For several minutes last Tuesday, Johnson Square was the loudest spot in town. About 20 activists wielded air horns, whistles and other noisemakers in the normally halcyon public space to […]
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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Fairy tales are for suckers
Once upon a time, in the late 1980s, there lived a mopey teenage girl. Saddled as she was with bad skin, a mouth full of braces and a dark sense […]
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Cocoa motion
If life is really like a box of chocolates, then please Lord, let them be made by Adam Turoni. The Pennsylvania native opened Chocolat by Adam Turoni in October, showcasing […]
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Fast tracking disaster
I must have been temporarily brainwashed by the Kool–Aid flowing downstream from Atlanta, where state legislators have passed a new law that makes it easier for corporations to pollute just about everything.
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All Cooped Up
Houdini has escaped again. No matter how carefully I staplegun the bird netting from the roofline to the fence, she finds a way out.Sometimes I’ll find her sitting on top […]
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Behind the veil
Come opening night, all eyes will be on Alexandra Theodoropoulos. The native New Yorker portrays the title character in Oscar Wilde’s Salome, and if you know anything about the Bible, […]
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Reframing a classic
The latest interpretation of his Victorian holiday classic might have Charles Dickens turning over in his grave — with joy. Always interested in poking at stuffy societal conventions through his […]
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Pedicab Wars?
Most evenings, Victoria Grey rides circles around the squares. The former carpenter’s apprentice has worked full–time as a Savannah Pedicab driver since August, picking up passengers and depositing them at […]
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Yarnbombs away!
For five days last week, Wright Square was the seat of a benevolent revolution. Literally. A mysterious someone — or someones — had covered two public benches in cozy, colorful […]
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Couture noir
As the holidays descend upon us, black thoughts arise. No, not a negative reaction to rabid Black Friday shoppers or an aversion to fruitcake, but rather a delighted rejoinder to […]
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The marvelous marsh
It’s a sight that has arrested many a soul around these parts: The sun setting on the marsh, the sky impossibly large, the light otherworldly. Wrens flit between their hidden […]
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Crime
Most mornings before dawn, I walk around Daffin Park with a few friends. It’s dark as the inside of a sock out there and hella creepy. I half expect zombies […]