April 16: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, April 16): There’s a panel discussion at 4 p.m., at the Creative Coast, in which local artists discuss ways to develop additional infrastructure for creative projects. It’s part of the Savannah Urban Arts Festival, and it’s free.
April 15: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, April 15): Director Agnieszka Holland’s Academy Award-nominated In Darkness (Poland, 2011) is screened at 7 p.m. at the Victory Square theater. This one-time showing is part of the CinemaSavannah series. The AASU Masquers finish the first-week run of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing with today’s 3 p.m. matinee in…
April 14: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, April 14): It’s a big one – the Statts Block Party takes over the Jinx, Congress Street Social Club, Wild Wing and City Market, Hang Fire and the Rail Pub, with lots o’local music in a benefit for injured artist, musician and all-around bud Jason Statts. The Tybee Wine…
Reviews: The Three Stooges, Cabin in the Woods
THE THREE STOOGES *1/2 Can anyone who isn’t a Stooge fan possibly enjoy The Three Stooges? More to the point, can anyone who is a Stooge fan possibly find merit in this Farrelly misfire? As a longtime groupie of the comic trio of Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard (the last-named eventually replaced in…
April 12: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, April 12): The Masquers of Armstrong Atlantic State University open Much Ado About Nothing tonight in Jenkins Hall, while SCAD’s References to Salvador Dali Get Me Hot continues at the Jepson Center. At 7:45 p.m., Michael Jordan’s film Savannah in the Civil War premieres at Fort Pulaski. KidSyc@Brandywine, Roland…
April 11: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, April 11): Most importantly, the new issue of Connect is available – look for it in your favorite coffee shop, club or restaurant, or in one of those handy-dandy street-vending boxes. It’s free, you know. A SCAD production of Jose Rivera’s out-there drama References to Salvador Dali Make Me…
Much ado about Shakespeare
“One incredible advance the world has made in the last couple of years,” points out AASU drama professor Peter Mellen, “is No Fear Shakespeare.” Indeed, the SparkNotes book series is now the Bard Bible for contemporary young theater students who find it initially tricky to navigate the waters of Shakespeare’s thickly poetic Elizabethan dialogue. “On…
‘Toon time
Bugs Bunny, Snow White and James and his giant peach may seem like kid stuff to some. But cartoon characters mean serious business for grown-ups at the Savannah International Animation Festival. Born in 2010, the ambitious festival has grown legs in its third year, attracting more filmmakers, directors and fans from around the world than…
Neon Trees, Hoots & Hellmouth, Mister Joe Black
HOOTS & HELLMOUTH With Dare Dukes & the Blackstock Collection, Lee Koch At 8 p.m. Thursday, April 12 Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. A wry Americana quartet with roots in blues, folk and even gospel-tent revival music, Philadelphia’s Hoots & Hellmouth should be on your radar if Little Feat and the Band…
Urban Scrawl
For the most part, people frown upon writing on the walls. Many, including property owners and police officers, consider any addition to a bland slab of painted brick offensively sloppy, uncomfortably seditious or just downright rude. But for the next month, there are two walls around town where penning your thoughts is totally cool. Encouraged,…
The women who keep on telling
Get three Jewish mothers in one room and there’s bound to be kvetching (complaining), kvelling (bragging about the kids) and some good, hard laughter. There was plenty of all when I met with Melinda Stein and Degi Ruben last week to talk about the upcoming Holocaust Remembrance program at the Jewish Educational Alliance, though it’s…
The Iron Man
Jason Statts knows where the wild things are. Shot in the neck four years ago by a 22–year–old hoodlum, he is a quadriplegic, a man without a body, with no working nerves or muscles below the nipples on his pale chest. And that’ll screw with a guy’s mind. Late at night, deep in Jason Statts’…
SUAF event schedule
Sunday, April 15 AWOL’s Therapy Session Open Mic Live Performances all night from poets, singers and MCs. All Ages Event Where: Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. When: 7-9 p.m. Admission: Donation Monday, April 16 Panel Discussion: “Changing the Perception of What’s Possible in Savannah” Local artists discuss ways to improve outcomes for local artists…
The allure of a.lure
For restaurateur Daniel Berman, the opening of his new a.lure on Congress Street is somewhat a homecoming. The former Bacchus location was once Bistro Savannah. That was Berman’s first restaurant GM gig, which paved the way for his Kasey’s Gourmet Grille on Waters Avenue. Kasey’s was a comfortable, neighborhood driven eatery, with an above average…
Grape times on Tybee
It’s spring in Savannah, but it’s a wine–lover’s summer paradise on Tybee this week for the fourth annual Tybee Wine Festival. As the weather heats up and the bikinis come out, the Tybee Post Theater has crafted a three–day event sure to turn even the most novice–wine drinker into a veritable sommelier. And this year…
New bike lane, new complaints
Immediately following the redesign of Price Street to include a bike lane and on–street parking, some folks offered grim forecasts. Automobile traffic would snarl, they predicted. Bicyclists would be hurt daily, they warned. Parked cars would be damaged, they fretted. Now people are starting to complain, not about what might happen, but about what hasn’t…
Hello Dali
The critically acclaimed References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot takes to the stage this week in Savannah. As the name alludes, it is a surrealistic, tumultuous, romantic, rhythmic, and sometimes lascivious theatre piece by contemporary playwright and Oscar nominee Jose Rivera. It is a heartbreaking tale of the wayward marriage of Benito and Gabriela,…
War stories
As part of the 150th anniversary events marking the surrender of Ft. Pulaski, local filmmaker Michael Jordan will premiere his documentary Savannah During the Civil War this week at the historic fortress. The 90–minute film uses local actors and historians to bring to life the activity in Savannah, where, in Jordan’s words, “A hell of…
Michael Jordan scores
Michael Jordan – the local filmmaker, not the basketball superstar – is a busy man these days. First coming to local prominence as an anchor with WSAV, he has since gone on to a successful career as an independent videojournalist. As he said when I interviewed him for my piece on him this issue, “I…
In need of Newports
Police are seeking men who robbed three businesses in two months, taking cash and Newport cigarettes. In the first incident, a black male wearing a multi–colored hooded jacket entered the Circle K in the 7200 block of Abercorn at 9:42 p.m. on Feb. 13, and produced a handgun. He forced the clerk to turn over…
April 10: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, April 10): Comedy Central’s Daniel Tosh has two sold-out shows tonight at the Johnny Mercer Theatre. Those without tickets might want to speak (or sing) their minds at the 8 p.m. Tongue Open Mouth & Music Show, free and open to all at the Sentient Bean. Fiddler Crystal Kanney…
Politics, politics
Right to Work a misnomer Regarding Mr. Lattavo’s response to Bill Gillespie’s letter: So, SB 469 is a “Right to Work” law. That is just typical right-wing Orwellian doublespeak, which really means “Right not to be able to unionize” and “Right of the owner to pay you whatever meager stipend he thinks you deserve.” It’s…
Your vote really counts here
One of the most interesting things about working for Connect is how the same people who usually don’t give us much respect also seem pretty intent on copying us whenever they can. Case in point is our annual “Best of Savannah” Readers Poll, which is simultaneously by far the oldest and most successful of such…
