April 30: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, April 30): Irish musician Gabriel Donohue, who spent three years as a touring member of the Chieftains, starts a week-long stint at Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub tonight. And the Odd Lot improv group’s regular Monday-night gig at Muse Arts Warehouse starts at 8.
April 29: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, April 29): At 2, 5 and 8 p.m., the Psychotronic Film Society screens the documentary Marley at Muse Arts Warehouse. Oscar winner Kevin MacDonald’s new film is a documentary about the late reggae legend Bob Marley. At 3 p.m., the Savannah Wind Symphony pop concert takes place at Armstrong…
April 28: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, April 28): Catch rockabilly/roots performer Webb Wilder, and his band the Beatnecks, at Loco’s tonight. Director Akira Kuwosawa’s 1950 masterpiece Rashomon is screened at 7 p.m. at the Trustees Theater. Guitarist Walter Parks debuts at B. Matthews, KidSyc@Brandywine play Congress St. Social Club, and Whetherman (singer/songwriter Nicholas Williams) is…
The Five-Year Engagement; The Pirates! Band of Misfits
THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT **1/2 It would be both obnoxious and inaccurate to quip that The Five-Year Engagement feels as if it runs as long as the titular length, but there’s no denying that this is one movie that would have benefitted from some judicious trimming in the editing room. At 125 minutes, the latest comedy…
April 27: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, April 27): Clowns, clown art, cool tunes, circus acts, Pagliacci and more freaky stuff at the Starland Circus, kicking off at 7 p.m. at the former Starland Dairy, 40th & Bull; Country singer Lee Brice’s show at Desperados is sold out; Electric Grandma, Basik Lee & Knife and Miggs…
April 26: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, April 26): Chunk alert! Never understood the appeal, but the 1985 Richard Donner-directed kid film The Goonies has become a cult fave; SCAD screens it for free in Forsyth Park today, at 8 p.m. KidSyc@Brandywine open a weekly series of “hip hop nights” at Taco Abajo, and it’s the…
Orange Spring
IN YET ANOTHER DISPLAY of the power of social media, few things have blown up local Facebook feeds like the YouTube video that went viral this past Sunday morning showing a beach full of litter after the Orange Crush “festival.” I put “festival” in quotes because unlike every other event in the area which also…
April 25: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, April 25): SCAD’s singing performance ensemble, with live band, in “Traditions,” a concert of contemporary graduation-type music. It’s free, at 7 p.m., at the Mondanaro Theatre on MLK. The thriller White of the Eye (1987, U.K.) is tonight’s Psychotronic Film screening (8 p.m., Sentient Bean). AcousticA (Ray and Mike…
Exhibits & openings this week
A Native Son: Paintings by West Fraser – Fraser was born in Savannah in 1955 and spent most of the past three decades working in the South Carolina Lowcountry and coastal Georgia. He is well known for his landscapes (many, though not all, of which are painted en plein air) and city scenes. Telfair Museums…
5 questions: Webb Wilder
John Webb McMurray was a guitar–playing, rock ‘n’ roll–loving kid from Hattiesburg, Miss. In 1981, he starred in the first of a series of short films as Webb Wilder, Private Eye — a hillbilly gumshoe with a dry wit, a briefcase full of trailer park gags, and a guitar case full of rockabilly, surf, honky–tonk…
Lee Brice, Electric Grandma
LEE BRICE At 9 p.m. Friday, April 27 Desperados, 65 W. Fairmont Ave. $20 advance, $25 at the door (open at 7). How often does this happen? South Carolina singer/songwriter Lee Brice had the No. 1 song on Billboard’s country singles chart last week (“A Woman Like You”) and he’s here onstage, in little ole…
Great Scot!
Nothing reduces me to a tittering fool like a Scottish brogue. Really, if those Nigerian bank scammers could do a decent Sean Connery imitation, they’d have my life savings in a minute. So it’s a good thing that Peter Sabine had no intentions of filching my wallet, because I would’ve handed it right over at…
Mark your calendar: Ron White
One of Ron White’s oldest bits – and one of his funniest–ever — is the story of how it took the Sears Auto Center took three–and–a–half hours to change the four tires on his van. “Apparently,” the comedian says, “they had to whittle one of ‘em out of a piece of wheat.” After ponying up…
Your new ‘third’ place
Mention Cafe Metropole to longtime local foodies and you’re bound to get a lot of wistful sighs. The notoriously quirky restaurant once operated out of the funky former Greyhound bus station on MLK Jr. Boulevard., back when that side of town was still too sketchy for mainstream diners. It earned a loyal following for Franco–Mediterrean–style…
Step right up …
If you know anyone suffering from coulrophobia, tell them to stay away from Jon Taylor’s art exhibit on the 27th. Coulrophobics are afraid of clowns, and Taylor has literally papered the walls with them. It’s a baggy pants, red nose, orange hair and white pancake revue. Clown fans, on the other hand, will find the…
Sammies of Sammy Green’s
My last review of Sammy Green’s was shortly after the little Abercorn Street eatery opened in late 2010. Since then, the restaurant went through growing pains and has emerged with a “big” menu — larger versions of the little gourmet sliders that the crew rode to popularity. What has not changed are the ingredients —…
24 hours to regret
Two homicides happened within 24 hours last week, with one case apparently solved and the other killer(s) still at large. Two brothers were arrested after a shooting last Friday afternoon. Devontay Small,17 and John Small,19, both of Savannah, were charged and arrested in the murder and robbery of Timothy Randolph. Just after 4 p.m., officers…
Concrete canvas
Liz Fuller is a 22–year–old illustration major at SCAD. The Tennessee native is partial to scientific illustration — detailed plants and animal drawings, specifically — and her goal, post–graduation, is to return to Nashville and find work as an illustrator of such things. Fuller was awarded Best in Show at the 2011 Sidewalk Arts Contest…
Transportation costs of obesity
Recently someone asked about the amount of energy Americans are storing in body fat. A more pertinent question is how much energy is wasted hauling that fat around. Cars, planes, and trains have to burn extra fuel to move the excess pounds. How many barrels of oil would America save if not for all that…
April 24: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, April 24): If you’ve always wanted to check out Fort Pulaski, on Highway 80 heading out to Tybee, this might be the week to do it: It’s National Park Week, and admission is free every day through April 29. Music-wise, Clouds & Satellites have an intimate gig at Foxy…
