The Mechanic, Another Year
THE MECHANIC *1/2 In the annals of “tough guy” cinema, there’s not much to say about the 1972 Charles Bronson vehicle The Mechanic except that its leading character displays a refreshing lack of sentimentality (not unusual in the days of vintage squinters like Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan and Bronson) and its script manages to end…
Just Beastly
Kentucky native Justin Glaser has the lead role in the current national tour of Beauty and the Beast – although, if you’re a friend of Glaser’s, you won’t recognize him under all the hair, and the dark makeup, and the snarly–looking tusks. He’s no Beauty, he’s the Beast. This is, of course, a Disney show,…
Dropping bombs from the expressway
A woman answered her phone and was asked for the address of the Paulson Softball Complex. She gave the caller the information and was surprised by his response. The caller stated, “Thank you, I’ll be dropping bombs and missiles over the expressway tomorrow. Peace out.” She told officers that the caller sounded like a white…
Fundraiser at Live Wire Music Hall
Listen 2 Three (pictured) is among the Savannah bands playing an all-day concert Saturday, Feb. 5 at Live Wire Music Hall. The show, starting at noon, is a fundraiser for the family of 3-month-old Asher Luke Mullis, who underwent open-heart surgery last month to repair a congenital heart defect. Asher’s uncle is Live Wire general…
The other side of the mirror
I think what all of us have in common is that we’ve been taught and trained and programmed to focus on fixing and mutilating ourselves. That’s a core reason why women do not have power in the world. – Eve Ensler It was 15 years ago that monologist, playwright, author and activist Eve Ensler premiered…
Difficult Choices
If having more choices is supposed to make us happy, then why is everybody so depressed? That’s the question posed by Swarthmore professor Barry Schwartz, who will be in Savannah next week to give a talk titled “Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: The Paradox of Choice.” The talk kicks off SCAD’s spring lecture series, called “The Art…
Four-Star General
Let’s remember that Talking Heads began as an art school band – a bunch of students at the Rhode Island School of Design – back in the mid 1970s. That, you could say, turned out well. Savannah’s equivalent is General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers. Each of the band members is tied to SCAD – that…
Mark your calendar: Avetts, Horses and more for SMF
The Avett Brothers, Band of Horses, Citizen Cope and Robert Randolph & the Family Band have been added to the Savannah Music Festival lineup. Routing issues usually mean that pop shows get booked late in the music festival game; tickets are on sale now for all four performances. Band of Horses is the South Carolina…
Drawn to Savannah
Hal and Nancy Miles describe their dedication to the Savannah International Animation Festival as “passionately crazy.” It’s probably also the reason the young festival, which begins its second year this weekend, has gained international notoriety in such a short time. “The format of the festival is virtually identical in scheduling as it was last year,…
Jiggling the middle
He might as well be Colonel Appleseed, the way he’s pollinated Georgia music for nearly 50 years. Col. Bruce Hampton is a guitarist, singer, composer and arranger who’s been at the epicenter of Atlanta’s thriving music scene since the mid 1960s. Although his early group, the avant-garde Hampton Grease Band, cut a couple of albums,…
Super Bowl spirits
It’s kinda cool to see a classic cold–weather team matchup in Super Bowl XLV. These are bad dudes, guys who work out in the bone–numbing chill of Green Bay and Pittsburgh. Their pain is our gain. The parties, the friends, the rivalry, the snacks — I’m going to have my Super Bowl spread loaded with…
Asian feeding extravaganza!
I had a big crowd of hungry guys to feed. They wanted a wide selection and mass quantities.Say no more — this calls for a trip to the Asian Buffet. This giant feeding extravaganza is on the near southside, with plenty of parking and enough room to navigate around the stem tables and cold bars.…
More than words
For most people, airbrushing is relegated to mall kiosks for custom T–shirts, not fine art on gallery walls. Joel Cothran didn't get the memo. "The airbrush has something profound about it," the local artist explains, standing in his makeshift studio at the front of a cooperative arts space on 35th and East Broad Street. "You…
The Red River, Buzzov-en
THE RED RIVER/DARE DUKES At 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4 The Wormhole Bar, 2307 Bull St. With Brandon Nelson McCoy Maybe it was the unexpected clarinets, shy trombones and muted trumpets, or perhaps it was the subtle strings that came in from somewhere in the back of the sound picture. Most likely, what made me…
Exhibits & openings this week
All is well (Damn right it is) – New works by local artist Eric David Wooddell. Mandalas and collages inspired by the amazing times we live in. Ghost Town Tattoo, Montgomery & Congress Sts. Art in City Hall – A group show featuring work by SCAD students who used Savannah City Hall as a subject…
Eiffel Tower — tower, building, monument, or what?
What’s the deal with the Eiffel Tower? I mean what is it, actually? — Snowboardsweety1 A shallow individual might venture that it’s a tower named after a guy called Eiffel. (I don’t mean to give short shrift to the possibility of a Ms. Eiffel, but female tower-builders weren’t numerous in 19th-century France.) And in fact…
