Patio/Porch: a ‘story show’
Playwright Jack Heifner (Vanities) has captured a humorous yet touching glimpse of small-town America in Patio/Porch, two short plays that will be presented by Savannah Community Theatre March 6-8 at the Landings. In Patio, Pearl is throwing a going-away party for her older sister, Jewel, at her home in Texas. In Porch, the lives of…
Spinal Tap of the art world?
WHEN MOST folks hear the term “mockumentary,” one name likely comes to mind: Christopher Guest. Better known for his role as the hapless British heavy metal guitarist Nigel Tufnel in Rob Reiner’s pioneering 1984 faux rock music documentary This Is Spinal Tap, Guest has parlayed the fame and success of that role into a successful…
Three clubs face show cause hearings
It isn’t easy operating a bar in Savannah these days. Three establishments are being asked to show cause why their applications for liquor, beer and wine licenses or their applications should not be denied. If they can’t do it, the Savannah City Council can suspend or even revoke each of the club’s licenses. The latest…
Box City Blues
ON SUNDAY morning, Feb. 22, parishioners going to Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist found a surprise – for some, not a pleasant one. To get inside the historic sanctuary on Lafayette Square, they had to first step over a dozen homeless people, sprawled out on the front steps in the shadows…
Council discusses stimulus wish list
Savannah City Council members have begun the process of making a list and checking it twice to decide which projects to propose for potential federal stimulus money. In all, $422 million in local projects and programs were listed by city staff. Mayor Otis Johnson is urging the council to set priorities, because there’s no way…
Sharp answer
A man was reportedly stabbed by his 13–year–old son after he told the boy to take the trash out. Instead of taking the trash out, the boy set it out on the porch of their Runner Road home. When the father discovered the trash the next morning, he confronted the boy and they began arguing.…
What’s the ‘God Particle?’
I saw a special on the Large Hadron Collider, which, among other things, hopes to find evidence of the “God particle.” Since physics is not my strong suit, I’ve tried to understand this but everything makes my eyes glaze over. Please explain the God particle in layman’s terms. –– J.S., Palatine, Illinois Some people find…
Straight-up weird
Lead Story University of California researchers, on a Pentagon contract, announced in January success at rigging a live flower beetle with electrodes and a radio receiver to enable scientists to control the insect’s flight remotely. Pulses sent to the bug’s muscles or optic lobes can command it to take off, turn left or right, or…
Emily White, Tyler Lyle at the Bean
Emily White, Tyler Lyle *** With a blue billion DIY singer/songwriters now clogging the highways, byways and java joints of the U.S., we should all be forgiven for becoming a bit jaded and less inclined to give them the time of day. Far too many are churning out instantly forgettable (or at least unsurprising) retreads…
Hopelessly devoted to her
KNOWN TO SOME as Sandy Olsen in the smash 1978 film adaptation of the stage musical Grease, and to others as the exceptionally fit ‘80s pop star who enticed her listeners to “get physical,” Australian superstar Olivia Newton-John is a singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist. This upcoming Monday night, the four-time Grammy Award-winner —who has…
Diary of the planet
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‘No weak links’ in SCAD’s Carousel
COMING TO the Lucas Theatre this week is SCADs Carousel, directed by Michael Wainstein. This classic Rodgers and Hammerstein play examines the nitty-gritty of life in a way musicals seldom do. The play centers around Julie and Billy, who meet and fall in love at the carousel where he works. Despite objections from both lovers…
“I Don’t Got U, Babe”
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