Viva Alegre!
I’m celebrating my 46th birthday at Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant. Rancho Alegre translates to “Happy Ranch,” which sounds like a place to enjoy life. While it’s great to have special celebration days, shouldn’t every day be special and celebrated? Our waiter mentions the grouper special: I’m hooked. I’m a Grouper Groupie. I love the flavor,…
A real pill
This one’s a keeper. Even after more than 330 years, Jean-Baptiste Moliere’s The Imaginary Invalid, which skewers the 17th century French medical profession, continues to leave audiences in stitches. The Armstrong Atlantic State University Masquers will present it Feb. 28 through March 2. The play tells the story of Argan, a hypochondriac who is actually…
The inlaws
Tybee residents can relax. The man in the silver car isn’t a madman or a terrorist. The normally mild-mannered Rod McAdams is yelling and gesturing wildly to prepare for his role in the comedic play, Squabbles. “My husband likes to get in his Honda and drive around Tybee to practice his lines,” McAdams’ wife, Linda,…
Shirley, full of Grace
The only bad thing about the incredible theatre renaissance in Savannah is that I don’t get to see most of the shows out there. Like anyone else I have a family and outside interests, and unfortunately can’t enjoy many of the cultural events we write about at Connect. Still, on Saturday night I managed to…
Whithoo Phanjerm, Server
Whithoo Phanjerm is a 25-year-old server at Little Saigon, a Thai and Vietnamese restaurant on Whitemarsh Island. She enjoys sailing in her spare time and is originally from Thailand. Whithoo came to the U.S. in March 2007 upon joining the Au Pair program, a cultural exchange program in which one stays with an American host…
Reelin’ in the years
Been feeling old lately. I’ll be turning 55 in March. Numbers don’t bother me, never have. Just been in a funk about myself lately. I am so self-centered that I tend to think I’m in this growing-old process alone. Ask my ol’ lady, and she’ll tell you I’m stuck in 1975. Musically, financially and politically,…
Ossabaw: Treasure island
About ten miles south of Savannah lies the living laboratory of Ossabaw Island. Administered by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Ossabaw Island Foundation, it is protected from development and now serves as an educational and research platform. The newest wrinkle to Ossabaw’s outreach is made possible by a $200,000 grant from Georgia…
Hear and now
During the past few days, while working with the Ossabaw Island Foundation on this week’s filled-to-capacity symposium on coastal Georgia’s African American history, I’ve gleaned several pieces of new information, mostly from incidental conversations, that have filled in a few voids in my awareness of global, national, and local history. Earlier this month, I read…
Crazy in a Camaro
from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports A convicted felon wanted in connection with a string of shootings was wounded after being shot while trying to run over police. Stanley Latwan Hall, 24, was wounded Feb. 21 in the parking lot of Memorial Health University Medical Center. Agents with the U.S. Marshal’s Southeast Fugitive Task Force…
News of the Weird
Cultural Diversity Brand-new Japanese parents receiving a gift are then customarily obligated to give a lesser one in return, and the Yoshimiya rice shop in Fukuoka recently created the ideal such return: small bags of rice of the exact weight of the newborn, printed with its face and name, so that original gift-givers (relatives, friends)…
12:11
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Diary of the planet
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It’s a psychobilly freakout!
IT’S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS since SCAD’s Internet-only radio station (www.scadradio.org) sponsored an ALL-AGES concert, but it’s heartening to know they have another one on tap for this Friday night. It should also be welcome news to rockabilly and greaser punk fans who don’t attend the private art college that this show —unlike a few that…
‘Down’ with history
THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE THIRD year that the local nonprofit AWOL (or All Walks Of Life) will present its original stage production, the Hip-Hop History Play. Incorporating dramatic elements with urban music of the past few decades, this inspiring piece of educational theater features dozens of area kids and young adults interpreting the accomplishments of…
Who needs an Academy Award when you’ve got a kazoo?
LITTLE COULD BE FINER THAN catching NYC’s Two-Man Gentlemen Band live in concert. Clad in dark, tailored suits, ties, spit-shined shoes and hats (plus suspenders and hankies when required), this sly, anachronistic banjo and upright bass duo pay tribute to the golden age of Vaudevillian swing. At their charmingly clever shows, bawdy, double-entendre-filled odes to…
Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
The BlaggardsWhen a band lists their main influences as Shane MacGowan, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and caffeine (and claim they sound like both Slayer and The Carpenters), you either have a great idea of what they’ll sound like, or none.With a lineup that includes drums, bass, guitar, fiddle and mandolin, these “stout Irish rockers” from…
Entertainment Briefs
Blues Guitarist Scott Ainslie The Savannah Folk Music Society presents a teaching workshop (slide work, finger picking, alternate tunings, Piedmont and Ragtime styles) and concert from a master musician. When: 3 pm (free workshop) & 7:30 pm (show) Sat., March 8 Where: Coastal Ga. Center (behind the Visitors Center) Cost: $10 for the public, $8…
A.W.O.L.’s Hip-Hop History Play – The Interview
The following is the full transcript of Connect’s recent interview (conducted by Music Editor Jim Reed) with AWOL’s Executive Director DaVena Jordan concerning her non-profit youth organization’s upcoming Hip-Hop History Play at the Lucas Theatre. For more information on the 3rd Annual installment of this inspiring program, click here. This will be the third year…
