Talmadge Bridge to close Wed. for ginormous ship
The Georgia Department of Transportation in collaboration with the Georgia Ports Authority has scheduled a brief closure of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge to vehicular traffic beginning at 12:30 p.m. until 12:45 p.m., Wednesday, June 5. “The transitory closure will be utilized at low tide for the safe clearance of the containerized vessel. Minor delayscan be…
Meth organizations ‘dismantled’
The Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) announced the “arrests and dismantling of two separate methamphetamine organizations operating throughout Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, and Bulloch Counties.” In 2011, CNT began investigating several members of the Basham family following complaints of suspected drug activity resulting in the arrests of a husband and wife. Thomas and Melodie Basham were…
Editor’s Note: CAT calls
CAT’s essentially humble and humanitarian mission would seem compromised by the CAT board’s recent vote to secure a large pay package for its new executive director.
UFO film is a ‘Sucker punch from the future’
“The friend said ‘I think I saw something I’m not supposed to see’ — stealth technology and some type of manmade antigravity craft. We’re talking about potentially faster than light.”
Bicycles make Savannah best
It’s no surprise that so many successful and popular businesses have made bicycling part of their business plans.
Summer movie preview
The 2013 summer movie season began with a heavy metal act (Iron Man 3, which opened May 3) and will end with a pop performance (One Direction: This Is Us, the boy-band documentary that’s out Aug. 30). In between, Hollywood will emit a steady siren song that will ensnare moviegoers of all stripes. The slate…
The Silver Machine, ready to run again
‘I guess you can take the woman out of the cult, but you can’t take the cult out of the woman!’
‘Wings Over America’
A couple of people I know consider this the best live album ever made. I wouldn’t go that far, but it does capture a pretty exciting moment in time. When Wings toured the United States in 1976, Paul McCartney hadn’t been on a stage here for 10 years, since the Beatles’ final concert in San…
Tybee Floatilla
Starting just before dead low tide, these buoyant parties of several hundred drop in at the end of the dirt track known as Alley 3 and follow the current out to a secret sandbar, pristine and wholesome in every way save its name: Criminal Island.
A new brew on tea
When you talk tea in the Lowcountry, it usually means orange pekoe over ice, sweet enough to rot the teeth right outta your head. In downtown Savannah, however, Lou Thomann is brewing up a new take on the ubiquitous Southern beverage, one that’s just as refreshing on a sultry summer day but without a packet…
Play that funky music, Greyboy
His band’s namesake flew the coop years ago, but saxophonist Karl Denson has kept the Greyboy Allstars alive and flourishing. The funk, R&B and jazz band headlines SCAD’s “New Alumni Concert” May 31 in Forsyth Park, preceded by a reputation as one of the finest — and funkiest — improvisational instrumental combos in our great…
Review: Now You See Me
This is one of those films where the plot can only progress if characters perform a specific act at a specific time, or where one unanticipated reaction from a peripheral character would unravel all the plans.
Review: After Earth
Those expecting the thrills of King Kong’s Skull Island will be let down.
Gallery Hop: Non-Fiction, Sicky Nar Nar, Ashmore
“I always wanted to make work about energy and consumption, but I wanted to avoid being preachy,” said Carayiannis.
Secret societies vs. not-so-secret societies: Who ya got?
The columns I find interesting are the ones about secret societies: the Illuminati, the Bilderbergs, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the Masons, etc. I’m not sure whether I should beat ’em, join ’em, or continue to relegate them to the land of paranoid delusions. Give me the Straight Dope? —John La Duke…
Moshe Safdie to speak at SCAD graduation
Moshe Safdie, designer of Savannah’s Jepson Center for the Arts, will address the SCAD graduating class of 2013 this Saturday, June 1, at commencement ceremonies. Safdie will speak to graduates at SCAD’s 33rd Savannah commencement ceremony at the Civic Center, and then will address graduates at SCAD Atlanta’s 7th commencement ceremony at the Georgia World…
Telfair hearts the military
TheTelfair Museums will honor active military service members and their families by offering free admission to any of the Telfair Museums from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Free admission is offered as part of the Telfair’s partnership with the Blue Star Museums program, which offers military families the chance to visit museums across the country…
