The Savannah Children’s Book Festival When: Saturday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: Forsyth Park Cost: Free Info: liveoakpl.org/SCBF The wise and witty Groucho Marx once observed that “outside of […]
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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Mapping the future
So, Superstorm Sandy. What a psycho. It was terrifying to watch as she raged through the Atlantic seaboard like a menopausal T. Rex who’s been denied chocolate and wine. Hell […]
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Where’re all my wonder women at?
The red boots. The bullet–deflecting arm cuffs. The magnanimous attitude towards all humankind. There’s no doubt Wonder Woman is the most recognizable female superhero in American media. Ever wonder why? […]
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The man with the can
Artist’s Reception for Adolfo Hernandez aka Inope When: Friday, Nov. 2, 7–10 p.m. Where: The Butcher Gallery, 19 E. Bay St. Cost: Free Info: whatisthebutcher.com With its script-like swirls, stenciled […]
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Whistleblower in our midst
It’s been a banner week for famous faces around here. Thanks to the indefatigable efforts of the Savannah Film Festival and Bobby Zarem (where is his monument already?), you may […]
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Challah back, y’all!
Forget what you’ve heard about too many cooks in the kitchen. At Congregation Mickve Israel, a group of women are performing a graceful ballet amongst the double ovens and racks […]
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For all mothers everywhere
When Christy Turlington Burns began to bleed excessively after giving birth to her first child, her life was saved by her midwives and doctors. She discovered afterwards that not every […]
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A Night with the haints
It’s close to midnight, and something evil’s lurking in the dark. Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart. You try to scream… Yes, these may […]
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Sowing the Food Revolution
It’s what has made the progress of humankind possible: Eat something delicious from a plant. Save the seeds. Plant them. Repeat. Our ancestors have doing this for millennia, each farmer […]
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Still sublime on 37th
A single friend recently asked my husband and me what the secret is to a happy marriage. We burst out laughing. “Hell if we know,” we cackled simultaneously. Truth is, […]
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Charmingly human
Say good–bye to the “Crafter of Dainty Love Songs.” With her bespectacled visage and honey–soaked tones, Ingrid Michaelson has wedged her way into the limelight in the last five years […]
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Still mighty
No doubt about it, she’s a beauty. A big one. A hundred and three feet across, the B–17 bomber fills the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum’s entire Combat Gallery, the […]