Fishman: The law of the letter
Eschewing politics, weather, taxes, drive-by shootings and the spiraling stock market, the letter spoke of other news, of friends, gardens, nieces, nephews and the latest barbecue hole-in-the wall.
Your letters
Sakas clarifies whale info Editor, Thank you for printing the article about North Atlantic Right Whales in one of February’s weekly issues. The reporter, Sabrina Manganella Simmons, did an excellent job of presenting pertinent information on the issue of reducing ship speeds in and out of ports in an effort to eliminate ship strikes. I…
How Daddy got his Paddy on
Increased growth & security concerns make the modern St. Patricks party march to a different drummer
A Guster out of the north-east
Boston indie band brings its throwback rock sound to the Music Festival
To be respected in such a mans world is a real triumph
Famed blues artist Susan Tedeschi plays the Savannah Music Festival
St. Patricks Grab-bag
Keller changes beloved La-Z-boy float to a one-man pirate ship Most St. Patrick’s Day parade goers recall a giant reclining chair zoom by in recent years. Last year it was decorated with shamrocks. In earlier years the chair was covered in a cow-like print and topped with steer horns. The chair may look different from parade…
SMF Interview: Daniel Hope
One of the world’s most in-demand concert violinists, Daniel Hope has also served as associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival since 2004. At 33, the energetic young performer represents the fresher, busier, more global face of classical music’s future. Born in South Africa, raised in the U.K., currently residing in the Netherlands and…
SMF: Bach in the Day
One of the core works in the Western canon, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion has amazed and challenged audiences since its first performance in 1729. In this vast and ambitious work (one could never use the word “sprawling” to describe the music of a composer this disciplined), Bach took the generic Passion formula of liturgical music…
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