Fight for the right to grow your own food
Editor, This week, House Bill 853 was introduced in the General Assembly. It states: “No county, municipality, consolidated government, or local government authority shall prohibit or require any permit for the growing or raising of food crops or chickens or rabbits in home gardens, coops, or pens on private residential property so long as such…
Parlez-vous huh?
Excusez-moi, but my tongue seems to be tied. This always seems to happen when I encounter a French person. Fortunately, Antoine Gedroyc is trés patient. The head of the French Savannah Forum greeted me with a hearty “Bonjour! Comment ça va?” at Foxy Loxy Café last Thursday evening and smiled encouragingly while I searched my…
Darwin’s law at work
Three men are in custody following an attempted drug deal that turned into an armed robbery. Shortly after 11 p.m. police responded to the 4900 block of LaRoche Avenue on a report of an armed robbery. Complainants 19-year-old Kyle Hodges of Savannah and 19-year-old Calvin Williams of California said they were robbed at gunpoint while…
February 5: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, Feb. 5): Listen up, football fans: We’re all saying goodbye to the AASU production of Bunny Bunny … Gilda Radner, a Sort-of Romantic Comedy with tonight’s performance (7:30 p.m. in the black box theater); today’s 3 p.m. matinee also closes the big colorful door on Seussical The Musical at…
February 4: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Feb. 4): The Georgia History Festival’s Colonial Faire and Muster – a living history event – continues through 4 p.m. at Wormsloe State Historic Site. At Muse Arts Warehouse, watch the results of the Winter’s Tales 24-hour play competition at 8 p.m.; Bunny Bunny … Gilda Radner, a Sort-of…
Stealing mobility
What if it were an accepted fact of life that if you owned a car in Savannah it would be stolen at least once? Or that some folks might be victimized multiple times? I’m not talking about an acknowledgement of risk, but of an expectation that theft definitely would occur, just as sure as a…
Mark your calendar: Daniel Tosh
Following a brief Intetnet presale, tickets went on sale Feb. 3 for an April 10 appearance by Comedy Central’s newest breakout standup star, Daniel Tosh, at Johnny Mercer Theatre. According to Civic Center director Cindy Ogletree, it was sold out by noon. So a second show was added. Focusing on Internet videos, the comedian’s series…
Reviews: ‘The Grey,’ ‘The Woman in Black’
THE GREY ** After presenting Mexico City as the ultimate hellhole on Earth, Tony Scott’s 2004 Man on Fire ended with a credit stating that the city was actually “a very special place.” Sydney Pollack’s 1993 The Firm assures us that Cayman Island officials look down on the sort of money laundering occurring in the…
February 3: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, Feb. 3): All the free tickets for tonight’s Ballethnic Dance Co. performance have been given out; any unclaimed seats will be made available just before the 7:30 showtime at the Johnny Mercer Theatre. Meanwhile, Bunny Bunny continues in the AASU black box, Seussical is at Savannah Children’s Theatre, and…
February 2: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Feb. 2): Country music’s Eric Church and his “Blood, Sweat & Beers” tour take over the MLK Arena tonight, with openers Brantley Gilbert and Sonia Leigh. The Masquers of Armstrong Atlantic State University debut the Gilda Radner seriocomedy Bunny Bunny in the Jenkins Hall black box theater. Catch New…
Exhibits & openings this week
Art in the Woods Retrospective – The Stillmoreroots Group, an artist collective based in Stillmore, Georgia, will hold a retrospective exhibition documenting their annual all-day art exhibition in the woods of Stillmore, Georgia called Art in the Woods. The retrospective hangs at the Sentient Bean February 3-29. Since the success of the event, the group…
Your light bulb questions answered
Please comment on the global energy-conservation insanity surrounding the incandescent light bulb, i.e., initiatives around the world to ban it. (Some call the instigators of these measures “eco-fascists.”) How good are energy-saving fluorescent or halogen light bulbs really? -Ivona, Chicago 1. Although halogen bulbs don’t offer much of an energy savings over ordinary incandescents, compact…
February 1: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Feb. 1): Savannah’s Black Heritage Festival opens with a talk, book signing and gallery tour by Dr. Walter Evans, one of the foremost collectors of African American art in the world. The 7 p.m. event is free at the SCAD Museum of Art. The British thriller Frenzy (from 1945)…
Envisioning Flannery
ONE OF THE faulty stereotypes about Savannah is that it’s insular and not open to outsiders. On the contrary, history shows us that the opposite is often true: Savannah tends to put outsiders on a pedestal while chronically undervaluing the contributions of its own people. For instance, native daughter Flannery O’Connor is widely considered one…
Celebration and reflection
February is Black History Month in the United States, and in Savannah that means three weeks of events encompassing arts and music, community, education and more. “We seek to find that balance, definitely,” says Shirley B. James, coordinator of Savannah’s Black Heritage Festival. “We do want to make sure it’s still a cultural arts activity,…
The Boxcars, Another Roadside Attraction
THE BOXCARS At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 Randy Wood Guitars, 1304 E. Highway 80, Bloomingdale. $25 This is truly a bluegrass supergroup, began by fiddler and banjo player Ron Stewart, a longtime veteran of J.D. Crowe’s New South (a band that also included Boxcars bassist Harold Nixon). Stewart founded this-here band with mandolin maestro…
Deuce
ONE OF THE most prolific and restlessly creative musicians of the modern era, composer and pianist Bob James was a cornerstone of the “smooth jazz” movement in the late 1970s and into the ‘80s. He’s got a roomful of gold albums and Grammys for his collaborations with the likes of David Sanborn, Earl Klugh, Grover…
Who the hell is Eric Church?
Eric Church’s third album, Chief, was released last July. The North Carolina–born country singer had previously scored a couple of Top Ten hits, but he wasn’t exactly making major waves. So when Chief debuted at the top of Billboard’s country album chart, AND at No. 1 on the Top 200 (beating out all the hot…
Kool-Aid is sweeter than BS
There are a few things that a certain faction of Savannah holds sacred: Wild–caught shrimp, St. Patrick’s Day and the absolute faith that the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) is our collective economic salvation. Questioning the proposed harbor deepening around these folks is kind of amusing, since their eyes go all wide and they start…
A flowering of Girl Scout spirit
Come March, this city will be awash in color when hundreds of thousands of azalea blossoms burst open along the streets and squares. But if Sandy Traub has her way, the humble daisy will be giving those azaleas some serious competition. The marketing guru and lover of all things Savannah was looking for a way…
Mark your calendar: Dar Williams and dates to keep
By this point, everyone knows about the new shows added to the Savannah Music Festival lineup, the Lyle Lovett/John Hiatt double bill (March 24, Trustees Theater), Justin Townes Earle opening for The Head & the Heart (March 22, Lucas Theatre) and Pink Martini (March 29, Lucas). Here’s another freshly-minted concert to watch for: Acclaimed singer/songwriter…
A new Caribbean flava
Give up on your fantasies of street food coming to Savannah, or Georgia. Under the state’s food code, it’s virtually impossible to comply and make the kind of street eats us rabid foodies lust for while watching “Bizarre Foods” or “No Reservations.” Potential food truck operators are ham–stringed by the same regs, with the added…
Forever friends
First things first: Gilda Radner and Alan Zweibel were never an “item.” He was a writer for Saturday Night Live, she was one of the show’s breakout comic stars during its initial flush of success in the late 1970s. They were best pals, running buddies and confidantes. Each was married to someone else. That’s why…
Meth: Still bad, still illegal
Two men are in custody following a search warrant and seizure of a large amount of crystal methamphetamine conducted by the Chatham–Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT). In December 2011, CNT began investigating 41–year–old William Alvin Dunn JR of the 500 block of East 31st Street following information that he was selling crystal meth. During the…
Black history by boat
Sunny skies, glassy waters, a gentle offshore breeze — the conditions couldn’t have been more perfect for a Saturday morning on the water. Still, Captain Kofi Moyo seemed a little nervous. This was, after all, the maiden voyage of his new venture, By Water Tours, and he wanted everything to be just right. In an…
January 31: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Jan. 31): Not a whole lot, but February is shaping up nicely! Acoustic music fans might want to check out Sincerely, Iris at Lulu’s Chocolate Bar, Georgia Kyle at Foxy Loxy, or the duo Soup and Soda at the Sentient Bean. And the funk/psych band The Shape plays the…
