Oct. 28: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, Oct. 28): Day Two of the Savannah Film Festival includes a screening of Hairspray, with director Adam Shankman, the new Denzel Washington thrill Flight, with festival honoree John Goodman in attendance, and Violet & Daisy, followed by a Q&A with writer/director Geoffrey Fletcher and star James Gandolfini. The Shalom…
Oct. 27: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Oct. 27): Quite a busy Saturday in Savannah. In the Telfair Rotunta, there’s an operatic vocal concert, with the Savannah Philharmonic Chorus and soloists, featuring music by Carlisle Floyd, who’ll be in attendance. “An American Songbook Concert” begins at 7:30. Hosted by opera great Sherrill Milnes. There’s a full…
Oct. 26: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, Oct. 26): As part of National Opera week, legendary composer Carlisle Floyd is in town and will conduct a Q&A at 5:30 p.m. at the Jepson Center. The Rocky Horror Show is onstage at Bay Street Theatre (showtime is 7:30). The Italian horror classic Suspiria screens at midnight at…
Challah back, y’all!
Forget what you’ve heard about too many cooks in the kitchen. At Congregation Mickve Israel, a group of women are performing a graceful ballet amongst the double ovens and racks of pots, some of them whisking eggs in huge bowls, others kneading dough at the metal work table, sending up puffs of flour like a…
Oct. 25: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Oct. 25): Do you have The Ride Stuff? The Coastal Empire Fair opens at 5:30 p.m. today, with free admission. It’s at 4801 Meding St. (west of Montgomery and 62nd Steeet). Triathalon and Casket Girls perform at Marc by Marc Jacobs, 322 W. Broughton, from 5 to 7 p.m.…
Oct. 24: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Oct. 24): Kevin Seconds (of Seven Seconds) and Kepi Ghoulie perform at the Jinx. The Hellazoppin’ Sideshow returns to the Wormhole tonight, full of decadent tricks and dark Halloweenie music. The Psychotronic Film Society brings the cheese with a screening of 1976’s The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, 8 p.m.…
Connect Savannah College Jam 2012
Click the play button in the player at the bottom of this window to start the playlist. Alternately, you can click the play button next to each track to play it separately. Click to download all MP3s in a zip file. Worst Enemy by Cusses (weblink) Travelin’ Man by The Accomplices (weblink) from the CD…
Deconstructing Hitchcock
Screening Oct. 31, The Girl is an extraordinary backstage look at legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, and his relationship with actress Tippi Hedren. Actor Toby Jones impeccably assays Hitchcock’s voice and mannerisms, and radiant Sienna Miller is perfectly cast as Hedren, the struggling model Hitchcock plucked from obscurity to star in his 1963 thriller The Birds.…
Halloweird rising
Dreams wet and dry, nightmares and fantasies and whatever lies between all come together in the music of Pennsylvania’s Black Moth Super Rainbow, which has the headlining slot at Savannah’s first–ever Graveface Fest, Oct. 27 at Southern Pine Co. It’s 11 hours of music and madness. It’s haunting, foggy pop music — by definition, anyway…
Who will fight for ratepayers?
Georgia Public Service Commissioner might be the most important job you’ve never heard of. While everyone is debating whether to vote for Obama or Romney, the PSC probably has more control over your day–to–day life than either of them. In a nutshell, the five elected members of the Public Service Commission are in charge of…
Locked, loaded and ready for Halloween
For many Savannahians, Halloween just wouldn’t be the same without the annual balls–to–the–wall rock ‘n’ roll performance art of the glamorous GAM guys. If you’re new to our fair city and its musical rites of All Hallows, get ready for something that’s talked about in hushed, reverential tones. GAM returns to the Jinx Saturday, Oct.…
A Night with the haints
It’s close to midnight, and something evil’s lurking in the dark. Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart. You try to scream… Yes, these may seem to be the lyrics to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” but it’s pretty dang close to how it all went down. See, when I pulled up…
Any way you want it
Let the song puns begin! Steve Perry is the “Faithfully” recognized voice of the band Journey, but he and the band actually went their “Separate Ways” years ago. Welcomed with “Open Arms” to replace him is young Arnel Pineda, a Filipino who in 2007 was asked to audition after Journey guitarist Neal Schon saw videos…
The right fright
This year’s seventh annual “Terror Plantation” put on by the Alee Shrine Temple isn’t your average haunted house–type attraction — it’s zombie–themed. Organized by the Alee Shrine Temple of Savannah, the Terror Plantation is open for the public to experience every weekend in October. The Savannah chapter is one of 193 chapters of Shriners International,…
For all mothers everywhere
When Christy Turlington Burns began to bleed excessively after giving birth to her first child, her life was saved by her midwives and doctors. She discovered afterwards that not every woman is so blessed: A thousand women a day die in childbirth worldwide, deaths that can be prevented when those women have access to quality…
Extreme closeup: Adam Shankman
You might not know Adam Shankman’s name, but if you’ve been to the movies over the last 15 years, he’s reached out and touched you. As a director, Shankman has given us The Wedding Planner, A Walk to Remember, Bringing Down the House, The Pacifier, Hairspray and Rock of Ages, among others. He’ll be at…
Roll camera: The 2012 Savannah Film Festival
For eight days each autumn, the Savannah Film Festival makes our very special city feel a little bit extra-special. It’s great for film students, techies and aspiring actors, because they get to interact with people who are really, truly making a living in the movie business. They come to Savannah to answer questions and impart…
Wanted by CNT
The Chatham–Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) is seeking the public’s assistance in locating several wanted persons. CNT is seeking 31–year–old Scott Patrick Hoskins of Savannah for Criminal Attempt to Obtain a Controlled Substance (Lorcet) by Fraud and Forgery by Altering a Prescription (Lorcet). Hoskins is known to frequent the downtown Savannah area and is as…
Savannah Film Festival Schedule
Saturday, Oct. 27 Silver Linings Playbook. 7:30 p.m., Trustees Theater. Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything – his house, his job and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert De Niro) after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain. Pat is…
John Goodman: The man and the movies
One of the most recognizable character actors working today, John Goodman might also be the busiest — this week, three of his films are in Savannah theaters, including Ben Affleck’s box office smash Argo. “When I saw it,” Goodman says of Argo, “I was on the edge of my seat. And I already knew what…
Extreme closeup: Geoffrey Fletcher
In 2010, Geoffrey Fletcher won a well–deserved Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for his work on Precious, which had begun with a harrowing, non–linear novel (Push) by the writer known as Sapphire. The adjunct professor of film at Columbia University and the Tisch School of the Arts was subsequently given the green light for his…
Small-Toney a victim of racism?
I will not deal with your views on the firing of former City Manager Rochelle Small–Toney in detail except to say that the attacks on her credibility seem to have preceded her actual accession to the post, which creates some awkward presumptions. She was preceded by a white man who had held the job without…
Looking Ahead
@ Graveface Fest. Oct. 27. Southern Pine Co. @ Savannah Film Festival. Oct. 27-Nov. 3. @ American Songbook Concert with Carlisle Floyd. Oct. 27. Telfair Rotunda. @ Shalom Y’all Jewish Food Festival. Oct. 28. Forsyth Park. @ Savannah Food Day. Oct. 28. Daffin Park. @ Vinyl Appreciation: Muse Arts Warehouse. Oct. 28. @ SCAD: 44…
Six degrees of awesome
The Savannah Film Festival is back again with an outstanding variety of films and special guests. You’ve heard of ‘Six Degrees of Separation?’ You don’t even need six degrees to make some fun connections this year. For example: This year’s Film Festival special guest Michelle Monaghan co-starred in sometime Lowcountry resident Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby…
Oct. 23: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Oct. 23): AWOL hosts the weekly Tongue Open Mic Night at the Sentient Bean. Tim Warren and Markus Kuhlmann, aka Clouds & Satellites, play Foxy Loxy. At Taco Abajo, catch Cop Problem and We Were Skeletons. Turbine’s at the Wormhole tonight.
