A list of the top ten events you can’t afford to miss for the upcoming week. Click event for details.

May 15
Savannah Fashion Week Trunk Show @ Custard Boutique

May 17
Georgia Historical Society Garden Party

May 17
3rd Annual Savannah Fashion Week Runway Show

May 18
Tybee Island Beach Bum Parade 2012

May 18 & 19
SEAM: Savannah Emerging Artists Movement (Preview and Pop-Up Shop)

May 18
Preservation Festival – Preservation Wine Tour

May 18
Alzheimer’s Association Dancing Stars of Coastal Georgia

May 18
Exposed Fashion Show

May 19
SCAD Fashion Show 2012

May 19
Savannah Philharmonic Season Finale: Schubert & Bruckner

Savannah’s inaugural month-long Preservation Festival is in full swing. Last Thursday Historic Savannah Foundation celebrated outstanding rehabilitation, craftsmanship and new design during its Awards Luncheon at Ships of the Sea Museum Garden. A jury of local experts in architecture, planning, design and related fields scrutinized nominations, and awarded projects that have made a difference and represented a variety of interests throughout Savannah and Chatham County. Award-winning projects ranged from the restoration of the Houston Praise House in Port Wentworth which once served slaves on Rice Hope Plantation to a 1920s-style Tybee Cottage. Project winners Steve and Louisa Buckner shared their story of how the restoration of their home at 611 Whitaker Street brought them together in a joint endeavor after the death of their spouses. The two were married in front of the mantelpiece amid construction debris and unfinished walls.