Geekend, the design and technology conference that debuted with resounding success last Fall, has just announced most of its lineup for 2010. Geekend runs November 4 through 6 at the Coastal Georgia Center.

End poverty? Bring about world peace? Cure cancer? Ted Batchelor’s personal goal isn’t so lofty. He wants to impress you by setting himself on fire.

The debate over a proposed municipal anti-smoking ordinance continues this week. The ordinance would close loopholes in the state's 2005 Clean Air Act, which currently allows smoking in bars and at outdoor seating for restaurants and cafes.

About an hour south of Savannah off Highway 17 in McIntosh County are two of the most interesting (and free!) sights on the Georgia coast.

It’s been a year since the issue of food access became part of the larger local dialogue about improving community health, following a visit to town by food accessibility consultant Mari Gallagher. While there have been improvements since then, there’s still progress to be made.

In the future, if we end up fighting a war against autonomous humanoid robots (sort of like the Terminator movies), then we might blame students from Georgia Tech Savannah for their role in making such things possible.

This week Savannah joins a fast-growing list of cities around the world that will host an independent TEDx event this year.

On Thursday evening, journalist and author Farai Chideya stops in Savannah to give a talk during the Jepson Center’s Juneteenth programming.

Anywhere you went downtown, sooner or later you were bound to get a glimpse of Ron Higgins' Savannah Movie Tours luxury coach. He drove the air-conditioned 16-seater nearly every day of the year, and on the back was the iconic image from Forrest Gump, slightly altered: The man in the white suit, perched on a bus-stop bench and looking off into the distance, was Ron Higgins himself.

Students from Savannah Arts Academy’s Making A Difference group (MAD) helped gather an enthusiastic and generous crowd for a talent show at the Sentient Bean May 25 to benefit the organization Invisible Children.

The row of lights over the stage in Gadsden Elementary’s cafeteria might not shine down on the aspiring young thespians and musicians at the May Street school next year. The props, scenery and musical instruments that have been a central part of the school’s two-decade tradition of fine arts programming might end up collecting dust in storage.

Thomas Square Park, right next to the Bull Street Library, is considered by most of us today to be very near the heart of downtown Savannah.

In some urban areas, sidewalk chalk art is as revered as fine oils and watercolors. Artists learn, experiment, teach and compete with everything from total naturalism to multicolored 3–D imagery.

Step Up Savannah, the local organization dedicated to poverty reduction, was asked to join a join a discussion that will help shape workforce policies nationally.

In Savannah, hearty St. Patrick's Day breakfast parties are as much a tradition as wearing green blazers and kissing soldiers in the parade. Good food, fellowship, and the occasional "adult beverage" are the order of the day for longstanding parties with decades of history behind them.