Warming up to Pat Prokop
There’s one in every crowd: The comedian who says, “How can there be global warming when it’s so damn cold outside, ha-ha-ha.” Or perhaps the more direct Southern variation: “Global warming, my ass!” Those are popular laugh lines this winter for a reason. According to recent polling, the number of Americans who don’t believe there’s…
Is public transit really more efficient?
Are electric trains and other forms of mass transit an energy loser compared to cars? What with energy transmission costs and poor ridership (especially in California), we supposedly waste energy on subways and buses. I know it’s not going to be a popular concept, and it may be best to ignore it, and hopefully encourage…
Academics heart illegal immigrants
Lead Story Big-time traffickers who smuggle illegal immigrants into the U.S. from Mexico rely on GPS devices to evade the Border Patrol, but starting in June, border-jumpers who travel on their own can have protection, too. Three University of California, San Diego faculty members have designed inexpensive cell phones with special software to locate water,…
AFD does GNR
AFD DOES GNR Welcome to the jungle, 2010-style. Axl Rose may still be floundering around, trying to drum up interest in his latest incarnation of Guns ‘N Roses, but the GNR that exploded into hearts and minds back in ’87 with the Appetite For Destruction album, that’s the one people are still interested in. Axl,…
Freakin’ awesome
For the better part of the past 20 years, Tim Cridland has been driving sharp skewers into his tongue and pushing them out through his neck, chewing on shards of glass, using his body to conduct electricity and walking barefoot across a bed of razor–sharp knives. All in a day’s work for Zamora, the Torture…
What’s Next: Savannah Irish Festival
St. Patrick’s Day comes on March 17, and while it’s all about celebrating Irish heritage (and, well, celebrating in general) there isn’t exactly an overabundance of authentic Irish culture. The parade is something, of course, but should you be desirous of a bit o’ bodhran, Uilleann pipes, fiddles and pennywhistles, you’d do well to attend…
Different year, same blotter
The first incident report of the New Year (CRN 100101001) – and the new decade – was a one car accident on I-516 heading west bound. Just a few minutes before midnight a young woman driving a Honda Accord struck the guard rail on the left hand side of the road. The driver lost control…
Dare Dukes: Accessible complexities
Even though he was an established singer, songwriter and guitar player in Minneapolis, Dare Dukes put his musical muse on a back burner when he moved to New York City to work as a fundraiser for after–school arts programs. During his tenure in the Big Apple, he wrote a novel. “I wrote one and it…
Prescription for savings
Thanks to a new partnership between the City of Savannah and the National League of Cities, area residents will get a discount on prescription medications that aren’t already covered by Medicare or insurance. The prescription drug discount card program was unveiled at a press conference in City Hall last Wednesday. The Mayor was joined by…
Reconsidering chardonnay
Chardonnay gets a bum rap, let’s face it. This ubiquitous white wine became a mundane staple of house wine lists everywhere. It became the poster child for boring party wines and even gave rise to it’s own mantra: ABC — Anything But Chardonnay. I’m guilty of a little disdain myself. Sure, I like Chardonnay, but…
Harris Baking Co.
Harris Baking Co. There was no one happier than me when Sam Harris opened his downtown bakery in 2007 — and it’s been a joy to watch the business and the products grow better and better. As I hustled by one cold day last week, I was gob–smacked to a stop by the menu board:…
Clean old fashioned skate
Hockey isn’t the first sport you’d typically associate with Savannah — or even the fiftieth — but for the past dozen Januaries a unique college tournament has packed large crowds into the Savannah Civic Center. The Savannah Tire Hockey Classic — Savannah Tire is a new title sponsor this year, succeeding Memorial Health University Hospital…
Movies for the mind
There is a presumption, Jim Reed believes, that his weekly film screenings at the Sentient Bean are nothing more than kitsch, with titles like Beach Blanket Mutants From the Planet Picard and The Nazi That Ate Chicago. Reed’s Psychotronic Film Society does, to be sure, occasionally feature cult movies that are – in the parlance…
The cutting edge of creativity
From solar powered robots to art that knows when you’re looking at it, get ready for a look into the future. Next week, the Telfair’s arts and technology festival, known as Pulse, kicks off an 11-day showcase of installations, workshops, lectures and performances from a scintillating mix of artists, geeks and scientists presenting programming that…
More on Christmas decorations downtown
Editor, Regarding your recent column on downtown Christmas decorations: My partner and I live up in the Atlanta area (Marietta Square area) and travel frequently to Savannah and stay with friends of ours in the Landmark District. We couldn’t agree more with your article. We were down the week before Christmas and were looking forward…
Dutch Utopia: Christmas in January
This past Saturday I woke up with strong resolve to take down the stale–feeling holiday decorations, clear the Christmas cards off the mantel, and hit the mall to exchange the wrong–size gifts. But amid holiday festivities, the last weeks of December and early January brought with them an onslaught of familiar names in the obituaries–friends,…
