How to beat TSPLOST
Editor, With reference to the letter from Bill Evelyn in the Feb 15-21 issue of Connect Savannah, I would just like to say that voting “no” on July 21 is most likely a complete waste of time. By the time the issue is put to the vote, the imposition of the new tax is basically…
March 18: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, March 18): AWOL’s Open Mic Therapy Session, a spoken word and music forum, is free beginning at 7 p.m., at the Sentient Bean. Catch the Hale Brothers at Flip Flop Tiki Bar tonight, Bill & Ellen at Lulu’s, and Voodoo Soup at Congress Street Social Club.
March 19: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, March 19): Auditions for Bay Street Theatre’s spring production of Rent are at 6:30 p.m. today (and again on Tuesday) at Muse Arts Warehouse, 703D Louisville Road. JinHi Soucy Rand is directing. There’s a Monday-night show art the Jinx, with The Business and The Struts.
‘A Separation’
When Asghar Farhadi recently collected the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Iranian writer-director of A Separation stated that the name of his country “is spoken here through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient culture that has been hidden under the heavy dust of politics.” His speech, humanist rather than political, sympathetic…
March 17: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, March 17): HAVE FUN … BE GREEN and BE SAFE!!!!
21 Jump Street, Friends with Kids, The Lorax
21 JUMP STREET *** Who, aside from maybe Jonah Hill’s agent, saw this coming? In an era in which it frequently seems as if Hollywood can do little else but feed on the festering parts of this nation’s kitschy past (The Smurfs, Transformers, etc.), there wasn’t exactly a clamoring for a big-screen update of an…
March 16: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, March 16): It’s not QUITE St. Patrick’s Day yet … that’s the first thing. However, River Street and City Market have got it all going on, with early celebrating and (at City Market only) live music, throughout the day and evening. At Live Wire, catch the Jubal Kane blues…
March 15: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, March 15): The documentary We Still Live Here is screened at 8 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre. The story of the Wampanoag, Native Americans of Massachusetts, who are working to revive their native language and culture from near extinction, it’s presented by the Southern Circuit of Independent Films. The…
March 14: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, March 14): The Psychotronic Film Society screens Shivers (1975), director David Cronenberg’s very first horror feature. It’s at 8 p.m. at the Sentient Bean. AcousticA (Ray and Mike from Bottles & Cans) play the Warehouse; Eric Culberson hosts Jam Night at Live Wire Music Hall. The new Connect Savannah…
Get your swag on
ST. PATRICK’S DAY is the ultimate unique expression of what Savannah’s all about: That time when Irish Catholic culture meets good ol’ Southern hellraising, when our liberal attitude toward strong drink literally spills out into the street, when music, hospitality, spring weather, history, azaleas, and good times all crash together to make one big wonderful…
Harry go Bragh
After three decades of St. Patrick’s Days in Savannah, musician Harry O’Donoghue — a real, true son of Ireland from the coastal town of Drogheda — is pretty sure he understands the big picture. “There are people who come here to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, but geographically they couldn’t find the island with a map,”…
Loco’s All-Stars, Bob Wayne, Local Faves
THE LOCO’S ALL-STARS At 10 p.m. Saturday, March 17 Loco’s Grill & Pub, 301 W. Broughton St. Efrem Townes, the lead singer and trumpet player for New Orleans’ vaunted Dirty Dozen Brass Band, is in this part of the country this week doing a few shows with his pal Kris Gloer’s Last Waltz Ensemble. That…
Greener pastures
If you’re one of the lucky few to belong to the Facebook group Savannah Area Musician’s Exchange, you know that one of the hottest topics among this feisty collection of local players is the last–minute decision to have no live music on River Street on St. Patrick’s Day this year. While there will be live…
As green as it gets
Boston’s is the oldest. New York City’s is the largest. Chicago’s is the windiest. Ah, but Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is the grandest “hometown” event in the country. “I can guarantee you those other cities don’t have a float like Keller’s Flea Market,” says Michael Foran, general chairman of the St. Patrick’s Day committee.…
St. Patrick’s Day FAQs
So you can just walk around and drink in Savannah? Crazy. Yes, that’s one of the most enlightened and wonderful things about our fair city. Anyone over 21 can enjoy an alcoholic beverage within the Festival Area, including out on the street. Cups must be paper, plastic or styrofoam, and 16 ounces or less. No…
Breakfast of champions
Green grits, green beer, and all the corned beef you can stomach. St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah is as much about the food and the beer as it is about the pub-crawling, the greening of the fountain, or the world-famous downtown parade. And while newcomers to Savannah may expect to find the best eats on…
Nothing’s more Irish than tacos
Chef Donnie Simmons is running on his seemingly limitless passion for food — and adrenaline. As if finalizing and testing a menu for soon–to–open Temperance and getting its kitchen in place isn’t enough pressure, Simmons has retooled the menu at sister eatery Taco Abajo. Oh, and he plans to sell 10,000 tacos over St. Patrick’s…
Firefighters + St. Patrick’s Day = Awesome
Ah, the spectacle of green, the sound of sloshing beer, the smell of corned beef and cabbage in the air… To most, St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah is an honored tradition of shared indulgence and harmless debauchery (or as the Irish say, real craic—an idiom meaning “good times, usually involving alcohol and music.”) To me,…
Pipe dream come true
Dressed in a navy blazer, cream–colored socks and other traditional accoutrements, Alexandria Davis stood proudly, every inch the Scots–Irish lass. “Do I look all right?” she asked as she patted her kilt. “My mother got me this new costume and it’s the first time I’ve worn it.” Satisfied with the answer that she looked lovely,…
Mark your calendar: Tall Ships Challenge
One of the more efficient things about the 14 or so rigged sailing ships that will berth in the Savannah River May 3-7: They don’t need no stinkin’ harbor deepening. The vintage vessels that’ll be here for the Tall Ships Challenge are from another era, and while their masts are high, their drafts aren’t so…
March 13: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, March 13): General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers need gas money for their spring tour, so they’re throwing a bash tonight at Meddin Studios. Roland and Whaleboat are playing, along with General O & the P’s (Cusses had to bail at the last minute), and for your $15 admission ($10…
