Theater: Coward’s comedy
If Pepi Streiff seems a bit distracted lately, it may be because she’s having to learn a lot of lines in a very short time. “I got the script on Sunday,” Streiff says. “I’ve been studying lines like crazy lady ever since. We’ve been rehearsing day and night.” Streiff and her fellow cast members are…
Art Review: Elemental
FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO I went to look at a landscape exhibition on Broughton at a gallery that no longer exists. The landscapes didn’t interest me, but in the back room I discovered a couple of paintings by Savannah painter, Luther Vann, that impressed me. Apart from a small exhibition of his works at…
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Emancipation celebration
Over two months after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, slaves in Texas were the last to hear about the Emancipation Proclamation, made by Abraham Lincoln two years before. On June 19, 1865, Union Gen. Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived on Galveston Island to enforce the emancipation of its slaves, who rejoiced in the streets…
Algae is a key to energy problems
BIOFUEL FROM ALGAE has re-emerged in the news as a promising alternative to traditional sources of energy. Many experts believe that algae will eventually surpass all other biofuel feedstocks as the cheapest and most environmentally-friendly way to produce liquid fuel. Corn is currently the only commercially-viable source of ethanol fuel production, but it is an…
Road trip to Tune Town
IN MID-MAY, after a weekend of meetings in a Macon conference center, I followed through on the oft postponed visit to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, in search of a cultural antidote for hours spent in generic meeting space and meals at the Waffle House. It’s always nice to spot a familiar face when…
‘Is this about the bank?’
All cases from recent Savannah/Chatham Police Dept. incident reports ‘Is this about the bank?’ A teller from a Waters Avenue bank branch told police a man had come in and tried to cash a forged check for nearly $2,000. A passerby said the man was running west on 63rd Street. The suspect was found at…
Sheep instead of lawnmowers?
I recently read that the city of Turin, Italy, had decided to use sheep to keep the grass in its parks trimmed. Being the lazy sort, I started to wonder: could my fenced quarter-acre backyard of Bermuda grass and crabgrass sustain a sheep? —Chris A., Tulsa Yearning for the carefree life of a sheep owner,…
New release: Sex and the City
Despite endless online whining from the fanboys — those mega-geeks who make any self-respecting male contemplate a sex-change operation lest he be mistaken for one of these pathetic creatures — anyone who’s ever bothered to watch the acclaimed HBO series can realize that this motion picture sequel-of-sorts need not be the exclusive property of women…
Everything else that’s out there
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull On the Indiana Jones Scale of Cinematic Achievements, the eagerly awaited Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull places dead last among the four big-screen Indy adventures. Given the quality of its predecessors, however, that can hardly be construed as a smackdown. Raiders of…
Why doesn’t wood melt?
Dear Cecil: I thought I was smart and all until my son asked me, “Why doesn’t wood melt?” —Murli The simple answer is that wood doesn’t melt because it burns first. If that seems a little like giving your son the brush-off, we can go into some more detail. Typically substances go through two phase…
Can’t be true
LEAD STORY A provision in Switzerland’s constitution recognizes the “dignity” of “animals, plants and other organisms,” and a federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Gene Technology declared in an April report that vegetation has “inherent worth” and that humans cannot exercise “absolute ownership” over it but must treat it morally, measured case-by-case. For example, the committee…
New releases: Indiana Jones, etc.
On the Indiana Jones Scale of Cinematic Achievements, the eagerly awaited Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull places dead last among the four big-screen Indy adventures. Given the quality of its predecessors, however, that can hardly be construed as a smackdown. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) is one of cinema’s all-time…
Diary of the planet
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“Out With the Old”
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A view to a chill
MOST PEOPLE in this area know of the Oatland Island Wildlife Center as that secluded area about five miles East of downtown that’s home to a wide variety of wild animals in their natural habitats. There, in addition to walking trails, historic wooden cabins and various structures, one can find wolves, bobcats, deer, alligators, bald…
Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
The Verizon VIP Tour feat. Natasha Bedingfield, The Veronicas & Kate Voegele For the past several years, guessing the headlining act at SCAD’s annual free graduation concert in Forsyth Park has become something of a pastime for avid area music fans. Partially because the college usually can be counted on to hire big-name acts with…
Landlord ordinance gets first reading
AN ORDINANCE meant to address derelict rental properties, believed to be a source of neighborhood blight, got its first reading at the May 21 meeting of the Savannah City Council. Council members have called for strong city action that would compel the owners or operators of rental property to keep their properties maintained. That means…
Find your inner Indy
Good old Indiana Jones. After a 19-year absence, he’s back on the screen just in time for Georgia Archaeology Month. Organizers of the event think interest in the fictitious archaeologist will spark renewed interest in archaeology. Georgia Archaeology Month is celebrated in May, and this year’s theme focuses on the Spanish Period in Georgia. The…
Movie movement
Movie movement Late last week, as the long Memorial Day weekend beckoned with its seductive twofold promise of an extra unscheduled day plus the unofficial start of summer, a neighbor and I considered a movie as one way to enjoy the extra free time. By chance we’d discovered that Young @ Heart was playing at…
Man of The Hours
The Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation is elevating its programming with a new lecture series. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Cunningham will appear on Tuesday, June 3 at Trinity Church as the first annual speaker sponsored by the O’Connor Foundation’s Ashley and Terry Usrey Memorial Lecture Series. Cunningham’s novel The Hours won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize…
News flash
All cases from recent Savannah/Chatham Police Dept. incident reports News flash Police were called to 67th and Waters on the report of a flasher. One woman said she was at the bus stop and the suspect kept asking her about the date. She tried to ignore the man, but when she finally looked at him,…
