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Things to do in Georgia in October

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When it’s October, fall festival season is in full swing. October  means seafood festivals, lots of football, fall festivals, Oktoberfest and then we top it all off with Halloween.

Pirate Fest, Tybee Island, GA

 

Oktoberfest on the River – Savannah, GA

September 30 – October 3, 2011
This year the Oktoberfest actually starts in September. Savannah has a wonderful Oktoberfest on Riverstreet. This festival has everything you expect from beer garden, to Oompah band and Wienerdog race. Visit our special events page for Oktoberfest on the River

Tybee Island Pirate Fest -Tybee Island, GA

October 6 – 9, 2011
Quickly change from lederhosen to peg leg and eye patch because as soon as the Oompah band stops playing, the pirates take over the whole island of Tybee. It’s time for the popular Pirate Fest on October 6 – 9, 2011. Check out our special events page for Tybee Island Pirate Fest.

Hand on learning

 

CoastFest 2011 – Brunswick, GA

October 1, 2011

Learn more about the coastal landscape, the marshes, and the life in the ocean in this very special annual festival perfect for families with young children. Touch tank, arts & crafts, living history events and lots of learning for free. Read more here.

 

 

Rock Shrimp Festival – St Marys, GA

October 1, 2011
This annual festival celebrates the Rock shrimp with a big party in downtown St. Marys. Lots of fun for the whole family with parade, 5K run, arts and crafts vendors, live entertainment and more. The highlight is of course the rock shrimp dinner! Watch our video from the festival here.

 

The Great Ogechee Seafood Festival – Richmond Hill, GA

October 14-16, 2011
There’s another seafood festival in Georgia in October. This time, head to Richmond Hill outside Savannah for lots of fun for the whole family. Find out more here – The Great Ogechee Seafood Festival.

 

Rockin’ Brunswick Stewbilee – Brunswick, GA

Shalom Y'All Jewish Food Festival

 October 22, 2011

There are so many fun food festivals on the Georgia coast in the month of October. This is one of our favorites – the Brunswick Stewbilee. This event is complete with Pooch Parade, arts & crafts and of course a Brunswick Stew competition. You can find out more about the event here.

Shalom Y’all – Jewish Food Festival – Savannah, GA

October 30, 2011
There is another food festival in Georgia this month. This festival takes place in Forsyth Park. Come explore Jewish food. Find out more on our special page for Shalom Y’all – Jewish Food Festival – Savannah

 

Savannah Film Festival

October 29 – November 5, 2011
This festival is getting bigger and bigger every year. The festival kicks off at the end of October, check out our special events page for Savannah Film Festival.

 

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Things to do in Georgia – October 2010

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When it’s October, fall festival season is in full swing and this is the month before the holidays take over. It’s time for Oktober Festivals, football and to top it off with Halloween.

Pirate Fest, Tybee Island, GA

Oktoberfest on the River – Savannah, GA

October 1 – 3, 2010
Savannah has a wonderful Oktoberfest on Riverstreet. This festival has everything you expect from beer garden, to Oompah band and Wienerdog race. Visit our special events page for Oktoberfest on the River

Tybee Island Pirate Fest -Tybee Island, GA

October 8 – 9, 2010
Quickly change from lederhosen to peg leg and eye patch because as soon as the Oompah band stops playing, the pirates take over the whole island of Tybee. It’s time for the popular Pirate Fest on October 8 – 9, 2010. Check out our special events page for Tybee Island Pirate Fest.

Georgia Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival – Jekyll Island, GA

October 7 – 10, 2010
In October Georgia is hosting the greatest diversity of bird species. Jekyll Island celebrates with a special festival where you can learn more about our birds and nature. Check out the special page for Georgia Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival on Jekyll Island, GA

The Great Ogechee Seafood Festival – Richmond Hill, GA

October 15-17, 2010
There’s another seafood festival in Georgia in October. This time, head to Richmond Hill outside Savannah for lots of fun for the whole family. Find out more here – The Great Ogechee Seafood Festival.

Shalom Y'All Jewish Food Festival

Tybee Island Festival of the Arts

October 16 – 17, 2010
Tybee Island goes straight from pirates to the arts, and why not. This is a great arts festival with lots of artists from the region. Read more on our page for Tybee Island Festival of the Arts

Shalom Y’all – Jewish Food Festival – Savannah, GA

October 31, 2010
There is another food festival in Georgia this month. This festival takes place in Forsyth Park. Come explore Jewish food. Find out more on our special page for Shalom Y’all – Jewish Food Festival – Savannah

Savannah Film Festival

October 31 – November 6, 2010
This festival is getting bigger and bigger every year. The festival kicks off at the end of October, check out our special events page for Savannah Film Festival.

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Savannah Film Festival Video from Opening Night

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The 2009 annual Savannah Film Festival opened with the university’s President Paula Wallace presenting the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award to Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster for recognition of their work in the acclaimed drama, “The Messenger.” Also, on hand to share the tribute was the film’s director and co-writer, Oren Moverman. Following the tribute to both actors festival goers were treated to a special screening of the film.

Looking out over the audience, Foster accepted his award from President Wallace by exclaiming, “Holy Smokes! I want to thank SCAD for inviting us…I’m deeply inspired by you and Savannah.”

Harrelson also graciously accepted his award from President Wallace, who applauded him for his support of sustainable living and invited him to apply for SCAD’s new degree in Design for Sustainability. Referring to his recent film, “Zombieland,” filmed outside of Atlanta, he said, “When I was filming earlier this year, I was told that I’ve got to go to Savannah, the best city in Georgia…there just weren’t enough zombies to kill.”

In “The Messenger,” Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. The film hits select theatres on November 13th.

Harrelson’s critically acclaimed portrayal of controversial magazine publisher Larry Flynt in Milos Forman’s “The People vs. Larry Flynt” garnered him best actor Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild nominations. Other highlights from Harrelson’s film career include “No Country For Old Men,” “The Thin Red Line,” “Ed TV,” “Wag the Dog,” “Kingpin,” “Natural Born Killers,” “Indecent Proposal” and “White Men Can’t Jump,” among others. He won an Emmy in 1988 for his role in the NBC sitcom “Cheers” and was nominated four additional times during his eight-year run on the show. He later made a return to television with a recurring guest role on the hit NBC series, “Will and Grace.”

Foster has starred in such films as “Alpha Dog,” “3:10 to Yuma,” and “X-Men 3.”
On television, he starred in the HBO drama “Six Feet Under,” for which he was nominated for two SAG awards. His other television work includes “Freaks and Geeks” and the Emmy-nominated HBO film “The Laramie Project.” His performance in Showtime’s “Bang Bang You’re Dead,” a meditation on school shootings, garnered him a Daytime Emmy.

For more information, visit www.scad.edu/filmfest.

Here is the video from the opening night of the Savannah Film Festival. Lots of stars in attendance.

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SCAD Cinema Circle announces 2009-2010 season, Savannah

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The Savannah College of Art and Design and its historic Trustees Theater announces the 2009-2010 season of the SCAD Cinema Circle. For the first time, all SCAD Cinema Circle screenings will include pre- and post-show discussions and offers membership packages with exclusive benefits, including special offers during the Savannah Film Festival.

The SCAD Cinema Circle seeks to provide film lovers and students with an enriching viewing experience of classic, award-winning and cutting-edge films from around the world. All screenings are presented at Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St.

Offering a stimulating movie-going experience, SCAD Cinema Circle films are introduced with a pre-show discussion that highlights the cinematic, cultural and historic importance of each film. At the conclusion of each film, a post-show discussion, led by SCAD’s Cinema Studies and Film and Television professors, provides an in-depth review of the film and the context in which it was produced.

Robert Eisinger, dean of SCAD’s School of Liberal Arts, said of the series, “Much like great books, great films demand critical and thoughtful analysis. Great films are deemed great because of their relevancy, as well as their entertainment and educational value. The SCAD Cinema Circle Series aims to provide viewers with an outstanding, exceptional experience.”

The SCAD Cinema Circle offers three levels of memberships for viewers to purchase ticket packages and qualify for special benefits. The top-level Producers Circle includes up to 14 tickets a year, a chance to purchase advance tickets to the Savannah Film Festival, free admission to a special screening for SCAD Cinema Circle members during the Film Festival, and advance ticket sales on select SCAD box office events ($100; $75 Senior/Military/Student/SCAD rate). The Directors Circle includes up to 14 tickets per year, free admission to the Savannah Film Festival special screening for SCAD cinema circle members and advance ticket sales on select SCAD box office events ($75; $50 Senior/Military/Student/SCAD rate). The Actors Circle offers six tickets per year ($30; $25 Senior/Military/Student/SCAD rate). All membership levels include the pre- and post-film discussions and the SCAD Cinema Circle quarterly newsletter. Individual film tickets are also available at $8 for the general public and $6 for seniors, students and military; individual tickets are free with valid SCAD ID.

For more information, call 912.525.5051 or e-mail trusteestheater@scad.edu. To purchase tickets, go to www.scadboxoffice.com.

The schedule of films follows:

Dr. Strangelove
Saturday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m.
Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) plummets into madness. Suspecting that communists are trying to rob Americans of their precious body fluids, he sends a bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. The American president meets with his advisers, and the Soviet ambassador tells him that if the U.S.S.R. is hit by nuclear weapons, this will trigger a “Doomsday Device,” which will destroy the United States with buried bombs.

Savannah Film Festival
Special Screening
During the 12th annual Savannah Film Festival, Oct. 31 – Nov. 7, the SCAD Cinema Circle will hold a special screening (to be announced by Oct. 1).

Harold and Maude
Friday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m.
Starring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Cyril Cusack
Directed by Hal Ashby
When extremely wealthy Harold (Bud Cort) is not staging his own suicide, he’s crashing funerals. This morbid young man falls in love with fellow funeral-crasher Maude (Ruth Gordon), a woman 50 years his senior, whose lust for life surpasses his own preoccupation with death.

Notorious
Friday, Jan. 15, 7, p.m.
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
In this classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller, government agent T.R. Devlin (Cary Grant) recruits Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) to spy on her father’s influential Nazi friends. As part of her cover, she marries ringleader Alexander Sebastian (Claude Rains), but finds she is falling in love with Devlin.

Woman in the Dunes
Saturday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m.
Starring: Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kishida
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
An amateur entomologist searching for insects by the sea is tricked by local villagers into living with a mysterious woman, who spends almost all her time preventing her home from being swallowed up by advancing sand dunes. The two begin a strange and erotic relationship that stretches over years, as the man’s hope for escape dims.

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Rosemary’s Baby
Friday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
Directed by Roman Polanski
Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow), the young wife of a struggling actor (John Cassavetes), is thrilled to find out she’s pregnant. But the larger her belly grows, the more certain she becomes that her unborn child is in danger. Perhaps there’s something sinister behind the odd enthusiasm her eccentric neighbors (Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon, in an Oscar-winning performance) have for her welfare. Or perhaps it’s all in her mind.

The Godfather
Saturday, April 10, 7 p.m.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire, Diane Keaton
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
This shadow epic follows the fortunes of the fictitious Corleone family, a powerful Mafia dynasty with its own system of honor, justice, law and loyalty that transcends all other codes. The film is based on the eponymous novel by Mario Puzo.

Sunset Boulevard
Saturday, April 24, 7 p.m.
Starring: Gloria Swanson, William Holden
Directed by Billy Wilder
In this bizarre tale, Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), an aging silent film queen, enlists the help of a struggling writer (William Holden) to make her comeback. From the unforgettable opening sequence through the unfolding of tragic destiny, the film is the definitive statement on the dark and desperate side of Hollywood. Erich von Stroheim as Desmond’s ex-husband and Nancy Olson as the bright spot in unrelenting omniscience deliver masterful performances in this winner of three Academy Awards.

The Bicycle Thief
Friday, May 21, 7 p.m.
Starring: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Widely considered a landmark Italian film, Vittorio De Sica’s tale of a man who relies on his bicycle to do his job during Rome’s post-World War II depression earned a special Oscar for its devastating power. The same day Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) gets his vehicle back from the pawnshop, someone steals it, prompting him to search the city in vain with his young son, Bruno (Enzo Staiola). Increasingly, he confronts a looming desperation.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Saturday, June 19, 7 p.m.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef
Directed by Sergio Leone
During the Civil War, a mysterious nomad (Clint Eastwood) enters into a partnership with a Mexican gunslinger (Eli Wallach), a man with a price on his head. The nomad turns the gunman in for the reward money and then rescues him at the last minute. The pair joins a sadistic criminal to pursue much bigger stakes.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Saturday, July 3, 7 p.m.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, James Mason
Directed by Richard Fleischer
In Jules Verne’s underwater tale of high adventure, Captain Nemo (James Mason) is a scientific genius who offers his technological secrets to humanity … but at a price. Journey under the sea in a futuristic submarine in this exciting science fiction classic.

Treasure of Sierra Madre
Saturday, July 17, 7 p.m.
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Walter Huston
Directed by John Huston
This Academy Award-winning film follows a trio of gold prospectors who set out to strike it rich and agree to split the take … until paranoia and greed consume one of them.

My Fair Lady
Saturday, July 31, 7 p.m.
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
Directed by George Cukor
Lovable Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) is rescued from the gutter and transformed into a genteel young woman by professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), who bet a colleague that he could turn any guttersnipe into a lady. The lavishly beautiful costumes and settings, much-loved music and brilliant acting make this an exceptional musical.