Cover Story
Midsummer in the garden of good and evil
How we learned to stop complaining and love the summer in Savannah
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Our pick for the week’s most noteworthy live shows
Music Menu
A quick look at live shows around town this week
If you build it, will they come?
An all-ages venue finally opens, to little fanfare
Czech it out
Pooler establishment is first Kolashe bakery on the East Coast
Fishman: Sandy West’s travels with Hermes
The motif for the book is travel, for which they obviously have the resources, the inclination, the desire.
The Blotter
Two brothers are behind bars after stealing an SUV in front of a River Street cafe. John Walker, 24, and Adam Walker, 22, were charged with felony theft by taking as a result of the July 11 incident, which occurred around 8 p.m. The SUV belonged to a family that was getting out of the…
News of the Weird
Don’t Bless with Texas The Texas insanity-defense law requires that a delusional person acting under “orders” from God be judged not guilty by reason of insanity, but that a delusional person acting under “orders” from Satan be considered sane, according to prominent forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz (according to a June USA Today story). Thus, Dietz…
Art Patrol
‘Icarus’ — SCAD present this multimedia group exhibition featuring work by students, faculty and alumni July 29–Aug. 27 at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. A reception will be held Aug. 4, 5-7 p.m., Free and open to the public. “Icarus” focuses on bird imagery in artwork. ‘Mountain Waves’ — Acrylics by Mike Segal through…
Savannah Ghosts: Blending history with mystery
With its long, rich and fabled history, Savannah has produced a treasure trove of ghost stories over the centuries. Even after nearly 300 years of war, fire, plague and famine, parts of the city look much as they did 100 or even 200 years ago. Spanish moss drips from the trees, and verdant greenery creates…
Book Review: 365 Ways to Keep Your Kids Safe
I’ve been called an overprotective father more than once. But eagle-eyed, and let’s face it, borderline paranoid as I can be, my blanket-coverage overprotection apparently is nothing compared to the eternal vigilance of Don Keenan, founder and executive director of the Keenan Kids Foundation. A trial attorney and consumer rights advocate based in Atlanta, Keenan…
Featured Review: You, Me & Dupree
There’s so much terribly wrong with the terrible You, Me and Dupree that we can afford to be charitable and look at its positive attributes — uh, better make that attribute, singular. Roughly 60 seconds in this film rank as among the most charming and romantic ever committed to celluloid, moments so magical that one’s…
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LITTLE MAN The visual effects in Little Man won’t put the wizards at Industrial Light & Magic out of business, but it’s only fair to note that they’re surprisingly effective. That’s the good news. The bad news is that they’re in the service of a feeble comedy that’s nowhere near as outrageous as one might…
