Review: War For The Planet Of The Apes
Andy Serkis again excels in the role that arguably will surpass Gollum as his most iconic.
Shots fired on State Street
Savannah-Chatham Police detectives are investigating a shot fired near the intersection of State Street and Bull Street on July 13. “At about 4 p.m., officers responded to the area and found one vehicle damaged by the gunfire. Investigators determined the vehicle was occupied at the time the shot was fired, but no injuries have been…
Shia LaBeouf apologizes for racial rant during arrest in Savannah
Actor Shia LaBeouf has apologized for what he calls a “disrespectful” rant against Savannah law enforcement officers during his arrest here last week on public drunkenness and disorderly behavior charges. The rant included odd racial references, including references to interracial porn. Speaking to an African American Sheriff’s Deputy while being booked at the Chatham County…
Editor’s Note: Thoughts on a Fourth of July from hell
Fighting poverty won’t fix everything, but it will fix a lot of things. Sometimes young people make terrible decisions regardless of what you do to help them. But society makes it difficult for young people to make the right decisions in the first place.
A wake for Scott Waldrup
THE WINE and whiskey flowed, but there were no toasts. Twelve hours after Scott Waldrup was killed a few blocks away, his compatriots in Savannah’s food and beverage industry gathered at the Grey, the landmark restaurant on MLK Blvd. where he tended bar and served as general manager. About 75 servers, kitchen staff and patrons…
Savannah Stage Company gets to Work
“These are stories of working Americans being reflected back to you in a way that doesn’t happen very often.”
City Market shooting/collision during Fourth of July celebration claims three dead, eight injured
Mayor Eddie DeLoach, at a press conference soon after the incident, sounded both a defiant and defensive tone. “We know we have a gang problem but we cannot base police policy on emotions,” DeLoach said. “This is not a time … to say I told you so.”
The Jeff Crompton Trio @El-Rocko Lounge
Savannahians know Jeff Crompton from the high-energy 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra.
How did bread come about?
Bread is surely among the most obvious food products on earth
Peggy Riggins: Sounding the alarm on coal ash
I’M HERE to tell you that the good guys sometimes win. The bad guys are on a roll right now. But sometimes they lose. Or in this case they back down. Just how bad was Republic Services’ proposal to dump 10,000 tons of toxic coal ash per day into a landfill near Jesup in the Altamaha River watershed not far…
Rise Biscuits Donuts: Award-winning made-from-scratch biscuit sandwiches and house-made donuts are their specialties
ON July 1, Savannah became Georgia’s first location for the Rise Biscuits Donuts franchise. Rise Biscuits Donuts has been sweeping the Southeast since the opening of its first store in Durham, N.C., in 2012. With fourteen sites and more under contract, the sweet and savory menu concept has won various awards and appeared on an…
The Gunts Wanna Be Her
ALL summer long, Savannahians can turn up the heat with House of Gunt. Thanks to a fresh partnership with Club One, the Savannah drag collective will celebrate Garbage, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talons every second Thursday of the month at the downtown club. “[Club One] has the stage, the spotlight, and the space,” explains Gunt co-founder…
Lyfe Jennings @The Stage on Bay
His signature falsetto, insightful lyrics, and acoustic guitar caught the eye of Columbia Records
Maddie & Tae @Savannah Civic Center
Members Madison Marlow and Taylor Dye met seven years ago through their vocal coach, and moved to Nashville together after completing high school
Maradeen @Barrelhouse South
The album features hard-rocking elements balanced with folky Lumineers-style ease, offering a well-rounded tour of their American music influences
Savannah history in a glass case
IF YOU were to tell your story with objects, which ones would you choose? Which artifacts best represent you and your life? That’s the question Luciana Spracher set out to answer for Savannah in the “Small Treasures” exhibition, open now at City Hall. “The Library and Archives manages several small exhibition cases and spaces in…
Bicycles as a necessity
There’s a persistent myth that bike lanes, multiuse trails, and even sidewalks are extravagances that we can’t afford
Randall Bramblett Band @Tybee Post Theater
The prolific artist releases his eleventh album, Juke Joint at the Edge of the World, this month via New West Records and will celebrate with a CD release party on Tybee.
Neurosound Booking Presents: Psych Night @El-Rocko Lounge
Formed in 2013, Dream Culture left the Atlanta sprawl for Athens after releasing their very first EP
100 years of gratitude: A century in the life of Marion Mendel
A direct descendant of Benjamin Sheftall, one of the 41 Jewish settlers who joined General Oglethorpe in the first few months of wrangling some civilized order on this Godforsaken, mosquito-ridden, humidity-cloaked bluff, Ms. Marion has a personal legacy that comes straight from the history books.
The timeless sound of the Supersuckers
Their brazen embrace of trashy rock ‘n’ roll, a hard-partying attitude, and tongue-in-cheek sense of humor was a stark contrast to the seriousness and brooding nature of their city’s hottest acts.
ZZ Top coming to Savannah Nov. 7
Tickets on sale Friday, July 14 at 10 a.m. for legendary rockers ZZ Top, who will perform live in concert at Savannah’s Johnny Mercer Theatre on November 7. “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas” most recently released a live album, Live! Greatest Hits From Around The World, in 2016. Tickets are available on Friday, July…
Ron White coming to Savannah Dec. 2
Tickets on sale Friday, July 14 at 10 a.m. for Grammy-nominated comedian Ron White, who returns to Savannah’s Johnny Mercer Theatre with a new stand-up show on Saturday, December 2. White, who rose to prominence through “Blue Collar Comedy,” has received a Gold Record, two top-rated one-hour specials on Comedy Central, and a spot on…
