New C-SPAN bus to visit Savannah on Friday, Dec. 8
C-SPAN’s all-new 45-foot customized motor coach will make its debut visit to Savannah on Friday, December 8. Partnering with Comcast to engage teachers and students, community members and elected officials through interactive demonstrations of C-SPAN’s multi-platform public service resources, the new C-SPAN Bus will welcome visitors at Benedictine Military School and Savannah State University. “The…
Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade happens Thursday, raises awareness of state’s mental health facilities
Savannah Mayor Eddie DeLoach and mayors from across southeast Georgia will join forces in Savannah to “provide a brighter holiday for those in need” at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6th, as part of the 58th annual Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade. Mayors from dozens of cities in the region will gather at the National Guard Armory, 1248…
Woman arrested for false report of rape on Wilmington Island
The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Special Victims Unit arrested a woman today for falsely reporting a rape over the weekend. “Jennifer Woodard, 18, initially told officers she was sexually assaulted in the first block of Deerwood Road on November 26 by a black male subject, driving a black Mustang. She claimed he threatened her with…
Argument leads to gun discharge, man arrested
Savannah-Chatham Metro officers arrested a woman on November 28 after she fired a shot at another woman and a 10-year-old boy. “Around 2:30 p.m., officers responded to the 1500 block of Cloverdale Drive in reference to a person with a gun. Officers arrived on scene and found Alexis Gordon, 21, firing a gun at another…
Suspect arrested in East 56th Street shooting
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police detectives arrested a man for the November 5 shooting of a 20-year-old pregnant woman. “At about 11:20 p.m. on November 5, officers responded to the 1100 block of East 56th Street and found Terriona Scott, 20, suffering from non-life-threatening injuries,” police report. “Detectives determined Scott, who is pregnant, had been in a…
District 5 Town Hall set for Dec. 5
City of Savannah District 5 Alderwoman Dr. Estella Shabazz is hosting a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, December 5th, 6:30-7:30 pm at the Tatemville Community Center, 333 Coleman St. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed fire fee. The meeting is free and open to the public.
Savannah Stopover announces 2018 lineup
of Montreal, Pylon Reenactment Society, Shopping and more perform
Editor’s Note: The budget from hell and what it means
You know those wonderful free events that help set Savannah apart, events that help establish our core identity as a town that celebrates its culture and makes it accessible? Many, such as the Savannah Jazz Festival, would cease to exist without City funding.
Caleb Johnson @The Stage on Bay
The Asheville native took home the top prize on American Idol in its thirteenth season.
Whores, Hotplate @The Jinx
The Atlanta-based band dishes out a heavy blend of noise rock and sludge punk that will change everything you think you know about three-piece rock ‘n’ roll.
New Trustees Garden facility granted beer/wine license after contentious hearing
The meetings on the facility’s alcohol license opened an old wound on City Council involving larger disagreements over how alcohol is regulated in Savannah.
The slow clock of the Okefenokee Swamp
Home to a vast variety of biological bounty including three dozen species of amphibians, fourteen families of fish, hundreds of species of birds, plus a toothy menagerie of snakes, bobcats, bears, panthers and more gators than anyone can count.
Fashion, music and yoga for hurricane relief
ARTIST and yoga instructor Cindy Male is no stranger to the eye of the storm. Now based in Savannah, Male spent 32 years living on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where hurricanes often hit before heading towards the mainland or dissolving out at sea. “I went through Hugo, Marilyn, Backwards Lenny…” she says,…
Can Savannah catch up?
THE NEWS that Atlanta is purported to be a serious contender for Amazon’s second headquarters sparked an interesting discussion on Facebook last weekend. Lou Phelps, publisher of the Savannah Business Journal, wondered what would happen to the rest of the state if Amazon 2 lands in the ATL. “Talk about dominating the Georgia landscape,” she…
Dark Thoughts, Negative Graves, The Ramages, Tourist Trap @Sulfur Studios
Dark Thoughts, Negative Graves, The Ramages, Tourist Trap @Sulfur Studios Fans of Ramones-style power-pop will want to hit Sulfur Studios this weekend to catch Dark Thoughts. The Philadelphia band, which offers a fast, hooky sound that’ll get you dancing in no time, released a self-titled LP last year via Stupid Bag Records (home to Swearin’,…
Dirtyphonics @Club Elan
With their own backgrounds in the heavy metal scene and the influence of drum and bass, heavy bass house, and dubstep, Dirtyphonics takes pride in defying genre and breaking all the rules of EDM.
Can you harness electricity from electric eels?
Even if you were able to haul in enough starter stock for your state-of-the-art electric-eel farm, you might encounter difficulty sustaining a population.
East End Provisions: An eclectic and elevated experience
Given its residential location downtown, this is truly a ‘place for locals to come and feel comfortable. The price points are focused on repeat customers.’
Christmas for a cause
‘I love to help out with something like this that benefits the community’
Kenny George Band @Barrelhouse South
George, who grew up playing bass and guitar, finds inspiration in classic roots rock, outlaw country, and Southern California singer-songwriters
A collector’s passion
TO A beginner, art collecting can be daunting. The task of pairing works can seem complex and is often hit or miss, and the cost of some works is enough to leave people searching for a new hobby. Let Arthur B. Kouwenhoven show you the way. Kouwenhoven has been collecting artwork for years, and now…
Renowned mystic leads two-day event at UU Church
‘I not only was in the presence of God, I was the presence of God, as is everything’
Drink a toast to Repeal Day
For the craft beer drinker, the greatest damage done by the 18th Amendment was the destruction of a robust local beer industry.
Savannah Songwriters Series @The Sentient Bean
December’s lineup features three talented Southeastern writers, Abe Partridge, Xulu Jones, and John Cranford, playing solo acoustic sets.
Black Tusk, Crud, A.M. Rodriguez, Abe Partridge @The Jinx
Any chance to catch Savannah’s swamp metal trio Black Tusk right here at home is worth doing,
Collective Face goes down the rabbit hole with Harvey
THE Collective Face Theatre Ensemble welcomes Savannahians to its own mad, mad, mad, mad world as Mary Chase’s 1944 delightfully cracked comedy classic Harvey comes to the Kennedy Fine Arts Auditorium stage. The eccentric Elwood P. Dowd, played by Eric Salles (voted Best Actor in the 2016 Best of Savannah awards), claims to have an…
