Not believing this
News That Sounds Like a Joke Toronto police announced in February that they had arrested the man who had stolen a backhoe with the intention of driving it to a car wash in order to break down a wall and get at the facility’s coin machine. The call to police came from a snow plow…
Books: Then They All Got Naked
In 1981 Gay Talese authored the groundbreaking Thy Neighbor’s Wife, his long-delayed nonfiction account of the burgeoning “swinging” trend of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Local author O. Kay Jackson — formerly of the Savannah Morning News and author of Waking Up Men, which she describes as a “love letter” to Savannah’s maritime industry — has…
Sean Costello lays it down
At only 28, Atlanta blues guitarist and singer Sean Costello has already spent well over a decade in the public eye. Picking up the guitar at the age of nine, by 14 he was already sneaking into clubs to sit in with established blues acts, and had won the Memphis Blues Society’s talent competition, which…
‘The Officer’s Ball’
When the Savannah Music Festival announced that The Police’s drummer Stewart Copeland was among the internationally-known musicians slated to appear at their 2008 event, it was widely perceived as a major booking. However, most folks know Copeland solely for his work with the aforementioned rock group that at one time was arguably the most famous…
Cajun phenom Steve Riley says, ‘People eventually wind up dancing’
To most of us, playing the accordion can often seem a deceptively simple task. In fact, even though I know it’s a tricky instrument to master, when I see one being employed by an accomplished musician, I can’t help but be reminded of that old Firesign Theater gag: “How to play the flute? Well, you…
Books: When the historical is personal
IN 2007, poet Natasha Trethewey won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her third volume of work, Native Guard: Poems. Both personal and historical, Trethewey’s poems are anchored in the little-known story of the Louisiana Native Guards, “the first officially sanctioned regiment of black soldiers in the Union Army,” serving as prison guards on Ship…
Council approves lend-lease of equipment to Haitian city
THERE HAS been a connection between Savannah, Ga., and St. Marc, Haiti, for more than 225 years. During the Revolutionary War, Haiti shipped out men from St. Marc to Savannah to fight in the Battle of Savannah in 1779. Like Savannah, St. Marc has a major port, and the city is considered to be one…
Morris Center debuts
FROM MARCH 20 through April 5, downtown Savannah comes alive once more for the annual Savannah Music Festival. This year the Festival includes a number of performances totally unique in North America, including the appearance by the Hamilton De Holanda Quintet at the Lucas Theatre this Saturday, Stewart Copeland’s world premiere at the Trustees Theatre…
Growing green, getting personal
LOCAL GARDENERS have long wanted a genuinely user-friendly book about growing native plants. Dream no more — it’s about to become reality. The Savannah chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects has been awarded a Healthy Community Grant from Ward Edwards to create a native plant book specific to coastal Georgia and South Carolina.…
More than a parade
More than a parade By midday last Thursday, it felt as if most of Savannah had abandoned any semblance of normal work week activities to prepare for the extended St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The lunch crowd was light at Star Fish Café, as was the noon rush at the bank. Even Thursday’s email traffic was…
St. Patrick’s Special Edition
from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports A tornado in Effingham County caused a four-county power outage on Saturday, March 15. Savannah-Chatham Metro Police say more than 7,000 people were on River Street and thousands more were in City Market when the storm struck around 10 p.m. Generator-powered lights were hauled in to move pedestrians to…
The Sacred & The Profane: The Blind Boys of Alabama and Adolphus Bell meet in the middle at the Trustees Theater
Most folks who were either raised in the South —or who have taken it upon themselves to learn a bit about the popular music traditions which have emanated from this region over the past century or so— cannot help but have at least a cursory knowledge of both traditional rhythm and blues and black gospel.…
Breaking down boundaries with The Steep Canyon Rangers
If one were to make a short list of current, young North American bluegrass bands that seem destined for long, fruitful careers, N.C.’s Steep Canyon Rangers would surely be somewhere near the top. Their dedication to preserving the format of traditional bluegrass —while aggressively courting new crowds by venturing into markets not commonly associated with…
The tipsy music fan’s guide to River Street
This is the time of year when folks can easily (if you like to call dodging green foam hats while trying not to slip on plastic beads and fall into who-knows-what “easily”) catch a blue million live music acts for free on the Waterfront as part of our Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. If you’re…
Wiig Party
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Diary of the planet
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