Will you take a risk on a wristband?
IT’S FREE AND LEGAL for adults of legal drinking age to walk around most of downtown Savannah with one of our famous to-go cups in hand. Except during the official St. Patrick’s Day Festival, that is. In an effort to recoup the costs of entertainment at the multi-day affair —and cleaning up the huge mess…
Vote for SAV in Baileys big St. Patrick’s contest!
EVERYBODY’S favorite Irish liqueur, Baileys Irish Cream, also has an awesome line of non-alcoholic coffee creamers to go in your coffee this weekend—along with whatever else you might add to that coffee, that is! Baileys is holding a contest for folks to vote for their favorite St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the country, and of…
Get your St. Patrick’s Day Parade & parking info here
Hey so did you know this is the first year the parade is going the ‘wrong way” around all the squares? True fact
Heated gunshot exchange at 32nd & Cabell Streets near Gordonston
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are investigating “an incident in which multiple shots were fired at a car and four people who were attempting to put gasoline in it in east Savannah Sunday,” a police spokesman says. Islands Precinct Patrol officers responded to a call at East 32nd Street and Skidaway Road to find a white Chevrolet…
Only 18 arrests for first 2 days of St. Patrick’s celebration
The first two days of the 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Festival has led to 18 arrests. As of 4 a.m. Sunday, Savannah Chatham Police have charged five people – all juveniles — for theft by receiving, three for public intoxication, two for disorderly conduct, two for swimming in the river, and one each for underage…
Man shot in afternoon argument on the Eastside
Detectives are investigating the shooting of a man in East Savannah Saturday afternoon. Sandy Gould, 36, “was transported to a hospital for treatment by a civilian after the 4:43 p.m. shooting near Deiter and East 31st streets,” a police spokesman says. He was being treated for a non-life threatening wound. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police were told…
Savannah River skinny dippers arrested
Two men who “shed their clothing and dived into the Savannah River Friday night were the only arrests recorded in the first night of the 2015 St. Patrick’s Day Festival,” said a police spokesman. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police officers assigned to the River Street Command Center “charged the two men from Pennsylvania in their early 40s…
SCAD, City reach ‘collaboration’ on controversial buses
A “collaboration among the Savannah College of Art and Design, the City of Savannah and the Downtown Neighborhood Association has led to a change that will replace the college’s new larger buses with smaller buses in mostly residential areas of the Historic District,” a spokesperson for the City of Savannah said late Friday. Earlier this…
It’s Official: Gov. signs bill allowing bars to open this Sunday
Gov. Nathan Deal this afternoon signed a bill that allows Savannah’s bars to open this Sunday during the St. Patrick’s Day Festival. “SB 103 authorizes the governing authority of any city or county in Georgia to allow bars to sell alcohol on one Sunday during each calendar year,” says a City spokesperson. “City Council had…
Savannah’s Fashion Night makes donation to Art Rise; plans for 2015 event still pending
Savannah’s Fashion Night has announced their donation of $2,500 to Art Rise Savannah “as a part of their collaboration for the 2014 Savannah’s Fashion Night. The announcement comes after the 2014 event wrapped up its most successful year to date, drawing a record breaking amount of participants for the annual event,” a spokesperson for SFO…
At least three street attacks, one attempted carjacking since Sunday
Police seek the public’s help in locating “two males who appeared to randomly attack pedestrians in two incidents Sunday” March 8. In the first incident, two Jersey City, NJ, men were walking at East Congress and Habersham streets about 7:13 p.m. when the car (possibly a Cadillac DeVille) stopped beside them; “the passenger exited and…
Man sought for questioning in January shooting on Westside
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are requesting the public’s help in locating a man wanted for questioning in the shooting of two men Jan. 25. Violent Crimes detectives are searching for Bryan Marquel Eugene Thompson, 24, for questioning in the shooting of Brendon Barlow, 27, and Eric Butts, 25. “Barlow was found in a black Toyota at…
MusicFile Productions and Savannah Stopover Confirm First Round of Spring Shows
Natalie Prass, J Roddy Walston & The Business, Matthew E. White, X Ambassadors and more come to Savannah
Clydesdales to march in SAV parade; also appear in HHI, Tybee, Bluffton, Ft. Stewart
While originally scheduled just to march in this Saturday’s Tybee Irish Heritage Parade, Anheuser-Busch says its famous Budweiser Clydesdales will stick around through Tuesday to march in Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade as well. They have quite a busy schedule, actually! Check it out. Thursday, March 12, 4:00-6:00 p.m. — Full hitch in Fort Stewart,…
Kevin Barry’s: An ‘open-air asylum’ with live traditional Irish music
The weekend’s musicians will play ballads, which are typically considered more modern than the traditional Irish songs sung in Gaelic, Emerson explains.
Tara Feis brings family-friendly Irish music, culture & dance
IN Savannah’s March sea of green, Tara Feis stands out starkly as the family-oriented can’t-miss celebration, saluting authentic Irish heritage without the alcohol. How’s Irish heritage present itself at Emmett Park’s annual festivities (pronounced “Tara Fesh”)? Well, you can tap your toes to it, take a bite or a sip of it, and maybe even…
St. Patrick’s music will ring downtown from multiple stages
ST. Patrick’s Day is a perfect opportunity to check out the hardworking talent that we boast right here at home: our signature bluesmen, like Eric Culberson and Hitman, hold down River Street all year long, and great bands like Thomas Claxton and the Myth, Bottles & Cans, and more are not to be missed. If…
St. Patrick’s FAQs with a Wee Bit O’ The Snark
YEAH, LOVE ME some St. Patty’s Day in Savannah, don’t you? Woo-hoo. SURE, but Patty is a girl’s name. If you insist on abbreviating it, at least go with “St. Paddy’s Day.” Though “Paddy” is often a derogatory term for the Irish, not to mention pretty disrespectful to a saint. Cool story, bro. So you…
Beware the greenwash
We’ve got a big ol’ bathtub of misrepresented issues happening in Georgia right now, and there are plenty of players who would like to see the pistachio-hued wool pulled over our eyes.
Savannah to serve as test market for U.S. Census
The bureau will use the internet for the first time in 2020, asking Americans to fill out questionnaires using a computer or smart phone.
Politics, police, and photography
“THE reason you need to talk to my wife is because the fact that we are sitting here has everything to do with her. I’m just not gonna lie about it,” says Craig Imar Butts. Assembled in Indigo Sky Community Gallery—artist Jerome Meadow’s Waters Avenue gallery and studio—Imar, as he goes by, and his wife,…
Jim Avett, City Hotel @The Sentient Bean
Father of Scott and Seth, Avett spent most of his years focusing on raising his children and on his welding career.
What the Craic is Irish Road Bowling?
March 21 is when the Savannah Ancient Order of Hibernians takes over the Hutchinson Island track for its spring tournament.
Megan Jean & the KFB @Barrelhouse South
The former Charlestonians are pretty frequent Savannah visitors—they’ve recently forgone root-planting entirely, instead converting a rad Mercedes van into an adorable bungalow on wheels.
Lewis Black is good and pissed off and he’s coming to your town
DAILY SHOW alum and epic All-World ranter Lewis Black is coming back to Savannah for a return engagement at the Johnny Mercer Theatre, “The Rant is Due, Part Deux.” We had a quick but intense phone chat with him last week. So Lewis, what’s pissing you off most these days? Lewis Black: What’s pissing me…
Spirits and the Melchizedek Children, Blackrune, A Drug Called Tradition @Hang Fire
Come prepared to be bathed in glorious waves of feedback, gossamer guitar meanderings, and bellowing low ends.
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion @Trinity UMC
Their band is a collaboration of great American lineage: Guthrie’s grandfather, Woody, is a folk music icon, and Johnny Irion is writer John Steinbeck’s grand-nephew.
Stephen Brown @UU Church
Brown will perform an array of work across genres and time periods on the sanctuary’s treasured Steinway Grand piano.
March Theatre Madness!
THREE opportunities to catch our local theatre talents this weekend! Savannah’s stages have so much to offer, and this is the time to see it. From the cerebral to the visually stunning, The Collective Face, Skidaway Island United Methodist Church, and Asbury Memorial Theatre have something for every seasoned and budding performing arts enthusiast. The…
No Green Beer Here: Enjoy these local specialty craft brews this season
SPRINGTIME in Savannah is ushered in with a few constants: The hazy thrill of the Saint Patrick’s Day parade, the explosion of azalea blooms throughout our squares and cemeteries, and the sudden switch from coats and corduroys to tank tops and short shorts. With the continued growth of our local craft beer scene, it’s time…
Mengele & Medicine: How much influence really?
There’s plenty of Nazi-era research that doctors have used and built on ever since. But the data gathered in the concentration camps tended towards the gruesome, unscientific, and fairly useless.
Stone Stairs of Death Scavenger Hunt!
WE ASKED everyone’s favorite anonymous local pundit, the dude (dudette?) behind The Stone Stairs of Death Facebook page, to help put together our first annual St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt—about the real Savannah St. Patrick’s Day celebration, as it’s really celebrated, in the, uh, unique style and verbiage of The Stone Stairs of Death. Take…
Did someone say ‘Irish Nachos?’
FEW things can beat out a well-made burger and a frosty milkshake when you’re out cruisin’ in your Chevy, ponytail waving in the wind, boppin’ along to the Drifters. OK, so now it’s high-price grass-fed beef or conscience-salving tofu-burgers and twerking to Bruno Mars on your iPhone 6… but there was a time…oh, yes. A…
Review: Cinderella
There’s never a moment when our heart isn’t going out to Cinderella, and with Lily James delivering a lovely performance in the role, we’re anxious for her to finally arrive at her Happily Ever After.
