Tag, you’re it
One might say graffiti is the ultimate “urban art” — therefore it seems appropriate that a graffiti workshop helps kick off this year’s Savannah Urban Arts Festival. A respected visual artist in his own right, 27–year–old Adolfo Hernandez leads the workshop this Monday at the Indigo Arts Center. “What I’m trying to do is give…
The Runaways
THE RUNAWAYS **1/2 Granted, Chewbacca is a memorable movie character, but would Star Wars have become such a huge smash had the bellowing Wookiee been the protagonist rather than Luke Skywalker? And who doesn’t love the character of Peter Clemenza in The Godfather (“Leave the gun; take the cannoli”), but would we have rather spent…
Exhibits & openings this week
Aldwyth: Work v./Work n. – Collage and assemblage 1991-2009 by this reclusive Hilton Head artist, now in her 70s. Jepson Center for the Arts through 5/17 Ellen Susan: Soldier Portraits – Local photographer uses a 150-year old method to capture striking portraits of contemporary soldiers. Runs through July 25. Jepson Center, 207 W. York St.…
How much can a white roof help reflect heat?
I ran across your 1984 Straight Dope column about whether water freezes or boils in outer space. (You said it boils, then freezes.) You mentioned that polished aluminum in space can absorb enough solar radiation to reach 850 degrees, but some types of white paint will absorb so little they will reach only -40 degrees.…
Lax on perverts
Lead Story In February, the Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners relicensed Scott Fredin even though he is still registered as a sex offender following a 2003 conviction for fondling two female patients during “examinations.” Released from jail in 2006, he had re-applied to the board, which then found him “rehabilitated.” He agreed to several restrictions…
The Munroe Doctrine
Formally trained as an illustrator, Lavar Munroe is searching for a way to bridge the gap between his experience creating visual content for books and magazines and his desire to create work that could be considered fine art. This Sunday, an exhibition of Munroe’s new work opens at the Beach Institute, including a reception and…
Paint it Black
Comedians who riff on the day–to–day ridiculousness of the American political scene literally never run out of material. The folks in Washington, God love ‘em, don’t ever let them down. Lewis Black has been commentating on the foibles of our government for a good 20 years, and he’s become sort of a one–man barometer of…
Three Days Grace, Secret Army
THREE DAYS GRACE Sandwiched between those young music lovers who fill their days (and iPods) with hip hop and R&B Lite, and those who prefer quirky electronica, pop country or the fey faux-folkiness of bespectacled collegians strumming acoustic guitars, are the rockers. Angst, anxiety and alienation, not to overmake the point, are big sellers among…
‘A black comedy about white trash’
Sordid Lives, the Los Angeles Times said in 1996, “has more laughs than a hunting dog has ticks. Del Shores is a master of the Texas comedy.” Billing itself as “A black comedy about white trash,” Sordid Lives eventually became a popular feature film – “The Birdcage meets the Bible Belt,” gushed the New York…
‘You can’t download the live show experience’
A fishing boat off the coast of Alaska is a long way from where one might expect to find a skinny kid from Alabama whose pondering a career in rap music, but that was where Yelawolf, born Michael Wayne Atha, was a few years ago, trying to raise some fast money to put together a…
Hell No, We Might Go
The line between social media and reality has become all too evident in recent demonstrations against proposed budget cuts to the University System of Georgia. Judging by Facebook activity, the fight against the potential budget cuts to the University System is being fought by thousands of students from around the state. However, actually mobilizing the…
Striking a Balance
Step Up Savannah, the local organization dedicated to poverty reduction, was asked to join a join a discussion that will help shape workforce policies nationally. Last week, Dale Carlson–Bebout, the director of Step Up Savannah’s Supporting Work Project, took part in a panel and workshop with the President and First Lady at the White House…
Best of Savannah voting is open
With another stellar edition of the Savannah Music Festival comfortably in the books, we at Connect Savannah turn our attention to the next huge item on our calendar, our annual Best of Savannah readers poll. Plenty of imitators have sprung up over the years, but our reader poll remains by far the most fun and…
Vinyl, baby, yeah!
Initially spearheaded by hip hop DJs, the turntable renaissance has matured into a ripe appreciation for the music on the records themselves, as a new generation discovers that there’s still nothing quite as pleasing to the ear as a diamond–tipped needle in a vinyl groove. SCAD continues to get in on the action by continuing…
Random bites: Cilantro’s, McDonald’s hoopla
Cilantro’s Mexican Cantina and Grill This new location of an old favorite has taken a definite step up in new digs located on Bay Street between Ruth’s Chris Steak House and Five Guys Burgers & Fries. Bright, clean and professional looking, this new location of Cilantro’s offers many of the menu favorites as the former…
Watching the neighborhood
I usually run into my next door neighbor Phyllis as she passes my house with her middle school granddaughters, on their way to mid–week church services. When I take my trash out, there’s almost always time for a hello and a head scratch to Hoagie and Carmela, the laid–back Great Danes in the fenced backyard…
Actually, I CAN blame teachers
Editor, Regarding your column “Let’s stop blaming teachers for everything:” Thanks a lot for adding fuel to the fire and thanks for parroting that other publication which is headquartered on Chatham Parkway by using the term “firing.” I thought you and Connect Savannah was a cut about them but then apparently you’re not. I am…
Cashing in
The photo used in the advertising for this week’s Tybee Seafood Festival shows a beautiful, sunny southern afternoon, with hundreds of happy folks strolling through a gigantic, neon carnival set up right on the beach, adjacent to the Tybee Pier. It’s a fake. There was a carnival there last June, erected by Walt Disney Pictures…
What’s Next: The Hold Steady
It’s turning into a banner year for rock ‘n’ roll in Savannah – the fresh stuff, I mean. That REO Speedwagon concert last month doesn’t count. As if it weren’t cool enough that the Avett Brothers have a gig at the Johnny Mercer Theatre in June … the Hold Steady is coming. The Brooklyn–based band,…
Moa better beers
Many exotic critters are native to the Down Under nations of Australia and New Zealand. These animal oddities — koala bears, kangaroos, penguins — crop up on wine labels to both identify the region of origin, but to also lure in the legions of koala–huggers. And, as you know, I have, let’s say, a certain…
