Sweet diversion
WILLIAM STARRETT says don’t let the name fool you. Despite being based in South Carolina’s capital city, his Columbia City Ballet is “esconced” in Savannah. In fact, the troupe has been performing the holiday classic The Nutcracker here for over 20 years, always on Thanksgiving weekend at the Civic Center. “We feel Savannah is a…
Body language
MARIAN GREEN may be the toughest woman in Savannah. She estimates she’s been hit by cars, sent flying over the hood and skidding to the pavement, at least eight times. Maybe nine. She’s survived explosions, high falls, point-blank gunshot wounds, bloody impalings and leaps from airplanes. Green, 49, moved to Savannah five years ago with…
New releases: Australia, Four Christmases
Australia During my entire career as a film reviewer, I’ve never walked out of a movie and never will, though of course I’ve been tempted on countless occasions. Given the promise of the love story-cum-historical epic-cum-adventure yarn Australia, I rather unexpectedly felt an urge to hoof it to my car during the torturous opening scenes…
Everything else that’s out there
Bolt In recent years, Disney plus Pixar has led to some terrific animated features, but Disney minus Pixar has led to yearnings to locate the nearest auditorium exit. Bolt is straight-up Disney, which would be worrisome if it wasn’t for the fact that Pixar guru John Lasseter has been handed the keys to the studio’s…
Passafire looks ahead
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, Passafire has steadily become merely the latest example of an original, rock-oriented band that has made significant waves outside of our immediate area. Like Kylesa, Baroness, Perpetual Groove and —to a somewhat lesser extent— the Eric Culberson Blues Band, GAM and Circle Takes The Square, Passafire has woodshedded here in…
Phantom Wingo returns to Fiddler’s on River St.
Phantom Wingo *** Not ones for aggressive self-promotion, this local, southern rock-influenced, jam-oriented quartet of two guitars, bass and drums is nevertheless one of the most solid groups on the regional bar and nightclub circuit — and from time to time, they hit the road, playing festivals and clubs within a few hours of their…
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Renovate this! Editor, Kristin’s article “Tools can’t fix renovation drama” in the Nov. 5-11 paper was spot on. I was estimated by the contractor I hired that he should be done with the work on my house in three weeks (which I estimated an extra week) but SURELY he would have been done by Labor…
Parenting parents
MAYOR OTIS Johnson seems puzzled a lot lately. No wonder. Johnson thought a trip to China by city officials was a wonderful idea, but the trip came under fire by aldermen and residents alike. Then came the Parental Support and Responsibility Ordinance. The ordinance was given its first reading at the Savannah City Council’s Nov.…
Savannah’s hero
A CROWD gathered in City Hall last Tuesday to celebrate the accomplishments of local prosthetist David Puckett, one of 10 finalists of CNN’s Hero of the Year Award for his work with a non-profit organization. Puckett’s organization, PIPO Inc. Missions to Mexico, offers free medical assistance to poor people in southern Mexico in need of…
Parking is people, part II
I USE my car for most around town trips—not due to any emotional attachment to the Subaru, but because it’s the easiest way to get myself and my stuff from home to wherever I need to go. Most of the time, driving my car is some combination of a faster, more convenient, more comfortable, or…
Night of the Long Knives
A WOMAN was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after she stabbed her boyfriend with a kitchen knife. Police were called to a West 39th Street residence because of a domestic dispute. A man at the scene had a small puncture wound on his upper left chest, so an officer called EMS. The man said…
Girls in Space
Without gravity, how do female astronauts menstruate while in space? — Gayle, Ventura, CA For a while there, Gayle, the question wasn’t how women would menstruate in space but whether it was too risky to find out. Although the first female cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, had flown in Vostok 6 in 1963, women were excluded from…
Seriously?
Lead Story The Brazilian designer Lucia Lorio introduced women’s lingerie in October containing a global positioning device to enable the wearer to be tracked by satellite. The creator said the password-protected lace bodice would make it easier for women kidnapped by thugs or terrorists to be located and rescued. Critics called it a virtual chastity…
Grayson Stadium looking for bands
What do famed country songwriter Willie Nelson and local Neo-Southern pop-rockers WormsLoew have in common? They’ve both played Grayson Stadium. True, Willie appeared on a giant stage on the ball field proper on a double bill with Bob Dylan that drew thousands of fans from all around, while WormsLoew played a decidedly smaller-scale set a…
November 19th Winner
Welcome to Connect Savannah’s You Shoot group! We’re looking for your pictures of life in Savannah, Georgia and its environs for use on our homepage, and possibly in our printed paper. You can add photos to our feed by sharing your photo online. If your shot is really good, we might just run it in…
Earthweek
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A lot at steak
It’s been almost a half-century since the late Ruth Fertel founded the acclaimed fine dining chain with the tongue-twisting name —Ruth’s Chris Steak House— and just over eight years since Brooks Stillwell, Harry Haslam and Tak Argentinis formed the 200 Club of the Coastal Empire. This past weekend, those two entities joined forces in a…
A rock and country legend
RANDY WOOD’S Concert Hall in Bloomingdale so frequently touts the artists they book as “world class” that you’d be forgiven for simply assuming it’s so much hype. However, the simple truth is that Wood, a “world class” luthier himself, is a real stickler when it comes to acoustic folk, bluegrass, blues, jazz and pop music.…
“Court Case”
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River Street streetcar arrives
An authentic streetcar from the 1930s was delivered Wednesday to the Roundhouse Rail Road Museum. The car will be used as a passenger streetcar on River Street as early as mid-December. The streetcar will run as part of the Dot system — a fare-free downtown transportation network. There will be seven stops along the streetcar’s…
Ten Can Run on Turkey Day
IF YOU’RE looking for something good to do for others on Thanksgiving Day, look no more. On Thanksgiving morning you can run or walk the annual Ten Can Run, a 5K course starting at Savannah Christian Church on Al Henderson Boulevard and winding through Henderson Golf Course. The registration fee is — as you might…
