Review: Incredibles 2
Incredibles 2 is a guaranteed good time at the movies and certain to be one of the summer’s biggest hits. But while it frequently feints in the direction of something more meaningful, it usually backs away and merely lathers on more thrills. That’s not exactly a debit, but anyone expecting the complexity of its predecessor…
Two homicides within 24 hours
The ninth and tenth homicides of 2018 in Savannah city limits happened within hours of each other. 22-year-old Joshua Thomas was fatally shot on Thursday in the ninth homicide. In a separate incident early Friday, 32-year-old Shawntray Grant was murdered on Randolph Street, for the tenth. In the death of Thomas, “Officers responded to Tuten Avenue…
Hernandez, citing “personal” attacks, admits he is finalist for City Manager job in Texas
Savannah City Manager Rob Hernandez, in the middle of a hot political fight over his controversial Fire Fee idea, announced today that he is a finalist for the job of City Manager in Brownsville, Texas. “The past 20 months have been some of the most rewarding and challenging of my career. During this time I…
Rape Crisis Center in search for new director
The Rape Crisis Center (RCC) of the Coastal Empire announced today that it has begun a search for a new executive director after the departure of former director Kesha Gibson-Carter. Gibson-Carter served in the role for five years. She has accused local law enforcement and District Attorney Meg Heap of trying to bully her into…
Ancient River, Rude Dude & The Creek Freaks @The Jinx
Ancient River, a two-piece forging hazy, fuzzy psych-rock, rolls in from Austin.
Sea change
Making Waves at Ships of the Sea sets out to show us that a drop in the bucket can still fill it up, drop by drop.
All About Savannah: A Barbershop Musical @Tybee Post Theater
The group, which has been around since 1971, will take audiences from the barbershop to Johnny Harris Restaurant to Grayson Stadium to Tybee, singing all the way.
Celebrating the blessings of bicycling
Over the years I’ve been bicycling for daily transportation, I’ve accumulated memories of moments I would have surely missed, or at least not experienced as vividly, had I been behind the wheel.
Do dogs have better protection from ticks than people do?
Blame climate change in part, as more regions become warm and humid enough to support tick activity
Editor’s Note: Out of the Fire Fee and into the frying pan
The Fire Fee has become so radioactive that attempts to fix it only seem to make it even more unpalatable, and call more attention to why it was such a bad idea to begin with.
Emporium Kitchen & Wine Market brings ‘It’ Factor to Perry Lane Hotel
FROM THE ground floor to the rooftop of the newly constructed Perry Lane Hotel, the Sage Restaurant Group has infused this luxury boutique with its own brand of charm and refinement. A four-year long project in the making, on June 1, this restaurant group opened three independently defined spaces within the Perry Lane Hotel on…
Height Keech, Goldzilla, Cunabear, Valore @The Wormhole
Experimental hip-hop takes over the stage at The Wormhole.
For The Marshall Tucker Band, the show must go on
Named for a blind piano tuner in the band’s native Spartanburg, S.C., the Marshall Tucker Band doesn’t shy away from other musical influences
The zombie movie that started it all
WHETHER it’s The Godfather or the first Star Wars or Titanic or anything in between, no matter our generation, we’ve all got that one movie that really hit us hard the first time we saw it and has stayed with us ever since. For Jim Reed —longtime curator and founder of the local Psychotronic Film…
City back to square one on budget after hasty retreat on Fire Fee
IF LAST week’s meeting was any indication, Mayor Eddie DeLoach’s warning the day prior of potential extreme cuts in City services if the controversial Fire Fee is reduced by half seemed to take many Council members on both sides of the debate by surprise. The clock is now ticking, as the decision means Council and…
Quiet Hollers, Ember City @Barrelhouse South
The group performed at Savannah Stopover in 2016, one year before signing to the Louisville label SonaBLAST!.
From Boylesque to Babs, Randy Roberts rules
When guests step into Key West’s Crystal Room Cabaret at the Lateda Hotel, they are greeted by some of the world’s biggest stars all on one stage. For years, Randy Roberts has been thrilling visitors from around the world with a must-see one-man show, transforming into icons like Cher, Joan Crawford, Carol Channing, Mae West,…
Urban Pioneers @The Jinx
Jared McGovern, Liz Sloan, and Martin Sargent have been at it for years, living on the road and bringing their sounds around the country
HAZA comes home
Currently, HAZA exhibits artist Bin Feng’s work, a multimedia collection including a trailer hitch full of Feng’s toy collection
Savannah release radar!
Power Struggle, Power Struggle Available now via powerstrugglehq.com Southern roots and Americana get new life with Power Struggle, a Savannah band with seasoned players from Superhorse, The Judge and the Jury, and beyond. Formed by Bailey Davidson (drums, guitar, vocals), Mikey Solomon (guitar), and Jason Anderson (piano, organ, bass, vocals), the band formed in 2016…
