Five years of spitting fire
Towards the end of a lengthy chat about the upcoming 5th Annual Savannah Spoken Word Festival with Spitfire Poetry Group co-founder Clinton Powell, I ask the dedicated local booster of performed poetry a hypothetical question.If, I say, you could be granted any one wish for next year’s 6th Annual Spoken Word Fest, what would it…
Eric Johnson declares for governor
State Senator Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) announced today he will seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2010. Meanwhile, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Savannah) scotched rumors of his own gubernatorial run. Johnson previously had his hat in the ring for lieutenant governor, but changed plans after current Lt. Governor Casey Cagle’s recent decision to run for re-election…
SFMS presents: Richard Shindell
SFMS presents: Richard Shindell *** Ever since this internationally beloved singer-songwriter relocated to Buenos Aires from N.Y. nine years ago (he’s a native Jersey boy), his U.S. concert dates have become less frequent. His entire tour of this country to support Not Far Now, his first disc of new originals in half a decade spans…
Masquers perform A Raisin in the Sun
There are few things in history that actually change. Mothers want to be strong for their families, fathers want to build good examples for their sons to follow, and every generation strives to improve circumstances to allow progress for those who follow. Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is a shining example of a…
Sidewalk Arts 2009
Pix from the annual chalk-a-thon in Forsyth Park
City turns to teams
It was a meeting so big that it started in one place and ended in another. On April 23, the Savannah City Council met with representatives of the Budgeting for Results teams. The teams are made up of city employees who have volunteered to determine ways the city can cut costs yet continue to…
Trees come to Ellis Square
Beginning Monday, April 27, city staff and contractors will begin transplanting five mature live oak trees from the Truman Parkway to the renovated Ellis Square downtown near City Market. Currently, the 30-foot-tall oaks “interfere with canal maintenance near the Truman,” a city spokesman says, adding that the cost of transplantation is “significantly less” than purchasing…
It’s Pippin, people
It’s a true play-within-a-play. The musical Pippin follows the son of Charlemagne as he heads out to discover the secret of true happiness and find himself. Along the way, he is led by a chorus of medieval masquers, including the pivotal Lead Player. Pippin looks for happiness in war, pleasure and power, but finds none…
Embracing the cracker within
Back when I was editor of Creative Loafing here, one of our most popular columnists was the delightful and wickedly funny Lauretta Hannon. Then working in PR at Armstrong Atlantic, her acerbic, lively writing hilariously and accurately described both the good and the bad about Savannah life. Hannon, a Georgia native, shortly moved to Atlanta…
Sleeping beauty
Metro police responded to the scene of a burglary to find the suspect sleeping peacefully at the scene. A worker at the New Beginnings Learning Center, arrived at work at 6am and went inside, only to see a man sleeping. She quickly backed out of the center and immediately called 911. Police responded and took…
The Pharmacy is open
Isaiah Davenport House Museum, Historic Savannah Foundation (HSF) and SCAD recently partnered to restore one of Broughton Street’s last wooden storefronts. The Kennedy Pharmacy was built in 1890 and served as the neighborhood drugstore and apothecary. Through the 1940s, at least, it remained a drugstore. As recently as about 10 years ago, it served as…
New reviews: Soloist, Informers, State of Play
THE SOLOIST ** Director Joe Wright is the British chap behind Pride & Prejudice and Atonement, so maybe placing him in charge of the decidedly American concoction The Soloist was an attempt to show that he’s able to bust some Ang Lee moves by leaping over diverse genres in a single bound. Maybe he can…
Susu Cox, Troy Davis – and communists!
Open letter to Susu Cox Editor, This is an open letter to Savannah/Chatham County School Board member Susu Cox: Dear Mrs. Cox: I read with particular interest recent statement attributed to you from Connect Savannah and the Savannah Morning News. I will be citing both of them over the course of this letter. First the…
‘Odd Bodies’ at S.P.A.C.E.
A contour line around a figure will show no internal details, nothing that is overlapping or hidden inside the overall shape. It is a mystery with few clues. To put it another way, if you take a photographic image of, say, a figure kneeling, with arms crossed, and draw an outline around the form, you…
Best bites: Mi Vida Loca, Saigon Flavors, B. Matthews
Tim’s restaurant hopping turns up intriguing and satisfying bites – covering everything from street food to fine dining. He picks three “Best Bites” every week to share with Connect readers: Mi Vida Loca This partially hidden little Hispanic market also boasts some of the best authentic Mexican food in the city. I especially liked the…
Rediscovering Rose
Really learning to love wine is, well, a journey. I know how clichéd that sounds, but it’s true. We begin with simple wines from wineries that are as accessible in our stores as they are to our wallets. Somewhere along the way, or tastes change, our interests shift, we wake up and — while we find pleasure…
Swedish delegate struck, killed
A Swedish delegate visiting Savannah for a professional conference died Tuesday night after being hit by a pickup truck in a marked crosswalk at Oglethorpe and Bull Streets. Nils Eric Svensson, 61, was a regional business developer from Skanor, Sweden. A Swedish investor, Anne Christine Bjarkby, 45, was crossing with Svensson about 10 p.m. and…
Iceland on the cutting edge
Lead Story When Alcoa Inc. prepared to build an aluminum smelting plant in Iceland in 2004, the government forced it to hire an expert to assure that none of the country’s legendary “hidden people” lived underneath the property. The elf-like goblins provoke genuine apprehensiveness in many of the country’s 300,000 natives (who are all, reputedly,…
Killer beets
I recently heard a rumor that sugar processed from beets contains traces of a poison used as a combat weapon in World War II. Is this true? What’s the difference between beet sugar and cane sugar, anyway? – tomlobur A good rumor, which this is, is like an Indiana Jones movie. There’s a grain of…
In theatres
Fast & Furious The best part of Fast & Furious is its tagline – “New Model. Original Parts.” – which means that the studio wonk who created it deserves the big bucks more than anybody who actually appears in the film. It’s a catchy line because it advertises the fact that all four stars of…
