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Sparrow song

Abigail Washburn of Uncle Earl fame is joined by Béla Fleck, Casey Driessen and Ben Sollee in an allacoustic evening of adventurous, multicultural-tinged Americana at the Trustees Theatre. Together they are the Sparrow Quartet. By jim reed | 19

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A chat with Tinsley Ellis, the most bad-ass guitarist you may have never heard of. He plays the Live Wire Music Club this weekend.

Marcus Roberts tells us what to expect when ‘West Coast Jazz meets Southern Swing’ at the Morris Center | 18

Bertha Husband reviews Titus Kaphar’s aptly-titled show, “Painting Undone” at the Red Gallery. | 20

Tybee turns out to be a perfect place to set Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. | 27

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Week at Glance

the Museum

A lecture by New York City artist Fred Wilson. When: April 4 at 7 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: Free.

Thursday SMF: Andreas Oberg Quartet

Former Swedish tennis prodigy chose to pursue his true love, jazz guitar. When: April 3 at 12:30 p.m. A pre-concert lecture will be presented at 11:30 a.m., free to all ticketholders. Where: Morris Center Cost: $10. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice.com.

SMF: Swinging Around the World

A jazz program with Italian vocalist Roberta Gambarini, Swedish guitarist Andreas Oberg and American players, including pianist Hank Jones and saxophonist Todd Williams. When: April 3 at 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Where: Morris Center. Cost: $35. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice.com.

SMF: Swing Central High School Jazz Band Competition Twelve bands, selected by audition, will compete. When: April 3 at 7 p.m. Where: Civic Center Ballroom and Meeting Rooms. Cost: Free. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice.com.

SMF: The World Of Slide Guitar

A guitar summit featuring Derek Trucks on guitar, Jerry Douglas on dobro, Debashish Bhattacharya playing Indian classical music and Bob Brozman on acoustic guitar. When: April 3 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $75, 45, 35, 25, 15. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice.com.

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Derek Trucks is one of the performers in ‘World of Slide Guitar’ Thursday night at the Lucas

Friday SMF: Swing Central in City Market Six regional high school bands will perform. When: April 4 at 11 a.m. Where: City Market. Cost: Free. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice.com.

SMF: West Coast Jazz Meets Southern Swing

The West Coast Quintet with jazz pianist Eric Reed plus the Marcus Roberts Trio with trumpeter Marcus Printup. When: April 4 at 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Where: Morris Center. Cost: $35. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice.com.

SMF: Yu Kosuge

The Japanese piano prodigy will peform selections by Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, De Falla and Liszt. When: April 4 at 6 p.m. Where: Telfair Academy. Cost: $50. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice.com.

Garden Center and Botanical Garden Plant Sale and Yard Sale Savannah Area Council

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of Garden Clubs, Inc. will host this event in an 1840s farmhouse surrounded by gardens, walking trails, a pond and amphitheater. When: April 4, 5, 11 and 12 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The yard sale will be held Saturday, April 5. Where: 1388 Eisenhower Dr.

8th Annual Savannah Garden & Antiques Expo

The theme is Celebrate the Green Life, with exhibition gardens, demonstrations, children’s activities and an open-air market. When: April 4 and 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Roundhouse Railroad Museum, 601 Harris St. Cost: $10. Info: www.savannahgardenexpo.com or 236-4795.

Savannah Spring Gem, Jewelry & Bead Show

Phillipe Ardanaz will discuss warming FrenchAmerican relations. When: April 4 at 10 a.m. Where: Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College Choir and Chamber Choir Choir will perform sacred and secular selections. When: April 4 at 7 p.m. A dinner will be held in the social hall at 5:30 p.m. Where: White Bluff Presbyterian Church, 10710 White Bluff Rd. Cost: Free, although a love offering will be taken. Info: 927-1731 or whitebluffpc@bellsouth.net.

Savannah Children’s Theatre: Our Town

A troupe of theatrical teens present this production. When: April 4 and 11 at 7 p.m. and April 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 3 p.m. Where: Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E Victory Dr. Cost: $10. Info: www.savannahchildrenstheatre.org

Tybee Arts Association: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

More than 40 exhibitors will sell jewelry, beads, silver jewelry, gemstones, minerals, and more. When: April 4, 5 and 6, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Where: Savannah International Trade & Convention Center. Cost: $5. Info: 504-455-6101.

A musical about an illegal brothel in Texas. When: April 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. and April 6 at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Where: Tybee Island Gym. Cost: $20 at the door, online or at Gallery By the Sea or Atlantic Beacon Gallery on Tybee Island. Info: www.tybeearts.org.

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Savannah Community Theatre: Vanities

and finding out what life is really about. When: April 4, 5, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and April 13 and 20 at 3 p.m. Where: Savannah Community Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Dr. in the Crossroads Shopping Center. Cost: $25 adults; $20 seniors 55 and up and military; $15 students and children and all Sunday matinees; and $10 all seats at Thursday performances. Info: 898-9021 or savannahcommunitytheatre.com.

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SMF: Swing Central in City Market Six regional high school bands perform. When: April 5 at 11 a.m. Where: City Market. Cost: Free. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice.com.

SMF: Wycliffe Gordon: Swing Central Finale

One of the leading trombonists, composers and educators in jazz today. The evening will begin with performances by the winners of the Swing Central High School Jazz Band Competition. When: April 5 at 7 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $65, 55, 45, 25. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice.com.

First Saturday on the River

Arts and crafts, entertainment and fun. When: April 5 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Where: River Street. Cost: Free.

SMF: Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet

An acoustic quartet led by Abigail Washburn, with Béla Fleck, Casey Driessen

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Springfest

A block party with live music, food and children’s games plus a health fair. Mayor Otis Johnson will host the event, held in honor of the residents of Heritage Place, Hertiage Corner and Heritage Row in Cuyer-Brownsville. When: April 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: 1901 Florance St. Cost: Free.

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and Ben Sollee. When: April 5 at 8 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater. Cost: $45, 35, 25, 15. Info: 525-5050 or www. scadboxoffice.com.

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The Big Read Kickoff Participants are reading Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheir 451.The first meeting of the Bradbury Book Group will be April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Islands Branch Library. When: April 5 at 11 a.m. Where: River Street.

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Spring Open Studio Night Alexander Hall, first and second floors · 668 Indian St., Savannah, Ga. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 912.525.6405.

Traditional music, dance, art and food. When: April 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Broughton Street between Lincoln and Abercorn streets. Cost: Free.

Beach Institute Lecture Series Dr. Charles Elmore will present a series of lectures on Savannah’s legacy from slavery. When: April 5 at 5 p.m. Where: First Congregational Church. Cost: Free and open to

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Chicago, the Musical

Winner of six 1997 Tony Awards. When: April 5 at 8 p.m. Where: Savannah Civic Center’s Johnny Mercer Theatre. Cost: $50 Orchestra, $40 Mezzanine and $25 Balcony. Info: 651-6556 weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The 24 Hour Poetry Feature

Local and touring poets reading their own and others’ work. When: April 5 at 8 p.m. through April 6 at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave.

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Monday Creative Minds Lecture Series

Jon Meachem, managing editor of Newsweek, discusses Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. When: April 7 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Savannah Country Day’s Jelks Auditorium. Cost: $8 in advance, $10 at the door and $5 for students, seniors and military.

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Sunday Forsyth Park Tree Walk

Trained guides discuss the history of the park. When: April 6. Walks

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A lecture by Chris Wilson, University of New Mexico professor. When: April 7 at 6:30 p.m. Where: SCAD Student Center, 120 Montgomery Cost: Free.

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Best of the festival — so far This marks the final week of the 2008 Savannah Music Festival. While as usual I didn’t get to see as many concerts as I wanted to, the ones I have seen only reinforced my original assessment — hardly a profound one — that this has been the most artistically daring and complete Music Festival to date. As usual, the entire Music Festival staff has been a delight to work with. They’re entirely professional, completely unflappable, and a lot of fun to hang around. But I have to especially thank Ryan McMaken for continuing to raise the bar for PR professionals in town and for helping us take our coverage of the Festival to the next level. phony at the same performance. Tchaikovksy’s music has a lot of adolescent, even ham-fisted, traits which are easy to lampoon. If a conductor feels this material beneath him or her in some way, their snark will be painfully apparent to the audience. But Spano never condescended, instead bringing out the best of the Russian’s sentimental, childlike nature. • The twin fiddles of the up-and-coming family bluegrass group Cherryholmes. While the group’s vocals and stage act are unpolished and not far removed from what you’d hear at any bluegrass festival anywhere, what made this performance special for me were young fiddlers B.J. and Molly Kate. B.J., all of 19 years old, is one of these freakishly talented prodigies who can instantly play the crap out just about any instrument they pick up, in any style or genre. He’s easily one of the best two or three fiddle players I’ve ever heard. His sister Molly

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The Savannah City Council has become active in pursuing environmental conservation, especially stewardship of water resources. One way to reduce water consumption is by re-using indoor gray water -- water from sinks, bathtubs and washing machines, which is treated and handled so it can be re-used safely in toilets. On March 27, the council approved an ordinance that allows homeowners to install a gray water system. The cost of installing one in a new house starts at $2,200, but the

systems eventually pay for themselves because water and sewer bills are lower. Having a gray water system in place can help projects become LEED certified. The ordinance includes safety standards that must be met. Designs must be completed by a registered professional engineer and the system must be installed by a Class II certified plumber. The plat and deed to the property must be updated to note that a system has been installed, and registration and annual inspection

Kate, only 15 years old, is actually the more mature musician, though. The left-hander is obviously a great student of the fiddle and a more serious, well-rounded player than her brother. And yes, both of them teamed up for a twin-fiddle performance of “Orange Blossom Special,” which had to be heard to be believed. • The deceptively brilliant guitar playing of Chas Justus with the Red Stick Ramblers. He mixes jazz with swing with blues and just enough outright rock ‘n’ roll, playing it all with such passion and delight that you might not realize what a sensitive ear he has for American roots music. There’s something about this group of young men from Louisiana (playing very retro music) that really clicked for me, though the songs they play are no great shakes. They’re great onstage together, they obviously love what they do, and I really dug the 1920’sera clothes and haircut of singer/fiddler Linzay Young, whose vocals remind me of Willie Nelson’s in their subtle jazz phrasing. But as I write this there’s still a whole week to go, so likely my list will only be expanded upon. Our music editor Jim Reed went to a whole lot more shows than I did, and you can read his entertaining capsule reviews online at www.connectsavannah.com. By the way, it seems like the new Charles H. Morris Center is a big success, with musicians and audiences alike all seeming to enjoy the venue. The decision to put the stage on the long end of the back wall was especially fortuitous, allowing not only better sight lines but more intimacy between band and audience.

of the backflow prevention valve will be required. The system must use a disinfectant such as chloride, ozone or iodine and also must have some type of mechanism that will dye the water blue or green so it won’t be mistaken for fresh water. In other action, the council discussed the status of Sustainable Fellwood, a mixed-use, mixedincome development planned for west Savannah. Located on the former 25-acre Fellwood Homes public housing site on West Bay Street, it will be built in phases. Eventually, 220 units of family rental housing, 100 units of senior rental housing, 13 single-family homes and 13 townhouses will be constructed. Neighborhood-friendly retail space will be provided, with 40,000 square feet set aside for businesses. The estimated cost of the devel-

opment is $45-50 million. The city has committed $4.5 in SPLOST funds for infrastructure improvements at the site. Last year, the council approved a resolution of support for the developer’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for the first phase. At the meeting, the council passed resolutions of support for the LIHTC applications for the second and third phases. Construction of Phase I could begin as early as July. If the LIHTC funding is approved, construction of the second phase will begin in spring 2009 and be completed by summer 2010. Phase III is designed for seniors, with a head of household 62 or older. Construction could begin as early as spring 2009 and completed by summer 2010.

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For me the most memorable moments of the Festival have been, in no particular order: • Garrick Ohlsson’s surrealistically in-thezone performance of Rachmaninoff ’s Third Piano Concerto with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Of course as anyone who’s seen the movie Shine knows, the “Rach 3” is known as the most fiendishly challenging piece of major piano music ever written. With not a scrap of sheet music available to guide him through its many thousands of notes, Ohlsson’s mastery was effortlessly in-the-moment. (Like Rachmaninoff himself, Ohlsson is a very tall man with massive range on the keyboard, which no doubt contributes to his command of the piece.) Ohlsson’s sensitivity to the intricacies of the concerto revealed the real lyricism there, not a word often associated with Rachmaninoff. • On a related note I enjoyed Robert Spano’s sensitive take on Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Sym-

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Peace out Editor, In response to Musa Burr’s letter: Who is the “guilty man” to hang? It seems Musa is ready to incite change and more power to Musa. The ability for people to incite change is a basic tenet of our democratic system. The power going out was not a good target of Musa’s rage against our current system. People used to revolt against things that made a difference, many times beteween life and death: unsafe working conditions, unsanitary living conditions, lack of staples or wages too low to buy the staples. To revolt against one night without power in a country that has one of the highest standards of living is completely misdirected, and understandably did not garner any support besides drunken “get ‘ems.” Frank Blackston

Obama’s Wright! Editor, Before we witness anymore hysteria on the Obama-Rev. Wright flap, there are other facts to consider: First, according to the March 24 New-

wseek, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is no longer Obama’s minister. After a year-long period of transition, the Rev. Otis Moss III became the pastor last month. The Obama campaign has also announced that Rev. Wright will no longer serve the campaign in any capacity. Along with building Trinity Church from a small congregation to one where some 8,000 people worship every Sunday, Rev. Wright has done other things as well. In the 1970s, when his United Church of Christ decided to ordain gays and lesbians, Wright started a singles group for gays and lesbians. He also began one of the first AIDS ministries there as well. It is a neighborhood where some 20 percent of the residents are on welfare, and an equal number are unemployed. As for his intemperate remarks on the U.S., Abraham Lincoln said basically the same thing, in a more polite manner: “Indeed, I tremble for my country when I recall that God is just.” Having lived in both the North and the South as a Navy wife, I know that racism is as prevalent there as here. Perhaps moreso, since there has been no campaign to eradicate it, as has happened in the South. From past experiences with different congregations I also know that intemperate language is not unusual in some of them.

However, I believe that is gradually changing, as seems to be the case at Trinity. I am more interested in what a candidate says or does rather than the words of a former minister. The fact that Obama is the only leading candidate to vote against the war the president’s own father, a WWII combat veteran, warned us against in his memoirs means more to me than any theology. Margaret W. DeBolt

Editor’s Note: As a clarification, Barack Obama did not actually vote against the Iraq War, because he was not yet in the U.S. Senate when war authorization was approved in 2002.

Remembering Gernatt’s Editor, Do you have any articles or information on the old Gernatt’s Creamery on 41st and Montgomery Streets? Is there anyone making their ice cream or have a special recipe they would share to the Savannah folks that may remember this wonderful Ice Cream Shop? Adele Gernatt

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Editor, I am a huge Stewart Copeland fan and used to live in Georgia, but did not get to attend this great event in the Savannah Music Festival. Are you going to publish an article or follow-up on the highlights of the event with Stewart, his piece, the orchestra, etc.? Julie Pixler

Editor’s Note: Jim Reed’s review is now up at www.connectsavannah.com, along with other reviews of Savannah Music Festival concerts.

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These are some of the things that persuaded Richard and Katherine Claar to to install the most comprehensive solarbased system in Savannah: • Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth; • A poster promoting GreenFest, •A TV news clip demonstrating solar panels producing enough electricity to power an air conditioner, • And a boost in corn prices due to the ethanol boom, • Followed by a long conversation with a solar installer. Located in a lot set back from Bonaventure Road in Thunderbolt, the Claar house now boasts two solar hot water panels, six solar photovoltaic panels, and a Solar Tube natural lighting system. The combination will heat a 120-gallon hot water tank, produce a kilowatt of electricity every sunny hour, and provide natural illumination of a formerly darkened room. “We look at it as a win-win-win situation,” says Katherine Claar, “We’re gathering energy from the sun to generate part of our electricity; it’s good for the planet

and neighborhood, saving on our electric bills, and taking advantage of a federal tax credit. We feel a little proud of ourselves.” They were both impressed by the amount of information provided by Julian Smith, of SolarSmith, who designed the system and installed it with his brother Kenneth. As Richard Claar tells his colleagues at Gulfstream, who wonder if they should install solar, “I tell them to definitely look into it. It doesn’t hurt to ask questions and you might be surprised about the answers.” He thinks that more people are looking, “but they don’t know that they are looking.” The Claars lived on Tybee from 19951999, moved back to the Urbana area of Illinois, but returned in 2004 where Richard Claar resumed his quality assurance position with Gulfstream testing for hidden flaws using x-ray and ultrasound equipment. Katherine Claar is now involved in

photography and the Bonaventure Historic Society and manages the 516-acre corn and soybean family farm back in Illinois. “I’m the third generation of female absentee landowners, “ she says. It was at a recycling center that she noticed the poster for GreenFest where she met Julian Smith who was exhibiting there. While the couple was mulling over the idea of going solar they saw Smith’s demonstration on WTOC, and decided to ask some questions. The ethanol boom was bringing much higher prices for the corn crop. “We were looking for a good, healthy, environmentally friendly way to use some of that money,” says Katherine Claar. “Solar fills the bill. When you put money in a Vanguard Fund it is just on paper. Solar is very tangible. It is something you can see and feel.” “The house has a good stretch of southfacing roof,” says Julian Smith. “There was space to put in both a solar electric and a solar hot water system, with enough to double the number of panels in the future.” The Claars also installed a Solar Tube, a dome-shaped skylight, to brighten one room. “The interior surface of this model is coated with silver,” says Julian Smith, “and reflects 98 percent of the light. It’s designed

to illuminate a 600 square foot area.” The electric system is hooked into the utility grid and all the electricity produced is sold back to Georgia Power at a much higher rate per kilowatt-hour than the Claars have to pay. As a bonus, Julian and Kenneth Smith went to Home Depot and brought back an armload of Compact Fluorescent Bulbs and replaced almost every bulb in the house. The combined savings in electricity using solar hot water, and the electricity generated by the photovoltaic system, start almost immediately. Her experience managing the family farm will allow Katherine Claar to accurately document the savings. “I’ve been monitoring household cash flow ever since the farm came to me in 1980,” she says. “I have every power bill since we moved in here and I intend to start making comparisons after we get a full month’s operation.” Richard Claar hopes that as Gulfstream starts to go green, the company will also go solar. In addition to acres of roof space, “there is marginal land that would accommodate a small ground-mounted solar farm.”

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Honey is one of nature’s most useful remedies Honey has been used for centuries as a source of food, a commodity to be traded, a highly sought after luxury item, a medicinal and more. How about an all natural remedy that requires no refrigeration, will not grow mold or bacteria and has an amazingly long shelf life. In ancient cultures, honey was used to treat burns and wounds. Some 4000 years ago ancient Egyptians used honey in medicine and make-up. There are records of its use to treat wounds and open sores to prevent infection on the battlefield. In more recent folk medicine it is used to treat coughs and bronchitis. In a modern day “hot totty” honey is mixed with lemon juice, tea and brandy to treat the cough or viral upper respiratory infection. Recent FDA recommendations to doctors are that they not use over-thecounter cold and cough medications on children under 2 years of age and warn that more research is needed before widespread acceptance of these medications to be used in children under six. What is a parent to do who has a child up all night coughing? Honey may be the answer. A recent study at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, researchers found a dose of buckwheat honey before bedtime is far more effective than dextromethorpan (DM) found in most over the counter cough suppressants. Buckwheat honey is a dark honey. It is gathered by bees foraging for nectar from the buckwheat grain’s little white flowers. Light honey, of which we are more familiar, has fewer of the properties of cough suppression as does this darker honey. Pound for pound there is much more nutritional value and medicinal effect in the darker honeys. Honey main constituent parts are levulose and dextrose. These two sugars in near equal amounts make up almost 80% of the sugars in honey. Levulose is a unique sugar in that it is readily assimilated by the human alimentary tract without the use of any digestive enzymes. It also is absorbed rather slowly, not allowing for a large spike in blood sugars. This low glycemic index property makes honey safe for use in diabetic patients. The slow uptake of levulose allows for this sugar to reach the large colon which is most likely responsible for the laxative effect of honey.

Honey also contains polyphenols which makes it a good source of antioxidants. These antioxidant properties play a role in cleansing the body of free radicals implicated in serious illness, such as cancer and heart disease. Honey is said to be relaxing and taking it in the evenings can offer a natural and safe way to induce sleep. It is also thought to have anti-inflammatory properties. Some researchers believe that the bee may spray the comb with small amounts of venom before placing honey in them, and while this is controversial it may account for some of the healing properties of honey and its anti-inflammatory properties. While there is the misconception that bee venom contains formic acid (like that seen in red/fire ants) it has been scientifically proven not to exist, yet the general public is still under this impression. Some studies have shown that the active ingredient melittin in bee venom may have curative properties in the rheumatologic and arthritic diseases. Honey contains a number of nutrients in addition to the levulose and dextrose sugars namely some proteins and enzymes. Three important enzymes are present in honey: invertase, diastase, and glucose oxidase. Enzymes are most likely a result of the bee’s process of converting nectar into honey, since they are not found in the nectar. Other bacterial and yeast/fungi fighting properties of honey include the high sugar content (with the osmotic effect of literally drying out microbes) and its relative acidity (malic acid and other natural acids) that inhibit microbial growth and make honey bacteriastatic. Honey produced exclusively for medical purposes in New Zealand and Australia have antibacterial phenol-like substances from bees that forage within the native Leptospermum species of trees. Since the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Chest Physicians do not condone the use of dextromethorpan for childhood cough, as this medication has been implicated in accidental overdoses and in recent years been used by teenagers in order to get high, a viable alternative in dark honey. However, it is not recommended for children under the age of one-year. Honey can harbor the spores of Clostridium botulinnum, the cause of infantile botulism. This bacterium however is harmless in older children and adults. JP Saleeby, MD is medical director of the emergency department at MPH, Bennettsville, S.C.

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Kacey Stewart is an eighteen-year-old concessionist at the Regal Eisenhower Cinema 6. She’s worked there part-time since June 2007 and enjoys writing and photography in her spare time. Describe what your job entails. Kacey Stewart: Well, I’m usually a concessionist, which means I clean, pop the popcorn, and give customers their food and drinks. What training does your job require? Kacey Stewart: Usually all of the employees start at door, which is where you clean theatres and tear tickets. You also have to clean the bathrooms. Then you are trained on concession, and then on box to sell tickets. Did you always want to have this job? Kacey Stewart: I love movies, so working at a movie theatre just sort of fit. What’s your favorite part about your job? Kacey Stewart: My favorite thing about the job is the people. I love the people I work with. I consider them all friends, and the atmosphere is so friendly, I love to just hang out even when I’m not working. And your least favorite?

What is the strangest or funniest experience that you have had at work? Kacey Stewart: The funniest time was when I was working door and there was a group of people who came in and they were all giggly. After I tore their tickets, they ran down the hall laughing and before they got into the theatre, I saw one guy pull out a pizza he’d been hiding under his coat. I thought I smelled pizza! Needless to say, we took care of it, but I think they got to finish their pizza outside of the theatre. Also, there was one time when a kid got his arm stuck in a drink holder. How he got it in there, I have no clue, but right as the fire department came, the kid got free. What is the most important thing you have learned from your job? Kacey Stewart: My people skills. I am not the most outgoing person, but my job has helped me with that.

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news of the weird Fine Points of the Law (1) Italy’s highest appeals court ruled in March that it is not illegal for a woman to lie in a police investigation if the reason is to cover up her adulterous affair. Court of Cassation judges said that her honor is more important than providing intimate information about her lover. (2) The North Carolina Court of Appeals voted 2-1 in February to approve a worker compensation claim for only one of a woman’s breast-implant replacements, ruling that the other implant ruptured (in a job-related accident) only because it had been improperly installed. (The dissenting judge said, even so, the compensation fund should pay for the second replacement, too, because to achieve their purpose, both breasts must be aligned properly on the chest.)

The Entrepreneurial Spirit! When Johnny Diablo’s year-old vegan restaurant failed to catch on in Portland, Ore., last year, he converted the space into Casa Diablo’s Gentlemen’s Club, which is what he believes is the world’s only vegan strip club. He has no rule against meateating dancers, he told Willamette Week newspaper in February, but won’t permit leather, fur, silk or wool outfits on stage (no “murder victims” in the club, he said). Cosmetics from the American company Blue Q, under the “Lookin’ Good for Jesus” brand urging users to “Get Tight with Christ,” were pulled from stores in Singapore in February due to complaints, but Blue Q said it’s not abandoning that line of hand and body creams, lip balm, breath spray and bubble bath. (Of course, Blue Q also markets similar cosmetics under such brands as “Dirty Girl,” “Cute as Hell,” “Total Bitch” and “Virgin/Slut,” as well as a car air-freshener by its brand “Cat Butt.”)

program for its customers to enable them to evaluate their sincerity when calling a lover. The caller can point the phone’s camera at himself and see a meter on the screen measuring his own passion, then receive a text message afterward noting voice expressions by the person receiving the call (surprise, honesty, etc.).

Leading Economic Indicators To feed the fast-growing women’s hairextension business, brokers in India scour the countryside for Hindu temples that encourage female worshippers to shear themselves as good-luck offerings to the temples’ gods, according to a February dispatch in Germany’s Der Spiegel. Historically, the hair was used to make mattresses, but because the celebrity-driven extension business is so large, salons around the world pay from $125 to $250 per pound for strands of never-chemically-treated hair of desirable hues. Shaving is a Hindu tradition, and one donor told Spiegel she had long prayed for her husband to stop drinking and that when that “miracle” happened, she felt compelled to offer her hair. In the worst slums of Port-au-Prince, Haiti rice now sells for 30 cents a cup (double the price of a year ago), according to a January Associated Press dispatch, leaving the poorest of the poor to subsist mainly on “cookies” made with dirt. Choice clay from the central plateau is at least a source of calcium and can be baked with salt and vegetable shortening. However, recently in the La Saline slum, the reporter noted, the price of dirt, too, has risen about 40 percent.

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At a February casting call in Pittsburgh for the movie “Shelter” (to star Julianne Moore), producers announced they were seeking extras to play West VirScience on the Cutting ginia mountain people from the hollers Edge (Pittsburgh is about 40 miles from the A team of researchers from the Unistate line), specifically an albino woman, versity of Calgary and the Tokyo Institute extraordinarily tall or short people, those of Technology proudly announced in with unusual body shapes and faces (esFebruary that they had successfully stored pecially eyes), and “a 9- to-12-year-old “nothing” inside a puff of gas and then Caucasian girl with an other-worldly had managed to retrieve that look. ‘Regular-looking’ children same “nothing.” That “nothing” should not attend.” is called a “squeezed vacuum,” Finally, and the physicists tell us that a movies are Tireless Obsessives light wave can be manipulated so now EOE’s that its phases are of uncertain Takahiro Fujinuma, 37, was amplitude, then the light itself arrested and charged with removed so that only the “unmaking at least 2,600 calls certainty” property of the wave (perhaps more than 10,000) to remains. directory assistance (“I would go In February, the South Kointo ecstasy when a lady (operarean cell phone company KTF tor) scolded me,” he told a reporter) announced a new voice-analysis (Tokyo; January). Ms. Lee Amor, 23,

pleaded guilty to calling or texting her jilting ex-boyfriend more than 10,000 times over a 65-day period (South Devon, England; February). John Triplette was arrested, suspected as the one who made more than 27,000 calls to “911” since May 2007 (consisting mostly of mumbling and making bodily noises) (Hayward, Calif.; February). Paul Kavanagh, 40, was sentenced to 30 months in jail for making about 15,000 calls in 12 years to women asking them about their underwear (West London, England; November).

Least Competent Criminals Not Ready for Prime Time: Robber Adam Grennan, 39, did not make it out of the Mt. Washington Bank in Dorchester, Mass., in December. So intent was he in not appearing nervous that he waited patiently in line, eyes straight ahead, until the time came to hand the teller his holdup note. He did not notice that a uniformed Boston police officer, working security, had slipped quietly behind him in line, and he arrested Grennan immediately as Grennan was quietly demanding large bills and “no funny money.”

Update Padre Pio, who died in 1968 and was sponsored for sainthood by Pope John Paul II, has been a controversial figure, as News of the Weird reported in 1999. He was loved by his parishioners, yet viewed skeptically by Vatican officials who found his claim of hands bleeding from crucifixion holes and of having been eye-gouged in a wrestling match with the devil to be difficult to authenticate. On orders from Pope Benedict XVI, Padre Pio’s body was exhumed in March, to be placed on public display for several months at the Vatican, even though problematic for two reasons. The top part of his skull is exposed, presenting an unsettling image, but more important, there obviously are no crucifixion holes or scars on his hands or feet.

Undignified Deaths Toby Taylor, 37, of York County, Pa., was charged with involuntary manslaughter in January after his wife died of a heart attack in an accident during sex, and police found the woman’s body (according to the York Daily Record) with “alligator clips on the end of a stripped electric cord ... attached to her breasts,” with an on-off switch. About two weeks earlier, 100 miles away in New Berlinville, Pa., a 23-yearold construction worker was electrocuted when he placed electric clips to his chest piercings (despite colleagues’ warnings). By Chuck shepherd (universal press syndicate)

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A woman was accused of running her boyfriend down with her car during an argument on Beech Street. Police were called to the scene in reference to an assault. An officer saw a man lying on his back in the street in obvious discomfort. People in the area who witnessed the fight said that the man had been run down by his girlfriend. A lookout was broadcast on all channels for the car and suspect. One of the witnesses said he had seen the couple parked in a car, both striking each other with open and closed hands. The man left the car from the front passenger side, walked to the driver’s side and opened the driver’s door. The two continued fighting physically until the man disengaged himself and stepped back from the car. At that point, the woman drive the car forward, and turned. The man stepped into her path, with his

hand up. The witnesses said she slowed the car and attempted to get around the man, but he moved and placed himself in front of the car ahead and she ran him down. • A man was arrested and charged with shoplifting at an Abercorn Street convenience store after attempting to steal 50 cents worth of merchandise. An officer saw the owner of the store and the suspect arguing as they walked out of the store. The owner told the officer that he saw the suspect place one 25 cent granola bar and a 25 cent package of candy in his pocket. The suspect then purchased a cigar and tried to leave the store with the candy and granola bar. The owner said at that point, he locked the exit doors and advised the suspect he was calling police. The two then exchanged words and the suspect punched the owner in the right eye. The officer observed redness and swelling under the owner’s right eye, but the victim refused treatment by EMS. • A fight broke out at the intersection of Reynolds and Seiler. The officer who responded spoke with a woman who said her boyfriend got jealous and punched her on the right side of her face. She said he also slammed her on the ground, but

told the officer she didn’t need treatment from EMS. There was some noticeable swelling on the right side of her face. The suspect had taken the woman’s phone so the officer called the cell number and spoke with the man. He agreed to return to the scene to speak with police. He claimed he hadn’t hit the woman at all, but that she bit him on the left side of his face. • A woman staying at an Abercorn Street inn called police to say she’d received a threatening phone call from a man. She said the man told her that another man they both know had been sentenced to prison, and that when he gets out, he’s going to be looking for her. The man told her that someone may already be looking for her now. The woman said the man who has been sentenced thinks she is the reason he was arrested because she was the last person he spoke to before officers with the Chatham Narcotics Team walked up on him. She said she feels threatened by the conversation and asked that it be documented.

• Police were called to a restaurant in Skidaway Village on a report that a minor tried to purchase alcohol with a false ID. An officer spoke with a restaurant employee, who said a young man had asked to buy a drink and displayed a false Oklahoma driver’s license. When the employee Googled the address on the ID, it came back as invalid. A second employee said the young man asked her for an alcoholic beverage and displayed the same ID. She asked the man for his date of birth and said he had a difficult time remembering the date of birth on the false ID. The officer walked to the bar, and the young man was still there. He identified himself and told the officer he knew why he was there. The suspect admitted displaying a false ID that he got “from some people at college,” and said he knew the ID was false. His real age is 19. Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

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earthweek Antarctic Collapse Satellite images taken in late February and March revealed that Antarctica’s massive Wilkins Ice Shelf is collapsing due to climate change on the most rapidly warming part of the continent. U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center lead scientist Ted Scambos told reporters that while the area of collapse currently involves only 160 square miles, a large part of the 5,000-squaremile ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula is being held back from the ocean by only a narrow strip of ice between two islands. “If there is a little bit more retreat, this last ‘ice buttress’ could collapse and we’d likely lose about half the total ice shelf area in the next few years,” Scambos said. Western sections of the Antarctic Peninsula have experienced the greatest observed warming anywhere on the planet over the past 50 years, with temperatures rising 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit per decade. With Antarctica’s summer melt season now ending, scientists do not expect the Wilkins to further disintegrate during the upcoming wintertime months. “This unusual show is over for this season,” Scambos said. “But come (next) January, we’ll be watching to see if the Wilkins continues to fall apart.”

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Tropical Cyclones Tropical Cyclone 24P attained only minimal tropical storm strength just before striking

northern New Caledonia, but still triggered flooding deep enough to kill two people on the South Pacific island. • An area of disturbed weather just south of Java strengthened into Cyclone Pancho. • Cyclone Lola formed briefly to the north of Reunion and Mauritius, in the western Indian Ocean.

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Colorful Visitors A brilliant Scandinavian finch rarely seen in Britain’s backyard gardens has been driven across the North Sea by a shortage of food in its usual habitat. The British Trust for Ornithology says it has received a remarkable number of reports of siskin sightings in residential areas. It has asked households across the UK to report any other sightings so the extent of the bird’s wanderings

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Earthquakes A series of strong temblors in northwest China’s Xinjiang region wrecked more than 2,000 homes and numerous greenhouses and livestock sheds, according to regional officials. No fatalities were reported from any of the quakes. • Earth movements were also felt in southwestern and northwestern Iran, western Bulgaria, northern Chile and around Yellowstone National Park.

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Rodent Tools A highly social, intelligent rodent native to the highlands of Chile

has been trained to use a tool and understand its function, challenging earlier beliefs that only primates and birds are smart enough to do so. Researchers at Japan’s Riken Brain Science Institute say they trained six adult degu rodents to use a tiny rake to obtain food. Food and sunflower seeds were placed behind a clear fence, along with a T-shaped rake. After an average of 57 days, the degus were said to be able to get the food with at least a 75 percent success rate, regardless of where the food and rake were placed. The findings suggest that many animals could use tools, although such ability may be doubtful for fish, according to researcher Kazou Okanoya. by steve newman, Universal press syndicate

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The Josh Maul Blues Band Now that warmer weather is upon us, this funky and laid-back Caribbean eatery in the shadow of Tybee’s Lighthouse is once more hosting live local and regional bands on a weekly basis. The groups play in the open air on the restaurant’s back deck, which means the shows are subject to clear skies, but even with a strong breeze, it’s a flat-out great place to catch feel-good sets by the better rock, bluegrass, soul and jazz combos around. This tight Richmond Hill-based group owes a stylistic debt to the works of Albert Collins, SRV and Tab Benoit, and features former members of the ever popular Bluesonics. Once folks grab a good seat, they tend to hold onto them and sip the night away, so get

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Since our paper hits the streets on Wednesdays, hopefully plenty of you will see this column in time to avail yourselves of this buzzworthy Michigan prog-soul/rock act with electronica leanings. Calling themselves a prime example of the “New Detroit Sound”, these ace musicians are filling large clubs and small theaters on their home turf with jam-band fans as well as those who dig eclectic modern pop, and word of mouth on their high-energy live shows and commitment to leaving crowds spent and dazzled is earning them fans in an ever widening arc around the USA. This is being billed as an unofficial after-party for the Derek Trucks

there early for the best view of the band. Sat., 6 pm, North Beach Grill (Tybee) - ALL-AGES.

Mystik NRG This high-priced reggae show band spends most of the year entertaining folks in one of the massive clubs at the Universal Studios resort in Orlando. However, occasionally they venture out for one-off road dates. This is the first major live music booking for this new multilevel dance club located in the old Congress St. Station/Savannah Down Under building a few doors down from The Jinx. While they belt out a dancehall vibe on the

performance earlier in the night at the 2008 Savannah Music Fest. Bump’s breaking in a new bassist, so show up and make him feel welcome. Listen & Learn: www.myspace.com/bumpband. Bump Wed., 11 pm (21+ only w/proper ID).

main floor, the venue’s second floor offers DJ Solo spinning Top 40 tracks, while DJ Kos plays Electro/House/Breaks in the penthouse. Sat., 9 pm, Club 51 Degrees.

Vinx, Tubby Love Now that this hard-to-define cult figure on the soul, world music and jazz scenes has relocated to a small town near Savannah (after years in L.A.) he’s become a repeat headliner at this, our only dedicated jazz club and restaurant. He’s toured and recorded with scores of major artists (most notably Sting), and you’ve likely heard his percussive, vaguely exotic compositions

peppered throughout many TV shows and films over the years without ever realizing it. His solo sets feature just his incredibly expressive voice (and his equally notable percussive talents), but they are anything but boring. Despite a harrowing stage name, Tubby Love is a young, very promising local singer/songwriter with a funky, syncopated acoustic/electric guitar style. He augments his tunes with digitally looped backing, and his contemporary organic soul-pop reeks of a Kingston fixation. He’s a perfect support act for Vinx. Fri. - Sat., 8 pm, $10 cover.

B & D Burgers (Southside) Trivia w/ Artie & Brad (Other) Starts at 10 p.m. Bahama Bob’s (Pooler) Karaoke (Karaoke) The Bamboo Room “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (Live Music) Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m. Charles H. Morris Center Boogie Woogio Piano: Carl “Sonny” Leyland (Live Music) 2008 Savannah Music Festival Jazz Now and Forever Series 12:30 p.m. Cheers to You Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m. Club 51 Degrees DJ Blue Ice (DJ) Club One #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Daiquiri Beach Jeremy & Stephen of Argyle (Live Music) Acoustic duo set of classic rock, modern rock and reggae from two siblings in a popular local band (covers/originals) Doubles Lounge DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Driftaway Cafe Chuck Courtenay & Bucky Bryant (Live Music) Acoustic guitar duo known for their tight vocal harmonies, playing pop, rock and country (covers/originals) 7 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Local combo playing a wild mix of hard-swinging, high-energy garageblooze in the vein of Tom Waits, â€œBasement Tapesâ€ -era Dylan and Hound Dog Taylor (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Guitar Bar Open Mic night hosted by Caesura (Live Music) Open Mic Night led by a young local melodic metalcore/indie-rock combo. 10 p.m. continues p.29

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continues from p.15 Hang Fire Karaoke (Karaoke) We don’t really have to explain this, do we? 9 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Jeff Beasley (Live Music) 7:30 p.m. The Jinx Rock & Roll Bingo w/DJ Boo-Cock-Eye (DJ) (11 pm) Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue (Live Music) Beloved locally-based Celtic troubadour who plays the acoustic guitar and bodhran. King’s Inn Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Kokopelli’s Jazz Club The Will Goble Group (Live Music) Led by bassist Goble (who has gigged wiht everyone from Marcus Roberts to Kevin Bales and from Jason Marsalis to Barry Greene), this combo also features drums, piano and tenor sax. Apr 2, 8 p.m. Apr 3, 8 p.m. Live Wire Music Hall Savannah Avenue (Live Music) Impressive local jazz fusion/funk outfit with a lineup that includes guitar, bass, drums and sax, and occasionally expands to feature keyboards, percussion, trombone and trumpet. 9 p.m. Loco’s Deli & Pub (Downtown) Bump (Live Music) This show is set billed to start after Derek Trucks’ set at the 2008 Savannah Music Fest. Detroit’s Bump is said to be an unrelenting mix of that city’s famed electronica scene mixed with a futuristic brand of soulful R & B. 21+ only w/ID. 11 p.m. Lucas Theatre Beaux Arts Trio (Live Music) 6 p.m. Mercury Lounge The Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Internationally-known electric blues trio led by a charismatic vocalist and fiery guitar player (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Open Mic Night (Live Music) Hosted by Hudson & Markus 8 p.m. Murphy’s Law Celtic Karaoke with Kerr (Karaoke) 9 p.m. The Quarter Sports Bar TBA (Live Music) Rock, Folk and Blues 10 p.m. Robin’s Nest Team Trivia (Other) 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30 p.m. The Sentient Bean Psychotronic Film: THE

THURSDAY Augie’s Pub (Pooler) Sullivan Street (Live Music) Rock, pop, blues and folk-oriented tunes sung and played on acoustic guitar by this duo of area solo artists David Flannery and Paul Rader (covers & originals). 8 p.m. Barnes & Noble Open Mic (8 p.m.) (Live Music) Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m. Benny’s Tybee Tavern Karaoke (Karaoke) w/DJ Levis 9:30 p.m. Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Blaine’s Back Door #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Charles H. Morris Center Andreas Oberg Quartet (Live Music) 2008 Savannah Music Festival Jazz Now and Forever Series 12:30 p.m. Chuck’s Bar #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Club One Industrial Resurrection w/ DJ Shrapnel

(DJ) 10 p.m. Daiquiri Beach Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m. Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Fannie’s on the Beach “Georgia Kyle” Shiver & Fiddlin’ Scott Holton (Live Music) 7 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House The Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Internationally-acclaimed, Savannahbased electric blues guitarist and singer (Memphis and Chicago-style), aided by a whip-tight rhythm section (covers/originals) 10 p.m. Grapevine Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Piano & vocal jazz, country, Latin and standards by a veteran songwriter and recording artist who’s entertained Savannahians for more than a decade 6:30 p.m. Hang Fire DJ KZL’s Back to School Ice Cream Social (DJ) Eclectic mix of vintage soul, dub, rock, punk, electro, new wave, glam and exotica from the frontman of both GAM and Superhorse. 10 p.m. The Island Grill Perception (Live Music) Well-liked regional hard and classic rock band featuring Jon Schwalls (of The Long Awaited) on bass. they play everything from “BrownEyed Girl” to Godsmack (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Trae Gurley’s “Swoonatra” (Live Music) Singing thespian’s tribute to ‘Ol Blue Eyes’ golden period 7:30 p.m. John’s & Friends Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. 9 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue (Live Music) Beloved locally-based Celtic troubadour who plays the acoustic guitar and bodhran. Kokopelli’s Jazz Club The Will Goble Group (Live Music) Led by bassist Goble (who has gigged wiht everyone from Marcus Roberts to Kevin Bales and from Jason Marsalis to Barry Greene), this combo also features drums, piano and tenor sax. Apr 2, 8 p.m. Apr 3, 8 p.m. Live Wire Music Hall A Nickel Bag of Funk (Live Music) Local, dance-oriented, female-fronted funk/soul/R & B combo with a strong gospel influence (covers & originals). 9 p.m. Loco’s Deli & Pub (Southside) Team Trivia w/ Kowboi (Other) 7 p.m. Mansion on Forsyth Park Silver Lining (Live Music) Local jazz trio of guitar, bass and drums with female vocals. Their material draws on both funk and blues as well as some continues p.30

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LION MAN (1975, Turkey) Biblical-era adventure flick that’s never been officially released in the USA. For fans of MST3000. Open to ALL-AGES. Seating begins at 7:30 pm. 8 p.m. Slugger’s 5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m. Tantra Lounge Brittany Bosco (Live Music) Local neo-soul and R & B songstress, who is usually backed by a rotating cast of players on the burgeoning Savannah hip-hop and funk scene, including members of SOL Essential and Dope Sandwich Productions. 10 p.m. Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Tropicana Night Club Spitfire Poetry Slam (Other) Spoken Word showcase and competition 8 p.m. Trustees Theater Derek Trucks Band (Live Music) 2008 Savannah Music Festival performance 7 p.m. Venus De Milo DJ In Coma (DJ) 9 p.m. Vic’s on The River James Furshon (Live Music) -7 p.m. The Warehouse Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist and singer playing a wide range of rock and pop (covers & originals). 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Karaoke (Karaoke) 8:30 p.m.

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continues from p.29 elements of exotica, light pop and Brazilian music (covers & originals). 8 p.m. Moon River Brewing Co. Eric Britt (Live Music) Acoustic guitarist/singer playing alt. rock and pop 8:30 p.m. Robin’s Nest Karaoke (Live Music, Karaoke) 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30 p.m. The Sentient Bean Frantic Rabbit Poetry Slam (Other) Local spoken word showcase and competition. 8 p.m. Slugger’s Trivia w/ Charles & Mikey (Other) 10 p.m. Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Tropicana Night Club DJ Southstar Spins Top 40 (DJ) 10 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m. Venus De Milo DJ Nahah Mean (DJ) The Warehouse Jeff Beasley (Live Music) Solo set of swinging R & B, old-time rock and roll, Cajun-tinged Americana and boogie-woogie by this Savannah-based singing guitarist who accompanies himself on percussion (covers & originals). 8 p.m. Wasabi’s Live DJ Frankie Spins Hip-hop & Electric Fusion (DJ) 8 p.m.

FRIDAY A.J.’s Dockside “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (Live Music) American Legion Post 36 Karaoke (Karaoke)

B & B Ale House First Friday Fetish Night (Other, DJ) “Pinups”-themed retro burlesque party thrown by local impresario Chris Cook, with voyeuristic and mildly salacious fetish play set to the turntablism of DJ Analog Kid (who won Best Club DJ in our most recent Readers’ Poll), as well as pretend casino-style gambling (roulette, blackjack and more) and an appearance by The Hellcats. 10 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Calibogue Cafe Jan Spillane (Live Music) Locally-bases blues/soul/folk/pop songwriter with a powerful and nuanced voice. She hads released a number of impressive indie CDs, and plays regularly in Nashville (covers & originals). 7 p.m. Captain’s Lounge #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Club 51 Degrees ‘80s OldSchool Night w/DJ KOS (Top Floor) & Top 40 w/DJ SOLO (2nd Floor) (DJ) Club One Local Cast, DJ Jason Hancock (Main Floor) (DJ) Coach’s Corner Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m. Crystal Beer Parlor The Beer Parlor Ramblers (Live Music) Dixieland Jazz 7:30 p.m. Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Dewey’s Dockside Robert Willis (Live Music) Solo singer/guitarist with a broad repertoire of popular rock, country and pop hits, as well as his own original material in a similar vein. 6 p.m. Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Beach, Shag and Soul covers 8 p.m. Dolphin Reef Lounge & Ocean Plaza The Denny Phillips Duo (Live Music) Rock, Pop and Soul covers 8 p.m. Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) El Picasso Karaoke (8 p.m.)

(Karaoke) Fiddler’s Crab House JubalKane (Live Music) High energy North Carolina blues/boogie band with a strong British revival influence and a standout harp player (covers & originals). Apr 4, 10 p.m. Apr 5, 10 p.m. Friendly’s Tavern 2 #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Gayna’s Bar Karaoke (9 p.m.) (Karaoke) Hang Fire Dope Sandwich Productions (Live Music, DJ) Live hip-hop and rap from a local collective with numerous DJs and MCs. 10 p.m. Hercules Bar and Grill Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m. The Jinx “Scaryaoke” (Karaoke) Ironic Karaoke party at a club better known for live punk, metal, indie rock, alt. country and underground hiphop. 10 p.m. John’s & Friends Liquid Ginger (Live Music) Popular regional modern rock band with a female frontperson and two DIY albums of catchy, commercial crunch-pop to their name (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue (Live Music) Beloved locally-based Celtic troubadour who plays the acoustic guitar and bodhran. Kokopelli’s Jazz Club Vinx; Tubby Love (Live Music) This hard-to-define cult figure on the soul, world music and jazz scenes has toured and recorded wiht a litany of major stars, most notably Sting. His solo sets feature just his voice and percussive talents, but they are anything but boring. A recent relocation near to our neck of the woods after years in L.A. has made him a repeat headliner at this, Savannah’s only dedicated jazz club and restaurant; Local acoustic singer/songwriter wiht an expressive voice and a funky, syncopated style that draws on reggae and modern pop. Apr 4, 8 p.m. Apr 5, 8 p.m.

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Live Wire Music Hall Turtle Folk; Wilx (Live Music) Increasingly popular local rock and jam group that has released an indie CD of their own material. They tour the region and were named Best Local Rock Band in our last Readers Poll (covers & originals); Heavy-duty neoSouthern rock quartet which formed in Miss. but relocated to Athens, Ga. to increase their profile. They’re known for tight, blues-based twin guitar jamming, and greasy grooves that border on oldfashioned Deep Purple-esque proto-metal, but can also drift into melodic roots-pop. 9 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub David Flannery (Live Music) Rock, pop, blues and folk-oriented tunes sung and played on acoustic guitar (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) David Harbuck (Live Music) Locallybased singer/songwriter/guitarist whoâ€™s released a handful of DIY modern rock/pop/folk CDs (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m. Mulberry Inn The Champagne Jazz Trio (Live Music) 8 p.m. Murphy’s Law The Hitmen (Live Music) Brash electric blues trio led by guitarist and singer Brett “Hitman” Bernard and featuring drummer Mark Cordray (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Randy Wood’s Concert Hall Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (Live Music) In 2004 this legendary bluegrass band celebrated 25 years together (with various lineup changes along the way to keep things fresh). Lawson is truly an icon of both traditional bluegrass and its gospel variant, and he never has anything less than the finest young pickers backing him up. A can’t miss show in an intimate, smoke and aolcohol free ALL-AGES listening room. 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30 p.m. Scandals The Georgia Rhythm Band (Live Music) Region-

ally-based Southern, country, classic rock and blues covers. Apr 4, 9 p.m. Apr 5, 9 p.m. Spanky’s Karaoke (9 p.m.) (Karaoke) Stages Music & More The Permanent Tourists (Live Music) Tight and polished regional R & B/soul/funk/rock cover band known for impressive vocals and a killer rhythm section. 9:30 p.m. Stogie’s DJ Paynt & DJ Mself (DJ) Tubby’s Tank House Keith & Ross (Live Music) Roots rock, southern rock and classic rock tunes from a local act incoporating both acoustic guitar and banjo along with vocal 6 p.m. Venus De Milo DJ Chad (DJ) Vic’s on The River Diana Rogers (Live Music) Longtime solo pianist and singer who spent many years on the NYC piano bar scene before relocating to Savannah. She’s known for a wide repertoire of standards, pop numbers, showtunes and even her own original material. Apr 4, 7:30 p.m. Apr 5, 7:30 p.m. The Warehouse The Steven & Jeremy Riddle Band (Live Music) Rock/reggae/ska/dub and jam trio featuring members of well-known locals Argyle (covers & originals). 8 p.m. Wasabi’s DJ Frankie -C Spins Hip-hop an Electric Fusion (8 p.m.) (DJ) Ways Station Tavern Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church First Friday for Folk Music (Live Music) Presented by the Savannah Folk Music Society and featuring a family-oriented (smoke and alcohol free) revue of local, regional and national acoustic music acts from all facets of the folk tradition. This month’s installment features the Savannah-based Patchwork (specializing in nautical-themed ballads), Angela Easterling (a S.C.-based songwriter whose debut indie CD was named Album of The Year by Smart Choice

Music) and Bob Hay and the Jolly Beggars (an Athensbased group featuring former members of vintage indierockers The Squalls)who specialize in their own unique interpreations of the songs of iconic author and tunsemith Robert Burns. 7:30 p.m. Wet Willie’s Live DJ (DJ) 8 p.m. White Bluff Presbyterian Church St. Andrewâ€™s Presbyterian College Choir & Chamber Choir (Live Music) The choir will perform both sacred and secular selections starting at 7 pm. A dinner will be held in the social hall at 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m.

SATURDAY Backus Children’s Hospital Eat Mo’ Music (Live Music) Outdoor gig (moved indoors in case of bad weather) at the newest restaurant downtown to host live entertainment. Bands play to ALL-AGES in the lovely courtyard of this funky, stylish BBQ joint near the Civil Rights Museum. Eat mo’ Music is a mostly instrumental soul-jazz combo of trumpet, drums, bass and wah guitar, anchored by several area music educators. Itâ€™s all funky and danceoriented, but as the night goes on, they rock it up a little more (covers & originals). 6 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Cafe Loco Keith & Ross (Live Music) Roots rock, southern rock and classic rock tunes from a local act incoporating both acoustic guitar and banjo along with vocal harmonies (covers/originals). 9:30 p.m. Captain’s Lounge #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Chuck’s Bar #@*! Karaoke

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(Karaoke) Club 51 Degrees Mystik NRG; (Live Music) This major reggae cover band spends most of its time playing to big crowds at Universal Studios in Orlando, but every once in a while they venture north for a special one-nighter. This show is on the club’s main floor. Top 40 w/DJ SOLO (2nd Floor) & Electro/House/Breaks w/DJ KOS (Top Floor) (DJ) Club One DJ Hancock (DJ) 10 p.m. Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) DC2 Design DJ Kiah (DJ) 10 p.m. Deb’s Pub & Grub Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Dewey’s Dockside Ricky Standard (Live Music) Established rock, pop, beach and blues singer/guitarist on the local bar, club and party scene, whom many may remember from his longstanding gig as the house entertainment on the paddleboats whcih launch from River Street. He sometimes uses sequenced backing tracks to accompany his live guitar, percussion and vocals (covers & originals). 6 p.m. Doc’s Bar Roy & The Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Longrunning party band specializing in disco, 60s rock, Motown and vintage soul (covers). Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Fannie’s on the Beach Randy

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Murphy’s Law Seldom Sober (Live Music) Up-and-coming local acoustic duo of fiddler Colleen Settle and acoustic guitarist and bodhran player Michael Corbett, offering trad Celtic folk tunes and ballads. 10 p.m. North Beach Grill The Josh Maul Blues Band (Live Music) Funky and tight Richmond Hill-based electric blues trio influenced by Albert Collins, SRV and Tab Benoit, led by a former member of Bluesonics (covers & originals). They’ll play under the stars on the deck of this funky and laidback Caribbean eatery and bar near the Tybee Lighthouse. Get their early for the best seats. 6 p.m. Paradiso at Il Pasticcio DJ Matthew Gilbert & DJ Kwaku (DJ) House Music 11:30 p.m. Quality Inn American Pride Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos (Live Music) -8:30 p.m. Scandals The Georgia Rhythm Band (Live Music) Regionally-based Southern, country, classic rock and blues covers. Apr 4, 9 p.m. Apr 5, 9 p.m. Stogie’s DJ Aushee Knights (DJ) House Music & ‘80s hits 10 p.m. Trustees Theater The Sparow Qaurtet (Live Music) 2008 Savannah Music Festival event

with all-star acoustic quartet led by Abigail Washburn (Uncle Earl) and Bela Fleck. 8 p.m. Venus De Milo DJ Nick (DJ) 10 p.m. Vic’s on The River Diana Rogers (Live Music) Longtime solo pianist and singer who spent many years on the NYC pinao bar scene before relocating to Savannah. She’s known for a wide repertoire of standards, pop numbers, showtunes and even her own original material. Apr 4, 7:30 p.m. Apr 5, 7:30 p.m. The Warehouse Rhythm Riot (Live Music) Kitschy local rock, pop, soul and country cover band with both male and female vocalists that is known for sassy stage demeanor and an unpredictable setlist featuring everything from LL Cool J to Cake to The Beatles. 8 p.m.

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cal Revival, this Broadway show is a loving look back at vaudeville, and a timely satire of the justice system. This was the basis for the smash film version of a few years back. 8 p.m. John’s & Friends Barbara Gehlmann (Live Music) 10 p.m. Juarez Mexican Restaurant (Waters Ave.) Karaoke (Karaoke) Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue (Live Music) Beloved locally-based Celtic troubadour who plays the acoustic guitar and bodhran. Kokopelli’s Jazz Club Vinx; Tubby Love (Live Music) This hard-to-define cult figure on the soul, world music and jazz scenes has toured and recorded wiht a litany of major stars, most notably Sting. His solo sets feature just his voice and percussive talents, but they are anything but boring. A recent relocation near to our neck of the woods after years in L.A. has made him a repeat headliner at this, Savannah’s only dedicated jazz club and restaurant; Local acoustic singer/songwriter with an expressive voice and a funky, syncopated style that draws on reggae and modern pop. Apr 4, 8 p.m. Apr 5, 8 p.m. Live Wire Music Hall Tinsley Ellis; WormsLoew (Live Music) rare local show by an internationally acclaimed electric blues guitarist and singer who’s signed to Alligator Records (see Music Interview this issue for more info); Locally-based “Y’allternative” rock band offering rootsy, Americana-tinged modern pop-rock originals and likeminded covers. 9 p.m. Loco’s Deli & Pub (Downtown) Scott Baston & The News Architects with Special Guest David Blackmon (Live Music) This offshoot from the now-defunct Moonshine Still carries on the tradition of that

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“Hatman” Smith (Live Music) Beach, Boogie & Blues from a solo guitarist “with the full band sound” 8 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House JubalKane (Live Music) High energy North Carolina blues/boogie band with a strong British revival influence and a standout harp player (covers & originals). Apr 4, 10 p.m. Apr 5, 10 p.m. French Quarter Cafe TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. Gayna’s Bar Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Grapevine Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Piano & vocal jazz, country, Latin and standards by a veteran songwriter and recording artist who’s entertained Savannahians for more than a decade 6:30 p.m. Hang Fire DJ Jake The Snake and Danny Boy (DJ) 10 p.m. Isaac’s on Drayton Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Local combo playing a wild mix of hard-swinging, high-energy garage-blooze in the vein of Tom Waits, “Basement Tapes”-era Dylan and Hound Dog Taylor (covers & originals). 9 p.m. The Jinx Sleepy Horses; Gift Horse (Live Music) Atmospheric, dreamy postcountry indie rock that’s one critic likened to a West Texas version of Yo La Tengo. With their reverb-drenched desert guitar drones, driving, shambolic percussion, earnest tumbleweed lyrics and male-female vocals, it’s a fairly apt decsription; Twangy, alternately laid-back and inyour-face original alt.country from Valdosta that leans more toward the Steve Wynn and Eleventh Dream Day school of Neil Young-influenced excersises in soothingly distorted laments. 11 p.m. The Johnny Mercer Theatre Chicago: The Musical (Other) Winner of six 1997 Tony Awards, including Best Musi-

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continues from p.31 popular hits 7 p.m. Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) Ben Tucker & Bob Alberti (Live Music) Veteran Jazz Duo (piano & bass) playing standards 11:30 a.m. Bahama Bob’s (Pooler) Karaoke (Karaoke) Bernie’s (Tybee) Karaoke w/DJ Levis (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Captain’s Lounge #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) Dewey’s Dockside Roy & The Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Shag, Blues & Soul hits 5 p.m. Doc’s Bar TBA (Live Music) A longtime area favorite, this singer/guitarist (with sequenced backing) plays pop/rock/soul/beach hits as well as his own originals. Doubles Lounge “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond (DJ)

El Potro Mexican Restaurant Karaoke w/Michael (Karaoke) 9 p.m. The Flying Fish Barry Johnson (Live Music) Acoustic Rock, Country, Blues & Pop covers 6 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Harry O’Donoghue (Live Music) Beloved locally-based Celtic troubadour who plays the acoustic guitar and bodhran. Mansion on Forsyth Park The Chromatics (Live Music) Apr 5, 9 p.m. Apr 6, 8 p.m. Mercury Lounge Rhythm Riot (Live Music) Kitschy local rock, pop, soul and country cover band with both male and female vocalists that is known for sassy stage demeanor and an unpredictable setlist featuring everything from LL Cool J to Cake to The Beatles. 10 p.m. Murphy’s Law Irish Pub Acoustic Session, Celtic Karaoke (Live Music) Traditional Celtic acoustic jam session for pros and amateurs alike, followed by Karaoke 7 & 9 p.m. North Beach Grill Kurtis & Kody (Live Music) Tybeebased acoustic pop-rock duo (guitar and percussion)of singing brothers who did time on the Kentucky and Nashville singer/songwriter scene before moving south. They’ve opened for the likes

of Gov’t Mule. Expect nuanced emotional delivery of contemporary tunes steeped in bluegrass and folk traditions (covers & originals). They’ll play under the stars on the deck of this funky and laidback Caribbean eatery and bar near the Tybee Lighthouse. Get their early for the best seats. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Red Leg Saloon Karaoke w/Frank Nelson (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Savannah Smiles “PianoPalooza” (Live Music) The Sentient Bean Megan Jean & The Klay Family Band (Live Music) Guitarist and singer Megan Jean and classically-trained bassist Byrne Klay form the basis of a distinctly “country” approach to sweet, literate ballads of love and longing. 8 p.m. Slugger’s 5 Point Productions Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m. Stages Music & More Zach Deputy (Live Music) Bluffton, S.C. resident who tours the East Coast with an acoustic guitar, a digital looping station and an Afro-Cuban-style percussionist. He plays funky, contrapuntal groove-rock that’s hevay on passionate, soulful vocals, human beat-boxing and Calypso and reggae influences. 9 p.m. Vic’s on The River James

Furshon (Live Music) -7 p.m. The Warehouse Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist and singer. 7:30 p.m.

MONDAY Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Soul, Blues and Country covers -9 p.m. Blueberry Hill Karaoke (Karaoke) The Boathouse The Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Internationally-known electric blues trio led by an ace guitarist/singer 6 p.m. Doubles Lounge Live DJ (DJ) Beach Music Kevin Barry’s Brendan Nolan (Live Music) Dublin-born and Canada-bred, this respcted Irish acoustic guitarist and singer now calls Fla. home. He tours the bar, club and festival circuit regularly wiht a show that includes ballads, love songs and humorous tunes, and has released six indie albums to date (covers & originals). King’s Inn Karaoke (Karaoke)

9 p.m. Live Wire Music Hall Sammy Patrick (Live Music) Jamband, rock, folk and outlaw-country tunes sung and played on an electric/acoustic guitar (covers & originals). 9 p.m. Murphy’s Law Open Mic Night (Live Music) 7:30 p.m. Scandals DJ Marty Corley (Karaoke) 9:30 p.m. The Sentient Bean OldTime Music Jam Session (Live Music) Local Old-Time enthusiast and string-band member Joe Nelson (guitar, bass, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, ukulele, etc...) hosts this free class/jam session in which he shares his knowledge of pre-recording industry mountain music and early C & W, and demonstrates playing techniques. Beginners and experienced pickers are encouraged to attend and join in. 6 p.m. Tantra Lounge DJ In Coma (DJ) 10:30 p.m. Vic’s on The River James Furshon (Live Music) -7 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m.

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Bluesman Tinsley Ellis returns

Famed guitarist on the old Night Flight, life on the road, and his new CD by Jim Reed | jim.r@connectsavannah.com

Tinsley Ellis just might be the baddest-ass blues-rock guitarist you’ve never heard of. Yet the fact he’s not a household name (except of course, among the kind of folks who keep up with badass guitarists) doesn’t exactly keep him up at night. “I don’t really pay much attention to whether I’m famous or not,” says the 50year-old frontman. “I’m happy to have never had a day job since the ‘70s. That’s my definition of success.” With the talent, drive and bareknuckled determination to forge an enviable career for himself in the often cutthroat world of contemporary blues music, Ellis hasn’t had to resort to punching a clock or showing up suitand-tied at a straightlaced office gig — but in many ways, he’s worked much harder than most folks who hold down such reliable, standardized jobs. His life is one of evening gigs in smoky clubs, theaters and the occasional afternoon set at an outdoor music festival. It’s filled with the kind of whiteline fever that can only come from playing an average of 150 road dates a year both here and abroad. And for close to three decades, that’s the only life this journeyman songwriter and stringbender has known. Whether he’s headlining his own dates, sitting in with heavyweight artists like The Allman Brothers, Robert Cray and Koko Taylor, or releasing a dozen critically lauded albums on such esteemed blues labels as Alligator Records and Telarc, Ellis is the real deal: a solid sender who’s based his life around writing, playing, recording and delivering his own stinging, combustible take on hard, guitar-based Southern R & B. Just don’t limit him as an artist by pigeonholing him into one narrow genre. “To be perfectly honest,” he says candidly, “I consider myself to be more of a blues-rock act than a straight-up blues act.” When asked if he’s ever considered shifting his focus even further from blues into the rock world, his answer essentially renders the question moot. “The style of guitar that I play fits in equally well with Buddy Guy or Widespread Panic, two acts that I have played with quite often. ‘Nuff said.” And therein lies the unique appeal and welcome dichotomy of Tinsley Ellis: he’s equally at home alongside one of

the finest and most influential “straightup” blues guitarists who’s ever lived, as well as among jam-band royalty, whipping out extemporaneous solos and counterpoints that mesh relatively seamlessly with that Athens group’s organic, free-range improv-rock. Crowned by one magazine as “the most significant blues artist to emerge from Atlanta since Blind Willie McTell,” (a hyperbolic mantle if there ever was one, yet an arguably accurate assessment), and compared in print to the likes of Clapton and Santana, Ellis found himself warmly welcomed by Savannah music lovers from the start of his solo career in the late ‘80s, and earlier, as lead guitarist in the popular regional bar band The Heartfixers. “My most memorable shows in Savannah were at the Night Flight Café on River Street in the early ‘80s,” he recalls wistfully. “The Heartfixers shows I did there with ‘Chicago’ Bob Nelson, John Hammond and/or Nappy Brown stand out as some of the best blues music I’ve ever been a part of. It was a really magical time for me. I was in my early twenties, making a name for myself in the music industry and partying my ass off, all at the same time!” His upcoming gig at Live Wire Music Hall (a brand-new, upstart venue which claims the widest range of both

original and cover acts in town) finds Ellis playing only a few doors down from the sorely-missed Night Flight’s former location. It’s his first local show since headlining the Roundhouse Blues & BBQ fest years ago. He’s supporting his latest Alligator CD, Moment of Truth, a slashing collection of icy guitar licks, snarling vocals and in-the-pocket grooves that many are calling his finest work to date. That comes on the heels of his highly successful “best-of ” concert disc, Live — Highwayman. Ellis says his setlist this weekend will include every song from that live CD, tracks from his latest, and new, as yet unreleased tunes. And, although Live Wire (whose owners need to pack the house for this pricey booking) is smaller than many of the clubs he regularly plays, the bluesman says the close quarters won’t throw him at all. “My eyes are closed most of the time while I’m playing, so I’m often unaware of the size of the venue,” he says with a smile. Tinsley Ellis (WormsLoew opens) Where: Live Wire Music Hall When: 10 pm, Fri., April 5 Info: www.tinsleyellis.com, www.myspace. com/wormsloew

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Japanese piano virtuoso Yu Kosuge plays Friday by Jim Reed | jim.r@connectsavannah.com

Tokyo-born Yu Kosuge gave her first piano recitals at age nine, and by ten was studying under some of the finest instructors in Germany and Austria. Her pianissimo technique was described by one effusive critic as “the moment when the tip of an angel’s wing touches one’s cheek,” and she has found international fame through consistently dazzling performances. The charming musician is also a successful author, having published a humorous, self-effacing memoir in late 2005. We spoke a few days before she was set to leave Japan for a ten-day U.S. tour that stops at our own Savannah Music Festival. The full interview can be found at www.connectsavannah.com. I’m always curious if musicians who got a very early start feel regret at spending all those hours on rehearsal. Did such dedication cause you to miss out on important childhood experiences? Yu Kosuge: Oh, my goodness. People tend to think that those like me, who started their career early, grew up in a white capsule with nothing but a black piano and practiced 24 hours a day! We do experience puberty, hang out with friends or have fights, too. At age nine or ten, I was so into soccer that it occupied most of my thoughts, and I also wanted to be an astronaut. I am very thankful I started very early, because performing on stage isn’t at all an easy thing psychologically. Did you choose the piano for yourself or did your parents choose it for you?

Yu Kosuge: I didn’t have a particular interest in piano at first. Mostly, I liked to listen to orchestras and those pieces where I could imagine things as a child — like Peter and The Wolf or Peer Gynt. I still remember my parents’ LPs. I enjoyed putting the needle on the vinyl. My mum taught piano at home, and I was very keen to get as much attention as her pupils. I think that is why I first asked her to teach me. Critics praise your gentle touch. Is that something that comes naturally to you, or have you made a specific effort to emphasize a wide dynamic range? Yu Kosuge: I do think a lot about my touch. I want to create many additional ranges between piano and pianissimo. And in pianissimo, there are millions of colors! Do you have any favorites styles of music which some might find surprising? Yu Kosuge: I love to dance, I take Salsa lessons. So, I love Salsa music, and also Tango. I could listen to (Tango pioneer Astor) Piazzolla all day long. I sometimes listen to hip-hop. Xzibit’s my favorite hip-hop artist. Yu Kosuge Where: Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences When: 6 pm, Fri., April 4 Cost: $50 at www.savannahmusicfestival. org or 525-5050 Info: www.yu-kosuge.com

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Finding the jazz world’s ‘common thread’

Pianist Marcus Roberts once more graces the SMF by Jim reed | jim.r@connectsavannah.com

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One of the most gifted and highly regarded stride and jazz pianists of his generation, Marcus Roberts made a name for himself at a relatively young age by reinterpreting the works of Monk, Morton, Gershwin and Ellington. Blind since childhood, he nonetheless has carefully studied the techniques and repertoire of the giants who came before him, and gone on to both preserve the history of jazz piano as well as revitalize and enthusiastically promote the genre through his own performances. In addition to taking part in the 2008 SMF’s Swing Central High School Jazz Band Competition, Roberts is one of the four stellar keyboardists featured in this Wednesday’s “Piano Showdown” concert, and on Friday, his trio —abetted by Ga.’s own Marcus Printup on trumpet— joins

pianist Eric Reed’s quartet for three sets of “West Coast Jazz Meets Southern Swing” at the Charles H. Morris Center. Roberts spoke to me by phone from New York City just before a solo show at Lincoln Center. Our complete chat can be found at www.connectsavannah.com. What first led you to the piano?

Marcus Roberts: Church. I was selftaught from age eight, and around ten, I started performing there every Sunday. I got into jazz around age twelve because of a radio program I stumbled onto

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Marcus Roberts: My parents were totally encouraging. As a matter of fact, playing in church put me in contact with the basic point of music, which is communicating directly to people in an interactive way. After hearing that in the church, I have continued to search for it in every style I have ever attempted, whether it’s Beethoven, Billie Holiday or Latin music. How would you best contrast West Coast jazz and Southern swing?

Marcus Roberts: There was a time when West Coast jazz was thought to be a little more laid back, but I don’t really buy into that. This show is two different band’s views of jazz. The beauty is they’ll be different, but with a common thread. I’m curious to see how each band articulates the vocabulary we all use.We now basically live in a global society and the re-

gional differences are not as pronounced. Eric Reed and his group are all completely soulful, fantastic musicians. I wouldn’t argue that Southern people somehow play with more soul than West Coast folks. (laughs) The Marcus Roberts Trio (with Marcus Printup) and The Eric Reed Quartet Where: Charles H. Morris Center When: 5:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:30 pm, April 4 Cost: $35 at www.savannahmusicfestival.org or 525-5050

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Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck & The Sparrow Quartet break the string-band mold by Jim reed | jim.r@connectsavannah.com

Led by multicultural tunesmith and banjoist Abigail Washburn, the scandalously talented Sparrow Quartet —featuring cellist Ben Sollee, Grammynominated fiddler Casey Driessen, and banjo icon Béla Fleck— is not only on the vanguard of acoustic string music, but an innovative experiment in bridging numerous stylistic divides. Washburn, who fell into the music industry after drifting away from a future in international law, is fluent in Chinese and an interest in the history, politics and culture of that country. In fact, some of her songs are written and sung in Chinese, and incorporate elements of both Old-Time Americana and traditional Chinese folk music. It’s an approach related to but distinctly different from Uncle Earl, the other acoustic combo she’s known for. It’s that unique pairing of Eastern and Western culture that led the quartet in late 2007 to become the first U.S. musicians to tour Tibet on a governmentsponsored cultural mission. Over the next several months, The Sparrow Quartet will play more than 100 live dates everywhere from Bonnaroo and MerleFest to the Summer Olympics in Beijing. To read my complete interview with Washburn, go to www.connectsavannah.com. Bluegrass and Appalachian music has a small but rabid following in Asia. Why? Abigail Washburn: Generally speaking, the Japanese bluegrass craze was in the late ‘80s and there remains a small cult

following there now. There has been no such thing in China so far as I can find. But, the Chinese are excited by cultural exchange events, whatever they may be. What is the most compelling thing you took away from your tour of Tibet, and how does that impact your take on the violence now engulfing that region? Abigail Washburn: Nothing from that tour brings me peace about the current unrest or the undercurrent of oppression and sadness I felt while I was there. The Potala Palace was the most obvious sign of the times. It’s one of the greatest “spiritual houses” in modern times, and now it is simply a tourist attraction in the hands of the local Chinese government. This band is packed with standout musicians, yet it retains your name. Do you call the shots? Abigail Washburn: Although I generally chose —and in most cases wrote the largest portion of— the songs, The Sparrow Quartet is a collaboration. On this new LP, we expected no less than each person’s highest musical contribution to each song. Hopefully you can tell. We worked really hard! Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet (featuring Béla Fleck, Casey Driessen & Ben Sollee) Where: Trustees Theater When: 8 pm, Sat., April 5 Cost: $45 - $15 at www.savannahmusicfestival.org or 525-5050

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compiled by jim morekis artpatrol@connectsavannah.com AASU Invitational Art Exhibition — can be seen through April 4 in the AASU Fine Arts Gallery. Gallery hours are weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Co-laboratory — Presented by the Society of North American Goldsmiths hrough April 13 at 3515 Montgomery St. Juried by Sondra Sherman, this exhibition focuses on contemporary work that accommodates an expansive notion of collaboration in metals and jewelry. Gallery hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

‘Painting Undone’

Titus Kaphar@Red Gallery through April 6

High Country/Lowcountry — Recent paintings by Ray Ellis can be seen through April 26 at Compass Prints, Inc./Ray Ellis Gallery, 205 W. Congress St.

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There is no ambiguity or poetic metaphor in the title of this exhibition. It means exactly what it says. Titus Kaphar does his paintings and then, literally, undoes them. He creates parodies of European and American history paintings of the 17th century through the 19th century, and then proceeds to destroy them by cutting, crumpling and partially erasing.

“Conversation Between Paintings, No. 1: Descending From the Cross to be Nourished at the Breast of Our Mother” is made up of two adjacent and stretched canvases. The one on the left is of a woman of African descent sitting in profile facing the painting on the right, which is of a full standing portrait of one of the United States’ founding fathers in 18th century military dress. This is not a copy of a particular portrait, but a composite of Washington, Jefferson and others. Kaphar does not copy but creates works that quote the style and dress of the historical period. In this work, Kaphar has carefully cut around the outline of the male portrait, so that the figure falls out of the canvas to land in the lap of the woman in the adjacent painting. Her arm has been cut so that it embraces the fallen figure. Through the now empty figure-shaped hole he has left behind him, the intersection of the wooden stretcher bars can be seen and read as the cross of the title. This title raises various interpretations of the narrative. Does the reference to “Our Mother” refer to the African American’s descent from the union of the black slave woman and the white slave owner; or perhaps “Our Mother” refer to everyone’s mother, as recent archaeological research has informed us that all humanity can be traced back to the same few African mothers? And

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Horizon Gallery — will hold a meet-the-artists grand opening Friday, April 4 with food, wine, music and art. The gallery is located at 206 E. Bay St. and features the work of more than 30 artists. 234-3232. Invented Landscapes — Photographer Asa Chibas will present multiple exposure photographs from around the U.S. and Sweden April 4-25 at Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. A reception will be held April 4 from 6-8 p.m. Gallery hours are weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 651-6783 or www.savannahga.gov/arts. Melodies — Work by artist Amiri Farris that features images of local jazz artists can be seen April 1-30 at the Jewish Educational Alliance. The opening reception is Sunday, April 6 from 4-6 p.m. There will be an artist talk. Through April 30. Jewish Education Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. 912-355-8111. New Orleans Revitalization Photography Show — “NOLA Rising” is a collection of nine visual journalists from the University of Texas at Austin that can be seen through April 10 at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. 232-4447. Oliphant cartoons and sculptures — The work of Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Patrick Oliphant can be seen through April 6 at the Jepson Center for the Arts. 790-8800 or www.telfair.org. Picturing Savannah – The Art of Christopher A. D. Murphy — Christopher Aristide Desbouillons Murphy’s work can be seen through June 1 at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. 790-8800 or www. telfair.org.

‘Kindling,’ by Titus Kaphar

why is the Founding Father descending from the Cross, like Christ? Is a connection being made between Christian fundamentalism and the hyper-nationalism this country’s leaders have chosen?

Christianity is also referenced in “Slippage”, a small chapel installation that is entered through a completely blacked out corridor. In the chapel, there is an altar rail

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Experimental photography by Asa Chibas is showcased in ‘Invented Landscapes’ at S.P.A.C.E., the city’s gallery at 9 W. Henry St.; this is ‘Manhattan & Brooklyn Bridge.’ 2CarGarage Gallery, 30 W Broughton St. 912-236-0221. www.2cargallery.com/ SCAD Open Studio Night -- The Savannah College of Art and Design will host an Open Studio Night featuring work by students, faculty and alumni from the painting department, along with printmaking demonstrations, Saturday, April 5, 5-8 p.m., at Alexander Hall, 668 Indian St. The event is free and open to the public. Student paintings, installations, mixed-media pieces and other work will be on display in more than 65 studios. Silent Message of the Museum -- SCAD biennial Art History Symposium presents curator and artist Fred Wilson , who delivers his address “The Silent Message of the Museum” April 4, 7 p.m., at Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. The lecture explores new museum exhibition display contexts that address issues of identity and construction. Wilson also discusses the hidden meanings of display using images of his work.

Artist Yinka Shonibare speaks April 8 at 6 p.m. at the Lucas in a free lecture presented by SCAD.

The Gallery in City Market — The artist of the month in March and April is Maureen E. Kerstein, who is known for her fluid seascapes. Thix exhibition focuses on water lilies. Through April 30.

the movement and pace of life in photographs taken at the Moja Arts Festival in Charleston, S.C. They can be seen at Dimensions Gallery, 412 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 236-4993.

Titus Kaphar — The Savannah College of Art and Design presents Titus Kaphar, artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC, Feb. 29 through April 6 at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. 525-4735. www.scad.edu/exhibitions/ savannah/exhibitions.cfm

Yinka Shonibare -- Internationally recognized artist Yinka Shonibare, Member of the Order of the British Empire, will discuss the development of his artistic practice over the past decade. The lecture is presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design and will take place April 8, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Lucas Theatre. Free and open to the public.

With Quickened Pace — Photographer John Williams explores his fascination with

Southern Wings: Images of Aviation — Work by aviation and historical artists Marc Stewart, Jim Balletto, Wade Meyers, and Russell Smith can be seen through April 13. The four exhibit together as Southern Wings and for this exhibition, chose 84 original oils, acrylics, watercolors and prints. Through April 13. Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Ave.

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which a small painting titled “Kindling” can be seen on the far wall. This painting depicts a white man in 17th century dress standing by a fireplace. Kaphar has cut the figure out of the canvas so that it appears to be falling head first into the fire. Although cutting figures out of the canvas or removing the canvas from the stretchers and crumpling it are the usual methods of “undoing” painting that Kaphar uses, there are two works here that employ other destructions. “Othello,” is a portrait of an African American male that can be detected under a partial coating of whitewash. In another work, a small head and shoulders of a woman wearing an Elizabethan collar is fixed to the top of a vast steel tank encased in black tar. The woman appears to be upper-class and white, but the long, strange title, “I Still

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Don’t Know How or Why it Ended Like This, But It Began When One of the Older Women Called her Blackness into Question”, suggests another reading. This is an art about painting, or rather, about raising questions about painting: What do you do with a career in painting when painting is dead? What would happen if a figure stepped out of a painting and entered another? How many ways can a rectangular painting format be deconstructed? How can you present post-colonial critiques of Western culture as subject matter in painting? This is the discourse of graduate painting departments and Kaphar is a recent graduate with an M.F.A. from Yale. But despite the dominance of the ideological theme of racial critique in Kaphar’s work, it is the act of destroying painting that is the true content of the

work. The end of art has been on the agenda for a long time. And it became the central point of the 20th century avant-garde groupings. What people often forget is that it is not the end of creativity that the avant-garde, desired, but the end of a specialized category of art with a capital “A”. For the avant-garde, art was to be made by all, and all daily life was to be made over to total art. But these conditions have not so far arrived and, meanwhile, artists with careers in painting seem to be condemned to the repeated re-enactment of painting’s demise. ‘Painting Undone’ by Titus Kaphar Where: Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. When: Through April 6

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with accompanying kneeler, and where the altar would be, a large canvas has fallen in a crumpled heap. It is difficult to see exactly what the painting depicts as it is so mangled, but it appears to be a European painting of the Crucifixion. Are we here to mourn the end of painting – or the end of religion? “George, George, George” is a very large, freestanding painting mounted in the center of the gallery, depicting George Washington being rowed across an icebound river by an African-American who has been cropped by the left side of the canvas so that only his arms and hands on the oars are visible. The figure of Washington, who stands regally and dominates the entire picture plane, has been cut out, inverted and reapplied to the canvas upside down, leaving areas of space through

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â€œThe way the play is written is very natural and basic,â€? says Megan Truillio, who is directing a production of Our Town at Savannah Childrenâ€™s Theatre â€œItâ€™s never really done with a set. â€œThere are invisible props. the outline of houses, the outline of windows,â€? she says. â€œIf somebody is feeding chickens or watering flowers, there are no real chickens, no real flowers.â€? The production is quite a departure for the Savannah Childrenâ€™s Theatre. â€œThere are no big bright colors and magical animals,â€? Truillio says. â€œThornton Wilder wanted to get the message across that there are things in life, everyday things, that we take for granted. We go through life and donâ€™t notice things like colors, the way our mother has her hair, the way father looks, what breakfast they made for us as children, and before you know it, itâ€™s over. â€œThe play has three acts,â€? Truillio says. â€œThe first act is youth and childhood and growing up. The second is love and marriage. The third act is death. â€œWe have all these people we havenâ€™t seen in the first and second acts who have died. Theyâ€™re talking about life and regret so many things they took for granted.â€?

The main characters are George Gibbs and Emily Webb, who grow up together and get married. Emily dies in childbirth, but gets to go back and relive one day of her life. â€œThe way Iâ€™ve decided to do the show is different from most productions,â€? Truillio says. â€œWhen she goes back to life, everything will be in color and the colors are brighter, there is actual bacon on an actual plate.â€? The play is probably not for younger children because theyâ€™re not going to understand it, Truillio says. â€œItâ€™s for middle school and up just because itâ€™s not very pretty to look at,â€? she says. The actors are high school students enrolled in the Savannah Childrenâ€™s Theatre Performance Ensemble. â€œItâ€™s an audition-only group, kind of the cream of the crop,â€? Truillio says. The play is thought-provoking, Truillio says. â€œYou learn a lot of yourself,â€? she says. â€œItâ€™s very self-reflective. Even as I watch, I think, â€˜What are things I take for granted? What are the moments Iâ€™m supposed to remember? â€œItâ€™s a sad play and a powerful message for high school students,â€? Truillio says. â€œItâ€™s life -- itâ€™s what happens.â€? Savannah Childrenâ€™s Theatre presents Our Town When: April 4 and 11 at 7 p.m. and April 5, 6, 12 and 13 at 3 p.m. Where: Savannah Childrenâ€™s Theatre, 2160 E Victory Dr. Cost: $10. Info: www.savannahchildrenstheatre.org

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Is it possible to have too much fun doing community theater? A happy group of Tybee Islanders is trying to find out. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is being presented by the Tybee Arts Association, and everyone involved is having a blast.

“It’s a thigh-slapping, foot-stomping, s--t-kicking, PG-rated show,” director Mel Gordon says. “It’s a fun show. “The Broadway show is a little different from the movie version,” he says. “The show itself is a kind of South Georgia thing. “We’ve got a lot of great women in it,” Gordon says. “And Tybee is noted as being a little wacky.” The group has done a musical before, and had fun with that one, too. “We did South Pacific,” Gordon says. “Everyone said it was time to do a musical again.” Whorehouse will be presented April 4, 5 and 6, hopefully on the Tybee pier. “When we did South Pacific, the threat of a hurricane stopped us,” Gordon says. “You never know what will happen.” Gordon is a bit worried about the weather. “You can’t imagine what it’s like to do a sound system in the wind,” he says. “We booked the pier months ahead,” Gordon says. “It was the only way we could find three days in a row.” Even on Tybee, there are some naysayers when it comes to the musical’s

subject matter. “We have do-gooders coming in and trying to change things,” Gordon says. “One thing we had a little problem with was the ‘God damn this’ and the ‘God damn that’ that the sheriff says,” he says. “That’s the way men talk.” When the show was announced, a lot of people wanted to get involved. “We have a cast of 60-plus,” Gordon says. “The funny thing is, when you say you’re looking for whores, women fall out of the aisles,” he says. “It’s mainly the older women, who did want to be whores and didn’t get the chance to do it. “I’d ask, ‘You want to be one of the whores in the show?’ and they’d say, ‘Oh, yeah! That would be fun!,’” Gordon says. “It’s not hard getting whores on Tybee.” With such a big cast, the roles range from leads to extras. “We have great leads, which is amazing in a community like this,” Gordon says. “The guy who plays the sheriff could be on Broadway, no joke,” he says. “Mona the madam is played by the mayor’s wife. “We have what I call house whores -- they don’t sing, they don’t dance, but they look good,” Gordon says. “The bottom line is that we’ve got a mix of people who might otherwise never have met who are now hugging and kissing and falling all over each other. “These guys do a great job,” he says. “What’s happened is we don’t have paid people. Professional actors do it for a living, so they come in for rehearsal, continues on page 28

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and when it’s over, they hurry home. “These folks come in and have a good time. When rehearsal is over, they’re ready to sing and dance some more.” In addition to a stellar cast, the musical has an impressive two-story set. “We had to build the set outside because it’s so big, then we’ll move it to the pier,” Gordon says. The original Broadway production opened on June 19, 1978. In 1982, a feature film was released that starred Burt Reynolds as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd and Dolly Parton as Miss Mona Stangley, the whorehouse madam. Set in the late 1970s, Whorehouse is the story of a brothel that has been operating outside of fictional Gilbert, Texas, for more than a century. And with the blessing of local law enforcement. A crusading television reporter named Melvin P. Thorpe finds out about the brothel and decides to expose it. The ensuing publicity causes political ramifications and the brothel is closed down. The story is based on an actual place that was located outside LaGrange, Texas. Many of the characters are based on real people. “The original Chicken Ranch is still in operation,” Gordon says. “It’s moved to Nevada, about 20 minutes outside Las Vegas. They don’t take chickens any more, though, just money.” Having such a large cast did pose some problems. “It’s a challenge in the sense of trying to find the time,” Gordon says. “These people work. When you schedule rehearsal, someone is going to miss it. “We had a bout with the flu. I think everyone got it,” he says. “Overall, everyone is doing very good, although some are more dedicated than others.” Gordon is the perfect director for the production. “I started out as a music major at the University of Georgia,” he says. “I used to do summer stock in Atlanta, then worked a couple of years in New York. “I was drafted during the Vietnam era, then came back to New York. I went to California for a while, but couldn’t make a living at it. “I married and had four daughters,” Gordon says. “I was still doing summer stock here and there, and I did a show in Savannah back in the 70s, Annie Get Your Gun.” After a divorce, Gordon went back to California, where he once played the role of Ed Earl. “I did that particular show in Oxnard,” he says. “I’ve directed some and been in quite a few shows,” Gordon says. “I’m a singer/actor with a big, strong, loud voice.” Gordon came back to Georgia to visit a friend on Tybee Island, where he met

his current wife. They own the Atlantis Inn, a hotel with themed rooms. A portion of the proceeds from Whorehouse will used for the renovation of the Old Post Theatre. “The Post Theatre is in my heart and I want to see it preserved,” Gordon says. Tom Kurtz plays the side-stepping Texas governor. “He’s a typical politician who doesn’t want to make a commitment on a controversial issue,” Kurtz says. “He’s kind of caught between a rock and hard place with a group of people who want the Chicken Ranch to be closed because they feel it’s an immoral institution. Then there are those who want to make it a national monument. Kurtz has been in eight productions over the past four years after moving to Savannah. “I’ve been in about six SCAD films and an ABC pilot,” he says. “I haven’t sung and danced in any production,” Kurtz says. “I’ve done drama and comic roles, and I’ve been in musicals but haven’t had to sing a solo.” Eddie Wilson is the musical director for the show. He’s impressed by the work done by the cast. “It’s a large number of very excited friends,” Wilson says. “They did do their homework. By the time I first heard them at the first rehearsal I attended, they already knew 80 percent of the show.” Wilson came to Savannah five years ago and is the musical director for the Savannah Theatre. He also produces Oh, Savannah, a Johnny Mercer show. Working on the production is certainly different from Wilson’s regular job. “The number one thing is the fact that these people could choose to do anything they want with their time, and they choose to do this,” he says. “At the Savannah Theatre, this is just the thing we do. We’re identified by it, which creates an intensely professional show. On the island, you look within your cast for your fun and approval, and in the theater, you have to look to your audience. My partners at Savannah Theatre take for granted a certain level of professionalism and talent,” Wilson says. “On Tybee, everyone has a day job and at night becomes a character. It’s always a wonderful roller coaster ride to see what they have under their sleeves.” Tybee Arts Association’s Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. When: April 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. and April 6 at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Where: Tybee Island Gym. Cost: $20. Tickets may be purchased at the door, online or at Gallery By the Sea or Atlantic Beacon Gallery on Tybee Island. Info: www.tybeearts.org.

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Football may be a rough-and-tumble sport, but Leatherheads is handled by director and star George Clooney with the delicacy one extends toward an antique vase. Working from a script by acclaimed sports writers Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly, Clooney offers an occasionally wistful look at the early days of professional football, when its popularity was nil and it was viewed as college football’s deformed and ignored stepbrother. The year is 1925, and Dodge Connolly (Clooney) has managed to scrape together a career as a football player, assembling his motley crew to travel all over the country to play games in which attendance is anemic, rules are nonexistent, and a player is as likely to throw a punch as catch the pigskin. Just as it appears the entire league will have to fold, Dodge comes up with a brainstorm. Why not convince Carter “The Bullet” Rutherford (John Krasinski), the nation’s most popular college football star, to put his studies on hold and join the pro ranks? Carter agrees just about the time that the Chicago daily has elected to send one of its best reporters, tough-talking Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger), to determine the authenticity of Carter’s WWI exploits. Gaining access to the team, Lexie uses her feminine wiles to cozy up to Carter, all the while engaging in verbal jousts with Dodge. Clooney is an unabashed lover of classic screwball comedies from Hollywood’s Golden Era, and he’s gone on record stating that his influences for Leatherheads included such great directors as Howard Hawks and George Cukor. His

greatest (unacknowledged) influences, however, stem from more recent times, as it’s difficult to watch this film without being reminded of the pair of pictures he made with Joel and Ethan Coen. Perennially growing in stature as an actor and director, it’s easy to envision Clooney studying the Coens’ M.O. while perched on their sets, since Leatherheads sports the same burnished period look as O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the same screwball comedy stylings as the underrated Intolerable Cruelty. Clooney is on his game as the aging brawler who’s disheartened by the rigid direction the sport starts to take, but the likable Krasinski often gets defeated by the restrictions of his colorless part. And as Lexie, Zellweger delivers the script’s zingers with aplomb, even if she isn’t outwardly quite as brash or brassy as the role requires. Leatherheads is full of visual sight gags, whether the humor derives from elaborate setups (the final football game is full of nicely choreographed physical comedy) or merely from repeating the same shot for maximum potency (dig the guy in the swimming pool). continues on page 34

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Stop-Loss Sign of the Times, Part I: While accepting his Oscar in 2003, Michael Moore is loudly booed for criticizing Bush’s “fictitious” war in Iraq. Sign of the Times, Part II: During last week’s advance screening of the new Iraq War drama Stop-Loss, audience members clap and cheer when Ryan Phillippe’s character spits out, “Fuck the president!” As far as cinema is concerned, we’re probably still several years away from the definitive Iraq War flick. Stop-Loss at least comes closer than most of the others: Rather than getting buried in ham-fisted armchair liberalism (like Lions for Lambs and Rendition), it carefully tries to include something for everyone on both sides of the war divide. Yet while this approach is a thoughtful one, it can also be a dangerous one, as evidenced by late-inning occurrences that spit in the face of anyone who has ever taken a stand on moral grounds. Helming her first film since 1999’s Boys Don’t Cry, director Kimberly Peirce (co-scripting with Mark Richard) centers her tale on three Texas boys who all served together in Iraq and have returned to their hometown: Brandon King (Phillippe), a natural born leader and the most intelligent of the three; Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum), a jingoistic grunt prone to repeating canned rhetoric like, “We kill them in Iraq so we don’t have to kill them here in Texas!”; and Tommy Burgess (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the hard-drinking soldier who lost his best friend in the conflict. Having served plenty of time overseas, Brandon expects to settle down stateside, so he’s understandably upset when Bush’s “stop-loss” policy -- basically, a backdoor draft -- requires him to head back to Iraq yet again. Refusing direct orders, Brandon instead goes AWOL, a decision that irrevocably affects both Steve and Tommy. Despite its serious intentions, Stop-Loss often plays like a softer version of The Deer Hunter, and, without revealing too much, its about-face message ultimately isn’t “Fuck the president” as much as it’s “Fuck yourself” -- a dispiriting message no matter how it’s sliced.

Married Life Now here’s a movie with a cast worth salivating over, but what’s the point when the end result turns out to be so negligible? I love the direction of Pierce Brosnan’s non-Bond career (The Matador, The Tailor of Panama); Patricia Clarkson constantly earns her designa-

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Snow Angels Until The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (in which he appeared as Charley Ford), I didn’t think it was possible for Sam Rockwell to play a role in which his actorly tics and mannerisms didn’t get in the way of creating a flesh-and-blood person. Watching him in projects as diverse as The Green Mile and Matchstick Men, he doesn’t seem to care whether his look-Ma-I’m-acting! brand of emoting meshes with the rest of the project or not. Rockwell’s back to his showboating ways

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in Snow Angels, the fourth feature written and directed by David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls, George Washington). Based on the novel by Stewart O’Nan, this ensemble piece focuses on the lives of several members of a small American community, and specifically on the circumstances (mostly tragic) that bind them together. The central plotline deals with the efforts of town beauty Annie (Kate Beckinsale), wasting away as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant, to keep her seemingly unstable husband Glenn (Rockwell) at bay, even if it means cheating him out of quality time with their young daughter Tara (Grace Hudson). The usual cliches apply here: Annie’s carrying on an affair with the lunkheaded husband (Nicky Katt) of her best friend (Amy Sedaris); Glenn turns to God and to the bottle (not necessarily in that order) in an effort to quell his demons; and the spats between Annie and Glenn lead to an obvious conclusion that’s made even more painfully obvious by the casting of jitterbug Rockwell. The secondary storyline concerns high school student Arthur (Michael Angarano) and the budding romance he experiences with a quirky classmate (Juno’s Olivia Thirlby), a balm to soothe the pain of witnessing his parents’ messy split. These sections of the film work primarily because of the charming and natural performance by Angarano, a necessary counterpoint to Rockwell’s patented grandstanding.

21 Loosely adapted from Ben Mezrich’s factbased bestseller Bringing Down the House, 21 is an entertaining and fast-paced film that occasionally manages to make the act of counting cards seem as exciting as this past winter’s Super Bowl -- and as perilous as climbing Mount Everest with both eyes closed. Jim Sturgess, fresh off his starring role as Jude in Across the Universe (as well as a supporting turn in The Other Boleyn Girl), plays Ben Campbell, a brilliant MIT student who needs some serious dough in order to be able to afford a stint at Harvard. His intelligence catches the eye of Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey), a shrewd professor whose extracurricular activity is training a hand-picked group of students in the art of counting cards at the blackjack table. He welcomes Ben to a gang that already includes two guys (Aaron Yoo and Jacob Pitts) and two girls (Kate Bosworth and Liza Lapira), and together they set off on weekly excursions to Las Vegas to clean up. Yet although they believe

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Drillbit Taylor As the trio of dweebs who find themselves the perpetual targets of high school bullies, lanky Nate Hartley, rotund Troy Gentile and spastic David Dorfman turn in natural, likable performances that go a long way toward making this dopey comedy even remotely watchable. Even so, the three are basically carbon copies of Superbad’s lanky Michael Cera, rotund Jonah Hill and spastic Christopher Mintz-Plasse -- hardly a surprise, given that both films were produced by Judd Apatow and co-written by Seth Rogen. Both movies largely deal with three nerds trying to appear cool to their fellow students; the added attraction here is the character of Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson), a homeless man who passes himself off as a bodyguard in order to earn some money protecting the undersized freshmen from the vicious seniors (Alex Frost and Josh Peck) who terrorize them at every turn. An assembly-line comedy in virtually every facet -- you can set your watch by the moment when the formerly aloof Drillbit is visibly moved by a charitable act on the part of one of the kids -- this dispiriting attempt at corralling laughs has little to offer anyone except die-hard Owen Wilson fans, and even those devotees might feel dejected after watching this charming if one-note actor spinning his wheels in such a tiresome character type.

Run, Fat Boy, Run Run, Fat Boy, Run stars one of the two male leads (Simon Pegg) from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and, no, it isn’t the fat one. Instead, it’s the average-sized one, immediately nullifying this movie’s title. Now if only someone had nullified this picture’s very existence, we’d have one less bomb taking up valuable multiplex space. Instead, we’re stuck with a wretched comedy whose greatest claim to, uh, fame is that it marks the directorial debut of Friends co-star David Schwimmer. But with friends like Schwimmer, who needs enemies? Along with writers Michael Ian Black and Pegg, Schwimmer has served up a broad, crass and spectacularly unfunny piece about a sad sack who abandoned his pregnant fiancee at the altar on their wedding day. Five years later, Dennis (Pegg) continues to regret the cowardice he displayed on that day, but the only reason Libby (Thandie Newton) hasn’t shut him out of her life completely is because she believes their child Jake (Matthew Fenton) should have a relationship with his father.

Dennis hopes to somehow win back Libby, but time is running o ut since she’s becoming more heavily involved with a successful businessman named Whit (Hank Azaria). The lazy and physically unfit Dennis is no match for the industrious and health-conscious Whit, but that doesn’t prevent him from entering a 28-mile marathon in an effort to gain back Libby’s love and respect. It’s a thin premise undermined by rampant stupidity at every turn, from the lazy decision to turn Whit into a paper villain (so audiences won’t have to strain their brains deciding who’s better for Libby) to the infantile brand of comedy that appears at alarming intervals right up to the very end (literally; the final shot in the movie is a close-up of a flabby bare bottom).

Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! In Horton’s world, “a person’s a person, no matter how small,” but in our world, a mediocre movie’s a mediocre movie, no matter how overhyped, overblown and overbearing. There’s a reason that the 1966 TV version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! remains the best Seuss on film, and that’s because its 26minute length comes closest to approximating the brief reading time of one of the good doctor’s delightful books. But when stretched out to 90 minutes, a great deal of padding is needed, thereby maximizing the chances of screwing up the source material. That’s definitely the case here, since the basic story -- Horton the happy-go-lucky elephant finds himself ridiculed by the other jungle denizens when he insists that a speck on a flower contains an entire civilization (the residents of Whoville) -- retains its humanist (better make that anthropomorphic) appeal. But the additions to the original content are misguided, beginning with a decidedly non-Seussian reference to “poop” and ending with an atrocious Pokemon-inspired sequence that must be seen to be disbelieved.

The Bank Job

The Bank Job bills itself as being based on a true story, but given cinema’s propensity for fudging details every which way, that’s not a declaration that I’d be willing to take to the bank myself. But veracity be damned: Even if every detail of this heist flick was drenched in fiction, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s one compelling package. The film is set in 1971, which seems right, since one could easily picture the British heavyhitters of that era (Michael Caine, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews, etc.) appearing in a film just like this one (Caine, in fact, did headline a heist flick during this period, 1969’s The Italian Job). And inhabiting the film’s central role is Jason Statham, who thanks to a series of action films has become the current poster boy for British roughhousing. The Bank Job gives his character, Terry Leather, a chance to use his brains more than his brawn, and this allows Statham a bit more vulnerability than usual -- his character even has a wife and two daughters, a break from the image of the emotionless lone warrior. Terry is approached by a former acquaintance (Saffron Burrows) to pull off a robbery at a Lloyds Bank that will benefit them both. She has her own reasons beyond monetary gain for making this proposal, and Terry senses that rather quickly. But he and his crew go for

it anyway, a decision that involves them in a labyrinthine scandal that not only reaches into the upper echelons of government but also snares the British royal family as well. Brimming with satisfying twists and populated with colorful characters, this represents a Job well done.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Romantic without being cynical, witty without being puerile, and blessed by two divine performances from Frances McDormand and Amy Adams. McDormand plays the title character, a British maid in 1939 London who all too suddenly finds herself unemployed. Desperate to remain off the streets, she dupes her way into the position of social secretary to American actress Delysia Lafosse (Adams), a dim but sweet-natured starlet whose biggest problem seems to be choosing between two playboys (Tom Payne and Mark Strong) who can advance her career and a struggling pianist (Lee Pace) who truly loves her. Yeah, I know: It’s a no-brainer ascertaining who gets her hand by the fadeout. Yet despite Adams’ screwball-style performance -- as enchanting as her turn in Enchanted -- the film’s main source of delight doesn’t rest with Delysia’s affairs of the heart but with Miss Pettigrew’s. A prim woman who lost her beloved during the First World War, Miss Pettigrew has long given up on any chance at romance. That a potential suitor comes along in the form of a successful clothing designer (Ciaran Hinds) seems just right, not only by the demands of the storyline but by the demands of our own hearts. McDormand sells her character with utter conviction.

10,000 B.C. Playing like a cross between Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto and the fanboy fave 300, this emptyheaded spectacle from Stargate director Roland Emmerich centers on a young man who, when it comes to heroes leading their people out of the darkness, emerges as a towering

figure worthy of standing alongside Moses, William “Braveheart” Wallace and Michael Moore. Steven Strait plays this warrior, whose name is D’Leh (not to be confused with Homer Simpson’s “D’Oh!”) and whose bland, prettyboy countenance makes him a precursor to Malibu Ken. When he’s not busy being tutored by his adoptive father Tic’Tic (Cliff Curtis), D’Leh passes the time by flirting with his one true love, Evolet (blank slate Camilla Belle). Evolet has these piercing blue eyes, but even more noticeable throughout the film is the makeup which surrounds them, and which never gets smeared even after she’s been shedding copious tears. Who knew Maybelline existed as far back as 10,000 B.C.?

The Other Boleyn Girl An often fascinating blend of fact, rumor and outright fabrication, The Other Boleyn Girl feels like an Oscar-bait title that somehow got its DNA mixed up with a daytime soap opera. Based on Philippa Gregory’s controversial novel, this tracks the political intrigue and bedroom shenanigans which sprang from the attempts of the Boleyn family to get in the good graces of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). Prodded on by the most venal member of the clan, the scheming Duke of Norfolk (The Reaping’s David Morrissey, as uninteresting as always), the quivering Sir Thomas Boleyn (Mark Rylance) agrees to offer his strong-willed daughter Anne (Natalie Portman) to the king as replacement for his majesty’s current wife Catherine (Ana Torent), who has been unable to produce a male heir. But after Anne quickly falls out of Henry’s favor, the men serve up Anne’s demure sister Mary (Scarlett Johansson) instead; a torrid love affair takes place, but when that begins to cool thanks to Henry’s growing disinterest, Anne is brought back onto the scene. If Charles Laughton (winning an Oscar for 1933’s The Private Life of Henry VIII) was the chunkiest Henry VIII ever put on film, then Bana might be the hunkiest, but it’s hardly a desirable tradeoff, given the actor’s drowsy performance.

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they’re operating under the wire, their winning ways -- not to mention squabbles from within -- catch the eye of Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne), an old-school casino enforcer whose preferred MO is taking cheaters to a back room and beating them to a bloody pulp. The movie works best during its first act, when the fascinating con game is explained to Ben (and to us), and during its second act, when Ben feels his life spiraling out of control as he makes a series of mistakes that could cost him everything. Scripters Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb only really lose control during the third act, when an important plot point too lumpy to swallow leads to a series of increasingly unbelievable developments. Yet even during this convoluted section, director Robert Luketic and a perfectly cast Spacey insure that this stylish film maintains a winning hand.

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Activism & Politics 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 Ann Johnson at 8974818. First and Third Mon. of every month. Fire Mountain Restaurant, 209 Stephenson Ave. (912) 354-5595. www.ryansrg.com/

Chatham County Young Democrats

is dedicated to getting young people ages 14 to 39 active in governmental affairs and to encourage their involvement at all levels of the Democratic party. Contact Rakhsheim Wright at 604-7319 or chathamcountyyds@yahoo.com or visit www.org.

Chatham County Young Republicans For information, visit www.savannahyr.com or call Brad Morrison at 596-4810.

Coastal Democrats

Contact Maxine Harris at 352-0470 or R1999MHAR@aol.com.

Drinking Liberally

Promoting democracy one pint at a time -share politics while sharing a pitcher. 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. For information on times and location, visit www.DrinkingLiberally. org or send email to august1494@excite. com.

League of Women Voters

meets on the first Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in Room 3 of the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital. Membership is open to anyone 18 and older. First Mon. of every month. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 8196000. www.sjchs.org

Libertarian Party of Chatham County

meets the first and third Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Chinatown Buffet, 307 Highway 80 in Garden City. Purchase of a meal gets you in. Call 308-3934 or visit http://www. no-debts.com/chathamlibertariansga. html. First and Third Thurs. of every month.

National Council of Negro Women

meets the first Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum. First Sat. of every month. Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, 460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. 912-2318900. www.sip.armstrong.edu/CivilRightsMuseum/Civilindex.html

Savannah Area Republican Women

meet the first Wednesday of every month at the Johnny Harris Restaurant Banquet Room on Victory Drive. The social starts at 11:30 a.m. and lunch is at noon. The cost is $13 at the door. Make reservations by noon on the Monday preceding the meeting by calling 598-1883. First Wed. of every month. Johnny Harris Restaurant, 1651 East Victory Drive. 912-354-7810. www. johnnyharris.com/

Savannah Republican Club

Meets every second Tuesday of the month. Call 927-7170. Second Tues. of every month.

Classes & Workshops 700 Kitchen Cooking School

will offer hands-on educational/entertaining cooking classes at the Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St. The cost of each class is $90 per person. Call 238-5158 or visit http://www.700kitchen.com.

Abstinence Education

Hope House and Savannah State University are providing an after-school program for youth and young adults ages 12 to 29. Program activities last for about 2 hours every Wednesday at SSU. Transportation is provided. Snacks, field trips and supportive services are provided at no charge. 236-5310. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. 912-356-2181. www.savstate. edu/

Adult Painting, Drawing and Clay

Classes

Ongoing beginner, intermediate and open studio classes are offered Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 6-8 p.m. or Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon. All levels welcome, with encouragement to expand your skills. Clay classes are $100 per 10-hour session plus $30 for clay and kiln usage. Painting and drawing classes are $85 per 10-hour session and a basic art supply fee, if needed. The instructor is Carolyne Graham, a sculptor, artist and certified art teacher. Call 925-7393 or 925-5465.

Adults and Kids Sewing Classes

Fabrika. 140 Abercorn is taking deposits for summer kids and adults sewing classes. Kids 10 and up can take “Intro to Sewing” workshops. Choices include making a tote bag, fabric crafts and quilting. Kids 12 and up can take an intermediate workshop on basic fashion design. Adult workshops include into classes in making an A-line skirt, a sun hat or a halter dress. Visit FabrikaSavannah.com or call 2361122. Private lessons are available.

Alpha and Omega Pre-K

Slots are available for this year’s free PreK program and enrollment is open for the 2008-2009 school year. Children 4 and 5 are being accepted. Call 232-7505 or apply Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 4906 Pineland Drive next to Gould Elementary in Garden City.

Art, Music and Tutoring for the Inner Child

Beginning piano and voice lessons are taught by Linda Luke, who also tutors students in reading. Creative dance and a snack are included in the lessons, and special education students are welcome. Sculpture, painting and drawing are taught by Jerry Luke. Private and small group lessons are availble and open to adults, teens and younger children. The lessons last an hour and the cost is $80 a month. The address is 5225 Skidaway Rd. Call 349-0521 or 843-496-0651 for info.

Credit and Money Management 12 Hour Seminar

This ongoing course is held every month at the Effingham YMCA in Rincon. This seminar is the first standardized credit education program in the nation. Topics covered are the steps to improve your credit rating and raise your credit scores, budgeting, managing your debt, what lenders require when you borrow money, how to spot looming money problems and how to deal with them before it’s too late. The fee is $99 per person or $169 per couple. Space is limited and registration is required in advance. Contact Carmen at 826-6263 or 484-1266.

Customer Service Seminar

The Tybee Island Tourism Council will present “The ABCs of Service by the Sea,” a three-hour seminar that is free to all Tybee businesses, on Tuesday, April 8 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Oceanfront Plaza conference room. Register at www.tybeevisit. com. Through April 5.

Executive Exchange Lecture Series The series will kick off April 3 at 1 p.m. in the Torian Auditorium in the Savannah State University Jordan Business Building with James Scavo of Weinstock & Scavo law firm and Jack Shafer, former CEO for Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin-Robbins and TOGO’s. 356-2836 or mosleyk@savstate. edu. Through April 4.

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

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. Fany’s Spanish/English Institute, 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd.

Free Tax School

Earn extra income after taking this course. Flexible schedules, convenient locations. The class is free but there is a small fee for books. Call 352-2862 or visit www.libertytax.com.

Beading Classes

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Construction Apprentice Program

Housing Authority of Savannah Classes

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. Bead Dreamer Studio, 407 A East Montgomery Crossroads. 912-9206659. www.beaddreamer.com is a free 16-week training program for men and women interested in gaining construction skills for career level jobs in construction. Earn a technical certificate of credit with no cost for trainingk, books or tools. Provided t hrough a collaboration of Chatham County, the Homebuilders Association of Savannah, Savannah Technical Eollege and Step Up Savannah’s Poverty Reduction Initiative. To apply, call Tara H. Sinclair at 604-9574.

Conversational Spanish

Do you want to practice your Spanish? Come to the mesa de espanol the second Thursday and last Friday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For information, send e-mail to cafecontigo@gmail.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. 912-232-4447. www. sentientbean.com

The Chatham County Department of Public Works is sponsoring this show by the Puppet People, which will tour elementary schools to teach students the importance of learning to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. For bookings, call 355-3366. Free classes will be offered at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Some classes are on-going. Adult Literacy is offered every Monday and Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. Homework Help is offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:30 p.m. The Community Computer Lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. GED/adult literacy education is being offered Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon or 1-4 p.m.

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

429-7265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www. uusavannah.org

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ARIES

CANCER

LIBRA

In the film *Fight Club,* the character played by Brad Pitt storms into a convenience store with a gun, then herds the clerk out back and threatens to execute him. While the poor man quivers in terror, Pitt asks him questions about himself, extracting the confession that he had once wanted to be a veterinarian but had dropped out of school. After a few minutes, Pitt frees the clerk without harming him, but says that unless he takes steps to return to veterinary school in the next six weeks, he will hunt him down and kill him. In my opinion, that’s an overly extreme way to motivate someone to do what’s good for him. I wish I could come up with a less shocking approach to coax you into resuming the quest for your deferred dreams, Aries. Can you think of anything?

In recent years there has been a rash of climbers shedding all their clothes on Mount Everest. A sherpa by the name of Lakpa Tharke claims the world’s record for high-altitude nudity, having stood skyclad for three minutes at the 29,035-foot summit. Some Nepali authorities are seeking a ban on such displays, believing that it defiles the revered mountain. “How would Westerners feel about people stripping in church?” they ask. Not meaning any disrespect to them, I urge you, Cancerian, to make “in the buff on the holy mountaintop” your power metaphor of the week. Blend sacredness and nakedness in any way that appeals to your imagination, especially if it’s in high places or makes you high.

“I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening,” wrote occult philosopher Aleister Crowley in his flowery neo-Victorian style. “I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.” I think that formulation will serve you well in the coming days, Libra. There’s little to be gained from clinging compulsively to your hopes and fantasies about what’s true. Just the opposite: Momentous strength will rise up in you if you question everything you hold dear or assume to be fact.

has a new name, but still offcers environmental education programs and weekend events. It is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. www.oatlandisland.org. Oatland Island Education Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. 912898-3980. www.oatlandisland.org/

Puppet Shows

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

Savannah Art & Clay Creations

Classes in Raku, brush work, relief work, surface decoration, figurative and more in clay with individual attention are offered by professional artist/clay sculptor Carolyne Graham. Costs $100 for 6 classes, or $30 per class. Clay supplies are extra. Call 925-7393 to register.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

offers a variety of business classes. It is located at 801 E. Gwinnett St. Call 652-3582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street. 912-652-3582.

Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes Be bilingual. The center is located at 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Call 272-4579 or 308-3561. e-mail savannahlatina@yahoo. com or visit www.savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Savannah Learning Center, 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr.

Starfish Cafe Culinary Arts Training Program This 12-week full-time program is designed to provide work training and employment opportunities in the food service industry, including food preparation, food safety and sanitation training, customer service training and job search and placement assistance. Call Mindy Saunders at 234-0525. The Starfish Cafe, 711 East Broad Street. 912-234-0525. www.thestarfishcafe.org/

Studio or Space by the Hour

Space is available for coaches, teachers, instructors, trainers, therapists or organizations that require a studio or space by the hour. Contact Tony at 655-4591 for an appointment.

Teen Art & Clay Classes

Explore a variety of materials in this class specifically designed for teenage art students, taught by former middle school art teacher Carolyne Graham Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 p.m. The cost is $75 for 5 weeks of instruction. Call 925-7393 or 925-5465.

Ten Star All Star Basketball Camp

Applications are being evaluated for the Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp, which is by invitation only. Boys and girls ages 10-19 are eligible to apply. College basketball scholarships are possible for players selected to the All-American Team. There also is a summer camp for boys and girls 6-18 of all skill levels. Call 704-373-0873 or visit www.tenstarcamp. com. Through April 15. continues on page 38

March 21-April 19

TAURUS

April 20-May 20 Financial columnist Bill Fleckstein says that by its very nature, capitalism continually cycles through periods of boom and bust. You can’t have one without the other. The American economy is in trouble because for many years the federal government suppressed the down times in an effort to create a state of perpetual boom. The backlogged busts are now kicking in all at once. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, in the hope that you won’t make a comparable mistake in your own sphere. Some tightly wound part of your life needs to unravel for a while. I advise you to consider going on a brief hiatus or sabbatical.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20 Even if you have no plans to get married, I suggest you enter the Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest, in which rival designers compete to create beautiful bridal gowns using bathroom tissue. You just might win, thereby earning the cash prize. Why do I say that? Because according to my reading of the omens, you now have a special skill at conjuring up cheap elegance in service to your urge to merge. You have an unusual knack for turning things of little apparent worth into valuable aids to intimacy.

June 21-July 22

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22 The feats you’re pulling off may not appear spectacular to a casual observer. But in my view, they are some of the most interesting accomplishments you’ve enjoyed in a while. Here’s a brief description of some of your subtly glorious breakthroughs: 1. You’ve made yourself less susceptible to being manipulated by guilt or pushed around by bullies or fooled by phonies. 2. You’re getting smarter about how you treat the people and things you love. 3. You’re at the peak of your ability to discern the difference between rash risks motivated by fear and smart gambles driven by authentic intuition.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Using a stopwatch, a sports statistician once figured out that the average baseball game has about nine minutes of action. The proceedings may last three hours from beginning to end, but the ball is actually in play just five percent of the time. What happens during the remaining 95 percent? Mostly a lot of standing around. I believe it’ll be that kind of week for you, Virgo. The good news is that when the flurries of activity do erupt, they will be packed with drama and intrigue that you can really use.

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

SCORPIO

Oct. 23-Nov. 21 In her book *Waiting for God,* French mystic and political activist Simone Weil (1909-1943) wrote a passage I’d love for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks: “When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen have this fine expression: ‘It is the trade entering his body.’ Each time that we have some pain to go through, we can say to ourselves quite truly that it is the order and beauty of the world that are entering our body.” I encourage you, Scorpio, to adopt this redemptive attitude about the suffering you have been experiencing.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21

In his memoir, radio talk-show host Michael Krasny notes that he is “the inverse of writer Saul Bellow, who said that he was a bird and not an ornithologist.” Even if you are usually more like Krasny, Sagittarius, I suggest that you be like Bellow in the coming weeks. In my astrological opinion, you need to be an embodiment of wild nature, not an observer and appreciator of wild nature. It’s time for you to be a geyser, not an architect who critiques fountains; a bonfire, not a candle-gazer; a horse, not a gambler who bets on the ponies.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19 A new Hawaiian island is in the process of creating itself. Called Loihi, it’s an active volcano that still lies beneath the sea. As it vents lava in the millennia to come, it will eventually accumulate enough mass to rise above

water level and make itself available for trees to grow on and animals to nest in and humans to dance on. In the coming days, Capricorn, I invite you to regard this as an important symbol. Think about what part of your life has a metaphorical resemblance to the threshold that Loihi will be approaching about 10,000 years from now: emerging out of the depths and breaking above the surface.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Between 8 and 9 o’clock one morning, I made a 30-mile roundtrip from San Francisco to Marin County, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge twice in the process. In that brief time, I drove through five different micro-climates, some of them twice: 1. dense, blinding fog; 2. heavily overcast skies but no fog; 3. totally bright and sunny; 4. wispy fog with sun pouring down through it, creating a blend of grey and gold; 5. partially sunny with rolling bubbles of fog visible in the distance. Judging from your current astrological omens, Aquarius, I’m guessing that what I experienced is an apt metaphor for what your life will be like in the coming days: a quick-shifting kaleidoscope of vivid moods and rich textures. Celebrate each scene, knowing it will soon give way to a new one.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20 Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson told *The Washington Post* the following fun facts: “There are more molecules of water in a cup of water than cups of water in all the world’s oceans. This means that some molecules in every cup of water you drink passed through the kidneys of Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Abe Lincoln, or any other historical person of your choosing.” Your assignment this week, Pisces, is to choose three heroes you’d most like to be influenced and inspired by. Every time you drink water, be conscious of the fact that some of it was once inside the bodies of those exceptional people. Say a prayer that their mojo will become available to you.

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The Artist/Teacher Conundrum

The Savannah College of Art and Design Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning will present Susan Zwirn, a fine arts education coordinator at Hofstra University, as part of the Innovative Teaching and Learning Symposium series. She will appear April 23 from 6-7 p.m. at Alexander Hall, 668 Indian St., to present a lecture about how artists who teach face dual roles and how many of them experience contradictions in their career development that impact both those roles. A reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Through April 23.

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Tybee Island Marine Science Center offers Beach Discovery and marsh walks. Aquarium hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children, ages 3016. Senior, military and AAA discounts are available. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org. Tybee Island Marine Science Center, 1510 Strand. 912-786-5917. www. tybeemsc.org/

Volunteer 101

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

Wednesday Figure Drawing Group

offers artists an opportunity to meet other artists and work from a live model each week. Open to artists with some experience and no instruction is offered. The cost is $60 a month. Call Judy Mooney at 4439313 or judymooney@bellsouth.net. offers artists an opportunity to meet other artists and work from a live model. Open to artists with some experience. No instruction is offered. The group meets Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Savannah Actor’s Theatre on Louisville Road. The fee is $60 a month or $20 per session for drop-ins. Advance registration is required. Call Judy Mooney at 443-9313 or e-mail judymooney@bellsouth.net. Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703D Louisville Rd. 912-232-6080. www.savannahactorstheatre.org

Youth Art & Clay Classes

Held Tuesdays from 4-5:30 p.m. The cost is $65 per 5 weeks of instruction. Call Carolyne Graham at 925-7393 or 925-5465.

Fitness & Health A balanced life

Student massage is offered at the Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc. Cost ranges from $30 to $40 for a one-hour massage and sessions are instructor supervised. Call 355-3011 for an appointment. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt.com. Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc, 6413 Waters Avenue. 912-355-3011. www.ssomt. com/

Belly Dancing for Fun and Fitness

A workout and a party, each class is an event. Provided are big colorful veils, jangling coin hip scarves, jingly rattling bracelets, exotic music from India, Turkey, Morocco and around the world, jeweled bindis to stick on your forehad and an assistant to make sure everyone gets personal attention. Held Sundays at 4 p.m., cost is $20 per class. Call 660-7399 for

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Cardiorespiratory Endurence Training

will be offered by Chatham County Park Services for persons 18 and up at Tom Triplett Park on Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 8-9 a.m. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and will be required to sign a waiver form before participating. All classes are free. Call 652-6780 or 965-9629. Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West. 912-652-6780.

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes

are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 8196463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www. sjchs.org

Detox and De-Stress

Easy and simple yoga followed by meditation, helping the body to throww off toxins and stress. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at Yoga Hause, 1203 E. 72nd St. Suggested donation $5. Yoga Hause, 1203 E. 72nd St.

Dog Yoga

The Yoga Room will hold a dog yoga class every first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. at Forsyth Park. The cost is a $10 donation, with all donations given to Save-A-Life. Bring a mat or blanket and a sense of humor. Yoga for dogs is a fun way to relax and bond with your four-legged pet. Great for all levels and all sizes. 898-0361 or www. thesavannahyogaroom.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. 912-233-6800.

Energy Share

every first and third Friday of the month at a new integrated healing center located at 72nd and Sanders streets. Call Kylene at 713-3879.

Fit Lunch

FIT LUNCH - Join us for a 30 to 40 Minute workout on your lunch hour. Classes offered Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 10:45am until 2:00pm by Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio. Classes are organized and led by 2 Certified Personal Trainers and will utilize a variety of training techniques which may include strength training, interval and cardio as well as core, balance and flexibility. Advanced booking required. Please call for further details 912-398-4776 or 912-2249667. www.bodybalance.com.

Fountain of Youth

Tibetan rites taught free every Tuesday and Friday at 7:30 a.m. at Yoga Hause, 1203 E. 72nd St. Yoga Hause, 1203 E. 72nd St.

Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga with Mary Ann is offered Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Participants must be 18 or older. Mat and blanket are required. Limited to 12 participants. Preregister at adultenrichment@uusavanah. org or call 234-0980. Held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah upstairs in Phillippa’s Place. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912234-0980. www.uusavannah.org

Ladies Livin 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. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. 912-

Learn to Run and Swim

Learn to Run & Swim ...offered Tuesday from 5pm to 7pm at Lake Mayer. Classes are for ALL, beginners to advanced. Running offered from 5pm to 6pm at Lake Mayer followed by Swimming at the Aquatic Center from 6pm to 7pm. Join us for both activities or chose just one. Sessions are organized and led by a Certified Personal Trainer & Triathlete. Please call for more information & pricing 912-675-1104 or visit www.coastaltriathlon.com. \

Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 912-232-2994. www.savannahyoga.com/

Senior Power Hour

is a program for people over 55. Health and wellness professionals help reach fitness goals. The program may include, but isn’t limited to, strength training, cardio for the heart, flexibility, balance, basic healthy nutrition and posture concerns. Call 898-7714.

Sunrise Boot Camp at Tybee Island

$25 per month includes entry into all the Center for WellBeing classes. Pre-register in Suite 120 in the Candler Heart & Lung building. 819-6463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

will be held Monday through Friday from 6-7 a.m. Park in the North Beach parking lot and go over the first crossover. Bring a mat. Conducted by Paul Butrym, certified personal trainer and ex-Marine. Three days of strength training and two days of cardio each week. The cost is $10 per class, $40 for the week or $75 for a four-week session. Call 604-0611 or email pbutrym@comcast.net.

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

Tai Chi Classes

Mindful Fitness Membership Price Plan

are held Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Yoga Center, 25 E. 40th St. Infants must be 6 weeks to 6 months, pre-crawling. The cost is $13 per class. Multi-class discounts are available. The instructor is Betsy Boyd Strong. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 4416653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 912-232-2994. www.savannahyoga.com/

St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Wellbeing offers classes Mondays and Fridays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5354 Reynolds Ave. 912- 819-6000. www.sjchs.org

Tai Chi Relaxation Class

A pre and post-natal exercise program is offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing. The cost is $30 per month. Call 819-6463. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www. sjchs.org/

is held Sundays from 3-4:30 p.m. at The Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Rd., Whitemarsh Center. 898-0361 or www. thesavannahyogaroomm.com. Ancient Chinese exercises that were specifically developed to heal body, mind and spirit together. Held Saturdays from 3-4:30 p.m. at The Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Rd. Call 898-0351.

National Gymnastics Day

Tai Chi Yang Style Short Form

Outdoor Fitness Bootcamp

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Moms in Motion

Whitemarsh Island YMCA will host a free gymnastics open house on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Appropriate for children 2 and up. YMCA Whitemarsh Island, 135 Whitemarsh Island Rd. 912-897-6158. Now offering evening classes. Classes meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Forsyth Park. Morning classes begin at 6 a.m. and evening classes begin at 5:30 p.m. The first class is free. Visit www. structurefitness.net or call Jennifer at 224-0406. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. 912-233-6800.

Overcoming by Faith Ministries Aerobics and Exercise Classes

Free classes are offered every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. at 9700 Middleground Rd. in Savannah. All classes are open to the public. For more information, call 927-8601.

Pilates Classes

are offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7 p.m. at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing. Pre-register by calling 819-6463. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www. sjchs.org/

Reiki Treatments

Reiki master Dante Santiago is trained in Usui Reiki Ryoho. Fifty-minute sessions are $60 and 50-minute in-studio sessions are $45. Call 660-1863 for times and appointments.

Savannah Yoga Center

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

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Slow and relaxed for all ages. Ongoing class. 7 p.m. Thursdays at Turtle Dragon Herbs and Teas, 1201 Highway 80, Tybee Island. $10 per session. Private lessons also available. Instructor is Tom Wilke. Call 707-616-1200.

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Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr. 912-898-0361. www. thesavannahyogaroom.com/

Women on Weights

Spine & Sports Personal Training offers the Women on Weights (WOW) Program. The WOW Program is designed to meet the specific needs of women. It is a series of one hour training sessions led by a Certified Personal Trainer who develops different routines throughout the month. The routines may include but are not limited to, Strength Training, Cardio Training for the Heart, Flexibility, Balance and Weight Management. The group meets two times a week for one hour each session. For pricing call 898-7714.

Yoga Teacher Training Institute

A 200-hour Basic Yoga Teacher Training program is offered at Savannah Yoga Center. It meets Yoga Alliance standards, and graduates will receive a certificate and be eligible for certification by the alliance. The cost for the entire course is $1,500. Call 441-6653 or visit www. savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 912-232-2994. www.savannahyoga.com/ continues on page 40

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Yogalates Classes

are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler Center 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. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. 912-819-6000. www. sjchs.org/

Zumba Fitness

Classes are being held every week in the Pooler and Rincon areas. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international music, dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting and effective fitness system. No dance partner is required. Participants of all ages and shapes are encouraged to attend. The cost is $7 per class. For location and info, contact Carmen at 484-1266 or calexe@ comcast.net.

Nature and Environment Alligators and Anhingas

Learn secrets of species survival, both predator and prey,from a Wilderness Southeast guide April 5 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. Learn about historic rice plantations and understand the importance to wildlife of maintaining the old rice paddies. The fee is $15. Reservations are required. Call 236-8115. Through April 5.

Dolphin Project of Georgia

Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research which will take place one weekend during the months of January, April, July and October. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 232-6572 or visit www. TheDolphinProject.org.

Gray’s Reef Open Public Comment Period

The public comment period on the proposal to establish a research area within Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary is now open and will remain open until April 21. Full deails can be found at http://graysreef.noaa.gov/researcharea.htm. and http:graysreef.noaa.gov/rascoping.html. Through April 21.

Tree Planting Sites Needed

The Savannah Tree Foundation is seeking input from residents of Chatham County in identifying future tree planting sites in Savannah and throughout the county. Residents wishing to have canopy trees planted on public, non-profit or goverhment-owned land within the physical boundaries of Chatham County can mail

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site suggestions to: Patrick Grant, Project Director, The Savannah Tree Foundation, 3025 Bull St., Savannah, 31405. Suggestions also can be phoned in at 233-8733, faxed at 233-8799 or e-mailed at info@ savannahtreefoundation.com.

4704. Unity of Savannah at 2320 Sunset Blvd. has the bells and a few interested people without a leader. Visit www.unityofsavannah.org. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. 912-355-4704. www. unityofsavannah.org/

Religious & Spiritual

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

Blue Jeans for the Soul

Each Saturday service will be at 5:30 p.m. and will feature just three things, music with guest musicians, a meditation and an affirmative message. Casual dress welcome. Located at 2320 Sunset Blvd. off of Skidaway Road just south of Victory Drive. Call 355-4704. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. 912-355-4704. www. unityofsavannah.org/

Calling All Christians

Open prayer will be held the second Thursday of the month from 4-4:20 p.m. at the Forsyth Park fountain. Call Suzanne at 232-3830. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. 912-233-6800.

Chanted Office of Compline

The Service of Compline, ”Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ Church Savannah, located on Johnson Square.

Christian Businessmen’s Committee

meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Piccadilly Cafeteria in the Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn St. Call 898-3477. Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn Ext. 912-354-7038. www.oglethorpemall. com/

DrUUming Circle

is held the first and third Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah on Troup Square at Habersham and Macon streets. Drummers, dancers and the drum-curious are welcome. Call 234-0980 or visit uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www.uusavannah.org

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.

Handbell Choir

Anyone interested in starting/leading or joining/participating in a handbell choir can contact the Rev. Arlene Meyer at 355-

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A meditation period will be followed by instruction in the application of the foundations of Mindfulness practice to daily life. Beginner’s and experienced practitioners welcome. Ongoing weekly sessions are Mondays from 6-7:30 p.m. at 313 E. Harris St. Call Cindy Beach, Buddhist nun, at 429-7265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www. uusavannah.org

Journey Church

will begin meeting at Bloomingdale Elementary School on Sunday, April 13 at 10:30 a.m. with a message titled “Zip It.” Wear jeans or whatever makes you comfortable. The pastor is Larry D. Wilson, 224-6453. Through April 6.

Meditation and Energy Flow Meetup Group

First meeting Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. Meets once a month. Meet others to practice meditation and discuss spirituality, metaphysics and related topics of Reiki, energy work, etc. www.ellenfarrell.com or 247-4263.

Meditators Unite!

Beginner and advanced meditators unite to practice meditation and discuss spirituality, metaphysics, holistic approach to healing, Reiki, energy work. Call 247-4264 or visit see_the_light@ellenfarrell.com or read more at http://meditation.meetup. com/490.

Midweek Bible Study

Midweek Bible Study is offered every Wednesday at noon at Montgomery Presbyterian Church. Bring your lunch and your Bible. 352-4400 or mpcsavannah.com. Montgomery Presbyterian Church, 10192 Ferguson Avenue. 912-352-4400. www. montgomerypresbyterian.com/

Midweek Noonday Bible Study

Join Pastor Ricky Temple for Midweek Noonday Bible Study at the Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. Free lunch provided. Service time is every Wednesday from noon to 12:45 p.m. For more info call 9278601. Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull Street. 912-233-7764. www.savannahtheatre.com

Music Ministry for Children & Youth at White Bluff United Methodist Church is now known as Pneuma, the Greek work for breath. “Every breath we take is the breath of God.” The children’s choir for 3 years through second grade will be known as Joyful Noise and the youth choir grades 3-5 will be known as Youth Praise. Joyful Noise will meet Sundays from 4-5 p.m. and Youth Praise will meet Sundays from 5-6 p.m. Call Ronn Alford at 925-9524 or visit www.wbumc.org. White Bluff United Methodist Church, 11911 White Bluff Rd. 912-925-5924. www.wbumc.org/

Nicodemus by Night

An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St.

Overcoming by Faith Ministries

Services in Savannah are held on Saturdays at 6 p.m. Sundays at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at 9700 Middleground Rd. In Rincon, services are held Sundays at 1:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. at The Banquet Room, 135 Gos-

hen Rd. Call 927-8601 or visit overcomingbyfaith.org.

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

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. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. 912-233-4766. www.trinitychurch1848.org/

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. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912-234-0980. www. uusavannah.org

Soka Gakkai 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 SGI-USA at 232-9121.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 233-6284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@ aol.com. Celebrating diversity. Working for justice.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On April 6, the Rev. Joan Schneider will present “The M Word.” The service will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Troup Square Sanctuary. For information, call 234-0980, or send e-mail to admin@uusavannah.org or visit the web site at www.uusavannah.org. The Uncommon Denomination. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. 912234-0980. www.uusavannah.org

Unitarian Universalist Men’s Group

An opportunity to meet with men and as a group explore men’s spirituality while offering social support in a safe atmosphere. Meets weekly to discuss a predetermined topic. Also plans outside activities or participates in activities as a group. Refreshments or dinner is served at each meeting. Visit http://men.meetup.com/46/ or contact Mike Freeman at 441-0328 or Dicky Trotter at 665-4488.

Unity of Savannah

A church of unconditional love and acceptance. Sunday service is at 11 a.m. Youth church and childcare also are at 11 a.m. 2320 Sunset Blvd. Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. 912-3554704. www.unityofsavannah.org/

Women’s Bible Study

at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 or Wesley Community Center, 1601 Drayton St. 912232-0965. www.wesleyctrs-savh.org/

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YARD SALE Antiques Emporium 122 E. 38th Street Huge winter clearance and Annual Spring Yard Sale. Don’t miss our bargains on antiques, furniture, collectibles, and many household items. Saturday, April 5th, From 8 am til noon. Corner of 38th and Abercorn.

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3-FAMILY MOVING SALE

Saturday, April 5th, 9am-11am. Sunday, April 6th, 11am-6pm. 16 North Berwick Drive. Furniture, household, mattress.

Westside Chatham 285 Southbridge Neighborhood Garage Sale Saturday, April 5th 8am-1pm. kids stuff, Furniture, Cars, Sporting Goods, Etc. Maps to participating homes available! I-16 to Dean Forest Road.

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WASHERS/DRYERS

Nice, full sized. Delivery & Hookup FREE. 4 month inhome warranty. $160/each. Call Eddie 429-2248.

Private Massage Beautiful and Discreet

Full body Flat rate Local/Savannah 904-222-1245

furniture 355 2 pc Twin Mattress Set. New, in Plastic. $90. 912-313-2303

$850 BEDROOM SET

Beautiful sleigh bed, dresser mirror, chest, and nightstand. Pieces are brand NEW. Pieces are brand NEW. Still in factory crates. Can Deliver! 912-965-9652 Full mattress and Boxspring Set. BRAND NAME. $120. Brand NEW in plastic. 966-9937 KING SIZE BEDROM SET: 8 pc solid wood. Dovetailed drawers, Exquisite quality. Pillowtop mattress set included. New in packaging, worth 5K. Give away for $1250. Can Deliver. 965-9652

PANEL SLEIGH BED

Raised Headboard, Footboard & Rails. Solid wood construction with beautiful finish. New in boxes. $1500 value, sacrifice $399. 912-966-9937

QUEEN PILLOW TOP SET

Brand new, still in original factory plastic with boxspring and warranty, suggest list, $699. Must let go for $160. 912-965-9652

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Dogs for sale 445 AKC GREAT PYRENEES PUPPIES $ 5 0 0 . Fi r s t s h o t s & d e wormed. Born 2/13. Parents on site! Home-raised w/children & other small pets. Loyal family pet & guard dog and/or livestock protector. Beautiful white w/tan. 912-897-6713

LABRADOR PUPS

Yellow/Black AKC/UKC, registered. Born 2-27-08. Sire & Dam on site. Great pedigrees! Super Duck puppies. $500/each. Clyde Bruner 9 1 2 - 6 8 5 - 6 0 8 9 912-657-2309 912-657-2308 ROCKWEILER PUPPIES, top German bloodlines, CKC. Both parents on site. Males $500, Females $400. 20 to choose from, 6 weeks old. 912-441-2907.

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Affordable ser vice in your home or business. We do upgrades, installations and repairs on ALL make and models. If it has anything to do with a computer, we can fix it. 898-8200. Mention this ad and g e t a 1 0 % d i s co u n t . Ca l l 898-8200

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JCB Cafe now hiring for chef. Must have previous culinary training,kitchen, & knife skills, & reliable transpor tation. Food certification & culinary educating highly desirable. To apply, must have a resume with recent culinary experience. call 912-790-5234 or fax resume to 912-790-5235

Bull Street Auctions of Savannah is pleased to announce that on Sunday, April 6th at 1pm, we will be selling at public auction over 300 Handmade Persian Rugs. Whether you’re looking for a small rug or an oversized one, we have them all. These rugs are fresh to the market with traditional and unique designs. Most of these rugs are wool, with some wool and silk. Like something different? We also have needlepoint and tapestry rugs. If you are in the market for a handmade Persian rug, this is your opportunity to buy good quality rugs at a fraction of retail. We will be having a preview on Saturday, April 5th, from 11am-2pm and on Sunday, April 6th, 11am - 1pm, so bring your sizes and color samples.

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Nurse Aides Needed; Accord Services has immediate openings for Certified Nurse’s Aides in the Savannah & Statesboro areas. We have full and part time positions available in Savannah GA, Pooler GA, and Statesboro Ga. These positions are for private duty inhome care for patients suffering from conditions such as Burns, Spinal Cord Injury, and Brain Injury. Please call toll free 1-877-858-1795 for more information or visit: www.accordservices.com.

BROKEN WASHER OR DRYER IN YOUR WAY? Call Eddie for free pick up at your home, 429-2248.

Miscellaneous Merchandise 399 HEAVY DUT Y TRAILER AND KING BED SET: Trailer is 4x9 ft. $700. KING headboard, frame, mattress, 2 nightstands, Chest of drawers, TV stand. Craftsman style. $800 Pics online at verican.us/cod6/sav/pennysaver. (912) 897-9334 Orthopedic Mattress & Boxspring set. Queen size, New in plastic. 912-964-1494 P I L LO W-TO P K I N G m at tress. Brand new mattress includes 2 pc boxspring. New in factory wrapper... must see to appreciate. First $199 takes it! Can help with deliver y. 912-964-1494

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THE CHARLES H. MORRIS CENTER needs a Part-time security/ambassador. This individual will be a security person, open and close t h e Ce n t e r fo r events such as receptions, banquets, dinners, etc., and help with mechanical, HVAC, or lighting issues during the event. We need a responsible person who will ensure that people do not misuse or abuse the building, inside or outside, yet this must be done in a friendly manner. The Center is located at Trustees’ Garden in downtown Savannah. Inquiries should be in writing and sent to: Event Coordinator: Charles H. Morris Center 27 Abercorn Street Savannah, GA 31401 RestauRant & Hotel 665 DOWNTOWN CAFE Looking for Full-time Delivery/Kitchen Prep person to deliver to businesses and residences. Hours are 10am-3:30pm, Mon-Fri. Must be dependable, articulate, neat in appearance and physically fit. All applicants must pass drug screen & background check. Apply in person Monday-Thursday, 10:00-11:00am at 39 Barnard Street between Broughton & Congress or email resume to expresscafe@comcast.net. EOE MACELWEE’S RESTAURANT On Tybee Island now hiring Experienced Prep/Fry Cooks, Servers, Dishwashers, & Kitchen Manager. Excellent pay! Call 912-786-8888 for an appointment or apply in person between 3pm-6pm.

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Why should you visit an AKS Gem Show? To see a huge collection of quality jewelry including colored gemstones, fine jewelry, fashion jewelry, beads, fine mineral specimens, crystals, gifts, and more. This show is both wholesale and retail which is open to the public and will offer incredible savings of 10, 20 & even 50% off retail prices.

Savannah International Trade & Convention Center Friday, Saturday & Sunday, April 4, 5, & 6 Fri - Sat: 10:00 - 6:00 Sun: 10:00 - 4:00 Admission is $5.00, with a $5.00 discount coupon provided to all paying customers. Discount coupon can be redeemed with participating exhibitors. ($25.00 minimum purchase required)

Wholesale buyers may pre register online The Savannah Lapidary Club will be giving demonstrations and signing up new members on Saturday, April 5. Contact AKS Gem Shows for more information www.aksshow.com • 504-455-6101

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Windsor Forest. 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, hardwood-floors, new appliances, 2-car garage with workshop. Fenced backyard with POOL and storage shed. $170K. Call for appt. 224-6280. Will be available immediately

homes for rent 855 vated. $885/month. 1 block north of DeRenne Ave. 1118 E. 39th St 2BR, 2BA LR/DR, Den (could be 3rd BR) All appliances, W/D connections. Central H & A. Newly renovated. $775/month. KONTER MANAGEMENT COMPANY 200 East 31st Street Savannah, GA 31401

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3 Acre Lots

10 minutes from Statesboro, water/septic available. Owner financing $500 down + closing. 912-764-9955. www.southgeorgialand.com

5 ACRE TRACTS

10 miles from Statesboro, Paved street, water & Septic available. Owner financing, 500 down + closing $416.33 month 912-764-9955 www.southgeorgialand.com

ESTATE PROPERTY

300 + acres. 20 minutes, West of Statesboro. 16 acre stocked lake. Rolling H ills. Abundant Wildlife. 912-764-9955

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3 bedroom, 2 bath, brick home. Includes appliances. $850 month & deposit call 764-9468

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3 BR/2BA w/living room, dining room, large family room, garage, & central heat/air. Non-smoking, no pets! $1,199/month plus deposit. No Section 8 accepted. Call 912-920-1936.

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3BR/1.5BA in Windsor Forest, living room, dining room, large family room, central heat/air, washer/dryer connections, New wood floors, non-smoking, no pets. Close t o s c h o o l s a n d H A A F. $929/month plus deposit. No Section 8 accepted. Call: 912-920-1936

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FISH AND CATCH FISH

Abundance of all fresh wat e r f i s h : B a s s, C r a p p i e, Cream and Catfish. Great place to FISH! Rest rooms, and covered picnic areas available. Limited number o f ye a r l y m e m b e r s h i p s available. SIMMONS MILL POND 912-839-3357.

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4 Bedroom/3Bath in COFFEE POINTE gated community. Fenced-Yard, Broker Protected. 2.4% to agents. 66 Coffee Pointe Drive. (no for sale sign in yard) $312K. Call:912-596-8494

Sicay Management 14 West 40th Street Beautifully renovated 2 BR, 1BA lower half of duplex in the Starland District. Features include formal LR, , formal DR, refinished heart pine floors, ceiling fans, bathroom and kitchen with ceramic tile floors, separate laundry room for washer/dryer, private courtyard. C H/A, total electric and paid security system. AVAILABLE NOW. Pet Friendly. $900/mo. 1329 East 36th Street Renovates 3 BR, 1 ½ Bath Bungalow with formal living and ding rooms, eatin kitchen, laundry room with W/D connections, hardwood and tile floors, central H/A, total electric, fenced in back yard. AVAILABLE NOW. Pet friendly. $800/mo.

17 East 33rd St.

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5 acre lots, Hwy 24. Water/septic tank available. Owner financing $500 down, $300 closing. 912-764-9955 www.southgeorgialand.com WOODED BUILDING SITES suitable for stickbuilt or mobile home. Woodland Lakes. A m e n i t i e s i n c l u d e w a te r, swimming pool, 3 large fishing lakes w/docks, clubhouse. 8 miles from Target ware h o u s e . 9 1 2 - 2 3 3 - 0 4 5 3 W. Horne.

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ADORABLE FARM HOUSE

Historical 1932 Bungalow in quiet Victory Heights. Totally restored in 2008. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath with den. Heart pine floors with working Rumford fireplace. All appliances, heat/air, window treatments, fenced yard. Walk to everything. $825.00 per month with $825.00 security deposit. Small pet welcome with $200 deposit. 1 year lease. 912-786-9302

Berkley & Bull St.

3BR, 1BA, 2 half baths town home w/all appliances, w/d connections. Large rooms, spacious closets, newly reno-

Brooklet Apartment for Rent 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath, And 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Available Now! Quiet Neighborhood. Call 912-687-3506.

One bedroom apartments

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Stadium Place Apartments

Lanier Drive Newly Remodeled Apartments 1 bedroom/1 bath, 550sq.ft $315/month + Deposit 912-871-4912 912-240-7228 WONDERFUL 1bd w/ bonus room. 750/month and deposit, power & water includes w/d hook up. Great location close to downtown and ss. 1300 block of 31st Call for more info 912-484 5059

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Lovely marshfront custom log home, gated waterfront communit y Delta Plantation. 2549sqft 1.6/ac. Deep water/access dock/clubhouse next door. Below appraisal $298,000. Dianne, Re/Max Coastal Properties, 1-912-266-5189.

QUIET Neighborhood

3 bedroom, 2 bath. 113 Deerfield Dr. Statesboro. Fenced back yard. $1,000 month + $1,000 deposit.

Call 842-4480 or 531-4480 STOP RENTING!! Gov’t & Bank Foreclosures! $0 to Low Down! No Credit OK! Call Now! 1-800-881-7410.

ApArtments for rent 865 1110 E. 51ST. Carriage house for rent. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, central heat/air, washer/dryer, fenced backyard, off-street parking. $675/month. 912-596-1355

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QUIET, SAFE, Clean Upscale Furnished Rooms For Rent. $80-$150/week. $100 dep. All util. incl. Many locations. Free washer/dryer,parking, cable, hi-speed internet. Near attractions. Call 912-220-8671 or email: info@habicorp.org

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FENDER BENDER? Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

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Ta k e O ve r Pay m e nt s o f $229/month on 2004 Honda Accord. Call: 912-223-9880

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2004 Nissan Xterra “XE”: Super black color, V6, auto, cruise, tilt, a/c, CD player, power windows/door locks, cloth interior. One owner with avg. miles. Very good condition. $12,500 OBO. 912-657-2457. Who’s best? You decide!

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