Adjustment Bureau, Rango, Gnomeo & Juliet, Cedar Rapids
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU *** One person’s religious beliefs are often another person’s existentialist theories, and The Adjustment Bureau offers plenty of theological fodder to go around. Because it tinkers with notions involving God and chance and destiny and all that other stuff that’s fun to discuss whether under or over the influence, it might turn…
Exhibits & openings this week
Birds in Flight – An installation by Matt Hebermehl of his signature, patterned bird forms hanging in the Jepson’s atrium. Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Confronting History: Jacob Lawrence – The John Brown and Hiroshima print series by Jacob Lawrence. Part of the Evans collection, and on display in conjunction with the Black Heritage…
WWII Monument fast-tracked, poorly-built
Editor, This letter is in regards to the recently-unveiled World War II Veterans monument on River Street. I would like to express my disappointment at the outcome and the precedent that this project sets in the downtown community. In the haste to erect this monument it appears that many elements were fast-tracked and low-bid. Though…
Stopover spotlight (#3)
CHEYENNE MARIE MIZE The doe-eyed Kentucky native has a small, childlike voice and a world-traveler’s way of looking at things. She is a singer/songwriter with a pointedly minimalist approach, yet her songs have an amazing depth of field that transcends their simple, reverb-y electric guitar settings. She started as a fiddler and vocalist with the…
Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, Appetite For Destruction
LARRY KEEL AND NATURAL BRIDGE At 9 p.m. Friday, March 4 Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. $10 Live Wire isn’t exactly known for its bluegrass shows, but this one more than makes up for a relative paucity of high lonesome: Keel is one of the pre-eminent flat-picking acoustic guitarists in the entire…
Double crossed
A woman stopped at a precinct to file a complaint about credit fraud. The woman had been incarcerated for several weeks earlier this year and had released her belongings to her cell mate’s mother with the agreement that the mother would withdraw $120 from her bank account. The mother would then deposit $100 into the…
SOARing to a food revolution
West Chatham Elementary School (WCES) is initiating a revolution in nutrition — hence the name for their new and improved garden, Soar Garden: Seeds Of A Revolution. The garden will encompass plants that are indigenous or particularly well-suited to Georgia, including carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, corn, and rice. Each grade level, pre–K through 5th grade,…
The passion of pioneers
Opening March 3, Pearl Cleage’s drama Flyin’ West is the spring mainstage production for the Masquers of Armstrong Atlantic State University. Dr. Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas, an assistant professor in speech communication, directs. Flyin’ West is set in a dusty Kansas town in 1898. A group of African American women has fled Tennessee, where civil rights are…
Naturally!
Matthew Roher is executive chef at Cha Bella, probably Savannah’s most cutting-edge restaurant in terms of its commitment to sustainability and supporting local producers. But the weekend of March 11-12, Roher will be an executive chef of a different and even more daunting kind, as he plays host to what he calls “the best collection…
Frost/Nixon = Politics+Showbiz
First a hit play by Peter Morgan and then a movie by Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon tells the story of the pivotal 1977 TV interviews between journalist David Frost and former President Richard Nixon. It’s now a local production at Muse Arts Warehouse beginning this weekend, starring Christopher Blair and Bill DeYoung in the title roles,…
Mark your calendar: SCAD goes back to the future
In the gloomy American future of Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, books are contraband – and anyone found in possession faces a painful execution. The title refers to the temperature at which paper will ignite and burn. It’s quite a frightening story, and its freedom-of-expression metaphor wasn’t lost on the millions who gobbled it up…
The subversion of Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum
W.S. Gilbert moved in the most exclusive circles in Victorian–era London; he was a member of high society, a rich and famous man, a snappy dresser and a coveted party guest. Unlike his collaborator Arthur Sullivan, however, Gilbert was never knighted by Queen Victoria. For although the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas were enormously popular, there…
Bullish on Bull St. Eatery
Bull Street Eatery The location was proven by its previous occupant, and now, in the former Precinct Deli, is Bull Street Eatery – a breakfast and lunch diner. Patience please, these guys have just opened and are still working out processes. What doesn’t need work is the food. My grilled chicken sandwich and side salad…
Run for the Four Roses
I grew up in the shadow of Kentucky’s greatest bourbon distilleries – and never heard of the Four Roses label until a couple of years ago. The brand had been battered and abused –and farmed out to Asian markets for decades. The Lawrenceville, Ky., distillery became the nation’s most beloved brand following Prohibition and up…
Savannah: Immortal City
In a city whose history appears so well–preserved, it would be easy to assume that all the stories had been told, particularly of life in the Hostess City during the Civil War. “It was suggested to us that there wasn’t much to find,” says Barry Sheehy, a local businessman–turned–historian. “The big, big shock was just…
The search is over
The prolonged and divisive search for a permanent City Manager has come to end, although true resolution remains distant. At last week’s City Council meeting, Rochelle Small–Toney was approved by a 5–4 vote along racial lines, and is expected to receive a formal offer for the job at the council meeting on March 10. For…
For Sherry
Last summer SCAD professor Sherran Deems was hiking in the mountains – a fond memory that seems much farther in the past than the handful of months between that time and the present. A week before Christmas, Deems, who’d been dealing with some chronic pains, discovered she had a malignant tumor pressing against her sciatic…
Wind turbines and the weather
On a recent drive along I-80 I was amazed at the number of wind turbines that have been added in the last couple of years. If enough wind turbines were constructed to supply a significant proportion of the Earth’s electrical needs (let’s say 50 percent), would this noticeably alter the weather? – Marc S. Williams…
