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RESCUE 912: An inside look at the Tybee Island Lifeguards
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” Those of us fortunate enough to live on or near Tybee Island know and appreciate the beauty of these poetic words in relation to our own coastal jewel. Before the coronavirus pandemic, Tybee Island welcomed more than a million…
Green Reads: CorkHouse hosts book release by Henry Jelinek
On Thursday May 12, from 5 to 7 p.m., award-winning Savannah author Henry Jelinek and local illustrator Cath Olivier will be at CorkHouse to celebrate the release of their new book “Pedro, Adventures of a Cork Harvester.” Following the the life of young Pedro, a boy from the Alentejo region in Portugal growing up on…
Folk-roots duo Chatham Rabbits found music and love
As young-old souls with undeniable chemistry, Chatham Rabbits – husband-wife duo Sarah and Austin McCombie, bring an original old-time Americana sound that creates the kind of rich harmonies only achievable by the closeness of a married couple. Considering themselves just as much storytellers as they are musicians, the duo’s musical journey began when they crossed…
INTRODUCTIONS: Meet Gerald Schantz
Gerald Schantz is Tybee’s favorite tie-dye wearing, pork-slinging, bearded hippie, living a life dedicated to philanthropy and feeding people good meals. When you drive out to the island you can’t help but notice Gerald’s Pig & Shrimp with its cartoon sign and mural and open-air patio off to the left just as you pull into…
Tybee Sea Turtle Project preparing for turtle nesting season
From now until October, Tybee Island will be visited by one of its most well-known visitors—sea turtles. May 1 marks the beginning of sea turtle nesting season along the Georgia coast. Volunteers from the Tybee Sea Turtle Project (STP) will walk the beach every morning during the season in search of turtle tracks or “crawls.”…
UGA Aquarium celebrating World Migratory Bird Day
UGA Marine Extension and Sea Grant will be celebrating the annual World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) on Friday, May 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 a.m. at the UGA Aquarium located on 30 Ocean Science Circle. The WMBD event is included with the cost of admission to the UGA Aquarium. Educators from the UGA Aquarium,…
Fight Dirty Tybee plastic upcycling workshop finds new purpose for litter
In a small workshop across from his home on Tybee Island, Tim Arnold and other Fight Dirty Tybee volunteers use a machine to shred and melt down plastics, using the material to create items such as planters, coasters and sea animal pendants. All plastics used to create these items were recovered on beach clean ups,…
WHAT ARE WE READING?
The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara In a future in which the world is run by the Board of Corporations, King’s daughter, Athena, reckons with his legacy―literally, for he has given her access to his memories, among other questionable gifts. With climate change raging, Athena has come to believe that saving the planet and…
BUNNY IN THE CITY: Coastal Conservation Association’s Fishing for our Future
Loving the theme of Fishing for Our Future, I cruise out to the Landings to catch Coastal Conservation Association Georgia Skidaway Island Chapter’s 22nd Annual Banquet and Auction on May 3. Waiting inside the Palmetto Room is my host Dave Devore. FYI- Dave isn’t a doctor. Just because his email says drdevore@…., doesn’t mean he…
TRAVIS JAUDON: Calvary football future looks even brighter with Russell DeMasi hire
A sports section in Connect Savannah? Well, maybe not quite a section. But a sports column has arrived at Connect and I couldn’t be more thrilled, and humbled, to be the one asked to write it. I am grateful to the editors and staff at CS, namely publisher Erica Baskin and content director Christopher Sweat,…
SAVANNAH’S BEST KEPT STEAK SECRET? Hit the Islands to find out
It’s hard to keep secrets about food these days. I’ve mentioned it in this this space before, but I’m regularly amused when people ask about ‘hidden gems’ and ‘off of the beaten path’ spots. Social media makes it hard for those to really exist anymore. When a new spot opens and it is very good,…
Savannah Rep adds ON BECKETT Starring Tony winner Bill Irwin
The Savannah Repertory Theatre will present “On Beckett,” conceived and performed by Bill Irwin (Fool Moon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 2005 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play), as its 2022 Season opener from May 12 – 15 at the Ben Tucker Theater in Savannah’s Cultural Arts Center. “Seeing this production in person…
