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No guns on New Years Eve, please!
Savannah-Chatham Metro Police are asking the public to refrain from shooting firearms to celebrate on New Year’s Eve. Every New Year’s at midnight, people fire into the air, mistakenly believing it is harmless. However, police say stray bullets are never harmless, not even when fired in the air. Last year in Tucson, Arizona, a 5-year-old…
The fine art of acting dumb
THIS UPCOMING JAN. 10, 2009, longtime standup comic Brian Regan returns to Savannah for a headlining show at the Johnny Mercer Theater — almost two years to the day since the family-friendly entertainer’s last appearance in town. That show (at the 1,100-seat Lucas Theatre for the Arts), his first-ever large-room performance in our area, was…
Complete Jekyll Island Bluegrass Fest Interview
ACCORDING TO CONCERT PROMOTER NORMAN ADAMS, he’s “the man” to speak to about the New Year’s Bluegrass Festival that’s been taking place for over three decades at Jekyll Island’s Convention Center. A founder of the festival who has run it ever since, his company A & A Bluegrass is known far and wide in that…
Bottles & Cans celebrate New Year’s Eve at The Warehouse on River Street
Bottles & Cans *** One of the most entertaining and under appreciated bands in Savannah, a live show by this lowdown, garage-rock-influenced, houserockin’ quartet is like some sort of holographic mirage featuring ‘60s psych purveyors The Leaves and The 13th Floor Elevators jamming with Big Time-era Tom Waits and Paul “Wine” Jones in the basement…
Oatland Island’s beloved black bear dies
Baby Bear, one of Oatland Island Wildlife Centers oldest animals and one of the oldest known black bears in the United States, died of heart failure Dec. 30 at the age of 28. He came to the center as a cub in 1981 from Grandfather Mountain and has been with us ever since, says Oatland…
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Don’t believe your lion eyes Editor, In re-reading Linda Sickler’s November story on the destroyed Cotton Exchange lion, it is amazing to me that it could be THIS difficult to replace a very simple winged lion. As a professional sculptor of exactly these types of architectural pieces, I could have easily replicated this lion from…
Georgia’s jewel for sale
LAST MONTH Governor Sonny Perdue handed over a 50-year development contract for Jekyll Island to George W. Bush’s cronies. Jekyll Island is called “Georgia’s Jewel” because of its miles of priceless beachfront land and breathtaking natural surroundings. The barrier island was purchased in 1949 as a place for Georgians of all income levels to enjoy…
Don’t mess with the Binky
K-9 COPS have been busy lately. An early morning burglar was surprised Dec. 26 by a police K-9, who put the bite on him. Police responded to an alarm at Medical, Dental Supply Co. on Drayton St. When they arrived, they saw the front door of the business had been shattered and computers had been…
Is Yellowstone gonna blow?
My friend Melanie loves to watch the Discovery Channel and share what she has watched with others. The problem is she can never get the story straight. Her latest tale is about Yellowstone Park sitting on top of a supervolcano that has been dormant for 6,000-ish years. She said the supervolcano is showing signs its…
Savannah’s other art school
The City of Savannah’s Cultural Affairs Department has long offered various continuing education classes at S.P.A.C.E. (Savannah’s Place for Art, Culture and Education) on West Henry Street. But the new slate of offerings — to be revealed in a festive open house this coming Wednesday, Jan. 7 — is likely the most ever. “We’ve put…
Welcoming the New Year with banjo and fiddle
IT’S NOT TOO AWFULLY MUCH OF AN EXAGGERATION TO SAY that bluegrass music is in Norman Adams’s blood. The former insurance agent (“For 40 years, I sold it all,” he says. “Property, casualty, life, the whole ball of wax”) recalls a youth spent listening to acoustic mountain music in his family home. “My dad listened…
“Note for Note”
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Diary of the planet
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Sinister Moustache & Mortal Coil inaugurate The Wormhole
Sinister Moustache, Mortal Coil *** This brand-new, 250-capacity 21+ bar and music venue in the Starland District seems like it’s aiming to fill the niche between the booking practices of the Jinx, LiveWire and the Sentient Bean. Its first major show features a set of metal covers by Mortal Coil (Sabbath, Maiden, Metallica and Priest)…
