‘We just let it flow’
JAZZ PIANIST Eric Mintel has performed in all manner of venues: from small clubs and restaurants to the Kennedy Center (11 times!), and from large theatres and festivals to the Clinton White House. When he and his quartet appear as one of the featured acts at the upcoming 27th Annual Savannah Jazz Festival next Wednesday,…
A drink of cool water in a theatrical desert
DESPITE boasting an internationally-known annual film festival and at least three community-based film societies, Savannah has never enjoyed a dedicated, full-time art-house cinema. Over the past several years, local venues of varying sizes —ranging from the 60-seat Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, to the 200-seat auditorium of the Jepson Center for The Arts, and the 1,000+ Lucas…
Gay and Lesbian films to debut at Jepson
THIS SUNDAY night, the Jepson Center for The Arts plays host to the Inaugural Reception of the latest addition to our community’s growing list of not-for-profit, specialized film societies. Formed under the First City Network banner, The Savannah Gay & Lesbian Film Society aims to provide a steady, year-round program of acclaimed, positive-themed Lesbian, Gay,…
New release: The Women
The Women The witty and wise 1939 screen version of The Women, based on Clare Booth Luce’s play and helmed by “woman’s director” George Cukor, has been unfortunately refashioned as a Sex and the City wanna-be, in the process losing all the smoldering conflicts and zesty support system of its classic predecessor. In that version,…
Everything else that’s out there
The House Bunny According to the Internet Movie Database, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has appeared as himself (or a variation thereof) in over 150 movies, TV shows and video productions, including episodes of Laverne & Shirley, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Sex and the City. Presumably, Hefner enjoys lengthier screen time in the new…
Through a lens, darkly
I believe the common character of the universe is not harmony, but hostility, chaos, and murder. – Werner Herzog The great director Werner Herzog spoke those words in a voiceover for his 2005 amazing documentary Grizzly Man, about an eccentric environmentalist, Timothy Treadwell, who ends up mauled to death by one of the very creatures…
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Hot under the collar
A DISCUSSION about a new taxi ordinance turned contentious at the Savannah City Council’s Sept. 11 meeting. Taxi drivers will now be required to wear identifiable uniforms. That is just one of the changes taxi companies and drivers must make to comply, but it’s the one that prompted the most heated discussion. Companies also must…
Robin’s summer vacation
What I did on my summer vacation WITH SUMMER giving way to fall, memories of week long trips in June and July are spinning into two-minute-long September anecdotes. Last week at supper I heard tales of a summer cruise to Greenland, a driving trip gone awry on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and a family adventure…
‘I am Troy Davis’
LATE IN the afternoon of Sept. 12, the final chapter was written in the 19-year legal battle surrounding Troy Anthony Davis. After receiving a temporary stay of execution last July, Davis was denied clemency by Georgia’s Board of Pardons and Parole, the last administrative body that could have commuted Davis’s death sentence. The Davis case…
Fish tales
LEGENDARY filmmaker Werner Herzog focuses on life-and-death questions about the future of the planet in his documentary Encounters at the End of the World. Herzog filmed scientists at the South Pole to create the film, which will be presented Sept. 19 at Trustees Theater as part of the 2008 Gray’s Reef Ocean Film Festival. This…
Memories… like the corners of my mind
Memories, like the corners of my mind A visitor to Savannah reported that he was walking along Bay Street in Yamacraw Village when he was approached by a man who held him at gunpoint and robbed him. The victim said he was very intoxicated at the time of the robbery. He couldn’t remember anything about…
Sirens: Do they really get anyone’s attention?
Over the years I’ve noticed a variety of siren sounds for emergency vehicles. Is it true siren sounds have to be changed periodically, particularly in urban areas, to prevent drivers from getting used to a particular sound and not paying attention? —Dylan, Chicago Varietywise I don’t know that siren sounds are in the same league…
The nature of charity
YOU’LL GET an opportunity this week to buy some great photographs and help two deserving local nonprofits at the same time. Connect Savannah contributing photographer Jenn Blatty has organized an auction of her work from 6-8 p.m. this Friday at the Morris Center in Trustees Garden. Proceeds will benefit both the Court Appointed Special Advocates…
Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Tracy Grammer A respected name on today’s contemporary folk scene, this singing guitarist/songwriter came to prominence in a duo with the late, great Dave Carter, recording and touring with him from 1997 till his untimely death in 2002. Considered the premier interpreter of Carter’s back catalog, Grammer has earned raves for her subsequent solo work.…
“Wear Some Protection”
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
The Stanton Moore Trio with The CodeTalkers *** Here’s yet another high-profile booking at this upstart River Street venue that should have jam-band and N’awlins-style funk fans literally giddy with anticipation. Drummer extraordinaire Moore is a phenom who’s toured and recorded with an eclectic crew including Galactic, Corrosion of Conformity, Tom Morello (of Rage Against…
‘My aim is to not be a fad’
HOW TO DESCRIBE BOSTON-BASED GUITARIST and singer Miss Tess? A self-proclaimed “Modern Vintage” troubadour whose alternately plucky and sultry performance style draws heavily on acoustic swing, jazz, ragtime and hokum blues, this award-winning chanteuse and her dextrous backing band The Bon Ton Parade are making a name for themselves up and down the East Coast…
September 10th Winner
Welcome to Connect Savannah’s You Shoot group! We’re looking for your pictures of life in Savannah, Georgia and its environs for use on our homepage, and possibly in our printed paper. You can add photos to our feed by sharing your photo online. If your shot is really good, we might just run it in…
