Review: Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation
For a franchise that began nearly two decades ago (and was a hit TV show before that), here’s one that somehow manages to retain its freshness.
Suspect sought in Ellis Square shootings
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police “ask the public’s help in identifying the suspect who injured five uninvolved bystanders in a shooting at Ellis Square early Sunday morning,” a police spokesman says. The suspect is described as a black male in his early to mid-20s, with a short, scruffy fade haircut. During the incident he wore a white…
Teen shot on bike at 38th and Ott
Violent Crimes detectives of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a shooting that wounded a 13-year-old male Sunday afternoon. “At 3:10 p.m. Metro officers were dispatched to the intersection of Ott and East 38th streets, where the teen was found suffering from a gunshot wound,” police say. “The victim was transported to Memorial University…
Ellis Square shooting injures five
“An argument and shoving match between two men in Ellis Square ended in a shooting that injured five bystanders early Sunday morning,” police say. At about 3:07 a.m. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police officers patrolling City Market heard multiple gunshots in Ellis Square. Responding officers located three shooting victims in the area. The victims were transported by…
Police officer involved in five-car accident while responding to bank robbery
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a five-vehicle accident that sent a Metro officer and a civilian driver to hospitals this afternoon. “Just before 12:50 p.m. an SCMPD patrol officer was in route to a bank robbery in progress at a Wells Fargo Bank branch on the 5700 block of Waters Avenue,” a department spokesman…
FBI, Sav/Chatham Police seek Waters Avenue Wells Fargo robber
“Members of the FBI’s Violent Crime Task Force and robbery detectives from the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are trying to identify a gunman who robbed a Wells Fargo Bank branch this afternoon,” police say. “The black male walked into the bank on the 5700 block of Waters Avenue, produced a handgun and demanded money. He…
Participant in May shootout apprehended, charged
One of two males injured in a shootout the Edgemere/Sackville neighborhood May 30 has been charged with multiple offenses after his arrest by U.S. Marshals today. Dominique Leonard Dillard, 28, was taken into custody by agents of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force on warrants taken by Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police detectives. He has been charged…
April deaths on Southside ruled ‘murder-suicide’
“Bodies found in a Windsor Forest neighborhood house on April 18 have been identified as a mother and son and the case has been closed by Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police as a murder-suicide,” a department spokesman. Violent Crimes detectives have “positively identified the bodies as Patricia Witherspoon, 80, and Ralph Terrill, 50.” The investigation confirmed that…
Kylesa announce album release, tour dates; SAV show in October
Savannah-based metal band Kylesa will release their seventh album, Exhausting Fire, on Oct. 2 and have announced a full slate of U.S. gigs this fall to promote it. The first single is “Lost and Confused.” Here it on Soundcloud here. Recorded at Columbia, S.C.’s Jam Room, Exhausting Fire is “an album we really put our hearts…
Editor’s Note: Game-changers on the horizon?
There are at least two other rumored candidates thinking about a mayoral run, the most public of which is former state legislator and retired WTOC TV news anchor Sonny Dixon.
The Last Five Years will break your heart
Presented by No Day But Today Productions (founded by stars from several Savannah troupes), Jason Robert Brown’s 2002 musical is sure to be an emotional journey, chronicling the many thrills, pains, and complications of a marriage.
Enter the Isaac McCaslin zone
WE HAVE a disconnect about waste. Shell middens are interesting. But landfills are gross. They’re the same thing, only separated by thousands of years. “Just because it’s my time’s rubbish… doesn’t make it less significant,” says Savannah painter Isaac McCaslin. “It makes it more significant.” McCaslin thinks about trash. He creates what only can be described as large, oil-based “mental…
Weedeater, Kings Destroy @The Jinx
Slow-churning guitars that break apart like a nasty cough, Collins’ dryly sinister rasp, and Travis Owen’s astounding and theatrical drum chops make Weedeater’s a can’t-miss performance.
Complicated Animals @The Sentient Bean
They’ve dubbed their sound “indie nova,” touching on Brazilian tradition and Belle & Sebastian-style pop whimsy.
The Purity of PERC
SINCE 2010, PERC Coffee Roasters has made a name for itself in Savannah by providing roasted coffee on a wholesale basis to all kinds of local establishments, gaining a lot of name ID in the process. PERC will now expand gingerly into the area of retail sales at their spacious facility on East Broad, currently…
Why are there so many transgender women in Thailand?
To start with the possibly obvious, the Thai sex trade is booming: it’s estimated there are some 200,000 prostitutes in the country, and the industry produces $2.5 billion to $4 billion each year.
Pickin’ & grinnin’ with Doyle Dykes
‘I just learned by playing, mostly. My dad showed me some chords, I got a chord book. I had an ear; my family is musical on both sides, my mom and dad’s. We always had music, lots of singing and playing.’
Riverboat Pizza is a hidden gem of California-style goodness
Ingredients have a most decidedly Californian flair: artichokes, fresh-made pesto, intensely flavored sun-dried tomatoes, and spicy bacon aioli to name a few. My fave, that hits the palate with an immediate hearty rush of flavor, is the Pesto Manifesto: a pesto base, house-made bacon, chicken, sliced mushrooms, artichoke and green onion.
Summer Sunday: Set to Sail, Kennedy Curse @The Foundery Coffee Pub
All you Drive-Thru Records babies out there, grab a piping brew from the counter and settle in for a nostalgia trip.
All Night Drug Prowling Wolves, House of Gunt @Hang Fire
MOST everyone knows it, but few are saying it. It doesn’t feel right to type it out: Hang Fire—as we know it at its convenient Whitaker Street location, at least—will close its doors this summer. It’s been one of those things that, maybe if you don’t say it out loud, it won’t happen, you know?…
Priscilla screening helps fund Savannah’s first-ever LGBT center
A trifecta of fun and goodwill: a screening of cult sensation The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a drag show hosted by Tricksie Turner, and a presentation by Savannah’s own Blair Williams (Miss Gay America 2015!).
Shrimping with Morris Butler
THERE are few things more noble about coastal living than Wild Georgia Shrimp. Served in a salad on toast with crisp lettuce and tomato, its succulence is cool and regal. I call it King Shrimp. And the monarch of this realm, in my opinion, is the hard-working harvester who gets up early and stays out late so I can…
Burglary suspect shot during the act
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police have charged a 24-year-old man with burglary “after he was shot attempting to enter a house in the Paradise Park neighborhood Monday afternoon,” a department spokesperson says. Nathaniel Eugene Holsey was transported from the first block of Sheridan Circle for treatment of a non-life threatening gunshot wound about 1:23 p.m. Southside Precinct…
Gay Marriage: One step forward, two steps back
Sure, one could argue that the same thing could be true for straight people, but when you’re gay and you don’t have the support of your loved ones, the words “I told you so,” take on a whole new meaning.
Review: Vacation
An extremely pleasant diversion with a few memorable bits and a likable cast, but true comic invention is hard to locate in the meandering screenplay by the late John Hughes.
