SOME OF YOU may have noticed a quiet but major change at Connect Savannah within the past week — specifically at our website. It’s still at the same URL, www.connectsavannah.com, […]
Editor’s Note
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Representin’
I was wondering when the silly season would begin. With filing deadlines for city offices approaching, it seems that it’s finally kicked off in earnest. The announcements are coming in […]
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Gonzo revisited
First I’ve got to mention the no-brainer must-see event of the week, this Thursday’s free talk by Savannah native and well-known film producer Stratton Leopold. Part of the Senior Citizens, […]
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Creative before creative was cool
For all its silliness, the recent uproar over James Dewberry’s efforts against the Creative Coast Initiative has resulted in some good dialogue regarding exactly what is the local “creative class” […]
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Tail, meet dog. Dog, tail.
More and more around here, it seems the tail is wagging the dog. Your city council just told the world that given a choice between having in its tourist district […]
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Growing culture, growing community
This past Thursday night, some of Savannah’s most passionate arts patrons, from a wide variety of local cultural groups and a diverse range of backgrounds, gathered to hear a speech […]
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Hey gang, let’s put on a show
Summer in Savannah gets a bad rap. The truth is that many east coast cities well north of us routinely have worse summers than we do. New York, Philly, and […]
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No child left to learn
No one with or without children could argue against the obvious fact that schools across America need improvement. And here in Chatham County, Ga. — technically speaking, one of the […]
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The state of the arts is strong
We’ll have more on this in the months to come, but one of the more exciting bits of news to happen during this slower time of year is the unveiling […]
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Editor’s Note: Heating up February
This past Saturday night, before I was laid low by the same vicious little bug that everyone else seems to have caught, I checked out the Watt Prophets performance at […]
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Editor’s Note: Word to your (earth) mother
Savannah’s bullish on arts of all genres, but to me the single most vibrant and up-to-the-minute scene here is without a doubt that of spoken word performance. Centering primarily on […]
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Editor’s Note: Warming up to 2007
As you can tell from our Week at a Glance this issue, the weekend will be a busy one, with many worthy events. I wanted to call your attention to […]