Southern–fried whimsy and eccentric characters are the stock–in–trade of Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Beth Henley, whose Impossible Marriage is onstage at the Lucas Theatre this weekend. The SCAD production is directed […]
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Taking a ‘Lesson’ from history
Winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson opens Friday, May 14 and runs through the 23rd at S.P.A.C.E., home to the City of Savannah’s […]
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What’s Next: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
It’s been suggested that Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are at the leading edge of a folk/rock renaissance. Others have said that the Los Angeles-based band, which tours and […]
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Mississippi queen
When Beth Henley was a little girl, in genteel Jackson, Miss., her mother would often drive past Eudora Welty’s house. “I would look up at the window and see her […]
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Iron Man 2, A Nightmare on Elm Street
IRON MAN 2 **1/2 Iron Man 2 doesn’t quite degenerate into Transformers 3, but those of us who thought the weakest part of the vastly enjoyable original was the title […]
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Exhibits & openings this week
Art for Art’s Sake Auction – Art auction May 7, 6-9pm, benefiting the Desotorow Gallery. Desotorow Gallery , 2427 Desoto Ave. Ellen Susan: Soldier Portraits – Local photographer uses a […]
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The power of ‘Luv’
After more than four decades, Carl Rosengart discovered this unshakeable truth: All you need is Luv. Rosengart, a neurologist who spent 22 years as the senior vice president of medical […]
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What’s Next: First look at ‘The Conspirator’
Robert Redford’s The Conspirator doesn’t have a distributor yet (i.e. Paramount, Warner Bros., Fox or Lionsgate) or a release date, but that hasn’t stopped the American Film Co., which bankrolled […]
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Definitely something
Jack Metcalf is bidding farewell to Savannah after several years here as an artist and bartender. He waves goodbye, not with a tear in his eye, but with his art […]
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Training for the red carpet
High school students at Savannah Arts Academy will experience a night of celebrity treatment at their fifth annual Film Festival this Friday. Every movie in the festival is the creation […]
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Keepin’ it real
Two local colleges are celebrating National Historic Preservation Week in very different, but very fitting ways. The Savannah College of Art and Design and Savannah Technical College are each offering […]
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Back-up Plan, Death at a Funeral, How to Train Your Dragon
THE BACK-UP PLAN * Jennifer Lopez’s first screen outing in four years isn’t a motion picture so much as it’s a new form of Chinese watertorture: Seemingly innocuous at first, […]