Man shot on East 54th
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating a shooting on East 54th and Ash streets that injured Deshawn Ford, 19, on Thursday, Jan. 5. “At about 9 p.m. Metro officers responded to Memorial University Medical Center, where Ford had arrived in a privately owned vehicle, seeking care of a non-life threatening gunshot wound,” police say. Reportedly, Ford…
Armstrong State University set to merge into Georgia Southern in surprise announcement
A controversial and almost completely unpublicized effort to subsume Armstrong State University into Georgia Southern University took a major step towards reality this morning with combined statements from both university presidents and the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents. The Regents are expected to approve the merger at its Jan. 11 meeting. “The Board…
Bank on Mall Boulevard robbed
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation into a bank robbery on Thursday, Jan. 5 at South State Bank, on the 400 block of Mall Boulevard. “Metro responded to the scene at approximately 1:30 p.m. after a suspect entered the business, displayed a gun and demanded cash,” police report. “Employees complied with the suspect’s demands.…
Metro investigates West Savannah shooting
Savannah-Chatham Police detectives are investigating a shooting that seriously injured one man Jan. 5. “At approximately 12:32 a.m., Metro responded to the intersection of West Street and Walter Simmons Court locating Frederick Washington, 18, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Washington was transported to Memorial University Medical Center in critical condition,” police report. Detectives say they…
Savannah women set to attend Women’s March in DC for inauguration weekend
Nearly 100 Savannah women will travel to Washington D.C to participate in the Women’s March on January 21, following the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States. The march is a “national pro-woman movement that creates a visible sign of solidarity amongst women all across America,” says a spokesperson for the local…
Were there black presidents before Obama?
Contemporary mentions of Abraham Lincoln having “woolly hair” and caricatures of him as “Abraham Africanus the First” are probably better understood as anti-abolitionist race-baiting rather than evidence about his actual lineage.
Special Report from the Georgia Climate Change Conference
THOSE DAYS after Hurricane Matthew were quite strange on the Georgia coast. It seemed like our marshy world was standing still. There was an eerie silence and nothing looked familiar. Strange indeed, during those days, the state government presented a conference on climate change. The same climate change that will cause more catastrophic storms like Matthew.…
Film 2016: The Best and Worst
WAS 2016 a particularly desultory year for cinema, or did I just miss most of the year’s crowning achievements? True, Martin Scorsese’s Silence wasn’t screened in time for the majority of critics not residing in NYC or LA, so that might have made a slight difference (it goes wide in January). But scanning the list…
How to speak dinosaur
By turning the skull into, essentially, a large dinosaur tuba, blowing into it is a musical performance
Soul Train Revival!
If you’ve been around since Daniel’s Hang Fire days, you know the wild nightlife king loves a good theme party
Stopover in the Yard @The Grey
Savannah Stopover’s oh-so-Savannah series features food fresh off the grill and a rotating schedule of musicians from the region
SECT, Advent, Jesus Piece, Eternal Sleep, Vein @The Wormhole
SECT self-released an eruptive self-titled debut LP in 2016 that won over the hardcore world
Joe Marcinek Band feat. Tony Hall, Leisure Chief @Barrelhouse South
This particular gig features a wildly impressive crew with Tony Hall of acclaimed New Orleans band Dumpstaphunk on bass, Shaun Martin of Snarky Puppy on keys, and Alvin Ford, Jr. of Pretty Lights on drums.
Sarita Pittman’s Stiletto Society
SETBACKS, failures and disappointments. We’ve had enough of them recently. I’m quite ready for them to stop, honestly. But I feel a Karen Carpenter moment coming on. We’ve only just begun. Retired cosmetologist and former spa owner Sarita Pittman has four words for the downcast, mopey and butt-on-couch: “Get up. Work harder.” Yes, that’s rough and cold advice. But she of many…
The High Divers, Pony League, Isaac Smith @The Jinx
The High Divers’ brand of Americana is a Jeff Tweedy-meets-Neil Young-meets-Tom Petty kind of greatness.
Welcome to the Dollhouse, Savannah Rep!
SAVANNAH’S performing arts scene is beginning 2017 with much-needed promise. The impending closure of Muse Arts Warehouse and summer shuttering of Ampersand left several local performance troupes without stages. On top of that, Dollhouse Productions, the multipurpose venue and recording studio, announced that their lease was coming up and the future of the space and…
Savannah Alderman Van Johnson re-elected to National League of Cities Board of Directors
Alderman Van R. Johnson II of Savannah, GA was elected to the National League of Cities (NLC) board of directors by NLC’s membership at the group’s annual business meeting recently. “Johnson was elected to his fourth one-year term and will play an important role as a leader of the nation’s largest and most representative membership…
CrimeStoppers and Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union offer reward for bank robbery arrest
CrimeStoppers and Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union “are teaming up to catch a bank robber by offering a reward up to $5,000 for tips that lead to the arrest of the person responsible for a November 9 bank robbery,” a CrimeStoppers spokesperson says. On November 9, Savannah Chatham Metro Police and the FBI responded to…
Review: Hidden Figures
Based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s nonfiction book, Hidden Figures places Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) at the forefront, relating how she was tapped for her skills as a mathematician to help NASA’s Space Task Group (headed by Kevin Costner’s tough but fair director) crunch the numbers needed to successfully send astronaut John Glenn (winningly played…
