Calling all Chatham County youth!

Your challenge is to design or redesign The Front Porch logo, while capturing the spirit of what makes The Front Porch valuable: helping parents connect to resources for their children. You can tweak our current logo or come up with a completely new design!

Basic Guidelines:
Create your own original The Front Porch logo design/redesign
Save your creation as a PNG, JPG, or PDF
Write a 2-3 sentence description about your amazing idea
E-mail your work to scargile@chathamcounty.org or drop off a hard copy at The Front Porch office – 2203 Abercorn St.

Submission deadline is July 8th. ALL participants receive free SCAD and The Front Porch swag bags. The top 3 participants will have their submissions featured on The Front Porch Facebook and Instagram accounts.

Chant Camp, a week-long singing camp for children & teens ages 4-18, is offered this summer at Sacred Heart Church on June 8-12. In addition to choir rehearsals in large and small groups, campers enjoy enrichment classes that bring to life the history and artistry of sacred music, art, and architecture. All classes are taught by skilled professionals in their field.

Week-long improv camp culminating in a showcase. Family and friends invited to enjoy the performance on June 5 at 12 PM. Price per camper: $200; $150 per additional sibling.
Monday-Friday from 9 AM to 12 Noon. The Playhouse is at 415 W. Boundary St., around the corner from the Savannah Visitor Center and across the street from Garrison Elementary.

Get an exclusive look behind the scenes of one of Savannah’s premier event destinations! Join the Savannah Downtown Business Association for a special morning networking event at the Savannah Convention Center. Attendees will enjoy an inside look at the facility, learn more about its impact on tourism and economic development, and connect with fellow business professionals from across the Savannah area.

Whether you’re a longtime member or looking to grow your network, this is a great opportunity to engage with local leaders and experience one of the city’s most exciting venues firsthand.

📍 Savannah Convention Center
📅 Thursday, June 11th
⏰ 8:30 – 10:00 AM
🎟️ $25 Members | $30 Non-Members

Register today at SavannahDBA.com.

Join Sea Grant–funded researchers from Georgia Southern University for an engaging exploration of Tybee Island. Learn about plants and pollinators, the role of native bees in coastal ecosystems, and how climate and human activity influence these vital ecosystem processes.

The program begins at Jaycee Park (adjacent to Tybee Island Guard House), where researchers will introduce plant–pollinator relationships with live and preserved specimens. Participants will then explore the island’s native and landscaped plants through guided, field-based learning. Using a variety of field research techniques and the iNaturalist mobile app, participants will observe Tybee’s plants and learn how to monitor their responses to human activity.

This beginner-friendly program is designed for participants ages 15 and up, with no prior experience needed. The program is free, but registration is required to hold your spot. All ages are welcome, but children under 18 must be accompanied by a registered adult.

Come celebrate the in historic City Market one year anniversary of Alpha Mare Gallery! See the fusion of photography and paintings in what this husband and wife artistic duo dubs “paintography.” Decide “who did it better” on their joint wall, and discover art from additional member artists. This month long event is open Wednesdays – Sundays from 10-6 and every purchase enters you to win a $100 gift certificate on June 30.

From our humble beginnings as a cottage bakery in 2019 to opening our first storefront in 2021, it has been a privilege to serve the Savannah community our handcrafted scones, signature scuffins, and locally roasted coffee. We are overjoyed to announce the next chapter in our story: the grand opening of our second location in the heart of Historic Downtown Savannah. To celebrate this milestone and give back to the city that has supported us, a portion of our proceeds on grand opening day will be donated to Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia. We invite you to share in our excitement as we officially cut the ribbon on our new space on Congress Street. We have always believed that good food brings people together, and we look forward to welcoming you with the same Southern hospitality that has defined us from day one. Please join us for this celebration as we continue to grow alongside our incredible community!

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coastal reptiles
Have you ever wondered what loggerhead sea turtles eat? Why snakes flick their tongues? If lizards have ears? Learn the answers to these questions and more during our coastal reptiles program.

Aquarium educators will explain the importance of native reptiles inhabiting our diverse coastal habitats. Participants will enjoy a live reptile demonstration, interacting with snakes or turtles that serve as ambassador animals for education and conservation.

Registration is required and includes admission to the UGA Aquarium. All ages are welcome, but children under 18 must be accompanied by a registered adult.

Looking for ways to encourage your middle and high school students to get creative, meet new friends, and explore art in a fun and welcoming environment? Summer Teen Nights are back, inviting hands-on learning with SCAD artists, curators, and educators. Every workshop is three-pronged, offering time to explore the galleries or special collections, create art in a guided project, and enjoy dinner as a community. Introducing a different medium each week, every session offers a new skill to nurture.

Admission is $10 per student and includes all materials and dinner.

To sign up, email Hannah Thompson, manager of museum visitation and programming, at hthompso@scad.edu.

A guided blind tasting of wines from the original 1976 Judgment of Paris, experienced without labels or reputation. American and French wines are presented side by side, with perspectives offered by winery representatives and a French wine authority. The evening concludes with the reveal, conversation, and chef-paired bites.

Location: Kessler Fine Jewelry (Located in the lobby of the Power Plant Building)

Few grapes are as singly associated with a place as Sauvignon Blanc. Its delightful qualities have taken it far from the Loire Valley. We are pleased to welcome back to the Cooking School Ryan Smith from Rive Gauche Wines, to take us from the grape’s home in Sancerre to Austria and the US, with some remarkably diverse bottles.

Wines will be available for purchase.

Savannah Stress Reset is a weekly guided breathwork class at Daffin Park designed to help you release stress, regulate your nervous system, and sleep more deeply.

This is a beginner-friendly, experiential class focused on simple breathing exercises that help you feel calmer in real time. Perfect if you’re stressed, overstimulated, tired-but-wired, or just need a weekly reset.

We meet by the fountain near the tennis courts. Just bring yourself and dress comfortably.

Thursdays at 6:30 PM
Daffin Park, Savannah
1 hour • $15
Register: https://savannahbreathreset.com/stressreset

Join us for Top Shelf Trivia Music BINGO featuring great music and prizes at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa! Test your musical knowledge and compete against your friends and other patrons. It’s easy to play, and everyone is welcome!

Blending musical versatility, instrumental prowess, beautiful vocal harmonies, and a premier rhythm section, Easy Star All-Stars have established themselves as one of the top international reggae acts on the scene for nearly two decades. During this time, they’ve toured in over 30 countries on 6 continents bringing together fans of reggae, classic rock, dub, and indie rock into one big family.In 2023, the band released its first new album in its best-selling series of tribute albums in 11 years. The series began with Dub Side Of The Moon (2003), theatrically acclaimed reggae re-working of the classicPink Floyd album, then continued with Radiodread (2006), Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band (2009),and Easy Star’s Thrillah (2012), as well as the remix album Dubber Side of the Moon (2010). The All-Stars have also released two original collections, Until That Day EP (2008) and First Light (2011).The new tribute is a complete reggae re-imagining of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars album. Featured guest performers on the record include Macy Gray, MaxiPriest, Steel Pulse, Fishbone, Mortimer, The Skints, TheExpanders, Samory I, Naomi Cowan, SunDub,Alex Lifes on (Rush), and Vernon Reid (Living Colour).

*This is a standing show.

Come celebrate the in historic City Market one year anniversary of Alpha Mare Gallery! See the fusion of photography and paintings in what this husband and wife artistic duo dubs “paintography.” Decide “who did it better” on their joint wall, and discover art from additional member artists. This month long event is open Wednesdays – Sundays from 10-6 and every purchase enters you to win a $100 gift certificate on June 30.

Members: FREE | Non-members: FREE w/ admission •Let your little ones’ imaginations soar during our new Artful Tales Storytime every Friday at 10:30am in the Telfair Children’s Art Museum located at the Jepson Center. This enchanting program is perfect for young art lovers and curious minds, combining the joy of storytelling with the wonder of art. Each week, our skilled storytellers will bring captivating tales to life, encouraging creativity and imagination in a vibrant, art-filled setting. •Learn More/Register Link: https://www.telfair.org/family-programs/