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A legacy less traveled
Dr. Deborah Mack shines a light on early African-American history in Savannah
What Happened To Wendy?
Cultural Arts Theatre performs another take on Peter Pan
Jeanne Flight’s constant evolution
Young local band looks to the future
A Spring in Their Step
Savannah Danse Theatre offers Spring Showcase at the Lucas
Fishman: View from the French Quarter
There is no explaining New Orleans. Post-Katrina, its different yet the same. I feel aquiver when we drive in and smell the fragrant yet moldy air.
News of the Weird
Men’s Packages in the News In Savannah, Ga., in March, police picked up Carlos Little, wandering around a housing complex with a head injury, which he said was from a street robbery, but they later learned from a witness that Little and another man had fought over who was the better-”endowed” (and that, in the…
The Blotter
Officers met with the general manager and operations manager of a local mall after a bomb threat was called into the customer service booth. A woman who works in the booth told police she answered the phone and the caller said, “There’s a pipe bomb in the mall.” She said before she could respond, the…
City Notebook
Mission Accomplished A special screening at the Trustees Theatre of Mission:Impossible III raised nearly $200,000 this past Sunday for the 200 Club, a nonprofit group that provides support to families of police and firefighters killed in action. Clockwise from upper left: Savannah Music Festival director Rob Gibson with M:I:3 executive producer and Savannah native Stratton…
Featured Review
Mission: Impossible III While 1996’s Mission: Impossible featured some wild action scenes — remember that helicopter in the train tunnel? — it was mostly memorable for Brian De Palma’s stylish direction and a screenplay that left too many moviegoers vigorously scratching their heads. The 2000 sequel elected to focus more on the wham-pow-bang factor, but…
Poet Francisco Aragon gives reading
Savannah gets a rare treat next week, as one of the poetry world’s brightest young lights gives a reading. Hosted by the Poetry Society of Georgia, Francisco Aragon reads Tuesday, May 16, at 7 p.m. at St. Paul the Apostle Episcopal Church at 34th and Abercorn. The meeting is free and open to the public.…
Now Showing
UNITED 93 Writer-director Paul Greengrass’ superb 9/11 docudrama United 93 is one of those movies that should be seen, but it’s understandable that many viewers won’t want to see it, and no amount of critical hosannas will change their minds. United 93 takes us through the morning’s activities, beginning with the terrorists praying at dawn…
Connect Recommends
Breakneck Quartet w/S.O.L. Pairing this young, local organic funk and hip-hop band with a trio of up-and-coming conscious rappers has struck a chord among clubgoers from a wide range of backgrounds. Breakneck vamps on rhythmic beds while S.O.L. (Sounds Of Life) adds sometimes extemporaneous rhymes and soliloquies of the “positive” persuasion. When it gels, it…
Music Menu
A quick look at live gigs around town this week
