Dinner for Schmucks
DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS **1/2 Whereas American filmmakers often prefer to produce comedies like Killers, French filmmakers frequently choose to produce killer comedies like The Dinner Game. An award-winning money machine that premiered in its homeland back in 1998 (it reached our shores the following summer), this adaptation of a popular stage play was a subversively…
American Gun, Jack Williams, Savannah Swings!
AMERICAN GUN At 11 p.m. Saturday, July 31 The Jinx, 127 W. Congress St. With Husky Brunette. It’s been three years and change since the rootsy rockers from Columbia, S.C. first kicked off a set on a Savannah stage. The band has been back a few times since, and these days there are probably as…
Vintage 59 favorites
I jump at any chance to broaden my experience with French wines, particularly those from small growers. That’s exactly what I got when I sat down last week with Vintage 59’s Debra Lewis for a tasting. Vintage 59 is an importer and distributor that represents a fairly narrow portfolio of wines form France, Portugal and…
Odds & ends
A new bakery But this isn’t your usual doughnuts and cookies. Panaderia La Canasta Mexican bakery is open at 1545 E. Montgomery Cross Road. My recent visit turned up some three dozen different delicious baked goods, from breads and pastries to cookies and muffins. The bakery is open seven days a week from 7 a.m.…
Butt out
The debate over a proposed municipal anti-smoking ordinance continues this week. The ordinance would close loopholes in the state’s 2005 Clean Air Act, which currently allows smoking in bars and at outdoor seating for restaurants and cafes. “It’s based on a model ordinance that’s been enacted around the country, so the beauty of it is…
‘Movies Savannah Missed’ debuts
It’s an old story around here: High–profile, high–quality movie gets released. High–profile, high–quality movie gets kudos from the critics. High–profile, high–quality movie never comes anywhere near a Savannah theatre. Lots of cinema enthusiasts in town are beyond tired of this all–too–common scenario. Jim Reed decided to do something about it. “I can’t be the only…
Birth tourism!
Lead Story Among the promotions offered by New York City’s upscale Marmara Manhattan hotel is a “birth tourism” package exploiting the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. For about $35,000, a foreign expectant mother with a visa can spend her delivery week in luxury accommodations (including medical care) — and assure her baby automatic U.S. citizenship. (That…
Are Binaural beats bunk?
I’ve been hearing about the positive effects of binaural beats and how they can alter your state of mind. Can listening to a strange tone for hours on end really put me in a different mood other than annoyed? -Liam, Singapore Binaural beats (BBs), embraced in recent years by the new-age crowd, are a scientific…
Exhibits & openings this week
Awakening – New work by glass sculptor Jason Antol, including several large works and hot sculpted wings. Runs through August. Liquid Sands Gallery , 319 W. Broughton St. , http://www.savannahartglass.com/ B-Sides – An exhibition of recent and revisited mixed media work and drawings from Jack Metcalf. Runs through July 31. Seed Eco Lounge, 39 Montgomery…
With a little help from my friends
Lori Stuart’s world is a square, cream–colored room in the west wing of Oceanside Nursing Center, a pleasant if nondescript private care facility on Van Horne Street, Tybee Island. The walls are decorated with photographs and posters of the rock band Rhythm Riot. Lori is the lead singer. Since May 3, when she suffered a…
Doo-wacka-dudes
There’s something subversive about the Two Man Gentlemen Band, returning to Savannah Friday for a show at the Sentient Bean. At first glance, it seems that New York’s Andy Bean and Fuller Condon are just doing retro shtick, aping old–timey two–man vaudeville acts with catchy tunes, silly jokes and an excess of the ol’ vo–de–oh–doh.…
Mark your calendar: Brian Regan
Comedian Brian Regan makes his annual pilgrimage to Savannah Oct. 2. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 30 for Regan’s 8 p.m. Johnny Mercer Theatre show. Regan’s one of those guys who looks rather nondescript – more to the point, he looks a bit like Will Ferrell – but once you’ve caught his act, you…
