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music
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Savannah’s large and talented population of traditional Irish dancers is showcased during the Tara Feis Festival this Saturday in Emmet Park
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Wednesday
Mayor’s Small Business Conference
What: A series of informa-
tive workshops designed to promote small business growth and development. Call the City’s Dept of Economic Development to register: 651-3653 When: Wed. March 10, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center Cost: Free and open to the public Info: http://www.savannahga.gov/
Story Time at the Roundhouse
What: Fun crafts and sto-
ries for kids with a theme related to the season. When: Wed. March 10, 10 a.m. Where: Roundhouse Railroad Museum, 601 W.
Harris St., Cost: $4/child with regular adult admission Info: 912.651.6823. http:// www.chsgeorgia.org/
Irish Traditional Music Ensemble
What: A group of full-time
students of Irish traditional music at the conservatory of DIT in Dublin Ireland performing a lunch time set. When: Wed. March 10, 12:30 p.m. Where: Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Cost: Free and open to the public
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Lecture: Irish Literary Gossip
What: The Irish Studies Club and Professor Frank Clancy presents
Freebie of the Week | What: Several
shocking revelations about literary icons like Joyce, Wilde and others. When: Thu. March 11, 12 p.m. Where: AASU Jenkins Hall, 11935 Abercorn St. , Cost: Free
Tea at Mrs. Davenport’s What: Learn about tea
traditions and experience an early 19th century afternoon tea in a historic atmosphere. Call for info or reservations. 912-236-8097 When: Thu. March 11, 5 p.m., Fri. March 12, 5 p.m. Where: Davenport House, 324 E. State St. , Cost: $18/adult, $14/student (ages 8-17)
Artful Table: Silver Lining What: A 2-day event
benefiting the Telfair. Thursday, a preview party for upcoming Telfair Silver exhibit featuring food from renowned Savannah Chefs. Friday, lectures from silver experts, raffles and lunch
at the museum. When: Thu. March 11, 6:30 p.m., Fri. March 12, 10 a.m.-12 a.m. Where: The Telfair Academy Cost: $75/day (benefiting Telfair) Info: 912-790-8869. http:// www.telfair.org/
Literary Death Match What: Selected writers
offer short readings of their most eclectic work in a head to head battle, like the Thunderdome for book worms. Presented by Opium Magazine. When: Thu. March 11, 7 p.m. Where: Blowin’ Smoke, 514 MLK Jr. Blvd. Cost: $10
Josh Turner Live
What: The country favorite
drops by for a show promoting his new album “Haywire”. When: Thu. March 11, 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center
Cost: $27.50-42.50 Info: http://savannahcivic.
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Lucky Lady Search
What: Bikini Nation
hosts a contest to find the lucky lady who will ride on the Savannah Harley Davidson float in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. When: Thu. March 11, 8:30 p.m. Where: Robin’s Nest Sports Bar, 101 Godley Station Blvd., Pooler
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Greening of the Fountain
What: The fountain at Forsyth celebrates St. Patrick’s Day for the week. When: Fri. March 12, noon Where: Forsyth Park Fountain Cost: Free
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Ellis Square Dedication
years in the making, the renovated Ellis Square is finally opened to the public. Hurry up and check it out before it’s christened by St. Paddy’s revelers! When: Thu. March 11, 5 p.m. Where: Ellis Square Info: http://www.savannahga.gov/
What: One of the larg-
est rugby tourneys in the country. Teams across several divisions and from all over the country come to compete. There might also be some drinking. When: Fri. March 12, 1 p.m., Sat. March 13, 1 p.m. Where: Forsyth Park Cost: Free to watch Info: 912-441-4608.
March of Dimes Shamrock Run
What: The annual benefit 5k run begins and ends in City Market. For more info, 912-354-5900. When: Fri. March 12, 6 p.m. Where: City Market
Tony Kenny and Celtic Nights What: Renowned
Irish performer Tony Kenny is joined by comedian Joe Cuddy and the Dublin City Dancers for a one-night only show. When: Fri. March 12, 7:30 p.m. Where: Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, 50 Diamond Causeway, Skidaway Island Cost: $35 Info: 912-598-0151.
Live Music: Concertante
What: An ensemble of gifted
performers who have received rave reviews from the New York Times and Washington Post, among others. Presented by the Savannah Concert Association. When: Fri. March 12, 8 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Cost: $12.50-$35
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Rattlesnake Roundup What: Parade, beauty
pageant, demonstrations, wildlife exhibits, turkey calling contest and more at this Claxton favorite. When: Sat. March 13, 8 a.m.6 p.m., Sun. March 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Where: Evans County Wildlife Club, Just west of Claxton, off Hwy 280, Claxton Cost: $5 Info:
Giant Flea Market
St. Pat’s Pops
What: Hundreds of tables
What: An Irish
featuring all kinds of items, including furniture and collectibles. Free parking. When: Sat. March 13, 9 a.m. Where: Messiah Lutheran Church, 1 West Ridge, Skidaway Island Cost: Free Info: http://www.landingslandlovers.com/
ensemble joins the Savannah Philharmonic Chorus for a holiday celebration. When: Sat. March 13, 8 p.m. Where: Trustees Theatre Cost: $10-30
Polk’s Saturday Market
time with this ’80s power rock extravanganza. When: Sat. March 13, 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center Cost: $45-55 Info: http://savannahcivic. com/
REO Speedwagon and Edwin McCain What: Take a trip back in
What: Featuring a variety
of arts, crafts and specialty foods vendors along with all the market’s usual produce and local goods. When: Sat. March 13, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Where: Polk’s Market, 530 E. Liberty St. Info: 912-238-3032. http:// Country star Josh Turner plays the Civic Center polksfreshmarket.com/
Savannah Market Bazaar
What: This open-air market
boasts a diverse array of vendors selling art, antiques, furniture, jewelry, glassware, games, vintage clothes, handbags, games and collectibles. When: Sat. March 13, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Where: Robinson Garage, Montgomery & York Info: http://www.newmoonofsavannah.com/
Sheep to Shawl Festival
What: The shearing of the
Wildlife Center’s sheep followed by a demonstration from the Savannah Fibers Guild. When: Sat. March 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: Oatland Island Wildlife Center Cost: $5 adults, $3 kids Info: 912-395-1500 . http:// www.oatlandisland.org/
Book Signing and Food Tasting What: What could be better
than local authors and food? Janice Shay will sign her new cookbook “Savannah Classic Seafood” and Polly Powers Stramm will sign her book “St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah.” When: Sat. March 13, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: Seaside Sisters, 1207 Hwy 80, Tybee Island Info: 912-786-9216.
Tara Feis Irish Festival What: Family-
friendly celebration of Irish culture featuring live stage performances, music, dancing, crafts food and more. When: Sat. March 13, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Where: Emmet Park Cost: Free Info: 912-651-6417. http:// www.savannahga.gov/arts
Low Cost Pet Clinic
What: Tails Spin, Dr. Stanley
Lester and the Humane Society team up for this regular event offering low cost vaccines and microchipping for pets of seniors, students and military. When: Sat. March 13, 2 p.m.4 p.m. Where: Habersham Village Shopping Center, Habersham and 61st St. ,
Dancing in the lot for Haiti
What: Live music by “Boomerang” and price of admission includes choice of hamburger or bbq and sides. Proceeds benefit Haiti relief efforts. call 912-2336829 for more info. When: Sat. March 13, 3 p.m.5 p.m. Where: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1802 Abercorn St. , Cost: $8
Tybee Island’s Irish Heritage Parade What: A fam-
ily friendly parade along Butler Ave. from 4th to Tybrisa. When: Sat. March 13, 3 p.m. Where: Tybee Island Cost: Info: http://www.tybeevisit.
com/
One Small Voice
What: Annual Savannah
Children’s Choir Benefit Concert. Event honors local philanthropists Johnathan Barrett and Alice Jepson. When: Sat. March 13, 6 p.m. Where: JCB Headquarters Cost: $100 tax-deductible donation to choir Info: http://www.savannahchoir.org/
GSU Wildlife Center After Dark
What: An evening of activi-
ties and games as well as a screening of the nature documentary “Life in Cold Blood.” When: Sat. March 13, 6:30 p.m. Where: GSU Center for Wildlife Education, off Sweetheart Circle, Statesboro Cost: $2/adults, $1/children
Old Time Country Dance
What: Join the Folk Music
Society and the Glow in the Dark String Band for some old time dancing. When: Sat. March 13, 8 p.m. Where: Notre Dame Academy Gym, 1709 Bull St. , Cost: $6/members, $8/general public
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Handel’s Messiah Pt. II
What: The second part of the
sacred Oratorio performed by the parish choir and soloists Tina Williams, Jaime White and Ben Caston. When: Sun. March 14, 10:30 a.m. Where: Historic Christ Church, 28 Bull St. Johnson Square Cost: Free Info: 912-232-4131.
First City Network Oyster Roast and Lowcountry Boil
What: Annual fundraiser and
St. Patrick’s week kickoff for the FCN. Lots of food and fun. 50/50 raffle, leprechaun costume contest, Oyster Award presentations and more. When: Sun. March 14, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: Skidaway Island State Park Cost: $15/members, $20/ non-members Info: http://www.firstcitynetwork.net/
Celtic Cross Ceremony
What: A celebra-
tion honoring Irish Catholic traditions and heritage. When: Sun. March 14, 1 p.m. Where: Emmet Park Cost: Free and open to the public
CJA presents One Sound
What: One Sound blends
jazz, classic R&B, funk,
gospel, and progressive soul music. Presented by Coastal Jazz Association. When: Sun. March 14, 5 p.m. Where: Westin Savannah Cost: Free for members, $10/general admission Info: http://www.coastaljazz.org/
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St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on the River
What: Large amounts of alcohol collide with Irish culture and green gimmickry on River Street during the biggest party of the year. Tues features Battle of the Bands. Wed has lots of live music, including Hazzard County and Liquid Ginger. When: Tue. March 16, Wed. March 17 Where: River Street Cost: $5/wristband Info: www.riverstreet.com
Jasper Green Ceremony
What: The pipes are callin’ at this rousing historic ceremony honoring Sgt. William Jasper of Revolutionary War fame. When: Tue. March 16, 4:30 p.m. Where: Madison Square Cost: Free
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Wednesday St. Patrick’s Day Mass
What: The traditional start to the Day of St. Patrick. When: Wed. March 17, 8 a.m. Where: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Lafayette Square
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
What: Marching bands, community groups, floats and more. When: Wed. March 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Where: Downtown beginning at Forsyth Park Cost: Free and open to the public Info: www.savannahga. gov cs
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8 Fear and loathing
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interview on page 30. Read more about other Irish-themed entertainment options in his roundup on page 18. For those who haven’t got the timing down yet, here’s how it will work this year: The City’s annual family–friendly celebration Tara Feis Ah, St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah — when we (pronounced tara fesh) will be this Saturday, celebrate our great local Irish heritage, the schools are closed, March 13. Read more about the history of Tara Feis in Augusta Statz’s article on page 20, as unrelated business stops, and our population at least doubles well as Bill’s interview with headliner Cathie with the influx of visitors to the nation’s second–largest St. Ryan on page 34. Patrick’s Day celebration (second only to New York City). The official River Street St. Patrick’s Day celebration begins Tuesday, Because the issue of ConMarch 16 and continues until nect Savannah right after the wee hours Wednesday, this one hits stands almost March 17. simultaneously with the paThe famous parade itself rade itself, the issue you hold begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday, in your hands will serve as March 17. We have a full our annual St. Patrick’s Day parade map on page 14. special issue. For a great in–depth look The issue that hits stands at old Savannah folklore, in the middle of next week check out Robin Wright will contain a portion of St. Gunn’s piece on page 22 Patrick’s Day info for the about the tradition of St. convenience of visitors to Patrick’s Day breakfasts. town. But the bulk of the As for the infamous green coverage is in this post–parade celebration week’s edition. on River Street, there will This year we’re very happy Amy Doll is our cover model this week, as shot by Geoff L. Johnson be no gated entrance as in to feature cover photography years past; however, those 21 by local photographer Geoff L. perspective that I guarantee you won’t read or and over must purchase a $5 Johnson, with the lovely Amy Doll as our St. hear in any other local media outlet. wristband to drink alcoholic beverages both Patrick’s cover girl. Many thanks to the localA lot of people come to town for St. Patrick’s inside and out. ly–owned and operated Saints and Shamrocks Day expecting all things Irish, but ironically, For more detailed information about the store at 309 Bull St. for the use of the Irish flag. there’s precious little Celtic music played here do’s and don’ts of St. Patrick’s Day, see our Ordinarily with St. Patrick’s issues I like to during the celebration. However, Kevin Barry’s slightly tongue in cheek Frequently Asked get right into the pertinent holiday stuff, but the Pub on River Street, the city’s oldest Irish pub, Questions on page 12. March 2 visit by President Obama demands a features real Irish traditional music by a selecWe hope you enjoy this special issue, and more newsworthy placement in the front of the tion of the east coast’s premier Irish musicians, we hope you enjoy yourselves — responsibly! issue. On page 8 you can read Patrick Rodgers’ including a barnburner of a concert Tuesday — during this, the most cherished time of year insiders account of the president’s stop, with a night. Read more about it in Bill DeYoung’s in Savannah. cs
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Scenes from around Savannah Tech: (l-r) Oku Graham waits to see Obama; the Prez addresses the audience inside; anti-Obama protesters outside
Strange you can believe in
One reporter’s observations on President Obama’s visit to Savannah by Patrick Rodgers | patrick@connectsavannah.com
By 9:30 a.m. there are already people holding signs, setting up lawn chairs and ready to wait several more hours in hopes of catching a glimpse of the president’s motorcade. Some folks are there to show support for President Obama; others are there to be outraged, wary of the looming specter of socialism and the rising national deficit. “I’m a disgruntled taxpayer,” says Glenn Wood, a grandfatherly fellow holding a fluorescent pink sign promoting smaller government. Also in attendance are environmentalists upset about the billions of dollars being given to help expand Plant Vogtle, as well as parents whose children are serving in the Middle East, and people who have nothing better to do on a Tuesday morning than witness a spectacle. While groups gather along White Bluff, around the corner on Hampstead,
Oku Graham is wearing an Obama T–shirt and holding a sign supporting the President. “Everyone else is gathered on White Bluff. Do you think he’s coming this way?” I ask. “Oh yeah,” he replies. “He’s gonna land at the base and come right over here.” The sky’s overcast and the air’s damp. It rained an hour ago, and more’s on the way. If Obama does pass by Graham, it won’t be for nearly three more hours.
Waiting
Several hundred yards away, on the other side of two security checkpoints, and well in view of the secret service agents on the roof with binoculars,
stands a line of several hundred people – invited guests ranging from state and local elected officials, business and community leaders, and members of the media – all waiting to enter the building. The energy in the line is palpable. The President is coming, and here stand all the folks with golden tickets. There are handshakes, back slaps and cajoling. There are pensive looks toward the rain clouds followed by glances at wristwatches and cellphones to see how much longer the wait will last. To get inside, security will be served airport–style, “except you can keep your shoes on,” a young man with glasses tells us. There’s only one metal detector, and we all must pass through it. Looking down the line, there are plenty of familiar faces. It’s immediately clear that this is a crowd with money, and not all of it supporting Democrats. In fact, much of it doesn’t. According to Federal Election Com-
mission data, campaign contributions of four notable attendees — local bank presidents, CEOs and so on — reveals over $20,000 in donations to McCain, Bush, Chambliss, Isakson and others during the last two elections, without a single dollar given to a Democrat. Local Republicans made up a surprisingly large portion of the audience. Who sets the guest list for a presidential visit? Judging by the crowd, it was clearly not done for the people, by the people. Obama could’ve packed the Civic Center. Apparently, the president’s visit is not a gift to his supporters, nor an opportunity to thank local Democrats for their efforts. When he appears, Obama will stand in front of a crowd of people, many of whom, until they arrived here smiling, were probably commenting about the negative side of healthcare reform or the stimulus. Representative Jack Kingston is in attendance even though he’s voted against
Inside the auditorium
There’s still over an hour before the President is due to appear on the well–lit stage at the front of the room, but the energy is frenetic. Members of the media scurry about setting up cameras, jockeying for space on risers and thumbing through e-mails on Blackberries. This is the big story today. There are TV crews from network affiliates in Atlanta, photographers from Florida, writers from Washington D.C. But is this really as big a deal as we want it to be? There’s still traffic on the streets. Banks and post offices are open. Everyone who isn’t in this room is going about a fairly normal day, except that the president’s arrival has been the foremost topic of conversation. A man in a suit steps on stage. The room immediately goes quiet and the audience is seated. There’s at least 26 minutes until the president is supposed to arrive. “Someone has lost a set of keys,” the man says. “It looks like a Toyota. If you want to claim them, we’ll have them in the back.” After the announcement, everyone stays seated, whispering now instead of talking. Many thought that was going to be the moment we were all waiting for. There is a smattering of chuckles. Cutting through the relative quiet, a broadcaster from Atlanta has to do a live introduction – the room goes silent while listening to him set the scene, describing everyone who’s in the room. We all listen like we might be mentioned by name. Awkward doesn’t begin to describe it. The mayor walks in and receives applause. Obama must be close. The governor enters and a handful of people give a polite golf clap. There hasn’t been any good news about the state budget.
Ladies and Gentlemen...
For more than 30 years, whenever the Godfather of Soul James Brown stepped on stage, he was announced by Danny Ray. When Obama enters the room, he is announced by a pre–recorded message: “Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States.” When he leaves, 20 minutes from now, it will be set to pre–recorded music – canned fanfare. Meanwhile, across town, Secret Service agents guard a supply of the president’s blood over at Memorial Health hospital. It’s funny how the federal government chooses to spend money. “Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States.” You can hardly hear the end of the announcement because immediately everyone in the room takes to their feet and begins to applaud and cheer. Half the people are clapping, the other half are trying to snap photos as he walks toward the stage. It’s not easy to tell who’s Republican any more. On the risers where the media stands is a flurry of clicking camera shutters and TV reporters calling the play-by-play. “Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States.” I’ve never been in the same room as the President of the United States. Most people haven’t, but a few people spend several hours a day with him, or near him, or facilitating his movement from place to place. One of those groups is the White House press corps, who all sit in a room off to the side of the auditorium, watching a live feed of what’s actually happening, typing furiously. There is little conversation, but plenty of coffee. A tray of danishes sits nearly empty on a table at the front of the room. They do not share in the excitement bubbling on the other side of the wall. They’ve seen this before. “Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States.” Although he’s nearly consumed by the crowd, it’s clear that Obama is in the room. Standing under the lights, he looks just like he does on TV. It’s actually sort of surreal.
Basking in the afterglow
As Obama steps offstage, it’s like hitting rewind on a VCR and watching the entrance played back in reverse. The crowd jumps to their feet. There is applause and cheering. continues on p. 10
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all of Obama’s signature policies, and two years ago railed against Obama the candidate for not wearing an American flag pin during the campaign (Kingston wasn’t wearing one either when he made the remark). He’s smiling. This is politics. Although Georgia is a “Red State,” the Savannah area remains slightly left of center, just the way Pinkie Masters wanted it. It seems a shame in this one liberal enclave, where Obama’s victory meant so much politically and racially, that the entitled few are the ones who made it through the door to see the man in person.
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Unlike the first time around, now there is rapturous elbowing for position. Some of the chosen few will get a handshake. They might be healed. “I got to touch him,� says one local elected official who has survived the stampede and made his way to the back of the room. There’s no denying Obama’s rock star qualities. He’s an engaging speaker who manages to tread the thin line between personable and academic. He is the smartest Everyman. “He’s energizing,� says a passerby. The itinerary for today is tight, and Obama can’t stick around long afterward, but at one point the room seems ready to start chanting encore. Some members of the media begin collecting quotes from other politicians in the room. Others record their closing remarks and recap all that they have just seen. Finally certain that Obama will not reappear on stage and perform “Freebird,� the audience begins to filter out toward the parking lot to wait in the procession of cars that will take them back to the day already in progress.
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A few miles away from Savannah Tech, I sit alone in a restaurant eating lunch. There’s no sign the president is visiting today. There’s no news on, and the conversation around me wanders from Ultimate Fighting to the preferred dipping sauce for fried okra. The president is at Mrs. Wilkes eating a proper Southern lunch and joking to a room full of reporters and cameras not to tell Michelle about the fried chicken or mac ‘n’ cheese. She’s campaigning against obesity, and after a physical
yesterday, the whole country knows Obama’s cholesterol is higher than it should be. It’s clear to everyone involved that this meal will get more coverage than his speech. You can turn on the TV and watch the president deliver a speech, but you can’t understand how much of a circus the whole thing is until you’ve been there. Seeing this on TV is like looking through the peephole of a hotel door and saying you’ve seen the hallway. I’m stuck thinking about the crowd, and how many people would have liked to have seen the president today. Most of them were absent. When he was elected, Obama was his own kind of stimulus for Savannah. He gave kids hope that they really could grow up to be anything they wanted. He gave old folks faith that the struggles of the Civil Rights era had indeed paid dividends. He also drove merchandise sales at every shop and road side stand peddling T–shirts and assorted commemorative items with his face on them. But what does he owe the average person? What does he owe the volunteers who gave up their lives for a few weeks or months to help him get elected? Maybe nothing, but doesn’t he work for “We the People?â€? Shouldn’t he meet with the shareholders, not just the board members? Very few of those folks were in attendance. Most of the ones that were had to stand beyond the security perimeter, braving the cold and the rain while the business leaders, union members, lobbyists and politicians sat inside. It can’t be ignored, because it seems too much like a metaphor for how the federal government works these days. csÂ
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FAQs about St. Patrick’s Day
Frequently asked questions regarding Savannah’s biggest celebration by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com
How do I get breaking public safety news during the St. Patrick’s Day celebration? Follow the City of Savannah on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cityofsavannah. You can just walk around and drink in Savannah? That’s so awesome. Yes, “to–go cups” are one of the most civilized and enlightened things about our fair city. Anyone 21 or over can legally walk around with an open container of the alcoholic beverage of their choice, provided the cup is styrofoam or plastic and not over 16 ounces. Seriously? Anywhere? Well, not really. To–go cups are allowed in the “festival area” of Savannah, which for the purposes of St. Patrick’s Day is north of Jones Street, east of Boundary Street and MLK Jr. Boulevard, and west of East Broad Street. That includes most all of downtown. I can stake out a good parade–watching spot on the square a few days before the parade, right?
No. Parade-watchers will be allowed to set up AFTER 6 a.m. March 17. Tents up to 10x10 are allowed, as are tables and coolers. Everything must be taken down by 6 p.m. the same day. No grills or BBQs allowed at any time. I just found a great parking spot. Can I just take that bag thingie off the meter? Sure, if you want your car towed. The bags indicate parking spaces that are off limits due to the parade route. To retrieve a towed car, you must first get a release form from police HQ at 201 Habersham Streets. Proof of ownership is required. Find more parking info on page 16. Who are all those dudes in the tacky green jackets and why are they marching in the parade? Those are members of various local Irish societies, such as the Hibernians and Sinn Fein, along with their family members. They haven’t always marched — the tradition was revived in the 1980s after a long hiatus. Is River Street totally accessible to the public? How do they card people?
River Street won’t have gated entrances this year, as in years past, so it’s totally accessible. However, to drink alcohol outside or in River Street businesses you must have an approved wristband indicating you’re 21 or over. They cost $5 and are sold at kiosks and businesses. Is it a good idea to bring small children to River Street after the parade? No, but they’re certainly allowed. After the parade and on into the night the vibe on River Street is clearly geared toward adults. Trust us on this. D’oh! I lost my kid. What do I do? Lost children will be taken to police headquarters at 201 Habersham St. Dude, my beer–drinking Frisbee dog is so going to love River Street. No dogs, regardless of how cute, are allowed on River Street during the St. Patrick’s celebration March 16–17. Wow, I drank a lot of green beer in to–go cups and now I really have to pee. Where can I go? Our city tax dollars have provided over 350 portable toilets along the parade route and River Street. You’re welcome!
No worries, I’ll just whip it out right here on the sidewalk. No. Don’t. We live on these streets. Our police are extraordinarily sensitive to public urination and arrest dozens of people every year for this offense. Anyone charged with a felony or misdemeanor will be processed on scene and transported to the Chatham County Detention Center, 1050 Carl Griffin Dr., off Chatham Parkway, (912) 652–7700. I do a little MMA, I’ve had a few drinks, I’m feelin’ pretty good, and now I wanna take on a couple of local cops. Piece of cake, right? Every year at this time, young guys come into town, get drunk and want to square off with our local police. Let’s put it this way: If you blink, you’ll miss the fight. See info above on where the Detention Center is located so somebody can come bail your dumb ass out of jail. Can I call it “St. Patty’s Day?” We’d rather you not. Patty is a girl’s name. At least call it “St. Paddy’s Day” since that’s the proper Irish nickname. How about “St. Pat’s?” Whatever.
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St. Patrick’s Day Transportation Info Chatham Area Transit Shuttle NOTE: Shuttle Service will NOT operate from the Oglethorpe Mall as in years past. However, the 14 Abercorn and 27 Waters buses will travel on their usual routes downtown from Oglethorpe Mall. From 9 a.m.–11 a.m., Chatham Area Transit (CAT) will provide a round–trip shuttle service to the parade leaving from the: • Westside at the Westside Shopping Center on Hwy 80 in Garden City; • Eastside at the Island Towne Centre on Whitemarsh Island; • Southside at the Savannah Mall near the carousel in the rear. Parade patrons may park at these locations and ride shuttles downtown. Shuttles will begin return trips from the parade from noon–3 p.m. Passengers riding the Eastside Shuttle will be dropped off and picked up downtown at Oglethorpe and Price Streets. It will return to Island Towne Centre. Passengers riding the Westside and Southside shuttles will be dropped off and picked up at the Visitors’ Center at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Westside Shuttle will return to Westside Shopping Center and Southside Shuttle will return to Savannah Mall. After 3 p.m., shuttle patrons can return to their cars via CAT’s fixed routes: 3A and 3B routes will return within a block of Westside Shopping Center. The 10 East Savannah and 24 Savannah State/Wilmington Island routes will return to the Island Towne Centre. The 14 Abercorn will return to the Savannah Mall. Cost: A $3 fare pass provides a ride to the parade and a return trip. Exact change is strongly encouraged. Passes may be purchased in advance at CAT’s main office, 900 East Gwinnett St. or CAT Central, 124 Bull St.
Parking Garages City parking garages are open as follows March 16-17. Bryan Street Garage (Bryan & Abercorn streets): 24 hours a day State Street Garage (State & Aber-
corn): 5 a.m.–1 a.m., and 5 a.m.–5 a.m. Thursday morning Robinson Garage (York & Montgomery): 24 hours a day Liberty Street Garage (Liberty & Montgomery): 5 a.m.–1 a.m., 5 a.m.–5 a.m. Thursday morning Whitaker Street Garage (between Bay & Bryan): 24 hours a day Cost: Whitaker Street Garage $15, all others $10. Monthly contract parkers are guaranteed a parking space until 8 a.m. Wed., March 17. At State Street and Liberty Street Garages access only for retrieving vehicles 1–5 a.m. Wednesday. Vehicle entry to these garages prohibited during same hours.
Visitor Center Parking This lot on MLK Jr. Boulevard is open for parking at 6 a.m. on Wednesday March 17. Very limited RV parking available. Fee is $10.
On–street Parking Parking prohibited in parade marshalling areas and parade route. Parking meters in these areas will be bagged the night before. Areas without parking meters will be barricaded. Vehicles in prohibited zones will be towed beginning 6 a.m. Wednesday March 17. Available on–street, metered parking will be free all day Wednesday the 17th.
Parking at Savannah International Trade & Convention Center Parking for the Parade is available at the Trade Center 7 a.m.–3 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. A fee of $10 per vehicle includes a round trip on the water ferry for all passengers. NOTE: The Trade Center Parking Lot will NOT admit vehicles after 3 p.m. on Wednesday March 17. The water ferry will continue to run until midnight for the convenience of Trade Center and Westin guests. cs — Source: www.savannahga.gov/
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There’s more to St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah than drunkenness and debauchery – although, let’s be honest, that’s certainly a big part of the draw. On March 17, when America’s second–largest St. Patrick’s parade takes over downtown Savannah, the city’s population swells by several hundred thousand. The beer will flow like wine, the streets will be wall–to–wall with papier mache, and everything in sight – from the statue of Casimir Pulaski to the Mercer House to that Connect Savannah box on the corner – will be tinted a sweet emerald green. At least, it’ll seem that way. After the parade, the Savannah Riverfront Association wants every person it can muster to meander over, spend some money with River Street merchants, take some photos, maybe have a brewski or two. Now, of course quaffing is not a requirement at the event the association calls St. Pat’s on the River. You can go to check out the music, which starts at 2 on the Riverwalk. Here’s the lineup, starting at 2 p.m. Wednesday (that’s the 17th, and things get kicking just after the parade winds down): High Velocity (2 p.m.), Hazzard County (6 p.m.), and Liquid Ginger (celebrating their 10th anniversary
together at 10 p.m.). Bands at 4 and 8 p.m. are yet to be announced. There’ll also be Karaoke, DJs and “at least one mechanical bull.” Yes, admission is free.
Celtic Nights The star of Jury’s Ireland Cabaret in Dublin, singer/comic Tony Kenny is one of the land o’green’s most consistently successful exports: He tours the States every year as a sort of emerald emissary – he’s what used to be known as a “song and dance man” – and his shows are the sort of singing, dancing and fiddling extravaganzas that America has come to love (think Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Celtic this and Celtic that ... you get the idea). With the Dublin City Dancers and Irish comic Joe Cuddy, Tony Kenny’s Celtic Nights revue touches down at Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 12. Tickets are $35 at (912) 598–0151
Tara Feis Tara Feis, as you’ll read elsewhere in this issue, is a family–friendly day of celebrating the Irish. It begins at 11 a.m. Saturday (May 13) at Emmet Park, on the east end of Bay Street, and it’s free.
St. Pat’s Pops Savannah Philharmonic conductor Peter Shannon, an Irishman if ever there was, directs “St. Pat’s Pops,” featuring a small band and members of the Savannah Philharmonic Chorus, at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 13 at the Trustees Theater. Tickets range from $10–$30. The centerpiece, though, is a 10– member contingent of traditional Irish musicians – fiddle, flute, Uilleann pipes, bodhran and the like – coming over from the music school at the Dublin Institute of Technology, on a grant from Cultural Ireland. Four of their instructors will play, too, including guitarist
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John Feeley, described by Shannon as “the Eric Clapton of traditional Irish music.” This group – calling itself the Irish Traditional Music Ensemble – starts its
week in the Hostess City by playing a 12:30 p.m. concert Wednesday (March 10) in the Jepson Center’s Eckberg Auditorium. Admission is free.
Downtown will be bustin’ out all over with good rockin’ bands, as the sidewalks swell with visitors, thrillseekers and the curious. Here’s the lineup for the two City Market stages, all day on Tuesday and Wednesday. March 16 and 17: Catch the Caleb & Bo Show, High Velocity, Mcfly, Soulfish and Liquid Ginger. CS
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Saturday’s St. Pat’s Pops program will alternate between American pop songs performed by the chorus (“Uptown Girl,” “California Dreaming” et cetera) and jugs and reels from the young Irish players. “It’s sort of a quasi–face–off between traditional Irish music and American rock,” says Shannon, who also says he’s not yet certain how it’s all going to play out onstage. “We just want to have a bit of fun,” he explains. “It’s gonna be an amazing night.” (By the way, Harry O’Donoghue – fresh off his afternoon appearance at the Tara Feis celebration – will be a part of this show, too.)
Along with the lovely and talented Celtic performer Cathie Ryan and her band, the Tara Feis entertainment lineup includes Savannah’s own Harry O’Donoghue, pub singer Frank Emerson’s “Tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces,” the Irish Dancers of Savannah, performers from the Glor na h’Eireann Irish Dance School, a magician and a puppet show. Admission is free.
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This year’s 19th annual Tara Feis event, held Saturday, March 13, is sponsored by the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs. It was “originally started because the community felt that there wasn’t an event specifically for families celebrating St. Patrick’s Day,” says Eileen Baker, director of Cultural Affairs. This alcohol–free event “was created to provide cultural entertainment and a little bit of education surrounding the religious and social customs of St. Patrick’s Day,” Baker continues. Tara Feis brings an estimated 20,000 people to Emmet Park. Bernadette Winters, organizer of the event, explains the significance of the location: “Emmet Park is the site of the Celtic Cross Monument, which used to be where the Irish who lived near what is today Bay Street used to play. They
would gather there and play ball; they called it the Irish green,” she says. The park is named after Robert Emmet, an Irish patriot. “It is sort of like a home turf for the Irish community in Savannah. I’m delighted that this is where we have established the event. The park has so much historical significance relating to this event.” Tara Feis is completely free, other than concessions and T–shirts, and open to the public. There are a variety of activities planned that will be fun for the entire family. (See our interview with musical headliner Cathie Ryan in this issue.) “There are no vendors at Tara Feis,” explains Winters. “There are rides and carnival food like popcorn and cotton candy available through Fun Time Entertainment. The only thing sold besides food is the T–shirt for the festival.” There are also craft booths and face painting stations. This year an Irish street theatre will perform. It’s a non–alcoholic festival and a day for families. “We also have two Irish dance schools from Savannah performing on the main stage. We will also have a
children’s stage set up where the Irish dancers will dance, as well,” says Winters. “There will also be puppet shows and magic tricks performed on this stage. We try to gear all of the activities towards Irish history or culture in order to teach something about the traditions of the Irish.” Winters has organized the event since its creation 19 years ago. She describes the process of organizing an event such as this: “This being our 19th year, we have gotten the organization down to a fine art. The people on the Tara Feis committee work closely with the Department of Cultural Affairs,” she says. “We have our headline entertainment, this year’s Cathie Ryan, booked a year in advance. Harry O’Donoghue, who works closely with me, has connections in the music community and is very well known himself for his Irish music. His connections are helpful. We have the same basic format for the event every year.” Winters also discussed the evolution of the event, the original vision for it, and what it has become today. One aspect of the event that is hugely popular is the Irish dancing. “The Irish dancing
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Irish dancing by local groups, says Tara Feis organizer Bernadette Winters, has become “a wonderful part of the festival,” bringing families to Tara Feis.
came to be as big of an attraction as it is today when the Irish dance schools first started. Once they came into being, we included them in the festival,” she mentions. “Our intentions when we first started, actually the city, wanted to put on a festival, but didn’t have the personnel to do so. That’s how I initially got involved. We started with just having locals perform, and the event wasn’t as big. It continues to grow, and we continue to get more funding from the city,” Winters says. “The dance schools have become a wonderful part of the festival. They bring so many people and have so many children involved. That’s really what this is all about, the children. It’s all done so that our children will grow up with the Irish traditions and keep in touch with their Irish roots.” Baker explains Tara Feis’ effect on the community: “First of all, it allows our parks to be used by the public,” she says. “It is free and provides quality entertainment to the public. It seems to enliven the community.” The event seems to get a lot of positive feedback from the community. “It’s gotten to be something that people who grew up in Savannah, but left, come back for because they can bring their family to it,” says Winters. “The response from the community has been wonderful. I think that’s because, no credit to me or anyone else, it’s the people themselves that make this festival so nice. They just enjoy coming out and being together,” she says. CS
Tara Feis Full Schedule When: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat. March 13 Where: Emmet Park (east end of Bay Street) Cost: Free and open to the public Schedule: Main Stage 11:00 a.m. Opening Ceremony 11:30 a.m. Glor na h’Eireann Irish Dance School 12:00 p.m. Harry O’Donoghue 1:00 p.m. The Cathie Ryan Band 2:15 p.m. Frank Emerson (A Tribute to the US Armed Forces) 2:30 p.m Meet The Cathie Ryan Band (autograph signing at the ticket tent) 2:50 p.m. Irish Dancers of Savannah 3:25 p.m. Harry O’Donoghue 4:00 p.m. The Cathie Ryan Band 4:55 p.m. Closing Remarks Children’s Stage 11:30 a.m. Irish Dancers of Savannah 12:15 p.m. Conrad Hartz Puppet Show 12:45 p.m. Batt Burns, Seanachie (Irish storyteller) 1:15 p.m. Sean Driscoll (storymaker) 1:45 p.m. Conrad Hartz Puppet Show 2:15 p.m. Sean Driscoll (story maker) 2:45 p.m. Glor na h’Eireann Irish Dance School 3:30 p.m. Batt Burns, Seanachie (Irish storyteller) 4:00 p.m. Last Fling (dancers from both Irish Dance Schools) 4:30 p.m. Stage closed
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Center: James B. Blackburn Jr. & James B. Blackburn III, 1995. Clockwise from left: Michael Foran, Paul Mulcair, Dennis Counihan & Sherrill Poulnot (2000); the late Judge George Oliver, David Jones & Jay Blackburn with son James (1993); Saxby Chambliss, Brianna Foran, Ocie Welch & Jack Kingston (2009); Joe Joe Foran, now age seven (2009)
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In Savannah, hearty St. Patrick’s Day breakfast parties are as much a tradition as wearing green blazers and kissing soldiers in the parade. Good food, fellowship, and the occasional adult beverage are the order of the day for longstanding parties with decades of history behind them. “It’s like a big reunion,” says Michael Foran, co–host with Jay Blackburn of a nearly 40–year–old party held downtown. “It’s every walk of life. The Citadel boys come. You’ll have Shriners there. All of our high school classmates, professors at the University of Georgia, people who work on Wall Street. I meet new people every year.” With the annual parade starting promptly at 10:15 a.m., it’s the early bird that gets the green grits, cheese biscuits, corned beef hash, and pancakes at
breakfast celebrations across the city. Start times of 7 a.m. are common. For the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee and Adjutant Staff, their private breakfast begins at 6 a.m. “All 800 members of the parade committee will be there,” says Foran, the committee’s Vice Chairman. He’ll attend the official breakfast before heading to his own party near the start of the parade route. Foran and Blackburn hosted their first official “Crack o’ Dawn Breakfast,”
in 1979 at Blackburn’s newly purchased apartment downtown, expanding on a tradition that Foran and Blackburn’s brother started during their high school days. “Around the beginning of March 1979, Michael said to me ‘You know we’ve been doing this Crack o’ Dawn party. Why don’t we move it to your place?” says Blackburn. Early that St. Patrick’s Day morning, “I went to the door and there were a bunch of Irishmen standing there wanting to know where was the tap to the keg,” says Blackburn. “And that was all it was, the keg on the back porch. From there, each year we sorta added something.” Those “added somethings” have evolved into a six–week preparation period each winter. Next week the hosts
expect 400–600 guests will gather at that apartment building and an adjacent vacant lot (still owned by Blackburn) a few blocks from the beginning of the parade route. Tents and tables are set up and a catering crew dishes out green grits, ham, ten to fifteen gallons of bloody mary mix, ten gallons of screwdrivers, five gallons of orange juice. For one of the first parties, Blackburn’s grandmother made “a few dozen” of her signature cheese biscuits. “They went real quick. The next year she started in January making them and freezing them, so we had several hundred,” says Blackburn. After her death, the hosts tried each March to find cheese biscuits that compared to Blackburn’s grandmother’s recipe. A few years ago Foran’s daughter, Brianna, staffer for U.S. Representative
Across town at her home near Bonaventure, Pat Gallagher will be “receiving anytime after seven o’clock,” on St. Patrick’s Day morning. “I kick everybody out, rain or shine, at nine so we can get downtown to see the parade.” Gallagher’s nearly 30–year tradition is a gathering of 30 or 40 guests, mostly friends who return each year from Savannah or out of town. “I have people from as far as Ohio and Philadelphia that come to this party.” “The first one was downtown on Jones Street, and it’s moved to different locations as I’ve moved. Once I got it started and did it two years in a row everyone said, ‘Oh, Pat’s doing it again.’” Gallagher shares the cooking responsibilities with her local guests. “I make the eggs. I have staples I try to assign, and then I take whatever they bring me. The beverage menu consists of mimosas, Bloody Mary’s and ”coffee. You’ve gotta get those people alive and awake.” Along the parade route, the youth group at Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church has been serving pancakes beginning at 7 a.m. for at least fifteen years, says Joe Harwell, Minister of Youth/College at the Abercorn Street church. “Our kids spend the night in the church. We get up around 5:30 and start preparing.” Adult volunteers do the cooking, while the middle and high school youth are in charge of night–before and early morning prep work and St. Patrick’s Day table service. Over the last couple of years, they’ve served between 600
and 800 people. A welcome recent addition to the equipment at Wesley is a commercial size coffee maker “that can brew in 3 to 5 minutes. We will probably have five to ten gallons of coffee ready when people get there and then start making more and more and more,” says Harwell. “Before, we had coffee makers set up all over the church, and transferred them back to the fellowship hall.” The Wesley pancake breakfast is an alcohol–free event. Last St. Patrick’s Day was the first year serving breakfast at the Thunderbird Inn, the restored mid–century motel on West Oglethorpe Avenue. General Manager Mark Thomas will be serving homemade corned beef, scrambled eggs and grits prepared on a “portable catering kitchen” in the parking lot of the facility. “Krispy Kreme is donating a few festive doughnuts, and Moon Pie is sending down a new mint moon pie” for giveaways. As part of Thunderbird Inn’s nightly turndown service, they place Moon Pies on guests’ pillows instead of the more traditional chocolate candy. “We charge three dollars for breakfast, and I give a dollar of that to the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum,” says Thomas. “I love the history, and it definitely fits in with the whole southern retro that the hotel tries to exude.” Those who want more than orange juice and coffee to drink are encouraged to BYOB. I like to cook and I like to feed people,“ Thomas says. ”It’s the ultimate form of Southern hospitality.” cs Open–to–the–public breakfasts Thunderbird Inn, 611 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Breakfast in the parking lot, 7:00 a.m. Menu: Scrambled eggs, corned beef hash, grits with bacon, biscuits, orange juice and coffee. Cost: $3 per person. Bring your own chair. Benefits: A portion of the proceeds are donated to the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum. Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn St. Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall, 7 a.m. until about 10:30 a.m. Menu: Pancakes, bacon, orange juice and coffee. Dine in or take out. Cost: $5 adults, $2.50 children. Benefits: Wesley Monumental’s 2010 Youth Mission Trips.
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Jack Kingston on a work trip to Jesup “discovered a restaurant ... who made cheese biscuits that are the closest we’ve found,” says Blackburn. This week, Brianna or a friend will pick up 1000 biscuits in Jesup and deliver them for the breakfast. Brianna’s boss is one of dozens of politicians that have stopped by the downtown party. “We’ve had congressmen, mayors, council members, county commission chairmen, judges, the secretary of state, all types of candidates,” says Blackburn. “One year this fellow invited himself right up and said he was running for governor. Damn if it wasn’t Sonny Perdue. It was before the Republican primary and there were a lot of candidates. I’ve felt like writing him and saying, ‘You crashed the party when you were a candidate, why don’t you come back now that you’re governor?’”
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A woman got into a fight with her now ex–girlfriend. They were roommates until the suspect moved out after another argument.
The complainant said that when she arrived at the apartment today the back door had been forced open, bleach had been poured all over the floor and her clothing, the kitchen sink and been stopped up and left running and all the food in the refrigerator had been pulled out and thrown on the floor. Earlier the same day, the suspect had apparently poured oil all over the inside of the complainant’s car as well. The officer noted that he immediately smelled a strong odor of bleach, noticed bleach stains in the carpet and saw the food on the kitchen floor. The woman reported that there was also about $3,000 worth of clothes missing from the apartment. A set of muddy footprints lead
from the complainant’s apartment to the suspect’s apartment. The officer knocked on the door, but there was no answer. The ex–girlfriend had an outstanding warrant through the Recorder’s Court according to the Sheriff ’s website. The apartment was placed on the forensics list. • Police were called in regard to a fight that was about to break out involving three females and two males in someone’s front yard. One of the women was reported to have a baseball bat. When officers arrived they spoke with a man and woman who said they had been involved in the incident. The woman is self–employed as a hairdresser. She was working on a client’s hair until about midnight the night before. The client then asked if they could finish it in the morning. They spoke several times in the morning to arrange a time to finish the hair. The client left her a message saying she’d be there at 12:30 p.m. but the hairdresser wasn’t home at the time because she was helping her sick mother with some shopping. She arrived home at 1:00 p.m. and when she pulled into the driveway the client pulled up behind her, jumped out of the car and began yelling.
The woman asked the client to please lower her voice, to which she replied, “Don’t tell me how to motherfuckin’ talk.” She then hit the car and began to grab at the door handle. At this point, the hairdresser’s friend got out of the car and told her not to mess with the car. The client walked back to her car and was given a baseball bat by her mother. A male suspect in the client’s car got out and began to yell at the hairdresser’s male companion, telling him “Don’t touch my girl,” and “Don’t be disrespecting her.” Then the client’s mom got out of the car and “bowed up.” After more yelling, the suspects drove away. Crisis averted. • An Asset Protection Officer at an eastside department store stopped a woman from stealing $146.15 worth of hygiene and cosmetic products last week. The woman was walking through the hygiene section of the store, selected several items and then began to walk toward another part of the store. The Investigation Special-
ist contacted the officer who then engaged in surveillance of the woman. After walking through two other sections, she ducked into the toy aisle and stuffed a bunch of stuff into her purse. She then went and paid for several items, and tried to exit the store without paying for the merchandise she concealed in her bag. • A man showed up at a precinct to report that he and his partner had gotten into a disagreement and the suspect threatened to damage his reputation, and then said he would have someone physically harm him. The complainant said his partner had begun calling the complainant’s supervisor at work and telling him things about using the company website to solicit adult activities. He stated the suspect is abusing drugs and is bi–polar. They no longer live together. cs Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020
What’s the Straight Dope on radiation hormesis? From what I understand, this hypothesis rejects the current wisdom that if a lot of radiation is very bad, a little bit of radiation is at least somewhat bad. These folks claim a little bit of radiation might actually be good. Sound science or voodoo? — harriswillys You know me. I think it’s voodoo. But this is one wacky-sounding theory we can’t completely rule out. Hormesis is when limited exposure to something that’s generally harmful produces beneficial effects. Scientists have found many examples of this. One of the better known is fluoride: high doses are toxic, minute amounts prevent tooth decay. Other reported cases: mice exposed to dioxins show fewer cancers than normal at small doses, peppermint plants do better with a touch of herbicide, and fleas produce more offspring after exposure to the toxic heavy metal cadmium. High doses of radiation cause cancer, of course, but some research suggests low doses may prevent it. The idea is that low-level ionizing radiation stimulates the body’s defense mechanisms, triggering protective processes that kill off precancerous cells and prevent cancers. That’s the reverse of the conventional wisdom, known as the linear no-threshold model, which holds that any exposure to radiation is potentially harmful. Radium water tonics and such were sold in the 1920s as cures for all manner of ailments but were dismissed as quackery. Though a few researchers began took another look in the ‘70s, only in the last decade or so has the idea of radiation hormesis attracted wide attention. A 2004 study claimed more than 10,000 Taiwanese accidentally exposed for a decade or more to radioactive recycled steel used in building construction showed much lower than expected rates of cancer and congenital heart defects. The cancer rate, for example,
was 3.5 cases per 100,000, compared to a normal 116—this despite the fact that they’d gotten a pretty stiff dose of radiation, more than 1,000 times normal. A follow-up study clarified that while cancer risk declined overall, incidence of leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and thyroid cancer went up. The radioactive gas radon has also attracted attention for possible low-level benefits. A decay product of radium, radon can accumulate in buildings and in sufficiently high concentration is a leading cause of lung cancer. However, a 2008 study of residential radon in Massachusetts found that people who’d experienced modest radon exposure had noticeably less cancer than those with little or no exposure. Due to obvious risks, most hormesis research has been conducted on animals. Some researchers claim perhaps 40 percent of animal studies show some radiation hormesis, typically conferring protection against cancer. Critics claim these studies typically focus on a narrow range of possible cancers using short-lived animals over a brief period of time, and thus don’t tell you much. Though laboratory studies of low-level radiation on humans are rare, some work has been done with human tissue samples. One study found human tissue exposed to low-level radiation and then given a high dose of X-rays showed less DNA damage than would be expected after the X-rays alone. On the other hand, a study comparing two groups of people in China, one receiving three to four times as much background radiation as the other, found no differences in cancer rates. Then again, radiation levels were so low that the expected difference was only around 1 to 2 percent. In short, research to date has been inconclusive—par for the course on cutting-edge topics. For now, bodies such as the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation and the National Academy of Sciences are sticking with the assumption that there’s no minimum safe level of radiation. My guess is that even if radiation hormesis turns out to be real, you’ll solve some problems at the expense of making others worse. Suppose you’re the surgeon general and a blue-ribbon panel tells you a modest dose of goboomium in the water supply will reduce most cancers while increasing leukemia, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and thyroid cancer. What do you recommend? cs By cecil adams Comments, questions? Take it up with Cecil at straightdope.com.
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of the Swedish Parliament, said he has always campaigned as someone who does not take gifts from those he is responsible for regulating, but he was called out by the newspaper Aftonbladet in February for having accepted a free travel holiday from an airline. Federley denied that “he” accepted the trip. He reminded reporters that he is a notorious, flamboyant cross-dresser, and thus that it was his alter-ego “Ursula” who received the free holiday.
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In February, the trade group Mortgage Bankers Association announced the sale of its Washington, D.C., headquarters for $41 million. The association had purchased the building in 2007, at the peak of the real estate bubble, for $79 million.
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• Craig Show, 49, filed a lawsuit in January against the Idaho State Police and the Bonner County Sheriff ’s Office, • At first, Rev. Fred Armfield’s arrest demanding compensation following for patronizing a prostitute in Greenhis DUI arrest in August. Show said wood, S.C., in January looked unconthe cops had seized a “medicine bag” troversial, with Armfield allegedly conon his motorcycle and, in opening it fessing that he had bargained Melinda for inspection, permitted the “mystical “Truck Stop” Robinson down from $10 powers” inside to escape. The bag was to $5 for oral sex. Several days later, blessed by a “medicine woman” in 1995 however, Armfield formally disputed and, Show said, had been unopened the arrest, calling himself a “descendant since then. of the original Moro-Pithecus Disoch, • Sabrina Medina filed a lawsuit Kenyapithecus and Afro Pithecus,” against the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Rea “living flesh and blood being with sovsort in Hawaii in January, claiming that ereign status,” and someone who, based an employee had caused her husband’s on his character and community standdeath. The late Humberto Murillo had ing, should not be prosecuted. Also, he swiped two 12-packs of beer from a claimed that any payment to “Truck store at the resort, but the manager Stop” with Federal Reserve Notes did pursued and confronted him. Murillo not legally constitute a purchase since started punching, and bystanders came such notes are not lawful money. to the manager’s aid, restrained Murillo • Lame: (1) Glenn Armstrong, 47, and held him down. Murillo, who was had a defense ready when police acbipolar and had marijuana in his syscused him of taking restroom phototem, passed out and asphyxiated. graphs of boys in Brisbane, Australia, • Clumsy: (1) Teacher Karen Holin January. He said he was having lander filed a lawsuit in November an ongoing debate with his wife against the New York City and was gathering proof that Department of Education after most boys are not circumtaking a fall on “slippery foreign cised. (2) Sheriff ’s deputies in erin go substances, ” including condoms, Austin, Texas, arrested Anthony bragh! on the floor at the High School Gigliotti, 17, after complaints of Art & Design. Since schools that the teen was annoydistribute condoms on caming women by following pus, she said, the department them around in public and is responsible when students snapping photographs of their open them and discard them clothed body parts. Gigliotti told during the lunch period, littering one deputy that he needed the the floor. (2) Anthony Avery, 72, a photos because the sex education retired insurance underwriter, filed at his Lake Travis High School a lawsuit in December against the was inadequate. exclusive Rye Golf Club in East • Fredrick Federley, a member
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• Human Rights Law: Iraqi immigrant Laith Alani murdered two doctors in a British hospital in 1990 and has been confined to mental facilities ever since, taking clozapine to control his schizophrenia. Since Alani is not a citizen, the government has sought deportation, but in January the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled that that would violate Alani’s “human rights.” Only the British hospitals, reasoned the judges, can guarantee that Alani will receive uninterrupted clozapine, without which he would become dangerous to himself and to others (that is, fellow Iraqis, after repatriation). • Orthodox Jewish Law: Israel Elias and his then-wife Susan Zirkin were divorced under British law in 1962, but Zirkin has been unable to remarry since then because Orthodox Jewish law does not recognize divorce unless the husband grants the wife a “get,” and Elias has refused. Within the Orthodox community, Zirkin would have been shunned had she remarried, as would any children she had. A few rabbis try to work around the system, but their attempts are not widely accepted. Zirkin, now 73, was believed to be the world’s longest-standing “chained” wife, but in February, after 37 years, she became a free woman. Elias passed away, and the “get” is no longer necessary.
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(1) Myesha Williams, 20, and a friend walked in to the police station in DeLand, Fla., in January and demanded to know why their photos appeared in local crime news on TV. Following questioning, police decided Williams was the woman on their surveillance video robbing a beauty shop and arrested her (but since Williams’ friend had left before the robbery, she was not charged). (2) The burglar who stole already-filled prescription orders from the West Main Pharmacy in Medford, Ore., in January limited his take to the pickup-ready packages filed under “O.” Police guessed that the burglar must have been after the commonly stolen “oxycodone” and was unaware that outgoing prescriptions are filed by customers’ last names, not their medications. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE
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We have four chances this week to catch this Boston–based roots–reggae band. The singer, songwriter and guitar player is, of course, the one and only Tubby Love, a native and longtime resident of Savannah who’s currently in his last semester at the Berklee School of Music in Beantown, studying songwriting. “I threw a group together, and we all moved into a sweet four–story house,” he tells me. “But that band is now ever–changing. I’m actually in an eight piece dub reggae band called Buffalo Soul. We’ve been bustin’ and grinding, opening for amazing acts. And some of the guys from Buffalo Soul are playing with me Tubby Love when I come down south. But everybody down there knows the name Tubby Love, so we’re going with that.” It’s Spring Break at Berklee, and T.L.’s trip home is tied in with a workshop/ retreat called Songwriter’s Soul Kitchen in McRae, Ga. “You go, and you hang all week long, there’s a bunch of studios set up and you record, you write and you meet new people. And you eat awesome soul food.” Listen & learn: www. myspace.com/tu33ylove (that’s not a typo). At 10 p.m. Thursday, March 11 at the Rock House Tybee, 1518 Butler Ave. At 10 p.m. Friday, March 12 at Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. At 10 p.m. Saturday, March 13 at Loco’s, 301 W. Broughton St. (with Domino Effect). At 9 p.m. Sunday, March 14 at Huc–a–Poos, 1213 E. Highway 80, Tybee Island.
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In classical music, there is a time, a place and a score for everything. Just as listening to a full symphony orchestra can be a sumptuous aural banquet, the music of a string quartet – chamber music at its most simple and elegant – is the equivalent of a light lunch: A little here, a little there, not at all heavy on the sauces. Which leads us to Concertante, performing Friday, March 12 for the Savannah Concert Association. The New York–based ensemble is a string sextet – in other words, something in between, delivering (with nuance and delicacy) the greatest chamber music ever written. It’s not a sweet little quartet, and it’s not a fill–the–room orchestra. More of a tasty buffet. The six members of Concertante met as students at the Juilliard School of Music, and each enjoys a country dates for megastar Alan Jackson. That’s all in a day’s work for this South Carolina native, who made his Grand Ole Opry debut in 2001 and hasn’t looked back (he was formally inducted into that exclusive Nashville club two years ago). Turner’s had a trio of chart–topping singles – “Your Man,” “Would You Go With Me” and, just last month, “Why Don’t We Just Dance.” That song is from the album Haywire, which entered the Billboard chart at No. 2. In a genre where cookie–cutter baritones come and go like so much
career as a professional soloist. But it’s when they’re together that they make a sound the New York Times praises for its “intensity and sheer beauty.” The musicians are Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello; Ara Gregorian, violin and viola; Zvi Plesser, cello; Ittai Shapira, violin; Rachel Shapiro, viola; and Xiao– Dong Wang, violin. The Savannah program includes Richard Strauss, Capriccio, Op. 85; Dvorak String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 (1978); and Brahms String Sextet in B flat Major, Op. 18. Listen & learn: www.concertante.org. At 8 p.m. Friday, March 12 at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Tickets $12.50–$35 at www. scadboxoffice.com. CS
hay in the ol’ corral, this guy seems to have a lock on longevity. Listen & learn: www.joshturner. com. At 8 p.m. Thursday, March 11 in the Johnny Mercer Theatre, Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Tickets $27.50–$42.50 at www.etix.com.
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Four veteran troubadours talk about life in the pubs by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com
It’s a long, long way to Tipperary, particularly if you’re in the United States and trying to make a living as an Irish pub singer. But you do the best you can. Harry O’Donoghue, Frank Emerson, Carroll Brown and Gabriel Donohue are wandering troubadours. For years, they’ve traveled the country’s network of Irish pubs and restaurants and sang the songs of the Emerald Isle — of the troubles and the battles, the loves and the losses, the kings and the conquerors. The Pooka, the banshee and the fairy folk. While O’Donoghue alone makes his home in Savannah, all four members of this green quartet are regular performers at Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub, which has been on River Street just shy of 30 years. To a man, they say Kevin Barry’s is their favorite place to perform. “First of all, it’s not a sports bar, it’s a dedicated music listening room,” says Brown, a resident of Charleston who’s been a recurring guest at Barry’s for 16 years (each gig is a commitment for seven consecutive nights). “They will ask you to tone it down if you’re getting too chatty with your neighbor. The idea being, it’s a place to hear the tunes and to enjoy the evening. It’s a mini–concert.” Engaging the audience – making eye contact, making jokes – is essential for Irish pub singers. “Kevin Barry’s has two floors and four rooms, and there’s not a single television in the whole place,” Brown adds. “It’s Vic Power’s — the owner — theory that if live entertainment and good conversation, and a good choice of adult beverages is not enough for you, then you can go somewhere else.” Emerson lives in Wytheville, Va., and he began his stints at Barry’s in 1981, just after it opened. continues on p. 32
Regulars at Kevin Barry’s, clockwise from top: Frank Emerson, Harry O’Donoghue, Carroll Brown and Gabriel Donohue. Pub performing, says Donohue, is “part poetry and part humor - it’s a mixture of the music, the humor, the audience participation. A coming together of all those things.”
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“In some cases, the audience is not used to being given a show,” he says. “They’re used to background music. And the pub singers, the balladeers, we’re used to doing a show.” Still, Emerson perceives a country–wide shift away from interest in the old–style pub performances. “I think people’s politeness and courtesy has gone down with the advent of cell phones. I’ve had people sitting in the audience, and I see the lights of the cell phones – people are texting and talking all the time when I’m playing. And it’s enough to drive you a little bit nuts.” O’Donoghue, too, laments the rise of the sports bar and the decline of the good ol’ drinking–and–singing pub. “The Irish pubs as we knew them 15 or 20 years ago are a thing of the past,” he says. “They’re gone.” A native of Drogheda, on Ireland’s eastern shore, O’Donoghue worked as an electrician who strummed a bit o’guitar on the side. He began visiting the United States in 1980, and emigrated — to Savannah — seven years later. “I made my living for years working the Irish pubs around the country, from Houston to New Orleans to Los Angeles,“ O’Donoghue explains. “And they’re just not there any more. People don’t want to pay the money and expenses to get people like me. And back then, there were a lot more people like me, it seemed.”
Learning the trade What does it take — besides a gregarious personality, a talent for tall tales and a smooth tenor voice — to become an Irish pub performer? “If someone asked me,” Brown says, “I would say go out and buy a recording called The Makem–Clancy Collection. Some of the songs are for Irish freedom, and some are just frolicking Irish pub tunes. You just learn everything on that album, and then you grow your repertoire from there. “Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers are the ones who really set the standard for what we in the Irish pubs do here in this country. They literally were playing for Irish immigrants and their children, and Irish transplants and deportees. ”And onstage, the songs would just be rambunctious and fun. Some of them, of course, would bring a tear to your
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eye, and then they’d go back to another fun one. They kind of set the standard.” Donohue, born in County Galway, has been a musician for most of his life. In fact, he first visited Savannah — Kevin Barry’s, in particular — as a member of the Chieftains’ touring band. He believes the Irish are natural entertainers. “It’s inherited, I think, from our ancestors,” Donohue says. “It’s that hospitality thing that’s built into us. “We have to thank the Clancy Brothers for taking that Irish pub atmosphere onto the world stage, and allowing us to learn from that and do what they do: It’s part poetry and part humor — it’s a mixture of the music, the humor, the audience participation. A coming together of all those things.” In old Ireland, pub music tended to be in the corner, away from the lights. According to Donohue, it was the gradual influence of American folk and
traditional musicians that brought it onto the stage proper and made it a performance art. “The Clancy Brothers,” he explains, “learned a lot from Pete Seeger. He was one of the greats, and Woody Guthrie, of course. We learned from all those guys. The boat went both ways.” Engaging the audience, Brown says, “is just as much of a defense mechanism as anything — you talk to the audience so you get their attention. “In the Irish pubs, you stop everything and raise a glass, have a toast, and what it does is it stops everybody talking. They turn and look at you and you have their attention ... for about three minutes.” Brown’s first gig, outside of church or family get–togethers, was in 1974. The back–and–forth, he recalls, was something he developed over time. “When you’re a kid, you just sing your songs,” he says. With experience, of course, the rough edges are smoothed away. “Part of the profession that I learned is to check your emotions at the door,” explains O’Donoghue. “People don’t want to hear my woes when they’re on vacation. “Of course, sometimes they’re going to hear it anyway! “For me, the songs have become tools, or vehicles. And all I do now is drive that vehicle. And I’m so used to them now, they’ve become my allies. Two or three songs into the perfor-
These guys have known each other for years, from the pub circuit and Irish festivals. They all sell CDs — of standards, pub favorites and original tunes — on their respective Web sites. And O’Donohue, Emerson and Brown recorded an album together, A Christmas Postcard. Individually, they sometimes perform in Ireland, and every year O’Donoghue takes to the high seas, as the featured entertainer on Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Boston–to–Bermuda run. Their bread and butter, however, is going from coast to coast, from one Irish pub to the next. Such as they may be. “I tried a few other things before this, and this was the only thing I was moderately good at,â€? says Emerson. “And been lucky enough to make a living at, over 37 years now. “Going from job to job to job can get very tiring. I used to say ‘I drive for a living, and I get to play music at the end of the drive.’â€? The drive always ends happily when they roll up to Kevin Barry’s. “Vic,â€? Donohue enthuses, “is the aficionado of Irish pubs. Sometimes he knows more than the entertainers do about the music. He’s a dedicated Irish pub owner. He doesn’t try to take any of the shortcuts — even during the Super Bowl, there’s no TV there. It’s a relic of Irish history, when you go in there. “It’s just a great room to play in because the focus is on the stage. Most pubs you go into, the music is an afterthought. You get these corporate container pubs, we call them – they come over in containers from Ireland and get reconstructed over here. But there’s none of the love there, it’s all corporate and it’s very contrived.â€? Over his four decades as an entertainer, Emerson says, coming back to Vic Power’s club, with its simple, uncluttered dĂŠcor, wooden benches and dedicated listening room, is a treat. “We all thank our lucky stars for him. Thank God he stuck with it. I know for a fact that in the early days, there were weeks where he didn’t pay himself, so he could pay the band.â€? While Donahue isn’t scheduled to be back at Barry’s until May, the St. Patrick’s week finds O’Donoghue, Brown and Emerson performing — separately and in various configurations.
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In fact, all three of them will share the stage March 16 — the night before St. Patrick’s day proper. O’Donoghue, for his part, bristles at the suggestion that, for many, Irish entertainment begins and ends with St. Patrick’s Day. “A lot of people who are of that attitude are people who belong to Irish organizations,� he says. “They become so immersed, at this time of year, in all that they do, with their blessing of this and the greening of that, the St. Patrick’s Day traditions that they have, by the end of it they’re exhausted. And they’re done with it for a year. “It’s people that just dip their toe in the water that continually come back on a regular basis. They’re the ones who don’t typically go overboard for the whole month of March.� The decline in real pubs — the rising scarcity of opportunities for doing the job he loves so much — has made O’Donoghue wonder — just for a second – about hanging up his guitar and giving up his title of “Professional Irishman.� “Sometimes you think about that,� he muses. “You know, the grass is always greener.� CS
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For eight years, Cathie Ryan was a lead singer and bodhran player for Cherish the Ladies, an all–woman Celtic music group from New York City. She went out on her own in 1995, and has since established — and enforced — her own identity. The Chicago–based Irish American News named Ryan Irish Female Vocalist of the Decade; Billboard called her “enchanting.” And then there’s this famous endorsement from the Wall Street Journal, that go–to paper for advice on all things Celtic: “Anyone wondering what constitutes excellence in Irish American singing today need only attend a Cathie Ryan concert.” Heady praise indeed, but Ryan, who’ll perform at Saturday’s Tara Feis Celebration, is quick to give credit to the members of her touring band – Patsy O’Brien on guitar and vocals, fiddle and trumpet player Matt Mancuso and percussionist Brian Melick. Cathie Ryan was born and raised in Detroit, where her Irish immigrant father worked on the assembly line at General Motors.
You grew up the daughter of first generation Irish parents. Was this a case of ‘You can take the family out of Ireland, but you can’t take Ireland out of the family’? Cathie Ryan: The music was the soundtrack of my childhood. The house was always full of music – and thank God Johnny Cash and Creedence Clearwater got in there! The two Johnnys. We went to Ireland every summer, and my grandmother Ryan – like my father – was a singer. No TV. We would sit in the evenings and she would start singing and she’d take out the fiddle and play. The neighbors would come in and they’d move the table back – there was no center island in the kitchen – and before the night was over everyone would be dancing ‘round the kitchen.
I was very lucky that both of my parents came from gathering houses, houses where people went to socialize in the evenings. My maternal grandfather Rice lived in Kerry, and he was a seanachie, or a storyteller. Again, there was no TV in his house. He would tell stories all night. And the summer evenings were so long, he would just go from story to story to story ... and as it began to get dark, he would tell stories about ghosts and the Pooka. He would terrorize us, but we sat there mesmerized at his feet, every summer. We were really blessed. But back in Detroit you were rocking out? Wasn’t there something of a culture clash? Cathie Ryan: I still listened to Motown and Aerosmith – everything that I listened to here, I listened to in Ireland. And then I listened to the Irish pop music, which was completely different than American popular music. But it was a wonderful blending of the old world and the new world. Crossing over and back was very easy, and I think that’s true because the mythology is like that as well. Celtic mythology
– the other worlds – there’s a very thin veil between this world and that world. I mean, that’s where Halloween came from. It was the Celtic New Year, the time when all the old spirits came to visit you. And you dressed up so they wouldn’t recognize you. One thing I loved about growing up in an Irish community, even in Detroit: We were always at the Gaelic League, an Irish–American club downtown by Tiger Stadium. And we never just socialized with kids our age. We would sit and sing songs into the evening with people our own age, and then 20–year– olds, 30–year–olds, 80–year–olds. And I loved that sense of community, of belonging, especially when I went through the horrors of adolescence. Going to the Gaelic League made me feel I was part of the human race. Was there a defining moment when you decided that music was to be it for you? Cathie Ryan: I left college because I was married and pregnant. Eventually I went back and got my degree, and I taught at the college level for three semesters. I was singing, too. And then continues on p. 37
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Do you and your band play across the pond as well? Cathie Ryan: I play mostly in mainland Europe. There’s no point in playing in Ireland when you can go hear music for nothing. But I do my requisite few gigs a year in Ireland. I play in the U.K., too, but mostly Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy. They are mad about Irish music in Austria and Germany.
Why do you think that is? Cathie Ryan: The German national music is kind of more oom–pah–pah ... I think Irish music covers such a length and breadth of human emotion. All of it, from tremendous, heart–rending sorrow in some of the songs, to this rafter–raising, spirit–to–the–wall energy of the jigs and the reels. And everything in between. And I think it moves people. It moves their spirits. I think maybe for the Germans, who have a very different musical heritage, and who have been through what they’ve been through, it might just be a wonderful release. You get four encores in Germany, and if you don’t
get four encores you feel like you didn’t get them. You feel like you didn’t do something right! In Austria, you could sing slow ballads all night, and they would be transfixed. Whereas in America, I really like to mix it up – do a couple of lovely, slow, moving songs, and then just rev it up with the tunes. And then bring it back a little bit. What is it that’s so universal about Celtic music? Does it reach in and touch a nerve? Cathie Ryan: Well, they say that the Celtic DNA is the oldest strain they’ve been able to identify, so maybe you’re onto something!
I find that when you listen to the old–style Irish singers, and then you listen to a traditional singer from the hinterlands of India, or the Maori in Australia ... there’s something very primal about the expression of emotion in Irish music. I think it’s a very spiritual quality that is in us, innately as human beings, and I think that’s what gets triggered. It’s primal roots music. CS The Cathie Ryan Band Performing at Tara Feis Irish Celebration Where: Emmet Park, E. Bay Street Shows: 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday, March 13 Tara Feis: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Cost: Free
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I had to make the decision: Do I want to go on the road as a musician, or do I want to be a teacher? And I chose music. It had already chosen me, I think, before I made the decision.
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Rolling with the changes
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Anybody who lived through the 1970s will remember the rise of the Midwestern rock ‘n’ roll bands — REO Speedwagon, Kansas, Styx — and their dominance, for about half the decade, on the record charts. That was then, of course, and this is now. That guitar–heavy music is referred to as “classic rock,” and while it gets plenty of radio play on stations dedicated solely to the old days, the bands themselves – in some cases, what’s left of them – now play to dwindling crowds of aging rockers. Kevin Cronin, the longtime lead singer of Chicago’s REO Speedwagon, does not consider himself a relic. Cronin and his cronies will perform Saturday, March 13 in the Johnny Mer-
cer Theatre, conjuring “Ridin’ the Storm Out,” “Roll With the Changes,” “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” “Keep on Lovin’ You” and their other monster ghosts for yet another celebratory run–through. In the ‘70s, REO sold 40 million albums – the Hi Infidelity album alone was certified five times platinum – and Cronin, 51, has put it all into perspective. REO often shares contemporary bills with Styx (just last week, the pairing nearly sold out Mexico City’s National
Auditorium), and .38 Special, and this summer they’ll tour the country with Pat Benatar. Nostalgia, Cronin believes, is all well and good. But he’s a happy man, and for him, these are the good old days. REO used to play in Savannah all the time. Do you remember coming here? Kevin Cronin: I have a little soft spot in my heart for Savannah. I always have. I’ll never forget that sweet little historic area right along the river there, with all the squares, and the colonial vibe it’s got down there. I’m a sucker for that kind of stuff. As a matter of fact, we had a bus ride a couple of years ago where we were
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Is the personal satisfaction of writing good tunes enough? When for all intents and purposes, they’re falling on deaf ears? Kevin Cronin: To a certain extent they are, and some people get discouraged by that. There is a certain frustration in it, because when you write a song that you feel is of the same quality of a song you wrote 30 years ago that was a Number One record, that’s just human nature. We keep making records, and I write songs not because I’m looking to get a song on the radio. I write songs because I can’t help it. It just happens. They’re my way of dealing with the craziness of my life. There’s a scene in the movie Crazy Heart where Maggie Gyllenhaal asks Jeff Bridges “So, Bad, where do the songs come from?” And he looks at her and he goes “Life ... unfortunately.” I about shit myself. Because that’s so perfect.
Kevin Cronin: My thing is, I just want to make sure that whoever does buy the record, likes it. It didn’t sell a million copies, it didn’t sell 10 million copies, it probably sold maybe 200,000 copies. But as far as I’m concerned, that’s 200,000 people that heard my new songs and liked ‘em. The trick is, you have to be satisfied with different kinds of success. You have to measure it in terms of quality, and personal satisfaction. You have to change the way you look at things. There are so many guys who just refuse to tour because they can’t play the type of gigs they used to play in the salad days. And I’m like dude, you are missing it! Just go play for the people that are there, and share the gift that you’ve been given. That’s the way I look at it. And have fun. It’s fun being out there playing. You work a lot with Styx, with Tommy Shaw and J.Y. Young. What’s that like? The vibe in the room must be pretty cool. Kevin Cronin: Yeah, it’s awesome. REO and Styx together, it’s a magical combination. It’s funny, talk about the heyday, back then we never played with them. There was this huge competition between us. We didn’t even know those guys, just that we’re from the same town. Tommy and I wrote a song together – “Can’t Stop Rockin’” – that’s our encore every time we play together. We get both bands out onstage together, and it’s a frickin’ riot. They’re like our best buddies in rock. Tommy and I share that feeling that we’re getting better every day. We don’t feel like our best days are behind us. We both embrace those days, because who wouldn’t? Who wouldn’t want to be the most popular band in the world? It was great. But the fact is, we’re out there now, and we’re just having a great time. CS REO Speedwagon Opening: Edwin McCain Where: Johnny Mercer Theatre, Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. When: At 8 p.m. Saturday, March 13 Tickets: $45, $55 Phone: (912) 651–6556 Online: www.etix.com Artist’s Web site: www.reospeedwagon. com
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built upon. It turned up in a box in our manager’s garage. We’re embracing it. That time, for us, was something that very few artists – very few human beings – get to experience. A phenomenon like we went through there. You’ve very fortunate if it even happens once to you, and I wouldn’t trade it in for the world, even though it had its dark side, as well. I know some bands that hate the words “classic rock,” they think it’s this horrible stigma. And I’m like, dude, that’s what we are! It’s just a word that describes the music of a certain time. What’s your problem with it? I don’t get why people can’t be comfortable in their own skin. Wherever you are, if you’re playing music and making a living doing it, who cares? Who cares if you’re playing at Dodger Stadium or at the Orange County Fair? If there’s people out there, and they’re singing along and loving what you’re doing. I feel like I’ve always been kind of a late bloomer. I was the last one of my friends to get laid, stuff like that. That feels kind of crummy at the time, but I think it’s served me well, because I feel like these are the salad days, artistically, for me. I know I’m singing way better now than I did back then. My songwriting has continued to evolve, and I know that the songs I’m writing today, they’re an extension of what I wrote back then. Will I ever have the successful hit singles that I had back then? Chances are I probably won’t. But I think the songs I’m writing now are of equal quality.
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Get on your Tricycle Remember terroir, that magical combination of climate, soil type and topography that make little grapes into bottles of delicious wine? But taken one step further, assuming all the above elements are in place, making great wine is about three things: Vineyards, barrels and winemaking technique. Of those, most wine enthusiasts don’t hear much about barrels. The culture and science of cooperage, the terroir of the forest from which the wood is cut and how that wood is toasted, or not, grows very complex, very quickly. Most frequently, you’ll read about wines aging in American or French oak barrels. The wonderful Amarone and Ripasso of Northern Italy often mellow in Slavonian oak — a very tight–grained, dense wood that imparts very little influence on the wine. Then, there’s Hungarian oak — particularly from the Tokaj region. Pour another glass — this brings us to today’s story of Tricycle Wine Company and its labels. One of the company’s partners, Peter Molnar and his family, of Hungarian descent, stepped in with capital to help finance the rebirth of legendary Kádár cooperage in Hungary. Peter now oversees its management. Today, Kádár barrels are once again used in all the world’s major wine regions. Frog’s Leap, Wildhorse, Duckhorn, Acacia... are among wineries that value Kádár’s Tokaj oak. Tricycle Wine Co. uses Kádár barrels exclusively. Each year, partner Peter walks the forests of Tokaj just as partner and winemaker Michael Terrien walks the vineyards of Carneros and Red Hills. The philosophy is the same: great fruit, or in this case, oak, makes for great
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flavors. Control over the grapes, or the trees, makes for more control over the flavors and the style of the wine. The care shows in a pair of Tricycle wines I tasted recently. 2007 Molnar Family Chardonnay runs parallel to many new vintages of Chard I’m tasting this season. There’s more emphasis on tart citrus – Kaffir lime and lemon – than floral tones. To taste, the first impression is of bright, green fruit – green apples or limes. The surprise comes on the finish, when that oak–kissed hint of toastiness comes calling just before the lingering, creamy finish. Obsidian Cabernet Sauvignon isn’t just another Napa clone. This dark, rich juice squeezes from grapes on a ridge in the Red Hills Lake County AVA, just north of Napa Valley. More importantly, the vineyard is on a ridge of Mayacamas Mountains that is more than 1,000 feet higher than the best Napa Cabernet vineyards. This proximity to sunlight means thicker skins – and more flavor. These are single vineyard wines, and Obsidian is plucked from a mere six blocks of the vineyard, yielding an annual production of barely 7,400 cases. The near–perfect soil drainage is due to a liberal sprinkling of volcanic glass — obsidian — from which the wine takes its name. The aromas greet you long before the glass reaches your face. This full–bodied, viscous wine delivers concentrated tastes ranging from blackberry to black cheery to, of course, those beautiful spiced and herbal undertones. It finishes long and luxurious with food friendly acidity and tannic balance that can only come aging in those hand–crafted Kádár barrels. Give this one some breathing room after opening and expect it to continue to mellow in the bottle for several more years. cs
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Tim’s restaurant hopping turns up intriguing and satisfying meals. He picks some experiences every week to share:
Rocks on the River
Opening days of this elegant new restaurant at the foot of The Bohemian hotel were touch-and-go. Service languished, food was so–so. But over repeated visits within the past month, it’s apparent that Chef Johnathan Massey has stepped into his new gig and taken the reins. Casual dining options on this menu shine. Hand–crafted pizzas are nicely constructed and are a great finger food to share. A selection of gourmet burgers is inventive and offers gigantic portions of beef. But on this visit, I knew exactly my choice — I had spied Rocks Reuben sandwich through the big kitchen windows on my last lunch meeting. To my knowledge, this is as close as anyone in Savannah gets to an over–the–top New York deli Rueben. A double stack of thinly sliced corned beef is moist, beautifully flavored and lays the foundation for this big, satisfying sandwich. Side dish choice include French fries or sweet potato fries, a small salad or blue cheese cole slaw. Service was attentive and accommodating of some special needs. The view of the riverfront is one of the best on River Street. A full bar, cozy banquettes and a fuller menu make Rocks on the River a more intimate version of the popular rooftop Rocks on the Roof. 102 W. Bay St./721–3800
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In the words of secret agent Maxwell Smart, “I missed (Obama) by this much!” I had finished a wonderful lunch at Mrs. Wilkes’ and was heading out the front door just minutes before the President slipped in the back door. I was herded to the corner of Jones and Whitaker streets while my car was bomb–sniffed. Diners who were just arriving were not happy. More than one potential guest argued with the attending Secret Service agent that it didn’t matter if the President was inside, Mrs. Wilkes’ closes at 2 p.m., “And I’ve gotta get in there; I won’t get to eat.” I saw a full range of emotions — anger being chief among them. It was a stunning spectacle of human behavior from people who could miss a meal every now and then — or at least venture off the tour map. People do take their fried chicken seriously. cs
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Africanology Realities in American Worlds — An exhibition of large-scaled, multi-media paintings and installations by Amiri Geuka Farris. Artist talk and opening reception: 2/12, 6-8pm. SSU Social Sciences Building Gallery, http://www.savannahblackheritagefestival.com/ Aldwyth: Work v./Work n. — Collage and assemblage 1991-2009 by this reclusive Hilton Head artist, now in her 70s. Jepson Center for the Arts through 5/17 Artists for Haiti — Work contributed by 29 artists from around the area. All proceeds from sales go to Haiti relief. thru 3/21. Indigo Sky Community Gallery Call for instructors — The City’s Department of Cultural Affairs is accepting resumes for visual art and performing art instructors for Summer Break Art Camp June 7-August 27 at studio S.P.A.C.E., 9 West Henry St. Painting, ceramics, metalwork, mixed media and performing arts. Applications deadline is Friday, April 2, 2010 at 5 pm. Send resume to lbradley@
savannahga.gov. For more information contact Lisa Bradley at (912)651-6783.
3/11, 6-9pm. Runs thru 3/31. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Nothing Is As It Seems — New 3-D mixed media works from artist Malaika Favorite, inspired by poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, exploring choices and their consequences. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St., http://www. kingtisdell.org
It’s all about the wood — A solo exhibition of abstract, figurative and geometric wood sculptures by E.R. Jones. SSU Social Sciences Building Gallery Margaret Brennan: A Savannah Retrospective — A collection of work from previous series of floral and landscape photography, and the debut of a series shot recently in France. Opening reception: 3/7, 2-4pm. JEA Art Gallery, 5111 Abercorn St. ,
Painters’ Reel: Contemporary Painters of Georgia — The exhibition features 11 contemporary painters from across the state, representing a cross-section of Georgia’s vibrant visual art scene. Organized by the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon. Runs thru May 17. Jepson Center, 207 W. York St., http://www. telfair.org/
Mice and Milk — An eclectic group show featuring local artists including Peter Faehnrich and Alex FarkasWorthy, among others. Opening reception: 3/11, 6-10pm. The Co-Laboratory, 631 E. Broad St. , http://zecolab. tumblr.com/ Nature’s Banquet: American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection — Landscapes by Hudson River School painters and American Impressionists are complemented by exquisite still lifes.
New work by Lynda Potter at Gallery Espresso SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd.
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New work by Lynda Potter — Nostalgic Savannah scenery in water color and mixed media. Opening reception:
Savannah Sightings — New work by Lind Hollingsworth, explores the line between organic and industrial subjects, and Robert Isley, who does plein-air scenes in oil and charcoal. Opening reception: 3/11, 5:30-7:30pm. Hospice Savannah Gallery , 1352 Eisenhower Dr.
The Mysteries of Sake — A collection of photos by Sophie Mayday exploring the charms and mysteries of the Japanese wine. The Hurn Museum, 10 W. Taylor St. , http://www.hurnmuseum.org/ The Story of Silver in Savannah — More than 400 pieces of silver connected to the city, featuring Savannah-made silver, as well as wares made in America and Europe. Telfair Museum of Art, http://www. telfair.org/ cs
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Cody Dickinson (far right) and his band Hill Country Revue.
Sheddfest Last June the astonishingly cool electric blues band Hill Country Revue played the Live Wire, but they did it without founder, drummer and vocalist Cody Dickinson, who’d had a family emergency. Not long afterwards, Cody lost his father, legendary Memphis–area keyboard man Jim Dickinson. Hill Country Revue returns – presumably with Cody Dickinson in full measure – for the 2010 Sheddfest, a jam–band festival April 9–11 in Sylvania, Ga., north of Statesboro. Dickinson and Hill Country bassist Chris Chew are also two–thirds of the North Mississippi All–Stars (the third member, guitarist Luther Dickinson, is Cody’s older brother). Sheddfest, which benefits the Tug McGraw Foundation (for brain cancer research and patient assistance) is a jam–band, camp–till–you–can’t hippie gathering, and it’s been endorsed by Hittin’ the Note magazine, the bible for fans of such tribal gatherings and the musicians that frequent them. Also on the bill: The Lee Boys, that truly inspiring family band blending blues, gospel and “sacred steel” pedal–steel guitar, plus groovy guitar guru Col. Bruce Hampton and his Quark Alliance, Atlanta’s Lefty Williams Band, Zach Deputy, Domino Effect, Yonrico Scott, Incredible Sandwich
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This, that, the other ... Rapper Whiz Kalifah performs April 9 at Armstrong Atlantic State University, with Jeremih and Yelawolf. Details are TBA on this one ... ...A couple of Jinx shows worth looking forward to: Joe Buck returns April 2, American Aquarium is back April 10, and Captured! By Robots comes around again May 8 ... ...The annual Tybee Island Wine Festival, a benefit for the Friends of the Tybee Post Theater, will pour down 3–7 p.m. April 17 on the Tybee Lighthouse grounds. They’ve got something like 100 wines and craft beers available, and food from Tybee–area restaurants. Tickets are $45 at SCADboxoffice.com... ... Live Wire Music Hall is working with the producers of an independent film, Untouched, to raise money and awareness for the movie (which is set in, and will be shot in, Savannah). There’ll be a Battle of the Bands competition at Live Wire April 17, starting at 2 p.m., and the winner will get to work on the film’s soundtrack. On May 1, the producers will hold a singer/songwriter acoustic event at the venue. Musicians can register at www. TheFilmUntouched.com.... CS
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After Savannah’s blockbuster summer, it’s looking like we may be closer to restoring the film industry here by Patrick Rodgers | patrick@connectsavannah.com
One of the most important aspects of the long term success of the industry locally and in the state is tied to the incentives that help draw features here in the first place. Created in 2005, the film production tax incentives have been modified over the years, and since 2008 have found a sweet spot wherein they are both valuable and economically sustainable. “We think we have a good program,” says Bill Thompson, Deputy Commissioner of the state’s Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office. “It feels like we’re at the right spot, and we don’t plan to chase the other states.” Currently, a production that spends over $500,000 can qualify for a 20 percent tax credit. They can earn another 10 percent if they include a Georgia logo somewhere in the finished product. For a couple years toward the end of the last decade, states like Louisiana, Michigan and Iowa were involved in a race to the bottom of incentive rates, but several ended up losing money when their rebates went too low and had to scale back. “Georgia went about their film incentives in a very smart way,” says Jay Self, Director of the Savannah Film and
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Tourism Commission. “It probably has a much longer potential life than ones other states have put in.” One of the aspects of Georgia’s incentive plan that has also helped it is the relative ease of the program. “If it’s not the easiest plan in the country to use, it’s gotta be right up there,” says Don Mandrik, a Co–founder of the influential consulting firm Georgia Production Finance. “I know the folks involved on legislative side went to great lengths to make it easy to use.” It was the strength of Georgia’s incentive plan, and the ease that drew Disney to Georgia to shoot The Last Song after there seemed to be a disagreement between North Carolina’s Governor and Legislature over the incentive program. “Their executive in charge of tax incentives said that Georgia had the best incentive, it may not be the most lucrative, but Georgia speaks with one voice,” Self explains. Although common wisdom once
believed that lowering rebates to attract film productions would eventually create critical mass for the development of film industry infrastructure, the belief is now that by establishing a solid, sustainable incentive, we can slowly build credibility and infrastructure. “We’re expecting some significant infrastructure investment soon,” says Thompson. “We’ve had almost 20 new businesses, and a few long–time local vendors have been able to expand their businesses. We’re really trying to grow an industry here.” Self agrees that investment will come to Georgia so long as the incentive stays where it is. “It’s not only important for the projects that are coming in,” he says. “It’s also important for the infrastructure that’ll help us build something even better.” Just because the feature films are gone for now, doesn’t mean that the film industry has abandoned us completely continues on p. 46
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. The less glamorous side – catalog shoots and student films – represents an important part of the local industry. In 2008, TVproductions, including Ruby and an ABC pilot called Solving Charlie, among others, had an economic impact of more than $2 million. Still photography for things like catalogs had an impact of nearly $4 million on the local economy. “There are some things that flourish in a recession and some things that don’t. Commercials and still photography go down,” says Self, who estimates that 2009, minus the features, brought in about a tenth of the business of years past. The features may have come in and buoyed what would have been a very slow year, but things are finally starting to look like they’re recovering. There have already been four large catalog shoots and the number of permits for student films is up significantly. The local industry has gotten another boost from the opening of Meddin Studios in the former slaughterhouse– turned–artist–studios on Louisville Road.
In the last few weeks Meddin has hosted car commercial shoots, a few music videos, an Oscar party gala, a fashion spread and sold some computers. They also got a visit from the President of the United States, who wanted to check in on how well their Recovery Act–backed Small Business Administration loan was working for them. “The main reason that we wanted to highlight what they’re doing is they took advantage of an SBA loan to get this thing started,” Obama said during remarks after his visit. “I was just finding out how that experience was. I’m sort of doing a customer satisfaction survey here.” Meddin is a unique addition to the local media industry because of the range of equipment, facilities and services they offer to local, regional and visiting professionals alike. The building now houses soundstages, post–production facilities, conference rooms and an equipment shop. Although they aren’t quite big enough to cater to the needs of a big feature shoot, they are equipped to dramatically improve the abilities of television, indie
films, local producers and more. “Having a resource like those guys in town is pretty valuable,” says Jody Schiesser, an Associate Producer with Ruby, who also makes films in his free time with a local group called Perpombellar Productions. While working on the 3rd season of Ruby, they suddenly needed equipment, which Meddin was able to help with. “Usually we had to ship things in from out of town, but with Meddin being here, we were able to get everything we needed locally.” Because of the diverse range of services they offer, the team at Meddin doesn’t need to wait for the next round of big productions to come through town before they can count themselves as successful. “Our performance isn’t based off feature film at all,” says Nick Gant, one of the facilities’ co–owners, “but obviously when you get something like The Conspirator or a Miley Cyrus film, it increases interest and there are more people looking at Savannah.” One of the truly unique offerings from their new facility is Asset Management – not like financial assets, but
film assets – for example, they will help archive and catalog unused footage and B–roll so that it can be recycled in future projects or re–sold to other potential users. They’ll also help digitize and archive old footage so that it can be made available online. “If you had a box of footage up in the attic, that you don’t even know what’s on it, some old 16mm, you can bring that footage in here and we could digitize it,” Gant explains. “We’ve had some footage turned into us from Pearl Harbor, actual footage that came from somebody’s great-grandfather’s locker.” They’ve already managed to do quite a bit, considering several of the rooms in the facility were still under construction as recently as two weeks ago, and it bodes well for their future here. “Meddin is going to enable local people, producers, directors to work at a higher level than they were able to before,” Self says. While Georgia may not replace Hollywood anytime soon, at the moment, it seems like Savannah and the state are positioned well for the future. CS
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Alice in Wonderland Here’s the problem with the vast majority of movies based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking–Glass: They’re too tame, too hesitant and too conventional to really tap into the more unsettling aspects of an immortal fantasy that provides as much satisfaction for adults as for children. The most disappointing adaptation is arguably 1951’s Alice in Wonderland, the animated Disney version that misinterpreted the tale as merely a merry romp for small tykes. The best version remains Jan Svankmajer’s 1988 Czech import Alice, which employed stop–motion animation to create a creepy masterpiece. And now, falling down the rabbit hole of good intentions, is Tim Burton’s new take on the classic, a visually stimulating rendition that nevertheless comes off as lamentably timid. Carroll’s 7–year–old protagonist has been transformed into a 19–year–old heroine (played by Mia Wasikowska), who escapes from a dull Victorian–era garden party only to find herself tumbling into the strange world known as “Underland.” She quickly comes to learn that this mysterious place is ruled by the wicked Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter), who has usurped the throne from her saintly sister, the now–banished White Queen (Anne Hathaway). Convinced that it’s all only a dream, Alice largely stumbles from one incident to the next; her strongest ally proves to be The Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), who lost his marbles at the same time the White Queen lost her empire. Providing unnecessary backstory to an established character like the Hatter is the sort of boxed–in thinking that often torpedoes the picture. Scripter Linda Woolverton has some
exemplary credits to her name (including Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King), but her talent for classically structured narratives gets in the way here, since Carroll’s surreal saga is anything but streamlined. The changes made to the source material are, almost without exception, devoid of true vision or imagination, meaning that the most demented moments –– such as the floating heads in the castle’s moat, or the sudden appearances by the Cheshire Cat (still the story’s coolest character) – need to be embraced whenever they sporadically appear. As Alice, Wasikowska is rather listless, while Depp seems to be on board only as a favor to his friend and frequent collaborator Burton – in other words, he brings nothing special to the role. The only cast member who truly excels is Bonham Carter, whose performance is outrageous enough to meet the demands of the Red Queen’s excesses yet also allows a smidgen of pity to be applied toward the character’s resigned awareness of her own deformity. The actress clearly holds the winning hand here, trumping all other players in this rickety house of cards.
BROOKLYN’S FINEST Brooklyn’s Finest certainly isn’t Hollywood’s finest. This tired police actioner admittedly picks up during its second half, but by then, patrons may be too deep in slumber to be woken even by the constant gunplay, shouted profanity or blaring coincidences that clang against each other with Crash–like precision. Speaking of Crash, that film’s Don Cheadle shows up for ensemble duty here as well, playing one of three NYC police officers whose lives will intersect at various points during this pedestrian picture’s running time. He plays Tango, an undercover cop who isn’t sure if he can betray the powerful crime lord (Wesley Snipes) who trusts him like a brother. Meanwhile, Sal (Ethan Hawke) is tired of trying to support his large family on his measly salary, so he figures there’s no harm in pocketing the cash found in the drug dens he helps bust. Finally, there’s Eddie (one–note Richard Gere), a surly loner who has only one week to go before his retirement. Antoine Fuqua previously dicontinues on p. 48
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rected Training Day (for which Denzel Washington won his second Oscar), but here he’s tackling a script with training wheels, as Michael C. Martin (making his feature–film writing debut) can’t escape from the ghosts of cop flicks past.
The Crazies With the new version of The Crazies in wide release, should viewers head to the theater to check it out or mosey toward the DVD store with the intent to rent George Romero’s 1973 original?
Given the options, perhaps an alternate plan should be set in motion (maybe a museum, or a nightclub?), but between the pair, it’s best to target the couch. Subsequently re–released as Code Name: Trixie, writer–director Romero’s 1973 version of The Crazies feels like a cross between Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain and Romero’s own Night of the Living Dead, with plenty of the auteur’s sociopolitical observations to juice the proceedings. After a government–sanctioned virus is accidentally unleashed on a small Pennsylvania town and turns many of its inhabitants insane, the military arrives to quarantine the area and contain the threat. But it soon becomes clear that, to the unaffected humans, the incompetent, trigger–happy soldiers are as hazardous to their health as their crazed neighbors. The new take on The Crazies moves the action from Romero’s home state of Pennsylvania to a quiet burg in Iowa, and the basic plot remains the same. This time, the leading characters are the town sheriff (Timothy Olyphant) and his doctor wife (Radha Mitchell), and they’re the ones who eventually attempt
to lead a small band of survivors out of the infected area, doing their best to sidestep both the local loonies and the marauding military. Yet while this version is more smoothly realized than Romero’s choppy original, it’s also been streamlined for mass consumption, removing all thorny subtext, avoiding a cruelly ironic conclusion (arguably the high point of the ’73 model), and throwing in far too many cheap scares. The use of lowbrow shock effects (i.e. when someone suddenly jumps into the frame, or a loud noise suddenly fills the soundtrack) is a real shame, since the more effective moments suggest that director Breck Eisner could have built genuine suspense had he been given the chance: The sheriff ’s encounter with an electric medical saw is both hair–raising and humorous, and an attack inside a car wash is effectively staged. More scenes like these would have truly goosed the proceedings, but as it stands, The Crazies is creatively too measured for its own good.
Just how obvious is the big “twist” that concludes Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel? So obvious that some folks who haven’t read the book are figuring it out simply by watching the trailer. But just how accomplished is the picture anyway? Enough that viewers will happily be led down the rabbit hole by a director with the ability to distract them with every technique at his disposal. Delivering yet another topnotch performance that might help him win some sort of lifetime achievement award before he even hits 40, Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Teddy Daniels, a U.S. federal marshal who, with his new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), travels to a mental asylum located on a remote island off the Massachusetts coastline. The year is 1954, and the lawmen are there to investigate the disappearance of one of the inmates. But although the head of the facility (Ben Kingsley) assures them that they’ll have the full cooperation of the entire staff, it soon becomes apparent that everyone has something to hide, and Teddy must suss out the truth even while plagued by debilitating headaches, gruesome flashbacks to his World War II years, and disturbing hallucinations involving his deceased wife (Michelle Williams). Scorsese’s in pulp fiction mode here (see also Cape Fear and The Departed), which essentially means that this is one of those pleasing instances when “B”–movie material is given the “A”–list treatment. The screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis is packed with so much intriguing incident that it’s easy to not even notice the plotholes until post–movie reflection, and all the craftspeople who won Oscars for Scorsese’s The Aviator are back on board, resulting in an immaculate presentation that fully engages the senses. And while the major plot pirouette will disappoint discerning viewers, it’s followed by an ambiguous coda that insures all moviegoers will exit the Island with at least something to ponder.
The Wolfman Back in the 1990s, three Hollywood heavyweights wrestled the horror genre away from the kiddies long enough to make a trilogy of terror that delighted anyone who enjoyed seeing monster movies that were adult in nature, literate in approach and steeped in atmosphere so pungent, you could almost cut it with
a scalpel. Yet while Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 gem Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Kenneth Branagh’s underrated 1994 effort Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein seemed to go hand in hand, Mike Nichols’ entertaining 1994 hit Wolf never quite fit with the others, with its modern setting (the other two were period pieces) the primary reason. The Wolfman, then, would on the surface appear to be the proper, belated third corner of that triangle, given its Victorian–era setting, its impeccable productions values and its distinguished cast. Unfortunately, that’s hardly the case, as this disappointing film has little to do with those ‘90s winners but instead resembles director Stephen Sommers’ sacrilegious monster mashes from the 2000s: those daft Mummy movies and the unwatchable Van Helsing. Then again, director Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III, Jumanji) is strictly a meat–and–potatoes type of filmmaker, not an ofttimes brilliant artist like Coppola, Nichols or Branagh, and it’s safe to state that the demands of The Wolfman were simply out of his range. Of course, anybody working from the ragtag script by Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self would have trouble keeping this thing on target, so it’s not completely Johnston’s fault. Loosely based on the 1941 classic The Wolf Man (Curt Siodmak’s excellent screenplay for that version gets a shout–out in the credits), this new take casts Benicio Del Toro in Lon Chaney Jr.’s iconic role of Lawrence Talbot, the British–born nobleman who returns to his family estate after spending most of his life in the United States. Here, Lawrence is presented as a successful stage actor who reluctantly travels home following the disappearance of his brother. The sibling turns up dead, his mutilated body suggesting that he was the victim of either a psychopath or a wild animal. Estranged from his aloof father, Sir John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins), Lawrence prefers the company of his late brother’s fiancee, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt). Promising her that he’ll find the killer, he pieces together clues that lead him to a gypsy camp, an area that soon turns into a killing field as a ferocious creature shreds scores of people and wounds Lawrence in the process. The gypsy fortune teller Maleva (Geraldine Chaplin) knows that Lawrence’s injuries dictate that he will be turning into a werewolf himself whenever the full moon appears in the night sky. Lawrence isn’t sure what to think, although he senses that everything is connected continues on p. 50
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to his repressed memories involving his father and late mother, who apparently committed suicide when he was a child. As he attempts to to understand what’s happening to him, an inspector from Scotland Yard appears on the scene. But Aberline (Hugo Weaving) isn’t just any ordinary lawman: He’s the detective who recently wrapped up work on the Jack the Ripper case. Although he’s physically right for the role, Del Toro’s line readings are unbearably stilted, and he brings none of the playfulness that Chaney contributed in his rendition. In short, he’s a brooding bore. Fresh from triumphing as the title character in The Young Victoria, Blunt is alarmingly one–note, hampered by a sketchy part that allows her to do little more than pout and fret. As for Hopkins, he’s clearly indifferent to the whole project, and one suspects his eyes kept darting back and forth between the dopey script in one hand and the hefty paycheck in the other as he mulled over whether to accept the part.
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Like the holiday it celebrates (cheapens?), Valentine’s Day is made for couples, which perhaps explains the fastidious casting of twofers throughout its principal roster. There are two actors from Grey’s Anatomy (Patrick Dempsey, Eric Dane), two from That ’70s Show (Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace), two from Alias (Jennifer Garner, Bradley Cooper), two named Jessica (Alba, Biel), two named Taylor (Lautner, Swift), two from the Roberts clan (Julia, Emma), and other convenient couplings. It’s more exhausting to track than any conceivable game of Six Degrees of Separation. With such a wide range of talent on view (Shirley MacLaine and Julia Roberts on the high end, Jessica Alba and Emma Roberts on the low), it’s not surprising that the performances are all over the map almost as much as a screenplay that finds the connecting thread between roughly a dozen stories and then proceeds to tie them all together with one unseemly bow. And as is often the case with anthology–style works, some segments work better than others: With its cast of young and old, veteran and novice, the demographically friendly Valentine’s Day boldly asserts that it’s a film made for everyone, but look closely and you’ll find a center as squishy as that of a melted chocolate caramel nougat.
Edge of Darkness Although based on a 1985 British TV miniseries, the new thriller Edge of Darkness mostly feels like The Constant Gardener shorn of all emotional complexity and weighty plotting. Mel Gibson’s back in Edge of Darkness, and while his off–screen antics have noticeably aged him, he hasn’t lost a step when it comes to exuding that undeniable movie–star magnetism. Gibson plays Thomas Craven, a widowed Boston cop who’s elated that his grown daughter Emma (Bojana Novakovic) has come home for a visit. But father and child are only together for a few hours before Emma is brutally murdered. While everyone assumes the assailant was gunning for her dad, the devastated Craven suspects otherwise once he starts snooping around and finds that all signs point toward Emma’s former place of employment. Edge of Darkness is effective as a cathartic revenge yarn, at least until the absurdities begin to pile up during the final half–hour. Most of the villains are laughable even by the standards of one–dimensional action flicks. As for Gibson, he’s just fine in the sort of role that’s been his bread–and– butter for the majority of his career: the maverick out to right a massive wrong by any gory means necessary.
CRAZY HEART Robert Duvall appears in a supporting role in Crazy Heart and also serves as a producer. His participation makes complete sense: He wanted to hand the baton off to Jeff Bridges. After all, Duvall won his Best Actor Academy Award for 1983’s Tender Mercies, and now here comes Bridges, who finally won his own Oscar this year for playing the same type of role essayed by Duvall – a rumpled, boozing, country & western star who enters into a relationship with a sympathetic woman at least two decades his junior. Bridges’ grizzled character goes by the name Bad Blake, and that first name describes less the man who bears it – he’s fundamentally decent although, like most drunks, irresponsible and exhausting – than the circumstances of his present lot in life. Washed up, perpetually inebriated, and playing honky–tonk dives while his protege, Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell), fills up massive arenas, Blake stays in the fight even though the odds are against him ever achieving any renewed success. CS
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Naming your band is an art all of its own, one that doesn’t necessarily correlate with an ability to make music. In high school, the worst of my ideas included the name Something Completely Different, just so we could be introduced at our school’s talent show with the Monty Python line, “... and now for Something Completely Different.” A good band name can be an exercise in cleverness, a perfect descriptor or just something that sounds cool. We come across thousands of band names in our line of work, and we narrowed them down to the best. We quickly realized categories were emerging, so rather than ranking them 1 to 100, we grouped thematically and concluded the list with our 10 absolute favorites:
The Celebrity Tribute Nothing says “I love you” quite like mashing up your name with a bucket of fried chicken or recreational vehicle. We appreciate these clever takes on more established personalities. 1. JFKFC (An Atlanta metal supergroup featuring members of other notably named bands like Necropolis, Dick Delicious and the Tasty Testicles, and Artemis Pyledriver) 2. Camper Van Beethoven (Cracker never had the same ring to it.)
3. Kathleen Turner Overdrive (It was a sad day in 1994 when Tim Neilsen left Atlanta’s KTO to join with the less awesomely named Drivin’ ‘N’ Cryin’.) 4. Mary Tyler Morphine (From TV newswoman to female–fronted hardcore band) 5. John Cougar Concentration Camp (They’ll never drop the “cougar” from their name.) 6. Gringo Star (Atlanta is apparently a big town for celebrity–driven puns. The awfully named A Fir–Ju Well continued the trend, becoming Gringo Star.) 7. The Lee Harvey Keitel Band (These ‘90s rockers had a song called “Our Love Has Died a William Holden Death.” We assume that either means by injuries from a fall or Bridge on the River Kwai–style at Sir Alec Guinness’ feet.) 8. Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head (The band puts the V for Vendetta
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9. Propagandhi (Great name, but Canadian bandmates Chris Hannah and Jordan Samolesky also ran a label that released music from a band named Swallowing Shit. And Hannah was named one of The Worst Canadians in History by a journal from the Canadian National History Society. Gandhi would be so proud.)
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Back in 1962, ? and the Mysterians launched a pair of trends, giving themselves an enigmatic moniker and introducing punctuation into band names. This culminated 38 years later when !!! turned a Gods Must Be Crazy reference into one of the most genius (or idiotic) band names of all time. 1. X (With a frontman named John
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2. The The (One of three bands on this list to contain Johnny Marr. Only 97 to go.)
4. The Band (Definitive named backed up by the music) 5. The Smiths (Morrissey told Melody Maker in 1984, it was “time that the ordinary folk of the world showed their faces.”) 6. Average White Band (What else
would you call a Scottish band playing funk, soul and disco?) 7. !!! (Pronounced “Chk Chk Chk.” The Pygmys don’t have any trouble pronouncing it, at least) 8. The Names (Quite possibly the most famous post–punk band from Belgium that used to be called The Passengers)
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Sometimes a glance at the name tells you everything you need to know about a band. 1. The Libertines (One look at Pete Doherty, and the band found its name.)
9. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs (The The would be jealous of their second EP, Is Is.)
2. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (The music is potentially even more precious than that sounds, but I love it anyway.)
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The (Mostly) Complete Sentence 1. Betty’s Not a Vitamin (It takes a minute for this one to sink in until you realize that Fred, Wilma, Barney and Dino all were. Thankfully Bayer fixed this oversight in 1994.) 2. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin 3. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. (If it were only so easy...) 4. Say Hi To Your Mom (During college, the rule was that if you implied a certain intimacy with someone’s mom, you had to take a punch in the arm. It was usually worth it.) 5. Be Your Own Pet 6. I Am The World Trade Center (This name was even better pre–9/11.) 7. Dogs Die in Hot Cars (A band name and a public service announcement) 8. Dead Can Dance 9. Follow For Now (A command from a very non–committal cult leader) 10. Pretty Girls Make Graves (Smiths reference or no, that’s a lot of responsibility to put on the aesthetically gifted.)
Ridiculously Ominous I’ve always preferred the ridiculously ominous to the just–plain ominous. 1. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
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3. Megadeth (I hate intentional misspellings, but megadeth is a real unit of measurement–the death of one million people in a nuclear disaster.) 4. Bloody Wall of Gore 5. MotÜrhead (Umlaut’s should never be put into the hands of amateurs, but Lemmy knows how to use them.) 6. Dead Kennedys (Despite the insensitivity of their name, they did continue the Kennedy cause of fighting Republicanism during the Reagan ’80s.) 7. Suicidal Tendencies 8. Wiccan Guidance Counselor 9. Sex Pistols 10. The Brian Jonestown Massacre
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Led Zeppelin
The Meek/Mild
4. Hostile Comb–Over
A great band name doesn’t always have to be grand or scary.
5. Alcoholocaust
1. Super Furry Animals (A band of great big Welshmen of varying levels of hairiness.) 2. Echo & The Bunnymen 3. Fuzzy Bunny Slippers (The ska is sweeter in New Jersey.) 4. Modest Mouse (Pulled from a Virginia Woolfe line.) 5. Startled Insects (Who can forget their 1987 breakout LP, Curse of the Pheromones?) 6. Local to Indianapolis 7. The Rural Alberta Advantage 8. Pixies (When Black Francis gets on stage, a fairy is the last thing that comes to mind.) 9. The Replacements (Rumored to have been chosen when a different band didn’t show up for a gig) 10. Black Moth Super Rainbow
6. Abracadaver 7. Pabst Smear 8. Test Icicles 9. Rumpleforeskin 10. Furious George
The Best of the Best Rather than completely copping out, these are our 10 absolute favorites. 1. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (Leave it to The Muppets to come up with the BEST BAND NAME OF ALL TIME.) 2. Guided By Voices 3. Joy Division (The name came from the 1955 novel House of Dolls in which a Nazi concentration camp had a prostitution arm.) 4. Led Zeppelin 5. A Tribe Called Quest
Perfectly Executed Pun
6. 13th Floor Elevators
There are hundreds of terrible band name puns. We love all of them, but here are the worst/best:
7. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
1. Japancakes 2. The Dictatortots 3. Swimming Pool Qs
8. Public Enemy 9. Man... or Astro–Man? (After seeing them live, you still wonder.) 10. We Were Promised Jetpacks! (Yes, Scottish frontman Adam Thompson, we sure were.) cs
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Activism & Politics Chatham County Campaign For Liberty
A group that is carrying the torch that Ron Paul lit for freedom and liberty. Mitch Anderson, 695-7746, or visit www.campaignforliberty.com/usa/GA/Chatham/ for dates, time and meeting place.
Chatham County Democratic Party
For info, contact Tony Center at 912-2339696 or TonyCenter@comcast.net Chatham County Democratic Headquarters, 313 W. York St. , Savannah http://www.chathamdems.net/
Purrs 4 Peace
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).
Savannah Area Young Republicans
For information, visit www.savannahyoungrepublican.com or call Allison Quinn at 308-3020.
Benefits 3rd I-D Adopt-a-Soldier Program
The Adopt-a-Solider Program currently has several projects underway, including sending care packages to troops who will be stationed in Haiti for the next 6-12 months, as well as supplies being sent to medics in Afghanistan. If you are interested in donating, or more info, contact: carol.megathlin@ comcast.net
Bravo Music Company Summer Camp
Annual fundraising luncheon for the 501c3 summer music program will be held 3/27 at the Savannah Marriott, 100 Gen. McIntosh Blvd. Tickets are $40, or purchase table for $400. Call Rose M. Smith, Music Director, 912-236-6681 or Johnye Gillans, 912-2361934 for tickets. Reserve by 3/15.
GHS Needs Your Used Books
The Georgia Historical Society needs donations of used books for its annual book sale fundraiser on 4/23-24. All sorts of books are accepted, but no magazines/journals, obsolete audio/video or games will be. Donations are tax deductible. For more info, contact GHS at 912-651-2128, library@georgiahistory.com.
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.
Rhythm and Style
The Savannah Friends of Music host their annual fashion show fundraiser. 4/6, 11am at the Hyatt Regency, 2 W. Bay St. Tickets: $50. The event benefits the group’s educational programs. For reservations, please contact Phyllis Albertson at 598-7216.
Safe Kids Savannah Yard Sale
The Safe Kids Savannah yard sale will raise money for the program. It will take place 3/20, from 8am-4pm. 8832 Old Montgomery Rd. The group will also be accepting donations of items to be sold at the yard sale from 3/15-3/19. Accepting items from bric-a-brac to furniture from 10am-6pm. 8832 Old Montgomery Rd. For more info: 912-353-3148.
Shaving the Way to a Cure
St. Baldrick’s Foundation will sponsor an event on 3/27 at the Savannah Mall, 1-4pm, to raise funds and awareness for childhood cancer research. Go bald to help kids with cancer. The event will include people getting their head shaved. For more info, visit www. stbaldricks.org
Smiles for Life
Godley Station Dental offers custom whitening kits with all proceeds benefiting two children’s charities. Have your teeth whitened for a tax deductible donation. Offer runs through June 1. Call for more info: 912-748-8585.
Call for Entries Applications for Kids Who Care Scholarship
Junior League will give five $1,000 scholarships to high school students from Greater Savannah area who have demonstrated strong commitment to volunteerism and community involvement. Applications due by 3/12. Visit jrleaguesav.org under Community Impact & Applications, or by call the Junior League of Savannah: 912-790-1002.
Auditions: Actors wanted
African-American, Asian and Caucasian Actors wanted, ages 25 and up, for a comedy mockumentary independent feature film in the style of Spinal Tap. Improvisational skills a must. For one role, psychology or medical knowledge a plus. Call Antonio at 813-9015614. Email with experience and photo to niconline@inbox.com
Battle of the Bands
First City Films, an independent local film company, is hosting a battle of the bands on 4/17 at Livewire to help raise money for its next production. The winning band will receive a spot on the film soundtrack
and more. For more info, www.TheFilmUntouched.com
Call for Artists
Want to collab with the Co-Lab? We are open wed thru sat noon-6pm contact: thecolaboratory@gmail.com or visit: zecolab. tumblr.com The Co-Laboratory, 631 E. Broad St. ,
Market Bazaar Vendors
There are still a few spaces left for vendors interested in participating in the upcoming Savannah Market Bazaar, which will be held 3/13, 10am-3pm, in front of the Robinson Parking Garage on Montgomery St. across from the courthouse. For more info, www. newmoonofsavannah.com or call 912-7048446.
Classes, Camps & Workshops “How To Be A Better Storyteller”
Savannah Storytellers present a two-hour workshop. Thurs. 3/25 at River’s Edge Retirement Community. Admission is $10 for the public or $7 for members. Space is limited so participants should register in advance. Call 912-354-7688 or email Savteller@aol.com.
700 Kitchen Cooking School
Hands-on educational/entertaining cooking classes at the Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St. Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton Street , Savannah http:// www.700kitchen.com/
AASU Continuing Education
The Armstrong Center for Professional and Continuing Education will offer a number of courses March 1-13. Course descriptions, fees and registration deadlines are listed below. For registration or informacontinues on p. 56
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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/
Advanced Grant Writing
Learn the tools necessary to write a winning proposal. 3/11, 1pm. United Way Building, 428 Bull St. Advance registration is required and attendance fees apply. For info, call Georgia Center for Nonprofits at 912-234-9688.
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.
Beading Classes
Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. Bead Dreamer Studio, Savannah http://www.beaddreamer.com/
Childrens Yoga Teacher Training
Workshop taught by Joanne Spence, a social worker, yoga teacher, and an international speaker/trainer for health and empowerment through yoga. Sat. 3/27, 10-5pm and Sun 3/28, 10-5pm. The cost $210. To pre-register online go to www. savannahyoga.com or call 912-232-2994. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. ,
Conversational Spanish
Do you want to practice your Spanish? Come to the mesa de espanol the second Thursday and last Friday of the month at 4:30 p.m. For information, e-mail cafecontigo@gmail.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. , Savannah
Conversational Spanish Group
Want to improve your Spanish skills? Meet at the Sentient Bean every Monday, 5:00pm. Group focuses on increasing vocabulary, grammar, and conversational confidence! Free and open to all levels of experience. Call Ronnie at 912-257-0333, or email dvorakquartet12@yahoo.com for more info.
Crime isn’t a Civil Right
The ongoing speech/spoken word presentation by local freelance crimefighter & communicator Nadra Enzi aka Capt. Black seeks venues to “grow safety consciousness together as one community.” For booking e-mail nadracaptblack@ymail. com
Crochet & Crafts
A free workshop. 3/13, 11am-12pm. African American Health Information and Resource Center. 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605.
Dating With Success
Discuss strategies to feel great dating and enjoy dating. Improve your dating skills. This is for people of all cultures, colors races and ages. For more info, call: 912-604 3281
DUI Prevention Group
Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, DWI, offenders, and anyone seeking to gain knowledge about the dangers of driving impaired. A must
see for teenage drivers seeking a drivers license for the first time or teenage drivers who already received a license. The group meets once a month and the cost is $30.00. For more info: 912-443-0410.
English as a Second Language
We are tiny groups, 2-4 students. Learn English in a fun, relaxed way. We meet when you have time in a coffee shop downtown Savannah. Single meetings are available too. There is a small fee per class. call: 912-604-3281
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
Financial Education Workshops
Presented by Step Up Savannah and its partners. Classes on basic budgeting, managing credit, understanding credit scores, and building savings for emergencies. Banking Basics: 1/4, 2pm & 1/25, 6pm at the Bull St. Library; 1/11, 6pm at the Carnegie Library (537 E. Henry). Managing Credit: 2/1, 2pm & 2/22, 6pm at the Bull St. Library; 2/8, 6pm at the Carnegie Library. Credit Report and Scores: 3/1, 2pm & 3/22, 6pm at Bull St.; 3/8, 6pm at Carnegie. Savings: 4/5, 2pm & 4/26, 6pm at Bull St.; 4/12, 6pm at Carnegie. Reservations required. Call 691-2227
German Language Classes
Have fun learning German with small groups of 3-6 students. Classes meet Monday & Thursday evening at the Sentient Bean. The choices are Beginners I or II, or advanced Conversational class. There is a small fee per class. I am a native professor from Switzerland. For more info: (912) 604 3281 The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave ,
Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center
The Housing Authority of Savannah hosts a series of regular classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. 1407 Wheaton Street. Adult literacy/GED prep: MonThurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri of month, 9-11am. Basic Computer training: Tues & Thurs, 13pm. Community Computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3-4:30pm. For more info: 912-232-4232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com
Increasing Media Exposure
Learn valuable pointers for improving public and media relations for a non-profit organization. Thurs 3/25, 11:30am-1pm at the United Way Building, 428 Bull Street, Savannah. To RSVP, contact Georgia Center for Nonprofits at 912-234-9688.
Knitting Class
Knit your own scarf, hand-warmer or blanket. You choose your colors and what you like to knit. I teach you how to do it. We meet in small groups downtown Savannah. Meeting in a coffee shop. There is a small fee per class. Please call my cell: 912-604-3281
Puppet Shows
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Major Minors: Sierra Noble / Sarah Jarosz charles h. morris center march 22 & 23 12:30pm, 7:00pm
Masters Of Cajun Fiddle: David Greely & Joel Savoy Duo charles h. morris center march 24 & 25 12:30pm
Chris Thile/ Mike Marshall / Caterina Lichtenberg
Cherryholmes / Shannon Whitworth
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The Del Mccoury Band with the Dixie Bluegrass Boys
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charles h. morris center march 26 12:30pm
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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/
The Rape Crisis Center will hold its next volunteer training March 18th through March 25th. Volunteers answer our 24hour crisis line or accompany sexual assault victims to the hospital for a forensic examination. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and submit to a criminal background check. If interested, please call 912-233-3000. We would love to have you on board! Join artist Amanda Hanlon, one of the artists featured in the current S.P.A.C.E. exhibit, for a hands-on workshop. $50, ages 17+. Sat. 3/20, 9am-2pm. 9 W. Henry St. www.savannahga.gov/arts
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 652-3582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street , Savannah
Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes
Be bilingual. Call 272-4579 or 308-3561. e-mail savannahlatina@yahoo.com or visit www.savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Savannah Learning Center, 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. , Savannah
Simple, Bold Painting for Teens
A workshop lead by artist Laurie Jackson Darby. $10. Ages 11-16. Sat. 3/27, 911:30am. 9 W. Henry St. www.savannahga. gov/arts.
Smoke Stoppers
St. Joseph’s/Candler’s group-facilitated smoking cessation program. Intensive 7 sessions in 3 weeks. Orientation for participants: 3/22 at 6 PM. Orientation and class attendance is mandatory. Class dates include 3/22 (orientation), 4/5, 4/6, 4/7, 4/8, 4/12, 4/15, and 4/20. Cost is $100. Call 912-819-3368.
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 Ms. Musheerah Owens 912-234-0525 ext.1506 The Starfish Cafe, 711 East Broad Street , Savannah http://www.thestarfishcafe.org/
Storytelling with Collage
A workshop with artist Jelena Pavlovic, who is part of the current S.P.A.C.E. Gallery exhibit. $10. Ages 6-10. Sat. 3/20, 9am-12pm. 9 W. Henry St. www.savannahga.gov/arts
Thinking of Starting a Small Business
is a course offered twice a month atthe Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E. Liberty St. $50 in advance or $60 at the door. 651-3200, www.savannahabdc.org. Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E Liberty Street , Savannah http://www.
Volunteer 101
Water Color Painting and Techniques
A workshop lead by artist Jennifer Pine. $10. Ages 7-10. Sat. 3/27, 9am-12pm. 9 W. Henry St. www.savannahga.gov
Clubs & Organizations Bimmer Club of Savannah
Are you a BMW nut? Want to share your passion with others? Meet up for car shows, drives and group lessons in maintenance, etc. Email for more info: carlor2002@aol.com, or call 912-308-0221 after 8pm.
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.
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
Coastal Georgia Low Country Surfrider Foundation Meeting
The monthly meeting for the local chapter of the Surfrider foundation. The Surfrider Foundation is a grassroots, nonprofit, environmental organization that works to protect our oceans, waves, and beaches. Tubby’s Tankhouse, Thunderbolt http://www.myspace.com/coastalgeorgiasurfrider
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
Coffee & Conversation
Held every Tuesday at 8am by Creative Coast as a networking event. http://links. thecreativecoast.org/conversation. Cafe Ambrosia, 202 E. Broughton St. , Savannah
Geechee Sailing Club
Meets the second Monday of the month (except for November) at 6:30pm. Open to all interested in boating and related activities. www.geecheesailingclub.org. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr ,
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
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.
Make Friends in Savannah
For anybody, every age, every race and nation. We chat, hang out, go to movies and more. Meet in a coffee shop downtown Savannah. A small fee covers the efforts of the organizer, a well educated, “out of the box� woman, who lived in New York and Europe. Call 912-604-3281.
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 fourth Wednesday of the month from 9:15-11:30 am Call 898-0869 and 897-6167 or visit www. mops.org. First Baptist Church of the
Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd , Savannah http://www.fbcislands.com/
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
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 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 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/
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Savannah Sunrise Rotary 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.
Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First City Club. 32 Bull St , Savannah http:// www.savannahsunriserotary.org/
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. 484-6710. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah
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 about Savannah and making new friends. Call 351-3171.
Savannah Storytellers
Meets Thursday, 3/11 at 5pm. The chapel at River’s Edge Retirement Community on Waters Ave. New members are encouraged and welcome.
Savannah Writers Group
Meets the last Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm in different locations to practice spoken Spanish in a casual environment. 236-8566.
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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 meetand-greet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Contact Carol North, 912-920-8891. 8108 Abercorn St , Savannah
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Meets every Wednesday, 6:30pm at Seaside Surf Coffee Shop. All levels welcome. For more info, call Will Strong, 912-604-8667. Seaside Surf Coffeeshop, Tybee Island
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. Vu Lounge at the Hyatt, 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 927-3356. Savannah
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,
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A literary society for bibliophiles and writers. Monthly meetings for the Writer’s Salon are held on first Tuesday and the Book Club meets on the third Tuesday. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. at meet at 207 E. Charlton St (Flannery O’Connor’s Childhood Home). Call 233-6014, facebook Peacock Guild or email peacockguild@googlegroups.com for more info.
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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.
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The Armstrong Center is available for meetings, seminars, workshops or social events. Classrooms, meeting space, auditorium and 6000-square-foot ballroom. 344-2951. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah
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A sometimes formal group that also sometimes just gets together to drink wine. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/savannahwine-lovers.
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, dropins welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@gmail.com Savannah Mall,
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.
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 www.southernwingz.com
Savannah Wine Lovers
Son-shine Hour
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Southern Wings
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
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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 $2.00 per person. Wear closed toe leather soled shoes if available. For more information call 912-925-7416 or email savh_tango@yahoo.com. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd ,
Beginners Belly Dancing Classes
Wednesdays 6PM-7PM @ The Charles H. Morris Center for the Arts, 10.00$ per class, Thursdays 6:30-7:30PM @ Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 4 classes for 60$ or 17.50$ per class, and Sundays 11:40 AM-12:40 @ Tantra Lounge, 10.00$ per class. For more info contact Nicole Edge at kleokatt@gmail.com, or 912-596-0889. www.cairoonthecoast.com.
Beginners Fusion Belly Dance
Every Tuesday, 6-7pm. If you have never danced before or have limited dance experience, this is the class for you. Cybelle, a formal bellydancer for over 10 years will guide you through basic bellydance and fusion Walk ins welcome. 15.00/class 912414-1091 http://cybellefusionbellydance. wordpress.com/
C.C. Express Dance Team
Meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. Windsor Forest Recreation Building, 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 Step Classes
Coastal Georgia Steppers is offering adult Chicago-style steppin dance classes every Sunday from 4:00– 6:30pm at the Tominac Gym on Hunter Army Airfield. All are welcome. Free admission; no partner required. For more info, send email to Robert.neal75@yahoo.com.
Christian Cabaret and Line Dance Extravaganza
3/13 - The 1st Southeast Line Dance Competition. An evening of fun and dancing. Line dance contest from 7:309:00pm. Cabaret from 9:00-midnight. ILA Reception Hall. 221 East Lathrop Ave. $20 before 3/5, $25 after. For contest info: inourvision@yahoo.com. For tickets: Diane Tremble @925-9272
Flamenco Enthusiasts
Dance or learn flamenco in Savannah with the Flamenco Cooperative. Meetings are held on Saturdays from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Maxine Patterson School of Dance. Any level welcome. If you would like to dance, accompany or sing, contact Laura Chason at laura_chason@yahoo.com. Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St , Savannah
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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 912-272-2797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@gmail.com St. Pius Family Resource Center,
Free Swing Lessons
Every Thursday at Doubles Night Club (7100 Abercorn St.) Join the SwingCats for a free lesson at 7:30pm, followed by dancing from 8-10pm. No partner required. Drink specials.
Home Cookin’ Cloggers
Meet every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Nassau Woods Recreation Building on Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes are being held at this time, however help will be available for those interested in learning. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. Nassau Woods Recreation Building, 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, noncompetitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified. For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@ gmail.com or 912-704-2052.
Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.
offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes. All ages and all levels are welcome. Call Mahogany B. at 272-8329.
Modern Dance Class
For beginners/intermediate. Tuesdays 10-11:15am. Doris Martin Dance Studio. 7360 Skidaway Rd. For info, call Elizabeth at 912-354-5586.
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. Call for details 912-224-9667 or visit www. fitnessbodybalance.com. 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. , 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, 330-5421. Delaware Recreation Center, Savannah
Salsa Lessons
Tuesdays and Wednesdays. No partner required. Tantra Lounge, 8 East Broughton St. Contact: salsasavannah@gmail.com, or call 856-7323. www.salsasavannah.com Tantra Lounge, 8 E. Broughton St. ,
Savannah Shag Club
Shag music every Wednesday, 7pm, at Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn St. and every Friday, 7 pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr.
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Khebeyet Tribal is now offering classes in Tribal Style Belly Dance. Mondays 7-8pm at Archer Way Townhomes on Abercorn St. For more info call Maya at 912-704-2940 or email mayakali7@yahoo.com. http:// www.khebeyet.com/
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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. ,
Events Diesel Train Rides
3/2-18 -All aboard for a ride on the old diesel train. Tues thru Sun. 11am, 1pm, 2pm. Sunday rides at 1pm, 2pm. The Roundhouse Railroad Museum. 601 W. Harris St. www.chsgeorgia.org
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Learn about the preservation and care of the Isaiah Davenport House. The museum’s director will discuss the recent restoration, maintenance issues and techniques for preserving the site. Includes areas not seen on regular tour. Tuesdays and Saturdays in March (2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23). $18. Refreshments included. 324 E. State St.
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Registration for the regatta will take place on Fri. 3/19, 6–7:30pm. Tubby’s Tank House Restaurant (2909 River Drive, Thunderbolt, GA), followed by a captain’s meeting. Registration: $55.00 per boat ($50.00 for U.S. Sailing members), includes both days of racing, a commemorative hat, the regatta t-shirt, one dinner ticket, and last but not least a bottle of rum provided by our sponsor for each boat’s captain. http://geecheesailingclub. org/racing.html.
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Mon 3/15 thru Fri 3/19 check out the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum for half price. 175 Bourne Ave. Pooler. www. mightyeighth.org
Fitness Bellydancing for fun and fitness
The most fun class you’ve ever taken to get you in the best shape in the least amount of time. We provide bright colorful veils, jangling coin hip scarves, and exotic music. Every Thursday at 7:30pm. $15 drop-in or $40 for four if you pay in advance. Call 912-660-7399 or email ConsistentIntegrity@yahoo.com
Bellydrills
2 hour dance workout utilizing basic bellydance moves. This is geared to all levels of ability. Dance your way towards a better sense of well being. Bring water bottle. $25/class. 912-414-1091 http://cybellefusionbellydance.wordpress.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
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 30 minute Core and ABs concentration class. Offered 11:30 am and 12:00pm Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays @ Fitness Body & Balance 2127 1/2 East Victory Dr. www.fitnessbodybalance.com 912-3984776 or 912-224-9667 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/
Hatha Yoga classes
Every Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 8196463. 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/
Learn Kung Fu Today
The Temple of Martial Arts is a Kung Fu school where men and women of all levels of martial arts experience come together to learn the art of Wing Chun and Tai Chi. SiFu Michael, 429-9241. 407 E Montgomery Cross Rd, Ste B , Savannah
Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes
Mondays, 10-11am (crawlers and toddlers) and 11:30-12:45 (infants and precrawlers) at the Savannah Yoga Center. The cost is $14 per class. Multi-class discounts are available. Walk-ins welcome. Call 232-2994 or visit www.savannahyoga. com. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. , Savannah http://www.savannahyoga. com/
Pilates Mat Classes
Mat classes are held Tues & Thurs 7:30am-8:30am, Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Mon & Wed 5:30pm-6:30pm, Thurs 12:30pm-1:30pm, & Sat 9:30am-10:30am. All levels welcome! Private and SemiPrivate classes are by appointment only. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates Instructor. Call 912.238-0018 Momentum Pilates Studio, 310 E. 41st St , http://savannahpilates.com/
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 660-1863 for times and appointments.
Rolf Method Bodywork
For posture, chronic pain and alignment of body/mind/spirit. Jeannie Kelley, LMT, certified advanced Rolf practitioner. www. islandsomatherapy.com, 843-422-2900.
Savannah Yoga Center
Located at 1321 Bull St. Call 232-2994 or visit www.savannahyoga.com for schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah
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,
Tai Chi Classes
From 10:30-11:30am every Mon and Fri, and from 5:30-6:30pm every Tues and Thurs. Tai Chi is an exercise derived from the ancient Chinese martial arts. Call to pre-register. 912-819-6463 St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,
The Yoga Room
Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr , Savannah
Vinyasa Yoga (Donation-based)
Invigorating all-level flow class with longer holdings to focus on precision alignment. Donation yoga lets you pay what you can, when you can, so you can enjoy your yoga practice without breaking your budget. Every Thurs. 9:15-10:15am. The Yoga Co-Op. 2424 Drayton St. The Yoga Co-Op, 2424 Drayton
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Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors
Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. Learn to increase your strength and flexibility and improve your overall wellbeing. For more information, call 912-3500798. FitnessOne, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine Memorial Health,
Yoga with Barbara
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. 912232-4490 or email blh63@hotmail.com
Zumba Fitness
Classes are being held every week in the Pooler and Rincon areas. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international music, dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting and effective fitness system. All ages and shapes are encouraged to attend. $7 per class. For location and info, contact Carmen at 4841266 or calexe@comcast.net.
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 first Tues of every month at 7 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 or email christina@savpride.com. 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.
information on caring for a newborn and addresses the needs of a changing family. Topics covered include basic newborn care, breast and bottle feeding, infant hygiene, life with a new baby, home and car seat safety, and infant CPR. Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial Health, http://women. memorialhealth.com/
Bariatric Surgery Information Sessions
Information about bariatric surgery and the program at Memorial Health Bariatrics. For more information call 912-350-DIET, or visit bariatrics.memorialhealth.com. There is no charge for this program. Medical Education Auditorium at Memorial,
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. 232-6624. . , Savannah
Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings
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Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605 for appt. Every Monday from 10a.m.-12p.m. at the Smart Senior office, No. 8 Medical Arts Center. No appt necessary. Every MondayFriday from 10a.m.-2p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578. Savannah
Free hearing & speech screening
Hearing: Every Thurs. 9-11 a.m. Speech: 1st Thurs. of each month. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601. 1206 E 66th St , Savannah http:// www.savannahspeechandhearing.org/
Free Massage
Get 10 free minutes of full body massage with every paid hour. No appointment necessary. 10am 7pm M-F SAT 10-5. 233-4808. Sol Tanning, 18 E. Broughton St. 2nd Floor ,
Free Skin Cancer Screening
St. Joseph’s/Candler will offer two opportunities for free skin cancer screenings. 3/20 at the Richmond Hill YMCA, call 748-8271 to sched. appt. and 3/27 at the Habersham YMCA. Call 692-0713 to sched. appt.
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
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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 For info, contact Jackie King at 691-6882.
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.
Hypnobirthing Childbirth Classes
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 843683-8750 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.
I am your ‘live’ coach
You like to be happy, healthy and successful? I am your coach, helping you to life your live to your fullest potential in all fields. I help you to expand your talents. I offer small groups or one person appts. Please call: 912-604-3281
La Leche League of Savannah
Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm. La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers. 897-9261, www.lllusa. org/web/SavannahGA.html. Family Health and Birth Center, Savannah
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
Memorial Health blood pressure check
Free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 350-7587. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/
Memorial Health CPR training
FitnessOne provides American Heart Association courses each month to certify individuals in infant, child and adult CPR. The cost is $30. Call 350-4030 or visit www. memorialhealth.com. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah
Mobile Mammogram Tests
St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Mobile Mammography Unit will be at the following location in March. Rincon: 3/2 and 3/16. Richmond Hill: 3/3. Islands: 3/4. Landings: 3/9. Hardeeville: 3/10. Bluffton: 3/11. Pooler 3/23. Pembroke:
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Planned Parenthood Hotline
First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services. Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-2647154.
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.
Two health and wellness events in one night
3/11 - the JEA hosts two health events presented by Morning Star Arts. 5-7pm - Healthy Girls Nite Out, a program for college age girls discussing the importance of healthy living. 7pm - Family Matters panel includes doctors discussing genetic diseases. JEA, 5111 Abercorn St. , http://www. morningstararts.org/
Weight Loss Through Hypnosis
Lose weight with Guided Imagery and Hypnosis. No pills, diets or surgery. 927-3432.
Nature and Environment Birding with an expert
Wilderness Southeast is offering a series of birding trips with local expert Diana Churchill. Trips include the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Tybee Island, Wassaw Island and Webb Wildlife Management Area. For more info, call 912-236-8115 or visit www.wilderness-southeast.org
Dolphin Project of Georgia
Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 727-3177, visit www. TheDolphinProject.org.or e-mail gadolphin@comcast.net.
Fort Pulaski Trail Adventures
Every Wed. at 10am join a park volunteer for a walk along different trails around Cockspur Island. Walks will go along a different trail every week. Check out great coastal views and over 5,000 acres of natural beauty. Bring binoculars and bottled water. $3/person (park fee), age 15 and under free. Fort Pulaski National Monument, continues on p. 66
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Tybee Island Marine Science Center
Exhibits and aquariums are home to more than 100 species of fish, reptiles, amphibians and other interesting 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
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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. 898-3980, www.oatlandisland.org. 711 Sandtown Rd , Savannah
Pets & Animals
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A Walk in the Park
Professional pet sitting, boarding, dog walking and house sitting services offered in downtown Savannah and the nearby islands. All jobs accepted are performed by the owner to ensure the safety of your pets. Local references available. Please call 401.2211 or email lesleycastle@gmail.com to make a reservation.
Dog Yoga
Every first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. in Forsyth Park. The cost is a $10 donation, with all donations given to Save-ALife. Bring a mat or blanket and a sense of humor. Yoga for dogs is a fun way to relax and bond with your four-legged pet. Great for all levels and all sizes. 898-0361 or www. thesavannahyogaroom.com. Savannah
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The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays (weather permitting). Meet at 5 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. Time changes with season. Call for info 234-3336. Savannah http://www.caninepalacesavannah.com/
Readings & Signings Author: Eileen Erikson
3/23, 7p.m. The Savannah Writer’s Group hosts Erikson for a talk about her three books, one about her career as a nurse, and two children’s books, inspired by the birth of her grandchildren. Books-A-Million. 8108 Abercorn St.
Book Signing: Emory Campbell
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Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club
meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605. Savannah
Tea time at Ola’s
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/
Religious & Spiritual 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 8983477. Savannah
Music Ministry for Children & Youth
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
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 2474903. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St , Savannah http://www. trinitychurch1848.org/
Realizing The God Within
DrUUming Circle
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
Live Web-streaming
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.
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 drumcurious are welcome. Call 234-0980 or visit uusavannah.org. 313 Harris St. , Savannah http://www.uusavannah.org/ 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, 1877-494-8629, www.freedompathonline.org, freedompath@yahoo.com. Savannah
Midweek Bible Study
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/
Soka Gakkai of America
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, 505 Blair St. , Savannah
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 2336284 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. 234-0980, 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/
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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 Area Tennis Association
Tennis Teams Forming at all levels from beginner to advanced for Adult Men, Adult Women, Senior Men, Senior Women and new Weekday Women. Most leagues play is in the evenings or on the weekends at various tennis courts in the area. For more info: http://www.savannahtennis.com/
Savannah Bike Polo
Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. Check out www. facebook.com/savannahbikepolo for more information.
Savannah Shamrock Rugby Club
Always looking for new players, coaches and supporters. Meeting for training Tues & Thurs 6:30pm at Forsyth Park. No experience needed. Call 912-441-4608 for info.
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Free Texas Hold Em poker league is available to the public. Teaches new players how to play and advanced players can come and work on their skills. Prize tournaments for season points leaders. www. series7pokerleague.com for more info.
Support Groups Al Anon Family Groups
A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics meets Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. at 1501 Eisenhower Dr. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Goodwill on Sallie Mood Drive. Call 598-9860 or visit http://al_anon_savannah.freeservers.com. Savannah
Al-Anon Meetings
Meetings for families and friends of alcoholics are held every Monday at 5:30pm and Saturday at 11am. Melissa, 844-4524. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave , Savannah http://www. fpc.presbychurch.net/
Alcoholics Anonymous
If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol, call 354-0993.
Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group
Senior Citizens, Inc. hosts a Caregiver’s support group for individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members. The group meets every second Monday at the Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Road. For more information, call 236.0363, ext. 143. Savannah
Amputee Support Group
Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers. Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.
Cancer support group
Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. The group is open to anyone who is living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-8784. Savannah
Caregiver’s Support Group
Meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month. For more info: 912-925-5924. White Bluff United Methodist Church, 11911 White Bluff Rd. ,
Caring for Us
A support group for caregivers of ill or injured family members or loved ones. Call Kimberlee Mitchell at 350-3399.
CASA Support Group
For parents and caregivers of children who have been involved with DFCS and/or returned to your custody after being in foster care. The group meets the first Thursday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at Youth Futures Family Resource Center at 705 Anderson St. For information, call Madison at CASA at 447-8908 or send email to madison@savannahcasa.org. Savannah
Citizens With Retarded Citizens
Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 355-7633. Savannah
Coastal Empire Polio Survivors
Association
Meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at the Candler Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. Call 355-1221 or 912-927-8332; or visit www. coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. 5354 Reynolds Ave. , Savannah
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Domestic violence support group
SAFE Shelter provides a domestic violence support group every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Inc. Building at 3205 Bull St. Call Brenda Edwards, 629-8888. Savannah
Fibromyalgia support group
meets the second Thursday from 5:306:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St.. 819-6743. 5354 Reynolds Ave. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/
First Line
An after-hours referral and information line to talk confidentially about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy options. A free service from Planned Parenthood, available nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1-800-264-7154.
Gray Matters Brain Injury Support Group
For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Meets the third Thursday at 5 p.m. in the gym at The Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial University Medical Center. 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/
Grief 101
A 7-week educational group offering support and coping tools for adults who have experienced a loss by death. Meets Tuesdays 6-7pm at Full Circle, a Center for Education and Grief Support, 7212 Seawright Dr. RSVP to 303-9442. Savannah
Grief Support Group
6:00 p.m. Tues. at Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 450 Mall Blvd. Seven-week support groups for children and adults are offered by the bereavement counselors at no charge as a complementary service of Hospice Savannah. For information call 912.303.9442 or visit www.HospiceSavannahHelps.org. Savannah
Heartbeats for Life
A free support and education group for those who have suffered or want to prevent or reverse Heart Disease, and/or Diabetes problems. Contact, Jeff: 912598-8457; email: jeff@heartbeatsforlifega.org
Hope House
Provides housing and support services such as life skills, resources and referrals, follow-up care and parent-child activities funded by DHR Promoting Safe and Stable Families. Please call 236-5310 for information. Hope House of Savannah, 214 E. 34th St. , Savannah
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meets on the first Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at the Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave. Call Carole Kaczorowski at 598-7001, Lorr Elias at 351-6375 or Bruce Elias at 644-5916. Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave , Savannah
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Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group
For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin, 3507845. Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/
Living without Violence
The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship. Meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 2349999. First Baptist Church of Savannah, 223 Bull St. , Savannah
Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group
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meets the second Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. on the second floor of the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. 355-5196. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. , Savannah
Memorial Health Bleeding Disorders Support Group
Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/
Memorial Health Focus
Focus is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents and caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. For information, call Saundra at 350-3396. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/
Multiple Sclerosis support group
discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 355-1523. St James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave , Savannah
Narcotics Anonymous
Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
A recovery support group for people living with mental illness. Meets at several location throughout the week. Tuesdays: 6:308pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd. Thursdays: 6:30-8pm, Pine Woods Retreat, 1149 Cornell Ave. Suite 3A. Saturdays: 1:30-3:30pm, Candler Heart & Lung Building (2nd Floor). Call 912-353-7143 for more info.
Overeaters Anonymous
Meets weekly at several locations. Please visit www.oa.org to locate a meeting.
Pancreatic Cancer Support Group
Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/
PRIDE Support Group
This is a support group for parents of children with bleeding disorders. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/
Rape Crisis Center
assists survivors of rape and sexual assault. The Rape Crisis Line is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 233-7273. The center offers free, confidential counseling for victims and their families.
Rape Crisis Center Incest Survivor’s Group
As part of its ongoing work with incest survivors, the Rape Crisis Center has built a cinder-block wall where incest survivors can throw plates as an anger management technique. In order to continue, donations of china are needed. Call 233-3000 to make a donation.
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group
The group welcomes anyone suffering with this disorder, and family members or caregivers interested in learning more about it. For information, call Martyn Hills at 651-4094.
S-Anon Family Group
A fellowship for families and friends of sexaholics. For information, call 663-2565.
Safe Shelter Outreach Program
Providing services for survivors of domestic violence. All services are confidential and free. 3025 Bull St. 651-0004. Safe Shelter Outreach Program, 3025 Bull St. , Savannah
Senior Citizen’s Inc. Alzheimer’s Support Group
For families of persons suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia. Second Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care facility, 64 Jasper St. Call ahead to reserve a seat. Call Stacey Floyd at 236-0363. 3025 Bull St , Savannah
Sexaholics Anonymous
A fellowship of men and women whose purpose is to help those with sexual addictions. 351-7440.
Smoking Cessation Support Group
is open to anyone who has stopped smoking and needs additional support or to those who are considering trying to stop smoking. Call 819-8032 or 819-3361.
Spinal Injury Support Group
Meets every third Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial Health. For information, call Jami Murray at 350-8900. Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/
Support Group for Parents of Ill Children
who have a seriously ill child receiving treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A case manager facilitates the meetings, and a child life specialist provides an arts and crafts activity Meets once a week. Call Donna at 350-5616. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/backus
The Parents of Difficult Teens Group
for parents having problems with their teens and pre-teens. 353-7699.
Transgender Support Group
My Brothaz Home, Inc. is sponsoring this support group. For information, call Lady Maverick or George at 231-8727.
Troup Square Al-Anon Family Group
A support group for friends and family of alcoholics, with special attention to issues of adult children of alcoholics. 495-9758 or www.al-anon.alateen.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. , Savannah http://www.uusavannah.org/
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is an asthma support group for children that meets in the Rainbow Room at The Children’s Place at Candler Hospital. Call 921-3368. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/
Women who love too much
meets Fridays from noon to 1 p.m. Call Maureen Wozniak at 355-4987.
Volunteers America’s Second Harvest Food Bank needs volunteers
To help with various tasks around food bank and warehouse. Apply as soon as possible. 912-236-6750 ext 109. America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia, 2501 E. President St , Savannah http://www.helpendhunger.org/
CASA needs volunteers
to speak up for abused children in court for their best interests and to help ensure they are placed in safe and permanent homes. Call 447-8908.
First Steps
Become a volunteer with First Steps and provide support, education and community resources to help parents of newborns establish healthy and positive relationships with their babies. Call 819-6910. St. Joseph’s Hospital, 11705 Mercy Blvd. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/
Good Samaratin Clinic Needs Volunteers St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City needs stellar souls to volunteer as nurses, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, Spanish interpreters and clerical staff. The Good Samaritan Clinic opened two years ago to serve people without insurance and whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. To volunteer call Greta Tholstrup at 429-1502.
Literacy volunteers needed
Project READ, an adult literacy program, is in need of volunteer tutors who can commit to 2 or 4 hours each week. Call Jodi at Royce Learning Center at 354-4047. Royce Learning Center, 4 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd , Savannah http://www.roycelearningcenter.com/
Live Oak Regional Public Libraries
needs volunteers to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties. Call 652-3661. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St , Savannah http://www.liveoakpl.org/
Oatland Island Education Center
Oatland Island Wildlife Center often needs volunteers. Call 898-3980. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd , Savannah http://www.oatlandisland.org/
Rape Crisis Center Volunteer Training
The Rape Crisis Center will hold its next volunteer training March 18th through March 25th. Volunteers answer our 24-hour crisis line or accompany sexual assault victims to the hospital for a forensic examination. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and submit to a criminal background check. If interested, please call 912-233-3000. We would love to have you on board!
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ARIES
(March 21–April 19) Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923) was called “the most famous actress the world has ever known.” She did a few films in the early days of the cinema, but most of her work was in the theater. At age 70, she played the role of the 13–year–old Juliet in Shakespeare’s *Romeo and Juliet.* I commend her on her refusal to act her age, and recommend that you make a comparable effort in the coming weeks. For example, if you’re in your twenties, try something you thought you wouldn’t do until you were at a very ripe age. If you’re over 50, be 25 for a while. It’s an excellent time to do this kind of time–traveling.
TAURUS
(April 20–May 20) You might have to use primitive means to accomplish modern wonders. It may be necessary to hearken back to what worked in the past in order to serve the brightest vision of the future. Take your cue from Luis Soriano, a saintly teacher who carries a library of 120 books on the back of a donkey as he meanders around the back country of Columbia, helping poor kids learn how to read.
GEMINI
(May 21–June 20) Humans have been baking and eating bread for at least 5,000 years. But it wasn’t until the 20th century that anyone figured out a fast and easy way to cut it into thin, precise pieces. Then Otto Rohwedder, who had been working on the project for 16 years, produced a machine that cut a loaf into individual slices. I bring him to your attention, Gemini, because I think you are in a phase of your life when you could very possibly create an innovation that would be as intimately revolutionary as Rohwedder’s was for the masses. In fact, why aren’t you working on it right now?
CANCER
(June 21–July 22) In order to heal deep–seated problems, people may need to engage in long–term psychotherapy, patiently chipping away at their mental blocks for many years. But some lucky sufferers get their neuroses zapped
virtually overnight, either with the help of a monumental event that shocks them out of their malaise or through the work of a brilliant healer who uses a few strokes of kamikaze compassion to creatively destroy their deluded fixations. I think you’re now a candidate for this type of correction, Cancerian.
LEO
(July 23–Aug. 22) To discover the most useful truths, you will have to peek behind the curtains and root around to see what’s cloaked in the dark and maybe even explore messes you’d rather not touch. What complicates your task is that the fake truths may be extra loud and shiny, distracting you from the down and dirty stuff with their relentless come–ons. But I have confidence in your ability to outmaneuver the propaganda, Leo. You shall know the hype, and knowing the hype will set you free.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) The evil geniuses of the advertising industry are hard at work in their labs dreaming up seductive new mojo to artificially stimulate your consumer lusts. Meanwhile, the media’s relentless campaign to get you to believe in debilitating fantasies and divert you from doing what’s really good for you has reached a fever pitch. And here’s the triple whammy: Even more than usual, some of your relatives and cohorts are angling to convince you that what pleases them is what pleases you. So is there any hope that you will be able to hone in on what truly excites you? (It’s especially important that you do so right now.) The answer, in my opinion, is a qualified yes –– IF you’re willing to conduct intensive research into the idiosyncratic secrets of what makes you happy; and IF you’re not scared to discover who you are when you’re turned on all the way.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) If you were living in Greece in the fifth century B.C., I’d urge you to bathe in the healing spring at the shrine of Asklepios in Athens. If you were
in 19th–century France, I’d recommend that you trek to the sacred shrine at Lourdes –– being sure to crawl the last half–mile on your hands and knees –– and sip from the curative waters there. But since you’re a busy 21st–century sophisticate and may have a limited belief in miracles, I’ll suggest that you visit the most interesting tree you know and spill a bottle of pristine water over your head as you confess your sins and ask the sky for forgiveness.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) It’s quite possible that the nature of consciousness is in the midst of a fundamental transformation. The human race seems to be getting more empathetic, more compassionate, and even more psychic. Many of us are having experiences that were previously thought to be the province of mystics, such as epiphanies that give us visceral perceptions of the interconnectedness of all life. Even as some traditional religions lose members and devolve into cartoony fundamentalism, there are ever–increasing numbers of intelligent seekers who cultivate a more discerning spiritual awareness outside the decrepit frameworks. If you haven’t been on this bandwagon, Scorpio, now’s a good time to jump on. If you’re already on board, get ready for an accelerated ride.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)
This week you’ll be working overtime while you sleep. Your dreaming mind will be playing around with solutions to your waking mind’s dilemmas. Your ally, the wild conjurer in the ramshackle diamond–encrusted sanctuary at the edge of the deep dark forest, will be spinning out medicine stories and rounding up help for you. So of course you should keep a pen and notebook by your bed to record the dreams that come. I suggest that you also try to keep the first part of your mornings free of busy work so you can integrate the full impact of the nights’ gifts. And don’t despair if you can’t actually remember any of your nocturnal adventures. Their tasty after–images will remain with you subliminally, giving your
logical mind an intuitive edge.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22–Jan. 19) There’ll be an abundance of unambiguous choices for you to make in the coming days. I’m not implying they’ll be easy, just that the different alternatives will be clearly delineated. To get you warmed up for your hopefully crisp decisions, I’ve compiled a a few exercises. Pick one of each of these pairs: 1. exacting homework or free–form research; 2. pitiless logic or generous fantasies; 3. precise and disciplined communication or heedless self–expression; 4. grazing like a contented sheep or rambling like a restless mountain goat.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) Among Eastern religions, some traditions preach the value of getting rid of desires. To be attuned to current cosmic rhythms, however, I think you should rebel against that, and instead cultivate a whole host of desires. Use your imagination! Here are a few I highly recommend: a desire for a revelation or experience that will steer you away from becoming more like a machine; a desire for a fresh blast of purity from a primal source; a desire for an imaginary pet snake that teaches you how to be more playful with your libido; and a desire for a jolt of unexpected beauty that reminds you important it is to keep a part of your mind untamed.
PISCES
(Feb. 19–March 20) I used to have an acupuncturist who liked to talk about her understanding of Chinese medicine. Once she told me that every human being needs a “heart protector,” which is a body function that’s “like a holy warrior who serves as the queen’s devoted ally.” But the heart protector is not something you’re born with. You’ve got to grow it by building your fortitude and taking care of your body. I think the heart protector will be an apt metaphor for you to play with in the coming weeks, Pisces. It’s going to be an excellent time for you to cultivate any part of your life that gives your heart joy, strength, peace, and integrity.
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$99 MOVE IN SPECIAL SOUTHSIDEEASTSIDE - WESTSIDE New Large Clean Carpeted Rooms, only 2-4 rooms per guest house. Quiet Areas, Busline. Cable, Fridge, TV, utilities, furnished rooms. Rooms with PRIVATE BATHROOMS available. $99-$159/Week. DISCOUNT FOR FOOD SERVICE AND HOTEL EMPLOYEES EFFICIENCY APTS 2BR/1BA, 1BR/1BA APTS. LR, refrigerator, stove, all utilities & cable included. Weekly $179 & $225. No sharing. Monthly rates available. No Credit check.
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AVAILABLE ROOMS: CLEAN, comfortable rooms. Washer/dryer, air, cable, HBO, ceiling fans. $110-$140 weekly. No deposit. Call Ike @ 844-7065 DOWNTOWN & SOUTHSIDE 1st week $100. 2nd week until star ting $125/week. Furnished rooms w/cable-tv, WI-FI, free-laundry & off-street parking. All utilities included. Minimum deposit $50 required. See online at: http://savannahrooms.cjb.net Call 912-220-8691 912-604-1890
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FURNISHED EFFICIENCY: 1510 Lincoln St. $155/week or $165/week for double occupancy, Includes utilities! Call 912-231-0240
over 20 yrs. Freshly painted Apts $150/wk. Rooms $70-80/wk. Furnished and utilities included. Call 234-9779 NEAR MEMORIAL/ W. CHATHAM East Savannah •ROOMS $100 & UP• Furnished, includes utilities, central heat and air, Comcast cable, television, washer/dryer. Hardwood floors, ceramic tile in kitchen and bath. Shared Kitchen & Shared bath. 5 minutes to Memorial Hospital. Call 912-210-0181. ROOM FOR RENT: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, telephone ser vice. $400/$500 monthly, $125/security deposit, no lease. Immediate occupancy. Call Mr. Brown: 912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177. ROOMS FOR RENT Completely furnished. Central heat and air. Conveniently located on busline. $130 per week. Call 912-844-5995. Rooms for Rent- starting at $125 a week. Westside. Cleaned and monitored on a daily basis. Safe neighborhood. Call 912-228-1242 Tybee Beach House Large 5 bedroom, fully furnished, all utilities included, parking & w/d, $450/month, single occupancy, no pets, or drug abusers, alternative lifestyle okay. 9am-7pm, 912-272-8883
Roommate Wanted: 130 Alpine Drive. $480/mo. or $150/week. $250/deposit. Near Hunter AAF. share 1/2 electric. Available Now. 912-272-8020 Safe environment! Share two bedroom upstairs, full kitchen use, central air, cable, 5 minutes from downtown. $500/mo. or $150/wk. 912-236-9013
transportation LARGE VICTORIAN with windows on two sides, across from library, nicely furnished, all utilities. TV/cable/internet, washer/dryer, $140/week. $504/month. 912-231-9464 Other apts. avail.
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cars 910 2007 Brancho 110 Dirtbike-NEW-less than 3hrs riding time-$1000 (Financing Available). Visit www.craigslistcom for pics/more info. (Statesboro). Please visit website prior Kat @ 713-3024
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Buick Regal 1997 V6 motor, AC & heat, stereo sound, cruise control, brand new tires, fully loaded, runs very well. For more info call Javon 912-503-0200.
$3300 OBO
LINCOLN TOWNCAR, 1998. Fully loaded, AC/heat, strong V8 engine, stereo sound, alarm system, keyless entry, CC, tilt, leather interior. Very well maintained. For more info, 912-503-0200. CADILLAC Seville SLS, 1997- NORTHSTAR V8, auto, AC, 4-door, power everything, moonroof, new tires/brakes, priced right @$2800 OBO. 386-490-6125, Savannah CHEVROLET 4x4 Pickup, 1987 Collectors Item! low mileage, new transmission, new rear-end, new paint, new tires, Candy Apple Red! $8000o.b.o. 437-5256 or 275-3639
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CHEVROLET C10, 1985Fleetside Classic Rare Find, shortbed, V8, ½ ton, Low miles High NADA retail $8873, sale price $6500 OBO Call 912-897-2253 ConneCt Savannah ClaSSified adS Work!
CHEVROLET EL CAMINO 1985- Nice Classic! Auto, V8, Conquista, NO RUST! New tires, many more options. PRICED ONLY $3800obo. 386-490-6125 CHEVROLET S-10, 1994161K miles, custom parts- lowered- Needs some work. $2500. Visit www.craigslistcom for pics/more info. (Statesboro). Please visit website prior Kat @ 713-3024 CHEVROLET S-10 Pickup, 2000, Long bed, 4cyl., automatic, 76K miles, $3400. Call 352-3631. Chevy Silverado, 2002, 1500 LS-Single Cab-158K (hwy) milesew tires/brakes-$7500 (Financing Available). Visit www.craigslistcom for pics/more info. (Statesboro). Please visit website prior Kat @ 713-3024 Dodge Dakota SLT 1999 Ext. Cab, Auto, 4x4, Power Everything! Low miles, NEW TIRES/BRAKES, More Options! Hurry! $4200obo. 386-490-6125
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FENDER BENDER? Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.
HARLEY DAVIDSON Heritage, 2003. Black & silver, 100yr. anniversary edition. Excellent condition, garage kept, Vance & Hines, extras. $14,000. 912-663-2445
Ford Crown Victoria 1999. 115,000 miles, excellent condition, ac, automatic, all power, 4.6 V8 Interceptor, Fast! $4,300. 912-412-0699
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FORD Mustang, 1995- GT Convertible 5.0 V8, black with tan leather interior, 135K miles $6500 OBO Call 912-897-2253 JAGUAR S-Type, 2003$6900 automatic, all power, low miles, leather seats, campaign gold, very good cond. Call 912-323-9797 KAWASAKI Bayou 300, 1996 ATV / 4-Wheeler good condition, $1000 obo. Call 912-437-5256 or 912-275-3639 MERCEDES BENZ S320, 1994. $4200 OBO. Call 323-9797
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OLDSMOBILE DELTA 88, 1984. White, very good condition, A/C and heat. Asking $2500. Call 272-8811 PLYMOUTH Grand Voyager, 1998- 3 door, 113” wheelbase, 2.4 V6, 116 K miles $3600 OBO Call 912-897-2253 Pontiac Grand Am SE, 1997, Burgundy, good condition, retail at $2900, asking only $1500. Call 912-247-5940 Art PAtrol for the Latest Openings & Exhibits connectsavannah.com
SATURN SL1, 2001- 4 cyl auto, a/c, 4 doors $3900 OBO Call 912-897-2253 VW NEW BEETLE GLS,‘01. 49,000 miles!! Excellent condition. Manual. Sunroof. Heated leather seats. 6CD player. New timing belt. $7800. 912-353-8970 SUVS 930
Need a Car Loan? Call 912-687-2753 Subaru Forester ‘06AWD, AT, black with beige interior, very clean, new tires, needs no repairs, 62k, $11,400. Call 912-450-6628
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Boats & accessories 950 For Sale- 14 foot aluminum boat, 25 Mariner motor, and trailer. Rig in showroom condition, always garaged, truly rare quality. Many accessories. $3800. Call 912-691-0737.
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PROLINE BOAT, 17’. Galvanized trailer, in excellent condition, no motor. $3000 OBO. 115 Mariner motor, needs work $300. Call 748-5011
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