‘Memorial Grounds’
Portraits painted from photographs, however the artist applies the paint, always reveal the same recognizable contradictions in time and space. The fleeting facial expression that was caught by the camera in a fraction of a second becomes strangely frozen when worked on over time by the painter’s brush; the small, intimate snapshot becomes an amorphous…
Scott Howard: Pop!
Every year a film is nominated for the Best Picture Oscar that absolutely, positively does not deserve such an honor. It’s like a sacrificial lamb at the altar of mediocrity. Last year it was Little Miss Sunshine. The year before that it was Crash. The year before that it was Finding Neverland. I used to…
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The truth about Jekyll Editor, Supporters of the proposed Linger Longer project on Jekyll Island, including the Jekyll Island Authority (JIA), make no attempt to reconcile the project with past planning or other informed analysis of the public’s preferences for revitalizing this cherished coastal state park. Curiously, neither the Jekyll Island Master Plan, the still…
Sunday in the woods at Wormsloe
Sunday in the woods at Wormsloe With only four hours set aside for Super Museum Sunday this past weekend, it was important to choose wisely from among the 39 cultural sites opening their doors free-of-charge for the annual museum showcase. Any of these attractions would be a worthwhile way to spend an afternoon, but which…
Back to its roots
PAGE HUNGERPILLER grew up in the shade of mighty live oaks.After her marriage, she and her husband raised their family among the trees along White Bluff Road. When those trees were threatened by a road-widening project, Hungerpiller and her neighbors became activists. “Our husbands called us the Monday Morning Mothers of the Earth,” she says.…
One Way to Unite
from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports A Savannah-Chatham Police employee said she was provided with and completed a United Way contribution form. She said she opted out of making contributions for personal reasons. When she got her pay check, she noticed that $2 per pay period had been deducted for the United Way. Someone had…
Un. Believable.
The Litigious Society In October, Korie Hoke filed a $1.6 million lawsuit against the Tempe, Ariz., police, claiming that it was actually an officer’s fault that she, after a New Year’s Eve bender, crashed into a cement wall and suffered serious injuries. Hoke had called police to a party, distraught that she had caught her…
New release: Fools Gold
Fool’s Gold* 1/2 Lord, what fools these Hollywood mortals be! Here they further denigrate the standing of the romantic comedy by presenting this waterlogged flick about bickering ex-spouses on the prowl for sunken treasure off the Florida Keys. In a reunion that no one was exactly clamoring for, How to Lose a Guy in 10…
Everything else that’s out there
Cloverfield *** It’s almost impossible not to describe this terror tale as “Godzilla meets The Blair Witch Project,” as it exclusively relies on the camcorder wielded by one of its characters to capture the rampage of a frightening behemoth (and its even more terrifying sidekicks, vicious arachnoid creatures) as it destroys Manhattan with single-minded determination.…
Hotter than a two-dollar pistol
THINGS SEEM to be moving in the right direction for Donald Merckle’s band American Gun. The critically-praised Columbia, S.C. roots-rock quintet celebrates the release of their latest indie CD this weekend with a local show, and is riding a wave of positive press that’s increasingly positing the band as one of the finest underground Americana…
Theater: Vagina Monologues
TRISH SUGAREK has a theory. “I believe every director has a short list of plays they’d really like to direct,” she says. “The Vagina Monologues is on my list.” That wish is coming true. Sugarek’s theater company, the Rialto Actors Theatre Performing Arts Kompany, or RATPAK, will present The Vagina Monologues at the Bay Street…
Play opens at SCAD
Nobody writes about a dysfunctional family as well as playwright Sam Shepard. A Lie of the Mind is yet another Shepard play about yet another dysfunctional family, but in his hands, it’s pure gold. The play is by turns funny, sad and always engaging. The Savannah College of Art and Design School of Performing Arts…
Savannah Actors Theatre: The Pillowman
Savannah Actor’s Theatre will open its 2008 main stage season on Feb. 14 with The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh. To say this play isn’t exactly light fare is an understatement. “This is a very interesting play,” director Sheila Lynne says. “It’s theater at its darkest and most controversial. It’s certainly not warm and fuzzy.” The…
Stuck on You
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Diary of the planet
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‘This is an ultimate all-star troupe’
DR. MICHAEL DONNELLY knows Russia. This son of a career Navy officer traveled extensively through the U.S.A. as a child, and once he hitched up in the military himself, wound up living (and serving) throughout Europe and Asia for many years. However, it was Mother Russia which won his heart. He’s been there more than…
Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
Dailey & Vincent Bluegrass cats have such a propensity for hopping back and forth between bands, hooking up for one-off super-group LPs, and just plain gigging with whomever’s offering the most cash at any given moment that they often seem as much mercenaries as musicians. True, there are some folks who stay in the same…
