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‘The finest festival I’ve played, hands down’
Marshall has been a part of the SMF family since director Rob Gibson turned everything around, for the better, 11 years ago.
SMF Review: Tomatito
If de Lucia’s playing was known for lightning speed, silky smoothness, and lyric phrasing, Tomatito’s styling is more rock ‘n’ roll – a greater emphasis on rhythm, with phrasing that’s less adventurous but strongly compelling in its own right.
SMF Review: Celebrating Vivaldi, with Daniel Hope
Hope explained what Max Richter was thinking in daring to repurpose one of classic music’s most well-known (and oft-played) works: “The Four Seasons.”
Review: Need for Speed
It’s hard to enjoy the mayhem when it’s presented in such nihilistic fashion. For a popcorn picture, this is rough stuff, with our heroes so wrapped up in their escapades that they aren’t concerned with how many civilians and police officers they might have killed.
‘Saturdays’ with Alderwoman Shabazz’ starts tomorrow
Residents in Savannah’s 5th District are invited “to meet with their Alderwoman every 4th Saturday of the month, beginning Saturday, March 22,” a City spokesman says. “Saturdays with Alderwoman Shabazz” will be held from 2-4 p.m. at Shabazz Seafood Restaurant, 502 W. Victory Drive, at the corner of Victory and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.…
WSAV owner to acquire WJCL, WTGS
Reports confirm that Media General, owner of WSAV, Savannah’s NBC affiliate, announced it is buying LIN Media, owner of local stations WJCL and WTGS, and will merge local operations. As of now there have been no announcements about any impact on local operations or personnel.
Cyclists converge on City Hall Thursday
Local cyclists will converge on Savannah City Hall at noon Thursday, March 20, “to thank City leaders for helping to make Savannah better for bicycles, and encourage them to do more to make the city safer, friendlier and more convenient for people who ride bikes,” says a spokesman for the Savannah Bicycle Campaign. “Over the…
Arts Ashore hits $100k milestone
The Arts Ashore Legacy Fund of The Savannah Community Foundation, Inc. this year reached the $100,000 milestone in charitable distributions. “Its annual gifts are in furtherance of Arts Ashore’s purpose to foster the legacy of synergistic relationships among Savannah’s cultural resources that arose from Arts Ashore’s sponsorship of the 100 day, 100 event Arts Ashore…
GA Senate race moved to ‘tossup’ column
The influential Cook Political Report has moved the race for retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss’s U.S. Senate seat into the “tossup column.” Despite this year’s overall grim outlook for Democratic chances in the Senate, the Report says : These ratings change aren’t all bad for Democrats. The open seat in Georgia moves to the Toss Up…
SMF: The Avett Brothers
During its first shows of 2014 the group played almost entirely different song sets each night.
SMF: Luther Dickinson
“I think we’ll get jukin’ pretty hard. We’ll be playing with each other, and I think it’ll turn into a ramshackle jug band.”
Review: Muppets Most Wanted
Animal remains cinema’s best visual effect.
SMF review: Jason Isbell
Isbell’s songs show the careful consideration of a man for whom words carry a lot of weight. He’s like Steve Earle without the big chip on his shoulder.
SMF: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
“So much of what people want to change about Preservation Hall are the things I adore about it.”
SMF Review: The Avett Brothers
Also effective despite the poor acoustics were the moments that the brothers and Crawford, playing his acoustic bass, performed as a trio. It was clear that was the way they started, and they were at ease and in their element
SMF: Vince Gill
“We were both at a ripe age to be inspired by that stuff when it was current. It’s a kind of blueprint for the way we learned to play, especially on those instruments.”
Bridge over troubled water
The three-vehicle wreck happened when a car headed from South Carolina toward Savannah attempted to pass another car.
Review: Divergent
It doesn’t leave us wanting to avoid the sequel at all costs. In the YA film canon, that should be considered a positive.
Editor’s Note: Put our problems in a to-go cup
Meanwhile, as politicians were urgently passing the Sunday bar bill, here’s legislation Lester Jackson did not introduce: A bill to close the Coastal Transition Center, a revolving door for street criminals.
Marching through the Spring Between
Here in the South, we’ve about turned the corner where Old Man Winter waves to us wanly in the rearview mirror. But it’s not quite time to celebrate, as objects may be closer than they appear.
Getting down to business with bicycles
Jim Gregory of Bikes at Work, a bicycle cargo trailer company, counts local delivery services among his customers along with some occupations you might not expect.
¡Vamos al Carnaval!
Despite Savannah’s fixation this time of year on all things Irish, our dear city has a sweet little secret: Nearly five percent of the population here is Hispanic. Lisette Dominguez and Elkin Marin know how to shake that salsa jar and give Savannah a glimpse of how Latinos love to party. We’re invited to have…
Tybee gets ‘sordid’
T.A.P.S. jumps feet first into a wild current with a rip-roaring portrait of a dysfunctional Southern family.
The fine art of Syncopation
It’s one of the few contemporary romantic comedies to integrate dialogue and dance.
Savannah Music Festival: The schedule
Tuesday, March 25 12:30 PM Christian Sands, piano CMC $20 4 PM Talk w/Artists From Ladies Sing the Blues CMC FREE 5 & 7:30 PM Ladies Sing the Blues Catherine Russell & Charenee Wade CMC $40 6 PM Tara Erraught, mezzo-soprano TUMC $45 7 PM Asif Ali Khan UUC $35 Wednesday, March 26 11 AM…
Singing sisters, dream states and Graveface Fest II
“The three of us are super invested in our dream states. We keep dream journals and exchange those.”
SMF: Jason Isbell
“When the sun went down when I was drinking, I always felt like I should be out somewhere having a few drinks.”
Man shot at Price Street and East Henry Lane
Detectives for the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a Monday afternoon shooting. Just after 4:30 p.m., “Metro responded to reports of shots fired near East Henry Lane and Price Street. Officers observed a man on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound,” a police spokesman says. The man was transported to Memorial Medical Center.…
One dead, one wounded on Mississippi Avenue
Detectives for the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating an east Savannah shooting that left one person dead and another injured. At 7:24 p.m. Monday, officers “found two gunshot victims on the ground at the 2000 block of Mississippi Avenue,” a spokesman says. Barry Trevon Williams, 24, of the 1900 block of Skidaway Road, was…
