The result of a generous lease agreement and numerous in-kind donations, the private retreat has been built entirely by CPR’s dedicated volunteers.
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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Tybee Wine Fest: A song of vine & fire
WHILE sandy shores are hardly an ideal terroir, Tybee Island will nonetheless yield some of the finest wines in the world as the Tybee Island Wine Festival returns April 22-26. […]
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All the Beautiful Things captures complexity of childhood sexual abuse
PLAYWRIGHT Marsha T. Jones makes no secret about the trauma of her childhood, not anymore. Sexually abused by an uncle from the age of three to 16, she kept silent […]
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Say it ain’t so, Gnate
‘Nothing has been decided yet,’ says the Sand Gnats’ John Katz.’We’re still working on possible solutions.; Whatever they are, they probably won’t include Historic Grayson Stadium.
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SCAD Style: Forever in Blue Jeans
SHREDDED at the knees and pegged at the ankle, designer skinny with a dangerously low rise, even bellybutton ticklers of the “mom” variety—everyone has a favorite pair of denim dungarees. […]
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Indigo Sky Gallery hosts a conversation of ‘tender issue’ of race
“It amazes me that people can think we can have a thriving economic vision in Savannah when the poverty rate is 28 percent,” says Alethea Raynor.
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Home Stretch to the Halfpipe: Public skate park breaks ground
With a little luck and a little more money, next spring the air around Lake Mayer will be filled with whoops, hollers and the joyful sound of wheels grinding on concrete.
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Micromanaging the Neighborhood?
There’s something to be said for discussing on-the-ground solutions for your personal, particular section of Savannah instead of having another hopeless conversation about the systemic apathy and buck-passing that seem to prevent the Big Problems from ever reaching resolution.
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Why every Savannahian should see Mickve Israel’s museum makeover
Above all else, Judaism is a story, and the tiny chapter written by Savannah’s Jewish community is not only unique, it’s essential to this city’s history—and its future.
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Food justice for all
WHEN kale and thistle grace the party centerpieces, change must be afoot in Savannah. Those garden-grown table settings served as both décor and harbinger at Healthy Savannah’s first annual meeting […]
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All who love good writing must converge
DANCING gorillas and gambling chickens aren’t the only fascinating characters you’ll encounter at the Flannery O’Connor Birthday Parade and Street Fair this Sunday, March 29. The annual celebration of Savannah’s […]
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Spring in Savannah, new and improved
The salacious second quarter of 2015 has also been greatly improved by other developments. Let’s begin with the renovation of the Forsyth Park Bandshell, currently underway.