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Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Here’s the inevitable sequel, and the good news is that it’s a definite improvement over its predecessor.
Blick Art Materials buys out Utrecht
Months after acquiring locally-owned Primary Arts Supply and moving a few blocks east on Broughton Street in what seems so far to be a very mutually beneficial transaction, Blick Art Materials has bought out its remaining downtown corporate competitor. Blick Art Materials has purchased the stock of Utrecht Art Supplies, which owns a store on…
Pics from the Back River bridge accident
Savannah Fire & Emergency Services firefighters conducted two rescue operations on the scene of a mid-morning accident on the Back River Bridge. The accident occurred just before 10 a.m. on the two lane bridge between Hutchinson Island and South Carolina. The collision happened at about the midpoint of the bridge and involved two vehicles, a…
Dancing with wolves, for real
A Savannah man has been charged with trespassing after climbing into cages at Oatland Island Wildlife Center and then leading police on a foot chase through the woods. John Floyd, 26, of an East Park Avenue address was arrested by Islands Precinct officers who chased him down in a utility vehicle borrowed from Oatland Island…
Snakes in a house: Reptiles removed from residence
Savannah-Chatham Animal Control Officers on Tuesday removed more than a dozen exotic animals “improperly housed” in a Southside residence. At 10:26 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 12000 Block of Deerfield Road to “assist with an eviction involving various reptile species.” The tenant, Brian Nettles, owns Cold Blooded Adventures, according to police. Upon entering the…
SCAD Style happens in April
Savannah College of Art and Design will host SCAD Style 2013, their annual signature style-and-design event, April 15-19, at the SCAD Museum of Art and other locations downtown. Programming for SCAD Style 2013 includes lectures, panels, film screenings, workshops, exhibitions and book signings featuring world-renowned artists, designers and industry professionals, and highlights several SCAD programs…
Man sought for E. 54th St. murder
Police seek the public’s help in locating a “person of interest” in the shooting death of a 27-year-old Savannah man March 20. Ashley Maurice Hudson, 31, is being sought for questioning in the death of Achmen Kiwaan Williams. Hudson is about 5-9, 140 pounds with a receding hairline and has been known to wear a…
3 hurt in West Bay crash
Three drivers were treated for injuries after a three-car collision on West Bay Street Tuesday night. Christopher Robinson, 25, and Antionette Cooper, 39, both of Savannah, and Shelton Hills, 46, of Pembroke, were taken to Memorial University Medical Center after the 6:48 p.m. crash. All injuries were serious but non-life threatening. Robinson was driving a…
Spring on the wing
Spring has sprung, as they say, but the fun has just begun. From now through May, the skies of Savannah will bustle with over 200 species of birds winging their way through this very active migratory corridor. “The very beginning of spring is when the migratory activity is really getting started,” says local author and…
Guns, butter and the Ogeechee?
The latest attempt to keep King America Finishing from polluting the Ogeechee River has been thwarted in Spalding County Superior Court. On Feb. 26, attorneys for the non-profit environmental advocacy group Ogeechee Riverkeeper (ORK) filed a judicial request for a “writ of mandamus,” a court order that commands a government official to fulfill his/her official…
Gallery Hop
Arrangements of plastic pieces in every color forge interesting connections between life, art and the natural world.
News of the Weird
Fines to Fit the Crimes In March, Microsoft was fined 561 million euros (about $725 million) by the European Commission after, apparently, a programmer carelessly left out just one line of code in Microsoft’s Service Pack 1 of European versions of Windows 7. That one line would have triggered the system to offer web browsers…
Jet’s: New pizza on the Southside
New pizza on the Southside For some people, it’s about filling an empty void in their gut. For others, it’s about the comfort of a familiar friend. For still others, pizza is the common denominator that brings people together over a raucous table of melted cheese and cold beer. The crowded restaurant category known as…
Can corporations kill?
If Hollywood has taught me anything, it’s that working for a multinational corporation (or investigating one as a journalist) carries the risk you’ll uncover damning information revealing a vast criminal conspiracy, which will lead to your attempted murder (if you’re the main character) or your successful murder (if you’re the main character’s source/best friend/avuncular mentor).…
Foxy Loxy: Home away from home
A Kickstarter campaign envisions an upstairs expansion to allow for more seating and space for art and performance in the charming Victorian.
Savannah Music Festival: Sea Wolf
It makes sense that Alex Brown Church attended NYU film school; there’s a broad cinematic sweep to the songs he creates as Sea Wolf —haunting and moody, and committed to the sort of deep melancholy we all know and love from tragic movie romances. Still, he’s got a God-given gift for melody and arrangement, and…
Savannah Music Festival: Ana Moura
6 & 9 p.m. Sat., March 30; 5 p.m. Sun., March 31 It’s just past midnight in a smoky bar on the Lisbon docks. At a corner table, in the shadows, men talk in low whispers. Money changes hands; a dark deal is made. The bartender uncorks another bottle of strong red port. Lovers exchange…
Savannah Music Festival: Keller Williams & the Travelin’ McCourys
Known for his quirky turns of phrase, dazzling solo guitar work and the ability to change musical horses in midstream, Keller Williams returns to Savannah with an all-new project. His collaboration with the Travelin’ McCourys, a (Del-less) offshoot of the Del McCoury Band, has taken on a life of its own in the last year.…
Savannah Music Festival: Marcus Roberts & the ASO
“The bar’s set very high,” says the jazz pianist of his first full symphonic work. “So I spent a lot of time listening to piano music, just to figure out where my inspiration would come from …”
Love & Theft & Dollhouse Disco
Saddle Bags celebrates its one-year anniversary March 30 with an appearance by the country music duo Love and Theft. Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson landed a No. 1 single in 2011, “Angel Eyes,” and they’re up for an Academy of Country Music Award (as Top Vocal Duo) at the April 8 ceremony in Nashville.…
Not Wells Fargo’s best week
Three men were charged in the robbery of of the Wells Fargo Bank branch on the 3500 block of West Bay Street last Friday morning, only two days after another Wells Fargo on the Westside was also robbed. Charged with armed robbery were Brandon Williams, 24, John D. Simmons, 20, and Jarrod M. Johnson, 27,…
A Medient danger?
Just a year ago the company developed golf resorts in the desert. But now it’s a film production company.
All aboard the bus to Nerdville
‘Ermehgerd, NO, you’re NOT coming,’ shrieked my seventh grade son when I told him I’d volunteered to chaperone the Georgia Science & Engineering Fair in Athens last weekend.
Editor’s Note: Doubling down on common sense
In last week’s vote to deny the petition of the out-of-town bus company we saw a carefully considered decision which properly weighed the concerns of the community, the desires of the business in question, and future precedent.
Closing the hunger gap
Pastor Samuel Rodriguez is used to people knocking on the back door. The leader of Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana off Ogeechee Road always welcomes those in need of spiritual guidance. But he also knows that the most important thing he can do for some of the souls seeking help is to get them fed. A…
Savannah Music Festival review: Masters of Bluegrass
In theory, it was a great idea: Get four veteran bluegrass bandleaders together onstage and watch them wail. In action, the ad-hoc band never lived up to the sum of its parts. Individually, Del McCoury, Bobby Osborne, J.D. Crowe and Bobby Hicks are legends. At Thursday’s show in the Trustees Theater – just the third…
Savannah Music Festival review: Ana Moura
She seemed to invoke long-gone love affairs both good and unsatisfactory, and the darker things that live in the hearts of the Portuguese people. Since I don’t speak the language, I assume that’s what Moura was singing about.
Nathan’s Hot Dog contest hits River St.
An official qualifier for the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs July Fourth International Hot Dog Eating Contest happens on River Street April 6 at 1 p.m. This is the first time the Nathan’s qualifying tour has visited Savannah. The top-performing male and female hot dog eaters at the Savannah event will each earn a chance to…
