Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Flows more gracefully than its predecessor.
Band of Horses to return in March
Ben Bridwell and Band of Horses, who visited Savannah for a surprise club date in October, will return March 3. The Trustees Theater show is part of the band’s acoustic spring tour, on the heels of the Feb. 11 release of a new album, Acoustic at the Ryman. According to the SCAD box office site,…
Full Savannah Police/Chatham Narcotics Team investigation report revealed
The long-awaited independent investigation into apparent improprieties under former Savannah/Chatham Police Chief Willie Lovett is in, and it makes for some interesting reading. Read the whole account of intrigue here. Late today Chatham County District Attorney Meg Heap told the media she was referring the report to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for further action…
Hey, here’s some stuff to do this weekend
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Band-wise, KidSyc & Brandywine share the Hang Fire bill tonight with Atlanta’s funky Grand Prize Winners From Next Year. Kota Mundi and Consider the Source are at the Wormhole; Pilot Wave (from Florida) and City Hotel play the Jinx. Saturday’s music includes the Isle of Hope Yuletide…
PULSE lineup announced
Telfair Museums have announced the schedule and lineup of visiting artists for the PULSE Art and Technology Festival Jan. 29-Feb. 2. Visitors to the Jepson Center can interact with PULSE installations at all times during the festival. Additionally, avant-garde visual artists from around the country present performances and give lectures that teach and illustrate new…
Gallery Hop: December Art March
The above-average temperatures made this Art March feel more like a summer block party than the last month of the year.
Below average: The Spicolis of the world
The results of the Programme for International Student Assessment were released last week, and compared to their international compatriots, American kids are a bunch of wall-eyed mouthbreathers who can’t do math.
Editor’s Note: Facing the wrong way
On one hand, it’s ridiculous to complain about a $12 ticket when people are getting gunned down all over town. On the other hand, giving out silly parking tickets amidst so much gunplay does make you wonder about the City’s priorities.
FORM’s foray into craft beer
The segue into craft beer is a natural fit for Chef Osborne.
Bag the plastic bags, baby
Molly McPherson’s bartender and Tybee surfer girl Ashley Workman has launched the BYOB Project, an awareness campaign to encourage patrons of Savannah restaurants to “bring your own bag.”
Grandmas on a mission
“We fix food that we like to eat ourselves!” says Patty.
Water under the bridge
“We can’t separate our local water issues from our global water issues,” implores Margosia Jadkowski, Environmental Services Planner for the City of Savannah. “You don’t have to go very far from home to see water shortages.”
5 Questions: David Bromberg
“I didn’t think I would ever play again. If I had realized it was burnout, I would have taken nine months off and been fine. But instead I felt that I had to find another way to live my life.”
Hoedown 2013: The gang’s all cheer
Benefit features the Accomplices, the Train Wrecks, American Hologram and the New Familiars.
Giant hog farms: Apocalypse now?
A modern hog-raising operation may house tens of thousands of animals, all producing waste, which flows into a vast holding pond and mainly stays there—when all goes according to plan.
Blick, Utrecht sponsor art supplies donation program
Paul Frank’s Art Supplies Round Up Program in partnership with Blick Art Supplies stores is a nationwide art supply drive for kids in time for the Holidays. “The round-up program encourages people of all ages to donate new and gently used art supplies to non-profit organizations and national drives for schools and after-school art programs,”…
