June 11: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, June 11): Catch a game between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Charleston River Dogs, 7:05 at Grayson Stadium. And the Odd Lot improv troupe is onstage at 8 at Muse Arts Warehouse.
June 10: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, June 10): The Music Man is onstage at 3 p.m. at the Savannah Children’s Theatre, and the “Movies Savannah Missed” series brings us Jiro Dreams of Sushi, at 2, 5 and 8 p.m. at Muse Arts Warehouse. Liquid Ginger plays Wild Wing Café; A Nickel Bag of Funk is…
June 9: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, June 9): Lovely Locks and Each and Every Opus play for the 6 to 9 p.m. art auction at Desoto Row Gallery. There are two performances of The Music Man at the Savannah Children’s Theatre, at 3 and 8 p.m. Ammon, Bear Fight and Trab are at the Wormhole,…
Film review: Prometheus
PROMETHEUS *** Certain to reign as the best disappointment of 2012, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, the heavily hyped prequel-of-sorts to his 1979 classic Alien, is a work whose visual splendor can’t be denied but whose narrative content will divide audiences as swiftly and completely as the executioner’s ax separated Marie Antoinette’s head from everything else. Grappling…
June 8: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, June 8): It’s Opening Night – Catch The Music Man onstage at 8 p.m. at the Savannah Children’s Theatre. Two great Athens bands, Modern Skirts and the District Attorneys, perform at the Jinx. KidSyc@Brandywine are at Screamin’ Mimi’s, Sweet North America and Magic Places share the bill at the…
June 7: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, June 7): Check out one-man-band Ben Prestage at Huc-a-Poos on Tybee Island; the Florida native plays thrilling and authentic blues and old-timey music on his guitar and kick drums. Big Engine’s at Coach’s Corner with special guests Banner Thomas (original bassist for Molly Hatchet) and the amazing guitarist Charlie…
June 6: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, June 6): The Psychotronic Film Society ups the cheese factor with an 8 p.m. Sentient Bean screening of the tense (and somewhat sadistic) 1974 TV-movies Savages, with Sam Bottoms (!) as the hapless target of a crazed millionaire assassin (Andy Griffith) in the middle of the desert. Yeah buddy!…
The ABCs of CBGB
Savannah doesn’t look a whole lot like the Bowery in the 1970s. But it’s here where Unclaimed Freight Productions will shoot the majority of its independent movie CBGB, starting June 25. Although the interior scenes will be filmed on soundstages inside Meddin Studios, a yet–undisclosed downtown location will shortly be made over as the facade…
Epic fail in the DA’s office
FOR THOSE of you who are recent arrivals to Savannah, the name Ashleigh Moore may not have much resonance. But her murder nearly a decade ago was one of the most disturbing crime stories seen here for quite awhile — in a town already notorious for its outlandish but true crime stories. In April 2003,…
Ben Prestage, the District Attorneys
BEN PRESTAGE At 8 p.m. Thursday, June 7 Huc-a-Poos, 1213 U.S. 80, Tybee Island Back in Martin County, Florida, where I lived before moving to Savannah four years ago, we used to go out to hear Ben Prestage all the time. “I grew up in rural Florida, on a 14-mile-long dirt road, near the headwaters…
Here’s to Johnnie
You know the old Southern adage: In Atlanta, they ask you what business you’re in. In Charleston, they ask your mama’s maiden name. In Savannah, the most important question has always been, “What do you want to drink?” No matter what the answer is, the people at Johnnie Ganem’s have kept Savannah’s glasses full for…
Fishing for compliments
Granted, lunchtime at Wednesday may not be prime time at Wilmington Island’s Flying Fish Bar & Grill. I thought that would be a good thing. I didn’t want to be there when the place is packed with weekend warriors filling the large outdoor decks. I knew those are the restaurant’s best-attended time slots, when buckets…
Voice recognition
WITH ONE of the most commanding and unforgettable baritone voices in modern history, Sherrill Milnes spent more than four decades at the top of the operatic mountain. Beloved for his dramatic interpretations of Verdi, Milnes in fact made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Valentin in Gonoud’s Faust in 1965. He stayed with the Met for…
Impressions of reality
The cutting edge pursuit of the artistic intersection of tradition and technology isn’t necessarily limited to those fresh out of their teens. Local artist Kathy Salter — part of the husband/wife team that runs Daly & Salter Photography, this year’s “Best Photography Service” winner in our Best of Savannah Readers Poll — has embarked on…
Chaos in the park
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE to all the new SCAD grads out there! Thanks for leaving all kinds of slightly–used goodies in the lanes when you moved out — what didn’t fit in your parents’ car would make any freegan weep with wild hippie joy. Even my uptight yuppie neighbors have been picking through all manner…
Leads going dry
Police acknowledge that “information being provided on the shooting death of an 18–year–old high school student found on East 54th Street in April has decreased” and they are hoping the public can provide more. The focus is on a two–hour period before Donte Cleophus Swan, 18, of the 100 block of Heritage Way, was found…
Four score & seven zombies ago
Here’s the thing about zombies: They’re disgusting. Unlike sexy, sparkly vampires, zombies lurch around like drunk lepers and eat entrails. They are not something to cheer for, or, God forbid, emulate (unless, apparently, you live in Florida. Or Maryland. Or Canada. Oh dear God, what is happening to this world?!) Even for those who don’t…
June 5: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, June 5): Check out Savannah’s hard-hitting blues outfit the Hitman at the Warehouse on River Street. And the Sand Gnats plat the Asheville Tourists at 7:05 in Grayson Stadium.
