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Review: How to Train Your Dragon 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2 really pops in 3-D, yet the animation is so stunning that those hoping to save some cash won’t be cheated if they opt to check it out in one less dimension.
Review: The Rover
The wild card in The Rover is Robert Pattinson, reviled in many circles – but adored in just as many – for portraying sparkly vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight franchise.
UGA Skidaway Institute samples Ocean Sampling Day
The local samplings for this global event will be taken from two different locations, the Skidaway River and from Gray’s Reef.
Punked by the promoter
“This is kind of our way of saying hey, we don’t all suck. We’re all in this together.”
Armstrong prof awarded $50,000 grant
An Armstrong professor just received a $50,000 grant to fund her research on historic Southern plantation culture. Dr. Amy Potter, assistant professor of geography, received the National Science Foundation grant for the study “Transformation of American Southern Commemorative Landscapes.” It will compare three major plantation regions including the area of coastal Georgia and South Carolina,…
Guns and drugs seized on Waters Ave. after chase
Three men were arrested and “an assortment of drugs, drug paraphernalia and weapons were seized after Islands Precinct officers stopped a vehicle moving through an intensive patrol operation Wednesday afternoon,” a police spokesperson says. John James Monahan Jr., 20, of Dallas, GA, was charged with possession of drug-related objects for use and having illegally tinted…
Great Race brings classic cars to River Street next Saturday
River Street Savannah will be one of the stops for this year’s Hemmings Motor News Great Race, a time, speed, endurance rally making an Atlantic Coast run from Maine to Florida on June 21-29. The vintage (pre-1972) cars will arrive on Saturday, June 28 (one car every minute) on River Street starting about 11:25am. Each…
Telfair project receives national award
Slavery and Freedom in Savannah, a “multi-year project encompassing a major publication, a museum exhibition, a three-day city symposium, and multiple community partnerships,” according to a spokesperson, has received the Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH). The Leadership in History Awards, now in its 69th year, is the…
Phillip Phillips to play for Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon
Georgia native Phillip Phillips, who took First Place on Season 11 of TV’s American Idol, has been announced as the musical headliner for Savannah’s third Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, Nov. 8. Best known for the hit 2012 singles “Home” and “Gone Gone Gone,” Phillips is a native of Albany. He’ll perform at the post-race concert…
Bike vs. Car at Thursday’s ‘Dump the Pump’
Participants riding a car, a bike and a bus will compete for the title of fastest commute downtown during the 7th Annual Dump the Pump Challenge. It happens Thursday, June 19, and competitors are expected to cross the finish line shortly after 8:15 a.m. Race departs 12 Oaks Shopping Center with the arrival of the…
Savannah regional economy shows rapid growth in 2014
Armstrong Atlantic State University’s latest Coastal Empire Economic Monitor reports the Savannah-area economy “expanded rapidly during the first quarter of 2014 and should continue to experience strong growth throughout the year,” said a university spokesperson. The Economic Monitor, which analyzes data and identifies trends affecting the regional economy, reports across-the-board growth in all eight indicators…
Daffin Park shooting probed
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating a shooting in Daffin Park Monday night that left a Savannah man with non-life threatening injuries. Dion Lamont Folston Sr., 38, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center after the 8 p.m. shooting “that followed a confrontation with other males,” said a SCMPD spokesperson. Detectives continue to investigate. Anyone with…
Boy hurt in scooter accident
A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured after riding a motorized scooter into the side of a car in east Savannah Monday afternoon. “The youth was riding the Piaggio Vespa on Collins Street without a helmet when he disregarded a stop sign and crashed into the side of a Nissan Altima traveling north on Live Oak…
Our Top Five Fake Rock Films
These are entirely fictional films about rock ‘n’ roll bands. Because the movies are so good, the bands seem realer than real. But, of course, they aren’t.
‘Lucky’ in name only
Phell “Lucky” Hudson, 54, of a Buckhalter Road address, had been charged with aggravated assault after he was detained by West Chatham precinct patrol officers shortly after the incident.
SAV Podcast: Richard Leo Johnson
He calls his hybrid instrument his ‘alien guitar.’
Road trip: AthFest
Futurebirds, Coathangers among performers
Editor’s Note: Taking your blood, taking your rights
Even worse than Operation Thunder itself is the decision by the Chatham County DA to expand it to include the disgusting and frankly weird ‘No Refusal’ option, aka ‘Grab ‘n’ Stab.’
Sip a summer of suds
The set-up at the Summer Suds Craft Brew Fest will be familiar to anyone that has attended a beer festival and includes tables organized by brewery where volunteers from the Savannah Brewers League will pour small sample servings into a commemorative glass.
The art of freedom
‘I’m inspired by the movement and the energy. I explore different forms of expression and communication,’ says Crawford. His work not only captures the spirit of the expressions, but the power of the performers.
A sip from the World Cup
Finally, America has joined every other country on earth in nationalistic communal soccer insanity.
Get your Yia Yia’s out
“I see cupcake shops, cookie places…why not Greek pastries?” asks owner Stathy Stathopoulos.
Back in control? First in a series
With stated objectives of transparency, respect and compassionate efficiency for both humans and animals, officers hope that citizens will return to the reworked volunteer program, which now has a set of written policies and procedures.
Meet the faux Fab Four!
‘When are you lucky enough to be able to do something that affects everybody so positively?’
Letter home from Les Racquet
The trio is back on familiar terra firma this week, for a pair of local shows and some beachside R&R.
Wake up Savannah—it’s time to get healthy
At Curtis V. Cooper we keep our patients at the forefront of everything we do, but we also face needs in the county that are sometimes greater than the capacity to serve them. That is why focusing on prevention makes so much sense.
Review: 22 Jump Street
The film’s four writers work overtime to ensure that the majority of the gags are fresh and that the recycled ones are given enough of an extra spin to make audiences laugh all over again.
