Blowin’ Smoke to host ‘IPA Day’
Blowin’ Smoke, in partnership with Red Hare Brewing Company, will host a celebration for National IPA Day on August 7. The event, a showcase of Red Hare’s Gangway IPA, will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The restaurant will offer IPA-infused cocktails and food specials including the brew, as well as the beer itself. …
SCMPD investigate fatal shooting
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating a shooting that fatally injured Ivory Carter, 51, on Wednesday night. Officers found Carter near Hampstead Avenue and Rogerwood Street when they responded to a shooting call about 10 p.m. Carter was transported to Memorial University Medical Center where he passed away. Anyone with information on the case is asked…
Marshals arrest robbery suspect
Edwin Fripp, who was charged with aggravated assault, armed robbery and criminal attempt at murder by Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police last week, was arrested by officers with the U.S. Marshal’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force today. Fripp was arrested at Chatham Parkway and Park of Commerce Drive.
Armstrong to hold registration event August 5th
Tuesday, August 5th from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Armstrong State University is holding a ‘Start Strong, Start Now’ registration event. The university will be waiving the application fee at a one-day-only registration event where prospective students will be able to get admitted and register for fall classes all in one day. Walk-ins are welcome. Attendees must…
CCSO provides lactation room for employees
The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office is now providing a dedicated lactation room for its employees. “Federal law states that employers must provide break time and a place for hourly paid workers to express breast milk at work. The location provided must be functional as a space for expressing breast milk,” says a department spokesperson. “If…
’26 Hours on the Marsh’ research completed
The University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography completed an intensive, round-the-clock sampling regimen called “26 Hours on the Marsh” this month. The project was designed to investigate how salt marshes function and interact with their surrounding environment, specifically how bacteria consume and process carbon in the marsh. The team set up a sampling station…
GA sales tax holiday is Fri.-Sat.
Georgia retailers and shoppers should get ready for the sales tax holiday this weekend. The tax holiday begins on 12:01 A.M. on Friday August 1 and concludes at midnight Saturday August 2. During the August sales tax holidays, the following items will be exempt: • Clothing and footwear with a sales price of $100.00 or less…
5 Questions: Jennifer Johnson Cano
‘It’s not that the art form is any less relevant. We’re still telling human stories.”
Savannah VOICE Fest features Don Giovanni
Aug. 3 and 5: A ’boutique production’ with chamber orchestra and soloists.
The Massey Boys @First Friday for Folk Music
Folk trio with Skip Jennings, Ward Abel and Jerry Stenger.
SheHeHe @The Jinx
Athens punk with Nicole, Noelle, Jeff, Jason and Ben T.
Blackfoot Gypsies @Congress Street Social Club
Nashville blues/rock duo newly expanded to four.
Adron @Hang Fire
‘For many years, I was obsessed with Beck. It was different from what everybody else was listening to at my age.’
Make your walk a workout
Program participants may have been a little surprised when Sandy introduced them to jelly bean circles, hip rolls, and long steps in their weekly hour-long walks.
Growing public art locally
Savannah is witnessing the creation of a once unimaginable number of public works
Ren’s return
‘My move came from a feeling that I’d done everything I could do as a spoken word artist.’
Temptation@Tybee Island Social Club
This is definitely a good place to make appetizers into a full meal and you won’t find just a set of deep-fried choices offered elsewhere on the island.
SAV Podcast: Mac MacCusker
SAVANNAH SCULPTOR Mac MacCusker has an unflinching devotion to socially-conscious art. It started when she was painting at Jenkins High School. It entered the world of fired clay when she learned ceramics at Armstrong and Georgia State Universities. And now it continues in her latest exhibit focusing on endangered animals. “I did this whole series where I…
Editor’s Note: ‘Sick and tired of this story’
The City’s response was a press conference almost identical in tone and content to the one in 2012 the mayor held with the now-former police chief by her side.
EPA’s ‘Clean Power Plan’ is vital
Rising land- and ocean-surface temperatures, sea level, and ice melt as well as global glacier mass reduction all point toward an array of profound problems.
Reader: Blunt words on Savannah’s growth issues
‘We have lost at least one major employer, according to an impeccable source, because we don’t have a skilled workforce.’
Get with a witbier!
While Blue Moon is an easy gateway to the style, there are far more exciting witbiers on the market.
Jackson Evans and all that jazz
‘One of the big tragedies with jazz is that it’s become over-intellectualized… playing music well should always be the priority.”
