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World-famous Bananas pitch fun to fans
Bats cracking, beer tapping and the crowd clapping are all sounds you’d expect to hear at a traditional sports game, but what about chains on kilts jingling, Nanas laughing and the first base coach break dancing? These are the sounds and sights fans can look forward to if they’ve managed to snag a ticket for…
Exhibition transforms everyday objects to art through perspective
(f) Utility is about living art, or at least art that we live with, until we don’t anymore. These ideas are what sparked soon-to-be Savannah College of Art and Design graduate Nikki Zuaro’s Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition.
Irish Everyday of the Week
Starland yard has quickly become a local favorite, rolling out a weekly rotation of food trucks and entertainment since the summer of 2019. And with St. Patrick’s day around the corner, they have zero intentions of slowing down.
Can’t stop, won’t stop
New Orleans-based pop-punk band Neutral Snap woke up in Savannah in March 2020 and found their world flipped upside down. Mayor Van Johnson had just declared a local state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and cities across the nation were doing the same.
Neutral Snap was in the middle of their…
Seeking community through culture, coffee
The Culturist Union is a private membership hub and digital platform centered on the social, professional, and economic empowerment of professionals, entrepreneurs and creators. Originally from Pontiac, Michigan, Elbi Elm is a self-proclaimed military child and veteran of the U.S. Air Force, which she joined at 17-years old, and served 10 years. The Culturist Union…
Celtic Heritage Festival hosts virtual event
The celtic Heritage Festival of Savannah will host a one-day virtual Celtic cultural festival March 13, which will be pre-recorded. The link for the virtual celebration will be available through March 17, said Victoria Smith, board member and treasurer for the festival.
Tybee Post Theater event hopes residents will ‘be the parade’
Tybee Island is going green in a different way this St. Patrick’s Day. With the annual parade down Butler Ave. cancelled and social distancing directives being advised, officials are encouraging participation in a unique addition to the event calendar this year: it’s called “Paint Tybee Ireland Green,” sponsored by the Tybee Post Theater.
Artist’s dreams meet walls of local gallery
Coffee drinkers and art enthusiasts can spend enjoyable minutes taking in the 22 pieces of Aleman’s work which she spent anywhere between one to 30 precious hours painting so they could one day be displayed in the gallery she so admires.
‘Let go of control, all of it’
Today, Schroeder works out of his sunlit, window-walled home studio in Savannah, also teaching painting at SCAD since 2005. Creating works with an inseparable synergy of painting as meditation in his at home-studio, a recent transition from his pre-pandemic studio at Southern Pine, and before that his space in Starland.
Change among Connect
I hate change as much as the next person. I always have. Yet, it seems inevitable. Each time I’ve expressed how much I hate change is the very moment I’m having to fully embrace it. Obviously, Savannah is facing change with its trusted arts and entertainment magazine, Connect Savannah. Hi, I’m Noelle and I’m the…
Traditions rooted in Mexican flair
Boasting more than 100 varieties of agave spirits, Savannah Tequila Company offers customers the pleasure of choosing either tequila or mezcal — or both — to pair with creative and original handmade mixers and unique garnishes.
Nonprofit theater to light up Broughton St.
local legends from various storied businesses in Savanah are working to bring the first nonprofit theater to Broughton St., with an aim of attracting theater fans to the Hostess City the way Broadway brings them to New York.
