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AND AbOII Crabbin' Along the Georgia Coast exhibit at McIntosh Art Center Award winning oil art ist, Michael Reibel opens his solo exhibit Friday April 3 at the Old Jail Art Center in Darien. The body of the work that will be displayed is inspired by McIntosh crabber Michael Vernon. Reibel, a Kentucky resident, has spent count less horn’s on the water and in the marsh with the Miller family of Shellman Bluff. Last summer he came to the area to spe cifically shadow crab bers and their work. He made early morn ing trips behind Michael Vernon’s boat, Dirty Deeds II, shooting over a thousand reference photos to fully explore and research his topic. His paintings of life on the Julienton River in McIntosh County cap- time the solitude, hard work and beauty of the crabber’s daily journey throughout thescenic waterways. This featured exhibit, Crabbih Along the Georgia Coast, will be on Oil paintings by Michael Reibel. Top: Sortin The Catch; Bottom: Where's that trap? Jail Art Center is free to visit and open every Tuesday through Saturday 10 display and paintings for sale through the end of June. The McIntosh Old a.m. to 4 p.m. and is located on Rt. 17 in downtown Darien. □ We’re Back...dig out the picnic basket, grab the children , your favorite beverage and Join Mason Waters and the Groove Allstars at the Rhythm on the River Concert Sun day, April 5 at 6:00 pm, Mary Ross Park. Admission $10.00, children 12 & under free. Sponsored by: ■ City of Brunswick ■ The Coastal Bank of Georgia ■ Georgia Power ■ McGinty Gordon & Associates ■ Main Street Brunswick ■ Spanky’s ■ Turner & Associates ■ Southeast Georgia Health System THE ISLANDER, MARCH 30, 2009, PAGE 17 YWCA to host Women’s Leadership Institute The YWCA of Brunswick, along with the Georgia Center for Nonprofits and Communities of Coastal Georgia Foun dation will host the Women’s Lead ership Institute beginning Thursday, April 9 at the YWCA’s Board Room. This 8 session series for women will take participants through useful basic skills, expose them to the main func tions of the nonprofit board, squarely address some of the challenges women face in gaining and exercising leader ship, and drill down into the critical fiscal management role of the board. Each session will be 3 to 4 hours. Participants will receive a toolkit for their use as board members, and a certification of completion from the Georgia Center for Nonprofits and the YWCA. Registration is underway. Call Ann Granger at 265-4100 or visit www. ywcabrunswickga.org for more info. □ Computer Club The Southeast Coastal Georgia Computer Club will meet Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m., at the Brunswick Glynn County Library on Gloucester Street, downtown Brunswick. There will be a presentation on Computer Security - What You Need to Know. Anyone interested in computers is urged to attend, especially novice users. All meetings are open to the public. No fees or membership requirements. For information contact Steve Olda- ker at 912-267-7613, info@secgcc.com or visit www.secgcc.com. □ 8th annual 'Spring Fling' for Disabled Citizens The 8th annual 'Spring Fling' for Disabled Citizens will be held Satur day, April 18 from noon to 3 p.m. at Mary Ross Park in Downtown Bruns wick This unique event is intended for our disabled citizens, regardless of age or type of disability, as well as the general public. There will be free food, activities, live entertainment, a petting zoo and hourly raffle drawings. Disability Services information will be available. The event is sponsored by The Brunswick Glynn County Mayor’s Committee On Services For The Dis abled, Inc. For more information, call 912-267-7613. □ Karma Yoga The yoga teachers at St. Simons Health and Fitness, along with sup port from all the staff, management and owners of the fitness center will hold a "Karma Yoga - Pay it Forward" day on Saturday, April 4, at the Winn Dixie on St. Simons Island, from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. The event will help stock the food pantry shelves of our local charity, Faithworks - The Sparrows Nest, in Brunswick. St. Simons Health and Fit ness is extending this effort to all their members by placing additional food collection boxes inside the gym. For more information, contact Con nie Windon at St. Simons Health and Fitness at 912-222-2357 or by email at cwindon@glynn.kl2.ga.us. □ In “The Village” under the big sign "Mmm, Mmm, The signature dishes - crab cakes, she-crab soup, and a gooey whipped cream-topped brownie-like concotion dubbed 'chocolate stuff deserve the atten tion they get. ” Southern Living Magazine, June 2007 Open daily from 11 a.m. 214 Mallory Street • 912-634-6500