‘Beyond Reconstitution ’
Collage, as a game in art making, runs like a thread through all disciplines for the last hundred years. From the cutting and pasting of images to the montages of words and phrases creating new poems, to the books of prose constructed from quotes, to the DJ’s mix recordings, the collage, as the Surrealists put…
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Another lost greenspace Editor, A wild place was razed to the ground today at 41st and Barnard. This overgrown, woodsy corner was home to woodpeckers, lizards, countless birds, squirrels, possum, and as recently as December, a family of owls. And it was w hat made living on this troubled, at times dangerous, corner bearable. Nature…
Taking global action, locally
FOR A FULL DAY Jan. 31, the Savannah College of Art and Design is participating in a nationwide “Focus the Nation” teach-in event to raise awareness of how individuals and communities can help build a sustainable society in a time of climate change. Over 1,200 colleges across the U.S. are taking part in the the…
How Savannah drove me loco
MY NAME IS JON. I lived in Savannah and was a tax-paying home owner in Chatham County for five years. I also ran the Savannah Underground website, which is dedicated to tracking and publicizing local live entertainment and arts. I moved to Savannah from Austin, Texas, for a job with SCAD. I’ve subsequently moved back…
Who’s afraid of Edward Albee?
AMERICA’S GREATEST living playwright is coming to Savannah. Edward Albee will make a rare appearance on Tuesday, Jan. 29 as part of the Creative Minds Lecture Series. The series is sponsored by Savannah Country Day School, which has hit a home run when it comes to landing acclaimed speakers. Albee is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author…
History Lessons
LOOKING FOR INFORMATION on Georgia history? 2008 seems the perfect year for historical pursuits, since Georgia Historical Society (GHS) has dedicated most of February to celebrating Georgia’s 275th anniversary. In addition to their own roster of activities, GHS is also a co-sponsor of next weekend’s Savannah Book Festival, where one of the festival’s five venues…
Kathy Wilson, Customer Service Provider
Kathy Wilson is a customer service provider at Press Works, a popular printing company located in downtown Savannah. She has worked with the company 18 years. Could you describe what your job entails? Kathy Wilson: I wait on customers, make coffees, take job orders, order toner supplies for the copier, check and send emails, fax…
Candid camera
from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports The reluctance of witnesses to come forward with information about a fatal shooting has resulted in the installation of a surveillance camera at the intersection of Waters Avenue and 35th Street. Police placed the camera at the intersection four days after the shooting death of Edward Robinson, 51. The…
No way, man.
Can’t Possibly Be True Mr. Coll Bell, a New Zealander who invented a composting toilet supposedly superior to a septic system and who wanted permission from the Auckland Regional Council to install one at a campground, said an ARC bureaucrat had queried him on whether the worms he uses would be traumatized by the volume…
You ain’t seen nothin’ Yeti
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, a large group of rappers, musicians, DJs, break-dancers, promoters and recording engineers calling themselves The Dope Sandwich have been slowly changing the face of Savannah’s live and recorded hip-hop scene. Initially hooking up for nothing other than the sheer love of classic hip-hop culture, The Dope Sandwich first came…
New release: Cloverfield, etc.
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.…
Everything else that’s out there
Mad Money **1/2 Around this time last year, moviegoers were suffering through Because I Said So, a Diane Keaton vehicle so horrific that it barely got beat out by License to Wed for the top spot on my year-end 10 Worst list. Luckily, Keaton’s new film Mad Money is much better, simply by virtue of…
We have the technology
SINCE 1886, the Telfair Museum of Art has played host to countless exhibitions of fine artwork in a variety of styles and mediums, such as painting, sculpture and paper. Since 2006, the Telfair’s latest addition, the Jepson Center for The Arts, has displayed more contemporary work. With a keen eye to both the present and…
Best flicks of 2007
1) There Will Be Blood dir. Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson is not the new Robert Altman. He’s not the new Martin Scorsese. He’s the first Paul Thomas Anderson. With this unforgettable epic Anderson has forged the most blisteringly original American film in decades. This is a classic pure and simple: ferocious, hilarious, apocalyptic,…
Clerical error
There’s not much I can say about See How They Run without spilling the beans, so you’re just going to have to trust me when I say it’s a hilarious show. See How They Run was written by British playwright Philip King, who took the title from the nursery rhyme, Three Blind Mice. It will…
The Worst of 2007
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Diary of the planet
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Spotlighted gigs & Noteworthy Shows
Annie The original Broadway production of this stage musical (based on Harold Gray’s immensely popular 1920s comic strip) ran for more than half a decade on ToBroadway, and wound up taking home the Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book (among others).While its initial run closed in 1983, the show —which spawned…
Entertainment Briefs
The Beastly Feast benefit A fun-filled evening of dancing, food, drink and silent auction, with a Jungle Fever theme — all to benefit Oatland Island Wildlife Center. Featuring live music by The Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love, heavy hors d’ouevres and an open bar. When: 7 pm, Feb. 1 Where: Savannah DeSoto Hilton Cost: $40…
Taking the “Savannah Sound” overseas
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, Savannah’s Baroness has steadily risen from an extremely promising, ultra-underground metal band with strong prog-rock influences to become one of the most buzzworthy such groups on the world scene. A unique and thought-provoking outfit that seamlessly merges elements of modern metal, post-hardcore, vintage punk and even the syncopated, harmony guitar…
