Editor’s Note: Pipeline to Perdition
Savannah, as one of the only places in Georgia not supplied in part via pipeline, has the highest gas prices in the state. But there is zero guarantee that Savannah will enjoy any savings at all by hosting part of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline.
Officer interrupts kidnapping downtown
A Savannah man faces multiple charges after a Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police officer interrupted a kidnapping early last Wednesday. Freddie Greene Jr., 52, was arrested and charged with battery, aggravated assault and two counts of kidnapping “after an officer heard screams and forced over a white pickup truck,” police say. Downtown Precinct patrol officers, the on-duty…
Elderly woman shot in Westside drive-by
Violent Crime detectives are investigating the shooting of a 64-year-old woman as she stood in front of her residence in the Cuyler Brownsville area of Savanah Tuesday night. Connie Colonel, of the 2400 block of Harden Street, was transported for treatment to a non-life threatening wound to her leg after the shooting at 9:12 p.m.…
Second man charged in park & library shootings
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police have identified and charged a second suspect in shootings at two city parks, including one in which a window in the Bull Street Library was struck. Troy Shanta Young, 22, was served Wednesday with four warrants while he was in the Chatham County Detention Center on other charges. He was charged with…
Armstrong Economic Monitor reports fastest growth for Savannah economy since 2004
Armstrong State University’s latest Coastal Empire Economic Monitor reports the Savannah-area economy “continued to strengthen during the fourth quarter of 2014 and is expected to experience sustained growth at a healthy pace throughout 2015. Over the past year, the regional economy expanded at its fastest pace since 2004,” a University spokesperson says. The Economic Monitor,…
Saturday gardening sessions give empowerment, solace – and spring produce
Attendees enjoy kicking off their weekends in the fresh air in the garden emitting aromas of spicy arugula and fresh basil.
Pay off the national debt with oil shale deposits?
So how much does a trillion barrels of oil get you these days? Depends on your timing.
Tybee Wine Fest: A song of vine & fire
WHILE sandy shores are hardly an ideal terroir, Tybee Island will nonetheless yield some of the finest wines in the world as the Tybee Island Wine Festival returns April 22-26. Featuring generous pours from dozens of wineries near and far, the seventh annual Wine Festival continues to orbit around Saturday’s Grand Tasting on the green…
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Down to One
IN 2010, the husband-wife team of guitar prodigy Derek Trucks and acclaimed singer-songwriter Susan Tedeschi were finally ready to join musical forces. Today, Tedeschi Trucks Band is a cross-genre favorite, an entourage of 11 talented musicians filling the stage to craft the duo’s blend of hard-driving blues rock. Together, Trucks and Tedeschi have two albums,…
Little King: Keeping Soul Food in Savannah Alive
IT’S A sad day when you stop by a favorite eatery to pick up some well-loved tasty meal, and find the doors shut and locked, the windows dark and boarded up. Shock, disbelief, yes, they all come into play. Pile on top of it all news garnered from neighborhood folk that tells a sorrowful story…
A Fragile Tomorrow, Danielle Howle + Firework Show, Finnegan Bell @The Wormhole
Somewhere between knocking down walls and jamming in the studio until the wee hours of the morning, the brothers decided to lay down roots in the Hostess City.
Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue @The Jinx
They specialize in completing the stunts deemed too deadly by many performers—all without a drop of blood or sign of pain.
Iska Dhaaf, Sunglow, Generation Pill @Hang Fire
The vibes translate perfectly to visual imagery in their Apocalypse Now-esque video.
Talking with… Ivan Cohen
RETIRED federal file clerk Ivan Cohen gave me his business card. It says he’s the Education Committee Chair for the Savannah-Chatham Council of PTAs. But he wouldn’t mind another title on it. “Political gadfly?” I suggest. “No, issue-oriented gadfly,” he responds. Anyone who has attended school board, city council, county commission or library board meetings over the past…
‘These films are meant to inspire, not to depress’
AS the universe of environmentally-themed film festivals continues to expand, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour—with a Savannah stop this weekend—focuses less on politics than on enjoyment. “We basically want to extend what we do inside the store to outside the store,” says Chad DuBose of local outdoor adventure retailer Half-Moon Outfitters, which sponsors…
Jeff Zagers: ‘An experiment is an intention’
JEFF Zagers’ “The Double” embodies the feel of those movies in which the protagonist enters a room and suddenly is swept back several decades. Modern décor falls away. The dust of many, many years unsettles under the feet of slow-dancing spirits. All the viewer can do is observe, entranced. “And I want you so bad/it’s…
Bill Burr: ‘No comedian ever told a joke that made somebody lose their house’
KNOWN FOR his standup specials and his popular and long-running weekly podcasts, Massachusetts-born Bill Burr not only has a devoted following, but is one of the most highly regarded comedians among other comedians. (His epic handling of a drunk and belligerent crowd at a 2006 gig in Philly earned him legend status, as he defiantly…
Kittenfest: Purr with these local & regional bands
IT ALL STARTED with a birthday. Sarah Florio was turning 15 years old in her New Jersey hometown, and a group of close friends, many of them musicians, were coming over to her dad’s place to celebrate. “They asked if they could play my birthday party,” Florio remembers. “My dad was all about it, and…
New Country Rehab, The Accomplices @Congress Street Social Club
Evokes the careful, slow builds of Mumford & Sons, delicate indie-folk, singer-songwriter numbers into full house rockers.
Earth Day events highlight art & science of bicycling
Earth Day Wheelie was first major Savannah Bicycle Campaign event
Record Store Day Survival Guide
IT’S TIME TO salute the beauty of analog! For eight years, indie record shops around the world have participated in Record Store Day, an annual event dedicated to supporting independent music retailers. Every April, labels release exclusive vinyl and music fans swarm their local shops to score limited releases, deluxe reissues, and swoon-worthy box sets.…
Greetings From Ye Old Savannah S#$% Show
Add to the equation Savannah’s bloody history, plus copious amounts of alcohol and you wind up with a bunch of rowdy Gremlins on the loose after midnight.
Review: True Story
Hill and Franco aren’t bad, but their performances remain frustratingly on the surface – this is especially true of Franco, who often comes across more as a guy peeved that someone tapped out the frat-house keg than a tortured individual potentially engaged in Machiavellian maneuverings.
Punk legends Fucked Up to play all-ages Savannah show 7/1
Southern Pine Company one of just 10 tour stops
