IF YOU’RE a writer, a reader or a tweeter, you may already know that this is the moment of Roxane Gay. The 41-year-old writer, professor and cultural commentator is currently […]
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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Sunny days ahead for solar
HELEN DOWNING’S restored townhome on Chippewa Square is one of Savannah’s finest examples of historic preservation. As of last week, it’s also the pinnacle of energy innovation. Crews from Hannah […]
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Notes from the graveyard
The only reason I’d called up Bonaventure Don at all is because I’d heard reports of a fox scampering around the headstones during his tours. In addition to sweets, I’m a huge sucker for friendly wild things.
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Violence, interrupted
As a denizen of a neighborhood that sees its share of crime but falls in the category of “good”—as in no one gets shot at on a regular basis—I struggle with how to support those who live in troubled communities without coming off as an interloper.
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Countywide coalition crunches numbers into a 20-year plan
LET’S face it, raw data isn’t sexy. Most of us would much rather roll around in satin sheets than spreadsheets, and it’s safe to say that nobody’s sweet nothings contain […]
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‘City Transversed’ connects art, engineering and ecology
WHEN artist Lisa D. Watson was a girl in small town Ohio, she used to like to hang out under the bridge near her house. For some kids, in some […]
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Revitalization at street level
Cool Communities in Hot Savannah features diverse collection of entertainers and organizations
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While I was out…
I could not have predicted that when I rose from my chillaxed coma that topping the presidential polls would be an eccentric billionaire and a bonafide Socialist.
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‘Up your coffee game’ at Shop The Fox
Shop the Fox opened on Bull Street last week with an entire room dedicated to the art and craft of coffee, chock full of Chemex hourglasses, Aeropress espresso makers and locally-roasted PERC beans.
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Craft Brew Battle to benefit Tybee Post Theater
Tybee Island hosts a carbonated contest for the ages this Friday, July 24
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Our rising feminine mystique
Nobody puts our brilliant babes in a corner these days, and July has been a banner month for talented women representing our fair little town.
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The livin’ is easy at bô biên hut
FOREVER smiling and sun-kissed, culinary couple Sarah and Kurtis Schumm make operating multiple restaurants look effortless. They changed up the beach food game in 2010 with the casual and classy […]