THIS FRIDAY MORNING, hundreds of Savannah teens will dress for St. Patrick’s Day in green military uniforms and shiny black shoes instead of green T-shirts and shiny beads. The entire […]
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The pipes are callin’
IN RECENT YEARS, pipe and drum bands from New York, the midwest, central Georgia and Charleston have regularly marched in the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day parade. This year, for the […]
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Horsing around the tail end
VETERAN Saint Patrick’s Day parade watchers know that when a team of horses appears, it’s a sure sign that the parade is winding down. For the past three years or […]
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Joyriding for a cause
IN FEBRUARY, while browsing the winter sale at Gaucho’s Bull Street shop, I found myself in a spontaneous conversation with three women: the sales assistant, a longtime downtown resident, and […]
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Hear and now
During the past few days, while working with the Ossabaw Island Foundation on this week’s filled-to-capacity symposium on coastal Georgia’s African American history, I’ve gleaned several pieces of new information, […]
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Chesed: The L-word revisited
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM surrounding Valentine’s Day decrees that unattached women are expected to dread the annual celebration of love and its seeming segregation of the world into two groups: couples and […]
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Sunday in the woods at Wormsloe
Sunday in the woods at Wormsloe With only four hours set aside for Super Museum Sunday this past weekend, it was important to choose wisely from among the 39 cultural […]
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Sign language
KENNETH F. CARTER JR., isn’t the kind of guy who rests on his laurels. Last Friday night, while novelist Terry Kay was still signing books in the Lucas Theatre lobby […]
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Blog Day Afternoon
LAST FRIDAY, on my way to the 2008 BlogSavannah UnConference at the AASU Continuing Education Center, it occurred to me that as a non-blogger I might be heading into foreign […]
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History Lessons
LOOKING FOR INFORMATION on Georgia history? 2008 seems the perfect year for historical pursuits, since Georgia Historical Society (GHS) has dedicated most of February to celebrating Georgia’s 275th anniversary. In […]
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Snow’s job
FOR THE PAST ten days, lecturer Judith Snow from Toronto, Ontario, has been on the Savannah living room tour, having supper and conversation at homes around the city. Snow, her […]
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The Met Live in HD
A popcorn and an aria, please Q: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” A: “Practice, practice, practice. Q: “Well, then, how do you get to the Metropolitan Opera?” A: […]