What a tangled web we weave
— Officers were dispatched to a reported fight on the corner of Fahm and Zubly Streets. At the scene, they found a white male in a dress shirt yelling at a homeless man. The homeless fellow was telling the other guy to stay away from him, and the white guy was yelling that he wanted…
Big Gigantic, Justice Yeldham
BIG GIGANTIC At 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3 Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. $12 advance, $15 day of show. Boulder, Colo.’s dynamic duo of Dominic Lalli (saxophone) and Jermy Salken (drums). Big Gigantic is an elecronica, hip hop and jazz fusion band that utilizes loops, samples, synths and sizzling creative beats, with…
Local EPD office shut down; what’s next?
The state’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD) office in Savannah closed July 1, the most recent victim of the state’s ongoing budget cuts. Shuttering the local office raises questions about whether regulatory oversight in the area is sufficient to monitor the range of industry and development here. “We are running bare bones,” says Darrell Crosby, the…
Bites & Pieces: Po-Boys
Po-Boys When this little off-downtown eatery opened about a year ago I gave it a try. I was turned off by the overly enthusiastic menu, slow service and ho-hum fare. I went back this week to find a leaner, more efficient menu, a real penchant for doing things from scratch and a survivor’s attitude. I…
Steelhead & Jamaica
Next week kids, I have a lovely, juicy, value-driven Cabernet Sauvignon for you. But this week, please indulge one more week of beer. The story of craft beer pioneer Ken Grossman going from home brewer, to home brew supply dealer to founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is legendary among beer geeks. Grossman blazed the…
Smoking ban, millage increase pass
In what was probably one of the most anticipated City Council meetings of the year, our elected officials debated and voted on two of the most controversial issues of 2010 – the smoke free ordinance and a small increase in the millage rate. If you happen to see a re-broadcast on the city government channel,…
The write stuff
How surprising to discover that one of America’s foremost writers of paranormal fiction is a grounded, completely sane and riotously funny woman. From Georgia, no less. Sherrilyn Kenyon, whose books have hit the top of the New York Times bestseller list an astonishing 12 times, writes about vampires, shapeshifters, immortal warrior-protectors, gods, goddesses and the…
That Evening Sun @ Muse Arts Warehouse
THAT EVENING SUN *** Like the Jeff Bridges vehicle Crazy Heart, That Evening Sun is one of those films that generates nearly all of its goodwill from a smashing central performance by a long-established veteran. Here, it’s Hal Holbrook who shows up to demonstrate to Hollywood’s young pups how it’s done. Holbrook plays Abner Meecham,…
Remembering Sabrina
IN OCTOBER 2001, a local paper named Connect Savannah merged with another local paper named Creative Loafing (which I edited at the time) to create the product you’re looking at now. While the new paper retained the name of one of the parent papers, the result of the merger was a product which was unlike…
‘I write the kind of songs I’d listen to’
The All Night Drug Prowling Wolves are far more than just an anthropomorphic lifestyle choice. The quartet makes the kind of uncomplicated, riff–driven pub rock that was bread and butter for late ‘70s, first wave punk acts like the Clash, the Replacements or Social Distortion. The group released its second album, Make It Right, this…
Back2School for you?
Hartford Gongaware went back to elementary school last fall. He got a fifth grade pen pal named Christopher, he read some new books, and he and Christopher traded letters online about the books they read. “It was a learning experience for me,” says Gongaware. For a grownup with a masters’ degree, that’s saying something. Gongaware…
The politics of jazz
In New Orleans music circles, if your last name is Marsalis (or, for that matter, Neville) you have a reputation to live up to. Jason Marsalis is well aware that his family name carries certain expectations. The youngest of Ellis and Delores Ferdinand Marsalis’ six sons, the spotlight swung to him when he began playing…
Mark your calendar: Still more ‘Magnolias’
Apparently, we can never have too many steel magnolias. Hot on the heels of the City of Savannah’s auditions for its Oct. 1–10 production of Robert Harling’s tragicomic play Steel Mangolias, the Tybee Arts Association has announced its own production, with auditions set for 7 p.m. Sept. 6 and 7 at the Tybee Arts Center.…
