The Crazies
THE CRAZIES ** With the new version of The Crazies in wide release, should viewers head to the theater to check it out or mosey toward the DVD store with the intent to rent George Romero’s 1973 original? Given the options, perhaps an alternate plan should be set in motion (maybe a museum, or a…
Exhibits & openings
Africanology Realities in American Worlds – Large-scaled, multi-media paintings and installations by Amiri Geuka Farris. SSU Social Sciences Building Aldwyth: Work v./Work n. – Collage and assemblage 1991-2009 by this reclusive Hilton Head artist, now in her 70s. Jepson Center for the Arts through 5/17 Alumni Invitational Art Exhibit – A group show featuring work…
Doctors, teething and fevers, oh my
Why do babies run fevers when teething? More important, why do doctors claim that they don’t? Is it just so stupid/inexperienced mamas won’t ignore a serious infection when they erroneously attribute a fever to teething? Or do the doctors lie because they don’t understand why it happens? That seems unlikely since they admit to not…
Canine chastity belts: An idea whose time has come?
Lead Story When Dexter Blanch’s dog nearly died from complications during spay surgery, he decided to use the event as inspiration and brought to market a chastity belt to give pet owners more control of their animals’ animal instincts. The Pet Anti-Breeding System harness is especially valuable to professional breeders who may want to keep…
Hail to the Chief(s)
It’s been interesting listening to some of the reaction to President Obama’s upcoming visit here March 2. Much like the hysteria over his Sept. 2009 speech to public school classrooms — a commonplace enough thing for presidents before him — the negative feedback has taken on an ugly overtone. The announcement of the visit on…
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
Ivan Neville once told a journalist how he named his band. “The guys were playing so nasty and dirty,” he explained, “we figured there is nothing funkier than a dumpster.” Neville, a singer and multi-instrumentalist, is part of the great contemporary musical lineage of New Orleans (his father is vocalist Aaron Neville … his uncles…
If ever a wiz there was
When the national touring production of The Wizard of Oz arrives at the Johnny Mercer Theatre March 2, Cassie Okenka will have walked down the Yellow Brick Road something like 340 times. Okenka, who just turned 24 last week, has played Dorothy Gale in this touring company since September of 2008. In fact, she’s been…
Metallurgy 101
From the other Athens — the one in Ohio — comes the brutalizing, ball–busting Skeletonwitch, one of the most popular indie metal bands now crossing the country with regularity, spreading the headbangers gospel to the faithful, one massive musical melee at a time. Skeletonwitch returns to the Jinx — Savannah is one of the band’s…
Just another weird, sad week
An officer responded to a downtown hotel in reference to trespassing. The manager said the establishment had hired the person several days earlier, but his erratic behavior, including paranoia, had caused them to fire him and tell him not to come back on the premises. The next day they found him back on the property,…
A glass half-empty
In a community surrounded by a network of rivers and marshes that segue to the ocean — and where streets are prone to flooding after even a moderate rainstorm — it’s difficult to imagine having a problem with the water supply. While north Georgia’s drought officially ended in June 2009 and was closely followed by…
What’s Next: The Wormhole’s ‘Re-Opening’
It’s been a year since nightclub–owning novice Amy Stafford threw open the doors of the Wormhole Bar, ushering in a new era in live music for Savannah. The Wormhole is at 2307 Bull St., in what has been historically known as the Starland District. In fact, the building used to be a furniture store, and…
Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution (Road Show)
Like so many people who were tired of their nine to five jobs, Emily Pilloton dreamed of doing bigger things, of impacting the world in a positive way. Unlike most people, she did something about it, leaving behind a job to found Project H, a non–profit design group dedicated to re–focusing design away from materials…
Let’s hear it for a good table wine
The hilly country not too far north of Verona is home to one of my favorite everyday wines: Valpolicella. This pretty wine–next–door is made entirely, or predominately, from the Corvina grape. It doesn’t put on airs, and is comparable to Beaujolais or CÔtes du RhÔne in France – unpretentious regional table wines. But for astute…
Random bites: Leoci’s, Rancho Alegre
Leoci’s Trattoria I kept waiting for the crowd to subside at Leoci’s before highlighting my meal there – but there seems to be no let up in sight! This Sicilian–born chef has fired up his wood oven and single handedly drawn a crowd to this typically quiet stretch of Abercorn Street. The breads from the…
Good vibrations on gay issues
Editor, On Feb. 8, Interim Police Chief Willie Lovett met with me, the director of the Savannah chapter of Georgia Equality, and other members of the GLBT community. The members attending had been present at the leafletting incident on Oct. 22 2009 at The Trustees Theater. We are elated that there were many positive and…
A review: Light-hearted ‘Scoundrels’
There are several strong similarities between the stage version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Mel Brooks’ The Producers. Both began as non–musical movies – funny stuff, in both cases, but not exactly blockbusters at the box office. Brooks re–wrote The Producers years later as a stage comedy, composing the songs himself and ratcheting up the…
