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Review: Man of Steel
There’s a strong possibility that Man of Steel might be the most boring superhero saga ever filmed.
Alleged church vandal sought
Detectives are searching for 24-year-old Michael Christopher Garko, believed responsible for thousands of dollars in damage to a Savannah church. At 8:35 a.m. this past Monday, Metro officers responded to The Church at Godley Station, on the 1600 block of Benton Boulevard. Officers observed a broken window on the front door and several shattered glass…
Visit Savannah claims over 12 million visitors
Savannah had its third consecutive year of growth in tourism, hosting 12.4 million visitors last year, according to Visit Savannah. “This is a 2.5 percent increase in visitors from2011. The development is reflected in an increase of overnight visitors between 2011 and 2012 from 6.8 million to 7.0 million and day-trippers growing from 5.3 million…
Thrive starts Kickstarter for St. Andrews gig
Thrive Cafe, “Savannah’s first and only Green Certified Restaurant and Caterer,” will begin providing all student and faculty meals to St. Andrew’s School beginning this August. “The partnership is designed to bring healthy, affordable food to the Pre K-Grade 12 school on a daily basis,” says a cafe spokesperson. In order to start healthier cooking…
Solar energy town hall tonight
The Sierra Club and Georgia Public Service Commission will host a town hall-style meeting tonight about Georgia Power’s controversial 2013 Integrated Resource Plan, the company’s twenty year energy plan for Georgia. Area residents, Georgia Power customers, and concerned citizens will hear a brief presentation from Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols on the issues in Georgia…
Summer splashes: On the water, into nature
‘It teaches children how to really be an outdoors person. You really learn what to do to sustain yourself, to keep yourself happy, during an entire day outside.’
Islands standoff
A 53-year-old man is charged with a felony and two misdemeanors after threatening to harm himself, family members and police officers in a four-hour standoff on a recent Sunday night. Weir Cleve Walker was charged with terroristic threats and acts, reckless conduct and discharging a firearm near a public street after he surrendered to Savannah-Chatham…
Summer eats: Offbeat in Tybee
For locals who have never tried these buried Tybee treasures, what better excuse to drive to the beach?
‘Unnamed Places’ and Foxy Loxy
Foxy is part of a network of creative and strategic thinkers who aim to redefine the area south of Forsyth Park. Following suit, Desotorow Gallery is redefining itself as well.
Summer harvest: Sun-powered students
Powering schools with solar energy can save taxpayers millions on electric bills and aid diversification of the local economy. Should we still regard solar power as an extravagance?
Summer’s a chance to see sights, imagine possibilities
Unfortunately, in many parts of our community, riding outside of bicycle friendly areas forces cyclists to contend with roads engineered to maximize motor vehicle speed and capacity.
Letter: CATastrophe
I use the buses daily and literally half the time I observe that the fare machines on various buses on various routes don’t even work.
Letter: Keep up the fight against GMOs
The Dept. of Agriculture reassures us there is no public health danger. Like Monsanto and their puppet, the FDA, they lie, lie, lie.
Summer fun: Ridin’ a Lowcountry high
From a wooden platform 75 feet off the ground in a loblolly pine, the world appears uncannily peaceful. The tops of the trees sway gently. Ospreys dance in the breeze. Boats putt along Broad Creek, the halcyon tributary that bisects Hilton Head Island. Then the tranquility dissolves as you step off the platform with a…
Editor’s Note: Passing into legend
With a funeral service and procession more like the passing of a head of state than a musician, Savannah said goodbye to the late Ben Tucker.
Summer movies: Some like it cool
Savannahians have another option — classic films on the big screen in the lush and luxurious Lucas Theatre, and right around the corner, in the Trustees Theater.
One neighborhood’s nightmare is another’s wake-up call
I doodled the words EPIC FAIL in the margins of my notebook. Others expressed their disappointment more vocally.
The all-important trained housefly question
Dividing 110 pounds by the lift of a housefly, we find you’d need five million of the insects to lift you off the ground.
Curtain Call: DJ Queenan’s return
‘I absolutely love light, fluffy theater, I adore it, but I want the things we do at Bangers & Mash to have more meat to them.’
Jessica Leigh Lebos remembers Ben
After discovering that my elderly grandfather had been a working jazz musician for 70 years, Ben invited him up to join the band.
Bill DeYoung remembers Ben
He commanded respect; one quick shake of his massive right hand and you knew you were in ‘no bullshit’ territory.
A new beginning for Junkyard Angel
‘We cut 14 songs in three days,’ explains Stewart Marshall, one of the band’s singer/guitarists.’We really just hammered ’em out.’
Review: Before Midnight
It’s a beautifully sustained piece of cinema, raw and authentic and emotional.
Ben Tucker, R.I.P.
‘I learned to become a jazz singer working with him… He gave me freedom. Basically, without actually saying the word, I was allowed to just fly, and isn’t that what jazz is all about?’
A proper jazz sendoff
Ben Tucker probably would have laughed loudest at the stories his family, friends and colleagues told about him during Monday’s memorial service at Lutheran Church of the Ascension. Reuben Tucker talked about being mistaken for his identical twin at a particularly inconvenient moment. Westin Resort manager Mark Spadoni discussed Ben’s singular prowess on the golf…
