Pancake the Shar Pei is found!
Pancake, a Shar Pei, escaped from a veterinarian’s office on Nov. 21 and the Bradley family has been looking for her since. Animal Control Officer Christina Sutherin “heard the Shar Pei was seen on Hunter Army Air Field property and worked with the Army to set a trap for Pancake on Tuesday,” a police spokesman…
Public school openings delayed one hour Thursday morning
Based on information from local weather broadcasters and the Chatham Emergency Management Agency calling for extreme cold as a result of wind chill temperatures dropping below 10 degrees during the morning hours, all Savannah-Chatham County Schools will operate on a one-hour delay on Thursday, January 8, 2015, a schools spokesperson says. “Parents who wish to…
Reward offered in Abercorn hit and run
The family of Peter J. Meyer, 72, is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person responsible for his death Sunday night, Jan. 4, on Abercorn Street, a family spokesman said. “Mr. Meyer was a Vietnam veteran, a successful businessman with Merrill Lynch and a devoted husband, father and…
Liberty Street Grill: Freedom to eat well!
Former Brasserie 529 is retooled and reimagined, but with same commitment to excellence
Nine Pound Pussy Unplugged, Crazy Man Crazy @The Wormhole
This unplugged tour is a can’t-miss show
#BLESS this House of Gunt
IT’S NEW YEAR’S EVE, and Max Arnzen is carefully shaving off the top of a purple Elmer’s gluestick with a dinner knife, sweeping the tacky stuff over his eyebrows. He works quickly and meticulously, brushing over the school-supply base with a light powder. The roar of a hairdryer locks it in, heating the glue through…
Omingnome away from home
SINCE NOVEMBER, Savannah psych renegades Omingnome have been on the road in Phase One of their Year of Healing Tour: The Caterpillar Phase. Their 11–week tour has taken them all across the US, from skyscraper-lined metro streets to open desert to the glitz of Vegas to the humble quiet of small, suburban towns. It’s not…
Fur Elise, Kyle, Xuluprophet @Black Box Theatre /S.P.A.C.E.
Churning out aggressive, radio-ready rock cuts in the vein of Deftones and Thrice.
Still War, The Anxiety Junkies, Trophy Wives @Graveface
Another slammin’ punk show at your friendly neighborhood record shop.
Whaleboat, Doom Salad, Conversations @The Rail
An old-fashioned three-band rock ‘n’ roll show upstairs on that itty-bitty stage that you’ve air-guitarred on so hard.
Freaks & Geeks: Audition for Barnum!
Asbury Memorial Theatre wants people with unique skill sets for their spring production.
ArtRise helps in UN/LEARNING the self
Since Dec. 31, 22 year-old conceptual artist Raine has occupied ArtRise gallery—eating, sleeping, making and thinking in the plain white canvas of space in the Starland District.
Forsyth Farmers’ Market is the place for fresh food and fresh air
VISIT THE south end of Forsyth Park on a Saturday morning – yes, even in the winter – and you’ll find an array of tents, booths, and stands with eye-popping displays that include vegetables, greens, pastured meats, honey, breads, and many other healthy and delicious ingredients for any meal. Forsyth Farmers’ Market (FFM), a 501c3…
Anderson Hill Trio @First Presbyterian Church & Non-Fiction Gallery
Two opportunities to see Anderson Hill Trio’s modern take on classical music this weekend.
Bitchmouth, Window Liquor, The Toxic Shock @The Jinx
Kelsey Hulvey’s vocals occasionally curl with snark around the corners, returning to slap you clean across the face with unfettered abandon.
Old Time Barn Dance with Paving Gravy @Notre Dame Academy
A super-group of sorts featuring Colleen Heine and Zach Smith of The Accomplices and Cory Chambers and Jay Rudd of City Hotel.
Gulf oil spill: How harmful exactly?
President Obama called it a “potentially unprecedented environmental disaster.” Despite all this, the surface-level answer is that things are better than one might have feared.
With cold snap, fire safety advice
Weather forecasters are predicting some of the coldest temperatures of the winter will envelope the Savannah area during the next several days. Overnight temperatures are expected to drop into the 20s and 30s as the weekend approaches. Savannah firefighters want citizens to remember a few basic fire safety guidelines as they prepare to keep warm…
Multiple Monday shootings
Detectives from the Savannah-Chatham metropolitan Police Department are investigating two shootings that were reported Monday night, Jan. 5. Shortly after 11 p.m., Downtown Precinct Patrol officers responded to a shots fired call at Draper and Morris Brown streets near Kayton Homes apartments “where they found evidence of multiple shots fired,” police say. Shortly after, they…
Editor’s Note: Blueprint for better Savannah begins now
In 2015 Connect Savannah will take a role in helping affect the positive change Savannah sorely needs—though as always it’s up to the voters to decide what that change actually needs to look like.
Shouts from the underground
With a handwritten aesthetic and scissor-cut graphics from William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Albion’s Voice resembled a cross between an 18th-century political pamphlet and a Grateful Dead poster.
Talking about… Sandy West
I CAN ONLY HOPE Savannah writer Jane Fishman is right about how Eleanor “Sandy” Torrey West has lived so long. West, the matriarch of Ossabaw Island, is a few days shy of her 102nd birthday. And she’s still asking questions. “It’s her curiosity and her interest in other people,” Fishman says. And if that alone does it, then…
Review: Selma
David Oyelowo may not especially look like MLK, but his is such a commanding performance that he ends up thoroughly filling out the man.
Review: Inherent Vice
A freewheeling orgy of misdirection (from Paul Thomas Anderson), misunderstanding (from the audience) and Method-tinged emoting (from an eye-popping cast).
2015 Homicides thru Jan. 4: 2
2015 Homicides (through Sun. Jan. 4): 2 1 solved (shooter committed suicide) 1 person of interest surrendered 2015’s first recorded homicide occurs during ‘murder/suicide’ Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating the shooting deaths of two people in a domestic situation New Year’s Day, which they term a “murder/suicide.” Bera Elaine Ribel, 60, and Ramon Anthony Mooney,…
