material and the mes— but it’s not church–exclusive. sage it conveys.

Most of us who do theater with That’s the most subversive kind Epworth are not part of the church. of theology, and the fact that “That’s why we put the word Godspell works on several levels ‘community’ into our name — and continues to work, in the last couple of years. We to this day — is testament to wanted to instill in people its enduring strength. And that this went beyond the even if you don’t grasp the church. I guess we just never Christian themes, you’re still got out there enough to let entertained. people know that, but we How appropriate, then, tried.” CS that the Epworth Community Players — the theatriGodspell by the Epworth Comcal arm of New Covenant munity Players Church — are putting on a Where: New Covenant United production of Godspell this Methodist Church, 2201 Bull weekend and next.

St. Directed by Pat Hoffman, Student night: 7 p.m. Thursone of the founders of the day, Nov. 5. ($10 per person Epworth Players, Godspell with student ID) is going to be the company’s Dinner theater: 6 p.m. dinner, last production — at least for 7 p.m. show, Nov. 6, 7, 13 and the foreseeable future.

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Don’t rue The Bruery Like many folks who head down the path of micro– brewed beers, Patrick Rue ultimately became curious.

So curious, in fact, that the young California lawyer did what many curious beer lovers do — he cooked a batch of home brew in his kitchen.

It’s addictive, and a pattern that has lured many now notable brewers down a path of no return. Which is exactly what happened to Patrick.

He opened his own micro–brewery in Orange County, Calif., barely two years ago and has since set the craft–brewing industry reeling as it tries to keep pace with the imaginative young brewer’s take on classic Belgian–style beers.

His beers have been spotlighted twice in Gourmet magazine, named among the top 25 beers in America by Draft Magazine and are the darlings of the ultimate beer geeks to post to the online beer–rating site BeerAdvocate.com.

But unless you’re a well–traveled beer aficionado or among the legions of aforementioned beer geeks, you’ve probably never seen beer from The Bruery, much less tasted these unfiltered, bottle–conditioned brews. Until now.

A limited supply of at least three beers from The Bruery are going to begin appearing on Savannah package store shelves and on the lists of the city’s best beer bars.

At first, the beer will be hard to find, and in very limited quantity — but that should improve as regular orders insure a steady stream of beer from Orange County.

What are Belgian style beers?

The type ranges from ales, to sour lambics, to stouts and Dubbels, triples and saisons. Each has a unique flavor profile.

There is no singular defining element — other than being made in Belgium.

Patrick embraces tradition, but also embellishes. All Bruery beers are bottle–conditioned — a dose of yeast is added after bottling to create a secondary fermentation.

Bruery beers are also unfiltered, meaning they are slightly cloudy with traces of yeast in the bottom of every bottle.

In a Los Angeles Times story, Patrick explained his passion for the Belgian style: “The Belgian style offers a lot of opportunities for creating and flexibility,” he

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says. “They’re not afraid of using flowers and spices and wild yeasts.” Some varieties are barrel–aged as long as wine — from six to 36 months — compared with less than a month for most beers.

I’ve tasted three beers from The Bruery, and here’s what I found: Orchard White is a witbier. This hazy, straw yellow beer is spiced with coriander, citrus peel and lavender. A spicy, fruity yeast strain is used to add complexity, and rolled oats are added for a silky texture.

The beer is luxurious in the mouth — and paired nicely with spicy Mexican food.

Saison Rue is a farmhouse ale. These beers were historically made by farmers to quench the thirsts of field hands — and were low–alcohol brews. Modern versions are typically higher in alcohol than the historic predecessors. This is a beer of subtlety and complexity, with malted rye, spicy, fruity yeast notes, biscuit–like malt backbone, and a slight citrus hop character. What’s really cool is that this beer will continue to evolve in the bottle, becoming drier and more rustic.

Autumn Maple, a brown ale, is brewed with 17 lbs. of yams per barrel and is a vastly different take on the fall pumpkin beers. It is brewed with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, vanilla, molasses, and maple syrup.

Plan on a first taste of these great fall spices, but be prepared for a spice–driven kick.

All of these beers come in 750ml bottles — roughly two traditional pints. Each is very rich — which makes sharing one bottle the perfect way to experience the big, flavorful beers.

In fact, I encourage diners to treat many of the new, powerful craft beers like they would treat wines: Share a bottle with table guests and work at pairing the beers. The resulting meal is an evening filled with variety, flavor and new experiences. CS

I usually don’t go into a restaurant that’s only been open two days — but I knew the buzz around Crystal Beer Parlor wouldn’t allow a wait. The landmark (1933) restaurant has undergone many transformations and is as much a part of the native culture as the St. Patrick’s Day parade. It looks like the tradition is in good hands. Already, the food is a quantum leap from my last visit there some three years ago. It’s been deep–cleaned, brightened and retooled into a lively, vital restaurant. My friend David loved his Greek taco — house made spicy gyro meat and the classic fixings inside a half–folded pita bread. He would have liked more salt on his hand cut potato chips — and I agree. We both loved our gumbo, but come on folks, don’t call it gumbo! It’s not. No, interpretations of gumbo are not allowed. Call it Meat Head Stew, call it Beer Parlor Stew — just don’t call this meat–laden, rice–rich dish gumbo. I’ll have this again...and again. My hand cut French fries and delicately thin onion rings were perfect. My au poivre burger needed more pepper and was overcooked beyond my request. Still, these guys were slammed on Day Two — I’ll overlook these issues. The brandy pepper sauce with grilled onions came on the side at my request — man, it’s rich, loaded with flavor and the perfect accompaniment to dress up this burger. Show the Nichols brothers some love — remember this is a work in progress. Still, the CPB is back, and with a bang. Oh, I’m very impressed with the craft beer list — and a “beers of your fathers” list that contains old–timers like Strohs, Genesee and Micky’s.

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The Melting Pot

It’s no surprise that engineers turned restauranteurs Josh Behringer and Jason Stravinski nailed every detail of this new restaurant. It’s beautiful, stunning even, and stands as a testament to these young guys’ commitment. Ms. T.J. and I were seated in the couples-only booths that are very private and set aside from other areas of the restaurant. What we embarked on was the restaurant’s “Big Night Out” — a themed menu that changes quarterly and currently reflects the roots of the restaurant’s fondue–based meals — cheeses and foods of the Alpine nations. The Big Night Out is five courses: cheese fondue with veggies, breads and apples, a salad course, a choice of three entrees and a course of chocolate fondue. Pricing is determined by entree course and is based on per couple. Ala carte and substitutions are allowed — with no additional charges or conditions. That was the first tip that we’d be receiving exceptional service. And we did. Servers provide ample instructions on handling your hot fondue pot, and cooking times, and make excellent recommendations regarding menu choices and wines. Honestly, a critical dissection of this experience in a handful of words is impossible. Consider that the entire evening comprised about two–and–a–half hours of fairly intensive engagement with the fondue pots and one another as we dipped, boiled and sauced our way through dinner. Our entree course consisted of three veggies and a plate of bite–sized meats that covered the range from shrimp, ravioli and lobster to chicken, steak, Polish sausage and sauerbraten. It’s a lot of food, but remember, you control the pacing. Of course, we basked in the chocolate course that offered treats from marshmallows to fruit to cheesecake for dipping. And now I get it — why The Melting Pot is such a popular date night getaway — elegant, cozy, private. The simple process of fondue creates togetherness diners rarely experience in a traditional setting. The restaurant offers larger tables and a small meeting room that can handle parties up to about 25.

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Nuance - Shades of Difference — A group exhibition curated by Henry Dean featuring members of the Creative Force Artist Collective. Opening reception Nov. 14. Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave. Paintings by Vicci Waits — New paintings from Waits who is known for her use of the impasto technique.

Opening reception: Nov. 19, 5:30-7:30pm Hospice Savannah Gallery , 1352 Eisenhower Dr.

Work by Tibby Llewellyn is at Gallery 209 A Spot in the Universe — A collaborative installation from Matthew Cooper and Jessica Horton combining photography and industrial design. Opening reception: 11/6 & 11/7, 7pm. Garvin Church , 202 W. Duffy Shards by Stacey Brown — Exhibit of Savannahinspired works from this Atlanta-based artist whose process involves painting glass, shattering it, and then reconstructing pieces into images. The Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. A Warhol Trio: Photos, Prints and Silver Clouds — The exhibit includes approximately 150 photographs (polaroids and silver gelatin prints) by the iconic 20th-century artist Andy Warhol. SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Dutch Utopia: American Artists in Holland 18801914 — Examines the work of 43 American painters drawn to Holland during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jepson Center for the Arts Four Seasons — The reopening of the Off The Wall Gallery at 45 Bistro begins with new work from Brian Macgregor. Show runs 10/112/1. Off the Wall Gallery at 45 Bistro, 123 E. Broughton St.

Gaia: Earth Goddess — Local, self-taught artist Phil Starks exhibits hand-carved sculptures cast in ceramic stone using the ancient “lost wax” technique. SSU Social Sciences Building International Aerospace Art Exhibit — Over 50 paintings by artists from around the world who specialize in aerospace subjects. Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Ave. La Jetee — A collection of prints from SCAD students and professors inspired by the 1962 film that shares the show’s title (and which was adapted more recently as “Twelve Monkeys.”) Lulu’s Chocolate Bar, MLK Blvd.

Marilyn Minter — A talk from an acclaimed artist who has contributed video projects to Madonna tours as well as numerous other projects. First event of SCAD’s new deFINE Art festival. Tue. Nov. 10, 7 p.m., Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Mortal Coil — Artist Chad Hoover explores the fragility of human existence through large- and small-scale depictions of radical tumor resections. Opening reception 11/6, 7-9pm. 2CarGarage, 10 E. Broughton St.

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Already a successful comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and the Today Show, as well as a laundry list of high profile festivals and clubs, Eddie Sarfaty was bitten by the writing bug after having a short story published in a 2003 anthology titled When I Knew.

His new book, Mental: Funny in the Head, has garnered wide critical praise for Sarfaty’s humorous, yet highly personal writing style, which has drawn comparisons to successful memoirists like David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs. On Thursday, Nov. 5, he’ll be performing at the Sentient Bean, along with local favorite Kristina Foxx, as part of a benefit for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the First City Network.

As someone who studied acting, what made you decide to pursue comedy as a career instead?

Eddie Sarfaty: I decided to be a drama major in college because I had a blast performing in shows in summer camp and in high school. But during my junior year, I realized that what I really enjoyed most about my theatrical experiences were the camaraderie and silliness backstage. Somehow, it just didn’t seem like horsing around in the dressing room and the fantastic cast parties were good enough reasons to make acting my life’s work. But after three years at a very expensive school, I couldn’t really afford to change my major. My final semester, I was in a Shakespeare class butchering a soliloquy from Henry IV. The instructor – a VERY serious woman who was a founding member of the Group Theater in New York – was desperately trying to get through to me. I didn’t understand any of what she was talking about and just started goofing off. My classmates howled, and a woman named Amy came up to me afterward and said, “That was hilarious!

You should be a stand–up comedian.”

How different was writing a book as opposed to writing some standup?

Eddie Sarfaty: After writing one–liners for years, the idea of sitting down and producing a 75,000–word book was terrifying. The last time I’d written something of any substantial length was in college. Mental is a collection of essays, and by focusing on one piece at a time, I was able to plow through my fears.

Writing comedy is like writing poetry –– it requires you to be extremely meticulous. Years of fiddling with jokes, attempting to make them perfect, got me in the habit of examining every word to death. I think that specificity is the key to good writing.

How much of the stuff in the book really happened? Have you changed the names and faces to protect the innocent, or were you pretty liberal in what you fictionalized?

Eddie Sarfaty: The stories are true, although in a few places I’ve changed the order of things to make the narrative flow better. Aside from my parents and my brother, almost all of the names have been changed to protect the in-

nocent (and me – from a lawsuit). The only name I didn’t change was that of Abraham, the cross–dressing candy striper named Candi Striper. I just couldn’t resist getting in a shot at him.

Your writing has drawn a lot of comparisons to David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs. How much did their work influence your own?

Eddie Sarfaty: About three quarters of the reviews Mental’s received have compared it to the work of one or both. Of course that’s a huge compliment – who wouldn’t be flattered? I’d be thrilled if Mental sold one tenth as well as any of their books. I have to say though, that I don’t really feel like their writing influenced me much at all. I’ve actually only read one book by Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and I’ve read Burroughs’ Running with Scissors and his collection of essays entitled Magical Thinking. I enjoyed all three books, and I look forward to reading more of their work, but I think that my family and friends – especially my fellow comedians Bob Smith, Jaffe Cohen, and Danny McWilliams – have had a much bigger hand in shaping my comedic sensibilities.

Where did the title of the book come from? As a comedian, aren’t you funny outside your head if you’re making people laugh? Or do you have to be crazy to want to be a comedian?

Eddie Sarfaty: You don’t have to be crazy to want to be a comedian, but I do believe that the best comedians are people who’ve had a profound experience of being an outsider. “Mental” is a term I’m quite fond of. I know that some folks object to it as trivializing psychiatric illness, but to me it has an irreverent colloquial charm. In the book, I discuss my own experience with severe depression as well as the pain it’s wrought on my family. Because of my experience, I felt it was appropriate to take ownership of the word and use it in a provocative, humorous, and joyful way. I wanted to call the book Mental, but my editor insisted I needed a subtitle to clarify what it was about, and so “funny in the head” was added.

Being gay plays a big part in your book and standup. Was there a point when you had to decide whether or not to use that aspect of yourself in your material?

Eddie Sarfaty: I didn’t set out to be “the gay comic,” and I’m sure there have been times when I wasn’t hired for certain gigs because I was out, but I believe that stand–up’s about being who you are – unapologetically. If I wanted to be someone else, I’d be an actor. I could pretend to be straight – or avoid my sexuality altogether – but my job as a comic isn’t to connect to an audience by trying to be more like them. It’s to show them, that even though the specifics of my story might be very different from theirs, we can experience a moment of non–threatening intimacy that happens when you share a laugh.

America has a strange relationship with the gay community. On one hand, you’ve got Ellen Degeneres and Wanda Sykes, among others, who are widely accepted and successful. On the other hand you’ve got gay marriage bans and hate crimes. Is reaching some semblance of social equality just a matter of time while old prejudices are worn down, or does something bigger need to happen?

Eddie Sarfaty: Yes, huge gains have been made in the public’s acceptance of, comfort with, and support of LGBT people. People are dissatisfied that only Iowa and part of New England have gay marriage, but a few years ago, who could have imagined it would be allowed anyplace? The real change, however, is actually happening one person at a time. Your reference to the success of Ellen and Wanda – and to Sedaris and Burroughs – speaks volumes.

Unfortunately, the power of comedy as an instrument of social change is completely under appreciated. Ellen, Wanda, Sedaris, Burroughs, and others, all using humor to connect with people, one punch line at a time, are a potent force. CS Eddie Sarfaty and Kristina Foxx When: November 5, 7:30 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave Cost: $20

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What’s Next STOMP

The rhythms of the street propelled Britons Steve McNicholas and Luke Creswell to create STOMP, the dance–and–percussion show that’s been touring the world since 1991, and is coming to Savannah’s Johnny Mercer Theatre Dec. 8.

The glory days of STOMP may have passed, but the show’s unique combination of percussion and theater never really gets old. The eight–member male troupe creates a symphony of sounds from found objects – everything from metal trash cans and push brooms to hubcaps and cigarette lighters.

If it makes a noise, they can make music out of it.

The creators of STOMP say there are some new surprises, with some sections of the show updated and restructured and the addition of two new full–scale routines, utilizing props like tractor tire inner tubes and paint cans.

Tickets, on sale now, are $28–$48, with a special $23 student ticket for mezzanine and balcony seating.

A new jazz spot

The Coastal Jazz Association has bid farewell to the Four Points By Sheraton, where the monthly concerts have been held for quite a while now. “We had a good run while there and they were very accomodating,” says the group’s Larry Dane Kellogg, “but every month we were growing by leaps and

bounds. Eventually we got to the point were we were sending people home that couldn’t be seated.”

The new home for CJA concerts is the Westin Savannah Harbour, on Hutchinson Island. This is the place you can find bassist Ben Tucker – one of the group’s principal members – playing jazz every Sunday for brunch.

The first big show in the new digs will feature vocalist Elise Testone of Charleston, Sunday, Nov. 22 at 5 p.m. See www.coastal– jazz.org.

Bluegrass greats

The Gibson Brothers have a show this Friday night at Randy Wood Guitars in Bloomingdale – that’s just 15 or 20 minutes west of Savannah. As we’ve said before, Randy’s Pickin’ Parlor is a wonderful place to catch bluegrass and acoustic artists in an intimate

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Coming to Statesboro on Nov. 20: It’s one of the best there is, singer and mandolinist Ricky Skaggs and his Kentucky Thunder band. The 7:30 p.m. concert is at the Georgia Southern University Performing Arts Center.

Down the road

It’s November, so we all ought to start thinking about Christmas, right?

Well, that’s what the retail world wants you to believe.

Duly noted, though, is the Dec. 5 Children’s Ballet Theatre production of The Nutcracker, at the Trustees Theater. Then there’s The Nutcracker in Savannah, the Savannah

Danse Theatre’s annual adaptation of the Tchaikovsky–driven holiday ballet at the Lucas Theatre, Dec. 12.

At the Lucas on Dec. 5 comes Swingin’ at Club Sweets, the annual dance–and–fantasy show from the students at The Studio.

All’s fair in art

Coming up Nov. 14 and 14: The Telfair Museum of Art’s 15th annual Telfair Art Fair, in which more than 70 fine artists show and sell their wares at Telfair Square, which is dressed for a festive occasion.

The Jepson Center’s fabulous Eckberg Atrium will be dedicated solely to a new category, Open Art, highlighting the work of emerging and student artists.

As always, there’ll be a big kiddie art section; this year, it’s called Reinvent! Recreate Reuse!, and - you guessed it - there’s an environmental theme.

Young folks’ art stations will focus on the creation of stuff like pine cone bird feeders, making ornaments from jar lids and seashells, pet rocks, leaf rubbing and other such things. There’ll be a bounce house and a clown, if your kids aren’t feeling particularly artistic.

The Savannah Country Day Jazz Band will perform throughout the day.

Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, and 12-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. Admission is free. CS

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ANGELA EASTERLING

Nashville’s overripe with young female singers who want to be the next Taylor Swift, or the next Gretchen Wilson. Thanks, but no thanks. Then you have performers like Angela Easterling, whose music doesn’t kowtow to commerce – the songs on Black Top Road, her second CD, don’t seem to have been written with big radio play in mind. Instead, they focus on her sparkling, honey–hewn voice, etched with traces of sorrow and hopefulness in equal measure. Produced the estimable Will Kimbrough, the CD is pure, mountain–air acoustic country music. Let’s put it this way: Think Emmylou Harriss, Alison Krause or even Gillian Welch. Very sweet stuff indeed. Easterling shares a bill with Savannah–born Darryl Wise – it’s the Savannah Folk Music Society’s monthly First Friday concert, and it is highly recommended. Listen & learn: www. angelaeasterling.com. At 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 6 at First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Recommended donation is $2.

PASSAFIRE

Savannah’s busiest rock ‘n’ roll export is just finishing up its 33– city tour behind the truly excellent Everyone on Everynight album (and, if the past is any indication, the band will hit the road again for another few months of sweat–shop touring). Passafire’s blend of rock, reggae and roots has been winning over new fans all over the country – if you’ve never seen the band’s infectious and incendiary live show, what are you waiting for?

This is the cream of Savannah’s crop, and that’s saying a lot. Listen & learn: www.passafiretheband. com. At 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7,

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There’s this guy Jason Vance, see, and he’s the lone human in a band of musical robots. As if that thought weren’t cool enough, Vance (who’s been re–christened JBOT) wears a full–face bondage mask onstage, because the robots don’t like him much, and they’ve made him their slave.

They humiliate him and make him do crazy stuff.

His bloody entrails are hanging out of his shirt.

Vance, a San Franciscan who played bass for the ska bands Skankin’ Pickle and the Blue Meanies, built the pneumatic drummer and guitarist because he’d just grown tired of dealing with his imperfect human bandmates.

“If you’re playing with a band, even if you’re trying to play what you hear inside, you’re still depending on all these people to put out your ideas,” he told a reporter.

“I tried to play with people – I played in a bunch of bands for a long time – and when that was done, I was on this path of desperation. Now I know what to expect, which is good.”

In the Captured! By Robots saga, the androids turned on JBOT and now make him do their bidding.

These robots actually play – they’re triggered by Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. $10 advance, $12 day of show.

THE RAGBIRDS

One listen to this Ann Arbor quintet and I was hooked. If we gotta go the label route, the music is like folk/rock with an Afro/reggae beat and various bits ‘n’ pieces of world music styles tossed in.

But the songs are infectious, like

a computer called the MF Board (the M stands for mother) and they back the bass–playing JBOT on hard and thrashy, trashy rock ‘n’ roll songs.

Then there’s the Ape Which Hath No Name, a stuffed simian that bangs a tambourine and attempts to say nice things about JBOT, even as the robots rag on him and make him sing songs like “Don’t Break My Balls” and “My Hell is Cold.”

Putting it all together, Vance admits, was hit and miss – mostly miss. “I’d never built a robot before,” he said, “and the first attempts were ridiculous.

“I have a feeling about how things work and then I build it, but there’s no mathematical equations necessarily, it’s all instinct. It’s like experimental physics.”

Sure, it’s shtick, but it’s really interesting shtick. Listen & learn: www.capturedbyrobots.com. At 11 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Jinx, 127 W. Congress St. $10 advance, $12 day of show.

the best pop, or the way rock ‘n’ roll was before it became pretentious. The band utilizes acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, violin, accordion, piano, bass and drums, and all kinds of eclectic percussion instruments from the far–flung, like tablas and djembes and congas). Lead singer Erin Zindle is a marvel, and I’m looking forward to catching their live

show. From the Check This Out files: The always–touring Ragbirds travel from town to town in a diesel mini–bus that runs on waste vegetable oil – yep, the stuff KFC throws out after they’ve fried up yer drumsticks.

Listen & learn: www.theragbirds. com. At 10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9 at Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. CS

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Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) Thursday-Saturday 10 p.m.

Blaine’s Back Door Karaoke (Karaoke) Dizzy Dean’s Trivia Night (Other) 7 p.m.

Driftaway Cafe TBA (Live Music) Fiddlers Crab House (River Street) Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Guitar Bar Karaoke Jazz’d Tapas Bar Trae Gurley (Live Music) Johnny Harris Restaurant Nancy Witt (Live Music) piano 6 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall Zach Deputy (Live Music) Rock/ reggae. $8 advance, $10 day of show 10 p.m.

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A.J.’s Dockside Joey Manning (Live Music) AVIA Hotel Gail Thurmond Piano & vocals 6 p.m.

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

Bernie’s on Tybee Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Lafayette Chester (Live Music) 6 p.m.

Blowin’ Smoke BBQ Jamison Murphy (Live Music) 2008 Youth Folk Songwriting Competition winner 6 p.m.

Daquiri Island Live DJ (DJ) Dewey’s Fish House TBA (Live Music) Distillery Jimmy Wollings Band (Live Music) 6 p.m.

Dizzy Dean’s TBA (Live Music) Doubles Sam Diamond (DJ) 9 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church Angela Easterling and Darryl Wise - Savannah Folk Music Society First Friday concert. 7:30 p.m.

Gayna’s Pub Karaoke (Karaoke) Guitar Bar Vini Youngblood (Live Music) 8:30 p.m.

Jazz Corner The Equinox Quintet featuring Jeremy Davis (Live Music) 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Eddie Wilson & Midnight Sun (Live Music) Jinx Viva Le Vox, Goddam Gallows (Live Music) 11 p.m.

Live Wire Music Hall Atom Smash, Soul Stash, Tantric (Live Music) $10 advance, $12 day of show 8 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub & Grill Neil Lucas Trio (Live Music) 10 p.m.

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For those who don’t know, the theremin — sort of an antenna that you wave your hands around — is the musical instrument that makes the eery, spooky sound made famous by cheesy horror movie soundtracks in the 1950s.

(Contrary to popular opinion, the Beach Boys did not use a theremin on “Good Vibrations”; that’s something called a tannerin.)

However, it doesn’t always have to sound cheesy. Philip Neidlinger, who’s been playing the offbeat instrument for about four years now, will play his homemade theremin this Friday night at the Ships of the Sea Museum on MLK Boulevard, in a free “Museum in the Moonlight” concert.

We spoke to Philip last week about his unique instrument and what people can expect at his concert.

Other than that thing that makes the spooky sounds in horror flicks, how would you best describe a theremin?

Philip Neidlinger: It’s essentially a maple box with vacuum tubes and electronic components in it. A theremin is essentially a radio transmitter. It has two or three transmitter oscillators in it that mix to produce audio. You control the tone and pitch, and your body proximity to it is basically the pitch and the volume.

When Lev Theremin came here from Russia in the late ‘20s, people had never seen or heard anything like it. Women fainted in the audience because they thought angels were singing. I won’t say my playing sounds like that (laughs).

How did you first get into the theremin?

Philip Neidlinger: By accident. I’m an electronics engineer by profession and avocation. I always had an artistic side to my personality too.

Philip Neidlinger will play the theremin at Ships of the Sea Museum

About four years ago I heard something about it and the idea got into my head that this would be a great thing to do. An architect in town, Kevin Rose, runs Elevated Basement Studios. He said, “I’ve got one of these if you want to borrow it.” So he loaned me a spraypainted silver basic Moog Etherwave.

That’s kind of a starter instrument. I

borrowed that for three months and my wife bought me one of my own the following Christmas.

Everybody wants to get an RCA original manufactured in the 1920s.

That’s kind of like a Stradivarius. Unfortunately only about 500 were manufactured and even less are in existence.

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But the one you’re playing this weekend at the Museum is one you built yourself.

So how does one go about learning how to play it well?

Philip Neidlinger: For about a year and a half I set upon building one, which is probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done. This is not some buy–it–from– Radio–Shack–and–put–it–together kind of kit. These things don’t work when you turn ’em on for the first time.

I reached a point I was going to throw the whole thing in the river.

People I was corresponding with said no, don’t do that, just keep at it. I finally got it to work and everybody gave me encouragement.

Philip Neidlinger: There are maybe 20 or 30 concert level instructors available.

There are two basic fingering techniques out there, and you pick the style you want to play like. The style I play in is basically a Clara Rockmore/Peter Pringle fingering technique. The rest is good hard daily practice.

It’s got a steep learning curve. A lot of people start out and drop it because it takes a long time to get proficient at it.

Any beginning thereminist needs some headphones if he wants to stay married; the squeals and squawks get old real fast.

Why is it so difficult to make one?

Philip Neidlinger: Building a tube theremin from scratch is not an easy task. The troubleshooting part is madly, insanely difficult. If you’re not technically inclined you’re not going to make it.

People ask, “would you build one for me?” And I say absolutely not. You couldn’t give me enough money to make another one of these. The only reason I did this is because I loved it.

This isn’t played like any other instrument.

Philip Neidlinger: You don’t touch it — you wave your arms around it and look funny.

What can people expect from your set at the Museum?

Philip Neidlinger: Classical, big band, jazz, ’40s stuff, Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini. I’m trying to talk my wife into accompanying me on keyboard to “Memories” from Cats. I can really kick butt on that one. CS Philip Neidlinger When: Nov. 6, 7–9 p.m.

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A sadness permeates the opening moments in the behind–the– scenes piece This Is It, but it has nothing to do with Michael Jackson’s death. Instead, the sequence – filmed, like the rest of the movie, while Jackson was very much alive – centers on the talented young dancers and singers who auditioned to be a part of the King of Pop’s planned series of London concerts.

As each person describes the thrill of being included in the Jackson legacy – many of them tearing up as they speak – they comment on how much this opportunity means to them, with one or two even stating that this concert gave them a newfound purpose in their unfocused lives. It’s a heartbreaking sequence, considering that Jackson’s death meant that none would be able to live the dream that seemed within their collective grasp.

It’s a smart way to open the film, filling audience members with emotion before the man himself takes the stage to prepare for his mammoth undertaking. After all, many folks (myself included) turned away from Jackson once he made the complete transformation to tabloid freak, and, to be sure, certain audience members are sure to experience an initial wave

of nausea as this physical grotesquerie with a dubious history gets ready for his close–up.

But then an amazing thing happens. It starts with the music, those generation–spanning hits that have the power to produce instant bouts of affectionate nostalgia. Then there come the dance steps, not as fast and furious as before, but still deft enough to catch the eye.

And finally, there’s the sheer spectacle, the showmanship that was arguably as responsible for keeping MJ in the light as any other aspect of his carefully constructed career. Combined, these elements make resistance futile, and for two shimmering hours, all the ghosts of scandals past melt away, leaving in their wake an entertainer whose only desire is to dazzle. And continues on p. 40

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With all of the footage coming from the rehearsals that took place from April through June of this year, This Is It provides backstage access to all the prepping for what promised to be one hell of a concert. With the special effects work completed for many of the show’s rear–screen spectacles, the movie is able to hint at the larger–than–life dimensions that even at their most bombastic never threaten to obscure the human dynamo working front and center.

Ever the perfectionist, Jackson comes across as prickly on occasion but generally displays patience and warmth toward those around him – albeit always at an emotional distance. Yet when he gets into his zone as a performer, he invites everyone to the party, grooving as one with his backups and even allowing others to occasionally snag the spotlight. He tackles most of the major hits, including “The Man in the Mirror,” “Beat It” and, of course, “Thriller.” The Jackson 5 sequence, complete with vintage footage, is unexpectedly moving, as is an elaborate production number set to the lovely “Earth Song.”

Ultimately, This Is It doesn’t quite feel like a documentary, nor does it seem like a concert film. It’s clearly a love letter to the fans, but, perhaps more importantly, it’s an olive branch to the latter–day critics, cynics and naysayers, all of whom have probably shown up to bury Jackson, not praise him. But the joke’s on us. Wisely remaining within the parameters of the rehearsal arena, the movie keeps sensationalism and sordidness at bay. And by doing so, it allows us one final look at the Man in the Mirror, an unblemished view that reflects back nothing but a desire to let the music play.

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Based on a series of books for kids, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant would seem to be aimed at either those young viewers with an affinity for the Twilight franchise or perhaps at those young viewers seeking an alternative to the adventures of Bella and Edward. Either way, this PG–13 confection would seem to be geared primarily at the teen crowd, with adult attendance a passing afterthought. But older moviegoers who can recall the spate of like–minded horror flicks from the 1980s will find much to appreciate as well. Those ‘80s efforts like Fright Night, Vamp and The Lost Boys placed teen protagonists in horrific

situations and armed them with plenty of humor to go along with those wooden stakes. Like its predecessors, this film similarly mixes comedy with fantasy, and I’d be surprised if writer–director Chris Weitz and co–scripter Brian Helgeland hadn’t studied those pictures before embarking on this project. Here, the school–age hero is 14–year–old Darren (Chris Massoglia, who even looks like ‘80s mainstay Ralph Macchio in certain shots), who, at the urging of his rebellious best friend Steve (Josh Hutcherson), sneaks out to catch a one– night–only presentation by a traveling freak show. The lineup includes a snake boy (Almost Famous’ Patrick Fugit) and a psychic who can sprout a beard at will (Salma Hayek), but it’s spider–wrangler Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) who catches the boys’ attention. Crepsley turns out to be a “good” vampire – he dazes rather than kills humans, taking just enough blood for sustenance – and while Steve gets rejected for having “bad” blood, Darren soon becomes the vampire’s prot g e and finds himself having to steer clear of the soul–sucking Mr. Tiny (Michael Cerveris) and an army of “bad” vampires. Reilly hardly conjures up images of suave bloodsuckers like Christopher Lee or Frank Langella, but his casting proves to be a real boon to the film, providing it with a central vampire whose wit is as sharp as his teeth. Beyond him, there’s plenty to enjoy here – too much, since the picture ultimately collapses under the weight of its busy storyline and fails to adequately utilize its strong supporting cast (Hayek and Willem Dafoe as a dapper vampire especially could have used more screen time). Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant ends with all signs pointing to a sequel, but given its bloodless box office, it’s safe to surmise that a stake has been driven through that particular course of action.

AMELIA In its effort to be one of the first Oscar–bait titles out of the gate, the stately but sterile Amelia ends up stumbling over its own feet. A handsome production that fusses over every detail in order to provide the proper look, this biopic forgets to include any sort of spark necessary to get its motor running. As aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank adroitly mixes tomboy charm with feminist strength, but she’s let down by a script (by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan) that doesn’t allow her to burrow even an

Astro Boy The star of both comics and television as well as an early model for anime, Astro Boy has been around for well over a half–century, finding immediate success in his Japanese homeland before marching on to international acceptance. A big–budget animated extravaganza from Hollywood was probably a predetermined fate, but turning up at a time when slick superhero sagas are often the rule rather than the exception — even in the toon field (The Incredibles, Bolt) — limits the film’s ability to stand out from the pack. In a futuristic city that hovers well above a largely forgotten Earth, the brilliant Dr. Tenma (Nicolas Cage) is so attached to his young son Toby (Freddie Highmore) that, after the boy is accidentally killed, the grief–stricken scientist elects to revive him in a manner that mixes elements of both Frankenstein and Pinocchio. Tenma places Toby’s memories in an advanced robot powered by a celestial power source, but he soon realizes he hasn’t exactly created (in Geppetto’s

words) “a real boy.” But while Tenma ends up shunning Toby, the opportunistic General Stone (Donald Sutherland) realizes he can use the lad for his own nefarious schemes. Astro Boy is full of incident, and it picks up steam when its title character lands on Earth’s surface and falls in with a Fagin–like scoundrel (Nathan Lane) and his young charges.

Yet attempts at profundity (themes of societal prejudice are emphasized) yield erratic results, and while the film is visually attractive and the vocal performers are well chosen, at the end of the day there’s little to really distinguish this from similar family films about a young outcast who combats loneliness before meeting other colorful characters.

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inch under her character’s skin. Her Amelia is painted in broad strokes, and as such, the dramatizations of her aerial achievements don’t carry the power that should automatically go with lofty historical territory of this caliber. Where the movie most succeeds in its exploration of Amelia’s relationships with two distinct men. Publisher George Putnam (Richard Gere) was the person who discovered Amelia and guided her career; they eventually married, but the film posits that she embarked on an affair with fellow flight expert Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor) before returning to her loving husband. Swank and Gere don’t exude magnetism in their scenes together, but it’s not that kind of relationship: Theirs is a partnership forged from mutual respect and common ground, and it’s a credit to both performers that the union feels authentic and enviable. The final portion of the picture naturally centers on the ill–fated 1937 flight that led to the disappearance of Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan (Christopher Eccleston) over the Pacific Ocean. Despite our knowing the outcome, this segment is fairly tense, although some feeble fabrications surrounding the tragedy prove to be as daft as the cinematic theory that the Titanic sank because the watchmen were too busy watching DiCaprio and Winslet smooch to notice the iceberg right in front of them.

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Perhaps it’s best to think of Where the Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze’s live–action adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s book, as the PG answer to this past spring’s R–rated Watchmen.

In both cases, the filmmakers captured the look and texture of the illustrated page in a manner that is breathtaking.

The key difference is one of length. The creators of Watchmen had so much material they were able to excise what they chose and still retain a basically faithful adaptation. But here, Jonze and his co–scripter Dave Eggers have the opposite — and more difficult — problem. Because Sendak’s original book is so slender — certainly not enough to fill a 100–minute movie — the pair had to build on characterizations, alter some connecting tissues, and concoct entirely new scenes. The end result isn’t a bastardization, but neither is it a further canonization. Max Records plays young Max, a troubled child. After a spat with his single mom (Catherine Keener) leads to his biting her on the shoulder, Max bolts from the house, soon stumbling on a body of water where a small boat awaits him. Max arrives at an island inhabited by large, furry beasts who alternate between sounding like confused children and neurotic adults.

Max avoids being eaten by these creatures by telling them that he’s a powerful king; impressed, they make him their leader. Technically, Where the Wild Things Are is a stunning achievement.

But there’s a reason why Sendak’s book runs only a few dozen pages, and by blowing up the story, Jonze has stripped it of much of its wide–eyed wonder.

Law Abiding Citizen Law Abiding Citizen initially appears as if it will be a modern rendition of the Death Wish type of tale, as loving family man Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) must watch helplessly as his wife and little girl are murdered right in front of him. The killer, Clarence Darby (Christian Stolte), and his unwilling accomplice, Rupert Ames (Josh Stewart), are apprehended, but while Clyde wants both of them to pay for their crime,

Clyde’s lawyer Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), who’s only interested in maintaining his high conviction–rate percentage, negotiates a deal with Darby that results in him serving a short jail stint while Ames goes to the electric chair. Cut to 10 years later, and Clyde sets out to get his revenge. Initially, Law Abiding Citizen makes all the right moves. But then it turns into an ugly, sordid affair, a gruesome melodrama that, too afraid to tackle the issues it brings up, instead elects to transform into a ridiculous thriller about a psychopath terrorizing a city.

COUPLES RETREAT Regardless of how her career progresses, Kristen Bell at least has had the fortune of heading off to Hawaii to film Forgetting Sarah Marshall and now Bora Bora to shoot Couples Retreat. Does her Hollywood agent work a second job as a travel agent? Magnificent scenery is indeed one of the pleasures of Couples Retreat, with a character even quipping that the view looks like a screen saver.

Yet for all its visual splendor, to say nothing of its likable cast, the movie never feels as liberating as its locale.

Zombieland The blood flows freely in this gonzo horror tale, but, more importantly, so do the laughs. And while the humor may be frosty around the edges, it’s never downright mean–spirited, thanks in part to a director (Ruben Fleischer) with a light touch, two screenwriters (Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick) who have obviously done their zombie–film homework and to four actors (five, if you include the A–lister who turns up in a crowd–pleasing cameo) who remain ingratiating throughout.

WHIP IT Despite the title, you won’t find any Devo on Whip It’s soundtrack, but the Ramones and .38 Special both make vocal appearances in this film that marks the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore. If those two songs (“Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” and “Caught Up in You,” respectively) made the journey from Drew’s iPod to the big screen, more power to them, as they’re certainly in tune with the rock & roll aesthetic on display throughout this rowdy, rebellious film. Juno’s Ellen Page once again flashes her impressive acting chops. CS

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Activism & Politics Chatham County Campaign For Liberty

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Coastal Empire Constitution Party

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National Council of Negro Women

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Three minutes of simultaneous purring by cats (and honorary cats) around the world, conducted online (Facebook & Twitter) each Sunday at 3 p.m. by Savannah residents Confucius Cat and his human Staff. Details at www.ConfuciusCat. blogspot.com. Contact @ConfuciusCat (Twitter) or Acolytes of Confucius Cat (Facebook).

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Benefits CASA Dancing with the Stars Fundraiser

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Hope House of Savannah

A nonprofit housing program for homeless women and their children. Hope House is requesting donation of new or gently used furniture for its transitional housing program, Peeler House. Pick-up can be arranged and a tax deductible letter will be provided. Call 236-5310.

Items for Silent Auction

Coastal Pet Rescue is looking for items to include in it’s Yappy Hour Blue Jeans Ball on November 14. Please contact Erika@coastalpetrescue.org if you have an item or gift certificate to donate.

Miracle on May Street

The East Broad St. YMCA is collecting toys for their annual Christmas toy drive to help local families. They are looking for donations as well as volunteers. Call for more info: 912-233-1951 West Broad St. YMCA, 1110 May St. ,

Operation Christmas Child

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United Way Fundraising Campaign

Donations can be made to the United Way of the Coastal Empire for their annual fundraising drive. Credit-card donations may be made calling 651-7701, and checks and money orders made payable to the United Way of the Coastal Empire, and can be mailed to: United Way of the Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St., Savannah, 31401.

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Deadline Dec. 15. The Junior League offers funding and volunteers to its partner organizations.

Home and Heart Warming Program

The United Way of the Coastal Empire is taking applications for this Atlanta Gas Light Co. program. United Way was given a grant to be used to help low-income homeowners with free repair or replacement of gas appliances, such as hot water heaters, furnaces, space heaters and stoves. Qualified customers also can apply for free weatherization of their homes. The program is open to residents of Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Liberty and Glynn counties. Call 651-7730.

Junior Miss Contestants

Classes, Camps & Workshops “Money Smart” Financial Education Classes

Learn how to save money and budget wisely.

Presented by Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS), in partnership with the City of Savannah, Bank On Savannah, the FDIC, and Step Up Savannah. 10/5, 11/2, 12/7 at 2pm. or 10/19, 11/16, 12/21 at 6pm. Call to reserve space 912-691-2227. Bull Street library, board room, 2nd floor ,

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 http://www. savstate.edu/

Adult Painting Classes

Greater Chatham County’s Junior Miss program is looking for high school junior women in the following counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham and Liberty that are interested in earning money for college to participate in its 2010 program.

Deadline for application is Nov. 30. contact: Sondra Barnes at 912-233-6131 or cctpinc@ comcast.net http://www.ajm.org/about/state_ programs

Savannah Art and Clay Studio offers classes in painting techniques with studies in light and shadow to understanding color, and more.

Carolyne Graham is the instructor. Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 pm. 925-7393, carolynegraham@ yahoo.com.

The Enmark Savannah River Bridge Run is an annual event attracting thousands of participants, race enthusiasts and fun-seekers from Savannah, the Lowcountry and across the U.S. each year. Cost of registration includes a t-shirt and refreshments. Participants cannot register on the day of the race.

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SSU Founders’ Day Award Nominations

SSU is seeking nominations for the Richard R. Wright Award of Excellence and the Cyrus G. Wiley Distinguished Alumnus Award. Both will be presented during ceremony on Nov. 23 at 6 p.m. in Tiger Arena. Deadline for nominations Nov. 9, 5pm. More information and submission guidelines are available on the university Web site: www.savannahstate.edu.

Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching

For all age groups, beginners through advanced, classic, modern, jazz improvisation and theory.

Serious inquiries only. 961-7021 or 667-1056.

Nov. 3, 10, 17. 6:30-8:30pm. Information on caring for a newborn and addresses the needs of a changing family. Strongly recommended for first-time parents. Call 350-2676 or register online at women.memorialhealth.com. Memorial University Medical Center,

Banjo/Akonting Workshop with Chuck Levy

A workshop with banjo historian Chuck Levy held 11/14 at 10am. Participants will learn to build an Akonting, the Senegalese ancestor of the banjo, as well a 4-string fretless banjo, and learn about the development of the two instruments. Ships of the Sea Museum, http://shipsofthesea.org/

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Beading Classes

Free swimming lessons

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. Bead Dreamer Studio, Savannah http://www.beaddreamer.com/

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

Children’s Art Classes

Garbage, Goo, Recycling and YOU

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

The Chatham County Department of Public Works is sponsoring this show by the Puppet People, which will tour elementary schools to teach students the importance of learning to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. For bookings, call 355-3366.

Georgetown Playgroup

Construction Apprentice Program

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

Free 16-week training program for men and women interested in gaining construction skills for career level jobs in construction. Earn a technical certificate of credit with no cost for trainingk, books or tools. To apply, call Tara H. Sinclair at 604-9574.

Conversational Spanish

German Language Classes

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, e-mail cafecontigo@gmail.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. , Savannah

English as a Second Language

Have fun learning English with a teacher who has 20 years of experience. Small class sizes.

Meets every Thursday from 7-8pm. Walk-ins welcome. For more info, call: 845-764-7045 The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. ,

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. Savannah

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Two ongoing classes for beginners and experienced adults. We read, learn and talk. Everybody who likes to learn German or likes to brush up German is welcome and will learn with a lot of fun.

Beginners meet on Monday from 6-7pm, advanced from 7-8pm. 845-764-7045. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave ,

Housing Authority of Savannah Classes

Free classes will be offered at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Some classes are on-going. Adult Literacy is offered every Monday and Wednesday from 4-6 p.m.

Homework Help is offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:30 p.m. The Community Computer Lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. GED/adult literacy education is being offered Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon or 1-4 p.m.

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Nov. 7, 1-5p.m. The Poetry Society of Georgia presents a poetry workshop, titled “Finding Poetry: Using found objects and experiences to explore the human condition,” hosted by Chad Faries, poet and creative writing professor at SSU. Registration is required, call 912-238-9935 Gordonston Park Cottage, Edgewood and Skidaway Near Skidaway and Anderson,

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

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

Offering a variety of business classes. Call 6523582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street , Savannah

Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes

Be bilingual. Call 272-4579 or 308-3561. email savannahlatina@yahoo.com or visit www. savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Savannah Learning Center, 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. , Savannah

SSU Marine Research Cruises

Open to high school students and college students. Engage in studies and sampling of marine life, water and sediment from local habitats.

Cruises run in Oct and Nov. For info or two reserve space email gilliganm@savannahstate. edu with the following subject line: “SSU EDGE Research Cruise Request.”

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

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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/

Watercolor Painting Workshops

Learn the art of watercolor painting from award winning landscape watercolorist Dennis Roth.

Classes available Sept - Dec. Call for info. Class size is small, so reserve space early. Studio Phase 3, City Market , http://studiophase3.com/

Clubs & Organizations Bike Night with Mikie

Every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. 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

Brothers Growing for Humanity

A fraternity for single men of all ages (like the “bachelors” in Midnight in the Garden) devoted to comradeship and serving (as little as one hour per week) those alone/lonely, confined to their home, a nursing or retirement home, or in hospice. Fraternity brothers embrace attitudes/ attributes of compassion and love, honesty, patience, forgiveness, humility, faith, and reverence for human life. Call Brother Dennis at 786-7614.

Buccaneer Region SCCA

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

Chihuahua Club of Savannah

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

Civil Air Patrol

Aerospace education programs and activities for adults and teens ages 12-18. Meets every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Visit www.gawg.cap.gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt.

Jim Phillips at 412-4410. Savannah Flying Tiger Composite Squadron, Savannah International Airport , Savannah

Clean Coast

Meets monthly on the first Monday. Visit www. cleancoast.org for event schedule. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.savj.org/

Coastal MINIs

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

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Fibers Guild

Anyone interested in the Fiber Arts is invited to attend. This month’s program will be devoted to creating original paper using “Paste Paper” techniques. Meeting Nov. 7 at 10am in Rm 203 of the Fine Arts Building at AASU. For more info, call 912-927-8706. AASU Fine Arts Building rm.

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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 ,

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. The cost is the price of the meal.

RSVP to 660-8257. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr , Thunderbolt

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association

Meets the second Wed. of every month at 6:30 p.m. Call 236-8546. American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. , Savannah

Low Country Turners

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

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m.

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

Moon River Chorus

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 Street , 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

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No Kidding

Join Savannah’s only social club for people without children! No membership fees, meet great new friends, enjoy a wide variety of activities and events. For more info, visit http://savannahnokidding.angelfire.com/ or e-mail: savannahnokidding@gmail.com

Old Time Radio Researcher’s Group

International fan and research group devoted to preserving and distributing old-time radio broadcasts from 1926 to 1962. Send e-mail to Jim Beshires at beshiresjim@yahoo.com or visit www.otrr.org.

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. For a nominal annual fee, members will receive monthly training sessions and seminars and have weekly runs of various distances. Kathy Ackerman,756-5865 or Billy Tomlinson 596-5965.

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 5429 LaRoche Ave and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m.

Call 308-2094, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org. Savannah

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Savannah Adventure Club

Dedicated to pursuing adventures, both indoors and outdoors, throughout the Low country and beyond. Activities include sailing, camping, skydiving, kayaking, hiking, tennis, volleyball, and skiing, in addition to regular social gatherings.

Free to join. Email savannahadventureclub@ gmail.com or visit www.savannahadventureclub. com

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers

The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This non-denominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance. Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. Call 655-0994.

Savannah Art Association

Now accepting membership applications for 2010. The SAA is for visual artists of all media types. We gather monthly to exchange ideas, support and promote awareness and appreciation of the visual arts in Savannah. We also provide affordable avenues for members to market and exhibit their art. Call 232-7731 to receive an application.

Savannah Brewers’ League

Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. 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

A dinner meeting held the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club. Call John Findeis at 748-7020.

Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neat St , Savannah http://www.stewart.army.mil/

Savannah Fencing Club

Beginner classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $40. Some equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Jaycees

A Junior Chamber of Commerce for young professionals 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

Savannah Newcomers Club

Open to all women who have been in the Savannah area for less than two years. Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and, in addition, the club hosts a variety of activities, tours and events that will assist you in learning

Savannah Parrot Head Club

Love a laid-back lifestyle? Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check out savannahphc.com for the events calendar or e-mail mickie_ ragsdale@comcast.net.

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the 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 Wine Lovers

A sometimes formal group that also sometimes just gets together to drink wine. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/savannahwine-lovers.

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 precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Melissa Sanso, 441-0030. 8108 Abercorn St , Savannah

Son-shine Hour

Meets at the Savannah Mall at the Soft Play Mondays from 11-12 and Thursdays from 10-11. Activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins wel-

come. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@gmail. com Savannah Mall,

Southern Wings

Local chapter of Women in Aviation International. It is open to men and women in the region who are interested in supporting women in aviation. Regular meetings are held once a month and new members are welcome. Visit http://southernwingswai.com.

Stitch-N’s

Knitting, spinning and crocheting Monday and Tuesday from 5-8pm and occasional Sunday 2-4pm at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty. Jennifer Harey, 238-0514. wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty , 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. Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Tarde en Espanol

Meets the last Wednesday orf every month at 6:30pm in different locations to practice spoken Spanish in a casual environment.

236-8566.

Telfair Academy Guild

The next meeting will be Nov. 9 at 11:30am in the Telfair Academy Rotunda. The featured speaker will be Dr. Preston Russell, who will discuss “The History of Savannah as Shown Through Paintings.” Telfair Academy Rotunda, 121 Barnard St. ,

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Telfair Academy Guild

The next meeting will be Nov. 9 at 11:30am in the Telfair Academy Rotunda. The featured speaker will be Dr. Preston Russell, who will discuss “The History of Savannah as Shown Through Paintings.” Telfair Academy Rotunda, 121 Barnard St. ,

Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts

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

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 , 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. 2 W. Bay St. , Savannah

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 9273356. Savannah

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Dance Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classes for multiple ages in the art of performance dance and Adult fitness dance. Styles include African, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, & Gospel. Classes are held Monday through Friday at the St. Pius X Family Resource Center. Classes start at $25.00 per month.

For more information call 912-631-3452 or 912-2722797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@gmail.com

Adult Intermediate Ballet

Mondays & Wednesdays, 7 - 8pm, $12 per class or 8 classes for $90. Class meets year round.

(912) 921-2190 The Academy of Dance, 74 West Montgomery Crossroads ,

African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers. Classes are held every Sunday - drums at 4pm, dance at 5pm Rhythms of West Africa, 607 W. 37th St. , Savannah http://www. ayoluwa.org/

Argentine Tango

Lessons Sundays 1:30-3:30. Open to the public.

Cost $2.00 per person. Wear closed toe leather soled shoes if available. For more information call 912-925-7416 or email savh_tango@yahoo. com. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd ,

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. ,

Belly Dance Classes

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

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. Savannah

Ceili Club

Experience Irish Culture thru Irish social dancing. No partner or experience needed. Learn the basics of Irish Ceili dancing. 7176 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Mondays at 7:30 p.m. For more info email PrideofIrelandGA@gmail.com.

Chicago-Style Steppin’ Lessons

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

Country/Western & Line Dancing

Every Tuesday through December at 6:30pm.

American Legion Post 36. American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. ,

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. 2212 Lincoln St , Savannah

Gretchen Greene School of Dance

Register for fall classes in tap, ballet, lyrical, acrobatics, jazz and hip-hop for ages 3 and up.

Adult tap classes are held Tuesday from 7:308:15 for beginners and Monday from 7:15-8 p.m. for intermediate. Call 897-4235.

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. Savannah

Irish Dance Classes

Glor na h’Eireann cultural arts studio is offering beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up, Adult Step & Ceili, Strength & Flexibility, non-competitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified.

For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@gmail. com or 912-704-2052.

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

mation: 234-8745 or 352-3156.

Pole Dancing Class

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 Wednesdays at 7:30pm and on Fridays by request. Private parties available with reservation. $70 per month or $22 per class. Call for details 912-224-9667 or visit www.fitnessbodybalance.com. 2209 Rowland Ave, Suite 2 , 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. Savannah

Salsa Lessons

Beginners class: Mondays, 7:30-8:45pm. Intermediate class: Tuesdays, 7-8pm. No partner required. Contact : salsavannah@gmail.com for more info. Tantra Lounge, 8 E. Broughton St. ,

Savannah Shag Club

offers shag music every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 36. 2309 E. Victory Dr , Thunderbolt

Shag & Beach Bop

The Savannah Dance Club hosts Magnificent Mondays from 6:30-11 p.m. Free basic shag, swing, salsa, cha cha, line dance and others are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered last two Monday’s. The lesson schedule is posted at www.shagbeachbop. com. Lessons are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn St. ,

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. Savannah

Events 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/

Music in the Parlour

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: 912-236-2866.

offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes. All ages and all levels are welcome. Call Mahogany B. at 272-8329.

Tacos on Tuesdays

Now accepting students age 3 and up for fall classes. Adult intermediate classes in tap on Tues from 7:30-8:30, and beginner tappers on Thurs from 7:30-8:30. Teen and adult hip-hop class on Wed from 7:30-8:30 and hip-hop for students on Saturday mornings. Call for infor-

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Maxine Patterson School of Dance

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

Film: Green For All

The US Green Building Council will host a free screening of the film which follows architect Sergio Palleroni as he continues his mission to

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provide architectural and design solutions to regions in social and humanitarian crisis.

Screening 11/24, 5:45pm. RSVP requested by 11/20 at www.usgbcga.org. Wild Wing Cafe, City Market ,

Learn Kung Fu Today

Nov. 4, 8pm - When three people accidentally fall through an experimental teleporter machine, they wind up in a prehistoric world in a parallel universe where they must deal with tribes of savage cavemen and a brutal warlord who’s taken a liking to the female “prisoner.” The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. , http://myspace.com/psychotronicfilms

Men On Weights

Fitness Acupuncture for Health

Available Monday thru Saturday at Hidden Well Acupuncture Center downtown.

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

Belly Dancing for Fun and Fitness

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

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

Cardiorespiratory Endurence Training

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.

U.S. Highway 80 West , Pooler

PSYCHO SUDOKU -- “Kakuro”Fill in each square in this grid with a digit from 1 to 9. The sum of the digits in each row or column will be the little number given just to the left of or just above that row or column. As with a Sudoku, you can’t repeat any digits in a row orcolumn. See the row of three squares in the upper-center of the grid with a 21 to the left of it?T hat means the sum of the digits in those three squares will be 21, and they won’t repeat any digits. A row or column ends at a black square, so the two-square row in the upper-right with a 13 to the left of it may or may not have digits in common with the 21-row to its left; they’re considered different rows because there’s a black square between them. Down columns work the same way. Now solve!! psychosudoku@hotmail.com

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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

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Film: Prisoners of the Lost Universe (USA, 1983)

The Temple of Martial Arts is a Kung Fu school where men and women of all levels of martial arts experience come together to learn the art of Wing Chun and Tai Chi. SiFu Michael, 429-9241. 407 E Montgomery Cross Rd, Ste B , Savannah

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Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

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, pre-crawling. The cost is $13 per class. Multiclass discounts are available. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Savannah

Pilates Class

This exercise program strengthens and revitalizes without building bulk. Call to preregister 912-819-6463. St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

Pilates Mat Classes

Mat classes are held Tues & Thurs 7:30am8:30am, Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Thurs 12:30pm-1:30pm, Mon & Wed 5:30pm6:30pm. All levels welcome! Private and Semi-Private equipment classes are by appointment only. Parking available. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates Instructor Call 912.238-0018 Momentum Pilates Studio, 310

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Crossfit Hyperformance

Meets mormings at 6:30am at Crossfit Hyperformance. Visit www.crossfithyperformance. com. or call Jennifer at 224-0406 or Drew at 541-0530. 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 by Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio. Classes will utilize a variety of training techniques. Advanced booking required.

Call for details 912-398-4776 or 912-2249667. www.bodybalance.com. 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

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. 313 Harris St. , Savannah http://www. uusavannah.org/

Hatha Yoga classes

Every Monday and Wednesday from 5:306:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being, Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Kidz Fitness

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.

Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

The Epworth Community Players Present:

GODSPELL

Epworth Social Hall • 2201 Bull Street

Nov. 5

College Night 7pm • $10 w/ college ID Win a New Motor Scooter

Nov. 6, 7, 13, 14

Dinner at 6pm • Show at 7pm

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Qi Gong

Ancient Chinese “energy work” that is the precursor to Tai Chi. Gentle exercises that relax and energize. Sundays. 4pm. Ashram Savannah 2424 Drayton St. http://www.ashramsavannah.com/

Reiki Treatments

Reiki master Dante Santiago is trained in Usui Reiki Ryoho. Fifty-minute sessions are $60 and 50-minute in-studio sessions are $45. Call 6601863 for times and appointments.

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Savannah Yoga Center

Gay & Lesbian

Savannah Yoga Co Op

Discounted class prices, open studio time and special events. Ashram Savannah, 2424 Drayton St. , Savannah http://www.yogacoopsavannah. com/

Senior Power Hour

©2009 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com) For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Reference puzzle #0439.

Across

1 With 17-across, what you’re instructed to pick 4 Knock down ___ (berate) 8 Word before Borealis or Australis 14 “Did I not tell you?”

15 Entree list 16 Actress Leachman 17 See 1-across 20 Vinyl record 21 Kentucky Derby month 22 Some microwaves, brand-wise 23 Pikes ___, Colorado 24 4, on some old clock faces 26 ___-Magnon man 28 Long, long times 30 WWI hideout for soldiers 33 Sound effect now heard after putting it back 37 Life’s work?

38 Cattle ranch area 39 James Bond creator Fleming 40 Question I hope to be correct 43 Divide into two equal parts 44 Stadium cheers 45 Charlemagne’s domain, for short 46 Maalox competitor 48 Study all at once 52 Comedian Margaret 54 Musical talent 55 Bit of verse, in Veracruz 56 Response I’m really hoping to get 61 Giving the look to 62 Telegram punctuation word 63 “The dog ___ my homework” 64 Make thinner, like mountain air 65 “Good ___” (Alton Brown show) 66 Response that, odds are, I’m probably going to get

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1 Org. with the slogan “We create music” 2 Novelist Zora ___ Hurston 3 ___ Buena (town that later became San Francisco) 4 Dual format for older car radios

5 According to 6 Ambient musician Brian 7 ___ worms (chewy candy) 8 Like sore muscles 9 Suffix for mod or nod 10 Blagojevich in 2009 news 11 Pacific Northwest evergreen tree 12 Bento box staple 13 Poses a question 18 Home of the Blue Devils, for short 19 ___ chi 24 Overwhelm with bugs 25 “It’s Your Thing” singers The ___ Brothers 26 Something depended upon too much 27 He rules over balls 29 Rainn Wilson sitcom, with “The” 30 Insect midsection 31 Dressed (in) 32 Barnyard layer 33 Emphatic assent, in Spanish 34 It may be taken before bed to relax 35 Tokyo, formerly 36 Speaks after a few drinks, perhaps 37 Baby’s protector 41 That girl 42 Neckwear for Paul Lynde 46 Like Logo’s target audience 47 Got out of bed 49 Amy Winehouse hit 50 Former senator Alphonse D’___ 51 San ___, CA 52 “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves” singer 53 Georgetown athlete 54 Boundary-pushing 55 The Boston ___ (Boston Symphony Orchestra subsection) 57 Go kaput 58 Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony No. 6 ___ Major 59 Tony-winning Hagen 60 Morse morsel

Zumba Fitness

Rolf Method Bodywork

Located at 1321 Bull St. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com for schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah

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All levels welcome. Improve your range of motion and energy levels. Small groups and private lessons available. Historic District studio. Please call to set up your first class. Times are flexible to suit your needs. 912-232-4490 or email blh63@hotmail.com Classes are being held every week in the Pooler and Rincon areas. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international music, dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting and effective fitness system.

No dance partner is required. Participants of all ages and shapes are encouraged to attend. The cost is $7 per class. For location and info, contact Carmen at 484-1266 or calexe@comcast.net.

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

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Yoga with Barbara

A program for people over 55. Health and wellness professionals help reach fitness goals.

The program may include, but isn’t limited to, strength training, cardio for the heart, flexibility, balance, basic healthy nutrition and posture concerns. Call 898-7714.

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 912-819-6463. St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

Student Massage

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 3553011 for an appointment. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt.com. Savannah

Tai Chi Classes

St. Joseph’s/Candler offers Tai Chi classes in the evenings every Tuesday and Thursday.

Tai Chi is an exercise derived from the ancient Chinese martial arts. Call to pre-register. 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

Tybee Island Sunrise Boot Camp

is held Monday – Friday from 6-7am. Park at North Beach parking lot and go over first crossover. Bring a mat. Three days of strength training and two days of cardio. Vicki Lyn, 596-3009. No prices at this time, but contributions accepted.

Tybee Island

Yoga and Pilates Classes

Yoga: Tues 8am & 5:45pm, Thurs at 8am & 5:30pm Pilates: Mon at 7pm, Sat at 8am. Class sizes are small, so please RSVP: 912-341-9477 or brandon@pro-fitpersonaltraining.com Pro-Fit Personal Training, 18 E. Broughton St. 2nd Floor ,Yoga at Lake Mayer Wed. 6-7pm $5 cash or first class free. Call 652-6782 or drop-in. Please bring yoga mat or towel/blanket.Lake Mayer Community Center,

Yoga In the Park

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

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

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. 307 E Harris St , Savannah

Gay AA Meeting

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 311 E. Macon St. Savannah

Georgia Equality Savannah

The local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 944-0996. 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. Without the GLBT community, there wouldn’t be a need for Pride. Call Christina Focht at 663-5087. First City Network, Savannah http://www.firstcitynetwork.net/

Stand Out Youth

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

What Makes A Family

A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 352-2611.

Health Better Breathers of Savannah

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

For info, call Dicky at 665-4488 or dickyt1954@ yahoo.com.

Community Cardiovascular Health

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.

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Community HealthCare Center

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. Savannah

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group

A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

Every Step Counts Survivor Walk

This monthly cancer survivors’ walk is free and open to all survivors and their loved ones. Call DeDe Cargill at 398-6654.

Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings

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Conducted at three locations. From 8:30a. m.-12:30p.m. and 5:15p.m.-7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605 to make an appointment. Every Monday from 10a.m.-12p. m. at the Smart Senior office, No. 8 Medical Arts Center. No appointment is necessary. Every Monday through Friday from 10a.m.-2p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578. Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/1844. cfm

Free Chair Massages

Free 10 minute chair massages. First come, first serve. Mon, Wed & Fri from 5-7pm. Therapeutic Massage Specialists, 18 E. Broughton St. 2nd Floor ,

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. 1206 E 66th St , Savannah http://www.savannahspeechandhearing.org/

Free Vision Screenings

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

Healthcare for the Uninsured

St. Mary’s Health Center is open for health needs of uninsured residents of Chatham County. Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 443-9409. St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. ,

Hearing Aid Funds Available for Infants and Children

The Coastal Health District’s Universal Newborn Hearing and Screening Initiative has funds available for the purchase of hearing aid devices for infants and children 3 and under who qualify and live in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long and McIntosh Counties. For info, contact Jackie King at 691-6882 or toll-free at 1-866-647-0010.

Help for Iraq War Veterans

A method used at Fort Campbell to treat lack of sleep, anger, flashbacks, nightmares and emotional numbness in veterans is available in Savannah. 927-3432.

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. 211 Price St , Savannah http://www.mybrothazhome.org/

Hypnobirthing Childbirth Classes

The group classes offer an opportunity for couples to learn the child birthing process together. Classes provide specialized breathing and guided imagery techniques designed to reduce stress during labor. Classes run monthly, meeting Saturdays for three consecutive weeks.

To register, call 843-683-8750 or e-mail Birththroughlove@yahoo.com. Family Health & Birth Center, 119 Chimney Rd , Rincon http://www. themidwifegroup.com/

HypnoBirthing Classes

Learn to birth in a calm and gentle environment without fear. Uses relaxation, meditation and guided imagery to achieve the birthing experience you desire. Tiffany, tiffany@savannahdoula. com.

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

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) There was a time when wetlands were considered dismal and unproductive. At best they were thought to be a waste of space, and at worst stinky breeding grounds for insect pests. For over 200 years, many marshes, bogs, and swamps were filled with dirt and transformed into places suitable for farms, houses, and recreational areas. But all that has changed in the last 30 years.

Science has rehabilitated the reputation of wetlands, showing how crucial they are. They clean toxins from water, help control floods and soil erosion, and are home to more biological diversity than any other ecosystem. The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to make a comparable conversion, Aries. Something you once demeaned or underestimated could become an inspirational catalyst.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) In the coming week, you will have the potential to articulate what has never been spoken before and to name truths that everyone has been avoiding. Uncoincidentally, you may also be able to hear what you’ve never been able to hear up until now and tune in to truths you’ve been oblivious to. As you might imagine, Taurus, you must fully activate both of these capacities in order for either to function at its best.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) Nature’s rhythm is cyclical.

Everything alive waxes and wanes.

If you’re smart, you honor that flow by periodically letting parts of your world wither or go to sleep.

If you’re not so smart, you set yourself up for needless pain by indulging in the delusion that you can enjoy uninterrupted growth.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, Gemini, this is your time to explore the creative possibilities of ebbing and slackening. Ask yourself the following question, which I’ve borrowed from the Jungian author Clarissa Pinkola Estes: “What must I allow to die today in order to generate more life tomorrow?”

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) Pregnant women sometimes have unusual cravings. From the fourth to sixth month of her daughter’s gestation period, for example, my

friend Marta was on occasion beset by the longing to eat toothpaste.

I’ve known other women who fantasized about nibbling on mud, coffee grounds, and chalk. Fortunately, they all resisted the urge, which is what health practitioners recommend. Instead they tried to figure out if their bodies were trying to tell them about some legitimate deficiency of vitamins or minerals. I offer this to you as a metaphor to keep in mind. As your own special creation ripens, you may experience odd desires. Don’t necessarily take them at face value.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) It might be tempting to turn your home into a womb–like sanctuary and explore the mysteries of doing absolutely nothing while clad in your pajamas. And frankly, this might be a good idea. After the risks you’ve taken to reach out to the other side, after the bridges you’ve built in the midst of the storms, after the skirmishes you’ve fought in the Gossip Wars, you have every right to retreat and get your homebody persona humming at a higher vibration.

So I say: Be meticulously leisurely as you celebrate the deep pleasures of self–care.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) “Hey Rob: I was having trouble finishing my novel –– typical writer’s block. So I sidetracked myself into making silly creative projects –– papier–mache chickens, masks made out of junk mail, collages incorporating bottle caps and dryer lint. I can’t say any of it is ‘art,’ but I feel creative again and my house is full of colorful stuff I whipped up myself. If you wait to be perfect, I concluded, you’ll never make anything. I tried something I knew I’d be bad at, so failure didn’t matter. Now I’m branching out with my inadequacy –– not waiting for Mr. Perfect but having a beer with Joe Flawed, forgetting to be right all the time, admitting that I haven’t a clue. I’ve become smilingly, brilliantly dumb. – Inappropriate Virgo.” Dear Inappropriate: Congrats! You’re doing exactly what I want to advise all Virgos everywhere to try.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) At a yard sale today, I paid a dollar for a stained, pocket–sized horoscope book with many of its

pages missing. The reason I made such an odd investment is that it had a forecast for Libra for the first part of November 2009, and this forecast struck me as even more useful than the horoscope I had composed for you. As a public service, I’m providing it here. “The graceful dragonfly lives for just a few months. But a sequoia tree’s time on earth can last 2,000 years.

In the same way, some bonds, some creations, some worlds, endure for a mere blink in eternity, while others are destined to outfox the ravages of time. What will be the lifespan of the dream you recently hatched, Libra? It is time to decide and take action.”

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Your anti–role model –– the person you should be the opposite of –– is the Scorpio warrior, U.S. General George Patton, also known as “Old Blood and Guts.” He once said, “Practically everyone but myself is a pusillanimous son of a bitch.”

That’s an attitude you should especially avoid in the coming weeks, since your success will depend on you seeing the best in people –– even if they sometimes don’t seem to warrant it. P.S. It may be OK to think of yourself as “Old Blood and Guts” if and only if you dedicate your ferocity to the service of smart love and ingenious collaboration.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

Congratulations, Sagittarius! Free Will Astrology’s Task Force on Creative Suffering has confirmed that your current dilemmas are exceptionally interesting and useful.

You have demonstrated an impressive talent for getting embroiled in riddles that promise to bring out your dormant reserves of vitality and ingenuity. The dumfounding questions you’ve been wrestling with are high–caliber tests that have drawn you closer to the heart of the reasons you’re here on Earth. Take full advantage of this beautiful mess, my dear. Chaos this fertile is hard to come by.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

When Dante was nine years old, long before he became one of Italy’s supreme poets, he fell in love with Beatrice, an eight–year–old girl he met at a May Day party.

They never had a close relationship. In the years after their initial

encounter, they met infrequently, and both eventually married other people. But Beatrice played a crucial role throughout Dante’s life, although she died at the age of 24. She was not just his muse, but also his “beatitude, the destroyer of all vices and the queen of virtue, salvation.” Dante even wrote her into his *Divine Comedy* in the role of a guide. Is there any person or influence in your life equivalent to Beatrice? Any once–upon–a–time blessing that might be ready to give you the fullness of the gifts it has been waiting all this time to deliver?

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) I would love it if you could find a sword that could cut itself. Or a fire that could burn itself. Or some water you could wash. But even if you can conjure the magic to attract an experience that simply resembles one of those marvelous paradoxes, it would set in motion a series of epiphanies that would liberate you from an inferior paradox –– a confusing absurdity that is not worthy of you and that has been draining your life force.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) The planets are aligned in such a way that suggests you may be able to experience an orgasm solely by meditating. This rare cosmic alignment also means that it’s conceivable you could generate money or attract new resources by following your holy bliss, or that you might stumble upon the tricky treasure you’ve been looking for in all the wrong places. But I can’t say for sure that you will actually be able to capitalize on any of these remarkable opportunities. It will depend on whether you can more fully express one of the skills that is your birthright as a Pisces: being wild and disciplined at the same time.

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support group for new and expectant mothers.

897-9261, www.lllusa.org/web/SavannahGA. html. Family Health and Birth Center, 1692 Chatham Parkway , Savannah

Ladies Living Smart Fitness Club

Providing nutritional education and an exercise program to encourage lifestyle changes for women. Call for more info. Every Tuesday from 5:30-7pm. St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. ,

Meditation and Energy Flow Group

Meet with others who practice meditation or want to learn how, discuss techniques, & related areas of holistic health, healing, Reiki, Energy Medicine, CAM. Reduce stress, increase peace & health! www.ellenfarrell.com, http://meditation. meetup.com/490

Meditation for Relaxation and Stress Relief

Learn to relax through non-religious meditation.

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

897-7979. 115 Charlotte Dr , Savannah

Memorial Health blood pressure check

Free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:309:30 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

Mobile Mammogram Tests

St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Mobile Mammography Unit will be performing mammograms in several locations during November. Appointments are required and can be made by calling 819-6800.

(Please specify that you are calling for the Mobile unit.) For non appointment-related information please call 354-9357. Dates: Rincon - 11/3, 11/17; Daffin Park - 11/4; Richmond Hill - 11/11; Hardeeville 11/12; Bluffton 11/23; Pooler - 11/24.

Narcotics Anonymous

Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule.

Smoke Stoppers

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/

Stop Smoking Through Hypnosis

No pills, patches, gum, lasers, weight gain, withdrawal or side effects. 15 years experience.

927-3432.

The Quit Line

A toll-free resource that provides counseling, screening, support and referral services for all Georgia residents 18 or older and concerned parents of adolescents who are using tobacco.

Call 1-877-270-STOP or visit www.unitegeorgia. com.

Weight Loss Through Hypnosis

Lose weight with Guided Imagery and Hypnosis.

No pills, diets or surgery. 927-3432.

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Class is free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. Learn to increase your strength and flexibility and improve your overall well-being. For more information, call 350-0798.

FitnessOne, 3rd Floor of Memorial Center for Advanced Medicine ,

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Nature and Environment

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Dolphin Project of Georgia

Calling All Christians

Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 7273177, visit www.TheDolphinProject.org.or e-mail gadolphin@comcast.net.

Sandhill Walk

Explore the ecological wonders of this unique environment of lichen, cactus and tiny hundred year old live oaks on a guided walk. 11/7, 10am at the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum. For info, call 912-748-8068. Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center, 681 Ft. Argyle Rd (Rt. 204) ,

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

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. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc. org. 1510 Strand , Tybee Island

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. Open daily from 10-4 except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. 8983980, www.oatlandisland.org. 711 Sandtown Rd , Savannah

Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605. Savannah

Reading: Author Julie Otsuka

Nov. 11, 7pm - Otsuka will give a reading from her new book, “When the Emperor Was Divine”.

Armstrong Center, 11935 Abercorn St. ,

Tea time at Ola’s

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. 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.

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DrUUming Circle

First Saturday of the month 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.

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. Savannah

Midweek Bible Study

A 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, Savannah http://www.liveoakpl. org/

Every Wednesday at noon at Montgomery Presbyterian Church. Bring your lunch and your Bible. 352-4400 or mpcsavannah.com. Montgomery Presbyterian Church, 10192 Ferguson Avenue , Savannah http://www.montgomerypresbyterian.com/

Bellais’ new book “The Marsh Hen”, is set at the end of WWI, and takes its name from the old train from Savannah to Tybee Island. The author will take questions and sign copies of his work after the reading. Call Robert Crockett 912-7135547 for more info. 11/8, 4pm, 101 E. 34th St. Los Robles, 101 E. 34th St. ,

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

Will Bellais and “The Marsh Hen”

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Nicodemus by Night

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

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

Meets Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church. Call Janet Pence at 247-4903.

Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St , Savannah http://www.trinitychurch1848.org/

Realizing The God Within

A series of Metaphysical/New Thought classes presented by The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, featuring metaphysical minister and local author Adeeb Shabazz. Mondays at 8pm. 619 W 37th St. , Savannah

Soka Gakkai of America

SGI is an international Buddhist movement for world peace and individual happiness. The group practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Introductory meetings are held the third Sunday of the month. For further information, call 232-9121.

Stand for Peace

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

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

The Savannah Zen Center

Soto Zen Meditation offered weekday mornings 7:30-8:30am; Tuesday evenings 6-6:30pm with Study Group following from 6:30-7:30pm; Friday evenings from 6-6:30pm. Sundays from 9-10:30am which includes a Dharma talk. Donations accepted. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, cindy@ alwaysoptions.com. The Savannah Zen Center, 2424 Drayton St. , Savannah

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. Savannah

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

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. 313 Harris St. , Savannah

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/

Women’s Bible Study

at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 1601 Drayton St , Savannah http://www.wesleyctrs-savh.org/

Sports & Games Savannah Disc Golf Club

Open Doubles Tournament at 1 p.m. each Saturday at Tom Triplett Park on U.S. 80 between Dean Forest Road and Interstate 95. Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West , Pooler cs

General 630 ZIGGY & SONS Lawncare and Trash Removal.

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Table saw, lathe, planner, sanders and lots more. All sold together, no piece buying. $5,000.00 firm.

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3BR/2BA, LR, DR, Eatin kitchen, Patio, Garage, Fenced yard. $995/month.

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MIDTOWN HOME FOR RENT 210 E. 66th. 3BR/2BA, Large LR, DR, Detached 2-car garage plus storage, fenced yard. $1095/month.

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Section 8 Welcome.

Call 912-232-7659.

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Midway, $575/month.

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Southside Apt. only $585 per month! Small, quiet complex in a great location between the malls.

Moss Gate Apts., 10600 Abercorn St. Call Jeanette at 920-8005 POOLER HOME Spring Lake 2 BEDROOM CONDO: Pool & Fitness Center included $850.

185 BERWICK LAKES: 3-bedrooms, 2-baths $975 SAVANNAH HOMES 201 CHAPEL LAKE S.: 3-bedrooms, 2.5baths $1,150.

822 W. 44TH STREET: 3-bedrooms, 2-baths $850.

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POOLER HOUSE For Rent: 1257 Roberts Way, Garden Acres. 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, 1-Car Garage, Fenced yard. $850/month. Call Helen Miltiades Realty, 238-4915.

PORT WENTWORTH: 37 Warren Drive. 3BR/1BA, LR and DR, Fenced yard with 2-car plus workshop. $875/month. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 231-1981 REDUCED FOR RENT

806 E. Park Avenue $550/month.

2111 Mississippi Avenue $650/month.

1306 E. 36th Street $700/month.

Call 912-376-1674

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4110 Crane Street. $650/monthly. Call 912-604-8009.

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for rent 855 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.

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351-0500 WE BUY HOUSES 1721 E. 39th St. 3BR/2BA, Central heat/air. Available Now. $850/month.

901 W. 52nd St. 3BR/2BA, Central heat/air $750/month.

9521 Dunwoody Southside 3BR/2BA, Central heat/air $995/month.

References and Credit Check required. Section 8 Welcome.

351-0500

SALT CREEK RD Singlewide mobile home 2BR/1BA $475 dep. + $475 rent. Call 912-964-4451

SOUTHSIDE 16 S. Stillwood Court, Berkshire West.

3BR/2BA, LR, DR, Large eat-in kitchen, den, covered porch, detached 2-car garage, courtyard and fenced yard. $995/month.

Call Helen Miltiades Realty 231-1981 SOUTHSIDE TOWNHOUSE, 3BR/2.5BA 2-story unit conveniently located to Armstrong & St. Joseph’s, total electric, 1 small pet ok. $800 cash deposit. $875/month rent. No calls after 8pm please, 308-0206 SPACIOUS HOME 2228 Mississippi Avenue 3BR, 2 Baths, central heat and A/C, Living room, Dining room, large eat-in kitchen w/pantry (refrigerator, range and dishwasher included), Great room, Laundry, Garage/Offstreet parking, Storage shed. $950/month, $800/Deposit. No Section 8. Available Immediately. 897-4009

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GOLDEN ISLES 7323 Tropical Way. 3BR/2BA, single car garage, fenced backyard $800/month, $800/deposit.

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UPSTAIRS APT FOR RENT 2BR/1BA, separate LR, DR, breakfast room, sunroom, laundry room, kitchen w/all appliances, CH&A, total electric $775/deposit, $775/month. Ask about Christmas Move-in special. Please call Teresa 596-4954.

VARNEDOE DRIVE: Newly renovated, 2BR/1BA, $625/month.

CAROLINE DRIVE: Newly Renovated 2BR/1BA, $675/month.

BEE ROAD: 2BR/1BA $595/month.

Call 912-897-6789 or 912-344-4164

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2BR/1BA HOUSE 108 Palm Ave. $600/month.

2BR/2BA TOWNHOUSE 72 Knollwood Cir. $725/month Call 507-7934 or 927-2853

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WEEKLY UNITS: Furnished, Private entrance, No sharing, living quarters, utilities included.

From $175-$200/wk, $100-$150/deposit.

MONTHLY PROPERTIES: 3BR/2BA, Appliances included. Properties located in Pooler & Savannah. $700-$800/month plus deposit same as rent.

No Section 8.

Interested parties call 441-5468

Windsor Crossing Condos- unit 404

2BR, 2 Full Baths, w/brand new carpet and fresh paint,; screened porch; downstairs end unit, amenities include water, sewer, trash pickup, and community pool; vacant; convenient southside location close to Armstrong and St. Joseph’s Hospital; please call 927-4706. Asking $745/month

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Rooms with PRIVATE BATHROOMS available. $95-$150/Week.

DISCOUNT FOR FOOD SERVICE AND HOTEL EMPLOYEES EFFICIENCY APTS 2BR/1BA APTS. w/Living room, kitchen, refrigerator & stove, all utilities included.

Weekly $225 with utilities and cable.

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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.

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FURNISHED EFFICIENCY: 1510 Lincoln St. $145/week or $155/week for double occupancy, Includes utilities!

Call 912-231-0240

Star ting at $130/week. Includes cable, internet, all utilities, CH&A. Shared kitchen and bath. Safe environment. Call Life Housing @ 912-228-1242

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

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

Single person, utilities included, plus cable. 1420 NE36th st. $550/month, $400/security.

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Single occupancy only. $375/month + 1/2 utilities. Call noon to 8pm o n l y.

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transportation 900

cars 910 2004 Chevy Impala LS, Silver w/gray leather, loaded, excellent condition.

103,000 miles. $7400.

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FENDER BENDER? Paint & Body Work.

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We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

Motorcycles/ AtVs 940 HARLEY DAVIDSON Softtail 2005 many extras, 4k miles, garage kept, like new $11,900. Also 1968 GMC pickup $2200.

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