For college students seeking a spiritual connection, Savannah’s cup runneth over with faith–based organizations and worship services geared towards students’ unique needs and lifestyles. Evening worship so you can sleep […]
Robin Wright Gunn
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Putting the ‘saint’ in St. Patrick’s Day
Before the green grits, before the parade’s pipe bands and floats, before the beer on River Street, Thursday morning’s St. Patrick’s Day Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the […]
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September [Swan] Song
There’s something about September that gets my attention. Not in a “Yo! Over here!” waving–its–arms–wildly kind of way. More like a tap on the shoulder, a whisper in the ear. […]
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Vinyl Appreciation is all in how you spin it
It’s a simple idea. One night a month, open the doors of Muse Arts Warehouse from 5–10 p.m., for anyone who wants to play a set of recorded music, or […]
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Back2School for you?
Hartford Gongaware went back to elementary school last fall. He got a fifth grade pen pal named Christopher, he read some new books, and he and Christopher traded letters online […]
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An A-Positive afternoon
Two Thursdays ago, with butterflies in my stomach, I drove to an office in Market Walk on Hodgson Memorial Drive. I sat down at a table and completed one of […]
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Stories worth telling at Fort Pulaski
I rarely think about Fort Pulaski at all, and when I do, my catalog of information reads something like this: a destination on the way to Tybee, and a good […]
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A neighborhood porch party
With Historic Grayson Stadium literally in my backyard (I can see their fireworks from my back steps) a Savannah Sand Gnats baseball game last Saturday night promised a few hours […]
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A boat ride to where Truman meets Vernon
One hot Thursday morning in June, Orlando Montoya, myself and eight other landlubbers gathered at Rodney Hall Boat Ramp at Skidaway Narrows (sometimes called Butterbean Beach) for a boat trip […]
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A TEDxCreativeCoast hangover
Three days after the first TEDxCreativeCoast gathering of “ideas worth sharing” I still have the remnants of a creativity hangover. Last Friday, from 9:15 a.m. until nearly 6:00 p.m., over […]
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Our teachable moment
Last May at the annual Covered Dish Supper sponsored by Chatham–Savannah Citizen Advocacy, I shared dinner with some new acquaintances – “Frederick,” a friendly–yet–reserved Brooks Brothers–dressed African American professional in […]
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Michael Brown: Futurist, wonk, nice guy
Fifteen years after Michael Brown took on the job of Savannah’s City Manager, it’s hard to imagine the version of our city that greeted him on his arrival. Long stretches […]