Jan. 22: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Jan. 22): The new Connect is online at noon. And it’s hip hop night at the Jinx. See you soon.
Jan. 21: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, Jan. 21): The Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade begins at 10 a.m. and will spent three hours winding through downtown. The Odd Lot improv comedy troupe puts the bite on vampires with tonight’s show (8 p.m. at Muse Arts Warehouse) called, what else, NosferODDtu.
Jan. 19: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Jan. 19): The American Traditions Competition finals are held at the Lucas Theatre, starting at 8 p.m. Mountainfilm on Tour has two screening sessions at the Trustees – at 2 and 7 p.m. Tonight’s closing film is Bidder 70, with filmmakers Beth and George Gage in attendance. Willy Wonka…
Jan. 17: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Jan. 17): The semi-finals of the American Traditions Competition begin at 5 p.m. at Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension. Psychobilly performer Joe Buck’s at the Jinx, KidSyc@Brandywine play Wild Wing, and it’s another Vinyl Appreciation night at Foxy Loxy.
Jan. 16: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Jan. 16): The American Traditions Competition continues with quarterfinal rounds of vocal excellence, at 5 and 8 p.m. at Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 122 Bull Street. Telly Savales and Elke Summer’s star turns make the grade in the Italian thriller Lisa and the Devil, tonight’s Psychotronic Film…
The evolution of an activist
In December 2008, Utah college student Tim DeChristopher placed more than $1 million in false bids at an auction for oil and gas rights to parcels of land in some of the state’s most pristine wild areas. He never intended to purchase them, even if he had the money, which he didn’t. DeChristopher’s act was…
The sketcher diaries
A year ago, SCAD painting students Justin Harris and Lomaho Kretzmann asked several dozen artist friends to submit work from their sketchbooks. It could be unfinished, just a doodle even, no big deal. The Sketchbook Show was a hit, eliciting national attention and drawing hundreds to the now–defunct Little Beasts Gallery and revealing some hidden…
Smarter than cancer?
DeDe Cargill does all she can to support those fighting cancer. The vivacious grandma leads free monthly walks as the organizer of Every Step Counts, the “fitness fellowship” she founded in 2006 for survivors and those still undergoing treatment. She raises funds for Relay for Life and can often be found shepherding other volunteers at…
A little Les Racquet, please
Inside Gallery Espresso, the guys from Les Racquet —Patrick Carroll (guitar and lead vocals), Kenny Murphy (bass) and Daniel Malone (drums) — take turns wearing each other’s hats. They’re swapping and drinking each other’s coffees. They’re faking exaggerated whispers behind cupped hands. At one point, they even get out of their chairs to demonstrate their…
‘Inspiring audiences’
When Mountainfilm on Tour made its first Savannah appearance three years ago, the two–day, Colorado–based film festival was thick with documentaries on kayaking, snowboarding and the clean–rush thrills of extreme sports. An offshoot of the Mountainfilm at Telluride Film Festival, the touring version closely adhered to the mothership motto: “Dedicated to educating and inspiring audiences…
Jazzman
Anyone who was a kid in America during the 1970s and ‘80s will recognize Bob Dorough’s distinctive tenor voice and jazzy piano playing. He was the singer and primary songwriter for ABC–TV’s educational series Schoolhouse Rock! Conjunction Junction, that’s his function. Dorough’s in town this week, as one of the judges of the 20th annual…
Fifteen & fighting
Savannah’s not much of a sports town. It’s definitely not much of a hockey town. But each January for the past 15 years, this laidback deep South city has hosted an extremely popular hockey tournament. Go figure. The Savannah Tire Hockey Classic “has become a marquee kickoff event for Savannah every January,” says Ben Wilder,…
Too fast, too curious
Maybe I was lulled into a Supremes stupor by the oldies radio station, but I didn’t notice the speedometer creeping up. Maybe I was just tired, cruising home from the Jacksonville airport on a Sunday night with two mewling children. My husband insists it was because I was squawking at him for leaving his glasses…
Something familiar at Congress Street Social
One of Savannah’s favorite Americana bands, the New Familiars, is welcomed back this week – the guys are playing Friday, Jan. 18 at Congress Street Social Club. Although lead singer and guitarist John Daniel’s bushy beard suggests some relationship between the North Carolina-based NewFams and classic Band – indeed, lots of people have made the…
The Foodie Column
If I invited you out for a steaming bowl of Pho Xao, you might ask about the ingredients. The dish sounds very unfamiliar — at least to Westerners. This Vietnamese dish consists of stir fried pho noodles and a seemingly endless string of possible ingredients that ranges across a delicious spectrum of texture, flavors and…
Nuclear train wreck
A COUPLE OF YEARS ago you purchased, among other things, a 300-ton reactor pressure vessel made in South Korea. The vessel — an enormous hunk of steel, heavier than the Statue of Liberty — is intended to eventually contain one of the pair of new AP1000 nuclear reactors in the expansion of Georgia Power’s Plant…
