March 5: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, March 5): At Muse Arts Warehouse, the Odd Lot improv troupe salutes reality TV at 8 p.m. That’s all we got. (Have you firmed up your Savannah Stopover plans yet? It starts this Wednesday.)
Wanderlust, Gone
WANDERLUST ** As scattershot and unfocused as its characters, Wanderlust casts Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as George and Linda, a Manhattan couple who have just purchased their first home (a “micro-loft,” no bigger than one of Donald Trump’s closets). But when George loses his job thanks to his boss’ illegal activities and Linda has…
March 2: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, March 2): The SCAD production of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening is at the Lucas Theatre at 8 p.m.; The Pulse: Art & Technology Festival continues with a 6 p.m. performance by the noise trio the Loud Objects, free at the Jepson Center. Short films are on the menu…
March 1: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, March 1): The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with Wynton Marsalis and Ted Nash, is in concert at 6 p.m. at the Trustees Theater. At the Lucas, SCAD’s Spring Awakening (the Tony-winning musical) starts at 8. Catch the weirdo duo Viva le Vox at the Jinx, and the Eric…
February 29: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Feb. 29): The SCAD production of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening opens its five-day run at the Lucas Theatre at 8 p.m.; The Pulse: Art & Technology Festival continues with a “Perfect Nowhere Interactive Performance” by SCAD professor Andre Ruschkowski (6 p.m., Jepson Center); the 1979 British thriller The…
Cherish the ladies
LOTS OF PROGRESSIVE, forward-thinking stuff going on in our little area these days: Chatham County just passed a smoking ban like the one in the City of Savannah. The Telfair Museums’ PULSE Festival hits its stride this weekend, celebrating the meeting of art and technology with nationally-renowned thinkers and performers. The second annual Savannah Stopover…
The Winter Sounds
THE WINTER SOUNDS With Sleepy Eyed Giant, Triathalon, Whaleboat At 9 p.m. Saturday, March 3 Wormhole Bar, 2307 Bull St. The Nashville-based Winter Sounds travel in the same clubbing circles as such regional faves as Today the Moon Tomorrow the Sun, Octopus Jones and the Shaniqua Brown – that is to say that the delightfully…
Stopover Spotlight
Here’s our second collection of mini-profiles of the Savannah Stopover acts we’re most excited about. You can find the first installment at www.connectsavannah.com. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’re well aware that Savannah Stopover, March 7-10, is the biggest thing in live indie music all year. More than 70 bands and artists, from…
Solar energy vs. Georgia Power
With Georgia struggling with a rate of unemployment higher than the national average, you’d think a bipartisan bill that would create not just jobs, but whole new industries that would provide more jobs for decades, would sail through the legislature to great applause. Instead SB401 languishes in committee and may never even get to a…
Did somebody say ‘Dutch Baby’?
I found myself on the Southside far too early one morning last week. I had time to kill and an appetite running empty from a night of sleep. Despite having eaten there several times, I have never written about the Pancake House. I’ve used this bright, sun–washed dining room to meet clients, conduct interviews, and…
Bandwagon weekend
Although it’s not technically a part of Savannah Stopover, the 2012 Bandwagon event is most certainly joined at the hip(ster). Combining SCAD’s semi-annual record fair with a show and sale of poster art, Bandwagon – a free event – has been strategically scheduled for March 3 and 4, the weekend just before all the Stopover…
Then he threw the gun?!
Police are investigating the death of a businessman whose body was found on a vacant lot he co–owned. The body of Christopher Mayville, 50, of Grace Drive, was found at East 61st and Abercorn streets about 3:30 a.m. Police say it appears he died of a self–inflicted gunshot wound. However, detectives later recovered a pistol…
End of the Universe (Trading)
For 32 years, Universe Trading Company has been a fixture on Franklin Square, as much a unique Savannah attraction as a one-of-a-kind antique store. Owner Greg Portman recently closed the store, with the remaining goods to be auctioned off March 9-10. We were there in the final days to talk with Greg about Universe Trading…
The Crape Myrtle Murders
I’m a treehugger. Literally. This endearing sobriquet is usually bestowed upon those who love nature in general and is often used derisively by those attempting to belittle environmentalists. In my case, however, I do in fact make a regular practice of throwing my arms around trees. See, working on a computer all day can give…
Oberhofer: The innocent abroad
Out of the bedroom and into the indie bloodstream … Tacoma, Wash., native Brad Oberhofer started writing songs and making lo–fi demos with ProTools and a computer when he was barely out of middle school. He picked up a broken guitar and taught himself to play it, in that sweet, naive way the musically innocent…
Mark your calendar: Black Maria Film Festival
For the 13th consecutive year, SCAD is bringing in the Black Maria Film Festival, a collection of short films that continually tours the country. It’s been announced for this Friday —that’d be March 2 — at the Trustees Theater. “If you want to see what’s happening NOW with the cutting edge of cinema, this is…
Rites of Spring
When Spring Awakening opened on Broadway in 2006, New York Times critic Charles Isherwood was, typically, tight–fisted with his praise. But he did manage to close with this corker of a line: “Imprinted on the memory is the happy sensation of having witnessed something unusual and aspiring, something vital and new.” The musical went on…
Boyz will be Noize
Not since Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music has noise–as–art danced this close to the mainstream. Kunal Gupta, Tristan Perich and Katie Shima, collectively known as The Loud Objects, have become darlings of the electronic underground since they brainstormed the concept during their tenure at Columbia University in the mid 2000’s. Its intention is to expand…
Playing around
The last two shows David I.L. Poole directed were pretty serious dramas. Poole helmed Angels in America with his independent group the Collective Face, and Frankenstein as part of his day job, as a professor of theater at Savannah State University. So why is his latest project the light–hearted musical Into the Woods at Asbury…
February 28: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Feb. 28): Experimental musician Pamela Z has the first performance spot at the Telfair Museums’ 2012 Pulse: Art & Technology Festival. She’s at the Jepson Center, for free, at 7 p.m. At the Sentient Bean, the “Tongue” poetry, prose and music open mic begins at 8 p.m. Agent Orange…
