Like a lot of people in this eclectic little town, I’m an art groupie. I worship at the paint-stained feet of Betsey Cain, Jerome Meadows, Katherine Sandoz, Matt Hebermehl, Adolfo […]
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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All aboard the bus to Nerdville
‘Ermehgerd, NO, you’re NOT coming,’ shrieked my seventh grade son when I told him I’d volunteered to chaperone the Georgia Science & Engineering Fair in Athens last weekend.
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Closing the hunger gap
Pastor Samuel Rodriguez is used to people knocking on the back door. The leader of Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana off Ogeechee Road always welcomes those in need of spiritual guidance. […]
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Guns, butter and the Ogeechee?
The latest attempt to keep King America Finishing from polluting the Ogeechee River has been thwarted in Spalding County Superior Court. On Feb. 26, attorneys for the non-profit environmental advocacy […]
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The sands of non-attachment (or: Spring, you filthy slut)
Unfortunately for us humans, Daylight Savings makes the turning of the season feel less like a gentle nudge by a beneficent Mother Nature than a sharp bludgeoning about the head by the Lannister hound in Game of Thrones.
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Human trafficking: Hope in a soap
How can you help?Many organizations are working worldwide to stop human trafficking. The DREAM Project Foundation works to stop the exploitation of children in Southeast Asia by community building and […]
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Seeing sounds, hearing art
“There is such an important relationship between art and music. Each is striving for rhythm, balance, harmony.”
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Wristbands & bandstands
For the first time, Savannah’s normally-free privilege of walking around with a drink has a price tag
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How to go bragh
Welcome to the week of green, when Savannah rivals Oz for the title of Emerald City. With St. Patrick’s Day preparations and pre-partying in full effect, the enthusiasm is as […]
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Cookie maestros
They’ve been all the rage in Paris for a couple of centuries, but Savannah is just catching on to the magic of the macaron
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Spare the sneakers, foil the crime?
A few weeks back, at the behest of the Savannah–Chatham Metro Police Department, workers from Georgia Power removed almost 200 pairs of shoes from power lines in midtown. Something about […]
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The law of attraction
‘There’s a gravity that comes with being on the planet longer. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to do the actor’s work.’