Jan. 15: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Jan. 15): The Coastal Jazz Association’s 15th annual Musical Salute to Martin Luther King, Jr. counts off at 7 p.m. at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. At the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 122 Bull Street, the first quarterfinal of the 2013 American Traditions Competition begins…
Looking Ahead
@ Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey Circus. Jan. 23-27. MLK Arena. @ Shel’s Shorts. Bay Street Theatre. Jan. 24-27. @ Savannah Jewish Film Festival. Jan. 24-Feb. 2. @ Film: Chinatown. Jan. 26. Trustees Theater. @ Vinyl Appreciation. Jan. 27. Muse Arts Warehouse. @ Pulse Art & Technology Festival. Jan. 28-Feb. 4. @ Monty Python’s Spamalot.…
Jan. 14: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, Jan. 14): At Taco Abajo, check out Baker Acted, Beard and Nuclear Death Squad. It’s Acoustic Jam Night at Live Wire, and Late Nite Open Mic at the Wormhole.
Jan. 13: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, Jan. 13): The State Ballet Theatre of Russia’s performance of Cinderella is at 3 p.m. in the Johnny Mercer Theatre. Bill & Ellen play Lulu’s tonight, and Voodoo Soup is at Congress Street Social Club.
Jan. 12: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Jan. 12): The Bette Davis classic All About Eve (1950) screens at 7 p.m. at the Trustees Theater. Georgia country music up-and-comer Brent Cobb sings at Saddle Bags. Treephort and Bamboo Forest are at Taco Abajo, and it’s “Scaryoke” night at the Jinx.
Reviewed: ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ ‘The Impossible’ and others
ZERO DARK THIRTY ***1/2 Bold, provocative and challenging in ways not even attempted by other current award contenders like Lincoln and my 2012 fave Argo, Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty recalls what President Woodrow Wilson reportedly said after screening D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation: “It’s like history written with lightning.” Like that silent…
Jan. 11: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, Jan. 11): The local comedy podcast “I Mean This as a Friend” does a live performance, at Muse Arts Warehouse at 8 p.m. At the Sentient Bean, catch the delightfully quirky acoustic duo Ascetic Junkies. Wolf Lord and Ammon open for Razormaze at the Jinx. Wild Zero and Come…
Jan. 10: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Jan. 10): The Pine Hollows, a ‘60s-infused rock quartet from New York, play the Sparetime tonight. Open Mic Comedy Night starts at 8 p.m. at the Sentient Bean. Wester, Nine Lives and Big Awesome are onstage at Taco Abajo.
Remembering 40 Acres and a Mule
Most of the tourists who trundle their way around the squares of Savannah on trolleys and carriages — hopefully not on double–decker buses soon, as is being proposed! — are eventually told the story, with varying degrees of accuracy by their tour guides, of Gen. William T. Sherman giving Savannah to President Lincoln as a…
Jan. 9: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Jan. 9): There’s a new issue of Connect on stands today – as always, it’s free. We hope you’ll pick one up. Mumbledust, Blackrune and Bellows play at the Ashmore Gallery, 412 MLK. Show starts at 8 p.m. And the temporarily-reunited Lovely Locks provide the music for the Jinx’s…
Singing beauty
The American Traditions Competition is not: An all–opera forum, delightful for fans of the genre but not terribly interesting to those who crave a little variety; nor is it American Idol, with its attendant shrieking and strutting. The ATC is a love letter to that most mellifluous of musical instruments, the human voice. For 20…
Savannah’s magical sides
A British noblewoman once snidely referred to our city as “a pretty lady with a dirty face,” but artist K.A. Collins hopes to change that perception. Though she does not deny that Savannah’s personality is unequivocally feminine with its delicate strands of moss and demurely shaded gardens, Collins sees her as a lovely lass with…
Thank you, shop local
Autumn VanGunten loves traffic. Not the kind that means packed lanes of cars pushing along hood–to–tail on melting pavement, but the type that translates to website success: You’re Welcome Savannah, the lifestyle blog she founded in 2011 with her boyfriend, photographer and painter Cedric Smith — a frequent Connect contributor — attracted thousands of visitors…
5 questions: Brent Cobb
Patrick Cobb, an appliance repairman from Ellaville, in southwest Georgia, had a country band on the side. In 1992, he turned down an offer from Nashville to write and sing professionally. The Cobbs had two young children, and Patrick didn’t like the idea of being away from home for long stretches. Brent Cobb made his…
Zipping to a tipping point
The bicycle rack in front of 15 W. York St. is usually full, and one of the bikes often found there belongs to Creative Coast Executive Director Jake Hodesh. Even before he took the helm of the Creative Coast, Hodesh and his wife Miriam were thinking about how bicycles make Savannah better. In 2009 they…
The Foodie Column
‘Just like always’ A friend who has had great success with weight loss clued me in to one of his tricks — one that we all grew up hearing but mostly ignoring. “I have breakfast, a good breakfast, every morning.” He’s not referring to Frosted Flakes and orange juice, but a breakfast balanced across protein,…
A vote for Portland’s Ascetic Junkies
What with all the regional and national bands that pass through Savannah week after week, month after month, sometimes the smaller acoustic-based acts fly under the radar. And that’s a shame, because as everyone knows, it’s a great time to be an independent artist. You pay homage to a multi-headed muse. Genres have been blurred…
No man — or woman — is an island
Looking upriver, it can be awfully easy to get depressed about the environmental state of affairs around here. When the abyss of hopelessness approaches, there’s only one antidote: Go outside (and enjoy it while it lasts). Rounding past the water side of Skidaway State Park’s Big Ferry Trail, the landscape couldn’t be more pristine: Stately…
Former VP Al Gore coming to Book Festival
And the Savannah Book Festival just keeps getting bigger: Former Vice President Al Gore has been added to the mix, joining Dave Barry, Gregg Allman, James Patterson and the guy who writes the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books for kids. Gore’s coming to hawk his latest book, The Future, and will give a free…
