This is music I crawled inside of a long, long time ago
Grammy-winning bluesman John Hammond plays The Legion
A classic, updated
Masquers present modern-day Antigone as part of 70th anniversary celebration
Rock star poet
Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins on ideas, the future, and his upcoming reading in Savannah
Fishman: Read, be radical
Sometimes it seems as if theres nowhere we can turn for truthfulness or honesty. Which makes the notion of banned books for children all the more disgusting.
Blotter
A stolen Gibson Les Paul custom-made vintage guitar worth more than $10,000 was recovered, and the thieves who stole it have been arrested. Joseph Payne, 42, of Iowa, and Dezanne Davis, 33, are in jail charged with two counts of theft by receiving stolen property and one count of theft by deception. Payne is also…
News of the Weird
Campaign Roundup (continued) Sitcoms: In October, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, in Pittsburgh to campaign for U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, antagonized anti-Santorum demonstrators by blowing them a kiss, and in the ensuing chaos, Bush was forced to take refuge in a train station supply closet. And Kansas state Rep. Vaughn Flora was charged with a misdemeanor…
Featured Review
STRANGER THAN FICTION Stranger Than Fiction has been promoted as offering a different kind of Will Ferrell just as The Truman Show was pushed as offering a different kind of Jim Carrey and Punch-Drunk Love was sold as offering a different kind of Adam Sandler. What this means in all instances, of course, is that…
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BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN They say that ignorance is bliss, but when it comes to Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, it just might prove to be a handicap. Although it’s not quite the most buzzed about movie of 2006, as…
Local Film: Bozo Texino
It may sound crazy after a solid week of the Savannah Film Festival, but the best movie you see this year may be showing at the Sentient Bean this Saturday night. Shot over the course of a decade, mostly on 16mm black and white film, Who is Bozo Texino: The Secret History of Hobo Graffiti…
Art Patrol
‘30,000 More or Less’ — Solo MFA thesis exhibition by Alex Gingrow is a visual representation of the horrors and casualties of the ongoing violence in Iraq. Starland Arts District at 2408 and 2410 DeSoto Row, between Bull and Whitaker Streets at 41st Street. Show runs thru Nov. 10 with open gallery hours on Monday,…
Music Menu
A quick look at live shows around town this week
Connect Recommends
Our picks for the most noteworthy gigs of the week
A weekend of good food and great music
The Annual Roundhouse Blues & BBQ Fest returns with a new name
