Ben Bridwell and Band of Horses, who visited Savannah for a surprise club date in October, will return March 3. The Trustees Theater show is part of the band's acoustic spring tour, on the heels of the Feb. 11 release of a new album, Acoustic at the Ryman.
According to the SCAD box office site, tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday (Dec. 20) at www.savannahboxoffice.com.
The long-awaited independent investigation into apparent improprieties under former Savannah/Chatham Police Chief Willie Lovett is in, and it makes for some interesting reading.
Read the whole account of intrigue here.
Late today Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap told the media she was referring the report to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for further action if warranted.
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Band-wise, KidSyc & Brandywine share the Hang Fire bill tonight with Atlanta’s funky Grand Prize Winners From Next Year. Kota Mundi and Consider the Source are at the Wormhole; Pilot Wave (from Florida) and City Hotel play the Jinx.
Saturday’s music includes the Isle of Hope Yuletide Jam (1-8 p.m. at Paxton Park) with Junkyard Angel, Andrew Gill Band, Keith & Ross, Jan Spillane and others. At night (7 p.m.), it’s the Homegrown Holiday Hoedown with the Accomplices, Train Wrecks and others at the American Legion Post on Bull Street. The great American Aquarium returns to the Jinx Saturday night, with the Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue as opening act. Saturday’s bands at Congress Street Pub are Ice Cream Man (celebrating the music of Van Halen) and Moby Dicks (that’d be Led Zeppelin).
The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble production of the romantic comedy Bell, Book and Candle continues tonight through Sunday at Muse Arts Warehouse; The Savannah Philharmonic’s weekend Holiday Pops concerts are sold out; The Muppet Christmas Carol screens at 7 tonight at the Lucas Theatre, with A Christmas Story in the same slot on Saturday.
Telfair Museums have announced the schedule and lineup of visiting artists for the PULSE Art and Technology Festival Jan. 29-Feb. 2.
Visitors to the Jepson Center can interact with PULSE installations at all times during the festival. Additionally, avant-garde visual artists from around the country present performances and give lectures that teach and illustrate new art forms. Video art will be projected onto the Jepson Center windows each night.
PULSE includes a family day with activities, artists’ demonstrations and performances. PULSE also includes offsite workshops and programs by local partners including Armstrong Atlantic State University, the Savannah College of Art and Design, Indigo Sky Gallery, the Creative Coast and the Savannah Chatham County Public Schools’ STEM Academy. Through funding from the City of Savannah, all PULSE events and activities are free of charge.
Performances include the return of award-winning beatboxer/visual artist Adam Matta, a Family Day performance by North Carolina musical contraption makers Invisible, a new interactive concert by Savannah’s own KidSyc and audiovisual performances by the Medeology Collective and Matthew Akers.
Exhibitions include "Physical/Digital: Interactive Video Sculpture" combining fiber art with high definition video to produce projection works mapped to physical strings on the gallery wall.
Gabe Barcia-Colombo creates figurative and image-based interactive projections on physical objects.
The Medeology Collective, a Savannah and Atlanta-based artist group, will create an interactive sculpture entitled Geometries of Power in the Jepson Center Atrium (Jan. 29-Feb. 2 only).
Looking at Something: Selected Work by Rafaël Rozendaal, who introduces himself as “a visual artist who uses the internet as his canvas.” The first artist to sell websites to private collectors, Rozendaal attracts international attention for his ability to transition internet art into physical settings. For PULSE, Rozendaal presents an installation of the website Looking at Something, which allows PULSE participants to change the weather from sunshine to a thunderstorm.
Play Together
A group of projects by local and visiting artists highlight work designed to be played by more than one person. Other works on view include Sari Gilbert and Robert Batchelor’s board game based on a historic Chinese trade map, Andrew Hieronymi and Erin McNeil’s four-player tactile game Conduit, Ross Fish’s conductive musical sculpture, and Lucy Sheils’ sound installation.
Bring Your Own Beamer (BYOB), February 1, 6 — 8 pm / Jepson Center — Created by Rafaël Rozendaal, BYOB is an international series of one-night exhibitions that have taken place in almost 100 cities. Telfair Museums convenes selected artists, armed with video and projectors, at the Jepson Center to explore the art of projection.
Preliminary Schedule:
Reservations are required for workshops. Advance registration is required for offsite workshops. Call 912.790.8827 or visit telfair.org/pulse
January 25
10 am — 12 pm Pre-PULSE workshop: How to Make 3D Printed Objects
Offsite at Armstrong Atlantic State University (Age 12-18)
and
10 am — 12 pm Pre-PULSE workshop: Video Art Workshop
Offsite at SCAD’s Hamilton Hall (Age 12-18)
January 29 - Feb. 2
PULSE Free admission days at the Jepson Center
January 29:
6 pm: PULSE opening lecture by Cuppetelli and Mendoza
7 pm: Opening reception for PULSE
6-8 pm: Audiovisual performance by Matthew Akers and Ross Fish
January 30:
11 am: Student panel featuring PULSE artists
6 pm: PULSE lecture by Rafaël Rozendaal 6-8 pm: Projections by Rafaël Rozendaal
January 31:
11 am: Student panel featuring PULSE artists
6 pm: Performance by Adam Matta
6-8 pm: Performance by the Medeology Collective
February 1:
10 am: Student Workshop: “Make your own GIF” with artist Erin McNeil
1-4 pm: Family Day with performance by Invisible
6 pm: Performance by KidSyc and the NekstUp Team present The Fewchurr
6-8 pm: Bring Your Own Beamer: Projections by PULSE artists
February 2:
2 pm: Offsite program by Medeology Collective at Indigo Sky Community Gallery
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Paul Frank’s Art Supplies Round Up Program in partnership with Blick Art Supplies stores is a nationwide art supply drive for kids in time for the Holidays. "The round-up program encourages people of all ages to donate new and gently used art supplies to non-profit organizations and national drives for schools and after-school art programs," a spokesperson says.
Paul Frank, Blick Art Materials and Utretch stores across the nation have placed donation bins near their registers in support of the round-up, with purchased donations supported by a special 20% discount at all retail locations. In addition, each store will also be working with a local children’s art non-profit to distribute donations throughout their local community till Dec. 31.
Goodwill of the Coastal Empire announces the grand opening of the newest Goodwill Store and Donation Center at the Berwick Shopping Plaza at 5710 Ogeechee Road on Thursday, December 19 at 10 a.m.
The Berwick Goodwill Store and Donation Center will be the seventeenth retail location in the Coastal Empire.
“We hope to provide Southside Savannah shoppers with a new experience,” said Coni Curtas, Vice President of Donated Goods. “The Berwick Goodwill Store will have a new look and new location but same good prices.”
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A 47-year-old Savannah woman was killed Monday night "when she tried to retrieve something from an intersection and was struck by a pickup truck," police say.
Donna Neal Sugg of the 600 block of Abercorn Street died at Memorial University Medical Center after the 8:12 p.m. accident.
She had stopped a green Dodge pickup in the inside southbound lane of Ogeechee Road at Chatham Parkway and was bending over to pick up items that had fallen from her truck. She was struck by another pickup driven north in the inside lane by a 22-year-old Savannah man.
The intersection was closed to all traffic for several hours.
Two homicides and shootings that left three hospitalized on Saturday are being investigated by police.
"Detectives believe they are not related and the victims and suspects in each case were known to each other," a police spokesman says.
Rahssan Baker, 16, of the 900 block of East Victory Drive, was found in the street on the 700 block of West 42nd Street about 1:08 a.m. Saturday with at least one gunshot wound. He was transported to Memorial University Medical Center where he is in critical condition.
Moses Mack, 57, of the 800 block of East Anderson Street was found dead in his bed about 8:30 a.m. with head trauma.
And Hector Brown, 36, died and two other men were injured in a triple shooting on the 1200 block of East 39th Street about 11:29 p.m.
Brown, Fred Stringer, 34, of 2129 Oakland Court, and Jerome Polite, 33, of the 400 block of Carolynn Street had left a party on the block when the shootings took place. They reported a man in a pickup truck pulled up beside their vehicle and began firing at then.
The three men were transported to the hospital in private vehicles. Brown was dead on arrival and the other men were treated for their injuries.
Anyone with information on the cases is asked to call Crimestoppers at (912) 234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward. A confidential Tip Line also is open directly to investigators at (912) 525-3124.
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B. Matthew’s Eatery, owned by The Gaslight Group, is holding a special “Drink for Wink” fundraiser to benefit Adam “Winky” Nix, a local chef who is currently fighting stage IV cancer.
Guests will enjoy a silent auction, raffle prizes and a one-time “All You Can Eat and Drink” menu special with a donation of $20. All donations of any size will be accepted and will directly benefit Nix. This event is open to the public.
It happens Sunday, December 8, 7-11 p.m.
There will be a special meeting Monday, December 9, at 5 p.m. at City Hall for a "Streetcar Vision Presentation" given to Mayor Jackson and City Council by Chadwick Reese, Executive Director of the Chatham Area Transportation (CAT) Authority. The meeting involves CAT's proposal to lobby for a Tax Allocation District in the area of the proposed new Westside arena to help fund a series of new streetcar lines, to be administered by CAT.
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