Nick Cave’s Soundsuits
Photos from Nick Cave’s Soundsuit performance on 11-14-09 as part of SCAD’s deFINE Arts Festival.
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Reviews: 2012, A Serious Man, The Box
2012 *1/2 The perfect follow-up for those moviegoers who were simply crushed when Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen wrapped up at a too-brief 142 minutes, 2012 contributes another 158 minutes to the cause of wham-bam-thank-you-man cinema. No effect is too preposterous, no sound too deafening, and no cliché too enormous to be left out of…
Two views on Barrow health care vote
Barrow did the right thing Editor, Regarding your column “John Barrow’s vote too far”: John Barrow’s vote against the Pelosi Health Care bill should come as no surprise to anyone. I believe your interview with Congressman Barrow, a few months ago, indicated just that. Given the fact that Barrow is part of the “Blue Dog”…
Attack of the Bumper Jumper
Around 3:30 a.m. an officer on patrol observed a white male jump on the trunk and rear bumper of an unoccupied, parked vehicle. As the officer continued east on Congress Street, he watched the suspect repeat bouncing up on down on the back ends of several cars “causing the vehicle to quickly shake up and…
Why are state boundaries so screwed up?
How is it that, in places without natural features such as a river or mountain range to mark a border, U.S. states could establish a nice, even line over hundreds of miles before GPS? – Granite-Morale The lines aren’t always nice and even. Study a U.S. atlas and you’ll find many supposedly straight boundaries with…
Organic sex toys
Lead Story For some consumers, good environmental citizenship is important even when choosing among sex accessories. No longer will they tolerate plastic personal vibrators made with the softeners called phthalates; or body lubricants that contain toxic chemicals typically found in, say, antifreeze; or leather restraints from slaughtered cattle. In an October issue, Time magazine described…
Barrow’s vote too far; Film Fest wraps
Congressman John Barrow of Savannah represents a district where more than one out of five people not on Medicare are uninsured. Despite this sobering statistic, this past Saturday he was one of 39 Democrats voting against President Obama’s landmark health care legislation, which narrowly passed the House of Representatives. Regardless of what you think of…
Here’s Johnny!
100 years after the day he was born here, one of Savannah’s favorite native sons, Johnny Mercer, will be honored with a life-size bronze statue that will be unveiled next Wednesday near the northwestern corner of Ellis Square. Besides being a long overdue tribute to the legendary songwriter, the ceremony will also mark the end…
If you give a kid a book
Among the list of accomplished local and national authors appearing at the Children’s Book Festival this week, one of the most notable is Laura Numeroff, who turned a lifelong passion for reading into a successful career that has spanned decades, and included beloved titles like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, What Mommies Do…
Sound, mind and bodies
As part of SCAD’s inaugural deFINE Arts Festival, which kicks off this week, artist Nick Cave – not the goth–toned musician of Bad Seeds fame – will be in town for a unique performance on Saturday night involving his soundsuits – elaborate ceremonial costumes composed of found objects. Cave is bringing 30 of his soundsuits…
On a High Valley high
The world’s best wines — regardless of price tag — almost universally come from regions of sympathetic soils, correct temperature ranges and just the right amount of rainfall and sunlight. That loosely defines the word “terroir,” the magical elements that make vinifera grapes do what they do best — create great wines. In America, these…
Something for everyone
The sixth annual Savannah Children’s Book Festival kicks off on Saturday, and as with years past, will offer up something for the young and the young at heart, bringing a wide array of national and regional talent to spend a day in Forsyth Park. The SCBF is one of the many great success stories among…
Why another Troy Davis hearing?
At 1 a.m. on August 19, 1989, 27 year old police officer Mark McPhail, who did part time security work at Burger King on Oglethorpe Avenue, tried to rescue Larry Young, a homeless person, who was being harassed and beaten in the bus station- Burger King parking lot. For his courage and compassion, McPhail was…
That’s Mister Mercer to you
While most everyone has gotten the word that this year marks the centennial of Johnny Mercer’s birth, comparatively few people really know that much about the Savannah native and Oscar-winning lyricist himself. Which is a shame. At their best, Mercer’s tunes marked an early, successful example of racial crossover in popular music, and his rhyme schemes…
Random bites: Al Salaam, Shawarma King
This week I have been curiously attracted to Middle Eastern cuisine. I also wanted to stray from the usual haunts and luckily found…. Al Salaam Deli Man, I’ve driven passed this hole in the wall joint hundreds of times and never gave it a second thought. Some Facebook buzz about the felafel raised my curiosity…
Can you tell me how to get to ‘Avenue Q’?
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark TV series Sesame Street. All similarities between that beloved preschooler program and the musical comedy Avenue Q, however, end there. Don’t – don’t – bring your little ones to Friday’s touring production of Avenue Q at the Johnny Mercer Theatre. It’s decidedly grown–up stuff — and…
Haochen Zhang, Jackson Browne
HAOCHEN ZHANG Here’s what the Dallas Morning News had to say about a recent performance by pianist Haochen Zhang: “He had the spiky brilliance where called for, and the cadenzas were high drama. Zhang ripped into the finale at a pace the Chicago Symphony Orchestra would be hard-pressed to match.” Not six months ago, the…
Sweet, soulful and Savannahian: Kristina Train
Now that her debut CD has been released by giant Blue Note Records, Kristina Train is beginning to realize the dream she had while growing up in Savannah: Singing for lots and lots and lots of people. Although Blue Note is one of the most respected jazz labels in America, Spilt Milk isn’t a jazz…
What’s Next: AASU theater, Pretty Things
Novelist Julie Otsuka’s acclaimed When the Emperor Was Divine has been adapted for the stage by Peter Mellen of Armstrong Atlantic State University, and the college’s Masquers theater troupe is performing a staged reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 in the AASU Jenkins Hall theater. Admission is free. When the Emperor Was Divine is…
In with the old: Christabel and the Jons
The final track on Christabel & the Jons’ CD Custom Made For You, coming as it does after 12 swingin’ jazz and old–timey torch songs, is a bit of a shocker. It’s “The Galaxy Song,” written by Eric Idle for the movie Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life: Just remember that you’re standing on a…
Dude, where’s my gun?
A man called police because a new gun he’d just purchased was stolen. At around 4 p.m. the man parked his van in the driveway and began unloading his recent purchases from the vehicle to his front porch, including a shotgun with a camouflage stock.He then began to take a few items inside, when he…
Telfair Art Fair is this weekend
There are, of course, many reasons to visit Savannah, from the fair weather, to the living history, to the fact that Robert Redford is in town making a movie. Artists like to come here for the Telfair Art Fair, an annual tented event that invites only the best of the best, and always delivers a…
