Marker honors ‘Weeping Time’
THE ‘WEEPING TIME’ had come and gone. This day was a time for celebration. On March 3, the City of Savannah and the Georgia Historical Society held a dedication ceremony for a new historical marker at the intersection of Augusta Avenue and Dunn Street. It commemorates one of the nation’s largest slave sales, known as…
Students gone wild
HARRY FERGUSON knows firsthand what happens when a young life goes wrong. “I was incarcerated for the last 25 years on a life sentence,” he said. “My goal now is to come back and try to make a difference. If I can provide assistance to the community, I will do it.” Ferguson attended a safety…
Damn good dog
from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports One of Savannah-Chatham Metro Police Department’s K-9 crime-fighters is retiring because of illness. Bruno, the first of five Belgian Malinois to start the department’s K-9 Unit in 2001, has been diagnosed with cancer. He will require extensive treatment to extend his life and was scheduled to begin treatment on…
You cannot be serious
The Continuing Crisis A 25-year-old woman was arrested for assault in Bremerton, Wash., in December after fighting with her boyfriend in the shower over whether the man’s dog could join them. The woman objected and said the arrangement would be a deal-breaker for their relationship, to which the boyfriend replied that he hoped his next…
The pipes are callin’
IN RECENT YEARS, pipe and drum bands from New York, the midwest, central Georgia and Charleston have regularly marched in the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day parade. This year, for the first time, a band from Savannah will join their ranks. The Savannah Pipe and Drum Corps was formed in April 2007 by musicians who believed…
Horsing around the tail end
VETERAN Saint Patrick’s Day parade watchers know that when a team of horses appears, it’s a sure sign that the parade is winding down. For the past three years or so, a group of seven or eight horses and riders from Oetgen Ranch in Bloomingdale have been one of several equestrian entries strategically placed nearly…
Stolen kisses
PUCKER UP, SAVANNAH. As this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade winds through downtown Savannah, look for young women dressed in green to run toward the marchers and kiss surprised fire fighters, soldiers and Benedictine Academy cadets. “It’s fun,” explains St. Vincent’s Academy senior Ashley Everett, 18. Adds Kaelsey Ehret, also 18, “It’s tradition.” Agrees Chelsea…
BC JROTC takes parade in stride
THIS FRIDAY MORNING, hundreds of Savannah teens will dress for St. Patrick’s Day in green military uniforms and shiny black shoes instead of green T-shirts and shiny beads. The entire JROTC brigade of 291 boys from Benedictine Military School (known locally as “BC”) will march in the parade, continuing a generations-old tradition. Preparation includes two…
Info you need to know
The rules • One of the coolest things about Savannah is that those 21 and over can legally drink alcoholic beverages while walking around almost all of downtown. However, that means just one drink, in a 16-ounce-or-less plastic or styrofoam cup only. No glass or cans. To-go cups are available at downtown bars. • If…
Shooting hip hop
Kim Malkowski is a full-time student at the Savannah College of Art and Design and a part-time photographer from Chicago. She enjoys reading (especially comic books) and cooking in her spare time, and is a “big nutrition fanatic.” She’s vegan and works at Brighter Day Natural Foods. She has a great passion for music, particularly…
Theater: Classic Christie
Even though she died in 1975, Agatha Christie’s novels and short stories remain in print and are popular to this day. But perhaps she’s best remembered for her play, The Mousetrap, still running after 55 years. The Little Theatre of Savannah will present The Mousetrap March 15-30. The story is about a young couple, Mollie…
Cuisine: Back from the ashes
“I was devastated,” he recalls. “I thought the entire building would go.” On Aug. 4, 2007, just shy of 3 a.m., Billy Lee’s phone rings, awakening him from a dead sleep. He must have hoped it was only a nightmare. But the third of three phone-calls within two minutes confirmed it was no such thing.…
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Looking at LNG
THE LOCAL activist group Citizens for Clean Air and Water (CCAW) met last Thursday to discuss their concerns for planned expansion of the El Paso Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Facility at Elba Island. More than fifty concerned citizens met in the Savannah room of the Hyatt on Bay Street for a presentation led by Savannah…
Fade to Back
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Diary of the planet
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A living legend of Newgrass
WHEN SUPERSTAR MANDOLINIST SAM BUSH helped form the trendsetting acoustic string quartet New Grass Revival in 1971, the progressive attitude of its members and the bluegrass-inspired music they made (which incorporated plenty of non-traditional instruments and extended improvisational passages) rubbed a lot of hardcore bluegrass aficionados the wrong way. “It’s interesting,” recalls Bush. “Because amongst…
Bar tabs bigger than paychecks
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE THE LEADER of the longest-running Celtic punk band on the continent? Just ask Finny McConnell. As the frontman and chief instigator of Toronto, Canada’s The Mahones, he and his rotating cast of bandmembers have the distinction of being one of the earliest (and some say best) exponents of that brash…
Kid Rock & Elton John: The lost interviews
NOT SURPISINGLY, NEITHER KID ROCK nor Elton John responded to Connect’s interview requests in advance of their respective upcoming Civic Center concerts. However, that didn’t prevent me from coming up with a batch of questions for both superstars. Just for a laugh, I’ve mixed them up, and you can test your knowledge of both artists…
Spotlighted Gigs & Recommended Shows
Ben Folds Whether writing and recording his own charming and mildly wicked piano-based “punk for sissies”, or producing and arranging 2004’s almost sickeningly great William Shatner comeback LP Has Been, this irrepressible singer/songwriter has cut a fairly singular figure in today’s music biz. First drawing widespread acclaim with his snarkily-named trio the Ben Folds Five,…
The complete Sam Bush Interview Transcript
The following is the complete text of my phone conversation with legendary mandolinist Sam Bush, in advance of his upcoming Lucas Theatre performance: You’re often referred to as one of if not the sole founder of the Newgrass genre. I’m curious how you feel about having that mantle placed on your shoulders. Sam Bush:…
