Reviewed: ‘Anna Karenina’
ANNA KARENINA *** The decision by director Joe Wright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard to add experimental artifice to their screen version of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina will strike open-minded viewers as a harmless exercise in gilding the lily. Those less charitable, however, will see it as nothing short of a bloody disembowelment. The truth actually…
Dec. 3: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, Dec. 3): The improv Odd Lot’s back at Muse Arts Warehouse, at 8 p.m. That’s all for now!
Dec. 2: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Sunday, Dec. 2): At 3 p.m., catch the AWOL adaptation of A Christmas Carol at the Henry Street S.P.A.C.E. Disney on Ice is at the Savannah Civic Center, at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. Writer, director and actor Patrick Wang attends two Muse Arts screenings of his film In the Family,…
Dec. 1: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Dec. 1): The Collective Face’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s Salome has 3 and 8 p.m. shows at Muse Arts Warehouse. At 8 p.m., catch the AWOL adaptation of A Christmas Carol at the Henry Street S.P.A.C.E. Disney on Ice is at the Savannah Civic Center, at 11 a.m., 3…
Nov. 30: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, Nov. 30): The Collective Face’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s Salome opens at Muse Arts Warehouse. Catch the AWOL adaptation of A Christmas Carol at the Henry Street S.P.A.C.E. Disney on Ice is at the Savannah Civic Center. In the clubs: Jucifer at the Jinx, Kota Mundi and the Train…
Nov. 29: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Nov. 29): The family-friendly Disney on Ice production, Worlds of Fantasy, opens a four-day run in the Martin Luther King Jr. Arena with a 7:30 performance tonight. General Patton & the Heads of State are at Live Wire, Souls Harbor plays Screamin’ Mimi’s, and singer/songwriter Eliza Rickman returns to…
Nov. 28: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Nov. 28): It’s a slow night. Isn’t it time you spent a Wednesday night at Live Wire Music Hall, where Eric Culberson hosts an open rock ‘n’ roll jam? Yes, it is.
The gift of words
The Haunted History of New Orleans: Ghosts of the French Quarter By James Caskey I don’t believe in ghosts, but I do enjoy a well–told ghost story. That’s one reason James Caskey’s The Haunted History of New Orleans: Ghosts of the French Quarter is so enjoyable. Unlike so much tourist–oriented ghost claptrap these days, this…
All Cooped Up
Houdini has escaped again. No matter how carefully I staplegun the bird netting from the roofline to the fence, she finds a way out.Sometimes I’ll find her sitting on top of the clothesline, burbling contentedly, mocking me. She is one bad chicken. Houdini, so named for her evil habit of absconding from the secured chicken…
The Foodie Column
B&D’s second downtown location opens Nothing quite breaks the pattern of holiday gluttony like a burger, and there’s a new place to try. Locally owned B&D Burgers opened its newest location on Congress Street a couple of weeks ago, right up against the southern border of restaurant–filled City Market. The former PressWorks location was gutted…
Seasonal Sound
As SCAD begins its long holiday break and the events calendar slows down – a little – it’s a time for those who work more quietly in the local arts scene to take some of the spotlight. One of the more under-the-radar events around town has been the monthly “Savannah Songwriter” series, a gathering of…
Behind the veil
Come opening night, all eyes will be on Alexandra Theodoropoulos. The native New Yorker portrays the title character in Oscar Wilde’s Salome, and if you know anything about the Bible, you know the role requires a certain dance number. Collective Face Theatre Ensemble director David I.L. Poole has imported the smoky–eyed Theodoropoulos for the company’s…
Reframing a classic
The latest interpretation of his Victorian holiday classic might have Charles Dickens turning over in his grave — with joy. Always interested in poking at stuffy societal conventions through his writing, Dickens would have marveled over this season’s theatrical collaboration between community youth program All Walks of Life (AWOL) and the City of Savannah Department…
Republican reconsideration of immigration
“Those are my principles. If you don’t like them I have others.” — Groucho Marx Apparently Groucho has been elected chairman of the Republican National Committee. Mitt Romney’s loss to Barack Obama has so shocked the Republican Party that it now is willing to question long–held positions. If defeat prompts Republicans to abandon anti–freedom convictions,…
Turn, turn, turn
With vinyl’s recent resurgence, many people who have yet to drop a needle themselves are buying up turntables and twelve–inches left and right. And it’s no surprise — people love the format’s ‘warm,’ uncompressed sound; its deliberate, thoughtful listening experience and quite frankly, the artwork on a big twelve–inch just looks cooler. But before you…
Suspects sought in Fair shootings
In breaking news about the Nov. 3 Fairground shootings, Savannah–Chatham Metropolitan Police have obtained warrants against six men “and expect more charges to be filed.” Detectives are asking the public’s help in locating two men charged with aggravated assault for the actual shootings and four others who made false statements to police to impede the…
Nov. 27: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Nov. 27): Armstrong Atlantic State University’s orchestra, Savannah Winds, plays Rossini’s William Tell Overture, Wagner’s Rienzi Overture, Shostakovich’s Festive Overture Opus 96 and more at 7:30 p.m. in the AASU Fine Arts auditorium. And, hey hey, it’s Hip Hop Night at the Jinx.
Looking Ahead
@ AASU Masquers: Dramarama. Through Dec. 2. Jenkins Hall. @ Chrstine Pedi’s There’s No Bizness Like Snow Bizness. Nov. 29. Charles Morris Center. @ Disney on Ice: Worlds of Fantasy. Nov. 29-Dec. 2. MLK Arena. @ The Collective Face: Salome. Nov. 30-Dec. 9. @ AWOL: A Christmas Carol. Nov. 30-Dec. 9. S.P.A.C.E. Black Box. @…
Savannah Stopover: Three years of indie goodness
The third time will likely be the charm for the Savannah Stopover Festival, which announces the 2013 schedule -well, the bulk of it – this week with the benefit of hindsight, word of mouth and an ever-growing reputation among American indie musicians. There’ll be a couple of “headliner” acts at the multi-venue music showcase, March…
