Pooler City Council Meeting at Pooler City Hall. Deadline for items to be put on agenda: Noon on Wednesdays two (2) weeks prior to meeting.

Join us for a special film screening of In Tune: The Ben Tucker Story. This event is open to the public and FREE of charge. Seating is limited so you must register for a ticket. This event is organized by the Friends of Ben Tucker and the Savannah Black Heritage Festival.

Benjamin M. “Ben” Tucker (December 13, 1930 – June 4, 2013) was an American jazz bassist who appeared on hundreds of recordings. Tucker played on albums by Art Pepper, Billy Taylor, Quincy Jones, Grant Green, Dexter Gordon, Hank Crawford, Junior Mance, and Herbie Mann.

He was born in Tennessee. As bass player in the Dave Bailey Quintet in 1961, he wrote the instrumental version of the song “Comin’ Home Baby!”, first issued on the album Two Feet in the Gutter. Bob Dorough later wrote a lyric to the song, and the vocal version became a Top 40 hit for jazz singer Mel Tormé in 1962.

Tucker released the album Baby, You Should Know It (Ava, 1963) with Victor Feldman, Larry Bunker, Bobby Thomas, Ray Crawford, Tommy Tedesco, and Carlos “Patato” Valdes.

By 1972, Tucker owned two radio stations, WSOK-AM, which had over 400,000 listeners, and WLVH-FM. Both of these were located in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia.

He died in a traffic collision in Hutchinson Island, Georgia, on June 4, 2013.

Are you looking for something a little bit different, but still totally unique? Cocktail Classes in Congress Street Up are sure to wet your whistle.

Highlights:

• 1 ½ hour experience in an authentic speakeasy atmosphere
• Create two cocktails with the liquor of your choosing
• Snack on small bites and learn the history behind the cocktails you create
• Free take-home SWAG!

History and learning have never been more hands on—or tastier! 

Cocktail culture was born during Prohibition when alcohol was so potent and nose curling that bartenders and home brewers started combining mixers with the booze to make it more palatable! We follow the tradition of those early mixologists and will help you learn how to make proper Prohibition Era cocktails in our speakeasy.

This 1.5-hour long experience takes place in Congress Street Up, the 1920’s style speakeasy inside the American Prohibition Museum. Using authentic bar equipment and learning from our expert bartenders, you’ll create Prohibition Era cocktails that will impress your friends for years to come.

Operates on Mondays, bi-weekly, starting at 6:00pm. Guests must check in 20 minutes prior to class. Guests must present photo-ID and be 21 years of age or older.

Reservations are required. To change or cancel reservation you must do so 24 hours in advance by calling 912-233-0083. No cancellations or refunds will be made 24 hours prior to tour departure.

Age Requirements: Must be 21 years of age or older.

Desayunando Con La Cámara – Monthly breakfast for members and non-members. Geared towards getting new Savannah Hispanic Chamber members to know each other and how their product or service can benefit the communities they serve.

Program and activities are bi-lingual (Spanish/English) so feel free to practice your language of preference!

Date: February 19, 2019
Time: 07:30 AM – 09:00 AM EST
Website: http://www.msavhcc.org
Location: Savannah Coffee Roasters
215 W Liberty St.
Savannah, GA 31401
912-352-2994
Email: info@msavhcc.org
Date/Time Details: Date: Tuesday February, 19 2019
Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 am
Fees/Admission: *** $10.00 for members (membership has benefits)
*** $15 for future members ***

Meets monthly on the third Tuesday in January, February, March, April, September, October and November. Schedule: 5:30 PM Social, 6:15 PM Meeting.

Please join us for our first Business on the Move event of 2019! The Chamber’s Small Business Council is hosting its February Business on the Move after-hours networking event at Board & Brush Creative Studio on Montgomery Cross Road near Abercorn. When you create a project at Board & Brush, you can marry the joy of wine and paint with the classic timelessness of wooden signs in an array of designs and patterns you can choose from. Instructor-led DIY wood sign workshops allow you to combine your creativity and willingness to learn new skills. Board & Brush provides you with the instruction, materials, and design for you to distress, sand, stain, paint, and customize your personalized piece of art!

At this Business on the Move event, two instructors will demonstrate the process of selecting and creating a beautiful wood project with ease in the workshop. Snacks and refreshments will also be provided while you exchange business cards with other small business members!

Date: Tuesday, February 19
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: Board & Brush Creative Studio, 48 W Montgomery Cross Road, Suite 101
Cost: $10 Chamber members | $15 member guests
RSVP: Click here to RSVP!
Contact: Leah Coleman Arnold at LArnold@SavannahChamber.com or 912-644-6458

District 6 Alderman Tony Thomas will hold four Listening Sessions. The first will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 11 at the Elks Lodge located at 183 Wilshire Boulevard. The second will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 12 at the Crusaders Community Center located at 81 Coffee Bluff Villa Road. The third listening session will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19 at Armstrong University’s Health Professions Academic Center Room 160 located at 11935 Abercorn Street. The final meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20 at the Winsor Forest Golden Age Center located at 308 Briarcliff Circle.

Who: Wilshire Estates/ Rio Road Residents

When: Monday, February 11 at 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Elks Lodge, 183 Wilshire Boulevard

Who: Coffee Bluff, Rose Dhu, White Bluff Residents

When: Tuesday, February 12 at 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Crusaders Community Center, 81 Coffee Bluff Villa Road

Who: Largo Woods and Leeds Gate Residents

When: Tuesday, February 19 at 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Armstrong University’s Health Professions Academic Center Room 160, 11935 Abercorn Street

Who: Windsor Forest Residents 

When: Wednesday, February 20 at 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Windsor Forest Golden Age Center, 308 Briarcliff Circle

City of Savannah Mayor Eddie DeLoach will deliver the State of the City address on Tuesday, February 19th at 6:30 p.m. in the Coastal Georgia Center. Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend. Residents wishing to view the speech at home can tune in to a live stream through the City’s 24-hour streaming YouTube channel at http://savannahga.gov/sgtv or through a live feed on the City’s Facebook page.

What: State of the City

When: Tuesday, February 19th at 6:30 p.m.

Where: Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St.

(image: WTOC)

We’re kicking it at our favorite neighborhood brewery for our February Happy Hour. Come sit on the porches of Two Tides with Red Shoe — two beers are on us, the rest is up to you!

We’ll announce some scoop on our upcoming Annual Kentucky Derby Party, raffle off two tickets to the big party, maybe play some board games, and definitely drink the best brewed beer in town. Let the Chromotose flow!

This will be our final event where folks can join or renew their Red Shoe membership at the discounted rate of $50! (The membership pays off in the end, we promise.) Happy Hour is free for Red Shoe members, $10 for guests.

Who are we? The Red Shoe Society is a dedicated group for young professionals who support the mission of The Ronald McDonald House of the Coastal Empire. For more info, email courtney.l.hester@gmail.com

District 6 Alderman Tony Thomas will hold four Listening Sessions. The first will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 11 at the Elks Lodge located at 183 Wilshire Boulevard. The second will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 12 at the Crusaders Community Center located at 81 Coffee Bluff Villa Road. The third listening session will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19 at Armstrong University’s Health Professions Academic Center Room 160 located at 11935 Abercorn Street. The final meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20 at the Winsor Forest Golden Age Center located at 308 Briarcliff Circle.

Who: Wilshire Estates/ Rio Road Residents

When: Monday, February 11 at 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Elks Lodge, 183 Wilshire Boulevard

Who: Coffee Bluff, Rose Dhu, White Bluff Residents

When: Tuesday, February 12 at 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Crusaders Community Center, 81 Coffee Bluff Villa Road

Who: Largo Woods and Leeds Gate Residents

When: Tuesday, February 19 at 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Armstrong University’s Health Professions Academic Center Room 160, 11935 Abercorn Street

Who: Windsor Forest Residents 

When: Wednesday, February 20 at 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where: Windsor Forest Golden Age Center, 308 Briarcliff Circle

During this session, the latest in SCORE’s popular “Tools To Grow Your Business” seminar series, a panel of successful small business owners from Savannah will share strategies and tips to overcome typical challenges and pitfalls and share about many operational and policy issues faced by entrepreneurs during the early stages of building a business. Intended for entrepreneurs planning to start a business or in the early launch stage, the session will provide an opportunity for attendees to seek advice on a broad range of topics such as:

• Typical managerial missteps during the early period and
recovery strategies
• Tools designed to track business performance trends
• How to form and leverage partnerships and business networks
• How to avoid cash flow management traps
• The importance of using social media platforms to drive sales
• Keys to managing effective customer relations

Our panelists Greg Stinson, former owner of Comfort Keepers, Linda Fuller, owner of La Terra Natural Oils, and Gregg Black, owner of Patriot Postal Services have all started and managed successful businesses in the Savannah marketplace.

Meets monthly on the third Thursday of each month at 11:30 AM—1 PM. Location and guest speaker vary each month. Cost: $30 for members, $40 for nonmembers.

To celebrate the opening of Andy Kramer Auctions, we invite you to attend our Grand Opening President’s Day Auction at our new location at 8890 Abercorn Street (across from Carmax) on Monday, February 18 at 1:00 pm.

This auction will feature many items including multiple estates, original artwork, antique furniture, collectibles, fine oriental rugs, and much more! For more information, feel free to call our office at 912-353-8822 or Andy Kramer’s cell at 912-272-4573.

Ga. Auctioneers license #GA2538

A support group for those whose loved ones have died by suicide. Meets the 3rd Monday of each month at Full Circle from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

Tatemville Neighborhood Association Monthly Meeting. Third Monday of every month.

6:30 p.m. Mondays. The 13th Colony Sound Savannah Barbershop Chorus meets every Monday at Whitefield UMC. Please contact us for more information: savannahbarbershoppers@gmail.com. If you can carry a tune, come sing with us! For more information, go to 13thcolonysound.com.

The American Traditions Vocal Competition (ATC) returns for its highly anticipated 26th anniversary season Feb. 18-22, 2019. With an outstanding line up of 28 contestants, three new judges and one new pianist, this year’s performances are sure to entertain audiences of all ages. The 2019 competition kicks off with a Judge’s Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18 at Skidway Island United Methodist Church. Guests will enjoy an evening of music with performances by all three ATC judges.
At 4 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 and Wednesday, Feb. 20, the 28 quarterfinalists will perform three diverse, American songs each in the hopes of advancing to the semifinals. The first half of contestants competes on Tuesday, and the remaining contestants will put it all on the line Wednesday. The twelve artists who are selected from the quarterfinal rounds will sing their next set of three songs at the semifinals, slated for 4 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21. The cream of the crop will compete for top honors and prizes during the final round at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at the Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton Street.

Mondays are for laughing your face off! Come experience Odd Lot’s special brand of funny at Monday Night Madness every Monday at 7:30pm at the Loft on Liberty, directly above Savannah Coffee Roasters.

BNI is the largest referral networking group of its kind in the world. There are currently thousands of BNI chapters worldwide with over 200,000 members. Each year these members pass millions of referrals between themselves which translates into billions of dollars in business. We would like to invite anyone who has any interest in learning more about the power of referral networking and how it can help them grow their business and make more money to attend one of our weekly meetings as a guest. Imagine having 20-30 people helping to grow your business and send referrals your way every day of every week and having a pipeline to additional referral sources and networking opportunities by being a part of a group where you are treated like family. This is not a fantasy but a reality that we call BNI and hundreds of thousands of people are a part of it. Why not you?

Every Tuesday Bull Street Taco presents Taco’s for a Cause–supporting a different charity every month!

Meets every Tuesday at noon at Saint Leo University in Room 3.

​Tuesdays and Thursday from 5:30–8:30 PM. Classes in drama, brass, woodwind, vocal, dance, guitar and piano. All ages. Cost: $6 per lesson, fall, winter and spring quarters. For more information, call Lt. Shauntrice at 912-352-8366.

Please join us for our monthly assembly of the Thomas Square Neighborhood Association!

Meets monthly on the third Tuesday.

We are affiliated with Lions Clubs International, celebrating 100 years of service to humanity. Lions #1 project is to help prevent and eradicate all causes of blindness worldwide. Did you know that Type 2 Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness even in the United States? Our local Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Wilmington Island Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Road. We invite all service-minded individuals to attend a meeting and be our guest to see what we are all about. The third Tuesday is a catered meal with a program and/or guest speaker. We frequently have a booth at the Wilmington Island Farmers Market and/or ACE Hardware where we sell Lions Brooms (original American corn brooms) and grilled hot dogs as fundraisers for our charities.

Meets monthly on the third Tuesday.

Come out and join W.O.R.D (Way Of Real Discovery) every 1st and third Tuesdays of the month at Indulge Coffee for A Cup of Word open mic night. Come and experience the talent of some of the areas poets, singers, rappers etc. Sign up starts at 7 pm. Say Word!

The American Traditions Vocal Competition (ATC) returns for its highly anticipated 26th anniversary season Feb. 18-22, 2019. With an outstanding line up of 28 contestants, three new judges and one new pianist, this year’s performances are sure to entertain audiences of all ages. The 2019 competition kicks off with a Judge’s Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18 at Skidway Island United Methodist Church. Guests will enjoy an evening of music with performances by all three ATC judges.
At 4 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 and Wednesday, Feb. 20, the 28 quarterfinalists will perform three diverse, American songs each in the hopes of advancing to the semifinals. The first half of contestants competes on Tuesday, and the remaining contestants will put it all on the line Wednesday. The twelve artists who are selected from the quarterfinal rounds will sing their next set of three songs at the semifinals, slated for 4 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21. The cream of the crop will compete for top honors and prizes during the final round at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at the Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton Street.

Are you ready to take on the GA Capitol? Join One Hundred Miles for Capitol Conservation Day. February 20th is our annual bus ride from Savannah to advocate for coastal priorities in Atlanta. The bus is FREE for everyone to ride (registration required).
You’ll spend the day in a small group of coastal residents being guided by OHM staff. Groups will meet with legislators to lobby for coastal priorities, including:
• Offshore Drilling
• Oyster Mariculture
• Coal Ash
RSVP >> OneHundredMiles.org/CapitolConservationDay

*We leave from Walmart Super Center in Savannah at 5:30 am and will arrive home at 7:30 pm. Participants should be comfortable walking and standing for extended periods of time.

Monthly meetings of the CFO Council of Savannah take place the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, there is no cost to attend our breakfast meetings. Our usual agenda is as follows:

• 7:00 AM: Networking and Coffee
• 7:25 AM: Breakfast is Served
• 7:45 AM: Presentation Begins
• 8:30 AM: Meeting Adjourns 

Based on the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and engage with their communities over a million cups of coffee, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation developed 1 Million Cups in 2012—a free program designed to educate, engage and inspire entrepreneurs around the country. Through the power of volunteers, 1 Million Cups has grown to more than 180 communities.

As a program of the Kauffman Foundation, 1 Million Cups works with entrepreneurs, empowering them with the tools and resources to break down barriers that stand in the way of starting and growing their businesses. Mr. Kauffman believed it was a fundamental right for anyone who had a big idea to be able to bring it to life—and we’re here to fulfill that mission.