Hostage standoff ends with arrest, no injuries
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police officers “responded to a welfare check in the Chapel Lakes subdivision at approximately 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18. Arriving officers attempting to contact the residents heard a loud noise and an impact to the front door which officers believed to be a gunshot,” police report today. Several attempts to contact the…
Double homicide in Yamacraw; third victim has serious injuries
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating a triple shooting that occurred in Yamacraw Village. “Officers responded to a 911 call of a shooting in Yamacraw Village at approximately 10:28 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17. Upon arrival officers located a three shooting victims inside an apartment,” police say. “Two of the victims were deceased, a third was…
17-year-old shot, killed on Pennsylvania Avenue
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating the homicide of 17-year-old Tristan Gray that occurred on Savannah’s Eastside. “Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the area of Pennsylvania Ave. and California Ave. at approximately 11:56 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16,” police say. “Upon arrival officers located a shooting victim. The victim, 17, was transported to the…
City Council to reconsider The Stage On Bay liquor license
The controversial bid of The Stage On Bay to acquire an alcoholic beverage license — previously denied by City Council after neighborhood opposition — will be reconsidered at Council’s regular March 2 meeting. Alderman John Hall, citing previous legal cases lost by the City of Savannah, made the initial motion for Council to take up…
C-SPAN2 set for live segments at Savannah Book Festival
This Saturday, Feb. 18, BookTV on C-SPAN2 will be live from the 10th Annual Savannah Book Festival, the network says. There will be live author programs and C-SPAN2 will take viewer calls during call-in segments with the following authors: · John Tamny, Who Needs the Fed? · William Daugherty, In the Shadow of the Ayatollah…
Allegiant launches nonstop service between Cleveland and Savannah
Allegiant this week launched a new nonstop service to Savannah from Cleveland, Ohio. For a time, one-way fares on the new routes are being sold as low as $48. “We’re thrilled to connect Cleveland to the Savannah area,” said Jude Bricker, Allegiant chief operating officer. “We’re excited for Allegiant travelers in Cleveland to explore all…
Editor’s Note: Ben Carter and the unicorn
The elephant in the room isn’t so much the number of tourists coming here, but the dwindling number of actual residents in Savannah’s Historic District. I know several people who live downtown who are literally the only full-time residents on their whole block. It’s not a good situation.
Beauty & The Beast, in dance
South Carolina Ballet is bringing back its production of Beauty & The Beast with more dazzle and grace than ever before.
Tybee Fish Camp: The joy of discovery
LET’S be honest: For most of us, Tybee only exists a few months out of the year, and most of the time we go straight from our cars to the beach and back to our cars. We pass by all of the local establishments that leave us even more removed and detached from the island’s…
The Werks, Funk You @Barrelhouse South
Garnering fans with their melodic, rhythmic sound and energetic live show, the band boasts deep grooves and organic improvisation.
Start your mugs for the Savannah Craft Brew Race Series
This year’s version includes more breweries than previous years, more than thirty
American Traditions is back to showcase outstanding vocalists
NEXT WEEK, Savannah will uphold one of its most treasured traditions. The American Traditions Competition returns in 2017 with a crop of talented individuals from across the nation. The rising stars will raise their voices in a variety of musical genres, competing for covetable, life-changing cash prizes and invaluable experience. For 24 years, the Competition…
Sweet Megg & The Wayfarers @El-Rocko Lounge
Sweet Megg & The Wayfarers combines vintage class and modern cool with an unforgettable and stylish show
A.U.R.A. Fest: Meet the Bands
This Saturday’s festival features a cross-section of hardcore and indie/progressive sounds.
History Makers: Preserving and celebrating the stories of African American lives
“HE ALSO said that a man isn’t poor just because has doesn’t have money in his pocket, he’s poor because he doesn’t have enough vision in his head and in his heart.” Those words are from the late Westley Wallace Law, and were quoted by the speaker for the night, Julieanna Richardson, Founder/Executive Officer of…
Swing into Spring with Velvet Caravan @Trinity UMC
Since founding guitarist Sasha Strunjas departed, the talented Jimmy Grant has taken over six-string duties.
Storytelling with space
She’s in every chair, shelf, mirror and light
The return of A.U.R.A. Fest
A.U.R.A. Fest 2017 When: Saturday, February 18, 1 p.m. – 11 p.m. Where: Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum 1:10 p.m. – Native Sons 2:00 p.m. – Attalus 2:50 p.m. – The Funeral Portrait 3:40 p.m. – Tides of Man 4:30 p.m. – Microwave 5:05 p.m. – Vatican 5:40 p.m. – I Set My Friends…
Savannah Book Festival: Jay McInerney’s Bright Star
McInerney was once as famous for his party game as his storytelling skills.
Louie Louie, Taze Daze @El-Rocko Lounge
Louie Louie is coming to town with infectious Motown-style melodies, a little humor, honey-drip harmonies, vintage grit, and twinkling reverb
Polk’s On the Go: ‘From our store to your door’
Home-cooked family meals have taken a back seat to fast food or, if you’re health-conscious, rotisserie chicken and bagged lettuce
Taft, Valore & Cunabear, Goldie, Drinking Bleach @The Space Station at Starlandia Supply
A versatile artist, Taft is just as comfortable crafting spare vintage-pop ballads with entrancing vocals and gentle fingerpicking as he is throwing down thick beats and contagious hooks.
Fair housing’s fearful fate?
The drama in D.C. brought plenty of reason to drive the civically-minded to drink this week, from the bought-and-paid confirmation of Betsy DeVos to Gestapo-like ICE round-ups to the attempted silencing of Senator Elizabeth Warren. (Yeah, Mitch, like that was gonna work. The thing about persistence is…well, you’ll figure it out.) But some of the…
Dad Joke #36: Golden Pelicans, Dumb Doctors, Cray Bags, Rude Dude & The Creek Freaks @El-Rocko Lounge
Golden Pelicans were a hit at Punk Mess 2015 for their unabashed, no-frills sound
SCAD’s deFINE ART: The (Color) Theory of Everything
MANY ARTISTS use color as a vehicle for expression, picking shades from the infinite palette and juxtaposing hues for aesthetic effect. But legendary Venezuelan designer Carlos Cruz-Diez has spent more than 50 years delving into the subjective nature of color itself—and how its perception is far from static. One of the major players in the…
Dope KNife, Clay Hodges, South Indies, Lingua Franca @The Wormhole
The show is a big welcome-home for Dope KNife, who’s been out on the road promoting his Strange Famous Records debut, NineteenEightyFour
Savannah Book Festival: Seinfeldia is a book about a show about nothing
FORMER Entertainment Weekly writer Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s enthusiasm for the show Seinfeld can’t be curbed. She can barely remain master of her domain. She finds Seinfeld to be nearly spongeworthy, and wrote a whole book about it and its cultural influence. It’s gold, Jerry! Gold! She appears at the Savannah Book Festival to talk about…
Savannah Stopover announces full schedule, four new bands to lineup
Savannah Stopover has released the full night-by-night, venue-by-venue schedule for this year’s edition, to be held March 9-11. The schedules are customizable at the website. In addition, Stopover has made four new additions to the band lineup: Savannah’s own CUSSES have been added to the Friday, 3/10 lineup. Curtis Harding will headline Wild Wing City…
Review: John Wick Chapter 2
Keanu Reeves is again suitably taciturn as the former assassin who, just when he thought he was out, gets pulled back in, and the criminal world created for the first picture — a landscape in which there exists neutral-zone hotels in which no blood may be spilled – retains its unique appeal.
Review: Fifty Shades Darker
The major liabilities of the first picture have been neatly carried over into this latest endeavor, beginning with the fact that the general prudishness permeating throughout American society makes it impossible for Hollywood to produce an honest, provocative or explicit film about S-E-X and have it receive an R rating.
