Cover Story
2022 GIFT GUIDE: Unique finds, shopping and experiences for everyone on your list
Savannah is pretty famous for shopping, so it should come as no surprise that folks come into town from all around to buy gifts for the holiday season! While you can stroll the malls (in person and online) and look for the perfect finds yourself, we thought we’d put together an abbreviated gift guide, filled…
Faith and Fire: Acclaimed Jewish Rapper Nissim Black to Perform at Chanukah at Forsyth
Chabad of Savannah, the Savannah Jewish Federation and the City of Savannah present a special holiday celebration taking place at Forsyth Park on Dec. 18 at 3:30 p.m. The event, Chanukah at Forsyth, will be a community-wide celebration featuring entertainment, activities and holiday fun for the whole family. Attendees can look forward to a wide…
BUNNY IN THE CITY: Habitat for Humanity Home for the Holidays Gala
Kicking off a week full of galas, Habitat Savannah hosted their inaugural Home for the Holidays Gala at the Savannah Marriott on December 7. Sneaking into the Simply Savannah Marketing team green room to catch Marianne Ganem Poppell, Danom Dunagan and Dru Usry before they greet 250 Habitat supporters, I find the trio printing up…
INTRODUCTIONS: Meet Sherrill Milnes
Sherrill Milnes is a universally acclaimed operatic baritone known for his powerful voice and commanding stage presence. Milnes has performed in opera houses all over the world including The Metropolitan Opera in New York and Moscow’s Bolshoi. He has won three Grammy awards and is among the most recorded American singers of his time. Throughout…
WHAT’S NEW IN THE DINING SCENE
Brochu’s Family Tradition Begins Dinner Service Last week in this space we told you about a new restaurant set to open in Downtown Savannah called Folklore. That is definitely one we are looking forward to. The other big opening in Savannah this year, just happened last weekend in the Starland District. Brochu’s Family Tradition began…
JAUD0N SPORTS: Five Top-10 teams headline 7th Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament this weekend
Just as Christmas represents the “unofficial start” of each NBA season, the Savannah Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament has become a sort-of benchmark on the high school sports calendar here. It means the high school football season is over and basketball is the sport getting the time and attention of every multi-sport student athlete in the…
PROPERTY MATTERS: Brewery owners looking to expand into waffles, and other development news
The city is moving forward with long-needed restoration plans for three of its historic downtown buildings, while a long vacant commercial building in Midtown could be getting a new use. In addition, another apartment complex is under construction in an area that is seeing increasing commercial investment in recent years. Read all about it in…
THE CREATIVE CHEF: LAUREN TEAGUE
Lauren Teague, the DeSoto Hotel’s Director of Food & Beverage and Executive Chef, is ebullient, vivacious, full of laughter, and deeply creative. “Many years ago, when I was a younger woman, I wanted to be a star!” she begins. “And like all stars you go to New York City. Eventually you realize you’re just one…
Love, Joy and Laughter spirits the SCAD Honeybees Holiday Cabaret feat. American Idol winner Candice Glover
It’s beginning to look and sound a lot like Christmas all around, and the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) HoneyBees are joining in the holiday cheer with their Holiday Cabaret on December 20 at 7 p.m. and 21 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre. This is the second year…
Boogie on Down: Savannah Cabaret host ‘Vivian & Bill’s 1970s Christmas Party’
All Vivian and Bill want for Christmas is for you to come to their Christmas party. The Savannah Cabaret is back with ‘Vivian & Bill’s 1970s Christmas Party,’ the immersive theatrical cabaret experience. “I’m really proud of the fact that we have created a group where like-minded people just want to come together, have fun…
MUSIC GIFT GUIDE: New album box sets for every musical taste
Record labels have been busy this year digging through the vaults to assemble dozens of box sets and deluxe reissues. They make great Christmas gifts for family, friends – or yourself. Here are my top picks for 2022. The Beatles: “Revolver” – “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” is the Beatles album that revolutionized rock,…
Beth Logan’s Art Patrol Recommendations
A holiday art showcase featuring Savannah’s Shannon Lancaster’s (nom de plume, Lady Lancaster) will be held Thursday, December 15 from 4-5:30pm at the Oaks at Habersham, 5200 Habersham Street. Proceeds from sales of Lancaster’s watercolors, photographs, and writings from her future book, “Finding the Joy in Cooking and in Life” will go toward her medical…
LEVI MOORE: Award-winning country sound right here in Savannah
Levi Moore embodies the image of traditional country music. Growing up in the South, he was raised on the blue collar hard work of ranching where traditional country and folk was an ever present part of his life. “My dad and mom both had a great love for music. I grew up listening to some…
ANDREA BOCELLI: Celebrating family at Christmas with Savannah show
Holidays are a time for loved ones to come together. For Andrea Bocelli, it’s enough of a touchstone to have inspired him to invite his 24-year-old son Matteo and 10-year-old daughter Virginia into the studio to record “A Family Christmas,” the trio’s first-ever album together. Recorded over the summer, this project features an assortment of…
