Spiderman a no-show
Savannah-Chatham Metro Police seek assistance in identifying a man who robbed a Parker’s convenience store on Abercorn Street on Memorial Day. The man donned a “Venom” mask (a Spiderman villain) before robbing the store. Witnesses saw a light-skinned black male about 5’10” loitering around the store before it was robbed. He pulled out the Venom mask…
‘Tis the (hurricane) season
“Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall. These are the four seasons and we love them all.” This verse has stuck with me since I learned it sometime around kindergarten, along with other grade school memory tricks like “I before E, except after C….” That “Winter, Spring” poem held true for me until a few years ago, when…
Michael Franti & Spearhead
SCAD Graduation concert headline act Michael Franti and Spearhead at Forsyth Park, Savannah, Georgia May 29, 2009.
Kids ‘n’ creatures
It’s got a lion, a witch and a wardrobe, a cast of thousands – well, a cast of about 75 – and an army of half-human creatures sporting hooves, horns and hair in strange and unexpected places. The Savannah Children’s Theatre’s take on British fantasy writer C.S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia” opens Friday, June 5,…
‘Desert Jewels’
“Desert Jewels:” on view at SCAD’s Pei Ling Chan Gallery gives us a rare glimpse of some of the finest jewelry and photography from Mr. Xavier Guerrand-Hermes’ collection. Organized by the Museum for African Art in New York City, this collection traveled to the Smithsonian before coming to the Savannah College of Art and Design.…
Try on your summer whites
Rising mercury means lighter, chilled and more refreshing wines. For many that means a ubiquitous Pinot Gris, an unoaked Chardonnay or a deliciously herbaceous, slightly citrusy Sauvignon Blanc. For me, the ultimate contrarian, I turn to lesser known grapes form the international arena. As you’re trolling the aisles of the package store, keep watch for…
Reviews: Up, Drag Me to Hell
Up ***1/2 Yes, it’s deja vu all over again: Another blockbuster movie season, another Pixar gem that emerges as one of the leaders of the cinematic pack. Ranking the animation studio’s 10 feature-length gems in order is akin to ranking the 10 best Beatles singles or the five best martini cocktails — to each his…
What’s Next: Mercer, and more Mercer
Mercer and still more Mercer Savannah continues to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of favorite son Johnny Mercer, and June is a particularly fertile month for tributes to our huckleberry friend gone by. Have your lunch with Johnny every Wednesday and Friday this month in Wright and Johnson squares. The City of…
Four Bitchin’ Babes
FOUR BITCHIN’ BABES Since the runaway success of the stage show “Menopause The Musical,” female entertainers of a certain age have felt free to celebrate – with song, dance and a great deal of humor – the “change of life.” Certainly there are lots and lots of women who can relate; and the men…
Mistress Flogger
Lead Story In a nondescript building next to a mosque in downtown Karachi, Pakistan, the Qadeer brothers discreetly make and market a million dollars’ worth of fetish and bondage products a year for Americans and Europeans (through sales to stores and on eBay). In fact, if the radical Islamic office down the street knew about…
Moving Mars and Venus
With the dearth of good real estate on Earth, I’ve been considering alternatives. How much energy would it take to move Mars into Earth’s orbit? Would it work better if we moved Venus instead? Please answer quickly, I need to finalize retirement plans. -James BorowiecI have to tell you, I admire the balls behind this…
Best bites: Bulluck’s, Vincenzo’s, Pita Pit
Bulluck’s Bar-B-Que Man, the week isn’t complete without a barbecue fix from somewhere! This week, I dropped in Bulluck’s BBQ on Wilmington Island. This eastern North Carolina chopped style pork may lack real authenticity — pitmaster James says he’s adapted the typically vinegary sauce and whole hog style to better suit Lowcountry expectations. Regardless, the…
Remembering Bo Diddley
In the autumn of 2002, I sat in Bo Diddley’s kitchen for what would turn out to be the last time. The rock ‘n’ roll pioneer had moved to Central Florida 20 years before, and because I was the music writer for the newspaper in Gainesville – just a few miles from his home in…
Cultural connection
You want an order of culture with that? For most of its 14 years, the main draw at the Savannah Asian Festival has been the food. It’s like a walking delicacy tour, a cuisine-a-thon, a trip to Epcot without the miserable parking and the insufferable Disney-cute marketing. The 14th annual festival, taking place June 6…
Blues breakaway
Onstage June 3 at the Live Wire Music Hall, Hill Country Revue plays the kind of down ‘n’ dirty, gutbucket electric blues that made the North Mississippi Allstars one of the brightest lights on the jam-festival circuit. Cody Dickinson and Chris Chew, two-thirds of the Allstars (on drums and bass, respectively) put Hill Country together…
