Armstrong fraternities and sororities to take Ice Bucket Challenge
Members of Armstrong’s fraternities and sororities will take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Wednesday, August 27, to raise awareness for the disease. The challenge will take place in the Compass Plaza at 2 p.m. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a degenerative neurological disease that affects more than 30,000 Americans. The Ice Bucket Challenge, where participants…
Art Rise Savannah mixes art and beer
In celebration of Craft Brew Week, Art Rise Savannah will host a closing reception for artist Leah Mayer at Ampersand on August 26 at 6:30 p.m. Mayer’s exhibit Worlds Collide features eighteen mixed media works exploring new material combinations including beeswax, paper, and clay. Her work, created in a studio here in Savannah, can be…
In wake of Ferguson, SSU presents dialogue on police & social injustice
Savannah State University’s (SSU) College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences will present a student-centered conversation titled “Michael Brown, Police Brutality and Changing the Image of Black Men in America” 5-8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 25, in room 115 of the Social Sciences Building on the SSU campus. The dialogue will include presentations by Daai’yah Salaam,…
Neighborhood Ass’ns take action against crime
Members of two west Savannah neighborhood associations rallied against crime in a median on West 57th Street. Betty Jones, president of the Feiler Park Neighborhood Association, Inc., organized the rally with the support of the Tatemville Neighborhood Improvement Association. She was joined by Mable Hudson, president of the Tatemville group, and others from both neighborhoods…
Man charged in puppy’s death
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police arrested and charged a man with animal cruelty for “bludgeoning a 9-month-old puppy to death last July,” according to a department spokesperson. On Monday, July 14, 20-year-old Briceson Moore “took a wire haired fox terrier puppy to a Savannah veterinary office where it was pronounced dead on arrival,” police say. “Due to…
‘When Artists Call Savannah Home’ panel tonight
Sponsored by Indigo Sky Community Arts Gallery and ARC Savannah announce the next in their series on arts in Savannah: A panel discussion on “When Artists Call Savannah Home.” Savannah is a visually stunning, intellectually stimulating, and comfortable living Southern city,” says a gallery spokesperson. “It has drawn in all sorts of creative energy from…
Residents asked for stadium feedback
Area esidents can provide input on Grayson Stadium, the Savannah Sand Gnats and the prospect of a new multi-purpose stadium downtown as part of an online survey. The survey was created by C.H. Johnson Consulting as part of a study the company has been contracted to complete exploring the feasibility of a new multi-purpose stadium…
Weave A Dream seeks applications
The City of Savannah’s Weave-A-Dream (WAD) Panel has issued a call for proposals for its 2014 Weave-A-Dream—Cultural & Arts Projects initiative. Applications will be accepted through the calendar year, while funds are available. Programs are to be completed prior to December 31 and the application must be submitted at least eight weeks prior to the…
Teen, 17, dead after shooting
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Savannah youth in Carver Heights area of west Saturday night. Wayne Edwards was transported to Memorial University Medical Center after the 9:53 p.m. shooting on the 1200 block of Elliott Avenue. He later died from his injuries. Detectives investigate the shooting. Anyone with info is asked to…
A day for gay grooms and brides
Hosted by the Mansion on Forsyth Park, the expo will transform the hotel’s sumptuous Viennese Ballroom into a wonderland of experts and tastemakers who can help with almost everything related to planning nuptial celebrations.
100 Years on Henry Street
Here’s a factoid that might surprise even the most studious Savannah bookworm: When the Carnegie Library opened its thick double doors in August 1914, it didn’t just have the distinction of being the city’s first library to serve black citizens—it was Savannah’s first freestanding public library, period.
What a difference nine years makes
When I crossed paths with another bicycle commuter, I was like a beginning birder excitedly recording a painted bunting sighting.
Tawny Ellis @Dollhouse Productions
‘My father played a lot of Hank Williams, Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings. It got in my blood.’
Rachel Kate @Hang Fire
“Who doesn’t want to jump around in a tutu, and roll around in their own spit, and wail at the top of their lungs?”
Trauma when you’re a baby
Early in my mother’s pregnancy, she became aware her father had a terminal illness. He died two months before I was born. I’m almost 70 years old but have always wondered: What do we know, if anything, about the long-term impact of a traumatic event on human development? —LoDub FIRST let’s define trauma. Back in…
The Phantom Playboys @The Jinx
The primal ‘50s sound is wrapped up tight with a honking saxophone. And anyway, they’ve got a female trombonist.
Talking about… the King-Tisdell Cottage
WHEN I called Vaughnette Goode-Walker to arrange our interview, she said she was driving to her second home. “Where’s that?” I asked. She laughed and said, “The King-Tisdell Cottage.” I should have known better. A historian, tour guide and overall font of knowledge, Goode-Walker has spent the last year and a half not just “renovating” Savannah’s only African-American house…
‘Billie on Barnard’
ONE OF the most influential jazz performers of all time, Billie Holiday is “a significant person for every jazz musician,” says singer Jane Ogle. It’s fitting, then, that the Southern Holiday Jazz Band will bring her music to the Trinity United Methodist Church with “Billie on Barnard” Aug. 21. “The Billie Holiday show is something…
Locavores on Wilmington!
IT’S THE bright star of socially conscious cuisine, yet to those of us who remember big family gardens, grandmothers canning summer berries and peaches, weekly trips to the farmers market, or fishing & shrimping in the nearby creeks as just another weekend pastime… well, we may wonder what all the fuss is about. I’m talking…
Passion-powered printing
BRAND LOGOS have always been essential. Allowing for easy recognition, logos serve as a symbol customers can identify with. These designs don’t appear out of thin air or print themselves—they’re made by creative individuals who understand the necessity of a finely printed product. It’s here that Savannah’s Steam Print Co. excels where others may falter.…
Review: Calvary
The film includes smart dialogue, compelling characters, a wicked sense of humor and a towering turn from Brendan Gleeson.
Garden to Kitchen – help yourself to nature’s bounty
As the summer growing season begins to wind down here in Savannah, some garden items are in abundance.
Review: Magic in the Moonlight
Woody Allen has created movie magic on many occasions, but in this instance, the man behind the curtain has gone noticeably MIA.
Editor’s Note: Ferguson and the future
Georgia law enforcement ranks third in the U.S. in receiving surplus Pentagon arms and equipment.
Review: If I Stay
Like The Fault in Our Stars, it’s similarly adapted from a novel in which lovestruck kids are coping with life-and-death situations.
Reader: Denial of due process in Ferguson
Michael Brown was deprived of that right when the Ferguson police officer shot and killed him with his hands up in the air.
SAV Craft Beer Week is here!
Days of fun lead-up events to the big Savannah Craft Brew Fest on Labor Day weekend
A radical sabbatical
Sometimes, when things get really whacked, you need more than a few breaths. You need to do something radical. You have to steal your life back from the deadlines and the iPhone calendar and the to-do lists.
