Bigdawg Holler Concerts
Pictures of Bibdawg Holler as we built it to our first concert.
February 27: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, Feb. 27): A talk by acclaimed light sculptor Leo Villareal opens the Telfair Museums’ 2012 Pulse: Art & Technology Festival. Villareal’s works are on display in the Jepson Center, which is where the artist will speak at 6 p.m. Following is an opening reception for Pulse. At 7 p..m.…
February 25: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Feb. 25): Recommended band: Savannah’s Whaleboat, throwing an EP-release party tonight at Blowin’ Smoke. Devon Allman’s Honeytribe play at the 7 p.m. A-Town Get Down at the Charles Morris Center; Passafire’s on the bill too, with Word of Mouth. And there’s an all-day benefit show for drummer Marc Cordray…
February 24: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, Feb. 24): Visions: An Odyssey in Black Dance, Abeni Cultural Arts’ annual production, is onstage at 7 p.m. at S.P.A.C.E. on Henry Street. SCAD’s deFINE ART continues with a panel discussion at 3 p.m., with Cecile Panzieri, Monique Meloche and Anthony Allen in the SCAD Museum of Art, followed…
Shame, The Vow, The Innkeepers
SHAME *** Michael Fassbender went all James Brown on us in 2011, as the hardest working man in show business – or at least in film – appeared in leading roles in no less than four motion pictures. Fassbender was compelling as Rochester in Jane Eyre, as Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method and especially…
No Control Festival
Some highlights from the 2012 No Control Festival in Savannah, Georgia Saturday, February 18. Featured acts included: General Oglethorpe and the Panhandlers, Whaleboat, Roland, Heyrocco, KidSyc@Brandywine, Niche, Cusses, Twin Tigers, Manray, The Shaniqua Brown, Baby Baby, Today the Moon Tomorrow the Sun, Octopus Jones, Floor Flexers DJs. Photos by Bill DeYoung
February 23: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Feb. 23): Artist Fred Wilson, the honoree for the 2012 deFINE ART series at SCAD, gives a talk tonight at 7 at the Trustees Theater. At the AASU Ogeechee Theatre (in the student union on campus), the Francophone Film Festival screens the espionage drama Farewell at 7 p.m. In…
February 22: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Feb. 22): Artist Mohamed Bourouissa and guest curator Simon Njami give a talk at 7 p.m. at the SCAD Museum of Art, part of the deFine ART showcase. Historian Stacey Cordery is at the Trustees Theater at 7 p.m. to discuss and sign her biography of Girl Scouts founder…
Hooten Hallers, Marc Cordray benefit, Atom Blonde
THE HOOTEN HALLERS At 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 The Jinx, 127 W. Congress St. These guys are something else. It’s punishing barroom blues, delivered with hillbilly irreverence, Tom Waits-and-Jack vocals and incredible punk energy. John Randall plays distorted electric guitar, Andy Rehm is a standup-kit drummer. That’s pretty much where the comparisons to the…
Mark your calendar: More missing movies
Late-breaking news: On Thursday, Feb. 23 (after this issue of Connect had been on the street for more than 24 hours), CinemaSavannah announced a change in schedule. The screening of Margaret has been moved to April 22. Shame will be screened on March 4 (with a $10 ticket price). It’s always interesting to watch the…
Sound decisions
There’s a new breed of artist today, making music that doesn’t easily fit into one tired old category or another. Boundaries are crossed, lines blurred and erased, and in the end those who are open to such things are rewarded with a fresh appreciation of what sonics and imagination can accomplish together. Pamela Z, performing…
Stopover Spotlight
You say you want a revolution? Well, how about this: Last year’s inaugural Savannah Stopover Festival changed the city’s music scene in four short days. It was that simple. We in the audience had a great time. The diversity was stunning. The clubs did breakneck business. And the bands? They went on to play SXSW,…
Do you believe in muralcles? Yes!
This is a story about two brick walls. The first one is an actual wall. It’s made of cinder blocks and sits on the back of a vacant lot on Habersham and 34th Streets. The second brick wall is a figurative one, made of the fear and doubt that come when people tell you “no.”…
A vision for now and always
It is a story of tragedy, struggle and triumph, and it’s worth telling over and over again. For the past four Februarys, Abeni Cultural Arts has performed “Visions: An Odyssey in Black Dance” in honor of Black History month. This year is no different. Abeni’s manager Darowe McMillon hopes the company will continue to reprise…
5 questions: Devon Allman
First, there’s the surname. Devon Allman is indeed the son of the legendary Gregg. But he came from a broken home, and grew up relatively poor in Texas and Missouri. He was 15 before he ever made any sort of connection with his father. Like his old man, however, Allman was obsessed with music, all…
Betty dropped a bomb on me
By the time I finished my dinner at Betty Bombers inside the American Legion Post on Bull Street at Forsyth Park, I was mortified. Mortified about how much I had eaten! Chef Seth Musler has rocked chowhounds around the city for years. His partnership with Chef Patrick Zimmerman at nearby Butterhead Greens has produced some…
‘Photoshop in real time’
We know what you’re thinking: If I wanted to see a colorful light show, I’d drive around Gordonston one night at Christmastime. Think again. Leo Villareal’s light installations — he refers to them primarily as sculptures “because these pieces aren’t just about the pieces themselves, but about the way they fit into the entire room”…
Working on the bike desert, too
LAST WEEK in this paper, Jessica Leigh Lebos’ excellent story “Return to the Food Desert?” examined the fallout from the closing of the Food Lion on MLK Jr. Boulevard. She correctly pointed out that the Forsyth Farmers’ Market is only five blocks from the now-shuttered store, and is an excellent option for people seeking fresh,…
Defining art
The 2012 edition of SCAD’s deFINE ART exhibition series boasts an additional guest of honor this week as a bevy of multinational, multi–generational artists gather in Savannah to display their finest work. This year marks the first year that SCAD’s newly–renovated, 82,000–square foot Museum of Art will host the week–long event, through Feb. 25. The…
Fueling our hopes
“This debate is a debate we want to have…. this summer will see the highest gas prices in years. Your constituents saw those reports, and they’ll be talking about it.” — House Speaker John Boehner to fellow Republicans I DON’T KNOW if you noticed, but the conversation is finally here. We’re in it now. For…
Hit ‘n’ runner at large
Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the car and driver that struck a patrolman at a traffic accident. Officer Michael Swords was helping to push a disabled car from the accident at Hampton Street and Habersham streets about 4 p.m. when another car turning from Hampton headed southbound on Habersham ran over his…
Miracle Ticket to the Maestro of Macabre
There are several reasons why I wasn’t planning to attend Stephen King’s closing address at the Savannah Book Festival last Sunday. First, it sold out five months ago in two hours, presumably to rabid King fans with wicked speed dialing skills and basements full of animal bones. Also, with a few exceptions, writers on a…
February 21: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Feb. 21): At 6:30 p.m., the Ships of the Sea Museum has a Black Heritage Festival show for you: Open Mic with Sistah “V,” billed as “A celebration of our ‘Journeys, Passages and Transitions’ through spoken word and the printed word. Nancy Spector, the Deputy Director and Chief Curator…
