Cover Story
Lead Story: Eat it
Event shows how to grow food in an edible backyard garden, where humidity is your friend and tidiness is a sin
Polar bears endangered? Not at Tybee
Annual New Years Day plunge proves the adage, what doesnt kill you makes you stronger
Bagpipe Nation
Celtic rock stars Seven Nations return with the Jacksonville Symphony
Music Menu
A quick look at live shows happening around town this week
Free Speech: Nostrils of Satan?
If something seems too good to be true, it’s probably false. That’s something most journalists learn back in j-school. As one of my professors said, “If your mother says she loves you — check it out.” There’s nothing more frustrating than getting a salaciously meaty tip only to have it lead to — pfft –…
Fishman: Surging stupidity
cant help but think Bush and Rove are planning ahead. They and others want nothing more than to leave the whole shooting match to the Democrats to solve.
Blotter
‘Walking among the dead’ While on patrol at DeRenne and Abercorn, an officer heard vehicles blowing their horns. The officer looked southbound on Abercorn at East 72nd Street and observed a woman walking in traffic in the middle lane. Vehicles had to change lanes to keep from hitting the woman. The officer pulled up behind…
Connect Recommends
Our picks for the most noteworthy live gigs of the week
News of the Weird
Can’t Possibly Be True Buddy, a 6-year-old German shepherd mix, wandered into the emergency room at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Bellflower, Calif., in October after having just been hit by a car, and he resisted efforts to remove him, apparently waiting until someone attended to his injured hind leg (which turned out to be…
Editor’s Note: New year, new media, new directions
2007 begins my tenth year as editor of Savannah’s favorite weekly newspaper, beginning first with Creative Loafing and on through its 2001 merger with Connect Savannah. During that decade a lot’s changed in this market. Once sleepy, seasonal Savannah now bursts at the seams year-round with arts and cultural events. Some of these events –…
Letters to the Editor
Shame on Brown & Berkow Editor, I enjoyed your column “Notorious B.E.R.K.O.W.” very much. I have been following this “situation” as much as possible, which is rather difficult. I mean you never know just what or whose point of view you are getting from the local news. I think your article was right on target.…
Art Patrol
‘On Top of the Ceiling and Under the Floor’ — Solo exhibition of paintings by Steven Speir inspired by the short-lived and temporary life-spans of graffiti art. January 11-17 at desot O row Gallery 2427 DeSoto Ave. Between Bull and Whitaker on 41st. Reception: Friday January 12, 6-9 p.m. NOLA artist@Alvida — The Alvida Art…
Pop!
Over the Christmas holiday I wanted to see Dreamgirls, The Good Shepherd and, if my city was selected (it wasn’t), Children of Men. Instead, my family won and I saw Night at the Museum and Charlotte’s Web. Neither was that bad, certainly not as bad as I expected. But Night at the Museum was another…
