Savannah State athletics move to NCAA Division II
Savannah State University (SSU) President Cheryl D. Dozier today announced the intent to classify all athletics programs from NCAA Division I to NCAA Division II, “pending approval by the NCAA. The announcement also signals the end of SSU’s membership in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) after the transition,” the University reports today. “This decision was…
Shooting on the Eastside
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating the shooting of Benjamin Owens, 25, on Thursday, Apr. 13 near the intersection of Illinois Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. “At about 1:10 p.m., EMS responded to a report of an injured person in the 2200 block of Alaska Street. EMS determined the injury to be from a gunshot wound, and…
Lucas Theatre staff terminated in stunning shakeup
This Thursday morning, the entire staff of the Lucas Theatre for the Arts was terminated with no advance notice, in a stunning and possibly wide-ranging decision from the board of the nonprofit that runs the beloved downtown performance venue. While the Lucas Theatre technically owns itself as a 501c3 organization, The Savannah College of Art…
Free cookies galore as Byrd Cookie Company marks 30 years in Savannah
Byrd Cookies will celebrate its 30th anniversary in Savannah this Friday, April 14 by giving away free cookies. The company is marking an amazing 93 years in operation as a family-owned enterprise. You can stop by any Byrd’s Famous Cookies location and get a free “U-Pick ’em” box. The flagship store is at 6700 Waters…
Nuclear boondoggle
A PAIR of new nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle, about an hour north/northwest of us on the Savannah River, were supposed to be up and running two weeks ago and sending electricity to the regional grid. Instead, the project is still less than 40 percent complete. Originally budgeted at about $14 billion, the…
Dick Dale, The Wave Slaves, The Mercers
Pushing through the first-ever 100-watt amplifier, Dale captured the feeling of surfing, wove it in with rock ‘n’ roll, Eastern musical scales, and drenched it in reverb.
If everything else is more expensive in Europe, why do we pay more for healthcare?
In the end, our health-insurance system doesn’t look too different from what you’d get if you’d set out to design one as expensive as you could manage
Earth Day is as important as ever
IT’S A tough time to care about planet Earth. As executive orders decimate climate change regulation and the Environmental Protection Agency loses its authority, it’s tempting to give up the fight for clean air, safe drinking water and protection of unspoiled land and endangered wildlife. Yet for many activists, the political and physical challenges of…
Editor’s Note: Shut up and enjoy the show
I’ve asked around about this. And most everybody I know says the same thing: Savannah audiences take the cake for being rude as hell and talking over shows.
Fork & Dagger: New York meets Puerto Rico in the deep South
Both Torres and Hoyt have been in Savannah for well over a decade, offering strong influences on the foodie community over the years
Kath Bloom’s Dream of Life
Her voice cracks and hisses, heavy with feral emotion and sprawling with a knowing transcendence. It’ll comfort you while it smashes your heart
SeepeopleS @Barrelhouse South
17 years into their career as a band, SeepeopleS still has the ability to win new fans with fresh sounds and socially-conscious lyrics
Old Classics, New Tracks @Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah
Fans will be treated to a sneak peek of the new material and covers of old-time bluegrass standards
Georgia’s WIN List sees record participation in political training boot camps
An ethnically-diverse, multi-generational crowd sat rapt as facilitator Kate Coyne-McCoy ran down a rainbow of Powerpoint slides on everything from how to ask for money to creating an authentic message to building a contact list.
Cynthia Knott finds the horizon line
The New York native’s large-scale encaustic paintings capture the horizon lines of the region’s most beautiful waterways, from Ossabaw Island to Beaufort and everywhere in between.
Aggressive Civility and other important newspeak
Jim Reed and Phillips Reynolds Price have co-founded the new social action organization, which not only makes a fabulous hashtag but stages events and sells swag to benefit the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Needed: More ‘oddball plans’ to reduce collisions
Protected bike lanes across the country have delivered economic benefits along with safety improvements. What’s dismissed as “oddball” in Savannah is best practice in many communities.
Sister Hazel: (It’s Still) All For You
The band’s shelf life is strongly aided by their ease between genres
Review: Fate of The Furious
The Fate of the Furious wallows in inanities with about the same frequency as it delivers excitement, and, like the other two films that followed the series-best Fast Five, it largely succeeds as a breezy and engaging lark.
