Paul, Limitless
PAUL *** Mel Brooks once proudly declared that his movies “rise below vulgarity,” and it’s a reasonable bet that any film prominently featuring Seth Rogen will exercise its own right to wallow in raunch. So while Rogen may be providing the voice for the title alien in the new comedy Paul, don’t expect a cuddly…
Saint Patrick’s Day 2011
2011 Saint Patrick’s Day in Savannah, Georgia. All photos by Patrick Rogers.
Savannah Music Festival 2011 schedule
The Savannah Music Festival runs from March 24 to April 9, with performances at venues all over the city. Please note that several shows are performed multiple times on the same day. For ticket prices and additional information, see savannahmusicfestival.org March 24 Sebastian, Knauer, piano: Beethoven Sonatas. 11 a.m., Unitarian Universalist Church Synergy Brass Quintet.…
That’s Mister Shatner to you, kid
Click on over to shatnerstoupee.blogspot.com, and you’ll find an obsessive webmaster who chronicles the over-the-years changes in actor William Shatner’s appearance. Under the “Fun Facts” section: “Bill Shatner started wearing an on-screen toupee in 1957 as his hair began to thin while he was still in his twenties!” “We haven’t managed to locate a single…
St. Patrick’s FAQs
So what’s different this year? River Street won’t have gated entrances, as has been the case in the past, and in a new development this year there will be NO requirement for wristbands for those who want to drink alcohol. In other words, bring your ID. You can walk around and drink in Savannah? Yes,…
A growing concern
Here’s the thing that strikes you when you’re in a ballroom full of organic farmers: During a time when just about every profession is seriously compromised in some way – banking, politics, law, insurance, medicine, media, you name it – this is perhaps the only profession we have left that does nothing but good things.…
Is your Stopover hangover gone yet?
And so it comes once again, a harbinger of spring as reliable as the robin, that unofficial Savannah holiday of holidays, St. Patrick’s Day. We hope you enjoy our annual St. Patrick’s special issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together. This year’s cover girl, photographed by Brandon Blatcher, is our own Jami Ganem,…
Danielle Howle/Angelo Gianni, Passafire
DANIELLE HOWLE/ANGELO GIANNI At 7 p.m. Saturday, March 19 Blowin’ Smoke BBQ, 514 Martin Luther King Blvd. Fans of Ani DiFranco will want to check out South Carolina’s Danielle Howle. She is a hungely versatile acoustic guitar player who uses strange chords, poly-rhythms and a kind of left-field jazz sensibility to punctuate her complex and…
A run through the clover
There will be no shortage of partying this week, that much is certain. But one party on Saturday, the first annual Shamrock Scramble, will imbue the sea of green set to engulf the city with a greater purpose — raising funds and awareness in the fight against breast cancer. “I’m a three time breast cancer…
Hot off the presses
THE TRAIN WRECKS Saddle Up “We get loud but we never get bored,” Jason Bible sings in “Tennessee Mare,” the opening track on the Train Wrecks’ just–released second album. That’s a pretty good summation of the entire Train Wrecks experience – raucous and perpetually in overdrive, Savannah’s premiere Americana band is never anything but exciting.…
Bills are piling up
There are more than 1,600 bills and resolutions circulating at the state capitol during this year’s legislative session. The future of HOPE funding and immigration reform have been the center of attention this year, but that doesn’t mean that’s all that’s going on under the Gold Dome. With about a week and a half left…
Shamrock ‘n’ roll
Although Savannah will be famously painted green for most of this week, anyone in search of true, honest and traditional Irish music would do well to head over to Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub, which will celebrate its 31st year on River Street come the fall. On St. Patrick’s Day – that’d be Thursday – Barry’s…
Mark your calendar: John Rubinstein and the SMF
John Rubinstein is one of those actors whose face you’ll recognize immediately – he’s been on stage and television for more than 30 years – but you may not know his name. Well, let’s set things straight. Rubinstein began his stage career as the titular character in the original Broadway production of Pippin. In the…
On a lighter note
The celebratory mood of the Saint Patrick’s Day season in Savannah was evident at last week’s City Council meeting, which was notably lighter than the past several weeks. Although it was expected that council would present a proposal to offer Acting City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney the permanent position, that action was delayed until council can…
Still your dad’s beer
When we last talked, I gave you the head’s up on some of my favorite Irish and Irish–style beers. But, as some of my learned colleagues pointed out, St. Pat’s Day is really just about cheap, erh, inexpensive beer guzzling. That point was driven home last week when Schlitz, the beer that made Milwaukee famous,…
Warm and fuzzy Goose Feathers
Man, time flies. I’ve been coming and going from Goose Feathers Bakery and Cafe since landing in Savannah in 1998. It was convenient to the now-moved Savannah Morning News office — and offered hot soup and filling sandwiches. Back then, it was called Express Cafe. Goose Feathers sounds warmer and fuzzier – and gives some…
Classic Blotter: St. Paddy’s Day Edition
Some peace-disrupting blasts from the past to get you in the mood for what’s in store this week: • An officer walking patrol during the St. Patrick’s Day festival saw several firefighters running towards the Savannah River from the Abercorn ramp. The officer then saw a man who was climbing out of the water. The…
Putting the ‘saint’ in St. Patrick’s Day
Before the green grits, before the parade’s pipe bands and floats, before the beer on River Street, Thursday morning’s St. Patrick’s Day Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist will be the traditional, reverent beginning to what’s often considered as a day for partying. “The mass is the appropriate way for us to…
