Bicyclist dies after collision with SUV
Police are investigating the collision of a bicycle and an SUV that left a Savannah woman dead Sunday morning. Theresa Mae Moultrie, 56, was pronounced dead at Memorial University Medical Center after the 10:16 a.m. crash. “She was attempting to cross West Bay Street southbound at Tuten Street when she rode in front of a 2003…
Police body cams expanding to Downtown Precinct
The roll out of body cameras throughout the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department entered its second phase Friday when training classes were scheduled in the Downtown Precinct. “More than 60 of the high-tech devices were to be distributed to officers below the rank of sergeant and six Canine Unit officers,” police say. “Before they can take them…
New Jersey murder suspects arrested in SAV
Police and agents of an FBI task force identified a second suspect in a second homicide Thursday morning after arresting a murder suspect from New Jersey. Ranig Deishon White, 27, was arrested this morning by Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Central Precinct Crime Suppression and Canine officers and members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Violent Crimes…
Residents help in arrest of teens
Residents in the Olin Heights/Ardsley Park area “teamed up with saturating police officers to effect the arrest of three juveniles Wednesday night,” police say. Residents near East 54th and Battey streets noticed three 14-year-old males attempting to enter a white BMW sedan about 8:45 p.m. and called 9-1-1. “Then they took note of the descriptions…
Bob Dylan performs April 14; tix on sale Feb. 20
Bob Dylan performs at the Johnny Mercer Theatre at 8 p.m. Tuesday April 14. Tickets go on sale Friday Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. The show is all ages and ticket prices are $55 and $85. Tickets available at the Savannah Civic Center Box Office, online at etix.com, or charge by phone (800) 351-7469.
Two shooting incidents on Westside
Investigations are underway “after two men escaped serious injury in shooting confrontations Sunday night,” police say. One man was transported for treatment of a gunshot wound and a second was detained by arriving officers at 10:20 p.m. after multiple shots were fired on the 800 block of West 44th Street. Lavontae Untrail Wilson was stopped…
Book Festival: Greg Iles on race, writing, & McConaughey
The garrulous and funny Iles, disabled in 2011 after a catastrophic and profoundly life-changing car accident, is also known for playing guitar in the rocker/writer “supergroup” Rock Bottom Remainders, with Stephen King, Scott Turow, and other authors.
Irish Festival highlights Celtic culture and music
The great thing about the Irish Festival is that, even if your schedule keeps you from attending the whole weekend, most performers offer multiple shows, so you can catch them at least once.
Book Festival: Patton Oswalt on Satire, Movies, and Southern literature
PATTON OSWALT might be the most all-encompassing celebrity who’s not a household name. He still performs dozens of standup dates a year, most recently selling out Carnegie hall. He’s had lead roles in two movies, one live action (Big Fan) and as the voice of Remy in Ratatouille. He’s made a plethora of prime time…
IF YOU’RE FIGHTING: Punk Rock Movie Night Presents: Sid and Nancy @The Sentient Bean
HALLMARK haters are quick to remind that February 14 is just another day in the calendar year—which means that, even with the occasion calls for unfettered adoration of your significant other, quarrels can still happen. If things are tense and sitting in a room cloaked in darkness sounds like the only way you could possibly…
Would you eat a Simba sandwich?
Farm-raised lion meat is legal to serve and eat in all 50 states. But just because we can, does it mean we should?
FOR THE HOPPY COUPLE: Love is Brewing @Southbound Brewing Company
IF YOUR beer-fanatic boo’s lovesick and ale-in’ (thank you, I’ll be here all week), take them Southbound the special day. Les Racquet performs, and the beer masters will be pouring samples of Southbound’s draft lineup. The new Les Racquet Imperial is among the offerings; the band collaborated with the brewery to scheme up the brown…
Book Festival: Joan of Arc’s mad, mad world
SHE MAY have heard mysterious voices and charged her way like a banshee onto the battlefield, but Joan of Arc wasn’t necessarily a nut job. At least that’s the position of Lights of Madness, the latest book from local author and historian Dr. Preston Russell. Using the original transcripts of the trial against the 19…
‘Go home horny’ with Savannah Sweet Tease
THEY MAY be keeping the specifics of their “Behind Closed Doors” acts quiet, but Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue founders Wendy Denney, Anita Narcisse, and Jessica Knapp aren’t shy about the show’s desired effects. “The goal is to make everyone go home horny,” Denney states with a sly grin. “Because it’s Valentine’s Day, it’s going…
Hops & Barley opens on MLK
‘Hopefully people can find good beers they’ve never had before and leave wanting to come back after having a good experience.’
Poe play is ‘Anti-Valentine’s Day’ treat
‘This script has a brevity that is perfect to get into the world of Edgar Allan Poe.’
2015 Sav/Chatham County Homicide Total through Sun. Feb. 8: 5
Man killed in house on Barnard; roommate says the shooting stemmed from a robbery Detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a Savannah man “at a house he was renovating on Barnard Street near Victory Drive Friday night,” a police spokesman says. James Adams, 54, died after being transported a hospital following the shooting near…
FOR THE SWANKY EARLYBIRDS: Velvet Caravan @Unitarian Universalist Church
PICTURE a day spent wandering the streets and squares hand-in-hand with your honey, ending in Troup Square. Take some time to read each other’s Valentine horoscopes by the Armillary Sphere, then mosey into Unitarian Universalist Church for an intimate concert with Velvet Caravan. Our local sultans of swing will be setting the mood with love…
FOR THE ADVENTUROUS PAIR: Chris Cook’s Fifty Shades of Red: My Fetish Valentine @The Wormhole
RING V-Day in at midnight at Fetish Night at The Wormhole. The Tied & Tasseled Cabaret will be performing Bloody Burlesque alongside designated fetish play areas, and it wouldn’t be a Chris Cook party without a costume contest: a Best Dressed Gentlemen will be honored, and the World Famous Lingerie Contest is back. Attendees are…
A closer look at County Commission taxpayer reimbursements
OVER THE past several months, I undertook the task of reviewing the travel reimbursement records of the Chatham County Commissioners. In fairness, I limited the scope of my review to the period of January 2012 up to the most available records available, in this case, May 2014. On Thursday, February 5, through Common Cause Georgia,…
Put a little love into your life
Where there’s love, there’s gratitude and fun.
Book Festival: John Dean on Watergate, secrecy, and Obama
‘Post-Watergate, Republicans got much better at dealing with scandal.’
Let’s talk about legal prostitution!
The growing realization worldwide is that the practice is never going away, and that those selling their services are at far greater risk than their clients.
Talking with… Megan Desrosiers of One Hundred Miles
IF coastal conservationist Megan Desrosiers was fired up for political pyrotechnics when she moved to Georgia from South Carolina two years ago, she got it right off the bat. You might remember the April 2014 Environmental Protection Division directive that basically eliminated decades of coastal marsh protection in a sweeping overnight edict. “It did just ‘boom’ happen,” Desrosiers says of EPD’s…
FOR THE DAYTRIPPERS: California Guitar Trio @The Mars Theatre
CARE to venture out of downtown’s hustle and bustle this year? Springfield, Georgia offers small-town charm less than an hour down 21, and the restored Mars Theatre has all the old-school trappings to sweep you and your Valentine off to yesteryear. California Guitar Trio provide the soundtrack to the experience, merging rock, jazz, classical, and…
FOR THE INDIE DARLINGS: The Toothe, Whaleboat, Culture Vulture @Hang Fire
YOU totally spent Valentine’s morning gifting each other records over mugs brimming with Graveface’s Midnight Offering coffee, didn’t you? Uh huh. You’re no stranger to late nights on the town, so a packed Hang Fire bill is the perfect way to spend your V-Day; get two straws to share your Scorpion Tea and you and…
Review: Fifty Shades of Grey
Compounding the problem is the simple fact that Johnson and Dornan have absolutely no chemistry, and while Johnson occasionally rises to whatever situation is at hand, Dornan is a zero when it comes to conveying mystery, sex appeal, brooding intensity, phallic fulfillment or basically anything beyond embarrassment.
Review: Still Alice
While Still Alice may not be as excellent as Two Days and especially Wild, it’s still more than a generic Lifetime movie as its detractors would lead everyone to believe.
Editor’s Note: The Rumble That Roared
LAST FRIDAY was an unusual day in downtown Savannah. The same day TV cameras surrounded former police Chief Willie Lovett as he was sentenced to prison on federal charges, new police Chief Joseph Lumpkin discussed a different set of charges in front of the cameras. Flanking Lumpkin at the podium was a collection of the…
