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Volume 5, No. 23, March 1, 2006 On the Cover: Daniel Hope (courtesy Savannah Music Festival)
News Cover Story I
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Daniel Hope
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Del McCoury IN ill ill
Jane Fishman 11
Mardi Gras in the Midwest
Community 12 Garden & Antiques Expo
Cover Story 6
Blotter 12
From SPD reports
News of the Weird 14 Strange but true Earthweek 15 This week on your planet
Culture HoTHo Community 12
Art Patrol
21 Exhibits & openings
Art Review
22 ‘Homage to Bones’
Connect Recommends 16 Music Menu 17 Good Show, Will Travel 19
Concerts of the week Local gigs a la carte Regional concert listing
Film The 411 Week at a Glance
5 Our best bets for cool stuff to do
Weather 15 News from the sky
Art Patrol 21 Happenings 30 All the stuff, all the time Free Will Astrology 33 Rob Bresny’s look at your stars
Classifieds Sudoku Puzzle 33 It’s all the rage Crossword Puzzle 39 Mental fun
Art Patrol 22
Classifieds 41 They call it “junk,” you call it “couch”
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GSU Presents A Piece of My Heart What: The play tells the story of four young nurses, a Red Cross girl and a country-western singer whose lives are greatly impacted during their time in Vietnam. When: March 2, 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. Where: Georgia Southern University’s Black Box Theatre in Statesboro, Cost: $10. Call: 912-681-5821.
Tues., March 7 The Savannah Winds in Concert What: Armstrong Atlantic State University’s winds bands will present this concert. When: March 7 at 7:30 p.m. Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium. Cost: $10. Call: 927-5381 weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tennessee Williams Play Festival What: Tybee Theater Cafe will present the plays of Tennessee Williams during February and March. Up first is The Gnadiges Fraulein (The Gracious Young Lady) a1966 play that earned Williams a Tony Award, yet is little-known. The play will be preceded by Blue Heaven, an award-winning 10-minute play by Fritz Rumpel. When: These plays will be presented Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. The doors open for food and drink at 7 p.m., except for Sundays, when they open at 4:30 p.m. Where: Tybee Theater Cafe, at U.S. 80 and Jones Avenue above Las Palmas restaurant. Cost: $20. Call: 786-6384 for reservations. Visit www.tybeetheatercafe.com/.
Friday, March Skidaway Island Antiques Show & Sale (all weekend) What: The eighth annual show and sale will feature 17 nationally known dealers from across the country who will sell oriental rugs, linens, silver, jewelry, garden accessories, china and Asian, English and American furniture -- and more. When: March 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Where: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 3 W. Ridge Rd. Cost: $8. Call: 598-7242 or stpeterssavannah.org.
Springtime Made in the South What: Artists and craftspeople will be selling all types of items. When: March 3 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., March 4 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and March 5 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Savannah International Trade and Convention Center. Cost: $5.50.
Seussical the Musical (all weekend) What: Savannah Christian Preparatory School will celebrate the 101st birthday of Dr. Seuss with the performance of this musical based on his works. The cast is comprised of 85 third through 12th graders. When: March 3 at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., March 4 at 7:30 p.m. and March 5 at 3 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $5-$8. Call: 525-5050.
Wed., March 8 World Bank Forum What: This forum addresses the question, “What should Savannahians know about the World Bank?” It commemorates the 60th anniversary of the first meeting of the executive directors of the World Bank and Feifei Sun International Monetary Fund in Savannah, March 8-18, 1946. Forum leaders Jerry and Andrea Silverman, drawing on their careers with the World Bank and international develWhat: This new event celebrates the literary history of Asian Americans. opment, will lead a discussion of the history, purpose and local impact of the World Bank. It will feature readings of works by key Asian-American writers. The When: Wednesday, March 8 from 7-9 p.m. event also will include an open mic for audience participation. Where: Fellowship Hall, Unitarian Universalist Featured artist will be Feifei Sun, with cohosts Mary Chi-Whi Kim, Church of Savannah, 311 E. Macon St. on author of Silken Purse and Karma Suture, and Dr. Weihua Troup Square. Cost: Free. Call: 236-3117 or Zhang, who researches and documents local Savannah 921-5478. Chinese history. When: Thursday, March 2 from 6:30-8 p.m. Where: Metro Cafe, 402 MLK Jr. Blvd. Call: 232-9545. AASU Sebastian Dangerfield Talk
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Sat., March 4 Bacon Park Forest Workday What: Help the Savannah Tree Foundation and the City of Savannah’s forest restoration project to remove non-native plants from Bacon Park Forest. Bring gloves, pruners, toppers and dress appropriately. Refreshments and t-shirts will be provided. When: March 4 at 9:30 a.m. Where: Bacon Park Forest. Call: 233-8733 to RSVP.
Sun., March Forsyth Ensemble Presents ‘From Mozart to Mark O’Connor’ What: This concert will feature former Savannah Symphony musicians Terry Moore on violin, Gretchen Frazier on viola and Sarah Schenkman on cello in a concert that includes Mozart’s Divertimento and Aaron Jay Kermis’ Mozart En Route, which envisions Mozart writing the Divertimento on a bumpy stage-
What: This annual talk is presented by Armstrong Atlantic State University Assistant Professor Frank Clancy on behalf of the Irish studies program. The talk on Irish literature will be accompanied by an Irish coffee reception.. When: March 8 at noon. Where: AASU’s Jenkins Hall.
Rollerderby Documentary Screens What: The Psychotronic Film Series & The Savannah Derby Devils present Demon Of The Derby - The Ann Calvello Story, an awardwinning documentary on one of the most notorious female rollergirls of all time, filled with rare, archival footage. When: Wed., March 8th (meet the Devils at 7 pm, screening at 8 pm) Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $6 (proceeds benefit The Devils, Savannah's brand-new rollerderby team). ◗
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What: Jeff Campbell, the executive director of the Colorado Hip Hop Coalition, will present Art for Activism: The Grassroots Transformation of Hip Hop. When: March 2 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Where: Georgia Southern University’s College of Education Auditorium in Statesboro. Cost: Free and open to the public. Call: 912-681-5648.
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coach ride. The second half is a Concert of Dances that includes a Renaissance dance, a minuet, a rumba, two tangos, ragtime by Savannah-born Tom Turpin and fiddle tunes Appalachian Waltz and Chief Sitting in the Rain by Mark O’Connor. When: March 5 at 4 p.m. Where: Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church. Cost: $10. Advance tickets by calling the church or at the door. Call: 598-0151.
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MOST OF US LEAD BUSY LIVES and don’t have incredible opportunity to take part and work with the luxury of closely following classical music. these guys. I have such an incredible respect for the But whether you’re an aficionado or not, one music they do, and also who they are and how they thing you should know is that having Daniel Hope play. I’m thrilled with the way these guys perform serve as associate artistic director of the Savannah together and that they agreed to let me come on Music Festival is a big, big deal. board for just a few numbers. Edgar Meyer has the It’s like Kobe Bryant running a basketball camp most versatile, brilliant mind. And the music is new at the Islands YMCA, or George Clooney managing to me. I’ve known the music, but never played it the Savannah Film Festival or Kanye West organbefore. So I’ve been studying now for weeks and izing an open-mic night at the Sentient Bean. months. Really -- it’s that big a deal. He may move in Then there’s The Soldier's Tale program -- it’s so smaller circles, but Daniel Hope is just as hot and much a human tale of morality, like all the old fables. in-demand in his field as the above-mentioned I’m thrilled we have one of most exciting young names are in theirs. stage directors, Jonathan Moore, who’s done many The youngest-ever member of the renowned things with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Beaux Arts Trio, with whom he tours often, the vioopera houses across Europe. It’s music theatre, I linist received two Grammy nominations in 2005. guess you'd call it. It’s a tremendous challenge. It’s As a musician, Hope breathes new life into old full of jazz, ragtime, a most incredible range of standards. As a prolific and award-winning commusic. poser, he combines deep respect for form with an Connect Savannah: How do you plan and manage almost childlike whimsy -- as well as daring to bring the festival’s mix of musical styles? new works into some often staid environments. Since Executive & Artistic Director Rob Gibson Daniel Hope: Well, we have the great fortune of Rob brought Hope onboard in 2004, the Savannah Music Festival has become a major playground for this Hope, at right, collaborated with pianist Sebastian Knauer (left) on this Gibson's experience in jazz. The jazz word is his gifted artist. Indeed, many of his works have seen Mozart release last year on Warner Classics; the two often play together in oyster, and he’s got fantastic connections there. And of course I’m lucky enough in the classical world to their world premieres at the festival. concert and will do so again at this year’s Savannah Music Festival have a lot of world-wide contacts because I travel so Hope specializes in conceptual, collaborative much. efforts with other performers. These works often We have all these radical brainstorms and thrash out combine words with music, such as “War and Pieces” Connect Savannah: First off, I have to ask if many clasideas together. But all that is useless unless you have an and “Mozart Unplugged!” with Oscar-winning actor Klaus sical musicians have the same incredibly hectic touring audience who can take it in. We need the audience just Maria Brandauer; “An Audience with Beethoven” with schedule you do. as much as we need the music. That’s part of whether Mia Farrow; “Forbidden Not Forgotten” with chamber these projects succeed. That's what Savannah's about music and poetry from the Theresienstadt Ghetto; and Daniel Hope: Some of us do, some don't. But it’s cer“Music To Die For!”, a play written by his father, prizetainly been pretty crazy these days. It’s been wonderfully Connect Savannah: Tell us more about how you and Rob winning novelist Christopher Hope, who was an early diverse. There are so many different types of things initially got together to work on the festival. critic of apartheid in Daniel’s native country of South going on, different styles, whether it be world music or Africa. other forms. Life is certainly not boring. Daniel Hope: Rob contacted me first. I got an e-mail from Despite his comparatively young age of 32, Hope has him -- I guess this was late 2003 or early 2004. Rob had deep roots. After appearing on British TV playing Connect Savannah: I’m intrigued by the symbiosis you’ve been to a concert of mine in Atlanta and I guess he liked Shostakovich at age ten, Hope was invited by the violin been able to achieve with the Savannah Music Festival. it. He said he was leaving the Lincoln Center in New York legend Yehudi Menuhin to perform on German TV. It was In addition to performing your work and the work of and going back to Savannah and creating a new festival. the beginning of a long association with the great others at the festival, you also have a key management He asked if I would come help on the classical side. I Menuhin. Hope’s homage to his mentor was the awardrole. How does all that work, exactly? was intrigued by the way he wrote the e-mail. So I called winning 2004 CD East meets West, a collaboration with sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar in the mode of Menuhin’s own him and we had conversation and basically hit it off Daniel Hope: One is thrilled but at the same time terhistoric collaboration with Ravi Shankar in the ‘60s. straight away on the phone. I got the real sense that here rified! I have the privilege this year of playing with Edgar We spoke to Hope by cellphone, as he waited in LAX was someone really worth talking to. Meyer and with his colleagues. For me they’re some of for a flight taking him to yet another concert. the greatest musicians on the planet, and it’s an
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In addition to his role as assistant artistic director, Daniel Hope performs in the Savannah Music Festival in the following ensemble concerts: March 22, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m., Telfair -Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E-flat Major; De Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Folk Songs for Violin and Guitar; Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
March 28, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m., Telfair -Schubert: Auf dem Strom Schubert: Octet, D803 March 31, 7:30 p.m., Lucas Theatre -Sam Bush, Mike Marshall, Edgar Meyer with special guest Daniel Hope
April 2, 3 p.m., Lucas Theatre -Stravinsky: L'histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale), Jonathan Moore, Director For tickets and schedule, go to www.savannahmusicfestival.org
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Daniel Hope: Personally I would love to see more dance at the festival. It’s a question of the right venue. I for one would love doing it, but I’m not 100 percent convinced we have the right venue for dance. There are so many great venues and alternative venues -- and alternative venuing is important. It’s important
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Daniel Hope: We want to keep it, in a sense, small. Not “small” by any measurement, but in producing very high quality in a limited period of time. That's extremely important as far as I'm concerned. I just don't see it turning into some gigantic festival. I see it as cuttingedge, providing world-class music, dance, drama, and fine arts across the board. Producing crossover that matters, crossover with quality -- not things thrown together. You need real quality to ignite the audience. And I’m happy with the way it's sort of slowly consolidating.
Daniel Hope: I’ve played in literally hundreds of festivals all over the world. I’ve seen some wonderful festivals, major festivals from Salzburg to Ravinia. And I have to say something’s completely unique in Savannah. To have such a mixture of styles at such a high level is pretty much unique. I’d like to see that transport, but it will take some time. Word of mouth is spreading and we’re getting feedback. I’d say the next five years is crucial to get that word out. Savannah has become a very special place for me. When Rob contacted me, I didn't know much about Savannah apart from that sort of Gone With the Wind thing and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. But now I’ve spent a lot of time there and it’s taken on a very special place for me. I’m very happy to be a part of something in that location. It’s a very unique town, and you have something very special in this festival. ◗
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Daniel Hope: It’s really grown from the last two years, in the kinds of things we've been doing and the risks we’ve been taking. You never know if it’s going to work or gel. There can be the most exciting results that stem from that. We’re always looking for fascinating projects to challenge the audience. I’m thrilled to see the reaction from Savannah audiences, how open they are, and how willing to listen to new styles. We’ve got a long way to go. But it’s amazing what’s been accomplished so far, in the profile of the festival. So many people all over the world are starting to write about it and talk about it. Now we’re at a point of seeing what are the things that work and what are the things we'd like to do better. But overall I’d have to say that participating in the festival is as exciting as the first time, and my intentions are to keep doing it.
to get people out and into venues they wouldn’t necessarily associate with the concept. All of that helps the festival, and I’d love to see dance come in a big way. It’s a fundamental part of art and music. Then of course, it’s always about planning and how many openings we have and the budget and so forth. Luckily, that’s not my department -- it’s Rob’s headache (laughs). I get to just work on the creative side.
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So I came in to do concerts in 2004 as more of an artist-in-residence. It was a trial for me, and a trial for the audience to see how we got on with each other. It was an unusual way to start. With “An Audience With Beethoven,” for example, we wrote the script for that, and there was a cancellation. Mia Farrow was able to get here on short notice. That says a lot about this festival -- that we were able to pull off that sort of spontaneous coming-together of two different worlds. That first year I did a number of concerts in that role as artist-in-residence. And in, 2005 Rob asked me to take on more formal role.
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A FEW WEEKS BACK, the Del McCoury Band picked up the Grammy award for Best Bluegrass Album of 2006. Their winning effort, The Company We Keep, is the second they’ve released on their own McCoury Music label. Longtime fans of this Nashville-based outfit –which prominently features Del’s own sons Ronnie (on mandolin) and Rob (on banjo and guitar)– have hailed the disc as one of their finest albums yet. A true anomaly in the entertainment business, The Del McCoury Band has risen among the ranks of traditional country artists to achieve something singular and impressive. After decades of diligent roadwork -- and a storied history that saw Del playing guitar and singing lead in the early ‘60s with no less than the father of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe, in the past few years, McCoury and his band have emerged as one of the most popular and critically adored roots music combos in the world. One of the genre’s only true crossover success stories, they’ve found themselves welcome at all manner of venues and events. From major traditional bluegrass festivals peopled with diehard purists, to hippie-fied jamband summits, to nightclubs more known for hosting hard rock acts than suit-and-tied gentlemen holding fiddles and mandolins, singing anachronistic tunes about love, loss and the Lord. What’s even more amazing is that they’ve won this acceptance from such diverse crowds without catering to the whims of the market. Regardless of their surroundings, they carry themselves with a playful air that only serves to enhance their
positions as ambasDel McCoury, seated at front holding six-string guitar, with his band; they play the Savannah Music sadors of North Festival March 25 at the Trustees Theatre American roots music. A ticket to see the Del “I’ve played music forever,” he says. “But it all just McCoury Band guarantees the same thing no matter seemed to come together in the last ten years or so.” when or where they’re appearing. It’s that sense of con“The thing is, I’ve never changed my style at all. I’ve sistency and steadfastness that has earned them such always done my own thing, always had confidence in devotion from such a wide gamut of listeners. myself. I always knew that someone would like my There’s something very comforting about artists who sound.” hold tight to their values over a long period of time, and After a simple misunderstanding found Del and his wait patiently for the work they do to come into vogue. It band in the middle of a fierce bidding war between two takes a type of courage and fortitude that most folks simply don’t have or can’t stomach. One can literally hear handfuls of high-profile record labels (something which literally never happens in the world of traditional country those decades of fortitude ringing through McCoury’s music), they wound up passing on all offers, and in 2003, high, lonesome vocals. A professional musician for well over forty years, Del’s began to handle all their recording, touring and marketing in-house. seen fads come and go, and watched the stock of tradiThat business decision has served them well, indeed. tional country and bluegrass music rise and fall. For Now, in 2006, they’re readying the release of their firstdecades he’s been a known and respected figure among ever gospel album, a live DVD, and another disc of early bluegrass aficionadoes, but it’s only recently that his bluegrass standards. name has become much more of a household word. A kindly, good-natured man who’s quick to laugh and The current resurgence or traditional Americana seems genuinely touched by the support he’s received music (fueled in no small part by the breakthrough mainfrom fans the world over, Del spoke to me at length from stream success of the Coen Brothers’ 2000 film O his home in Tennessee. What follows are some of the Brother Where Art Thou? and its accompanying soundhighlights of our conversation. track) has been kind to the last few stalwarts of the genre who still ride the rails, such as Del and Dr. Ralph Connect Savannah: You rarely spend more than ten days Stanley. The sweetness of this “better-late-than-never” on the road at once? fame is not lost on Del.
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9 Del McCoury: The way we do it now, it leaves more time for all of us to be at home with our families. A lot of people, they’d just as soon stay out there, and a at one point, I’m sure I’d have been right there with ‘em! (laughs) There’s a time when I might have been satisfied to be out all the time, but now I’d just as soon be home as not.
Connect Savannah: When was that? Del McCoury: Oh, that was probably 20 years ago and even before that. See, I’m 67 now. When I was young, I played with Bill Monroe, and he was on the road a lot. That wasn’t a problem for me, because I loved to play music. I loved it so much I probably would’ve played it 36 hours a day! (laughs) But now I find that you have to get away from it every now and then to feel refreshed. I like that change. It causes me to work hard and I like a challenge.
Del McCoury: It goes both ways. It’s the craziest thing! I think I was more physically able with my voice and my guitar playing when I was 25. But then again, I wasn’t nearly as good at knowing how to entertain people. I’m smarter now. You get educated at how to make people enjoy themselves, and you find out it’s not singing and playing. It’s talking to the people. Communicating with them. If you do requests, you’re gonna have to talk to ‘em, and you’ll find out what they really want. Sometimes you’ll get 600 requests at once! (laughs) That’s what I’ve learned through the years. Somebody one time asked Curly Seckler –who was the tenor singer with Flat & Scruggs– when did you guys have time to rehearse? Because in their early days, they were travellin’ around and playin’ live on TV stations back when that was still brand-new. They’d be in Johnson City, Tn., one night and Knoxville the next. And Curly said, well,
Connect Savannah: So how are things going with the new label? I know that you’ve been pretty self-sufficient for a while, but this is a change for the band. Del McCoury: It is. We just finished out first-ever gospel record. Our second record on our own label just won a Grammy, so I’d say things are goin’ very well. Plus, the way we’ve set all this up, we’ll own the rights to those masters, and eventually so will all our kids. If we hadn’t done this, somebody else would continued on page 10
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Del McCoury: I like variety. On stage we never play the same show twice in a row. We don’t even go by a setlist. I might have a few numbers that work real well for introducin’ the bandmembers and highlighting something they do, but after that, you know, more often than not it’s request time. I’m glad to take requests as long as it’s something I’ve actually recorded! (laughs) I’m awful glad folks don’t ask me to play somebody else’s show! Now, sometimes we’ll play a place and there will be a lot of folks there who’ve literally never seen live bluegrass. We’re their introduction to it. And inevitably, one of them will want to hear
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we rehearsed on stage! It’s sink or swim when you do that. (laughs) Lester Flatt would just start off a song without any warning, and they’d have to jump into whatever he was doing and make it work without letting the audience know they were doin’ it off the top of their heads. (laughs) It’s like that with us in a way. We rehearse mostly when we’re gettin’ ready to do a record. We get it all down before we ever go into the studio. But on the road, the only real rehearsal we get is at soundcheck when nobody’s around and we’re settin’ up microphones. You have to keep up with it, or you’ll lose it. Especially at my age. If I didn’t play on a regular basis, or took a long break from the guitar, I’d definitely lose my chops, regardless of how long I’ve been at this.
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Del McCoury: Yeah, but I guess you could say it’s a challenge everytime you get up on the stage, no matter what kind of music you’re doin’. Speaking of a challenge, I’ve been in the studio lately with Vince Gill. And he’s doin’ four records at once! All different styles, and with different people playin’ on each one! (laughs) He asked me to come in and sing tenor with him, and you wanna talk
Connect Savannah: In one of the songs on the new CD, you sing “I played in churches, fairs and dive bars.� Why do you think you’ve been welcomed into so many different situations?
“Rocky Top.� (laughs) It’s the only bluegrass song they know the name of! (laughs) But we usually go ahead and do it, because I know it’ll make them happy. For the most part, these days we get a lot of kids comin’ out, and you’d be amazed, but they know my records from 30 years ago! I can’t believe it when they request some of this old stuff.
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about a challenge? Buddy, he’ll put you right up there! (laughs) You’re in the sky all the time, because he sings so high anyway. I was in the booth and doin’ just a line or two at a time because I went in cold, not knowin’ any of the songs. He told me that he lives to be challenged. My boys from the band did the songs with him about two weeks ago, and when I was through with my parts I wouldn’t leave right away. I’d stick around to hang out and watch, and he’d start doing something completely different. He’d just switch gears like that! It was wild.
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own it all. There are still people who own the tapes and the rights to stuff I did in my thirties and forties. We’ve been able to buy back the rights to a lot of it, but there’s still some that we have no control of.
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Connect Savannah: It’s too early to be predicting what the next generation of McCoury's will choose for a career -- but would you be surprised to hear that some of your grandkids on the back of this album cover eventually took up bluegrass or roots music as their main gig? Del McCoury: Probably they will! (laughs) Just bein’ around all this music influences ‘em, I guess. It’s funny. When my sons were small, I had a band, and everyone in my band was in their thirties. I never thought too much about my boys playing music for a career, and then I turned around one day and they were on stage with me! (laughs) They’re great musicians, and I could never replace them.
Connect Savannah: This CD contains your first attempts at co-writing songs. How did that come about, and why had you never done such a thing before? Del McCoury: I’ll tell you what. Up until now, I wrote songs by myself. The first one was in ‘66, or close to it. I kinda thought of it as a private thing – writing a song, you know? I don’t know why, but I
did. It just never occurred to me to do it with someone. Then my manager said there must be two million songwriters in this town. He’d said most of ‘em would love to write with me. I was not interested. Then Stan said, well, why don’t we find someone you already know. Now, I’d known Harley Allen since he was a kid. I wrote with him two different times, and I liked it! Then I started writing with all kinds of people. (laughs)
Connect Savannah: Besides the gospel record, what's next for you and the band? Do you still have that CD of old bluegrass standards in the can? Del McCoury: I still have all that stuff. (laughs) We never did put it out. I think we cut almost 20 songs. You know, back when I first started, I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, close to Baltimore. So, of course a lot of the work we did was in bars in Baltimore. That’s a rough seaport town, and there’s some rough places there. Boy, I wouldn’t go in some of those places today for a million dollars! (laughs) But back then, you had to, and I sure saw some stuff that I’ll never forget. We were like most amateur bands in that we didn’t have a lot of our own material. We had to play all the big guys’ songs – like Flatt & Scruggs and Bill Monroe. A lot of those tunes I knew so well, that I thought I should record that stuff before
I got too old to do ‘em justice. It was just a collection of old songs that I heard a lot. Mainly Bill Monroe. Of course, I worked with him as his lead singer.
Connect Savannah: For a festival show like this one –where the artists on the roster include everyone from classical pianists to African dancers– do you craft a set that's at all different from something you'd do at a festival specifically geared to bluegrass or jam band music? Del McCoury: Naw. We don’t change a thing, man. (laughs) We’ll try to play some of our newest stuff, but once I get the band all introduced, I tell the crowd that before too long we’ll start taking requests. Usually everybody starts hollerin’ out songs right away! (laughs) I played in California somewhere, and this guy in the front was insisting on having me to sing this song I’d done like 20 or 30 years ago, and he wouldn’t let up! After him hollerin’ for this thing for about a half an hour, I said, okay, now look here. I’m gonna do my very best to sing this old song, but I have not even thought of it in years, and there’s no guarantees that it’ll be any good! (laughs) So, whoever kicked it off did it just perfect, and we sang a verse and a chorus, and I gotta say that I was really hittin’ it. I surprised myself! (laughs) Then we come to the second verse, and
buddy, I had no earthly idea! We just kept vampin’ and playin’ and finally I asked him if he knew the words well enough to give me a hint on how it went. And man, he started singin’ at the top of his lungs! He sang it in the right key, and he stood there and showed a lot of nerve.
Connect Savannah: So he actually wound up doing a duet with you? Del McCoury: I guess he did! (laughs) See, I think that’s how a live show should be. It should have mistakes in it. It can’t be perfect like a record. I learned a long, long time ago that you should just face that reality right off the bat. It won’t be perfect. A lot of guys want their backup fellows to play all the breaks just like they are on the records. Man, that’s like tying a good player’s hands behind his back! Nobody feels the exact same way on two different days, so how are they supposed to play a song the same way? ◗
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“Let’s go get a glass of wine,� I said at the airport. “A glass?� my friend said. “How about a bottle? It’s been a long time.� That night we went to an area called Zona Rose where putting money into the parking meters is optional (“Why have meters when there’s so much free parking?� the sign read. “Because a portion of the meter proceeds goes toward Change for Charity.� ) “Nothing like that in New Orleans,� my friend said. “Nor Savannah,� I added. In the next few days we explored Westport, a refurbished and artsy historic district near downtown; stopped to read bronze plaques for Thomas Hart Benton and Lewis and Clark; drove along the railroad tracks that took Truman Capote and Harper Lee to Leavenworth Prison for Capote’s In Cold Blood, and saw from the highway the huge monolith of a building; ate a great barbecue brisket sandwich; explored the National Silk Art Museum in Weston, a funky little nearby town, where we stopped to read about an 1847 hotel that was lodging for river captains and wagon masters. “Nothing like that in New Orleans,� my friend said. “Nor Savannah,� I added. In Weston, we saw a water meter that read, “Made in India,� a first for both of us. From people we met we heard about George Brett and the ‘85 Royals, the last local team to win the World Series; the big St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Kansas City and St. Louis (who knew?), the new casinos (they’re everywhere), the dying GM plant (they’re everywhere, too), the huge presence and generosity of Hallmark Cards. We saw a great show at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, saw work on the striking glass-walled pavilions of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, then walked through the nearby Kansas City Art School, where a very friendly ceramics student showed us a huge bread mixer rescued from a World War II ship that the school uses to mix clay. Every morning I read the Kansas City Star, one of the best newspapers I’ve come across in a long time. On the way to the airport, my friend slipped in a CD and we listened to Irma Thomas, the Soul Queen of New Orleans, sing “Time is On My Side.� “She sang at my high school prom at West Jefferson High School,� my friend said, keeping her eyes straight ahead, stoic and in control. “She was unbelievable.� But that was then. And this is now. And right now, she allowed on the phone the other night -- after the isolated reality has had a chance to set in -- she’d just as soon be out on Bourbon Street doing a little Mardi Gras Mambo. ◗
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THIS WEEK THE phone lines are buzzing. The tears are flowing, the stories gushing. Everyone’s pulled out their Zydeco tunes, their Cajun music, their Clifton Chenier and Fats Domino, their Wild Magnolias and Professor Longhair. Their TV sets are on, too. Everyone knows when the next interview, the next feature, the next special is scheduled. Earlier this week, for the evacuees, the displaced, the refugees, it was all about Mardi Gras. And how they weren’t there -- either to complain about the tourists, to serve the tourists, to get an extra key made for guests, to stock up on food and drink for guests, to explain the king cake to the guests, to meander out along the parade line to catch a glimpse of a float or two, to explain the floats, at least once. Because this year not everyone can be in New Orleans. And it’s strange. Earlier this month, between trips, I stopped in Kansas City to see a good friend who was born and bred in the Crescent City. For the past few years she’s taken care of her mother, who has some form of Alzheimer’s. So when Katrina hit, they got the hell out of Dodge. First, like so many others, they stayed with relatives. For them that meant Lafayette, La. Then, when they got their bearings, they headed north to Kansas City, where my friend’s sister lives. From a settled existence with old friends down the street who my friend trusted, reliable caretakers who spoke the particular and peculiar New Orleans language, familiar landmarks in restaurants, grocery stores, drug stores, they were thrust into the world, into the diaspora. For my friend and her mother that meant freezing temperatures, rolling prairies, signs pointing to tornado shelters, uncertainty about where to go next. This week it meant being away from New Orleans and seeing the last of the unemployment checks. And these are the lucky ones. They have a nice house and generous relatives. Kansas City is nice. The Midwest is nice. The people are nice. Before long they established a routine, important for someone with Alzheimer’s. My friend found a day-care facility, and though her mother -- who used to waitress at a New Orleans landmark called the Buck Forty-Nine -calls it “going to work,� she complies. Most of the time. For my visit, my friend found a caretaker through a friend of a friend. I was her second visitor in five months. Kansas City really isn’t on the way to much.
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In full bloom Get tickets now for the Savannah Garden & Antiques Exposition THERE’S A NEW ADDITION -- or is it an old addition? -- to the Savannah Garden Exposition. It’s now the Savannah Garden & Antiques Exposition. Savannah’s secret gardens, lush parks and squares intrigue visitors and residents alike with their ever-changing colors and scents. Now, you can learn the secrets of the city’s master gardeners. The addition of antiques isn’t the only change you’ll see. The event has been expanded from two to three full days, and a jazz brunch has been added. Funds raised by the exposition benefit the Isaiah Davenport House Museum and the Historic Savannah Foundation. “It is this area’s premier gardening event,” says Jamie Credle, director of the Isaiah Davenport House Museum, and the expo’s volunteer coordinator. Several demonstrations will be offered, including How to Build a Window Box, with Christine Pullen, co-host of Bushwhacked on Turner South. There will be competitions, including the Floral Competition and the Window Box Competition. In the Exhibition Garden Competition, gardeners will interpret a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson -- “Earth laughs in flowers,” “from Hamatreya. One of the most popular attractions is the Open Air Marketplace, where vendors sell items as diverse as rare and collectible plants, garden ornaments, birdhouses and garden furniture. There will be children’s activities, including horticultural-themed crafts and projects they can take home. “We have world-class speakers,” Credle says. Up first is P. Allen Smith, who will speak Friday at 11 a.m. in the Roundhouse Railroad Museum’s Blacksmith Shop. A professional garden designer and Certified Fellow of the Royal Horticulture Society, he has built a television, publishing and Internet franchise. The host of P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home on PBS and also has a nationally syndicated TV series, P. Allen Smith’s Gardens, Smith frequently can be seen on the CBS Early Show, NBC’s Today Show and CNN’s Open House. He will present 5 Things You Should Know About Color for the Garden, based on his fourth
“The foundation has been around since 1955,” McDonald says. “We operate a revolving fund to save endangered historic buildings. The proceeds go to that.” “The money allows us to do something special we couldn’t normally do within the course of the year,” Credle says. “We will earmark it for some wonderful project.” Want to serve as a volunteer? Credle is searching for a variety of volunteers, Clockwise from top including parking assistant, left: Susan Mason, P. concession stand worker, Allen Smith, Mary K. greeter and more. Andrews Call Credle at 236-8097 or send e-mail to jcredle@savbusiness.net. “It takes about 200 volunteers to do this,” she says. “The event is held rain or shine,” Credle says. “We keep our fingers crossed. One year, we had some wind, but no rain. We have a covered area so all shopping can go on.” ◗
gardening book. On Saturday, Mary Kay Andrews, author of Little Bitty Lies, Hissy Fit, Savannah Blues and Savannah Breeze, will present Adventures in Antiquing about her passion for “junk.” Listeners will be ready to round up their own “junk posse” to hit the estate sale and flea market circuit. After a question-and-answer session, Andrews will sign copies of her books. The Jazz Brunch will be held Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon. Dine from a Southern-style brunch buffet while listening to jazz musicians from the Savannah Music Festival. The expo is one of three fundraisers that benefit the Historic Savannah Foundation. “We have two more events that raise money for us,” says Mark McDonald, executive director of the Historic Savannah Foundation. “We have the Tour of Homes and Gardens that we share with the Christ Episcopal Church the third weekend in March,” he says. “The other is the Historic Savannah Gala in October.
The Savannah Garden & Antiques Exposition will be held March 31 through April 2 at the Roundhouse Railroad Museum. General admission is $10 per day. Children under 12 accompanied by a paying adult will be admitted free. Tickets for the preview party are $125 for the general public and $100 for HSF/DH members. Tickets for the Jazz Brunch are $45, which includes general admission for Sunday. The cost of the lectures is $25 per lecture, which includes general admission for the day. The walking tours are $20 each. The Friday and Saturday self-guided tours and the Sunday guided tour of Forsyth Park, led by the Savannah Tree Foundation, are $20 each. The Sunday tour of the Armstrong Atlantic Arboretum is $15. Walking tour tickets do NOT include general admission. The ticket office is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 236-4795, or purchase tickets online by visiting www.savannahgardenexpo.com.
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Capitalism Gone Awry Obsessed executives have always taken business home at night, but increasingly they take it into the bathroom, with laptop computers, highspeed connections, flat-panel televisions and speaker phones, according to a February Wall Street Journal report. (Said one, “I’m beside myself when I can’t get my emails.”) However, there are problems, e.g., “sound-chamber” sound (the hollow voice created by typical bathroom acoustics usually gives away one’s location) and the “BlackBerry dunk” (with one Houston repair shop saying it gets a half-dozen jobs a day of portable devices accidentally dropped into the sink or tub, “or worse”).
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Sacred Traditions (1) Mutaa, the 1,400-year-old Islamic tradition of “temporary” marriage (typically, for one-night stands or for financial reasons), has proliferated in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein, embraced by Shiites even though condemned by Sunnis, according to a January Los Angeles Times dispatch. (2) Under sharia law, a Muslim husband can end a marriage at will, but apparently there are formalities. In Kuala Lumpur in January, a judge said the declaration had to be made in court and thus fined a Malaysian lawmaker the equivalent of about $150 after he tried to declare divorce first by text-messaging his wife and then by voicemail.
World-Class Multitasking Police arrested David Kennedy, 33, in January near Murfreesboro, Tenn., after he accidentally ran other drivers off the road, perhaps from being distracted by the open pornographic magazines that were in his front seat. And on a January afternoon, motorist Stephen Nielsen, 38, was stopped and finally awakened by Suffolk County, N.Y., police, who saw him driving 40 mph on the Long Island Expressway with eyes closed and mouth agape.
Least Competent People -- A familiar definition of “insanity” (attributed to Albert Einstein) is doing the same thing repeatedly but expecting different results. Donald E. Neff, 38, of Pleasant Township, Ohio, launched his 27-foot boat in the Portage River to access Lake Erie on Nov. 12, but it ran aground, and Neff required a Coast Guard rescue. Despite warnings to wait for higher tide, Neff got another boat the next day and set out again. He of course ran the second boat aground and had to be re-rescued. Two days later, he persuaded a friend to take him out, but naturally the friend’s boat ran aground, requiring the Coast Guard once again. Officials were contemplating as many as seven criminal charges against Neff. On Super Bowl Sunday, deputies in Sheridan, Colo., found a car with its windows blown out, its doors bulging outward and the roof bent upward about a foot. The license plate led to Norman Frey, 46, who admitted that he had been on his way to a football party with a balloon filled with acetylene, which he planned to explode in celebration. However, the balloon ignited, perhaps by static electricity from the back seat, and Frey and a companion suffered shrapnel wounds.
How Researchers Spend Their Time (1) Documenting menopause in gorillas (at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo, to show that not just humans experience menopause) (December). (2) Studying whether hamsters are happy or depressed (an Ohio State University project to determine whether non-humans experience seasonal affective disorder) (January). (3) Finding the gene for ear wax (conclusion: Africans’ and Europeans’ ear wax tends to be wetter, and that among East Asians drier, with other Asians’ wax about midway between, though the Nagasaki University researchers failed to learn much else) (January). ◗
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his lawyer asked for sympathy. Dearman had been surprised mid-burglary by his victims, who were all seniors who proceeded to beat Dearman up and hog-tie him (a photo of which made the newspapers). Thus, the lawyer said, Dearman had become a “laughingstock” among prisoners and would “never be able to hold his head up in criminal company again.” (2) In January, Alexis du Pont de Bie Sr., 62, who grew up in a du Pont family mansion and inherited $7 million, filed a lawsuit in New York City accusing his estate’s trustees of mismanagement that has reduced his wealth to $2 million and necessitated a cut in his allowance to $3,000 a month, making him, he said, “literally destitute and homeless.”
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the administration of Prime Minister Thatcher appeared seriously concerned that poachers posed a threat to the Loch Ness monster (if and when it revealed itself). (Also in those files, as reported in News of the Weird in 2004, was a letter from Swedish officials seeking advice from the Nessie-experienced British on protecting Sweden’s own underwater Lake Storsjo monster.) At Fort Polk, La., the Pentagon has created elaborate, Hollywood-like sets of buildings and homes but representing village scenes in Iraq and Afghanistan under realistic conditions of war, to train soldiers preparing for deployment. Among the fine details (according to a January Harper’s magazine report): hiring amputees and using fake blood to simulate horrific injuries; piping in the scent of vomit and other emblems of battlefield chaos; bringing in U.S.-residing Iraqi natives to heckle soldiers in Arabic; conducting press briefings before hostile reporters; and at one venue, fighting in modern city blocks of buildings, presumably for guerilla wars of the future.
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ON FEB. 23, OFFICERS were dispatched to 40th Street and MLK Jr. Blvd. on the report of a suspicious vehicle at a business. Upon the officers’ arrival a grey Infiniti fled from the scene. Officers followed the vehicle until it reached the end of Barrington Street. The suspect, identified as Jerome Zenus Hill Jr., 25, got out of his vehicle. Hill pointed a gun at Officer Clifford Huggins and Officer James Neff. Huggins fired two shots, striking Hill at least once. Hill was transported to Memorial Health where he remains in serious but stable condition as we go to press. Inside Hill’s vehicle, officers identified a female who said Hill was sexually assaulting her. She was transported to Candler Hospital. Hill will be charged with Aggravated Sodomy and Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer upon his release from the hospital. In accordance with department policy, Huggins has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of investigations. • An officer was called to an Abercorn street pharmacy in reference to an auto theft that had just occurred. The victim told the officer that his car had been taken from him at gunpoint. He said the suspect approached him from behind as he approached his car to open the door and demanded his car keys. When the victim turned around, the suspect had a black revolver pointed at him. He said he threw the keys at the suspect and ran back into the pharmacy. The suspect got into the car and accelerated west toward Windsor Forest. He was followed by a small four-door vehicle that was occupied by three other men, who apparently were accomplices. The victim told police he had $380 cash inside the car, as well as some clothing and his driver’s license. A lookout was broadcast for the vehicle. • A woman said her son was the victim of a theft at a Montgomery Cross Road convenience store. She told police the boy had his Sony PSP in his pocket when he went in the store. He said when he left, he realized the PSP was missing. He said he recognized the man who was standing in line behind him, and said he believed the man had taken the PSP. The woman took her son to a pawn shop at White Bluff Road, and learned that the system had just been pawned by the suspect the boy had identified, so she called police. The officer checked the item
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and matched the serial number. Also, the boy had his nickname listed in the unit’s menu. The pawn shop owner says he must keep the item, but said he will work with the detective on the case. The woman said she was not sure she would prosecute. • An officer responded to Dean Forest Road and Morgan Industrial Boulevard in reference to a possible DUI. Another officer said he had observed a vehicle turn onto the boulevard, and stopped the vehicle when it came back out on Dean Forest Road. He said when he spoke with the driver, he detected an odor of alcohol. The officer asked the driver to step out of her vehicle. He asked where she was going and she replied, “Taking my friend home. She lives on Dean Forest Road.” The officer then asked how the woman got turned around, and she said, “I was talking with my sister on my cell phone. You can check my cell phone. I was talking to my sister.” While speaking to the woman, the officer detected the odor of alcohol. He asked how much she had to drink. “I’ve had......we were at (a bar and grill), we had dinner and I had three drinks,” she replied. The officer asked how long it had been since the woman had something to drink, and she said, “We left (the bar), well, we left (the bar) and come this way.” The officer then asked what kind of drinks the woman had, and she replied, “Crown and Seven.” He asked how big the drinks were, and she said, “Six, eight ounces. They were in plastic cups. Three of them.” The woman then agreed to submit to standardized field sobriety tests. She failed the tests and was arrested and charged with DUI. ◗
All cases from recent Savannah/Chatham Police Department incident reports. Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020
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Ice-Free Winter Unusually warm weather this winter across the northeastern United States and eastern Canada has left the Great Lakes mostly free of ice for the first time in living memory. The open waters have been disastrous for the icefishing industry in the region and have allowed ferries to operate even during the coldest month of January. Some fishing guides tried to use boats for their customers, but high winds clouded the waters, preventing fish from seeing the lures. A cold wave that spread across the Great Lakes region in mid-February promoted the formation of ice near shore, but it is unlikely that an extensive ice sheet will form over the bodies of water this season.
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Health officials on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion say that four people 4.2 have now died from a mos4.3 quito-borne disease that has 5.3 infected more than 100,000 5.1 people on the French overseas territory. Hospital officials said 5.2 the latest victim was a small child, who died from complica12S 7.5 tions related to chikungunya, a crippling disease that causes painful swelling of body joints and leaves victims stooped with limited mobility. Victims usually recover from the symptoms over time. While the disease had not previously been known to be fatal, chikungunya is now being directly connected to the deaths of two • A volcano on the small Japanese island adults and two children on the island. A of Miyake produced its first eruption since massive mosquito-eradication project has last May, releasing a small amount of ash. been launched to combat the spread of An eruption in July 2000 forced all of the the disease. island’s 4,000 residents to evacuate.
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A wide area of southern Africa was soundly shaken by a magnitude 7.5 temblor centered in western Mozambique. • Earth movements were also felt in southern Bulgaria, central Iran, central Japan, the southern Philippines, Guam, Nicaragua and neighboring Honduras as well as in central parts of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Volcanoes The central Philippines’ Mayon Volcano produced a swarm of hundreds of quakes that sprayed ash across the mountain’s slopes. The country’s vulcanology and seismology institute advised residents to stay outside a 4-mile radius of the mountain in anticipation of further activity.
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Drought Casualties The ongoing severe drought across much of East Africa has killed tens of thousands of animals, and experts warn it will “decimate” livestock during the next few months. The British-based Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad said further deaths of cattle, camels and donkeys across Kenya and Somalia are likely to add to drought-related human fatalities and suffering. Parched conditions are also disrupting the annual migrations of wildebeests and zebras in Kenya and neighboring Tanzania. The Kenya Wildlife Service said the drought has so far killed at least 60 hippopotamuses in the country’s wildlife sanctuaries.
Exceptionally wet weather across South Africa in recent months is responsible for the unprecedented numbers of white butterflies that have delighted residents of Johannesburg during February, according to wildlife experts. Zoologist Graham Alexander said wet conditions promoted plant growth, providing a home for more caterpillars. They eventually turned into millions of Belenois aurota, commonly known as “brown-veined white” butterflies. While the species is common across southern Africa, older residents of the city say they have never before seen them in such great numbers. Large migrations of Belenois aurota take place during the rainy season, with the winged insects flying up the east coast of Africa. ◗
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Coming from a long line of musicians centered around the New Orleans area (his father was a pianist and banjoist who played on many of the steamboats of the famed “Strickfus Line” which travelled the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers), this bandleader and trombonist got his first big break in 1971 when he was chosen to be one of the original 200 staff musicians at Walt Disney World out of over 2500 applicants. Later Bill would organize and lead the popular Goodtime Jazz Band at the Sunshine State’s famed Rosie O’Grady’s, and remain in that position for over 15 years. he now divides his time between his work at Disney (he returned to their fold in 1991) and his tours and recording sessions which take him far and wide across the USA and Europe. Bill has gigged with everyone from Al Hirt to Dizzy Gillespie and from Mel Tormé to Zoot Sims. While not in possession of as big a name as some of the acts they occasionally attract, the management of this upscale supper club say they expect this engagement to be one of their most entertaining in some time, and based on Allred’s albums and resumé, they may be right. Fri. - Sat., 7:30 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).
This free,all-ages waterfront event features three acts, at least two of which will likely keep the crowd well-engaged. Liquid Ginger plays slick, well-constructed modern rock that’s aimed squarely at the Top 40 set. They have all the parts required to craft radio-ready, über-catchy songs firmly in place: crunchy electric guitars, tasteful keyboard pads, a solid rhythm section, and lyrical subject matter that’s relatively easy for most anyone to relate to. Hazzard County – the full, electric country-rock band led by Courtenay Brothers guitarist and vocalist Jason Courtenay – also have the right ingredients for local and regional fame. His bandmates are seasoned musicians who have paid their dues for years in many area roadhouse bands. The only disappointing wild card in this lineup is the purported headliner, Lee Greenwood. An adequate singer at best, and one of the lowest-rent celebrities ever to milk a novelty tune (“God Bless the U.S.A.”), one can only wish that the military -- and those who support the military -- would quit hauling this rather sad figure out at one benefit or “thank you concert” after another. Perpetually touring behind his album Lee Greenwood’s Greatest HIT, he often looks as bored to be performing as most of us surely are to see him do so. I can
only assume there’s a sweet paycheck attached to these shows that somehow keeps him from setting his controls for the heart of the sun. Note to all organizers of such events: If a free show by Lee Greenwood is the best way you can think of to thank the troops, maybe you should call a few of them and ask what kind of music they actually listen to. Sun., 4 p.m., River Street (East End).
First Friday For Folk This family-oriented, coffeehouse-style acoustic showcase features master fingerpicking guitarist (and Chet Atkins acolyte) Sam Pacetti from St. Augustine, Fl., Michael Johnathon Oxford, Ga.’s David Leinweber (see Music Menu), and Lexington, Ky’s singer/songwriter Michael Johnathon. Johnathon is perhaps best known as the organizer and host of the syndicated public radio show (and internet video broadcast) WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour, which is heard over 400 stations in the U.S. and 31 other countries. A celebrated author as well, he’ll be joined for this rare local appearance by mandolinist Scott Napier of the FolkBoy Orchestra. Free to ALL-AGES with a suggested $2 donation to the Savannah Folk Music Society. Fri., 7:30 pm, Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church (429 Abercorn St.).
Divine Magees CD Release This rescheduled date find this Asheville-based female acoustic duo of guitar and fiddle celebrating their latest beguiling collection of original material, Love Me Like The Roses, voted by the influential public radio station WNCW as one of the Top 100 releases of 2005. Think a punk-edged version of the Indigo Girls, and you’ll come close to the vibe of this elegant, promising duo. Sat., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.
Genital Mousetrap Circus A reunion gig from this long-disbanded local metalcore group (whose sound also touched on ska, pop, and emo). They broke up in 2003, with members resurfacing in such notable groups as Knee Deep And Drowning, Gravy and Reflux. Though they have no plans to make this a full-time gig again, they are shooting this show for a possible live concert DVD, and are already writing material for a new studio effort. Baxley extreme metal madmen Malefactor open, along with Savannah’s instrumental post-math rock trio i am not a little bus. ◗ Fri., 10 pm, The Jinx.
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A key figure on the local jazz scene for years, this veteran trombonist and tireless promoter of America’s art form leads a variety of combos, and can always be counted on for a solid performance, and an educator’s eye for detail. Fri., 9 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.
Raw and slightly unhinged Delta bluesinfluenced rock that’s one part Fat Possum Records, one part latter-day Tom Waits, and one part Invisible Republicmode Dylan. Sat., 10 pm, The Underground @ Churchill’s Pub.
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Alan Bibey & Blueridge
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Bluesonics
Up-and-coming regional country singer/songwriter who group peppers their original sets with well-known covers. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, Gilley’s (Hinesville).
Long-running local Chicago-style electric blues act that’s reliable, entertaining, and energetic. Sat., 7 pm, The Warehouse.
Jason Courtenay & Hazzard County
Eat Mo' Music Local instrumental funk/soul jazz quintet featuring trumpeter John Tisbert, and made up of area music instructors. Sat., 9 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.
Kristin Gustafson Brunchtime entertainment from a classically-trained solo harpist (!) playing standards, unique arrangements of symphonic works, originals, and her own interpretations of contemporary music. Sun., 11 am - 2 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.
Bill Hodgson Former member of ‘80s party band The Tremors, offering a varied setlist of classic rock, pop, and blues-influenced tunes on acoustic guitar. far from your run-of-the-mill solo act, he plays everything from Memphis soul and British Invasion material to Burt Bacharach ballads. Fri., 9 pm, Steamers (Georgetown).
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This guitarist from Oxford, Ga., has won the prestigious annual “Old-Time Music Contest” at Al.’s Athens State University several times. He both flatpicks and fingerpicks, and specializes in his own arrangements of traditional folk songs from the British Isles. his continued on page 18
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Major bluegrass act whose albums have hit as high as #3 around the world. Mandolinist Bibey has also been a member of The New Quicksilver and IIIrd Tyme Out. These folks are considered something of a “supergroup,” and it’s a bit of a coup to find them playing a room as small and intimate as this one (only 100 seats). For $20 advance tickets, call 748-1930, or www.randywoodguitars.com. Sat., 7:30 pm, Randy Wood’s Pickin’ Parlor (1304 East Hwy 80, Bloomingdale).
Acoustic guitarist and vocalist who’s known for a high-intensity performance style, and is soon to release a debut CD. Rock covers and originals. Wed., 7 pm, Pogy’s Bar & Grill (Richmond Hill) + Thurs., B & D Burgers (Southside) + Fri. Sat., ( pm, The Bayou Café + Sun., 5:30 pm, The Warehouse.
Sax-playing, big-band leading transplant from Monroe, La., playing instrumental hard bop and soul-jazz that’s geared toward partying and dancing. Fri. - Sun., 9 pm, The Seafood Authority (above Fernando’s).
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Old-fashioned R & B and early rock and roll covers (think Elvis, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly) from a member of local blues act Too Blue. Fri. - Sat., 9:30 pm, Il Pasticcio.
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Made up of 3 This relentless, of the 4 punk-tinged members of traquartet continues ditional country to capitalize on group The Deep their growing South Band (regfanbase. Reggae ulars in the late and rock covers fill Bibey, Alan, &Blueridge ‘80s at the out the night, but Holiday Inn on Hwy 204), this semithe focus is their intensely cathartic – and reunited act’s calling card is their tight highly syncopated – originals that recall vocal harmonies. both early Primus and 311. Fri., 8 pm, Sea Grill (Pt. Wentworth). Fri., 10 pm, Locos (Downtown).
group through modern and classic country covers and a few originals. Fri., 9 pm, Tubby’s (Thunderbolt).
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shows incorporate plenty of educational info about the material he’s helping to preserve. Wed., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.
Diana Rogers Veteran pianist and singer (standards, show tunes and pop hits) who’s been a favorite around town for years. Tues., 7 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.
Liquid Ginger High-profile regional band with a large and loyal following. Their sets combine tried-and-true crowd-pleasing rock covers with their own lush, radio-friendly modern pop (think No Doubt, Train). This free show marks the 25th anniversary of this seafood restaurant and watering hole. Fri., 6 pm, Tubby’s Tankhouse (Thunderbolt).
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Polished and versatile electric blues combo, featuring former members of both Bluesonics and The Eric Culberson Blues Band. Sat., 7 pm, The Warehouse.
Singing acoustic guitarist offering Celtic ballads and modern folk. Wed. Sun., Kevin Barry’s.
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Award-winning local vocalist who’s more than capable of fronting orchestras, but has found his calling in the intimate cabaret tradition. Thurs., 9 pm (music begins at 7 pm), The Mansion on Forsyth Park.
Facile solo guitarist specializing in blues and jazz-influenced material. Wed., & Sun., 7 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.
Pocket Change Local soul and funk cover band (with a female vocalist) specializing in danceoriented hits from the ‘60s through the ‘80s. Thurs., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.
Singer/songwriter who cut his teeth on the Northeastern coffeehouse and busking circuit, and has released a few above-average CDs of modern folks and blues material. He’s known for a powerful voice and rock-solid musicianship. Covers and originals. Wed., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House (w/Fiddlin’ Scott Holton) + Fri., 7 pm, AJ’s Dockside (Tybee) + Sun., 10 pm, Café Loco.
Shrimp City Slim Popular Charleston-based band playing “Coastal Blues,” which incorporates shag and soul music into a more typical Delta format. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.
Silver Lining Local jazz trio (featuring drummer Mark Cordray and bassist/vocalist Maggie Evans) playing danceable stan-
dards and originals. Thurs., 9 pm, The Seafood Authority (above Fernando’s).
Randy “Hatman” Smith Solo guitarist playing beach, boogie and blues hits (and plenty of Buffett) to sequenced backing, so as to approximate the sound of a full band. Fri. - Sat., 7 pm, Stingray’s (Tybee).
Southpaw Tight regional band playing modern and classic country and honky-tonk. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, Tommy’s (Pooler).
The 8-Tracks Eclectic local party band whose setlist runs the gamut from alternative Pixies, The Cure) to ‘80s pop (T The rock (P Cars) to R & B (L Little Richard, Prince ) – and whose lineup features moonlighting members of local original acts Superhorse, GAM and The Judge & The Jury. Fri. - Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge
Weedeater Relentless, overdriven Southern sludge-core group led by Dave “Dixie” Collins, formerly of the cult legends Buzzov-en. With openers The Wayward and Space Knights. Mon., 10 pm, The Jinx. ◗
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compiled by Jim Morekis ‘Homage to Bones’ -- Work by Wendell Rudolph Smith is on display Feb. 10March 8 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. Reception March 3, 5-7 p.m. Savannah-Budapest 2005 -Work by Scott Griffin at the Sapphire Grill, 110 W. Congress St.
Roger Suprenant’s photos of the Roundhouse are at Moon River, while other photos of his are at Angel’s BBQ
Roger Surprenant -- Photos on display at Moon River at 21 West Bay St. and Angel's BBQ at 21 West Oglethorpe Lane. Through mid-March. Group Exhibition -- Show at Gallery 440. 440 Bull St., features Charlotte Dunlap, Morgan Kuhn, Cissie Victor and Frances Walter, artists in residence.
Gregory Myrick -- New prints by this local artist at www.yessy.com/gmyrick1/. ◗
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‘Savannah Nocturnes’ -- Group show March 4-April 1 includes James Allen, Barbara J. Brown, Adela Holmes, Daniel Smith and June Stratton. Whitney Gallery, 415 Whitaker Street. Reception March 11, 5-8 p.m.
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‘Faces of Folk’ -- Exhibit thru March at The Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art, 1015 Whitaker Street. Call 234-7322.
Join us in celebrating the 101st Birthday of Dr. Seuss! Friday, March 3rd - 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4th - 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5th - 3:00 p.m. Our cast is comprised of 85 incredibly talented 3rd through 12th grade students selected by auditions especially for this production. Tickets are general admission for $8 each For tickets or more information, contact SCAD's Box Office (912) 5255050 or e-mail musical@savcps.com for more information.
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Through March 8@Pinnacle Gallery IN “PORTRAIT OF THE SELF; Exodus in profile, is stuffed and roped together of the Spirit...and within between two book us exile resides”, covers and then Wendell Smith repreimprisoned in a cage of sents his face on an chicken wire. irregular shaped piece of In “Beneath the canvas mounted on Rainfall...happy are chicken wire with a halo those who are called to constructed of toothshelter”, an abstract picks. painting on a sheet of This head is hung canvas has been molded high on the wall, and in to form a sack and tied place of the body we with a rope at the waist would expect to see as if it contained a below, numerous strings, hidden figure. Fine like vapors or white threads of strings and dread locks dangle, knotted gold chain hang reaching down to the in front. The image is floor where their excess imprisoned in these lengths form a small wires of rain. heap. Between sculpture ‘Silent Stare’ “Redemption File...I and painting, between will always search for abstraction and repremercies”, is another selfsentation, between conportrait, this one with a gold leaf mark in struction and destruction, between the center of the forehead, like an Indian inside and outside, the overall sensation caste mark, is on a piece of canvas and the sensitive viewer experiences while mounted on chicken wire. Hanging below amongst these works is that of a pain this image, an untidy pile of what I think being constantly caressed, the way a are also various self-portraits, this time tongue massages an aching tooth; or the
complex feeling set up when rubbing The America we are living in is ruled ointment on a cut - at by a homogenizing once cooling and modernity; the other healing and abrasive America still resists this and hurting. domination. Wendell Better still is the Smith comes from analogy of the selfTrinidad in the other hugging of a person in America, where the the fetal position, honest interior journey holding still and hiding with its accompanying the limbs. This is an art risks is still central to the created from the artist’s necessity of art. descent within. This Aubrey Williams, an journey he is taking artist from Guyana, and pierces the outer world exiled in London, stated of of appearances to a his art in a 1987 interview, center where the truth that the anxiety at the of the contemporary core of his work which he human condition is described as “the fire in revealed as a painful the belly,” was a South anxiety, as if a claw of American construct: “It’s sharp nails was the smell of old blood. I ‘Redemption File’ scratching at the bare think so. It’s the smell of bones of the human the presence of the conconsciousness. quistadors. It’s the smell of a loss and a There are two Americas: the one we replacement of lesser than what was live in, Anglo North America, and the destroyed. It’s a quality coming out of other, which starts at the Rio Grande forced change, a displacement of and stretches down to Tierra del Fuego identity. Violation and yet new growth and includes the Caribbean islands. asserting itself, but never profoundly,
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never being able to overcome what it’s cultures, and where consumption up against. It’s a whole lot of things. It’s reduces everything to appearances. a big galaxy of human consciousness.” The tragedy of this culture (where the Trinidad is still a pluralistic society, worst has already happened) is that if it containing vestiges of its original were still possible to pierce through peoples along with the influences of appearances and descend within, one Spain and England, the dominance of would probably not feel the fire in the those of African descent belly or the clawing at and a considerable poputhe bones of the spirit. lation of people from the But here in Anglo Indian subcontinent America we must face brought there by the the dark future aware British. It is multi-religious, that a lethal injection that is pre-colonial has been administered African, Christian, Hindu to the individual soul in and Muslim. these more “advanced” “Silent Stare...you live lands and here the in quiet exile covered by artist faces a colossal memories,” is a large cutstruggle to feel his own out canvas figure humanhood. To find mounted on chicken wire. someone to talk about. It retains a human quality ◗ while it also references The Pinnacle Gallery is the abstraction of a map. at 320 E. Liberty St. Featureless and limbless, unless the two tail-like Bertha Husband is a forms at the bottom can be read as legs, it is ‘Portrait of the Self: Exodus of Spirit’ native of Scotland who has studied art at covered in a full spectrum Oxford University and of colors. Ruskin School of Fine Art. She has an There is something uncomfortable MFA from the School of the Art Institute about this image. The title directs us to in Chicago. Her art criticism has the problem of exile in a country like this appeared in the Chicago Reader, United States, where modernity has Somnambulist, and Left Curve. ◗ destroyed plurality with its pre-modern
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elected to co-write and star in a new version of The Pink Panther. But why stop there? While he’s busy plundering the cemetery of iconic movie roles, he might as well try his hand at another Casablanca or a new Citizen Kane. It would only be a slightly less ludicrous endeavor. The original 1964 film only features Inspector Clouseau in a supporting role. But it immediately became obvious -- to series creator Blake Edwards and to viewers -- that the real prize here was the performance by Peter Sellers as the bumbling police inspector. But this new Panther is as clumsy as its leading figure. The basic story is prime material for this sort of outing -- a French soccer coach (an unbilled Jason Statham) is murdered during a championship game, and Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Kevin Kline, too restrained to provide the original series’ Herbert Lom with any serious competition) decides to put a moron in charge of the investigation so that he may quietly nab the culprit himself. Dreyfus settles on provincial policeman Clouseau, not aware that this imbecilic officer will embarrass him in ways he never dreamed possible. For the most part, the gags dreamed up by Martin and co-writers Len Blum and Michael Saltzman aren’t particularly fresh, mildly amusing bits are repeated until they lose every ounce of appeal, and the efforts to cater to modern audiences (a pop performance by co-star Beyonce Knowles, the unsettling image of Clouseau preparing to take Viagra) are ill-conceived.
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lions of dollars from the accounts of the bank’s wealthiest clients. Madsen, whose career was revived via her smashing turn in Sideways, finds herself
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after another has dropped him out of contention while the other three actors continue to drive the box office. Firewall is such a tired copy of Ford’s past adventures that it almost verges on parody. Once again, the actor plays an upstanding guy who must save his family from dangerous foreigners, an angle previously tapped in Air Force One and Patriot Games (to name but two). In this case, he’s Jack Stanfield, a bank executive responsible for creating the computer programs that prevent the facility from ever getting hacked. But when Eurotrash bandit Bill Cox (Paul Bettany) and his gang of techies snatch Jack’s wife Beth (Virginia Madsen) and their two children, our hero has no choice but to aid them in their scheme to siphon mil-
relegated to cheerleader status as her character has nothing to do except wait to get saved by her hubby. As for Ford, it’s almost painful to watch him going through the motions here. The twinkle of mischievousness and sprinkle of levity that he brought to many of his most memorable films -- even the dramas like The Fugitive and Witness -- are conspicuously missing here, replaced by a cranky fatigue that’s difficult to watch and impossible to enjoy.
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An adaptation of Richard Price's novel that itself owes a debt to the real-life Susan Smith incident, Freedomland is a forceful drama that would be compelling enough without all the needless fuss
When exactly did one of cinema's most accomplished actresses turn into one of its most boring? Except for her atypical (and smashing) performance in Iris, Judi Dench has been delivering the exact same performance dating back to 1997's Mrs. Brown and running through last fall's Pride & Prejudice (a mercifully small role) -- that of the frosty, tart-tongued Englishwoman who's clearly smarter than everyone else in the room. She's at it again in Mrs. Henderson Presents, a predictable bit of piffle that follows the "quirky English film" template (see also: Calendar Girls, The Full Monty, Waking Ned Devine, etc.) as precisely as, say, Wolf Creek aped the slasher film formula or Hitch adhered to the romantic comedy blueprint. Based on a true story, this finds Dench cast as a wealthy widow who elects to invest in a dilapidated theater in 1930s London. Along with her gently combative partner (Bob Hoskins, faring the best), she decides to turn the Windmill Theater into a showcase for vaudeville revues staged with naked continued on page 28
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Parents taking their kids to catch this at a matinee showing should reasonably be expecting a dog day afternoon; instead, those perky creatures known as actors keep getting in the way of total enjoyment. Based on a Japanese film that was itself inspired by a true story, Eight Below relates the tale of a scientific expedition in Antarctica and what happens when punishing weather forces its members to leave their eight sled dogs behind. As the animals spend months coping with exhaustion, starvation and a particularly nasty leopard seal, expedition guide Jerry Shephard (Paul Walker) desperately tries to find a way to rescue them. The dogs are gorgeous and wonderfully expressive (no creepy Snow Dogs-style anthropomorphizing here, thank God), and as long as director Frank Marshall and debuting scripter Dave DiGilio focus on their part of the story, the movie succeeds in the grand tradition of past Disney live-action adventures. But the picture runs an unpardonable two hours (can little kids’ bladders hold out that long?), and its length is felt in the countless scenes centering on Jerry: his romance with a pilot (Moon Bloodgood), his bantering with a co-worker (Jason Biggs, heavy on the shtick) and his pity parties as he agonizes over the potential loss of his dogs (watching Walker try to convey brooding introspection and angst is never a pretty sight). At 95 minutes, this would have been a winner; maybe the DVD will include a function that will allow viewers to edit out the humans and leave only the remarkable canines.
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made by director Joe Roth. Two hardhitting lead performances combine with some salient points about racial tensions to produce a powderkeg of a movie, a far cry from the insipid drivel usually tossed out by studios at this time of year. Samuel L. Jackson stars as Lorenzo Council, a detective assigned to question a woman (Julianne Moore) who claims a black man from the projects stole her car while her young son was sleeping in the back seat. The inner-city locals are outraged at the media attention the story has brought to their neighborhood -- where were all the cameras when their own kids were in danger? -- and it's all that Lorenzo can do to keep the police and the citizens from violently clashing. But with the case continuing to baffle him, he turns to a missing-children activist (Edie Falco) to help him determine what really happened to the distraught mom's boy. Moore's performance is hard to take in its intensity, yet it's true to the character and her circumstances -- rarely has a film allowed so raw a demonstration of parental bereavement. Yet it's Jackson who holds our attention throughout, making an indelible impression as an African-American lawman whose loyalties are questioned by both his friends in the projects and his acquaintances on the force. Price's bustling script and the actors provide enough drama to overcome the terrible direction by Roth (Christmas With the Kranks), whose kamikaze style (swerving cameras, rapid edits, a booming soundtrack) displays an inexplicable lack of confidence in his material.
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Dave Chappelle, amusingly commenting that he's mediocre at both comedy and music yet able to make a fortune nonetheless, heads to his Dayton, OH, hometown to hand out golden tickets to attend his block party in Brooklyn. Chappelle invites everyone from young black dudes to elderly white women to attend his shindig, which turns out to be a celebration of hip-hop music: Among those taking part in the musical mirth are Kanye West, Mos Def, Erykah Badu (removing her wig at one point) and the reunited Fugees. Dave Chappelle's Block Party, not so much directed as observed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), is unique in the manner in which it salutes AfricanAmerican culture and unity while at the same time exhibiting an exalted openness that makes it clear everyone's invited to take part in the merriment. The comic material is spotty -- some gags work better than others -- but the sizzling concert performances are the primary attraction anyway.
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young women. The theater proves to be a raging success, but then World War II comes along to rain on everyone's parade. Daffy humor makes way for maudlin drama, but except for the chance to catch Hoskins in his own oneman rendition of The Full Monty, there's nothing here to indicate that accomplished director Stephen Frears (Dirty Pretty Things, The Grifters) is doing anything but coasting. Still, the blue-hairs will take to this like ducks to water.
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Terrence Malick isn't in the business of making movies -- and that's not just because The New World is only his fourth big-screen outing in the past 33 years. It seems almost incidental that Malick uses actors and scripts and props while creating his works, because what he's producing are visual poems. Other filmmakers have on occasion adopted this method -- Werner Herzog, Jane Campion, Robert Flaherty, Godfrey Reggio -- but in some respects Malick is the most slavishly devoted to it, for better or worse. With The New World, it's mostly for the worst. As always, the cameraman is the star, and ace cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki might well score an Oscar nod for his masterful visions on celluloid. Yet any ambience created in tandem by Lubezki and Malick repeatedly dissipate in the face of the plodding treatment of fascinating
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Nanny McPhee may be based on Christianna Brand’s “Nurse Matilda” books, but its cinematic predecessor is clearly the family film that turned “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” into the longest household word ever recorded. Emma Thompson, delivering a sharp performance under pounds of facial latex, plays the title character, a snaggletooth, wart-sprouting nursemaid who mysteriously shows up to help a widower (Colin Firth) contend with his seven monstrous children. As Nanny McPhee helps transform these little devils into little angels, she also becomes involved in the family’s strained
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Has there ever existed a movie genre simultaneously as macho and as rife with homoerotic undertones as the Western? With the exception of the war flick, no other film classification has found as little use for women as this one. So in hindsight, it now seems like a no-brainer that Annie Proulx's short story Brokeback Mountain should have been brought to the big screen. Ultimately, it doesn't matter what the nation's in-bred yahoos and right-wing commentators think about the film: Most likely, they won't turn out for it any more than they did for, say, Lost In Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or any other challenging movie that had nothing to do with homosexuality but plenty to do with breaking away from the conventional pack. But the secret behind Brokeback Mountain is that, behind its convenient (and infuriating) designation as "the gay cowboy movie," this is as universal as any love story Hollywood has produced in recent times. Director Ang Lee has managed to make a movie that vibrates on two separate settings: It's a story about the love between two men, yes, but it's also a meditation on the strict societal rules that keep any two people -- regardless of gender, race, class, religion, etc. -- out of each other's arms. As Jack, Gyllenhaal
delivers a nicely modulated performance that's by turns silly and sullen, as the peppy kid looking forward to life's challenges turns into a frustrated adult. The weakness in his work -- that he doesn't completely disappear into his character - is only noticeable because his co-star is operating at such a stratospheric level. Ledger, in short, is phenomenal as Ennis, the sort of pensive individual who's so reluctant to speak that it appears as if uttering a syllable is as strenuous for him as lifting a refrigerator is to the rest of us. Thanks to Ledger, Ennis' anguish causes our own hearts to break on his behalf. And depending on one's own viewpoint, the torment caused by his ardor either confirms or contradicts the veracity of Alfred Tennyson's venerable adage, "I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all."
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Rules for Happenings Nonprofits -- We will list your event or service at no charge if you are a bona fide nonprofit. Free events or services -- If your event or service is free of charge, we will in turn list it at no charge. Current Connect Savannah clients -- We will list your Happening at no charge in gratitude for your continued support of our newspaper. Private business or individual -- We will charge $5 per week per entry, payable up front by check or credit card. This goes for art classes, yoga classes, workshops, seminars, etc. that do not meet the above criteria. We retain the option to place your happening in the appropriate category. Send Happenings and/or payment to: Connect Savannah, 1800 E. Victory Dr, Suite 7, Savannah, GA, 31404. Fax to 231-9932. E-mail: linda@connectsavannah.com. We reserve the right to edit or cut non-paid listings because of space limitations.
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AMBUCS is dedicated to creating mobility and independence of people with disabilities Volunteers meet every first and third Monday at 7 p.m. at Fire Mountain Restaurant on Stephenson Ave. Call Kevin Sheehan at 6912934 or send email to kshe62@aol.com..
Amnesty International meets the third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave.. Call Raymond at 898-3506.
Chatham County Democratic Committee meets the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. Call Joe Murray Rivers, chair, 2345969, or Janice Shay, 547-5212 or visit www.chathamdems.com.
Chatham County Democratic Women For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.
Chatham County Republican 2nd Saturday Breakfast will be held March 11 at 8:30 a.m. at Johnny Harris Annex on East Victory Drive with speakers Ralph Reed and Casey Cagle, Republican candidates for lieutenant governor. The cost is $10. Call 927-8440 to RSVP. Questions? Call Frank Murray at 441-9105.
Chatham County Young Democrats Call Cory at 508-3335 or send email to c@depthllc.com.
Building at Candler Hospital. Membership is open to anyone18 and older.
fitting local girls. Call the Cookie Hotline at 888-223-3883 or visit www.girlscouting.org.
Libertarian Party of Chatham County
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meets each Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. Call 3083934 or visit http://www.nodebts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html.
Red Cross assists returning troops
meets the first Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum.
will be held Saturday, March 4 from 8 a.m. to noon at Crossroads Church of God, 2549 Lanesbridge Rd. (Highway 169) in Jesup. Clothing, baby furniture, equipment, toys, etc. will be sold by families with twins, triplets and higher orders of multiples. Donations and consignments are being accepted. Call 912530-9755.
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Savannah Friends of Music
meets the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For info, call Megan Burgoyne at 352-4052 or send e-mail to megan.burgoyne@ppfa.org.
The Savannah Downtown Garden Club Annual Victorian Tea will be held Sunday, March 12 from 1-4 p.m. at 19 W. Perry St. Tickets are $15. Proceeds go to help beautify the downtown area.
is throwing an array of Parties a la Carte to support local music education. Call Kristina Svenson at 598-9470 or Anne Dauray at 5980149 for information.
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The 1st Annual Bryan Animal Caregivers 6k Run/Walk will be held March 11 at J.F. Gregory Park in Richmond Hill. The event will open at 9 a.m. and the walk/run will begin at 10 a.m. Entrants will receive a T-shirt and awards will be given. Advance registration is $20, and $25 on the day of the race. Call 7272694 or visit www.bac.petfinder.com.
National Council of Negro Women
Savannah Peace Coalition meets every Tuesday on Yahoo Chat around 7 p.m. Send an e-mail to schmalk@yahoo.com to receive an invitation to join the chat.
Savannah Republican Club Meets every second Tuesday of the month. Call 927-7170.
Savannah Area Republican Women’s Annual Fashion Show with clothing by Steimart of Savannah will be held March 8 at the Wilmington Island Club. A guest speaker will be announced. The bar opens at 11 a.m. and the luncheon is at noon. Tickets are $35. Call Terry Gumm at 7273473. All proceeds benefit the Savannah Area Republican Women.
Savannah Area Young Republicans
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Call Alexandra Tabarrok at 572-8528.
For information, call Brad Morrison at 5964810.
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Coastal Democrats For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or send e-mail to R1999MHAR@aol.com.
Drinking Liberally Promoting democracy one pint at a time -share politics while sharing a pitcher at a local Democratic drinking club. This is an informal gathering of like-minded, left-leaners who may want to trade ideas, get more involved and just enjoy each other’s company. Meets the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Coach’s Corner. For information, visit www.DrinkingLiberally.org or send email to august1494@excite.com.
Fellowship of Reconciliation The oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the United States meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.
Food Not Bombs meets every Sunday at 10 a.m. to cook vegetarian meals to be served at noon on Franklin Square. Donations are accepted. Cook for peace and help the community. Call 201-6188867.
League of Women Voters meets on the first Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in Room 3 of the Heart and Lung
meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 520 E. Washington Ave. 351-7436.
Skidaway Island Democrats Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.
Speak Up! Local activist group focused on protesting the war in Iraq. Call Richard DiPirro at 4417167.
Auditions Little Theatre Holds auditions for Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour 6-9 p.m. March 7-8 at the JEA, 5111 Abercorn St. Roles available: two females ages 25-35, 7 females ages 12-17, three females 40-70, one male 25-35, one male 15-20. Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script.
Lowcountry Ensemble Company is looking for actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, poets and others. Send email to negroensemble@comcast.net.
Benefits & Fundraisers 2006 Girl Scout Cookie Sale Girl Scouts currently are taking orders. Cookies are $3.50 a box, with proceeds bene-
thrift store at 2118 Bona Bella, at the corner of Skidaway and Bona Bella in the Bacon Park Shopping Center, sells clothes, furniture, electronics and household items. Proceeds support The Living Vine Christian maternity home. Donations appreciated. Call 355-4339.
Coastal Pet Rescue is seeking financial donations to assist with the medical care for two dogs that are victims of animal cruelty. The dogs were discovered without food, water or shelter and were severely malnourished, requiring veterinary care. While the dogs are improving, Coastal Pet Rescue would like to give them further medical treatment and place them in foster homes so they can become adoptable pets. For information on how you can help, call 351-5161 or visit www.coastalpetrescue.org to see photos of the dogs.
Give for the Gulf is a year-long, comprehensive Armstrong Atlantic State University initiative that will raise funds and provide community services for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. Visit www.armstrong.edu/katrina.
Hurricane Katrina Benefit Website A community website/blog where local Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, fundraising events and other information are listed can be found at http://www.katrinahelp.gatherat.com.
May Howard Country Jamboree will be held March 4 from 5-8:30 p.m. at May Howard Elementary School on Wilmington Island. The event will feature a children’s bake-off, line dancing, a silent auction and bingo, as well as activities for kids. All proceeds will be used to furnish a science lab and refurbish the media center. Farmer’s Almanac TV will be there to film for a future episode.
Night Stalkers Association In honor of the fallen soldiers who served in the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) out of Hunter Army Airfield, the Military Affairs Council of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce is encouraging donations. Call Linda R. Rogers at 352-6645 or send donations to: The Night
Stalkers Association, 3/160 SOAR, 1304 N. Lightning Rd., Hunter Army Airfield, 314094719. The Savannah Chapter -- Liberty Branch of the American Red Cross is seeking donations of coffee, hot chocolate mix, tea bags, baked goods, snack foods, hot-serve cups, stir sticks, individual sugar and creamer packets as they welcome home 20,000 troops from Iraq. Call 912-876-3975.
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Southside Fire/EMS 2006 Calendar This project raises money for burn victims throughout the region. Models for the calendar are actual firefighters and emergency personnel from the Southside Fire Department. The calendars are $10 and are available at three SunCom locations in Oglethorpe Mall, on Hodgson Memorial near Kroger and at the Savannah Crossing Shopping Center on Abercorn Extension. Calendars also may be purchased at SSFD Headquarters on Norwood Avenue or by calling 354-1011.
Thinking Day 2006 Food Drive to benefit America’s Second Harvest is being conducted through March 3 by the Girl Scouts. All items must be non-perishable. Drop off locations include the Girl Scout First Headquarters at 330 Drayton St., the Girl Scout Council of Savannah at 127 Abercorn St. Suite 400, and Blessed Sacrament School at 1003 E. Victory Dr.
Call for Applications Corner Store Program The Savannah Development and Renewal Authority has created a pilot program with initial capital funds to assist one property or business owner in recreating, constructing and/or preserving the character of the historic neighborhood corner store. Eligible properties must be located within the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevared and Montgomery Street Corridor Urban Redevelopment Area which extends from Jones Street to 52nd Street. The maximum loan amount available is $50,000 with a 4 percent interest rate for 10 years. For information, call 651-6973.
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Call for Entries Chatham County Chamber seeks musicians The Chatham County Chamber Group is seeking classically trained musicians. Call 232-2326.
Cultural Affairs Artist Roster The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is compiling a list of artists of all disciplines of the arts and humanities to include in a Savannah Artists Roster. Call Daisy Williams at 912-651-6417 or send an email to dwilliams@savannahga.gov and include: group and/or individual name, contact information, and discipline.
Two Pale Josephines is a boutique gallery/working studio on West Broughton Street that is looking for artists to consign work, especially clothing, accessories and textiles, plus home decor, painting and sculpture. Send email to 2palejosephines@bellsouth.net or call 232-4848.
Classes & Workshops AARP Drivers’ Safety Program
are held at The Art School Mondays from 79 p.m. and Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. Beginners are welcome. For information, call Lind Hollingsworth at 921-1151. The Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers, 1601 Drayton St., offers tutoring Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in basic literacy skills, GED preparation and computer training. Call 447-5711.
Art and Theater Classes at S.P.A.C.E. are being offered for children and adults at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. For information, call 651-4248.
The Art School The Art School provides quality art instruction for ages 6 through adult. Register now for afterschool classes. Classes provide a comfortable, non-competitive atmosphere for students of all levels. Tuition includes professional art supplies. Located across from Summit Gymnastics/Sharks Cheerleading at 74 W. Montgomery Crossroads. Call 921-1151 or visit www.theartschool-sav.com.
Art Studio Painting sessions/lessons are being offered in the Richmond Hill area. The cost is $10 per session. Classes are held Tuesday through Thursday from 6:30-9 p.m., Friday from 7-9:30 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 2:30 p.m. Call 727-4054 to register.
The Artist Way is a 12-week, workplace creativity workshop that will be facilitated by Dana A. Boyd, Ph.D., at The Enchanted Cottage beginning March 21 on Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. The cost is $250. Call 236-3660.
Artist Way Reunion This event is for anyone who has worked through The Artist Way process by themselves or through a group. It will be held Saturday, March 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the International Center for Leadership and Coaching. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. The cost is $99. Call 236-3660.
Baby sign classes Savannah Speech & Hearing Center is offering Baby Sign classes for babies aged
Basic computer class Eastside Concerned Citizens Inc. at 803 E. Park Ave. offers basic computer classes every second and fourth Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. 232-5280.
Beginners quilting classes are held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Wesley Community Centers of Savannah, Inc., 1601 Drayton St. 447--5711.
Brush With Art Series will feature classes in drawing, painting, clay and open studio, taught by Carolyne Graham, certified art teacher, at her Southside studio. These classes are offered in conjunction with the Savannah Art Association. Drawing to Paint is held Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:308:30 p.m. Clay Play is offered Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Open Studio is offered Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost starts at $35. Register by calling 925-5465.
Building a Home The UBuildIt office in Savannah offers free seminars. Call 236-1211.
Career Achievement Program St. Mary’s Community Center, 812 W. 36th St., an affiliate of St. Joseph’s/Candler, offers a program to help adults with math, reading and writing skills. Participants choose their hours between Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 447-0578.
Chatham County Aquatic Center offers open lap swim, water aerobics classes, swim lessons and competitive swim teams for all ages, home school programs and field trips for students on Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. 6526793 or chathamcounty.org.
Children’s Creative Saturdays Every second Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., children are invited to The Dragonfly Studio for projects in pottery, painting, planting, music and more. Every Saturday, a new project will be presented. Children must be 6 or older to participate. Parents may drop off children or stay and join them. Dragonfly Studio is located on Tybee Island, 1.5 miles past the Lazzaretto Creek Bridge on the right. Call 786-4431 or send e-mail to dragonflytybee@aol.com.
Church Music Seminar The School of Church Music located at 101 Bull St. offers specialized workshops to give practical help with almost every area of music ministry. Call 236-1566 or send email to scm@schoolofchurchmusic.org.
Classes at Familiar Pathways Several classes are offered, including Meditation 101 and 102; Aura 101; Tarot 101, 102. 103 and 104; Witchcraft 101 and 102; Henna 101 and 102; Herbology 101, 102 and 103; Deity 101 and 102; and The Art of Control: Principles and Tactics. Most classes cost $50 and lunch is included. Many classes are ongoing, running every month. Payment is to be made two days prior to the class starting date. Call Anastasia at 443-9678.
Clay Classes in Hand-building will begin March 7 and be held Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Carolyne’s Studio. An open studio is
Coastal Scooters Classes
Davenport House Docent Training
focus on road skills, safety and the proper maintenance of scooters. Classes are limited in size to provide personal assistance. Each rider is equipped with a TGB 49.5cc scooter and helmet. The class is three hours in length, consisting of classroom, field and on-road instruction. Classes meet on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or Sundays from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $40. To register, call 232-5513 or visit Coastal Scooters at 418 W. Broughton St.
will be offered beginning in mid-February. Training includes studies in local history and decorative arts. Docents lead tours and assist with programming. Call Dottie Kraft at 236-8097 or send e-mail to jcredle@savbusiness.net.
Computer Classes Basic introduction to computers and Microsoft Works offered at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bull and 31st streets. Cost is $20 for the session and $20 for the text book. Pre-registration is required. Call 3550219.
Culinary Arts Classes Enroll now in a free culinary arts training program at the Starfish Cafe. This program is a collaborative effort of Union Mission, Inc., and Savannah Technical College. For
Discover Creativity Coaching Free initial consultation. Expert with two creativity degrees helps you kick-start your project, sort ideas, break through blocks, clarify intentions and plan approaches. Call 412-9199 or send e-mail to breakthru.creativity@gmail.com.
Eastside Concerned Citizens, Inc. Project Tomorrow Inc. offers several classes and workshops, including sewing, crocheting, computer training, CPR and more. 232-5280.
The Economic Opportunity Authority offers free computer classes in Computer Basics Level One plus the study guide
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St. Joseph’s/Candler Childhood Injury Prevention Program offers a class for boys and girls 11-15 who want to become babysitters. The cost is $35. Call 819-8583.
information, call Mindy Saunders at 2382777.
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6-12 months and their parents. The cost is $50, which includes materials. To register, call 355-4601.
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program software for the Georgia High School Graduation Test. Call Gloria Ferguson at 238-2960, Ext. 153.
raphy and more. To participate, contact Martha Dawkins Massey at fyparts3@aol.com.
Experimental Retreat for Women
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who choose to make the journey as important as the destination will be held March 31-April 2 at Palm Key Nature Getaway. . This retreat is designed for the woman who is ready to make the changes necessary to consciously live the vibrant, balanced life that honors who she is. For information, call Elizabeth at 429-3089 or send e-mail to elizabeth@elizabethloyd.com.
Change your life with guided imagery. Read about it in Oprah magazine, January 2006. Ditch anxiety, manage deadlines, lose weight, recovery from surgery. Call the Alpha Institute, 201-0071.
Fany’s Spanish/English Institute Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register.
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Free classes that will be offered Fridays at 2:30 p.m. at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Call 232-4232, Ext. 115.
Inquiry Circle
This parent education and support program is based at St. Joseph’s/Candler. Call 8196910.
based on the work of Byron Katie offers immediate help when you need answers right away. No charge. Contact Ursula at 484-0134 or send e-mail to u.sterling@att.net. For information, visit http://www.thework.com/WhatisTheWork.as p.
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for personal, career and professional development. Call Executive Leadership Coaching, 443-9860, or send e-mail to Vicki@excellentcoach.com.
An advanced 7-week course in prosperity consciousness building will begin March 8 at 7 p.m. at Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Course materials include a set of CDs or tapes and a workshop which may be purchased at Unity Bookstore for $40. Course requirements consist of a commitment to tithe 10 percent of income, to study and reflect 90 minutes per day and to outreach in church and community 4 hours a week. Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org.
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Free computer classes St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center offers free computer classes. Call 447-6605.
Futuristic Youth of Promise Foundation This talent-based organization is for youth ages 9-19. Volunteers are sought to teach gospel, jazz, photography, visual arts, writing, theater, cooking, dance, videog-
Legal Secretary Certificate Program at Armstrong Atlantic State University is a series of 10 courses over a one-year period. Each course meets once a week for six weeks. Fees are $135 plus textbooks. Call 927-5213.
Life Challenge Consulting When would now be a great time to engage yourself in life-changing strategies. Career; stress reduction; spirituality. Free initial halfhour consultation. Call Cindy Beach, M.S., at 429-7265.
The Live Oak Public Library offers free classes on using computers to access information at the Bull Street Library. Call 652-3662.
Make a Wish Foundation training for prospective volunteers will be held March 4 in AASU’s Solm Hall, Room 108. Registration begins at 9 a.m and orientation lasts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
$12. 313 E. Harris St. For information, call Cindy Beach, M.S., 429-7265.
Multiple blessings is a four-week education course offered by Memorial Health and designed for the family expecting twins, triplets or more. Call Barbara at 350-3129 or visit www.memorialhealth.com.
Painting Classes for beginners and studio groups for experienced artists/ Private studio in historic district. Professional instruction by MFA graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design. Oil and acrylic painting, charcoal, pencil and pastel drawing. $125 for six-week course or $75 a month for weekly studio sessions. Call 234-5737 for information and registration.
Paralegal Certificate Program
The cost is $10 per person and is most beneficial to parents of children less than 4 years. To register, call 350-9335.
The Armstrong Atlantic State University paralegal programs provide real-world skills and training. Each course meets once a week for eight weeks. Fees are $130 plus textbook. Call the AASU Center for Justice Administration at 927-5231.
Mindful meditation classes
Parent and Teen Driving Course
Memorial Health positive parenting class
will be held Monday from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the Integrated Behavioral Center, 1121 Cornell Ave. The cost is $10 per session. Call 355-4987.
Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery Indepth exploration of the 11th step. Meditation and contemplation instruction provided as it applies to recovery and maintenance. Classes are held on Monday from noon to 1 p.m. or 7:30-8:30 p.m. Class fee is
The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department will present a free two-hour parent/teen driver’s course the last Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Day School, 4625 Waters Ave. Call 651-6653 or send e-mail to ccamire@savannahga.gov and request a registration form. The course is designed for 14-16 year olds and their parents. Advance registration is required.
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Learn how to compose a photograph and shoot for the best effect. Take photos in historic downtown. Contact Frank Barevich at 660-6994 or fbrab@comcast.net.
A 5-week course based on the book by Marcus Borg will be held Tuesdays from 1:30-3:30 p.m. or 7-9 p.m. (choose one) at Unity of Savnnah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. The textbook may be purchased at Unity Bookstore. A love offering will be taken at each class. Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org.
Park Place Outreach offers Wednesday night youth groups for ages 11-17 and tutorial assistance sponsored by Park Place Outreach -- Street Outreach Team, formerly the Savannah Runaway Home. Call Tonyour Bolden, outreach coordinator, at 234-4048 for a location.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): As of this week, I have written 1,500 astrology columns. Some have been better-written and more useful than others, but I’ve given my utmost effort to every single one. My style has mutated over the years; the horoscopes I penned in, say, 1994, are so unlike those I write now that they almost seem to be the product of a different author. But then I myself have transformed radically since
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then, so it makes sense that my work has, too. In fact, my personal development has been fueled by my growth as a writer. I urge you to do what I’ve just done, fellow Cancerian. Take an inventory of the big tasks you’ve been doing for years. Evaluate the way they’ve evolved and how they’ve shaped your destiny. It’s time for an expansive look at the labors of love that have made you who you are. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Japanese farmers have perfected a way to grow square watermelons. At the market the fruit can be stacked with more ease and efficiency, and at home it fits better in the refrigerator. I suggest that you make the square watermelon your metaphor of the week, Leo. What can you do to retrain nature so that it better serves your practical goals? How might you engineer your unruly instinctual urges so as to further your civilized needs? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her book Gender Shock, Phyllis Burke notes that as recently as 70 years ago, pink was regarded as a strong, masculine color, and blue as delicate and feminine. This is one of many pieces of evidence she cites to support her argument that definitions of gender arise more from transitory cultural biases rather than biological axioms. If you’d like to align yourself with cosmic rhythms, Virgo, you’ll experiment with her hypothesis. Are there ways you’ve cut yourself off from potential powers because you wrongly assume they’re a specialty of the other gender? For instance, if you’re a woman, have you been timid about developing your will? If you’re a man, have you crippled your ability to be receptive? LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you have been experiencing some form of injustice, it’s an excellent time to stage a protest, strike, or boycott. The astrological omens don’t necessarily guarantee you’ll get all your demands met, but they do make it likely you’ll be able to harness your anger with maximum lucidity. For best results, don’t just fight for your own rights, but for the rights of others as well. You should also continued on page <None>
make sure that in fighting the disrespect you’ve suffered that you yourself don’t disrespect anyone.
create your own list): mellifluous, thrive, melody, luminous, undulate, freshening, reverence, primordial, shimmer.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “You can’t wait for inspiration,” proclaimed writer Jack London. “You have to go after it with a club.” That sounds too violent to me, though I agree in principle that aggressiveness is the best policy in one’s relationship with inspiration--especially for you in the coming weeks. Here’s my modified version of London’s advice: “Don’t wait for inspiration. Go after it with a butterfly net, fishing rod, specimen jars, petri dishes, leashes, sweet treats, juicy bait, persuasive arguments, and sincere flattery.” And whatever you do, Scorpio, don’t fall into the trap of thinking that inspiration is a rare stroke of luck you’re powerless to summon.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There was an indignant uproar after revelations that James Frey’s bestselling memoir A Million Little Pieces contains fabrications. Hearing about it prompted me to ruminate on whether there’s any such thing as a completely accurate account of *any* person’s life. My conclusion: no. In every autobiography and biography ever written, the author imaginatively strings together selectively chosen details to conjure up artificially coherent narratives rather than depict the crazy-quilt ambiguity that actually characterizes everyone’s journey. If you and nine writers set out to tell your life story, you’d produce ten wildly different tales, each rife with subjective interpretation, misplaced emphasis, unintentional distortions, and exorbitant extrapolations from insufficient data. Your assignment this week, Aquarius, is to celebrate the malleability of reality. Regale listeners with stories about the time you worked as a pirate in the Indian Ocean, or rode the rails through Kansas as a hobo, or gave Donald Trump sage advice in an elevator.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Earth is a school and daily life is our classroom,” asserts Dan Millman in his book Living on Purpose. Our teachers aren’t always experts and authorities, he says, but often appear in the guise of strangers, acquaintances, children, animals, and unexpected circumstances. The lessons we’re asked to master come to us first as simple, straightforward challenges. If we refuse to work at solving them, they take on progressively more difficult and painful forms. Among the most basic of our assignments is the mandate to take good care of our bodies. In my opinion, Sagittarius, that’s the most important homework you have in the coming weeks. I hope you’ll make dramatic strides in your understanding of what helps your body thrive. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The language we use has a tremendous power to shape our experience. This is especially true for you right now. The words you choose to describe your feelings and adventures will tip the balance of your energy toward delight and vigor or else toward discouragement and apathy. The fewer negative perspectives you formulate, the better your health will be. To spur yourself in the right direction, make frequent use of beautiful words like the following (or
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Biologist Rupert Sheldrake regularly riles up the scientific establishment with his theories about telepathy and other taboo subjects. After he published his book A New Science of Life, the editor of the prestigious British journal Nature denounced it, saying “This infuriating tract is the best candidate for burning there has been for many years.” The same editor later attacked Sheldrake for “heresy,” advocating that he be “condemned in exactly the same language that the Pope used to condemn Galileo.” I propose that if you’re doing your job correctly in the coming weeks, Pisces, you will attract similar protests from the status quo. Fulfilling your mission will require you to wander into territory that’s regarded as off-limits by the guardians of the way things have always been done. ◗
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Welcome to your crash course at Happiness School, Gemini. To begin your first lesson, say the following aloud: “In the next 20 days, I will rigorously test the hypothesis that it’s possible for me to become far more skilled at creating happiness for myself. During that time, I will do everything within my power to make myself feel good.” Now take a piece of paper and write a list of ten familiar experiences that you really enjoy and ten untried experiences that would fill you with well-being if you summoned the courage and initiative to actually attempt them. Finally, Gemini, do at least one of those 20 experiences every day for the next 20 days.
will hold an after-school and weekend Junior Group Tennis Program for ages kindergarten through 12th grade at various sites throughout Savannah. A cardio tennis program, Adults’ Workout With a Racquet, is a group activity that features drills aimed at giving players of all abilities a high-energy workout. Sessions are $10. For information about either program, call Phyllis Greene at
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The greatest gift you can give right now might be the gift that you yourself were never given. The most valuable service you have to offer your fellow humans may be the service you have always wished were performed for you. An experience that wounded you could and should move you to help people who’ve been similarly wounded. You now have the power to heal yourself by healing others.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The supple willow tree does not contend against the storm.” So says the Shaolin monk advising his young pupil in the old TV show, Kung Fu. Let that be your watchword, Aries. There will be other times when your best interests will be served by digging in, steeling your will, and launching a fierce counteroffensive. But this is not one of those occasions. If you’re as supple as the willow, no harm will come to you. In fact, you’ll probably end up feeling like you’ve gotten a very deep, long massage.
Savannah Entrepreneurial Center at 801 E. Gwinnett offers business and computer classes, including computer key-
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Savannah Art Association Workshop 2006 How to Create a Portrait: Drawing, Watercolor or Medium of Choice, will be presented by Barbara Gentry beginning March 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the AASU Annex. The class will meet the first Sasturday of each month. The fee is $50 for SAA members and $65 for non-members. To register for any of the workshops, call Ila Scholla at 897-5612, Grace Rohland at 4988217 or Frances Mills at 355-0448.
Tybee Island Marine Science Center offers hands-on classes for students of all ages from pre-kindergarten through adults. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org.
Clubs & Organizations AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club On Thursdays, the club sponsors free role playing. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. at the AASU Compass Point Club House and sponsors a laser tag team and bi-monthly children’s readings on Saturdays from 1-3 p.m. at Media Play. Call Antonio at 713-1470 or send email to Catscandance2@aol.com.
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District 11 meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at 3 p.m. at the Silver Dollar Saloon on Hwy. 204 and Old River Rd. Please call for more info. 233-9800.
Alternative Video/Film Enthusiast Viewings are held in private homes which includes social time as well as viewing a movie. Call Don at 655-0482 or send e-mail to savdeca@aol.com.
Ascension Lutheran Dinner and a Movie Join other college-age Lutheran friends for fun and fellowship on the first and third Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at Ascension Lutheran, 120 Bull St. After dinner, the group will attend Reel Savannah screenings. Call 2324151 or send email to program@elcota.org.
Banner of the Nations Savannah meets Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at 12 Drake Dr. Call Frank Spencer at 352-2323 or visit the Web site at www.bannerofthenations.com.
Beach Historic Neighborhood Association meets monthly on the third Thursday at 6 p.m. Call 605-4471 for details.
Beanhead Writers Group meets very second Saturday at 1 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. to critique works in progress and to discuss technique and marketing. Fiction and non-fiction, but no poetry.
Civil Air Patrol is the civilian, volunteer auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and is involved in search and rescue, aerospace education and cadet programs. Meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. for cadets (12-18 years old) and 7 p.m. for adult members at the former Savannah Airport terminal building off Dean Forest Road. Visit www.gawg.cap.gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt. Jim Phillips at 412-4410.
Clean Coast meets monthly on the first Monday at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Check www.cleancoast.org for event schedule.
Coastal Bicycle Touring Club of Savannah sponsors a ride every Saturday. Visit www.cbtc.org for a ride schedule and more information. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at Tubby’s Tank House restaurant in Thunderbolt at 6:30 p.m. 728-5989.
Coastal Georgia Volkswagen Club Meets the 3rd Saturday of every month. 9610602.
Community Hymn Chorus All denominations are welcome to come together to make a joyful noise every Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. at White Bluff United Methodist Church’s Horton Hall, 11911 White Bluff Rd. Call Ronn Alford, Director of Music Ministries, at 925-5924.
Daughters of Destiny An ongoing seminar for women who want to make changes in their lives through spirituality and positive reinforcement meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at Daughters of Destiny House, 12 E. 41st St. Facilitated by Miriam Center. Call 663-0894.
Friends of Oatland Board of Directors meets every third Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.; general membership meeting follows at 7 p.m. at the Oatland Island Educational Center. Call Serena Nasworthy at 897-3060.
Friends of the Library meet the first Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the Bull Street Library. Call 652-3655.
Georgia Christian Singles Memberships start at $25 and remain active until marriage. See website or call for local chapters. 1-800-869-2500.
Gold Wing Road Riders Association promotes education, safety and fun to motorcycle riders. Call Julian at 920-2700 or John at 858-5414 or visit chaptere2.tripod.com.
Bike Night with Mikie
Goth Night Savannah
every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at The Red Zone Bar and Grill in Richmond Hill. Half of the proceeds of a 50/50 drawing go to the military for phone cards and other items.
A place for those interested in the Gothic subcultures. Visit www.Goth-NightSavannah.com.
Harley Owners Group
Bipolar Support Group
HOG meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Mighty Eighth Heritage Museum. Call 925-5349.
John J. Dunn, Ph.D., is interested in hearing from people who want to participate in a bipolar support group. Call 692-1230 after 6 p.m.
Bridge club meets at the JEA 1511 Abercorn, ACBL certified duplicate bridge game every Wednesday at 1 p.m. There is a $4 fee. Call Lynn Pierce at 3549739.
Chihuahua Club of Savannah A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets one Saturday each month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChiSavanna h/.
Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street. Call 236-8546.
Hostess City Toastmasters Club Gain confidence in public speaking. Meets Tuesday evenings, 7pm at 6206 Waters Ave, Rivers Edge Retirement Community. 3555450.
Irish Session All instrumentalists interested in Celtic music are welcome. Meets the second and fourth
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Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at the Folk Traditions Store, 12 Price St. Call 341-8898.
Islands Mothers Club Social club for mothers of young children. The club hosts activities moms and kids can enjoy together and provides a community support network for mothers. Call Julie Bird at 495-9950 or jbird@taigmarks.com.
Oglethorpe Business & Professional Women’s Club
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the game that will soon replace Chess as the intellectual strategy game par excellence., Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Books-A-Million on Abercorn. Call Greg at 232-7549.
is a group that meets every other month to discuss healthcare topics that impact the community. Call Dana Huffman at 350-6357.
Low Country Artists’ and Artisans’ Society
Philosophical sessions taking on a different topic each time at Barnes & Noble every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Call 659-2930 or 4439267.
sponsors a Country Textiles African American Quilt Making Guild. Call 447-1888.
Loyal Order of Moose at 2202 Norwood Ave. sponsors bingo every Tuesday and Friday starting at 7:30 p.m. There is a $700 jackpot.
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meets biweekly at the Lion’s Den Lounge. Call Brian at 234-2484 or ww.savannahobjectivists.org.
for stay-at-home moms and their children. For information, call Courtney at 921-1462, visit www.momsclub.org or send e-mail to momsclubofsavannahga@hotmail.com.
MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) The Island Mothers of Preschoolers meets every first and third Wednesday at First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Child care is provided. Call Linda at 897-9632.
Millionaire’s Club for Women The purpose is to achieve wealth and success in personal and professional life and to share this wealth by mentoring others. Call 236-3660.
Objectivist Society of Savannah
meets for lunch the second Tuesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Call 966-3619 or visit www.obpw.org.
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Postage stamp meeting and auction The Savannah Stamp Club meeting and stamp auction is held the second Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Grace United Methodist Church, 6412 Waters Ave. Call 354-8870.
Progressive Guys’ Discussion Group An opportunity for men to discuss books, music, film and cultural issues in an intellectually stimulating and non-judgmental environment. Meets the third Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Sentient Bean Coffee House. 2318841.
Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club Meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at Books-A-Million and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 692-0382, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.
Salon for Women Seeking Change
Savannah Adventure Club
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People who enjoy outdoor activities and are looking for adventure are invited to join. Visit www.savannahadventureclub.com for information.
meets the fourth Tuesday from 5:45-7 p.m. at the Marshall House on Broughton Street. Free and open to the public. Visit www.coastalgreen.org, call Tommy at 2360781 or send e-mail to tlinstroth@melaver.com.
Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association Learn to be a real estate investor or landlord. Group meets the second Tuesday of each month. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7 p.m.
Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers
Savannah Chess Club meets Monday at Books-A-Million from 7 to 11 p.m. Bring your chess sets. Call 631-0338 or send e-mail to geocities/savannahchessclub.com.
The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This non-denominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance. Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. Call 655-0994.
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Euchre is a four-handed card game in the same family as Hearts and Spades, a poor (but discerning) man’s Bridge. Call Katie at 308-9815.
meets the second Thursday fo the month from 6-8 p.m. On March 9, the speaker will be Linda Lindeborg, who will discuss copyright issues in art. The meeting will be held at Carey Hilliard’s on Skidaway Road at Sunset Boulevard.
Savannah Brewers’ League Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. 447-0943. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League.
Savannah Chapter of the Sons of Italy is the oldest and largest national organization that celebrates Italian/American heritage for men and women. Call Dennis Piasio at 1-888674-2937.
Lively discussion, laughter and fun. Call 2368581.
has a dinner meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club, Hunter Army Airfield. Call John Findeis at 748-7020.
Savannah Euchre Club
Savannah Express Network Chapter of American Business Women’s Association meets the first Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Golf Club on East President Street. RSVP to Laura McLaren at 236-6750, Ext. 14, or 898-9362.
Savannah Fencing Club offers beginning classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $40. Some equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@aol.com.
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Savannah Jaycees for young professionals ages 21 to 39 is a Junior Chamber of Commerce that focuses on friendship, career development and community involvement. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is included and there is no charge for guests. Call 234-2106 or visit www.savannahjaycees.com.
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Savannah Ultimate Frisbee meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. in Forsyth Park. Bring a white and dark shirt, water, cleats and a positive attitude. Visit www.savannahultimate.com for information.
Savannah’s First Pug Playday This group meets every first Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Savannah Dog Park at 41st and Drayton streets. All humans and dogs who live in a pug household are welcome. A donation to the Savannah Dog Park would be appreciated. Contact melindahurst@hotmail.com or mike_kennedy@emc.com.
meets the fourth Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. from September through May at the Fire Mountain restaurant on Stephenson Avenue. Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to arrive earlier. 656-2410.
Single People in Christian Education (SPICE)
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Southside Optimist Club
The group usually meets the first Wednesday of every month. Call 210-9066.
is a civic organization catering to youth and community service projects that meets every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at Taylor’s Restaurant inside the Days Inn on Mall Boulevard. Call Linda Lee at 695-7733.
Savannah Lions Club
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is open to all women who have been in the Savannah area for less than two years. Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and a variety of activities, tours and events that will assist newcomers in learning about Savannah and making new friends. Call 351-3171.
meets the second Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. With the exception of the June and December meetings, the association meets at the Tybee Community Center.
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Society Dinner meetings are the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairmont Restaurant, 65 W. Fairmont Ave. Volunteer Saturdays are the second Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Savannah-Ogeechee Museum & Nature Center at 681 Fort Argyle Rd. (Highway 204) 2.3 miles west of Interstate 95. 748-8068.
Tybee Performing Arts Society (TAPS) meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested, please attend or send e-mail to ried793@netscape.com.
Waving Girl Smocking Guild meets the fourth Mondays at 6:30 p.m., August through May, at the Coastal Development Services, 7712 Seawright Dr. Those who love smocking and sewing are invited to attend. New members are welcome.
Savannah Port City Lions Club
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meets every first and third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Ryan’s Restaurant on Stephenson. For information, call 920-9081.
Serious writers who want to read, do warmup writing, hold each other accountable, call 236-3660 and ask for Dana.
Savannah Psychogeographic Society
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The society will investigate spaces in and around downtown. Celebrate the ordinary, the extraordinary, the overlooked, the neglected and the transcendent in Savannah’s built and natural landscapes. Contact Ryan at leifmadson@hotmail.com.
For information, contact Jacob Cottingham at Jacob@thesouthmag.com.
Savannah Ski Club
This national conference will be held March 5-8 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and is hosted by the College of Education at Georgia Southern University in cooperation with 20 other regional organizations. Registration is $240. Call 681-5555 or visit www.nationalyouthatrisk.com.
For information, see www.savannahskiclub.com.
Savannah Stitch-N-Bitch meets every second Tuesday of the month from 6-8 p.m. at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty St. All that is required is an interest in knitting or crocheting. Bring a project and join in the stitching, talking and munchies. Call 2380514.
Savannah Sunrise Rotary club meets every Thursday from 7:30-8:30 am at the First City Club in downtown Savannah. 233-1600.
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AASU Conference on Women’s Leadership Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Gender and Women’s Studies Program is hosting its fourth annual conference March 2-4. More than 75 panelists will explore more than 25 topics. To register, call Teresa Winterhalter at 921-5632.To review the complete itinerary, visit www.as.armstrong.edu/ women_studies/conference.
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meets monthly for tournaments and practice matches. For information, call 667-7204 or visit http://savannahsubbuteo.tripod.com.
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meets the second and fourth Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at the Savannah Golf Club. For information, call 355-6033.
discusses education and plans and hosts social events and functions for singles throughout each month. Meets Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at White Bluff United Methodist Church, Room 22.
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Dance Adult Ballet & Modern Dance Classes at Islands Dance Academy, 115 Charlotte Dr, Whitemarsh Island near Publix shopping center. Challenging, rewarding and fun. All levels and body types welcome. BeginnerIntermediate Adult Ballet is held Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Intermediate/Advanced Ballet is held Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Beginner Adult Modern is Mondays from 1-2 p.m. Intermediate/Advanced Modern is Mondays from 10-11:30 a.m. A variety of youth classes ages 3 to teen are available. Call Sue Braddy at 897-2100.
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Ballroom Dance Party will be held Saturday, March 18 from 8-10:30 p.m. The basic lesson (Swing) will start at 7 p.m. The cost is $6 for members of the Moon Rivers Dancers and $10 for nonmembers. Beginners and singles are welcome. Call 961-9960.
Flamenco Enthusiasts This group is looking for people in Savannah who want to dance, sing or play flamenco, also potential instructors. Contact Laura Chason at laura_chason@yahoo.com.
The Savannah Shag Club Savannah’s original shag club meets every Wednesday at the Holiday Inn Midtown at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. Call 927-9439.
Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah hosts Magnificent Mondays from 7-9 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free swing dance lessons are offered the first two Mondays and free shag
lessons are offered the third and fourth Mondays. No cover and club membership is not necessary. Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com.
Youth Dance Program The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional Dance Program in jazz and ballet for kids 4 to 18. $30 per month for one class and $35 per month for both classes. Call 233-1951.
Fitness A balanced life Student massage and yoga classes are offered at the Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc. Cost ranges from $20 to $30 for a one-hour massage and sessions are instructor supervised. Call 355-3011 for an appointment. Multi-level yoga classes are offered Monday and Friday at 5:45 p.m. Cost is $10 for drop-ins, $40 for a package card of five classes. Walk-ins are welcome. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt.com.
Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for 8 sessions. 819-6463.
Chatham County Aquatic Center offers water aerobics classes, open lap swimming, learn-to-swim classes and lifeguard training classes. Call 652-6793.
Free Nutritional Counseling/Body Fat Testing by certified nutritional consultants. Muscle Quest Sports Nutrition Center, 109 Jefferson St. downtown. Call ahead to reserve a space at 232-4784.
Jade Lotus Tai Chi Group Classes are offered Saturdays from 9:3011:30 a.m. at the Unity Church, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Drop-in rate is $10, $8 for students or 10 classes for $80, $70 for students. All experience levels are welcome. Fundamental/beginner instruction available for the first hour. Call Jeff at 352-7057 or send e-mail to jadelotustaichi@yahoo.com.
The Jewish Education Alliance Join Amy Levy at 9:45 am on Fridays for yoga. Fee is $35 per month, Water Aerobics, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:30 am. Fee is $42 a month for up to 16 sessions, Step Aerobics will be offered at the JEA on Thursday’s at 6:15 am. Cost is $35 per month. Call Drew Edmonds at 3558111.
Ladies Living Smart fitness club provides nutritional education and exercise to encourage lifestyle changes at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. at 5:30 p.m. Call 447-6605.
Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Pilates Classes are offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing, Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30, eight sessions are $50. Pre-register by calling 8196463.
Pregnancy Yoga An 8-week session of Pregnancy Yoga will be held Tuesdays and Thursday from 6-7:15 p.m. beginning March 21 and again on May 30 in offices located at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Pre-natal yoga helps mothersto-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor and delivery. The instructor is Ann Carroll. Cost is $90 for once per week or $150 for twice per week for the 8-week session. Call 6678877 for information or space availability or send e-mail to ann@aikyayoga.com.
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Savannah Yoga Center Peace of mind in an energized body. Dropins welcome. If you are breathing, then you can do yoga. Come sweat, relax and get energized. Yoga Basics, all levels, Tuesday 6-7:15 p.m. Flow Yoga, all levels, Wednesday from 6-7:15 p.m. and Saturday from 10-11:15 a.m. Drop-in rate $13, Student drop-in rate $11 with ID. Active duty military/dependents $9. Best value with multi-class card purchase -- 8 class card $85, 12-class card $120, 20-class card $190. Taught by Kelley
Boyd Crane. Located at the International Center for Leadership and Coaching, 25 E. 40th St. at Drayton Street. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com.
Tai Chi Classes are offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30 or eight sessions are $50. Call 819-6463.
Water aerobics at the JEA The Jewish Educational Alliance is offering aquatics classes. Call Shannon at 748-2393.
Yoga The City of Savannah, Leisure Services, Recreation Services Department, offers a yoga class on Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Center, 414 Briarcliff Circle. The fee is $10 per month for ages 14 and over. Call 921-2105 or 651-3650.
Yoga Flow classes taught by Debra Whalen R.Y.T. are offered Wednesdays from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Muscle Quest Sports Nutrition Center, 109 Jefferson St. downtown. $10 drop-in fee. Call ahead to reserve a space at 232-4784.
Yoga @ Work A six-week series of Yoga @ Work will be held Mondays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in offices located in downtown Savannah starting in January. The series will incorporate discussions about stress and provide tools to use during the work day to combat the stress we all experience. The class is available to all ages and levels of physical ability. No special attire is needed. The instructor is Ann Carroll. The cost is $90. Call 667-8877 for information on space availability or send e-mail to yayaannie@bellsouth.net.
The Yoga Room Hatha Flow Level I Wednesday 10-11:30 a.m., Friday 6-7:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon; Hatha Flow levels I and II, Tuesday 6-7:30 p.m. and Sunday 5-6:30 p.m.; Hatha Flow levels I and II Monday 6:30-8 p.m.; Vinyasa Flow-Power Yoga Saturday 910 a.m. and Thursday 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Mommy & Me Yoga Monday 4-5 p.m. for 5years old and up and Wednesday from 4-5 p.m. for 2 and 4-year-olds; Baby & Mommy Yoga call for schedule. Private instruction and gift certificates available. Whitemarsh Center, 115 Charlotte Rd. Cost is $12 for drop-ins and $75 for eight classes. Call 8980361.
Yogalates Classes are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler for WellBeing on Thursdays from 5:45-6:45 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. The cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for eight sessions. Call 819-6463.
Gay & Lesbian Alpha Financial Management seminars A series of free seminars specifically designed for the LGBT community will be held. Call 353-9343.
First City Network Board Meeting Meets the first Monday at 6 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor. 236-2489.
First City Network Center and Library The FCN Community Center & Library is open Saturdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visitors are welcome to check out gay/lesbian books and obtain information on “Gay Savannah” businesses and happenings. www.firstcitynetwork.com. 236-CITY
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First City Network’s Workforce project offers assistance to youth and young adults who need and want a job or a better job. Call 236-2489 or send e-mail to bwooten@comcast.net.
Friends & Company bowling league meets Sundays at 5:30 p.m. at AMF Victory Lanes, 2055 E. Victory Dr. 354-5710.
Gay AA Meeting meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Mark at 441-4407.
Georgia Equality Savannah is the local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 944-0996.
Lesbian Potluck Girls eat and socialize. Meets the 3rd Saturday of each month. 236-CITY.
Lesbian Therapy Group Share your thoughts, feelings and concerns in a safe, confidential environment that is facilitated by a licensed therapist the second and fourth Friday at 7 p.m. Spaces are limited. Call 352-2611.
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Community HealthCare Center provides free health care for those patients who live in Chatham County, are under 65, who do not have primary medical coverage, and who do not exceed certain financial thresholds. 310 Eisenhower Drive Medical Center. Call for an appointment at 692-1451.
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Every Thursday morning from 9 a.m.-12 noon at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601.
St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. Most insurance plans (with the exception of Blue Cross HMO) are accepted. Financial assistance is available to women who qualify. Mammograms will be performed March 7 and 21 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the St. Jospeph’s/Candler Medical Group in Rincon. Call 354-9357 for appointments.
Community Cardiovascular Council, Inc.
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offers free blood pressure checks Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1900 Abercorn St. Call 232-6624.
Memorial Health Bariatrics presents free informational sessions every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium with Dr. John Angstadt and other staff members, who discuss obesity and the surgical process. Free. Call 350-DIET or visit bariatrics.memorialhealth.com.
The Disability Application Process is a seminar that will be presented March 2 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605.
Dual Recovery Anonymous This 12-step program addresses all addictions and mental health recovery. Persons who are recovering from an addiction and a mental health problem can send e-mail to katkope@netscape.com for information.
Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.
Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings are conducted at three locations within St. Joseph’s/Candler. From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5:15-7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, checks will be offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605 to make an
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Call the Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at 1800-334-3322.
at your home, business or hotel in the Savannah and Richmond Hill area. He comes to you. Offers therapeutic and relaxing massage, Swedish massage, deep muscle, reflexology and energy balance. Pain treatment, cellulite reduction, long established business. Specials for women or couples. Gift certificates available. Call 8561534.
HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training
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My Brothaz Home, Inc., a local nonprofit HIV/AIDS organization, offers free HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training, risk reduction counseling and prevention case management to individual males and groups of males. Upon completion of the training, a monetary incentive and educational materials will be given to each participant. Call 231-8727.
are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 3507587.
This free seminar is about sleep problems in children. It will be presented Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. The speaker will be Dr. Gordana Lovrekovic. Call 819-3368 for reservations.
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is a children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10
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appointment. Checks are offered every Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Smart Senior office, No. 8 Medical Arts Center. No appointment is necessary. Checks will be offered Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578.
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is First City’s gay youth support group. Meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the FCN Headquarters, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor. Call 657-1966.
to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 3522611.
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cost is $30. Call 350-4030 or visit www.memorialhealth.com.
The Midwife Group The Midwife Group offers a free program to women at any stage of pregnancy that includes free information on pregnancy, birth and parenting, an opportunity to talk to other pregnant women and information on a certified nurse midwife-assisted birth, whether at a birth center or area hospital. Call 826-4155.
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Wesley Community Centers offers weekly book discussions of life situations and complexities every Monday at 6:30 p.m. at 1601 Drayton St. All women and teen-aged girls are invited to attend. Stop by the center or call 447-5711.
meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Peggy Lynn’s Country Cooking, 3718 Ogeechee Rd. Call 964-4297.
A 5-week course based on the book by Marcus Borg will be held Tuesdays from 1:30-3:30 p.m. or 7-9 p.m. (choose one) at Unity of Savnnah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. The textbook may be purchased at Unity Bookstore. A love offering will be taken at each class. Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org.
The Islands book group discusses thought-provoking literature with a different theme monthly the second Monday at 7 p.m. at the Islands Branch Library, 125 Wilmington Island Rd. 897-6233.
First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services. Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-2647154.
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The program provides eye exams, education and care to those who have no health insurance, are unable to pay for care privately and meet certain qualifications. The clinic meets Thursdays by appointment. Call 352-2032.
Reiki Healing Circle will be held Thursday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Open to anyone wanting to share healing energy. For information, call Bonnie BourneEmmerling at 667-2216, call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org..
Stop Smoking Researchers at the University of Iowa combined 600 studies covering 72,000 people and found that hypnosis is the most effective way to stop smoking. Call the Alpha Institute. 201-0071.
Readings & Signings A.W.O.L. -- All Walks of Life, Inc. is a spoken word troupe that hosts an open mic night every third Sunday at the Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Free and open to the public.
The Casual Poets Society holds an open poetry reading the second Saturday of the month at 4 p.m. at The Casual Reader bookstore, 1213 Highway 80. on Tybee Island at The Shops at Tybee Oaks. Call 786-7655.
Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the center, 1910 Abercorn St. 447-6605.
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An open book discussion the fourth Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble. Participants can talk about any book. meets monthly to get the scoop on what other adults are reading at the Ogeechee Branch Library, 1820 Ogeechee Rd. Call 232-1339.
Reader’s theater meeting every other Thursday from 4-5:30 p.m. at the South Effingham Library in Rincon. This performance group is a free program for middle and high school students. Call Linda Bridges, children’s coordinator at 826-2222.
Tea time at Ola’s is a new book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Call Beatrice Wright at 652-3660. Bring your ideas and lunches. Tea will be provided. 2325488 or 652-3660.
Tongues of Fire: erotic poetry will be held the third Monday of each month from 8-11 p.m. at 800 E. Derenne Ave. Poets should stop by by 7 p.m. The fee is $5 general admission and $2 for poets. All are welcome regardless of race, sexual orientation or class. For directions, call 354-1678 or 352-2134.
Religious & Spiritual Chanted Office of Compline The Service of Compline, “Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ Church Savannah (Episcopal), located on Johnson Square.
Ekklesia, The Church Do church in a casual and relaxed setting on Saturday nights. Fellowship begins at 6 p.m., praise and worship at 6:30 p.m. in the BSU building on Abercorn between the Publix Shopping Center and the Armstrong campus. Call 596-4077.
Keys to the Kingdom An advanced 7-week course in prosperity consciousness building will begin March 8 at 7 p.m. at Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Course materials include a set of CDs or tapes and a workshop which may be purchased at Unity Bookstore for $40. Course requirements consist of a commitment to tithe 10 percent of income, to study and reflect 90 minutes per day and to outreach in church and community 4 hours a week. Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org.
Living the Questions Trinity Church offers an introduction to the Christian faith for anyone in search of a new way of looking at the Church. Called an “unapologetically liberal alternative to the Alpha Course,” it strives to create an environment where seekers and “church alums” alike can discuss and question traditional theological ideas. Thursdays at 7 p.m. for 13 weeks beginning March 2 at Trinity Church on Telfair Square. Free and open to the public. Call 233-4766.
Nicodemus by Night An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St. Nicodemus was a religious leader who came to Jesus by night looking for a way out of the darkness. He received revolutionary understanding that compelled him to forsake everything to become a disciple. Jesus was considered a heretic for his radical teachings that people should give up their own possessions and care for one another instead of themselves. Would Jesus’ teaching require anything less today?
Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) meet Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St., Savannah. Call Janet Pence at 247-4903.
Savannah Buddhist Sitting Group meets Sundays from 9-10:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, on Habersham Street at East Harris and East Macon Streets, on Troup Square. Please arrive and be seated no later than 8:55 a.m. Sitting and walking meditation and Dharma talk or reading. All practices are welcome. Newcomers should contact Cindy Beach, lay ordained Soto Zen Buddhist, at 429-7265 for sitting instruction.
Sokagakkai of America (SGI-USA) SGI-USA is an American Buddhist movement for world peace that practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO. For information, call Gil at 659-1917 after 7 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church Affirming the worth and dignity of every person. The church is located at the corner of Houston and Oglethorpe streets. Religious education is provided for K-12 youth and in February, will be Dr. Seuss’ spirituality for children. Call 233-6284 or send e-mail to UUBC2@aol.com.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On March 5, the Rev. Don CameronKragt will speak from the topic, HIPPOS. The service will be held Sunday, at 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall behind the church’s Troup Square Sanctuary. Call 234-0980, or email uusav@comcast.net or visit www.jinglebellchurch org. The Uncommon Denomination.
Wildwood United Methodist Church invites you to its morning worship at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday followed by Sunday morning worship fellowship at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:45 a.m. Wildwood UMC is at 4912 Garrard Ave. east of the south end of the Chatham Parkway. ◗
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1224 East 48 th Street Charming Craftsman Style Cottage located in the Coveted Parkside Community. This lovely home is offering 3 bedrooms [2 with fireplaces], separate Dinning room and Living room [each with fireplaces]. Refinished heart pine floors throughout and ceiling fans in many rooms. Also included is a very comfortable rear garden with a patio for entertaining along with additional large side yards. Pride of Ownership Shows. This house is ready for you to make it your home. Asking $210,000. Open House Sunday, 3-5pm. Call Don Callahan/Amy Ingram 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*
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1014 Abercorn Street Stunning totally remolded “ New York ” style 3bdr., 2ba. loft over two large fabulous commercial spaces. Opportunity awaits for a variety of options. Live atop your own business in the thriving Victorian District. Only 1 block from Forsyth Park .Offered at $550,000. Owner/AgentCall Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty* continued on page 42
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ABSOLUTE BARGAIN 5 piece Cherry bedroom group! NEW headboard, footboard and rails (sleigh), chest & nightstand, still in original boxes. Value $1650. Sell $695. 912-313-2303.
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219 East 31 st Street Circa 1905 Victorian Home offering over 3,000sq. ft. of impressive details. Triple parlors, 6 fpl’s, crown moldings, medallions and pocket doors. This Southern Lady boasts 5 Bdr., 3 ? Ba. large lot and is waiting for your personal attention. Own a piece of old Savannah . Offered at $435,000.* Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*
529 E. 31 st Street Recently renovated duplex. Wonderful details throughout offering 2 BRDS, 2 BA, High ceilings, fully equipped kitchen and fenced back yard. Area of active renovation. Great investment. Just $199,900 Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*
404 East 40 th Street Arts and Crafts fixer. Over 2400 square feet of 1930’s charm! Hardwood floors, 2 FP’s, separate LR & DR, eat-in kitchen, large back yard and a wonderful generous sized porch to relax and take in the neighborhood. Just waiting for your touches and Offered at $192,000. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*
406 E. 35th Street Such a deal – Offered in “As-Is” condition, this 3bdr. 1ba. home is your opportunity to turn it into a showplace. Look beyond the vinyl siding and carpet and you will find clapboard on the exterior and heart pine floors. Don’t let this one pass you by. Just $139,000. Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty*
519 E. 45th Street Arts & Craft hardy board exterior, 2 story home with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths in the main house. Loads of detail, secret garden and brick courtyard with brick wall. Carriage house is rented for $900 per month! Reduced to $498,000. Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*.
517 East Harris St. New on the market: Amost 2400 sq.ft. and 3 stories on a wonderful street in the Historic District. Includes all the furniture and appliances! Even dishes and sheets. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2 half, 2 fireplaces, enclosed sun room, brick courtyard, 2 paved parking spots, hardyboard, and more! $515,000. 912 507-9800 * Midway Lakefront 1.5 acre lot reduced to $69,900. Must see this beauty. Cleared for your dream home! Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*. W. Broughton St. Condo fully furnished with nothing but the best, and very upscale with 2 bedrooms. $489,900! Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*. 112 E Duffy St. $495,000 Triplex. Renotation going on now. Three 2 bedrooms. Steps to Forsythe Park. Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*. W. Broughton Street Condos - 2 left, both with great views and large windows good sq.ft. $289,900 and $295,900. Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800 101 West Broughton Street $285,000 for almost 1200 sq.ft. of living space! One bedroom and one bath, staninless appliances, beautiful wood floors, move in condition! Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912 507-9800*
110 Marsh Side Dr. Wilmington Island $199,000 This 3BR/2 full BA home is located on a cul-d-sac in quiet Marsh Creek Subdivision Off Quarterman Rd. It features a large fenced yard backing up to Greenbelt, hardwood floors and carpet, greatroom, built in gas BBQ grill, and patio. Must see, in great condition! Call Michael McCormick 441- 8285 Steven A McCormick Appraisals and Realty*
14 Harlan Dr. Great Location! $215,000 All brick 3 BR/2 BA home, hardwood floors throughout, sunroom, sits on a wonderful lot with a huge fenced backyard that backs up to Greenbelt. This home is ready for your family! Call Michael McCormick 441- 8285 Steven A McCormick Appraisals and Realty* 39 Bull River Bluff
Upgraded 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo in popular Bull River Bluff with a stunning marsh view. Seller has added new wood floors throughout, new kitchen counters and appliances, glassed in sun porch, and much more. The best buy on the island at $149,000 Call Shelly with RE/MAX at 604-8177 or 355-7711.* 135 East 53rd Street Large Ardsley bungalow with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room, sunroom, kitchen, and breakfast room. Upstairs master suite with walk-in closet, and large bathroom with double vanities and whirlpool tub. Office, and sitting room. New paint, carpet, refinished hardwood floors, new tile, and recoated lifetime metal roof. Seller is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Georgia. $335,000. Call Shelly with RE/MAX at 604-8177 or 355-7711.* 611 East 49th Street Great Ardsley bungalow with 3 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths downstairs, new updated kitchen complete with new cabinetry and appliances, large open rooms with beautiful hardwood floors, and upstairs bonus room with bath. Living room, dining room, and large kitchen. Great location, great lot, and lots of house for the money. $285,000. Call Shelly with RE/MAX at 604-8177 or 355-7711.* Jefferson Commons Be the first to own one of these six 2 bedroom, 2 bath condos in the heart of the Historic District. Conveniently located close to SCAD. Features 4 fireplaces, spiral stair case, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. Gated, off street parking. $196,000 each Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 The Coastal Real Estate Group*
407 East 34th Street Arts & Crafts details in this 3 bedroom, 1 bath home. Wood floors throughout, plaster walls and 4 fireplaces. Located in an area of active restoration and growth. Great single family or convert to a duplex. $175,000 Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 Coastal Real Estate Group*
518 East Duffy Street A beautiful newly re-done home with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. Kitchen has a sub zero fridge, dishwasher, honed granite countertops and travertine floors. The rest of the house has original heart of pine floors, plaster walls in good shape, and 3 fireplaces. W/D included. Currently rents for $1,000 month. $225,000 Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 Coastal Real Estate Group*
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9' plus ceilings, plantation shutters, surround sound speakers, sprinkler system in yard. 4 bdrms/3 baths, bonus room, separate study, eat in kitchen/separate dining room. Bonus has closet. Can be used for 5th bedroom. Great room w/fireplace. Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777.H-4370 $338,500 View video tour @ www.VideoHomeGuide.com/media/ 305flatbush.wmv*
For the hobbiest in the family, a 3 car garage with 1/2 bath. Plenty of room for that workshop in the garage. For the decorator a beautifully appointed 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath home with fireplace, covered back porch and fenced yard. View www.VideoHomeGuide.com/media/ 109stadium.wmv for more pics and info or call LaTrelle for your personal viewing @ 658-7777. $286,900 H4337*
All brick with interior arches, wood floors, brick fireplace in Great Room. Crown molding, 9 ft. plus ceilings, oversized whirlpool tub, separate shower and sitting room in master suite. For your personal viewing call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 H-4375 244,900 View our video @ www.VideoHomeGuide.com/media/ 307flatbush.wmv*
All brick 3 bedrooms 2 ? baths, greatroom with fireplace, kitchen with roll around island, even the fridge remains. Master bath/sep. shower, jetted tub, wall vacuum system and double garage. Call Latrelle @ 658-7777 for your personal viewing of this lovely home. ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 $268,000 H-4394 View our video for more pictures at www.VideoHomeGuide.com/media/ 303flatbush.wmv*
Beautifully appointed 3 bed/3 bath home on 5 +/- acres. Deck overlooking 1 1/2 acre stocked pond, inground pool and Koi pond with waterfall. Large greatroom, separate dining room. Jenn-Air cooktop in kitchen with large, separate eating
area. Skylights with remote control blinds. Dentil molding, wood floors. 30 x 50 insulated 3 bay metal building with electricity. Many extras! $438,000 H- 4211 Call Latrelle for details @ 658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550*
Beautifully appointed 3 bed/2bath home. Second floor overlooking great room and cathedral ceiling. Great room features a clerestory that illuminates the front rooms in the home. Upstairs has a bonus room and master retreat has loft/study that can be converted into additional bedroom. Above ground pool overlooking beautiful 2 acres. For more pictures view our video @ www.VideoHomeGuide.com/media/ 211magnolia.wmv For your personal showing of this lovely property call LaTrelle @6587777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 $254,900 H-4309*
Tired of the fast paced city life? Build your dream home here. Quiet country living. Three lots to choose from. 5+/-acres each. Lot 1 has a pond. Hurry they won’t last long! Prices starting from $35,000.. A-4295 Ask for LaTrelle 658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty *
Large 3 bedroom/2 1/2 bath home with great room, heated sun room and large office/den. Master bedroom has 2 walk in closets and master bath has double sinks with cultured marble vanity and separate water closet. 3 stall barn has tack, feed and tool rooms utilizing approx. 1440 sq. feet. Pasture is approx 2 1/2 fenced acres and pond is approx 1/3 acre. Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 for your personal viewing of this lovely property. Offered for only $324,900 H4292 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550*
Gated Effingham Community. Beautiful low country on large wooded lot, large bonus, master on main has master bath with double vanities, whirlpool and walk in marble shower. Kitchen has island, large pantry and bay window. Eating area and screened porch off of kitchen. Call LaTrelle @ 658-7777 for your personal showing. $269,900 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 8262550 H-4310*
Reduced by $10,000! Beautifully appointed Savannah Grey Brick 3 bed/ 2 bath home. Custom built by Douglas Leonard. Hardwood and ceramic tile floors. 10 ft. ceilings with crown molding. Custom built cabinets and bookshelves. Separate Dining Room. 22 x 33 all brick patio overlooking golf course with private Lagoon view. Many custom features set this home apart. Call LaTrelle for a personal viewing @ 658-7777 H-4226 $279,500*
Welcome to the Country! Build your new home in the peaceful country. 4 lots with acreage between 5.05 and 7.52 acres. in Register, Ga., near Statesboro – Horses welcome - call today, don’t delay. Prices range from $28,000 to $42,000. Plats are available in the office. LaTrelle Pevey @ 658-7777 ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 A-4239*
5 Hawkins Lane Eastern Marsh Lot Landings lot with .37 acres, mature live oaks & lovely views of Tybee and Wassau Islands . Perfect for stunning primary residence or second home. Island living at its best! $469,000. Katherine W. Oxnard, Keller Williams Realty Coastal Area Partners, (912) 704-3545/356-5001. katherineoxnard@comcast.net www.kwsavannah.com *.
314 West Penrose Drive Reduced to $319,000! Motivated seller! Huge brick Colonial big enough to house a small army offers 6 bedrooms, 3 full & 2 half baths, eat-in country kitchen, BBQ pit, 2-car garage & tons of storage. In-law suite perfect for home office or rental. Bring us an offer! Katherine W. Oxnard, Keller Williams Realty Coastal Area Partners, (912) 704-3545/356-5001. katherineoxnard@comcast.net www.kwsavannah.com* . Easy walk to Windsor Forest Elementary and Windsor Forest High School! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room, den and family room. New carpet and garage has been converted into a nice family room. Two car carport and a fenced in backyard with metal storage building. Roof and AC compressor 1 year old and house is well above grade with no flooding problems. Some furnishings for sale. Call Betty Stevenson at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200.*
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528 EAST BOLTON STREET 3 bedroom, 1 bath with clawfoot tub. Living room, kitchen with gas stove, hardwood floors, washer/dryer connections, gas heat. Pets OK. Available April. $825/mo. 128 EAST 65TH STREET APT. B Studio apartment with kitchen central heat and air, patio. $550/mo. 3602 MONTGOMERY STREET Renovated 2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex, central heat and air, washer and dryer connections, all new appliances, carpet with off street parking. $750/mo. (SCAD Students $650/mo.) 2314 BARNARD STREET 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, kitchen with gas stove, hardwood floors, central heat and air, washer and dryer, small deck. $1,000/mo. 306 A WEST 41ST STREET 2 bedroom with bonus room, 1 bath, furnished kitchen with dishwasher, window heat and air, includes water. Available mid-March. $575/mo.
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2003 BULL STREET UPPER DUPLEX Large 2 to 3 bedroom, living room and dining room, all wood floors, view of Bull Street Library. 2-1/2 baths, front and back porch. Washer/dryer included, private parking space. Available now. $1,110/mo.
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307 E 51st Totally renovated Ardsley Park home just steps from McCauley Park. 3 bedrooms, sunroom, fabulous kitchen with island is a cook's dream. Fenced yard, deck, off street parking. It's even wired for sound and has a new roof! Reduced to $249,000. Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com * 27 E 55th Large Ardsley home with 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. Open floor plan is great for entertaining, wonderful kitchen with Italian cabinets,Silestone counters, and stainless steel appliances. Master suite with private sunroom and bath. Only $329,000. Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com* 18 E 41st Starland Design District Classic Victorian beauty with fully restored exterior in area of high interest and active restoration and new construction. Original details abound including restored standing seam roof, and heart pine floors. Buyer to complete interior. Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com* 730 E 48th Ardsley Park Great opportunity to buy in Ardsley for less! Adorable 3 bedroom bungalow with all the details such as wood floors, high ceilings and front porch. This one even has off street parking, a garage, and wonderful courtyard with fountain. A little love and care will make this bungalow fabulous! Call Lisa Moore at 441-9314 or visit www.morehomesofsavannah.com*
Dazzling Queen Anne Interior details have been painstakenly restored while kitchens and baths have been updated with all new appliances and fixtures. This 3,200 square foot home has four bedrooms, three baths, eight fireplaces, new windows, large walk-in attic (could be studio or apartment), hardwood floors and artistic detail. Offered at $574,900. Call Christi Oates 695-5945 or Roberta Carver 596-0107. Celia W. Dunn Realty, Inc.
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House for Rent 228 E 52nd St Big rooms, high ceilings, great kitchen, beautiful fireplace in living room that opens up to dining room. Potential to build out attic space, room for staircase. Details original to house give it that special touch!MUST SEE!! Contact Victoria Turner 484-3169*
1 Wymberly Point Road Beautiful home in highly desirable Isle of Hope community. Gorgeous view of Intracoastal Waterway on 1.5 acre lot. Home includes 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, hardwood floors, indoor pool, fireplace in family room, and plentiful storage Contact Celia Dunn 234-3323.*
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455 Mall Blvd Oglethorpe Place #80 Absolutely like brand new and located in Oglethorpe Place on Mall Blvd. This 2-story brick townhouse is THE perfect first home, snow bird get away... or even good for an investment. Repainted from top to bottom, new carpet & tile thruought, new kitchen appliances, and remodeled bathrooms. This home offers you over 1500sq. ft. of living space, in 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and seperate living/dining rooms. Assigned parking, community pool, tennis, & clubhse and all under a canopy of grand live oaks. $159,900. William @ 912.412.5517
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Visit www.connectsavannahexchange.com Call for Business Rates 238-2040 Wilmington Island 18 Olde Towne Place This adorable 2BR/2BA townhouse won't last long! It offers central HVAC, carpet, new washer/dryer, fenced in porch and much more. Nice neighborhood and built only 5 years ago. $850/mo Call Judge Realty 236-1000*
cabinets and appliances. Security and gated off-street parking. Pets welcome with deposit $950/mo. Call Dana at Judge Realty at 912-236-1000 * 1003B Lincoln Street 2BR/1BA beautifully renovated victorian, all new appliances. Walking distance to Forsyth Park and Kroger. Hardwood floors, W/D hookup, balcony. Call Dana at Judge Realty at 912-236-1000.*
2210 Atlantic 2BR/1BA, hardwood floors, new appliances & countertops, marble accents, new HVAC, plumbing and electrical. Large fenced yard. $900/month. Call Judge Realty 236-1000*
4BDR, 2BATH house for rent. 209 Cummings of f Augusta Ave. Section 8 accepted. Rooms for rent 716 W. 38 St. 210-1479.
Apartments for Rent 123 E. 40th St. Newly renovated duplex, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, LR, Large kitchen, washer/dryer, H/W floors, Cen H/A, 2 F/P, Large courtyard & deck $1000/month Contact: 912-220-1020 or 912-484-5181*
314West Penrose Drive Reduced! Motivated seller! Huge brick Colonial big enough to house a small army offers 6 bedrooms, 3 full & 2 half baths, eat-in country kitchen, BBQ pit, 2-car garage & tons of storage. In-law suite perfect for home office or rental. Bring us an offer! Offered at $319,000
DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH-705 E. Henry Street, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Newly renovated, central heat/air, new appliances, ADT security, fenced backyard. $675/month. 912-944-6336. STARLAND DISTRICT. Beautiful 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartment. Recently renovated, with hardwood and tile floors, HVAC, off-street parking. $900/month includes water and trash. 22 1/2 East 39th Street. 912-658-8550.
705 East Henry 2BR/1BA newly remodeled, hardwood floors, fresh paint, new appliances, off-street parking $750/month Call Judge Realty 236-1000* 116 West 39th Huge 3BR/1BA duplex in up and coming Starland District! Newly remodeled with 12 foot ceilings, 4 fireplaces,hardwood floors, security alarm, and tons of historic charm.$750/month Call Judge Realty 236-1000*
LARGE 1-BEDROOM apartment with porch, renovated Victorian. LR, DR w/fireplaces, spiral stairs to master suite/loft w/full bath, private deck and washer/dryer, guest bedroom or office and 2nd-bath on main floor, hardwood floors, central heat/air, water included, $875/month. Call 912-233-5246 for appointment.
110 Arnold Street 3BR/1BA recently renovated, new
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Beautiful all brick home with wood and ceramic flooring. 9' plus ceilings, plantation shutters, surround sound speakers and sprinkler system in yard. Home has 4 bedrooms, 3 baths plus a bonus room, separate study, eat in kitchen and separate dining room. Great room has fireplace. Arched doorways leading to Great Room and Dining Room. View our video @ www.VideoHomeGuide.com/media/305flatbush.wmv and call Latrelle for your personal viewing @ 912-658-7777. ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 H-4370 $338,500.
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ARDSLEY PARK area. 2nd floor garage apartment. 2 bedroom/1 bath, newly remodeled, washer/dryer downstairs, spacious kitchen, dishwasher, off street parking, non-smokers only please. Small pet, OK $720 water/sewer and gas included. Call 844-9055.
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1505 Grove Street. Completely renovated charming 3br/2ba bungalow in eastern Victoriandistrict. Hardwood Floors, quiet street, close to Downtown. Move-in for $825/ month. Call Dana at 912-236-1000. Judge Realty.*
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907 Montgomery St. Adorable Victorian duplex awaits your arrival. Each unit is 2BR/1BA, hardwood floors, new central HVAC, washer/dryer, new appliances. Walking distance to Forsyth Park. $850/$900 Call Dana at Judge Realty 236-1000.*
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BRAND NEW EVERYTHING1217 East 54th. 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, central heat/air, wooden floors, all appliances, $650/month. 912-656-1071.
Rooms For Rent LARGE, NICELY Furnished room, across from main library and park, with balcony, cable, internet, washer/dryer, utilities. $150/week, 7 days. 912-2319464.
Business Only For Sale Parcel Forwarding located at 7082 Hodgeson Memorial Drive. Priced at $60,000. Make an offer. Call Betty with Prudential for tax info and showing at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200* 107 Whitaker St. Commercial space - basement level. Brick walls and unfinished. 4764 sq.ft. in a great location corner of Whitaker and Broughton. Great investment opportunity. $595000. Call Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 507-9800*
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Eastside Commercial Building 2,600 + sq. feet. Great location. Front and back access, large bay with overhead door. Offices and baths. Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200.* Building Lot Eastside 45x110 approximate size. Priced to sell at $30,000. Call Betty Stevenson with Prudential at 912-351-0510 or 912-224-5200*
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Commercial Property 111 West Anderson St. Superb Commercial space available for Sale or Lease, Located near forsyth park. Aprox. 1500 Sq.Ft, w/ lots of parking.Front and rear access, high traffic area. Contact: 912-220-1020
OFFICE SPACE Do you work from home or alone in an office and wish you had a furnished office with office equipment, a receptionists and close FREE parking; conference and training space to meet with your clients? On flat rate!
Paint & Body Work Reasonably Priced Insurance Claims We buy wrecks 102 Acres of Effingham Co. Land Great property for residential development.Priced at $20,500 per acre for 57.71 of upland acres.Will yield at least 128 units.County water & sewer on Hwy. 30 access for property. Won't last! $1,183,000 Call Lori Judge 912-236-1000*
Commercial Rentals 2000 sqft. of open space located near MLK and I-16 in Downtown Savannah. 20 foot high ceilings. Excellent for office, shop, retail or storage. $1500/month fee. Will build to suit. Call 912-238-9692 ext.12.
355-5932 Trucks & Vans 2005 V6 DODGE RAM 1500, full size bed w/liner, white with black vinyl seats and flooring, bought new in November 2005. $17,500 OBO. 912-604-1900 2004 F150, black, 26K miles, 4door CrewCab, 2WD, Line-X bedliner, A.R.E top cover, Westin Step rails. $22,000. Call 912-657-1519
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