Police investigate Skidaway Rd. shooting
SCMPD’s Violent Crimes detectives are investigating a shooting that injured a woman in the early morning hours of Dec. 12. Metro responded to Candler Hospital at approximately 2 a.m. where a victim had arrived in a privately owned vehicle seeking care of a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Reportedly, the shooting took place moments before near the…
Police seek suspect in Carter St. homicide
SCMPD’s Violent Crimes investigators seek information on a shooting on the 1000 block of Carter Street that claimed the life of Javonte Reed, 19, on Sunday, Dec. 11. At about 6:45 p.m. Metro officers responded to the scene, locating Reed with a gunshot wound. Reed was transported to Memorial University Medical Center where he died.…
Air Canada announces new service to Savannah/Hilton Head
Air Canada announced today that it will begin seasonal service to Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport from Toronto Pearson International Airport on May 1, 2017. The nonstop flight will operate six days a week departing Toronto at 12:35 PM, arriving at 2:50 PM, and departing SAV at 3:20 PM, arriving in Toronto at 5:35 PM. The…
Savannah Tech collecting donations for wildfire victims
Savannah Technical College is now collecting disaster relief items including diapers and dog food to transport by truck to help wildfire victims in Sevier County, Tennessee. The 53’ truck will be driven by STC Commercial Truck Driving Instructor Tom Amacher, who initiated the collection. “I was watching the news about fires in Gatlinburg and wanted…
Editor’s Note: The arts are still our best investment
The City rightly and responsibly expects cultural organizations to diversify their funding streams and not be overly reliant on taxpayer largesse. Most administrations, however, have seen the value of the investment not only for political purposes, but also because it’s just the right thing to do.
Beatlemania @Tybee Post Theater
Right after the screening, The Hypnotics will perform a live musical tribute to the Fab Four.
National Lager Day is Dec. 10
Ask any beer lover what the what the difference between a lager and an ale and they will tell you that ale yeasts are top fermenting, and lager yeasts, Saccharomyces uvarum, are bottom fermenting. That is indeed correct, but needs more explanation
Unsurprisingly, Savannah meets hate with love
‘Savannah is a melting pot. So many cultures, so many religions, people stand up for each other,’ muses Rose Salameh.
The Grinch That Stole Culture?
LOCAL arts and cultural organizations got an unpleasant holiday surprise late last week in the form of an unexpected, across-the-board proposal to slash City arts funding. The $200,000 cut, part of the planned $378 million 2017 City of Savannah budget, represents an average 26 percent decrease in awards to cultural organizations for arts programming. For…
How do “odor eliminators” work?
The air-freshener people have been doing their best for decades now, of course: teaching us to feel shame about smells intrinsic to ordinary human existence and peddling a succession of new and improved products designed to obscure them
Shooting Food
SAVANNAH has seen a tremendous amount of growth in areas that could potentially foster an environment that encourages a different type of tourism. Building a foundation around industries that can help facilitate the growth of other industries will allow us to expand at a rate conducive to what our communities want and need. As our…
The Hidden Hand Society reveals Savannah makers
SAVVY SHOPPERS know that local is the way to go this holiday season, and the Starland District’s newest boutique wants to help stuff every stocking with something special. Operating from the newly sectioned-off storefront at Sulfur Studios, The Hidden Hand Society presents a curated selection of handmade, crafty items from over a dozen local and…
A conversation with Dylan LeBlanc
HAILED AS the next Neil Young, singer-songwriter Dylan LeBlanc crafts shadowy songs of confession and vulnerability laced with striking imagery and beautiful textures. As a kid growing up in Muscle Shoals, Alabama—that mystical musical hotbed tucked off the coast of the Tennessee River whose FAME Studios has turned out albums by Aretha Franklin, The Rolling…
The marks of courage
BRICK REDS, deep blues and emerald greens depict rising mountains and a corner of sky, the serene scene reflected in a lake. Texture rises from the canvas, eliciting a sense of flow and movement. Like many landscape paintings, this one was interpreted from a memory. “I used to see this red clay mountain in Delaware…
Psych Night @El-Rocko Lounge
British invasion ‘60s rockers The Hypnotics have some of the tightest chops you’ll find on the Savannah scene
Good grief, it’s almost Christmas!
The program is inherently a rejection of holiday consumerism, emphasizing the true meaning of Christmas over gift-giving
Thunder Snow Cone Variety Show @The Jinx
Scarlett Storm, known as the “Mistress of Whimsy,” boasts cotton-candy hair and head-to-toe glitter and throws sideshow and burlesque together with a flair for the outlandish
Home for the holidays with Uncommon Collective
Every song, plucked from a variety of genres and eras, is inspired by homecoming or travel
Review: Office Christmas Party
That Kate McKinnon still manages to draw all eyes to her is a testament to her skills – that’s particularly true in Office Christmas Party, since she’s cast as the humorless human resources manager who learns to loosen up before the end credits roll.
Community Response letter in support of Islamic Center
‘This is NOT okay. This is not who we are and it is unacceptable.’
