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Sweet release
HOW MUCH of this do you believe? New research continues to confirm that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is safe and no different from other common sweeteners like sugar and honey. High fructose corn syrup is a natural sweetener and has the same number of calories as sugar. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted…
Man, please
Cultural Diversity In October, Italy’s economic minister, noting that a third of all men over 30 still live with their parents and that rental housing markets are depressed, proposed a tax break worth the equivalent of about $1,400 for each man in his 20s who will finally leave Momma’s house. (A week earlier in Sicily,…
Stephen Plunk, runner
STEPHEN PLUNK is seventeen years old. A full-time student and theater major at Savannah Arts Academy and a part-time runner at Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House, he has mastered the skill of time-management. How long have you been at Uncle Bubba’s? Stephen Plunk: Nine months. Give us some background info on the restaurant. Why did you…
New releases: I’m Not There, The Mist
I’m Not There **1/2 It wasn’t necessary to be a Beatles fan to enjoy Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe, and it’s not required to be a Bob Dylan devotee to appreciate I’m Not There. Of course, some familiarity with the life and times (and personas) of the former Robert Zimmerman can’t hurt, but equally integral…
‘I’m now very comfortable in my own skin’
HARRY O’DONOGHUE is a man of many talents. A storyteller, an entertainer, singer and songwriter, a guitarist, a recording artist, an authority on Celtic music, a radio personality, a tour guide. More than anything perhaps, he is a troubadour in the most real sense of the word. Born and raised in Drogheda on the banks…
Noteworthy shows this week
Carroll, Houlihan, Lashley & Bray Self-proclaimed “HardFolk” artist Julia Carroll is extremely psyched about this upcoming four-way gig at one of the city’s most eclectic performance spaces. “Recently, there’s been some serious ‘community brewing’ going on between all of us, along with several other Southern performers,” she relates. “There’s been lots of joint touring and…
Just what the doctor ordered
I UNCRUMPLE OUT OF BED and board the #14 bus to St. Joseph’s Hospital. White Christmas had been in town and after working as a stagehand for eight straight days of 15-hour shifts followed by a 22-hour workday 8 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday, I’m in need. I’ve found that a terrific cure for…
Nutcracker by the numbers
THE SAVANNAH DANSE THEATRE (SDT) and the Savannah Danse Theatre Orchestra perform their annual locally-themed version of the classic ballet The Nutcracker this Saturday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre. We talked with SDT Director Suzanne Braddy about how the math breaks…
David Sedaris really has a pair
Phil Keeling got a very special birthday gift on Oct. 10. Keeling is a big fan of humorist David Sedaris, and on his birthday, he not only got to see Sedaris perform in Savannah, he also got to meet him. Now Keeling is directing two Sedaris one-person shows, both based on his essays, for the…
Swan song
On Dec. 8, Jamie Busbin will become the first directing major to graduate from the theater department at Armstrong Atlantic State University. For her final project at AASU, Busbin chose to direct Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour. While she’s somewhat sad to be leaving AASU, Busbin says the theater department gave her the training that…
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Keep the streets alive with the sound of music Editor, Savannah is filled with many things; Beautiful scenery, gorgeous Victorian homes and high-end boutiques. Yet its most charming and enduring quality comes in the form of the street side musicians that graze Savannah daily. Some local, some not, yet every single musician seems to have…
Finding Flannery
Finding Flannery To my knowledge, no one has ever seen the ghost of Flannery O’Connor hovering in the hallways of her childhood home on Charlton Street. But if she’s ever inclined to make an appearance, this fall seems the ideal time for a haunting. Flannery would certainly recognize the “new” look of the Flannery O’Connor…
Making news the hard way
AN IMPRESSIVE MILESTONE was reached in Savannah on Nov. 30, but soon was overshadowed by controversy. Lawanda Frazier of Savannah became the 4.5 millionth person to be helped by the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), a program that helps patients find cut-rate prescriptions. Frazier has both diabetes and epilepsy, and must take several expensive medications…
A man in a hurry
from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports An 18-year-old man who led police on a car chase after assaulting and robbing a woman was arrested Nov. 29. Kevin Chantler Moore told police that he sped away from officers because he “didn’t have time to talk to no police” after hitting a 38-year-old woman over the head…
Venus De Milo’s Red Party
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Def Jam
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