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Review: Blue Jasmine
Jasmine Francis is the sort of person who causes acquaintances to cross the road to avoid talking with her – and yet, miraculously, we sympathize with her more than expected.
Breastfeeding event!
In honor of Breastfeeding Month, the Coastal health District and Chatham County Health Department WIC programs and Breastfeeding Support Groups of Georgia are sponsoring a mom and baby rally from 9 to 11 a.m. on Monday, August 26 at the Chatham County Health Department. The family-friendly event will include games, door prizes, mommy and me…
A man named Joint
A Savannah man has been charged with criminal attempt-murder after taking a friend’s car and striking a police officer Wednesday night. Sean Andrew Joint, 26, of a Steeple Run Way address was arrested by officers who rescued him from the car as it was sinking in a water-filled drainage ditch on Hunter Army Air Field…
SAV Fashion’s Night announces retailers
25 Savannah retailers will hold special events during the 2013 Savannah’s Fashion Night. The event happens 6:30-11 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, on Broughton Street. This year’s participating retailers include: 24e; BleuBelle Boutique@The Paris Market; Cardeologie; Copper Penny; Custard Boutique@ZIA Boutique; Extant Fair; Gaucho; fab’rik; Go Fish Clothing; Goodwill Retail Store; Half Moon Outfitters; J.…
Wreck claims star EMS dispatcher
Keri Clark was named Dispatcher of the Year by the Chatham County EMS Council in May for her work involving a suicidal woman in the early morning hours of March 8.
Stop and frisk
Two recent law-enforcement decisions illustrate yet again that when government sets out to solve a problem it created, things get much worse. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department will keep nonviolent small-scale drug sellers with no links to criminal organizations from being caught in the mandatory-minimum-sentence trap. Currently, judges must impose a…
Tons of runs as race season begins
Most folks I talk to say that having an event to train for is one of the best ways to stay motivated. I agree. So I thought I’d give you the rundown on all the races I could find in the Lowcountry for the next few months.
Desegregation at 50
Those first brave iconoclasts who crossed the color line were less welcomed than quietly ignored, and those who weren’t thrilled about their presence didn’t feel the need to stir up the kind of drama that warranted a LIFE magazine cover.
Road trip to River Dog
After scoping out a location in Bluffton’s Old Town, they settled on the larger warehouse space they now occupy in Ridgeland, S.C.
A sweet new vodka line
As a successful entrepreneur and a survivor of childhood abuse, Michelle Weber has raised many a glass to life’s hard-earned victories.
In praise of public art
Public art takes central stage at Savannah Gardens with the city-funded sculpture currently being created by Jerome Meadows in his Indigo Sky Community Art Gallery.
Modern English: Melting the years
“We’d listen to Bowie, Roxy Music, Kraftwerk, kind of left-field stuff, but we never dreamt of playing music until punk rock happened.”
Jose Ray really appreciates vinyl
Now three years young, Vinyl Appreciation – it’s like Open Mic for DJs – returns to Muse Aug. 25.
Shannon Christopher’s singular vision
The Muse is an exhibition of Christopher’s Cockspur photos, opening at the Tybee Island Social Club with a reception for the artist Wednesday, Aug. 28.
That girl from ‘Savannah’
“I was raised in a pretty liberal area of Texas. When it comes to southern hospitality, though, I definitely know what that’s all about.”
Knitting navel lint
Could one knit a sweater from human navel lint? — Craig Charles, Dallas Good thinking, Craig. Why waste this valuable resource? And why stop at lint? Think of the environmentally sensitive duds one might make from used dental floss, or the hair fished from bathtub drains. Still, one does wonder whether lint has what it…
Editor’s Note: Civic (Center) pride
Despite the high dollars involved, choosing an arena site in order to spur localized development in one particular neighborhood is small-time thinking.
