MacGruber, Shrek Forever After
MACGRUBER *1/2 It’s not unusual for a film to be held from critics until the last minute — generally a 7:30 p.m. screening the night before opening — but in the case of MacGruber, its studio elected to hold it until the last second, which in this case translated into a 9 p.m. screening the…
Will the spill make it here?
LET’S CUT TO THE CHASE and answer the questions foremost on your mind: Will oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico make it to the Georgia coast? Probably. Will the oil get into our marshes? Unlikely, but possible. A recent talk with several Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SKIO) experts shed…
PixxByTango
I am a Professional Photographer and these are just some of the images I have captured. [slideshow-1]
2010 Connect Savannah Best of Savannah Awards Party
2010 Connect Savannah Best of Savannah Awards Party at Club One Tuesday, May 18. Photos courtesy of Joshua Branstetter and Jabberpics.
Dressing up
Just because the SCAD Fashion Show is over doesn’t mean that you can put away your couture just yet. Following on the coat tails of the art college’s prestigious week of events, a group of downtown business owners have banded together to create the first ever Savannah Fashion Week, which will highlight some of the…
Black Tusk
People are still talking about the Spin magazine story from last November, Metal in the Garden of Good and Evil, which introduced the world to “a creative hotbed, producing thunderingly heavy, reliably left-of-center artists who’ve begun exporting the Savannah sound to the rest of the world.” Among the bands featured in this story-heard-round-the-world was Black…
What’s Next: Video Bob
All the legendary rock figures of the 1960s have archives full of “lost” footage, i.e. film and video clips they haven’t seen fit, for one reason or another, to make available commercially. While the Beatles used a lot of their “lost” stuff for the 10–hour Anthology, there still exist hours upon hours of live material,…
Exhibits & openings this week
Dear People of the Future – Artist Phil Musen exhibits new paintings and sculptures sending a message to the people of the future, followed by the burial of a time capsule only to be opened after the artist’s death. Opening reception: May 21, 6-10pm. The Co-Laboratory, 631 E. Broad St. , http://zecolab.tumblr.com/ Diane Von Furstenburg:…
Infidelity & Native Americans
Is it true Native Americans cut off the noses of adulterous wives? Sounds like European propaganda about “savages.” -Lisa W. Evidently some did, which unarguably is savage behavior. But how best to define the group of savages we’re talking about? Candidates: 1. Native Americans. 2. The human race. Seriously, you ever hear of cocker spaniels…
World’s Most Litigious Tennis Pro
Lead Story Briton Robert Dee, feeling humiliated at being called the “world’s worst tennis pro” by London’s Daily Telegraph (and other news organizations) sued the newspaper for libel last year. After taking testimony in February 2010, the judge tossed out the lawsuit in April, persuaded by Dee’s having lost 54 consecutive international tour matches (all…
News from Down Under
I was scouring retail shelves looking for a pair of refreshing wines I could use for entertaining. As it turns out, I should have been poking around the outback. What I turned up on my walk about was a pair of sparkling wines from Australia that are fresh, tasty and offered something unique to my…
Random bites: Sundae Cafe
Sundae Cafe Newcomers who find this unobtrusive Tybee Island restaurant think it’s a well guarded secret. It’s not. In fact, Sundae Cafe came out of the chute fast and has stood the test of time in a market that has gobbled up other restaurants with rising taxes, a wildly changing seasonal population and discouraging gasoline…
Like father, like son
Several years ago, the first time I heard about a painter named Panhandle Slim, it immediately evoked an image of some artistically inclined drifter riding the rails with an easel and some acrylic paints, who showed up downtown one day with an armload of colorful, primitive portraits and tried to earn some drinking money hawking…
The McCain that was
Editor, America certainly owes a debt to John McCain. He endured things as a POW that we cannot even begin to imagine. That said, the John McCain we knew 9 or 10 years ago is not the John McCain we see now. He used to be a man of strong principles, willing to take a…
Steady climb
Perhaps the most popular indie band in the country right now, the Hold Steady come to Savannah May 25 with a rock ‘n’ roll roadshow that has all the energy of a sweat-soaked punkfest, and the anthemic songs and heart-pounding glory of a stadia-sized classic rock event. In other words, singer, songwriter and guitarist Craig…
