Larry Chisolm: ‘Time has to tell the story’
Larry Chisolm, incumbent Chatham County District Attorney, retained a swagger of confidence recently in a spirited debate with his GOP challenger Meg Daly Heap before a packed house at St. Philips Monumental A.M.E. Church. The 53–year–old graduate of Windsor Forest High School and Duke University rarely took his left hand out of pant pocket; or…
Oct. 15: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Monday, Oct. 15): Jeremy Davis and the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra big band it up for the second “Mad Monday” event at the Westin Resort (6:30 p.m.). At the Sparetime, Know Nothing Party, Recons and J. Zagers play, starting at 10.
Oct. 13: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Saturday, Oct. 13): Bonnie Raitt returns to the Johnny Mercer Theatre for an 8 p.m. performance. And blues singer/guitarist Doug MacLeod headlines the Savannah Folk Festival’s free concert in Grayson Stadium, a multi-artist event from 2 to 7 p.m. The great band Cope is at Congress Street Social, Whaleboat plays…
Meg Daly Heap: Giving victims a voice
Meg Daly Heap is taking on controversial incumbent Larry Chisolm for the vital job of Chatham County District Attorney, the county’s chief prosecutor of criminals. The two candidates are actually quite familiar to each other, both having the bulk of their experience and training together under former Chatham County D.A. Spencer Lawton (who last week…
Oct. 12: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Friday, Oct. 12): Ah, the choices are many: The Savannah Folk Festival’s 7 p.m. Folkfest in Ellis Square. The Collective Face’s Suddenly Last Summer at Muse Arts Warehouse (8 p.m.) The Greek Festival at the Hellenic Center (11 a.m. til 9 tonight). Skeletonwitch is at the Jinx (it’s the club’s…
Reviewed: ‘Argo,’ ‘Here Comes the Boom,’ ‘Taken 2’
ARGO ***1/2 How dedicated is director Ben Affleck to capturing 1979 in his splendid new film, the political thriller Argo? He makes sure that the Warner Bros. studio logo that fills the screen at the beginning isn’t the glossy WB shield that’s instantly recognizable to today’s audiences but is instead the old-school W made…
Oct. 11: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Thursday, Oct. 11): At the Telfair Academy, there’s a chamber concert from the Balkan Quartet starting at 7:30 p.m. Vinyl Appreciation Night at Foxy Loxy begins at 8. Demonaut plays the Jinx, Word of Mouth invades Live Wire, and there’s some good eatin’ going on at the Savannah Greek Festival,…
Oct. 10: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Wednesday, Oct. 10): Film screenings tonight: An Encounter with Simone Weill, 7 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre, and Italy’s The Suspicious Death of a Minor, purely Psychotronic, at the Sentient Bean at 8. The electronica band Greenhouse Lounge returns to Live Wire, and it’s a big send-off for Britt Scott…
Baking history
GREEK FESTIVALS aren’t unusual in and of themselves. Most every medium or large city in the U.S. with a Greek Orthodox congregation puts one on, with a similar range of food, music, dancing, and merchandise. But the annual Savannah Greek Festival, now in its 61st year, is unique — and becoming more unique each passing…
Speaking easy
In 2004, Maryland–born Michael Volen purchased a three–story brick building in the northwest section of Savannah’s Historic District. It was cheaper than the one he had scouted in Charleston, and 30 years in remodeling and land development taught him that he could take such a place in a transitional neighborhood and flip it like a…
‘Let’s see what happens with Dub’
One of the best musicians you’ve probably never heard of, Doug MacLeod has been a traveling troubadour, singer, storyteller and four-star emissary for the blues for close to 30 years. MacLeod, who headlines this week’s 23rd annual Savannah Folk Festival, was a sideman for Big Mama Thornton, Lowell Fulsun, Big Joe Turner, Pee Wee Crayton…
Charmingly human
Say good–bye to the “Crafter of Dainty Love Songs.” With her bespectacled visage and honey–soaked tones, Ingrid Michaelson has wedged her way into the limelight in the last five years with a series of endearing musical confections, including “The Way I Am” and “You And I.” Her singles have set the romantic soundscape on TV…
Greener pastures for Eric Britt
It took half a decade, but Eric Britt finally saw a light at the end of a very long tunnel. Not surprisingly, the light was musical. The former frontman for the highly-regarded roots-rocking band Hazel Virtue battled addictions, depression, personal trauma and a trainload of chained-and-locked emotional baggage to emerge victorious – and sober -…
Still mighty
No doubt about it, she’s a beauty. A big one. A hundred and three feet across, the B–17 bomber fills the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum’s entire Combat Gallery, the tips of its spit–shined wings just inches from the walls. It’s a piece of history with all kinds of relevance: Built in 1945, it was…
The word absurd
In conversation, Patricia Lockwood is just like her poems: Colorful, funny, thought–provoking and completely non–linear. She talks as if she can’t get the thoughts to her mouth fast enough. The 30–year–old Midwesterner with the big, open eyes is both charming and quirky. If she were a movie, Zooey Deschanel would play her. Today, however, she’s…
Indie comedy ‘Let Go’ returns for a one-night stand
(Writer/director Brian Jett’s independent comedy Let Go premiered at the 2011 Savannah Film Festival and then, as CinemaSavannah hocho Tomasz Warchol points out, “quietly disappeared from sight.” CinemaSavannah brings the movie to the Jepson Center for a special 6 p.m. screening Oct. 14. The following is an excerpt from our original interview with Jett.) Let…
The Foodie Column
Ruan Thai I’m always scouring the town for a great lunch value, and stumbled into one last week at Ruan Thai. A very nice selection of lunch specials hovers at the $6.95 mark, plus beverage. I chose the dish pictured here — chicken with green curry. An ample portion of rice, a little fried eggroll…
Dog-on-dog violence
A police officer and his K–9 partner located a missing dementia patient and were attacked by a neighbor’s dog. The K–9 officers had just located a 76–year–old patient hiding in a wooded area near Ben Kill Road just after 8 a.m. when a pit bull terrier twice attacked the K–9 and the officer. The officer…
Three cheers for the water warriors
Lawsuits. Lies. More stinkin’ dead fish. After the year the Ogeechee Riverkeeper folks have had, they deserve a drink. In fact, make it a double. Here are the facts: In May 2011, tens of thousands of dead fish bellied up in the Ogeechee River—a sick, sad day for the history books. A year later, hundreds…
Food for thought
For a while there the skies even parted for us. This past Sunday’s annual Picnic in the Park was threatened by a nasty rainstorm, but apparently it was just our lucky week. The rain moved on and a perfect circle of clear sky hovered over Forsyth Park so that we could enjoy the remarkable collection…
Oct. 9: Today’s events
Here’s what’s going on today (Tuesday, Oct. 9): It’s “Tongue” night at the Sentient Bean – an open mic forum for poetry, spoken word and music, and it starts at 8 p.m. At 5 p.m., the Psychotronic Film Society has free screenings of two documentaries about 1970s Hollywood (at Muse Arts Warehouse). Catch the Womack…
