Flacos Tacos owner arrested again, charged with meth trafficking
The Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) announces the additional arrest of a local business owner, 34-year-old Adolfo Mitchell of Guyon. On November 7, 2019, CNT arrested Mitchell after he turned himself in. “Mitchell, also known as Flaco, was charged with Conspiracy to Traffic Methamphetamine. In 2016, Mitchell was the subject of a large narcotics investigation…
Arena contract debate leads to contentious post-election meeting; Gamble Building approved for sale
The first Savannah City Council meeting since this week’s election was marked with open dissent and tension, mostly over the award of another Arena contract. Saying “I don’t think this Council should vote on anything at all” until the new Council is seated in January, Alderwoman Estella Shabazz objected to the award of another phase…
Editor’s Note: Change hits the coast — Special Election Edition
The DeLoach majority slate — whose shared ideology seemed to revolve around money and supporting deep pockets, with a whiff of condescension, is gone, replaced by mostly younger non-politicians whose main experience has been in community activism and the nonprofit world.
Rare docs, Mountainfilm, and a Queen of Hearts
The next seven days or so hold plenty of interesting specialty cinema events as well
Atlantic at three: A ‘soft, gentle heart’ in a great location
Each day, different types of wines will be offered, accompanied by wine personalities and sommeliers from across the nation
Goon, Dustin Price @El Rocko Lounge
The band combines grunge, punk, shoegaze, and psychedelia in a way you’ve certainly never heard before
The Funeral Portrait headline second AURA Fest show at Sentient Bean
Atlanta’s The Funeral Portrait, who has played multiple AURA Fests in the past, is headlining the night alongside Augusta-based band Lumen and Savannah’s own Ember City
Jimmy Herring’s legendary life
Herring has always seemed to have time for his own incredible projects amid such a hectic schedule, and these days he’s got an exciting new band called The 5 of 7
John Jorgenson’s stylistic journey
Jorgenson is a musical chameleon in the truest sense; his ability to weave in and out of genres and transcend labels has made him one of the most intriguing instrumentalists of the past several decades
Macbeth in space
The match is tailor-made, Macbeth being Shakespeare’s shortest and most tightly-written tragedy
Neon Indian @Victory North
Neon Indian remains a vital entity and their live show is not to be missed
Sean K. Preston thrives in a post-genre world
Preston and his band are musically fluid, taking cues from punk, country, mountain gospel, rockabilly, and classic rock and roll
Savannah Stopover announces 2020 headliners
THE 2020 Savannah Stopover Music Festival lineup is off to a serious start. The festival announces that Americana powerhouse duo Shovels & Rope will headline the festival on March 6. The band, on the heels of their latest release By Blood and their concert film Shovels & Rope: The Movie, will land in Savannah on…
The Trio @Congress Street Social Club
Yes, The Trio is, indeed, a trio
The Tuten Brothers @Barrelhouse South
The Nashville-based brothers, originally from Athens, take their cues from the likes of Zac Brown Band and Chris Stapleton
Thoughts on an evolving SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Five years on from Bobby Zarem’s departure, that changing of the guards has helped the SCAD Savannah Film Festival to begin to redefine itself not so much by what it is attempting to be, but what it’s not attempting to be.
5 Questions with Kamryn Shawron
‘This body of work is a more outlandish, crazy, drag queen kind of vibe’
A whale of an exhibition
Lowe created the sculpture, which clocks in at 800 pounds and 9,000 square feet of felt, with industrial quarter-inch felt
Deep Center takes on policy, looks to future
On Oct. 8, Deep released its first set of policy recommendations, focusing on the school-to-prison pipeline
Editor’s Note: Pride Parade is an instant classic
Crowds spilled out from the bars to urge us on. It was closer to what I imagine an old-time St. Patrick’s Day parade must have been like back in the day, before it became corporate and mass-marketed.
ELECTION 2019: Eddie DeLoach, Tony Thomas headed to runoffs; incumbents lose across the board
A 2019 election marked by a huge disparity in funding between incumbents and challengers saw the big money lose out for the most part, as challengers posted sweeping gains. Incumbent Mayor Eddie DeLoach, with a massive money advantage over challengers Van Johnson, Regina Thomas, and Louis Wilson, garnered less than 40 percent of the vote…
