Review: R.I.P.D.
Even with no advance screenings to warn the public, R.I.P.D. grossed a poor $12 million opening weekend, meaning this $130 million production is already earmarked as one of the summer’s biggest bombs.
Review: Red 2
Like a favorite pair of slippers, it may not exactly be new, but it makes for a comfortable fit.
Public safety roundtable is Wednesday
Leaders from across the community will gather on Wednesday, July 31, to discuss public safety in Chatham County, identify gaps in the criminal justice system, and “begin the process for creating solutions,” a City spokesman says. The Public Safety Roundtable will be held from noon to 2 p.m. in the Civic Center Ballroom, and is…
Truck leaks acid through town
Garden City Fire and Savannah Fire are on the scene at several locations involving a sulfuric acid spill, according to a Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) spokesman. Known locations are Grange Road, President Street and three locations on Highway 21. The truck has been located. CEMA advises that “if acid gets on your vehicle, cover…
Arrest in barbershop case
A man considered armed and dangerous and being sought by Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police since a raid on a barbershop July 18 was arrested today in a house serving as a day care center. Shawn Anthony March, 39, was arrested without incident in a house in the State Street area of east Savannah. Police found as…
Loretta Lynn, Eddie Griffin among new Civic Center shows
Country music queen Loretta Lynn has been booked into the Johnny Mercer Theatre for a show on Oct. 6; on Oct. 4, comedian Eddie Griffin performs. Other new Savannah Civic Center bookings include rapper T.I. and Friends (Aug. 15 in the Martin Luther King Arena), comedian Mike Epps (Nov. 9) and the return of singer/songwriter…
Tibetan monks set to return
The ever-popular monks of Drepung Loseling monastery return to the Jepson Center for the first time in over four years to create another incredible sand mandala. Their weeklong residency is sponsored by the City of Savannah. The program will begin September 23 at 5pm with an opening ceremony of chants, followed by the drawing of…
Running’s three truths
This journey is hard, mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. One encounter, one sideways conversation can be bell ringing. It isn’t fun and if you are guilty of this you suck.
13 Bricks: Not your average T-shirt
“The shirts are just the surface layer. It’s the medium we’ve chosen to get our message out.” That message is one of tolerance, environmental sustainability, valuing local resources and other hallmarks of a growing underground movement for cultural change.
The belle of bluegrass
“I didn’t even consider playing in the band until one night we were sitting around the campfire, and I started singing,” Lynch recalls. “They went ‘Wow, we didn’t know you could sing.'”
Freeze frame: Meddin Studios
This sort of thing is common in Hollywood, where handshake deals are conveniently forgotten, and contracts sometimes aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on. Movie-related lawsuits are a cottage industry.
Miss America = success?
No Miss America led a truly Dismal life. Instead, the continuum started at Meh and up through Modest and Successful to Star.
Review: The Wolverine
Like X-Men Origins: Wolverine, this latest effort is a middling superhero saga that attempts to deepen our understanding of the character but instead ends up mainly treading narrative water.
Review: The Conjuring
I suppose it’s possible to be shaken to the core by this movie – even if it’s ultimately not much more frightening than, say, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island – but ultimately, it’s just one more haunted-house yarn.
Meth made him see things
35-year-old Robert Boyles called 911 saying “he was home alone when he heard what he believed to be voices inside.”
Editor’s Note: The next Detroit?
Off the media radar, huge portions of the U.S. are at Detroit-like levels of annihilation and desolation, crime and corruption. They just don’t have the notoriety of the Motor City, nor the easy stereotypes.
Review: Filligar’s ‘Hexagon’
NOT ONLY one of the more buzzworthy young American bands, Filligar is also known for putting on a hell of a live show, as anyone who caught them at Savannah Stopover this year will attest. The three Mathias brothers and masterful keyboardist Casey Gibson bring their big sound — a blustery yet soulful mix of…
Shakespeare in the park
“If someone wants to write a song around the sonnet, if someone wants to do a dance about the sonnet, if they want to just get up and perform it … it’s open to interpretation for whatever the individual artist wants to do.”
Two local landings for Boulder’s Jet Edison
A potent cocktail of jazzy rock, funk, serious musician chops and a rollercoaster live show, Jet Edison is a band you really ought to investigate.
Yet another shaggy dog story
I posted a blurry photo of Pretty and was amazed to see it shared dozens of times in less than 10 minutes by friends and strangers — for a minute, Pretty even deposed Grumpy Cat memes and the Rolling Stone bomber cover as top trending topics.
Brasserie 529: Top brass
Though the recipes are French, most ingredients are sourced closer to home: Produce and seafood come from local purveyors and meats come from family-owned Hunter Cattle.
