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Edwin McCain with Wormsloew

Saturday, May 20th

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Molly Hatchet

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The Wailers Band Wednesday, June 28th

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The Temptations Revue

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JJ Grey & Mofro Thursday, July 20th !

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Micro Wrestling Federation

Wednesday, May 31st

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Changes in Latitude

Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band

Donna The Buffalo Friday, August 18th !

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WEDNESDAY 5.17 Film: The Company of Five

Rhis surreal black and white thriller written by acclaimed British playwright Dennis Potter was lost for almost 5 decades. 8 p.m. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $7

Tybee Beach Bum Parade 5.19

Don’t miss the South’s largest water fight. Parade floats will be filled with water as spectators line up along Butler Avenue armed with buckets of water, squirt guns and hoses ready for battle. 6:30 p.m. Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

Theatre: Greater Tuna

Savannah Repertory Theatre presents Greater Tuna, the hilarious comedy about Texas’ third smallest town, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. 7 p.m. Preview Savannah Rep’s PLAYShop, 980 Industry Drive. $15

Yappy Hour with GRRR

Edwin McCain 5.20

He’ll be your crying shoulder and the greatest fan of your life for one night only. 8 p.m. The Stage on Bay, 1200 West Bay St. $25

Join GRRR for a BYOD (Bring Your Own Dog) Happy Hour at Moon River. There will be dog treats, a raffle, and the chance to meet some of the rescues. $1 for every beer in the purchased in the Beer Garden goes to GRRR, which will help save more lives. 5-8 p.m. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St.

THURSDAY 5.18 And Another Thing Book Release

Aint-Bad Magazine releases their next publication, “And Another Thing” by Anthony Gerace. Work from the book will be on display in the gallery and Anthony will be there to sign copies of the book. 5 p.m. Oglethorpe Gallery, 406 E. Oglethorpe Ave

Film: Gifted

The Dolphin Project Social 5.20

MAY 17-23, 2017

The Dolphin Project hosts a social featuring a program on St. Catherine’s Island--its history, ecology, and the interesting wildlife that calls the island home. Cost includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages. 6:30 p.m. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. 4 $10, thedolphinproject@gmail.com

The movie filmed on Tybee and starring Chris Evans has a limited run at the Post. . May 18-21, 7 p.m., Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $7 adults, $5 children

SCAD FASHWKND

Celebrate the state of style in Savannah with a runway show on Friday, trunk shows at Jen Library and a fashion accessory design show at Gutstein Gallery. May 18-21 scad.edu/fashwknd

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Tea in the Garden

Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea in Davenport House’s beautiful courtyard garden. Patrons will visit areas of the home where tea service took place and will participate in an afternoon tea given with costumed interpreters in the garden. Thursday and Friday, 5-6:15 p.m. Davenport House, 324 East State St. $18 912-236-8097. davenporthousemuseum.org

Theatre: Greater Tuna

Savannah Repertory Theatre presents Greater Tuna, the hilarious comedy about Texas’ third smallest town. 8 p.m. Savannah Rep’s PLAYShop, 980 Industry Dri $25

FRIDAY 5.19 Joe Robinson

Robinson is a virtuoso guitarist and singer/songwriter, with a unique fusion of vocally based rock, blues, jazz, and R&B. 8 p.m. Randy Wood Guitars, 1304 East Hwy. 80. $38

Seersucker Live: The Freefall Episode

A book release extravaganza for Seersucker co-founder Zach Powers and Savannah poet/memoirist Patricia Lockwood, plus performance by spoken word poet Neka Brown. 7 p.m. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. $10

Theatre: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Theatre: Mary Poppins

Theatre: Greater Tuna

Two Way Crossing

The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble closes their season with their performance of Tennessee Williams’ American classic, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” 8 p.m. Kennedy Fine Arts Building, SSU $25 912-232-0018 Savannah Repertory Theatre presents Greater Tuna, the hilarious comedy about Texas’ third smallest town,. 8 p.m. Savannah Rep’s PLAYShop, 980 Industry Dr $25

This supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical is sure to delight audiences of all ages when everyone’s favorite nanny flies into town. 8 p.m. Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E Victory $20 savannahchildrenstheatre.org Breathtaking vocals, incomparable melodies and catchy beats. 8 p.m. Mars Theatre, 109 S. Laurel St., Springfield $20

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FRIDAY, MAY 19, 7 P.M. SCAD Savannah Runway Show

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SUNDAY, MAY 21, 3 P.M. SCAD Atlanta Fashion Showcase

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Jiaoyenan Zhu, B.F.A., fashion, 2016, Hangzhou, China

SATURDAY, MAY 20, 3 P.M. SCAD: In Conversation with SCAD Étoile Honoree David LaChapelle

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Tybee Beach Bum Parade

Theatre: Mary Poppins

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical is sure to delight audiences of all ages. 8 p.m. and 3 p.m. Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E Victory $20 savannahchildrenstheatre.org

SUNDAY 5.21

Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market Annual Fundraiser

The Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market will host their Annual Fundraiser featuring a delicious low country boil, Spanky’s original chicken fingers and signature cocktails. 5:30 p.m. Molly McGuire’s, 216 Johnny Mercer Boulevard.

SATURDAY 5.20 Audio Personnel and Electrotechnicians Solo Showcase Meltdown

14 performers will play 15 minutes each of original electronic music. With two stage set ups, the music will be back to back with no breaks. Curated and hosted by Daniel Lynch, this will be his last performance in Savannah before moving to Chicago. 7:30 p.m. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. $5

Contra Dance

Local callers Bob Beattie and Joyce Murlless will teach and call the dances and The Glow in the Dark String Band will play tunes. 7:30 p.m. Garden City UMC, 62 Varnedoe Ave. $9/$6 students at door savannahfolk.org

The Dolphin Project Social

A program on St. Catherine’s Island--its history, ecology, and the interesting wildlife that calls the island home. 6:30 p.m. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. $10 thedolphinproject@gmail.com

Early Bird Walking Tour: Discover 1820s Savannah

MAY 17-23, 2017

See what survives of the 1820s Savannah that master builder Isaiah Davenport knew. Beginning at the Davenport House Museum (1820) participants will walk by some of the finest examples of preservation in the city and learn about what no longer remains. Coffee and treats in the Davenport House garden will follow. 8-10 a.m. Davenport House, 324 East State St. $21 plus tax 6 912-236-8097 davenporthousemuseum.org

Theatre: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Theatre: Greater Tuna WED 5.17-SAT 5.20

Savannah Repertory Theatre presents Greater Tuna, the hilarious comedy about Texas’ third smallest town, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. Preview Wed. 7 p.m., other shows 8 p.m. Savannah Rep’s PLAYShop, 980 Industry Drive.

Edwin McCain

He’ll be your crying shoulder and the greatest fan of your life for one night only. 8 p.m. The Stage on Bay, 1200 West Bay St. $25

Gardening Session

Kerry Shay, an organic farmer and owner of landscaping company Victory Gardens, provides free instruction. First and third Saturday of every month. 8:30-9:30 a.m. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Free and open to the public

Lighthouse Trail Hike

Fort Pulaski National Monument will host a ranger-guided hike on our Cockspur Island Lighthouse Trail, the first guided Lighthouse Trail hike since the recent reopening of the trail following Hurricane Matthew. This 1.7 mile out and back guided hike will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete and is appropriate for visitors of all ages. 10 a.m. Fort Pulaski, US Highway 80 E.

Matt’s Moon River Cruise

Honor the memory of Matt Kohler and help spread the word about road safety. 40-mile ride, 28-mile ride, a 5-mile fun ride, or just attend the party at Moon River Brewing Company about 1 p.m. afterward. 40 and 29-mile rides begin at 10:30 a.m. from Ellis Square following 9:45 a.m. press conference. Registration required to participate. Sat. May 20, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Ellis Square and Moon River Brewing Tickets are $25 at www.eventbrite.com/e/ fifth-annual-matts-moon-river-cruise-tickets-34071769580

Forsyth Farmers Market

Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Forsyth Park forsythfarmersmarket.com

Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans

An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Followed by long form comedy. 8 p.m. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 W Liberty Str $10

Special Olympic Horse Show

Over 30 special needs riders from Georgia and South Carolina will be competing in four various classes from Equitation to Trail and Horsemanship. The parade of athletes will be at 10:00 A.M., with competition to follow. The Dairy Farm, 2500 Tennessee Ave.

Theatre: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble closes their season with their performance of Tennessee Williams’ American classic, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” 3 p.m. Kennedy Fine Arts Building, SSU $25

Theatre: Greater Tuna

Savannah Repertory Theatre presents Greater Tuna, the hilarious comedy about Texas’ third smallest town. 3 p.m. Savannah Rep’s PLAYShop, 980 Industry Dr $25

Theatre: Mary Poppins

This supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical is sure to delight audiences of all ages. 3 p.m. Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E Victory $20 savannahchildrenstheatre.org

MONDAY 5.22 Play it Forward

Downtown Rotary Club hosts this benefit for Mayor Eddie DeLoach’s Savannah Summer 500 Youth Employment. Live music by Savannah Philharmonic musicians Sinisa Ciric (violin), Kristin King (harp), and Erica Monkman (violin). 7 p.m. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $30

TUESDAY 5.23

Lecture: Herbal Approaches to Stress, Anxiety and Fatigue

Theatre: Greater Tuna

Savannah’s History of Persecution Walking Tour

Savannah Repertory Theatre presents Greater Tuna, the hilarious comedy about Texas’ third smallest town. 8 p.m. Savannah Rep’s PLAYShop, 980 Industry Dr $25

Learn how herbal approaches to stress, sleep and digestion can best support body systems in today’s world. The speaker, Dov Shoneman, L.Ac., is a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). 7:30 p.m. Brighter Day Natural Foods, 1102 Bull St.

Learn about communities that fled oppression in other parts of the world only to find a sanctuary in Savannah. 5 p.m. Massie Heritage Center, 207 East Gordon St. $15

NEWS & OPINION EDITOR’S NOTE

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

DURING the discussion at last week’s Council meeting about the dramatic new parking changes downtown, Alderman Bill Durrence said, “Shame on you” if you object to the changes but never got involved in the process. “That’s on you to know about it,” said Durrence of the new measures, which extend parking hours to 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays north of Liberty Street, doubling the price to $2 an hour. Well, everybody knows about it now, Bill! And so far the idea seems about as popular as Ebola. We all remember some unpopular things City Council has done. But I don’t think I remember them voting nearly unanimously for something which appears to have literally no measurable level of citizen support. That said, the new “Parking Matters” plan isn’t quite as dastardly as has been made out. The big tradeoff is we will join the 21st century by getting the ability to pay meters through a parking app. This takes off the table one of the biggest criticisms of the new plan, namely that hourly workers downtown would have to leave their jobs on unsafe, dark streets to feed the meter at night. When the new system is up and running, this will not be the case. (Though of course there’s still the issue of the longer hours and doubling of rates...) Also somewhat lost in the hubbub is the fact that the new hours only apply to the area north of Liberty Street, for a two-year phase-in period. Council reserves the right to then extend the plan southward, as originally envisioned. My guess is they surely will, given the high cost—over $2 million and counting— of the contract for the new “smart” meters. There is also much concern that the conspicuous exemption of Sundays—i.e. to avoid the wrath of the politically powerful church lobby in Savannah—is discriminatory against those of the Jewish faith, who of course honor the Sabbath on Saturdays. But in my mind the upshot of this complaint will simply be to incentivize the City to extend parking hours to Sundays as well, or to provide parking passes to congregants. There is zero chance that this objection will cause the plan to be reversed. Good people can agree to disagree on the entire issue of the parking changes. Our News Cycle columnist John Bennett this week contributes an excellent perspective.

My focus right now is on the pure politics of this vote, and what it tells us about the state of leadership in Savannah. Remember the “nearly unanimously” part I mentioned above? That’s what really interests me. Remarkably, the most deeply unpopular measure City Council has addressed in recent memory only received a single dissenting vote, from Alderman Van Johnson. (The vote was 7-1, with Alderwoman Shabazz not in attendance.) Johnson focused on the plight of hourly workers downtown, saying it was unfair to them, and particularly unfair to make them the guinea pigs for the first phase of the program. There’s been a lot of cynical criticism of Johnson’s vote to the effect that, “He’s running for mayor, so of course he voted against it.”

This joins a long list of changes intended to bring Savannah more “in line” with other markets, less distinguishable from them, and therefore less special. If you do a Google News search of “parking turnover rate,” you’ll see all sorts of recent examples of cities across America doing the same thing we’re doing: Extending parking hours, and in most cases, dramatically increasing rates. These moves almost always seem to coincide with the funding and installation of upgraded parking technology, which isn’t cheap. Everyone is told that longer hours and higher rates ensure “turnover” by making each parking space more valuable. One thing we’re always told is, it’s not about money. It’s never about money. However, I have yet to meet a layperson who believes this.

We all remember some unpopular things City Council has done. But I don’t think I remember them voting nearly unanimously for something which appears to have literally no measurable level of citizen support. To which my response is: So what? First off, I don’t know if Van Johnson is running for mayor. If he is, is it really so bad that he voted the way 99.99 percent of Savannah voters clearly want him to? In what world is that a problem? It’s not his fault no one else voted no. Shouldn’t the focus be on Council members who are so phenomenally out of touch that they voted for a plan with support so negligible that a poll probably couldn’t even scientifically measure it? In a TV interview prior to the vote, Alderman Durrence said, “If you want to complain, that’s fine, but know why we’re doing things the way we’re doing them.” That was a tell that the vote was a fait accompli, that there was no way the new hours and rates wouldn’t be implemented. Simply put, the “Parking Matters” plan is too big to fail. Too much consultant money had gone into it, and City staff had expended too many personnel hours on the measure for it to fail. And so Savannah loses yet one more thing that made it special, and charming, and somewhat unique: free parking at night and on weekends.

It’s one of those things that may indeed be true, but just never seems to pass the smell test for most people. The truth is probably in between the two extremes. There’s certainly some truth that spaces, and parking garages, will be more efficiently utilized if on-street parking is more expensive. And there’s certainly some truth that more expensive parking will encourage alternate forms of transportation, like bicycling. (Or as is at least equally likely, Uber and Lyft.) There is even a brand-new position planned just to help coordinate that worthy effort. However, there’s probably also some truth that the cost of the new parking technology is high enough to require an enhanced revenue stream to pay for it. And that revenue stream is you. In any case, there’s another kind of turnover rate that comes into play. Namely, the turnover rate of City Council members at election time. In the end, the highest cost of the new parking measures may be to the people who voted in favor of them last week. CS

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Parking matters—and so do voters

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We need to talk about ‘Southern Charm’

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immigrant grandparents. I, so obviously not from the South and BY JESSICA LEIGH LEBOS possibly not even this planet, have only jll@connectsavannah.com barely gained entrée by marrying someone still remembered as the city’s star athlete three decades later and my willingness to entertain other people’s eccentric relatives I DEDICATE most of this space to champiat dinner parties. oning underdogs and calling out inequalLike it or not, Savannah has a history ity, but when it comes to provenance, turns indelibly defined by the people who got out I’m a snob, y’all. here first, the ones who etched their names The other day while I overheard somein stone all over the place and set up titanic one say breezily, “I’ve been here six years, industries and real estate empires for their so I’m basically from here,” a statement future spawn. that struck me as so painfully naive I Blue in the blood may not guarantee almost broke my face trying to keep my competence or class but it still carries eyes from rolling back in my head. To understand Savannah means accept- weight, which is fine because someone has to shoulder all the schadenfreude. ing there’s a hierarchy when it comes to Of course, that’s the whole premise of claiming it as one’s place of origin. You can grow up here, you can grow roots here, you the Bravo Channel’s latest reality trainwreck, Southern Charm Savannah. Many of can even buy your own hotel, but if your daddy didn’t swat sand gnats with Ogletho- us have spent the past two Monday nights scoffing out loud at the TV and tossing back rpe, you ain’t a true native, baby. a shot of bourbon every time someone said I mean, my father-in-law has lived in the same Ardsley Park neighborhood since “back at Savannah Country Day...” For some it’s been worth the liquidated Nixon was firing special prosecutors and brain cells to see the gorgeous sweeping he still defers to Tampa as his hometown. drone shots of downtown and cameos of I know folks still stinging from the local businesses like Smith Bros. Butcher outsider status bestowed upon their

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Shop and Glow MedSpa, as well as watching three grown women fail at trying to walk a dog. What I’ve found most fascinating is the shocking amount of you who stay awake into the wee hours to post your outrage about how the show doesn’t represent the “real” Savannah. How could this cast of petty, privileged, fame-seeking dock loungers possibly portray the hard-working people of our fair city? Why aren’t there more boiled peanuts? Lord have mercy, now the rest of the world is going to think we’re all a bunch of drunk racists! (Oops, too late.) Speaking of which, where are all the black people? There was literally not a single person of color in the first episode except a bartender and the back of photographer Cedric Smith’s head. I’m sure many of the Savannah’s African American citizens could trace their ancestry all the way back to the 1700s, too, though that TV show would hardly be a plucky fun adventure to squeeze in the prime time slot between Top Chef and Tabitha’s salon takeovers. Let’s be real, dahlins’: We all know by now that reality TV isn’t reality at all. Sure, most of the cast members of

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Southern Charm Savannah are legit born and bred-all-the-way-back to Scarlett O’Hara’s curtains, but their onscreen personas ring as hollow as an old pecan shell. In real life, “recurring guest star” and rabid bowtie enthusiast Nelson Lewis is already notorious for being a cheeky charlatan, arrested in Washington, DC in 2010 for impersonating former Congressman Jack Kingston and later declaring himself the “Minister Plenipotentiary for Artistic Endeavors for the Embassy of the Bahamas,” which sounds like a broker for high-priced exotic dancers. (Anyone else slur-shout at the screen “You, sir, are no Kennedy!” when he humblebragged that his family has been compared to American royalty?) Others aren’t nearly as odious as the edits make them out to be. While she may play the past of the vituperous vixen and is always an outrageous hoot in person, Ashley Borders has never once stripped down to her skivvies in the many times I’ve interviewed her about her sustainable fashion designs or her volunteer sewing workshops with Goodwill. And in spite of his cucumber-wielding and womanizing references, Daniel Eichholz is happily ensconced in a committed relationship. (Nice tushy, though, honey!) The show’s coquettish doyenne Catherine Cooper claims heritage back to the colonial dames, but I’ve never heard anything about other than that she kindly lent her family’s Beaulieu plantation (“oh, I hate that word!” she declares dramatically) to chef Meta Adler to help raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association. But the show’s producers know that good works and monogamy make boring television—Southern Charm is predicated on broad stroke Southern clichés and manufactured bougey drama. In the trailer for the second episode,

we get to hear someone call Savannah “Charleston’s ugly stepsister,” like we’ve never heard it before. Girl bye; at least the star of our show isn’t a coke-pushing former state treasurer. (See? Snob!) It’s also meant to manipulate us outsiders and Jenny-come-latelys into believing that the bluebloods are worth more than the rest of us. Well, maybe they are, if we’re looking at stock portfolios. But what I mean is that just because these kids come from the families that were first to stick their toes in the swamp, that doesn’t mean they matter more. We don’t have to take the chum, chumps. We may never be “from” here, but that doesn’t make our Savannah any less real: The diverse, inclusive community that can always be counted on to show up to potlucks and protests with a covered dish and a smile. The everyday challenges of finding a parking space, making a living and educating our children amongst the ongoing tangle of poverty, drugs and crime. The blessed evening breeze as we sit in our postage-stamp sized backyards, enjoying the heady perfume of a trellis sagging under the weight of Confederate jasmine (huh, maybe after we get the Talmadge Bridge renamed, we can start on that.) None of it has a whit to do with the contrived nonsense some corporate types sitting in a high-rise in Manhattan have concocted for the masses. Still, I’m guessing a lot of us tune in for the rest of the season for the same reasons we’ll all endure Baywatch later this summer: To see our complicated little city in full color glory, and maybe even catch a glimpse of ourselves on the tay-vay. But if any bug eyed-Bravo zombie watching Southern Charm Savannah thinks that’s how it actually is around here, I have a Talmadge Bridge I’d like to sell them. CS

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She’s always an outrageous hoot in person, but Southern Charm Savannah’s vituperous vixen Ashley Borders has never once taken her clothes off in an interview.

NEWS & OPINION ENVIRONMENT BY JESSICA LEIGH LEBOS

jll@connectsavannah.com

MAY 17-23, 2017

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Georgia’s environmental groups join forces to ‘raise all boats’

MEASURED by its knowledge of wildlife and conservation, the collection of canoes and kayaks floating down the tea-black water of Ebenezer Creek embodied a good bit of Georgia’s brain trust. Representatives from four different Riverkeepers, the Georgia Conservancy and several other prominent ecological organizations paddled slowly amongst the swollen skirts of the cypress trees and lovebugs last week, demonstrating that their intellectual prowess applies to biology as much as it does to policy. “Prothonotary warbler,” called out Alice Keyes, Vice President of Coastal Conservation for One Hundred Miles as a small, lemon-colored bird alighted on the branch of a tupelo tree. “Or maybe a yellow warbler.” Another pair of wings sailed overhead, peeping loudly. “Spotted sandpiper,” noted Altamaha Riverkeeper Jen Hilburn. The group of 20 or so local and regional environmentalists and activists was led by naturalist Lewis Taylor, who was the first to survey the newly-minted Ebenezer Creek landmark for the Park Service in the early 1970s. “I’ve been coming out here for forty years, and it still feels like a cathedral,” murmured Taylor, guiding the nose of his canoe through a knot of cypress knees. As much as these folks like to be outside, it’s unusual for them to all be on the same river—let alone in the same room—at the same time. But it may be happening more often with the formation of the Georgia Coastal Collaborative, an alliance of 12 of the hardest-working environmental advocacy groups in the state. After two years of talks, One Hundred Miles, the Georgia Conservancy and the Savannah, Ogeechee, Satilla and Altamaha Riverkeeper organizations have joined forces with Center for a Sustainable Coast, the St. Simons Island Land Trust and the Georgia-Alabama Land Trust to help make the individual work of each group more visible. More support comes from the state chapter of the Nature Conservancy, with added clout from longtime legal allies of the Southern Environmental Law Group and GreenLaw. “Fundamentally an effort to raise all boats” as described in its mission, the GCC officially launched the same afternoon as the flotilla on Ebenezer Creek with a positive, cohesive vision of communicating the need for awareness and action on behalf of the Georgia coast. “We each have our own issues and priorities for our communities, but we need to work together to ensure the future,” explained One Hundred Miles CEO Megan

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Derosiers. “We face unprecedented threats, and we can’t address them as individuals.” With four rivers, a hundred miles of coastline and thousands of square miles of marshes and wetlands in between, the threats to the Georgia coast are indeed myriad and pernicious. Sea levels are estimated to rise by as much as two feet by 2050, and the rate of land consumption has far outpaced population growth in coastal areas. Development and industry remain formidable foes, including a new variance to build new homes on protected Cumberland Island, toxic coal ash ponds in Jasper County, and saltwater intrusion in Chatham County’s drinking supply caused by the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. Possible rollbacks on last year’s offshore drilling moratorium and the state ban on petroleum pipelines are also top concerns. But that doesn’t mean the GCC is against sustainable growth and sensible economic development. “The coast can grow and prosper without ruining it,” assured David Pope of the St. Simons Island Land Trust at the launch event hosted by New Ebenezer Retreat. “But we have to protect it first.” While all of the GCC’s organizations concede that point, they don’t always agree on how it’s done. The Center for A Sustainable Coast has diverged from some of the other the groups in its vocal stance against climate change and its causes, a topic some advocates have avoided addressing directly because of its divisive political implications.

Before it stalled out in the Senate in March, the Shore Protection Act also caused some disagreement in the coastal advocacy community on the exact size and attributes of an ideal land buffer for development. (The bill called for a 25-foot straight line, which almost everyone concurred won’t work.) “These issues get complicated very quickly, and there are different ways to approach these challenges. We are not in lockstep with each other on every issue,” said CFACS board chair Steve Willis. “But I’d rather there be open disagreements that repress the discussion.” The Georgia Coast Collective has no fundraising arm and is not meant to replace or replicate the work of its member organizations—nor does it imply an endorsement of each other’s policies and procedures. But with landlocked state legislators making the decisions on legislation affecting the coast, it makes sense to present a unified front moving forward. “We don’t get a choice,” shrugged Savannah Riverkeeper Tonya Bonitabus. “We have to work together if we want to succeed in protecting these resources.” A key component of the GCC is to encourage Georgia citizens to get out to the beaches and waterways to understand the value of protecting the coast. “Information doesn’t stick, but experiences do,” reminded Taylor. Various outfitters offer affordable equipment and guides, and the Savannah Riverkeeper is offering a Summer Paddle Series exploring the river’s prettiest points, including Turner’s Creek on June 18.

“We want to reconnect people to the water,” said SRK outreach coordinator Jacob Oblander, who was recently hired to oversee the Savannah office at the Houlihan Boat Ramp. “People are surprised how many beautiful places are on the Savannah River.” While recreation is one of GCC’s goals, policy and politics are a priority. First up in the collective agenda are the projected degradations and toxic waste coming from a new $43 million turpentine facility being built on Ebenezer Creek, just a few miles upriver from the Tommy Long Landing where coastal Georgia’s environmental advocates put in their kayaks. (A public hearing sponsored by the Georgia EPD on the permit application for DRT America is scheduled for 7pm this Wednesday May 17th at the Administrative Complex of the Effingham County Commissioners in Springfield.) The tannin waters of the ancient tupelo gum swamp and its thousand year old trees remained tranquil for Georgia’s conservation activists last week, the only sounds coming from the creek lapping against the boats and the tweeting of the birds. “Definitely a prothonotary warbler,” nodded Keyes as she and her compatriots dipped their paddles a few hundred yards from where the Ebenezer meets the Savannah River. For sure, the Georgia Coast Collective has many fronts to fight in the defense of the state’s precious ecology. But like the confluence of rivers it has sworn to protect, one can’t help but think its combined effort makes for a mighty current. cs

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Members of the newly-formed Georgia Coastal Collaborative gathered at the New Ebezner Retreat Center to discuss their shared mission, then paddled on Ebenezer Creek with longtime naturalist Lewis Taylor (bottom.) PHOTOS BY JESSICA LEIGH LEBOS

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“A UNIVERSITY,” a wise person once said, “is a place where students, faculty, and staff come together to complain about parking.” The same could be said of Facebook in Savannah last week, where members from all parts of our community congregated and commiserated after City Council’s approval of a modified version of the Parking Matters plan. The desire for cheap and easy parking causes otherwise thoughtful people to betray causes they normally support. It’s magical, truly. Proponents of preservation forget our

longer welcome downtown. I must admit this complaint resonates. Twenty years ago, I wrote a newspaper column fretting about the tourist-to-resident ratio, which means I am remarkably prescient. Or I really jumped the gun. Nostalgia is a factor in discussion of the parking plan and was manifested in a spirited a discussion about what would have impeded the path of a bowling ball rolled down Broughton Street in days of yore. That mental exercise certainly sent me down memory lane, or more precisely, up the escalator at the old Kress store. A meal at the delightfully outdated Luigi’s restaurant during a recent visit to Augusta had a similar effect. The jukebox there instantly put me in mind of the coin operated time machine at Jim Collins bar. No disrespect to Green Truck Pub, Graveface Records, or anywhere else in town where a vinyl-based jukebox still

These people have since been priced out of the housing market. This should trouble tourism leaders, whose industry places increasing emphasis on authentic experiences. The “That’s Savannah” tagline will take on a different connotation if every person a visitor meets on Bull Street is, like them, wearing a sticker that permits them to board a tourist trolley. Which brings us back to parking. If we want downtown Savannah to retain what’s left of its character — both in the form of interesting humans and our irreplaceable built environment — we must let go of our obsession with parking and traffic congestion. We must change off street parking minimums and other ordinances that prevent construction of affordable apartments. We must reject street designs that prioritize driver convenience over safety and quality

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movement was born out of the fight to save the Davenport House from becoming a parking lot. Indeed, the National Landmark Historic District exists today largely because misguided measures to adapt Gen. Oglethorpe’s masterpiece to the motor age were only partially implemented. Environmentalists gripe about paying more to park, while ignoring the potential of higher rates to shift travel to more sustainable modes. Shoppers and shopkeepers say parking is critical, but do not consider that acres of free parking won’t save Sears or any of the other large retailers likely to disappear in the coming years. People who you’d expect to understand the concept of supply and demand argue that a limited resource should be made free. That’s not to say concerns over the impact of the plan are unwarranted. However, we should consider the full picture. I too worry higher meter rates will be a burden on low wage workers, but we must not overlook the lowest wage workers, who cannot afford to drive at all. They’ll benefit from better walking and biking infrastructure funded by increased rates, which will give them more dignified commutes and a much better chance of arriving at work safely. Some folks suggest Parking Matters is yet the latest evidence that locals are no

resides, but that dusty contraption was an institution. I was also reminded that a place like Luigi’s, though loved by locals, would now be repurposed as a flip flop dispensary or luxury brand outpost had it been located on Broughton Street in Savannah instead of on Broad Street in Augusta. Still, I was premature in predicting the tipping point to total tourist takeover. And some would say there’s no such thing. But if there was a pivotal moment, I’d place it in 2004 or thereabouts, when inhabitants of the 188 apartment units in the Drayton Tower were evicted to make way for a condo scheme that failed just a few years later. The “trailer park in the sky,” as some called it, provided affordable housing to students, seniors, and professional eccentrics, who wanted to live downtown, but needed to keep their operating expenses low. It could be argued that people in the last category were partially responsible for Savannah’s modern tourism boom. Back when visitors first started arriving in Savannah in search of the characters they’d read about in “The Book,” they had a pretty good chance of encountering, if not those exact individuals, at least some who seemed like they’d be right at home in the pages of John Berendt’s novel.

of life for residents. We must embrace residential density. We need a new version of the old Drayton Tower, which was originally designed to provide inexpensive housing for veterans and other lower income residents. In fact, we need a bunch of new old Drayton Towers, but this is currently impossible because of our fixation on parking and traffic. We are letting our cars tell us what kind of city we can have. Think of any number of cherished Savannah landmarks, from Mrs. Wilkes’ to Forsyth Park. What if they were just now being proposed? We could expect angry citizens to pack public meetings and voice their fears of parking and traffic problems. In a town where frequent 5K fatigue syndrome is real, imagine the outcry if someone suggested an event that would snarl traffic and make parking impossible north of Victory Drive for an entire weekend. If it didn’t exist already, would a permit for St. Patrick’s Day have a prayer of being approved? Downtown Savannah does not need more parking. It needs more people. Our preoccupation with vehicle storage will only accelerate the historic district’s transformation into a place that people visit, instead of a place where people live. CS

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Five years of riding for Matt, and for safety

BY JIM MOREKIS

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FIVE years ago, 22-year-old Matthew Kohler was killed when a vehicle ran him down from behind in July 2012, as he was riding on Highway 80 in Bloomingdale. The avid bicyclist had just been married two months before. Since then, Matt’s family and friends, along with the local cycling community, have celebrated his life—and raised awareness of bicycle safety—with Matt’s Moon River Cruise, a chance to ride with fellow bicyclists and enjoy libations from Moon River Brewing. This year, not only is there an added component to the event in the form of two long distance rides for those interested. They will also commemorate the names of those killed in bicycle collisions in Georgia since Matt’s death. “We started this event to honor Matt and his memory, but sadly he’s not the last person to be hit—or killed—while riding a bike. We wanted to find a way to honor them as well,” says Caila Brown, board chair of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign. Debbie Kohler is Matt’s mother, the driving force behind the Moon River Cruise and the one compiling the list. The list she worked on includes the names of all those from all around the state who have died in bike/car collisions since July 26, 2012. “77 people in Georgia have been killed on their bicycles by cars since Matt died. In the vast majority of those deaths, the bicyclist isn’t at fault,” says Debbie. “That averages to about 15 a year—that’s a lot.” The addition of the 40- and 29-mile

Matthew Kohler at a Sand Gnats game shortly before his passing.

rides, says Brown, are a direct reflection of two recent deaths in Savannah. “The losses of Judy Grossman and Deborah Wilkowski while on long-distance rides hit close to home, and reminded us of why we started this event,” she says. Grossman, in fact, was literally in the closing yards of a bike ride across the entire state of Georgia when she was hit and killed by a truck on Bay Street. Also, Kohler says, the Cruise wanted to offer a more intensive ride for those who have expressed previous interest. The main focus of the Cruise, however, is raising awareness of the need for more bicycle safety. “To me, going with the Complete Streets concept is key. We need a change in infrastructure so that bicycle use is respected and bicyclists have a better portion of the road,” says Debbie. The Savannah Bicycle Campaign, Brown says, is particularly focusing on spreading the word about Georgia’s 3-Feet-To-Pass law regarding bikes. “ It’s a simple concept that exponentially increases the safety of bicyclists, but still seems to elude most drivers. When driving behind or overtaking a person on a bike, give them a minimum of a 3-ft buffer. If you can’t—then don’t pass them,” she says. Brown says she was recently “buzzed” while on a training ride. “It’s just so frustrating and infuriating when drivers are so impatient to get to their destination that they’re willing to put your life on the line,” she says. Another focus is on distracted and risky driving. A recent AAA study found that 88.4 percent of drivers ages 19-24, 79.2 percent of drivers ages 25-39, and 75.2 percent of drivers ages 40-59 admitted to speeding, red light running or texting behind the wheel. “While these behaviors are dangerous to those in a 4-wheeled vehicle, they’re downright disastrous to people on two wheels,”

Brown says. The event will also celebrate successes and hard-won victories. “In 2015 the City of Savannah adopted a Complete Streets ordinance, and we’re currently working with city staff to create implementable designs for major East/ West and North/South corridors,” says Brown. “We’re anxiously awaiting the groundbreaking of the Truman Linear Park Trail in early 2018, and we’re excited for the possibility of more trail connections around the city.” Debbie Kohler stresses that one of the simplest and most effective things automobile drivers can do is to use basic empathy. “Think how you would feel if you hit and killed someone on a bike. You have to live with that for the rest of your life,” she says. “And think if that person riding the bike is your child, or your spouse, or a family member. Would you still be so impatient about trying to pass them?” CS

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MAYBE the depiction you’re thinking of is a version of what’s called the Divine Mercy image, showing a very white Jesus with puppy-dog eyes, that originated in the 1930s. Or maybe it’s the somewhat more rugged fellow seen in Head of Christ, from 1940. But either way what you’re talking about is a clearly European-looking Jesus—fairskinned, light-haired, blue-eyed, his softly handsome demeanor suggesting a teen idol, if a serious-minded one. You’d figure a guy like that would have been a real sore thumb in first-century Judea. So where’d we get the idea that that’s Jesus? Well, it sure wasn’t from the Bible. You can read the Holy Writ cover to cover, Old Testament and New, and you’re not going to find any usable info about what Jesus looked like. In Revelation, the triumphant Christ is described as being white in color, true, but he’s also said to have white hair, fiery eyes, and feet of burnished bronze. Prophets who describe the coming messiah also mention whiteness, but similarly this seems to be an indication of his purity rather than his complexion. We don’t have any historical documentation of Jesus’s appearance either—at

least none that’s authentic. There’s a letter, widely reprinted in Renaissance Europe, attributed to one Publius Lentulus, purportedly a Roman governor of Judea who lived in Jesus’s day, describing him to the Roman Senate as radiantly handsome, with wavy red-brown hair, rosy cheeks, and bright gray eyes. But the letter’s a fake, dating back no further than the 1400s. Nor did the earliest Christians leave behind any useful renderings of Jesus. Read broadly, the Second Commandment forbade “graven images,” and anyway scurrying through catacombs to avoid persecution was hardly conducive to the production of fine art—Jesus was represented, if at all, in scrawled symbols of Xes and fishes. Early Christians may have understood Jesus as a shape-shifter: in the Apocryphal text Acts of John, he simultaneously appears to one apostle as a bald guy with a thick beard but to another as a scragglybearded kid. The early theologian Tertullian, quoting Isaiah (“He had no form nor comeliness”), presents Jesus as unimpressive-looking at best, perhaps even disfigured. In a second-century work, the scholar Origen seems to imply that pagan critics had razzed Christians for their funny-looking god. Over the ensuing years, though, theological arguments began to surface insisting that Jesus must be beautiful, as a proper physical representation of the divine. Images of Jesus began drawing on classical models of beauty and grace. Pre-Renaissance artistic renderings already show him as unmistakably European: a fresco by Pietro Lorenzetti from around 1320 has a light-haired, light-bearded Jesus being taken down from the cross. Which—in addition to the little fact that’s there’s no support for it—is why we can dismiss the story you’ll see tossed around in which the emergence of Euro-Jesus can be traced to 1490, when Pope Alexander I supposedly ordered a purge of all depictions of Jesus as Semitic-looking and commissioned a number of influential replacement paintings

using his son, Cardinal Cesare Borgia, as the model. In reality, a white Jesus had established his foothold well before. It’s hardly shocking, then, that when a 20th-century mystic, the Polish nun and future saint Faustina Kowalska, reported in 1931 that Jesus had revealed himself to her in a vision, the figure she saw matched the longstanding consensus view of his appearance. Under Sister Faustina’s direction, a painter named Eugene Kazimirowski produced a likeness of a light-skinned, light-brown-haired Jesus with right hand raised in benediction, his left drawing aside the robe over his heart, from which emanate beams of red and white light. Hung in a chapel in Vilnius and known as the Divine Mercy or the Merciful Jesus, it went over big enough to inspire adaptations by subsequent artists who widened the eyes to more doelike proportions. Eventually, reproductions of the various Faustina images became notably popular in Latin America, meaning they’re often encountered in the U.S. too. Meanwhile Head of Christ, by Chicago illustrator Warner Sallman, entered public awareness at right around the same time. With his imposing brow, this Jesus has a little more of a red-blooded look, and it apparently struck a chord in WWIIera America; the Salvation Army and the YMCA handed out wallet-sized cards to countless soldiers, and within four years of taking on the job Sallman’s publishers had printed 14 million copies. All told, maybe half a billion Head of Christs have rolled off the presses to date. None of this, of course, addresses the question of how accurate these images likely are, or how non-European the historical Jesus’s features might have been. We won’t sort it out now, but it’s safe to say that sticking to a stricter reading of the Second Commandment’s no-gravenimages policy would have avoided a lot of disputation down the road. CS BY CECIL ADAMS

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Savannah High administrator arrested for sexual assault

The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Special Victims Unit arrested a local high school assistant principal who is accused of sexually assaulting a Savannah High student, 16. The assault occurred off-campus at the end of January 2017, and was reported May 1. Investigators identified Savannah High Assistant Principal Marvin Johnson, 43, as the suspect in this case. Johnson turned himself in to police today, May 8, without incident. He is charged with sexual assault by persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority. This incident remains under investigation by SVU.

Shooting on 41st Street

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police detectives are investigating the shooting of Steven Jackson, 38, and John Smith, 32, on May 14 on East 41st Street near Bull Street. At about 1:30 a.m., officers responded to the area and found Jackson suffering from life -threatening injuries. He was transported to the hospital for treatment. Shortly after, Smith arrived at the hospital in a private vehicle. Jackson and Smith are both listed in critical, but stable condition at this time. Investigators do not believe this to be a random shooting.

Metro investigates Middleground Road shooting

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police detectives are investigating the shooting of Chandler Black, 23, on May 12 in the 10300 block of Middleground Road. At about 11 p.m., officers responded to the area and found Black suffering from serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. She was transported to the hospital for treatment. Investigators do not believe this to be a random shooting.

Juvenile arrested for Downtown Entering Auto

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police officers arrested a male suspect, 12, on May 12, after he unlawfully entered a vehicle and began rummaging through the center console. Around 3:45 p.m. on May 12, officers

responded to 100 block of West Gwinnett Street in reference to an entering auto. Officers found the juvenile suspect in the driver’s seat of a parked car. Surveillance video showed him walking from car to car, checking door handles to see if any were unlocked. When he found one that was, he went into the car and began rummaging through the center console. “This is a great reminder of how important it is to lock your car,” said Downtown Precinct investigator Detective Ricky Deas. “Make yourself a harder target by hiding your valuables, locking your car, and taking your keys. Through this shared responsibility, we can decrease crime in our community.”

CNT uses no-knock warrant in Garden City

The Chatham- Savannah Counter Narcotics Team, with the assistance of the SCMPD SWAT team and the Garden City Police Department, executed a “no knock” search warrant at 5 Salt Creek Road in Garden City, Ga. “This warrant execution was in reference to an ongoing narcotics investigation,” a CNT spokesman says. CNT initiated an investigation into this location “after receiving several complaints and tips in reference to methamphetamine sales, as well as possible manufacturing of the narcotic. After several weeks, CNT’s investigation led to the subsequent warrant and execution at this address,” the spokesperson says. “While executing the search warrant, SCMPD SWAT operators came into contact with a combative subject who actively confronted them armed with two machetes. SWAT operators were able to subdue the suspect, Ricky Davis, using non-lethal alternatives. Serious injuries to both the suspect and officers involved were avoided, because of these SWAT operators’ training and composure. SWAT detained a total of 6 subjects in the residence,” CNT says. Agents located several smoking devices, baggies, scales, and methamphetamine in the residence. Several targets of the investigation were inside the home at the time of warrant service. Ashleigh Humphries, Stephon White, John Brewer, Ricky Davis and Shiobhan Lynch were all charged with OCGA 16-13-30 Possession of Controlled Substance (Meth) and OCGA 16-13-32.2 Possession of Drug Related Object. Investigation revealed John Brewer had an active Parole warrant. Ricky Davis had an active warrant for Probation Violation from Bibb County and Shiobhan Lynch had an active warrant for Possession of Marijuana from CNT. Davis also received additional charges from the Garden City Detectives Unit for Aggravated Assault on LEO, Felony Obstruction and Possession of Knife during the Commission of a Crime. CS

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Cincinnati zoo worker after it had dragged an adventurous 3-year-old boy away. In April, a Twitter user and the website Daily Dot happened upon a 19-year-old California restaurant hostess named Isis Harambe Spjut and verified with state offices that a driver’s license (likely backed by a birth certificate) had been issued to her. (“Spjut” is a Scandinavian name.)

It is legal in China to sell electric “building shakers” whose primary purpose apparently is to wreak aural havoc on apartment-dwellers’ unreasonably noisy neighbors. Models sell for the equivalent of $11 to $58—each with a long pole to rest on the floor, extending ceiling height to an electric motor braced against the shared ceiling or wall and whose only function is to produce a continuous, thumping beat. Shanghaiist.com found one avenger in Shaanxi province who, frustrated by his miscreant neighbor, turned on his shaker and then departed for the weekend. (It was unclear whether he faced legal or other repercussions.)

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• Mats Jarlstrom is a folk hero in Oregon for his extensive research critical of the short yellow light timed to the state’s redlight cameras, having taken his campaign to TV’s “60 Minutes” and been invited to a transportation engineers’ convention. In January, Oregon’s agency that regulates engineers imposed a $500 fine on Jarlstrom for “practicing engineering” without a state license. (The agency, in fact, wrote that simply using the phrase “I am an engineer” is illegal without a license, even though Jarlstrom has a degree in engineering and worked as an airplane camera mechanic.) He is suing to overturn the fine. • Last year, surgeons at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), for only the second time in history, removed a tumor “sitting” on the peanut-sized heart of a fetus while the heart was still inside the mother’s womb—in essence successfully operating on two patients simultaneously. The Uruguayan mother said her initial reaction upon referral to CHOP’s surgeons was to “start laughing, like what, they do that?” (The baby’s December birth revealed that the tumor had grown back and had to be removed again, except this time, through “ordinary” heart surgery.) • The word “Isis” arrived in Western dialogue only after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, as an acronym for the Islamic State, and the Swahili word “Harambe” was known to almost no one until May 2016 when the gorilla “Harambe” (named via a local contest) was put down by a

a naturalized citizen, years later the government “can knock on my door and say, ‘Guess what? You’re not an American citizen after all’?” The government lawyer stood firm. (The Supreme Court decision on the law’s constitutionality is expected in June.)

Brian Boyd, 27, was charged in January with squirting women from a syringe in a similar series of incidents at a Tampa Target store. However, though Boyd had simulated masturbation, the syringe itself contained only white liquid “hair conditioner.”

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• Emily Piper and her husband went to News You Can Use court in January in Spokane, WashingEarn $17,500 for two months’ “work” ton, to file for a formal restraining order doing nothing at all! France’s space mediagainst a boy who is in kindergarten. Piper cine facility near Toulouse is offering 24 said the tyke had been relentlessly hasopenings, paying 16,000 euros each, for sling their daughter (trying to kiss her) people simply to lie in bed continuously and that Balboa Elementary School offifor two weeks so it can study the effects cials seem unable to stop him. of virtual weightlessness. The institute is • A private plane crashed on take-off 150 serious about merely lying there: All bodily feet from the runway at Williston (Florfunctions must be accomplished while ida) Municipal Airport on April 15, killing keeping at least one shoulder on the bed. all four on board, but despite more than a dozen planes having flown Government in Action out of the same airport later that Sidewalk Wars: (1) Thirtyday, no one noticed the crash FREE four residents of State Street in site until it caught the eye of a PARKING Brooklyn, New York, pay a tax of pilot the next afternoon. IN COUNCIL more than $1,000 a year for the DRIVEWAYS Least Competent privilege of sitting on their front Criminals stoops (a pastime which, to the Didn’t Think It Through: (1) rest of New York City, seems an Edwin Charge Jr., 20, and two inalienable right). (The property accomplices allegedly attempted developer had made a side deal a theft at a Hood River, Oregon, with the city to allow the tax in business on April 23, but fled as exchange for approving an archipolice arrived. The accomplices tectural adjustment.) (2) The town were apprehended, but Charge of Conegliano, Italy, collects local took off across Interstate 84 on taxes on “sidewalk shadows” that it foot, outrunning police until he applies to cafes or businesses with fell off a cliff to his death. (2) Police said awnings, but also to stores with a Tara Cranmer, 34, tried to elude them in single overhanging sign that very slightly a stolen truck on tiny Ocracoke Island, “blocks” sun. Shop owners told reporters North Carolina, on April 22. Since it is an the tax felt like Mafia “protection” money. island, the road ends, and she was capFiner Points of the Law tured on the dunes after abandoning the “Oh, come on!” implored an exasperated truck. Chief Justice Roberts in April when the The Aristocrats! Justice Department lawyer explained at Variations of the Semen-Weaponization oral argument that, indeed, a naturalized Fetish: (1) Timothy Blake, 28, faced several citizen could have his citizenship retroaccharges in January after admitting to a tively canceled just for breaking a single spree of semen incidents at a Wal-mart in law, however minor—even if there was Marietta, Ohio. The liquid was his semen, never an arrest for it. Appearing incredulous, Roberts hypothesized that if “I drove he finally admitted, but he squirted it at his female victims only from a syringe 60 miles an hour in a 55-mile-an-hour zone,” but was not caught and then became rather than the old-fashioned way. (2)

Italian Surgeon Sergio Canavero (notorious as the world’s most optimistic advocate of human brain transplants) now forecasts that a cryogenically frozen brain will be “awakened” (“thawed”) and transplanted into a donor body by the year 2020. His Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group claimed success in 2016 in transplanting a monkey’s head, with blood vessels properly attached (though not the spinal cord). Canavero promised such a head transplant of humans by 2018, though problematic because, like the recipient monkey, the recipient human would not long survive. Of the subsequent brain transplant, one of the gentler critics of Canavero said the likelihood of success is “infinitestimal”—with harsher critics describing it in more colorful language.

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The question in a vandalism case before the U.S. Court of Appeals in July (2013) was whether Ronald Strong’s messy bowel movement in a federal courthouse men’s room in Portland, Maine, was “willful” or, as Strong claimed, an uncontrollable intestinal event. Three rather genteel judges strained to infer Strong’s state of mind from the condition of the facility. A cleaning lady had described the feces as “smeared,” but Judge Juan Torruella took that to mean not “finger smears,” but “chunks,” “kind of like chunky peanut butter.” Two other judges, outvoting Torruella, seemed skeptical that feces could have landed 2 feet up the wall unless Strong had intended it. (Torruella countered by imagining himself as the perpetrator, that surely he would sully the mirrors, but that all mirrors were found clean.) CS

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MUSIC ROCK & ROLL PROM Left: The Wave Slaves strike a pose in the 3rd Annual Rock & Roll Prom photo booth. PHOTO BY PETERSON WORRELL

Middle: Members of Jeff TwoNames and The Born Agains at 2015’s ‘80s-themed edition. PHOTO BY PETERSON WORRELL

Below: Nicole Edge of The Wave Slaves was outta this world at Rock & Roll Prom: Sci-Fi Edition. PHOTO BY PETERSON WORRELL

Let's Get Sequential! 4th annual Rock & Roll Prom takes on a comic book theme

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FOR SOME folks, prom was a fairytale dream come true. For others, it was nightmarish. And for Rock & Roll Prom 2017 attendees, it’s going to be downright comical. Whether you skipped out on your high school formal or still reminisce about doing the “Electric Slide” with the best of ‘em, the annual Rock & Roll Prom is here to redefine any notions you have about crinoline and corsages. The tradition features live music from host band The Wave Slaves, ‘60s sweethearts The Hypnotics, and up-and-comers The Mercers, a photo booth, and, this year, a theme of Let’s Get Sequential. The first Rock & Roll Prom had a classic prom theme—festive streamers and floral arrangements adorned the Ms. Pac-Man machine and bartop—while the second edition was a day-glo’d out ‘80s affair with the scent of recently-spritzed AquaNet wafting through The Jinx.

Last year got adventurous with Rock & Roll Prom: Sci-Fi Edition, and 2017’s comic book theme lends itself to fabulous costuming and a lot of adventurous fun. The Wave Slaves, who perform beachcruising classics from The Ventures, Dick Dale, The Surfers, and more, dreamed up the beloved tradition. “We were talking at band practice: ‘It’d be totally awesome if we threw a prom! We play all this older music,’” drummer Nicole Edge recalls. After lots of joking and musing, Edge decided to set the plan in motion. She booked the gig, hired a photographer to snap photos of attendees in front of a festive backdrop, and got the word out, unsure if Savannahians were keen on reliving the past. Turns out, a lot of people were ready to reinvent and redefine prom night. “Everyone was having so much fun,” she grins. “They got so into the photo booth and goofy stuff.” Each year, the audience votes for a prom king/queen, king/king, or queen/queen; the royal couple wins a prize, donated by

local businesses (Edge’s own Kleo’s Handcrafted Soaps and Cup To Cup Coffee Roasters are among this year’s donors). 2016’s Sci-Fi Edition demonstrated the audience and bands’ dedication to costuming. The Hypnotics took a hysterical spin on the theme, each dressing as a different Tom Cruise character; onstage, they deadpanned that they were under the impression the night was Scientology themed. Talented seamstresses and costumers, like Anita Narcisse of Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue, went all-in with a galaxy-dyed, sequined-out couple’s costume. “Every year, it’s the crowd that makes the environment,” Edge attests. The potential for wild outfitting inspired this year’s superheroic theme. “I love costuming,” says Edge, who earned a double major in Fashion Design and Sequential Art at SCAD and owns Kleo’s Sewing Studio on Broughton Street. “What would be fun to dress up as?’ Comic characters!” From Marvel and DC’s most famous heroes to the indie and obscure, all

costumes are welcome at Rock & Roll Prom. Cruise Comic-Con galleries to get some inspiration, and don’t be afraid to add a formal twist. Perhaps the best thing about going to prom at a music venue in adulthood is the lack of pressure. At Rock & Roll Prom, attendees are free to be themselves. “I didn’t go to prom in high school,” Edge says, “but it’s fun now because it’s not this stressful thing. A lot of people put stress on high school proms…the dress has to be perfect, the stress of getting a date...this takes all the stupid of out of prom, pretty much, and here’s a fun freakin’ event. Who cares if you go by yourself or with a date? You don’t have to wear a frilly dress or stuffy suit. Let loose and have fun. I’m so glad we have events like this.” CS

ROCK & ROLL PROM 2017: LET’S GET SEQUENTIAL FEAT. THE WAVE SLAVES, THE HYPNOTICS, THE MERCERS The Jinx, Friday, May 19, 10 p.m. $5 in costume, $7 without costume 21+

MAY 17-23, 2017

BY ANNA CHANDLER

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Craig Tanner’s Farewell Songwriter says goodbye to Savannah

BY ANNA CHANDLER

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ONE OF the most valued members of Savannah’s music community is bidding The Hostess City farewell. Craig Tanner, open mic host, songwriter, and producer, is leaving Savannah with his family to create a homesteader life in Minnesota. Before he leaves, he’ll share songs from his forthcoming LP, Park Bench Revelator, and jam with friends one last time. Tanner, a photographer who teaches workshops around the country, fell in love with Savannah while on a business trip. “Before I moved here, I really identified Savannah as somewhere that felt like a home for me, which was not a feeling I’ve ever had,” he says. “I grew up tough like a lot of people, and home was a very bad thing that I was always trying to get away from. It was really a revelation to be in Savannah and not live here and say out loud, ‘This is home.’” In his workshops, Tanner successfully pushed his students out of their comfort

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zones, but he was taken aback when given a taste of his own medicine. “My students were like, ‘What are you doing that’s scary for you?’” he recalls. “That led to an open mic. I was honest with myself. I had been playing guitar since I was eight or nine. I could get up and give a keynote speech...but I was so scared of singing and playing in front of people.” Two years before settling in Savannah, Tanner mustered up the courage to play Molly MacPherson’s open mic, hosted by Markus Kuhlmann and Eric Dunn. The pair warmly welcomed Tanner to the stage, and something clicked when he plugged in and sang out in that room. “I realized I loved this more than anything I’ve ever done,” he says. Upon moving to Savannah, Tanner began hosting his own open mic at The Wormhole. Later, he was invited to co-host at Molly’s, and was soon hosting on Mondays at Abe’s on Lincoln, too. Open mics are crucial to both established songwriters and people who are just starting out. Countless performers in Savannah attribute their bravery onstage

Craig Tanner, songwriter and open mic host. PHOTO COURTESY OF CRAIG TANNER

to Tanner’s encouragement and welcoming demeanor. “What I’ve learned is that it really matters how you treat people,” Tanner says. “Music is about listening and caring to listen to what other people are doing.” Tanner released a CD with his band American Hologram in 2014, but his forthcoming album is his solo debut. He’ll have a small run of CDs with a selection of songs available at his Abe’s farewell.

“I wrote the title track a long time ago about a combination of [Savannah street musician] Guitar Bob and a couple other homeless people who seem like oracles to me and shared my philosophies,” Tanner says. “The title track just came from thinking about Bob being a revelator.” Tanner hopes the album challenges listeners politically and philsophically. “There’s a trilogy of songs on the record about homeless people,” he says. “Look around and see, as a society, we’re willing, at the level of big power, to criminalize being poor, mentally ill, in debt.” Though he looks forward to this new adventure with his family, Tanner will never forget the impact Savannah and its community has had on him. “I have a lot of people in the city that helped me play music that have been ridiculously supportive,” he says. “I’m an old guy with a face for radio, a very primitive guitar player, and I’ve been able to enjoy doing music and get a ridiculous amount of support from people. And that’s meant a hell of a lot to me.” CS

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There’s nothing quite like catching a young virtuoso at a crucial moment in their career, and this is the time to see Joe Robinson. The 25-year-old Australian is taking the music world by storm with his one-of-a-kind blend of rock, blues, jazz, and R&B. After outpacing his guitar instructor when he was just nine, Robinson began teaching himself how to play using the Internet; four years later, he was named the winner of the Australian National Songwriting Competition. After touring with Tommy and Phil Emmanuel and getting a standing ovation on Australia’s Got Talent, Robinson headed to Nashville to work with noteworthy producer Frank Rogers on his 2009 album Time Jumpin’. Since then, he’s been named Senior Grand Champion Performer of the World at World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood, performed at Bonnaroo, was named Best New Talent in Guitar Player’s Poll, and was crowned one of Australian Guitar’s Top 50 Best Guitarists. Most recently, Robinson released “Gemini Vol. 2,” an EP on which he played every single instrument and produced and mixed all four songs. He’s currently writing for an upcoming studio album. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 8 P.M., $38, ALL-AGES

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Head to Starland for an all-ages punk, rock ‘n’ roll, and progressive rock show as Tallahassee/Richmond band Indian Shores and locals Jeff Two-Names and the Born Agains kick off a tour together. Indian Shores blends hard-edged emo, indie punk rock together for an eruptive sound. They released the intense, instrumental sixth single from their debut album Bones Collide in February. Savannah’s own Sins of Godless Men is currently working on a sophomore album It’s Hard To Improve on Silence. Jeff Two-Names breaks out the classic pop-punk with their dad-joke flair. FRIDAY, MAY 19, DOORS AT 7:30 P.M., SHOW AT 8:30 P.M., $5, ALL-AGES

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Savannah-based 9Twelve Entertainment is kicking off the first installment in a summer concert series for Savannah’s youth. This Saturday, it’s an all-ages school’s-out bash featuring both national and local talent. Siblings Ayo & Teo (20 and 17 years old, respectively) got their start dancing in music videos for superstars like Usher and Chris Brown, but thanks to YouTube, the duo just inked their own deal with Columbia Records. Ayo & Teo debuted on the Billboard charts, climbing up to No. 32 on the Hot 100, thanks to “Rolex,” produced by BL$$D & BackPack Miller. The addictive ode to covetable timepieces has over 70 million YouTube views and launched a “Rolex challenge” dance craze via social media. 283, another sibling duo, will open; while the two were raised in Savannah, they’ve since relocated to Atlanta to pursue their careers. Them Sturdy Boyz, an emerging Savannah rap group, round out the bill. 9Twelve Entertainment President Robby Newsome looks forward to providing Savannah’s young people with entertainment during their summer break. “As a born and raised Savannahian, I know that our youth needs more opportunities to safely enjoy themselves,” he says. “The summer concert series combines their favorite music with a fun environment where they can skate, eat, and see artists who would otherwise cost them more in a traditional concert setting. We also want to support Savannah’s local talent by booking them to open the show.” FRIDAY, MAY 19, 7 P.M., $25 GENERAL ADMISSION IN ADVANCE, $35 DAY OF, $45 VIP, $50 VIP DAY OF (INCLUDES MEET-AND-GREET WITH AYO & TEO, SOUVENIR LANYARD, VIP ACCESS), TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DTLR OGLETHORPE MALL AND GARDEN CITY LOCATIONS OR VIA 912.844.2955

‘90s pop-punk favorites Parasites hit The Wormhole this weekend. Formed in New Jersey by Dave Parasite, Ron Nole, and Dave Ross, the band debuted on Shredder Records in 1992. Not long after, Dave moved to California in the midst of the Bay Area pop-punk glory days and continued the band with new members. Parasites became dedicated road dogs, touring with the likes of Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, Bad Religion, Buzzcocks, Jawbreaker, and more, and releasing material on Go-Kart Records, Wingnut Records, and Clearview Records. Dave revived the Parasites in 2006 with Go Kart releasing a best of album, Retro Pop Remasters, in 2006. The band’s working on new material to be recorded soon and continuing their dedication to touring and keeping pop-punk tradition alive. Wormhole “house band” Pussy Launcher kick it off with a sure-to-be over-the-top set involving food, irreverent sing-alongs, and fabulous costuming. THURSDAY, MAY 18, 10 P.M., $4.99-9.99 VIA WORMHOLEBAR.COM, 18+

LITTLE STRANGER @BARRELHOUSE SOUTH

The versatile Little Stranger can perform as a duo or five-piece band, but its creators, John and Kevin Shields (they coincidentally share a last name but not DNA), drive the inventive indie hop-hop group. Inspired by Gorillaz and Twenty One Pilots equally, the duo left their Philadelphia home to hone their sound in Charleston, where they were named HipHop Act of the Year in the 2016 Charleston City Paper Music Awards. They’ll hit Savannah with a fresh EP, “Techniques,” in tow. THURSDAY, MAY 18, 10 P.M., FREE, 21+

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LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South VuDu Shakedown, 10 p.m. Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, 9 p.m. Boomy’s Eric Culberson Band, 10 p.m. CO/Savannah Cocktail Company VuDu Cocktail Acoustic Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. coffee deli Acoustic Jam, 7 p.m. Five Oaks Taproom Eric Britt, 8 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Christy and Butch, 7:30 p.m. The Jinx Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Whiskey Dick, AM Rodriguez, 8 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Matt Eckstine, 7:30 p.m. PS Tavern Trivia, 7 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Jeremy Riddle, 10 p.m. The Sandbar Open Mic, 9 p.m. SEED Eco Lounge Latin Music Night, 9 p.m. Tree House Wobble Wednesday Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jubal Kane, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Brandon Reeves, 5 p.m. The Wormhole Open Mic, 9 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

The Chromatic Dragon Geeky Trivia Night, 8 p.m. Dub’s Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m. The Jinx Rock n Roll Bingo, 10 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Team Trivia, 8:45 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Tubby’s Trivia, 7 p.m. World of Beer Trivia, 7 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Hercules Bar & Grill Karaoke, 9 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mediterranean Tavern Karaoke hosted by K-Rawk, 8 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Totally Awesome Bar Weird Wednesdays Open Mic Comedy, 9 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Live DJ SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m.

MAY 17-23, 2017

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Barrelhouse South Little Stranger, 10 p.m. Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Eric Culberson Band, 9 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m. Fannie’s on the Beach Christy and Butch, 8 p.m. Huc-A-Poo’s Willie Jackson Blues, 9 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Danielle Hicks Duo, 7:30 p.m. The Jinx Bask Record Release Party w/ Best, HAAL, 10 p.m.

Edwin McCain @THE STAGE ON BAY

South Carolina’s beloved son, Edwin McCain, brings a catalog of hits to The Stage on Bay this weekend. For 20 years, the singer-songwriter has brought authentic, humorous, and tender songs to the masses, notably the smash hits “I’ll Be” and “I Could Not Ask For More.” He performs alongside Savannah band Wormsloew. SAT., MAY 20, DOORS AT 7 P.M., SHOW AT 8 P.M., $25, ALL-AGES Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Ray Tomasino, 7:30 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Jon Lee and the Apparitions, 6 p.m. Vic’s on The River Frank Bright, third Thursday-Saturday of every month, Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Stan Ray, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, 5 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Lauren LaPointe The Wormhole The Parasites, Pussy Launcher, Open Mic, 6 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

The Britannia British Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m. McDonough’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m. Mediterranean Tavern Butt Naked Trivia with Kowboi, 7 p.m. Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina Trivia Pour Larry’s Explicit Trivia, 10 p.m. Totally Awesome Bar 80s and 90s Trivia, 8 p.m. Tybee Island Social Club Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Applebee’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Blueberry Hill Trivia and Karaoke, 7 p.m. The Chromatic Dragon Karaoke Night, 9 p.m. Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Doodles Karaoke, 9 p.m. Flashback Karaoke, 8 p.m. Jukebox Bar & Grill Karaoke & Throwback Jams, 8 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mediterranean Tavern Karaoke, 8 p.m.

PS Tavern Karaoke Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Rusty Rudders Tap House Karaoke Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Karaoke, 8 p.m. World of Beer Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club DJ Blackout, 10 p.m. The Jinx Live DJ, 10 p.m. Little Lucky’s Live DJ Mediterranean Tavern DJ Kirby Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m. Totally Awesome Bar DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m., 1, 2, 3, Tease! Burlesque Improv Game Show, 9: 30 p.m. Foxy Loxy Cafe Vinyl Appreciation, 7-10 p.m. SEED Eco Lounge Daas Unterground Thursdays, 10 p.m.

FRIDAY 5.19 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Resinated, BBXF, 10 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m. Casimir’s Lounge Tradewinds, 9 p.m. Cocktail Co. Fellowship of Love, 9 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Atomga, 10:30 p.m. Dockside Seafood Bluegrass Happy Hour, 4 p.m. The Jinx Rock & Roll Prom w/ The Wave Slaves, The Hypnotics, The Mercers, 10 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Brian Bazemore, 7:30 p.m. Mars Theatre Two Way Crossing, 8 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Matt Eckstine, 10 p.m. Molly McGuire’s Cicada Brothers, 7 p.m. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio, 6:30 p.m. Randy Wood Guitars Joe Robinson, 8 p.m. Ruth’s Chris Steak House David Duckworth, 8 p.m. Saddle Bags Saddle Bags 5-Year Anniversary w/ The Cadillac Three, 8 p.m. Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Live Music SK8 City Ayo + Teo, 283, Them Sturdy Boyz, 7 p.m. The Space Station at Starlandia Sins of Godless Men, Jeff Two Names and the Born Agains, Indian Shores, 7:30 p.m. Taste of India Don Read, 6:30 p.m. The Seed Church Ka’Von Grace, 7 p.m. Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Charlie Fog Band, 6 p.m. Tybee Island Social Club Isaac Smith, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Frank Bright The Warehouse Rachael Shaner, Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Tell Scarlett, Bill Hodgson, Kurt Stevens, 5 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Nickel Bag of Funk The Wormhole One Tribe: An Art and Music Show, 8 p.m. The Wyld Dock Bar Bottles & Cans, 7 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Coach’s Corner Trivia, Movies & Music Trivia, 8 p.m.

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KARAOKE

Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m. Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 7 p.m. The Islander Karaoke, 10 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Sunny’s Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.

COMEDY

Foxy Loxy Cafe Comedy Night, 7:30 p.m.

Club 309 West DJ Zay Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge DJ D-Frost Hercules Bar & Grill DJ Little Lucky’s Live DJ Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ C-Rok, 10 p.m. Tree House DJ Phive Star

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Abe’s on Lincoln DJ Doc Ock, 9 p.m. Club One Drag Show PS Tavern 80s and Ladies

SATURDAY 5.20 LIVE MUSIC

17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond, 6:30 p.m. Barrelhouse South Danka, Root of All, 10 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m. Casimir’s Lounge Jackson Evans Trio, 9 p.m. Club Elan Jurassic Tour, 9 p.m. Coach’s Corner Jared Wade Congress Street Social Club The Train Wrecks, 10:30 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge Illegal Drugs, Vincas, Twisty Cats 9 p.m., DJ Precisa Jazz’d Tapas Bar Bottles & Cans, 9 p.m. The Jinx Crud, Holly Hunt, Gaul Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Zach Wilson, 7:30 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Soap, 10 p.m. Molly McGuire’s Ember City Trio, 7 p.m. The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio, 6:30 p.m. Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Live Music The Stage on Bay Edwin McCain, 8 p.m. Sulfur Studios Audio Personnel and Electrotechnicians Solo Showcase Meltdown, 7:30 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Bonnie Blue, 6 p.m. Tybee Island Social Club Eric Culberson Blues, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Frank Bright, third Thursday-Saturday of every month The Warehouse Eric Britt, Sweet Potato and the Pies, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Duo, Broadcast 90, Jason Bible, Individually Twisted, 1 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Greg Williams The Wormhole Garden Giant, Anchor Detail, Glimpses, The Death House, 8 p.m.

KARAOKE

Applebee’s Karaoke, 10 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m. Doodles Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Islander Karaoke, 10 p.m. Jukebox Bar & Grill Karaoke & Throwback Jams, 8 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina Karaoke, 8 p.m. Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

COMEDY

Savannah Coffee Roasters Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans, 8 p.m.

Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m. Little Lucky’s Live DJ Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m. Tree House DJ Phive Star

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY 5.21 LIVE MUSIC

17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond, 6:30 p.m. Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup, 10:30 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Cosmo Duo, 7 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Jason Bible, 7:30 p.m. The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson St. Paul’s Evangenlical Lutheran Church AGO Men’s Chorus, 6 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Andrew Gill, 12:30 p.m. Tybee Island Social Club Sunday Bluegrass Brunch, noon Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jon Hill, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, Liquid Ginger, 1 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, ongoing, 9 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Exclusives Bar & Grille Open Mic Poetry Night, 7 p.m.

MONDAY 5.22 LIVE MUSIC

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m. Cohen’s Retreat Monday Munchies and Music, 5:30 p.m. The Historic Savannah Theatre Play it Forward, 7 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, ongoing Rachael’s 1190 Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jon Hill, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Brandon Reeves, 6 p.m. The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m., Open Mic, 6 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Blowin’ Smoke Southern Cantina Team Trivia, 7:30 p.m. The Britannia British Pub Bingo, 8 p.m. McDonough’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Bingo

KARAOKE

Boomy’s Karaoke, 10 p.m. Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, ongoing, 9 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Molly Mondays, 10:30 p.m.

The Jinx DJ Lucky Bastard, 10 p.m. Little Lucky’s Live DJ SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m.

TUESDAY 5.23 LIVE MUSIC

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IT’S SUPER CALI FRAGILISTIC EXPIALI DOCIOUS! Savannah Children’s Theatre takes on Broadway’s Mary Poppins BY ANNA CHANDLER

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THIS WEEKEND, take in a musical that’s practically perfect in every way. The story of the most magical nanny to walk—and glide—on Earth can be found in the pages of P.L. Travers’ books, a Disney film adaptation, and, now, on the Savannah Children’s Theatre stage. “Mary Poppins is one of those things that appeals to the multigenerational,” says Savannah Children’s Theatre Artistic Director Kelie Miley. “Parents have seen the movie, a lot of adults and older kids have seen the recent movie Saving Mr. Banks. It’s appealing, fun, and a little bit magical. That’s kept its appeal over the decades.” In the classic story, English nanny Mary Poppins is blown by the East wind to Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, the home of the Banks family. Through musical numbers, tough love, and whimsy, Mary helps the children, Jane and Michael, and their parents, George and Winifred, mend their strained relationships and learn to love and support one another. Laura Keena Wild stars as the leading lady in a role that, Miley delightedly shares, “she was born to play.” Wild, who welcomed her first child in January, was not expecting to be flying across stages and tap-dancing come May, but she has embraced the role. “It has been such an amazing process for me,” she says. “It has been so exciting and humbling, and it’s going to be really fun.” The luminous Julie Andrews defined the role of Mary Poppins and, though the musical is adapted from the Disney film version, Wild is striving to put her own spin on the character. “There’s a lot of homage-paying, but I don’t want to do an impersonation or

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caricature of her,” she says. “But it’s been a challenge!” Indeed, Andrews’ Poppins is among the most engrossing characters of all time— stern, tender, impossibly magical and deeply imaginative. “Kelie and I joke that she’s half-human, half-god,” Wild laughs. For an enchanted show like Mary Poppins, the Theatre gets to take on many unique challenges, from Mary’s iconic flight-by-umbrella entrance to the classic chimney sweep dance on rooftops. “There’s a lot of special effects,” says Miley. “Our choreographer and all of our people have worked really well to make that look good.” If you feel supercalifragilisticexpialidocious about Disney’s original songs, you’ll be delighted to hear that there’s even more to sing about in the musical production. “A really lovely addition is that Mrs. Banks has her own song,” says Wild. There are a few differences between the film and stage production that Wild notes. “One of the biggest changes in this reworking of the musical is that we meet Ms. Andrews, the bad nanny from George Banks’s past. She’s really, really mean and scary, and she doesn’t have any magic. She’s the only person Mary treats without empathy. [Mary] definitely cares about everybody—she’s there to fix things and to fix the family...but Ms. Andrews is a terrifying character. Laura Dutton is playing

her and she’s just amazing and embodying the character with such relish.” Wild has also enjoyed working alongside the wonderful youth of Savannah Children’s Theatre. “I love Jane and Michael Banks so much!” she smiles. “I had worked with Truman [Nash] before, but it’s my first time working with Rose [Ottimo]. They are both such good people, just good, tiny human beings, and I’m having such a good time with them. I think they are perfectly cast, and it’s just been a blast.” The Children’s Theatre looks forward to reveling in a familiar classic but also finding something new to love about a classic story. “Most of the music, everybody knows,” Miley says. “It’s very fun to see a show where you don’t know quite what to expect, but are familiar with some of it.” “I think that people should come expecting a little familiarity, but also a little unfamiliarity,” says Wild. “This story has all the fun stuff you know, but you’re also going to see little surprises.” CS

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Indigo Sky exhibit explores ramifications of climate and environmental change

BY RACHAEL FLORA

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THIS WEEKEND, head to Indigo Sky for what our not-too-distant future may look like. Organizers Leah Blair and Lisa Junkin Lopez culled an impressive list of volunteers, artists and non-profit organizations to create “Fast Forward: Dystopia,” a twoday installation at Jerome Meadows’ home and gallery that will illustrate the effects of global warming and climate change. “We wanted it to be an experience that you move through, creating a multisensory experience, and so there’s a way to go through,” Blair explains. “Think about going through a haunted house. There’ll be kind of a beginning room, which is the landing point, and that’s where we’re gonna introduce this mixing of art and science.” The rooms include a heap room with waste piled high, a simulation of extreme weather patterns, and an exhibition of dystopic photographs. Each room has multiple layers to it, making the installation completely immersive. “What’s fun about this is because it’s very site specific, a lot of it is gonna be created in the space,” explains Blair. Blair came up with the idea for Fast Forward while working on her own art and thinking of her father, who’s a Doomsday prepper. “I just started thinking how ridiculous that sense is. Is it like you’ve given up hope and just aim for survival at that point?” she wonders. “So then I was thinking about alternative realities and thinking of the concept of

dystopia and if we’re in this future reality, it allows us to give a chance to talk about what happens to get to that point,” she continues. “And so we get to kind of create this narrative, our own artistic perception of how we think the future will be. I just thought it was a really good way to talk about global climate change in a fun, immersive way. It really makes you confront the path that humanity is on.” The organizers hope that the art presented helps people realize that path is fraught with danger—if we don’t change it. “We’ve been working with environmental agencies who can share scientific data with us, and we wanted to think about how art and science work together and how we need one another,” adds Lopez. “Climate change feels like a tremendous danger, but it’s just hard to wrap your head around. Like, really? Is recycling gonna be thing? How do you even begin?” Blair wants the exhibition to jump-start a discussion. “The point is also to start a conversation about [climate change] because it is such a complex issue,” says Blair. “Is recycling the answer? The way we’re told to combat global climate change based on individual consumer choices is kind of bullshit. Really, me not using this plastic bag is going to help?” she asks. “It’s like the system has to change. People’s mindsets have to change, but we need to have a conversation. What are viable alternatives? We need to get to a point where we find solutions.” Perhaps winding through this real-life house of horrors can inspire some solutions. Fast Forward will be at Indigo Sky Gallery on Waters Avenue just this weekend, Sat. 6-9 p.m. and Sun. 2-5 p.m. CS

Leah Blair’s stilts represent a year of NOAA expected sea level rise in Savannah, taking a statistic and making a visual representation.

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RECONSTRUCTING THE NARRATIVE: ILLUMINATING SAVANNAH’S CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY — Using archival and historical photographs from the Jim Crow era and the Civil Rights Movement in Savannah preserved in the W. W. Law Collection, Trice Megginson rephotographed the original, depicted locations. The historical images are then physically pinned onto the contemporary views. This results in constructed images consisting of layered photographs sharing a physical space that simultaneously show both an untold history of the city and the views one sees today. Through July 31. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

CONE ART EXHIBIT — Showcasing over 100 different fine art works such as drawings, paintings, sculptures and mixed media pieces, proceeds from the event will benefit the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (ACI) at Memorial University Medical Center. Free Thu., May 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 24e, 24 E. Broughton St. GREETINGS FROM WONDERLAND — H.E. Ramage and Zander Stefani present the concepts of spirituality and purgatory in their work, using a variety of mediums. Fri., May 19. Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St. A PLACE THAT IS NOT YOURS — Three young female artists have a pop-up exhibition that will include installation work, paintings, video and sculpture. It is the coming together of many places hence the title “A Place That is Not Yours.” Fri., May 19. WELMONT, 1930 Montgomery Street. SHOCKED AND AMAZED: VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS — PULP Bookstore and Gallery celebrates its opening with an eye-popping exhibition of vintage circus sideshow, medical and crime and punishment photographs from the 1880s to 1960s. Over 80 original images plus a pictorial tribute to 50s pinup icon Bettie Page. May 18-July 8, 6 p.m. PULP Bookstore and Gallery, 412 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. WHEN I SAY IT OUT LOUD, IT ALL FALLS APART — “When I Say It Out Loud, It All Falls Apart” is a collection of abstract paintings by Ashley Paulk. He uses every type of paint he can get his hands on to create vivid, breathtaking works that are playful yet profound. May 17-July 17. The Butcher Tattoo Studio, 19 East Bay St.

CONTINUING EXHIBITS 14 YEARS OF AN ASKEW VIEW — This year celebrates 14 years of Albano showing her work at the Gallery Espresso, the first being “An Askew View”, that was displayed May of 2003. Through June 1. galleryespresso.com/. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. FRAN THOMAS AND DONNA BOUCHILLON — Two local painters, Fran Thomas and Donna Bouchillon, exhibit their work. Through June 30. hospicesavannah.org/. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr.

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GESTURE STUDIES — We aren’t all bad. Rubi McGrory explores and illustrates simple acts of kindness in the show “Gesture Studies,” at Beetnix Gallery. Inspired by signs at recent marches and protests demanding kindness and compassion, McGrory set out to find as many examples of that behavior as possible. 26 She collects and illustrates true stories of ran-

Abstract work by Ashley Paulk goes up at The Butcher on Bay Street.

dom kindnesses from all over the world, from toads with hats to birthday parties and public transportation adventures. free Through June 29. 401-662-1001. AllTheGoodHumans@ gmail.com. Beetnix Superfoods & Juice Bar, 18 East Broughton St. THE INTERRUPTED BEAUTIES — Much as life can force unexpected changes to one’s goals and plans, putting pressure on the cut lines in Farnaz K. Jahani’s threedimensional artwork forces them to break apart the surface and interrupt the audience’s vision. Through May 28. Location Gallery, 417 Whitaker St. KAHLIL GABRAN AND THE FEMININE DIVINE — Renowned for his literary masterpiece “The Prophet,” Lebanese-American artist and writer Kahlil Gabran began experimenting with the visual arts at a young age. Telfair Museums proudly boasts the largest public collection of visual art by Kahlil Gibran in the United States. Through Jan. 2, 2018. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. LA MEMOIRE DE TERRE — This collection of photos by Jason B. James explores memories evoked by food. Through May 28. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. LAW AND MUSIC — Through this exhibit, the City hopes to continue Law’s legacy of education and encourage others to discover music they may not be familiar with. The exhibit features content from W. W. Law’s music, book, periodical, and photograph collections, and includes interactive activities designed to introduce children to the math and science concepts embedded in music. Through Jan. 1, 2018. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St.

NEAL SLAVIN: GROUPS IN AMERICA — Neal Slavin is a celebrated photographer well known for his keen portraits of various groups of people in the United States and abroad. This installation comes from a portfolio of 15 photographs from 1979; the portfolio is a significant gift to Telfair’s contemporary photography collection and will be on view in its entirety for the first time. Through June 9. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. THE NORMA JEAN II: PHOTOGRAPHY BY LOGAN PHILLIPS — SCAD BFA student Logan Phillips explores the lifestyle behind the United States shrimping industry with Jarrold Murphy and the Norma Jean II, a shrimping boat. Through May 21. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. OBJECTIFIED: STILL LIFES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION — Objectified considers the traditional genre of still life as represented in the works of Telfair Museums’ permanent collection. Presenting still lifes from the late 19th century through the present day, this exhibition invites viewers to consider the genre as a form ripe for artistic exploration. Through June 11. telfair.org. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. PROPAGANDA OF WAR — The posters, designed and realized by Wendy Melton, the Curator of Exhibits and Education, retain the style and flavor of historic referents, which are included in the exhibition. Wendy has reinforced the connection to Savannah by including exhibits featuring Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah ships sunk in both world wars by German submarines. Through Oct. 15. shipsofthesea.org. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

THE SAVANNAH PORTRAIT SOCIETY — The Savannah Portrait Society is dedicated to providing professional artists the opportunity to engage in the discipline of portrait painting from the live model and to promote the professional practice and public appreciation of fine art portraiture in Savannah. Through June 4. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. STACIE JEAN ALBANO — Stacie Jean Albano presents her recent oil painting landscapes. Through May 31. galleryespresso. com/. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. VISIONS OF THE MISTICAL MARSH — In this series of oil paintings, Larry Levow attempts to share some of his personal feelings about the marsh whose beauty becomes even more intense when shrouded in mist. Through July 1. Off the Wall Gallery at 45 Bistro, 123 E. Broughton St. WILLIAM WEGMAN: IMPROVED PHOTOGRAPHS — William Wegman is an internationally-renowned artist known for his photographs of his beloved Weimaraners. The exhibition includes drawings, paintings, altered photographs, 20”x24” Polaroids, and a selection of early videos from the 1970s. Through Aug. 13. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. WYA: THE SHOW ABOUT THE PARTY YOU MISSED — The Jepson Café will feature a unique collaboration between local artists Will Penny and Cameron Allen that investigates ideas of constructed and mediated reality. This installation is part of Telfair Museums’ #art912 initiative, a dedicated platform to raise the visibility and promote the vitality of artists from Savannah. Through July 16. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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Savannah’s literary leaders

Patricia Lockwood and Zach Powers release books, Shaniqua Brown performs at Seersucker Live BY ANNA CHANDLER

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Patricia Lockwood returns to Seersucker Live with a memoir that’s already being championed by Rolling Stone, VICE, New York Times, The Atlantic, and more. PHOTO BY GREP HOAX

all at once.” Patricia Lockwood lived in Savannah as she was making headlines as the “Poet Laureate of Twitter” and gaining noteriety for her wonky sexts debut poetry collection Balloon Pop Outlaw Black. But it was in 2013, when she and husband Jason Kendall moved back to Kansas, that Lockwood’s name became one of the hottest in literary and internet culture circles. In the middle of the summer, The Awl published “Rape Joke,” the prose-poem to end all rape jokes that reinvented the way we talk—and joke about—about sexual assault. Immediately, the piece went viral with over 10,000 Facebook likes within hours of being posted. Over the following weeks, “Rape Joke” sparked discussion across the Internet about who is and isn’t allowed to joke about rape, the power of humor and the very definition of poetry. According to The Guardian, Lockwood’s work reignited a generation’s interest in poetry. The next year, Lockwood released a second collection of poetry, Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals, via Penguin Books. The Stranger considered it “the first true book of poetry to be published in the 21st century.” The release landed Lockwood on Rolling Stone’s 2014 Hot List and was named a Notable Book by the New York Times.

Always one to surprise her audience, Lockwood returned this month with a memoir, Priestdaddy. Published by Riverhead Books, Priestdaddy gives curious and fascinating insight into Lockwood’s life as the daughter of a Catholic priest (her father, who was, for years, an atheist, was converted to Catholicism while serving on a nuclear submarine watching The Exorcist), a background that’s long intrigued fans of her unapologetically smutty verse. Spoken word poet Shaniqua “Neka” Brown rounds out The Freefall Episode. A poet attending Savannah State University, Brown is currently working toward her BIS with a focus in English & Foreign Languages. The accomplished spoken word poet has won several awards at her university, including the Intellectual Freedom Essay, Education Matters Essay, and first place for Paint Chip Poetry. The latter was featured on “Poetry in the Air” on WHCJ 90.3 SSU Radio. Savannah loves to celebrate its literary children’s achievements, so it’s highly recommended to get a ticket in advance. Score one via seersuckerlive.com. CS

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AT THIS month’s edition of Seersucker Live, the literary nonprofit offers three chances to fall in literary love. The “part literary reading, party variety show, part cocktail party” welcomes former Savannahian Zach Powers, backin-Savannah poet and memoirist Patricia Lockwood, and Savannah spoken word poet Shaniqua “Neka” Brown. Both Powers and Lockwood will celebrate the release of new books at the event. Powers, a co-founder of Seersucker Live who led the writers’ workshop at the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home for eight years, is a Savannah native and recently relocated to Fairfax, Va. Powers celebrates the release of his debut book, Gravity Changes, right at home with Seersucker. Published by BOA Editions, the collection of stories won the BOA Short Fiction Prize and is already earning widespread praise. Fellow magical realist Karen Russell, author of St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and Swamplandia!, heralded the debut as “a wonderfully vertiginous, through-the-looking-glass story collection, packed with Powers’ one of a kind humor and insight.” Seventeen stories comprise Powers’ first release, each delving into beautifully dark and soaringly fantastic corners of the imagination. From flying children to lightbulb matrimony, Powers pushes his reader into a new universe, but his masterful tone makes these strange little worlds feel all too familiar. As Kirkus Reviews says, “If some of the stories require a second reading, it’s not because Powers strays too far down the rabbit hole but because they’re too provocative to release their hold on the reader

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WHEN we last spoke with beloved author Mary Kay Andrews in 2012, she’d just launched her 19th novel Spring Fever, which climbed to No. 5 on the New York

Times Bestseller List and could be seen peeking out of beach bags everywhere as the season’s delightfully unrequired summer reading. Since then, the prolific Andrews—also known by her real name, Kathy Trochek— has published five (or is it six?) more pop-lit chart-toppers, ever popular for their plucky female protagonists, hilarious dialogue and heartfelt friendships. Her fiction often takes place at the beach, inspired by Trochek’s Florida childhood and her longtime love affair with Tybee Island, where she and her husband have had a real-life beach house for over 30 years. The wonderful memories and delicious meals made there have fed the vision for MKA’s latest soon-to-be bestseller, The Beach House Cookbook. It may be the author’s first offering of non-fiction since her days as a reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, but her signature charm shines through like the summer sun. A colorful, casual tome full of favorite recipes any coastal Southerner will find comforting, The Beach House Cookbook was styled and shot right in her

own kitchen, giving readers a taste of Mary’s (or is it Kathy? “Oh, call me anything,” she laughs) genuine affability and hospitality. Grits, greens and local seafood figure prominently in the pages, but don’t expect anything fussy—this is the beach, and bare feet and paper plates are perfectly acceptable. We caught up with the part-time Tybee local in between book tour stops to dish about her creative team, vacation states of mind, and why she’s raising funds for Meals on Wheels this Saturday, May 20. So, why a cookbook and why now? I’ve always loved to cook, and my husband and I love to entertain. The timing was just right. Fans have asked for a cookbook for a while now, and I was coming off a pretty grueling book tour with The Weekenders, which was last year’s novel. I just thought, “This is the year,” and it just came together. We also had this great team available to us in Savannah. Elizabeth Demos is a

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The cookbook is aimed at anyone who just wants to feel like they’re at the beach—you don’t have to have a beach house, you can be in the mountains, in your backyard. magazine stylist who works with Southern Living, Country Living, Better Homes & Gardens—just about every magazine that looks beautiful. There’s a terrific food photographer based in Savannah, Mary Britton Senseney, and our recipe tester and food stylist, Ashley Strickland Freeman, is from Savannah as well. They’d already done four or five cookbooks together, and they came in and made it so easy. This definitely Southern cooking, but do you consider it specific to Tybee? Of course, that’s where our beach house is! We still live full-time in Atlanta, but we spend as much time here as we can. The cookbook is aimed at anyone who just wants to feel like they’re at the beach—you don’t have to have a beach house, you can be in the mountains, in your backyard. They’re easy, breezy recipes with a coastal flair. What makes a good beach recipe? Something that’s fresh and fun and flavorful, but fast. When you’re on vacation—or in a vacation state of mind—you don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen chopping and slicing and dicing. You want something to share with family and friends, because that’s what beach entertaining is about. There are no precious ingredients here—nothing you couldn’t find at the IGA on Tybee. We entertain all the time—it’s very spontaneous, very informal. My husband and son are great fishermen, and we keep a boat at Hogan’s Marina on Wilmington Island. They’ll go out for the day and come back with trout, redfish, flounder, or we’ll fish or crab off a friend’s dock. Then we’ll call the neighbors and say “Hey, we’re having crab cakes tonight!” Or, “We stopped at Scuba Steve’s on the way in and we’re going to have shrimp and grits or fish tacos.” Someone will

bring a salad or dessert, and ta-da, it’s done. Why did you decide to make this Saturday’s book signing at Seaside Sisters a benefit for Meals on Wheels? This cookbook is about feeding family and friends, and I’m very concerned with the current cuts that are being considered by this administration. People who are seniors with low incomes will be harmed if Meals on Wheels no longer exists. I think hunger is terrible sin for society and a terrible waste—it just doesn’t have to be. Meals on Wheels brings wholesome, nutritious meals to folks who couldn’t otherwise get out to shop and cook for themselves. They don’t have a car, they’re not physically able, they don’t have access. The other wonderful part is that volunteers who bring these meals also bring cheer to a senior or someone in need. For some, that’s the only contact they have that day with someone outside their home. There will be a silent auction and a raffle at Saturday’s benefit, and a portion of the proceeds from book sales will go Tybee’s Meals on Wheels program. So what’s the first thing you’ll cook when finally have some time to kick off your heels and put on some flip flops? I love to bake, especially with my grandchildren, and there’s a terrific butterscotch brownie recipe in the cookbook. We love to eat fresh seafood, so I’ll definitely be making some crab cakes—the blue crabs should be coming into season soon, and we’ll be crabbing off the dock! CS

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I’VE WRITTEN many times, perhaps too many times, about some major company taking over a small craft brewery. It seems to be happening more and more often. Some of those takeovers have really hurt. The first and hardest to accept was the 2011 sale of Chicago-based Goose Island to AB InBev (that is Budweiser to most), as well as Georgia favorite Terrapin being sold to MillerCoors. A lot of money is at stake in these transactions. I don’t have to like these takeovers, but I must say I get it. In 2016 AB InBev was, according to Forbes. com, worth $23.4 billion, making it the 25th most valuable company in the world. Despite this, craft beer was encroaching on all the macro breweries territory. In 2015, craft beer grew to encompass a market share of 12.2 percent, up a full percentage point over 2014. While this is a small percentage, it does cut into macro beers’ take. Combine this with an overall dip in beer consumption, as wine takes up more of the average American’s drinking budget, and macro breweries are hurting some. With this in mind you can understand why a company like Budweiser would absorb a smaller craft brewery. On the financial side no one seems to be getting hurt. Budweiser takes back a little of the market share it is losing by becoming part of craft beer and the breweries make a lot of money. The Goose Island sale was worth a reported $38.8 million and Constellation Brand’s (think Corona) purchase of Ballast Point Brewing was worth a cool billion. One would expect that a number of craft beer loyalists would drop a brewery like Goose Island for being sell-outs, and many did, but the fact that AB InBev can mass produce the regular Goose Island lineup and ship it literally anywhere in the country would make up for any loss of sales to beer nerds. Those hardcore consumers are what make the purchase of Goose Island such a great move as some beer nerds still return

to Goose Island each year for the annual release of Bourbon County Stout, even if they shun the regular Goose Island beers. So the purchase of Goose Island and others make sense in a long term sort of way. It may not make everyone happy and ultimately it hurts craft beer, but as a business decision it works. But the Wicked Weed purchase I do not understand and the backlash shows badly this purchase has gone. Wicked Weed, unlike Goose Island is truly a beer nerd’s brewery. Wicked Weed doesn’t really have a line of core beers like other breweries. Wicked Weed is known for their unusual beers, their Funkatorium beers in particular. The Funkatorium was the first taproom dedicated to sour beers and it grew to include the Funkatorium Invitational, intended to create an opportunity for brewers to network and brew up experimental beers. The first Funkatorium Invitational since the AB InBev purchase lost 44 of its participants and has now been canceled. Wicked Weed has also lost several of its most dedicated collaborators. Sour beer masters Jester King has canceled all collaborations with Wicked Weed and stopped carrying Wicked Weed beers from its taproom. The PR backlash of this purchase may have been bad for AB InBev but ultimately deals like AB InBev’s purchases only stifle the overall craft beer market. AB InBev’s scale gives them the ability to undercut prices of their “craft beer” (they call them premier beers because they can’t be called craft) which ultimately damages the bottom line of craft breweries. AB InBev also controls the distribution lines in some states, which allows them to insure their beers fill more space on beer store shelves. In some cases AB InBev controls the distribution of, and in some cases the actual farms that grow the raw materials craft brewers use make their beers. Limited access to and/or an increase in the prices of these materials can squeeze a craft brewery out of business. So while I understand the moves AB InBev is making, their policies ultimately crush creativity of other breweries and manipulate the market to hurt craft beer. CS

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KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD

Arthurian saga, only appears for a few seconds in a flashback sequence, presumably because the filmmakers couldn’t meet the It seems that every decade rates its own asking price of Ian McKellen or Patrick King Arthur flick, which means those folks Stewart or, considering the film’s overall who never wanted the 1980s to end now incongruity, Kevin James. have another reason. Director Guy Ritchie’s kinetic style, John Boorman’s 1981 Excalibur remains perfect for Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two a superb motion picture – literate, lush, Smoking Barrels, crucially hampered those intelligent, and absolutely stunning to daft Sherlock Holmes films starring Robbehold. Since then, though, audiences ert Downey Jr. – the ones that basically have been privy to the underwhelming reimagined the sleuth as an elementary likes of Jerry Zucker’s 1995 First Knight Indiana Jones. (starring Sean Connery as Arthur) and It’s even more damaging here, with Antoine Fuqua’s 2004 King Arthur (with Ritchie employing tiresome tricks of the Clive Owen in the title role). This current trade to cover up the anemic screenplay decade now brings King Arthur: Legend of he helped write. To complicate matters, the Sword, and it’s the feeblest interpretathe 3-D version of the film appears to have tion yet. been shot through a dirty washcloth, with A dull and dour undertaking, the film the darkness recalling the early years of begins with the nefarious Vortigern (Jude the current 3-D craze when filmmakers Law) teaming up with The Little Merwere still tweaking the technique. maid’s Ursula the Sea Witch in order to As Arthur, Hunnam displays little of murder his brother Uther (Eric Bana, basi- the authority or magnetism integral to the cally reprising his Troy role) and steal his character, although, to be honest, nobody crown. He also wipes out the rest of Uther’s really stands out in this blasé grouping. family and friends, but he misses his wee The impersonal nature of the project son Arthur, who ends up floating down the extends to the visual effects – when most river Moses-style. of the villains are dispatched by a snake Arthur grows up among the rabble (he’s that’s the size of a Boeing 747, it’s hard to played as an adult by Charlie Hunnam), care about anything going on. and his lineage is only determined once he It’s rather astonishing that the creators pulls Excalibur from the stone. Excalibur, of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword plan of course, is the mighty sword forged by for it to be the first in a six-film series Merlin himself – it should be noted that focusing on the Camelot celebrity. Unless Merlin, one of the great characters in the the international box office is enormous,

it’s doubtful there will even be enough enthusiasm for a straight-to-video sequel starring C. Thomas Howell as Arthur. To borrow from a far superior film about this king – 1975’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail, of course – it would be easier to cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with a herring than to willingly watch another entry in this errant enterprise.

SNATCHED

OO Amy Schumer became an instant movie star with Trainwreck, the 2015 summer surprise that grossed $110 million at the U.S. box office and earned the comedienne a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination. It would be tempting to state that Snatched, Schumer’s follow-up flick, is a train wreck of a different kind, but that might be a tad too harsh. Ultimately, though, here’s another grasping summertime slog that promisingly pairs two popular actresses and then puts them through nonsensical material. While Snatched is (thankfully) more tolerable than the recent summer stinkers Tammy (Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon) and Hot Pursuit (Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara), it never really gets out of neutral. The film casts Schumer as Emily Middleton, a slacker who gets dumped by her boyfriend (Randall Park) right as they’re about to embark on a trip to Ecuador.

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While Snatched is (thankfully) more tolerable than recent summer stinkers, it never really gets out of neutral.

Because it’s a nonrefundable vacation package, Emily is forced to find somebody else to accompany her – after all her friends turn her down, she decides to take her stick-in-the-mud mom Linda (Goldie Hawn). Mother and daughter are greeted at their hotel by whale cum (a clever gag), but while Linda wants to spend the entire trip reading her book safely by the pool, Emily yearns for something more exciting. She meets a hunky guy (Tom Bateman) at the hotel bar, and he takes both Emily and her mom on a jaunt through the real Ecuador – it proves to be disastrous for the women, as they’re kidnapped by local ruffians and held for ransom. Schumer throws herself into her role – here’s a performer who’s admirably not afraid to look ridiculous if the part calls for it – but the focus on Emily turns this into a one-woman show at the expense of her Oscar-winning co-star. Hawn hasn’t appeared in a film since 2002’s The Banger Sisters, but anyone anticipating a comeback won’t find it here. The actress is given precious little to do besides alternating between I-love-you and I-told-you-so modes, and it’s difficult to ascertain if she still possesses her revered comedic prowess since her part is so threadbare. Then again, the flatness of her character is duplicated in most other areas of Snatched, which offers a few offhand chuckles but mostly feels like a journey to nowhere.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

OOO That scene at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy? That part where Baby Groot dances whenever Drax isn’t looking and freezes whenever the big guy turns around? That moment seemingly adored by everyone ranging from Vladimir Putin to Pope Francis? Yeah, no. Call me a Scrooge of the cinematic set, but this whole bit was a tad too precious for my liking – it had a whiff of the Ewok about it. Fears that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 would be nothing but two hours of Baby Groot gurgling and gyrating kept me awake for nights on end and had me frequently reaching for the bottle, so imagine my relief (and sobriety) to discover that this sequel to the 2014 smash not only keeps Baby Groot fairly in line but also employs him in clever and amusing ways. It’s part and parcel of the entire project, which suffers from occasional overkill yet mostly refrains from allowing excessive bloat to cripple its potential. As expected, the entire gang is back, with Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Batista), Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) and Baby Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) enjoying their newfound status as celestial celebrities. But after ticking off the members of a powerful race, the heroes-for-hire find themselves on the run, with Gamora’s sister Nebula (Karen Gillan) and Quill’s mentor Yondu (Michael Rooker) forced to join the motley crew along the way. Half of the gang end up on a planet

alongside Peter’s long-lost father Ego (Kurt Russell) and his servant Mantis (Pom Klementieff); the others find themselves held prisoner after a mutiny by Yondu’s Ravagers. The jokey demeanor that informed the first picture remains, even if writer-director James Gunn forces too many gags. And as is the case with many superhero sagas, this one doesn’t know when to quit, with a generous 136-minute running time mostly felt during the CGI-choked finale. But the freshness of the characters remains intact, and the actors continue to interact in an effortless manner that supports the story’s narrative spine involving the notion that family — no matter how one defines it — always comes first (in this respect, the series has much in common with Diesel’s other, similarly fast and furious franchise). Interestingly, this thematic strand isn’t at its strongest in the showcase relationship between Ego and Peter (though Russell and Pratt are certainly convincing as pere et fil). Instead, the touching moments come from the bonds between sisters Gamora and Nebula and especially between adoptive father Yondu and Peter. Gunn’s scripting and Gillan’s performance bring unexpected poignancy to the part of Nebula, while Rooker’s excellent turn allows Yondu to emerge as the most unexpectedly complex character in the story. True, Yondu may not be as cute or as cuddly as Baby Groot, but he’s ultimately the one whose arc takes root in our collective consciousness.

OO The historical epic was once a staple of cinema, and superb motion pictures like Lawrence of Arabia, Reds and The English Patient had the ability to effortlessly sweep viewers away with their passion and their grandeur. The Promise attempts to emulate those ambitious endeavors, but the only sweeping to be found in this case will be by the theater employee tasked with removing spilled popcorn from the auditorium floor. That’s a shame, because the topic at hand is worthy of cinematic awareness and enshrinement. Writer-director Terry George, previously responsible for 2004’s powerful Hotel Rwanda, here examines another shocking case of mass genocide: the systematic extermination of approximately one-and-half million Armenians during the waning years of the Ottoman Empire and in the midst of World War I. George turns to historical record to fill in the background of his narrative, and he shows as much atrocity as a PG-13 will allow. What sinks the picture, though, is the soggy romance that’s shoved into the spotlight. Creating fictional characters to place at the forefront of a historical tale is, of course, a tried and true tradition—and one that often works spectacularly. But the trio dominating this picture is a lackluster one, with Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale and Charlotte Le Bon unable to bring much dimension to their threadbare characters of, respectively, an Armenian medical student, an American journalist, and the Paris-raised Armenian woman loved by both. Isaac fares best, largely because his character feels like an actual person rather than a stand-in for the story’s themes. Poor Bale, on the other hand, has no chance with his ill-defined role. He’s meant to function as the outsider who’s going to let the rest of the world know what’s happening in this hot spot on the globe, but the part is maddeningly vague, and the fact that he’s directly (and knowingly) responsible for the death of at least one likable character basically reduces him to this saga’s version of the Ugly American.

THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS

OO General Hospital has been on the air for 54 years, and yet I daresay that not even that long-running soap opera has employed as many recurring characters as the Fast & Furious franchise. Many of these players have returned for The Fate of the Furious, which is just good enough to keep the engine revving a while longer on a series that was previously running on fumes for the first three sequels following

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the 2001 original. The eighth installment in the deathless series (hence F + 8 in the title; get it?) again finds Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) yammering about “family” with even more frequency than any given Walton, Ingalls or Ewing. Thus, it’s shocking when Dom betrays his girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) and the other members of his tight-knit group by joining forces with Cipher (Charlize Theron), a thoroughly despicable villain who’s collecting nuclear devices to achieve her endgame of total global domination. Did I say shocking? I meant ludicrous (not to be confused with series co-star Ludacris), since Dom’s behavior toward his loved ones really makes no sense even considering the narrative at play. Nevertheless, his turncoat status — and the desire to bring him down — allows more people to join the auto club comprised of Letty, Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), Tej (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges), Roman (Tyrese Gibson) and Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel) – these newbies include a by-the-books government agent (Scott Eastwood) and the team’s former nemesis, Deckard (Jason Statham). For a series that has largely been about men comparing the sizes of their crankshafts with each other, the homoeroticism is generally kept under wraps, though

there’s some amusement in watching Hobbs and Deckard try to one-up each other with boastful threats involving what they would like to do to each other. Naturally, though, it’s the autoeroticism that takes center stage, even as the franchise continues to expand beyond its more humble roots by swiping a page or 10 from the James Bond playbook. The Fate of the Furious wallows in inanities with about the same frequency as it delivers excitement, and, like the other two films that followed the series-best Fast Five, it largely succeeds as a breezy and engaging lark (even if the death of one likable character proves to be too ugly for this generally lightweight series). With the exception of one poorly CGIed set-piece involving hundreds of out-ofcontrol cars, the vehicular stunts remain eye-popping, and, with the exception of Tyrese (whose Roman remains one of the worst comic-relief characters of recent vintage), the actors have yet to wear out their welcome in these familiar roles. As expected, The Fate of the Furious ends with at least one unresolved plotline dancing in the wind, so look for the ninth entry — So Nine, So Fine, So Furious? — to hit multiplexes in 2019.

LAND OF MINE

OOO An Academy Award nominee this year for Best Foreign Language Film, the Danish import Land of Mine is a movie that affects the stomach even more than the heart or the head.Set in the immediate aftermath of World War II, it centers on a group of German soldiers tasked with removing all 45,000 mines that were buried along a Danish coastline in anticipation of an allied invasion that ended up not occurring there. Since the Germans were the ones who placed the bombs there in the first place, it stands to reason that they should be the ones risking their lives to remove it. In a just world, it would be members of the German high command who would have to manually defuse and dispose of all the mines – of course, this isn’t such a world, so those assigned the unenviable task are teenage boys who had nothing to do with the sickening strategy and who only want to return home to their moms. Indeed, that’s the deal given to these POWs: Rid the beach of all 45,000 mines — a task that will take about three months — and they’re free to return to Germany. Land of Mine targets the head with its messy morality. The heart, meanwhile, is targeted through the various characters

— specifically, Carl Rasmussen (Roland Møller), the Danish sergeant in charge of supervising the prisoners, and Sebastian Schumann (Louis Hofmann), the natural leader among the kids. The hard-as-nails Rasmussen starts out not caring whether these prisoners live or die, but over time, he starts to view them as frightened, vulnerable children rather than merely the enemy. Sebastian, meanwhile, is the smartest and most sensitive of the boys, and he’s the one most responsible for Rasmussen’s eventual thaw. As for the stomach, it’s affected for practically all of the film’s 100 minutes. The gut knots up every time one of these kids puts his hands on one of the land mines, since the nature of the story—confirmed by the historical tidbit at the end—guarantees that not all of these baby-faced boys will emerge unscathed. Director Martin Zandvliet doesn’t shy away from showing the gruesome results of an activated bomb, and this makes for a particularly intense and unsettling watch. As for the ending, some will find it fitting while others will think it false — either way, it serves as a relief and a release for the audience, finally putting it out of its collective misery.

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AUDITIONS AND CALLS FOR ENTRIES

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AUDITIONS FOR ARMSTRONG YOUTH ORCHESTRA Open to students enrolled in primary grades through high school and including Armstrong students (available for course credit). Auditions, by appointment, are in Armstrong Fine Arts Hall. To schedule an audition, e-mail: savaayo@yahoo. com. Info is also available at www. savaayo.org. AYO is sponsored in part by the Savannah Friends of Music, www. savannahfriendsofmusic.com ongoing. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR DEEP 34 CENTER WRITING FELLOWSHIP

Film: Gifted

The extraordinary movie filmed on Tybee and starring Chris Evans has a limited run at the Post. Critics call it irresistibly appealing, and you’ll love the Tybee scenes. $7 ADULTS, $5 CHILDREN MAY 18-21. 7 P.M., TYBEEPOSTTHEATER.ORG. TYBEE POST THEATER, 10 VAN HORNE

Deep Center is on the hunt for Savannah writers to apply for fellowships for Deep’s upcoming semester of programming (September through December). Deep Center is a nonprofit creative-writing literacy program working with Savannah’s public middle schools. Writing Fellows work in teams of two to lead 11 weeks of after-school writing workshops at assigned middle schools. Interested? Learn more and apply at deepkids.com/join. Applications due by May 31. Through May 31. liveoakpl. org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. CALL FOR ARTISTS TO TEACH AT STUDIO

SCHOOL The studio school in downtown Savannah seeks qualified artists interested in joining the team during spring and/ or summer sessions 2017. Seeking artists to present workshops for adult programming and/or teach short term summer classes for youth programming. Through Aug. 31. 912-5963873. info@thestudioschoolsavannah.com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Studio School, 1319 Bull St. CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR “PIECED TOGETHER” Sulfur Studios invites artists working in

collage and assemblage to submit work to their summer juried exhibition “Pieced Together.” They seek an expanded definition of collage, including any work constructed of multiple individual parts to make a new whole. 3-dimensional, digital, experimental & time based works will be considered. Deadline for entry is May 26 at midnight. Entry fee is $15, $10 for artist members. Exhibition runs June 15-July 1. Email info@ sulfurstudios.org with any questions. Through May 26. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR VIGNETTE SAVANNAH Are you a student living fabulously in a studio apartment or a creative with an efficient yet stylish workspace? Maybe you’re renewing your space after Hurricane Matthew, decorating your home for the holidays for the first time, or just want to share the character & charm of your historical home? Whatever your space, Vignette Savannah would love to feature you. Vignette Savannah is a web presence that features the most creative and eclectic living, leisure, and work spaces in Savannah. Tell us about yours at vignettesavannah@gmail.com, and check us out in the weeks to come at vignettesavannah.com. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown. CALL FOR JESUS-YESHUA PRODUCTION CLUB AND VIDEO CREW Contact Brenda Lee at 912-236-3156 or at revbrendalee@yahoo.com for more information. ongoing. Online only, none. CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS IN PTSD STUDY Are you a recent combat veteran experiencing psychological or emotional stress related to your combat? You may be eligible to receive first-line medication and talk therapy interventions with proven effectiveness. PROGrESS is a study looking to learn more about how to effectively treat recent combat veterans with PTSD. The therapies are not experimental. You will be randomly assigned to receive either psychotherapy, medication, or both. For more information about the PROGrESS study, please call 912-920-0214 ext. 2169. ongoing. Online only, none. RELIGIOUS ETHNIC ARTISTS NEEDED Religious ethnic (JESUS-YESHUA) artists and musicals needed for upcoming season. A classical accompanist and conductor for sacred music and gospel singers needed. Contact Reverend Brenda Lee (912) 2363154; email: revbrendalee@yahoo.com ongoing. No physical address given, none. TELL US YOUR GHOST STORY? Organization seeks to document your first hand experiences with psychical phenomenon for analysis and potential investigation. Our investigators have reputable credentials and long time investigation training and connections with the top minds and researchers in parapsychology field research and other areas. We are especially interested in Chatham and neighboring counties with

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special emphasis on Savannah itself and the Historic District. Interviewees should be comfortable with video documentation of themselves and events w/privacy level negotiated beforehand. ongoing. amchclub@yahoo.com. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

BENEFITS

MARY KAY ANDREWS COOKBOOK SIGNING FOR MEALS ON WHEELS New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews will sign THE BEACH HOUSE COOKBOOK at Seaside Sisters as a fundraiser for Tybee Meals on Wheels on Saturday, May 20, from 1-4 p.m. Mary Kay’s book signings are always a celebration, but this year, with her first cookbook, shot in and around her Tybee Island beach house, is a special occasion, featuring refreshments, a silent auction and raffle drawings with proceeds donated to Tybee Meals on Wheels. In addition, during the signing event, The Sweetie Pie gelato stand at Seaside Sisters will sell special treats, proceeds to Meals On Wheels Free Sat., May 20, 1-4 p.m. seasidesisterstybee.com/ whatsup/cooking-for-a-cause/. Seaside Sisters, 1207 Hwy 80 East. SCMPD ANIMAL CONTROL SEEKS VOLUNTEERS Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve various tasks as needed by the shelter. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly trained volunteers will be authorized to serve immediately after orientation. Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are welcome. Volunteers must be at least 17-years-old. ongoing. (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@savannahga.gov. WILMINGTON ISLAND FARMERS’ MARKET ANNUAL FUNDRAISER The Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market will host their Annual Fundraiser featuring a delicious low country boil, Spanky’s original chicken fingers and signature cocktails. Fri., May 19, 5:30 p.m. liveoakstore.com/ mollymcguires. Molly McGuire’s, 216 Johnny Mercer Boulevard.

CLASSES, CAMPS & WORKSHOPS

ART, MUSIC, PIANO, VOICE COACHING Coaching for all ages, beginners through advanced. Classic, modern, jazz improvization and theory. Serious inquiries only. 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056. BASIC SELF DEFENSE Essential self-defense for adults. $30/ month Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com. Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street. BEADING CLASSSES AT EPIPHANY BEAD & JEWELRY STUDIO Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced. Call for class times. 912-677-3983. epiphany.indiemade.com. Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio, 101 N. Fahm St. BEGINNING BELLY DANCE CLASSES Taught by Happenstance Bellydance. All skill levels and styles. Private instruction available. $15 912-704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com.

happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com. BOATING SAFETY CLASS The Georgia DNR along with the Chatham County Marine Patrol will be conducting a Boating Safety Course on the third Saturday every month at the Savannah Mall Conference Room (lower level by Burlington Coat Factory). This course is free to the public. This is a Georgia DNR approved class that is required for anyone that was born after January 1, 1998 if they want to operate any power vessel or personnel watercraft on Georgia waterways. To sign-up for this class go to www.gooutdoorsgeorgia.com or call the Georgia DNR @912-264-7237. Class size is limited to 30 participants. Free Sat., May 20, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 912-264-7237. www. gooutdoorsgeorgia.com. Chatham County Marine Patrol, 71 Ross Road. BRIDGE LESSONS Competitive Bidding (BB2), Saturday, February 4 at 10AM. Defensive Signals (BB5), Monday February 6. They are 4 week classes. Intermediate and advanced workshops continue on Fridays at 10AM. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave, Sandfly. Also, games are held in the afternoon and/or evening almost every day. There is something for players at all levels. Check our website for fees and schedules of games and other classes. ongoing. 912-228-4838. bridgewebs.com/ savannahclubs. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave. CAREGIVING 101 The free one-hour class is designed to raise awareness of the importance of selfcare by exploring the physical, emotional, psychological and social components of caregiving. Learn tips to deal with the many challenges and gain useful information on community resources. Led by an experienced clinical professor and seasoned caregiver, any person finding themselves in the role of family caregiver would greatly benefit from this free class. Free fourth Monday of every month, noon. 912-629-1331. edelcaregiverinstitute.org. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive. CHAMPIONS TRAINING CENTER Offering a variety of classes and training in mixed martial arts, jui-jitsu, judo and other disciplines for children and adults. All skill levels. 525 Windsor Rd. 912-349-4582. ctcsavannah.com. CHINESE LANGUAGE CLASSES The Confucius Institute at Savannah State University offers free Chinese language classes starting January 17. To register, please call 912-358-3160. ongoing. 912-358-3160. confuciusinstitute@ savannahstate.edu. savannahstate.edu. savstate.edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. CLAY CLASSES Savannah Clay Studio at Beaulieu offers handbuilding, sculpture, and handmade tiles, basic glazing and firing. 912-351-4578. sav..claystudio@gmail.com. BOATING CLASSES Classes on boat handling, boating safety and navigation offered by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. See website or call to register. 912-897-7656. savannahaux.com.

COASTAL STEWARDS WORKSHOP SERIES: GEORGIA OYSTERS-BRINGING BACK THE BIVALVE Join us at the Shellfish Research Laboratory, part of Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, to learn about oyster ecology and local oyster aquaculture. Participants in the Georgia Oysters workshop will have opportunities to tour the state’s first oyster hatchery, talk with researchers, visit wild oyster reefs and develop skills applicable to conservation, consumption and recreational use of oysters and oyster reefs. This two day workshop is part of the Coastal Stewards workshop series. $100 Fri., May 19, 5-8 p.m. and Sat., May 20, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 912598-3345. kayla270@uga.edu. gacoast. uga.edu/event/coastal-stewards-programgeorgia-oysters/. UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, 30 Ocean Science Circle. CREATIVITY COACHING Do you have a creative idea but don’t know where to start? Is it time to move forward with your project? Work with your very own creativity coach and learn how to blast through blocks, plan your time, and enjoy the richness of a creative life. See website for more info at www.laurenl.com/ creativity_coaching/ or contact Creativity@ LaurenL.com ongoing. Online, ---. DIVAS & PUMPS: ADULT HEELS DANCE CLASS Divas & Pumps is a dance class teaching walks, struts, freestyles, and choreography to hits by our favorite Divas. Come get your life every Wednesday at 7:30. $15 Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. 323-5391760. DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL. COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/. Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. DUI PREVENTION GROUP Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers. Meets monthly. $40/session 912-443-0410. FAMILY LAW WORKSHOP The Mediation Center has three workshops per month for people who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support, visitation, contempt. Schedule: 1st Tues, 2nd Mon, 4th Thursday. Call for times. $30 912-354-6686. mediationsavannah.com. FANY’S SPANISH/ENGLISH INSTITUTE Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children held at 15 E. Montgomery Crossroad. Register by phone. ongoing. 912-921-4646. HOUSING AUTHORITY NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE CENTER Housing Authority of Savannah hosts classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. Adult literacy/GED prep: MonThurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri each month, 9am-11am. Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm-3pm. Community computer lab: MonFri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha. com/NRC.html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St.

KNITTING & CROCHET CLASSES Offered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. See the calendar of events on website. Mondays. 912-233-1240. thefrayedknotsav. com. LIFE CHALLENGE COACHING In an environment of patience, nonjudgement and compassion, we will explore the source of your challenge, the beliefs that hold your challenge in place, and discover & enact healthy and healing life changes. For appointment, contact Cindy Un Shin Beach at revfugon@gmail.com, or Text (only) to 912-429-7265. ongoing. Online only, none. MUSIC LESSONS--MULTIPLE INSTRUMENTS AND STYLES Savannah Musicians’ Institute offers private instruction for all ages and experience levels for Guitar (electric, acoustic, bass, classical, jazz), Piano, Flute, Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Clarinet, Saxophone, and Voice as well as Music Theory/ Composition/ Ear Training. We teach public, private and home school students as well as adults at all experience levels. Located at 15 East Montgomery Crossroads in Office #205 near White Bluff Road, Savannah, GA. ongoing. 912388-1806. smisavannah@gmail.com. savmusiciansinstitute.com. NEW HORIZONS ADULT BAND PROGRAM Music program for adults who played a band instrument in high school/college and would like to play again. Mondays at 6:30pm at Portman’s. $30 per month. All ages and ability levels welcome. Call for info. ongoing. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. NOVEL WRITING Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publication. Awardwinning Savannah author offers one-onone or small group classes, mentoring, manuscript critique, ebook formatting. Email for pricing and scheduling info. ongoing. pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com. PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES Beginner photography to post production. Instruction for all levels. $20 for two-hour class. See website for complete class list. 410-251-4421. chris@chrismorrisphotography.com. chrismorrisphotography.com. PIANO VOICE-COACHING Pianist with M/degree,classical modern jazz improvisation, no age limit. Call 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056. Serious inquiries only. ongoing. POLE FITNESS CLASSES Pole dancing is a beautiful artform, and a combination of dance, flexibility and gymnastics. Pole dancing has quickly become one of the most popular forms of fun and exercise for women. It can help you lose weight, gain beautiful muscle tone, make you stronger than ever and build confidence like no other form of exercise can. Join us on Tuesday nights and get fitter and stronger than you’ve ever been, with this amazing full body workout. Schedule TBA $20 Every other Tuesday, 7-9 p.m. 912-988-1052. Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way.

MAY 17-23, 2017

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POWER SELF DEFENSE Get fit and develop powerful selfdefense skills. For active adults. $30/ month Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com. Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street. R&B SOUL ADULT LINE DANCING The R&B Soul line dance group Savannah Show Stoppers are conducting line dance classes every Monday night at the West Broad St. YMCA and every Tuesday nights at the John Delaware Center. Both classes starts at 6:30. Lamont Hunter, the founder of the Savannah Show Stoppers, is the Instructor. Donations Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. and Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912-220-7712. hlamont70@yahoo.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. REIKI TREATMENT Reiki relaxes & rejuvenates; promotes emotional & physical healing; reduces neuromuscular & arthritic pain. E-mail request for appointment/ Fee base at revfugon@gmail.com, or Text (only) 912429-7265 ongoing. Online only, none. A. ROPER STUDIO - VOICE TECHNIQUE AND COACHING Experienced and successful voice instructor is accepting students. Nurturing and collaborative studio. Services offered include strengthening the voice, range extension, relaxation techniques, and coaching through various styles of music. Audition and competition preparation. Located 15 minutes from downtown. Varies Mondays-Saturdays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 912-4840628. Downtown Savannah, downtown. RUSSIAN LANGUAGE CLASSES Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call for info. ongoing. 912-713-2718. SAMBA SAVANNAH DRUMMING WORKSHOP Learn Afro-Brazilian rhythms with drumming instructor Andrew Hartzell. All ages. $10 Sundays, 2:30 p.m. starlandiasupply.com. Starlandia Creative Supply, 2438 Bull Street. SASS & SWAG ADULT HIP HOP Sass & Swag is a high energy, adult hip hop dance class. Learn hip hop grooves you can take to any party or club, and learn a choreographed routine to today’s hottest hits. Mondays at 7:30 pm. $15 Mondays, 7:30 p.m. 323-5391760. DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL. COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/. Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. SELF DEFENSE Learn essential self defense for adults, with training on awareness, appropriate responses, de-escalation, crime survival, basic releases, and defensive strikes. This class is appropriate for all adults. $30 Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. 912346-9013. dan@fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com. Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street. YOUTH AND TEEN AERIAL SILK CLASSES Youth Class ages 8+. Teen Class ages 11+. Learn to dance and work with Aerial Silks and Hoop while suspended in the air. Weekly classes held on Fridays 36 through the month of September only.

Very limited space available, reserve your spot and register online today. $20/ class $75/September package ongoing. 954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. ZONA ROSA WRITING WORKSHOP Become the writer you were meant to be: Join Zona Rosa, the internationally acclaimed, monthly Savannah-based writing workshops founded and led by award-winning author Rosemary Daniell. Over 180 Zona Rosans have become published authors. For information, contact Rosemary at info@myzonarosa.com. Also ask about the week-long, intensive Sixteenth Annual Zona Rosa Writing and Living Retreat,Tybee Island, July 22-29, 2017. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

13TH COLONY SOUND (BARBERSHOP SINGING) “If you can carry a tune, come sing with us!” Mondays, 7pm. ongoing. 912-344-9768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave. ABENI CULTURAL ARTS DANCE CLASSES Classses for multiple ages in performance dance and adult fitness dance. African, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, gospel. Held at Abeni Cultural Arts studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. Call Muriel, 912-6313452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com. AVEGOST LARP Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. generallly meets the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters. ongoing. godzillaunknown@gmail.com. avegost.com. BUCCANEER REGION SCCA Local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting 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. See website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org. BUSINESS NETWORKING ON THE ISLANDS Small Business Professionals Islands Networking Group meets first Thursday each month, 9:30am-10:30am. Tradewinds Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Call for info. ongoing. 912-308-6768. CHATHAM SAILING CLUB Friday evening social event at the clubhouse. Meet Members and their families who all enjoy water based activities but whose prime interest is sailing. This BYOB event is free and all are welcome, but Membership is encouraged after several visits once interest is gauged!! We look forward to meeting you. Fridays, 7-10 p.m. pranschkec3@gmail.com. Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. COASTAL BEAD SOCIETY Coastal Bead Society monthly meetings, 12 noon on the third Friday of the Month at the Coastal Georgia Center, 303 Fahm Street, near SCAD. All beaders are welcome. ongoing. wyrnut18@gmail.com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia

Center, 305 Fahm Street. FIBER GUILD OF THE SAVANNAHS A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, and other fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center, first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. fiberguildsavannah.homestead.com/. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. HISTORIC FLIGHT SAVANNAH A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC, to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington. Call for info. ongoing. 912-596-1962. honorflightsavannah.org. HISTORIC SAVANNAH CHAPTER: ABWA Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6pm-7:30pm. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Drive, Thunderbolt. Attendees pay for their own meals. RSVP by phone. ongoing. 912-660-8257. KNITTERS, NEEDLEPOINT AND CROCHET Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-308-6768. LOW COUNTRY TURNERS A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Steve Cook for info at number below. ongoing. 912-313-2230. MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART LADIES AUXILIARY Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-7864508. American Legion Post 184, 3003 Rowland Ave. PHILO CAFE Discussion group that meets every Monday, 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations. Anyone craving good conversation is invited. Free to attend. Email for info, or see Facebook.com/SavannahPhiloCafe. Mondays. athenapluto@yahoo.com. R.U.F.F. - RETIREES UNITED FOR THE FUTURE RUFF meets the last Friday of each month at 10am to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and related senior issues. Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors ongoing. 912-344-5127. Savannah Tree Foundation, 3025 Bull Street. SAFE KIDS SAVANNAH A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month, 11:30am-1:00pm. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-353-3148. safekidssavannah.org. SAVANNAH BREWERS’ LEAGUE Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-4470943. hdb.org. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. SAVANNAH AUTHORS WORKSHOP If you’re a writer, and you’re serious about it, Savannah Authors Workshop is looking for you and has space for a few new members. We meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at 630 East Victory Drive. We have members of all standards, from multiple-published

to never-tried. Have a look at our website www.savannahauthorsworkshop.com and call Christopher Scott, President, 912-2726309. ongoing. No physical address given, none. THE SAVANNAH CHINESE CORNER The Savannah Chinese Corner welcomes anyone interested in Mandarin language or Chinese culture. Meets every Saturday morning from 10 am to noon. Check the Facebook group to see meeting location. ongoing. facebook.com/groups/ SavannahChineseCorner. Downtown Savannah, downtown. SAVANNAH COUNCIL, NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES A dinner meeting every 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm at local restaurants. 3rd Tuesday in November; none in December. For dinner reservations, please call Sybil Cannon at 912-964-5366. ongoing. 912-7487020. savannahnavyleague.us. SAVANNAH GO CLUB This is a new club for the board game “go” (igo, weiqi, baduk). For places and times, please call John at 734-355-2005. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown. SAVANNAH GO GREEN Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day. Call for info. ongoing. 912-308-6768. SAVANNAH KENNEL CLUB Monthly meetings open to the public the 4th Monday each month, Sept. through June. ongoing, 7 p.m. savannahkennelclub. org. Carey Hilliard’s (Southside), 11111 Abercorn St. SAVANNAH NEWCOMERS CLUB Open to women who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years. Membership includes monthly luncheon and program. Activities, tours and events help you learn about Savannah and make new friends. Ongoing sign-up. savannahnewcomers.com. ongoing. SAVANNAH PARROT HEAD CLUB Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check website for events calendar or send an email for Parrot Head gatherings. ongoing. savannahphc@yahoo.com. savannahphc. com. SAVANNAH TOASTMASTERS Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment. Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. ongoing. 912-484-6710. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. SAVANNAH VEGGIES AND VEGANS Join the Facebook group to find out more about vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, and to hear about upcoming local events. Mondays. SCAD DAILY TOURS SCAD offers tours in Savannah, Atlanta and Hong Kong for prospective students and their families. Tours are available daily, excluding Sundays, in Savannah, Atlanta, and Hong Kong. Tours allow prospective students an opportunity to view classrooms and administrative buildings, galleries, residence halls and dining facilities and see where our students live, learn and prepare for professional careers. Free MondaysSaturdays. scad.edu/admission/visit-scad/

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daily-tours. scad.edu/. Savannah College of Art and Design, PO Box 2072. TOASTMASTERS Toastmasters International is an organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, seminars, and contests. Regardless of your level of comfort with public speaking, you will find a club that is interested in helping you improve your speaking abilities. Free Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. hostesscity.toastmastersclubs.org. thincsavannah.com. Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. 3rd Floor. VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA CHAPTER 671 Meets second Monday of each month, 7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. ongoing. 912-429-0940. rws521@msn. com. vvasav.com. WAVING GIRLS SMOCKING GUILD The Waving Girls Chapter of the Smocking Arts Guild of America the fourth Monday of the month at the Coastal Center for Developmental Services, Eisenhower and Seawright Drs. in Savannah, at 6:30 pm. Visitors are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Each month the chapter presents a program related to smocking or fine sewing. along with a “show and share” opportunity to see members creations. More information contact l.elkin@comcast. net. Free fourth Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. 912-658-4271. l.elkin@comcast. net. Coastal Center for Developmental Services, 1249 Eisenhower Drive. WAVING GIRLS--SMOCKING ARTS GUILD OF AMERICA The Waving Girls welcomes smockers and all those who create fine heirloom items. At each meeting there is an opportunity to learn and share our work. The group makes over 100 “wee care” gowns for memorial hospital each year. fourth Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. 912 536 1447. debcreation@hotmail.com. smocking.org. Coastal Center for Developmental Services, 1249 Eisenhower Drive. WOODVILLE-TOMPKINS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION Meets second Tuesday each month (except October) 6:00pm, Woodville-Tompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner St. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-232-3549. chesteraellis@ comcast.net.

CONCERTS

HARMONIX Our newest production features the tight harmonies and cool stylings of our cast performing every genre of music, bringing a contemporary sound to favorite retro hits and creating the ultimate party. $37 Sundays, 3 p.m. and Wednesdays, Fridays, 8 p.m. savannahtheatre.com. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. THE LOVE AND SOUL EXPERIENCE Kimberly Gunn Music Presents The Love and Soul Experience every third Friday of the month beginning May 17th. There will be music, poetry, comedy, creative arts, and networking. Kimberly Gunn Music and friends will provide musical entertainment. An event for ages 18 and up. $10 Admission $12 VIP third Friday of every

Novel Writing

Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publication. Award-winning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes, mentoring, manuscript critique, ebook formatting. EMAIL FOR PRICING AND SCHEDULING INFO. ONGOING. PMASONINSAVANNAH@GMAIL.COM.

month, 7:30 p.m. (912) 224-6084 or (912) 224-4461. kimberlygunn.com. The Eden Room, 1105 Stiles Avenue. O PARADISO, THE TWO YOUTHS, OBAMABO, NOBLE JONEZ, VINAY ARORA LowCountry Oscillations Live Series kicks off with O Paradiso and The Two Youths with support from local electronica wizards Obamabo with Noble Jonez and Atlanta based producer Vinay Arora. $5 Thu., May 18, 7-10 p.m. 912. 231. 7105. info@sulfurstudios.org. facebook.com/ events/1831804730415851/. sulfurstudios. org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. SAVANNAH LIVE Savannah Live is a high-energy 2 hour variety show that features everything from pop to Broadway and Motown to rock n’ roll, featuring a rockin’ live band and eight singers. $37 Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. savannahtheatre.com. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St.

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BETHESDA ACADEMY ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP GALA This event will support the Gateway Scholarship Fund and celebrate Bethesda Academy’s 22 seniors in the Class of 2017 the evening before they graduate. The keynote speaker this year will be President H. Michael Hughes, Ph.D., who will address “The Future of Bethesda Academy.” Overall, 95 percent of Bethesda Academy students graduate on time, and 85 percent of Bethesda Academy students go on to college. $150 Fri., May 19, 6:30-10 p.m. 912856-9075. cynthia.wright@carriagetradepr. com. bethesdaacademy.org/giving/specialevents/scholarship-gala/. The Plantation Club (at The Landings), Skidaway Island. COMMON GROUNDS Common Grounds is a collaboration of the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Wesley Fellowship. We meet on Wednesday nights for open theological discussion on hot button issues. All are

welcome regardless of faith background or where you are on your spiritual journey. We are open and affirming of the LGBT community. Order for Compline by candlelight is offered on Sunday nights at 8PM. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. facebook.com/ commongroundssavannah. The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. THE DOLPHIN PROJECT SOCIAL The Dolphin Project hosts a social featuring a program on St. Catherine’s Island--its history, ecology, and the interesting wildlife that calls the island home. Cost includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages. $10 Sat., May 20, 6:30 p.m. thedolphinproject@gmail.com. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. DRINKS AFTER WORK This group is for people that enjoy getting out mid-week, being social after work, and want to discover new places in the downtown Savannah area. Come have a cocktail, make new friends, and get over the hump. The group will meet on Wednesdays at various establishments throughout Downtown Savannah and nearby area. http://www.meetup.com/Drinks-afterwork/ https://www.facebook.com/ groups/960991837322187/ Wednesdays, 7 p.m. drinksafterworksavannah@gmail. com. meetup.com/Drinks-after-work/ events/227656080/. distillerysavannah. com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. EARLY BIRD WALKING TOUR: DISCOVER 1820S SAVANNAH See what survives of the 1820s Savannah that master builder Isaiah Davenport knew. Beginning at the Davenport House Museum (1820) participants will walk by some of the finest examples of preservation in the city and learn about what no longer remains. Coffee and treats in the Davenport House garden will follow. DISTANCE OF WALK: 2.5 miles. $21 plus tax Sat., May 20, 8-10 a.m. 912-236-8097. info@davenporthousemuseum.org. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport

House, 324 East State St. THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF SAVANNAH In a rut? The Exchange Club of Savannah welcomes men and women like you to support, serve and encourage the best teachers, students, firefighters, crime fighters, leaders and organizations in our community. Check us out at savannahexchange.org or find us on Facebook. Mondays, noon. 912441-6559. ddewitt30@yahoo.com. Savannahexchange.org. Exchange Club of Savannah, 4801 Meding Street. GUIDED TOURS OF THE LUCAS THEATRE FOR THE ARTS Learn the history of the historic Lucas Theatre on a 20-30 minute tour. Restoration, architecture, history of the theatre and of early cinema. $4. Group rates for ten or more. School trips available. Tours are Monday-Friday 10am-5pm and must be scheduled. To schedule a tour, contact Megan Chandler at 912-525-5029 or mchandle@lucastheatre.com. ongoing. 912-525-5023. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. LIGHTHOUSE TRAIL HIKE Fort Pulaski National Monument will host a ranger-guided hike on our Cockspur Island Lighthouse Trail, the first guided Lighthouse Trail hike since the recent reopening of the trail following Hurricane Matthew. This 1.7 mile out and back guided hike will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete and is appropriate for visitors of all ages. Sat., May 20, 10 a.m. Fort Pulaski, US Highway 80 E. THE ORIGINAL MIDNIGHT TOUR One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866666-3323. 6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street. PBJ PANTRY A free food pantry held every Thursday, 10-11am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica Sutton for questions. 912-897-1192 ongoing. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd. PLAY IT FORWARD On May 22nd, the Savannah Rotary will hold their annual Play It Forward event at the Savannah Theatre. This year, the service club has pledged to raise funds and support for the Mayor’s Summer 500 Internship Program through this event. Reception for sponsors begins at 5:30 p.m. Show starts at 7:00 p.m. Contact the “Play It Forward” committee directly via email at RotariansPIF@gmail.com to become a sponsor or to purchase individual tickets. For more information, visit https://www. facebook.com/events/1786913378304595/ Mon., May 22, 5:30-9 p.m. 912-844-8783. RotariansPIF@gmail.com. facebook. com/events/1786913378304595/. savannahtheatre.com. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. RICHMOND HILL FARMERS MARKET Come get the freshest produce, baked goods and interesting local crafts at the

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Rachael Moore of Salon DeBaile. Social dancing from 8-10 PM. $10 USA Dance members, $15 non-members single, $25 non-members couple Sat., May 20, 7-10 p.m. Frank G. Murray Community Center, 160 Whitemarsh Island Rd. USA DANCE--BALLROOM DANCING Quickstep lesson at 7pm taught by Rachael Moore of Salon de Baile. Social dancing from 8-10 PM. We appreciate participants bringing refreshments for the party. No alcohol permitted. Public is welcome. USA Dance Members, $10; non-members, $15; couples, $25 Sat., May 20, 7-10 p.m. 912-547-9705. Frank G. Murray Community Center, 160 Whitemarsh Island Rd.

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Self Defense

Learn essential self defense for adults, with training on awareness, appropriate responses, de-escalation, crime survival, basic releases, and defensive strikes. This class is appropriate for all adults. $30 TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, 6-7 P.M. 912-346-9013. DAN@ FIT912SAVANNAH.COM. FIT912SAVANNAH.COM. FIT912 SAVANNAH, 428 BULL STREET.

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Richmond Hill Farmers’ Market. Tuesdays, 2 p.m. J. F. Gregory Park, Richmond Hill. SAVANNAH STORYTELLERS Tall tales and fun times with the classic art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm. Reservations encouraged by calling 912349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore. com/tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. SAVANNAH’S HISTORY OF PERSECUTION WALKING TOUR You will be guided through the streets of historic Savannah and learn about communities that fled oppression in other parts of the world only to find a sanctuary in Savannah. You will also discover the hidden histories of communities that suffered mistreatment and discrimination in Savannah and her outlying areas either due to enslavement, exploitation and extreme poverty. $15 Tue., May 23, 5 p.m. 912-3955070. massieschool.com/. Massie Heritage Center, 207 East Gordon St. SCAD DAILY TOURS SCAD offers tours in Savannah, Atlanta and Hong Kong for prospective students and their families. Tours are available daily, excluding Sundays, and allow prospective students an opportunity to view classrooms and administrative buildings, galleries, residence halls and dining facilities and see where our students live, learn and prepare for professional careers. For more information please visit, https://www. scad.edu/admission/visit-scad/dailytours. ongoing. SCAD Student Center, 120 Montgomery St. SCAD FASHWKND Celebrate the state of style in Savannah with a runway show on Friday, trunk shows 38 at Jen Library and a fashion accessory

design show at Gutstein Gallery. May 18-21. Downtown Savannah, downtown. SHIRE OF FORTH CASTLE FIGHTER PRACTICE Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org. SOUTHBOUND BREWERY SATURDAY TOURS AND TASTES Savannah’s first microbrewery is open for public tours and tastings Wednesday - Fridays from 5:30-7:30 and Saturdays from 2-4. Hang out, have a few cold ones, and learn a little more about Savannah’s first craft brewery. Free Saturdays, 2-4 p.m. 912-335-7716. info@southboundbrewingco. com. southboundbrewingco.com. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. ST. PIUS X HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETING All former students of St. Pius X High School are invited to attend this meeting. Meet old friends, make new friends and have a great time. Several social events are hosted throughout the year. Dues are $24 a year. third Saturday of every month, 1 p.m. Savannah Classical Academy, 402 Market Street. TEA IN THE GARDEN Learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea in Davenport House’s beautiful courtyard garden. Patrons will visit areas of the home where tea service took place and will participate in an afternoon tea given with costumed interpreters in the garden. On inclement weather dates, tea will be taken inside the

house museum. The performance requires that guests be able to walk up and down stairs. Reservations recommended. Limited attendance. $18 Thu., May 18, 5-6:15 p.m. and Fri., May 19, 5-6:15 p.m. 912-2368097. info@davenporthousemuseum.org. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport House, 324 East State St. TWO ADDISON PLACE POOLER FARMERS MARKET Come out and support your local farmers, vendors, and community. Through July 2017. Free third Wednesday of every month, 4-7:30 p.m. 912-330-0030. twoaddisonplace@greystar.com. facebook. com/TwoAddisonPlaceFarmersMarket/. Two Addison Place Pooler Farmers Market, 2 Addison Place. UNDER THE RAINBOW On Thursday nights come out to the coolest spot in Pooler for Under The Rainbow. Every week we will host a different event that will cater to those that play over, around and under the rainbow. Thursdays, 8-11 p.m. 912-988-1052. Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way. UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY Unity in the Community is a nonprofit organization that promotes and hosts free, family-friendly culturally diverse events to give back to the community. The events feature handcrafted ethnic arts and crafts, home-based businesses, and community nonprofits. Entertainment is provided by churches and other local individuals and groups. third Saturday, Sunday of every month. riverstreetsavannah.com/. River Street, River St. USA DANCE THE SAVANNAH CHAPTER #6069 Quickstep lesson from 7-8 PM taught by

TYBEE BEACH BUM PARADE Don’t miss the South’s largest water fight. Parade floats will be filled with water as spectators line up along Butler Avenue armed with buckets of water, squirt guns and hoses ready for battle. Fri., May 19, 6:30 p.m. Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

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$8 COMMUNITY MEDITATION CLASSES Join us for breath work, guided meditation, and yoga nidra, a deep relaxation technique to relieve stress, quiet the mind, and find the calm within. All proceeds support local organizations. $8 Sundays, 6-7 p.m. 912349-2756. AERIAL YOGA CLASSES Increase flexibility and strength using aerial yoga, a relatively new approach to a traditional yoga practice. We use a silk fabric called a ‘hammock’ to support the weight of our bodies, helping us achieve various postures with more depth, ease and excitement. Every Saturday. Class size limited. Required to register online ahead of time. $25 Saturdays, 12:30-1:45 p.m. 954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo. com. thestudiosav.net/schedule.html. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. AIKIDO CLASSES Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba, ‘O Sensei’ or (‘Great Teacher’). On a purely physical level it is an art involving throws and joint locks that are derived from Jujitsu and Kenjutsu (open hand and weapon based techniques). Beyond the self defense aspects of the art its true goal is to challenge its practitioners to discover their best selves. $50/month for JEA Members, $70/month for NonMembers, or $80/8-class punch card Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-6040958, 912-346-2650. AikiNorm@aol.com, AikidoBilly@hotmail.com. CoastalAikido. com. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. The message of Al-Anon is one of strength and hope for friends/family of problem drinkers. Al-Anon is for adults. Alateen is for people age 13-19. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. check website or call for info. ongoing. 912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com. BALLET BODY TONING

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Ballet Body Toning is a ballet inspired workout designed to improve balance, flexibility, and use body resistance to strengthen core, legs & booty. This workout is low impact and scorches major calories and teaches you basic ballet! Call to make a reservation before class. This is a semi-private class so space is limited! $10.00 Wednesdays, Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@ gmail.com. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. BARIATRIC SURGERY SUPPORT GROUP Located in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery. Call or see website for info. third Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. BEACH BODY WORKOUTS WITH LAURA MONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer Community Center $5.00 per session Mondays, 6:15 p.m. (912) 652-6784. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. BEASTMODE FITNESS GROUP TRAINING Train with this elite team. A total body program that trims, tones and gets results. Personal training options available. See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. ongoing. beastmodefitnessga.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. BEGINNING POLE FITNESS Pole fitness is a fun and flirty way to get in shape! Taught by Pole Dance America National Professional Champion Sabrina Madsen, you’ll learn the basics of pole dance in a safe and welcoming environment. Gain strength, balance and confidence. Beginner Classes are open to all shapes and sizes and are for ladies only (men welcome at our Intermediate Class). $25 for drop-in or $100 for a package of 5 classes Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. 801.673.6737. info@firstcityfitness.com. firstcityfitness. com/pole-fitnessparties.html. First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. BLUE WATER YOGA Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm. Fri., 9:30am-10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol.com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. DANCE DYNAMIX Dance DynaMix is a choreographed dance fitness class inspired by funky hip hop and sleek jazz moves! No dance experience required. Call 732.232.3349 to reserve your spot ahead of time, as class space is limited. Stay after class for a 30 minute stretch to wind down for the weekend with! $10.00 Wednesdays, Fridays, 10-11 a.m. 732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@ gmail.com. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. FIT4MOM SAVANNAH STROLLER STRIDES A group of moms that meet with strollers and workout at Savannah Mall, Daffin Park and on occasion Hull Park. Also offer HIIT Classes to other Moms who have any age children. The HIIT program is a kid free program. 1 hour long stroller based workout with kiddos. Moms- Pre and Post Natal,

and kids of stroller age. Savannah Mall (M,W,F). Daffin Park (T,Th), Hull Park (Sat) ongoing. ashleyyoungblood@fit4mom.com. savannah.fit4mom.com. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. FITNESS CLASSES AT THE JEA Sin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for schedule. ongoing. 912-3558811. savj.org. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. FREE CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP For anyone caring for senior citizens with any affliction or illness. Second Saturday of the month, 10am-11am. Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Dr. Refreshments. Free to attend. Open to anyone in need of support for the caregiving they provide. ongoing. savannahcommons.com. FREE YOGA FOR CANCER PATIENTS St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Center for WellBeing offers Free Yoga for Cancer Patients every Monday from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. in Candler’s Heart & Lung Building, Suite 100. The very gentle movements and breath work in this class will give you much needed energy, it will make your body feel better, and it will give you a mental release. This class is free to cancer patients. Mondays, 1:30-2:30 p.m. 912-819-8800. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. FUNCTIONAL TRAINING CLASS Celebrate fall with a Saturday morning workout class. All levels welcome. A smooth mix of cardio and strengthening exercises. Call Kara 912-667-0487 if interested. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown. GET EXCITED AND MOVE This program is designed to combat the effects of Parkinson disease for Savannah/ Chatham-area people and their caregiver. The activities are designed to enhance and improve muscular strength, and endurance, coordination, agility, flexibility, speed work, and voice command. $10 a month Mondays-Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. and Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10:3011:30 a.m. 912-376-9833. psgsav@gmail. com. Anderson-Cohen Weightlifting Center, 7230 Varnedoe Drive. DUDE’S DAY AT SAVANNAH CLIMBING COOP Thursdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Thursday men climb for half price, $5. See website for info. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m. 912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com. Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W Victory Dr. HIKING & BIKING AT SKIDAWAY ISLAND STATE PARK Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and street strider rentals. Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am-10pm. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/ SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/ skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. KUNG FU SCHOOL: VING TSUN Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Uses angles and leverage to turn an attacker’s

strength against him. Call for info on free trial classes. Drop ins welcome. 11202 White Bluff Rd. ongoing. 912-429-5150. LIVING SMART FITNESS CLUB St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center offer the Living Smart Fitness Club, which is an exercise program to encourage healthy lifestyle changes. On Mondays and Wednesdays the classes are held at the John S. Delaware Center. On Tuesdays, the classes are held at the center, at 1910 Abercorn Street. Classes include Zumba (Tuesdays) and Hip-Hop low impact aerobics with cardio and strengthening exercises (Mondays/Wednesdays). Mondays, Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m. 912-447-6605. Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. MOMMY AND BABY YOGA Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. ongoing. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. PILATES CLASSES Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates. com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. PREGNANCY YOGA Ongoing series of 6-week classes. Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga. com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. PREGNANCY YOGA CLASSES Pregnancy is a transitional time when many physical and emotional changes take place. Pregnancy Yoga is about honoring these changes in ourselves, our body and our baby. Yoga strengthens the rapidly changing body and increases the ability to relax, and helps to prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and motherhood. Pregnancy Yoga classes are offered as a 6 week session on Thursday evenings from 6pm – 7:15 pm. The class is suitable for all stages of pregnancy and no prior yoga experience is necessary. $120 - six week session Thursdays. 912-704-7650. ann@ douladeliveries.com. douladeliveries.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. QIGONG CLASSES Qigong exercises contribute to a healthier and longer life. Classes offer a time to learn the exercises and perform them in a group setting. Class length averages 60 min. Any level of practice is welcome. $15 ongoing. qigongtim.com/. RENAGADE WORKOUT Free fitness workout, every Saturday, 9:00 am at Lake Mayer Park. For women only. Offered by The Fit Lab. Information: 912376-0219 ongoing. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. RICHMOND HILL ROADIES RUNNING CLUB A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. Monthly

training sessions and seminars. Weekly runs. Kathy Ackerman, 912-756-5865, or Billy Tomlinson, 912-596-5965. ongoing. LADIES DAY AT SAVANNAH CLIMBING COOP Wednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Wednesday women climb for half price, $5. See website for info. ongoing. 912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com. SAVANNAH DISC GOLF Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am. Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm. Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am. All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. See website or email for info. ongoing. savannahdiscgolf@gmail.com. savannahdiscgolf.com. SAVANNAH STRIDERS RUNNING AND WALKING CLUB With a one-year, $35 membership,free training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes. Fun runs. Advice from mentors. Monthly meetings with quality speakers. Frequent social events. Sign up online or look for the Savannah Striders Facebook page. ongoing. savystrider.com. TURBO KICK CARDIO WORKOUT Lose calories while dancing and kickboxing. No experience or equipment needed. Tues. and Thurs. 6pm, Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton Wed. 6pm Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 ongoing. 586-822-1021. facebook.com/ turbokicksavannah. YOGA FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. ZUMBA FITNESS Isn’t lifting weights and running on the treadmill boring? Come join Sheena’s Zumba Fitness class and have fun while burning calories! The class regularly has 75+ participants that know that Sheena is the best Zumba instructor in Savannah! So show up early and see you soon! Free with YMCA membership Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. 912-354-6223. facebook.com/ZumbaFitnesswithSheena/. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. ZUMBA FITNESS (R) WITH APRIL Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm. Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongoing. 912-349-4902.

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301 West Jones St. YAPPY HOUR WITH GRRR Join GRRR for a BYOD (Bring Your Own Dog) Happy Hour at Moon River. There will be dog treats, a raffle, and the chance to meet some of the rescues. $1 for every beer in the purchased in the Beer Garden goes to GRRR, which will help save more lives. May 17, 5-8 p.m.. info@g-r-r-r.com. facebook. com/events/1505880992797092/. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. ALL YOU CAN EAT MUSSELS Make your Tuesdays “Ruesdays” at Rue de Jean in Savannah with ALL YOU CAN EAT mussels! Choose from 6 different flavors and enjoy baby greens salad, bottomless pommes frites, and warm bread all for just $24. One order per guest. Reservations suggested. 39ruedejeansav.com/reservations $24 5-9 p.m.. ruedejeansavannah.com. holycityhospitality.com/39-rue-de-jeansavannah/. 39 Rue de Jean, 605 W Oglethorpe Ave. BETHESDA FARM AND GARDENS STAND Each week, this popular organic farm stand, managed by Bethesda students and staff, sells fresh produce, seasonal vegetables, herbs, free range eggs, a variety of plants, goat milk soap, firewood and more. In addition, 100 percent grass fed ground beef in various quantities are available at the farm stand, which is raised and distributed by Bethesda Academy’s Cattle & Beef Operation. Specialty cuts are also available. merrin.slocombe@bethesdaacademy.org. bethesdaacademy.org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. FIRE & WINE Half priced bottles of wine, campfires in the courtyard, marshmallows and s’mores kits. 912-401-0543. info@foxyloxycafe.com. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. FORSYTH FARMERS MARKET Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights. Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items for sale. 912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. GHOST COAST DISTILLERY TOURS Tour & Tasting Visit Ghost Coast Distillery, where you will hear about Savannah’s unique history of drinks and revelry, while learning how we create our unique, hand crafted spirits. Hours Tuesday – Wednesday: 12–6 (last tour starts at 6) Thursday – Saturday: 11-8 (last tour starts at 8) Tours begin every hour, on the hour Closed Sunday and Monday Tour with tasting: $12.50 Tour with tasting and Souvenir Bottle of Ghost Coast Vodka 261: $32.00 All guests must be 21+ or accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. ID Required $12.50 Saturdays. (912) 2980071. ghostcoastdistillery.com. Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St. HAPPY HOUR 39 Rue De Jean favorites at happy hour prices! Enjoy $4 house wine, $4 well cocktails, $8 daily cocktail feature, Moules en Six Preparations for $8, $8 1/2 dozen raw oysters, and more. Mondays-Thursdays, 40 Sundays, 5-7 p.m.. 912-721-0595.

holycityhospitality.com/39-rue-de-jeansavannah/promotions/. holycityhospitality. com/39-rue-de-jean-savannah/. 39 Rue de Jean, 605 W Oglethorpe Ave. HONEY TASTING AND BODY CARE SAMPLES + STORE TOUR Daily honey tastings and body care demonstrations. Come see honeybees in the observation hive or call 912.629.0908 to schedule a tour of the Bee Garden. Garden tour available March through October. $3 per person. Must call ahead. Free Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.. 912-234-0688. jessie@savannahbee.com. Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd. PINT NIGHT W/ BURIAL BEER CO. Help launch this great beer from Asheville, NC, into the Savannah area. crystalbeerparlor.com. Crystal Beer Parlor, 301 West Jones St. PINT NIGHT W/ SOUTHBOUND BREWING CO. Special beers Southbound has been collecting just for you. crystalbeerparlor. com. Crystal Beer Parlor, 301 West Jones St. PREPARE SUNDAY SUPPERS AT UNION MISSION Local organizations are invited to sign up to prepare Sunday Supper for people who are homeless and live at Union Mission’s shelters for homeless people. Groups must sign up in advance and bring/prepare a meal, beginning at 2pm on Sundays. Call for information. ongoing. 912-236-7423. TYBEE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, granola, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. The market is non-smoking and pet friendly. tybeeislandfarmersmarket. com. Stephen Johnson, 206 Miller Ave. WINE SAMPLING Sample the variety of wines Lucky’s Market has to offer. luckysmarket.com/ savannah-ga/. Lucky’s Market, 5501 Abercorn St. YAPPY HOUR WITH GRRR Join GRRR for a BYOD (Bring Your Own Dog) Happy Hour at Moon River. There will be dog treats, a raffle, and the chance to meet some of the rescues. $1 for every beer in the purchased in the Beer Garden goes to GRRR, which will help save more lives. info@g-r-r-r.com. facebook. com/events/1505880992797092/. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St.

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BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS St. Joseph’s/Candler’s SmartSenior offers blood pressure screenings on every Monday from 10 AM to Noon in the SmartSenior office, #8 Medical Arts on 836 E. 65th Street. No appointment is necessary; the screenings are free and open to the public. For more information, call (912) 352-4405. ongoing. St. Joseph’s/ Candler Medical Arts Building, 836 E. 65th St. ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE Free in-person, enrollment and renewal assistance for children’s health insurance

programs, Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids, Pregnancy Medicaid and other public benefits (SNAP and CAPS) will be available. Please bring a government-issued ID and the most recent month’s income documents. third Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. 912-661-1272. Rincon Library, 17th Street & Highway 21. FREE HEARING AND SPEECH SCREENING Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am. Speech: First Thursdays. Call or see website for times. ongoing. 912-3554601. savannahspeechandhearing. org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. FREE HEARING SCREENINGS The Savannah Speech and Hearing Center offers free hearing screenings every Thursday from 9-11 a.m. Children ages three years old to adults of all ages are screened on a first-come, first-serve basis by a trained audiology assistant. If necessary, a full audiological evaluation will be recommended. Free and open to the public Thursdays, 9-11 a.m. 912-355-4601. speechandhearingsav. org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. FREE HIV TESTING AT CHATHAM COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.-Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. ongoing. 912-644-5217. Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. HEALTH CARE FOR UNINSURED PEOPLE Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. ongoing. 912-443-9409. St. Joseph’s/Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. HYPNOSIS, GUIDED IMAGERY AND RELAXATION THERAPY Helps everyday ordinary people with everyday ordinary problems: smoking, weight loss, phobias, fears, ptsd, life coaching. Caring, qualified professional help. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com. LA LECHE LEAGUE OF SAVANNAH A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912897-9544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html. LECTURE: HERBAL APPROACHES TO STRESS, ANXIETY AND FATIGUE Learn how herbal approaches to stress, sleep and digestion can best support our body systems in today’s world. The speaker, Dov Shoneman, L.Ac., is a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and currently practices acupuncture and herbal medicine in Asheville, N.C. Tue., May 23, 7:30 p.m. 912-236-4703. brighterdayfoods. com. Brighter Day Natural Foods, 1102 Bull St. LIVING SMART FITNESS CLUB An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 6pm-7:15pm Hip Hop low impact aerobics at Delaware Center. Tues. 5:30-7:00 Zumba

at St. Joseph’s Candler African American Resource Center. (Program sponsors.) ongoing. 912-447-6605. MAYBE YOU’RE NOT SICK, YOU’RE THRISTY Are You Sick of being Sick? Learn the first step in helping your body get on the road to healing itself. Every Tuesday we will educate you on the dangers of bottled, tap, reverse osmosis, distilled, spring, and yes even bottled alkaline water. See this eye opening demonstration for your safety and for your health. We will serve Kangen water, test your water and give you a sample to take home if you qualify. NO CHARGE Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. 703.989.6995. oggisavannah@gmail.com. goodh20.yourbodyiswater.com. Nuts About Savannah, 14045 Abercorn St.(Savannah Mall). MELANOMA, TAKE A HIKE! Low Country Dermatology and Dr. Corrine Howington are leading a skin cancer awareness excursion — “Melanoma, Take a Hike!™” — on Sunday, May 21 at 3 p.m. at Skidaway Island State Park. Howington and her staff will lead a three-mile hike along the park’s scenic trails, sharing facts and prevention techniques for melanoma and taking questions. Water, sunscreen and some light refreshments will be provided. Tickets for the event are $35, which includes the parking fee for the park. Proceeds will benefit the Anderson Cancer Institute (ACI) in Savannah. Sun., May 21, 3-5 p.m. info@crussomarketing. com. lcderm.com/melanoma-take-hike/. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. PLANNED PARENTHOOD HOTLINE First Line is a statewide hotline for women seeking information on health services. Open 7pm-11pm nightly. ongoing. 800-2647154. PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS This course gives an overview of reproductive anatomy and physiology and explains the process of labor and delivery in simple, easy-to-understand terms. The fourweek course includes a tour of the labor and delivery unit. This class is popular, so please register early $75 per couple Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-350-2676. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. THE SAVANNAH 7-DAY DIABETES REPAIR If you are ready to take control of your life and health, call today, enroll in this fun but intensive seven week program to heal your body of diabetes. You will learn how changing can heal. You can reverse diabetes by following a new protocol, even if you have been diabetic for years. Includes over a year of follow-up support. $450 Thursdays, Saturdays. 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. WOMENHEART OF ST. JOSEPH’S/CANDLER WomenHeart of St. Joseph’s/Candler welcomes women heart patients or women at risk of heart disease to its monthly support network meeting at 5:00-6:30 PM in Building #6 at the Medical Arts Center at 836 East 65th Street. For more information call 912-388-1836 or email womenheartsavannah@gmail.

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com Free of charge third Thursday of every month, 5-6:30 p.m. 912-388-1836. womenheartsavannah@gmail.com. facebook.com/womenheartsavannah. St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Arts Building, 836 E. 65th St.

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ART START: KAHLIL GIBRAN PORTRAIT DRAWINGS Our youngest patrons are invited to the museum for story time, a special tour, and an art activity. Strollers, crying babies and older siblings are all welcome here. $5 per child Thu., May 18, 10:30 a.m. telfair.org/ jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. IMPROV SUMMER CAMPS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS Our 5-day summer camps are a more in-depth version of our regular improv classes. You will learn improv in two-hour segments for five days a week. Through theater games and exercises, you will learn the classic improv skills: focus, agreement, give and take, mime playing at the top of your game, justifying, specificity, spontaneity & making your teammates look like geniuses. $100 Mon., May 22, 9-11 a.m. 912-659-4383. info@improvhub. com. improvhub.com. ImprovHub, 42 W. Montgomery Cross Road, Warehouse F. KIDS CLUB The Kids Club’s mission is to educate and inspire children to take part in their local

farmers market while enjoying nutritious foods and empowering their families to make healthy choices at home. Saturdays, 10 a.m. wifarmersmarket@aol.com. Islands High School, 170 Whitemarsh Island Road. KIDS DAY Bright Life Chiropractic in Savannah invites your family to a free Kids’ Day. This free fun event will focus on children’s health, safety and environmental awareness plus will also feature fun activities like bounce houses, raffle prizes, petting zoo and food trucks. Free Sat., May 20, 12-4 p.m. 912-777-3717. brightlifeca@gmail.com. BrightLifeChiropractic.com. Bright Life Chiropractic, 2 Park of Commerce Blvd Ste D. KIDS HIP HOP DANCE CLASS Learn the best kids hip hop choreography in town at Sulfur Studios. In the center of the Starland District, this is a 4 week spring dance intensive your child will never forget. Last class will be a performance and dance video shoot for all parents to come watch. Mondays, 5-6:30 p.m. dancehowiwantto. com. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. SAVANNAH CHILDREN’S MUSEUM SCHOOL YEAR HOURS SCM hours beginning 8/31/13 will be Sunday 11am-4pm; Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm. Open on holiday Mondays that SCC Public Schools are not in session including Labor Day. For more details go to savannahchildrensmuseum.org ongoing.

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1 [Note: Matt J. took his two kids to the zoo, where they came up with this theme (no, he doesn’t work at the zoo, just thought it’d be fun). Clues with an [E] were written by 67-Across, and clues with an [S] were written by 49-Across.] Sound of a punch [E] 5 Green paper that you pay with [E] 9 They make up stairs [E] 14 Make goo-goo eyes at 15 Tennis’s Arthur ___ Stadium 16 Like some dirt bike tracks [S] 17 Fearsome cat that spends moolah on Lamborghinis and mansions? [S] 19 Former “Come on down!” announcer Johnny 20 “I ___ open this jar. Can you help, Daddy?” [E] 21 Monkey that eats curtains? [E] 23 “Gimme ___! ... What’s that spell? Ella!” [E] 24 There are 100 in a century (abbr.) [S] 26 Something a toy poodle says [E] 27 Rat-a-___ [E] 28 Something that people say in awe [E] 30 Pookums [E] 35 Scaly creature that likes to eat frosted sweets? [S] 37 Ninja Turtle that wears red, to his friends [S] 40 Getting from ___ B 41 Kid that can have a cellphone [S] 42 Bird that smokes and does vandalism? [E]

47 Sneaky little animal [E] 48 ___ gin fizz 49 Kid who is “epic!” [S] 52 The ___ on the Shelf [S] 54 Sid: “I’m not ___ years old anymore.” Me: “No, I mean ___ as in ‘I ___ some food.’” 55 Palindromic Turkish title 56 Water animal with flippers that barters 24/7? [S] 61 Wants really badly [S] 63 Go off-script (sorry, Ella, it doesn’t mean “get more pounds”) 64 Slow animal that grows wings and gets in your clothes? [E] 66 She was a princess “long ago” [E] 67 “The coolest kid in the universe” [E] 68 Lake that sounds scary [E] 69 Me: “How about the clue ‘Used needles,’ Ella?” Ella: “No, new needles. You have to use them because it affects the fabric more than you expect.” 70 Martens and McStuffins, for instance [S] 71 Air France fliers, once

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1 Type of wild “kitty-kitty” [E] 2 Type of lizard in “Sing” [E] 3 Horse’s mesh protection against pests, maybe 4 Sinn ___ (Irish political movement) 5 Spike thrown in the road to stop robbers [S] 6 “___ was saying ...” [E] 7 Like show horses’ feet 8 “___ Danger” (Nickelodeon show) [E] 9 Quaint stores (you’d think, based on how they’re spelled)

10 Piece that goes on the floor [S] 11 Queen in Arendelle [E] 12 Water drop sound [E] 13 “Auld Lang ___” 18 Something said in an “argument party” [S] 22 Teacher’s helper [E] 25 Region with Legoland, informally [S] 29 Dislikes [S] 31 Poker money 32 “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly ___ Jepsen [E] 33 “I Like ___” (‘50s political slogan) 34 “Hallow” ending 35 Someone who might cook meatballs for you [S] 36 Animal that’s cute, fuzzy, lazy, and gray [E] 37 ___ for “Ricky Bubwick” (apparently a name that Sid just made up) 38 Everyone [S] 39 Toilet paper layer 43 Turns evil or moldy [E] 44 Remote control car part [S] 45 Tag situations? [S] 46 Looks rudely 49 Enjoys, as food [S] 50 “Understood” [S] 51 Marks that are lines [S] 53 Popular [E] 56 Parents “who do puzzled goodness” [S] 57 Brickell whose band is the New Bohemians 58 “There ought to be ___” 59 It may be parallel [E] 60 Olympic hurdler/bobsledder Jones 62 Drinks that are alcoholic [S] 65 “Waterfalls” trio

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Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road. TODDLER TIME Bring your 2-4 year old to enjoy stories, games and learning designed just for them. Each week there will be a different naturebased theme. $5 parking Thursdays, 10 a.m. gastateparks.org/skidawayisland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. TODDLER TUESDAYS AT OATLAND ISLAND WILDLIFE CENTER Toddlers 6 months to 4 years, and their adults. Themed programs--story books, singing songs, finger puppet plays, crafts, guided walks, up close encounters with Oatland animals. Preregister by 4pm Monday. $5 children. Gen. Admission for adults ($5 or $3 for military & seniors) Tuesdays. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd.

The HWG will endeavor to offer a variety of programs for both published and unpublished writers to promote historical fiction and creative non-fiction. All compatible and cross-genre works to historical writing are welcome. HWG is also open to hobbyist writers to enjoy a relaxed and fun environment. Annual dues $20 fourth Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m. 713-907-8627. hwg.rh@comcast.net. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. SEERSUCKER LIVE: THE FREEFALL EPISODE Part literary reading. Part variety show. Part cocktail party. A book release extravaganza for Seersucker co-founder Zach Powers and Savannah poet/memoirist Patricia Lockwood, plus a performance by spoken word poet Neka Brown. $10 Fri., May 19, 7 p.m. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St.

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COFFEE WITH A RANGER Start your morning right by getting coffee and having a discussion with a park ranger. Fridays, 8:30 a.m. gastateparks.org/info/ skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. DOLPHIN PROJECT Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at schools, clubs, organizations. A powerpoint presentation with sound and video about estuarine dolphins and their environment. Age/grade appropriate programs and handouts. See website for info. ongoing. thedolphinproject.org. THE DOLPHIN PROJECT - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM & SURVEY TRAINING The Dolphin Project is holding an educational program and a research training workshop. Learn about the habits, anatomy, behaviors of and threats to the local wild bottlenose dolphins. TDP is an all-volunteer research organization, founded in 1989. Learn how the crews conduct photo-ID surveys and how you can become a member of TDP. Program is age appropriate for 12+. Min age for survey participation is 16. Skippers with boats, Team Leaders and Photographer with 300mm camera are needed. 0.00 Sat., May 20, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 912-6573927. thedolphinproject@gmail.com. thedolphinproject.org. Richmond Hill Public Library, 9607 Ford Ave. THE DOLPHIN PROJECT - PROGRAM ON ST. CATHERINE’S ISLAND The Dolphin Project is hosting an educational social at the Richmond Hill History Museum featuring a program on St. Catherine’s Island -- it’s history, ecology and the interesting wildlife that call the island home. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic bev included in the price. B.Y.O.B. $10 pp Sat., May 20, 6:30-9 p.m. 912-657-3927. thedolphinproject@gmail. com. thedolphinproject.org. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. GARDENING SESSION Learn how to garden and harvest vegetables and herbs to bring home. Kerry Shay, an organic farmer and owner of landscaping company Victory Gardens, provides free instruction. First and third

FIRST CITY NETWORK Georgia’s oldest LGBT organization (founded in 1985) is a local non-profit community service organization whose mission is to share resources of health care, counseling, education, advocacy and mutual support in the Coastal Empire. Members and guests enjoy many special events throughout the year, including First Saturday Socials held the first Saturday of each month at 7pm. Mondays. 912-236CITY. firstcitynetwork.org. GAY AA MEETING True Colors Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Thursdays and Sundays, 7:30pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E. Harris, 2nd floor. New location effective 11/2012. ongoing. SAVANNAH PRIDE, INC. Organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival and helps promote the well-being of the LGBTQI community in the South. Mission: unity through diversity and social awareness. Second Tuesday/month. PO Box 6044, Savannah, GA 31414. 501c nonprofit. ongoing. info@savannahpride.com. savannahpride.com. STAND OUT YOUTH A gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7pm. Call, email or see website for info. Fridays, 7-9 p.m. 912288-1034. info@standoutyouth.org. standoutyouth.org. Vineyard Church Office, 1020 Abercorn Street. WHAT MAKES A FAMILY A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Ages 10 to 18. Meets twice a month. Call for info. ongoing. 912-352-2611.

LITERARY EVENTS

MAY 17-23, 2017

AND ANOTHER THING BOOK RELEASE Aint-Bad Magazine releases their next publication, “And Another Thing” by Anthony Gerace. Work from the book will be on display in the gallery and Anthony will be there to sign copies of the book. Thu., May 18, 5 p.m. Oglethorpe Gallery, 406 E. Oglethorpe Ave. 42 HISTORICAL WRITERS GUILD

NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Saturday of every month. Free and open to the public third Saturday of every month, 8:30-9:30 a.m. charleshmorriscenter.com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10am4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. WILDERNESS SOUTHEAST A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists. Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-236-8115. wildernesssoutheast.org.

PETS & ANIMALS

LOW COST PET CLINIC TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm. Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. ongoing. tailsspin.com. tailsspin.com. TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Habersham St., Habersham Village. OPERATION NEW HOPE Operation New Hope allows inmates to train unadoptable dogs from the Humane Society for Greater Savannah. The goals of the program are to decrease the recidivism rate among Chatham County inmates, help inmates learn a new skill, and help previously unadoptable dogs find loving homes. The graduated dogs are available for adoption can be viewed at www.humansocietvsav.org, and www. chathamsheriff.org. Operation New Hope is funded by the Humane Society and community donations. ongoing. chathamsheriff.org. humanesocietysav. org/. Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. ST. ALMO’S Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays, 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at Canine Palace. Call for info. ongoing. 912-2343336. caninepalacesavannah.com. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St.

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL

BAND OF SISTERS PRAYER GROUP All women are invited. Second Tuesdays, 7:30am-8:30am. Fellowship Assembly, 5224 Augusta Rd. Email or call Jeanne Seaver or see website for info. “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hands of the Lord.” (Prov. 21:1) ongoing. 912-663-8728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom.org/ georgia. BUDDHIST MEDITATION Everyone is welcome. Experience not necessary. Visit our website for location, meditation periods and classes. savannahzencenter.com. Individual instruction upon request. Email Cindy Un Shin Beach at revfugon@gmail.com for

more information. ongoing. Online only, none. CATHOLIC SINGLES A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service. Send email or check website to receive announcements of activities and to suggest activities for the group. ongoing. familylife@diosav.org. diosav.org/familylifesingles. GRATITUDE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARES Gather with others to share gratitude. Everyone welcome. Park next to Bull Street Library. Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m. 917-676-4280. facebook.com/ savannahgratitude. liveoakpl.org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. GUIDED SILENT PRAYER Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org. JESUS YESHUA Holidays and plans for 2017 underway for young adults and college Christians. Contact Reverend Brenda Lee @yahoo. com or call (912) 236-3156. ongoing. No physical address given, none. MARITIME BETHEL “Sundays on Thursdays” worship at the Fellowship Assembly. Plenty of parking for large trucks. Free Thursdays. 912-220-2976. The Fellowship Assembly of God Church, 5224 Augusta Road. A NEW CHURCH IN THE CITY, FOR THE CITY Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page “Savannah Church Plant.” ongoing. Bryson Hall, 5 E. Perry St. NEW ORLEANS BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Courses are now being offered at the new Savannah Extension of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Full course loads for both Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees will be offered. Apply now at www.nobts.edu to start classes this winter. ongoing. 912-232-1033. revwasson@gmail.com. Savannah Baptist Center, 704 Wheaton Street. PSYCHIC MEDIUM YOUR PAL, ERIN Ready to reconnect you with your loved ones who’ve passed and your own inner knowing? I’m here to help. Let’s all work together to create the amazing new life you truly desire, releasing old situations that no longer serve you. Readings available in person and by phone. 60 minutes, $65. Group readings of 5 or more, $30 per person for 20 minutes. Get your personalized, 45 minute prerecorded “Tuesday Tune-Up” emailed to your inbox for just $45. Visit www.yourpalerin. com for more information or contact psychicyourpalerin@gmail.com today. ongoing. Online only, none. READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR A Bible book club for those wanting to read the Bible in one year. Open to all. Book club format, not a traditional Bible study. All welcome, regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, religion. Thurs. 6:00pm-7:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-233-5354. Holy Spirit Lutheran

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Church, 622 E. 37th Street. SAVANNAH FRIENDS MEETING (QUAKERS) Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, third floor of Trinity United Methodist Church. Call or email for info. All are welcome. ongoing. 636-2331772. savannahquakers@gmail.com. trinitychurch1848.org/. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. SAVANNAH REIKI SHARE During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via Reiki and other healing modalities. Present at the shares are usually no less than 2 Reiki Masters. Come share with us on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Sweet Water Spa in downtown Savannah. Sign up at Savannah Reiki Share or Reiki by Appointment on Facebook. Free ongoing, 7 p.m. and third Thursday of every month, 7 p.m. 440-371-5209. Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street. SERVICE OF COMPLINE Enter the stillness of another age. Gregorian Chant sung by candlelight at 9:00-9:30 p.m. every Sunday night by the Complne Choir of Christ Church Anglican. Come, say good nigh to God. All are welcome. ongoing. Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull. SOUTH VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH Weekly Sunday services. Sunday school, 10:00am. Worship, 11:30am. Tuesday Bible Study/Prayer Service, 6:30pm. Pastor Rev. Dr. Barry B. Jackson, 480 Pine Barren Road, Pooler, GA “Saving a nation one soul at a time.” ongoing.

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THEOLOGY ON TAP Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm-10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

FILM: FIELD OF DREAMS Coach’s will show family friendly sports movies on a 25 ft. projector screen outside on new stage screen in the Sound Garden. Free popcorn and full service food and beverage from inside. Free Fri., May 19, 8:30 p.m. coachs.net. Coach’s Corner, 3016 E.

Victory Dr. FILM: GIFTED The extraordinary movie filmed on Tybee and starring Chris Evans has a limited run at the Post. Critics call it irresistibly appealing, and you’ll love the Tybee scenes. $7 adults, $5 children May 18-21. tybeeposttheater.org. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. FILM: THE COMPANY OF FIVE Lost for almost 5 decades, this bizarre, surreal black and white thriller written by acclaimed British playwright Dennis Potter deserves wider acclaim. $7 Wed., May 17, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean,

13 E. Park Ave.

SPORTS & GAMES

ADULT AND JUNIOR TENNIS CLINICS On Thursdays. Intended for a class size of 4-8 students. Buy four classes, get the fifth class free. $15 per class ongoing. 912-201-2000. westinsavannah.com. theclubatsavannahharbor.com/index.php. The Club at Savannah Harbor, #2 Resort Dr. ADULT COED FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE 8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

“A two-year-old kid is like using a blender, but you don’t have a top for it,” said comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Would you like to avoid a scenario like that, Aries? Would you prefer not to see what happens if your life has resemblances to turning on a topless blender that’s full of ingredients? Yes? Then please find the top and put it on! And if you can’t locate the proper top, use a dinner plate or newspaper or pizza box. OK? It’s not too late. Even if the blender is already spewing almond milk and banana fragments and protein powder all over the ceiling. Better late than never! My pregnant friend Myrna is determined to avoid giving birth via Caesarean section. She believes that the best way for her son to enter the world is by him doing the hard work of squeezing through the narrow birth canal. That struggle will fortify his willpower and mobilize him to summon equally strenuous efforts in response to future challenges. It’s an interesting theory. I suggest you consider it as you contemplate how you’re going to get yourself reborn.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

I invite you to try the following meditation: Picture yourself filling garbage bags with stuff that reminds you of what you used to be and don’t want to be any more. Add anything that feels like decrepit emotional baggage or that serves as a worn-out psychological crutch. When you’ve gathered up all the props and accessories that demoralize you, imagine yourself going to a beach where you build a big bonfire and hurl your mess into the flames. As you dance around the conflagration, exorcise the voices in your head that tell you boring stories about yourself. Sing songs that have as much power to relieve and release you as a spectacular orgasm.

MAY 17-23, 2017

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

In normal times, your guardian animal ally might be the turtle, crab, seahorse, or manta ray. But in the next three weeks, it’s the cockroach. This unfairly maligned creature is legendary for its power to thrive in virtually any environment, and I think you will have a similar resourcefulness. Like the cockroach, you will do more than merely cope with awkward adventures and complicated transitions; you will flourish. One caution: It’s possible that your adaptability may bother people who are less flexible and enterprising than you. To keep that from being a problem, be empathetic as you help them adapt. (P.S. Your temporary animal ally is exceptionally well-groomed. Cockroaches clean themselves as much as cats do.)

BY ROB BREZSNY

beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

Lady Jane Grey was crowned Queen of England in July 1553, but she ruled for just nine days before being deposed. I invite you to think back to a time in your own past when victory was short-lived. Maybe you accomplished a gratifying feat after an arduous struggle, only to have it quickly eclipsed by a twist of fate. Perhaps you finally made it into the limelight but then lost your audience to a distracting brouhaha. But here’s the good news: Whatever it was -- a temporary triumph? incomplete success? nullified conquest? -- you will soon have a chance to find redemption for it. While shopping at a funky yard sale, I found the torn-off cover of a book titled *You’re a Genius and I Can Prove It.* Sadly, the rest of the book was not available. Later I searched for it in online bookstores, and found it was out of-print. That’s unfortunate, because now would be an excellent time for you to peruse a text like this. Why? Because you need specific, detailed evidence of how unique and compelling you are -- concrete data that will provide an antidote to your habitual self-doubts and consecrate your growing sense of self-worth. Here’s what I suggest you do: Write an essay entitled “I’m an Interesting Character and Here’s the Proof.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Leonardo da Vinci wrote a bestiary, an odd little book in which he drew moral conclusions from the behavior of animals. One of his descriptions will be useful for you to contemplate in the near future. It was centered on what he called the “wild ass,” which we might refer to as an undomesticated donkey. Leonardo said that this beast, “going to the fountain to drink and finding the water muddy, is never too thirsty to wait until it becomes clear before satisfying himself.” That’s a useful fable to contemplate, Libra. Be patient as you go in search of what’s pure and clean and good for you. (The translation from the Italian is by Oliver Evans.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

$450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-220-3474. savadultrec.com. BEARS ELITE FOOTBALL Learn the fundamentals of football. Ages 4-12. Sign up now. Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-272-6684. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. DERBY DEVILS ROLLER DERBY CLASSES Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual bootcamp programs. See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com. GRIEF 101 SUPPORT GROUP Seven-week morning or evening adult

My friend Allie works as a matchmaker. She has an instinctive skill at reading the potential chemistry between people. One of her key strategies is to urge her clients to write mission statements. “What would your ideal marriage look like?” she asks them. Once they have clarified what they want, the process of finding a mate seems to become easier and more fun. In accordance with the astrological omens, Scorpio, I suggest you try this exercise -- even if you are already in a committed relationship. It’s an excellent time to get very specific about the inspired togetherness you’re willing to work hard to create.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

In ancient Greek myth, Tiresias was a prophet who could draw useful revelations by interpreting the singing of birds. Spirits of the dead helped him devise his prognostications, too. He was in constant demand for revelations about the future. But his greatest claim to fame was the fact that a goddess magically transformed him into a woman for seven years. After that, he could speak with authority about how both genders experienced the world. This enhanced his wisdom immeasurably, adding to his oracular power. Are you interested in a less drastic but highly educational lesson, Sagittarius? Would you like to see life from a very different perspective from the one you’re accustomed to? It’s available to you if you want it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

“You remind me of the parts of myself that I will never have a chance to meet,” writes poet Mariah Gordon-Dyke, addressing a lover. Have you ever felt like saying that to a beloved ally, Capricorn? If so, I have good news: You now have an opportunity to meet and greet parts of yourself that have previously been hidden from you -- aspects of your deep soul that up until now you may only have caught glimpses of. Celebrate this homecoming!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

I predict that you won’t be bitten by a dog or embarrassed by a stain or pounced on by a lawyer. Nor will you lose your keys or get yelled at by a friend or oversleep for a big appointment. On the contrary! I think you’ll be wise to expect the best. The following events are quite possible: You may be complimented by a person who’s in a position to help you. You could be invited into a place that had previously been off-limits. While eavesdropping, you might pick up a useful clue, and while daydreaming you could recover an important memory you’d lost. Good luck like this is even more likely to sweep into your life if you work on ripening the most immature part of your personality.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Time out. It’s intermission. Give yourself permission to be spacious and slow. Then, when you’re sweetly empty -- this may take a few days -- seek out experiences that appeal primarily to your wild and tender heart as opposed to your wild and jumpy mind. Just forget about the theories you believe in and the ideas you regard as central to your philosophy of life. Instead, work on developing brisk new approaches to your relationship with your feelings. Like what? Become more conscious of them, for example. Express gratitude for what they teach you. Boost your trust for their power to reveal what your mind sometimes hides from you.

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support group offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge. Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive. SATURDAY GROUP RUN OR WALK Join us in our quest for fitness. Beginners are welcome. We can help you exceed your fitness goals. Free Saturdays, 7-8:15 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live.com. savystrider.com. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. SAV. STRIDER WEEKLY GROUP RUN OR WALK DOWNTOWN Join us for a run or walk downtown or over the bridge if you’re feeling froggy. The best part is afterwards when we get coffee or whatever else your heart desires from Savannah Coffee Roasters. Free Sundays, 7-8 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live. com. savystrider.com. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street. SAVANNAH BIKE POLO Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. See facebook for info. ongoing. facebook.com/ savannahbikepolo. SPECIAL OLYMPIC HORSE SHOW Over 30 special needs riders from Georgia and South Carolina will be competing in four various classes from Equitation to Trail and Horsemanship. The parade of athletes will be at 10:00 A.M., with competition to follow. Sat., May 20. The Dairy Farm, 2500 Tennessee Ave. ULTIMATE FRISBEE Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). ongoing. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/ pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. USMNT (SOCCER) AMERICAN OUTLAWS CHAPTER USMNT is a national soccer team that represents the U.S. in international soccer competitions. American Outlaws Savannah chapter of USMNT meets regularly. Call for details. ongoing. 912-398-4014. savannahflipflop.com. Flip Flop Tiki Bar & Grill, 117 Whitaker St.

SUPPORT GROUPS

AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP MEETING - ISLE OF HOPE FOR TODAY Find comfort and understanding for families and friends of alcoholics. AFG is an anonymous fellowship seeking to find serenity for those impacted by the effects of alcoholism. Free Mondays, 7-8 p.m. savannahalanon.com. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 St. Thomas Ave. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing. 912-356-3688. savannahaa.com. ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER AND FAMILY

SUPPORT GROUP For individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members. Second Monday, Wilm. Isl. United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. Second Thursday, Ruth Byck Adult Care Center, 64 Jasper St. Sponsored by Senior Citizens, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-236-0363 x143. AMPUTEE SUPPORT GROUP Open to all who have had limbs amputated and their families or caregivers. Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-7778. BACK PAIN SUPPORT GROUP Second Monday of every month,7:00pm. Denny’s Restaurant at Hwy. 204. Everyone is welcome. For more info, contact Debbie at 912-727-2959 ongoing. BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Third Thursdays, 5pm. In the gym of the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. ongoing. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS GROUP Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian Church. For survivors and caregivers. Call for info. ongoing. 912-844-4524. fpc. presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. CANCER SUPPORT GROUP For anyone living with, through or beyond a cancer diagnosis. First Wednesdays, at Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP This drop-in, one-hour support group provides a safe place to connect with other family caregivers who truly understand each others’ feelings, needs and concerns. Exchange practical information on caregiving problems and possible solutions, and learn about resources available in our community. You’re not alone. fourth Monday of every month, 1:15 p.m. 912629-1331. edelcaregiverinstitute.org. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive. CHILDREN’S GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Seven week structured educational support group for children 6-17. Support, coping tools, utilizing play and activity to learn to live with loss. Free of charge. A service of Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for dates. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive. CONNECT FOR KIDS This group is for children who have a loved one with a life-limiting illness. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. DEBTORS ANONYMOUS For people with debting problems. Meets Sundays, 6:30pm at Unity of Savannah. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-572-6108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. EATING DISORDERS ANONYMOUS Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely

with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. Email for info. ongoing. edasavannah@ yahoo.com. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. ESSENTIAL TREMOR SUPPORT GROUP For those with the disease, care partners, family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:30pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-2224. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-8196743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave. GAMBLING PROBLEM 12 STEP PROGRAM Twelve step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. ongoing. 912-748-4730. GEORGIA SCLERODERMA SUPPORT GROUP A group for people with scleroderma for the greater Savannah area and surrounding counties. Meets regularly. Call for day and time. Lovezzola’s Pizza, 320 Hwy 80 West, Pooler. Info: 912-412-6675 or 912-414-3827. ongoing. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full array of grief support groups and individual counseling for children, teens and adults is available at no charge. Counseling is offered at 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H in Savannah, and appointments are also available in the United Way offices in Rincon and in Richmond Hill. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. HospiceSavannah.org/GriefSupport. HEAD AND NECK CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETING This group is open to individuals with cancers of the head and neck area and their caregivers. At the meetings, we have a brief discussion from experts in the treatment of head and neck cancer and allow time for group discussion. For more information, please call Suzy Buelvas at 912-350-7845. Wednesdays, 1-2 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. HOWARD HAND IN HAND CHILDREN’S SUPPORT GROUP Hand in Hand is a support group for children that have a family member or loved one affected by cancer. third Wednesday of every month. 912-819-5704. Hand in Hand is a support group for children that have a family member or loved one affected by cancer. For more information, call 912-8195704. third Wednesday of every month, 2 p.m. 912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. KLINEFELTER SYNDROME/47-XXY SUPPORT GROUP For parents of children with this diagnosis, and for men with this diagnosis. Started by the mother of a boy with 47-XXY. Email to meet for mutual support. ongoing. amkw21@gmail.com. LEGACY GROUP: FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ADVANCED AND RECURRENT CANCER. Group addresses the concerns of advanced and recurrent cancer survivors from the

physical, emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of healing. To register for a specific session and to learn about the group, please call Jennifer Currin-McCulloch at 912-350-7845. ongoing. 912-350-7845. Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (at Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA AND MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call or see website for info. Located in the Summit Cancer Care office at the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Call for the Savannah Lowcountry Area NA meeting schedule. ongoing. 912-238-5925. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Is food a problem for you? Overeaters Anonymous can help. Savannah meetings Mon 6:30pm, Wed 5:30pm, Fri 6:30 p.m. See website for locations and info, or call 912358-7150. ongoing. oa.org/meetings. PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH IEP’S (INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS) For parents of children attending ChathamSavannah Public School System who have IEP plans, to offer mutual support through the challenges of the IEP process. Email for info. ongoing. amkw210@gmail.com. PARENTS OF ILL CHILDREN Backus Children’s Hospital sponsors this group for parents with a seriously ill child receiving inpatient or outpatient treatment. Case manager facilitates the meetings. Meets weekly. Call for info ongoing. 912350-5616. memorialhealth.com/backus. memorialhealth.com/backus. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Ave. PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP The Parkinson’s Disease Support Group will meet on the first Thursday of the month from 5:00 to 6:30 PM in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds Street. Featuring medical and therapeutic guest speakers, join us for discussion, support, and new community activities. For more information, call Fran McCarey at 912-819-2224. ongoing. 912355-6347. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP:

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MAN TO MAN This group is for prostate cancer patients and their caregivers. Meets in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. RAPE CRISIS CENTER Assists survivors of rape and sexual assault. Free, confidential counseling for victims and families. 24-hour Rape Crisis Line operates seven days a week. 912-2337273. ongoing. REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY SUPPORT GROUP Second Tuesdays at 7pm in Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For anyone with this disorder, plus family members/ caregivers interested in learning more. Call for info. ongoing. 912-858-2335. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. SBC TOASTMASTERS Toastmasters is an organization dedicated to the art of public speaking. In a friendly, supportive atmosphere, members learn to speak more precisely and confidently via prepared speeches, impromptu speaking, and constructive evaluations. It’s fun, informative, and a great way to network with area professionals. Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m. 912-663-7851. St. Leo University, 7426 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Suite A. SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS If you believe you have a problem with sex addiction (or are wondering if you might) and you want to change your behavior, we recommend that you attend a meeting of Sex Addicts Anonymous. The only requirement is a desire to stop your addictive sexual behavior. Meets Mondays at 7 pm. Call for venue information. ongoing. 731-412-0183. saa-recovery.org. Downtown Savannah, downtown. SISTERS NETWORK (BREAST CANCER IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY) A national organization to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer on the African American community. At the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial. Call for info. fourth Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m. 912-236-7405. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. SPINAL INJURY SUPPORT GROUP Third Thursdays, 5:30pm, at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-350-8900. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. SPOUSE/LIFE PARTNER SUPPORT GROUP Open support group for adults whose spouses or life partners have died. Meets Thursday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Thursdays, 11 a.m.-noon. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE SUPPORT GROUP Suicide often leaves survivors with guilt, anger, hurt and unanswered questions. Hospice Savannah/United Way of Coastal Empire/Coastal Suicide Prevention Alliance offer an ongoing support group. Third Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Safe and 46 confidential. Free to attend. Barbara Moss

at Full Circle of Hospice Savannah, 912-6291089. ongoing. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive. TEENS NURTURING TEENS (CANCER SUPPORT) Support group for teens with a family member or loved one impacted by cancer. Meets at the Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for information. ongoing. 912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. TEENS WITH NO ONE TO TURN TO Help for people ages 11-18, or concerned parents of teens. Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-234-4048. parkplaceyes.org. TRANS* SUPPORT GROUP Our meetings vary; we have discussions, watch documentaries, share stories, give out resources, plan community events, have social hour. Come check us out some time if you exist on the Trans* spectrum and are looking to help build community! Free third Sunday of every month. 843-368-4490. info@transcendentsSAV.org. YOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION Young breast cancer patients and their caregivers in the greater Savannah, Hilton Head, and Coastal Georgia area are invited to join this group. Meetings include presentations from local medical community and discussions. Meetings conducted in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Saturdays, 4-6 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

VOLUNTEERS

BETHESDA SEEKS DOCENTS FOR MUSEUM/VISITORS CENTER Bethesda seeks volunteer docents for their new visitors center/museum. Volunteer docents needed during regular museum hours, Thurs.-Sat. 10am-4pm. Docents will share Bethesda’s rich history and inspiring legacy with visitors from across the country and around the world. 912-351-2061. Elizabeth.brown@bethesdaacademy.org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. CALL FOR TEENAGE VOLUNTEERS FOR DAVENPORT HOUSE’S JUNIOR INTERPRETER PROGRAM Davenport House Summer Junior Interpreter Program is open to students in grades 9 thru high school. This program develops the skills and knowledge necessary for a tour guide at the Museum. Participants may earn community service hours and receive public speaking experience. Limited number of spaces. Program dates and times: Tuesday, June 13 and Thursday evenings June 15 through July 27 (from 6 to 8 p.m.) For information: 912/236-8097 or email jcredle@davenporthousemuseum.org www. davenporthousemuseum.org Through July 28. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport House, 324 East State St. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR BONAVENTURE Bonaventure Historical Society is looking for about a dozen people, each with three hours a month to spare and a willingness to meet, greet and assist visitors to Bonaventure

Cemetery. Volunteer hours are 10 am to 1 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Training for the visitors center and to become a BHS tour guide provided. For more information, contact our Volunteer Coordinator at ewoalo@hotmail.com or go to website, www.bonaventurehistorical. org. ongoing. savannahga.gov/cityweb/ cemeteriesweb.nsf/cemeteries/ bonaventure.html. Bonaventure Cemetery, 330 Bonaventure Rd. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR DOG FOSTER CARE GRRR (Georgia Rescue, Rehabilitation and Relocation) is in need of volunteers for its dog Foster Care Program. Fostering gives animals a second chance at life and allows them to receive temporary care from loving foster parents before finding their forever homes. It is a rewarding experience for both humans and pets in need. Please contact Kathryn at 912-656-5900 for more info. ongoing. No physical address given, none. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR HOSPICE ANGELS Do you have a big heart and time to share? Hospice Savannah is currently looking for amazing volunteers to make a difference in the lives of Hospice patients. Some of these patients have no family and would be forever grateful for the time you could share with them. Become a Hospice Angel to help individuals that are seriously ill and/or Homebound. If you are interested in volunteering, call 912-748-6000 or email hospiceangels@affinishospice.org. ongoing. hospicesavannah.org/. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR HOSPICE SAVANNAH Share your love, friendship and empathy with caregivers and hospice patients in their homes or nursing homes. Hospice Savannah is seeking caring volunteers to provide companionship and caregiver respite throughout Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty and Long counties. There are also opportunities to volunteer in our Hospice House on Eisenhower Drive, in our administrative offices or at Full Circle Grief and Loss Center off Chatham Parkway. Please complete an application on-line at www. HospiceSavannah.org/volunteer or call the volunteer department at 912.355.2289 for more information. No prior experience is needed - just a loving heart. Volunteer training will be offered Monday, May 10 in the community education room at the rear of Hospice House from 8:30 am to 5 pm. Pre-registration is required. ongoing. hospicesavannah.org/. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE TYBEE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND LIGHTHOUSE Volunteers are the backbone to the Tybee Island Historical Society and Lighthouse. Because we are a non-profit we rely on volunteers to help us succeed everyday. If you’re interested in volunteering at the lighthouse please call Gus Rehnstrom at 912-785-5801 or email lhvolunteers@ yahoo.com. For more information visit: www.tybeelighthouse.org. ongoing. tybeelighthouse.org/. Tybee Island

Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR WILMINGTON ISLAND FARMERS’ MARKET The Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market (WIFM) is looking for teen and adult volunteers to assist with their popular Spring Session. Every Saturday from now until the end of June, the WIFM will be open for local families to enjoy and the community to gather. Volunteers are needed most in the kids’ craft area, where children color, create and play fun games. Other volunteer opportunities include preparing the market for the arrival of special guests and closing the market after a successful day. To sign up for one of the three available time slots, please visit http://www.signupgenius. com/go/10c084aa5aa2caafb6-wifm. Through June 24. Islands High School, 170 Whitemarsh Island Road. DOCENTS AND VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT FLANNERY O’CONNOR HOUSE Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home seeks additional volunteers and volunteer docents to help on Fridays and Saturdays, 1p-4pm, and for possible extended hours. Duties: greet visitors, handle admissions, conduct merchandise sales and help with tours. Docent training and written narratives for reference during tours are provided. 912-233-6014. haborrello@aol. com. flanneryoconnorhome.org. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street. DOLPHIN PROJECT SEEKS VOLUNTEERS Dolphin Project needs boat owners, photographers, and other volunteers to help with scientific research on the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin along coastal Georgia. Must be age 18 or older. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-232-6572. thedolphinproject.org. GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CLINIC St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City needs volunteer nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, Spanish interpreters and clerical staff. The clinic serves people without insurance and those whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Call to volunteer. . 912-964-4326. HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN CHATHAM AND OTHER COASTAL COUNTIES Island Hospice, THA Group’s nonprofit hospice service, seeks volunteers for patient socialization and caregiver respite. Also seeking nonpatient contact volunteers who can contribute by providing services including, but not limited to, office work, crafting, sewing, light yard work, housekeeping, playing guitar for patients, and licensed hairdressers. Serving patients in Chatham, Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Liberty, Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, and Screven Counties in Georgia, and Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Charleston, Colleton Counties in South Carolina. S888-842-4463. kbuttimer@thagroup.org. thagroup.org. LIVE OAK PUBLIC LIBRARIES Volunteers needed to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty Counties. Call or see website for info. . 912-652-3661. liveoakpl.org.

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