February 20: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, Feb. 20): Happy Presidents’ Day – especially those of you who got the day off work! (we didn’t). The Odd Lot improv troupe is saluting the Academy Awards tonight at 8 (Muse Arts Warehouse). The Pilgrim, Slow Bull and Bear Fight rock the Jinx tonight, and Craig Tanner hosts…
February 19: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, Feb. 18): MISTER Stephen King is in town today, to close out the Savannah Book Festival with a speech at the Trustees Theater. It’s been sold out since the day tickets went on sale. The Train Wrecks, Junkyard Angel, Wormsloew and others are at the Sandfly Bar & Grill…
February 18: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Feb. 18): Author alert! The Savannah Book Festival takes over Telfair Square from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. The No Control Festival starts at noon in the courtyard of Southern Pine Co., and lasts until Sunday’s wee hours. Among the performers: Cusses, The Shaniqua Brown, Today the Moon…
This Means War, Secret World of Arrietty
THIS MEANS WAR *1/2 When it comes to the twin businesses of sexual politics and romantic revelations, the number of modern-day comedies that have managed to smartly upend all the tired stereotypes and withering clichés is a dismally small one, sporting a losing ratio comparable to that of the 2011 Indianapolis Colts. Four Weddings and…
February 17: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, Feb. 17): The Savannah Irish Festival gets going with a cieli (Irish dance party) at 6:30 p.m. in the Savannah Civic Center Ballroom. Standup comic Phil Keeling invites you to be in the audience for his live recording of “Conquistadork,” at 8 p.m. at Muse Arts Warehouse. Author Pat…
February 16: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Feb. 16): The Riverdance people are billing it as the Celtic classic’s “Farewell Tour,” so if you want to see some slamming step-dancing and hear those fab fairie fiddles, hoof it on over to the Johnny Mercer Theatre tonight at 7:30. It’s a global entertainment day, too: China’s Golden…
February 15: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Feb. 15): In Savannah State University’s New Student Union, there are screenings at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. of the documentary film At the River I Stand, about the last two months in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. At 6 p.m. in the Tourian Auditorium is…
Phil Keeling: Conquistadork
PHIL KEELING: CONQUISTADORK At 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 Muse Arts Warehouse, 703D Louisville Road. Free Surprise! Standup comedy has become a commodity in Savannah. At Bay Street Theatre, there’s a monthly show called the Savannah Comedy Revue, featuring regional and even national comedians. The Wormhole brings in A-list standups once a month, too. The…
The fine art of pipe ‘n’ roll
The son of a traveling U.S. Air Force dad and an English mum, Kirk McLeod was 11 when the family left Great Britain for suburban Central Florida. Across the pond, he’d developed a fondness for traditional Celtic music and its instrumentation, the bagpipes in particular. McLeod’s father signed him for a Scottish arts summer camp…
A man for all stages
For a stage actor, there is no better compliment than being called a Roscius. It’s a comparison to Quintus Roscius Gallus, a thespian from ancient Rome, largely considered the greatest actor of his time. Ira Aldridge (1807–1867) began performing in New York’s African Grove Theatre Company (in the years before abolition) and went on to…
Bands on the run
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen and everybody in between. Saturday’s No Control Festival is your one–stop shopping center for performances by many of Savannah’s finest – and busiest – indie bands. All together, in one space. Plus a great many of their talented friends. The event, which Connect Savannah is thrilled to help sponsor,…
Environment update
Look, we know keeping up with all the local ecological concerns can be overwhelming. Here are some recent developments on the environmental scene: Monitoring no more The U.S. Dept. of Energy announced last month that it won’t be able to fund independent radiation monitoring in the Georgia communities surrounding the Savannah River Site (SRS). The…
Return to the food desert?
Two years ago, the neighborhood along the MLK Boulevard corridor was described as a “food desert.” After a brief oasis, it seems to have dried out again. A hot-button topic for groups working to alleviate poverty locally and nationwide, food deserts are highly–populated areas where healthy, affordable nourishment is hard to find. They’re most associated…
Mark your calendar: Trace Adkins
Lest the world think that Savannah–area music fans fall comfortably into two easy categories — the indie rock/college music crowd, and those who go for the Savannah Music Festival’s esoteric smorgasbord — we offer this information: Country music star Eric Church’s Feb. 3 concert SOLD OUT the Martin Luther King Arena, which has a capacity…
Book Fest: Indian Summer
The only thing most people might know about the Comanche Indian tribe is the climactic scene in the 1976 Clint Eastwood film The Outlaw Josey Wales. You know: when Clint, I mean Josey, rides up to Chief Ten Bears and makes the famous “words of iron” speech, after which they slice their palms and shake…
What a fine meth
Two people are in custody following the seizure of a methamphetamine lab by the Chatham–Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT). CNT received a tip concerning a clandestine lab in a hotel at I–95 and Hwy 204. A search of the room resulted in the seizure of a non–active methamphetamine lab, Roxicodone – a highly abused prescription…
Lunch with the Romeos
My father–in–law called me up last week in the middle of the day, which was odd. First of all, he usually avoids me during work hours lest I chase him down with a request to carpool a gaggle of yammering Girl Scouts. Second, ever since he bought a Droid he has become an obsessive texter.…
Book Fest: Altamaha Drifting
Janisse Ray first gained a devoted following with her bestseller Ecology of a Cracker Childhood. It’s a heartfelt ode to the beauty and importance of the indigenous and nearly extinct longleaf pine forests of her native South Georgia, which were clear–cut for residential development and the planting of a loblolly/slash pine monoculture to feed the…
Mission: Find Tropical Chicken
Tropical Chicken boasts an eclectic menu, but one that marries together the variety of flavors that come from the cuisines of the tropics. Which tropics? Well, most of ’em. You’ll find deliciously sweet fried plantains, nicely seasoned black beans, and chicken that is at once simple but lip–smacking enjoyable. Tropical Chicken assumes the former Quiznos…
February festivals
Stephen King. Walter Isaacson. Pat Conroy. Some great literary names are coming to the Savannah Book Festival this weekend. As you’d expect with names like that – and other very important ones as well – the Book Festival is garnering national attention. CSPAN Book TV will feature live coverage of the main festival day Saturday…
February 14: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Feb. 14): Happy Valentine’s Day, by the way. Emcee and poet Basik Lee of Dope Sandwich celebrates his birthday tonight with a hip hop bash at the Jinx. Elsewhere in the clubs: Georgia Kyle is at Foxy Loxy, Chuck Courtenay’s at Drift Away, Lauren Lapointe plays 69 East Tapas…
