Review: The Taming of the Shrew by Savannah Shakes
As excellent as the two leads are, what makes this show really stand out is the supporting cast. Shrew is particularly blessed with distinctive secondary characters.
Homicide at 42nd & Montgomery
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating a homicide which occurred just after 11 p.m. Friday night. Michael Anthony Johnson, 50, was shot at the intersection of 42nd and Montgomery streets. Johnson was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Homicide on LaRoche Avenue
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating the death of a black male found near the 7400 block of LaRoche Avenue. The body was discovered about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Detectives have identified the victim as Ricardo James Morris, 38. Police are investigating his death as a homicide.
Robbery on West Bryan
Approximately 1 AM Saturday morning, a robbery was reported in the 100 Block of West Bryan Street. The victim was approached by the suspect “who implied he had a gun then snatched the victim’s Crown Royal bag from her arm,” reports say. He fled eastbound on foot. The bag contained $15, and some identification cards.…
Robbery on Houston Street
At 1:20 am on July 9, a robbery was reported in the 100 block of Houston Street. “The victim was walking home when he was approached by three juveniles, who he had first seen on Broughton Lane,” according to reports. “Once they caught up to him, they threatened him and demanded his belongings. One stated…
Cops, firefighters, residents combine to apprehend two
Two men face multiple charges “after crashing into the lawn of a fire station while trying to elude police and narrowly missing firefighters who were guiding a fire engine into its garage,” police say. John Calvin Baker, 23, of the first block of Altman Circle, and Hakeem Ramona Campbell, 24, of the 2000 block of…
‘Big Mutt’ adoption campaign seeks homes for large breeds
“In response to a sudden spike in large dog breeds at Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s animal shelter, the Animal Control Division has launched the Big Mutt Campaign to reduce the numbers,” a police spokesperson says. The Big Mutt Campaign focuses on “cutting the number of dogs weighing more than 49 pounds. Currently, there are 10…
Editor’s Note: Taking out the trash in the school budget
The bid rejected by the board would save nearly $4 million over a ten-year period. How many new teachers do you think could be hired with that money?
Of course it’s safe to go back in the water … for now
The marine animals we ought to dread most around here are not eight-to-12 foot bloodthirsty predators with multiple rows of serrated teeth, but something much smaller. Microscopic, actually.
Review: Creepoid’s Cemetery High Rise Slum
They spent their time in the Lowcountry working with Peter Mavrogeorgis at Savannah’s Dollhouse Studios to make one of the best records of 2015 so far.
Don’t f*ck with Tybee’s turtles
OVER THE Fourth of July weekend, someone disturbed the carefully-marked possible nesting site of a rare leatherback turtle.
Game of crowns at the Tybee Prom
Sisters Shirley Sessions and Sandy McCloud have been the organizational force behind the annual “informal formal” that’s inspired gratuitous sequins and sea oat corsages since 2004.
Cusses, Bronzed Chorus, Crazy Bag Lady, Fiasco, Generation Pill @HangFire
Here Comes the Rat is a teaser of songs from Cusses’ Golden Rat LP.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream like you’ve never seen
IT’S THE middle of summer and, well …. what better time to stage Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, eh? Hey-ooooo. Except Savannah Stage Company is doing no ordinary production of the Bard’s beloved mélange of love, lust, fairies, and knuckleheaded “mechanicals.” This show upstairs at Ampersand has a cast of only six actors, taking on…
Preservation study shows trouble in paradise
What the ‘Beyond Tourism’ report calls “emerging quality of life criteria,” were regarded very differently up until around 50 years ago, before we began reconfiguring our built environment exclusively around the needs of automobiles.
Rio Bravo is a new Tex-Mex haven on Wilmington
The owner—and bartender—José Ramirez will make you feel right at home, and if he’s busy pouring drafts, well, one of the other four brothers will be happy to serve you.
New York Disco Villains, Pussy Launcher @The Jinx
A “multimedia carnival rock extravaganza.”
Do you Shrew?
ONE OF the beauties of the work of William Shakespeare is its enormous adaptability. Productions of his plays have been set in virtually every time period imaginable—past, present and future. And because of his matchless insight into the universality of human nature, it nearly always works. Savannah Shakes’ inaugural production, The Taming of the Shrew,…
The Southern Belles @Congress Street Social Club
The Richmond, Virginia-based band of beards blend Southern rock, funk, jazz, and psychedelic rock influences
Stopover in the Yard with Thomas Wynn & the Believers @The Grey
TIME for another Stopover in the Yard! So if you missed the first installment in this new collaboration from our buds at Savannah Stopover Music Festival and MLK’s new prize culinary gem, The Grey, the concept basically goes: shell out $21, and you get a delicious plate of food (grilled meat, seafood, veggies), choice of…
Is earth at risk of being destroyed by a supernova?
No supernova candidates are within striking distance of us now. However, as the stars wheel through the cosmos over astronomical time, some may come within range.
The Circle of Robyn Reeder
ON THE SECOND FLOOR of 14 E. Broughton Street, there’s a towering circle centered against the street-side window. White, and studded in orange stars, light pours over the handmade wooden frame, illuminating years of use. Bare wood peers through in small sections; white painter’s tape bandages two cuts. It was originally handmade by Sebastian Edwards…
Review: Amy
It’s easy for us working-class stiffs to get annoyed with celebrities who have it all and seemingly throw it away, but Amy does a better job than almost any other documentary in detailing how the pressures of being perpetually thrust into the spotlight are very real. This is poignant material, with the outrage mostly emanating…
Exorcising the ghosts of Savannah’s retail past
This city was a burial ground to the Yamacraw people long before it became the site of America’s most famous wars.
