SOMETIMES the best way to have your film screened across the country is to have it banned. Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Controversy made headlines last spring after the Tribeca Film […]
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Community Editor Jessica Leigh Lebos has been writing about interesting people, vexing issues and anything involving free food for more than 20 years. She introduces herself at cocktail parties as southern by marriage.
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An American in Cuba
“My dad saw how I was grieving and said he would buy me a plane ticket anywhere in the world I wanted to go, so I said, ‘Cuba'”
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What Would Daisy Do?
LIKE ANY great historical figure, Juliette Gordon Low’s legacy can mean different things to different people. To some, she is a revered local icon, the famous daughter of a storied […]
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Pokemon Go Crazy
If we have to accept the existence of human beings who shoot without thinking and are capable of murdering 84 people with a truck, then why shouldn’t we claim a reality that includes a web-cheeked unicorn with a fish tail?
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MPC and Emergent Savannah team up for Comprehensive Plan input
Anyone—non-Chatham residents and visitors included—can drop in to learn more or offer insights at stations focusing on public transportation, sea level rise, affordable housing and the redevelopment of the economic corridors of MLK Blvd., Waters Ave. and Wheaton Street.
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A Savannahian in Paris
One of the points of Overbooked is that cities with the most successful tourism plan for the people who live there, and any added infrastructure is built to be accessible to all. Paris’ public bike system is clearly a hit with the locals, who cruise from one arrondissement to another on the sturdy frames all day long, silk scarves streaming behind them and front baskets overflowing with fresh baguettes.
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Who wants to saddle up a unicorn?
OBVIOUSLY, you’re a princess. Or a pirate. Or maybe both. In any case, you have a mystery to solve. Or buried treasure to discover. Or you have been charged with […]
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Dog Reiki and other acts of faith
After hearing me kvetch about Geech’s travails, our friend Sue Finkle offered to give him a Reiki treatment.
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Public Art vs. Public Policy
The deal is simple enough: If you want to paint a wall, just fill out an application. And wait.
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Feeling Orlando
I would so much rather talk about what brings us together than what tears us asunder.
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We are the help we’re looking for
Maybe you’ve seen Roberta riding her bike around town or tapping out prose on her laptop or even guffawed with her as she directs her laser-sharp commentary to whatever daily drama is going down in national politics.
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‘Juneteenth is about freedom’
Experiencing Juneteenth through this lens not only connects past events to the present but grounds them in local history