Car-jackings on the rise in Georgetown, Chatham County PD says
The Chatham County Police Department (CCPD) says today “that several robberies and car-jackings have occurred in the past few months at apartment complexes in the Georgetown area.” The car-jackings involved the suspect “accosting victims late at night/early morning as they pulled in to park their vehicle,” they report. CCPD wants citizens to be alert if…
Armstrong Campus to get its first K-9 officer
K-9 officer Bear, a Belgian Malinois, “is the first K-9 officer assigned to the University’s Armstrong Campus in Savannah and will work alongside Patrol Officer Philip Garza,” says a Georgia Southern University spokesperson. “Bear, obtained through a partnership with the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office, has performed explosive detection work overseas with the Department of Defense…
Attorney: Police lied about Boyd shooting, calls on GBI to release video evidence
The attorney for the family of a 20-year-old man shot and killed by Savannah Police earlier this year says proof exists that the police lied about the shooting. On Jan. 23 of this year, Ricky Boyd was killed by police officers on Marian Circle as they attempted to serve a warrant for his arrest in…
Chatham County Animal Services director placed on administrative leave after indictment
Chatham County Animals Services Director Kerry Sirevicius has been put on administrative leave during an investigation “for a personnel matter,” the County reports through a spokesperson. Dr. Charles “Jake” Harper, DMV, the Animal Services veterinarian, has been appointed as interim director until further notice. Reports surfaced today that a Chatham County Grand Jury indicted Sirevicius…
Savannah Music Festival: Moira Smiley sings out
Singer and composer Moira Smiley knows how to sing the body acoustic. Throughout her musical career, the “vocal shapeshifter” has sung and created for features films, BBC and PBS programs, NPR, and beyond. Blending traditional folk songs, original polyphony, and corporeal percussion, Smiley evokes a primal, deeply human experience when performing for crowds in kitchens,…
Judge Realty shines in public art project
THIS WEEKEND, Judge Realty unveils its latest public art installation on its Abercorn façade. “Come Rain or Come Shine” is based on Savannah’s sporadic rains and references Johnny Mercer’s song of the same name. The fun starts April 6 with a block party at Judge Realty, complete with bouncy houses and a dunk tank as…
Nothing More with Special Guests @The Stage on Bay
The group’s fusion of post-screamo, hard rock, prog-rock, prog-metal, and heavy metal will appeal to a variety of rock fans
A-Town Launch Party @Congress Street Social Club
The eighth annual A-Town Get Down Festival kicks off on April 21, but the crew behind the music and arts festival is ready to get the party started.
Our SMF Picks
Hawktail If you’re into Dave Rawlings Machine, Punch Brothers, or A Prairie Home Companion, it’s highly likely you’ve already heard the voices of Hawktail. The troupe’s talented members are all involved in those projects, and Hawktail was born from the trio Haas Kowert Tice (regular Savannah Music Festival attendees may remember their Fest performance in…
The Bailsmen @Prohibition
The Brooklyn-based Bailsmen blend hot jazz, gypsy swing, New Orleans raucousness, and French bistro-chic.
Savannah Children’s Theatre presents musical mayhem with Bonnie & Clyde
Bonnie & Clyde tells the familiar story of the outlaw couple whose trail of crime captured a nation during the Great Depression
Get Out of Town: Birmingham
In the 90’s when the craft beer movement was starting up, Alabama was largely left out due to some pretty archaic alcohol laws.
That 1 Guy @The Wormhole
That 1 Guy has become a favorite for a wild, one-of-a-kind live show.
Savannah ’90s Block Party @Savannah Civic Center
Dig in the back of your closet for your best 1990s look.
A Cooler Shade of Blue @Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah
Experience some of the city’s finest players.
Maple Street Biscuit Company: A true taste of the South
All you have to do is take a gander at the color of the flaky delicate bread to see that there is so much butter jammed in that the biscuit has a slight yellow tint, and every good Southerner knows that butter makes everything better.
Sizing up the potential for bicycle tourism in Savannah
How big is the potential for bicycle tourism in Savannah? Pretty big, if you consider the extent to which our city has emerged as a bicycle tourism destination despite the fact that no significant improvements have been made in our bicycle infrastructure in more than six years.
What’s so bad about processed foods?
If I take a chicken breast and process it into a paste, is it worse for my health than if I ate the chicken whole? Please help before I get butt cancer from a chicken nugget!—Jim Let’s get the bad news out of the way, Jim. Last month a big French study came out that…
Editor’s Note: Growth, gentrification, and Savannah’s quiet civil war
A classic example of the increasingly bitter divide is the recent 6-3 vote by City Council to allow the controversial Starland Village multi-use development at Bull and 38th Streets.
Archers of Loaf’s Eric Bachmann strips down
IN THE 1990s, Eric Bachmann was howling through scrappy PA systems in living rooms in the middle of nowhere, shaking the floorboards with his Archers of Loaf bandmates. A Bachmann house show circa 2018 is a starkly different affair. Nowadays, the revered indie rocker sits solo with an acoustic guitar in his lap and his…
Game-changer at Trustees’ Garden
IF YOU watched the new American Idol on ABC on March 25, you got a glimpse of the Kehoe Iron Works at Trustees’ Garden, where that episode of Idol was filmed this past October. The Kehoe Iron Works is not only one of the most far-ranging and ambitious historic and greenspace renovations in Savannah history,…
Savannah Music Festival: Lúnasa: Celtic Crossover
Lúnasa has been all about exploring, both musically, with 8 studio albums, and geographically, from Sydney Opera House to the White House
Savannah Music Festival: Marty Stuart
THE TERM Cosmic American Music is inextricably tied to the late Gram Parsons and refers to a musical crossroads where country, folk and rock collide in a glorious psychedelia-kissed pileup. So it goes on Way Out West, Marty Stuart’s latest studio effort that was produced by Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell. The deep and rich mystique…
