Connect Savannah March 17, 2010

Savannah music festival interviews inside: rob gibson, PAGE 16 | mike marshall, PAGE 20 sarah jarosz, page 23 | roby lakatos, page 25 | kristina train, page 26 | schedule, pages 14-15 mar 17-23, 2010 news, arts & Entertainment weekly free connectsavannah.com

All the town’s a stage Our extensive Savannah Music Festival coverage includes a talk with Associate Artistic Director Daniel Hope, curator of the Sensations series By bill deyoung | 28

environment First of a series on the federal bailout of Georgia’s nuclear power industry | 8

visual arts Daguerrotypes live on in a new exhibit at Iocovozzi Fine Art | 32

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by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

As I mentioned last week, because this issue comes out almost simultaneously with the main St. Patrick’s Day festivities, you won’t find much St. Patrick’s Day info inside, that having been covered comprehensively in last week’s edition.

However, for those picking up the new issue late March 16 or early March 17, we have included a short, quick-and-dirty St. Patrick’s user’s guide on page 10.

This issue is mostly devoted to the Savannah Music Festival, which yet again brings an almost unbelievable quantity and quality of live entertainment to town.

Festival Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson (interviewed by Bill DeYoung on page 16) and our cover guy Associate Artistic Director Daniel Hope (interviewed by Bill on page 28) and the SMF staff have combined for

an outstanding three-week program of concerts ranging from blues to rock to world music to bluegrass to gospel to classical, and beyond.

We are particularly proud to sponsor several excellent concerts in the Connect Americana Series taking place at the Charles H. Morris Center near the Pirate’s House, a great-sounding, user-friendly venue for live music.

This week we focus on two Connect Americana performances coming up in the next few days. Bill DeYoung interviews Mike Marshall, a repeat standout performer at the Festival, and there’s my interview with the delightful Sarah

Jarosz, an up-and-coming singer/songwriter/ instrumentalist. She shares a bill with Sierra Noble at the Morris Center.

Other great concerts you should try and check out this week — for which we have interviews in the paper — include Gypsy violin whiz Roby Lakatos (performing as part of a double bill with Brazil’s Assad Brothers) and Savannah native Kristina Train (on a double bill with Ruthie Foster).

For a full schedule go to pages 14-15.

We have something else very special in this week’s issue: the kickoff to Patrick Rodgers’ series on the economics of nuclear power, specifically the proposed taxpayer-funded expansion of Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle.

With all the overheated rhetoric these days about “socialism,” it’s often overlooked that utility companies, which garner enormous capitalist profits, often bear little actual capitalist risk. That pleasure usually goes to you! cs

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a special report on Georgia Power’s federal bailout. by patrick rodgers

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st. pat’s guide: A

very quick look at what you need to know to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day.

free speech 11 Blotter

by David Kyler

12 Straight Dope 13 News of the Weird

New state water conservation plan is anemic Water conservation efforts underway in the General Assembly are noble in claims but anemic in substance. The Georgia Water Stewardship Act of 2010 creates valuable first steps, but falls short of being legitimate because it favors the state’s major water users.

And it does nothing to prevent Atlanta from robbing the water resources of downstream and downstate communities to help prop up the metro region’s increasingly unmanageable and costly sprawl. We fully support a separate bill proposed to control inter–basin transfers, urgently needed in the absence of language addressing transfers in the Water Stewardship Act. Note that the watering restriction exemptions offered

by the Stewardship bill includes farmers, who as a group are one of the largest water users in the state. Under current proposals, enormous amounts of water lost to evaporation will continue to be caused by mega–farms using spay irrigation, with losses of hundreds of millions of gallons daily that will be permitted even during the hottest periods.

Likewise, Georgia’s other giant water grabbers, power–plants, are being treated as sacred cows in legislative conservation proposals, which leave them wholly unaffected. Despite power plants consuming hundreds of millions of gallons a day in evaporative cooling, EPD continues permitting them as if they’re unrelated to water management concerns.

Meanwhile, waterless and clean energy options like solar and wind power remain largely ignored – treated as eccentric and impractical, in defiance of

abundant examples of their success elsewhere.

Doubling the size of Plant Vogtle with two new nuclear reactors will cause the additional loss of 40 million gallons a day from the Savannah River. The Savannah is already overstressed by water users and polluters in Georgia and South Carolina, as indicated by the recent finding that it’s the fourth most polluted river in the nation.

The unstated but disturbing outcome is that nearly all water to be conserved under the curiously incomplete Georgia approach will be squeezed from 20 percent (or fewer) of the water users, as measured in total water consumed. In other words, for undisclosed political reasons we are severely restricting Georgia’s water conservation potential by giving a free pass to the major water users.

This will result in building

more costly and inefficient reservoirs, unnecessary exploitation and degradation of Georgia’s aquifers and rivers, and an ever greater burden on taxpayers who will have to pay for the unyielding demands of urban sprawl, agriculture, and the power industry. And all this will occur under the guise of a disingenuous claim to be moving toward state water ‘stewardship.’

Dare Georgians demand that the manipulated omissions in this half–hearted approach to a ‘culture of conservation’ be exposed through open, fact–based deliberations? If not, we can only hope that neighboring states and judicial authorities involved in the ‘water wars’ will force Georgia toward a legitimate water conservation program. cs David Kyler is Executive Director for the Center for a Sustainable Coast in St. Simons Island.

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due to weather. This time there’s a big tent and it’ll happen rain or shine.

When: Fri. March 19, 6 p.m.

Where: Ellis Square downtown Cost: Free and open to the public.

Wednesday

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on the River

Theater: ‘I Do, I Do’

What: Large amounts of al-

What: Savannah Commu-

cohol 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: Wed. March 17 Where: River Street Cost: $5/wristband

nity Theatre and the Tybee Arts Assoc. present this nostalgic musical tracing a couple’s fifty years of marriage.

When: Fri. March 19, 7:30 p.m., Sat. March 20, 7:30 p.m., Sun. March 21, 3 p.m.

Where: Tybee Arts Theater Cost: $15-18/adv, $20/door Info: 912-247-4644.

Info:

What: The traditional start

to the Day of St. Patrick.

a.m.

Where: Cathedral of St.

John the Baptist

St. Patrick’s Day Parade What: Marching

bands, community groups, floats and more.

When: Wed. March 17, 10 a.m.

Where: Downtown

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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 18, 5 p.m., Fri. March 19, 5 p.m.

Where: Davenport House, 324 E. State St. , Cost: $18/adult, $14/student (ages 8-17)

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music

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Low Country Boil & Silent Auction

St. Patrick’s Day Mass When: Wed. March 17, 8

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

Superstar pianist Lang Lang plays the Savannah Music Festival; see our full schedule of concerts on pages 14-15.

African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry What: A closer look into

the area’s Gullah Geechee traditions and culture.

Includes lecture by former Penn Center director Emory Campbell, a discussion and book signing.

When: Thu. March 18, 7 p.m.

Where: Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum Cost: Free

Third Thursday on Tybee

What: A family-friendly,

outdoor concert series.

This month features local folk songstress Lauren LaPointe.

When: March 18, 5 p.m.

Where: Tybee Oaks Cost: Free

Freebie of the Week | What: Includes

Conserving Tybee

What: The Sierra Club

presents a talk with Tybee Councilman Paul Wolff about environmental conservation on Tybee.

When: Thu. March 18, 7 p.m.

Where: First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Cost: Free

Savannah Music Festival begins What: Get ready to

enjoy over two weeks of great music from some of the world’s most preeminent talents. For a full schedule of this week’s performances, check out our schedule on page 14.

When: Various times Where: Various venues Cost: Various prices Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

‘Inside Your Customer’s Brain’ What: Lecture by Dan

Suwyn in Food for Thought series.

When: Thu. March 18 Where: Georgia Tech Savannah campus, room PARB 126.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912/963-2551

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Dedication of Ellis Square (Rescheduled)

What: Welcome Savannah’s

What: Benefits 2010 Habersham YMCA. With live band.

When: Fri. March 19, 6-9 p.m.

Where: Bonna Bella Yacht Club.

Cost: $30 advance, $45 at the door. Ticket includes free “Kid’s Night Out” at the Habersham YMCA. Info: Call Lori at 354-6223.

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Saturday

Safe Kids Savannah Yard Sale

What: Proceeds from the event benefit Safe Kids Savannah a local branch of org dedicated to preventing accidental injury.

When: Sat. March 20, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: , 8832 Old Montgomery Rd.

“newest” square, reclaimed from 1950s-era urban renewal nd restored.

This event had to be rescheduled from last week

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Movies

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Savannah Hosea Feed the Hungry event

a hot meal, health screenings, employment info and more to aid the working poor and homeless in the area.

March 20, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Garden City Community Center, 150 Wheathill Rd., Garden City Cost: Free Info: 912-232-3085. http://www.sclcsavannah.org/ When: Sat.

What: A full day of events

including gardening lectures, vendors, tours, face painting, balloons and more.

When: Sat. March 20, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens Cost: $2 (parking) Info: http://www.ugaextension.com/bamboo

Polk’s Saturday Market 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 20, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Where: Polk’s Market, 530 E. Liberty St. Info: 912-238-3032. http://polksfreshmarket. com/

Scottish Heritage Day

What: Learn about pio-

neer skills, musket drills, and highland weapons as well as some of the music, dance and cooking of Darien’s first settlers.

When: Sat. March 20, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Fort King George Historic Site, 302 McIntosh Rd. SE, Darien Cost: $3.50-$5

Gopher Carnival

What: Family fun with

crafts, carnival games, food, face painting, pony rides, a petting zoo, moon bounce and more.

When: Sat. March 20, 1 p.m.-6 p.m.

Where: Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Island Causeway Cost: $5 (for parking pass) Info: 912-598-2300 . http://www.gastateparks. org/

Spring Equinox Paddle

What: Start with basic

canoe instruction, then take a trip downstream with a local naturalist to learn about the flora and fauna. Reservations required.

When: Sat. March 20, 1 p.m.

Where: Begins in Rincon Cost: $40, includes canoe, paddle and

instruction Info: 912-236-8115 . http://www.wildernesssoutheast.org/

The Wheel of Fortune Wheelmobile What: Apply to be a

contestant on the show.

Participate in a simulated version of the game on stage. Win prizes.

When: Sat. March 20, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Sun. March 21, 1 p.m.

Where: Savannah Mall, Center Court Cost: Free

Humane Society Book Sale

What: Humane Society

of Greater Savannah is selling its books for a quarter apiece.

When: March 20, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Humane Society, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr.

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Arts on the Marsh Festival

What: 3rd annual event

featuring arts and crafts, live entertainment, fabulous food, activities, art show and much more.

Call 897-4941 or visit www.saintschool.com for more info.

When: Sun. March 21 Where: St. Andrew’s School, 601 Penn Waller Rd. Cost: Free and open to the public

Invisible Children

What: A touring group of representatives from the non-profit organization, as well as several native Ugandans, who will be screening their film and discussing the ongoing conflict in Uganda and the abduction of children used as soldiers.

When: Sun. March 21, 6 p.m.

Where: Lake Church, 50 Al Henderson Blvd.

Cost: Free and open to the public

Pianist Joel Martin What: A fusion of jazz,

classical and sacred. A benefit for the Interfaith Hospitality Network. Part of the Monumental Music Series.

When: Sun. March 21, 3 p.m.

Where: Wesley Monumental Church, 429 Abercorn St. Cost: $20/adults, $10/ students

Historic District Tour of Homes

What: Celia Dunn Sothby’s International Realty hosts this tour.

When: March 21, 2-5 p.m.

Call 234-3323 for more info.

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When: Tue. March 23, 12 p.m.

Where: Arnold Hall Auditorium, 1810 Bull St. Cost: Free and open to the public

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Wednesday Film: Twisted Nerve (UK, 1968)

What: Psychotronic Films

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Nuclear bailout

Taxpayers will assume 100 percent of the risk of Georgia Power’s proposed expansion of Plant Vogtle

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by Patrick Rodgers | patrick@connectsavannah.com This is the first in a series investigating the financial and environmental impacts of the expansion of the Plant Vogtle nuclear power facility.

While utility companies in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama all explore investment in nuclear energy, and the energy industry spends millions lobbying state and federal officials, what seems confusing is this: If nuclear is such a clear solution to our energy needs, why isn’t it more viable without the support of tens of billions of tax dollars?

“Nuclear power cannot be financially viable without taxpayer support, which includes not only federal loan guarantees but also risk insurance and production tax credits that manipulate the cost of nuclear generated energy,” said Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program, in a statement released the same day President Obama announced more than $8 billion in federal loan guarantees for Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle expansion.

Obama praised the expansion of the nuclear site upriver from Savannah as an investment in clean energy that would create thousands of construction jobs to build the plant, and then sustain hundreds of jobs once the two new reactors came online.

When Georgia Power got the news, the announcement was shouted from rooftops and echoed across press releases from government agencies and private companies like it was a new development.

But taxpayers have actually been helping foot the bill for the industry for decades.

Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle on the Savannah River

Developing new nuclear reactors has become one of the rare examples of an issue with bipartisan support in this time of stark political polarization.

Among Republicans who have railed against the federal stimulus and Obama’s healthcare reform for their supposedly unwise federal spending, there hasn’t been a peep of dissent to Obama’s huge loan guarantees for nuclear power.

The loan guarantees, though first given to the nuclear industry by Obama, were actually created by the Bush Administration under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

But while utility companies across the Southeast, including Georgia Power, have been scrambling to get in line for the handout while praising the clean, inexpensive virtues of nuclear energy, there’s seems to be some confusion about the costs of nuclear power generation, which was once predicted to be “too cheap to meter,” during

the 1950s.

“Energy leaders and experts recognize that as long as producing carbon pollution carries no cost, traditional plants that use fossil fuels will be more cost–effective than plants that use nuclear fuel,” said President Obama in a statement in mid–February during the loan guarantee announcement, seemingly indicating that nuclear needed help to be competitive.

Meanwhile, Jeff Wilson, a spokesperson for Georgia Power, extols the virtues of nuclear by explaining that although the initial investment is higher than other forms, the cost of generation is a fraction of other fossil fuels.

“The Public Service Commission determined that this was the lowest cost and least risky option when compared to other forms of generation,” he explains. “They looked at scenarios with coal and natural gas but with the price volatility there, they determined that the nuclear units were the best alternative for customers.”

Critics of nuclear expansion wonder whether, with finite resources available to invest in new energy technology, the utility companies are pushing for what they see as the most lucrative option, rather than the most responsible.

“If the reactors ever come online, Georgia Power and South Carolina Electric & Gas will have a glut of energy to sell,” says Tom Clements, Southeastern Nuclear Campaign Coordinator with the environmental group Friends of the Earth. “They will not be at all in the mind to support conservation or alternatives; they will want to sell all the nuclear electricity they can.”

One of the less publicized methods of public support has been going on for over half a century, the Price–Anderson Act, a bit of legislation originated in the late 1950s, and re–invigorated through the Bush-era Energy Policy Act. Price–Anderson limits the amount of liability insurance needed by companies owning nuclear facilities to $300 million. Having to pay less for insurance saves them millions of dollars a year, but places the financial responsibility for the costs of a potential large scale nuclear accident solely on the backs of taxpayers.

“In the event of a nuclear incident involving damages in excess of the limits established in the Act, Congress could take further actions, including the appropriation of funds,” according to a report by the American Nuclear Society. “The Act has removed the deterrent to private sector participation in nuclear activities presented by the threat of potential liability claims following a large accident.”

higher than the estimated costs,” says energy industry economist Daniel Schlissel in testimony during PSC hearings about Construction Work In Progress (CWIP) tariff. “The Company’s response was ‘No, the Company’s shareholders will not invest capital in the project without a reasonable assurance

of cost recovery.’ In other words, the Company will seek to have ratepayers bear the risks of higher project costs.”

The shareholders won’t have to worry though, because the state legislature has ensured that all of Georgia Power’s customers will pay any “prudent” construction costs for the construction of Plant

Vogtle. The surcharges will appear on most customers’ monthly bills starting in January 2011. cs The next article will discuss how Georgia Power customers will pay to build a nuclear facility, and then pay for electricity generated by the plant they paid to build.

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Another handout granted to the nuclear industry in 2005’s Energy Policy Act was an $18 per megawatt tax credit for qualifying power plants during the first eight years of operation (the average wholesale cost of electricity per megawatt has been around $50 for the past few years).

“Georgia Power is about selling electricity. They’re not about reducing demand and presenting a sounder energy policy for the state,” says Clements.

“They want to build more production of electricity and sell that power. That’s what they’re profit is hooked to. They’re first obligation is to their shareholders.”

Environmentalists and consumer advocates aren’t the only ones worried about the viability of the nuclear industry. Credit rating agencies and market analysts are also not big fans of nuclear ambition, partly because of the unpredictable, fast–rising costs (the estimated cost of building a new reactor has quadrupled since 2005) and because of the tremendous uncertainty of a project being completed (the AP1000 reactor design that Georgia Power plans on using is still not approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission).

In September of 2009, Moody’s Investor Services, a global source for credit rating and risk analysis information, downgraded Oglethorpe Power (one of Georgia Power’s partners for Plant Vogtle) from ‘stable’ to ‘negative.’ Among the reasons listed was “increased risk profile related to new nuclear construction.”

Even the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has doubts about the success of new nuclear energy development without some help.

“If construction costs for new nuclear power plants proved to be as high as the average cost of nuclear plants built in the 1970s and 1980s or if natural gas prices fell back to the levels seen in the 1990s, then new nuclear capacity would not be competitive, regardless of the incentives provided by Energy Policy Act,” said a CBO report published in 2008.

One of the most curious aspects of Plant Vogtle’s financial viability is that, having secured billions in federal loans and clearance to charge customers for the rest of the construction costs (more on that next week), the company’s own shareholders are unwilling to assume any financial responsibility for the project itself.

“The Commission staff asked Georgia Power whether the Company was willing to assume any responsibility if the actual project costs are substantially

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There’s a big celebration going on in Savannah March 17. Perhaps you’ve heard something about it?

While the run–up to St. Patrick’s Day was filled with one slam–bang event after another, the day itself is the zenith – it’ll seem as if every inch of downtown Savannah real estate will have a reveler on it, reveling.

Oh, yes, and there’s a parade, too.

From our “Things You Need to Know” department, here are some essentials for keeping it bright and green on Wednesday.

To–go cups. Yep, the old’ grab ‘n’ guzzles are allowed for anyone 21 and over and must be plastic or Styrofoam, and not larger than 16 ounces. Just keep ‘em north of Jones Street.

Get on the bus. If you’ve never experienced St. Paddy’s Day in Savannah before, be prepared: There will lots and lots (and lots) of people downtown.

To make things easier for everybody, Chatham Area Transit will run continuous shuttles (from noon until 3 p.m.) from the Savannah Mall (at the carousel in the rear), Island Town Center on Whitemarsh Island, and from Westside Shopping Center in Garden City. For a $3 fee, these buses will deliver you downtown, then pick you up when you’ve had enough and return you from whence you came.

Keep in mind that unlike years past, there is no shuttle leaving from the Oglethorpe Mall this year.

Park ‘er, Stevenson. For those who dare to brave the traffic – not to mention the massive parade route and its attendant tie–ups – here are the locations of the downtown parking garages.

Remember that many downtown streets will be closed to traffic beginning on Tuesday night, and parking spaces along the parade route are forbidden).

Bryan Street Garage: At Abercorn and Bryan Streets.

State Street Garage: At Abercorn and State Streets.

Robinson Garage: At York and Montgomery Streets.

Liberty Street Garage: At Liberty and Montgomery Streets.

Whitaker Street Garage: Whitaker Street, between Bay and Bryan. This is a tricky one – it’s underground. The entrance is on St. Julian and Whitaker Streets. Look for the brand–new Ellis Square; the garage entrance is on the east side.

Potty all the time. If you’ve got the urge, please use one of the over 350 taxpayer–provided portable toilets all along the parade route and on River Street. Our local police are extraordinarily sensitive to public urination and arrest dozens of people every St. Patrick’s Day for that odious offense.

Music and merrymaking The celebration continues on River Street, where the Savannah Waterfront Association’s “St. Pat’s on the River” event is pretty music always the logical extension of all that parading fun and frivolity.

• From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., DJs will be spinning and scratching. And then starts the live music, which will last until the wee hours: 2 p.m., High Velocity; 4 p.m., Irish Air Corps Pipe Band; 6 p.m., Hazzard County; 7:45 p.m., Irish Air Corps Pipe Band; 8:15 p.m., Thomas Wynn & the Believers; 10 p.m., Liquid Ginger (the band is celebrating its 10th anniversary).

• River Street will be closed to vehicular traffic, and you are required to purchase a $5 wristband to consume alcohol both outside on the waterfront and inside River Street businesses.

• On the two City Market stages, it’s a band–o–rama, with Electric Cheese, Mighty McFly, Soulfish and others performing for your strolling, dancing and boozing pleasure.

• The River Street clubs are doing their bit to help you get your Irish on.

At Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub, it’s a triple bill, with pub–singing regulars Carroll Brown and Frank Emerson sharing the wooden stage with the Celtic–fun duo Seldom Sober (Colleen Settle and Michael Corbett).

• The Train Wrecks play the Live Wire Music Hall, with the Dave Turner Band; the Jinx has the Tennessee Ramblers; Free Lunch Trio is at Loco’s Grill & Pub; even Fuddrucker’s has added live music for the big Irish holiday – Listen 2 Three is performing at the gourmet hamburger palace. cs

Dirty dogs and missing chicken

Police were dispatched to the scene of an accident reported to involve a vehicle and a building.

When they arrived on the scene, the driver told police that she was trying to park her car when suddenly her dog jumped into her lap.

Startled by the dog, the woman pressed on the accelerator instead of the brake. The car jumped the curb and crashed into the lobby of a pet grooming business. Neither the elderly woman, nor her dog required medical attention, and no one inside the business was harmed. No citations were issued.

• What might be the largest chicken heist of this century occurred last week in West Chatham. Police were searching for leads into the theft of 800 cases of chicken

from a trucking company. The chicken was initially thought to be valued at more than $35,000, however, that number was later redacted. Police advised citizens to be vigilant for door–to–door chicken sellers because of health and safety concerns, particularly that the chicken had not been properly refrigerated since the theft.

• Just after 4 a.m. officers were called to the corner of Broughton and Whitaker in response to an auto theft. A man saw a person who appeared to be very drunk stumbling around near the area of Bay and Barnard, and offered the man a ride.

The suspect said he needed to get back to Hunter Army Airfield. The driver said that was fine, but that he needed to stop and pick up a friend on their way. When the driver got out of the car to locate his friend, he returned to find neither the inebriated stranger nor his car. Police found his car a few minutes later. It had been crashed into a pole on the corner of DeRenne and Montgomery. Metro police called Military police on the base, who then located the suspect. He was charged with several crimes and transported to CCDC.

• One particularly cold morning on Winter Drive, a woman started her car to let it warm up and then went back inside her home for a few minutes. When she came back outside, the car was gone. Police were called, and notified that there was a loaded gun in the glove compartment.

The complainant’s boyfriend got in his car and went looking for the missing vehicle. He was carrying his own firearm. He actually located the stolen vehicle and followed it to a convenience store on East Victory Drive. He attempted to block the vehicle into a parking spot when it was reported that the car thief started firing a weapon at him. He returned fire. No one was hurt. The car thief drove away. The vehicle was located several hours later. No one was inside it and the keys had been taken. The firearm was still in the glove compartment and loaded. The complainant’s boyfriend was arrested for reckless endangerment.

• One evening last month, police were called to a domestic dispute where a man had thrown a beer bottle through a window. A two month old child was hurt by the broken glass. The suspect had left the premises by the time police arrived.

The man had an active parole violation, and police obtained a warrant for him. After a CrimeStopper tip, police were able to locate the man, who then escaped by crawling out a window. After a brief chase on foot, officers apprehended the man and placed him under arrest.

• Police attempted to make a routine traffic stop on 32nd Street near Jefferson one evening. As officers approached the vehicle, the suspect got out and ran. After a chase, he was apprehended. Police found a 9mm handgun and 1.5 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle. cs Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

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Mad Dogs, Horseplay, Monkey Business, Having a Cow

• Pigs Livin’ Large: (1) Among the items that celebrity farmer Cathy Gieseker bought with proceeds from (1) In November, Jim Bartek, 49, of the $12 million Ponzi scheme she, in Maple Heights, Ohio, announced he February, was sentenced for perpewas ending his streak of 524 consecutrating (prosecutors called her the tive days in which he listened to the al“Midwest Madoff ”) was a $900 tanning bum “Nostradamus” by the heavy-metal bed for her “show” pigs. (2) Farmer group Judas Priest. (2) In February, Chang Chung-tou, of Yunlin County, Hilary Taylor, 63, of Great YarTaiwan, drew praise from envimouth, England, revealed that ronmentalists in December for she had been bequeathed her having “toilet”-trained almost all Music, uncle Ken Strickland’s collection of his 20,000 pigs to use his 600 Music of 3,000 watering cans. StrickEverywhere! specially rigged plots that collect land, who also kept meticulous and separate urine and feces. records of the holdings, died Chang’s farm conserves water in January. and facilitates recycling.

• Animals With Issues: (1) Leading Economic Ashley Saks’ 2-year-old basset Indicators hound Roxy was resting comfort• Details about Britain’s ably in Jacksonville, Fla., in Novembiggest marijuana-importing ber following a vet’s removal, one by operation emerged in March folone, of the 130 nails she had comlowing the conviction of its three pulsively swallowed. (2) The polar managers in Southwark Crown bear Aisaqvaq produced two cubs in Court. The enterprise earned the December at Quebec’s Zoo Sauvage de equivalent of as much as $300 million Saint-Felicien. Aisaqvaq had given birth at such a rapid clip that the partners to another the previous December, but apparently were unable to use much of had eaten it. (3) In November, maritime it, despite buying real estate, jewelry and rescuers were called to ocean waters off

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• Natural Selection: (1) Female cane toads are choosy at mating, according to a recent article in Biology Letters. A desirable male is permitted to hop onto the female’s back and start the process, but the female is also able to inflate sacs in her body to bloat herself so large that males slide off before completing insemination. (Also, to test the strength of the male’s grip, the researchers encouraged necrophilia: The scientists doused dead female toads with pheromones to measure males’ horniness.)

(2) Female short-nosed fruit bats in China’s Guangdong Province show their preference for certain males by fellating them, according to an October journal article. Researchers observed that licked males were able to copulate longer, thus improving the likelihood of insemination. (The scientists also confirmed that bats mate while upside down.)

22nd Century Already?

Later this year, manufacturer Organovo, of San Diego, will begin shipping its $200,000 ink-jet-type printers that create living organs for patients needing transplants. The 3-D “bioprinter” works by spraying extracted microscopic cells on top of each other, in pass after pass. On the bioprinter’s equivalent of a sheet of paper, and under laboratory conditions, the cells fuse together and grow for weeks until an organ substantial enough for research use is created (and ultimately, substantial enough for human transplants). The bioprinter is faster than growing such organs from scratch, which scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have been doing for several years.

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Two acted as lookouts while the youngest, wearing a ski mask and wielding an air pistol, entered the store. Apparently, the only employees on duty were in the back. The boy waited a minute then bailed out, and the three fled. Joliet’s police chief said a crime was committed.

Unclear on the Concept

In March, sheriff ’s deputies in Kissimmee, Fla., detained a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was working undercover but who had aroused suspicions of residents.

After investigating, the deputies discovered that in order to guard his identity as an ICE agent, the man was posing as an FBI agent. [Orlando Sentinel]

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(1) Jonathon Smith, 27, was arrested in March in Alaska, shortly after his release on bail on charges that he tried to buy three trucks from local dealers using forged checks. His latest arrest came at Seekins Ford, where he was trying to buy yet another pickup truck with a forged check. (2) Falmouth, Mass., police hired John Yarrington as an informant, setting him up with $100 in marked bills to make a cocaine buy from Cory Noonan, which Yarrington completed. He left the scene, but less than 10 minutes later, before Noonan could be arrested, Yarrington returned and, according to police, attempted to buy more cocaine on his own. cs

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Full Schedule

Thursday, March 18 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with pianist Lang Lang. At 6:15 p.m., Johnny Mercer Theatre. $25–$105.

Mike Marshall’s Big Trio/The Belleville Outlet. At 6:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Mike Marshall’s Big Trio/The Belleville Outlet. At 9 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Friday, March 19 Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys (Zydeco Dance Party). At 6 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $27.

The Assad Brothers/Roby Lakatos. At 7:30 p.m., Lucas Theatre. $32–$60.

Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys (Zydeco Dance Party). At 8 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $27.

Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys (Zydeco Dance Party). At 10 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $27.

Saturday, March 20 The Amazing Musical Rescue: RJ & the Upbeats. Family show blending music and puppetry. At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $5 children (under 6 free), $10 adults.

Ruthie Foster/Katrina Train. At 6:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

Wu Han, David Finckel, Philip Setzer.

At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

Sierra Noble/Sarah Jarosz. At 7 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $22.

Tuesday, March 23 Sierra Noble/Sarah Jarosz. At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $12.

Sensations 1. Classical music ensemble specifically assembled for the SMF. At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

Sierra Noble/Sarah Jarosz. At 7 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $22.

Wednesday, March 24 David Greely and Joel Savoy. Cajun fiddlers. At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $12.

ATC Quarterfinals. At 2 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church. $12.

ATC Quarterfinals. At 5 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church. $12.

Gabriela Montera, Gautier Capucon.

Classical piano and bass. At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy $47.

Chris Thile, Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg. Mandolin. At 6:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Patty Loveless/Kathy Mattea. At 7:30 p.m., Lucas Theatre. Sold out.

Chris Thile, Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg. Mandolin. At 8:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Ruthie Foster/Katrina Train. At 9 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

Thursday, March 25

Sunday, March 21 Gospel Brunch With James Bignon.

At 1:30 p.m., Jepson Center. $20.

Running the gamut (clockwise from top); Rock’s Wilco, jazz guitar legend Bill Frisell, She & Him (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward) and classical soprano Nicole Cabell. Opposite page, from top: Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, pianist Gabriela Montero and country/roots diva Patty Loveless.

Charles Tompkins. Organ recital. At 12:30 p.m., Christ Church. Free.

Ruthie Foster/Katrina Train. At 5 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

Ruthie Foster/Katrina Train. At 7:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

Monday, March 22 Sierra Noble/Sarah Jarosz. At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $12.

“Extending Your Singing Career” panel discussion with George Shirley, Allan Harris, Gaye Seaton and others.

At 10 a.m., Trinity United Methodist Church. Free.

David Greely and Joel Savoy. Cajun fiddlers. At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $12.

ATC Quarterfinals. At 2 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church. $12.

ATC Quarterfinals. At 5 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church. $12.

Sensations 2. Classical music ensem-

Wilco. At 7:30 p.m., Johnny Mercer Theatre. Sold out.

Cherryholmes/Shannon Whitworth.

Bluegrass/Americana. At 9 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

Friday, March 26

Sunday, March 28 Sensations 3. Classical music ensemble specifically assembled for the SMF. At 12:30 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra w/Wynton Marsalis. At 3 p.m., Johnny Mercer Theatre. $25–$85.

Henry Butler & Friends “New Orleans Jazz Party.” At 6 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

Shannon Whitworth. Americana singer/songwriter. At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $12.

Henry Butler & Friends “New Orleans Jazz Party.” At 8 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

ATC Semifinals. At 2 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church. $20.

Monday, March 29

ATC Semifinals. At 5 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church. $20.

Henry Butler “New Orleans Piano,” at 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $20.

Yefim Bronfman. Classical piano. At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy. $57.

Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio/Renaud Garcia–Fons Trio. Swing jazz, flamenco, classical. At 6:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio/ Renaud Garcia–Fons Trio. Swing jazz, flamenco, classical. At 9 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Saturday, March 27 Roger Day: “Shake Up Your Brain.”

Children’s singer/songwriter. At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $10 adults, $5 age 6 and up.

The U.S. Army Strings. Elite string players from the military. At 2 p.m., Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. Free.

Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio/Renaud Garcia–Fons Trio. Swing jazz, flamenco, classical. At 6:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

ATC Finals. At 7 p.m., Lucas Theatre. $27, $47.

She & Him. At 8 p.m., Trustees Theater. Sold out.

Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Trio/ Renaud Garcia–Fons Trio. Swing jazz, flamenco, classical. At 9 p.m., Charles

Nicole Cabell. Award–winning soprano in recital. At 6:15 p.m. March 29, Telfair Academy. $47.

Tuesday, March 30

Ken Peplowskli/ Gerald Clayton Trio.

Jazz combos. At 8:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Thursday, April 1

Ken Peplowski and Howard Alden.

Clarinet, saxophone and jazz guitar.At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $20.

Ben Tucker & Friends: 80th Birthday Celebration. At 5:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Sensations 4: Forbidden Music. At 6:15 p.m., Temple Mickve Israel. $47.

Derek Trucks/Susan Tedeschi Band.

At 7:30 p.m., Johnny Mercer Theatre. $27–$73.

Ben Tucker & Friends: 80th Birthday Celebration. At 7:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Piano Showdown. At 6 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $50. Marcus Roberts, Dick Hyman, Henry Butler and Gerald Clayton.

Ben Tucker & Friends: At 9:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Piano Showdown. At 8:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $50. Marcus Roberts, Dick Hyman, Henry Butler and Gerald Clayton.

Wednesday, March 31 Dick Hyman. Piano salute to Fats Waller. At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $20.

Dick Hyman, Howard Alden and Ken Peplowskli/Gerald Clayton Trio.

Jazz combos. At 6 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $37.

Emerson String Quartet. At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

Dick Hyman, Howard Alden and

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Swing Central Showcase Performances. At 10 p.m., Rousakis Plaza (River Street). Free.

Gerald Clayton. Solo jazz piano. At 12:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center.

Emerson String Quartet. At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

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Bluegrass/Americana. At 6:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

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ble specifically assembled for the SMF. At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

Friday, April 2 Swing Central Competition. At 9 a.m., Lucas Theatre. Free.

Sebastian Knauer/Jeffrey Kahane.

Classical piano. At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

Bill Frisell Trio/Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba. Jazz guitar and African music. At 6:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

All–Star Swing Summit. At 7:30 p.m., Lucas Theatre. The Clayton Brothers, Marcus Roberts Trio. Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Printup, Ted Nash and others. $17–$47.

Bill Frisell Trio/Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba. Jazz guitar and African music. At 9 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

Saturday, April 3 The Tattnall Shapnote Singers. 12:30 p.m., Bull Street Baptist Church. Free.

Sensations 5. At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

Bill Frisell Trio/Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba. Jazz guitar and African music. At 6:30 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32.

The Del McCoury Band/Dixie Bluegrass Boys. Bluegrass. At 7 p.m., Lucas Theatre. $22–$55.

Bill Frisell Trio/Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba. At 9 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center. $32. CS www.savannahmusicfestival.org

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Looking out the window of his sixth–floor office overlooking Reynolds Square, Rob Gibson points out that he’s within walking distance of the Lucas Theatre, the Trustees Theater and the Charles H. Morris Center.

This is important to Gibson, who spent the last seven years executive–directing the Savannah Music Festival from cramped quarters in City Market — so far from the action that he needed a bicycle to get himself from one show to the next.

The 2010 festival begins March 18, and Gibson is ready. With nearly 100 events — concerts, recitals, jams, workshops and competitions — jammed into 17 days, he’ll have Savannah humming to bluegrass, jazz, classical, country and even African music, at a half–dozen venues, most of them just a rolling stone’s throw away from Gibson’s office.

He came to Savannah eight years ago, after leaving New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, which he co–founded.

Well–versed in the arts of fundraising, booking, plotting and planning, Gibson also the added advantage of being a music nut. His thirst for new and exciting sounds — and performances — was (and is) unquenchable.

Savannah needed Rob Gibson, and he arrived at the right time, just as the existing festival was wobbling, both artistically and financially.

His new and improved event has, naturally, been a tourist–friendly moneymaker for the city (last year, for example, nearly 50 percent of ticket sales came from out of town). Praise from the Times of London and other notable publications and Web outlets has bolstered the international reputation of what the Atlanta Journal–Constitution calls “a festival aimed at an eclectic, upscale audience.”

Gibson is proud of the school outreach his organization does, and the

“I like the concept of festivals,” says executive director Rob Gibson.

Swing Central high school jazz–band competition, and the weekly radio show he produces for Georgia Public Radio.

First and foremost, he’s an enthusiast — and a promoter. In a perfect world, he says, he’d bring music to Savannah for a lot more than these three concentrated weeks. The first hurdle — not a small one — would be finding the perfect venue.

“I’ve had my eyes on some spaces for years,” Gibson says. “But those things take big dollars. I’d burn up a year–round space, absolutely. But it would have to be the right size space.

Five hundred seats would be nice; I’d personally like about 350.”

But that’s on the back burner.

“I believe that if things are supposed to happen, sometimes they’ll happen,” he chuckles. “And I’m not rushing to do it. Right now, we’re trying to do the best job we can do with the Savannah Music

Festival.”

Did the festival lose money last year?

Rob Gibson: No, ticket sales were better than they’ve ever been. Contributions were a little down last year. And on an annual operating level, toward the end of the year we had to make an extra push within the community to raise some money to make our budget balance. On a close to $3 million budget, we were coming up about $20,000 short. Which is not enormous, but it’s not what you want to do. Especially as a not–for–profit.

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That means weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bringing a lot of people who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interested in Renaud Garciaâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Fons, or Wynton Marsalis, or Daniel Hope, to our website. And my hope has always been for any audience member of the Savannah Music Festival to crossâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;pollinate with other musics.

Because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe one music is better than another music. I believe musics have separate functions, and that people can come dance to music, or they can go pray to music, or they can come be entertained by music.

The function of Wilco is different from the function of zydeco music, which is different from the function of The Tatnall River Shapenote Singers.

My hope is that some of the people that attend the Wilco concert will pick up the program book and say â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, man, that looks pretty good.â&#x20AC;? Or maybe theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just say â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know Derek Trucks was playing next week... Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s go to that one, too.â&#x20AC;?

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Rob Gibson: I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how old (Wilco frontman) Jeff Tweedy is, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to guess mid-30s, and he could even be 40. My guess is heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s twice as old as some of the most extraordinary musicians that are playing in our festival this year. Like Sarah Jarosz, or Alex Hargreaves, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 18.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what gets me excited about the future of music. Sarah is one of the most extraordinary artists Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard in a long

time. I saw her last week in Seattle at the Wintergrass Festival. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a phenomenon. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing Tom Waits songs, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing songs by the Decemberists, but most of the songs sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing are by Sarah Jarosz.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to keep the next generation coming, because musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always evolving. It evolves, and it continues.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always felt that you enjoy that ... exposing people to music, and performers, they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t familiar with.

Rob Gibson: Yeah, but at the same time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got 82â&#x20AC;&#x201C;yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;old Dick Hyman playing our festival, and I think he might be playing the best piano heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever played in his entire life! So I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to diminish the skills of an 82â&#x20AC;&#x201C;yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;old man who has learned so much about the history of America â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Cole Porter and George Gershwin and Fats Waller. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extraordinary, so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way a 17 or 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;old mind could ever even compete with what Dick Hyman has absorbed about American music.

That has always got to be kept in balance. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the Savannah Music Festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to do.

You could do shows all year round.

What is the benefit, for a community, of having all this stuff together, in a tight little threeâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;week period?

Rob Gibson: I like the concept of festivals. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always interested me.

Particularly music festivals. I probably attend 10 or 12 music festivals around the globe each year.

I feel like the concentration of firstâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;class artistry in a short period of time is important because it allows people the opportunity to have a different experience that opens their mind, in many ways, to quality.

When you get nonstop music from one in the afternoon to midnight, and you do that four days in a row, it allows you the opportunity to find out what you really like, what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really drawn to, as opposed to what just sort of moves you.

I always tell this to people. If you can afford it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and our festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairly affordable â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just treat it like sushi at a restaurant. Order a little of this, and a little of that, and figure out what you like.

Because very few people go into a sushi restaurant and say â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have eight pieces of salmon.â&#x20AC;? They usually want a little yellowtail, a little salmon, a little eel ... CS

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Marshall’s other group, which he’s dubbed The Big Trio, includes Alex Hargreaves on violin, and standup bassist Paul Kowert. In their repertoire will be the debut of “Suite Savannah,” a three–movement Marshall composition commissioned by the festival.

As Marshall says in this interview, there are always – always – new discoveries to be made.

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This will be your fourth appearance at this festival. Has this become a go–to–place for you – “Savannah, that’s gonna be cool”?

The Big Trio: Alex Hargreaves, left, Mike Marshall and Paul Kowert

‘There’s one thing called music’

Mandolin master Mike Marshall likes to mix things up

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

The underlying philosophy of the Savannah Music Festival is best exemplified by the appearance, nearly every year, of Mike Marshall. An envelope–pusher who’s been at the forefront of acoustic music for three decades, Marshall is a mandolin player whose music defies strict categorization.

Because that’s the way he likes it.

A founder of the Modern Mandolin Quartet. and Montreux, and well– known for the innovative recordings he makes alongside violinist Darrol Anger, Marshall embraces elements of jazz, bluegrass, classical and world musics.

And whatever else he discovers on his life’s journey.

And there you have the Savannah Music Festival, in a nutshell.

“I have to say, I think it’s the best festival going on in America today,” Marshall enthuses. “The breadth of programming Rob Gibson does, I mean that’s what I’m about as a musician, and have been for 30 years: “This idea that there’s one thing called music, and whether it’s Indian classical, or European classical, or jazz or bluegrass, or chamber music, there’s a place where these things intersect mu-

sically. They intersect all over the place.

“And the things that keep them separated are usually social and political or whatever. The type of halls, or what you’re supposed to wear, or how you’re supposed to behave.

“The beauty of what Rob is doing is the way he makes everybody comfortable, from the musicians to various kinds of audience members. He just throws the umbrella nice and wide. I dreamed of festivals like that.”

Marshall is appearing this year as part of two separate and distinct trios.

With Chris Thile (the former Nickel Creek wunderkind who blew everyone away at last year’s festival) and Caterina Lichtenberg, a well–known European classical player, he’ll present two shows of all–mandolin virtuosity, covering

Mike Marshall: It really has, and I keep expecting that we’re going to run out of ideas, and then something happens over the course of the year and Rob goes “You know that thing you did? Let’s do that next year!” I’m thinking geez, am I gonna have to keep pulling these things out of the sky for him?

But it’s been a very natural progression of events. Very cool.

Rob’s skill is to develop an audience that, in the final analysis, trusts him, and his programming skills. That they’re going to come to see a group they’ve never heard of and say “Well, I got my mind blown last year, going to hear something I didn’t know anything about – let’s take another chance.”

I’m hearing a lot about Alex Hargreaves. He’s 18?

Mike Marshall: He just had his 18th birthday. He was playing like this at 15, and it’s really something to behold. He’s a miracle. He’s one of those guys that comes around every 50 years, I’m afraid.

Just a phenomenal talent with gigantic ears. And taste. A lot of guys can play a lot of notes at that age, the sort of whiz kid phenomenon, but he’s so far beyond that. He’s a real musician, with really deep sensibilities.

How did he come into your orbit?

Mike Marshall: You know, when you’re that good, in this world, we hear about you early on! You can’t hide. I do this mandolin camp with David Grisman – he came to our camp, as a mandolin player, and then late at night there’d be these jams, and he’d grab the fiddle and it was just like, oh, dear God, what’s going on here?

I see the whiz kids with great hands and technical ability, but this kind of talent goes in the category of an Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Chris Thile level.

And you know how many of those there are.

Did you immediately think, I’ve got to put something together with this guy?

Mike Marshall: Here’s what happened.

Darrol Anger and I had a weekend–long gig in Boston, where we were playing for a meeting of Internet guys. It was kind of a bizarre gig at a really nice house. And Darrol broke his band in a bike accident a week before the gig.

So I frantically thought ‘What the hell am I gonna do?” I called Alex.

I knew Paul – and all the things I’m saying about Alex I would repeat about Paul, he’s the third coming on the bass – but I knew that over three days we’d have lots of time on our hands to hang out. To see what works.

We spent that weekend trying out different material. And it was so inspiring that I said “I have to do something.”

So I began writing like crazy over the course of the next year, specifically for that project.

I flew them out, and we spent two weeks together at my house, just eating and playing together. Jogging every day.

And just developing the music day and night.

And then we spent five days in the recording studio.

Is this the kind of thing where you’re thinking ‘I can’t wait to show this to people’?

Mike Marshall: Yeah, it’s that way because it has that effect: People go “What the hell? Where did you find these guys?” and “Why aren’t they in my band?” Of course, Jerry Douglas hired Alex right away, and Chris snapped up Paul for the Punch Brothers. So I’ve got to figure out how to keep them employed in my camp all the time.

When you see them, it’ll just be glorious to watch them. And I’m just glad I can say I got to play with them. It’s like “The young phenomena of the next century ... and their driver.”

I understand the Big Trio will be playing “Suite Savannah,” a piece you were commissioned to write specifically for the festival?

Mike Marshall: That’s right. Rob saw us and said to me “Hey, I’m crazy about what you’re doing with these guys. Why don’t I see if I can get somebody to step forward?” You know how good he is at matching up folks. He’s a whirlwind.

They came out to my house in January. We worked for a week on this three–movement piece. I’ll tweak it some more, and we’ll spend the week before the festival – we’ll be hanging out continues on p. 22

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Chris Thile has been a young phenomenon for something like 10 years now....

Mike Marshall: Yeah, he’s getting on becoming one of us old guys! He better watch it, because he, too, will become the driver if he’s not careful!

You’ve been playing with him for a while. Can you see a maturity in him in the way he approaches things?

Mike Marshall: Not really! I think he came out of the chute bustin’ and just full of energy and vigor, wanting to kick life and music in the behind. He has a tremendous sense of musicality, and an extremely big brain. And he’s kinda been able to thread that needle between super–intellectual music and a kind of pop aesthetic, and a performance style that’s engaging and slightly mysterious, but with a hint of down–home fun.

And yet tons and tons of creativity. And that’s rare.

Tell me about Caterina.

Brothers in strings: Mike Marshall and Chris Thile

Mike Marshall: She is, again, this unbelievable, phenomenal classical mandolinist. I’d been knowing about her for many years, but our paths hadn’t crossed. She comes from the German school of mandolin playing, which is very thorough and unbelievably precise. And deep in the tradition of the mandolin.

She’s taught me that our instrument actually does have a tradition in the classical world, and does go back 300 years, just like the violin.

There’s all this repertoire, and all

these techniques of cross–pickings that go back to France in the early baroque period. They were doing all these things!

Classical mandolin? I’ll admit that’s a new one for me.

Mike Marshall: The mandolin has gone in and out of serious, legitimate classical tradition, and then it would fade into a kind of quiet period where it would become a folk instrument again.

That’s exactly what happened when it came to America. The Gibson Com-

pany starts making what the Europeans consider to be very bizarre instruments.

And there was this parlor music period, where the mandolin orchestras were really big – in the teens, up until about 1920.

But once the swing era hit, that fell out of favor. And these instruments ended up in pawn shops, and the hillbillies got ahold of them! It found its way into the folk world, and basically the whole century has been this progression of us working ourselves back out of that.

And now, you have it coming together again. CS Mike Marshall Savannah Music Festival 2010 Thursday, March 18: Mike Marshall’s Big Trio/The Belleville Outlet. Shows at 6:30 and 9 p.m., Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St. Tickets are $37.

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Bluegrass prodigy Sarah Jarosz breaks the usual boundaries

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

Sarah Jarosz has been nominated for a Grammy, mastered three instruments, garnered heaps of critical praise, performed with the likes of David Grisman and Ricky Skaggs, and attends one of the country’s best music schools.

And she’s not even 19 yet.

It would be enough of an accomplishment for a person so young to so skillfully combine a smoky, bluesy voice that’s equal parts Lucinda Williams and Fiona Apple with amazing bluegrass chops on the mandolin, clawhammer banjo and guitar.

But Jarosz — pronounced “ja-rose” — doesn’t stop there. She’s also a master songwriter as well, perhaps her truest talent.

Her debut CD, Song Up In Her Head (Sugar Hill), is a treasure trove of Dylanesque lyric images, such as those of the haunting title track, intense instrumentals like the Grammy–nominated “Mansinneedof,” and two inspired covers: Tom Waits’ “Come On Up To The House” and The Decemberists’ murder ballad “Shankill Butchers.”

The Austin, Texas, native performs March 22 and 23 at the Charles H. Morris Center as part of the Connect Americana series of the Savannah Music Festival. She spoke to us from her dorm room in Boston, where she currently attends the New England Conservatory of Music.

You’re in a traditional genre where you could make a great living just playing other people’s songs. If someone said that you could be a huge success but you’d never record another original song again, would you be devastated or would you just carry on?

Sarah Jarosz: Oh, it would be super devastating! One of my favorite parts about music is getting to write and record my songs and arrange them. It’s

always kind of been a natural thing for me. No one ever told me you should write songs or you shouldn’t write songs.

I was about 12 when I first started writing songs. It’s something that I really love and I think that if I couldn’t do it anymore I’d be really sad (laughs).

Songwriting, much more than playing an instrument, seems to be a skill you either have or you don’t. You can’t really learn songwriting at school, can you?

Sarah Jarosz: Well, technically you can, you can study songwriting in school.

But I definitely agree that it’s something people have. I work on it all the time to try and get better. It’s all about being really open and aware of what’s going on around you and being a good listener, I think. To me a big part of it is being inspired by my favorite songwriters.

I’m guessing a lot of your favorite songwriters are outside of your genre.

Sarah Jarosz: I guess so, to a certain extent. I consider myself not to be closed off to any genre. I feel like I fall into the same type of music as Tim O’Brien or Darrell Scott, who are some of my biggest influences as far as songwriting goes.

But I listen to all sorts of songwriters: Patty Griffin, Sean Colvin, Bob Dylan, Wilco, The Decemberists.

Wilco’s playing at the Savannah Music Festival this year too.

Sarah Jarosz: Right, I noticed that, that’s so awesome!

So how’s the college thing going? Are you able to keep the music career going along with the education?

Sarah Jarosz: I’m in my second semester as an undergraduate at the New England Conservatory of Music.

I’m really loving it. My major is called Contemporary Improvisation. The majority of students at NEC are classical students, but the Contemporary Improv program allows you to really develop your personal style and really focus on that through ear training and all different types of music, like world music.

For instance, last month I was in a world music ensemble and a Jewish music ensemble, and this month I’m studying jazz improv. It’s all over the place, and it’s really getting me out of my comfort zone musically.

To the other students, are you the girl who was just up for a Grammy, or are you just part of the gang?

Sarah Jarosz: I always feel like just one of the gang, and that’s why I like it (laughs). One of the reasons I chose NEC is because it’s a smaller school, only 750 students. I didn’t necessarily want to be treated differently, because I want to learn just as much as the next person.

In bluegrass and traditional music, nothing was ever written down and almost nobody could read music. By studying music in an academic setting do you risk overanalyzing things, destroying what’s real about it?

Sarah Jarosz: That’s a really good question. When I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do after high school — whether I should just go straight into music or study music in school — there were definitely people who told me, ‘Oh, if you study music in school you’ll lose the soul of it, you’re going to lose continues on p. 24

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the essence of what it’s about.’ But I really wanted to come here and be able to learn the theory of it all.

The way I look at it, you can always learn something from whatever you’re doing. I do think there’s something to be said for knowing the theory of it all, but also to balance it out I definitely still jam all the time, and am constantly listening to all kinds of music. So I do think it’s all about having a balance and not going too far in a certain direction.

In my experience people who play several different instruments go through mood swings, where they’ll get tired of one instrument and focus on another for a while. Are you like that?

Sarah Jarosz: Yeah, I do find myself going through phases of, wow, I’m really playing the mandolin a lot right now, or I’m really inspired to write songs on the banjo right now. As a songwriter when I’m in a lull, or a writer’s block phase, sometimes it really helps to be able to switch to another instrument and get more inspiration there.

I would never ask a musician what’s their favorite instrument, but is there one that’s more conducive to songwriting for you?

Sarah Jarosz: I have my mandolin and my clawhammer banjo and my guitar, and about a year ago I got my octave mandolin. Sometimes it seems when I get a new instrument I’m writing a lot on that instrument. When I first got my banjo I was writing on the banjo all the time. I do feel like writing on my octave mandolin has a lot of possibilities. But it definitely varies.

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You often sing while playing the banjo, which I can’t imagine. That has to be super difficult, right?

Sarah Jarosz: I learned the banjo kind of singing along with it. I’ve been singing my whole life, but when I really started to get serious about it I’d be singing with an instrument in my hand.

Honestly it feels weird to be singing and not have an instrument. That’s just the way it naturally is for me. It helps with my comfort in the song, to be able to grasp it on the instrument and be singing at the same time.

When you were up for the Best Country Instrumental Grammy, did you wish they had labeled that song something else other than Country?

Sarah Jarosz: I definitely was OK with it! (laughs) It was an honor even to be nominated for a Grammy. But I know

what you mean. It’s hard to say, because personally I wouldn’t call that song country. I wouldn’t put it into that label or genre. But I guess I can see in the Grammy scheme of things how it would fit in. I’m definitely not complaining!

Between school and touring, are you able to find any time at all to work on a second album?

Sarah Jarosz: Over Christmas break I started working on my next record.

I’m kind of, again, having to weave it around my school schedule, and this summer I’ll probably be working on it pretty intensely. Hopefully early next year something could be out.

It is hard sometimes balancing my school schedule and my career, trying to find time, especially for songwriting.

It’s hard to find free time to do that.

Bluegrass comes from Celtic music, and Boston has a strong Celtic tradition. Are you finding any of those roots seeping into your musical environment up there in school, or is Boston just too big a city for that really to come into play?

Sarah Jarosz: I think it definitely comes up. It’s hard to deny that it’s had a big influence on a lot of traditional styles of music. Especially being in Boston with a strong sense of the Celtic roots here. I maybe haven’t necessarily studied it on its own in school, but I’ve noticed I can trace some things to that.

A good example of somebody who’s really influenced me in that sense is Tim O’Brien. A lot of his music is really influenced by the Irish tradition.

Your vocal style isn’t what people usually associate with bluegrass. You throw in the occasional blue note, there’s some jazz and R&B in there. Is that conscious or is that just what happens when you open your mouth to sing?

Sarah Jarosz: A little bit of both. It’s definitely my voice, but I’m constantly being influenced by new things, and I’ve never been one to be closed off to new directions. I think already in the little bit of recording I’ve done for the next record, I’m trying to do some new things. It’s exciting. I’m not closing any doors, and I’m just seeing what happens. CS Sarah Jarosz/Sierra Noble Savannah Music Festival When: March 22 at 7 p.m.; March 23 at 12:30 and 7 p.m.

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‘I prefer when people dance at my concerts’ Hungarian Gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos combines skill with showmanship

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

However, one thing that isn’t mysterious at all is the skill level of the Hungarian Gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos. You can see and hear this amazing showman for yourself March 19 at the Lucas Theatre as part of the Savannah Music Festival. Also on the bill that evening are the Brazilian guitar duo the Assad Brothers.

Mixing deep musical sensitivity with jaw–dropping speed — one observer calculates that Lakatos can play 1200 notes a minute — he is not only the world’s premier Gypsy violinist, but one of the premier violinists in the world, period.

To be fair, he had a big head start.

Born into the great Bihari family of Gypsy violinists, Lakatos — pronounced “la–ka–toe–sh” — is heir to a centuries– old tradition of musical excellence going back to the 1700s. Early friendships with titans of the violin like Yehudi Menuhin, Stephane Grappelli and Zubin Mehta brought the young Lakatos squarely into the vibrant crossroads of classical music and jazz violin.

Though little known in the U.S., Lakatos, now in his mid–40s, is quite popular in Europe, and not only for his fiddle. A consummate showman, as his throwback look would indicate, his lively concerts blend the passion, excitement, and improvisational tendencies of the Gypsy tradition — what he calls “unorthodox Gypsy fusion” — with the technique of the dedicated classical musician.

Lakatos spoke to us from Toronto, where he was performing as part of his current North American tour.

I used to think Gypsy music was influenced by every other type of music, but I’m starting to think it’s everything other type of music that’s influenced by Gypsy music. What do you think?

Roby Lakatos: When Gypsies came to Europe, they went to all countries. The Gypsy musician just played the traditional folk music from that country. Gypsy music doesn’t exist really, it’s always basically

the folk music from that country.

So when we speak of Hungarian Gypsy music, basically it’s Hungarian folk music.

The difference is the style. This is what’s important in Gypsy music, how you play.

It’s music with a lot of color, a lot of emotion, a lot of changing style. We have a lot of time–changing in this music.

People aren’t really coming and sleeping at our concerts! I prefer when people are very happy at our concerts.

Of course, Gypsy music is not only Hungarian, it’s a mix. A lot of Balkan, Russian, and Romanian influence.

Rhythmically it has a lot of variation. And of course jazz, bebop, Django Reinhardt style, Stephane Grappelli style, and a lot of Latin influence. And there’s classical music.

I’m learning that a lot of classical composers drew heavily from Gypsy music.

Roby Lakatos: Yes, because it’s very lovely music, this Gypsy music. It’s a little bit difficult — you play the violin a little bit differently than in classical music. The bow movement and the sustain is a little different, and there’s a lot of glissando and a different vibrato. Classical violin players like it very much.

Are classical musicians sometimes jealous of the freedom you have?

Roby Lakatos: Yeah, the freedom is very important in our music. The first time, our arrangements are very strict. But in the piece we make a lot of improvisations, of course, because Gypsy music uses a lot of improvisation, like jazz.

We never play the same concert two times. For us it depends on the audience, what kind of atmosphere we have in the hall. I prefer when people dance at my concerts!

Tell me about your relationshp with Yehudi Menuhin.

Roby Lakatos: When I was 18 years old I left Hungary to go to Belgium. It was the first possibility for me to make my first orchestra, my first band. In Brussels we ended up starting this famous music cafe.

After a concert, Yehudi Menuhin came there with Stephane Grappelli. And after that he started coming every month. He was by then an older man and didn’t really play, but it was a very important time for

25 him to help introduce me to the world. It was during that time I recorded my first CD with Deutsche Grammophon.

What band are you bringing with you to Savannah?

Roby Lakatos: I’m actually performing with a new band now, very young talented musicians, 21 and 22 years old, from the Conservatory of Vienna, the Conservatory of Budapest, some really, really good young musicians. Next month we will begin recording my next CD. The concept of the instruments in my band is very important. Normally in the Hungarian Gypsy orchestra there is no piano and no guitar, but there’s a cello, alto, and clarinet. I changed that 15 years ago, and I have piano, cimbalom, bass, and second violin.

The piano playing with the cimbalom together is normally not possible. It’s very dangerous (laughs). We have very special arrangements for those two instruments together, so people hear it and say, “Ah, this is Lakatos,” because we have a typical sound and a typical arrangement. This is new to Gypsy music.

America is still learning about you, and about Gypsy music. What has the reaction been like so far?

Roby Lakatos: Americans love it very much. We’re in Canada now, and here it’s the same thing. It’s very interesting — the best public for me is the British people.

The Japanese too, but mostly the British.

That’s surprising. Why do you think that is?

Roby Lakatos: I don’t know why! But the British people love it very much. I’ve played a lot of times at the Night of the Proms in London. It could be because of how the record company introduced me there, I don’t know. When I play in the big halls it’s very nice, and when I play in the little jazz clubs in London it’s nice too.

Playing for 100 people or for 10,000, it’s the same. CS Roby Lakatos/Assad Brothers Savannah Music Festival When: March 19, 7:30 p.m.

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Right on time Savannah’s Kristina Train always knew where she was headed

by Bill DeYoung

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When she was a teenager, and her last name was still Beaty, Kristina Train was a regular performer on Savannah stages. She played violin in the city’s youth orchestra, and with school groups, but it was when she sang – in a silven, soulful voice that could belt the blues and touch the tender core of jazz standards – that’s when people would say “That girl’s going to be famous one day.”

The day came in the latter months of 2009, when Blue Note Records released Spilt Milk, the debut Kristina Train album. Recorded in London, the (almost entirely self–penned) album showed an astonishingly versatile command of

Kristina Train grew up in Savannah. She says she can’t wait ‘to show everybody what I’ve been up to for the past 10 years.’

rhythm ‘n’ blues, and jazz and ballads, and the temporal spaces in between.

The album was praised to the sky (USA Today called it “a mature, polished and soulful–to–the–extreme stunner”), and Train hit the road, selling her songs from coast to coast, earning raves wherever she went.

The Spilt Milk tour brings the

28–year–old chanteuse to the Savannah Music Festival for four shows this week.

It’s a sweet and victorious homecoming for Train, as she hasn’t been back since the Big Time embraced her. And before she’d left Savannah for New York and Blue Note, she was an eager young volunteer at the festival.

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I felt like if I just did what I wanted to do, which was to put out an album that I believed in, and that was a quality piece of work, and I went out and toured and reached people, then that reaction would ultimately predict my success. And everybody has been so great to me. The feedback’s been amazing.

Reaching people on a personal level’s been awesome, because it feels like I’m giving back that gift. And that’s the only thing I have to really go by.

Now that you wake up every morning and have to start being “Professional Kristina Train,” how has your life changed?

Kristina Train: My life has definitely changed. Is is a lot? Yeah. My average day can begin anywhere from 8 a.m., or earlier, then I’m in a car for what could be seven to 10 hours, or I’m on a plane and sitting through that whole airport stuff. Then I either get to a hotel or I have to go immediately to the venue, and so the soundcheck.

And then I have to figure out how the heck I’m gonna clean myself up so I don’t scare people when I walk out onstage!

Then I’ve got to get my throat in line, from all the traveling, so that I can actually sing these songs. And that doesn’t end until maybe midnight.

Then we try to go back to the hotel.

And it repeats itself the very next day.

The only way you can do something like that is if you love it. And I find great joy in it every day. It’s exciting and it’s wonderful.

What kind of band are you bringing down?

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Kristina Train: It’s a four–piece band, and they’re really great players. When they’re not playing with me, they’re playing with Rod Stewart, Patti Smith, Carly Simon or Joan Osborne ... so they’re constantly busy on the road.

You guys are gonna love them. It’s a full band, so it’ll be up, and fun. I’m playing violin and guitar, too.

We’re gonna try some new songs out that we’ve never played before.

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What’s next for you? Second album?

Kristina Train: As soon as I get back from Japan, I’ll be in London starting off No. 2.

I’m constantly writing, so I kind of have stuff going on all the time. For me, it’s best to keep thinking into the future, and keep moving, and keep progressing.

I feel like the second album is going to be a lot freer, a lot easier. The first one, I put pressure on myself because I just wanted it to be right. It was just so important for me to reach my own goal.

No. 2 is gonna be more fun, it’s gonna be a little bit more rockin,’ it’s going to be loose – and hopefully, it’s going to be another great album.

After going out for a year and singing the songs on Spilt Milk, I feel “I’d really like for the set to pick up here” or “I’d love to have a song that does this ...”

Playing it live every night kind of influences what you want to do for your next album. CS Kristina Train Savannah Music Festival Where: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St. At 6:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday, March 20 At 5 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21 Opening: Ruthie Foster Tickets: $32 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

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Kristina Train: Of course it is! To have something like the Savannah Music Festival in our town, it’s so incredible. It’s such a gift. People every day are feeling that culture and the arts are alive and well in Savannah by buying tickets to these shows.

But to come back on the flip side, and not be behind the scenes, and to show everybody what I’ve been up to for the past 10 years, is really important to me.

And it’s an honor, because when I look through that pamphlet, my name’s in there with great, great, great players.

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Musical chairs Daniel Hope is the ringmaster for the festival’s Sensations concerts

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

One day, perhaps Savannah will consider erecting a statue of Daniel Hope in Ellis Square, right next to the one of Johnny Mercer. For eight years, the British violinist has done as much to enrich the city’s musical landscape as just about anybody.

An internationally renowned soloist and recording artist, Hope is also a born collaborator. In 2003, as a member of the Beaux Arts Trio, Hope was introduced to Rob Gibson, who was just getting the Savannah Music Festival off the ground.

Gibson tapped Hope to be the festival’s Associate Artistic Director, putting him in charge of setting up — pretty much any way he chose — the Sensations concerts in the Telfair Academy’s Eckberg Atrium.

Since Year One, Sensations has perfectly reflected the festival’s eclectic nature — classical musicians, from all

over the world, are brought together in small ensembles to perform a wide spectrum of chamber music. Every concert is different (there are five of them this time around).

Of particular importance to him this year is the April 1 Sensations concert, Forbidden Music. A performance of music by Jewish composers banned during the Nazi regime, it will take place at Temple Mickve Israel.

Hope’s wish list for the future includes larger groups of musicians, perhaps a chamber orchestra.

“There’s never enough music,” he laughs, “so far as my life is concerned.

I mean we could have wall–to–wall concerts all day, and it would never be enough for me.”

back to the vision that Rob had, and all the work we’ve plowed in over these years.

How do you choose the musicians that work with you on the concerts?

Daniel Hope: We have certain of the Sensations musicians that have come every year, like Philip Dukes or Benny Kim. And those are players that I value enormously as musicians and as friends.

And the audience also have warmed to them. So the minute Savannah is finished, I get them to block time off in their diaries for the next year.

And then there’s a sort of wish list of people I would love to have, but sometimes we have to wait two or three years because of their schedules. Gabriela Montero is one, Gauiter Capucon is another — two great friends, but I haven’t been able to get them so far because they’re so busy and so popular.

It’s a bit like playing musical chairs with the rest of them, where we might grab them for two or three days and get them to come. And we always hope that when they come, they’ll enjoy it as much as the audiences do, and we’ll get them to come back. Because there are great festivals around, but there are very few where you have the sort of spirit of friendship that goes on. Getting people to come and stay more than just flying in and out and doing a quick visit, that’s what gives the festival a face.

I think that’s what makes Savannah really special is these returning musicians. And you have some that come for the first time and maybe meet other people and start come collaboration. So it’s kind of a breeding ground for new ideas.

You do so much work around the world, in so many different contexts. What you get specifically out of the Savannah experience?

Does that surprise you in a way? Being a “continental guy,” for lack of a better phrase, that it’s happening in little old Savannah? Does it make you proud that you helped make that happen?

Daniel Hope: It’s really become like coming home to Savannah. It’s now at a stage where there’s so much warmth that comes, not just from the music, but from the audience. There’s so many people in Savannah that I know, that my friends know, that we’re welcomed back each time we come. Making music in that kind of situation, in those kind of circumstances, for those people, is really such a thrill and a pleasure.

Every year, it’s grown and grown on us, and now my friends all ring me up and say “When can we come back?”

It’s the hottest ticket to them, and that makes me really proud. Because it goes

Daniel Hope: It makes me incredibly proud. The first time Rob Gibson rang me up and said “Would you like to come down to Savannah and help me create some programs?” I thought wow, that’s an interesting offer. I didn’t know much of Savannah.

And then I arrived, and I found this beautiful town. I found people that are completely open to music, and to experiencing music. Rob said “This is going to take us several years to get this to where I see it.” And I think we’ve come leaps and bounds.

Savannah offers so much for people who come from outside. You’ve got

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Do you tailor the pieces in each Sensations concert to the particular strengths of the musicians?

Daniel Hope: There are certain types of repertoire that suit people particularly well. And also, when my friends come I want to give them challenging pieces. At the same time, I also want them to have some time to enjoy themselves and see some of Savannah, and hang out as well.

And sometimes I come up with a program and say â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look, I have to have this piece, and who would like to play it?â&#x20AC;? And you throw it out there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you toss it like a bone and see who takes it.

Was the Forbidden Music program chosen specifically to be done in a temple?

Daniel Hope: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been playing and researching and recording this music for about 15 years now, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something which is very, very important to me.

And deeply moving.

In a sense, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to have the story, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cause the music is strong enough.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played concerts before at the temple, and I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wonderful and very special place to make music in. It just seemed like the right place to host this concert.

And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very proud that we have Jeffrey Kahane coming, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not only a fabulous pianist but a wonderful conductor, and also somebody whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done a lot to save and reâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;visit this music. CS Sensations Savannah Music Festival Tuesday, March 23: Sensations 1. At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

Thursday, March 25: Sensations 2. At 6:15 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

Sunday, March 28: Sensations 3. At 12:30 p.m., Telfair Academy. $47.

Thursday, April 1: Sensations 4: Forbidden Music. At 6:15 p.m., Temple Mickve Israel. $47.

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We all meet at the Morris Center in the evening and are ready to experience new types of music.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know of really any other festivals like that, in the world.

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J.D. CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH

Bill Monroe, indisputably, was the “Father of Bluegrass” – he was the first to power–speed old–timey Appalachian music and give it that crafty musicianly edge. There have been, however, numerous figures to come along in Monroe’s wake whose creative impulses have been finely–honed, whose vision, talent and fortitude allowed them to lay claim to being uncles, if not fathers, of the genre. Not least among these is 72–year–old banjo great J.D. Crowe, a Kentuckian who’s been clobbering the clawhammer like no other since he came to prominence in the ‘50s, as a member of Jimmy Martin’s band. Crowe’s own outfit, the New South, has long been a breeding ground for outstanding bluegrass talent – Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas and even Savannah Music Festival fave Doyle Lawson apprenticed under Old Man Crowe. Listen & learn: www. jdcrowe.net.

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AMERICAN GUN

One could argue that it goes all the way back to Gram Parsons, this incestuous blood ‘n’ whiskey thing that’s currently all the rage among scrappy young bands: Hard–driving rock ‘n’ roll delivered with the gut–bucket twang of honky–tonk country. A lot of blazing electric guitars, a lot of bark and anger. But Parsons, important as he was, merely fused beer–lounge country and old Louvin Brothers songs with hippie pop music – that was in the ‘60s and early ‘70s, anyway, and his music feels sorta benign these

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Truly a veteran folkie, Bill Staines has been a staple on the concert ‘n’ coffeehouse scene since the early 1960s. A New Englander, he came out of the same Cambridge clubs that spawned the likes of Eric Von Schmidt, Tom Paxton, Tom Rush and the regulars of the legendary Club 47 (Bob Dylan, Ian & Sylvia, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Janis Ian and Gordon Lightfoot among them).

“It was a wonderful musical time,” Staines tells me. “There was a lot of protest stuff that was going on, but the coffeehouses at the time were really a social scene as well as a music scene. There was a real musical family.

“It was just fun. It was a lot of parties, and you could make money doing it. I was playing for five bucks a night – but that was when gas was 25 cents.”

He is an accomplished finger–picking acoustic guitarist – naturally left–handed, he taught himself to play a right–handed instrument upside down – and sings in a warm, friendly baritone. He’s also a world–champion yodeler, and won the National Yodeling Championship at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1975.

Yet Staines’ stake in the race of the immortals is as a songwriter. Nanci Griffith’s version of of Staines’ “Roseville Fair” is a classic, and he’s also been covered by everyone from Jerry Jeff Walker to Fairport Convention.

His intuitive, delicate way with a lyric is perhaps best exemplified – in these pages, anyway – by the chorus from his 2006 song “Savannah”: I was told that sometime way back when, With your beauty bold and your pride unbent, You were given as a present to a president, While the war around you swirled.

Savannah, sing your song for me, That lazy tune in the live oak trees, You’re older now but you’ll always be That sunny, southern girl days. Now, bands like American Gun from Columbia, S.C., take their cues from the likes of Steve Earle, Uncle Tupelo, the Jayhawks and Whiskeytown, who were themselves weaned on a

“Basically, my son was going to school at SCAD,” Staines explains.

“So we have a little cottage in Thunderbolt. He’s been living there. And my wife’s folks are from Georgia, so we have Georgia roots.

“I’m sort of a history buff, so that line about giving a present to the president is sort of from that bent. I write songs about places that I love, and basically that’s where it came from.”

For eight years in the 1970s, Staines was a regular performer on A Prairie Home Companion. Yet he’s not a household name like some of his cronies from the old days. “I don’t think anybody ever though they were going to ‘grow up a be a folksinger,’” he laughs.

“I always say that if you make your living in the arts for 25 years, you have to become either a ‘star’ or a ‘legend.’ Everybody knows the stars, but all the stars know the legends.

“That’s what tends to happen for people; they just live their whole lives in music. And they don’t even really call it a career. They just play music.”

“Bill Staines,” said Nanci Griffith, “has been my hero since 1977. He carries on where Woody Guthrie left off – carrying on the tradition of stories and characters you wish you knew.” Listen & learn: www.acousticmusic.com/staines. CS

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At 8 p.m. Saturday, March 20 at First Presbyterian Church, 520 E. Washington Ave. At the door: $8 adults and $5 students/children. A Savannah Folk Music Society concert.

mixture of Parsons, the Replacements, “Exile”–era Rolling Stones and Johnny Cash. American Gun is a really cool example of this genre – they write good songs, play killer, exciting shows, and

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Fiddler’s Crab House (River Street) Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Fuddrucker’s Listen 2 Three (Live Music) 8:30 p.m.

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Contemporary daguerreotypist Casey Waters is carrying on an anachronistic photographic tradition

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Two very different, yet equally intriguing artists will be showcased at the opening of a new show at Iocovozzi Fine Art on Friday, March 19.

The first artist, a painter named Anne Power Hardenbergh, was the sister of Tyrone Power, a big-screen heartthrob during the 1930s and ‘40s. Hardenbergh’s paintings translate pastoral landscapes into colorful scenes with a strong stylistic nod to the brush strokes of Impressionism.

The second artist, Casey Waters, is bringing with him the first contemporary daguerreotype exhibit to be shown in Savannah. “Dags” as they are known to collectors were the first form of photography, debuted in the early–to–mid 19th century, which used toxic chemicals to affix captured light to a treated plate of copper and silver.

Waters is one of only a handful of artists still working with the traditional methods. We spoke with him by phone while he was at home in New Hampshire preparing to make the trip south with his work.

What is it that drew you to daguerreotype?

Casey Waters: I’ve grown up with them since I was about 6 or 7 years old, when my dad started collecting them. One of the first conferences we went to when I was about 9 or 10, I saw a modern daguerreotypist making some images and it absolutely fascinated me, because they have a quality that you won’t find in any other photograph – an almost holographic quality. I started taking black and white photographs when I was in my teens. A few years ago, I realized I could learn how to make daguerreo-

types. I found a mentor. Then, shortly thereafter, I found an old time photographer who had a complete set up and wanted to sell his whole operation. I got lucky. The uniqueness and the one of a kind quality – that really makes me like doing it. There’s no duplicates. The photographic object is one of a kind.

Does the process still rely on a bunch of highly toxic chemicals? Are you working with mercury and a bunch of chemicals to make these plates?

Casey Waters: In a controlled environment they aren’t as dangerous. The amount of mercury loss is really not much when you’re heating it because the plate – a copper plate coated with silver – is blocking all the vapors that come up. There’s nothing that’s really going up into the atmosphere.

Is there an underground network of daguerreotypists who are doing this and exhibiting and active?

Casey Waters: Right now, at this very point, there are probably more people making daguerreotypes than since the heyday in the 1860s. There’s a lot of people that have made daguerreotypes that aren’t actually daguerreotypists, if you know what I mean. There’s people that have taken a workshop and made three images, but there not making them day in and day out like I am, and probably six or eight other guys that make them on a regular basis.

Did you have to find a 150-year-old camera to do this? Can you make one yourself?

Casey Waters: My dad was a photographer, so I’m using his 4x5 view camera.

I’ve adapted an old glass plate negative holder to hold the daguerreotype plate.

I’m using a camera that’s maybe 20 years old. It’s just adapting the technol-

Looks like the 1860s. Waters snapped this “dag” at a covered bridge in New Hampshire. The image is made by treating silver with mercury and other chemicals.

ogy. As far as having the plates made, I found a metal plating and polishing company. They do trophies and silverware. I bring them raw four by five inch pieces of copper and then they electro–plate silver on the surface.

Is this a response to the digital camera – people shooting a near infinite number of pictures – and then having this one–off photo that is a unique piece?

Casey Waters: Yeah, I’m the antithesis of any modern photographer, I guess you could say. I don’t own a digital camera. I would rather take my time and think about the individual photo rather than just snapping off a bunch.

That’s how I look at digital photography, I don’t even like to call it photography.

You’re just capturing bits on a computer chip. I think a photograph is something you can hold in your hand. It’s an object, not something you’re going to see on a screen that can be easily manipulated. Antique “dags” have lasted over 160 years, so to that effect my images will be around longer in the future than any paper photos and digital images that will be lost because of the vast number that are produced.

What’s the learning curve like? Were the first few really tough and now you’re coming into it, or was your background in photography enough to get you through?

Casey Waters: A lot of how you make an image look the best is actually in the plate preparation. The polishing and buffing of the plate is as important as getting the correct exposure. You need to really build from the ground level up. If you don’t have a good foundation, whatever you do on top of that isn’t going to matter. My first images that I started making had all kinds of problems, and there were some problems that I didn’t solve until even a few months ago. Things come up and then you figure them out. When you figure that out, some other thing comes up.

I’m at the point now where I’m able to control 85 or 90 percent of what’s going on. CS Selected Works by Casey Waters and Anne Power Hardenbergh When: Opening reception Friday, March 19 at 7pm Where: Iocovozzi Fine Art, 1 W. Jones St. Info: www.iocovozzifineart.com

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Photos by Margaret Brennan are at the JEA Art Gallery this month Africanology Realities in American Worlds — An exhibition of large-scaled, multi-media paintings and installations by Amiri Geuka Farris. . 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. Runs 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.

Casey Waters and Anne Power — Waters works with daguerreotypes using traditional 19th century methods.

Power is a painter who lived much of her life in Florida and painted impressionistic scenes. Opening reception: 3/19, 7pm. Iocovozzi Fine Art, 1 W. Jones St.

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. JEA Art Gallery, 5111 Abercorn St. Nature’s Banquet: American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection — Landscapes by Hudson River School painters and American Impressionists are complemented by exquisite still lifes. SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd.

New paintings of the South — Ray Ellis unveils a collection of paintings inspired by the greater Savannah area.

Opening reception: 3/25, 36pm. Ray Ellis Gallery , 205 W. Congress St. New work by Lynda Potter — Nostalgic Savannah scenery in water color and mixed media. 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/ 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/ 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. Hospice Savannah Gallery , 1352 Eisenhower Dr. Secrets of Old Masters — A group show of paintings by students copying paintings that were hanging in the Telfair’s Dutch Utopia exhibit. Trends and Traditions, 3407 Waters Ave. Seven — Works by seven emerging and established artists that explore a diverse and exciting range of artistic mediums including printmaking, mixed media, watercolor, painting and drawing. Runs thru 3/29.

S.P.A.C.E. Gallery , 9 W. Henry St. 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/

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Release the kraken!

Yeah, you’ve got more to do on St. Patrick’s Day than read my column. But hey, you might be reading this while you wait for the parade to begin. That means there’s time after the parade to stop by your favorite package store and pick up one of this week’s ideas to continue the party!

Cap’n, she’s off the port bow!

That campy sci–fi line, “Release the kraken!” is going to have a rebirth once you’ve tasted this new–to–the–market dark, spiced rum, The Kraken. Named after the mythical (or is it?) sea monster, the easy drinking rum in it’s unusual packaging should be this season’s hot new liquor. On the rocks with a squirt of lime, it’s refreshing and mellow, mixed with ginger ale or Cola (Yeah, Krak’ and Coke), it takes on a nice chocolaty flavor. It’s doubly pleasant when used with Godiva chocolate liqueur.

Flavored vodka, who knew?

Do we really need another flavored vodka? Yeah, we do if it the smokey, pork–fat scented Bakon! Bacon flavored vodka? Yep, everyone’s favorite meat candy has come to traditional potato vodka to give us that little pork pick–me–up.

Tasted straight, Bakon is just as you would expect, with a surprising bit of spice on the finish. Of course, this is no–brainer for a Bloody Mary – but use straight tomato juice.

Most Bloody Mary mixes will overpower the delicious taste of bacon.

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Remember the Godiva chocolate liqueur from above? Combine that and Bakon in equal parts, add a splash of cream. Shake together with cracked ice and strain into a martini glass – hey, you got Bakon in my chocolate!

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A taste of the old country At this most Irish of times, there’s a new Irish whiskey to sample! Kellan Irish Whiskey is a pleasing blend of 22 percent unpeated malt whiskey and fine grain whiskey – both from legendary Irish distillery Cooley. This young whiskey is aged in former bourbon barrels. It’s light golden color is inviting and, for a young whiskey, it drinks remarkably well–balanced and pleasing. On the rocks, it mellows nicely into quite a nice sipper. Of course, it also mixes beautifully for your favorite cocktails. For whiskey newbies, Irish styles are nowhere akin to their smoky, peaty cousins that hail from Scotland. Nor are Irish whiskeys very closely related to Kentucky bourbons – where caramel sweetness and charred woodiness come into play.

Didn’t we just do vodka?

Yes, we did...and that’s how prolific these brands have become. Our last entry of the day is 4 Orange, a vodka that is actually distilled in Florida from four varieties of native oranges: Hamlin, Parson Brown, Valencia and Temple. That previous sentence contains an important point. Most flavored vodkas are distilled from neutral spirits – grains or potatoes. 4 Orange is distilled from 100 percent neutral orange spirits. That difference means an intense orange color that won’t fade, and concentrated flavors that present a nicely balanced, easy drinking spirits. The maker claims that each bottles contains the equivalent of 20 oranges. I’m pretty sure a Screwdriver made with 4 Orange would make a complete breakfast - a meal not to be missed. CS

This little southside restaurant has been, without question, one of my favorite destinations for great value and excellent food. Now, a second, larger and squeaky clean location is available downtown on MLK and Jones Street. I love the tamal, a plump, steamed masa dish that comes simply spiced or with a side of roasted pork. On a recent lunch visit, I sampled chicharrones de pollo – boneless chicken chunks, rice, beans, and sweet plantains. The white meat chicken is lightly dusted with flour and fried. The ample portion was tender and flavorful. I chose black beans in a classic soffrito which I promptly dumped over my moist, yellow rice. I spent lots of years poking around Cuban eateries in Miami – and these plantains are among the best I’ve ever eaten. This savory seafood paella is fresh, a stunning celebration of Juan Manuel Rodriguez’ culinary skills and a dining experience you’ll talk about over and over.

And save room for desserts. Each choice is made fresh, in–house and ranges from traditional sweets like flan and tres leches to cheesecake drizzled with passion fruit syrup. Finish with a dark, bold Cubano coffee! Service is attentive and food comes pretty quickly. A full bar offers a nice selection of domestic and import beers, as well as a rapidly growing wine list and a full range of cocktails.

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Yeah, there will thousands of gallons of beer served this week – most of it that yellow (or green) fizzy stuff without much character. I stopped in Moon River Brewing Co. last week and sampled their Pilsner – the mildest of the beers hand–crafted by Brewmaster John Pinkerton. It was nicely hazy – a sign that it’s unfiltered. And while Pilsners don’t get the respect they deserve, this is a rock–solid drinker loaded with grassy malts and well–balanced bitterness. While Savannah Fest continues to be Moon River’s flagship, new additions like Pink’s Pilsner, Slo–vannah and the classic Captain’s Porter round out a selection that I’m happy to say are our hometown brews. CS

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The Avett Brothers Here on the edge of the Savannah Music Festival, with so much cool stuff headed our way over the next three weeks, the announcement that the Avett Brothers are coming to town in June might easily go unnoticed.

Of course, this is a big deal, so let’s shout it from the rooftops: The Avett Brothers will perform in the Johnny Mercer Theatre June 11. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 19.

North Carolina’s Seth and Scott Avett form the core of this group, with standup bassist Bob Crawford. On the acoustic side, the band explores the past, present and future of country, folk and rock ‘n’ roll, and treads lightly into the places between the lines.

I and Love and You, the Avett Brothers’ major–label debut album (it made Billboard’s Top Five), was produced by the estimable Rick Rubin, of Johnny Cash and Tom Petty fame.

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And now, the Oaks On that note, it would be easy to yawn over the announcement that the Oak Ridge Boys have been booked into the Mercer Theatre April 30.

The Oaks, as they’re known, represent a bygone era in commercial country music – the post–Urban Cowboy ‘80s, when pop, and rock ‘n’ roll, began seeping in and rendering the music generic, without character.

You know, the way it is now.

I’m here to tell you that I saw the Oak Ridge Boys perform live about 18 months ago, and it was a great show.

One needs to remember that these four guys, taken without the sometimes–saccharine tunes, the bright gold logo and the unsettling memories of the crass and commercial ‘80s, are terrific vocalists.

What the Oaks do is pretty much traditional four–part harmony – it has roots in barbershop, you can hear that – and for all the years they’ve been singing together, they still put the focus on that wonderful blend.

And hey, they all look so different, especially tenor William Lee Golden, he of the long, white hair and beard. He’s very tall, and he looks for all intents and purposes like a member of ZZ Top who stepped onto the wrong tour bus.

Duane Allen, who still wears a natty suit onstage, is a dead ringer for famously grumpy talk–show host Ralph Emery. Joe Bonsall, who back in the day sported an unruly white–guy Afro, has close–cropped, white hair now. He remains the group’s limber, onstage cheerleader.

And Richard Sterban, with the oom–pah baritone voice, has ditched the three–piece suits of the salad days for jeans and blazer. He has long, ratty hair and the chin beard of a motorcycle–riding hipster.

Their show is a whole lot of fun to see and hear.

Sure, an Oak Ridge Boys show has a built–in nostalgia factor, that’s unavoidable. But they started out, way, way back, as musicians. And they can still deliver the goods.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 19 at www.etix.com. CS

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Green Zone The popular notion that goldfish only have a memory span of roughly three seconds has long been denounced by many as a myth, but that length of time sounds about right for the significant portion of the American population that hides under the bed fretting over fictional “death panels.” To these folks, I present Green Zone, which comes across like a Young Readers version of the superb Iraq War documentary No End In Sight. Unfortunately, these folks are unlikely to expose themselves to anything that doesn’t get the Glenn Beck Seal of Approval, meaning that we’re left with yet another product that will only preach to the choir. But there’s nothing here that will surprise anyone who’s been paying the least bit of attention. Set in 2003, this stars Matt Damon as conscientious Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller, who eventually realizes that there are no WMDs in Iraq – that the whole war is based on a lie – and does his best to expose the truth. Damon’s intensity and Brian Helgeland’s incident–packed script compensate for Paul Greengrass’ panicky direction – the action–packed final half–hour is espe-

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cially messy, with no clarity of character or situation – but the whole enterprise is rather simplistic in its moralizing.

Green Zone basically plays like Iraq War for Dummies.

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

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Twilight’s Robert Pattinson maintains his gloomy ‘tude here as well: He’s cast as Tyler Hawkins, who loves his precocious little sister (bright Ruby Jerins), runs afoul of his distant dad (Pierce Brosnan), and still misses the older brother who committed suicide six years earlier. Through labored screenwriting, Tyler meets and falls for Ally Craig (Emilie de Ravin), who’s also been touched by a death in her immediate family. Most of Remember Me is banal and insipid, conditions brought on as much by director Allen Coulter’s inability to stage a scene as by Fetters’ cringe–worthy lines. Pattinson and de Ravin are earnest but never quite connect as screen lovers, while Tate Ellington’s character of Aidan Hall, Tyler’s roomie and best bud, is the most obnoxious sidekick/comic relief seen in many a new moon: The character’s description of his penchant for bedding women of all nationalities – “I’ve planted my flag in every country!” – is particularly gag–inducing. Nothing, however, is more retch–worthy than that ill–conceived climax, which will strike the easily manipulated as deep but will cause most discerning viewers to recognize it for a cheap trick that should come with some sort of trigger warning before it unfolds.

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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.

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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 directed 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.

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.

Shutter Island

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

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 direc-

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 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.

Aberline (Hugo Weaving) 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. CS

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tor 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.

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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/

Coastal Empire Constitution Party

Meets every third Thursday of the month, 7pm, at Savannah Joe Coffee House in Pooler. Group meets to discuss various issues, historical and current events, such as legislation, taxes, education, politics. Call 484-5281 for more info or www.constitutionparty.com

Drinking Liberally

An informal gathering of left-leaners. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at Moon River Brewing Company. For more info: august1494@excite.com or www.DrinkingLiberally.org.

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 donat-

ing, or more info, contact: carol.megathlin@ comcast.net

Board Game Fest 2010

All-day family event. Discover new board games or enjoy old favorites while raising money for a worthy cause. There will also be raffle tickets, pizza-by-the-slice and soft drinks. All proceeds go toward Greenbriar Children’s Center. $5 will get you all the gaming you can handle Saturday, April 3, 10 a.m - 10 p.m. at Morningstar Games, 30 W. Montgomery Crossroads, Savannah. Call 927-2770 for more information.

Emily Brennan Fundraiser

3/28, 2-6pm: Live music, BBQ plates, silent auction, bake sale, 50/50 raffle and more.

Proceeds will benefit 9-year old Emily Brennan, a Tybee resident, recovering from brain surgery. The Crab Shack. For more info, please contact Jackie Burn at jmb9427@aol. com or 912-844-3618

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@georgiahis-

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Hope House of Savannah

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

Parrot Head Scavenger Hunt

4th Annual Scavenger Hunt / Pub Crawl.

April 17th, 12pm. A benefit for Memorial Health Foundation; Prostate Cancer Support Fund. Starts at Pour Larry’s in City Market.

Live music, raffle and more.

For info or to register go to www.savannahphc.com or e-mail savannah_phc@yahoo. com. Register by 4/1 to guarantee an event t-shirt.

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.

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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, 2-5pm, 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.

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The John S. Delaware Center and the J.C. Coleman Foundation, Inc. present the 2nd Annual Eagle Classic 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, open to boys and girls ages 10-17. Trophies awarded to 1st and 2nd place winners. Entry fee $25.00 per team.

Registration deadline March 25. Free food for players.

Contact: Jarrod Johnson 912-354-3014 or Tony Hallett 912-651-6793.

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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 813-901-5614. 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. ,

Reality show seeks family for “Fresh Start”

Original Productions, makers of The Deadliest Catch, are seeking a family to star in a docu-drama style show tentatively titled “Fresh Start.” Casting directors are accepting applications from adventurous families who can adapt to new surroundings and are eager to start over. Families must have at least two children over the age of 5. The entire family must be willing to commit fully. To apply, email freshstartcasting@gmail.com or call 323.785.2500.

Works on Paper

Atwells’ Art and Frame announces a call to Savannah artists for an exhibition showcasing contemporary works of art created on paper. Any medium or style, including painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media and photography may be submitted. DEADLINE: 3/29. No entry fee.

Send submissions as jpeg files on DVD with artwork info and artist statement to 228 W Broughton St, Sav, GA, 31401 or by email. For more info: savannah.artspace@ gmail.com or 912-238-9607

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/

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 sup-

Advance Directives Planning Workshop

4th Tues. of every month. Starting the conversation with loved ones to plan care in case of illness or sudden medical event.

Planning booklets will be available and social workers will explain the forms and walk you through the process. Hosted

by Hospice Savannah. Hospice Savannah Community Education Room, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. ,

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.

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.

Crime isn’t a Civil Right

Knitting Class

Dating With Success

Puppet Shows

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

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

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

Offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center for schools, day cares, libraries, churches, community events and fairs.

Call 447-6605. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.sjchs. org/1844.cfm

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

Relief Printing with Linoleum

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, continues on p. 44

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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. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/Candlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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/

Starting a Business

The workshop will cover the basics of what you need to know and do before starting a business. March 25, 6pm. $69/ person. A prepaid registration is required no later than Tuesday preceding the class.

To register visit www.georgiasbdc.org/ce/ savannah or call 912-651-3200 for more info. Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E. Liberty St. ,

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

Volunteer 101

A 30-minute course that covers issues to help volunteers get started is held the first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. The first Thursday, the class is at Savannah State University, and the third Thursday, at United Way, 428 Bull St. Register by calling Summer at 651-7725 or visit www.HandsOnSavannah.org.

United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St , Savannah http://www.uwce.org/

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

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

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 ,

Georgetown Playgroup

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

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

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

Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr , Thunderbolt

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association

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

Low Country Turners

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

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/

Navy League Dinner Meeting

Retired Navy Chaplain Everett Tumblin will be the featured speaker at the March 23 event. Hunter Club. HAAF. 6pm social hour. 7pm dinner. Dinner: $20 per person.

Reservations must be received by 5pm on 3/19. Please call Aunette Shipes at (912) 330-9232 or savfoxey@bellsouth.net.

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 oldtime 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 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

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Savannah Brewers’ League

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

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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.

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Meets every Thursday from 7-9 p.m.

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Church, 728 E. 55th Street , Savannah http://www.whitefieldumc.com/

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.

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

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

Savannah Fencing Club

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

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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 Parrot Head Club

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

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First City Club. 32 Bull St , Savannah http://www.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 Wine Lovers

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

Savannah Writers Group

meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm at Books a Million to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories. A meet-and-greet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Contact Carol North, 912-9208891. 8108 Abercorn St , Savannah

Son-shine Hour

Meets at the Savannah Mall at the Soft Play Mondays from 11-12 and Thursdays from 10-11. Activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@gmail.com Savannah Mall,

Southern Wings

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

Stitch-Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Knitting, spinning and crocheting Monday and Tuesday from 5-8pm and occasional Sunday 2-4pm at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty.

Jennifer Harey, 238-0514. wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty , Savannah

Tarde en Espanol

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

236-8566.

The Armstrong Center

The Armstrong Center is available for meetings, seminars, workshops or social events. Classrooms, meeting space, auditorium and 6000-square-foot ballroom. 344-2951. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah

The Peacock Guild

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The Young Professionals of Savannah

An AfterHours networking social is held every third Thursday of the month. Visit www. ypsav.net, sign up for the e-newsletter and find out about other upcoming events, or call Leigh Johnson at 659-9846.

Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts

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

Philip Neidlinger, theremin@neidlinger.us.

Tybee Knights Chess Club

Dance Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classes for multiple ages in the art of performance dance and Adult fitness dance.

Styles include African, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, & Gospel. Classes are held Monday through Friday at the St. Pius X Family Resource Center. Classes start at $25.00 per month. For more information call 912-631-3452 or 912-272-2797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@ gmail.com St. Pius Family Resource Center,

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

Adult Intermediate Ballet

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

African Dance & Drum

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

Argentine Tango

Tybee Performing Arts Society

Urban Professionals

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 927-3356. Savannah

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 , 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/ 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/

Beginners Salsa Lessons

Offered Wednesday evenings 5:30pm & Saturdays 11:30am. $10.00 per class. Packages prices also available. Contact Kelly 912-3984776 or Austin 912-704-8726

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.

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

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.

HHDT Spring Production

The Hilton Head Dance Theatre presents 3 diverse pieces as part of its spring production, including Snow White, Paquita and Cool Hand Luke. March 26-28, 7:30pm. Matinees at 2:30pm. Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. www.hhdt.org. 843-842-ARTS.

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.

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Irish Dance Classes

Glor na h’Eireann cultural arts studio is offering beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up, Adult Step & Ceili, Strength & Flexibility, non-competitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified. For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@gmail.com or 912-704-2052.

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

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 every Wed. at 7:30pm.

Call for details 912-398-4776 or visit www. fitnessbodybalance.com. Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. ,

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.

Shag & Beach Bop

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

Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn St. ,

Tribal Style Belly Dancing

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/

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

Glynn Art Assoc. Annual Art Fair

Over 80 artists, crafts people and more showing and selling work of all kinds.

Children’s art tent, food, and more. March 27-28. Postell Park, St. Simon’s Island.

www.glynnart.org

Ladies Night at Bicycle Link

3/23, 6:30-8:30pm: Fun workshops Food, drink & great give-aways Free test rides Learn skills like changing a flat Meet new friends Bike experts to answer questions.

408 MLK Jr Blvd. http://bicyclelinksav. com/

Preservation Tour of the Davenport House

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.

Register for St. Patrick’s Regatta

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.

Spring Steam Days

3/19-4/18 - Take a ride on the passenger car powered by steam engine and experience a treasure from the past. $10. Runs Tues thru Sun. 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm.

Sunday rides at 1pm, 2pm. Roundhouse Railroad Museum. 601 W. Harris. St. www. chsgeorgia.org.

St. Patrick’s Week Deal

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

Film & Video Film: “I Can Do Bad All By Myself”

3/25, 5pm. Movie Night for Women.

Screening followed by brief discussion.

St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information & Resource Center.

1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605.

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

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Crunch Lunch

30 minute Core and ABs concentration class. Offered 11:30am & 12:15pm Mon, Wed & Fri @ Fitness Body & Balance 2127 1/2 East Victory Dr. www.fitnessbodybalance.com 912-398-4776.

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

St. Patrick’s Day Promotion

University of Savannah sweatshirt and t-shirt combo for $26

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

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

Kidz Fitness

Aerobic fitness class for children 6-13 with weight concerns. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-5:45 p.m. at the Candler Hospital Wellness Center. Children must be members of the Candler Wellness Center. 819-8800. Savannah http://www. sjchs.org/

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

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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 Semi-

Private 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.

Island Somatherapy, 127 Abercorn Street , Savannah

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

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The Yoga Room

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Yoga: Tues 8am & 5:45pm, Thurs at 8am & 5:30pm Pilates: Mon at 7pm, Sat at 8am. Class sizes are small, so please RSVP: 912-341-9477 or brandon@profitpersonaltraining.com Pro-Fit Personal Training, 18 E. Broughton St. 2nd Floor ,

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

Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. Learn to increase your strength and flexibility and improve your overall well-being. For more information, call 912-350-0798. FitnessOne, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine Memorial Health,

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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. 912-232-4490 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 484-1266 or calexe@ comcast.net.

First City Network Board Meeting

Gay AA Meeting

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 311 E. Macon St. Savannah The local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 944-0996.

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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

Health Bariatric Surgery Information Sessions

Information about bariatric surgery and the program at Memorial Health Bariatrics. For more information call 912-350DIET, or visit bariatrics.memorialhealth. com. There is no charge for this program.

Medical Education Auditorium at Memorial,

Basic Breastfeeding Class

3/23, 6:30pm - This two-hour session is designed to educate and support the mother planning to breastfeed. Topics include information on preparing to breastfeed, basic breastfeeding concepts, nutrition, and a discussion of common concerns. call 912-350-BORN Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial , http:// women.memorialhealth.com/

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

Conducted at three locations. From 8:30a.m.-12:30p.m. and 5:15p.m.-7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at the SJ/C African-American Health Information and Resource 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 Monday-Friday 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/

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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.

St. Mary’s Health Center is open for health needs of uninsured residents of Chatham County. Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 443-9409. St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. ,

Hearing Aid Funds Available for Infants and Children

The Coastal Health District’s Universal Newborn Hearing and Screening Initiative has funds available for the purchase of hearing aid devices for infants and children 3 and under who qualify 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.

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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. 3507587. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/

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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,

Tybee Community Garden

A Tybee community project with both individual plots and communal shared space.

Plots are $50.00 for a 4x8 ft space. To participate please contact Karen Kelly at karenontybee@aol.com or call 786-9719.

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.

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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

Mobile Mammogram Tests

Wilderness Southeast

Planned Parenthood Hotline

Pets & Animals

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: 3/24. Sun City: 3/31. Appointments are required. Call 819-6800.

(Please specify that you are calling for the Mobile unit.)

First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services. Open every night from 7-11p.m.

1-800-264-7154.

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 1-877270-STOP or visit www.unitegeorgia.com.

Weight Loss Through Hypnosis

Lose weight with Guided Imagery and Hypnosis. No pills, diets or surgery. 9273432.

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.wildernesssoutheast.org

Offers a variety of programs every month including guided trips with naturalists, canoe rides and more. Their mission is to develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. For more information: 912-2368115 or sign-up on our website www. wilderness-southeast.org.

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.

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Professional Pet Sitting and Dog Walking

Insured, bonded, certified in pet first aid and CPR. 355-9656, www.athomepetsitters.net.

Savannah Kennel Club

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.

The club meets monthly on the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. from September through May at Ryan’s restaurant on Stephenson Avenue. Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to come earlier.

Call 656-2410 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org. 209 Stephenson Ave , Savannah

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

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,

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Readings & Signings Author: Eileen Erikson

3/23, 7p.m. The Savannah Writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Group hosts Erikson for a talk about her three books, one about her career as a nurse, and two childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books, inspired by the birth of her grandchildren. Books-A-Million. 8108 Abercorn St.

Book Signing: Emory Campbell

3/18, 7pm - An event featuring a lecture and panel discussion with Emory, who will then be available to sign copies of â&#x20AC;&#x153;African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountryâ&#x20AC;? which will be released by UGA Press. The event will discuss various aspects of Gullah Geechee culture and its impact on the Lowcountry.

Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum.

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 Olaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Businessmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

DrUUming Circle

First Saturday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah on Troup Square at Habersham and Macon streets. Drummers, dancers and the drumcurious are welcome. Call 234-0980 or visit uusavannah.org. 313 Harris St. , Savannah http://www.uusavannah.org/

Live Web-streaming

Attend church from home Sundays at 9 and 11am with Pastor Ricky Temple and Overcoming by Faith Ministries. Log onto www. overcomingbyfaith.org, click â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Watch Nowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

927-8601. Overcoming by Faith Ministries,

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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

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

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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/

Music Ministry for Children & Youth

The childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

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

Mondays at 8pm. 619 W 37th St. , Savannah

Soka Gakkai of America

SGI is an international Buddhist movement for world peace and individual happiness.

The group practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Introductory meetings are held the third Sunday of the month. For further information, call 232-9121.

Stand for Peace

A sllent witness for peace that will be held in Johnson Square the fourth Sunday of every month from 1-2pm until the occupation ends. Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Social Justice and Action Committee.

224-7456, 231-2252, 234-0980, uusavannah. org Johnson Square, Bull & Abercorn Sts. ,

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Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 2336284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com.

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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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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.

Texas Hold â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Em Poker League

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.

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The Screven Motor Speedway hosts the World of Outlaw Late Model Series for some top notch racing. $20/general admission.

March 20, 6pm. Info: www.screvenmotorspeedway.com or call 912-754-5882.

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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/

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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.

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Amputee Support Group

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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

Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges

Meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, Room 250.

This is a group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether they have been on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@hotmail. com. 55 Al Henderson B;vd. , Savannah

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

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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

KidsNet Savannah Parent Support Group

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

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin, 350-7845. 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. 234-9999. First Baptist Church of Savannah, 223 Bull St. , 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/

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.

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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.

Tourette’s Community of Savannah (TiCS) Meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month.

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) From what I can tell, your excursion to Fake Paradise didn’t exact too serious a toll.

The accidental detour may have seemed inopportune in the moment, but you know what?

I think it slowed you down enough to keep you from doing something rash that you would have regretted later. And are you really sorry you were robbed of your cherished illusions? In the long run, I think it was for the best. As for the scratches on your nose from when you stuck it into business you weren’t “supposed” to: They’re a small price to pay for the piquant lesson you got in how not to live.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) Some people are here on the planet to find success, while others are here to find themselves. In the big scheme of things, I’m not sure which category you fit into, Taurus. But I’m pretty sure that for the next few weeks you’ll be best served by acting as if you’re the latter.

Even if you think you’ve found yourself pretty completely in the past, it’s time to go searching again: There are new secrets to be discovered, in large part because you’re not who you used to be. So for now at least, I encourage you to give your worldly ambitions a bit of a rest as you intensify your self–explorations.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) Being a paragon of moral behavior can be fun and rewarding. It’s amazing how many interesting people want to play with me just because they think I’m so #%&@ high–minded.

But I’ve got to confess that my commitment to discipline and righteousness is sometimes at odds with my rebellious itch to give you mischievous nudges and outrageous challenges. Like right now, the conscientious teacher in me might prefer to advise you to keep a lid on debauchery, voracity, excess, uproar, slapstick, wise–cracking, fireworks, and limit–pushing.

But the rabble–rousing agitator in me feels obligated to inform you that at no other time in 2010 will the karmic price be lower

for engaging in such pursuits.

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CANCER

LIBRA

It’s time for you to stop specializing in furtive glimpses and start indulging in brazen gazes.

You’re ready to phase out your role as a peripheral influence and see if you can be more of a high–intensity instigator and organizer. Yes, Cancerian, you’ve earned the right to claim more credibility and clout –– to leave your tentative position outside the magic circle and head in the direction of the sweet hot spot.

Here’s your mantra for the coming week: “I disappear my fear.

I resurrect my audacity.” Say it and sing it and murmur it at least 100 times a day. Let it flow out of you after you’ve awoken each morning and are still lying in bed. Let it be the last sound on your lips as you drop off to sleep. Have fun with it. Dip into your imagination to come up with different ways to let it fly –– say it as your favorite cartoon character might say it, like a person with a Swedish accent, like your inner teenager, like a parrot, like a grinning sage. “I disappear my fear. I resurrect my audacity. I disappear my fear. I resurrect my audacity.”

(June 21–July 22)

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) “Nature seems to exult in abounding radicality, extremism, anarchy,” wrote Annie Dillard in *Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.* “If we were to judge nature by its common sense or likelihood, we wouldn’t believe the world existed. In nature, improbabilities are the one stock in trade. The whole creation is one lunatic fringe . . .

No claims of any and all revelations could be so far–fetched as a single giraffe.” (Dillard’s entire passage is here: http://bit. ly/TinkerCreek.) Reading this passage is a good way for you to prepare for the immediate future, Leo. Why? Because you’ll soon be invited to commune with outlandish glory. You’ll be exposed to stories that burst from the heart of creation.

You’ll be prodded to respond to marvelous blips with marvelous blips of your own. But here’s the catch: It may all remain invisible to you if you’re blinded by the false belief that you live a boring, ordinary life.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) The storm is your friend right now, Virgo. So are the deep, dark night and the last place you’d ever think of visiting and the most important thing you’ve forgotten about. So be more willing than usual to marinate in the mysteries –– not with logical ferocity but with cagey curiosity. The areas of life that are most crucial for you to deal with can’t be fully understood using the concepts your rational mind favors. The feelings that will be most useful for you to explore are unlike those you’re

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22)

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Have you ever heard about how some all–night convenience stores blast loud classical music out into the parking lot in order to discourage drug dealers from loitering? In the coming days, use that principle whenever you need to drive home a point or make a strong impression. Your aggressive expressions will be more effective if you take the darkness and anger out of them, and instead fill them up with forceful grace and propulsive compassion.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

The Hebrew word *chalom* means “dream.” In his book *Healing Dreams,* Marc Ian Barasch notes that it’s derived from the verb “to be made healthy and strong.” Linguist Joseph Jastrow says that *chalom* is related to the Hebrew word *hachlama,* which means “recovery, recuperation.” Extrapolating from these poetic hints and riffing on your astrological omens, I’ve got a prescription for you to consider: To build your vitality in the coming weeks, feed your dreams. And I mean “dreams” in both the sense of the nocturnal adventures you have while you’re sleeping and the sweeping daytime visions of what you’d like to become.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

I just found out the American shipping company UPS has legally trademarked the color brown. The grass–roots activist in me is incredulous and appalled. But the poet in me doesn’t really care; it’s fine if UPS owns drab, prosaic brown.

I’ve still got mahogany at my command, as well as tawny, sepia, taupe, burnt umber, tan, cinnamon, walnut, and henna.

That’s especially important for this horoscope, Capricorn, because I’m advising you to be very down to earth, be willing to get your hands dirty, and even play in the muck if necessary in order to take good care of the basics. But don’t do any of that in a boring, humdrum “brown” way. Do it exotically and imaginatively.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) You are hereby excused from having to know a single nuance about the inside story of Angelina Jolie’s secret love tryst with Lady Gaga, or the addictions of conspiracy theorists who lose huge sums of money gambling on the end of the world, or the agony that millionaires suffer from having to support social services with their taxes. In fact, it’s a good time to empty your mind of extraneous, trivial, and useless facts so that you can clear vast new spaces for more pressing data, like how you can upgrade your communication skills, why you should do some upkeep on close alliances, and what you might do to streamline your social life.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) In my astrological opinion, you don’t need anything that shrinks you or deflates you or tames you. Influences that pinch your imagination should be taboo, as should anything that squashes your hope or crimps your life force. To make proper use of the vibrations circulating in your vicinity, Pisces, you should gravitate toward situations that pump up your insouciance and energize your whimsy and incite you to express the most benevolent wickedness you can imagine.

You’ve got a mandate to fatten up your soul so it can contain a vaster sense of wonder and a more daring brand of innocence. cs

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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/

Wheeze busters

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Women who love too much

meets Fridays from noon to 1 p.m. Call Maureen Wozniak at 355-4987.

Theatre A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A delightful story of mischief and mistaken identity based on William Shakespeare’s comedy and adapted by Cultural Arts Theatre Director, Ellie Pyle. 3/26, 7pm & 9pm.

S.P.A.C.E. 9W. Henry. Call 912-651-6783 for more info. Free.

Auditions: The Piano Lesson

Directed by Vickie Blackshear, this 1990 Pulitzer Prize winning play set in the 1930s follows an African American family’s conflict over an heirloom piano. Auditions 3/22-3/23.

Performance dates include May 14-16, 21-23 in the Black Box at S.P.A.C.E. Contact Ellie Pyle at 912-651-6783 or email elizabeth_ pyle@savannahga.gov for more info.

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

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.

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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/

Rebuilding Together Savannah

Volunteer organization in partnership with the community that rehabilitates houses of low-income homeowners, particularly the elderly, disabled and families with children. Visit www.rebuildingtogethersavannah.org.

Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center

is looking for volunteers to assist residents in activities or just come and visit.

For information, call Rhonda Sheffield, volunteer coordinator, at 354-8225, Ext. 243. Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6711 LaRoche Ave. , Savannah

Ronald McDonald House volunteers needed

Help in the “home away from home” for the families of hospitalized children.

Volunteers also are needed to provide home-cooked meals for families staying at the house. Volunteer internships also available for college students. Nikole Layton, 356-5520. Ronald McDonald House, 4710 Waters Avenue , http://www. rmhccoastalempire.org/

Savannah Garden Expo

Volunteers are needed for the event, April 23-24 at the Railroad Roundhouse Museum. Benefits the Isaiah Davenport House Museum and Historic Savannah Foundation. There are a variety of jobs available including parking assistant, greeter, etc. as well as community service opportunities. Contact: Jamie Credle at jcredle@savbusiness.net or 236-8097 for info. www.savannahgardenexpo.com

Speech and hearing center needs volunteers

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Telfair Docent Program

The Telfair Museum of Art is accepting applications for its volunteer docent program. After completing training, docents will be responsible for leading tours in the Telfair Academy and Jepson Center. Call Sarah Ward, 790-8827. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard Street , Savannah http://www.tefair.org/

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is a service of the United Way of the Coastal Empire. Call 2-1-1 or 651-7726 between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or send e-mail to volunteer@uwce.org. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St , Savannah http:// www.uwce.org/

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Volunteers are needed to teach Basic Literacy Skills and Basic Computer Skills.

Call Rhonda Anderson at 236-4226 or 447-5711. Wesley Community Center, 1601 Drayton St , Savannah http://www. wesleyctrs-savh.org/

Truancy Intervention Project

Matches volunteer attorneys and other professionals with children who have been brought before the court for excessive school absenteeism. Provide legal representation and other resources to children and their families to prevent school failure. TIP is recruiting professionals in the fields of education, law enforcement and social service. Become a mentor today and help make a difference in a child’s life.

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HOmes fOr sale 815 135 LAKEWOOD DRIVE $284,900 5 min. from Rincon, 3BR/2.5BA, bonus room could be 4th bedroom, entrance foyer, sep. LR and DR, over 2700sqft. 2-car garage plus detached one car garage. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-238-4915 BUY. sELL fREE!

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1710 EAST 34TH STREET $59,900 Newly remodeled, new CHA, electric upgrade, great front porch, 2BR/1BA cottage, hardwood floors, eat-in kitchen, LR, large fenced yard, dead-end street. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-238-4915

207 W. 36th Street Six bedroom two bath Victorian home. separate livingroom and diningroom, central heat and air, full attic, basement, storage shed and lots of original details. A steal at $275,000.00.call Alvin at 912-604-5898, or Realty Executives Coastal Empire 912-355-5557.

6 VAN NUYS BLVD. One owner three bedroom brick home on Southside. Separate livingroom,family room,new a/c unit. storage shed with power, well landscaped,owner anxious!Only $137,900.00. Call Alvin 912-604-5898 or Realty Executives Coastal Empire 912-355-5557.

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7112 HIALEAH $139,900 Located at Skidaway & Eisenhower, large home in popular area, 4BR/2BA, den w/FP, LR, DR, all new kitchen with breakfast area, central heat/air. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-238-4915

Liberty City New Construction, 3bed/2bath, huge master bedroom, livingroom, dining-room, large-kitchen, located on great block. $125,000.

Barry Koncul ERA Kelly & Fischer 695-6850

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•REDUCED WATERFRONT!! 530 Wilmington Island Rd.- 1.7 ac with 140’ on Turner’s Creek just off Wilmington River. Dock/Floating dock. 2BR/2B cottage.

Detached garage/workshop. $849,900.

•WILMINGTON(Woodridge) 12 Moss Ct. 3BR/2B. Great room with f/p.

Screened porch.

Garage.

Quiet cul-de-sac. $225,000.

•S/S FORECLOSURE- 46 King Henry Ct- Remodeled 3BR/2 ½B townhome.

Best deal in Georgetown. $110,000. Owner financing possible.

•COLONIAL VILLAGE- 10602 Sugar Bush- All brick.

Upgraded 3BR/2B on large corner lot. Only $169,900.

JAN LYNES 912-898-1600 or 912-508-2001 Sell today. I pay cash for homes.

Call Mr. Cummings at 912-224-9103 or 912-308-7731 Mobile HoMes For sale 830 FLEETWOOD mobile home, 1997, 16x80.

3BR/2BA w/garden bathtub, appliances, shingle roof, very nice. 10 minutes to GSU. $15,000.

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1020 East Anderson

162 MARIAN CIRCLE (Off Skidaway) 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, $950/month, $950/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

1133 East 55th Street

1647 WINTER DRIVE (E. Gwinnett, Skidaway & Wheaton) 2BR/1BA LR, DR, washer/dryer connections, covered backporch, storage bldg. $795/month, $795/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

1 & 2 bedroom apartments. $450-$600 per month. Available now.

On the busline, Anderson @ Waters. 604-9997 Homefinders Realty.

2BR Duplex, kitchen furnished, all electric, fenced.

No Section 8. $545/month plus deposit.

Call 234-0548 1, 2 & 3 bedrooms. Specials on deposits, Section 8, no deposit.

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•1 & 2 bedroom apartments, furnished kitchen, $390- $425/month.

•2 bedroom apartments & houses. $425-$750/month.

Hassell Realty Company.

234-1291 1331 NEW CASTLE ST. 3BR, 1BA $700/month, $700/deposit.

Call 912-667-8716.

1512 EAST 54TH STREET 3BR/1BA, LR, DR, screened porch, wood floors, detached garage, washer/dryer connections, central heat/air, fenced yard. $950/month, $950/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

1015 EAST 32ND ST.2BR/1BA, separate LR, DR, breakfast room, sunroom, laundry room, kitchen w/all appliances, CH&A, total electric $775/deposit, $775/mo.

Please call Teresa 596-4954

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16 Lanvale Pt. Wentworth 3bed 2bath $975mth Lease-Purchase Available Available April 1st 912-823-3302 www.mtpisgahproperties.com

1921 REYNOLDS STREET 2-story (master suite upstairs, private bath, large closet)2BR downstairs, full bath, LR, DR, kitchen, laundry room, outside storage, new paint, new carpet $810/month, $810/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981 ConneCt Savannah ClaSSified adS Work!

1944 Capital St. 2BR/ 1BA, LR, DR, Kitchen, CH&A, Section 8 or Rent $750/mo.

Call 912-356-5384 or 660-4297

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1600 DAMON STREET (Hudson Hill)3BR/1BA, LR, fenced yard, office with its own water heater, detached mother-in-law suite. $925/month, $925/sec.deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

1 Bedroom Apartment: 2136 Tennessee Avenue, 3 large rooms, CH&A, washer/dryer connections, $450/month $500/deposit. 429-4446

•2018 Live Oak St: 3BR large upstairs apt. $650/mo+security

for rent 855 •100 Lewis Dr. apt 7-C, 2br/1.5ba, CH&A, $600/month, $600/deposit.

•East 54th- 2BR/1BA $475/month $475/deposit.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day from all of your friends at River Crossing Apartments 1BR’s only $600, 2 BR’s only $770 and 3 BR’s starting at only $870 Beautiful intracoastal waterway view Great location! Minutes from everything

2612 Dogwood Ave, Apt H-12 Thunderbolt GA • 355-3722

•FOR SALE- 122 Mapmaker Lane, 2000sq.ft., 3br/2 full baths. Priced for quick sale!!!

LANDLORDS: If you are in need of a good Property Manager, CALL US. Managing property is what we do best!

Call Lester 912-234-5650 or 912-313-8261

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2050 EAST 42ND STREET Near McAlpin Square, 3BR/1BA, LR, eat-in kitchen, den, outside storage, fenced yard. $900/month, $900/sec.deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

3BR/1.5BA House 1108 E58th St. Fenced in yard, carport, pets negotiable. $799/month.

Call 912-660-1045

404-1/2 EAST 50TH STREET Carriage house 2-story 1BR/1BA, upstairs, LR, DR, kitchen downstairs. $585/month, $585/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

507 EAST 51ST STREET, APT. B Upstairs 2BR/1BA, LR w/FP, DR, sunroom, eat-in kitchen, with washer/dryer connections. $750/month, $700/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

714 EAST 36TH STREET Large 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, laundry room, fenced yard. $895/month, $895/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

•208 Deer Road: Springfield GA, 3BR/2BA, $900/month •11405 Willis Drive: 3BR/2BA, $925/month •1914 E 50th St: 2BR/ 1BA large home. $825/mo •1222 E. 54th St2BR/1BA $450/month. +DEPOSIT, NO-PETS NO-SMOKING. Call Bill:656-4111 245 HOLLAND DRIVE #7 Off Holland Drive, 1BR/1BA, LR, DR, laundry room, porch $595/month, $595/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Apt. for Rent in West Savannah. Convenient to Downtown, Garden City. $480/month. Section-8 Welcome. Call 912-658-1407.

2Bedroom/2Bath townhome, gas fireplace, washer/dryer connections, walk-in-closet, huge kitchen, patio, outside storage, 2-car parking, Port Wentworth, Lakeshore community, $850/month, 912-272-4603 2BR/1.5BA APARTMENT, Largo/Tibet area $625/month plus $625/deposit.

Call 704-3662 or 656-7842 2BR DUPLEX APT. in Garden City. Breakfast room, laundry room. Water furnished. $600/month, $300/security deposit. Call 748-8808.

2 story house, 3BR, 2BA. 622 W. 44th street.

CH&A, W/D Connection. $650/month. $500/deposit. 912-754-7923 308 E. Hwy 80 Bloomingdale 2bed 1bath $650mth 912-823-3302 www.mtpisgahproperties.com 328 MAPMAKER LANE Whitemarsh Island.

3BR/2BA, LR, eat-in kitchen, garage, fenced yard. $995/month, $995/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

3BR/2BA MOBILE HOME on private lot for rent, Richmond Hill. Water, garbage, extermination and lawn care included.

Available now! Call $750/m. 912-667-2498 ConneCtsavannah.Com Online listings & cOntent

3BR/2BA NICE House, nice area. 3yr. option.

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4627 SYLVAN DRIVE 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, central heat/air, entrance foyer, large eat-in kitchen, den, covered backporch, fenced yard. $995/month, $995/sec. deposit. Call Helen Mil 912-231-1981

505 West 48th Street

3BR/3BA, patio, 1-car garage, Great Coffee Bluff Location! $1000/month plus deposit. Available Immediately. Call 844-0248 or 308-6691

1BR Duplex, kitchen furnished, clean, electric $425/month plus deposit.

No Section 8.

Call 234-0548

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519 EAST 49TH ST, APT. B upper 2BR/1BA, LR w/FP, sunroom, wood floors $750/month includes water/trash $750/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 231-1981 595 WEST 54th STREET: 2Bedroom Apartments/1.5baths, washer/dryer connection/total e l e c t r i c, deposit/$330, $660/monthly.

Section-8 Welcome. Call 912-232-7659.

724 Waters Ave. between Gwinnett St. and Wheaton St. W/D hookup, 2BR/1BA, separate dining area $525/m + $525 deposit. 844-2344 814 TIBET AVENUE: 3BR/3BA Townhouse $850/month.

816 TIBET AVENUE: 2BR/3 Full Baths, Townhouse $775/month. Call 912-507-1448 89 Stubbs Court 3bed 2bath doublewide $750mth. Available April 1st Lease-Purchase Available 912-823-3302 www.mtpisgahproperties.com 901 JEFFERSON STREET (W. Bolton)Upper apt.

2BR/1BA, LR w/FP, climb stairs to upstairs apt., sep. DR w/FP, galley kitchen, high ceilings, extra crown molding, w/d conn. $925/month, $925/sec. deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981 A Special Deal!

• 22-B Mastick, 3BR/2BA, $700 • 1317 E. 56th R e a l ly La rg e 2BR w/dining room, large storage-shed. $725 257-6181

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AVAILABLE NOW: 3BR/1.5BA on dead-end street. Carport, washer/dryer hookup, new interior/exterior paint, new wood laminate floors throughout, DR, LR, AC. Near schools and HAAF. $869/month. No section 8; No smoking.

920-1936.

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for rent 855 AVAILABLE NOW! FOUR BEDROOM HOUSES 10804 White Bluff Rd-$1400 5757 Ogeechee Rd. $1200 THREE BEDROOM HOUSES 620 E. 60th St-$925 302 E 65th St-$850 2 Soling Ave. $850 1734 E.33rd St. $825 2330 Camelia Ct. $795 1919 Causton Bluff $750 2012 Nash St. $795 TWO BEDROOM HOUSES 1507 E. 48th St. $850 122 Inglewood Dr$750 APT/TOWNHOUSE Three Bedrooms 303 Gallery Way $1100 45 King Henry Ct. $950 Two Bedrooms124 Hidden Lake $900 6 Orchid Ln $900 6301 Walden Park $900 1107 E. 57th St. $575 1130 E. 53rd St. $550 Large 1 Bedroom 740 E. 45th St. #3 $695 FOR DETAILS & PICTURES VISIT OUR WEB PAGE WWW.PAMTPROPERTY.COM Pam T Property 692-0038

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HALCYON BLUFF. Unique executive-style 3-bedroom/2-bath home on quiet street.

Sunken LR, wood floors, dishwasher, ceiling fans, garage, CH&A, fenced yard w/pretty shrubbery. $1069/month, $1399/security deposit.

Military & Police discounts available. No indoor pets. No smoking.

920-1936.

Bnet Management Inc. Savannah East 1535 East 54th Street.3BR/1BA, 1225Sqft. LR, DR, W/D connections, central heat/air, fenced yard $825/month Savannah Westside 718 West 38th Street 3BR/2BA, 1380Sqft. LR, DR, central heat/iar, laundry room, fenced yard $715/month SECTION 8 WELCOME 507-1489/844-3974 COASTAL PLACE @ Tibet.

2BR/2BA Apt. Eat-in kitchen, large LR, washer/dryer connections, new carpet, 6 closets, all electric. $725/month.

912-655-4303.

for rent 855 Eastside Area: 2118 New Mexico- 3BR/1BA, new CH&A, remodeled & furnished kitchen, LR, laundry room, carport, fenced yard, Outside pets OK. $800/month, $800/deposit. Available Now! No Section 8.

912-352-8251

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Efficiency Apartment- located 812 East Henry St. upper garage apt. $300 monthly, $300 deposit.

Call after 4pm.

912-232-3355/224-1786 FOR RENT: 12 Gerald Drive. 3BR/1BA, LR, DR, Kitchen, Utility Room.

CH&A, $750/Rent, $850/Deposit.

Call 912-429-4446

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•GEORGETOWN15 Barrington Cr3BR/2B. Garage.

Fenced yard. $1,000 mo •ARDSLEY PARK. 54th & Atlantic.Studio apartment. $475. mo.

•KENSINGTON PARK. -317 Kensington(avail May) Large 3BR/2B. Living/dining. Eat in kitchen. Den & bonus room. $1,295 mo.

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SECTION 8 ACCEPTED 104 Marian Circle Southside, Newly Renovated, CH&A, ceiling fans, 3BR, 2BA, Living Room, large den, eat-in kitchen w/range, refrigerator & dishwasher, inside laundry, screened porch, dbl. carport, fenced yard w/storage shed $950/Rent, $900/Deposit.

2138 Florida Ave. 2BR, 1BA, LR, Eat-in kitchen w/range & refrigerator, CH&A, Extra Lg 2-car detached garage. $725/Rent, $675/Deposit.

2215 Louis Mills Blvd.

Mobile home, Total Electric, 2BR/2BA, Living room, kitchen/dining, W/D connections, CH&A, Covered Deck, Car Port, Fenced Yard. $550/Rent includes water & $500/Deposit.

Pets OK with Approval.

References & Credit Check Required on Rentals

898-4135

GARDEN CITY 54 Rommel Avenue.

2BR/1BA, quiet area $475/month, $475/deposit. No washer/dryer connection, no pets.

Call 912-441-9637

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Hardeeville, S.C.

Singlewide mobile home on river w/ den & 2BA, good fishing $575/m + $575 deposit.

Call 912-964-4451

HOLLAND PARK/SOUTHSIDE townhouse. 3BR, 2.5BA w/fireplace & attached garage. $800/month + deposit.

Checking Account & 2yrs employment required.

Call 596-7858.

Home in Bloomingdale 14 Osteen Rd, 3bed 2bath, 2100 Sq.ft.

Call 912-823-3302 www.mtpisgahproperties.com LARGE 1 BEDROOM 740 E. 45th St. #3 $675.

Hardwood floors & newly painted. CHA, DR, LR, bath. Near Daffin Park.

FOR DETAILS & PICTURES VISIT OUR WEBPAGE www.PamTProperty.com Pam T. Property 692-0038

Lease w/ Option 3 Houses, 3BR/1BA LR, DR, Kitchen, CH&A $550850. 912-507-7875 or 356-5384.

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897-1984, 8am-7pm WESTSIDE, Lamarville **1925 Cowan Ave. 3BR/1BA $700/month. **1921 Cowan Ave: 3BR/1BA $750/month. **1930 Fenwick 3BR/1BA Duplex, $650/month.

EASTSIDE **1704 E. 35th St. 3BR/1BA $725/month. kitchen appliances furnished. *All above have carpet, A/C, washer/dryer hookup, fenced yard. References, application. Oneyear lease minimum.

Deposit same as rent.

None total electric, No smoking, pets negotiable.

NEAR SAVANNAH STATE 2BR/1BA, separate LR & DR, furnished kitchen w/d hook-ups, oversized rooms, $625/mo, +deposit. 912.398.6038 NEWLY REMODELED w/new carpet, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookup, mini-blinds. *3BR/2BA doublewide, fenced yard $700/month *2BR/2BA singlewide $600/month *3BR/2BA doublewide $675/month Midway area.

Call 912-884-5359, 912-977-1416 NICE BRICK Apartment, clean, 1BR/1BA, LR, DR, kitchen, stove/refrigerator, washer/dryer, ceiling fans, window A/C. $650/month plus deposit.

Call 912-233-7457 OAK FOREST 2BR, 1BA, furnished kitchen, Apt. $500.

DUANE COURT 2BR, 1BA, furnished kitchen, Apt. $625.

GROVE STREET 2BR, 1BA, furnished kitchen, Apt. $525.

WINDSOR CROSSING CONDO total electric, 2BR, 2BA, $650 + $25/water.

FLOWERING PEACH CT. 2BR, 2BA, fireplace, furnished kitchen, duplex (no pets) $775.

DYCHES DRIVE 3BR, 2BA, furnished kitchen, home $900.

Frank Moore & Co. 920-8560 FrankMooreCo.com

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2BR/1BA, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer connections. $500/rent, $500/deposit.

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2BR/2BA Condo, furnished kitchen including washer/dryer. Fireplace, breakfast nook and many more extras. $795/rent, $500/deposit.

ZENO MOORE CONSTRUCTION 409 E.Montgomery Xrds. 927-4383 ONE BEDROOM: Stately apartment, hardwood floors, ceramic kitchen and bath, washer/dryer hookups. Beautiful and quiet Baldwin Park neighborhood.

Rents very quickly. Must react fast! 537 Maupas Ave. $595/month. Leave message, 912-441-3087.

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POOLER 1BR furnished garage apt. Quiet neighborhood. LR, BR, bath and kitchen w/dishwasher and microwave, recently renovated. $550/rent, $550/deposit. 748-0145

REDUCED!

410 East 50th St. 1BR/1BA, water & garbage included. $600/month.

1108 E. 38th St.-2BR $700/month.

1104 East 31st St. 3BR $625/rent.

1 Altman Dr.-3BR/1BA plus den $750/month.

2101 Beech St. 2BR/1BA plus den. $725/month.

Several Rent-to-own properties.

Guaranteed Financing.

STAY MANAGEMENT 352-7829 RENT: DUPLEX 1110 E. 53rd. 2-bedroom, 1-bath $550/month plus deposit $550. One block off Waters Ave., close to Daffin Park.

Call Alex, 912-401-5710, Days/Nights/Weekends, email:alexcerbone@gmail.com ROOMS FOR RENT: Clean, secure, central heat/air, ceiling fan, cable, electric, stove and refrigerator, washer/dryer. Near Library and bus route. Furnished. $150 weekly. John Simmons, 912-844-5865.

SOUTHSIDE- Hampstead Oaks Two bedroom, 1.5bath townhouse apt, total electric, $600/month with washer & dryer $625.

Call Debra at 912-356-5656

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kitchen furnished.

Country atmosphere. 3BR/1BA, $785/month plus deposit.

4BR/2BA $895/month plus deposit. No section 8. 234-0548 SUPER SPRING

CommerCial ProPerty For rent 890 WAREHOUSE/OFFICE Centrally Located, Easy Access, Parking, Hassell Realty Company.

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rooms for rent 895 SAVINGS 12350 Mercy Blvd, Savannah,GA31419

(912)925-4815 2 Bedroom/2 Bath Apartment for the price of a 1 Bedroom/1 Bath Apartment. Limited number of units available!

Call or come in today!

Limited time offer!

Truly Elegant

2 & 3 bedrooom apartments & houses. All appliances furnished, hardwood floors, tile, Section-8 Welcome.

912-844-5996

UPCHURCH ENTERPRISES 912-354-7737

32 GOEBEL Avenue: 3BR/1.5BA garage apt. $800/month.

1 REDDING Court off Hwy. 17 on private culdesac. 3BR/2BA duplex$1200/month.

VERY NICE 3BR, total electric, central heat/air, hardwood floors, fireplaces in bedrooms, washer & dryer, very good neighborhood. *ALSO: Historic, newly renovated 4BR/2 large marble baths, fireplace, hardwood floors, fenced-in privacy backyard, off-street parking, washer/dryer included.

E. Park Avenue, very nice, quiet neighborhood. 912-659-8141

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124 Wassaw, newly renovated home, 4BR/1.5BA, thermal windows, ceiling fans, ceramic tile, laminate wood flooring, fenced yard, shed. $975/mo.

References and credit check. 912-429-7876 or 484-4070

EFFICIENCY ROOMS Includes stove, refrigerator, private bath. Furnished! $180/week + deposit.

Call 912-844-5995.

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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 EFFICIENCY/ROOMMATE WANTED Efficiency Apartment & Roommate spot available. Clean & quite home. Must be emp l oye d.

Ca l l 912-412-4683

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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.

A Safe Environment!

Seeking Roommate, 1BR, shared bath, full-kitchen, CH&A, cable, 5-mins from downtown. Single occupancy, $150/wk or $500/mo. 912-236-9013

CHEVROLET EL CAMINO 1985- Nice Classic! Auto, V8, Conquista, NO RUST! New tires, many more options. PRICED ONLY $3800obo.

386-490-6125

MAZDA MIATA MX-5, 1992, 4cyl. 5-speed, new paint & spoiler. Good top & interior. Great mechanical condition. $4000.

OBO. 912-659-0097

Roommate Wanted: 130 Alpine Drive. $480/mo. or $150/week. $250/deposit. Near Hunter AAF. share 1/2 electric.

Available Now. 912-272-8020

CHEVROLET Silverado 2006 Ext. Cab, 2500 HD Truck w/8.1 V-8 engine and 6-speed allison transmission. Excellent condition with only 25,600 miles. $17,000 call 912-531-2155

MERCEDES BENZ S320, 1994. $4200 OBO. Call 323-9797

NEED A ROOM? STOP LOOKING! Great rooms available ranging from $115-$140/weekly. Includes refrigerators, cable w/HBO, central heat/air.

No deposit.

Call 912-398-7507.

ROOM 4 RENT/EASTSIDE Furnished room 4 rent includes tv with cable washer/dryer, central air/heat, enclosed sitting porch, large sit in kitchen, privacy yard, fridge in rooms. $140.00 (912)306-6776 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.

Room for Rent Safe, Quiet environment in new home. Utilities & cable included. On busline. $120/wkly, $50/deposit. Call 912-484-1347 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.

LEGAL Rooming House in business

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

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

LOOK THIS WAY FOR A PLACE TO STAY

Furnished, affordable room available includes utility, cable, refrigerator, central heat/air. $115-$140 weekly, no deposit.

Call 912-844-3609

ROOMS FOR RENT $110 WEEKLY

755 East Waldburg. Free cable, central heat/air.

Call 912-657-0458.

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

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$2900 OBO

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.

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2 PLASTIC CARS for sale PONTIAC TRANSAM Firebird, 1976 (2-door), Restored mode (must sell).

CADILLAC SEVILLE, 1970, Sedan (4-door), transmission and engine good condition. $1500/each or $2500/both.

John 912-346-0733.

$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.

Classic ‘76 Chevy S-10

V8, short bed, truck, engine needs work. View at: 1211 Delessep Ave. $500. Call 912-655-1639 Dodge Dakota SLT 1999 Ext. Cab, Auto, 4x4, Power Everything! Low miles, NEW TIRES/BRAKES, More Options! Hurry! $4200obo.

386-490-6125 FENDER BENDER? Paint & Body Work.

Reasonably Priced.

Insurance Claims.

We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

Ford Crown Victoria 1999. 115,000 miles, excellent condition, ac, automatic, all power, 4.6 V8 Interceptor, Fast! $4,300. 912-412-0699 FORD F250, 1990- 4WD, 351 Windsor engine, runs good, needs trans. work, new tires & wheels, $1500.

912-748-3283

Infiniti FX-45

BENTLEY 1987 classic car, low mileage, all power, fully loaded, tan leather interior $18,000 obo. Serious Inquiries only. Call 912-631-2255 CADILLAC Seville, 1994STS 126k miles, runs good, has rims and tires, $3500.

Call David: 912-429-1685 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

2003, for sale, 31400 actual miles, like new, all service records, BOSE audio, much more. Asking $20000 OBO. Call 912-353-7347 after 5pm.

JAGUAR S-Type, 2003$6900 automatic, all power, low miles, leather seats, campaign gold, very good cond. Call 912-323-9797 JEEP Cherokee, 1996- fair condition, fair price, 125k miles, $2500 or best offer.

Call 912-695-0167 KAWASAKI Bayou 300, 1996 ATV / 4-Wheeler good condition, $1000 obo. Call 912-437-5256 or 912-275-3639 KIA Sedona EX, 2005.

71K miles, entertainment system, moonroof, leather interior, one owner $7500.

Call 272-4444

NISSAN 300ZX, $2200 OBO. 323-9797

1990 Call

Pontiac Grand Am SE, 1997, Burgundy, good condition, retail at $2900, asking only $1500.

Call 912-247-5940 Utility Trailer- enclosed towing trailer w/ hitch 6.5ft. W x 10ft. L x 6.5ft.

H. $850 obo. Call 912-398-8602 SUVS 930 CADILLAC Escalade, 1999 - 4WD, 140K, Bose sound system, excellent condition $9300. Call 912-443-5004 DONATE your car or truck to Old Savannah City Mission,501c3 nonprofit that feeds the hungry,shelters the homeless.

912-232-1979 ext. 203 Motorcycles/ AtVs 940 HARLEY DAVIDSON Heritage, 2003. Black & silver, 100yr. anniversary edition. Excellent condition, garage kept, Vance & Hines, extras. $14,000. 912-663-2445 Boats & accessories 950 POWERBOAT Key West, 2003- 22’ Center Console. Four Stroke Yamaha 225, 550 hr. Full electronics, T-Top, 2 livewells, leaning post, potty. Dual-axle aluminium trailer with new tires and LED lights $23,500.00 (912)852-3494 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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