Cover Stories
Hezbollah Unveiled
GSU Professor recalls her encounters with the Islamic militant group in Lebanon
Kickin’ It Old Skool
Rapping with Big Daddy Kane, MC Master Gee, and MC Scorpio
The Blotter
Four Savannah teens were taken into custody after they allegedly committed two armed robberies on Savannah’s Southside, then stole a car to get away.Leonard Graham, 18, Rodney Simmons, 18, Eric Williams, 17, and a 15-year-old boy who was not identified were each charged with two counts of armed robbery. Simmons also was charged with theft…
News of the Weird
Being Like Mike Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be Allen Heckard filed a lawsuit in Hillsboro, Ore., in June against Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight for $416 million each, charging that they are responsible for his “pain and suffering,” and his “defamation,” in that nearly every day for 15 years, people have…
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. Call for Artists — Union Mission’s Growing Hope…
Featured Review: Lady in the Water
Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan gave us The Sixth Sense, the finely crafted spook tale that really wasn’t anything special until that whopper of a twist ending elevated it to blockbuster and Oscar nom status. But with each subsequent picture, Shyamalan has exposed himself as a filmmaker of limited means: The Sixth Sense was better than…
Now Showing
MONSTER HOUSE Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis may well continue to make movies deep into the 2020s or even 2030s, but for many moviegoers (myself included), they will always be first and foremost remembered for their 1980s output — Spielberg with E.T. and the Indiana Jones trilogy, Zemeckis with Back to the Future and Who…
Music Menu
A quick look at live gigs around town this week
Connect Recommends
Our picks for the most noteworthy live shows this week
Good Show, Will Travel
The area’s most comprehensive regional concert calendar
Art Patrol
Exhibitions and Openings
Letters to the Editor
Thanks for helping with Cracker show Editor, On behalf of Tiny Team Concerts, I just wanted to thank your publication for helping to make our recent June 22 show at American Legion Post #135 a success. The Cracker concert was a complete sellout (a relative rarity in this market), and as those who were there…
Opinion: Oil spill has lesson to teach
The recent oil spill degrading water quality and harming wildlife along the Savannah River is an unfortunate but enlightening example at a time when offshore oil and gas development is being unwisely supported by our state officials. As suggested by this relatively small oil spill, risks of larger industrial accidents or natural events, either offshore…
Alderman’s daughter safe in Israel
Savannah city alderman Kenneth Sadler’s teenage daughter, Beth, has had what you might call an educational summer vacation. Her trip with United Synagogue Youth has included visits to former Nazi concentration camps in Poland and Biblical archaeological sites in the Holy Land. Most recently, her itinerary in Israel itself had to be changed to get…
Fishman: Summer’s biggest fan
Every other day Im ready to give up the ghost, to say uncle, to toss in the towel. Then I remember the concept of moving air.
