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.

Partake in dining, dancing, drinks, and karaoke to kick off the holiday season with Buy Local. $25 for members and $40 non-members. Tickets available at www.buylocalsavannah.com.

The Chamber’s Governmental Affairs Council will host its annual Eggs & Issues Legislative Breakfast at the DeSoto Hotel Savannah Tuesday, December 4 at 8:30 a.m. Featured guests will include members of the Chatham County legislative delegation, and the Chamber will present its 2019 State Legislative Agenda at this important meeting.

RSVP is required by November 30.

Ticket Cost: Individual tickets: $25 for Chamber members | $35 for non-members
Tables of 10: $250 for Chamber members | $350 for non-members
Contact: Jared Downs at JDowns@SavannahChamber.com or 912-644-6406

The Chamber Power Hour | December 4

Many small businesses want news coverage but what does it take to get news coverage? How does the news become the news? In this lunchtime seminar, attendees will learn how local news agencies find their stories, how to leverage their business’ strengths and how they can prepare for a news interview. They’ll also get some advice on how to handle a situation where a story doesn’t pan out the way they wanted. It’s important for the business community to understand how journalists do their jobs, why certain stories get covered and how to identify which news agency is best for their needs.

The Chamber Power Hour takes place the second Tuesday of each month and features a guest speaker from the community presenting a topic relevant to small business owners and employees as well as a hot lunch and opportunity to network with fellow small business members. Join us in December at the Catholic Diocese of Savannah!

Date: Tuesday, December 4
Time: 11:30 a.m. (networking) | Noon-1:30 p.m. (program)
Location: The Catholic Diocese of Savannah, 2170 E Victory Dr.
Parking: Parking available on site
Cost: $12, Chamber members only
RSVP: Click here to RSVP!
Contact: Brooke Phillips at BPhillips@SavannahChamber.com or 912-644-6459 or Leah Coleman at LColeman@SavannahChamber.com or 912-644-6458

Let’s Celebrate Your Right To Drink! 🥃

Join us at our speakeasy Wednesday, December 5th for a roaring good time as we celebrate the end of prohibition!

On December 5, 1933, the 18th Amendment prohibiting alcohol was repealed by the 21st Amendment – a day in history we’re happy to drink to! What does such a celebration include?

* Prohibition-era cocktail specials 🍸
* Live performance by Eric Britt 🎵
* Light snacks provided by Byrd’s gourmet cookies 🍪

Prohibition style cocktails will be flowing, you’ll be able to get your dance on to some live music and you can indulge in some other tasty treats we’ll have in store. It’s gonna be the cat’s pajamas!

So come celebrate the day America reclaimed its spirit with us! 🎉

You’re invited to join the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce at its 8th Annual Holiday Oyster Roast Business Connection! We’ll be roasting bushels of fresh, local oysters Thursday, December 6 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on the picturesque Harbor Lawn at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa. In additional to Savannah’s celebrated coastal cuisine, this favorite annual event will feature music, beverages, and relationship-building with the Savannah area’s business professionals.

Date: Thursday, December 6
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa
Cost: $10 Chamber members | $25 member guests
Contact: Brooke Phillips at BPhillips@SavannahChamber.com or 912-644-645

Come to join us for an evening of fun, food, and wine as we support LIFE (Living Independence for Everyone), another great organization that enriches our community.

Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE), Inc. is a Center for Independent Living (CIL) that serves the following counties in Southeast Georgia: Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Liberty, McIntosh, Tattnall, and Toombs. CILs are service and advocacy organizations run by and for people with disabilities. They focus on civil rights, the independent living philosophy, and inclusion. All Centers provide individual and systems advocacy, information and referral, peer support, independent living skills training, and transition services.

Mingle and meet fellow wine lovers as we hand pour and talk about six different wines and enjoy light appetizers prepared and served by the Virginia College Culinary program students. What a fun way to support local organizations that give so much to Savannah!

This charity event is just $20/person if you pre-register and sign up online or $25 at the door. Admission proceeds and 10% of wine sales during the event will benefit the evening’s promoted organization.

Savannah Santa Train, one of the largest annual holiday events in the lowcountry, will take place on Saturday, December 8, 2018 from 9 am to 5 pm at Georgia State Railroad Museum, located at 655 Louisville Rd., Savannah, GA.

To celebrate the tenth-annual event, there will be more workshops and special programming than ever before! Guests can build a holiday wonderland with Snapology, enjoy caroling from Savannah Stage Company, see and purchase handmade holiday spinning tops created by the Lowcountry Turners, create custom t-shirts with Maven Makers, enjoy performances from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” by Savannah Children’s Theatre and design holiday cards for hospital patients with Savannah Children’s Museum’s “Carts with heART” program.

Other activities for visitors will include learning how to shoulder a musket during Toy Soldiers Training, festive holiday dancing with Three Fold Chord, engaging in STEAM learning to see how a chimney works during Chimney Science, celebrating different cultures during our “Holidays Around the World” scavenger hunt, taking a holiday-themed ride on a historic steam locomotive and sharing a Christmas wish with Santa Claus. The Salvation Army will also be bringing their mobile Canteen with free donuts and coffee.

In addition to the many workshops and activities, visitors can purchase a gourmet grilled cheese from The Big Cheese food truck and have a sweet treat for dessert from Leopold’s Ice Cream.

Savannah Santa Train is hosted each year by Georgia State Railroad Museum and Savannah Children’s Museum. Tickets are $15 per person for all guests eighteen months and up and pre-registration is required at: bit.ly/Santa-Train18. Train rides are available every twenty minutes, so please select a time to reserve your spot. Activities-Only tickets are also available for guests who do not wish to ride the train.

Savannah’s Holiday Tour of Homes features exquisite architecture, beautiful furnishings, and gracious hospitality. This intimate tour experience allows guests to look “behind the doors” at some of Savannah’s most beautiful private residences, festively decorated Historic Inns and culturally significant Museum homes.

*Funds from the tour support the Downtown Savannah Association community grant program.*

TOUR OPTIONS

Tour of Homes I: 10 am – 4 pm (Houses from 10 – 2, Museums from 10-4 and Inns from 12:30-3:30)

Tour of Homes II: 12 am – 4 pm (Houses from 12-4, Inns from 12:30 – 3:30, Museums from 10-4,)

Each of these tours features the same private homes, three historic Inns, and two Museum Houses in Savannah’s Historic Landmark District AND the Massie Heritage Center. To avoid overcrowding and long lines, the Private Houses portion of the Tour has been broken into two separate tours, Tour 1, from 10-2 and Tour 2 from 12-4. The Inns and Museum houses will be open to both Tours for the same hours.

The Museum Houses: Open from 10-4
– Andrew Low House, an Italianate mansion where Juliette Low founded the Girl Scouts of America

-Green-Meldrim House, one of America’s finest and most lavish examples of Gothic Revival architecture, served as General Sherman’s headquarters during his occupation of Savannah.

-Massie Heritage Center, a resource center for living history featuring original Georgia school system building, classroom, period costumes, and information on local history and historic preservation.

Historic Inns: Open from 12:30-3:30
– The Ballastone Inn
– Eliza Thompson House
– The Kehoe House

Where you start your tour

Tour Headquarters will be at the Jepson Center, located at 207 W York Street on Telfair Square. This is where you will begin the tour by picking up your tour Guidebook. The Guidebook is your required ticket for entrance into the tour locations. Guidebook pickup will begin an hour before your Tour Session.

Artists of the Society of Bluffton Artists (SoBA) are preparing their creative wares for the Sixth Annual Holiday Boutique, scheduled for November 14th-December 14th at the gallery’s Center for Creative Arts building next door.

The boutique offers the community a unique place to shop for the holidays from local artists with a variety of creative items to choose from — including jewelry, cards, holiday decorations, small paintings, floral arrangements and fiber art. Prices range from $15 to $350.

“It’s always a fun surprise to see the unique, creative things that people bring in,” said Gayle Miller, SoBA’s president. “This gives the SoBA members the opportunity to display and sell other art pieces that normally wouldn’t be sold at the gallery. They really enjoy the challenge.”

The boutique opens from November 14th through December 14th. The hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

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?

Artists of the Society of Bluffton Artists (SoBA) are preparing their creative wares for the Sixth Annual Holiday Boutique, scheduled for November 14th-December 14th at the gallery’s Center for Creative Arts building next door.

The boutique offers the community a unique place to shop for the holidays from local artists with a variety of creative items to choose from — including jewelry, cards, holiday decorations, small paintings, floral arrangements and fiber art. Prices range from $15 to $350.

“It’s always a fun surprise to see the unique, creative things that people bring in,” said Gayle Miller, SoBA’s president. “This gives the SoBA members the opportunity to display and sell other art pieces that normally wouldn’t be sold at the gallery. They really enjoy the challenge.”

The boutique opens from November 14th through December 14th. The hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

You are invited to join the Junior League of Savannah Lowcountry members as they collect school supplies to be donated to Hilton Head Elementary School in memoriam of Charli Bobinchuck.
This event will take place at Old Town Dispensary (15 Captains Cove Rd., Bluffton, SC) on Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 from 5:30pm-7:30pm.
Please RSVP on the facebook event so we have an approximate head count for appetizers. A cash bar will also be available.
A list of the supplies needed and requested are below. Items are listed in order of need.
Earbuds (with USB ends if possible)-top item requested!
Lysol wipes
Kleenex
Sticky notes (post-it notes) 3×3
Expo or dry-erase markers any colors, but black is helpful
Scissors
Hand sanitizer
Color sharpies
Colored pencils
Colored markers
Glue, tape, paper clips, staples
Construction paper
Special requests: play-doh (special Ed), masking tape and duct tape (studio), liquid watercolors and oil pastels (art), transparent sheet protectors (Chinese)