Police investigate rash of armed robberies in Forsyth Park area
Detectives of Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating “two armed robberies in as many days in the Forsyth Park area, with suspects possibly linked to other recent incidents,” police say. Saturday, April 2, at about 9:30 p.m. “a man and woman were sitting in a heavily wooded area of the park when three suspects approached,…
Female found dead behind vacant house on Westside; ‘no obvious signs of foul play’
Detectives of Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the death of an unidentified adult female whose body was found Saturday morning behind an vacant house on the 5500 block of Garrard Avenue. “Metro officers responded to the scene just before 9 a.m. Preliminary investigation reveals no obvious signs of foul play. The Georgia Bureau of…
Metro undercover drug unit arrests nine
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Undercover Narcotics Investigations Team took firearms, narcotics and nine people off the streets, during a March 30 warrant service in the Bacon Park area. “Just after 6 p.m., Metro’s UNIT, SWAT and Patrol Division responded to a residence on the 5600 block of Emory Drive. Upon Metro’s arrival, several people were…
Shots fired on East Broad; SCAD building hit by stray bullet
The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department is investigating an aggravated assault that occurred at approximately 10:45 a.m., March 30, in the 100 block of East Broad Street. “The victim, a 27-year-old male, was walking through a courtyard in Fred Wessel Homes when an unknown male approached him and brandished a firearm. After the victim passed by,…
Weather updates for tonight’s Better Block Party/Art March
Because of expected heavy weather today, Art Rise Savannah and SDRA have issued the following weather-related schedule/venue updates to tonight’s Better Block Party event. The Victory Music Park has been canceled. Most performances will be moved to the Wormhole Bar starting at 4pm. The 41st Street Handmade Market has been canceled. A new pop-up market…
Men pose as police in attempted home invasion in Georgetown
Metro Police are investigating a home invasion that occurred at approximately 5:45 a.m., March 30, in the 1700 block of Grove Point Road. “Two armed men, who were posing as police, knocked on the door before kicking it open. The homeowner met the men with his own firearm, after which the suspects fired their weapons…
Gláss, Blackrune, The Francis Vertigo, Crazy Bag Lady @The Jinx
Friday’s show is stacked-talent proof that my weird little hometown of Greenville SC (G-Vegas, baby!) is creating some kind of strange, dark magic.
This Machine Thrills: Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch bring Dave Rawlings Machine to Savannah Music Festival
Their second LP “Nashville Obsolete,” a toughed-up version of the roots music many associate Rawlings and Welch with, is a must-have for any Americana fan
Savannah Children’s Theatre stages Go, Dog. Go!
Generations of children have fallen in love with P.D. Eastman’s madcap, colorful picture book. This stage production features an all-child cast.
Toast to the Coast: Signature cocktails raise funds for 100 Miles
“We thought this would be a fun way to highlight our mission, which is to protect, preserve and enhance the Georgia’s hundred miles of coastline,” explains Kelly Patton, 100 Miles’ membership and outreach coordinator.
Drive-By Truckers return to town to play the Savannah Music Festival
Heirs to the great Southern rock tradition, they’ve modernized the genre for a new age
Waka Flocka Flame @Elan Savannah
Ever the unpredictable artist, he’ll be on the Warped Tour this year and, inspired by his recent veganism, announced last week that he’ll be releasing his own vegan, marijuana-infused granola bars.
Editor’s Note: Arresting the ‘worst of the worst’
From Feb. 1-March 11, this federally-spearheaded Violence Reduction Initiative made 144 arrests in Savannah, clearing 177 violent crime warrants and taking 13 murder suspects off local streets.
Dwight Yoakam: Alt-country godfather plays Savannah Music Festival
But what might be the biggest link between the two albums is an attitude Yoakam brought to the projects—a spirit, as he says, of “reckless abandon, mischief making and fun” that reminded him of why he wanted to make albums in the first place.
Baby Baby @Congress Street Social Club
Unpredictable shows with danceable beats, zany guitar licks, and hooky choruses.
Moon River, growler than a mile
Starting this month Moon River can offer growler fills onsite, marking the first time any brewpub in Georgia has that option
Flannery O’Connor’s ‘Southern Discomfort’
Flannery O’Connor wanted to make sure we got a good, long look at the grotesqueness of being human.
New Orleans Funk Party with Jesse Smith and the All-Star Horn Section @Tybee Post Theater
Make sure you have your boogie shoes on.
Colonel Bruce Hampton & The Madrid Express, Colin Lake @Barrelhouse South
The granddaddy of jam music is coming to town!
Social Science and the Simple Solutions
Better Block Party this weekend in conjunction with the First Friday Art March aims to show what people can achieve when they mobilize their resources.
Heck on Wheels: Derbytaunts host open enrollment through April
One thing you don’t hear much of at a Savannah Jr. Derbytaunts practice is crying.
Creative Coast Executive Director Bea Wray resigns
The Creative Coast, Inc. Board of Directors today announced Executive Director Bea Wray has resigned effective immediately to pursue other projects. “Bea Wray has made the personal decision to resign as executive director of the Creative Coast,” said Sean Brandon, chairman of The Creative Coast Board of Directors. “The staff and Board of Directors of…
Savannah Music Festival: Hot Picks
WELCOME to week two of the Savannah Music Festival! Ready to dive back in, festival warriors? Here are some of our top picks from this week’s eclectic lineup. Voice I: Arias & Encores Savannah Voice Festival and Savannah Music Festival are at it again! Good things happen when these two forces team up, like last…
What causes sanpaku eyes (and what the hell are sanpaku eyes)?
Whatever dent the sanpaku concept has made in the Western consciousness is largely the doing of George Ohsawa, a Japanese thinker who last century helped bring to the wider world the dietary philosophy called macrobiotics.
Savannah Music Festival Review: Kasse Mady Diabate/Robert Sadin’s ‘Night Songs’
Once again, the Music Festival scores a huge hit with a unique, unlikely double bill that turns out to sound like the most natural thing in the world.
Savannah Music Festival Review: Late Night Jam @Morris Center
This year Festival favorite Wycliffe Gordon was joined by the masterful and wildly inventive Adrian Cunningham, who absolutely destroyed on the clarinet and saxophone. But the audience was in for an even more special treat as the brilliant trumpet player Terell Stafford sat in.
