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The dying of the light
FOR OVER 150 YEARS, the Cockspur Island Lighthouse has stood at the mouth of the south channel of the Savannah River, serving as a warning to ships, a witness to history, and a beacon to travelers by water and land. Despite its survival over the generations, the lighthouse is in a new war that threatens…
Back Door Man
from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports A man and his wife returned to the Pine Valley Road house they are renovating to find the back door wide open. They discovered that a television and some wine glasses were missing, and food had been taken from the freezer. The trash can had been dumped onto the…
No way. Yes, way.
Fine Points of the Law (1) The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in October that attorney Michael Inglimo did not violate a state regulation that bars a lawyer from having sex “with a current client”: Inglimo had sex with a client’s girlfriend during a three-way session, but according to the judges, the regulation bans only direct…
A tale of two benefits
2nd Annual Ellis Square Holiday Silent Auction The Ellis Square Merchants Association formed in the wake of the massive demolition and construction project adjacent to City Market which aims to restore one of Savannah’s original “lost squares.” With hundreds of nearby parking spaces eliminated overnight, and foot traffic impeded, a few business owners in the…
Noteworthy shows this week
Oteil Burbridge & The Peacemakers This Broughton St. eatery ups the ante for live entertainment by hosting another nationally-known act. Bassist, vocalist and band leader Burbridge is a true legend in the jam-band community, having been in many of the most notable and influential such groups in the past few decades. A notoriously rock-solid groove…
New releases: The Mist, Mr. Magorium
The Mist *** The Mist marks writer-director Frank Darabont’s third adaptation of a Stephen King property, and because he’s not shooting for Oscar gold this time around (the previous titles were the reasonably enjoyable but grotesquely overrated pair, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile), he’s able to ease up on the pedal of self-importance…
Everything else that’s out there
No Country for Old Men **** The Coen Brothers have always been known for the ease with which they’ve jumped from genre to genre — screwball comedy with Raising Arizona, gangster saga with Miller’s Crossing, neo-film noir with Blood Simple, etc. — but with their superb new picture, No Country for Old Men, they seem…
So noted
ONE OF THE DOWNERS about this job is the incredibly regular schedule, issue after issue, week after week, with only a short break before you have to start the grind all over again. On the other hand, one of the great things about this job is the incredibly regular schedule, issue after issue, etc., which…
Two acts, 45 phone calls
Belles is a play that tells the story of the six Walker sisters, who grew up in Memphis. Over the years, they have moved away and now all six are scattered across the country. The play will be presented Nov. 30 through Dec. 2 by the Armstrong Atlantic State University Masquers. Each sister has her…
Singing in the season
You won’t find the usual characters in The Christmas Storybook — at least, not at first. Instead, you’ll find a talking storybook, an angel, a star and a swaddling cloth. The musical production was written by the Rev. Lynn Drake, and will be presented at her church, Wesley Oak United Methodist Church in Thunderbolt Nov.…
Jack Leigh Gallery closing
Jack Leigh Gallery’s farewell says hello to the future Earlier this fall, visiting a friend in the hospital, I was greeted in the central lobby of the contemporary building by familiar black and white photographs of live oaks arching over river banks, limbs reaching down toward the water’s smooth surface. Empty wooden rowboats pulled up…
Tracks of her tears
SHE’S A FLATLANDER, I’m a city boy, and we’re in the mountains. Talk about a couple of fish out of the water. Generally, we vacation at the beach, but this year we did something different. My older sister has a chalet on a mountainside in North Carolina that everybody in the family has visited except…
‘The Second Half’
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Diary of the planet
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