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Thanks for story on local biking Editor, I’m writing to express my appreciation for your April 15 cover story, “Cycling into the future.” Your suggestion that “connectivity is key” is right on target. Toward that end, the Savannah Bicycle Campaign is looking forward to working with government agencies, neighborhood associations, civic groups, educational institutions, local…
A fort looks at 200
OLD FORT JACKSON protected Savannah from seafaring invaders for nearly 100 years. When the fort was built in 1808, the nation’s relationship with Britain had worsened. President Thomas Jefferson authorized its construction to protect Savannah from naval attack. Today, Fort Jackson is the oldest standing fort in Georgia. Named for James Jackson, Revolutionary War hero…
Pomp and circumstance at SSU
SATURDAY MORNING I arrived at Savannah State University’s Tiger Arena at 9:20 a.m., plenty early to get a good seat for the 10:00 a.m. start of SSU’s 172nd Commencement. My friend Vaida Morgan, graduating Summa Cum Laude in Mass Communications, advised me of the best spot to sit for a clear view of her and…
Domestic bliss
POLICE WERE called to Columbus Drive for a domestic dispute. When they arrived, they saw a man, who appeared to be extremely intoxicated, sitting on the porch. One officer spoke with the man, while another spoke with the man’s girlfriend. She said her boyfriend had been living in her house for more than 18 months.…
Dog pimping, anyone?
Dear Cecil: I’m contemplating dog pimping — selling my rare-breed male dog’s procreative capability to owners of his female counterparts. Is there such a thing as doggy venereal disease? — Warren Warren, dogs can contract a variety of diseases while getting it on. These range from run-of-the-puppy-mill (e.g., genital herpes) to the exotic — the…
This can’t be right
LEAD STORY Almost-anything-goes “ultimate fighting,” also known as “human cockfighting,” is a major “sport,” mostly in Southern and Western states, but only in Missouri are kids as young as 6 permitted on the mats, according to a March Associated Press dispatch from Carthage, Mo. Members of the Garage Boys Fight Crew, ages up to 14,…
New releases: What Happens in Vegas, Speed Racer
What Happens in Vegas When invited to join me at the press screening for What Happens In Vegas, a good friend of mine declined, e-mailing, “I can only stand one romantic comedy a year, and No Country for Old Men was it for me in ‘08.” That quip’s funnier than anything found in the actual…
Everything else that’s out there
Iron Man Given their general status as popcorn flicks heavier on the decadent calories than on the nutritional value, I’m always pleasantly surprised by how much care Hollywood studios take when it comes to casting their superheroes in franchise flicks. Otherwise, we’d have had to endure such box office draws as Adam Sandler as Superman,…
‘A madness most discreet’
NOTABLE IN 2007 only for its absence, the beloved Savannah Shakespeare Festival returns to Forsyth Park this weekend with a new attitude and an entirely different focus. In a possibly controversial decision, the Festival will not feature a full-length production of one of the Bard’s classic plays, as in year’s past. It will instead comprise…
Picturing Savannah
Objective drawing and painting from life in European art was once mostly confined to studies for large compositions based on biblical or mythological narratives. Somewhere in the 17th to 18th centuries, painting from life became an end in itself, reaching its apex in the 19th century when the genres of still life, landscape and the…
Trash to treasure
Twelve local artists in Savannah have discovered a new place to find treasure: in your garbage. “Reincarnated: Art Showcasing Reduce, Reuse & Recycle,” will showcase their works, which contain found art or recycled materials as a creative way to cut down on waste. Presented by the City of Savannah Sanitation Bureau’s Recycling Complex, Reincarnated will…
La Vida Loca
Don’t take The Mexican Play too seriously. It really is satire. “It’s the tale of a tragic figure, Richard Anderson, who is a sexist-racist-homophobe,” says playwright David Ruzicka, a student at the Savannah College of Art and Design. “He’s being sucked into a maelstrom. “I wanted to write a social play, not necessarily a political…
Music Opinion: Playing To Our Strengths
THIS PAST WEEKEND I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL that I can’t say was entirely unexpected, but which left me both reflective and wistful. After two-and-a-half years of business, Kokopelli’s Jazz Club on Broughton Street is closing its doors for good. Over the next two weekends, the club will offer its final bookings: The Sean Bolden Group…
Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Jimi Ray One of the newest electric blues combos on our scene, this mightily impressive power trio is currently shopping a home-made debut album that features rock-solid performances but production which alternates between sounding intentionally unorthodox and just plain amateurishly recorded. However, the vigorous, church-influenced drumming of Calvin Williams, funky, Hendrix-inspired guitarwork of vocalist Chris…
Center Piece
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Diary of the planet
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Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun offers clinic at Portmans
THOUGH BEST KNOWN AS THE INVENTIVE TRAP DRUMMER in the groundbreaking fusion band Living Colour (whose aggressive and noisy metallic funk helped shape the sonic landscape of late ’80s and early ’90s hard rock), two-time Grammy Award-winner Will Calhoun is also a respected jazz percussionist who continues to play and record with a diverse roster…
