Savannah named as finalist for Smart City Award
The City of Savannah has been named a finalist in the transportation/Infrastructure category for its partnership with the company Roadbotics. It’s a recognition bestowed by International Data Corporation’s (IDC) 2019 Smart Cities North America Awards. Roadbotics worked with the City to create a database of road infrastructure conditions through machine learning technology that grades every…
‘Black Media Only’ event garners criticism, roils mayoral campaign
A controversial decision to bar white media from an African American political meeting has garnered negative national media attention for Savannah, and thrown a new twist into what was already going to be a contentious mayoral campaign this year. The Trigon Group, headed by Rev. Clarence Teddy Williams, organized the event for March 27 at…
Sin Salida: Tango meets modern dance
The combination of modern dance with tango takes both forms to a new level
Wood And Steel @Barrelhouse South
This band offers something for everyone, dipping into Americana and soul influences as well
When Bach makes you dance
Eleven musicians and five dancers perform Goldberg Variations ‘as equal partners, resulting in a singular experience of musician and dancer performing as one’
Taking back the night
Take Back the Night was created to help women feel safer in their environments
Widening the transportation focus: Lessons from DC
The annual National Bike Summit, organized by the League of American Bicyclists, attracts advocates, traffic engineers, urban planners, and transportation department officials from all over the country
JThomas: Southern classics made with love
DURING MY four year college tenure, my course load required completion of a marketing class. One of the important principles of marketing is to never rely on word of mouth, instead opt for instituting a marketing plan. And while as a business owner that very well may be true, as a food writer nothing can…
Editor’s Note: Pooler, West Chatham, and the new paradigm
The much-touted chain stores on Broughton Street ushered in by Ben Carter often continue to struggle for sales. However, Carter’s other local project, the Tanger Outlet Mall in Pooler, has basically the same stores but often with many more customers.
Front Porch Improv raises the roof for Habitat
This year, Habitat is aiming to raise enough funds for seven new houses in the city – a goal that Front Porch Improv is ready to help achieve
Folk Is People, Mary Grace Comber @Foxy Loxy Cafe
Stacey Bennett’s songs are emotive, beautiful, and brilliantly performed, and you never know what instrument you’ll find her playing
Jon Stickley Trio @Barrelhouse South
The music is honestly quite mind-bending stuff – effortlessly blurring the lines between bluegrass, experimental rock, and even jazz
Youngster makes a bold statement with Rosa’s Cantina
‘What I’m going for is to make it hard for people to define’
5 Questions with Stephanie Forbes
‘My dreams mixed with art is what got me to figure myself out’
A.M. Rodriguez’s bold return
The album is a sonically adventurous and musically powerful collection of work that Rodriguez recorded himself, on his farm in Atlanta, mostly live and often spontaneously
Tracing her Lineage
AFTER graduating from SCAD in 2011, fibers artist Anya Mitchell volunteered at the Bahai World Centre in Israel. “It was so fascinating and amazing,” Mitchell recalls. “I felt like I was really introduced to culture and sacredness, and how America has no sense of sacredness. I lived a ten-minute walk from Elijah’s cave. I was…
Asleep at the Wheel: An indestructible legacy
An entirely new lineup joined Benson on the record, and it was perhaps their most musically daring and diverse offering of their career
Preachervan @Congress Street Social Club
Alternative pop band Preachervan boasts smart compositions and tasteful production
Punch Brothers: Pushing the boundaries of bluegrass
Initially formed as the backing band for mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile’s 2006 album How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, the Punch Brothers stuck together when they realized they had something good. The band, featuring Thile and a group of equally virtuosic bluegrass musicians, has gone on to record a number of highly successful…
Steep Canyon Rangers: Evolving, but true to tradition
The group last year released their 10th studio album, ‘Out in the Open’
Review: Us
Peele is never able to integrate the sociopolitical horrors with the cinematic horrors as brilliantly as he did in Get Out — consequently, the more fantastical aspects of Us require a lot of hard swallowing and ultimately generate more questions than answers.
I’m With Her: Watkins, Jarosz and O’Donovan combine for rich harmonies
AL JARDINE of The Beach Boys once said, “I like to be surrounded by harmonies and fullness and richness and vitality.” If that’s the case, Jardine would find lots to love on “See You Around,” the debut album by I’m With Her, a trio comprised of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan. While the…
Georgia Southern Economic Monitor shows across-the-board gains for 2018’s fourth quarter
Georgia Southern University’s latest Economic Monitor, which analyzes Q4 2018 data and identifies trends affecting the regional economy, reports that Savannah’s metro economy “closed out 2018 with across-the-board gains in all eight key economic indicators monitored. Port activity, consumer spending and electricity sales provided the most lift to the index, with improving consumer expectations, overall…
