West 49th Street shooting death deemed self-defense
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police’s Violent Crimes detectives are investigating the shooting of Marquice Allen, 34, in the 1100 block of West 49th Street on June 30. “At about 8:15 a.m., officers responded to the area and found Allen suffering from life-threatening injuries. He succumbed to his injuries at the scene,” police report. Investigators have determined that…
Blues, Jazz, and BBQ and 4th of July Celebration offer fun for all
IT’S TIME for a celebration of live music and good eats down by the river. For five days straight, River Street will turn into festival grounds for the annual Blues, Jazz, & BBQ festival and Savannah Waterfront’s Fourth of July Celebration. Bring the whole family and start the festivities on June 30 for the big…
Black Sheep White Cop: A true-life memoir of crime & corruption
A REMARKABLE MEMOIR by a former Savannah-Chatham cop has become the hottest local read of the summer. Black Sheep White Cop: Savannah EXPOsed, is grippingly written by Kevin Grogan, a former homicide detective whose local career spans five police chiefs, including now-imprisoned former Police Chief Willie Lovett. Intriguingly, Grogan makes the case that Lovett was…
Not-so-random acts of kindness
NANCY BRANDON’S second novel, Show Me a Kindness, begins just as the effects of the Great Depression are hitting Vidalia, Georgia, and the book is a lot like the onion that would make the town famous—sweet yet complex, with a bit of a bite. The challenges of poverty and staid social mores spur the plot…
Counting sea stars and other science: A landlubber’s expedition to Gray’s Reef
Scientists, educators, divers and curiosity seekers ship out to the 22-square mile live bottom reef marine sanctuary.
BORGEOUS @Club Elan
His smash hit “Tsunami,” a collaboration with Canadian electronic duo DVBBS, shot BORGEOUS to international stardom.
Piecing it together
WHEN YOU think of a collage, the likely first thing you picture is cutting and pasting. Maybe you imagine a scrapbook with photos and ticket stubs pasted into a book. Or maybe you think of digitally cobbling images together with Photoshop. While those definitely are collages, they just scrape the surface of what collage can…
The Company Stores, SQUASH @Barrelhouse South
Vocalist Casey Litz leads the way with warmly soulful vocals, crooning and belting over a bed of folk influences, electronic textures, and a horn section.
Listening to the ‘loonies’
I keep thinking about a comment posted on the Savannah Bicycle Campaign Facebook page last month, apparently in an attempt to dispute my reporting on the significant demand for sidewalks, bike lanes, and traffic calming expressed at Savannah Forward meetings.
Deep Center’s high schoolers take to the streets to uncover hidden histories
MOST KIDS grow up being scolded not to talk to strangers. But for the writers and researchers of Deep Center’s Block by Block program, it’s an essential skill. Starting last November, the 40 high school students fanned out among Savannah’s East Side neighborhoods, knocking on unknown doors and approaching folks in public spaces. They asked…
Is Islamic terrorism a response to Western intervention, or something more?
One argument I hear about why Islamist terrorists commit their acts is because the West interfered in their countries. Some examples I can think of: (1) our support of Israel; (2) the 1991 Gulf War; (3) our interference in the Somali civil war in 1992-’93. As a Westerner born in 1977, these things seemed like…
Editor’s Note: Amazon, Alexa, Apple, and the new Robber Barons
Instead of oil and railroads and banks, the new Robber Barons of the 21st Century control nearly all the data our data-dependent society is built on, from the “free” platforms we use to share our private information (the companies then mining that information to use and sell), to the hidden, proprietary algorithms that determine which…
Yung Joc @Club Elan
Inspired by hometown heroes OutKast as well as T.I., Joc broke out with the club track “It’s Goin’ Down.”
Saliva, Everyday Losers @The Stage on Bay
With a blend of nu metal, hard rock and hip-hop influences, their 2001 sophomore album Every Six Seconds acted as the band’s breakout album.
Slay All Day
AH, Tybee Island. Miley Cyrus shared a passionate kiss on your pier for The Last Song. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Zac Efron kicked up sand upon your shores as they rushed to the rescue in Baywatch. And in 1982, a woman was gored with a pitchfork in one of your historic beach houses. Horror…
Bowie & the Bard
IN April 1564, William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 363 years later and 100 miles away, David Robert Jones was born in Brixton. The Englishmen would go on to be called true geniuses, unparalleled artists of their time, shrewd businessmen who understood how to turn a profit on their incredible talents. The Savannah Shakes…
Valore’s Birthday @The Jinx
Valore welcomes another turn ’round the sun with some of her favorite performers, including Kamikaze Hendrix, Sara Clash, and more.
Lift your pint to good St. Arnold
As Bishop, Arnold continued to serve as advisor to the king, but he used his position to educate the people on the dangers of drinking water. And that is where beer comes into the picture.
