‘A Resolution You Can Keep: Make 2013 the Best Year Yet’
5:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 31. ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard St. The theme for the upcoming ThincThursday is “A Resolution You Can Keep: Make 2013 the Best Year Yet.” This week’s theme will explore the question of whether success and failure are two sides of the same coin and offer alternative approaches to making this year the best year yet. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kellie Groover at kellie@thincsavannah.com.
Creating a landscape with exceptional winter interest
10-11:30 a.m. Jan. 31. Annex Classroom. Once the holidays are over, does your landscape seem bleak and sad? The Deep South winter is so mild that many plants actually look their most stunning this time of year! Learn which evergreens to grow for foliar texture and color, and which plants have magnificent bark, buds or winter blooms. Also, learn tips on pairing plant combinations to accentuate their winter beauty in containers or in the ground. Instructors are Philip Schretter and Jamie Burghardt and the fee is $12. For more information, call 912-921-5460.
Mulberry Grove Foundation board meeting
7 p.m. Jan. 31. City of Savannah Office Building, 66th Street and Paulsen Street. On Jan. 31, the Mulberry Grove Foundation board will host its next meeting in the City of Savannah Office Building. The purpose of the foundation is to preserve Mulberry Grove, the plantation where Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, located on the Savannah River just north of Savannah. The public is invited. Contact Hal Murray III at 912-355-8466.
‘China: Today’s Future City’
5:30 p.m. Jan. 31. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. Where do we find inspiration for future urbanism? According to Jeffrey Johnson, director of the China Megacities Lab and adjunct assistant professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, the “city of the future” can be found in rapidly urbanizing China. Johnson presents observations on the contemporary city in China in this presentation. Many of these observations are also reflected in his upcoming new book, “China Lab Guide to Megablock Urbanisms,” due out later this year. Based in Brooklyn, N.Y., Johnson is also principal at the well-known architectural studio, SLAB.
Senior Citizens Inc.’s Annual Blanket Drive
Through Jan. 31, anyone donating a new blanket at the following Starbucks coffee stores and at SCI headquarters will receive a coupon for a free tall cup of coffee from Starbucks. Locations include: 49 E. Montgomery Crossroads; 2106 E. Victory Drive; 1 E. Broughton Street; 5500 Abercorn St. (Twelve Oaks Shopping Center); and 7804 Abercorn St. (Oglethorpe Mall).
JEA to feature Ching Ma
Through Jan. 31. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Ching Ma has shown her capability to catch nature in realistic style and in free form. In recent years, she has moved toward more impressionism and the abstract, not to show what people can already see, but instead to show what people cannot see. It is more a spiritual and sensual journey. Her new work is the fruit of her recent trip to London and cross-country trek to the Western United States.
January featured artists at Gallery 209
January. Gallery 209, 209 E. River St. The Gallery 209 featured artist for January is Melissa Schneider. She is one of our newest members and is a local photograph encaustic artist. She applies layers of encaustic wax over photographs, giving them depth and beauty. Her subject matter is mostly local historic scenes of Savannah and Beaufort. Open daily from 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. For more information, call 912-236-4583 or go to www.gallery209savannah.com.
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