The AC thief
A city employee told police he received a service repair call about the air conditioning at the Liberty City Center on Mills B. Lane Boulevard. When he arrived at the center, someone had opened the fence and taken all three air conditioning units. A police officer viewed the surveillance cameras, which revealed an older man…
Do more guns equal more violence?
I often see statistics on the number of deaths in the U.S. related to handgun accidents and murders by civilians. What I think would be a powerful statistic next to this is the number of people that have been saved by the use of a firearm. I have a funny feeling it’s a lot less…
I’m not believing this
LEAD STORY Leading Economic Indicator: Rising prices of synthetic fertilizers and organic foods have intensified the collection of bird droppings on 20 climatically ideal islands off the coast of Peru where 12-inch-thick seabird guano coats the land. In the 19th century, China fought with Peru on the high seas for the right to mine the…
New releases: You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, Kung Fu Panda
You Don’t Mess With the Zohan It was Mae West who famously quipped (in 1933’s I’m No Angel), “When I’m good, I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.” You Don’t Mess With the Zohan inspires a bastardization of that quote: When it’s funny, it’s very, very funny, but when it’s bad, it’s…
Everything else that’s out there
Sex and the City Despite endless online whining from the fanboys — those mega-geeks who make any self-respecting male contemplate a sex-change operation lest he be mistaken for one of these pathetic creatures — anyone who’s ever bothered to watch the acclaimed HBO series can realize that this motion picture sequel-of-sorts need not be the…
Theater – Peter Pan syndrome
The Savannah Children’s Theatre production of Peter Pan will take off June 12 — literally. “We are flying,” says director Kelie Miley. “Shannon Kuanfung is Peter Pan and is everything Peter Pan should be. This is the Mary Martin version, which has been reprised,. It’s one of my favorite shows of all time.” The thought…
Party arty
One of Savannah’s youngest art galleries is wasting no time in giving back to the community that welcomed them. As part of its first birthday celebration, Dimensions Gallery on MLK Boulevard is kicking off a six-month capitol campaign to raise money to award at least three scholarships to local students at each of the area’s…
Puppets for the public
Savannah is about to be overrun by puppets. The Southeast Region Puppeteers of America is holding a regional conference called the 2008 Puppet Gumbo Festival, and the Savannah Coastal Puppetry Guild is hosting it. Angela Beasley, who created the Puppet People in Savannah in 1973, is heading a group of volunteers to make it all…
Westside story
SAVANNAH’S WESTSIDE covers a lot of ground. It’s bordered on the east by Lathrop Avenue, on the north by McKenna and West Bay streets, on the west by U.S. 80 and Market Street, and the Louisville Road on the south. It’s also an area of change, as the City of Savannah works to revitalize the…
Restaurant/bar ordinance tabled
A CONTROVERSIAL ordinance that would allow restaurants to transition into bars after hours was tabled for two weeks at the June 5 meeting of the Savannah City Council. Both Mayor Otis Johnson and Alderman Van Johnson were absent, and the mayor had requested that the matter be tabled until he can attend the meeting. Mike…
To the Captain I saw at Cracker Barrel
WELCOME HOME. Welcome back, sir, and welcome home. Welcome back to the world you once knew, which looks entirely different to you now, which resembles the world you lived in before but seems drawn like a cartoon and scored with music you’ve never heard. Welcome back to a civilization you couldn’t wait to get back…
Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Jesus Christ Superstar *** An friend of mine’s mom used to have a huge crush on Ted Neely, who famously played the Saviour in both the L.A. stage version and the 1973 Hollywood film of this iconic Christian rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. As the role of Jesus (which earned him…
A living legend of stringed instruments
IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC, there are names, and then there are names. One such artist deserving of italics is David Bromberg. A masterful musician who’s proficient on the violin, acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel guitar and Dobro, he’s released over a dozen critically acclaimed albums under his own name since the…
“Hag in There”
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Diary of the planet
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