Review: Avengers: Infinity War

It’s the darkest, the grimmest, and the most downbeat of all Marvel movies, with countless websites anticipating its solemnity by laying odds on which characters would meet their maker.

Liquid Courage

SAVANNAH Stage Company is taking its 2018 Season of Service to a whole new level. This weekend, the local theatre troupe will perform The Red Badge of Courage for one night only at Service Brewing. “What we’re trying to do with our Season of Service is highlight and engage certain demographics,” Artistic Director Jayme Tinti…

Parking up the wrong tree

Parking is always a source of simmering agitas in Savannah, bit it has erupted again into the public spotlight and conversation due to the City’s proposal to charge for spaces at Forsyth Park. If existing Facebook comments are a good indicator, there is not a lot of support for this move. However, it should not…

Poverty Simulation, Part Three: Tough Choices

I arrived at the Pawn Shop and Gun Store with our family’s prized widescreen TVs, valued at $350 each. ‘I’ll give you 90 bucks,’ said the cashier. As she was counting my money, I could see across the room that our chairs had already been turned upside-down and branded with the orange ‘evicted’ sign.

A Complete History of Savannah For Morons

FRONT Porch Improv, the local comedy troupe responsible for side-splitting shows like “Sorry Not Sorry” and the annual Savannah Comedy Fest, has created a tour de face of The Hostess City’s history written by—who better?—two former tour guides. Local funnymen John Brennan and Daniel Gilbert have teamed up to present 300 years of Savannah’s history…

How dangerous are cows?

In 2016 the Bureau of Labor Statistics tallied 19 workplace deaths primarily caused by bovines, half the total attributed to nonhuman mammals in all.

Editor’s Note: Depleting the civic bank account

One recent headline is about the City of Savannah’s estimated $10 million surplus. Ordinarily, that announcement might be a great headline for a City leader to see in the morning over coffee. But in Savannah’s current political climate the surplus was seen by most people, fairly or unfairly, as further proof of the City’s financial…

CNT, GSP combine for drug and stolen firearms bust

Several people are in custody following a joint operation between the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) and the Georgia State Patrol (GSP). “Early Sunday morning, GSP attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a truck believed to be stolen on Ogeechee Road. The vehicle fled from troopers and was disabled a short time later. A…

Savannah State University gets Military Friendly School designation for 2018-2019

Savannah State University (SSU) has earned the 2018/2019 Military Friendly ​School designation, the university announced Tuesday. “Institutions earning the Military Friendly ​School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. For the first time, student survey data was taken into consideration for the designation,” says an SSU spokesperson. The…


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