This Thursday night, painter Marcus Kenney would like six–and–two–thirds minutes of your attention. Not one second more. Not a second less. Filmmaker Michael Chaney wants the same thing. So does […]
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Watching the neighborhood
I usually run into my next door neighbor Phyllis as she passes my house with her middle school granddaughters, on their way to mid–week church services. When I take my […]
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Why not a McDonald’s on Broughton Street?
Take one historic downtown storefront, boarded and deteriorating for ten years. Propose an historically accurate restoration of the building’s exterior. Bring in a locally owned restaurant that’s clean and well […]
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Green eggs and ham
In Savannah, hearty St. Patrick’s Day breakfast parties are as much a tradition as wearing green blazers and kissing soldiers in the parade. Good food, fellowship, and the occasional “adult […]
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In painting, what’s old is what’s new
When “Secrets of the Old Masters” opens Thursday at Trends and Traditions Gallery, some of the paintings will look familiar to local art patrons. Fifteen of the paintings were recently […]
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Late to the parade
“You are LATE,” Quincy Quarterman Sr. said to me, while we watched last Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Day parade. He wasn’t talking about my arrival time of 11:15 […]
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Dutch Utopia: Christmas in January
This past Saturday I woke up with strong resolve to take down the stale–feeling holiday decorations, clear the Christmas cards off the mantel, and hit the mall to exchange the […]
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Those doggone resolutions
“Get outside more. Get some exercise. Give back to the community. Expand your social network.” Remember these old New Year’s Resolutions? If a new approach is needed this year […]
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The view from wow
Just when I thought I had experienced Savannah from every angle, along comes tour guide Ava Kreutzer to show me just how much delight and adventure are in plain sight […]
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Five days of Thanksgiving
It seemed only fair to allocate Thanksgiving five days on the calendar last week instead of the sole Thursday assigned by Abraham Lincoln, and officially approved by Congress. No encroaching […]
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Feasting on Fall
Fall in Savannah offers too much temptation for the cultural gluttons among us. It appears that the nothing-to-do days of “Slow-vannah” are behind us once and for all. Last weekend’s […]