Cover Story
There Must be Something in the Water
Is radioactivity from SRS threatening the long-term health of the Savannah River?
A Good Folkin’ Time
Great Free Acoustic Music on Tap for this Years Folk Music Fest
Theatre: I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight
Probably going to see Camelot at the Johnny Mercer Theatre
Music: Its On
Music Festival announces full schedule
Letters to the Editor
Word to the military wives Editor, I was interested in your interview with Sgt. Kevin Benderman, who says he is a conscientious objector to the war in Iraq, but who has been denied that status by the military (“Objector,” by Jim Morekis, Sept. 27). It should be obvious that a person who no longer believes…
Fishman: Had enough yet?
People can rave all they want about Savannah’s live oak trees, downtown squares, 19th-century housing stock, dramatic tides, pleasant winter weather conditions and number of festivals, including the outstanding March music festival. And a lot of people do rave about those things. That’s why we’re riding a wave now. There’s great flux and great mix…
The Blotter
Police responded to a call at a local hotel in reference to a theft committed by an employee who was in custody. An officer spoke with the hotel manager, who said a hotel guest walked into her room to find a hotel employee with her purse in his hand. The guest asked the man for…
News of the Weird
Freedom on the March In the midst of violence and despair in Baghdad, at least two institutions are working smoothly, according to September stories in, respectively, The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. “Iraq Star,” an “American Idol”-type reality TV show, attracted 10,000 contestants for 45 slots in filming at the downtown Baghdad Hotel, and…
Art Patrol
‘icon sumer’ — Patrick McGrath Muñiz, SCAD MFA candidate, presents his thesis exhibition: icon-sumer Oct. 19–Nov. 4 at Hall Street Gallery, 212 W. Hall St. Free and open to the public. Explores the relationship between traditional Christian icons and our modern consumerist society. ‘A Closer Look: Four Churches and a Synagogue’; ‘Turnings in Native…
Poetry ain’t dead!
Poet and fiction writer Starkey Flythe, Jr. once took a shower with Dan Rather… sort of. As managing editor for the Saturday Evening Post in the 1970’s, Flythe was part of the press entourage accompanying President Richard Nixon to Egypt. When the group was housed in an old army barracks in the Azores,…
Review: Six Degrees of Separation
Like many hit plays, Six Degrees of Separation is set among Manhattan’s elite. However, this multifaceted gem by John Guare — who also wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film — really has more in common with Shakespeare than with Neil Simon. As with the Bard’s work, much of Six Degrees consists of loftily written…
Review: The Departed
The departed At this point in his illustrious career, it’s hard to imagine Martin Scorsese accepting another filmmaker’s hand-me-downs. Yet in essence, that’s what’s taking place with The Departed, which isn’t an original screen story but rather a remake of a 2002 Hong Kong film titled Infernal Affairs. Working from a script by William Monahan,…
Now Showing
ALL THE KING’S MEN An adaptation of Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the solid 1949 movie version of All the King’s Men has found its standing diminished over the passage of time; even with a handful of Oscars to its name (including Best Picture), it’s rarely brought up when discussing the notable films of…
Music Menu
A quick look at some live shows going on around town this week
Connect Recommends
Our picks for the most noteworthy gigs of the week
