Review: The Happytime Murders
If watching felt characters get felt up sounds like a winning proposition, The Happytime Murders might just be the ticket.
National Park Service puts Savannah National Historic Landmark District officially in “Threatened” status
The National Park Service (NPS) this morning released official findings from a recent study it commissioned to determine the status of the Savannah National Historic Landmark (NHL) District. “Following a comprehensive study, site visits, public meetings, and a public comment period, the NPS has determined that the overall condition of the district falls into the…
City to ask public to “help shape” new Savannah Arena
The City of Savannah will hold a news conference on Thursday, August 23 about the design phase of the new Savannah Arena project. The conference is Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at City Hall. “Pete Shonka, the Executive Director of Arena Development will announce how the public can provide feedback to the City and the arena…
Savannah Craft Beer Week is here!
STARTING August 25 and running through September 1, Savannah Craft Beer Week has become an annual event that celebrates all things craft beer related. Leading into the Savannah Craft Beer Festival, the week before sees various venues all around town host tap takeovers for local and national breweries. The scope varies from small, intimate tastings…
Kwame Alexander does it ‘write’
LEARN HOW a love of reading and writing can set your students—and yourself—up for success. Kwame Alexander is a renowned author and educator, and he’ll discuss his writing workshop this Wednesday at the Southwest Chatham Library. Alexander has won several awards for his poetry and is the author of an impressive 28 books. Alexander will…
Scooter debate conveniently ignores autos — again
The real problem is we have given over much of the public realm to cars. People who walk, use wheelchairs, or ride bikes, e-scooters, and new modes of locomotion yet to come are left fighting with each other for the scraps.
Editor’s Note: Arena project bogging down before it starts?
‘If you amend the policy and decide on a new policy, then that means we will mostly likely have to reject all the bids and go back out, and you’re looking at another six-month delay on the Arena,’ Hernandez explained, adding that ‘it taints the contract award process if we change it midstream.’
Tybee Equality Fest flies the rainbow flag
THE Tybee Equality Fest celebrates its second year with three days of dancing, kayaking, cocktails, yoga, drag shows, live music, rainbows and love, yes, lots of love. The LGBTQ festival kicks off Friday, August 24 and runs the weekend through Sunday, August 26. What began in 2013 as the Tybee Rainbow Fest has matured into…
Reader says Arena series ‘frustrating’
‘Why did he not explain how the City’s delay in moving the project forward is a key cause of construction cost increases?’
School board should respect free speech rights of constituents
Generally on these hot-button issues ten to twelve members of the public have shown up to speak, adding no more than an average additional hour to the monthly public meeting. Our School Board Members asked for their jobs, they raised money to campaign for their jobs, they went door-to-door and asked for you to trust…
Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers, Mango Strange @Barrelhouse South
Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers get crowds up and movin’ to their sweet, soulful grooves
Broughton Municipal Building set to become boutique hotel
There was only one bidder for this premium historic corner property on Savannah’s premier commercial thoroughfare
Dead Swells, Rare Creatures, Daddy’s Beemer @El-Rocko Lounge
Columbia-based Dead Swells deliver tight tunes with crooning vocals and a hint of synth
Stan Wilkerson Quartet @Good Times Jazz Bar & Restaurant
This Savannah native has shared stages with some of music’s finest
Statts Fest releases lineup, more details on tenth anniversary event
The inaugural Friends of Statts event was held at The Jinx in 2009
Villain Family, Cory Chambers Band @The Jinx
Think Tool re-envisioned with banjo, upright bass and blazing female vocals
Nima Veiseh’s photographic memory on display at HAZA
‘Never before has someone known with hyperthymestic ability tried to create a timeline with paint.’
Review: Crazy Rich Asians
This is finance porn raised to an absurd level, which actually plays into the film’s general view that life’s a party and everyone should be invited.
Historic ballast stones taken from downtown development for private sale on Facebook
WHEN CRITICS say that Savannah’s history is being sold one brick at a time, they’re usually being metaphorical. But that was literally the case last week, when an employee on the construction site of a massive, 1.7-acre new development on Indian Street near the waterfront was selling irreplaceable, centuries-old historic ballast stones on Facebook, after…
