Savannah Music Festival announces 2018 festival lineup
THE SAVANNAH Music Festival has announced the lineup for its 2018 festival. The celebration of world-class music from around the globe returns from March 29 to April 14 with new venues, new artists, and new opportunities to enjoy all the festival has to offer. Noteworthy events SMF”s offerings will have music lovers on the go…
Fire Service Fee takes step closer to implementation amid dire City budget warnings
Amid urgent warnings from City Manager Rob Hernandez about the “unsustainable” state of City finances, Savannah City Council today approved considering the possibility of new Fire Service Fee to be assessed across the board. However, today’s vote does not actually implement the fee at this time, it simply guarantees that it will remain on the…
Stopover in the Yard @The Grey
Savannahians can support local nonprofits, enjoy delicious food, and catch some of Savannah’s hottest bands in the side yard of downtown’s acclaimed restaurant.
Tune in with Savannah Stage Company
As a troupe that prioritizes physical, action-driven storytelling, it’s a whole new way of sharing stories and challenging actors.
An Ardsley Park bungalow and Gentrification 2.0
This tear-down/re-build dilemma, where the individual benefit is harmful to the whole, might unfortunately be a hallmark of what I will call Gentrification 2.0.
Teen creates ‘UTime’ for fun and friendships with special kids
IT’S Saturday morning at Monkey Joe’s, and the colorful indoor playground percolates with happy squeals. Children chase each other around the carpeted room, launching themselves from soft slides and bouncing among the inflatable platforms. Most parents and caregivers loiter around the fringes of the chaos or sit at tables looking at their phones, but a…
5 Questions with Rafael Gomes
Guo Pei is one of the most important international designers working today. Many fashion aficionados are aware of the imperial yellow cape Rihanna wore to the 2015 Met Gala, but not as aware of the designer behind it.
Of Good Nature @Barrelhouse South
The band hit the ground running with their first record, Just Add Water, which won Indie-Ville Reggae Album of the Year in 2011.
Charlie Daniels Band went down to Georgia
81-YEAR-OLD Charlie Daniels shows no signs of stopping. The country and Southern Rock legend’s career has grown steadily over the years. With a start as a Nashville session player, contributing to the music of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Marshall Tucker Band, Daniels didn’t “go solo” until he was 35 years old, releasing his debut…
You gotta be kitten me
Fortunately, I can now get my meow on without dropping big bucks or looking like a purrvert: Purrvana Cafe & Cat Lounge opened last week on the corner of Barnard and Anderson streets.
Keep Savannah Weird: Save the Psychotronic Film Society!
ON FRIDAY, Savannah film aficionados will unite to celebrate and save one of the city’s treasures. The Psychotronic Film Society, the organization devoted to screening unusual and forgotten films, has had a challenging 2017. First, director Jim Reed’s home was broken into, and hundreds of irreplaceable, rare DVDs were stolen. After losing crucial pieces of…
What happened to all the supergeniuses?
The supergeniuses we recognize today created their fields (Galileo) or revolutionized them (Einstein). Psychologist Dean Keith Simonton argues that for a century no disciplines have been created wholesale, but rather combined with existing fields into hybrid forms: astrophysics, biochemistry.
Savannah Food and Wine Festival has a lot on the menu
NOW in its fifth year, the Savannah Food and Wine Fest has quickly become one of the premiere events on the Savannah calendar, both for locals and for the majority of its attendees who are from out of town. The success is all the more remarkable in that the event—happening Nov. 7-12— comes in a…
Editor’s Note: Details emerge on de-merger
Kalamazoo, Michigan, Police Chief Jeff Hadley, a nine-year veteran of that post, announced he’d accepted the job. Problem is, the media found out before the Chatham County Commission did.
Furnsss, Joy Again, Ryan Jones @El-Rocko Lounge
The band’s fizzy melodies and hooks will charm new fans and returning audience members alike.
An open letter to Savannah about crime and punishment
Does the police department, or the Mayor’s office seek to know us, to reward us with some gesture of support for our plight, some acknowledgement that we very much matter to the level of success and peacefulness that does exists in Savannah?
Living Colour: still throwing Shade
Shade, released in September, continues Living Colour’s tradition of melding rock, metal, funk, jazz, and alt-rock with a fresh blues influence.
Plaque Marks, Vincas @El-Rocko Lounge
Vincas have found their way to Savannah a few times this year. Catch their swamp-psych rock kicking off the night.
Captured! By Robots, Eskizo @The Jinx
If you’ve never seen Captured! By Robots live and in person, don’t sleep on it.
Soapbox Soliloquy, The Sound Experiment @House of Strut
Jasmine Deja, who’s played in the bands Selectric and Veiny Hands, draws garage and psychedelic influences together for her sound as Soapbox Soliloquy.
Veterans, PTSD and substance abuse
Based on animal models and pilot studies that have been done on humans, there’s enough to suggest that it may reduce PTSD symptoms and cravings for substances,’ explains Dr. Sudie Back, the principal investigator on the study.
Review: Murder on the Orient Express
As director, Branagh makes some lamentable decisions, trying to frame a couple of moments as action set-pieces and elsewhere adopting strange camera angles that call awkward attention upon themselves. This is especially true of the murder sequence, which Branagh grotesquely stages as if he were auditioning to direct a remake of Carnival of Souls.
Weirdos, Train Surfers, and Animal Troublemakers
About two dozen car owners in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Snellville, Georgia, were perturbed in late October by what they thought was vandalism.
